Complex structure of human bronchial mucus glycoprotein.
Complex structure of human bronchial mucus glycoprotein.
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人支气管粘液糖蛋白的复杂结构。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1984.tb08273.x
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发表时间:
1984
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Roussel,P
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作者:
Slayter,HS;Lamblin,G;LeTreut,A;Galabert,C;Houdret,N;Degand,P;Roussel,P
Human bronchial mucus glycoproteins or mucins were isolated from the sputum of two patients by a method avoiding reducing agents and involving water extraction and gel filtration on Sepharose CL‐2B in 6 M guanidinium chloride. The chemical analysis indicated approximately 25–40% lipid. The amino acid and carbohydrate analysis differ quantitatively from that of mucins purified after prior reduction of mucus. These fractions also have a higher proportion of aspartic and glutamic acids than that of the mucins from reduced sputum. These mucins are still contaminated by small amounts of peptides but do not seem to contain disulfide‐attached cross‐linking protein. Human bronchial mucins have a strong tendency to form aggregates except in 6 M guanidinium chloride.Electron microscopy performed with various procedures indicates the presence of both micelles and flexible threads measuring 200–1000nm. Delipidation removes most of the micellar forms. Thereafter mucins appear mainly as polydisperse flexible extended threads and also as aggregates.