These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: The binding of animal low-density lipoproteins to human apolipoprotein(a).
    Author: Trieu VN, McConathy WJ.
    Journal: Biochem J; 1995 Aug 01; 309 ( Pt 3)(Pt 3):899-904. PubMed ID: 7639708.
    Abstract:
    Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a risk factor for coronary artery disease. It is composed of lipids and apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] linked to apolipoprotein B (apoB) by a disulphide bond between Cys-4057 of apo(a)'s kringle 36 and possibly Cys-3734 of apoB. We call this the covalent apo(a): apoB-Lp interaction, to distinguish it from the non-covalent apo(a)/Lp(a): apoB-Lp interaction, which is probably mediated by apo(a)'s kringle 33 and residues 3304-3317 of apoB. The non-covalent interaction could be the initial interaction which brings apo(a) and apoB together prior to covalent linkage and Lp(a) formation. The non-covalent apo(a)/Lp(a)-binding site on apoB is evolutionarily more ancient than the covalent apo(a)-binding site on apoB. Both human and non-human low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) bind non-covalently to human apo(a)/Lp(a); however, only rabbit and human LDLs bind covalently to human apo(a). The non-covalent interaction between mouse LDL and human apo(a)/Lp(a) has a Kd of (1.7 +/- 1.33) x 10(-7) M (n = 3). This explains the co-localization of human apo(a) and mouse apoB in the atherosclerotic lesions of human apo(a) transgenic mice and supports our hypothesis that the non-covalent interaction is a contributing factor to apo(a) atherogenicity.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]