title: Preparation and chemical characterisation of calf Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein.
abstract: Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein preparations were obtained from calf urine by 1.0 M NaCl precipitation followed by 4 M urea/Sepharose 4B chromatography. By using 0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis a molecular weight of 86 500 +/- 4500 (n = 12) was calculated for the glycoprotein. Amino acid and carbohydrate analyses were performed, the carbohydrate composition being (in residues per 100 amino acid residues in the glycoprotein): fucose, 0.90; galactose, 4.82; mannose, 4.63;N-acetylglucosamine, 7.36; N-acetylgalactosamine, 1.38; sialic acid, 2.93. Under conditions of mild acid hydrolysis (0.05 M H2SO4, 80 degrees C, 1 h) the calf Tamm-Horsfall glycoprotein preparations were degraded partially into two lower molecular weight fragments (approximate Mr 66 000 and 51 000), as shown by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, both fragments being periodic acid-Schiff reagent positive.
mesh_terms: D000116:Acetylgalactosamine / Q000032:analysis; D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000032:analysis; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D009088:Mucoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009005:Monosaccharides; D009088:Mucoproteins; D012794:Sialic Acids; D000116:Acetylgalactosamine; D000117:Acetylglucosamine