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Biosynthetic human proinsulin (obtained by recombinant DNA techniques) was used as the starting material for the preparation, by semisynthetic methods, of [3H]proinsulin with the label at the N-terminal phenylalanine residue. The labelled proinsulin was characterized by its retention time on reversed-phase h.p.l.c., by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, by the time course of its enzymic conversion into insulin and by chromatographic analysis after extensive proteolytic degradation. The specific radioactivity of the product was 5 Ci/mmol. Experimental details of the preparation of human [[3H]Phe1]proinsulin, the isolation of this product by isocratic h.p.l.c. and gel filtration, and further characterization of protein intermediates have been deposited as supplement SUP 50138 (12 pages) at the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on prepayment [see Biochem. J. (1987) 241, 5].
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- R M Jones
- Département de Biochimie Médicale, Centre Médical Universitaire, Genève, Switzerland
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Collawn JF, Donato H, Fish WW. Evidence that H-enriched human placental ferritin is structurally similar to L-enriched ferritins of other tissues. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1986; 871:235-42. [PMID: 3707970 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(86)90204-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Ferritin was purified from normal full-term placenta, and the native structure and subunit composition were characterized. Reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of the placental ferritin subunits suggested the presence of three subunit types. Using acid urea gel electrophoresis and amino acid analysis, these subunits were tentatively identified as two H-type and one L-type. The relative proportions of the subunit types were approx. 23% H-1, 33% H-2 and 44% L. The native structure of placental ferritin as judged by circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy was quite similar to that of ferritin isolated from horse spleen, a source that is composed predominantly of L subunits. These results are consistent with a ferritin tetracosameric structure whose H and L subunits fit into 24 equivalent sites interchangeably because the secondary and tertiary structures of the two subunit types are very similar.
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Oxygen equilibria and structural characteristics of the tetrameric and polymeric intracellular hemoglobins from the bivalve molluscBarbatia reeveana. J Comp Physiol B 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00692745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ng DS, Yip CC. Peptide mapping of the insulin-binding site of the 130-kDa subunit of the insulin receptor by means of a novel cleavable radioactive photoprobe. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1985; 133:154-60. [PMID: 4074360 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(85)91854-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A radioactive photoaffinity probe for the insulin receptor was prepared by derivatizing insulin at its B29 lysine with a novel crosslinking reagent having a cleavable azo linkage. Insulin receptors purified from human placental membranes were photoaffinity labeled with this probe. The photolabeled receptor was treated with dithionite to cleave the azo linkage, thereby removing the insulin ligand and transferring the radioactivity to the receptor protein. The radioactive labeled subunit was isolated and digested with elastase for peptide mapping and separation by high performance liquid chromatography. Results obtained indicated that it will be feasible to use this new photoaffinity probe to obtain radioactive peptides representing the insulin-binding site(s) on the receptor subunit.
