title: Structural properties of Rapana thomasiana grosse hemocyanin: isolation, characterization and N-terminal amino acid sequence of two different dissociation products.
abstract: 1. The native Rapana thomasiana grosse hemocyanin is dissociated under mild conditions and fractionated into two dissociation products, RHSS1 and RHSS2, with an apparent molecular mass of approximately 250 and approximately 450 kDa, respectively. The two species are present in approximately equivalent amounts. SDS-PAGE analysis reveals that the latter component is a dimer of approximately 250 kDa polypeptide chains. 2. The amino acid compositions, as well as some spectroscopic properties of RHSS1, are very similar to those of RHSS2. After dissociation under mild conditions of the native hemocyanin both species preserve their capability of binding reversibly molecular oxygen. 3. RHSS1 and RHSS2 are sequenced directly from the amino-terminus for 15 and 20 steps, respectively. These parts of the two polypeptide chains are highly homologous but with microheterogeneity associated with some positions. They also exhibit high homology with the N-terminal region of subunits or functional domains of other gastropod Hcs.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Idakieva
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Severov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Svendsen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Genov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stoeva
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Beltramini
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tognon
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Di Muro
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Salvato
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006433:Hemocyanins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012908:Snails / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006433:Hemocyanins; D010100:Oxygen