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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 276, Issue 2, Pages 1594-1601Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M008709200
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [P01-AR 44012] Funding Source: Medline
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Collagen XVII is a transmembrane component of hemidesmosomal cells with important functions in epithelial-basement membrane interactions. Here we report on properties of the extracellular ectodomain of collagen XVII, which harbors multiple collagenous stretches. We have recombinantly produced subdomains of the collagen XVII ectodomain in a mammalian expression system. rColXVII-A spans the entire ectodomain from delta NC16a to NC1, rColXVII-B is similar but lacks the NC1 domain, a small N-terminal polypeptide rColXVII-C encompasses domains delta NC16a to C15, and a small C-terminal polypeptide rColXVII-D comprises domains NC6 to NC1, Amino acid analysis of rColXVII-A and -C demonstrated prolyl and lysyl hydroxylation with ratios for hydroxyproline/proline of 0.4 and for hydroxylysine/lysine of 0,5, A small proportion of the hydroxylysyl residues in rColXVII-C (similar to3.3%) was glycosylated. Limited pepsin and trypsin degradation assays and analyses of circular dichroism spectra clearly demonstrated a triple-helical conformation for rColXVII-A, -B, and -C, whereas the C-terminal rColXVII-D did not adopt a triple-helical fold. These results were further substantiated by electron microscope analyses, which revealed extended molecules for rColXVII-A and -C, whereas rColXVII-D appeared globular, Thermal denaturation experiments revealed melting temperatures of 41 degreesC (rCol/XVII-A), 39 degreesC (rColXVII-B), and 35 degreesC (rColXVII-C), In summary, our data suggest that triple helix formation in the ectodomain of ColXVII occurs with an N- to C-terminal directionality.
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