Isolation of soluble elastin from lathyritic chicks. Comparison to tropoelastin from copper deficient pigs

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Abstract
Tropoelastin was isolated from the aortas of chicks rendered lathyritic by treatment with beta-aminopropionitrile. The soluble elastin was judged homogeneous by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and possessed an estimated molecular weight of 70000. Automated sequential analysis revealed that the N-terminal region of the chick tropoelastin is very homologous to tropoelastin isolated from copper-deficient piglets. N-terminal analysis of a trypsin digest of chick tropoelastin showed that tyrosine frequently is found adjacent to lysine residues. This positioning of tyrosine residues may be significant in terms of a possible regulatory role in elastin cross-link formation.