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. 1976 Apr 1;155(1):25–30. doi: 10.1042/bj1550025

Physiochemical characterization of proteolytic cleavage fragments of bovine colostral immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1).

W D Fang, T K Mukkur
PMCID: PMC1172798  PMID: 779768

Abstract

Normal bovine colostral immunoglobulin G1 was subjected to enzymic digestion (pepsin, papain and trypsin) and the resulting fragments separated by a combination of molecularsieve and phosphocellulose chromatography.Fragments F(ab')2 derived from peptic digestion, fragment Fab from papain digestion and fragment Fab(t) from tryptic digestion showed complete antigenic identity with each other. Although fragment F(ab')2 (peptic digestion) had a sedimentation coefficient (S2o,w) of 5.3S, those for fragments Fab' (peptic digestion), Fab (papain digestion) and Fab(t) (tryptic digestion) were found to be 3.9S, 3.7S and 3.7S respectively. The mol.wts. calculated for the various fragments from the sedimentation equilibrium data were: F(ab')2, 104000 +/-200; Fab', 51900+/-340; Fab, 50900+/-230; Fab(t) 50900+/-300. Fragment Fc' (peptic digestion) had an S20,w of 3.2S and a mol. wt. of 42900+/-650; fragment Fc (papain digestion) had an SI0,w of 3.7S and a mol.wt. of 50800+/-300; fragment Fc(t) had an S20,w of 3.7S and a mol.wt. of 50800+/-300; fragment Fc(t) had an S20,w of 3.7S and a mol.wt. of 50800+/-450.

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