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Purificaton and characterization of a pepsinogen and its pepsin from proventriculus of the Japanese quail.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6766746     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A crude extract of the proventriculus of the Japanese quail gave at least five bands of peptic activity at pH 2.2 on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The main component, constituting about 40% of the total acid protease activity, was purified to homogeneity by hydroxyapatite and DEAE-Sepharose column chromatographies. At below pH 4.0, the pepsinogen was converted to a pepsin, which had the same electrophoretic mobility as one of the five bands of peptic activity present in the crude extract. The molecular weights of the pepsinogen and the pepsin were 40 000 and 36 000, respectively. Quail pepsin was stable in alkali up to pH 8.5. The optimal pH of the pepsin on hemoglobin was pH 3.0. The pepsin had about half the milk-clotting activity of purified porcine pepsin, but the pepsinogen itself had no activity. The hydrolytic activity of quail pepsin on N-acetyl-L-phenylalanyl-3,5-diiodo-L-tyrosine was about 1% of that of porcine pepsin. Among the various protease inhibitors tested, only pepstatin inhibited the proteolytic activity of the pepsin. The amino acid composition of quail pepsinogen was found to be rather similar to that of chick pepsinogen C, and these two pepsinogens possessed common antigenicity.
Authors:
H Esumi; S Yasugi; T Mizuno; H Fujiki
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Biochimica et biophysica acta     Volume:  611     ISSN:  0006-3002     ISO Abbreviation:  Biochim. Biophys. Acta     Publication Date:  1980 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1980-05-14     Completed Date:  1980-05-14     Revised Date:  2003-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0217513     Medline TA:  Biochim Biophys Acta     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  363-70     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Chickens
Coturnix
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enzyme Activation
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Pepsin A / isolation & purification*,  metabolism
Pepsinogens / immunology,  isolation & purification*,  metabolism
Proventriculus / enzymology*
Species Specificity
Substrate Specificity
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Pepsinogens; EC 3.4.23.1/Pepsin A

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