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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
We previously described the production of monoclonal antibodies against a preparation of membrane glycoproteins from human brain [Berglund et al. (1987) J. Neurochem. 48, 809-815]. One of the glycoproteins, recognized by monoclonal antibody CF3, was specifically expressed in the brain. We now report the isolation and characterization of this glycoprotein, called glycoprotein 135 (Gp135). Gp135 was purified by means of lentil lectin affinity chromatography and immunoaffinity chromatography, using monoclonal antibody CF3, from a crude membrane extract of human brain cortex. Gp135 was shown to consist of a glycosylated single polypeptide chain with an apparent molecular mass of 135 kDa. The size of the polypeptide moiety was estimated to 115 kDa following N-glycanase digestion. The glycoprotein is anchored in the membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol tail, as shown by phospholipase C digestion and liposome incorporation experiments. Amino acid sequence analysis of the amino terminal, and of an internal peptide obtained by V8 protease digestion of the glycoprotein, revealed a strong similarity to three previously described glycoproteins from chicken (contactin and F11) and mouse (F3) brains. These glycoproteins belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily and are implicated in cell adhesion phenomena in the developing brain. Gp135 may be the human counterpart to one or several of these glycoproteins.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0014-2956
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
197
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
549-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Isolation and characterization of a membrane glycoprotein from human brain with sequence similarities to cell adhesion proteins from chicken and mouse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Umeå, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't