Revised analysis of amino acid replacement in a prealbumin variant (SKO-III) associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy of Jewish origin

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1984 Sep 28;123(3):921-8. doi: 10.1016/s0006-291x(84)80222-3.

Abstract

Amyloid fibril protein (SKO-III) of 14K daltons associated with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy of Jewish type was identified by Pras et al. as a prealbumin variant with a single amino acid substitution of a glycine for a threonine at position 49, mainly based on data obtained by automated sequence analyses. Structural re-investigation of SKO-III was performed by comparing tryptic peptide maps of SKO-III and normal human prealbumin. The present analysis reveals that the reported replacement at position 49 is not present in the molecule of SKO-III. SKO-III should be revised to be a prealbumin variant with one amino acid substitution of an isoleucine for a phenylalanine at position 33.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Amino Acids / analysis
  • Amyloid / genetics*
  • Amyloidosis / genetics*
  • Genetic Variation*
  • Humans
  • Jews
  • Nervous System Diseases / genetics*
  • Peptide Fragments / analysis
  • Prealbumin / genetics

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Amyloid
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Prealbumin
  • amyloid fibril protein SKO-III