Molecular Characterization Of Hair Cuticle And Its Extracted Proteins In Seven Mammalian Species | ||||
The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||||
Article 11, Volume 23, Issue 1, April 2006, Page 287-308 PDF (1.54 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2006.17941 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
S. K. Areida; M. F. Ismail; E. K. Abdel Hady; A. O. Osman | ||||
Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Hairisanoftheepidermisinmammalsandconsistsoftwolargegroupsofhumanhair proteins.Oneishardα-keratinsandtheotherismatrixproteins.Thepresentinvestigationaimed tocomparetheultrastructuralofthehairscaleusingthescanningelectronmicroscope,andthe proteinsandaminoacidscontentofthekeratininsevenmammalianspecies. Thevaluesofthehairthickness,x/yferetandhairpatternofthespeciesinthepresent studyconfirmthepresenceofspecies-specificcharacteristicsandultrastructuralvariation.The situationinmandiffersfromthewildmammalsduetodamageofhaircuticlecausedby mechanicalabuse,exposuretoultravioletradiationandchemicaloverprocessing.The maximumamountofextractedproteinsfromhairkeratinwasanalyzedbySDS-PAGE.The electrophoreticpatternsshowedanoveralldegreeofsimilarity.However,differencesexist betweenspeciesintheintensityofstain.Quantitatively,theelectrophoreticpatternsscannedand analyzedusinggelproteinanalyzer.Theresultsshowednodifferencebetweenthemolecular massofsomespecies,butdifferentinmolecularmassdistribution. Aminoacidcompositionofkeratinofmammalianhairspeciesofthepresentstudy showedsomevariation,especiallyformethionine,isoleucine,lysineandarginine.Theother aminoacidsstudiedaresignificantlypresentinmosthair.Oneofthelateraminoacidis cysteine.Cysteineisaveryimportantdueto hepresenceofdisulfatecross-links. | ||||
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