期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：1976
卷号：73
期号：12
页码：4319-4323
DOI：10.1073/pnas.73.12.4319
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Polyadenylate-containing RNA prepared from the membrane fraction of bovine anterior pituitary gland was shown to direct the synthesis of a large translation product related to corticotropin (adrenocorticotropic hormone) in a cell-free system derived from wheat germ. This product was identified by immunoprecipitation with specific antibody against corticotropin, followed by electrophoretic analysis of the dissociated immunoprecipitate on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel. Further evidence for the identity of the translation product was provided by the presence of a common peptide in the chymotryptic digest of [35S]methionine-labeled cell-free product and in that of authentic corticotropin. The molecular weight of the translation product was estimated to be approximately 35,000, based on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These results indicate that corticotropin messenger RNA directs the cell-free synthesis of a product that contains the amino acid sequence of corticotropin but is much larger than this hormone.
