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Rubella virion polypeptides: characterization by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing and peptide mapping.

Four polypeptides with molecular weights of 55 K, 47 K, 45 K, and 33 K have been resolved by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of immune precipitated rubella virus. The 47 K and 45 K components have similar peptide maps but different isoelectric points so that the same polypeptide may exist in more than one charged form. The 55 K and 45 K components have similar isoelectric points but different peptide maps showing that similarity of isoelectric point is not evidence of identity.

Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel↗

High-performance liquid chromatography of casein hydrolysates phosphorylated and dephosphorylated. I. Peptide mapping.

A mixture of small peptides of molecular weight averaging 1000 daltons, obtained by controlled hydrolysis of casein with proteases, chymotrypsin and trypsin, was separated by size-exclusion and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Peptides were identified and located in the known casein structures from their amino acid content and their N- and C-terminal amino acid analyses. The primary structure of peptides identified from casein hydrolysate phosphorylated and casein hydrolysate dephosphorylated is presented.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Comparisons by peptide mapping of proteins specified by Kunjin, West Nile and Murray Valley encephalitis viruses.

The relationships among virus-specified proteins of Murray Valley encephalitis (MVE), Kunjin (KUN) and West Nile (WN) viruses were investigated by peptide mapping of exhaustive proteolytic digests of radioactively labelled polypeptides. Maps of the three structural proteins (E, C and M) derived from purified virions and of two non-structural proteins (NV5 and NV4) obtained from infected cells were compared. For each polypeptide considered, the peptide maps of the KUN and WN virus-specified proteins were more similar to each other than either was to the map of the corresponding MVE virus-specified protein. Since the polypeptides considered together account for approximately 60% of the coding capacity of the flavivirus genome, our results suggested that, for the three viruses examined, the genomes of KUN and WN viruses are the most closely related.

Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid↗

Assignment of A and B types of monoamine oxidase in NCB20 hybrid cells to those of the parental cells by peptide mapping.

The structures of [3H]pargyline-labeled, flavin-containing polypeptides of monoamine oxidase (MAO) from hybrid NCB20 cells, and their parental cells, A/J mouse brain cells and Chinese hamster brain cells, were analyzed and compared by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), and limited proteolysis and one-dimensional peptide mapping in SDS gels. After preincubation of mitochondrial preparations with deprenyl or clorgyline, the flavin-containing polypeptide of type A or type B MAO was selectively labeled with [3H]pargyline. SDS-PAGE of [3H]pargyline-labeled mitochondrial samples revealed that the polypeptide with apparent Mr of 62,000 was associated with type A activity in the three types of cells, and that the polypeptide with apparent Mr of 61,000 or 58,000 was associated with type B activity in Chinese hamster brain cells and NCB20 cells or A/J mouse brain cells, respectively. Chymotrypsin digestion of the [3H]pargyline-labeled polypeptides and the peptide mapping in SDS gels from A/J mouse and Chinese hamster brain cells produced identical map patterns between the two type A MAOs, almost the same map patterns (with the exception of one additional peptide fragment) between the two type B MAOs, and different map patterns between type A and type B MAOs. The results of identical treatments of the [3H]pargyline-labeled polypeptides of MAOs in NCB20 cells showed that type A and type B MAO in NCB20 cells were similar to type A MAO of A/J mouse and Chinese hamster brain cells and to type B MAO of Chinese hamster brain cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Animals↗

Development of a peptide mapping procedure to identify and quantify methionine oxidation in recombinant human alpha1-antitrypsin.

A peptide mapping procedure was developed to identify and quantify methionine oxidation in recombinant human alpha1-antitrypsin. Due to the protein's complex structural biochemistry, chromatographic analysis of methionine containing digest peptides was a significant challenge. However, by using a combination of mass spectrometry, protein engineering, and high-temperature reversed-phase liquid chromatography, we were able to identify methionine residues that are susceptible to oxidation by hydrogen peroxide. and quantify their reactivity. Our results show that five of the protein's 10 methionine residues are susceptible to oxidation at neutral pH, four of which are localized to the active site region.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Peptide mapping of the murine DNA methyltransferase reveals a major phosphorylation site and the start of translation.

