Subtyping of alkylated human orosomucoid: evidence for a duplicated gene, ORM1*F2S. 1993

J Rocha, and A Amorim, and C Luckenbach, and J Kömpf, and H Ritter
Instituto de Antropologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Portugal.

Isoelectric focusing of human orosomucoid (ORM) was studied following different sample treatment. It is shown that: (i) alkylation with iodoacetamide leads to a drastic change in the isoelectric point (pI) of both ORM1 F2 and ORM2 A gene products and greatly improves the discrimination between ORM1 F1 and ORM1 F2; (ii) previous reduction of the molecule with dithiothreitol partially inhibits the pI transitions with resultant artifactual ORM1 F1F2S patterns that correspond in most cases to F2S phenotypes. With the technique now described, the persistence of three ORM1 gene products was found in only one individual and the segregation analysis is consistent with the existence of a rare ORM1*F2S haplotype.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007460 Iodoacetamide An alkylating sulfhydryl reagent. Its actions are similar to those of iodoacetate.
D007525 Isoelectric Focusing Electrophoresis in which a pH gradient is established in a gel medium and proteins migrate until they reach the site (or focus) at which the pH is equal to their isoelectric point. Electrofocusing,Focusing, Isoelectric
D007526 Isoelectric Point The pH in solutions of proteins and related compounds at which the dipolar ions are at a maximum. Isoelectric Points,Point, Isoelectric,Points, Isoelectric
D008297 Male Males
D009961 Orosomucoid Acid Seromucoid,Seromucoid,Serum Sialomucin,alpha 1-Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1-Acid Seromucoid,A(1)-Acid Seromucoid,Acid alpha 1-Glycoprotein,Alpha(1)-Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1-Acid Glycoprotein (Acute Phase),alpha 1-Glycoprotein Acid,Acid alpha 1 Glycoprotein,Glycoprotein, alpha 1-Acid,Seromucoid, Acid,Seromucoid, alpha 1-Acid,Sialomucin, Serum,alpha 1 Acid Glycoprotein,alpha 1 Acid Seromucoid,alpha 1 Glycoprotein Acid
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D010375 Pedigree The record of descent or ancestry, particularly of a particular condition or trait, indicating individual family members, their relationships, and their status with respect to the trait or condition. Family Tree,Genealogical Tree,Genealogic Tree,Genetic Identity,Identity, Genetic,Family Trees,Genealogic Trees,Genealogical Trees,Genetic Identities,Identities, Genetic,Tree, Family,Tree, Genealogic,Tree, Genealogical,Trees, Family,Trees, Genealogic,Trees, Genealogical
D004229 Dithiothreitol A reagent commonly used in biochemical studies as a protective agent to prevent the oxidation of SH (thiol) groups and for reducing disulphides to dithiols. Cleland Reagent,Cleland's Reagent,Sputolysin,Clelands Reagent,Reagent, Cleland,Reagent, Cleland's
D005260 Female Females
D005810 Multigene Family A set of genes descended by duplication and variation from some ancestral gene. Such genes may be clustered together on the same chromosome or dispersed on different chromosomes. Examples of multigene families include those that encode the hemoglobins, immunoglobulins, histocompatibility antigens, actins, tubulins, keratins, collagens, heat shock proteins, salivary glue proteins, chorion proteins, cuticle proteins, yolk proteins, and phaseolins, as well as histones, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA genes. The latter three are examples of reiterated genes, where hundreds of identical genes are present in a tandem array. (King & Stanfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Gene Clusters,Genes, Reiterated,Cluster, Gene,Clusters, Gene,Families, Multigene,Family, Multigene,Gene Cluster,Gene, Reiterated,Multigene Families,Reiterated Gene,Reiterated Genes

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