The amino acid sequence and reactive site of a single-headed trypsin inhibitor from wheat endosperm |
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Authors: | Elia Poerio Carlo Caporale Lucia Carrano Carla Caruso Francesco Vacca and Vincenzo Buonocore |
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Institution: | (1) Dipartimento di Agrobiologia e Agrochimica, Università della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo De Lellis, 1-01100 Viterbo, Italy;(2) Lepetit Research Center, Gerenzano, Varese, Italy |
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Abstract: | The sequence of a trypsin inhibitor, isolated from wheat endosperm, is reported. The primary structure was obtained by automatic sequence analysis of the S-alkylated protein and of purified peptides derived from chemical cleavage by cyanogen bromide and digestion withStaphylococcus aureus V8 protease. This protein, named wheat trypsin inhibitor (WTI), which is comprised of a total of 71 amino acid residues, has 12 cysteines, all involved in disulfide bridges. The primary site of interaction (reactive site) with bovine trypsin has been identified as the dipeptide arginyl-methionyl at positions 19 and 20. WTI has a high degree of sequence identity with a number of serine proteinase inhibitors isolated from both cereal and leguminous plants. On the basis of the findings presented, this protein has been classified as a single-headed trypsin inhibitor of Bowman-Birk type. |
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Keywords: | Trypsin inhibitor wheat primary structure reactive site Bowman-Birk |
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