Ovalbumin-related gene Y protein bears carbohydrate chains of the ovomucoid type.
We have recently established the monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) specific to the major food allergen, ovomucoid, as mAb 7D, recognizing the carbohydrate moiety of ovomucoid, and mAb 6H, the peptide moiety (Biosci. Biothechnol. Biochem., 68, 2490-2497, (2004)). Using these mAbs, we found commercially available ovalbumin preparations contaminated with a considerable amount of ovomucoid together with other glycoproteins. To examine the contaminants, egg white was subjected to cation-exchange chromatography. An unidentified protein was found in egg white that reacted with mAb 7D but not with mAb 6H, having a molecular size of about 52 kDa and a blocked N-terminus. Two internal amino acid sequences of the fragments obtained after a lysyl endopeptidase and a hydroxylamine treatment revealed the protein to be ovalbumin Y (ovalbumin-related gene Y protein). We conclude that ovalbumin Y is a unique chimeric glycoprotein having an amino acid sequence similar to that of ovalbumin, but having a carbohydrate moiety similar to that of ovomucoid.
Hirose
Junko
J
Department of Life Style Studies, School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Shiga, Japan.
Doi
Yukio
Y
Kitabatake
Naofumi
N
Narita
Hiroshi
H
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D030161:Avian Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D002645:Chickens; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D019811:Hydroxylamine; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D010059:Ovomucin / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D030161:Avian Proteins; D002241:Carbohydrates; D019811:Hydroxylamine; D010059:Ovomucin; D010047:Ovalbumin