TRYPTIC CLEAVAGE OF HOMOARGINYL BONDS IN OXIDIZED GUANIDINATED DERIVATIVE OF A BOVINE TRYPSIN INHIBITOR (KUNITZ INHIBITOR)
TRYPTIC CLEAVAGE OF HOMOARGINYL BONDS IN OXIDIZED GUANIDINATED DERIVATIVE OF A BOVINE TRYPSIN INHIBITOR (KUNITZ INHIBITOR)
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-5793(71)80460-x
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
ACHER, R
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作者:
CHAUVET, J;ACHER, R
The recent report of tryptic cleavage of some peptide bonds involving homoarginine [I] prompts us to publish results observed during a study on the guanidinated derivative of the Kunitz trypsin inhibitor isolated from beef tissues. The molecule is comprised of a single polypeptide chain of 58 residues, 4 of which are lysines. Chemical modifications of individual lysines leading to derivatives which do not fit the specificity of trypsin can be studied because lysines alternate with arginines in the sequence and overlapping peptides containing a single lysyl residue can be isolated after tryptic hydrolysis [2, 3] Guanidination has been employed to determine the respective roles of the 01. and e-amino groups of the inhibitor in the interaction with trypsin; it was observed that under the described conditions [4], 3.87 lysyl residues were converted into homoarginyl residues (yield of the guanidination: 97%) and that the a-amino group is apparently not modified. The guanidinated inhibitor is fully active [4, 51 but oxidation destroys the inhibiting capacity. Performic acid oxidation, tryptic hydrolysis (molar ratio enzyme/substrate l/250; pH 8.0; 60 min; 37’) and isolation of peptides by peptide mapping were carried. out as previously described [6, 7]. Fig. 1 shows the tryptic peptide map of the oxidized guanidinated inhibitor. The peptides were analyzed [8] and identified from their composition (table I), allowing to locate the bonds split by trypsin. The yields of cleavage at the 4 homoarginyl bonds were approximately determined assuming complete splitting of arginyl bonds, a condition observed in the trypsin digest of the oxidized inhibitor [6, 7], and using peptides T3 and Tg as references.