Formation and properties of C1‐inhibitor polymers
- 24 July 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 368 (3) , 401-404
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)00694-5
Abstract
Heating of the serpin C1-inhibitor above 55°C induced the formation of inactive polymers. Western blotting of non-denaturing gels showed that the polymers bound to the conformation specific monoclonal antibody 4C3, suggesting that a similar conformational change to that occurring in complexed or cleaved inhibitor had taken place. N-Terminal analysis of tryptic peptides which bound to 4C3 showed that the epitope resides within residues 288–444, a region which includes parts of β-sheets A and C.α 1 -Antichymotrypsin, α 2 -antiplasmin, angiotensinogen and thyroxine binding globulin also polymerised on heating, indicating that this is a property of many serpins.Keywords
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