Biosynthesis of rabbit haptoglobin: Chemical evidence for a single chain precursor

Virginia Chow; Robert K. Murray; James D. Dixon; Alexander Kurosky

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(83)80623-1

Biosynthesis of rabbit haptoglobin: Chemical evidence for a single chain precursor

Virginia Chow, Robert K. Murray, James D. Dixon, Alexander Kurosky

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Abstract

The primary translation product of the mRNA for rabbit haptoglobin was obtained from a rabbit reticulocyte lysate cell-free system by immunoprecipitation with an antiserum that was directed to the β chain of haptoglobin. Analysis of the translation product by gel electrophoresis and by protein sequencing analysis identified a single polypeptide of M_r 41 000. Sequence analysis established a signal region of 18 residues that was immediately followed by the α chain sequence. These results give strong evidence that haptoglobin is initially synthesized as a single chain composed of a signal peptide followed by α and β chain regions, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	275-279
Number of pages	5
Journal	FEBS Letters
Volume	153
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(83)80623-1
State	Published - Mar 21 1983
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Cell-free translation
Haptoglobin
Precursor protein
Signal sequence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biophysics
Structural Biology
Biochemistry
Molecular Biology
Genetics
Cell Biology

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