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Formation of N epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)-lysine isodipeptide in Chinese-hamster ovary cells.


ABSTRACT: N epsilon-(gamma-Glutamyl)-lysine isodipeptide was detected in a protein-free fraction of Chinese-hamster ovary cells and their culture fluid by using radioactive lysine as a tracer. The identity of the isodipeptide was established by its separation on ion-exchange chromatography, analysis by h.p.l.c. after derivatization, recovery of lysine after acidic hydrolysis or after cleavage by a specific enzyme, namely gamma-glutamylamine cyclotransferase. The amount of isodipeptide was raised (460 pmol/10(7) cells and 61 pmol/ml of culture fluid were observed as highest values) as the cell density increased. Effects of inhibitors of intracellular protein degradation have shown that the isodipeptide derives from cross-linking N epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)-lysine bonds formed by tissue transglutaminase. Estimated half-life values of cross-linked proteins were about 3 h. gamma-Glutamylamine cyclotransferase, which may split the isodipeptide formed during the continuous turnover of cross-linked proteins, was also found in Chinese-hamster ovary cells. Isodipeptide may have been accumulated when either its generated amount is beyond the capacity of gamma-glutamylamine cyclotransferase or it is generated in cell compartments where this enzyme is not present.

SUBMITTER: Fesus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1133507 | biostudies-other | 1989 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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