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Resolution of the charge forms and amino acid sequence and location of a tryptic glycopeptide in rat alpha-lactalbumin.

Prasad R, Hudson BG, Butkowski R, Hamilton JW, Ebner KE
J Biol Chem. 1979 254 (21): 10607-14

PMID: 500599

Three charge forms of rat alpha-lactalbumin were separated by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-cellulose. The amino acid composition of each form was similar but they differed in carbohydrate composition. Each form contained a tryptic glycopeptide having a common polypeptide and heteropolysaccharide unit. The tryptic glycopeptide was sequenced and positioned in rat alpha-lactalbumin, which was partially sequenced from residues 1 to 50. The carbohydrate attachment site was at Asn45. Secondary structure calculations predicted that Asn45 is in a beta bend conformation whereas Asn45 in bovine alpha-lactalbumin, a poorly glycosylated protein, is not in a bend conformation.

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Amino Acids Amino Acid Sequence Animals Carbohydrates Cattle Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose Glycopeptides Guinea Pigs Lactalbumin Models, Molecular Protein Conformation Rats Species Specificity Trypsin

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