Combining LC-MS/MS, PMF and N-terminal amino acid sequencing for multiplexed characterization of a bacterial surfactant glycoprotein biosynthesized by Acinetobacter radioresistens S13

RSC Advances ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (21) ◽  
pp. 10918-10927 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Riva Violetta ◽  
Roberto Mazzoli ◽  
Cristina Barello ◽  
Paolo Fattori ◽  
Maria G. Giuffrida ◽  
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The present study has highlighted the mechanisms of bacterial protein glycosylation. Experimental results underline that the consensus sequon can be different from the one found in Eukarya.

1973 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 226-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel Chrétien ◽  
Claude Gilardeau

ABSTRACT A protein isolated from ovine pituitary glands has been purified, and its homogeneity assessed by NH2- and COOH-terminal amino acid determination, ultracentrifugation studies, and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis after carboxymethylation. Its chemical and immunochemical properties are closely similar to those of beef and pork neurophysins, less similar to those of human neurophysins. It contains no tryptophan (like other neurophysins) or histidine (like all except bovine neurophysin-I and human neurophysins). It has alanine at the NH2-terminus and valine at the COOH-terminus. Its amino acid composition is similar to, but not identical with those of porcine and bovine neurophysins.


2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marli Lourdes de Oliveira ◽  
Leila Maria Beltramini ◽  
Salvatore Giovanni de Simone ◽  
Maria Helena Nasser Brumano ◽  
Rosemeire Aparecida Silva-Lucca ◽  
...  

A lectin was isolated from the pod saline extract of Caesalpinia tinctoria by dialoconcentration on Centripep-10 and affinity chromatography on chitin column. The purified lectin was partially characterized with respect to its biochemical and structural properties. It contains 8.3 % of carbohydrate and exhibited an agglutinating activity against human erythrocytes (ABO groups). Its amino acid composition was characterized by a great number of acidic and hydrophobic residues and the estimated molecular mass was 12.5 kDa. The presence of only one N-terminal amino acid sequence (D¹-V-P-A-Y-V-Y-V-H-F10-G-F-G-E-E-H-R -D-V-F20-D), showed the homogeneity of the purified lectin. The far-ultraviolet circular dichroism (CD) spectrum of lectin indicated that it contains 10 % a-helix, 38 % b-sheet, 28 % unordered form and 6 % of P II (poly-L-proline II helix conformation).


1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Deutsch ◽  
E. Chityat ◽  
M. Hekmati ◽  
A. Palmon ◽  
Y. Farkash ◽  
...  

A human cDNA, encoding for the 175-aminoacid human amelogenin, was prepared by RT PCR from tooth bud mRNA and sub-cloned into pGEX-KG expression plasmid for over-expression in E. coli. The expressed protein was characterized by SDS-PAGE, Western blotting, and N-terminal amino acid sequencing.


1991 ◽  
Vol 130 (2) ◽  
pp. R1-R4 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Vallet ◽  
P. J. Barker ◽  
G. E. Lamming ◽  
N. Skinner ◽  
N. S. Huskisson

ABSTRACT Ovine trophoblast protein-1 (oTP-1), stimulates the secretion of several proteins in explant culture of day-12 cyclic ovine endometrium. We partially purified and identified one of these proteins, an 11,000 Mr, pI approx. 6 protein by N-terminal amino acid sequencing and immunoprecipitation using antibody to human β2-microglobulin. The protein was purified from cultures of endometrium collected from day-16 pregnant ewes. The N-terminal amino acid sequence was 40–55% homologous to β2-microglobulin from a variety of species. Antibody to human β2-microglobulin immunoprecipitated the protein and another protein of similar molecular weight but more acidic pi. Using immunoprecipitation of radiolabelled proteins from culture, we demonstrated that oTP-1 increased production of this protein by 40% (P<0.05). We conclude that oTP-1 increases the secretion of a β2-microglobulin-like protein from day-12 non-pregnant endometrium in culture.


1970 ◽  
Vol 48 (9) ◽  
pp. 1017-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Gilardeau ◽  
M. Chrétien

A lipolytic substance was isolated from porcine pituitary glands. It's amino acid composition, molecular weight, N-terminal amino acid, isoelectric point, and biological activities are reported. These results are compared to the corresponding values of sheep β-lipolytic hormone.


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