The murine DNA methyltransferase catalyzes the transfer of methyl groups from S-adenosylmethionine to cytosines within d(CpG) dinucleotides. The enzyme is necessary for normal embryonic development and is implicated in a number of important processes, including the control of gene expression and cancer. Metabolic labeling and high pressure liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (HPLC-ESI-MS) were performed on DNA methyltransferase purified from murine erythroleukemia cells. Serine 514 was identified as a major phosphorylation site that lies in a domain required for targeting of the enzyme to the replication foci. These results present a potential mechanism for the regulation of DNA methylation. HPLC-ESI-MS peptide mapping data demonstrated that the purified murine DNA methyltransferase protein contains the N-terminal regions predicted by the recently revised 5' gene sequences (Yoder, J. A., Yen, R.-W. C., Vertino, P. M., Bestor, T. H. , and Baylin, S. B. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 31092-31097). The evidence suggests a start of translation at the first predicted methionine, with no alternate translational start sites. Our peptide mapping results provide a more detailed structural characterization of the DNA methyltransferase that will facilitate future structure/function studies.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Mammalian beta-adrenergic receptors. Structural differences in beta 1 and beta 2 subtypes revealed by peptide maps.

Photoaffinity labeling techniques using p-azido-m-[125I]iodobenzylcarazolol have recently demonstrated that both the beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptor-binding subunits from mammalian tissues including heart, lung, and erythrocytes reside on peptides of Mr approximately equal to 62,000-64,000. In this study, a two-dimensional gel electrophoresis method for peptide mapping was used to investigate and compare the structure of beta 1 - and beta 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes. When the photoaffinity labeled Mr approximately equal to 62,000 peptides from the beta 2-adrenergic receptors of rat lung and erythrocyte are subjected to simultaneous proteolysis using Staphylococcus aureus V8 proteinase or papain, exactly the same peptide fragments are generated from each subunit. In contrast, when the Mr approximately equal to 62,000 peptide containing the beta 1-adrenergic receptor-binding subunit derived from the rat heart is proteolyzed simultaneously with the Mr approximately equal to 62,000 peptide containing the beta 2-adrenergic receptors from either lung or erythrocyte, the peptide fragments generated are distinctly different. Peptide maps of beta 1-adrenergic receptors from the myocardial tissue of different species (pig versus rat) yield slightly different maps while the maps derived from the beta 2-adrenergic receptors of hamster lung and rat lung or erythrocytes reveal no interspecies differences. These data suggest: 1) alterations in the primary structure of the beta-adrenergic receptor may be responsible for the pharmacological specificities characteristic of beta 1- and beta 2-adrenergic receptor subtypes; and 2) alterations in the primary structure of similar beta-adrenergic receptor subtypes across different species may relate to the magnitude of their phylogenetic differences.

Affinity Labels↗

Peptide mapping analysis of the avian progesterone receptor.

Progesterone receptor from the chicken oviduct has been shown to exist as two 8 S forms (I and II). Form I contains a protein of Mr = 75,000 and form II contains a protein of Mr = 110,000. In addition to these hormone-binding proteins, both receptor forms contain a protein with Mr = 90,000 that does not bind steroid. To investigate the possibility that these proteins are structurally related, they were isolated by preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate gel electrophoresis and subjected to peptide mapping analyses after digestion with Staphylococcus aureus V-8 protease, papain, or alpha-chymotrypsin. Receptor proteins labeled with [32P]orthophosphate in tissue minces were also subjected to peptide mapping analysis. The electrophoretic patterns of peptide fragments of the 90-kDa protein from receptor forms I and II were identical but were different from the peptide patterns obtained from the 75- and 110-kDa proteins which generated similar peptide patterns, indicating that these are structurally related. However, some differences were evident, indicating that these latter two proteins are not identical substrates for proteases. A one-dimensional comparison of the phosphopeptide patterns from the 75- and 110-kDa proteins also showed them to be similar, but not identical. Two-dimensional maps of phosphopeptides generated from the 75- and 110-kDa protein after complete tryptic digestion revealed multiple sites of phosphorylation which were identical except for one phosphopeptide that was unique to the 110-kDa protein. These results show the two progesterone-binding proteins to be very similar in structure, but to differ considerably from the 90-kDa protein.

