Amino Acid Sequence of the Small Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase from Spinach

1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 401
Author(s):  
P.G Martin

The complete amino acid sequence of the small subunit of ribulosebisphosphate carboxylase from spinach has been determined. There are 120 amino acids. The N-terminus of the protein is frequently blocked. There is a tyrosine-proline substitution at position 91 and the average molecular weight of the two forms is 13 897. The interest of the sequence data for students of physiology and evolution is discussed.

1975 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Wilkinson ◽  
R J A. Grand

The complete amino acid sequence of rabbit skeletal muscle troponin I was determined by the isolation of the cyanogen bromide fragments and the tryptic methionine-containing peptides. Troponin I contains 179 amino acid residues and has a molecular weight of 20864. Its N-terminus is acetylated. Detailed evidence on which the sequence is based has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50055 (23 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7QB, U.K., from whom copies may be obtained on the terms given in Biochem. J. (1975) 145, 5.


1975 ◽  
Vol 147 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-472 ◽  
Author(s):  
I B Kingston ◽  
J Williams

1. Hen ovotransferrin was treated with CNBr and fractionated by gel filtration. 2. After further treatment by reduction and carboxymethylation a carbohydrate-containing fragment of molecular weight 11990 was obtained (fragment BCd). 3. The amino acid sequence of this fragment was determined. It consists of a single chain of 94 residues. 4. The structure of a tryptic glycopeptide derived from whole ovotransferrin permitted a further eight residues to be assigned at the N-terminus of fragment BCd. 5. Heterogeneity was found at two positions. 6. Further evidence has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50045 (19 pages) at the British Library (Lending Division), Boston Spa, Wetherby, W. Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies may be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1975), 145, 5.


1979 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 615-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
G W Schmidt ◽  
A Devillers-Thiery ◽  
H Desruisseaux ◽  
G Blobel ◽  
N H Chua

A precursor (pS) to the small subunit (S) of ribulose1-,5-bisphosphate carboxylase is the major product of cell-free protein synthesis directed by poly(A) containing RNA from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. We present sequence data for in vitro-synthesized pS, for in vitro-synthesized S that in generated from pS by posttranslational incubation with a Chlamydomonas cell extract, and for in vitro-synthesized, mature S. We show that pS contains an NH2-terminal extension of 44 amino acid residues that is removed by cleavage at the correct site when pS is converted to S by an endoprotease present in the Chlamydomonas cell extract.


1989 ◽  
Vol 61 (03) ◽  
pp. 437-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindra Condra ◽  
Elka Nutt ◽  
Christopher J Petroski ◽  
Ellen Simpson ◽  
P A Friedman ◽  
...  

SummaryThe present work reports the discovery and charactenzation of an anticoagulant protein in the salivary gland of the giant bloodsucking leech, H. ghilianii, which is a specific and potent inhibitor of coagulation factor Xa. The inhibitor, purified to homogeneity, displayed subnanomolar inhibition of bovine factor Xa and had a molecular weight of approximately 15,000 as deduced by denaturing SDS-PAGE. The amino acid sequence of the first 43 residues of the H. ghilianii derived inhibitor displayed a striking homology to antistasin, the recently described subnanomolar inhibitor of factor Xa isolated from the Mexican leech, H. officinalis. Antisera prepared to antistasin cross-reacted with the H. ghilianii protein in Western Blot analysis. These data indicate that the giant Amazonian leech, H. ghilianii, and the smaller Mexican leech, H. officinalrs, have similar proteins which disrupt the normal hemostatic clotting mechanisms in their mammalian host’s blood.


Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document