AMINO ACID SEQUENCES OF ALL THE TRYPTIC PEPTIDES FROM THE α POLYPEPTIDE CHAIN OF ADULT HEMOGLOBIN OF THE RHESUS MONKEY (Macaca mulatto)

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genji Matsuda ◽  
Tetsuo Maita ◽  
Nagatoshi Igawa ◽  
Hisahiro Ota ◽  
Takao Miyauchi
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Rhesus Monkey ◽  
Polypeptide Chain ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Tryptic Peptides ◽  
Macaca Mulatto ◽  
Adult Hemoglobin

scholarly journals The amino acid sequence of the tryptic peptides from actinidin, a proteolytic enzyme from the fruit of Actinidia chinensis

1978 ◽  
Vol 173 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Carne ◽  
C H Moore
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme ◽  
Polypeptide Chain ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
British Library ◽  
Actinidia Chinensis ◽  
Tryptic Peptides ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Thiol Proteinase

The amino acid sequences of the tryptic peptides of the thiol proteinase actinidin from Actinidia chinensis were determined by the manual dansyl–Edman procedure. There are 12 tryptic peptides, which give a polypeptide chain of 220 residues with a mol.wt. of 23500. An alignment of the tryptic peptides was made by using the X-ray-crystallographic data of Baker [(1977) J. Mol. Biol. 115, 263–277] determined at 0.28 nm resolution on crystalline actinidin. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequences of the tryptic peptides has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50083 (14 pages) at the British Library Lending Division, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorkshire LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1978) 169, 5.

Amino acid sequences of some tryptic peptides from the β-chain of horse hemoglobin

1968 ◽  
Vol 46 (8) ◽  
pp. 825-843 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Polypeptide Chain ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Human Hemoglobin ◽  
Tryptic Peptides ◽  
Chain Sequence ◽  
Β Chain

Evidence for the amino acid sequence of some peptides formed by the action of trypsin on the β-polypeptide chain of horse hemoglobin is presented. By analogy with the amino acid sequence of the β-chain of human hemoglobin, these peptides cover positions 1 to 82 and 117 to 146 of the horse β-chain. Twenty-one differences between the human and horse β-chain sequence are found in these regions.

Diversity of Primary Structures of the Carboxy-terminal Regions of Mammalian Fibrinogen Aα-Chains

1993 ◽  
Vol 69 (04) ◽  
pp. 351-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Murakawa ◽  
Takashi Okamura ◽  
Takumi Kamura ◽  
Tsunefumi Shibuya ◽  
Mine Harada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Rhesus Monkey ◽  
Syrian Hamster ◽  
Tandem Repeats ◽  
Mammalian Species ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Rgd Sequence

SummaryThe partial amino acid sequences of fibrinogen Aα-chains from five mammalian species have been inferred by means of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). From the genomic DNA of the rhesus monkey, pig, dog, mouse and Syrian hamster, the DNA fragments coding for α-C domains in the Aα-chains were amplified and sequenced. In all species examined, four cysteine residues were always conserved at the homologous positions. The carboxy- and amino-terminal portions of the α-C domains showed a considerable homology among the species. However, the sizes of the middle portions, which corresponded to the internal repeat structures, showed an apparent variability because of several insertions and/or deletions. In the rhesus monkey, pig, mouse and Syrian hamster, 13 amino acid tandem repeats fundamentally similar to those in humans and the rat were identified. In the dog, however, tandem repeats were found to consist of 18 amino acids, suggesting an independent multiplication of the canine repeats. The sites of the α-chain cross-linking acceptor and α2-plasmin inhibitor cross-linking donor were not always evolutionally conserved. The arginyl-glycyl-aspartic acid (RGD) sequence was not found in the amplified region of either the rhesus monkey or the pig. In the canine α-C domain, two RGD sequences were identified at the homologous positions to both rat and human RGD S. In the Syrian hamster, a single RGD sequence was found at the same position to that of the rat. Triplication of the RGD sequences was seen in the murine fibrinogen α-C domain around the homologous site to the rat RGDS sequence. These findings are of some interest from the point of view of structure-function and evolutionary relationships in the mammalian fibrinogen Aα-chains.

scholarly journals Differences in the Amino Acid Sequences of Tryptic Peptides from Three Sheep Hemoglobin β Chains

1967 ◽  
Vol 242 (9) ◽  
pp. 2211-2232
Author(s):  
Samuel H. Boyer ◽  
Peter Hathaway ◽  
Flora Pascasio ◽  
James Bordley ◽  
Charlene Orton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Tryptic Peptides ◽  
Sheep Hemoglobin

scholarly journals Bile-pigment formation from different leghaemoglobins. Methine-bridge specificity of coupled oxidation

1978 ◽  
Vol 176 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Päivi Lehtovaara ◽  
Ulla Perttilä
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Polypeptide Chain ◽  
Broad Bean ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Bile Pigment ◽  
Site Specificity ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Reaction Step ◽  
Pigment Formation

The coupled oxidation of leghaemoglobins with O2 and ascorbate yielded oxyleghaemoglobin in the first reaction step, and the second step was the degradation of haem characterized by an A675 increase. Leghaemoglobins were degraded to biliverdin isomers specifically, depending on the structure of the protein. The main leghaemoglobin components of Glycine (soya bean) and Phaseolus (kidney bean) were degraded to biliverdin mixtures containing about 50% of the β-form, about 30% of the α-form and about 20% of the δ-isomer, whereas the leghaemoglobin I components of Vicia (broad bean) and Pisum (pea) were degraded almost exclusively to the β-isomer, with traces of the α-isomer. The amino acid sequences of Glycine and Phaseolus leghaemoglobins resemble each other, as do those of Vicia and Pisum. The site specificity of bile-pigment formation from leghaemoglobins can be tentatively explained by specific differences in the amino acid sequences at those regions of the polypeptide chain that are in the vicinity of the appropriate methine bridges. The ligand-binding site in different leghaemoglobins may be outlined on the basis of the present results, supposing that the haem is degraded when a reduction product of haem-bound O2 reacts with a methine bridge of the haem, and that the bridge specificity is regulated by hindering amino acid residues that determine the location of the bound O2. The residue phenylalanine-CD1 appears to be further away from the haem plane or in a markedly more flexible position in leghaemoglobins than in mammalian globins. The haem-bound oxygen atom B, in Fe–O(A)–O(B), seems to be free to rotate in all directions except that of the γ-bridge in Glycine and Phaseolus leghaemoglobins, but its position in Vicia and Pisum leghaemoglobin I might be restricted to the direction of the β-methine bridge.

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