title: Apolipoprotein complexity in Japanese eel Anguilla japonica: truncated apolipoprotein A-I and apolipoprotein A-I-like protein in plasma lipoproteins.
abstract: A truncated apolipoprotein (apo) A-I with a molecular weight (M(r)) of 26 kDa was first isolated from the plasma high density lipoproteins of an atypical Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica). Interestingly, this eel contained a very small amount of intact apoA-I (M(r)28 kDa) in the plasma, although serine protease inhibitors were present throughout the plasma preparation. The N-terminal sequence of 20 amino acids in truncated apoA-I was completely identical with that of intact apoA-I. Another apolipoprotein with M(r)28 kDa, whose N-terminal amino acid sequence differed from apoA-I, was also found in high density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein. The apolipoprotein profiles of Japanese eel plasma appear to be complicated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fisheries Science, Kagoshima University, Japan. ando@fish.kagoshima-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tachibana
authors.forename: Shoji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Hideki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishimura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000811:Anguilla / Q000097:blood*; D000818:Animals; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL / Q000097:blood; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D008077:Lipoproteins, LDL; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors