Arch Biochem Biophys 1992 Apr 01;2941:297-305. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90172-s.

A 9.6 S protein is the third calcium-insoluble component of the sea urchin hyaline layer.

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A third major, calcium-insoluble component of the sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) hyaline layer has been purified and physically characterized. In the absence of divalent cations, the native, soluble protein has a sedimentation coefficient of 9.6 S and a molecular weight of 4.5 +/- 0.1 x 10(5). These data indicate that this large protein assumes an elongated, nonspherical conformation in solution. Its sedimentation behavior and its mobility on nondenaturing electrophoretic gels distinguish the 9.6 S protein from the 11.6 S and 6.4 S hyalin proteins we have previously characterized. That the 6.4 S, 9.6 S, and 11.6 S proteins are the major calcium-insoluble structural components of the hyaline layer is supported by the fact that we have found them in a variety of hyalin protein fractions prepared by a number of standard approaches. All three proteins are precipitated by calcium ions, thus fitting the operational definition of hyalin. Evidence is presented that the 11.6 S protein may overlie the 9.6 S protein in the hyaline layer.

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Genes referenced: LOC100887844 LOC115925415