Table 7 of Harrington, Mol Vis 2004; 10:476-489.


Table 7. Parent crystallins of spots present in a 2D gel of WI proteins from cataractous lenses

Identification of parent crystallins of spots present in the 2D gel of WI protein fractions of cataractous lenses with nuclear opacity from 50-60 year old donors (Figure 7) by tryptic peptide fingerprinting mass spectrometry. Molecular weights were determined based on migration of protein markers. "UD" indicates undetermined. In the cleavage column, "C" indicates C-terminus cleavage and "N" indicates N-terminus cleavage.

                                 Molecular   Percent
 Spot      Parent                 weight     sequence
number   crystallin   Cleavage     (kDa)     detected
------   ----------   --------   ---------   --------
   1         UD          UD        14.7         UD
   2         αB          UD        15.0         UD
   3         αB          N         16.1         58
   4         αB       N and C      16.3         55
   5         αA          C         18.9         40
   6         αA       N and C      19.5         24
   7         αB          N         18.9         37
   8         αB          N         19.5         62
   9         αB        Intact      20.3        100
  10         αB          N         19.9         39
  11         αB          UD        20.3         UD
  12         αB          UD        20.3         UD
  13         αB          UD        20.3         UD
  14         αB        Intact      20.7        100
  15         αB        Intact      21.2        100
  16         αB        Intact      21.2        100
  17         αB          N         21.2         63
  18         αB          UD        20.7         UD
  19         αB          UD        21.4         UD
  20         αB          UD        20.7         UD
  21         αB          UD        22.0         UD
  22       βA3/A1        N         22.7         55
  23       βA3/A1        N         22.7         32
  24       βA3/A1        N         22.7         42
  25       βA3/A1        UD        22.7         UD
  26       βA3/A1        N         22.7         37
  27         βB1       Intact      22.7        100
  28       βA3/A1        C         25.4         30
  29       βA3/A1        N         26.8         23
  30       βA3/A1      Intact      25.4        100
  31       βA3/A1     N and C      25.4         20
  32       βA3/A1        C         25.4         20
  33       βA3/A1        C         25.4         12
  34       βA3/A1        N         26.2         UD

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