title: Immunochemical, electrophoretic, and genetic heterogeneity of pepsinogen I. Characterization with monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Two immunologic subclasses of human pepsinogen I alpha-PG I and beta-PG I, have been identified based on their reactivity toward a murine monoclonal antibody that recognizes an epitope on the alpha-PG I isozymogens. The antibody was used to purify the major alpha- and beta-isozymogens from gastric mucosa and to determine their contributions to the previously described genetic polymorphism of PG I. The alpha-epitope was localized to the pepsin region of the molecules. The two major alpha-PG I isozymogens (Pg 3 alpha and Pg 5 alpha) and the major beta-PG I isozymogen (Pg 4 beta) were demonstrated to contain net charge differences located in the respective pepsin and activation peptide regions. We propose that the alpha- and beta-subclasses contain net charge amino acid substitutions encoded by the corresponding pepsinogen genes: PGA3, PGA4, and PGA5.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D010435:Pepsinogens