Neutral endopeptidase neprilysin is copurified with Na,K-ATPase from rabbit outer medulla and hydrolyzes its
M A Groubman1, Y V Kamanina, I Iu Petrushanko
1Department of Biochemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia.
Abstract:
Preparations of Na,K-ATPase from outer medulla of rabbit kidney purified in accordance with the method of P. L. Jorgensen were shown to contain as admixture a protease that moves with α-subunit (~100 kDa) as a single protein band during one-dimensional SDS-PAGE. The electro-elution of proteins of this band from polyacrylamide gel results in the appearance of two protein fragments (~67 and 55 kDa) that are stained with polyclonal antibodies against Na,K-ATPase α-subunit. Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) analysis showed that the neutral membrane-bound endopeptidase neprilysin is located in one protein band together with the Na,K-ATPase α-subunit. Addition of thiorphan, a specific inhibitor of neutral endopeptidase, eliminates proteolysis of the α-subunit. The data demonstrate that Na,K-ATPase α-subunit may be a natural target for neprilysin.
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