Purification and characterization of pituitary bovine somatotropin

  • D. C. Wood
  • , W. J. Salsgiver
  • , T. R. Kasser
  • , G. W. Lange
  • , E. Rowold
  • , B. N. Violand
  • , A. Johnson
  • , R. M. Leimgruber
  • , G. R. Parr
  • , N. R. Siegel
  • , N. M. Kimack
  • , C. E. Smith
  • , J. F. Zobel
  • , M. Ganguli
  • , J. R. Garbow
  • , G. Bild
  • , G. G. Krivi

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Abstract

Bovine somatotropin (bST) has been isolated from pituitary glands and compared in a variety of chemical analyses and bioassays with somatotropin derived from recombinant Escherichia coli. Comparison of pituitary extracts and purified bST by Western blot analysis of two-dimensional gels suggested that the immunoreactive somatotropin species present in the extract were also present in the purified material, with no significant losses or degradation as a result of the purification method. NH2-terminal sequence analysis indicated the presence of equal quantities of Ala-Phe-Pro-Ala-Met-Ser-Leu-Ser- and Phe-Pro-Ala-Met-Ser-Leu-Ser- sequences. The Met-Ser-Leu-Ser-NH2-terminal sequence, a degradation product observed in NIH standard lots, was not detected. Assay of bioactivity in a bovine liver receptor-binding assay and in a female rate growth assay showed pituitary bST and recombinant methionyl-bovine somatotropin to be equipotent. Tryptic maps and sequence analysis of pituitary-derived somatotropin suggest the presence of isoaspartate derivatization at Asp128.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14741-14747
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume264
Issue number25
StatePublished - 1989

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