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. 1991 Apr 15;275(Pt 2):541–543. doi: 10.1042/bj2750541

Purification and characterization of truncated ribonuclease inhibitor.

J Hofsteenge 1, A Vincentini 1, S R Stone 1
PMCID: PMC1150084  PMID: 2025233

Abstract

A recombinant pig ribonuclease inhibitor (delta r-RI) lacking 90 or 93 N-terminal amino acid residues was isolated from a preparation of recombinant inhibitor. The kinetic parameters for the inhibition of ribonuclease A by delta r-RI were determined and found to be only slightly altered in comparison with the full-length inhibitor. The deletion did, however, affect the surface properties of RI. The results are discussed in relation to those obtained by Lee & Vallee [(1990) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 87, 1879-1883].

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