Table 3.
Classification of peptides based on trypsin digestion pattern.
| Group | Amino Acids Included |
Number of SDA labels a |
Number of trypsin cleavage sites |
Tryptic Peptides included |
Secondary Structure Elements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1–16 | 1 | 1 | Gly1-Lys16 | N-terminus, Helix A |
| 2 | 17–31 | 2.5 | 1 | Val17-Arg31 | AB loop, Helix B |
| 3 | 32–47 | 1.5 | 3 | Leu32-Lys42 Leu32-Lys45 Leu32-Lys47 |
Helix B, BC loop, Helix C, CD loop |
| 4 | 43–63 | 2 | 6 | Phe43-Lys45 Phe43-Lys47 Phe43-Lys50 Phe43-Lys56 Phe43-Lys62 Phe46-Lys50 Phe46-Lys56 Phe46-Lys62 His48-Lys56 His48-Lys63 Thr51-Lys56 Thr51-Lys62 Thr51-Lys63 Ala57-Lys62 Ala57-Lys63 |
CD loop, Helix D, DE loop, Helix E |
| 5 | 63–79 | 1.3 | 4 | Lys63-Lys77 Lys63-Lys78 Lys63-Lys79 |
Helix E, EF loop |
| 6 | 78–98 | 1.4 | 5 | Lys78-Lys79 Lys78-Lys87 Lys78-Lys98 Lys79-Lys87 Lys79-Lys96 Gly80-Lys87 Gly80-Lys96 Pro88-Lys98 |
Helix E, EF loop, Helix F, FG loop |
| 7 | 97–118 | 1.2 | 3 | His97-Lys102 His97-Lys118 Ile99-Lys118 Tyr103-Lys118 |
FG loop, Helix G |
| 8 | 119–153 | 2 | 4 | His119-Lys133 His119-Arg139 Ala134-Arg139 Ala134-Lys145 Ala134-Lys147 Asn140-Lys145 Asn140-Lys147 Asn140-Gly153 Tyr146-Gly153 Gln148-Gly153 |
GH loop, Helix H, C-terminus |
Average number of SDA labels per group (n) was calculated as described in Materials and Methods.