Table 1.

Resolution of the ATP-dependent proteolytic activity from crude reticulocyte extract into two essentially required complementing activities (adapted from Ciechanover et al.38; with permission from Elsevier/Biochem Biophys Res Commun).

Fraction Degradation of [3H]globin (%)

–ATP +ATP
Lysate 1.5 10
Fraction I 0.0 0.0
Fraction II 1.5 2.7
Fraction I and Fraction II 1.6 10.6
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2012 January; 3(1): e0001. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2012 January 31. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10068.