Identification of an antigenic determinant of mouse lactate dehydrogenase C4

Victoria Gonzales-Prevatt*, Thomas E. Wheat, Erwin Goldberg

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Abstract

A peptide bearing an antigenic determinant of the sperm-specific lactate dehydrogenase C4 isozyme (LDH-C4) has been isolated from a tryptic digest of the whole protein. This peptide, comprising residues 152-159 (MC152-159), reacts with rabbit anti-mouse LDH-C4. Immunization of rabbits with synthetic MC152-159 conjugated to bovine serum albumin induces an immune response which is specific for the peptide. Anti-MC152-159 IgG binds 125I-labeled mouse LDH-C4 and competition experiments demonstrate the specificity of this antigen-antibody reaction.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1579-1585
Number of pages7
JournalMolecular Immunology
Volume19
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1982

Funding

,4ckrlor~IPdy~,llerzrs--Thaeu thors thank Dr V. C. Stevens of Ohio State University for his generous gift of MCS and MS Nancy Mead for typing the in~~nus~ript. This work was supported by grants from the National Jnstitutes of Health (ROI HD05863 :tnd ST3207068).

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology
  • Molecular Biology

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