title: Purification and partial characterization of rat factor D.
abstract: Rat factor D has been purified to homogeneity (10,559-fold) from serum by chromatography on CM-Sepharose Fast Flow, phenyl-Sepharose CL-4B and Mono S and has been shown to resemble its human and mouse counterparts both in substrate specificity and in its susceptibility to inhibition by the organophosphorous inhibitor di-isopropylfluorophosphate. The rat enzyme, however, is heavily glycosylated and binds to wheat-germ lectin-Sepharose 6MB and 5-hydroxytryptamine-agarose, but not to concanavalin A-Sepharose 4B. All of the carbohydrate chains are N-linked. Enzymic removal of this carbohydrate decreased the Mr by approx. 15,000. The deglycosylated rat enzyme had the same mobility as native human factor D on SDS/PAGE, corresponding to an Mr of 24,500. N-Terminal sequence analysis of the first 30 amino acids of rat factor D highlighted the sequence similarity with human factor D (greater than 76%) and, in particular, with mouse adipsin (greater than 93%).
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Glaxo Group Research Ltd., Middx., U.K.
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Grinham
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turcatti
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D011416:Complement Factor D / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D006868:Hydrolysis; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C493488:CFD protein, human; D011416:Complement Factor D; C493491:complement factor D, mouse