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Alkaline ribonuclease and phosphodiesterase activity in rat liver plasma membranes.

ABSTRACT: The ribonuclease and phosphodiesterase activities of rat liver plasma membranes, purified from the crude nuclear fraction by centrifugation in an A-XII zonal rotor and flotation, were examined and compared. The plasma membrane is responsible for between 65 and 90% of the phosphodiesterase activity of the cell and between 25 and 30% of the particulate ribonuclease activity measured at pH8.7 in the presence of 7.5mm-MgCl(2). Both enzymes were most active between pH8.5 and 8.9. Close to the pH optimum, both enzymes were more active in Tris buffer than in Bicine or glycine buffer. Both plasma-membrane phosphodiesterase and ribonuclease were strongly activated by Mg(2+), there being at least a 12-fold difference between the activity in the presence of Mg(2+) and of EDTA. There is, however, a difference in the response of the enzymes to Mg(2+) and EDTA in that the phosphodiesterase is fully activated by 1.0mm-MgCl(2) and fully inhibited by 1.0mm-EDTA, whereas the ribonuclease requires 7.5mm-MgCl(2) for full activation and 5mm-EDTA for full inhibition. Density-gradient centrifugation has indicated that on solubilization in Triton X-100 most of the ribonuclease activity is released into a small fragment of the same size as that containing the phosphodiesterase activity. The relationship between the two activities is discussed in view of these results.

SUBMITTER: Prospero TD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1177608 | biostudies-other | 1973 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Alkaline ribonuclease and phosphodiesterase activity in rat liver plasma membranes.

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