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Expression of human extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD), a glycosylated, tetrameric metalloprotein, was targeted to the lactating mammary gland of transgenic rabbits. Efficient expression of the recombinant whey acidic protein/ec-sod gene was achieved and up to 3 mg ml−1 of the enzyme was secreted into the milk. Rabbit milk-produced recombinant EC-SOD was primarily found in the whey and purified by a two-step chromatographic method. To evaluate the rabbit milk-produced human EC-SOD, comparisons with native and Chinese hamster ovary cell (CHO)-produced EC-SOD were performed. All proteins were tetrameric and N-glycosylated. The behaviour on SDS-PAGE and size-exclusion chromatography indicated that the masses, and thereby the extent of post-translational modification of the proteins was similar. The monosaccharide composition of both recombinant EC-SOD variants was analysed and indicated similarities in the attached N-glycans on the two proteins. Furthermore, the peptide maps of the three EC-SOD variants revealed that all proteins had similar polypeptide backbones
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Stromqvist, M., Houdebine, LM., Andersson, JO. et al. Recombinant human extracellular superoxide dismutase produced in milk of transgenic rabbits. Transgenic Res 6, 271–278 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018406611380
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