title: Molecular characterization of human and bovine ceruloplasmin using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
abstract: Using SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, we investigated the difference in the molecular structure between human and bovine ceruloplasmin. In both cases, we found that the protein is present in two majors forms of different molecular mass. The difference between human and bovine ceruloplasmin was more obvious when characterized by MALDI-TOF than with the SDS-PAGE analysis. Furthermore, we established that the N-glycoside content of both enzymes is dissimilar and that the N-glycosyl moieties are distributed in a distinctive fashion in two glycoproteins. Finally, it appeared that both proteins exhibited different cleavage patterns after treatment with trypsin. This study indicates that human and bovine ceruloplasmin differ not only in sugar composition but also in primary structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3P8, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boivin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aouffen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mateescu
mesh_terms: D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002570:Ceruloplasmin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D043524:Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D002570:Ceruloplasmin; D014357:Trypsin; D000581:Amidohydrolases; D043524:Peptide-N4-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl) Asparagine Amidase