title: Immunological identification of the alpha subunit of G13, a novel guanine nucleotide binding protein.
abstract: An antiserum (13CB) was generated against a synthetic peptide, HDNLKQLMLQ, which is predicted to represent the C-terminal decapeptide of the alpha subunit of the novel G-protein, G13. Competitive ELISA indicated that the antiserum reacted with this peptide but that it showed minimal ability to recognize peptides which represent the equivalent regions of the pertussis toxin-insensitive G-proteins, Gq + G11, G12, G15 + G16, GL1 (also called G14) as Gz, and well as other G-proteins. Immunoblots of human platelet membranes with antiserum 13CB identified a single 43-kDa polypeptide, and while this immunoreactivity was abolished by the presence of the cognate peptide it was not modified by the presence of peptides corresponding to the equivalent region of other G-proteins. Immunoreactivity corresponding to G13 alpha was detected in a range of cell types with human platelets having the highest levels of this polypeptide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Milligan
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mullaney
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000378:metabolism; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D016466:CHO Cells; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007106:Immune Sera; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate