Author:
Matsumoto N,Okada M,Takahashi H,Ming Q X,Nakajima Y,Nakanishi Y,Komano H,Natori S
Abstract
A previous paper described the complete amino acid sequences of sarcotoxins IA, IB and IC, which are a group of potent antibacterial proteins with almost identical primary structures produced by Sarcophaga peregrina (fleshfly) larvae [Okada & Natori (1985) J. Biol. Chem. 260, 7174-7177]. The present paper describes the cDNA cloning and complete nucleotide sequencing of a cDNA clone for sarcotoxin IA. The C-terminal amino acid residue of sarcotoxin IA deduced from the nucleotide sequence was glycine, whereas it was found to be arginine by amino acid sequencing of purified sarcotoxin IA. Analysis of the elution profiles on h.p.l.c. of the synthetic derivatives of sarcotoxin IA showed that the C-terminal amino acid residue of authentic sarcotoxin IA is amidated arginine, which is probably produced by enzymic cleavage of terminal glycine.
Subject
Cell Biology,Molecular Biology,Biochemistry
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