Open AccessLocalization of two interchain disulfide bridges in dimers of bovine α s2 ‐casein
Author(s) -
RASMUSSEN Lone K.,
HØJRUP Peter,
PETERSEN Torben E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16561.x
Subject(s) - performic acid , iodoacetic acid , chemistry , antiparallel (mathematics) , cysteine , cystine , dimer , disulfide bond , casein , residue (chemistry) , peptide sequence , stereochemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry , enzyme , physics , quantum mechanics , magnetic field , gene
Carboxymethylation of bovine skimmed milk with 14 C‐labelled iodoacetic acid followed by purification of the α s2 ‐casein dimer showed that all four cysteine residues in the protein are engaged in disulfide linkages. Mass spectrometry and sequence analysis of cystine‐containing tryptic peptides revealed the presence of two interchain disulfide bridges in the protein. Sequence analysis of disulfide‐linked peptides resulting from an enzymatic cleavage between the bridges demonstrated that the individual chains in the dimers are either aligned in an antiparallel or a parallel orientation. The identity of some of the disulfide‐linked peptides was further verified by performic acid oxidation followed by sequence analysis of the resulting peptides.