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Amino acid sequences around the disulphide bridges and methionine residues of porcine pepsin.

ABSTRACT: 1. The amino acid sequences around three disulphide bridges and four methionine residues of porcine pepsin were studied by using diagonal electrophoresis methods. 2. Two of the three disulphide bridges were in small loops of five and six residues. The sequence around one of the two half-cystine residues of the third disulphide bridge had a large number of acidic residues. 3. The sequence of a tetrapeptide containing phosphoserine was also determined. 4. Four unique methionine-containing sequences were constructed. The information is sufficient for the determination of the overlaps in the cyanogen bromide fragments of pepsin. 5. The usefulness of diagonal methods in the study of protein structure, the relative positions of cystinyl and methionyl residues in porcine pepsin and the homology between pepsin and rennin are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Tang J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1179258 | biostudies-other | 1970 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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