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. 1983 Dec 1;215(3):531–538. doi: 10.1042/bj2150531

Comparison of the high-mobility-group chromosomal proteins in rainbow-trout (Salmo gairdnerii) liver and testis.

E Brown, G H Goodwin
PMCID: PMC1152433  PMID: 6229248

Abstract

Chromatography and characterization of the proteins extracted by 5% (w/v) HClO4 from rainbow-trout (Salmo gairdnerii) liver and testis show that the two tissues present a characteristically different spectrum of high-mobility-group (HMG) proteins. A variant subfraction of HMG C is found in liver, but is not detectable in testis, where even the main fraction of HMG C is present in only very low quantity. A protein, F, which appears to be related to protein H6 has similarly been isolated only from liver and not from testis. Quantification of the HMG proteins in total 5%-HClO4 extracts of trout liver and testis nuclei shows that, in relation to DNA, levels of HMG T1 and T2, and D are more than 2-fold, and C, 20-fold higher in liver than in testis. However, these differences do not result merely from the sequential withdrawal of HMG proteins at the same time that histones are replaced by protamines in the developing spermatid, since in testis, at some stages of maturation, levels of H6 are almost 2-fold higher than in liver. The implications of these findings for the function of HMG proteins are discussed.

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