title: Murine liver arylsulfatase B processing influenced by region on chromosome 17.
abstract: SM/J liver arylsulfatase B has a more rapid electrophoretic mobility and occurs as a series of more acidic isozymes following electrofocusing in narrow pH gradients than the liver enzyme from C57Bl/6J mice. The SM/J and C57BL/6J electrofocusing patterns were both converted to a single isozyme with similar isoelectric points by pretreatment with neuraminidase, suggesting that the SM/J and C57BL/6J isozymes differed with respect to their sialic acid content. Arylsulfatase B electrofocusing and thermostability phenotypes segregated independently among progeny of SM/J x C57BL/6J crosses, suggesting that the electrofocusing phenotypes were not determined by different alleles at As-1, the putative structural locus for arylsulfatase B. Comparison of the joint segregation of hepatic acid phosphatase electrophoretic patterns and liver arylsulfatase B electrofocusing profiles revealed that the electrofocusing profiles may be determined by a region on chromosome 17 near of identical to Apl. Kidney, brain, and spleen arylsulfatase B electrofocusing patterns did not appear to differ between SM/J and C57BL/6J mice.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002803:Chondro-4-Sulfatase / Q000235:genetics*; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000201:enzymology*; D007525:Isoelectric Focusing; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009928:Organ Specificity; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D013429:Sulfatases; D002803:Chondro-4-Sulfatase