Cell-Free Synthesis of Factor VIII Related Protein

Summary

Polyadenylated ribonucleic acid (RNA) was isolated from confluent human endothelial cells in culture and translated in a cell-free rabbit reticulocyte lysate protein-synthesizing system. Using specific immunopredpitation, the translation product was found to contain 1.58% VIH related protein (VIIIR), which has a molecular weight of 0.26 × 10⁶, similar to the subunit of VIIIR present in normal plasma. This indicated that VIIIR messenger RNA is responsible for the synthesis of subunits only and intracellular post-translational events are required for the assembly of tetramer and multimers.

Keywords

Factor VIII related protein - Cell-free synthesis - Human endothelial cells - Messenger RNA

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