Research Article

Rapid Purification and Procoagulant and Platelet Aggregating Activities of Rhombeobin: A Thrombin-Like/Gyroxin-Like Enzyme from Lachesis muta rhombeata Snake Venom

Table 1

Measured molecular masses and deduced amino acid sequences obtained by ESI-Q-Tof-MS/MS based on the alkylated tryptic peptides of Rhombeobin.

PeptidePositionAmino acid sequenceMeasured mass (Da)

T-11–13VI/LGGDECNI/LNEHR1497.6263
T-260–71VPNEDEQTKYPK1474.7011
T-372–80EKYFFRCPNKK1463.7229
T-485–93WDKDI/LMI/LI/LR1188.6088
T-594–121I/LDSPVSNSEHI/LAPI/LSI/LPSNPPSVGSV R2915.3930
T-6122–132I/LMGWGQTI/LTSPK1317.6720
T-7160–183VI/LCAGVI/LEGGI/LDTCNR1732.7533
T-8184–217DSGGPI/LI/LCNGQFQGI/LASWGPDPCAQPDKPAVYTK3630.5924
T-9218–239VFDYTDWI/LQNI/LI/LAGNTDATCPP2496.0740

The peptides were separated by RP-HPLC and were sequenced by mass spectrometry. C = alkylated cysteine; lysine and arginine residues shown in bold were deduced on the cleavage and missed cleavage by trypsin and SV-8. All molecular masses are reported as monoisotopic.