PMID: 6408073Jun 25, 1983Paper

A genetic variant of beta-glucuronidase in Drosophila melanogaster.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
S D LangleyV Finnerty

Abstract

The beta-glucuronidase activity of Drosophila melanogaster exists as two chromatographically separable forms, both of which are glycoproteins. Form I is membrane-bound in vivo, has a pI of 8.0-8.5, and can be irreversibly inactivated either by incubation at 55 degrees C for 20 min or by incubation at 37 degrees C in the presence of 6 M urea. Form II exists both membrane-bound as well as membrane-free, has a pI of 4.5, and is resistant to the conditions which inactivate form I. The two forms are similar in Km and Vmax for the artificial substrate 4-methylumbelliferyl-beta-D-glucuronide and both forms are precipitated by antibody to form II. A natural genetic variant, beta-GluL1, completely lacks from I beta-glucuronidase. This variant behaves in a co-dominant fashion for the determination of the presence of form I and has been localized to the extreme distal portion of chromosome 3R. Other data indicate that at least one genetic determinant for the amount of form II is also localized to this portion of chromosome 3R.

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