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Identification of the guanosine interacting peptide of the GTP binding site of. beta. -tubulin using 8N/sub 3/GTP

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6029263
It has been shown earlier that 8N/sub 3/GTP is an effective biological mimic of GTP in that it interacts at the exchangeable GTP binding site and causes tubulin to polymerize in a fashion quite similar to GTP. Also, using ..cap alpha.. and ..gamma..(/sup 32/P)8N/sub 3/GTP it is now possible to selectively and effectively photolabel the ..beta..-subunit. A complete sequence of the ..cap alpha.. and ..beta..-subunits of porcine brain tubulin has been reported. They now report on conditions which optimize the photoinsertion of (/sup 32/P)8N/sub 3/GTP selectively into the ..beta..-subunit of tubulin and the use of cation-exchange column chromatography to assist in the purification of the photolabeled peptide. Using two slightly different procedures they have isolated the 8N/sub 3/GTP photolabeled peptide and identified its partial sequence as A-I-L-V-D-L-E-P-G-T which agrees with the highly conserved region of residues 63-72 of ..beta..-tubulin.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington
OSTI ID:
6029263
Report Number(s):
CONF-870644-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 46:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English