Table 2. Crystal analysis by N-terminal sequencing.
| Propeptide | Catalytic subunit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cycle | Amino acid | C1 (pmol) | Amino acid | C2 (pmol) | Ratio C1/C2 |
| 1 | Val | 69.52 | Ala | 80.41 | 0.865 |
| 2 | Gly | 74.25 | Ser | 37.26† | 1.992† |
| 3 | Val | 64.05 | Asn | 51.51 | 1.243 |
| 4 | Asn | 63.74 | Ser | 29.73† | 2.143† |
| 5 | Pro | 44.96 | Leu | 46.35 | 0.970 |
| 6 | Leu | 51.35 | Gln | 50.64 | 1.014 |
| 7 | Pro | 41.94 | Tyr | 48.04 | 0.873 |
| 8 | Ala | 58.40 | Val | 48.81 | 1.196 |
| 9 | Pro | 31.66 | Asn | 44.65 | 0.709 |
| 10 | Arg | 39.97 | Val | 48.59 | 0.823 |
| Average | — | — | — | — | 0.961 |
Serine is degraded during Edman sequencing, thus these ratios were not considered in determining the average propeptide to catalytic unit ratio.