Animals↗

Proteolysis at pressure and HPLC peptide mapping of M4-lactate dehydrogenase homologs from marine fishes living at different depths.

1. The effects at 10 degrees C of moderate hydrostatic pressure (136 atm) on trypsinolysis of muscle-type (M4) lactate dehydrogenase homologs (LDH, EC 1.1.1.27, L-lactate:NAD+ oxidoreductase) from shallow- and deep-occurring marine fishes were examined by mapping the partial digests by reverse phase HPLC. 2. Comparison of peptide maps of digests generated at 1 and 136 atm revealed that increased pressure did not expose new cleavage sites in homologs of any of the species; no new peptides were generated. 3. Increased pressure did alter the relative amounts of peptides produced. The net effect of increased pressure was to increase the amount of peptides generated in the shallow-occurring species. For deep-living species pressure did not alter the net amount of peptides produced compared to the 15 min atmospheric pressure samples, although the relative amounts of some of the peptides changed. Incubation at 136 atm for 30 min decreased the net amount of peptides produced. 4. It is suggested that the effects of pressure on trypsinolysis may result from slight conformational changes in the substrate proteins.

Adaptation, Physiological↗

Protein identification by MALDI-TOF-MS peptide mapping: a new strategy.

A new strategy for identifying proteins by MALDI-TOF-MS peptide mapping is reported. In contrast to current approaches, the strategy does not rely on a good relative or absolute mass accuracy as the criterion that discriminates false positive results. The protein sequence database is first searched for all proteins that match a minimum five of the submitted masses within the maximum expected relative errors when the default or externally determined calibration constants are used, for instance, +/-500 ppm. Typically, this search retrieves many thousand candidate sequences. Assuming initially that each of these is the correct protein, the relative errors of the matching peptide masses are calculated for each candidate sequence. Linear regression analysis is then performed of the calculated relative errors as a function of m/z for each candidate sequence, and the standard deviation to the regression is used to distinguish the correct sequence among the candidates. We show that this parameter is independent of whether the mass spectrometric data were internally or externally calibrated. The result is a search engine that renders internal spectrum calibration unnecessary and adapts to the quality of the raw data without user interference. This is made possible by a dynamic scoring algorithm, which takes into account the number of matching peptide masses, the percentage of the protein's sequence covered by these peptides and, as new parameter, the determined standard deviation. The lower the standard deviation, the less cleavage peptides are required for identification and vice versa. Performance of the new strategy is demonstrated and discussed. All necessary computing has been implemented in a computer program, free access to which is provided in the Internet.

Algorithms↗

Antibodies that neutralize human beta interferon biologic activity recognize a linear epitope: analysis by synthetic peptide mapping.

