Husain S S, Lowe G
Biochem J. 1969 Sep;114(2):279-88. doi: 10.1042/bj1140279.
Papain was inhibited with bromo[2-(14)C]acetic acid, the tertiary structure of the inhibited enzyme was unfolded and the disulphide bridges were reduced with mercaptoethanol and aminoethylated. Digestion with trypsin gave a radioactive peptide consisting of residues 18-58 inclusive and containing therefore the sequence of the thirteen unknown residues 29-41 in the primary sequence of papain. This peptide was digested with pepsin to give a radioactive peptide consisting of residues 18-47, which after digestion with 0.4m-hydrochloric acid gave a radioactive peptide consisting of residues 24-43 inclusive. Further digestion with 6m-hydrochloric acid gave peptides that were used to determine the sequence: Ser-Ala-Val-Val-Thr-Ile-Glx-Gly-Ile-Ile-Lys-Ile-Arg for the residues 29-41, so completing the amino acid sequence of papain.
用溴代[2-(14)C]乙酸抑制木瓜蛋白酶,使被抑制酶的三级结构展开,并用巯基乙醇还原二硫键并进行氨乙基化。用胰蛋白酶消化得到一个放射性肽段,其包含18至58位残基,因此包含木瓜蛋白酶一级序列中13个未知残基29至41的序列。该肽段用胃蛋白酶消化得到一个由18至47位残基组成的放射性肽段,用0.4m盐酸消化后得到一个由24至43位残基(含)组成的放射性肽段。用6m盐酸进一步消化得到用于确定序列的肽段:29至41位残基的序列为Ser-Ala-Val-Val-Thr-Ile-Glx-Gly-Ile-Ile-Lys-Ile-Arg,从而完成了木瓜蛋白酶的氨基酸序列测定。