title: Amino acids of ricin and its polypeptides.
abstract: Ricin and its corresponding polypeptides (A & B chain) were purified from castor seed. The molecular weight of ricin subunits were 29,000 and 28,000 daltons. The amino acids in ricin determined were Asp45 The22 Ser40 Glu53 Cys4 Gly96 His5 Ile21 Leu33 Lys20 Met4 Phe13 Pro37 Tyr11 Ala45 Val23 Arg20 indicating that ricin contains approximately 516 amino acid residues. The amino acids of the two subunits of ricin A and B chains were Asp23 The12 Ser21 Glu29 Cys2 Gly48 His3 Ile12, Leu17 Lys10 Met2 Phe6 Pro17 Tyr7 Ala35 Val13 Arg13 while in B chain the amino acids were Asp22 The10 Ser19 Glu25 Cys2 Gly47 His1 Ile10, Leu15 Lys11 Met1 Phe7 Pro6 Tyr5 Ala32Val11 Arg10. The total helical content of ricin came around 53.6% which is a new observation.
authors.affiliation: Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Laboratory, Island Vitamins- Venus Pharmaceuticals Inc, New York, NY 11735, USA. srinivas@venuspharmaceuticals.com
authors.forename: Srinivas V S
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Chakravartula
authors.forename: Nagaraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guttarla
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002367:Ricinus communis / Q000737:chemistry*; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D012276:Ricin / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010455:Peptides; D012276:Ricin