ISOLATION AND PARTIAL AMINO-ACID-SEQUENCE OF THE TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR FROM THE SEEDS OF CUCURBITA-MAXIMA

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (3-4) , 371-382
Abstract
Trypsin inhibitor from squash (C. maxima) seed was extracted with 0.1 M-acetate buffer, pH 4.5, purified on immobilized trypsin and separated by SE-Sephadex C-50 chromatography into 3 active fractions. All inhibited trypsin to the same extent, showed no antichymotrypsin or antikallikrein activity, had a similar MW (.apprx. 3300) and contained no tryptophan, phenylalanine or threonine. The partial amino acid sequence of tryptic and peptic peptides of fraction III was determined by Edman degradation procedure.