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Methods were described for the production of Fab and Fab' fragments from chicken egg yolk IgY also referred to as IgG by papain and pepsin digestion respectively. Pepsin digestion was found to be suitable for the large scale preparation and purification of Fab'. Optimum yield of Fab' was obtained after peptic digestion of IgY at pH 4.2 for 9 h at low NaCl concentration. This condition led to the complete digestion of pFc' fragment leaving only the Fab' fragment. By combination of ultrafiltration and anion exchange, and conditions which allowed binding of the small amount of contaminants in the digest to the anion exchange column, pure Fab' fragments were easily obtained in the eluent. The advantage of this approach is that a small column could be used to purify large amount of protein, therefore, improving the efficiency of purification. The Fab and Fab' fragments appeared to be similar on the basis of their molecular weights as determined by SDS-PAGE, reaction of identity in immunodiffusion assay and similar antigen binding activities as shown by ELISA.
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PMID:Production and purification of Fab' fragments from chicken egg yolk immunoglobulin Y (IgY). 831 86

Interchain cystines of PDGF-BB dimer were characterized by Edman reaction and by SDS-PAGE analysis on the protein which was chemically cleaved at Trp-40. It was found that Cys-43 has a key role in dimer formation, asymmetrically cross-linked to a cysteine residue of another identical subunit. The remaining cystines participate in the intramolecular disulfide linkages. Pepsin digestion of PDGF-BB dimer generated several small peptides and one ubiquitous Cys-containing peptide. Sequence analyses of several Cys-containing peptides indicated the existence of three intramolecular disulfide linkages including Cys-16--Cys-60, Cys-49--Cys-97, and Cys-53--Cys-99. Two interchain disulfide bonds of Cys-43--Cys-52 between two subunits were deduced from the partial reduction and alkylation of PDGF-BB. This study provides chemically determined disulfide linkages of PDGF-BB.
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PMID:Disulfide bonds in recombinant human platelet-derived growth factor BB dimer: characterization of intermolecular and intramolecular disulfide linkages. 844 83

An acid proteinase of Dirofilaria immitis worms was purified 437-fold by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 followed by pepstatin-Agarose gel affinity chromatography. The enzyme with a molecular weight of 42 kDa was homogeneous as judged by both affinity chromatography and SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Polyacrylamide disc electrophoresis at pH 8.9, however, revealed that the enzyme was composed of five multi-forms, all carrying proteinase activity. Optimum pH of the enzyme was in the range of pH 2.8 to 3.4, and its isoelectric point ranged between 5.8 and 6.4. The purified proteinase showed a potent activity against hemoglobin and myoglobin releasing acid soluble peptides, but not free amino acids. When enzymatic properties of the proteinase was compared with mammalian cathepsin D and pepsin, D. immitis proteinase activity was reduced to about 80% of the initial activity by incubating at neutral pH and 50 degrees C for 5 min, just like cathepsin D, which remained intact. Pepsin activity was completely destroyed under the same condition. An aspartic proteinase inhibitor, 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenoxy)propane, which inhibited pepsin by 30% at 37 degrees C for 10 min, did show little effects on D. immitis proteinase and cathepsin D. Inhibitory effect of diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methyl ester (DAN) on D. immitis proteinase was intermediate (50% after 60 min). Immunolocalization of the proteinase in the worm tissue using its monoclonal antibodies revealed that the enzyme was localized in the intestine as well as uterine wall and some small granules of microfilariae in the uterus.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of an acid proteinase from Dirofilaria immitis worms. 854 Mar 32

The collagen isotypes present at early (6 week) and late (5 month) stages of growing deer antler were isolated and identified. Pepsin-digested collagens were separated by differential salt fractionation, SDS-PAGE and Western blotting and subsequently identified by immunostaining. Cyanogen bromide digestion of antler tissue was used to establish a collagen type-specific pattern of peptides, and these were also identified by immunoblotting. Collagen type I was found to be the major collagen in both early- and late-stage antler. Collagen type II was present in the young antler in small amounts but was not confined to the soft "cartilaginous" tip of the antler. Collagen type XI was found in the pepsin digest of the young antler, but collagen type IX was not present at either stage of antler growth. Collagen type X was found in the young antler in all fractions studied. Microscopic study showed that the deer antler did not possess a discrete growth plate as found in endochondral bone growth. Unequivocal immunolocalization of the different collagen types in the antler were unsuccessful. These results show that, despite the presence in the antler of many cartilage collagens, growth does not occur through a simple endochondral process.
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PMID:Deer antler does not represent a typical endochondral growth system: immunoidentification of collagen type X but little collagen type II in growing antler tissue. 944 Feb 22

