Isolation of size homogeneous preparations of high molecular weight and low molecular weight fibrinogens

1981 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 332-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah M. Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Molecular Sizes ◽  
Carboxyl Terminal ◽  
First Time ◽  
Molecular Weight Form

Molecular sizes of fibrinogen (F) similar to FI, higher molecular weight form, and FII, lower molecular weight form, have been found by Lipinska and colleagues. A procedure has been developed to isolate for the first time each of the FI and FII forms of fibrinogen which are free of each other and of high molecular weight fibrin–fibrinogen complexes. This process involved removing the complexes by A-5 m chromatography. This chromatography also reduced a protein contaminant (X) and removed plasminogen. (NH4)2SO4 subfractionation at pH 5.9 was then done. A subtraction (16–18%) containing 90% FI and another (22–25% or 25–28%) containing 96% FII were obtained. Reprecipitation of the first 16–18% subfraction yielded a subfraction containing 97% FI. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) – polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of FII revealed that it contains one intact Aα chain per (Bβ, γ)2. Clot opacity studies on FII suggested that the carboxyl terminal portion of the α chain of fibrin plays an important role in the lateral associations in fibrin polymerization.Also, the pattern of (NH4)2SO4 precipitation of the endogenous fibrin–fibrinogen complexes was studied. This revealed that the complexes precipitated mostly in the least soluble subfractions, but small amounts could be found in all subfractions. Examination of the complexes by SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that most of the complexes could be dissociated to FI and FII. However, there were complexes which remained and these were found to be covalently cross-linked forms probably produced by factor XIII.

scholarly journals Presence of a high-molecular-weight form of catalase in enzyme purified from mouse liver

1977 ◽  
Vol 163 (3) ◽  
pp. 449-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
M B Baird ◽  
H R Massie ◽  
L S Birnbaum
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
High Molecular Weight Form ◽  
High Molecular Weight Material ◽  
Molecular Weight Form

Ultracentrifugation studies of purified mouse hepatic catalase revealed that 5-7% of the total material consists of a form with a higher molecular weight than the bulk of the catalase. The two components were separated by sucrose-gradient centrifugation. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (in borate buffer) demonstrated that high-molecular-weight catalase is enriched in a more slowly migrating component, and sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel-electrophoresis demonstrated that the molecular weight of the subunits of the high-molecular-weight material is identical with that of the subunits of the major form. These results suggest that high-molecular-weight catalase consists of subunits that are not markedly distinct from those present in the normal catalase tetramer.

scholarly journals Mapping of the genes controlling high-molecular-weight glutelin subunits of rye on the long arm of chromosome 1R

1984 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. K. Singh ◽  
K. W. Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Translocation Line ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Chromosome 1R

SUMMARYThe gene(s) controlling the high-molecular-weight glutelin subunits in rye (designated as Glu-Rl) was mapped with respect to the centromere using a 1RL-1DS wheat-rye translocation line and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Analysis of 479 seeds from test-crosses between a 1R/1RL-1DS heterozygote and the cultivar India 115, revealed 14·6% aneuploid and 3·95% recombinant progeny. Excluding the aneuploids, this locus was calculated to be 4·65 ± 1·04 cM from the centromere on the long arm of chromosome 1R, which is comparable to the position of the homoeologous loci in wheat and barley.

scholarly journals Arterial basement-membrane-like material isolated and characterized from rabbit aortic myomedial cells in culture

1983 ◽  
Vol 211 (2) ◽  
pp. 397-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Heickendorff ◽  
T Ledet
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Basement Membrane ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Periodic Acid ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Type I

