[HTML][HTML] Purification and characterization of rat kidney sphingosine kinase

A Olivera, T Kohama, Z Tu, S Milstien… - Journal of Biological …, 1998 - ASBMB
Sphingosine kinase catalyzes the formation of the bioactive sphingolipid metabolite
sphingosine 1-phosphate, which plays important roles in numerous physiological
processes, including growth, survival, and motility. We have purified rat kidney sphingosine
kinase 6× 10 5-fold to apparent homogeneity. The purification procedure involved
ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by chromatography on an anion exchange column.
Partially purified sphingosine kinase was found to be stabilized by the presence of high salt …