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Waehneldt, T.V. et al.

Major central nervous system myelin glycoprotein of the African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) cross-reacts with myelin proteolipid protein antibodies, indicating a close phylogenetic relationship with amphibians.

CNS myelin was isolated from the spinal cord of the African lungfish Protopterus dolloi. Its proteins consisted of (1) two basic proteins (16,000 and 18,500 apparent Mr) that reacted with anti-human CNS myelin basic protein antibodies and (2) a major protein (29,000 apparent Mr) that stained with concanavalin A-horseradish peroxidase and bound to anti-rat CNS myelin proteolipid protein ( PLP) antibodies. This dominant 29,000 Mr protein showed no reaction with antibodies against the major bovine PNS myelin glycoprotein P0. Following treatment with endoglycosidase F the 29,000 Mr protein was reduced in size to a 26,000 apparent Mr component that no longer bound concanavalin A but retained the anti- PLP reactivity. These results agree with a concanavalin A-binding oligosaccharide linked through asparagine to a protein backbone of PLP homology. The major 29,000 Mr lungfish CNS myelin protein was therefore termed g- PLP (glycosylated proteolipid protein). This is the first report demonstrating the occurrence of a PLP-cross-reactive protein in CNS myelin of a fish. It attests to the close phylogenetic relationship of lungfishes to amphibians. Amphibians were previously recognized as the oldest class bearing PLP in its CNS myelin.[1]

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Major central nervous system myelin glycoprotein of the African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) cross-reacts with myelin proteolipid protein antibodies, indicating a close phylogenetic relationship with amphibians. Waehneldt, T.V., Matthieu, J.M., Jeserich, G. J. Neurochem. (1986) [Pubmed]

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