PAS IV, an integral membrane protein of mammary epithelial cells, is related to platelet and endothelial cell CD36 (GP IV).
PAS IV is a 78-kDa (bovine) to 80-kDa (human) integral membrane glycoprotein of unknown function which is found in mammary epithelial cells. We now report the purification of human PAS IV and native bovine PAS IV from the milk fat globule membrane (MFGM), a preparation of apical plasmalemma from epithelial cells of lactating mammary tissue. N-Terminal sequence analyses of human and bovine PAS IV revealed homology to the N-terminal sequence of the 88-kDa human endothelial and platelet glycoprotein CD36. The similarity of MFGM PAS IV to platelet CD36 was further established by immunoblots of purified platelet CD36 and MFGM PAS IV with MFGM PAS IV specific antiserum. The removal of N-linked oligosaccharides from PAS IV and CD36 by treatment with endoglycosidase F reduced the apparent Mr of both proteins to approximately 57,000. These data suggest that PAS IV and CD36 are similar if not identical polypeptides that undergo cell type specific glycosylation.
Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University, California 95192-0101.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D002417:Cattle; D004848:Epithelium / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000737:chemistry; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D018396:Mucin-1; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011247:Pregnancy
D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D018955:CD36 Antigens; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D018396:Mucin-1; C069283:PAS-4 protein, Bos taurus; D010980:Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins