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Luminophore Formation in Various Conformations of Bovine Serum Albumin by Binding of Gold(III)
Published on: August 31, 2018
Physical properties of some snake plasma albumins
Abstract:
The albumin-like proteins were purified from the plasma of three terrestrial elapids and two sea snakes. The albumin-like fraction averaged 25% (range: 21-30%) in concentration of the total plasma proteins as determined by densitometer. The physical properties of the albumin-like proteins purified from these snakes were compared. These properties, e.g. electrophoretic mobility, isoelectric point, extinction coefficient, and molecular weight, were shown to be strikingly similar to those of human plasma albumin. The physical properties of the plasma albumins of the snakes studied are similar to one another. This similarity does not explain our previous observation that Naja albumin is considerably remote immunologically from those of other elapids (Mao et al., 1983).
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