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A series of man-Chinese hamster and man-mouse somatic cell hybrids was investigated to study the localization of the genes coding for the human lysosomal enzyme beta-galactosidase (EC 3.2.1.23) and for its protective protein. Using a monoclonal antibody, raised against human placental beta-galactosidase, it was observed that the structural locus for the beta-galactosidase polypeptide is located on chromosome 3. The nature of the involvement of chromosome 22 in the expression of human beta-galactosidase was elucidated by metabolic labelling of the hybrids with radioactive amino acids, immunoprecipitation with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies against beta-galactosidase, followed by analysis via gel electrophoresis and fluorography. The data show that the presence of chromosome 22 coincides with the presence of a 32 kd protein. This polypeptide, the "protective protein" was previously shown to be intimately associated with human beta-galactosidase. In addition, the protective protein was found to be essential for the in vivo stability of beta-galactosidase by aggregating beta-galactosidase monomers into high molecular weight multimers. Both chromosome 3 and 22 are therefore necessary to obtain normal levels of beta-galactosidase activity in human cells.
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