title: Quantification and localisation of SH-groups in human blood serum proteins.
abstract: The thiol groups of human blood serum proteins were determined after 24 hours interaction with dithionitrobenzoic-acid (DTNB) to an average of 538 +/- 60 mumol/l serum. After treatment of the serum with [35S]DTNB, autoradiograms of the protein elpherograms revealed two main peaks: The first with 63% of total activity, in the albumin region, corresponding to 0.60 SH/mol, the second with 23% of total activity, in the gamma-globulin range, corresponding to 2.2 SH/mol. After 30 minutes incubation with DTNB, or with p-chloromercuribenzoate (CMB), in freshly prepared pools of IgG only 0.2 SH/mol were found which is the expected value already known from the literature. Autoradiograms taken from serum protein elpherograms after interaction with [14C]CMB only show the main SH-peak in the albumin range. Thus it is concluded that the SH-peak in the gamma-globulin region after 24 hours incubation with [35S]DTNB is due to one highly labile S-S-bond which easily undergoes a disulfide exchange with DTNB.
mesh_terms: D001798:Blood Proteins; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011485:Protein Binding; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012712:Serum Globulins; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001798:Blood Proteins; D012709:Serum Albumin; D012712:Serum Globulins; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid