Affinity labeling of the Vacuolar Arginine Transporter in Neurospora crassa

Neurospora crassa의 액포에 존재하는 arginine transporter의 표지방법

Based on the specificty of recognition of the vacuolar arginine transporter, N-p-nitrobenzoxycarbonyl (NBZ)-L-arginyl diazomethane was synthesized and used as an affinity label specific for the arginine transporter. This arginyl derivative ingibited both ATP-dependent and independent L-arginine transport into vacuolar membrane vesicles. When vacuolar proteins were labeled with radioactive NBZ arginyl diazomethane, the binding was irreversible, detached by treatment with base and blocked by treatment with cysteinyl blocking groups suggesting cysteine as a labeling site.

액포에 존재하는 arginine 운반체의 인식 특이성에 근거하여 NBZ arginyl diazomethane을 합성, affinity label로 사용하였다. 이 arginyl derivative는 ATP-dependent와 ATP-indepndent에 의한 arginine 운반작용을 억제하였다. 액포에의 결합은 비역가적이며, 강한 염기에 의해 분리되었다. Cysteine을 blocking 시키면, 결합은 일어나지 않았다.