title: Characterization of recombinant human extracellular superoxide dismutase.
abstract: Recombinant human extracellular superoxide dismutase produced in chinese hamster ovary cells has been characterized using several chromatographic methods. Peptide mapping confirmed the expected primary structure. The 15 amino acids at the N-terminal end were sequenced and were in accordance with expectations in all positions. The C-terminal amino acids have been confirmed both by amino acid composition studies of a peptide of 42 amino acids and by specific sequential cleavage of the last three C-terminal amino acids with carboxypeptidase A. Both methods demonstrated a full length C-terminus. At physiological ionic strength, the dismutase exists for ca. 25% as octamers or larger polymers, and the amount of polymers increases at lower ionic strength.
authors.affiliation: Department of Protein Chemistry, Symbicom AB, Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Strömqvist
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D016339:Spectrometry, Mass, Fast Atom Bombardment; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase