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Acetylation Of Synaptosomal Protein: Effect Of Na+ / Arlene Colon, Soll Berl, And Donald D. Clarke, Arlene D. Colon, Soll Berl, Donald Dudley Clarke Phd Jan 1987

Acetylation Of Synaptosomal Protein: Effect Of Na+ / Arlene Colon, Soll Berl, And Donald D. Clarke, Arlene D. Colon, Soll Berl, Donald Dudley Clarke Phd

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In a previous study it was shown that the acetyl moiety can be incorporated into the protein of purified synaptosomes (1). This process was inhibited by veratridine and the inhibitory effect was counteracted by tetrodotoxin. This suggested that the flux ofNa +may be related to the acetylation process. We now report that in a sodium free medium the amount of acetylation is increased and the inhibitory effect of veratridine (veratrine) is no longer evident. The addition ofNa +leads to a decrease in acetylation in the presence of veratrine. The presence of scorpion toxin has an effect similar to that of …


Acetylation Of Synaptosomal Protein: Inhibition Of Veratridine / Soll Berl, Ramiro Nunez, Arlene D. Colon, And Donald D. Clarke Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, And Chemistry Department, Fordham University, New York, New York, U.S.A., Soll Berl, Ramiro Nunez, Arlene D. Colon, Donald Dudley Clarke Phd Jan 1983

Acetylation Of Synaptosomal Protein: Inhibition Of Veratridine / Soll Berl, Ramiro Nunez, Arlene D. Colon, And Donald D. Clarke Mount Sinai School Of Medicine, And Chemistry Department, Fordham University, New York, New York, U.S.A., Soll Berl, Ramiro Nunez, Arlene D. Colon, Donald Dudley Clarke Phd

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Incubation of synaptosomes with [3H]acetate results in rapid labeling of protein. Labeling is decreased in the presence of veratridine, and the effect of veratridine is blocked by tetrodotoxin. Most of the radioactivity can be removed by base or acid hydrolysis, and is probably incorporated as acetate; it is this fraction that is affected by the veratridine. The data suggest that veratridine stimulates deacetylation of synaptosomal protein. This raises the question whether acetylation-deacetylation is involved in membrane function