Studies on human alpha-fetoprotein. Isolation and characterization of monomeric and polymeric forms and amino-terminal sequence analysis - PubMed (original) (raw)
Studies on human alpha-fetoprotein. Isolation and characterization of monomeric and polymeric forms and amino-terminal sequence analysis
S Yachnin et al. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1977.
Abstract
Human alpha-fetoprotein has been isolated from the serum and ascitic fluid of a patient with hepatoma by a combination of immunoadsorbent column chromatography and Sephadex G-150 gel filtration. Human alpha-fetoprotein is a sialylated glycoprotein with an estimated molecular weight of 67 500, composed of a single-chain polypeptide of approximately 580 amino acid residues and 3.6% carbohydrate. It is a negatively charged protein with an acid isoelectric point (pH 4.57). In addition to the monomeric form of alpha-fetoprotein, we have identified human alpha-fetoprotein polymers, including dimeric and trimeric forms, which dissociate to the monomer only upon exposure to disulfide-reducing reagents, implying that their formation is dependent upon intermolecular disulfide bonds. These polymers are found in human alpha-fetoprotein isolated by isoelectric focusing in both the major (pI 4.57) and minor (pI 5.2) alpha-fetoprotein fractions. The first 17 residues of the NH2-terminal amino acid sequence of the hepatoma-derived human alpha-fetoprotein have been identified. Fetal alpha-fetoprotein is indistinguishable from hepatoma alpha-fetoprotein by several criteria, including immunoelectrophoresis, acryalmide gel electrophoresis, and proclivity for dimerization.
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