Proteolytic enzymes in seminal plasma of domestic turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
1993
Thurston, R.J. | Korn, N. | Froman, D.P. | Bodine, A.B.
Protease and basic amidase activity was found in the seminal plasma of the domestic turkey. Amidase activity, measured through use of N-alpha-benzoyl-DL-arginine-p-nitroanilide-HCL (BAPNA), was 23-28 times greater for turkey than for guinea fowl or chicken. Within the reproductive tract, seminal plasma from the vas deferens had much greater activity than testicular or epididymal fluids. Turkey seminal plasma enzyme (TSPE) purified by chromatography or isoelectric focusing showed three protein bands by PAGE, each resolving on SDS-PAGE into two subunits with molecular weights of approximately 28000-32000 and 38000-44000. One of the three proteins also contained a larger subunit (Mr 76000-81000) thought to be transferrin. Turkey acrosin consisted of three subunits with molecular weights below 20500. Acrosin, but not TSPE, was visualized in native gels with N-alpha-benzoyl-DL-arginine-beta-naphthylamide (BANA)/Fast Garnet stain. Michaelis constants (BAPNA) for TSPE, acrosin, and trypin were 2.41 +/- 0.12 X 10-4 M (n = 5), 4.96-6.03 X 10-4 M (n = 2), and 6.76 +/- 0.95 X 10-4 M (n = 6), respectively. TSPE, like acrosin and trypsin, was inhibited by benzamidine but not iodoacetamide. While all natural trypsin inhibitors tested inhibited acrosin, TSPE was not inhibited by ovomucoid from chicken or turkey egg white.
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