Kaufman D L, McGinnis J F, Krieger N R, Tobin A J
Science. 1986 May 30;232(4754):1138-40. doi: 10.1126/science.3518061.
Glutamate decarboxylase (GAD; E.C. 4.1.1.15) converts glutamate to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), the major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the vertebrate central nervous system. This report describes the isolation of a GAD complementary DNA clone by immunological screening of a lambda gt-11 brain complementary DNA expression library. The fusion protein produced by this clone catalyzes the conversion of glutamate to GABA and carbon dioxide, confirming its identity as GAD. Antibodies to beta-galactosidase remove GAD enzymatic activity from solution, showing that this activity is associated with the fusion protein. In immunoblotting experiments all three available antisera to GAD reacted with the fusion polypeptide and with two major polypeptides (molecular size, 60,000 and 66,000 daltons) in brain extracts.
谷氨酸脱羧酶(GAD;E.C. 4.1.1.15)可将谷氨酸转化为γ-氨基丁酸(GABA),GABA是脊椎动物中枢神经系统中的主要抑制性神经递质。本报告描述了通过对λgt-11脑互补DNA表达文库进行免疫筛选来分离GAD互补DNA克隆的过程。该克隆产生的融合蛋白催化谷氨酸转化为GABA和二氧化碳,证实了其作为GAD的身份。针对β-半乳糖苷酶的抗体可从溶液中去除GAD酶活性,表明该活性与融合蛋白相关。在免疫印迹实验中,所有三种现有的针对GAD的抗血清均与融合多肽以及脑提取物中的两种主要多肽(分子大小分别为60,000和66,000道尔顿)发生反应。