Abstract
We have characterized the major protamine-like protein (PL-III) from the sperm of the mussel Mytilus trossulus. The molecular mass of the main protein component of PL-III, determined by mass spectrometry using fast atom bombardment and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization was 11304 ± 6 Da. The complete protein sequence was established by Edman degradation and the molecular mass derived from this sequence coincides with that experimentally determined. The protein has a sedimentation coefficient s 20,w = 1.15 ± 0.5 S which is consistent with a random coil of radius of gyration 34.3 ± 1.4 A.
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