Apolipoprotein B is a calcium binding protein.
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Dashti N, Lee DM, Mok T
Apolipoprotein B is a calcium binding protein.
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1986 May 29;137(1):493-9.
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- Abstract
Human hepatocarcinoma Hep G2 cells were grown in culture medium containing [45Ca2+]. The secreted lipoproteins of d less than 1.063 g/ml and d 1.063-1.21 g/ml were isolated from the culture media and analyzed by 3.3% and 7% SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Radioactivity profiles of [45Ca] from the gels showed that the peak of radioactivity corresponded to the apolipoprotein B band. The molar ratio of the incorporated [45Ca2+] and apolipoprotein B was close to unity. No radioactivity was found associated with any other secreted apolipoproteins. To confirm these findings, apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins were precipitated with anti-apolipoprotein B and high density lipoproteins were precipitated with anti-apolipoprotein A-I. Only the former precipitate was radioactive. These results suggest that apolipoprotein B is a calcium binding protein.