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. 1980 May 1;187(2):493–500. doi: 10.1042/bj1870493

A new human erythrocyte variant (Ph) containing an abnormal membrane sialoglycoprotein

Michael J A Tanner *, David J Anstee †, William J Mawby *
PMCID: PMC1161815  PMID: 7396858

Abstract

1. A new human erythrocyte variant (Ph) is described. The variant contains an unusual sialic acid-rich glycoprotein in addition to the blood-group-MN([unk])- and blood-group-Ss(δ)-active sialoglycoproteins found in normal erythrocytes. 2. The unusual component Ph has an apparent mol.wt. of 32000 on sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The Ph component is not degraded during trypsin treatment of intact erythrocytes. 3. The Ph component was labelled by lacto-peroxidase-mediated radioiodination of intact erythrocytes and was found to be present in amounts approximately equimolar to α-sialoglycoprotein in the variant erythrocytes. 4. The Ph component had receptors for the lectins from Maclura aurantiaca (osage orange) and Triticum vulgaris (wheat-germ), but lacked a receptor for the Phaseolus vulgaris (red kidney bean) lectin, suggesting that it carries only O-linked oligosaccharides. 5. The presence of the Ph component in these erythrocytes does not correspond to any of the known blood-group-MNSs-related antigens examined. 6. We suggest that this component may be a hybrid polypeptide containing the N-terminal portion derived from normal δ-sialoglycoprotein, and the C-terminal portion from normal α-sialoglycoprotein, in a manner similar to the anti-Lepore haemoglobin.

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