Abstract:
:the SC5b-8 complex of human complement is a hydrophilic molecule of mol. wt 800,000-850,000 that is seen in the electron microscope as an elongated, straight or curved structure of 50-55 nm total length and 8-9 nm width. Tryptic attack on the fluid-phase complex exposes lipid-binding surfaces on the molecule. The trypsinized complex can be incorporated into liposomal lipid bilayers, and the majority of protein is then viewed as ill-defined, larger tufts projecting exterior to the liposomal membrane. These tufts possibly represent clusters of a unit lesion, which consists of two diverging projections, each approximately 25 nm in length. The two projections are possibly joined to each other to give the membrane-bound complex a shape akin to that of an incomplete funnel. Analyses by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis show that the polypeptide subunits C5b, C7 and C8 beta entirely resist tryptic degradation in both SC5b-8 and SC5b-9 complement complexes. Limited proteolysis of C6, C8 alpha gamma and C9, and extensive degradation of the S-protein are effected by trypsin. The results are compatible with the concept that proteolytic cleavage of the S-protein in SC5b-8 and SC5b-9 is the cause of the trypsin-dependent, hydrophilic-amphiphilic transition of the terminal, fluid-phase complement complexes.
journal_name
Mol Immunoljournal_title
Molecular immunologyauthors
Bhakdi S,Tranum-Jensen Jdoi
10.1016/0161-5890(82)90327-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1982-09-01 00:00:00pages
1167-77issue
9eissn
0161-5890issn
1872-9142journal_volume
19pub_type
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