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Simultaneous Affinity Enrichment of Two Post-Translational Modifications for Quantification and Site Localization
Published on: February 27, 2020
Localization of a new proteolytic site accessible in oxidized myosin rod
Abstract:
We have compared the proteolysis pattern of reduced and oxidized myosin rods in which the five pairs of SH-groups were interchain crosslinked by employing CuCl2 or 5,5'-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoate. In the tryptic digest of oxidized rod three new fragments appeared on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (chain masses of 100, 45, and 25 kDa). Based on the N-terminal sequences of the isolated peptides, it is concluded that oxidation creates a new cleavage site 102 residues away from the N-terminus of the rod, in the vicinity of one of the modified SH-groups (Cys-108). This observation indicates that S-S crosslinking of myosin rod leads to a local unfolding of the coiled-coil structure.
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