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Abnormal tryptic peptide from the spectrin alpha-chain resulting from alpha- or beta-chain mutations: two genetically distinct forms of the Sp alpha I/74 variant.

Abstract：

:Limited tryptic digestion of native spectrin (Sp) has revealed several variants in hereditary pyropoikilocytosis (HPP) and in a subset of patients with hereditary elliptocytosis (HE). In most cases, tryptic peptide corresponding to the alpha I (N-terminal) 80 kD domain is wholly or partially replaced by smaller fragments. These variants are provisionally designated according to the molecular weight of the most prominent new peptide. Partial amino acid sequences of the abnormal peptides and DNA analysis of the alpha-spectrin gene have shown that most variants result from substitution or insertion of an amino acid in the alpha I-domain. However, similar investigations did not detect any such abnormality in the spectrin alpha I-domain of an HE black kindred with one of the spectrin variants called Sp alpha I/74. In this kindred, restriction fragment length polymorphism studies and transmission of the genetic polymorphism relative to the alpha II-domain excluded the involvement of the alpha-chain in the pathological process. To ascertain whether the abnormal alpha I 74 kD peptide might be caused by a beta-chain mutation, we reconstituted hybrid dimers combining normal and HE Sp-chains. The tryptic peptide patterns of spectrin hybrid dimers containing HE alpha-chain and control beta-chain showed a normal 80 kD tryptic product. In contrast, the hybrid dimer containing normal alpha-chain and HE beta-chain gave rise to increased 74 kD peptide at the expense of the 80 kD, demonstrating that the mutation in this family resides in the beta-chain. The same method was used to show that in two other unrelated white kindreds, the elevated 74 kD peptide arose from a Sp alpha-chain defect. Thus an alteration in tryptic susceptibility within the N-terminal domain of the spectrin alpha-chain can be directed by a mutation in the beta-chain. The hybridization technique affords a definitive means of distinguishing between alpha- and beta-chain mutants.

journal_name

Br J Haematol

journal_title

British journal of haematology

authors

Lecomte MC,Gautero H,Garbarz M,Boivin P,Dhermy D

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2141.1990.tb06376.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-11-01 00:00:00

pages

406-13

issue

eissn

0007-1048

issn

1365-2141

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Abnormal tryptic peptide from the spectrin alpha-chain resulting from alpha- or beta-chain mutations: two genetically distinct forms of the Sp alpha I/74 variant.