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. 1987 Nov 15;248(1):285–288. doi: 10.1042/bj2480285

Direct measurement of inositol in bovine myelin basic protein.

R Smith 1, P E Braun 1, M A Ferguson 1, M G Low 1, W R Sherman 1
PMCID: PMC1148533  PMID: 2449164

Abstract

Myelin basic protein has been isolated from bovine central-nervous-system myelin by four methods, none of which exposes the protein to acid. After purification the inositol content of both hydrolysed and unhydrolysed protein was quantified by g.c.-m.s. Basic protein prepared by all methods contained less than 4 mol % of inositol. It is concluded, contrary to a previous proposal, that covalent binding to phosphoinositides does not represent a general mechanism for attachment of this cytoplasmically-oriented protein to its membrane.

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