title: Human alpha s1-casein: purification and characterization.
abstract: The human counterpart of alpha s1-casein has been purified by a combination of gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography under denaturing conditions. SDS-PAGE analysis revealed the presence of a diffuse ladder with a high molecular mass which upon reduction was replaced by several closely spaced bands of lower molecular masses and a broad diffuse band corresponding to kappa-casein. Amino acid sequence analysis of the closely spaced bands all resulted in the same N-terminal sequence which was found to be homologous with alpha s1-casein from other species. Sequence analysis of a major radiolabelled tryptic peptide from purified 14C-carboxymethylated alpha s1-casein demonstrated that the protein contains at least two cysteine residues. As judged by SDS-PAGE in the presence or absence of a reducing agent, the molecular structure of the polymers constituting the ladder is composed of heteropolymers of alpha s1- and kappa-casein cross-linked by disulfide bonds.
authors.affiliation: Protein Chemistry Laboratory, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Due
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Petersen
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D017421:Sequence Analysis; D017385:Sequence Homology; D014357:Trypsin
chemical_list: D002364:Caseins; D004220:Disulfides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D014357:Trypsin