The calcium‐binding property of equine lysozyme

FEBS Letters

Tsuge, Hideaki¹  Shimazaki, Keiichi²  Sugai, Shintaro¹  Nitta, Katsutoshi¹ 

[1] Department of Polymer Science, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060, Japan;Department of Animal Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080, Japan

关键词: Lysozyme;    Ca2+ binding;    α-Lactalbumin;   

DOI  :  10.1016/0014-5793(87)80328-9

学科分类：生物化学/生物物理

来源: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

【 摘 要 】

It was found that equine lysozyme binds one Ca²⁺. It was eluted with equimolar Ca²⁺ from a Bio-Gel P-4 column. Human lysozyme did not behave similarly. Equine lysozyme is concluded to be a calcium metalloprotein like α-lactalbumin, which is a homologue of hen egg white lysozyme.

【 授权许可】

Unknown