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  • Title: Phospholipid composition and external labeling of aminophospholipids of human En(a--) erythrocyte membranes which lack the major sialoglycorprotein (glycophorin A).
    Author: Jokinen M, Gahmberg CG.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1979 Jun 13; 554(1):114-24. PubMed ID: 454597.
    Abstract:
    Erythrocytes of the rare human blood group En(a--) lack the major sialoglycoprotein, glycophorin A, and the cell population heterozygous for the En(a) antigen contain half the normal amount of glycophorin A. With such cells we have studied whether glycophorin A influences the phospholipid composition and the availability of aminophospholipids to external labeling reagents. We here demonstrate that the amounts of all phospholipids are closely similar in normal and variant membranes. However, using the amino-reactive reagent trinitrobenzenesulfonate, we show that phosphatidylethanolamine is more easily labeled in intact En(a--) cells as compared to normal cells, whereas phosphatidylethanolamine shows an intermediate labeling in En(a) heterozygous cells.
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