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Query: EC:3.4.21.1 (chymotrypsin)
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A complete conformational analysis of the fold (Asp-Lys-Thr-Gly) (residues 35-38), and additional adjacent residues of alpha-chymotrypsin has been performed. A comparison of these findings with those of Lewis et al. (1) is made, and a discussion of the implications of protein-fold models is discussed. This particular residue sequence prefers to bend over maintaining a helical conformation. However, the bend conformation of the tetramer is different from that of the native bend. The native bend conformation is nearly realized when an additional residue of the native primary structure is added to each side of the tetramer. Early and late folding-sequence studies suggests that while the native fold is of low energy, there are fold-points along the primary structure which are more stable. The structural implications of this finding are discussed.
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PMID:Conformational analysis of a chain reversal in alpha-chymotrypsin. 99 38

Characterization of the cyanogen bromide (CNBr) fragments of the beta chain of human haptoglobin revealed five major fragments resulting from cleavage of four methionyl residues. The fragments were isolated by gel filtration in guanidine-HCl on Sepharose 6B and Bio-Gel P10 and P60. Compositional analyses of the five cyanogen bromide fragments accounted for 248-253 amino acid residues in agreement with the number of residues determined for the intact beta chain. Most of the carbohydrate was attached to CNBr II. Automated amino-terminal sequence analysis and carboxyl-terminal hydrolysis with carboxypeptidase of the haptoglobin beta chain and cyanogen bromide fragments identified 139 residues, or about 55% of the beta-chain molecule. The placement of the fragments within the beta-chain molecule was established by sequence analysis of whole beta chain and a plasmin cleavage fragment. The position of CNBr V was confirmed by the absence of homoserine or homoserine lactone. Cyanogen bromide reaction of intact haptoglobin 1-1 resulted in the isolation of a beta-chain fragment, CNBr III, covalently attached to the intact alpha1 chain by a single disulfide bond. The beta chain was shown to have primary structural similarities to the chymotrypsin family of serin eproteases. Partial sequence analysis of CNBr V established the region which is comparable to the serine-195 active-site region: /Asp-Thr-Cys-Tyr-Gly-Asp-Ala-Gly-Ser-Ala-Phe/ (residues 189-199, chymotrypsinogen A numbering). The active-site serine-195 is replaced by alanine; however, the specificity residue of the trypsin-like enzymes, Asp-189, is preserved. Several minor cyanogen bromide cleavage products were also identified in yields of up to 15%. These minor cleavage products give evidence that tryptophanyl residues in proteins, or glycoproteins, are also susceptible to cyanogen bromide cleavage.
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PMID:Characterization of the cyanogen bromide fragments of the beta chain of human haptoglobin. 99 9

The sequences of amino acid residues at the amino and carboxyl terminus and around the reactive sites of the trypsin chymotrypsin inhibitor PCI 3 from the seeds of runner beans (Phaseolus coccineus L.) were estimated by aminopeptidase O and carbosypeptidase A degradation before and after enzymatical modification with trypsin or chymotrypsin. Beginning at the amino terminus the sequences are :Ser-Glu-Ala-Gly-Gln-...,...-Ile-Tyr-Lys-Ser-Gln-(Pro)-...with Lys-Ser as reactive site against trypsin, ...-Asp-Val-Ala-Leu-Ser-(Pro)-...with Leu-Ser as reactive site against alpha-chymotrypsin, and ...-Thr-Arg-Ala-Lys-Phe-Leu as C-terminus. The importance of the serine residue in the reactive sites concerning the specificity of inhibitors is discussed.
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PMID:[Trypsin and chymotrypsin inhibitors in leguminosae VII. Partial amino acid sequences of the trypsin chymotrypsin inhibitor PCI 3 from Phaseolus coccineus (author's transl)]. 100 24

The amino acid sequence of the coenzyme-binding site of serine transhydroxymethylase from rabbit liver has been determined. After reduction with NaBH4 and aminoethylation, a first sample of enzyme was digested with thermolysin and a single phosphopyridoxyl peptide was isolated. A second sample of similarly treated enzyme was digested with chymotrypsin and three phosphopyridoxyl peptides clearly originating from a unique coenzyme-binding site were isolated. Sequence analysis of these peptides indicate the following structure: Val-Val-Thr-Thr-His(Pxy)-Thr-Leu. Sequence homologies of the active site of various pyridoxalphosphate enzymes are discussed in terms of a possible catalytic role and of evolution of this class of proteins.
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PMID:Serine transhydroxymethylase from rabbit liver. Sequence of anonapeptide at the pyridoxal-5'-phosphate-binding site. 100 37