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Heparin and ionic strength-dependent conversion of antithrombin III from an inhibitor to a substrate of alpha-thrombin. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39226-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Photoaffinity labeling of atrial natriuretic factor receptors of rat kidney cortex plasma membranes. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)39458-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Roberts MS, Terwilliger RC, Terwilliger NB. Comparison of sea cucumber hemoglobin structures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(84)90250-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Srinivasa BR, Carpenter FH. Intramolecular cross-linking of insulin. Preparation and properties of oxalyl- and malonyl-bis(methionyl) insulin. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1983; 22:214-22. [PMID: 6352535 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1983.tb02088.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The bifunctional reagents, oxalyl-(Met-ONp)2 and malonyl-(Met-ONp)2 have been prepared and investigated as reversible cross-linking reagents for insulin and model compounds. The removal of the cross-linking residues was demonstrated by the cyanogen bromide cleavage of oxalyl-(Met-Phe-OMe)2 and malonyl-(Met-Phe-OMe)2. Zinc-insulin reacted with a molar equivalent of oxalyl-(Met-ONp)2 or malonyl-(Met-ONp)2 in presence of excess triethylamine to yield oxalyl-(Met)2-insulin and malonyl-(Met)2-insulin, respectively. In these derivatives the N-terminal phenylalanine (B1 residue) was free. Thus the cross-link was between A1 and B29 residues in insulin. All three disulfide bonds of these insulin derivatives undergo reduction with tributylphosphine to give six sulfhydryls. Air-oxidation of reduced oxalyl-(Met)2-insulin and malonyl-(Met)2-insulin in 0.05 M disodium phosphate, pH 9.5, yielded products which were indistinguishable from oxalyl-(Met)2-insulin and malonyl-(Met)2-insulin respectively, as measured by physicochemical and biological methods. Cyanogen bromide cleavage of reduced and reoxidized malonyl-(Met)2-insulin in 70% formic acid regenerated insulin quantitatively, but only 40% of insulin was determined from similar treatment of oxalyl-(Met)2-insulin. The regenerated insulins exhibited the biological activity of native insulin. These studies strongly suggest that disulfide bonds formed during oxidation of reduced oxalyl-(Met)2-insulin and malonyl-(Met)2-insulin are identical to those found in insulin.
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Reed BC. Metabolism of covalent receptor-insulin complexes by 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Synthesis and use of photosensitive insulin analogs to study insulin receptor metabolism in cell culture. J Biol Chem 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)32640-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A heterodont bivalve mollusk Calyptogena magnifica, from the East Pacific Rise and the Galápagos Rift hydrothermal vent areas, contains abundant hemoglobin in circulating erythrocytes. No other known heterodont clam contains a circulating intracellular hemoglobin. The hemoglobin is tetrameric and has a relatively high oxygen affinity, which varies only slightly between 2 degrees and 10 degrees C. The presence of hemoglobin in the clam may facilitate the transport of oxygen to be used in chemoautotrophic hydrogen sulfide metabolism.
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Terwilliger NB. Effect of subunit composition on quaternary structure of isopod (Ligia pallasii) hemocyanin. Biochemistry 1982; 21:2579-86. [PMID: 7093205 DOI: 10.1021/bi00540a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Björk I, Jackson CM, Jörnvall H, Lavine KK, Nordling K, Salsgiver WJ. The active site of antithrombin. Release of the same proteolytically cleaved form of the inhibitor from complexes with factor IXa, factor Xa, and thrombin. J Biol Chem 1982. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)34938-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Canova-Davis E, Carpenter FH. Semisynthesis of insulin: specific activation of the arginine carboxyl group of the B chain of desoctapeptide-(B23--30)-insulin (bovine). Biochemistry 1981; 20:7053-8. [PMID: 7032587 DOI: 10.1021/bi00527a044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Dangott LJ, Terwilliger RC. Arthropod extracellular hemoglobins: structural and functional properties. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1981. [DOI: 10.1016/0305-0491(81)90295-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Oxygen affinities of maternal and fetal hemoglobins of the viviparous seaperch,Embiotoca lateralis. J Comp Physiol B 1981. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00688985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Delovitch TL, Watson J, Battistella R, Harris JF, Shaw J, Paetkau V. In vitro analysis of allogeneic lymphocyte interaction. V. Identification and characterization of two components of allogeneic effect factor, one of which displays H-2-restricted helper activity and the other, T cell-growth factor activity. J Exp Med 1981; 153:107-28. [PMID: 6969778 PMCID: PMC2186045 DOI: 10.1084/jem.153.1.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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An allogeneic effect factor (AEF) derived from mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) cultures of alloactivated A.SW (H-2s) responder T cells and irradiated A/WySn (H-2a) stimulator spleen cells helps an in vitro primary anti-erythrocyte plaque-forming cell PFC response of BALB/c nude spleen cels and also A/WySn but not A.SW T cell-depleted spleen cells. AEF activity is adsorbed by anti-Ik and anti-I-Ak but not by anti-I-Jk, anti-I-ECk, and anti-Is. Gel filtration of ACA 54 resolves AEF into two main components that which appear in the 50,000- to 70,000-mol wt (component I) and 30,000- to 35,000-mol wt (component II) regions, respectively. Component I has a mol wt of 68,000, elutes from DEAE-Sephacel at 0.05-0.1 M NaCl, and has an isoelectric point (pI) of 5.8. It helps A/WySn but not A.SW B cells and, therefore, is H-2 restricted. Component II is not H-2 restricted, because it helps both A.SW and A/WySn B cells. It also stimulates (a) the growth of a long-term cytotoxic cell line in vitro, (b) Con A-induced thymocyte mitogenesis, and (c) the generation of cytotoxic T cells. The latter three properties of component II are not shared by component I. In addition, component II elutes from DEAE-Sephacel at 0.15-0.2 M NaCl and has a pI of 4.3 and 4.9. Ia determinants and Ig VH, CH, L-chain, and idiotypic determinants are not present on either component I or component II. The properties of component II are identical to that of a T cell growth factor produced by Con A-stimulated spleen cells. It is suggested that the H-2-restricted component I of AEF might be an MLR-activated responder T cell-derived Ia alloantigen receptor.
