title: The fatty acid-binding protein from human skeletal muscle.
abstract: Fatty acid-binding protein (FABP) was isolated from human skeletal muscle by gel filtration and anion- and cation-exchange chromatography. The isolation procedure, however, with rat and pig skeletal muscle gave mostly inactive preparations. Rat muscle FABP preparations contained parvalbumin as a contaminant. FABP from human muscle had a Mr of about 15 kDa, a pI value of 5.2, and a Kd value with oleic acid of 0.50 microM. Skeletal muscle and heart FABPs and their antisera showed a strong cross-reactivity on Western blots and in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA). No cross-reactivity was observed with liver FABP and its antiserum. On the basis of amino acid composition, electrophoretic behavior, fatty acid binding, and immunochemical properties, human skeletal muscle FABP must be similar or closely related to human heart FABP. The FABP content determined by ELISA was comparable in various human muscles and cultured muscle cells, but lower than that in rat muscles.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Peeters
authors: M A
authors: MA
authors: in't Groen
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Veerkamp
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D051381:Rats; D013552:Swine; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C107608:FABP7 protein, human; C490174:Fabp7 protein, rat; D000071438:Fatty Acid-Binding Protein 7; D050556:Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins