title: Structural characterization of the two refold dimers of recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST).
abstract: Two major dimers are generated during the folding/oxidation of inclusion bodies of recombinant bovine somatotropin (bST). These dimers represent the major part of the inactive high molecular weight species that are formed in this process. The structures of the two dimers are unambiguously determined by peptide mapping using trypsin, thrombin cleavage, and selective DTT reduction experiments. Results indicate that the formation of both dimers involves the large disulfide loop cysteines. The latter-eluting dimer from RP-HPLC, previously reported as a large loop concatenated dimer, was revised to be an antiparallel disulfide-linked dimer. On the other hand, the first eluting dimer is a concatenane in which two monomers are held together by the interlocking of the two large disulfide loops.
authors: Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63198.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Tou
authors: B N
authors: BN
authors: Violand
authors: M R
authors: MR
authors: Schlittler
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Jennings
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011108:Polymers; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017510:Protein Folding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone