TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolation and characterization of full and truncated forms of human breast carcinoma protein BA46 from human milk fat globule membranes
AU - Giuffrida, Maria Gabriella
AU - Cavaletto, Maria
AU - Giunta, Carlo
AU - Conti, Amedeo
AU - Godovac-Zimmermann, Jasminka
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - We have isolated and characterized two proteins of 50 and 30 kDa from human milk fat globule membranes of healthy donors. N-terminal and internal sequencing revealed that the 50-kDa protein is the full-length human breast carcinoma protein BA46 that is highly expressed in human breast tumors. The 30-kDa protein is a truncated form of protein BA46 which consists of the C- terminal factor V/VIII-like domain of BA46 and which appears to anchor BA46 to the milk fat globule membrane. Defective release of the epidermal growth factor domain containing a surface RGD motif may be related to involvement of BA46 in breast cancer.
AB - We have isolated and characterized two proteins of 50 and 30 kDa from human milk fat globule membranes of healthy donors. N-terminal and internal sequencing revealed that the 50-kDa protein is the full-length human breast carcinoma protein BA46 that is highly expressed in human breast tumors. The 30-kDa protein is a truncated form of protein BA46 which consists of the C- terminal factor V/VIII-like domain of BA46 and which appears to anchor BA46 to the milk fat globule membrane. Defective release of the epidermal growth factor domain containing a surface RGD motif may be related to involvement of BA46 in breast cancer.
KW - Epidermal growth factor
KW - Factor V/VIII
KW - Human breast carcinoma
KW - Human milk fat globule membrane proteins
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1022531500370
DO - 10.1023/A:1022531500370
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-8033
VL - 17
SP - 143
EP - 148
JO - Journal of Protein Chemistry
JF - Journal of Protein Chemistry
IS - 2
ER -