Evidence for a single glycan moiety in rabbit serum transferrin and location of the glycan within the polypeptide chain

FEBS Lett. 1988 Sep 26;238(1):39-42. doi: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80221-7.

Abstract

The sequential removal of N-acetylneuraminic acid from rabbit serum transferrin has been followed by urea-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The electrophoretic pattern is consistent with the presence of a single biantennary glycan chain. From the amino acid sequence of the carbohydrate-containing cyanogen bromide fragment we have shown that the glycan is attached to an asparaginyl side chain at a position equivalent to residue 491 in the sequence of human serum transferrin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Carbohydrates / analysis
  • Cyanogen Bromide
  • Glycoproteins*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Peptide Fragments / analysis
  • Rabbits
  • Transferrin* / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Carbohydrates
  • Glycoproteins
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Transferrin
  • Cyanogen Bromide