家蚕病毒的表面增强拉曼光谱研究

得到并分析了家蚕核型多角体病毒（ＢｏｍｂｙｘｍｏｒｉＮｏｃｌｅａｒＰｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓＶｉｒｕｓ缩写为ＢｍＮＰＶ）和质型多角体病毒（ＢｏｍｂｙｘｍｏｒｉｃｙｔｏｐｌａｓｍｉｃＰｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓＶｉｒｕｓ缩写为ＢｍＣＰＶ）包涵体（即核型多角体ＢｍＮＰＢ和质型多角体ＢｍＣＰＢ）在银胶溶液中的表面增强拉曼散射（ＳＥＲＳ）光谱。ＢｍＮＰＢ和ＢｍＣＰＢ通过氨基酸残基侧链的Ｓ原子、ＣＯＯ－（ＣＯＯＨ）和ＮＨ２（ＮＨ）基团以及蛋白质分子的Ｎ－末端与银表面相作用。Ｔｒｐ残基金部或大部处于疏水环境中。ＢｍＮＰＢ中蛋氨酸残基侧链的Ｓ－ＣＨ２和ＣＨ２－ＣＨ２链分别为扭曲和扭曲式构型。ＢｍＣＰＢ中的Ｓ－ＣＨ２和ＣＨ２－ＣＨ２链则分别属于反式和扭曲构型;Ｃ－Ｃ－Ｓ－Ｓ－Ｃ－Ｃ链为反式－扭曲－反式结构。     

CAMPTOTHECA LOWREYANA,A NEW SPECIES OF ANTI-CANCER HAPPYTREES

ＣＡＭＰＴＯＴＨＥＣＡＬＯＷＲＥＹＡＮＡ,ＡＮＥＷＳＰＥＣＩＥＳＯＦＡＮＴＩ－ＣＡＮＣＥＲＨＡＰＰＹＴＲＥＥＳＳｈｉ－ｙｏｕＬｉＡｒｔｈｕｒＴｅｍｐｌｅＣｏｌｅｇｅｏｆＦｏｒｅｓｔｒｙ,ＳｔｅｐｈｅｎＦ．ＡｕｓｔｉｎＳｔａｔｅＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙｎ...     

L—山梨糖脱氢酶的纯化及性质的研究

从５Ｌ罐发酵Ｌ－山梨糖的Ｇｌｕｃｏｎｉｂａｃｔｅｒ ｏｘｙｄａｎｓ ＳＣＢ３２９和Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ ｔｈｕｒｉｎｇｉｅｎｓｉｓ ＳＣＢ９３３混合菌株中差速离心收集ＳＣＢ３２９菌体,破碎,离心获得无细胞抽提液,硫酸铵分级沉淀蛋白后依次经ＤＥＡＥ Ｃｅｌｌｕｌｏｓｅ ５２和Ｑ Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ ＦＦ柱层析分得到了Ｌ－册梨糖脱氢酶（ＳＤＨ）,它能将Ｌ－册梨糖脱氢氧化为Ｌ－册梨酮,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳测     

小干扰RNA干扰缺氧诱导因子-1alpha增强口腔鳞癌细胞株化疗敏感性

目的：探讨针对缺氧诱导因子－１α（ＨＩＦ－１α）的小干扰ＲＮＡ（ｓｉＲＮＡ）对口腔鳞癌细胞（ＯＳＣＣ）化疗敏感性的影响。方法：用Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ印迹检测ＯＳＣＣ和针对ＨＩＦ－１α基因的ｓｉＲＮＡ导入ＯＳＣＣ后的ＨＩＦ－１α蛋白表达水平;用ＭＴＴ法检测细胞对化疗敏感性的影响;用流式细胞术检测化疗诱导细胞凋亡的凋亡率。结果：ＨＩＦ－１α在ＯＳＣＣ中高表达,ＨＩＦ－１α－ｓｉＲＮＡ转染后ＨＩＦ－１α表达水平明显下降,细胞对化疗敏感性明显提高,化疗诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡率明显增加。结论：针对ＨＩＦ－１α基因的ｓｉＲＮＡ能明显降低ＨＩＦ－１α的表达,增强化疗对ＯＳＣＣ的凋亡诱导作用,有效提高ＯＳＣＣ对化疗的敏感性。     

达乌尔黄鼠染色体银染核仁组织者分析

达乌尔黄鼠染色体银染核仁组织者分析ＡＮＡＬＹＳＩＳＯＮＣＨＲＯＭＯＳＯＭＥＳＡｇ－ＮＯＲＳＯＦＣＩＴＥＬＬＵＳＤＡＵＲＩＣＵＳＫｅｙｗｏｒｄｓＣｉｌｅｌｌｕｓｄａｕｒｉｃｕｓ;Ｃｈｒｏｍｏｓｏｍｅ;Ａｇ－ＮＯＲ达乌尔黄鼠（ｃｉｌｅｌｌｕｓｄａｕｒｉｃ...     

TWO NEW SPECIES FROM TRICHOSANTHES（CUCURBITACEAE）

ＴＷＯＮＥＷＳＰＥＣＩＥＳＦＲＯＭＴＲＩＣＨＯＳＡＮＴＨＥＳ（ＣＵＣＵＲＢＩＴＡＣＥＡＥ）ＹｕｅｈＣｈｕｎ－ｈｓｉＨｕａｎｇＬｕ－ｑｉＣｈｅｎｇＣｈｉｎｇ－ｙｕｎｇ〔ＡＢＴＲＡＣＴ〕ＴｒｉｃｈｏｓａｎｔｈｅｓｒｅｆｅｒａｃｔａＹｕｅｈｅｔＬ．Ｑ．Ｈ...     

Changes of Con A Receptor Sites on Mammalian Sperms during Capacitation and Acrosome Reaction

ＣｈａｎｇｅｓｏｆＣｏｎＡＲｅｃｅｐｔｏｒＳｉｔｅｓｏｎＭａｍｍａｌｉａｎＳｐｅｒｍｓｄｕｒｉｎｇＣａｐａｃｉｔａｔｉｏｎａｎｄＡｃｒｏｓｏｍｅＲｅａｃｔｉｏｎＤＵＡＮＣｈｏｎｇ－ｗｅｎ（段崇文）,ＣＨＥＮＤａ－ｙｕａｎ（陈大元）（ＳｔａｔｅＫｅｙＬ...     

从织锦芋螺中克隆α芋螺毒素序列

为了从我国南海产织锦芋螺（Ｃｏｎｕｓｔｅｘｔｉｌｅ）中分离新的毒素序列并研究其应用价值,进行了织锦芋螺毒素基因的分离工作．从织锦芋螺毒管中提取ｍＲＮＡ,以Ａ族芋螺毒素的信号肽编码部分和３′端非翻译部分的保守序列为引物,通过ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ扩增和序列分析方法获得新的芋螺毒素序列．结果得到两种不同的α芋螺毒素序列,两者都属于α４／７亚型芋螺毒素,预测其成熟肽序列分别为Ｐｒｏ－Ｇｌｕ－Ｃｙｓ－Ｃｙｓ－Ｓｅｒ－Ａｓｐ－Ｐｒｏ－Ａｒｇ－Ｃｙｓ－Ａｓｎ－Ｓｅｒ－Ｓｅｒ－Ｈｉｓ－Ｐｒｏ－Ｇｌｕ－Ｌｅｕ－Ｃｙｓ－Ｇｌｙ（Ｃ端Ｇｌｙ可能被酰胺化）和Ｐｒｏ－Ｇｌｕ－Ｃｙｓ－Ｃｙｓ－Ｓｅｒ－Ｈｉｓ－Ｐｒｏ－Ａｌａ－Ｃｙｓ－Ａｓｎ－Ｖａｌ－Ａｓｐ－Ｈｉｓ－Ｐｒｏ－Ｇｌｕ－Ｉｌｅ－Ｃｙｓ－Ａｒｇ．采用传统的生化分离手段尚未从织锦芋螺中获得过α芋螺毒素序列,这两种α芋螺毒素作用的种属特异性、受体类型特异性和在小细胞肺癌的诊断和治疗中的应用价值有待进一步研究     

