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. 1986 Sep 30;139(3):1078-85.
doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(86)80287-x.

Identification of low density lipoprotein receptor binding domains of human apolipoprotein B-100: a proposed consensus LDL receptor binding sequence of apoB-100

Identification of low density lipoprotein receptor binding domains of human apolipoprotein B-100: a proposed consensus LDL receptor binding sequence of apoB-100

A V Hospattankar et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. .

Abstract

The human liver apoB-100 gene cloned in the lambda gt-11 expression vector expresses fusion proteins reacting with apoB antibodies. A fusion protein induced from a apoB-lambda gt-11 clone reacted with apoB-100 monoclonal antibodies known to block the binding of LDL to the LDL receptor. The fusion protein contains an amino acid sequence domain enriched in positively charged residues which is complementary to the negatively charged amino acids present in the consensus LDL receptor binding domain. This sequence of apoB-100 is proposed as a binding domain for the interaction with the LDL receptor. Comparison of derived amino acid sequences from the entire structure of apoB-100 molecule revealed several similar domains enriched in positively charged amino acids. A consensus sequence of the potential LDL binding domain was identified which contained positively charged amino acids at positions 1, 5 and 8 and a loop of 8-11 amino acids followed by two adjacent positively charged amino acids. These results are interpreted as indicating that there are several potential LDL receptor binding domains in apoB-100.

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