[Isolation and properties of trypsin inhibitor from the leaves of pedunculate oak].

Four protein fractions inhibiting trypsin are isolated from the English oak leaves by the method of chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. Three active fractions more are found in each of them after the affinity chromatography on trypsin-agarose. Each of 12 multiple forms in the calcium-free medium contains different sets of proteins and oligopeptides possessing rather high inhibiting activity. Ca2+ being introduced to the medium, all the multiple forms somewhat increase their activity, having one peak (Mm approximately 16.5 kDa) on the column with sephadex G-50. The inhibitor possesses high indices of denaturation stability and specificity to trypsin.