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Synthesis And Processing Of The Alpha Heavy Chains Of Secreted And Membrane-Bound Iga, H. Kikutani, R. Sitia, R. A. Good, Janet Stavnezer
Synthesis And Processing Of The Alpha Heavy Chains Of Secreted And Membrane-Bound Iga, H. Kikutani, R. Sitia, R. A. Good, Janet Stavnezer
Janet M. Stavnezer
We have compared the synthesis and processing of immunoglobulin alpha chains in two murine cell lines, a B cell lymphoma that expresses membrane-bound IgA and a hybridoma that secretes IgA. Results of biosynthetic labeling experiments demonstrated that membrane-bound and secreted alpha chains have two distinct intracellular precursors, of different molecular weights and isoelectric points. RNAs from both of these cell lines direct the synthesis in vitro of two alpha polypeptides of Mr 59,000 and 62,000, the larger one being the precursor for membrane-bound alpha chain and the smaller one being the precursor for secreted alpha chain. These cell lines each …