## Abstract We have isolated 5 families of proteins from human red blood cell membranes and characterized their secondary structure by ultraviolet circular dichroism measurements. The protein families were prepared by selective solubilization from ghosts under nondenaturing conditions. We find that
Substrate heterogeneity of component a of the human erythrocyte membrane
β Scribed by Roses, Allen D.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 323 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-7419
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
Component a of the erythrocyte membrane is a specific substrate for endogenous protein kinase activity and its phosphorylation is significantly decreased under assay conditions in myotonic muscular dystrophy (Roses, A. D., and Appel, S. H., J. Membr. Biol. 20:51β58 (1975)). We have demonstrated substrate heterogeneity of two fractions of component a separated by concanavalin A (ConβA) sepharose chromatography. The fraction of component a that is retarded by Con A and eluted with Ξ±βmethylβDβglucoside does not accept the transfer of phosphate from [Ξ³β^32^P] ATP as a substrate for endogenous protein kinase activity. The nonretarded fraction contains > 90% of the radioactive label. These experiments also confirm the carbohydrate heterogeneity of component a (Findley, J. B. C., J. Biol. Chem. 249:4398 (1974)).
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