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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Affinity of Chicken Cystatin for S- (Carbamoylmethyl)-Papain, Measured by Fluorescence at Acidic ph

Author(s): Alfonso Arroyo-Reyna and Ezequiel Gutierrez-Gomez

Volume 9, Issue 3, 2002

Page: [231 - 235] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/0929866023408797

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Abstract

We have characterized the interaction between S-(carbamoylmethyl)-papain and chicken cystatin by means of fluorescence titration at acidic pH. The calculated binding constant was 32 x 10 6, which is less than the tight affinity at pH 7.4 (∼7 x 10 10). Results have been discussed in terms of the burial of Trp-104 of cystatin and the possible role of the charge of the carbamoylmethyl moiety.

Keywords: carbamoylmethyl-papain, chicken cystatin


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