2008-05-30
The 45-kDa form of Pdx-1 does not result from post-translational modifications
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications , Volume 370 - Issue 2 p. 225- 229
Pdx-1 is a key regulator of glucose-stimulated insulin gene transcription in β-cells. The regulation of Pdx-1 in response to glucose has previously been associated with a remarkable shift in electrophoretic mobility on SDS-PAGE from 31 to 45 kDa. This has been attributed to different post-translational modifications including phosphorylation, sumoylation or glycosylation. However, and in contrast with previous studies, we describe in this paper that Pdx-1 produced in Escherichia coli, by in vitro transcription/translation or exogenously expressed in eukaryotic cells, migrates with an apparent molecular mass of 45 kDa despite a calculated mass of 31 kDa. Moreover, we show that the migration of endogenous Pdx-1 obtained from a mouse β-cell line as well as from human primary islets is not dependent on glucose concentration. Taken together, these data, validated by mass spectrometry techniques, establish that anomalous migration of Pdx-1 on SDS-PAGE does not result from post-translational modifications.
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| doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.071, hdl.handle.net/1765/28828 | |
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| Organisation | Erasmus MC: University Medical Center Rotterdam |
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Carlotti, F., Zaldumbide, A., Charif, H., de Koning, E., Luider, T., & Hoeben, R. (2008). The 45-kDa form of Pdx-1 does not result from post-translational modifications. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 370(2), 225–229. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.071 |
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