浸润垄作稻田土壤生态系统的研究

浸润垄作稻田土壤生态系统的研究魏朝富,高明,车福才,邓春（西南农业大学土化系重庆６３０７１６）ＡＳｔｕｄｙｏｎＩｎｆｉｌｔｒａｔｅｄ－ＲｉｄｇｅｄＰａｄｄｙＳｏｉｌＥｃｏｓｙｓｔｅｍ￥．ＷｅｉＣｈａｏｆｕ;ＧａｏＭｉｎｇ,ＣｈｅＦｕｃｈａｉ;ＤｅｎｇＣｈｕｎ（ＳｏｕｔｈｗｅｓｔＡｇｒｉｃｕｌｌｕｒａｌＵｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ,）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（３）：２６－３０;Ｔｈｉｓｐａｐｅｒｄｅａｌｓｗｉｃｈａｎｉｎｆｉｌｔｒａｔｅｄ－ｒｉｄｇｅｄｐａｄｄｙｓｏｉｌｅｃｏｓｙｓｔｅｍｗｈｉｃｈｉｓｃｏｎｓｔｒｕｃｔｅｄｂｙｒｉｄｇｉｎｇａｎｄｃｏｎ－ｔｉｎｕｏｕｓｆｕｒｒｏｗｉｎｆｉＩｔｒａｔｉＯｎｉｒｒｉｇａｔｉｏｎ,ＣｏｍｐａｒｉｎｇｗｉｔｈｌｅｖｅｌｉｎｆｉＩｔｒａｔｅｄｐａｄｄｙｓｏｉｌｅｃｏｓｙｓｔｅｍ,ｔｈｉｓｅｃｏｓｙｓ－ｔｅｍｈａｓｃｏｅｘｉｓｔｅｄｇａｓ－ｌｉｑｕｉｄ,ｇａｓ－ｓｏｌｉｄａｎｄｌｉｑｕｉｄ－ｓｏｌｉｄｉｎｔｅｒｆａｃｅｓ,ｅｎｌａｒｇｅｓｓｏｉｌｓｕｒｆａｃｅｂｙ３８％ａｎｄｉｎｃｒｅａｓｅｓｃｕＩｔｉｖａｔｅｄｌａｙｅｒｂｙ５－１０ｃｍ．     

L-山梨糖脱氢酶的纯化及性质的研究

从５Ｌ罐发酵Ｌ－山梨糖的Ｇｌｕｃｏｎｏｂａｃｔｅｒ　ＳＣＢ３２９和Ｂａｃｉｌｌｕｓ　ｔｈｕｒｉｎｇｉｅｎｓｉｓ　ＳＣＢ９３３混合菌株中差速离心收集ＳＣＢ３２９菌体,破碎,离心获得无细胞抽提液,硫酸铵分级沉淀蛋白后依次经ＤＥＡＥＣｅｌｌｕｌｏｓｅ ５２和Ｑ Ｓｅｐｈａｒｏｓｅ ＦＦ柱层析分离得到了Ｌ－山梨糖脱氢酶（ＳＤＨ）,它能将Ｌ－山梨糖脱氢氧化为Ｌ－山梨酮,ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ电泳测得分子量约为６０ＫＤ。动力学性研究表明它为一个典型的Ｍｉｃｈａｅｌｉｓ－Ｍｅｎｔｅｎ氏酶,对Ｌ－山     

The primary structure of the β-subunit of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

