title: [Primary structure of the casein macropeptide of caprine kappa casein].
abstract: The amino acid sequence of caprine CMP, the negatively charged C-terminal fragment released by chymosin (rennin EC 3.4.23.4) from goat K-casein at the initial stage of the milk-clotting process, has been investigated. The complete sequence has been determined by analysing chymotryptic and "thermolysin" fragments of the CMP. Caprine CMP contains 66 amino acid residues, 2 being phosphorylated. Asp2, Asn5, Thr11, Ser6, SerP2, Glu7, Gln2, Pro6, Ala9 Val5, Met1, Ile6, Lys3, His1, and the carbohydrate-free polypeptide chain has a molecular weight of 6,998 daltons. The occurrence in caprine CMP of an additional phosphate group, linked to serine 168 in the C-terminal region Thr-Ser168-Thr-Glu170-Val.OH of the polypeptide chain, has given support to the phosphorylation code for caseins that we postulated earlier [28, 27]. According to this hypothesis, a specific phosphoryl kinase may recognize an anionic phosphorylation site corresponding to the tripeptide sequence Thr/Ser-X-Glu, X being any amino acid residue. Since the C-terminal sequence of bovine and caprine CMPs differ by the substitution Ala/Glu170 (caprine), phosphorylation of caprine serine 168 could be explained by the occurrence of the new phosphorylation site Ser168-Thr-Glu170.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002364:Caseins; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D003597:Cytosine Nucleotides; D006041:Goats; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D013820:Thermolysin
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002364:Caseins; D003597:Cytosine Nucleotides; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D002918:Chymotrypsin; D013820:Thermolysin
vernacular_title: Structure primaire du caséinomacropeptide de la caseine K caprine