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Crystalline bovine β2-microglobulin (β2-m) was prepared from colostrum and its complete primary structure elucidated, β2-m is a low molecular weight protein (11,600) widely found in various body fluids and bound to cell surface proteins. It is structurally related to the immunoglobulins and is non-covalently associated with histocompatibility antigens. Bovine β2-m was isolated from colostrum casein by DEAE- and CM-cellulose chromatography, gel filtration and finally by crystallization. The bovine protein is the only reported crystalline homologue.
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Greenberg, R., Groves, M.L. (1982). Amino Acid Sequence of Bovine β2-Microglobulin. In: Elzinga, M. (eds) Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis. Experimental Biology and Medicine, vol 3. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5832-2_57
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