Novel heme-binding component in the serum of the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).
Novel heme-binding component in the serum of the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus).
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斑点叉尾鮰(Ictalurus punctatus)血清中的新型血红素结合成分。
DOI:
10.1007/bf01079699
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发表时间:
1992
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Byers,BR
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作者:
Massad,G;Arceneaux,JE;Byers,BR
The serum of the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) was examined for heme- and hemoglobin-binding proteins. Electrophoretic mobility retardation assays failed to detect a hemoglobin-binding material similar to mammalian haptoglobin; however, a heme-binding component (not previously described) was identified in catfish seru. The heme-binding component was purified by gel filtration chromatography; electrophoretic analyses suggested it to be composed of two polypeptide subunits of molecular masses about 115 and 98 kDa. This composition is inconsistent with hemopexin, the known heme-binding serum protein of mammals. Although it was not fully saturated with heme, the catfish component contained detectable heme in normal sera. When complexed by the binding material, heme was used as an iron source by isolates of the bacterial Gram-negative genusAeromonas; the capacity of other bacteria to use the complex was not tested. The physiological function of the catfish heme-binding serum protein is presently not clear.