The location of biologically relevant epitopes on recombinant human beta interferon in which Ser-17 replaces Cys-17 (rh[Ser17]IFN-beta) was evaluated by testing the immunoreactivity of antibodies against 159 sequential, overlapping octamer peptides. Three monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that neutralize rh[Ser17]IFN-beta biologic activity, designated A1, A5, and A7, bound to peptides spanning only residues 39-48, whereas nonneutralizing mAb bound less specifically at multiple sites near the amino terminus. The immunoreactivity of peptides spanning residues 40-47 that contained a series of single amino acid substitutions suggested that residues 41-43 (Pro-Glu-Glu) and 46 (Gln) are important for the binding of neutralizing mAbs. The reactivity of mAbs to larger synthetic peptides containing rh[Ser17]IFN-beta sequences from residue 32 through residue 56 was evaluated. All mAbs except A7 reacted with synthetic peptides representing rh[Ser17]IFN-beta residues 32-47, 40-56, and 32-56, but only mAbs A1 and A5 bound to the core peptide composed of residues 40-47. Peptide 32-56 effectively blocked the binding of mAbs A1 and A5 to rh[Ser17]IFN-beta and markedly inhibited their neutralizing activity. Biologic activity of the peptides was undetectable. Rabbit antisera raised against peptides 32-47 and 40-56 recognized rh[Ser17]IFN-beta but did not neutralize its antiviral activity. Thus, structure-function analysis by peptide mapping has permitted the identification of a linear epitope recognized by neutralizing antibody on a biologically active cytokine. We conclude that the region spanning residues 32-56 is of major importance in the expression of the biologic activity of human IFN-beta.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Partial amino acid sequence of sheep liver serine hydroxymethyltransferase and comparison of peptide maps of the enzyme from human, ox livers and Escherichia coli.

A comparison of the tryptic peptide maps of serine hydroxymethyltransferase from sheep, human, ox livers and Escherichia coli revealed that the mammalian enzymes were similar, while the bacterial enzyme exhibited differences in the primary structure. N-terminus of the reduced carboxymethylated sheep liver enzyme was acetylated. Serine hydroxymethyltransferase was hydrolyzed with trypsin and fragments of peptides were separated by high performance liquid chromatography using a combination of gel permeation, reverse phase and ion-pair chromatography. The peptides were sequenced manually using the 4-N,N'-dimethyl aminoazobenzene-4'-isothiocyanate/phenyl isothiocyanate double coupling method. The tryptic peptides with 80% homology or above were aligned on the rabbit liver enzyme sequence.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Isoforms of turkey prolactin: evidence for differences in glycosylation and in tryptic peptide mapping.

1. Three isoforms of turkey pituitary prolactin have been isolated, including a nonglycosylated isoform of 22,500 mol. wt and two glycosylated isoforms of 24,500 mol. wt. 2. The glycosylated turkey prolactins differed in carbohydrate composition, with one isoform apparently containing only O-linked carbohydrate. 3. Tryptic peptide maps showed a few peptides distinctly different among the three prolactin isoforms. 4. Amino acid sequencing of the first 40 residues of the three prolactin isoforms showed arginine at position 24 and histidine at position 27, for the nonglycosylated form, but no identifiable amino acids were detected at this position for the glycosylated isoforms.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

[Micropreparative thin-layer peptide maps in the molecular diagnosis of abnormal human hemoglobins].

General factors determining the possibility of application of peptide maps in thin layer of microcrystalline cellulose as a micropreparative method in molecular diagnostics of abnormal hemoglobins were studied. The effects of absorbtional capacity of cellulose and amino acid impurities in it, choice of eluent and elution technique, peptide structure and extent of its modification in staining as well as completeness and specificity of globin chain enzymatic digestion on peptides extraction from thin layer were analysed. The results of structural identification of Hb D Punjab beta 121 Glu----Gln at a Cypriot; Hb O Arab; beta 121 Glu----Lys at a Bulgarian woman, living in Kalinin region (the second case in the USSR); Hb M Saskatoon beta 63 His----Tyr at a woman from Georgia (the second case in the USSR); Hb Buenos Aires beta 85 Phe----Ser at a Russian girl (the first case in the USSR and the third case in the world); Hb Dagestan alpha 60 Lys----Glu at two members of a Lesgin family from Dagestan; Hb Agenogi beta 90 Glu----Lys at a Hungarian woman; Hb Setif alpha 94 Asp----Tyr at three patients from Cyprus and Hb Detroit beta 95 Lys----Asn at an Azerbaijanian woman (the first case in the USSR and the second case in the world) are presented.

Amino Acids↗

Analysis of C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) polymorphic variants by tryptic peptide mapping.

