Calcium- and pH-dependent aggregation of carboxypeptidase E.
Carboxypeptidase E ( CPE) is involved with the biosynthesis of numerous peptide hormones and neurotransmitters. Several forms of CPE have been previously detected in neuroendocrine cells, including a form which is soluble at pH 5.5 (S- CPE), a form which can be extracted from membranes with 1 M NaCl at pH 5.5 (M1- CPE), and a form which requires both 1% Triton X-100 and 1 M NaCl for extraction from membranes at pH 5.5 (M2- CPE). Like other peptide processing enzymes, CPE is known to be sorted into peptide-containing secretory vesicles of the regulated pathway. One mechanism that has been proposed to be important for sorting of regulated pathway proteins is Ca2+ and pH-induced aggregation. CPE purified from bovine pituitary membranes aggregates at pH 5.5 when the concentration of CPE is 0.3 micrograms/microliters or higher, but not when the concentration is 0.01 microgram/microliters. Aggregation of CPE is pH-dependent, with very little aggregation occurring at pH 6 or above. At pH 5.0-5.5, the M2 form of CPE shows a greater tendency to aggregate than the other two forms. At pH 6, Ca2+ concentrations from 1-30 mM increase the aggregation of M1- and M2- CPE, but not S- CPE. The aggregation of M2- CPE does not explain the apparent membrane binding of this protein since the aggregate is solubilized by 1% Triton X-100 at pH 5.5 or by pH 6.0, whereas M2- CPE is not extracted from membranes under these conditions. Taken together, these results are consistent with a model in which the decreasing pH and increasing Ca2+ levels in the trans Golgi network induce the aggregation of CPE, which contributes to the sorting of this protein into regulated pathway secretory vesicles.[1]References
- Calcium- and pH-dependent aggregation of carboxypeptidase E. Song, L., Fricker, L.D. J. Biol. Chem. (1995) [Pubmed]
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