The complete amino acid sequence of the β-subunit of protocatechuate 3,4-dioxygenase was determined. The β-subunit contained four methionine residues. Thus, five peptides were obtained after cleavage of the carboxymethylated β-subunit with cyanogen bromide, and were isolated on Sephadex G-75 column chromatography. The amino acid sequences of the cyanogen bromide peptides were established by characterization of the peptides obtained after digestion with trypsin, chymotrypsin, thermolysin, or Staphylococcus aureus protease. The major sequencing techniques used were automated and manual Edman degradations. The five cyanogen bromide peptides were aligned by means of the amino acid sequences of the peptides containing methionine purified from the tryptic hydrolysate of the carboxymethylated β-subunit. The amino acid sequence of all the 238 residues was as follows: ProAlaGlnAspAsnSerArgPheValIleArgAsp ArgAsnTrpHis ProLysAlaLeuThrPro-Asp — TyrLysThrSerIleAlaArg SerProArgGlnAla LeuValSerIleProGlnSer — IleSerGluThrThrGly ProAsnPheSerHisLeu GlyPheGlyAlaHisAsp-His — AspLeuLeuLeuAsnPheAsn AsnGlyGlyLeu ProIleGlyGluArgIle-Ile — ValAlaGlyArgValValAsp GlnTyrGlyLysPro ValProAsnThrLeuValGluMet — TrpGlnAlaAsnAla GlyGlyArgTyrArg HisLysAsnAspArgTyrLeuAlaPro — LeuAspProAsn PheGlyGlyValGly ArgCysLeuThrAspSerAspGlyTyrTyr — SerPheArg ThrIleLysProGlyPro TyrProTrpArgAsnGlyProAsnAsp — TrpArgProAla HisIleHisPheGlyIle SerGlyProSerIleAlaThr-Lys — LeuIleThrGlnLeuTyr PheGluGlyAspPro LeuIleProMetCysProIleVal — LysSerIleAlaAsn ProGluAlaValGlnGln LeuIleAlaLysLeuAspMetAsnAsn — AlaAsnProMet AsnCysLeuAlaTyr ArgPheAspIleValLeuArgGlyGlnArgLysThrHis PheGluAsnCys. The sequence published earlier in summary form (Iwaki et al., 1979, J. Biochem.86, 1159–1162) contained a few errors which are pointed out in this paper.     

Biologically potent analogues of salmon calcitonin which do not contain an N-terminal disulfide-bridged ring structure

The disulfide bridge formed between the cysteine residues at positions 1 and 7 of salmon calcitonin (sCT) is not required for biological activity. The analogues [Ala1,7]sCT,[AcmCys1,7]sCT and [AmcCys1,Ala7]sCT (AcmC = S-acetamido-methylcysteine) are linear sequences which retain full hypocalcemic activity in the intact rat and ability to activate adenylate cyclase of rat renal membranes. The secondary structure of these peptides in aqueous solution in the presence or absence of lipid is not greatly perturbed by the opening of the disulfide ring. In contrast with salmon calcitonin, substitution of Cys by AcmCys in human calcitonin results in greatly reduced hypocalcemic activity but no loss in the ability of the peptide to activate renal adenylate cyclase. Thus in vitro activation of adenylate cyclase by human calcitonin analogues is not always correlated with in vivo hypocalcemic potency.     

Amino acid sequence of a protease inhibitor isolated from Sarcophaga bullata determined by mass spectrometry.

The amino acid sequence of a protease inhibitor isolated from the hemolymph of Sarcophaga bullata larvae was determined by tandem mass spectrometry. Homology considerations with respect to other protease inhibitors with known primary structures assisted in the choice of the procedure followed in the sequence determination and in the alignment of the various peptides obtained from specific chemical cleavage at cysteines and enzyme digests of the S. bullata protease inhibitor. The resulting sequence of 57 residues is as follows: Val Asp Lys Ser Ala Cys Leu Gln Pro Lys Glu Val Gly Pro Cys Arg Lys Ser Asp Phe Val Phe Phe Tyr Asn Ala Asp Thr Lys Ala Cys Glu Glu Phe Leu Tyr Gly Gly Cys Arg Gly Asn Asp Asn Arg Phe Asn Thr Lys Glu Glu Cys Glu Lys Leu Cys Leu.     

The amino acid sequence of human chorionic gonadotropin. The alpha subunit and beta subunit.

