EBP-37, A NEW ELASTIN BINDING-PROTEIN IN HUMAN PLASMA - STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY TO FICOLINS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH-FACTOR-BETA-1 BINDING-PROTEINS

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作者
HARUMIYA, S [1 ]
OMORI, A [1 ]
SUGIURA, T [1 ]
FUKUMOTO, Y [1 ]
TACHIKAWA, H [1 ]
FUJIMOTO, D [1 ]
机构
[1] MITSUBISHI KASEI INST LIFE SCI,MACHIDA,TOKYO 194,JAPAN
关键词
ELASTIN; ELASTIN-BINDING PROTEIN; FICOLIN; HUMAN PLASMA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR-BETA-1;
D O I
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a124802
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
In order to study the elastin-binding factors in blood, human plasma was applied to an alpha-elastin-Sepharose column. The column-binding fraction contained a 37-kDa protein, which was tentatively named EBP-37. Partial amino acid sequences of EBP-37 were determined. It had collagenous and non-collagenous domains, Homology searches of the sequences revealed that the protein is very similar but not identical to ficolins, transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1)-binding proteins from porcine uterus membranes, Direct interaction of EBP-37 with elastin was confirmed by demonstrating the binding of the isolated EBP-37 to alpha-elastin on a nitrocellulose membrane using the EBP-37-specific antiserum, The existence of oligomers and multimers crosslinked by disulfide bonds was demonstrated by immunoblot analysis, Possible functions of EBP-37 are discussed.
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页码:1029 / 1035
页数:7
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