Arterial basement-membrane-like material was isolated from rabbit aortic myomedial cell cultures by sonication and differential centrifugation. Isolated basement-membrane-like material was shown to be free of both cellular and matrix contaminants, on the basis of determinations of DNA, RNA, cholesterol, phosphorus and (Na+ + K+)-activated ATPase, combined with electron microscopy. Amino acid analyses showed that arterial basement-membrane-like material was composed of predominantly non-collagenous amino acids. Evaluated by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, reduced basement-membrane-like material comprised six major and about 30 minor components in the Mr range 10 000-600 000. One of the major peptides (Mr 225 000) was disulphide-linked. Periodic acid-Schiff staining of gels indicated that most high-molecular-weight components were glycoproteins. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis resolved reduced basement-membrane-like material into more than 100 components, with pI from 5 to 7. The disulphide-linked Mr-225 000 peptide appeared heterogeneous, with pI of 5.6-6.0, and was considered to represent fibronectin. All major peptides were of non-collagenous nature, on the basis of their susceptibility to pepsin and resistance to collagenase. Purified myomedial basement-membrane-like material contained collagenous peptides, as indicated by the presence of hydroxyproline and hydroxylysine. Sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis of pepsin-treated and reduced basement-membrane-like material revealed five high-molecular-weight collagenous components appearing in the Mr range 105 000-375 000 relative to type I collagen standards.

Glucagon from the bovine fetal pancreas: chromatographic and electrophoretic characterizations of high molecular weight immunoreactive species

1980 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 707-714 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Tung ◽  
J. L. Ruse ◽  
E. Cockburn
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Acetic Acid ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Con A ◽  
Fetal Bovine ◽  
Bovine Pancreas

Fetal bovine pancreas was extracted for glucagon using (A) ethanol–HCl after trichloroacetic acid (TCA) treatment of the pancreas, (B) ethanol–HCl and (C) urea–acetic acid. Fractionation of the acetic acid soluble proteins via Sephadex G-50 columns yielded glucagon immunoreactivity in the void volume, high molecular weight glucagon immunoreactivities (HMW-IRGs), "proglucagon" [Formula: see text], and true glucagon (3.5 K Δ) regions. HMW-IRGs were obtainable using all three methods of extraction. The material obtained from the ethanol–HCl–TCA method appeared stable on Sephadex G-100 (1 M acetic acid) rechromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis showed immunoreactive species corresponding to [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. HMW-IRGs did not bind to concanavalin A (Con A) – agarose. SDS–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the Con A – agarose filtered IRG again showed a major immunoreactive peak of [Formula: see text]. Dose–response RIA studies indicated that the HMW-IRGs from both the gel filtration and SDS–polyacrylamide gel experiments were immunochemically indistinguishable from glucagon. HMW-IRGs bind to antiglucagon antibody agarose, further indicating their reactivity towards glucagon antibodies. When HMW-IRGs are incubated with guanidinium hydrochloride and gel filtered in the same system, a significant fraction of HMW-IRG (representing up to 25% of the total IRG analysed) was found to resist disruption. Our data support the contention that a significant portion of the HMW-IRGs (molecular weight > 20 K Δ) extracted from fetal bovine pancreas are composed of glucagon covalently linked to larger protein unit(s).

Purification and partial characterization of cysteine-glutamate transaminase from rat liver

1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (9) ◽  
pp. 958-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. P. C. Ip ◽  
R. J. Thibert ◽  
D. E. Schmidt Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Liver Homogenate ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Gel Chromatography ◽  
Labile Hydrogen ◽  
Apparent Homogeneity

Cysteine-glutamate transaminase (cysteine aminotransferase; EC 2.6.1.3) has been purified 149-fold to an apparent homogeneity giving a specific activity of 2.09 IU per milligram of protein with an overall yield of 15%. The isolation procedures involve the preliminary separation of a crude rat liver homogenate which was submitted sequentially to ammonium sulfate fractionation, TEAE-cellulose column chromatography, ultrafiltration, and isoelectrofocusing. The final product was homogenous when examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). A minimal molecular weight of 83 500 was determined by Sephadex gel chromatography. The molecular weight as estimated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of SDS was 84 000. The purified enzyme exhibited a pH optimum at 8.2 with cysteine and α-ketoglutarate as substrates. The enzyme is inactivated slowly when kept frozen and is completely inactivated if left at room temperature for 1 h. The enzyme does not catalyze the transamination of α-methyl-DL-cysteine, which, when present to a final concentration of 10 mM, exhibits a 23.2% inhibition of transamination of 30 mM of cysteine. The mechanism apparently resembles that of aspartate-glutamate transaminase (EC 2.6.1.1) in which the presence of a labile hydrogen on the alpha-carbon in the substrate is one of the strict requirements.

