High-molecular-weight precursor of epidermal filaggrin and hypothesis for its tandem repeating structure.
High-molecular-weight precursor of epidermal filaggrin and hypothesis for its tandem repeating structure.
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表皮丝聚蛋白的高分子量前体及其串联重复结构的假设。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00301a034
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发表时间:
1984
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Dale,BA
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作者:
Lonsdale-Eccles,JD;Resing,KA;Meek,RL;Dale,BA
John D. Lonsdale-Eccles,* Katheryn A. Resing, Rick L. Meek, and Beverly A. Dale* abstract: Filaggrin is a histidine-rich protein that is inti-mately involved in mammalian epidermal keratinization. Using a combination of immunologic and in vivo pulse-chase studies with radiolabeled histidine and phosphate, we show that the phosphorylated precursor of both rat and mouse filaggrin has an apparent molecular weight much higher than previously realized (6 X 105 and 3.9 X 105, respectively). These highmolecular-weight filaggrin precursors can be rapidly labeled with histidine and extracted from the epidermis under dena-turing conditions. More than half of the label incorporated in the precursor at 2 h is found in filaggrin at 24 h after injection, even though filaggrin is less than 10% of the size of the precursor. Limited proteolytic digestion of the precursor in vitro results in the formation of an oligomeric series of peptides based on a phosphorylated fragment slightly larger than filaggrin itself. More extensive digestion of this fragmentFilaggrin is a protein isolated from the stratum corneum of skin (Dale, 1977; Ball et al., 1978; Steinert et al., 1981). It aggregates with epidermal keratin filaments and apparently functions as the keratin matrix in the cornified cells (Dale et al., 1978; Steinert et al., 1981; Lynley& Dale, 1983). Pulse-chase studies have shown that filaggrin is derived from a precursor located in extracts of keratohyalin granules (Dale & Ling, 1979), butunlike filaggrin, the precursor is highly