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  • Title: Isolation of type IV procollagen-like polypeptides from glomerular basement membrane. Characterization of pro-alpha 1(IV).
    Author: Dean DC, Barr JF, Freytag JW, Hudson BG.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1983 Jan 10; 258(1):590-6. PubMed ID: 6294114.
    Abstract:
    Type IV procollagen-like constituents of glomerular basement membrane were solubilized by reduction and alkylation of disulfide bonds under denaturing conditions. Four polypeptides were observed with apparent Mr = 185,000, 175,000, 164,000, and 152,000. The two largest chains correspond to pro-alpha 1(IV) and pro-alpha 2(IV), described in model systems which secrete a basement membrane-like matrix, while the smaller chains appear to be shortened forms of these polypeptides. Fractionation of the four polypeptides into two groups was achieved by ion exchange chromatography. Pro-alpha 1(IV) and 164,000 polypeptide are relatively acidic with respect to pro-alpha 2(IV) and 152,000 polypeptide, which is due in part to a relatively high content of arginine in the latter. Based on amino acid analysis of the collagenase-sensitive regions of these polypeptides, pro-alpha 1(IV) is the parent molecule from which alpha 1(IV) is derived on pepsin digestion of basement membranes and pro-alpha 2(IV) is the parent molecule of alpha 2(IV). Pro-alpha 1(IV) was isolated by gel filtration and ion exchange chromatography and characterized. It has a molecular weight of 194,000 as determined by sedimentation equilibrium. The polypeptide contains 14% carbohydrate in the form of both disaccharide, glucosylgalactosylhydroxylysine, and heteropolysaccharide units. The polypeptide backbone mass is calculated to be 167,000 daltons. Digestion of pro-alpha 1(IV) with bacterial collagenase resulted in two resistant segments of mass = 31,000 and 33,000 dalton, which make up approximately 30% of the polypeptide.
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