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The amino acid sequences of reindeer, moose and fallow deer pancreatic ribonucleases
Author(s) -
den Berg Gita Leijenaar-van,
Beintema J.J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(75)80120-7
Subject(s) - citation , library science , geography , biology , zoology , computer science
Like other true ruminants, deer have a fairly high ribonuclease content in their pancreas [ 1,2] and are very suitable to be included in evolutionary studies of pancreatic ribonucleases. Zwiers et al. have determined the primary structures of red deer and roe deer ribonuclease [3] . In this article we present the determination of the primary structures of the enzymes from three other deer species: reindeer (Rangifer tmzndus), moose or European elk (Alces &es) and fallow deer (Duma dam). The results of these studies necessitated a reinvestigation of a part of the primary structures of red deer and roe deer ribonuclease to correct the sequences of the residues 15-23 of these enzymes [4,5]. Moose ribonuclease is a glycoprotein; reindeer and fallow deer ribonuclease exist only in a carbohydrate-free form.