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Grinich NP, Terwilliger RC. The quaternary structure of an unusual high-molecular-weight intracellular haemoglobin from the bivalve mollusc Barbatia reeveana. Biochem J 1980; 189:1-8. [PMID: 7458896 PMCID: PMC1161911 DOI: 10.1042/bj1890001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The arcid clam Barbatia reeveana contains an intracellular haemoglobin with an unusual structure. First, compared with other intracellular haemoglobins, it is extremely large, with a mol.wt. of 430000 and an s(20,w) of 13.6S. A minor component (mol.wt.=220000; s(20,w)=9.7S) is also present as a probable dissociation product of the major component. Secondly, this haemoglobin has an unusual subunit structure. It contains 1mol of haem per 16000g of protein, in common with most other haemoglobins. However, the smallest polypeptide that could be obtained after treatment with sodium dodecyl sulphate or 6m-guanidine with reducing agent has a mol.wt. of 32000-37000. Digestion of the haemoglobin with the proteinase subtilisin produces both 57000- and 30000-mol.wt. aggregates that contain 1mol of haem per 16000g of protein and that can be dissociated into 16500-mol.wt. polypeptides by treatment with sodium dodecyl sulphate. The intact polymer shows slight co-operativity (h=1.7), lacks a Bohr effect between pH7 and 8, and has a low oxygen affinity [P(50)=4.8kPa (36mmHg) at 20 degrees C] relative to other haemoglobins. The 30000-mol.wt. aggregate obtained by digestion of the polymer binds oxygen reversibly with an affinity greater than that of the polymer, but with some co-operativity (h=1.7). These results are consistent with the hypothesis that the subunits of this unusually large intracellular haemoglobin are 32000-mol.wt. polypeptides that in turn are composed of two covalently linked haem-containing oxygen-binding domains. This is the first report of an intracellular haemoglobin with such a structure.
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Fish WW, Björk I. Release of a two-chain form of antithrombin from the antithrombin-thrombin complex. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1979; 101:31-8. [PMID: 510312 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1979.tb04212.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dangott LJ, Terwilliger RC. Structural studies of a branchiopod crustacean (Lepidurus bilobatus) extracellular hemoglobin. Evidence for oxygen-binding domains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1979; 579:452-61. [PMID: 43742 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(79)90072-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The extracellular hemoglobin of the notostracan branchiopod Lepidurus bilobatus has an apparent molecular weight of 680,000 and may exist in a dissociation-association equilibrium dependent on pH and ligand state. The pigment contains one heme per 18,000 g protein. However, attempts to dissociate the hemoglobin by harsh denaturing conditions results in a 33-34,000 molecular weight polypeptide chain as well as traces of some 62-64,000 molecular weight material. Limited proteolysis of this hemoglobin with subtilisin produces 14,800 and 16,500 dalton heme-containing polypeptides (domains) which bind oxygen reversibly. These domains, isolated by column chromatography, have a heme content similar to the intact pigment. It is proposed that the intact 34,000 dalton subunit of Lepidurus hemoglobin consists of two linearly linked oxygen binding domains. Oxygen binding properties of the intact hemoglobin show a low oxygen affinity with a slight Bohr effect. In contrast, the isolated domains display a relatively high oxygen affinity and lack a Bohr effect between pH 7.0 and 8.0. It is apparent that the intact 34,000 dalton polypeptide is necessary for the expression of the heterotropic interactions of the native pigment.
