Intramolecular distances between tryptophan residues and the active-site serine residue in alkaline bacterial proteinases as measured by fluorescence energy-transfer studies.
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Singlet-singlet energy transfer from the tryptophan residues to an active-site-serine-bound 5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1-sulphonyl group was investigated in four subtilisins. The transfer distances for subtilisin Novo and mesentericopeptidase are 1.93 +/- 0.20 nm (19.3 +/- 2.0 A) and 1.81 +/- 0.20 nm (18.1 +/- 2.0 A) respectively. The positions of the indole groups in the three-dimensional structures of the two pairs of proteinases, namely subtilisin Novo and mesentericopeptidase on the one hand and subtilisins Carlsberg and DY on the other, are essentially identical.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Biochemical journal
دوره 215 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1983