title: Complete amino acid sequence determinations demonstrate identity of the urinary Bence Jones protein (BJP-DIA) and the amyloid fibril protein (AL-DIA) in a case of AL-amyloidosis.
abstract: The complete primary structures of both the main amyloid fibril protein component (AL-DIA) and the soluble Bence Jones protein (BJP-DIA) obtained from the same patient with AL-amyloidosis are reported for the first time. The amino acid sequences were determined by automated Edman degradation following proteolytic digestion of the isolated proteins and HPLC separation of the resulting fragments and by amino-terminal sequencing after treatment with pyroglutamate aminopeptidase. Sequencing data were confirmed by amino acid analysis and plasma desorption mass spectrometry (PDMS). Molecular weights of the complete proteins were determined by laser desorption mass spectrometry. The amyloid fibril preparation contained a complete monoclonal lambda immunoglobulin light chain (subgroup 1.2) as well as different-sized fragments thereof which were identified by immunoblotting and amino-terminal sequencing following immobilization of electrophoretically-separated proteins on poly(vinylidene difluoride) (PVDF) membranes. The soluble urinary Bence Jones protein (BJP-DIA) was a dimer of monoclonal L-chains with a primary structure identical to that of the amyloid L-chain (AL-DIA) and thus represented the amyloid precursor protein.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Klafki
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Kratzin
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Pick
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eckart
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hilschmann
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000682:Amyloid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001536:Bence Jones Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000652:urine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000682:Amyloid; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; C035222:amyloid protein AL; D001536:Bence Jones Protein