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Paynovich RC, Carpenter FH. Oxidation of the sulfhydryl forms of insulin A-chain and B-chain. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1979; 13:113-21. [PMID: 34569 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1979.tb01858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A modified procedure for the preparation of the S-sulfonates of the A- and B-chains of insulin and their conversion to the sulfhydryl forms by tri-n-butylphosphine is described. Air oxidation of the sulfhydryl forms of the A-chain in dilute solution (0.2 mg/ml) either in the presence or absence of urea at pH 9.0 yields primarily monomeric, intrachain disulfides. Similar treatment of the reduced B-chain yield monomeric, intrachain disulfide in 7 M urea but a large number of oligomeric, interchain disulfides in the absence of urea. Electrolytic reduction of insulin in 7 M urea of pH 8.5, followed by oxidation of the sulfhydryls in dilute solution in 7 M urea at pH 9.0 yields primarily a mixture of the monomeric, intrachain disulfides of the A-chain and of the B-chain which can be separated by chromatography on Sp-Sephadex in acidic urea. The rate of the oxidation of the sulfhydryls of the two separate chains was much slower and less complete than that reported for the two chains crosslinked by the carbonylbismethionyl residue.
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Fish WW, Orre K, Björk I. The production of an inactive form of antithrombin through limited proteolysis by thrombin. FEBS Lett 1979; 98:103-6. [PMID: 428524 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(79)80162-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Yip C, Yeung C, Moule M. Photoaffinity labeling of insulin receptor of rat adiopocyte plasma membrane. J Biol Chem 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)62315-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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ALAGÓN ALEJANDROC, POSSANI LOURIVALD, ERICKSON BRUCEW. ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEVERAL PROTEINS FROM TITYUS SERRULATUS SCORPION VENOM. Toxins (Basel) 1978. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-08-022640-8.50062-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Mörschel E, Wehrmeyer W. Multiple forms of phycoerythrin-545 from Cryptomonas maculata. Arch Microbiol 1977; 113:83-9. [PMID: 889388 DOI: 10.1007/bf00428585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Possani LD, Alagón AC, Fletcher PL, Erickson BW. Purification and properties of mammalian toxins from the venom of Brazilian Scorpion Tityus serrulatus Lutz and Mello. Arch Biochem Biophys 1977; 180:394-403. [PMID: 879793 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(77)90053-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hamlin LM, Fish WW. The subunit characterization of Callinectes sapidus hemocyanin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 491:46-52. [PMID: 14702 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(77)90039-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Hemocyanin from the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, sediments at 25.7 S and has a native molecular weight of 940 000 +/- 20 000. Under solution conditions of increased pH (approximately 10) or ionic strength, the native molecule dissociates to a 17 S species. Reversal of this dissociation was unsuccessful. At pH 10 and with the removal of Mg2+, the 17 S species reversibly dissociates to form a subunit species which sediments at 6 S. A comparison of the circular dichroic spectra of the 25.7 S and 6 S hemocyanins suggests that little happens to the structural integrity of the polypeptide backbone upon the two dissociations. Molecular weight estimations under reducing and denaturing conditions indicate that the 6 S hemocyanin species represents the constituent polypeptide chain of the protein molecule. Chemical analysis suggests the presence of a small amount, less than 3%, of carbohydrate bound to the polypeptide chain. Electrophoresis of the hemocyanin in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate or urea reveals two major electrophoretic species of either slightly different chemical composition or slightly different polypeptide chain length.