The amino acid sequences of both the alpha and beta subunits of human chorionic gonadotropin have been determined. The amino acid sequence of the alpha subunit is: Ala - Asp - Val - Gln - Asp - Cys - Pro - Glu - Cys-10 - Thr - Leu - Gln - Asp - Pro - Phe - Ser - Gln-20 - Pro - Gly - Ala - Pro - Ile - Leu - Gln - Cys - Met - Gly-30 - Cys - Cys - Phe - Ser - Arg - Ala - Tyr - Pro - Thr - Pro-40 - Leu - Arg - Ser - Lys - Lys - Thr - Met - Leu - Val - Gln-50 - Lys - Asn - Val - Thr - Ser - Glu - Ser - Thr - Cys - Cys-60 - Val - Ala - Lys - Ser - Thr - Asn - Arg - Val - Thr - Val-70 - Met - Gly - Gly - Phe - Lys - Val - Glu - Asn - His - Thr-80 - Ala - Cys - His - Cys - Ser - Thr - Cys - Tyr - Tyr - His-90 - Lys - Ser. Oligosaccharide side chains are attached at residues 52 and 78. In the preparations studied approximately 10 and 30% of the chains lack the initial 2 and 3 NH2-terminal residues, respectively. This sequence is almost identical with that of human luteinizing hormone (Sairam, M. R., Papkoff, H., and Li, C. H. (1972) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 48, 530-537). The amino acid sequence of the beta subunit is: Ser - Lys - Glu - Pro - Leu - Arg - Pro - Arg - Cys - Arg-10 - Pro - Ile - Asn - Ala - Thr - Leu - Ala - Val - Glu - Lys-20 - Glu - Gly - Cys - Pro - Val - Cys - Ile - Thr - Val - Asn-30 - Thr - Thr - Ile - Cys - Ala - Gly - Tyr - Cys - Pro - Thr-40 - Met - Thr - Arg - Val - Leu - Gln - Gly - Val - Leu - Pro-50 - Ala - Leu - Pro - Gin - Val - Val - Cys - Asn - Tyr - Arg-60 - Asp - Val - Arg - Phe - Glu - Ser - Ile - Arg - Leu - Pro-70 - Gly - Cys - Pro - Arg - Gly - Val - Asn - Pro - Val - Val-80 - Ser - Tyr - Ala - Val - Ala - Leu - Ser - Cys - Gln - Cys-90 - Ala - Leu - Cys - Arg - Arg - Ser - Thr - Thr - Asp - Cys-100 - Gly - Gly - Pro - Lys - Asp - His - Pro - Leu - Thr - Cys-110 - Asp - Asp - Pro - Arg - Phe - Gln - Asp - Ser - Ser - Ser - Ser - Lys - Ala - Pro - Pro - Pro - Ser - Leu - Pro - Ser-130 - Pro - Ser - Arg - Leu - Pro - Gly - Pro - Ser - Asp - Thr-140 - Pro - Ile - Leu - Pro - Gln. Oligosaccharide side chains are found at residues 13, 30, 121, 127, 132, and 138. The proteolytic enzyme, thrombin, which appears to cleave a limited number of arginyl bonds, proved helpful in the determination of the beta sequence.     

Pyruvate carboxylase: isolation of the biotin-containing tryptic peptide and the determination of its primary sequency

The biotin-containing tryptic peptides of pyruvate carboxylase from sheep, chicken, and turkey liver mitochondria have been isolated and their primary structures determined. The amino acid sequences of the 19 residue peptides from chicken and turkey are identical and share a common sequence of 14 residues around biocytin with the 24-residue peptide isolated from sheep. The sequences obtained were: residue 1 → 11 Avian: Gly Ala Pro Leu Val Leu Ser Ala Met Biocytin Met Sheep: Gly Gln Pro Leu Val Leu Ser Ala Met Biocytin Met residues 12 → 19 or 24 Avian: Glu Thr Val Val Thr Ala Pro Arg Sheep: Glu Thr Val Val Thr Ser Pro Val Thr Glu Gly Val Arg A sensitive radiochemical assay for biotin was developed based on the tight binding of biotin by avidin. The ability of zinc sulfate to precipitate, without dissociating, the avidin-biotin complex provided a convenient procedure for separating free and bound biotin, and hence, for back-titrating a standard amount of avidin with [¹⁴C]biotin.     

