Specificity of an immunoaffinity column for odorant-binding protein from bovine nasal mucosa

Abstract
The odorant-binding protein from bovine nasal mucosa, purified by fast protein liquid chromatography, has been used to elicit polyclonal antibodies in a New Zealand white rabbit and to prepare an affinity Sepharose 4B column. The antibodies have been purified through the affinity column and used to prepare an immunoadsorbent for specific and efficient purification of bovine odorant-binding protein. The immunoadsorbent does not bind proteins of comparable molecular weight, including the olfactory marker protein, which are localized in the primary olfactory pathway. Furthermore, the immunoadsorbent does not bind the odorant-binding protein present in the nasal mucosa of other animal species.

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