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S Sakata, N Yoshioka, M Z Atassi

    Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
    |September 26, 1986
    PubMed

    Human myoglobin, obtained from human heart, was purified to homogeneity by salt precipitation, crystallization and ion-exchange chromatography. Trace contamination by haemoglobin, if any, was removed by repeated adsorption on an immunoadsorbent of anti-haemoglobin antibodies. The interaction between human haptoglobin and human myoglobin was investigated by a solid-phase radioimmunoassay. Myoglobin adsorbents bound 125I-labelled haptoglobin in a specific manner. Linear Scatchard plots of the data indicate that human myoglobin has only one binding site for haptoglobin in terms of the binding affinity (Ka = 8.5 X 10(6) M-1). These results suggest that haptoglobin not only binds haemoglobin but also binds human myoglobin, although with an affinity that is much lower than that of haemoglobin. The physiological significance of this interaction is discussed.

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