Identification of N-myristoylated proteins by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography of an azlactone derivative of N-myristoylglycine.
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ABSTRACT: A method is presented for the identification of N-myristoylated proteins. N-Myristoyl transferases have an absolute requirement for a free N-terminal glycine. N-Myristoylglycine is released upon mild acid hydrolysis of myristoylated peptides and proteins and its derivitization to a p-nitrobenzylazlactone with subsequent analysis by reverse phase h.p.l.c. enabled its detection to pmol levels. This facilitated the identification of N-terminal myristate in nmol quantities of purified proteins. Using this method we demonstrate that the alpha-subunit of the GTP-binding protein G0 is N-terminally myristoylated.
SUBMITTER: Goddard C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1149379 | biostudies-other | 1988 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
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