The sulfhydryl groups of the 35,000-dalton C-terminal segment of band 3 are located in a 9000-dalton fragment produced by chymotrypsin treatment of red cell ghosts |
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Authors: | M Ramjeesingh A Gaarn A Rothstein |
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Institution: | (1) The Hospital for Sick Children, The Research Institute, M5G 1X8 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | Five sulfhydryl groups of band 3, the anion-transport protein of the red blood cell membrane, can be labeled byN-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Two of these are located in a 35,000-dalton, C-terminal segment produced by chymotrypsin treatment of cells. Extensive treatment of unsealed ghosts with chymotrypsin results in the disappearance of the 35,000-dalton segment, but its two NEM-binding sites are preserved in a 9000-dalton peptide. The latter must therefore be a proteolytic product of the larger segment. Labeling of sulfhydryl groups of band 3 by an impermeant analog of NEM occurs in inside-out, but not in right-side-out vesicles derived from red cell ghosts, supporting the conclusion that NEM-reactive sulfhydryl groups, including those in the 35,000- and 9000-dalton segments, are exposed at the cytoplasmic face of the membrane. These findings support the conclusion that the 35,000-dalton segment crosses the bilayer, and suggest that the 9000-dalton segment may be a membrane-crossing portion of the 35,000-dalton segment. |
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Keywords: | Anion transport band 3 sulfhydryl membrane protein red cell chymotrypsin |
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