Purification and partial amino acid sequence of human platelet membrane
glycoproteins IIb and IIIa
A Hiraiwa, A Matsukage, H Shiku, T Takahashi, K Naito and K Yamada
The glycoprotein (GP) IIb-IIIa complex was isolated from human platelet
membranes by immunoaffinity chromatography using a monoclonal antibody
specific for GP IIb-IIIa. GP IIb and IIIa were further separated in the
presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) by gel filtration high-
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Two cycles of this procedure
yielded almost complete separation of homogeneous preparations of GP IIb
and IIIa. Each protein was then digested with lysyl endopeptidase
(Achromobacter protease I), which cleaves at the carboxyl side of lysine
residues, and the resulting oligopeptides from GP IIb and IIIa were
fractionated with HPLC using a C18 reverse-phase column. Comparison of the
elution profiles showed no obvious homology between the two proteins. Amino
acid sequences of selected oligopeptides from each glycoprotein were
determined using a gas-phase protein sequencer. Sixty amino acid residues
(26 residues for IIb and 34 residues for IIIa) were identified.
Volume 69,
Issue 2,
pp. 560-564,
02/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by The American Society of Hematology