scholarly journals The amino acid sequence of Phaseolus aureus L. (mung-bean) cytochrome c

1970 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Thompson ◽  
M. V. Laycock ◽  
J. A. M. Ramshaw ◽  
D. Boulter

The amino acid sequence of Phaseolus aureus L. (mung-bean) cytochrome c has been determined. The molecule consists of a single polypeptide chain of 111 amino acid residues and is homologous with other mitochondrial cytochromes c. Comparison with the amino acid sequence of wheat-germ cytochrome c (Stevens, Glazer & Smith, 1967) shows 14 differences. On alignment with mammalian cytochromes c, mung-bean cytochrome c has an N-acetylated ‘tail’ of eight amino acid residues similar to that found in wheat-germ cytochrome c. Of the 22 positions in wheat-germ cytochrome c that contain amino acid residues unique to these positions, 20 were found to contain the same ones in mung-bean cytochrome c. The ∈-N-trimethyl-lysine residues reported for wheat-germ cytochrome c (Delange, Glazer & Smith, 1969) in positions 72 and 86 were also found in these positions in mung-bean cytochrome c. The sequence was determined from 3μmol, by using chymotryptic and tryptic peptides which were analysed by the ‘dansyl’–Edman method (Gray & Hartley, 1963a), with confirmation by amino acid analysis.

1971 ◽  
Vol 121 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Thompson ◽  
M. Richardson ◽  
D. Boulter

The amino acid sequences of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and castor (Ricinus communis L.) cytochrome c were determined by using 1.5μmol of protein from each species. Both molecules consist of a single chain of 111 amino acid residues and are homologous with other mitochondrial cytochrome c molecules. Both have an N-acetylated ‘tail’ of eight amino acids and two ∈-N-trimethyl-lysine residues, as also reported for wheat germ (Delange, Glazer & Smith, 1969) and mung-bean cytochrome c (Thompson, Laycock, Ramshaw & Boulter, 1970). Two different preparations of castor cytochrome c differed by one residue. This was glutamic acid for glutamine in position 100. The results for sesame and castor cytochrome c led to a re-examination and subsequent correction to the N-terminal region of the mung-bean cytochrome c sequence, as given by Thompson et al. (1970).


1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 1311-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. V. Laycock

The amino acid sequence of cytochrome c-553, an electron carrier in the photosynthetic apparatus of the unicellular alga Monochrysis lutheri, has been determined. The protein consists of a single polypeptide chain of 83 amino acid residues. The sequence shows homology with mitochondrial cytochrome c at each end of the chain. The N-terminal glycine is not acetylated and corresponds to position 1 of mammalian cytochrome c when the cysteine residues of the two proteins are aligned.


1970 ◽  
Vol 119 (3) ◽  
pp. 535-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. M. Ramshaw ◽  
E. W. Thompson ◽  
D. Boulter

Peptides derived from digestion of 1 μmol of sunflower cytochrome c with chymotrypsin were separated by paper electrophoresis. The sequences of these peptides were determined by using the dansyl–Edman method (Gray & Hartley, 1963) and confirmed by analysis of their amino acid composition. Comparison of the set of peptides with the chymotryptic peptides of mung-bean (Thompson, Laycock, Ramshaw & Boulter, 1970) and wheat germ (Stevens, Glazer & Smith, 1967) cytochrome c shows a clear homology. The complete sequence of sunflower cytochrome c was established by alignment of the sunflower peptides with the sequences of mung bean cytochrome c and wheat germ cytochrome c.


1972 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 971-974 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Brown ◽  
M. Richardson ◽  
D. Boulter ◽  
J. A. M. Ramshaw ◽  
R. P. S. Jefferies

The amino acid sequence of a snail cytochrome c has been determined. The molecule consists of a single polypeptide chain of 104 residues, and is homologous with other mitochondrial cytochromes c. Unlike the cytochromes c from vertebrates, there is no acetyl blocking group at the N-terminus. A change in an otherwise invariant position has been observed in position 87. Comparison with amino acid sequences of cytochromes c from other sources indicates that the point of divergence of the molluscs and the vertebrates in evolutionary time was 720 million years ago. Experimental details are given in a supplementary paper that has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50009 at the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, Boston Spa, Yorks. LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1972), 126, 5.


