scholarly journals Microfibrillar Proteins of Wool: Partial Specific Volumes and Molecular Weights in Denaturing Solvents

1979 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 423 ◽  
Author(s):  
EF Woods

The molecular weights of the reduced and S-carboxymethylated microfibrillar protein components of wool have been investigated by sedimentation equilibrium in 6 M guanidine hydrochloride and by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The microfibrillar proteins have molecular weights of 57000 (component 5), 58000 (component 7c); 50000 (component 8c-l) with a range of values for the other component 8 polypeptide chains of 45 000--50 000. The proteins migrate anomalously in polyacrylamide gels in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate as seen from a comparison of the free mobilities and retardation coefficients of standard proteins with those of the wool proteins. More reliable molecular weights were obtained by plotting the retardation coefficients against molecular weights (Ferguson plot). The partial specific volumes of the microfibrillar proteins have been measured in dilute aqueous buffer solutions, 8 M urea and 6 M guanidine hydrochloride. The values are compared to those calculated from the amino acid compositions.

1992 ◽  
Vol 38 (11) ◽  
pp. 1162-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alla S. Kostyukova ◽  
Georgi M. Gongadze ◽  
Anna Ya. Obraztsova ◽  
Konstantin S. Laurinavichus ◽  
Oleg V. Fedorov

Sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of flagella from the thermophilic methanogen Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus indicated that they were composed of three major proteins, with molecular weights of 62 000,44 000, and 26 000, whereas all previously studied flagella of mesophilic methanogens consisted of two subunits. Proteins were isolated by preparative electrophoresis followed by complete removal of sodium dodecyl sulfate and their renaturation. It was shown that at least two of the proteins contain a thermostable domain whose complete denaturation proceeds only upon prolonged boiling in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Key words: flagellin, thermostability, archaebacteria, Methanococcus thermolithotrophicus.


1976 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jackowski ◽  
D. Suria ◽  
C. C. Liew

Isolation of nucleolar proteins was obtained by dissociation in the presence of urea – guanidine hydrochloride, followed by high-speed centrifugation to remove nucleic acids. At least 31 fractions of nucleolar proteins were detected by isoelectrofocusing gel electrophoresis in the pH range 3.5–10. Following two-dimensional gel electrophoresis on sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide slab gels, more than 100 components of nucleolar proteins were identified. Two-thirds of nucleolar proteins were located in the pH range 5–8 following isoelectrofocusing. The molecular weights of these classes of proteins were shown to be mostly 30 000 – 70 000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.


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