Cells obtained from chick embryo tendons incorporate isotopically labeled glucosamine and mannose into the pro-alpha1 and pro-alpha2 chains of procollagen as judged by sodium dodecyl sulfate-gel filtration and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The label was further localized to the propeptides of pro-alpha1 and pro-alpha2 by its chromatographic behavior after digestion with bacterial collagenase or alpha-chymotrypsin. Carbohydrate analysis of isolated pro-alpha chains showed the presence of labeled galactosamine in addition to mannose and glucosamine. Resistance to mild alkaline hydrolysis suggested that greater than 90% of the oligosaccharide units are not linked to the propeptide backbone by either serine or threonine.
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PMID:Carbohydrate moieties of procollagen: incorporation of isotopically labeled mannose and glucosamine into propeptides of procollagen secreted by matrix-free chick embryo tendon cells. 106 Nov 25

Cyanogen bromide treatment of thymidylate synthetase of Lactobacillus casei, which had been converted to a ternary complex with [2-14c] FdUMP and 5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate followed by S-carboxymethylation, yielded at least four visible peptide bands, the largest with a molecular weight of about 13,000, on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate-urea. Identical results were obtained with enzyme that had all four of its cysteinyl residues S-carboxymethylated with iodo [I-14C] acetate in the absence of FdUMP and cofactor. In each case, only the second band from the top of the gel (CN2), with an approximate molecular weight of 10,000= was labeled. Analysis of CN2 that had been labeled with [2-14C] FdUMP and nonradioactive iodoacetate and of that labeled only with iodo[1-14C] acetate revealed that their amino-acid contents were almost identical except for the presence of two S-carboxymethyl (Cm)-cysteinyl residues in the latter peptide and only one in FdUMP-CN2. A nonapeptide was isolated from (Cm)2-CN2 after chymotrypsin digestion that contained the following sequence by dansyl-Edman analysis: Ala-Leu-Pro-Pro-[Cm-Cys]-His-Thr-Leu-Tyr. This peptide was found to be located on the NH2-terminal end of CN2. Automatic sequence analysis of the first 13 residues of (Cm)2-CN2 and of the FdUMP-containing CN2 yielded identical results except for the fifth, or cysteinyl, residue, which could not be identified in the latter peptide. These findings strongly suggest that FdUMP is linked to a cysteinyl residue in thymidylate synthetase that has been inactivated irreversibly by this nucleotide.
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PMID:Amino acid sequence at the FdUMP binding site of thymidylate synthetase. 106 57

The kinase activity of the threonine-sensitive aspartokinase-homoserine dehydrogenase enzyme complex of Escherichia coli was selectively inactivated by Co(III) incorporation. Incubation of the enzyme with Co(II) in the presence of oxygen or H2O2 resulted in incorporation of one Co(III) per subunit. The cobalt(III) bound to the enzyme was not removable by dialysis and presumably results from formation of "inert" coordination complexes with ligands contributed by the enzyme. Cobalt was released from the enzyme by incubation with dithiothreitol but not by metal chelating agents. The Co(III)-labeled enzyme was aspartokinase inactive but still retained 60% of its original homoserine dehydrogenase activity. Studies of the time course of inactivation showed aspartokinase inactivation paralleled Co(III) incorporation. The residual dehydrogenase activity of aspartokinase inactive enzyme was still inhibited by threonine Thus, Co(III) incorporation seems to result in a specific inactivation of kinase activity which permits enumeration of the number of aspartokinase sites. Limited alpha-chymotrypsin digestion of Co(III)-enzyme produced homoserine dehydrogenase-active fragments devoid of Co(III), further confirming the specificity of the labeling procedure. Aspartokinase inactivation obtained without concomitant desensitization of homoserine dehydrogenase to threonine inhibition suggests that kinase active site integrity is not required for threonine binding and inhibition of homoserine dehydrogenase.
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PMID:Cobalt(III) labeled aspartokinase-homoserine dehydrogenase of Escherichia coli. 110 Jan 5

