ISSN:
0091-7419
Keywords:
N-acetyl neuraminic acid
;
neuraminidase (Vibrio cholerae)
;
sialic acid
;
wheat germ agglutinin receptor
;
membrane glycoprotein
;
Life Sciences
;
Molecular Cell Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Medicine
Notes:
The surface of the HeLa cell is composed of a heterogeneous population of sialogly coproteins which undergo lectin-mediated endocytosis (Kramer and Canellakis, Biochim Biophys Acta 551:328, 1979). One such sialoglyco-protein, gamma protein, is the major periodate-Schiff-reactive and [3H]-glucosamine-labeled component of the plasma membrane; it has an apparent molecular weight of 165,000. Gamma protein is also the major [125I]-wheat germ agglutinin-binding component in sodium dodecyl sulfate gels. Neuraminidase digestion of HeLa cells abolishes binding of [125I]-wheat germ agglutinin to gamma protein, and pretreatment of cells with wheat germ agglutinin protects gamma protein from desialation by neuraminidase. suggesting that wheat germ agglutinin binds to the sialic acid residues of gamma protein at the cell surface. Gamma protein can be extracted with various detergents but not with high-salt, chelating, or chaotropic agents. Intact inside-out plasma membrane vesicles have been prepared from HeLa cells that had phagocytosed latex particles. Treatment of these isolated vesicles with trypsin reduces the molecular weight of gamma protein. These results suggest that gamma protein is an integral membrane protein that spans the plasma membrane. Gamma protein can be purified to homogeneity by sequential lithium diiodosalicylate-phenol extraction, wheat germ agglutinin-agarose affinity chromatography, and preparative sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
Additional Material:
14 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jss.400120404
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