Structure-activity relationship of endothelin: importance of charged groups

Endothelin (ET)-related peptides including ET-1 (1-39) were synthesized, and their constricting activity in rat pulmonary artery rings and pressor activity in unanesthetized rat were measured to elucidate their structure-activity relationship. The vasoconstrictor activities of ET-2, ET-3 and sarafotoxin S6b were one-half, one-60th and one-third that of ET-1, respectively. Such differences in biological activities should mainly arise from sequence heterogeneity at the N-terminal portion, especially at positions 4 to 7. All of the blocked ETs at the amino or carboxyl termini showed greatly decreased activities. A monocyclic analog, in which Cys3 and Cys11 were replaced by Ala, showed one-third the activity of ET-1; however, its deamino dicarba analog was almost completely inactive. Significant activities were retained even with replacement of amino acids at positions Ser4, Ser5, Leu6, Met7, Lys9, Tyr13, and Trp21 by Ala, Ala, Gly, Met(0), Leu, Phe, and Tyr or Phe, respectively. On the other hand, replacement of Asp8, Glu10 and Phe14 by Asn, Gln and Ala, respectively, resulted in complete loss of the biological activity. These results indicated that two disulfide bonds in ET molecule were not essential for the expression of vasoconstricting activity. Both terminal amino and carboxyl groups, carboxyl groups of Asp8 and Glu10, and the aromatic group of Phe14 seemed to be contributing, more or less, to the expression of the biological activities.     

Clearance receptor-binding atrial natriuretic peptides inhibit mitogenesis and proliferation of rat aortic smooth muscle cells.

The current studies were designed to explore the effects of C-receptor-binding atrial natriuretic peptide analogues on serum-induced mitogenesis in cultured rat aortic smooth muscle cells. To this end, rANF99-126 and a series of truncated (rANF103-126, rANF103-125), ring-deleted (des[Gln116, Ser117, Gly118, Leu119, Gly120]rANF102-121-NH2 (c-ANF) and linear des(Cys105, Cys121)rANF104-126 peptide analogues were used. The latter two peptides have been reported to be selective for the ANF-C receptor. In cells subcultured between passage 3 to 19, rANF99-126, rANF103-126, and rANF103-125 concentration-dependently (0.1-1000 nM) inhibited serum-induced (3H) thymidine incorporation with maximal inhibition observed at 1 microM for each peptide (approximately 40, 31 and 56%) respectively. Furthermore, des[Cys105, Cys121]rANF104-126 inhibited serum-induced (3H)thymidine incorporation concentration-dependently without altering basal or elevated cellular cAMP or cGMP levels. Moreover, the reduction in thymidine incorporation was associated with inhibition of serum-induced clonal cell proliferation. In contrast, c-ANF failed to inhibit serum-induced mitogenesis, yet at a concentration of 100 nM it antagonized the antimitogenic effects of des[Cys105, Cys121]rANF104-126 or rANF99-126 without having any effect on basal or elevated cellular cyclic nucleotide levels. We conclude that the antimitogenic effect of atrial peptides is mediated through interaction with the ANF-C receptor and may be independent of changes in cellular cyclic nucleotide levels.     

Effects of orally administrated amino acids on myofibrillar proteolysis in chicks

We examined the effects of orally administrated amino acids on myfibrillar proteolysis in food-deprived chicks. Plasma N(tau)-methylhistidine concentration, as an index of myofibrillar proteolysis, was decreased by the administration of Glu, Gly, Ala, Leu, Ile, Ser, Thr, Met, Trp, Asn, Gln, Pro, Lys and Arg but not by Asp, Val, Phe, Tyr or His to chicks. Orally administrated Cys was fatal to chicks. These results indicate that oral Glu, Gly, Ala, Leu, Ile, Ser, Thr, Met, Trp, Asn, Gln, Pro, Lys and Arg administration suppressed myofibrillar proteolysis in chicks.     