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Thanh VH, Shibasaki K. Beta-conglycinin from soybean proteins. Isolation and immunological and physicochemical properties of the monomeric forms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 490:370-84. [PMID: 556958 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(77)90012-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Beta-conglycinin consisting of six major isomers (designated B1- to B6-conglycinin) was dissociated and fractionated on columns of DEAE- and CM-Sephadex in buffers containing 6 M urea. Three major (alpha, alpha' and beta) and one minor (gamma) subunits were isolated and further characterized by gel electrophoresis and gel electrofocusing. Gel electrophoresis in urea and in sodium dodecyl sulfate, and gel filtration in 6 M guanidine hydrochloride gave a molecular weight of 57 000 for alpha, alpha' subunits; and 42 000 for beta and gamma subunits. The isoelectric points of the isolated subunits, measured by disc gel electrofocusing, were as follows: alpha, 4.90; alpha', 5.18; beta, 5.66-6.00. On gel electrofocusing, beta subunit showed four microheterogeneous components; three of them comprised 95% of the total beta subunit. Leucine and valine were the N-terminal amino acids of beta and alpha alpha' subunits, respectively. The isolated subunits contained mannose and glucosamine in varying quantities. Two carbohydrate moieties were calculated for one mole of alpha, alpha' subunits; and one carbohydrate moiety for the beta subunit. Considerable similarity in the amino acid composition of alpha and alpha' subunits was observed. The beta subunit was devoid of cysteine and methionine; and in comparison with alpha, alpha' subunits, had a higher content of hydrophobic amino acids. The isolated subunits exhibited antigen-antibody reaction with antisera to the native beta-conglycinin. Each of them was partglycinins. The alpha and alpha' subunits were in addition identical with each other and with B5-, B6-conglycinins. They were immunologically unrelated with beta subunit. The recovery of immuno-properties from the individual subunits may be attributed to the reconstruction of the three-dimensional structure upon removal of denaturing reagents.
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Walter B, Fasman GD. The random coil goes to beta transition of copolymers of L-lysine and L-isoleucine: potentiometric titration and circular dischroism studies. Biopolymers 1977; 16:17-32. [PMID: 843591 DOI: 10.1002/bip.1977.360160103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hearing VJ, Klingler WG, Ekel TM, Montague PM. Molecular weight estimation of Triton X-100 solubilized proteins by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Anal Biochem 1976; 72:113-22. [PMID: 942041 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(76)90512-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Pitts OM, Barrows AA, Day ED. An evaluation of a procedure for the isolation of myelin basic protein (BP). PREPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY 1976; 06:239-64. [PMID: 60758 DOI: 10.1080/00327487608061617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A detailed description and stepwise evaluation of a procedure that can be used to obtain myelin basic protein (BP) from whole brain is presented. The procedure involved the 0.001 MHC1 extraction of whole brain pre-treated in a sequential manner with chloroform-methanol (2:1 v/v), acetone, and deionized water. This is followed by a precipitation of the extract at pH 9.0, and gel filtration of the supernatant in 0.01 M HC1. Yields of canine and porcine BP and their disc gel evaluations are presented at several key points in the procedure. The final products possessed a high degree of homogeneity when examined on SDS gels stained with commonly used protein stains. When compared with six SDS-gel marker-protein standards, the canine and porcine final products had mobilities that correspond to an apparent molecular weight of 18,5000 +/- 5%. Quantitative binding of 125I-labeled canine and porcine BPs with standardized rabbit anti-BP antisera gave comparable results. Immunoelectrophoretic and immunodiffusion examinations demonstrated single components and complete identity. The canine and porcine BP's also reacted fully with syngeneic anti-BP antisera raised in Lewis-strain rats. The canine BP was tested for encephalitogenicity in Lewis-strain rats and found to be comparable to rat BP in producing experimental allergic encephalomyelitis.
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