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Papaya proteinase IV amino acid sequence

1989; Wiley; Volume: 258; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0014-5793(89)81627-8

1873-3468

Anka Ritonja, David J. Buttle, Neil D. Rawlings, Vito Türk, A. John Barrett,

Phytase and its Applications

The amino acid sequence of papaya proteinase IV (PPIV), a major proteinase from the latex of Carica papaya [(1989) Biochem. J. 261, 469‐476] is described. The enzyme has a high degree of sequence identity with papaya proteinase III, chymopapain and papain (81, 70 and 67%, respectively), and is clearly a member of the papain superfamily of cysteine proteinases. Nevertheless, the sequence shows substitution of certain residues conserved in all other known members of the superfamily. It is suggested that some of these substitutions may account for the unusual specificity of PPIV.