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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1981-2-24
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pubmed:abstractText |
A sensitive radioimmunoassay for eucaryotic elongation factor Tu (eEF-TU) was developed using radioiodinated elongation factor T (eEF-T) and goat anti-(rabbit eEF-T) immunoglobulins coupled to a solid support. eEF-T was iodinated with 125I to a specific activity of 7 x 10(3) counts min-1 ng-1 using a system employing lactoperoxidase and glucose oxidase coupled to a solid support. The assay exhibits a limit of detection of about 1 ng eEF-TU and an intraassay variability of < 10%. By using the radioimmunoassay, it was found that eEF-Tu is a major non-hemoglobin protein of rabbit reticulocyte postribosomal supernatant proteins, comprising about 3% of the total hemoglobin and 10--13% of the non-hemoglobin proteins. Similar results were found for a number of different tissues and cells, including rabbit heart, brain, liver and kidneys, as well as both induced and non induced Friend erythroleukemia cells. Values of eEF-Tu ranged from 1% of supernatant proteins in heart to about 11% in noninduced erythroleukemic cells. The levels of eEF-Tu in these mammalian tissues were comparable to the level of the homologous factor EF-Tu in Escherichia coli. It has previously been found that EF-Tu constitutes about 6--8% of the supernatant proteins of E. coli [Furano, A. V. (1975) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 72, 4780--4784]. The level of eEF-Tu in reticulocytes was compared to the abundance of other components of protein synthesis in reticulocytes, such as translocase (eEF-G), tRNA, ribosomes and eIF-2. In all cases eEF-Tu was present in large excess over these other components.
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pubmed:grant | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Sep
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pubmed:issn |
0014-2956
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
110
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
555-63
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2007-11-14
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Antigen-Antibody Complex,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Bacterial Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Binding, Competitive,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Immune Sera,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Kinetics,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Leukemia, Experimental,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Organ Specificity,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Peptide Elongation Factor Tu,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Rabbits,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Radioimmunoassay,
pubmed-meshheading:7192214-Reticulocytes
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pubmed:year |
1980
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The role of eucaryotic factor Tu in protein synthesis. The measurement of the elongation factor Tu content of rabbit reticulocytes and other mammalian cells by a sensitive radioimmunoassay.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
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