J. Biochem, 1970, Vol. 68, No. 1 39-52
© 1970 Japanese Biochemical Society
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Amino Acid Sequences of Some Common Japaense Stratins of Tobacco Mosaic Virus
Institute for Plant Virus Research, 959 Aoba-cho Chiba
The amino acid sequence of three common Japanese strains of tobacco mosaic virus.* (TMV) protein were determined. Compared with the sequence of U-1 or Vulgare stratin, the OM strain differs by two amino acid substitutions of valine for isoleucine at position 129 and asparagine for threonine at position 15. Structures of O and Kokubu strains differ only by a single substitution of valine for isoleucine at position 129.
A corrected amide group allocation at position 50 in all common strains of TMV including the Vulgare strain is also shown.