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In a previous study (Frazieret al., 1990), it was demonstrated that two patients with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus had antibodies in their serum which reacted with four 29 kDa pancreas-specific proteins on two-dimensional immunoblots. This paper reports on the purification and identification of these pancreatic proteins. The protein with the pI closest to pH7 was purified through the use of ammonium sulfate fractionation and ion-exchange chromatography. Gel filtration chromatography established that the protein's molecular weight was closer to 25 kDa. Amino acid composition and sequence analyses demonstrated homology between the protein and chymotrypsin. It is suggested that an abnormal regulation of chymotrypsin activity might be related to antibodies formed in some diabetic patients.
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Frazier, J.S., Nakata, H. & Jacobowitz, D.M. Chymotrypsin-reactive antibodies in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Mol Cell Biochem 110, 175–180 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02454196
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