title: The amino acid sequence of a cereal Bowman-Birk type trypsin inhibitor from seeds of Jobs' tears (Coix lachryma-jobi L.).
abstract: The major trypsin inhibitor from seeds of Jobs' tears (Coix lachryma-jobi) was purified by heat treatment, fractional precipitation with (NH4)2SO4, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, gel-filtration on Sephadex G-75 and preparative reverse-phase HPLC. The complete amino acid sequence was determined by analysis of peptides derived from the reduced and S-carboxymethylated protein by digestion with trypsin, chymotrypsin and the S. aureus V8 protease. The polypeptide contained 64 amino acids with a high content of cysteine. The sequence exhibited strong homology with a number of Bowman-Birk inhibitors from legume seeds and similar proteins recently isolated from wheat and rice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ary
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Shewry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012639:Seeds / Q000032:analysis*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D012984:Software; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism; D014358:Trypsin Inhibitor, Bowman-Birk Soybean / Q000032:analysis*; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D014358:Trypsin Inhibitor, Bowman-Birk Soybean; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D002918:Chymotrypsin; C028344:glutamyl endopeptidase; D014357:Trypsin