title: New detection method for ribonuclease 2 (RNase 2) using immunoblotting with specific antibody.
abstract: A ribonuclease (RNase) was isolated from the urine of a 35-year-old male and purified to electrophoretic homogeneity. The enzyme was tentatively designated RNase 2. A rabbit antibody produced by injection of the purified RNase 2 was able to distinguish RNase 2 from another type of RNase coexisting in body fluids. With this antibody it was possible to detect RNase 2 isozymes in human serum and urine without difficulty using isoelectric focusing or sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, followed by immunoblotting. Both RNase 2 in serum and urine seemed to exist in multiple forms with regard to their molecular masses and pI values. This technique may prove to be useful in genetic and forensic studies of RNase polymorphism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Legal Medicine, Fukui Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikehara
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods; D005095:Exoribonucleases / Q000235:genetics / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting / Q000379:methods; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing / Q000379:methods; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000652:urine*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D005095:Exoribonucleases; C022535:exoribonuclease II