title: Isolation of alpha-connectin, an elastic protein, from rabbit skeletal muscle.
abstract: alpha-Connectin (also called titin 1) has been isolated from rabbit back muscle. Myofibrils were well washed with 5 mM NaHCO3 and then extracted with 0.2 M sodium phosphate, pH 7.0. The extract was dialyzed against 0.1 M potassium phosphate, pH 7.0, to sediment myosin. The supernatant, adjusted to 0.18 M potassium phosphate, pH 7.0, and 4 M urea, was subjected to DEAE Toyopearl column chromatography. beta-Connectin was eluted in the flow-through fraction and alpha-connectin was eluted at around 0.1 M NaCl, when a 0 to 0.25 M NaCl gradient was applied. The separated alpha-connectin was dialyzed against 0.2 M potassium phosphate, pH 7.0. The resultant alpha-connectin showed the same mobility as that in an SDS extract of rabbit back muscle on SDS gel electrophoresis using 1.8% polyacrylamide gels. A monoclonal antibody against chicken breast muscle beta-connectin reacted with the alpha-connectin isolated from rabbit back muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D064211:Connectin; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis*; D011494:Protein Kinases; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D064211:Connectin; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases