1. The behaviour of choline acetyltransferase from pigeon, guinea-pig, rat and cat brain on isoelectric focusing was studied. 2. Choline acetyltransferase from pigeon and guinea-pig brain showed single peaks with isoelectric points at pH6.6 and 6.8 respectively. Only one molecular form of the enzyme was therefore detected in these species. 3. Three peaks of choline acetyltransferase activities with isoelectric points 7.3-7.6, 7.7-7.9 and 8.3 were obtained with enzyme preparations from rat brain. 4. The separate identities of each of the three forms were confirmed by refocusing. 5. Choline acetyltransferase activity from a high-speed supernatant of rat brain homogenate was distributed similarly to a partially purified enzyme preparation from rat brain in the isoelectric gradient. 6. The enzyme activities from cat brain were separated into two distinct peaks with isoelectric points 7.0 and 8.4, and a possible third peak with isoelectric point 7.6. 7. The two main peaks showed considerable differences in stability on storage, and their identities were confirmed by refocusing. 8. The distribution of the enzyme activities was unaltered by isoelectric focusing in the presence of 3m-urea. 9. The apparent K(m) for choline of choline acetyltransferase from rat, cat and guinea-pig brain was 0.8mm, whereas for the pigeon enzyme it was 0.4mm.
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