scholarly journals The interrelations between high- and low-molecular-weight forms of normal and mutant (Krabbe-disease) galactocerebrosidase

1980 ◽  
Vol 189 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Ben-Yoseph ◽  
Melinda Hungerford ◽  
Henry L. Nadler
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
High Molecular Weight ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Active Form ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Krabbe Disease ◽  
Low Molecular Weight ◽  
Molecular Weight Form

Galactocerebrosidase (β-d-galactosyl-N-acylsphingosine galactohydrolase; EC 3.2.1.46) activity of brain and liver preparations from normal individuals and patients with Krabbe disease (globoid-cell leukodystrophy) have been separated by gel filtration into four different molecular-weight forms. The apparent mol.wts. were 760000±34000 and 121000±10000 for the high- and low-molecular-weight forms (peaks I and IV respectively) and 499000±22000 (mean±s.d.) and 256000±12000 for the intermediate forms (peaks II and III respectively). On examination by sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, the high- and low-molecular-weight forms revealed a single protein band with a similar mobility corresponding to a mol.wt. of about 125000. Antigenic identity was demonstrated between the various molecular-weight forms of the normal and the mutant galactocerebrosidases by using antisera against either the high- or the low-molecular-weight enzymes. The high-molecular-weight form of galactocerebrosidase was found to possess higher specific activity toward natural substrates when compared with the low-molecular-weight form. It is suggested that the high-molecular-weight enzyme is the active form in vivo and an aggregation process that proceeds from a monomer (mol.wt. approx. 125000) to a dimer (mol.wt. approx. 250000) and from the dimer to either a tetramer (mol.wt. approx. 500000) or a hexamer (mol.wt. approx. 750000) takes place in normal as well as in Krabbe-disease tissues.

scholarly journals Purification, characterization and radioimmunoassay of adenosine deaminase from human leukaemic granulocytes

1981 ◽  
Vol 195 (2) ◽  
pp. 389-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
D A Wiginton ◽  
M S Coleman ◽  
J J Hutton
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Adenosine Deaminase ◽  
Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Periodic Acid ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel ◽  
Periodic Acid Schiff ◽  
Apparent Homogeneity

Adenosine deaminase was purified 3038-fold to apparent homogeneity from human leukaemic granulocytes by adenosine affinity chromatography. The purified enzyme has a specific activity of 486 mumol/min per mg of protein at 35 degrees C. It exhibits a single band when subjected to sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis, non-denaturing polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing. The pI is 4.4. The enzyme is a monomeric protein of molecular weight 44000. Both electrophoretic behaviour and molecular weight differ from those of the low-molecular-weight adenosine deaminase purified from human erythrocytes. Its amino acid composition is reported. Tests with periodic acid-Schiff reagent for associated carbohydrate are negative. Of the large group of physiological compounds tested as potential effectors, none has a significant effect. The enzyme is specific for adenosine and deoxyadenosine, with Km values of 48 microM and 34 microM respectively. There are no significant differences in enzyme function on the two substrates. erythro-9-(2-Hydroxy non-3-yl) adenine is a competitive inhibitor, with Ki 15 nM. Deoxycoformycin inhibits deamination of both adenosine and deoxyadenosine, with an apparent Ki of 60-90 pM. A specific antibody was developed against the purified enzyme, and a sensitive radioimmunoassay for adenosine deaminase protein is described.

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