• BMB Reports
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.197-203
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• 1995

Famesyl protein transferase involved in the first step of post-translational modification of $p21^{ras}$ proteins transfers the famesyl moiety from famesyl pyrophosphate to a cysteine residue in $p21^{ras}$ proteins. The enzyme was first purified 30,000-fold from bovine testis by use of 30~50% ammonium sulfate fractionation, DEAE-Sephacel ion exchange chromatography, Sephacryl S-300 gel filtration chromatography, Sephacryl S-200 gel filtration chromatography, and hexapeptide (Lys-Lys-Cys-Val-Ile-Met) affinity chromatography. The molecular weight of the purified enzyme was estimated to be ~100 kDa by gel filtration and SDS-polyacrylamide gels showed two closely spaced bands of ~50 kDa protein. These indicate that the enzyme consists of two nonidentical subunits, a and 13, which have slightly different molecular weights. The enzyme was inhibited by hexapeptide (Lys-Lys-Cys-Val-Ile-Met), which acted as an alternative substrate that competed for famesylation. Kinetic analysis by measuring initial velocities showed that famesyl protein transferase is a very slow enzyme. EDTA-treated famesyl protein transferase showed little activity with $Mg^{2+}$ or $Zn^{2+}$ alone, but required both $Mg^{2+}$ and $Zn^{2+}$ for the catalytic activity.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2004

식용식물자원으로부터 활성소재를 찾기 위하여 흰씀바귀 뿌리를 80% MeOH로 추출하고, 얻어진 추출물을 EtOAc, n-BuOH및 $H_2O$로 용매 분획하였다. EtOAc와 n-BuOH 분획에 대하여 column chromatography를 반복하여 4종의 화합물을 분리하였다. 각각에 대하여 2D-NMR을 포함한 스펙트럼 데이터의 해석과 문헌 자료를 조사하여 zaluzanin C (1), $9{\alpha}-hydroxyguaian-4(l5),10(14),11(13)-triene-6,12-olide$ (2), $3{\beta}-O-{\beta}-D-glucopyranosyl-8{\beta}-hydroxyguaian-4(15),\;10(14 )-diene-6,12-olide$ (3), $3-O-{\beta}- D-glucopyranosyl-8{\beta}hydroxyguaian-10(14)-ene-6,12-olide$ (4)로 구조를 결정하였다. 이들 화합물에 대하여 ACAT(Acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase), DGAT (diacylglycerol acyltransferase) 및 FPTase(farnesyl-protein transferase)의 활성에 미치는 억제효과를 측정하였다. Compound 1과 Compound 2는 DGAT에 대한 활성억제효과에 있어서 $IC_{50}$ 값이 각각 0.13 mM, 0.10 mM로 나타났고, FPTase에 대하여는 각각 0.15 mM, 0.18 mM로 나타났으며, ACAT에 대하여는 약한 억제 활성을 나타냈다. 따라서 흰씀바귀는 항암 및 항고혈압의 소재 개발에 있어서 유용한 자원으로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.