Mutagenesis of Cerebratulus lacteus neurotoxin B-IV identifies NH2-terminal sequences important for biological activity
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Structure and action of heteronemertine polypeptide toxins. Amino acid sequence of Cerebratulus lacteus toxin B-II and revised structure of toxin B-IV.
The primary structure of Cerebratulus lacteus toxin B-II has been investigated by automated Edman degradation of the reduced, carboxymethylated protein and of tryptic peptides derived from the maleylated protein. As a result of these studies, the identity of all 55 amino acid residues in the polypeptide chain has been unambiguously determined. Hydroxyproline, an amino acid not normally found in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biological Chemistry
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0021-9258
DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98777-6