Multiple forms of calpastatin in pig brain

Biochem Int. 1989 Sep;19(3):633-43.

Abstract

Pig brain was found to contain two calpain-specific, heat-stable inhibitory fractions which could be separated by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. CS-0.1, which was eluted from the column at 0.1 M NaCl, was identified as an ordinary, well-known calpastatin. CS-0.2, eluted at 0.2 M NaCl, was different from CS-0.1 in that it inhibited calpain 1 more strongly than calpain II and that it did not cross-react with anti-calpastatin antibodies. Partial purification indicated that CS-0.2 contained inhibitor proteins smaller than ordinary calpastatin, but whether they are the products derived from CS-0.1 or entirely different genetic products has not yet been determined.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western
  • Brain Chemistry*
  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / immunology
  • Calpain / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Chromatography, Ion Exchange
  • Cross Reactions
  • Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / immunology
  • Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / isolation & purification*
  • Swine

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors
  • calpastatin
  • Calpain