Revision of the amino acid sequence of the smallest bc1 complex subunit: Use of fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry and mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrum analysis
✍ Scribed by Evelyne Terzi; Philippe Boyot; Alain Van Dorsselaer; Bang Luu; Elisabeth Trifilieff
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-5174
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✦ Synopsis
We have isolated the smallest bc, complex subunit from an acidic chloroform/methanol extract of bovine cardiac muscle. The identification of the polypeptide was made possible by classical Edman degradation and amino acid analysis. The measurement of its exact molecular weight by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (m/z 6519.8), the characterization of a tryptophan cleavage peptide and pepsic peptides by mass measurements and by mass-analysed ion kinetic energy spectrum analysis allow rectification of the amino acid sequence of the smallest bc, complex subunit. We found a serine residue instead of Gln 22 and tryptophan residues in place of Ser 34 and Ser 38.