Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun.
1990, 55, 846-853
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19900846
Isolation and partial characterization of boar proacrosin
Věra Jonákováa, Brigita Vidimskáa, Jana Urbanováa and Manfred Pavlíkb
a Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 166 37 Prague 6
b Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 166 10 Prague 6
Abstract
Boar proacrosin was purified to apparent homogeneity by a three-step procedure: gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 medium, ion-exchange chromatography on CM-Cellulose 32, and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a C4 column. The relative molecular mass (Mr) of the proacrosin estimated by gel filtration was about 70 000, whereas the results of an electrophoretic experiment on SDS-polyacrylamide gel with copolymerized casein under non-reducing conditions indicated an Mr of 55 000-60 000. The proacrosin reproducibly migrated on the gel as a double band. When purified, it remained stable at pH 8.0 for 30 min. The amino-acid composition of the homogeneous proacrosin was determined, the N-terminal amino-acid sequence being Arg-Asp-X-Ala-Thr-X-X-Gly-Pro-X-Gly-.
