On 22 Jan 1998, Cormac Shaw wrote:
> Hi folks,
>> Semi-hypothetically speaking, what's the likelihood of this?:
>> Two similar enzymes with essentially the same polypeptide chain length
> and amino acid composition but with different folding conformations.
> Niether are glycosylated.
> BUT the two have apparent relative molecular masses
> of 74,000 and 79,000 on SDS-PAGE after treatment with
> mercaptoethanol.
>> Is this probable/possible/crazy? Any pointers towards references of
> such occurances and/or comments very welcome. Maybe I'm just tired.
>Could they (or one of them) be phosphorylated? That may have an effect.
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