Purification and structural determination of a phosphorylated peptide with anti-calcification and chitin-binding activities in the exoskeleton of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii
Purification and structural determination of a phosphorylated peptide with anti-calcification and chitin-binding activities in the exoskeleton of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii
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DOI:
10.1271/bbb.65.1840
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发表时间:
2001-08-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
Nagasawa, H
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作者:
Inoue, H;Ozaki, N;Nagasawa, H
Organic matrices in calcified hard tissues have been considered to control calcification. A matrix peptide, designated CAP-1, was extracted and purified by anion-exchange and reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatographies from the exoskeleton of the crayfish, Procambarus clarkii. The amino acid sequence of CAP-1 was determined by mass spectral and sequence analyses of the intact peptide and its. enzymatically digested peptides. CAP-1 consisted of 78 amino acid residues, including a phosphoserine residue, and was rich in acidic amino acid residues. CAP-1 had a Rebers-Riddiford consensus sequence, which is conserved in cuticle proteins from many arthropods. CAP-1 inhibited precipitation of calcium carbonate in an in vitro anticalcification assay dose-dependently, and completely inhibited it at 3 x 10(-7) :ii. CAP-1 also showed chitin-binding ability, indicating that this molecule was bifunctional and played an important role in formation of the exoskeleton.