1. RNAase (ribonuclease) U2, a purine-specific RNAase, was reduced, aminoethylated and hydrolysed with trypsin, chymotrypsin and thermolysin. On the basis of the analyses of the resulting peptides, the complete amino acid sequence of RNAase U2 was determined, 2. When the sequence was compared with the amino acid sequence of RNAase T1 (EC 3.1.4.8), the following regions were found to be similar in the two enzymes; Tyr-Pro-His-Gln-Tyr (38-42) in RNAase U2 and Tyr-Pro-His-Lys-Tyr (38-42) in RNAase T1, Glu-Phe-Pro-Leu-Val (61-65) in RNAase U2 and Glu-Trp-Pro-Ile-Leu (58-62) in RNAase T1, Asp-Arg-Val-Ile-Tyr-Gln (83-88) in RNAase U2 and Asp-Arg-Val-Phe-Asn (76-81) in RNAase T1 and Val-Thr-His-Thr-Gly-Ala (98-103) in RNAase U2 and Ile-Thr-His-Thr-Gly-Ala (90-95) in RNAase T1. All of the amino acid residues, histidine-40, glutamate-58, arginine-77 and histidine-92, which were found to play a crucial role in the biological activity of RNAase T1, were included in the regions cited here. 3. Detailed evidence for the amino acid sequence of the sequence of the proteins has been deposited as Supplementary Publication SUP 50041 (33 PAGES) AT THE British Library (Lending Division)(formerly the National Lending Library for Science and Technology), Boston Spa, Yorks. LS23 7BQ, U.K., from whom copies can be obtained on the terms indicated in Biochem. J. (1975), 145, 5.
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PMID:The amino acid sequence of ribonuclease U2 from Ustilago sphaerogena. 115 64

The amino acid sequence for vitamin D-dependent bovine intestinal calcium binding protein has been established. It contains 85 amino acids in a single chain and lacks cysteine, tryptophan, methionine, histidine, and arginine. The NH2-terminal lysine is blocked by an N-acetyl group. Enzymatic digestion with trypsin, chymotrypsin, and pepsin yielded a number of peptides which were purified by two-dimensional high voltage paper electrophoresis. These peptides were examined by end group analysis and sequenced by the dansyl procedure. The absence of tryptophan permitted by a single cleavage of the molecule by N-bromosuccinimide at the tyrosine residue at position 8 and the larger fragment was subjected to automated Edman degradation. By these means, the following sequence was established: N-Ac-Lys-Gln-Ser-Pro-Leu-Glu-Tyr-Ala-Ala-Glu-Lys-Ser-Ile-Gln-Lys-Glu-Ile-Glu-Lys-Gly-Phe-Phe-Lys-Gln-Leu-Leu-Val-Ser-Val-Gln-Lys-Ala-Gly-Asp-Lys-Glu-Ser-Leu-Gln-Pro-Leu-Phe-Thr-Leu-Leu-Lys-Ser-Gly-Pro-Glu-Glu-Asn-Leu-Lys-Glu-Ser-Gln-Asn-Gly-Pro-Asp-Leu-Ls7-Ser-Gly-Pro-Gly-Asn-Asp-Leu-Glu-Glu-Lys-Gly-Thr-Asp-Val-Phe-Ser-Leu-Lys-Gln. Microheterogeneity may exist in the molecule at residue 76 in which position threonine may be replaced by serine. Comparison of the sequence of calcium-binding protein to the "test" sequence of Tufty and Kretsinger ((1975) Science 187, 167-169) proposed to identify E-F hands in muscle proteins suggests that intestinal calcium-binding protein may likewise contain one or possibly two E-F hands which could account for calcium-binding property. Dayhoff alignment scores, however, calculated for calcium-binding protein against nine E-F hands in muscle proteins parvalbumin, troponin and alkali light chains do not indicate that intestinal calcium-binding protein is homologous to these muscle protein chains.
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PMID:Calcium-binding protein of bovine intestine. The complete amino acid sequence. 117 41

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism studies were carried out on aqueous solutions of the tetrapeptide Asp-Lys-Thr-Gly (which appears as a bend at residues 35-38 of alpha-chymotrypsin) and its sequence variants Gly-Thr-Asp-Lys, Asp-Lys-Gly-Thr, and Lys-Thr-Gly-Asp; the N and C termini of all four tetrapeptides were blocked with CH3CO and NHCH3 groups, respectively. The spectroscopic data suggest that bend conformations may exist, to some extent, among the distributions of conformations in the first, third, and fourth, but not in the second, tetrapeptide. This result is consistent with empirical probabilities for the prediction of bend conformations in proteins. Conformational energy calculations on these four tetrapeptides support the indications from the experimental data. It thus appears that, because of short-range interactions, the tendency toward bend formation exists in short peptides, provided that both the composition and amino acid sequence are energetically favorable for bend formation.
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PMID:Investigation of the conformations of four tetrapeptides by nuclear magnetic resonance and circular dichroism spectroscopy, and conformational energy calculations. 118 90


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