Isolation and partial characterization of a pentraxin-like protein with complement-fixing activity from snapper (Pagrus auratus, Sparidae) serum

• Published in: Developmental & Comparative Immunology
• Main Authors: Cook, M., Hayball, P., Birdseye, L., Bagley, C., Nowak, B., Hayball, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2003
• Subjects: Animals; Fishes; C-Reactive Protein; Serum Amyloid P-Component; Up-Regulation; Amino Acid Sequence; Multigene Family; Molecular Sequence Data; Complement System Proteins; Laurie; Mathew; Nowak; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2440/9397; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0145-305X(03)00034-X

Pentraxin-like molecules have been isolated from a number of fish species. However, little is known about the function of these proteins in the teleosts. In this study we report the isolation and characterization of a pentraxin-like molecule from the serum of snapper (Pagrus auratus) that has the ab...