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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1982 Feb 01;793:830-4.
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Biosynthesis and secretion of catalytically active acetylcholinesterase in Xenopus oocytes microinjected with mRNA from rat brain and from Torpedo electric organ.

Soreq H , Parvari R , Silman I .


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A novel technique was developed for monitoring the level of the mRNA species that direct the synthesis of acetylcholinesterase (AcChoEase; acetylcholine acetylhydrolase, EC 3.1.1.7), using microinjected Xenopus oocytes as a translation system. When injected with poly(A)-containing RNA from whole rat brain or rat cerebellum and from electric organ of Torpedo ocellata, Xenopus oocytes synthesize and secrete catalytically active cholinesterase. The newly synthesized enzyme, which is mostly secreted into the oocytes incubation medium, appears to be primarily AcChoEase because it is inhibited by the specific inhibitor BW 284C51. The new enzymatic activity can be detected after injection of as little as 12.5 ng of poly(A)-containing RNA per oocyte, and there is a linear dependence of the oocytes' ability to form AcChoEase on the amount of injected RNA. The AcChoEase mRNA displays a tau 1/2 of about 10 +/- 3 hr in injected oocytes. The abundance of AcChoEase mRNA in the total nonfractionated mRNA injected was calculated to be ca. 1 x 10(-5), a value similar to the level of AcChoEase protein determined in rat brain. The combination of the high turnover number of AcChoEase, the efficiency of the oocyte system, and the sensitivity of the assay used thus permit the accurate monitoring of the scarce mRNA species that direct the synthesis of this enzyme.

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis
Genes referenced: ache mapt

References [+] :
AUSTIN, Two selective inhibitors of cholinesterase. 1953, Pubmed