TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of the normal αI-antitrypsin allele Vmunich
T2 - A variant associated with a unique protein isoelectric focusing pattern
AU - Holmes, M. D.
AU - Brantly, M. L.
AU - Curiel, D. T.
AU - Weidinger, S.
AU - Crystal, R. G.
PY - 1990/4
Y1 - 1990/4
N2 - α1-Antitrypsin (α1AT), the major serum inhibitor of neutrophil elastase, is a highly polymorphic protein associated with isoelectric focusing (IEF) patterns typical for each variant. α1AT Vmunich, a previously unreported normal α1AT variant, has a unique IEF banding pattern in which the 7 and 8 α1AT protein bands focus with the normal M-type 7 and 8 bands, despite the fact that the major fraction of the Vmunich protein focuses in the "V" region of the IEF gel. To characterize the molecular basis of this variant and its unique IEF pattern, DNA sequence analysis of the coding exons of the Vmunich α1AT gene was carried out using the polymerase chain reaction. The Vmunich allele differed from the common normal M1(Val213) α1AT allele by a single nucleotide substitution of cytosine for adenosine, with the resultant amino acid change Asp2 GAT→Ala GCT. Inheritance of the allele was confirmed by family analysis using allele-specific amplification with the polymerase chain reaction. The Asp2→Ala mutation explains the cathodal position of the Vmunich protein on IEF, as there is a substitution of a negatively charged amino acid by a neutral one. It is important that, in the context that the normal M-type α1AT 7 and 8 bands on IEF analysis are composed of α1AT molecules in which the first five residues have been cleaved, the position of the Vmunich mutation within the first five amino acids accounts for the Vmunich 7 and 8 bands focusing with the normal M-type 7 and 8 bands, i.e., the α1AT proteins making up these bands do not contain the first five amino acids and thus cannot reflect the difference between Vmunich and the normal M1(Val213) α1AT protein.
AB - α1-Antitrypsin (α1AT), the major serum inhibitor of neutrophil elastase, is a highly polymorphic protein associated with isoelectric focusing (IEF) patterns typical for each variant. α1AT Vmunich, a previously unreported normal α1AT variant, has a unique IEF banding pattern in which the 7 and 8 α1AT protein bands focus with the normal M-type 7 and 8 bands, despite the fact that the major fraction of the Vmunich protein focuses in the "V" region of the IEF gel. To characterize the molecular basis of this variant and its unique IEF pattern, DNA sequence analysis of the coding exons of the Vmunich α1AT gene was carried out using the polymerase chain reaction. The Vmunich allele differed from the common normal M1(Val213) α1AT allele by a single nucleotide substitution of cytosine for adenosine, with the resultant amino acid change Asp2 GAT→Ala GCT. Inheritance of the allele was confirmed by family analysis using allele-specific amplification with the polymerase chain reaction. The Asp2→Ala mutation explains the cathodal position of the Vmunich protein on IEF, as there is a substitution of a negatively charged amino acid by a neutral one. It is important that, in the context that the normal M-type α1AT 7 and 8 bands on IEF analysis are composed of α1AT molecules in which the first five residues have been cleaved, the position of the Vmunich mutation within the first five amino acids accounts for the Vmunich 7 and 8 bands focusing with the normal M-type 7 and 8 bands, i.e., the α1AT proteins making up these bands do not contain the first five amino acids and thus cannot reflect the difference between Vmunich and the normal M1(Val213) α1AT protein.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2316526
AN - SCOPUS:0025344689
SN - 0002-9297
VL - 46
SP - 810
EP - 816
JO - American journal of human genetics
JF - American journal of human genetics
IS - 4
ER -