title: Protein chemotaxonomy. XIII. Amino acid sequence of ferredoxin from Panax ginseng.
abstract: The complete amino acid sequence of [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin from Panax ginseng (Araliaceae) has been determined by automated Edman degradation of the entire S-carboxymethylcysteinyl protein and of the peptides obtained by enzymatic digestion. This ferredoxin has a unique amino acid sequence, which includes an insertion of Tyr at the 3rd position from the amino-terminus and a deletion of two amino acid residues at the carboxyl terminus. This ferredoxin had 18 differences in its amino acid sequence compared to that of Petroselinum sativum (Umbelliferae). In contrast, 23-33 differences were observed compared to other dicotyledonous plants. This suggests that Panax ginseng is related taxonomically to umbelliferous plants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Analysis, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan. mino@gly.oups.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mino
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D005288:Ferredoxins / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005894:Panax / Q000737:chemistry*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010944:Plants / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D005288:Ferredoxins