Self-digestion of erythrocyte membranes of various mammalian species |
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| Authors: | M Gaczyńska G Bartosz J Rosin M Soszyński |
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| Affiliation: | Laboratory of Biophysics of Development and Aging, University of Lód?, Poland. |
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| Abstract: | 1. The rate of self-digestion of main membrane proteins, spectrin and band 3 protein, was studied for erythrocyte membranes of eight mammalian species: man, cow, pig, cat, rabbit, hamster, mouse and rat. 2. Spectrin and band 3 protein were most rapidly degraded in human and pig ghosts. The rates of proteolysis for other species were similar. 3. The rates of self-digestion were correlated neither with lifetime of red cells nor lifespan of animals of various species. |
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