The obtained protein fractions were analyzed using standard SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), followed by Coomassie Brilliant Blue R-250 (Sigma-Aldrich) staining or Western blot. We used All Blue (Bio-Rad Laboratories) and Dual Xtra (Bio-Rad Laboratories) as molecular weight markers. Separated proteins were transferred to a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane (Immobilon-P, Millipore), which was probed with polyclonal anti-human C-terminal AMCase27 (link), anti-mouse N-terminal AMCase, anti- mouse C-terminal AMCase27 (link), polyclonal goat anti-pepsin C (I-19) antibody (Santa Cruz) or monoclonal anti-β-actin (clone AC-15) (Sigma-Aldrich), followed by peroxidase-conjugated AffiniPure F (ab’)2 Fragment Donkey Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch Laboratories), AffiniPure Donkey Anti-Goat IgG-HRP (Jackson ImmunoResearch laboratories) or AffiniPure Donkey Anti-Mouse IgG (H+L) (Jackson ImmunoResearch laboratories). Bound antibodies were detected using Immobilon Western Chemiluminescent HRP Substrate (Millipore). The immunoblots were analyzed and quantified using the Luminescent Image Analyzer (ImageQuant LAS 4000, GE Healthcare) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
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