Substrate specificity of cucumisin on synthetic peptides

The substrate specificity of cucumisin [EC 3.4.21.25] was identified by the use of the synthetic peptide substrates Leu(m)-Pro-Glu-Ala-Leu(n) (m = 0-4, n = 0-3). Neither Pro-Glu-Ala-Leu (m = 0) nor Leu-Pro-Glu-Ala (n = 0) was cleaved by cucumisin, however other analogus peptides were cleaved between Glu-Ala. The hydrolysis rates of Leu(m)-Pro-Glu-Ala-Leu increased with the increase of m = 1 to 2 and 3, but was however, essentially same with the increase of m = 3 to 4. Similarly, the hydrolysis rates of Leu-Leu-Pro-Glu-Ala-Leu(n) increased with the increase of n = 0 to 1 and 2, but was essentially same with the increase of n = 2 to 3. Then, it was concluded that cucumisin has a S5-S3' subsite length. In order to identify the substrate specificity at P1 position, Leu-Leu-Pro-X-Ala-Leu (X; Gly, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Pro, Asp, Glu, Lys, Arg, Asn, Gln, Phe, Tyr, Ser, Thr, Met, Trp, His) were synthesized and digested by cucumisin. Cucumisin showed broad specificity at the P1 position. However, cucumisin did not cleave the C-terminal side of Gly, Ile, Pro, and preferred Leu, Asn, Gln, Thr, and Met, especially Met. Moreover, the substrates, Leu-Leu-Pro-Glu-Y-Leu (Y; Gly, Ala, Ser, Leu, Val, Glu, Lys, Phe) were synthesized and digested by cucumisin. Cucumisin did not cleave the N-terminal side of Val but preferred Gly, Ser, Ala, and Lys especially Ser. The specificity of cucumisin for naturally occurring peptides does not agree strictly with the specificity obtained by synthetic peptides at the P1 or P1' position alone, but it becomes clear that the most of the cleavage sites on naturally occurring peptides by cucumisin contain suitable amino acid residues at P1 and (or) P1' positions. Moreover, cucumisin prefers Pro than Leu at P2 position, indicating that the specificity at P2 position differs from that of papain.     

The covalent structure of pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase: sequence of the 60-residue NH2-terminal peptide produced by digestion with subtilisin

Digestion of the native pig kidney fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase tetramer with subtilisin cleaves each of the 35,000-molecular-weight subunits to yield two major fragments: the S-subunit (M_{r ca.} 29,000), and the S-peptide (M_r 6,500). The following amino acid sequence has been determined for the S peptide: AcThrAspGlnAlaAlaPheAspThrAsnIle Val ThrLeuThrArgPheValMetGluGlnGlyArgLysAla ArgGlyThrGlyGlu MetThrGlnLeuLeuAsnSerLeuCysThrAlaValLys AlaIleSerThrAla z.sbnd;ValArgLysAlaGlyIleAlaHisLeuTyrGlyIleAla. Comparison of this sequence with that of the NH₂-terminal 60 residues of the enzyme from rabbit liver (El-Dorry et al., 1977, Arch. Biochem. Biophys.182, 763) reveals strong homology with 52 identical positions and absolute identity in sequence from residues 26 to 60.Although subtilisin cleavage of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase results in diminished sensitivity of the enzyme to AMP inhibition, we have found no AMP inhibition-related amino acid residues in the sequenced S-peptide. The loss of AMP sensitivity that occurs upon pyridoxal-P modification of the enzyme does not result in the modification of lysyl residues in the S-peptide. Neither photoaffinity labeling of fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase with 8-azido-AMP nor modification of the cysteinyl residue proximal to the AMP allosteric site resulted in the modification of residues located in the NH₂-terminal 60-amino acid peptide.