NotePrimary Structure of a Cysteine Proteinase americana Mill ) t Inhibitorfrom the Fruit of Ayocado ( Persea
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elsewhere. Amino acid analysis of avocado cystatin was first done. The amino acid composition derived from protein hydrolysatc was Asp7,s, Thr4.7, Ser6.3, Gluis.3, Pro2,D, Gly4.s, Alas.7, Valne, Meto.s, Ilei.p, Leub.6, Tyr2.7, Phe4,i, Lysg.s, His2.o, Arg3.6. The N-terminal amino acids of avocado cystatin up to position 50 was sequenced, as shown in Fig, 1, by a gas-phase sequencer (Applied Biosystems Model 473A). Carboxypeptidase Y digestion of
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تاریخ انتشار 2017