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. 1975 Apr;147(1):139–144. doi: 10.1042/bj1470139

Isolation and characterization of a variant of ovomucoid.

A Waheed, A Salhuddin
PMCID: PMC1165383  PMID: 1171685

Abstract

A simple procedure, which can be used on a preparative scale, for the isolation and purification of a major variant of ovomucoid from egg white is described. Ovomucoid was precipitated by salt, and further fractionated by chromatography on sulphoethyl-Sephadex. It showed size homogeneity as revealed by gel chromatography and sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis where the mobility was consistent with a molecular weight of 28 300+/-2300. The inhibitor showed full antiryptic but no antichymotryptic activity. The u.v.-absorption and fluorescence characteristics indicated the absence of tryptophan. Polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of 9M-urea demonstrated absence of charge heterogeneity. The intrinsic viscosity of ovomucoid was 5.36ml/g which yielded an equivalent hydrodynamic radius (2.9nm), axial ratio (6.0) and frictional ratio (1.31) of the molecule. The Stokes radius (3.5nm), diffusion coefficient (7.8 times 10(-7 cm2/s) and frictional ratio (1.35) were calculated from gel-filtration data. These results suggest that ovomucoid exists in non-globular conformation under native conditions and that the deviation from the behaviour of a typical globular protein seems to be due both to asymmetry and hydration.

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