Two major serum components antigenically related to complement factor H are different glycosylation forms of a single protein with no factor H-like complement regulatory functions

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Factor H is a 150-kDa serum glycoprotein with key regulatory functions in the alternative pathway of complement activation. Two glycoproteins with a molecular mass of approximately 42 and 37 kDa that react with an antiserum against factor H were purified from human plasma. The two glycoproteins have identical N-terminal amino acid sequences but differ in glycosylation. Sequence comparisons indicated that they...

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