In a recent paper we gave evidence by two-dimensional electrophoresis that, in man, the class I1 antigen associated glycoprotein p31 (also called Ii, In, M1, DRY, XMl)is expressed not only in the membranes of B lymphocytes but also in those of muscle, liver and brain. It can therefore be assumed that the p31 is not really associated with the human class I1 antigens but is a ubiquitous molecule.Here we demonstrate for the first time that the muscle membranes of cattle and pig contain corresponding polypeptides, with a molecular weight of about 3 1 kDa and an isoelectric point around 7.5, which comigrate in two-dimensional electrophoresis with p31 derived from the human muscle. Thus, in cattle and pig too, these proteins seem to be equivalent to the class I1 antigen associated p3 1, showing a tissue distribution wider than observed up t o now. The molecules can be concentrated by ion-exchange chromatography.
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