ABO(H) blood group antigens of the human erythrocyte membrane: Contribution of glycoprotein and glycolipid

1980 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Narendra G. Mehta
Keyword(s):  
Blood Group ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Blood Group Antigens ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membrane

High Frequency Antigens of Human Erythrocyte Membrane Sialoglycoproteins, V.Characterization of the Gerbich Blood Group Antigens: Ge2 and Ge3

1987 ◽  
Vol 368 (2) ◽  
pp. 1375-1384 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang DAHR ◽  
Siegrid KIEDROWSKI ◽  
Dominique BLANCHARD ◽  
Patricia HERMAND ◽  
John J. MOULDS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Group ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Blood Group Antigens ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membrane

scholarly journals Isolation of cDNA clones for a 50 kDa glycoprotein of the human erythrocyte membrane associated with Rh (rhesus) blood-group antigen expression

1992 ◽  
Vol 287 (1) ◽  
pp. 223-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Ridgwell ◽  
N K Spurr ◽  
B Laguda ◽  
C MacGeoch ◽  
N D Avent ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Membrane Proteins ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Blood Group ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Cdna Clones ◽  
Blood Group Antigens ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Degenerate Primers

The Rh blood-group antigens are associated with human erythrocyte membrane proteins of approx. 30 kDa (the Rh30 polypeptides). Heterogeneously glycosylated membrane proteins of 50 and 45 kDa (the Rh50 glycoproteins) are coprecipitated with the Rh30 polypeptides on immunoprecipitation with anti-Rh-specific mono- and poly-clonal antibodies. We have isolated cDNA clones representing a member of the Rh50 glycoprotein family (the Rh50A glycoprotein). We used PCR with degenerate primers based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of the Rh50 glycoproteins and human genomic DNA as a template and cloned and sequenced three types of PCR product of the expected size. Two of these products, Rh50A and Rh50B, gave the same translated amino acid sequence which corresponded to the expected Rh50 glycoprotein sequence but had only 75% DNA sequence similarity. The third product (Rh50C) contained a single base deletion, and the translated amino acid sequence contained an in-frame stop codon. We have isolated cDNA clones containing the full coding sequence of the Rh50A glycoprotein. This sequence predicts that it is a 409-amino acid N-glycosylated membrane protein with up to 12 transmembrane domains. The Rh50A glycoprotein shows clear similarity to the Rh30A protein in both amino acid sequence and predicted topology. Our results are consistent with the Rh30 and Rh50 groups of proteins being different subunits of an oligomeric complex which is likely to have a transport or channel function in the erythrocyte membrane. We mapped the Rh50A gene to human chromosome 6p21-qter, showing that genetic differences in the Rh30 rather than the Rh50 genes specify the major polymorphic forms of the Rh antigens.

scholarly journals Structural relationships between human erythrocyte sialoglycoproteins β and γ and abnormal sialoglycoproteins found in certain rare human erythrocyte variants lacking the Gerbich blood-group antigen(s)

1987 ◽  
Vol 244 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
M E Reid ◽  
D J Anstee ◽  
M J A Tanner ◽  
K Ridgwell ◽  
G T Nurse
Keyword(s):  
Blood Group ◽  
Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Blood Group Antigen ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Membrane ◽  
Diffuse Band ◽  
Structural Relationships ◽  
Normal Erythrocyte

The human erythrocyte membrane sialoglycoproteins beta and gamma are important for the maintenance of the discoid shape of the normal erythrocyte. In this paper we show that the human erythrocyte sialoglycoproteins beta and gamma (hereafter called beta and gamma) are structurally related. Rabbit antisera produced against purified beta and beta 1 and rendered specific to the cytoplasmic portion of these proteins also react with the cytoplasmic portion of gamma. Some human anti-Gerbich (Ge) sera react with the extracellular portion of both beta and gamma. This reactivity is shown to be directed towards a common epitope on beta and gamma. However, most anti-Ge sera do not react with beta, but react with an extracellular epitope only present on gamma. All individuals who lack the Ge antigens lack beta and gamma. In some cases abnormal sialoglycoproteins are present in the erythrocytes, and these are shown to be structurally related to beta and gamma. Rabbit antisera raised against the purified abnormal sialoglycoprotein from a Ge-negative erythrocyte type reacted with the cytoplasmic portion of both beta and gamma. Unlike normal beta and gamma, the abnormal sialoglycoproteins found in Ge-negative erythrocytes migrate as a diffuse band on SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. Studies using endoglycosidases suggest that the diffuse nature of these bands results from carbohydrate heterogeneity and that the abnormal sialoglycoproteins contain N-glycosidically linked oligosaccharides with repeating lactosamine units. Such polylactosamine chains are not present on normal beta or gamma.

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