The human C3b/C4b receptor (CR1) binds the major activation and opsonic fragments of the third (C3) and fourth (C4) components of complement. CR1 is a single chain integral membrane glycoprotein widely distributed on peripheral blood cells. Four codominantly inherited allelic variants with Mrs of 160,000, 190,000, 220,000 and 250,000 have been described. To address the structural basis for this unusual polymorphism, CR1 from donors expressing three of the four allelic variants was purified from surface labeled (125I) erythrocytes by iC3-Sepharose affinity chromatography and the variants compared by tryptic peptide mapping (TPM). The TPMs of each variant contained the same major peaks and minor peak areas and were nearly identical to one another. Tryptic peptide mappings of the 190,000 Mr erythrocyte CR1, which was purified prior to iodination, were similar to those derived from surface iodinated CR1. The TPMs of erythrocyte and granulocyte CR1 from the same donor differed by a single peak of increased prominence in the granulocyte map. These results indicate a conservation in amino acid sequence for those peptides detected. In view of these data and those of other studies of the structure and genetics of CR1 and related proteins, it is suggested in this paper that the allelic variation relates to CR1, being composed of repeating amino acid sequences.

Chromatography, Affinity↗

Determination of amino acid compositions and NH2-terminal sequences of peptides electroblotted onto PVDF membranes from tricine-sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis: application to peptide mapping of human complement component C3.

The combination of high-resolution Tricine-Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (H. Schägger and G. von Jagow (1987) Anal. Biochem. 166, 368-379) and electroblotting onto polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membranes represents a powerful technique for the isolation of small amounts of peptides and protein fragments (Mr 1000-20,000) in a suitable form for amino acid sequencing, directly on the blotting membrane. Conditions for electrophoresis and electroblotting were optimized with respect to high transfer yield and suitability for both amino acid analysis and sequence determination of stained PVDF-bound peptides. Transfer yields were 50-80%, amino acid compositions including Cys were correct, and picomole quantities were sequenced with initial and repetitive yields as high as those we normally obtain for peptides in solution. The method was used for peptide mapping of polymorphic forms of human complement component C3.

Amino Acid Sequence↗

Isomyosin redistribution in chronic pressure overload: comparison between peptide mapping and electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions.

Chronic pressure overload induces a redistribution in myosin isoenzymes as demonstrated by Ca++-activated ATPase activity, electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions and immunohistochemistry. We compared, in two groups of renal hypertensive rats and control rats, the isoenzymic patterns obtained by electrophoresis under non-denaturing conditions with those observed after heavy chains digestion with S. Aureus V8 protease. In the hypertensive animals in which a shift towards the "slow" V2 and V3 isomyosins was evident, peptide mapping always gave origin to a band which was not present in the controls. Since we consider this peptide as a marker of the redistribution towards the "slow" isoforms, peptide mapping according to Cleveland appears to be a simple and useful method to assess differences in isomyosin composition, at least between hypertrophic pressure-overloaded and normal rat ventricles. Moreover, in our experience this technique is simple, the patterns obtained from highly purified substrates are very reproducible and the digestion allows easy and clear comparisons.

Animals↗

Tryptic peptide map analysis of the major human blood platelet membrane glycoproteins separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.

Washed platelets were surface-labelled by lactoperoxidase catalyzed iodination and either the platelets or membranes were solubilized in detergent and applied to a wheat germ agglutinin-Sepharose column and a Lens culinaris lectin Sepharose column coupled sequentially. The glycoproteins eluted from the lectin columns were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Alternatively, labelled whole platelets or membranes were solubilized and then directly separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Spots corresponding to specific glycoproteins identified by apparent isoelectric point (pI), apparent molecular weight (Mr), staining and labelling characteristics were cut from the gels and analyzed by tryptic peptide mapping. The maps of the individual glycoproteins(GP) Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, GP4-4.5 132-135, IIIa, IIIb and IIIc were all different. Glycoproteins with the same Mr but different pI were distinct with the exception of regions of GP Ib. There were minor differences in the maps of glycoproteins separated in the reduced or non-reduced state. Tryptic peptide maps provide a valuable additional parameter for the identification and characterization of platelet glycoproteins.

Blood Platelets↗