{"title":"Isolation procedures for thyroglobulin: effects of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride and freezing.","authors":"B J van der Walt, P P van Jaarsveld","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The presence of fast-migrating, low-molecular weight components in normal rat thyroglobulin, iodine-poor rat thyroglobulin and normal bovine thyroglobulin was investigated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. When normal and iodine-poor rat thyroglobulin were extracted in the presence of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, a serine protease inhibitor, very few components migrating faster than the 12S half-molecule were found. In normal bovine thyroglobulin no effect of the protease inhibitor on the formation of fast-moving components was found; however, prior freezing of the glands greatly influenced the presence of these components. Thyroglobulin obtained from bovine glands without any prior freezing, contained no noncovalently-bound band migrating faster than 12S.</p>","PeriodicalId":22995,"journal":{"name":"The South African journal of medical sciences","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1976-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The South African journal of medical sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The presence of fast-migrating, low-molecular weight components in normal rat thyroglobulin, iodine-poor rat thyroglobulin and normal bovine thyroglobulin was investigated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. When normal and iodine-poor rat thyroglobulin were extracted in the presence of phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, a serine protease inhibitor, very few components migrating faster than the 12S half-molecule were found. In normal bovine thyroglobulin no effect of the protease inhibitor on the formation of fast-moving components was found; however, prior freezing of the glands greatly influenced the presence of these components. Thyroglobulin obtained from bovine glands without any prior freezing, contained no noncovalently-bound band migrating faster than 12S.