Immunological detection of alkaline-diaminobenzidine-negative peroxisomes of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Purification and unique pH optima of peroxisomal catalase

European Journal of Biochemistry 267 巻 5 号 1307-1312 頁 2000 発行
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Immunological detection of alkaline-diaminobenzidine-negative peroxisomes of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Purification and unique pH optima of peroxisomal catalase
作成者
Togo Summanuna H.
Maebuchi Motohiro
Yokota Sadaki
Bun-ya Masanori
Kawahara Akira
Kamiryo Tatsuyuki
収録物名
European Journal of Biochemistry
267
5
開始ページ 1307
終了ページ 1312
抄録
We purified catalase-2 of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and identified peroxisomes in this organism. The peroxisomes of C. elegans were not detectable by cytochemical staining using 3,3'-diaminobenzidine, a commonly used method depending on the peroxidase activity of peroxisomal catalase at pH 9 in which genuine peroxidases are inactive. The cDNA sequences of C. elegans predict two catalases very similar to each other throughout the molecule, except for the short C-terminal sequence; catalase-2 (500 residues long) carries a peroxisomal targeting signal 1-like sequence (Ser-His-Ile), whereas catalase-1 does not. The catalase purified to near homogeneity from the homogenate of C. elegans cells consisted of a subunit of 57 kDa and was specifically recognized by anti-(catalase-2) serum but not by anti-(catalase-1) serum. Subcellular fractionation and indirect immunoelectron microscopy of the nematode detected catalase-2 inside vesicles judged to be peroxisomes using morphological criteria. The purified enzyme (220 kDa) was tetrameric, similar to many catalases from various sources, but exhibited unique pH optima for catalase (pH 6) and peroxidase (pH 4) activities; the latter value is unusually low and explains why the peroxidase activity was undetectable using the standard alkaline diaminobenzidine- staining method. These results indicate that catalase-2 is peroxisomal and verify that it can be used as a marker enzyme for C. elegans peroxisomes.
著者キーワード
Caenorhabditis elegans
catalase
3.3'-diaminobenzidine
peroxidase
peroxisomes
NDC分類
生物科学・一般生物学 [ 460 ]
言語
英語
資源タイプ 学術雑誌論文
出版者
Federation of European Biochemical Societies
発行日 2000
権利情報
Copyright (c) 1990 Federation of European Biochemical Societies
出版タイプ Version of Record(出版社版。早期公開を含む)
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収録物識別子
[ISSN] 0014-2956
[NCID] AA00639541
[PMID] 10691967
[DOI] 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01091.x
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01091.x ~の異版である