Highly Purified Papain-Solubilized HL-A Antigens Contain β 2 -Microglobulin

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HL-A antigens comprising 11 different antigenic specificities were isolated after papain solubilization of spleen-cell membrane constituents. During the entire purification procedure, β 2 -microglobulin appeared together with the HL-A antigens. The highly purified antigens were composed of two polypeptide chains. The large subunit carried the antigenic specificity whereas the small polypeptide chain was very similar, if not identical, to β 2 -microglobulin. The two HL-A antigen polypeptide chains were held together by noncovalent interactions only, and β 2 -microglobulin, isolated from urine, could replace the small subunit in forming a complex with the large polypeptide chain. The topographical relationship in the cell membrane between β 2 -microglobulin and the large HL-A antigen polypeptide chain is unknown. The two polypeptide chains may be fortuitously bound as a result of the solubilization procedure.

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