Amino acid sequence of Streptomyces griseus trypsin. Cyanogen bromide fragments and complete sequence. 1975

R W Olafson, and L Jurásek, and M R Carpenter, and L B Smillie

Information compiled by automatic Edman degradation of Streptomyces griseus trypsin coupled with previous data has permitted the assignment of the first 36 residues at the NH2 terminus of the protein. Cyanogen bromide cleavage at the three methionine residues followed or preceded by reduction and aminoethylation resulted in the production of four fragments, Cnl to Cn4, which were separated by gel filtration on Sephadex G-50 or G-75. Fragments CN4 (15 RESIDUES) AND Cn3 (5 residues) were shown to be derived from the NH2 terminus of the protein while Cn2 (47 residues and devoid of homoserine) was from the COOH terminus. The arrangement of the fragments was thus Cn4-Cn3-Cn1-Cn2. Automatic Edman degradation in the sequenator coupled with peptides derived from alpha-lytic protease and chymotryptic digestion and from the peptic and tryptic peptides previously elucidated have permitted the sequence determination of fragments Cn1 and Cn2 and therefore of the whole protein. These studies show that extensive regions of identity or similarity exist between Streptomyces griseus trypsin and bovine trypsin. These include the NH2-terminal four residues, the sequences near histidine-57 (chymotrypsinogen A numbering system), aspartic acid-102, aspartic acid-189, and serine-195, the regions of the three disulfide bridges, and the COOH-terminal end (residues 225-229) of the proteins. When aligned to maximize homology the identity of residues is 34%. This identity is increased to 54% when only those residues classified as internal by Stroud et al. (Stroud, R. M., Kay, L. M., and Dickerson, R. E. (1971) Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 36, 125) are considered. These results indicate that the folding of the polypeptide chains of the two enzymes is very similar and are in agreement with the very similar enzymic, chemical, and physical properties of the two enzymes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008715 Methionine A sulfur-containing essential L-amino acid that is important in many body functions. L-Methionine,Liquimeth,Methionine, L-Isomer,Pedameth,L-Isomer Methionine,Methionine, L Isomer
D010084 Oxidation-Reduction A chemical reaction in which an electron is transferred from one molecule to another. The electron-donating molecule is the reducing agent or reductant; the electron-accepting molecule is the oxidizing agent or oxidant. Reducing and oxidizing agents function as conjugate reductant-oxidant pairs or redox pairs (Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p471). Redox,Oxidation Reduction
D010446 Peptide Fragments Partial proteins formed by partial hydrolysis of complete proteins or generated through PROTEIN ENGINEERING techniques. Peptide Fragment,Fragment, Peptide,Fragments, Peptide
D010447 Peptide Hydrolases Hydrolases that specifically cleave the peptide bonds found in PROTEINS and PEPTIDES. Examples of sub-subclasses for this group include EXOPEPTIDASES and ENDOPEPTIDASES. Peptidase,Peptidases,Peptide Hydrolase,Protease,Proteases,Proteinase,Proteinases,Proteolytic Enzyme,Proteolytic Enzymes,Esteroproteases,Enzyme, Proteolytic,Hydrolase, Peptide
D011487 Protein Conformation The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain). Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D002918 Chymotrypsin A serine endopeptidase secreted by the pancreas as its zymogen, CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN and carried in the pancreatic juice to the duodenum where it is activated by TRYPSIN. It selectively cleaves aromatic amino acids on the carboxyl side. Alpha-Chymotrypsin Choay,Alphacutanée,Avazyme
D003488 Cyanogen Bromide Cyanogen bromide (CNBr). A compound used in molecular biology to digest some proteins and as a coupling reagent for phosphoroamidate or pyrophosphate internucleotide bonds in DNA duplexes. Bromide, Cyanogen
D000478 Alkylation The covalent bonding of an alkyl group to an organic compound. It can occur by a simple addition reaction or by substitution of another functional group. Alkylations
D000595 Amino Acid Sequence The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION. Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino

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