title: Purification and characterization of a novel substrate for plasma kallikrein (PK-120) in human plasma.
abstract: A 120 kDa plasma protein, which is susceptible to plasma kallikrein, was purified from human plasma by polyethylene glycol fractionation followed by ion exchange chromatography using Q-Sepharose, S-Sepharose, and hydroxyapatite and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200. The 120 kDa protein, termed PK-120 in this paper, was a single polypeptide chain containing about 20% sugar by weight and its concentration in plasma was estimated to be 80 micrograms/ml by ELISA. At least three fragments, 100, 70, and 35 kDa, were produced from PK-120 by plasma kallikrein. The N-terminal sequence and Western blot demonstrated that PK-120 was first cleaved to yield the 100 and 35 kDa fragments, then the 100 kDa fragment was cleaved into the 70 kDa fragment. N-Terminal sequence analyses of PK-120 and its fragments demonstrated that it is a novel plasma protein, distinct from high molecular weight kininogen, a natural substrate for plasma kallikrein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygienic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: X P
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007610:Kallikreins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D001798:Blood Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D007610:Kallikreins