Abstract

We purified a major kyotorphin (L-Tyr-L-Arg)-hydrolyzing peptidase (KTPase) from the rat brain, to electrophoretic homogeneity using conventional chromatographic techniques. KTPase was purified 1,660-fold with a specific activity of 161 mumol/min/mg protein and 6.8% recovery. The purified enzyme was composed of a single polypeptide with a molecular mass of 67 kDa and an isoelectric point (pI) of 5.5. KTPase has the ability to hydrolyze a variety of natural dipeptides. It also liberated NH2-terminal tyrosine from Tyr-Gly-Gly and Tyr-Tyr-Leu. Bestatin and arphamenine B were potent inhibitors of this enzyme, while amastatin and puromycin had little effect. An excess of anti-KTPase antibody raised in a white rabbit precipitated approximately 80% of the kyotorphin-hydrolyzing activity in the cytosol of rat brain. These data suggested that 67 kDa KTPase has a role in the degradation of kyotorphin within neuronal cells of the rat brain.

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