CHROMATOGRAPHIC ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FOLATE BINDING-PROTEINS IN PORCINE INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL BRUSH-BORDER MEMBRANE

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 50  (3) , 267-271
Abstract
Gel filtration studies on solubilized porcine intestinal epithelial brush border membranes labeled with [3H] folate revealed 3 distinct protein peaks, Mr [molecular size] .apprx. 25,000, Mr .apprx. 80,000 and Mr > 130,000 (listed in order of decreasing folate binding affinity). The 2 large molecular size proteins may represent polymerized forms of the Mr .apprx. 25,000 peak. Folate binding proteins were eluted in front effluent after DEAE-Sepharose CL-6 B chromatography (pH 6.3, 30 mM NaCl) of a solubilized membrane preparation, the cationic forms of these proteins predominant at pH 6.3. Folate binding in brush border membranes display characteristics in many respects similar to those of high-affinity folate binding in other tissues and body fluids.

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