Type X collagen is a short-chain, network-forming collagen found in hypertrophic cartilage in the growth zones of long bones, vertebrae, and ribs. To obtain information about the structure and assembly of mammalian type X collagen, we generated recombinant human type collagen X by stable expression of full-length human alpha1(X) cDNA in the human embryonal kidney cell line HEK293 and the fibrosarcoma cell line HT1080. Stable clones were obtained secreting recombinant human type X collagen (hrColX) in amounts of 50 microg/ml with alpha1(X)-chains of apparent molecular mass of 75 kDa. Pepsin digestion converted the native protein to a molecule migrating as one band at 65 kDa, while bands of 55 and 43 kDa were generated by trypsin digestion. Polyclonal antibodies prepared against purified hrColX reacted specifically with type X collagen in sections of human fetal growth cartilage. Circular dichroism spectra and trypsin/chymotrypsin digestion experiments of hrColX at increasing temperatures indicated triple helical molecules with a reduced melting temperature of 31 degrees C as a result of partial underhydroxylation. Ultrastructural analysis of hrColX by rotary shadowing demonstrated rodlike molecules with a length of 130 nm, assembling into aggregates via the globular noncollagenous (NC)-1 domains as reported for chick type X collagen. NC-1 domains generated by collagenase digestion of hrColX migrated as multimers of apparent mass of 40 kDa on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, even after reduction and heat denaturation, and gave rise to monomers of 18-20 kDa after treatment with trichloroacetic acid. The NC-1 domains prepared by collagenase digestion comigrated with NC-1 domains prepared as recombinant protein in HEK293 cells, both in the multimeric and monomeric form. These studies demonstrate the potential of the pCMVsis expression system to produce recombinant triple helical type X collagens in amounts sufficient for further studies on its structural and functional domains.
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PMID:Characterization of human type X procollagen and its NC-1 domain expressed as recombinant proteins in HEK293 cells. 946 10

Kniest dysplasia, a human chondrodysplasia that severely affects skeletal growth, is caused by mutations in the type II collagen gene, COL2A1. We report here on abnormal type II collagen in the cartilage from a lethal Kniest dysplasia case and identify a novel exon-skipping mutation. Screening of cyanogen bromide (CB) peptides from the cartilage samples by SDS-PAGE indicated an abnormality in peptide alpha1(II)CB11. Further peptide mapping and N-terminal sequence analysis showed a 15-amino-acid deletion encoded by exon 15 in about 25% of the alpha1(II) chains in the cartilage. The mutation responsible for exon skipping was found by sequencing amplified genomic DNA. The baby was heterozygous for a G to A transition at the first position of the splice donor of intron 15. Pepsin-solubilized type II collagen from the cartilage matrix contained both normal alpha1(II) and shortened chains expressed from the mutant allele. Trypsin cleaved the native molecules below 37 degrees C selectively at a site within the exon 15-encoded domain of the normal alpha1(II) chains. This is best explained by the coassembly of normal and truncated alpha1(II) chains into heterotrimers in which the triple helix is normally folded in both directions from the deletion site but the latter presents a region of local disruption. The findings support an emerging pattern of COL2A1 mutations that can cause Kniest dysplasia. Short deletions (single or partial exon) clustered in one region of the alpha1(II) chain are favored, resulting in abnormal heterotrimeric molecules that become a significant component of the cartilage extracellular matrix.
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PMID:Incorporation of structurally defective type II collagen into cartilage matrix in kniest chondrodysplasia. 967 39

This paper describes a simple and rapid method for the purification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from bovine lens, together with analysis of the kinetic behaviour and some properties of the enzyme. The purification consisted of two steps, 2',5'-ADP-Sepharose 4B affinity chromatography and DEAE Sepharose Fast Flow ion exchange chromatography in procedure which took two working days. The enzyme was obtained with a yield of 13.7% and had a specific activity of 2.64 U/mg protein. The overall purification was about 19,700-fold. The molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 62 +/- 3 kDa by Sephadex G-200 gel filtration chromatography. A protein band corresponding to a molecular weight of 69.2 +/- 3.2 kDa was obtained on SDS polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis. On chromatofocusing, lens glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase gave a single peak at pI 5.14. The activation energy of the reaction catalyzed by the enzyme was calculated from Arrhenius plot as Ea = 5.88 kcal/mol. The pH versus velocity curve had two peaks at pH 7.7 and 9.6. By the double-reciprocal plots and the product inhibition studies, it was shown that the enzyme follows 'Ordered Bi Bi' sequential kinetics. From the graphical and statistical analyses, KmNADP+, KmG-6-P, KiNADPH, Ki6-PGA were estimated to be 0.008 +/- 0.002, 0.035 +/- 0.013, 0.173 +/- 0.007 and 1.771 +/- 0.160 mM, respectively. The observed kinetic behaviour of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from bovine lens was in accordance with the enzyme from other sources.
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PMID:A rapid method for the purification of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from bovine lens. 1046 35

