title: [Importance of the sialic acid moiety for the heterogeneity in human fibrinogen].
abstract: To determine whether the observed heterogeneity of gamma- and B beta-polypeptide chains of human fibrinogen (2 and 1 sialic acid residue per chain) is due to differences in sialic acid content, fibrinogen was desialatgen was compared with normal fibrinogen. The gamma-chain heterogeneity observed in normal fibrinogen was absent in asialofibrinogen, whereas the B beta-chain heterogeneity appeared to be unaffected. Although the variants were indistinguishable on SDS-PAGE, isoelectric focusing in the presence of urea demonstrated heterogeneities of both gamma- and B beta-cahins even in asialofibrinogen. However, fewer bands were recognized in asialofibrinogen. The difference in sialic acid content of the gamma- and B beta-chain variants of human fibrinogen therefore explains on part of the polypeptide chain heterogeneity.
mesh_terms: D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D005340:Fibrinogen / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D012794:Sialic Acids; D005340:Fibrinogen
vernacular_title: Bedeutung des Sialsäureanteils für die Heterogenität menschlichen Fibrinogens.