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Polypeptide compositions and NH2-terminal amino acid sequences of proteins in foxtail and proso millets
K Kohama1, T Nagasawa, N Nishizawa
1Iwate Industrial Research Institute, Morioka, Japan. kohama@sv02.kiri.pref.iwate.jp
Abstract:
Seed protein of foxtail and proso millets were fractionated into polypeptides that were analyzed for their major protein, prolamin, and the NH2-terminal amino acid sequences of the proteins were determined. The proteins extracted from foxtail and proso millets were 64.1% and 80.0% prolamin, respectively. The polypeptides of the prolamins were classified into two groups. The major polypeptides of 27-19 kDa were rich in leucine and alanine, whereas the 17-14 kDa polypeptides were rich in methionine and cysteine. Glutelin-like proteins that were extracted with a reducing reagent were high in proline content, the major polypeptides being 17 and 20 kDa. The NH2-terminal amino acid sequence showed that the major polypeptides of prolamin were homologous to alpha-zein and a glutelin-like protein containing the Pro-Pro-Pro sequence, like the repetitive sequence of gamma-zein. Although the prolamin consisted of a similar subunit to that of zein, polypeptides with various pI values were found among them.
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