Genomic DNA of the phytopathogenic Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35 was partially digested with Sau3AI, ligated into the BamHI site of pBluescript II SK+, and introduced into E. coli. One clone that was able to hydrolyse carboxymethylcellulose and polygalacturonic acid was selected. A 2.9 kb fragment containing the pelL1 gene (pPY300) and cel5Z gene (pPY401) in tandem was subcloned and sequenced. The pelL1 and cel5Z genes had open reading frames of 1,278 bp and 1,281 bp encoding 425 and 426 amino acid residues with calculated molecular weights of 45,649 Da and 46,473 Da, respectively. pelL1 and cel5Z carried a typical prokaryotic signal peptide of 24 and 41 amino acid residues, respectively. The apparent molecular masses of the proteins when expressed in E. coli cells were approximately 43 kDa (PelL1) and 42 kDa (Cel5Z) as assessed by PGA-SDS-PAGE and CMC-SDS-PAGE.
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PMID:Characterization of Erwinia chrysanthemi PY35 cel and pel gene existing in tandem and rapid identification of their gene products. 1067 20

To understand the reparative process of medial collateral ligament (MCL), fibrillar collagen and their relative ratios in healing MCL with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction were analyzed. Skeletally mature New Zealand white rabbits were subjected to a mop-end tear of MCL without repair with ACL reconstruction. Rabbits were killed 6 and 52 weeks after injury. Ligamentous tissues from the injury site and sham controls were soaked in 0.5 M acetic acid for 24 h, minced, and treated with pepsin to solubilize collagen. Pepsin solubilized about 80% of the total collagen as determined by hydroxyproline analysis of the pepsin residues. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of the solubilized collagen revealed presence of fibrillar collagen types I, III, and V. Densitometric scanning of the protein bands corresponding to types I, III, and V collagen indicated that in sham controls types III and V collagen represented about 8% and 12%, respectively, of the type I collagen whereas the healed MCL ligaments at 6 weeks showed significant increase in type III and V collagen to about 19% and 24%, respectively. By 52 weeks type III collagen in the healed MCL had returned to that of sham controls while type V collagen remained elevated at approximately 18%. These data suggest that presence of type V collagen in high concentration in healing ligaments may have an influence on collagen fibril diameters seen in healed ligament and should be included in the analysis when evaluating ligament healing.
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PMID:Type V collagen is increased during rabbit medial collateral ligament healing. 1106 Dec 96

The sequence of canine COL1A1 cDNA was determined from four overlapping COL1A1 RT-PCR products generated from canine fibroblast RNA. In the translated region, nucleotide identity between canine and human COL1A1 cDNA was 93.2%, although the canine sequence lacked nucleotides 204 to 215 in the region coding for the N-propeptide. Amino acid identity was 97.7%. Total RNA and type I collagen were collected from cultured skin fibroblasts of a 12-week-old male golden retriever with pathologic fractures suggestive of osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) and dentinogenesis imperfecta. Sequential, overlapping approximately 1,000-bp fragments of COL1A1 and COL1A2 cDNA were each amplified by RT-PCR using primers containing 5' T7 polymerase sites. These PCR products were transcribed with T7 RNA polymerase, hybridized into RNA duplexes, and cleaved at mismatch sites with RNase. The proband had an unique cleavage pattern for the fragment of COL1A1 mRNA spanning nucleotides 709 to 1,531. Sequence analysis identified a G to C point mutation for nucleotide 1,276, predicting a codon change from glycine (GGA) to alanine (GCA) for amino acid 208. This change disrupts the normal Gly-X-Y pattern of the collagen triple helix. Restriction enzyme digestion of the RT-PCR product was consistent with a heterozygous COL1A1 mutation. Type I collagen was labeled with 3H-proline, salt precipitated, and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Pepsin digested alpha chains were over-hydroxylated, and procollagen processing was delayed. Thus, canine and human OI appear homologous in terms of clinical presentation, etiology, and pathogenesis.
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PMID:Sequence of normal canine COL1A1 cDNA and identification of a heterozygous alpha1(I) collagen Gly208Ala mutation in a severe case of canine osteogenesis imperfecta. 1114 34


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