Location of major antigenic sites of the beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin.

Abstract:

:Purified beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was partially reduced with beta-mercaptoethanol, carboxymethylated, and digested with chymotrypsin. The peptides were isolated by high-voltage electrophoresis and paper chromatography. Five major disulfide-containing peptides were isolated, and their location in the parent molecule was established by amino acid composition and amino- and carboxy-terminal analyses. All of these peptides inhibited the binding of 125I-labeled hCG by anti-beta hCG serum. The inhibitory effect of these peptides was lost when their disulfide bonds were reduced and alkylated. Synthetic carboxy-terminal peptides were not inhibitory. Based on these data it is concluded that a major antigenic site of hCG resides in the region of residues 21-23 with a disulfide bond connecting cysteine-23 or -26 with the cysteines at positions 72 or 110.

journal_name

Biochemistry

journal_title

Biochemistry

authors

Swaminathan N,Braunstein GD

doi

10.1021/bi00619a034

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1978-12-26 00:00:00

pages

5832-8

issue

26

eissn

0006-2960

issn

1520-4995

journal_volume

17

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