Low molecular weight squash trypsin inhibitors from Sechium edule seeds |
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Authors: | Laure Hélen J Faça Vítor M Izumi Clarice Padovan Júlio C Greene Lewis J |
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Affiliation: | Departamento de Bioquímica, Area de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil. |
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Abstract: | Nine chromatographic components containing trypsin inhibitor activity were isolated from Sechium edule seeds by acetone fractionation, gel filtration, affinity chromatography and RP-HPLC in an overall yield of 46% of activity and 0.05% of protein. The components obtained with highest yield of total activity and highest specific activity were sequenced by Edman degradation and their molecular masses determined by mass spectrometry. The inhibitors contained 31, 32 and 27 residues per molecule and their sequences were: SETI-IIa, EDRKCPKILMRCKRDSDCLAKCTCQESGYCG; SETI-IIb, EEDRKCPKILMRCKRDSDCLAKCTCQESGYCG and SETI-V, CPRILMKCKLDTDCFPTCTCRPSGFCG. SETI-IIa and SETI-IIb, which differed by an amino-terminal E in the IIb form, were not separable under the conditions employed. The sequences are consistent with consensus sequences obtained from 37 other inhibitors: CPriI1meCk_DSDCla_C_C_G_CG, where capital letters are invariant amino acid residues and lower case letters are the most preserved in this position. SETI-II and SETI-V form complexes with trypsin with a 1:1 stoichiometry and have dissociation constants of 5.4x10(-11)M and 1.1x10(-9)M, respectively. |
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Keywords: | Sechium edule (“Chuchu”) Cucurbitaceae Serine protease Squash trypsin inhibitor Amino acid sequence Trypsin activity Mass spectrometry |
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