Purification of a Fibronectin-like Protein in the Plasma of Rainbow Trout.

Abstract
A cell-adhesive protein was purified from the plasma of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss by affinity chromatography on heparin-Sepharose CL-6B, followed by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 HR. The protein promoted the spreading of BHK cells. This activity was blocked by the synthetic Gly-Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser-Pro peptide. The purified protein showed a molecular mass of 225 kDa in sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in both the presence and absence of 2-mercaptoethanol. The rainbow trout protein and human fibronectin have weak mutual im-munological cross-reactivity, so the former appears to be a fibronectin-like protein.

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