Requirement for guanosine triphosphate in the activation of adenylate cyclase by cholera toxin
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Supramolecular Structure
- Vol. 10 (1), 51-60
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jss.400100106
Abstract
The activation of adenylate cyclase in lysed pigeon erythrocytes requires, among several cofactors, a nucleotide which may be ATP, GTP, or many other triphosphates. However, after removal of endogenous nucleotides by gel filtration or by adsorption onto charcoal the requirement can be met only by GTP, or an analog of GTP. The GTP is required during the activation of the cyclase by toxin even if GTP is also included during the subsequent adenylate cyclase assay, conducted without toxin. In the presence of GTP it is possible to assay for the cytosolic protein that is also required for the action of cholera toxin. By gel filtration, its apparent molecular weight is 15,000–20,000.Keywords
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