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We have previously assigned human ecto-5′-nucleotidase (NT) to chromosome 6 on the basis of conversion of exogenously supplied [14C] AMP to adenosine by whole cells of human and Chinese hamster hybrids carrying chromosome 6. In this paper we demonstrate that the activity on human MRC-5 fibroblasts is typical of previously described and purified ecto-5′-nucleotidases. In contrast to MRC-5 cells, Chinese hamster V79A2 cells weakly express an AMPase activity that is not NT. The cytosolic form of NT in human and hybrid fibroblasts is similar to the ectoenzyme in substrate specificity. Hybrids that lack chromosome 6 express neither the ecto- nor the cytosolic enzyme, suggesting that both forms may be coded by the same gene on chromosome 6. Ecto-ATPase, ecto-ADPase, and ecto-ADP kinase activities are each expressed at similar levels in MRC-5 and V79A2. The ATPase, ADPase and NT activities of MRC-5 cells act sequentially to generate adenosine. A similar cascade acts on V79A2 cells but the lack of NT causes the accumulation of AMP.
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Boyle, J.M., Hey, Y. & Fox, M. Nucleotide ectoenzyme activities of human and Chinese hamster fibroblasts in tissue culture. Biochem Genet 27, 655–671 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02396058
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