ISOLATION OF BETA IF-GLOBULIN FROM HUMAN SERUM AND ITS CHARACTERIZATION AS THE FIFTH COMPONENT OF COMPLEMENT.
At least 3 complement factors were found necessary for the conversion of the thermolabile intermediate complex EAC'1a,4,2a to a thermostable state. One of these factors is the earlier described beta(1C)-globulin. The second, a heretofore unrecorded serum protein, beta(1F)-globulin. The third factor has not yet been defined as a discrete serum protein entity. Kinetic experiments indicated that beta(1C) reacted prior to beta(1F), which in turn seemed to precede the third factor in the reaction sequence. Therefore, the 3 components were tentatively designated the third (C'3), the fifth (C'5), and the sixth (C'6) components of complement, respectively. A procedure was developed allowing the isolation of highly purified beta(1C)-(C'3) and beta(1F)-globulin (C'5) and of partially purified C'6. With respect to its function in immune hemolysis, beta(1F)-globulin or C'5 was found to be closely dependent on the simultaneous presence of C'6. The hypothesis that C'5 and C'6 form a functional unit was supported by the finding that both components interact with each other in solution resulting in the formation of a complex. A similar complex was also found in fresh human serum.
D001609:Beta-Globulins; D001798:Blood Proteins; D002845:Chromatography; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D007700:Kinetics; D014461:Ultracentrifugation
D001609:Beta-Globulins; D001798:Blood Proteins; D007456:Iodine Isotopes; D003165:Complement System Proteins
BETA GLOBULIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPLEMENT; HEMOLYSIS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IODINE ISOTOPES; KINETICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION