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. 1985 Dec 15;232(3):883–889. doi: 10.1042/bj2320883

Large-scale isolation of complement receptor type 1 (CR1) from human erythrocytes. Proteolytic fragmentation studies.

R B Sim
PMCID: PMC1152965  PMID: 2936334

Abstract

A large-scale procedure for the isolation of complement receptor type 1 (CR1, the C3b receptor) from human erythrocytes is described. Two of the four known phenotypes of CR1 are detectable in the isolated material. Amino acid and hexosamine analysis of the A phenotype (Mr 240 000) indicates a polypeptide chain length of about 2030 amino acids and a carbohydrate content of 8%. Both N- and O-linked sugars appear to be present. Trypsin digestion of isolated CR1 shows that it is degraded rapidly and extensively, and no stable products of Mr greater than 25000 are found. The ability of the receptor to bind to solid-phase ligand is destroyed after a single cleavage by trypsin. The capacity of the receptor to act as a cofactor for Factor I-mediated cleavage of soluble C3b is, however, only gradually decreased by proteolysis, and 30% of this activity remains after extensive degradation. The same pattern of loss of binding to solid-phase ligand, with partial retention of interaction with soluble ligand, is also characteristic of the complement proteins Factor H and C4bp, which are functionally related to CR1.

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