title: Isolation of glycoproteins from bovine nuchal ligament.
abstract: Soluble substances in the bovine nuchal ligament were removed by preliminary extractions with a buffer and dilute alkali solution. The insoluble residue was then extracted with 6 M guanidine HCl and with 6 M guanidine HCl containing a reducing agent (20 mM dithiothreitol) successively. Each of the two extracts contained a glycoprotein; that in the first extract was designated Glycoprotein A and that in the second Glycoprotein B. They were purified by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration till essentially homogeneous. Both proteins had similar molecular weights of 35,000 in SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and by gel filtration, and their chemical compositions resembled each other closely. It is suggested that Glycoprotein B was present in the native state as a disulfide-bonded, aggregated form of Glycoprotein A. The compounds also showed similarity with the microfibrillar glycoprotein(s) previously reported in bovine nuchal ligament extracts.
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D008022:Ligaments / Q000032:analysis*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009333:Neck; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D000072260:RNA Splicing Factors; C016598:microfibrillar protein