ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNKNOWN, LEUCINE-RICH 3.1S-ALPHA2-GLYKOPROTEIN FROM HUMAN-SERUM
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN UNKNOWN, LEUCINE-RICH 3.1S-ALPHA2-GLYKOPROTEIN FROM HUMAN-SERUM
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DOI:
10.1515/bchm2.1977.358.1.639
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
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BAUDNER, S
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作者:
HAUPT, H;BAUDNER, S
The isolation and characterization of a previously unknown, leucine-rich 3.1S-.alpha.2-glycoprotein from human serum is described. The starting material was Supernatant II, which is a byproduct in the large-scale preparation of albumin and .gamma.-globulin by the ethacridine lactate/ammonium sulfate procedure. The purified protein is homogeneous both in carrier-free and molecular-sieve electrophoresis. Its electrophoretic mobility indicates that it belongs to the .alpha.2-globulins. Isoelectric focusing splits it into 4 bands with isoelectric points between 3.8 and 4.1. In the ultracentrifuge, it sediments in a single band at 3.1S. The MW determined by equilibrium sedimentation is 49,600 .+-. 4000. Subunits were not detected. Chemical analysis reveals it to be a glycoprotein with a carbohydrate content of 23%. The amino acid content is unusual in that the leucine content is almost 17%, i.e., about every 5th amino acid is a leucine. The average concentration of the leucine-rich 3.1S-.alpha.2-glycoprotein in human serum was determined by a quantitative immunological method as 2.1 mg/100 ml. The protein is not related to any of the previously known well characterized serum proteins.