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The activity of cathepsin D on hemoglobin and on cytoplasmic tubulin was measured in brain preparations at different ages--in newborn, 10- and 21-day-old, and young adult rats. Enzyme activity increased after birth, reaching a maximum at around 21 days, and then declined. This increase was not parallel with decreased turnover of proteins during development, but was parallel with decreasing level and increasing microheterogeneity and rate of assembly of tubulin during development. The breakdown of tubulin was heterogeneous, with initial fast breakdown of a large portion, followed by breakdown at a lower rate. This heterogeneity in breakdown persisted throughout development. The breakdown of tubulin, unlike that of hemoglobin, was at all ages greater at pH 5.8 than at pH 3.2. The possible role of cathepsin D in tubulin metabolism and the developmental changes under physiological conditions need further exploration.
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