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Tissue-specific distribution of a peroxisomal 46-kDa protein related to the 58-kDa protein (sterol carrier protein x; sterol carrier protein 2/3-oxoacyl-CoA thiolase). 1996

B C Ossendorp, and W F Voorhout, and A van Amerongen, and F Brunink, and J J Batenburg, and K W Wirtz
Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Department of Lipid Biochemistry, Utrecht, The Netherlands. b.c.ossendorp@chem.ruu.nl

The complete sequence of the nonspecific lipid-transfer protein (nsL-TP; sterol carrier protein 2) including the presequence is present at the C-terminus (residues 405-547) of a 58-kDa protein. To be able to study this 58-kDa protein without the interference of nsL-TP, antibodies were raised against predicted epitope regions in the N-terminal part (peptide I, residues 23-43; peptide II, residues 130-149). Using these antibodies, rat tissues were analyzed by immunoblotting. In rat liver, in addition to the 58-kDa protein the antibody against peptide I (alpha-58K23) as well as the antibody against peptide II (alpha-58K130) detected a 46-kDa protein. This suggests that both peptide sequences are present in this 46-kDa protein. Both the 46- and the 58-kDa-proteins were abundantly present in liver and adrenals, but could also be detected in brain, kidney, heart, lung, testes, and ovary. This distribution was observed in tissues from both male and female rats. Immunogold labeling of cryosections of liver showed that alpha-58K23 labels the peroxisomes. From double-labeling experiments using alpha-nsL-TP and alpha-58K23 we conclude that the 46-kDa protein is peroxisomal. We propose that in the peroxisomes the protease that processes pre-nsL-TP also cleaves the 58-kDa protein giving rise to the 46-kDa protein and nsL-TP. In addition to the 58- and 46-kDa proteins, an immunoreactive 44-kDa protein was prominently present in rat heart and at low levels also in small intestine and brain. Immunogold labeling of cryosections of heart and Western blotting of purified mitochondria showed that the 44-kDa protein is localized in the mitochondria. The 44-kDa protein was shown to be identical to mitochondrial sarcomeric creatine kinase, which has a peptide segment of five amino acid residues in common with peptide I.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008830 Microbodies Electron-dense cytoplasmic particles bounded by a single membrane, such as PEROXISOMES; GLYOXYSOMES; and glycosomes. Glycosomes,Glycosome,Microbody
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009928 Organ Specificity Characteristic restricted to a particular organ of the body, such as a cell type, metabolic response or expression of a particular protein or antigen. Tissue Specificity,Organ Specificities,Specificities, Organ,Specificities, Tissue,Specificity, Organ,Specificity, Tissue,Tissue Specificities
D010446 Peptide Fragments Partial proteins formed by partial hydrolysis of complete proteins or generated through PROTEIN ENGINEERING techniques. Peptide Fragment,Fragment, Peptide,Fragments, Peptide
D002352 Carrier Proteins Proteins that bind or transport specific substances in the blood, within the cell, or across cell membranes. Binding Proteins,Carrier Protein,Transport Protein,Transport Proteins,Binding Protein,Protein, Carrier,Proteins, Carrier
D002374 Catalase An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the conversion of HYDROGEN PEROXIDE to water and oxygen. It is present in many animal cells. A deficiency of this enzyme results in ACATALASIA. Catalase A,Catalase T,Manganese Catalase,Mn Catalase
D005260 Female Females

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