1977 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lyddiatt ◽  
D Boulter

The amino acid sequence of locust cytochrome c was determined, although the overlap between chymotryptic and tryptic peptides at residues tyrosine-97 and leucine-98 was not observed, owing to an anomalous tryptic break duplicating the chymotryptic digestion. The molecule consists of a single polypeptide chain of 107 residues, homologous with other mitochondrial cytochromes c. In common with other known insect cytochromes c, it possesses a non-acetylated, four-residue tail at the N-terminus relative to glycine-1 of the standard alignment. A molecular phylogeny for 17 species was constructed relating the cytochrome c molecules of Schistocerca gregaria and other invertebrates with those of representative taxonomic groups. Experimental details are given in a supplementary paper deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50077 (24 pages) at the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1977) 161, 1.


1967 ◽  
Vol 242 (11) ◽  
pp. 2764-2779
Author(s):  
Frits C. Stevens ◽  
A.N. Glazer ◽  
Emil L. Smith

1973 ◽  
Vol 131 (3) ◽  
pp. 485-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Ambler ◽  
Margaret Wynn

The amino acid sequences of the cytochromes c-551 from three species of Pseudomonas have been determined. Each resembles the protein from Pseudomonas strain P6009 (now known to be Pseudomonas aeruginosa, not Pseudomonas fluorescens) in containing 82 amino acids in a single peptide chain, with a haem group covalently attached to cysteine residues 12 and 15. In all four sequences 43 residues are identical. Although by bacteriological criteria the organisms are closely related, the differences between pairs of sequences range from 22% to 39%. These values should be compared with the differences in the sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome c between mammals and amphibians (about 18%) or between mammals and insects (about 33%). Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequences of the proteins has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50015 at the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, Boston Spa, Yorks. LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1973), 131, 5.


1973 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
pp. 751-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. P. Ambler

The amino acid sequence of the cytochrome c′ from Alcaligenes sp. N.C.I.B. 11015 (Iwasaki's ‘Pseudomonas denitrificans’) has been determined. This organism is the only non-photosynthetic bacterium in which the protein has been found. The protein consists of a single polypeptide chain of 127 residues, with a single haem covalently attached to two cysteines. Unlike normal cytochromes c, the haem attachment site is very close to the C-terminus. The amino acid sequence around the haem attachment site is very similar to that of Chromatium vinosum D cytochrome c′. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequence of the protein has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50022 at the British Library (Lending Division), (formerly the National Lending Library for Science and Technology), Boston Spa, Yorks. LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies may be obtained on the terms given in Biochem. J. (1973) 131, 5.


1974 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. 257-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Scawen ◽  
Donald Boulter

The amino acid sequence of plastocyanin from marrow was determined. It consists of a single polypeptide chain of mol.wt. 10284 containing 99 amino acid residues. The sequence was determined by using a Beckman 890C automatic sequencer and by dansyl–phenyl isothiocyanate analysis of peptides obtained by the enzymic digestion of purified CNBr fragments. The sequence is in good agreement with the amino acid composition, except that fewer residues of glutamic acid were found in the sequence than were suggested by the composition. Evidence for histidine-37 was weaker than for the rest of the sequence. A ‘tree’ of phylogenetic affinities was constructed by using several higher-plant plastocyanin sequences.


1971 ◽  
Vol 124 (4) ◽  
pp. 783-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. W. Thompson ◽  
M. Richardson ◽  
D. Boulter

The amino acid sequences of buckwheat and cauliflower cytochromes c were determined on 1½μmol and 1μmol of protein respectively. The molecules consist of 111 residues and are homologous with other plant mitochondrial cytochromes c. Experimental details are given in a supplementary paper that has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50005 at the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, Boston Spa, Yorks. LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1971), 121, 7.


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