Stepwise sequence determination from the carboxyl terminus of peptides

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Abstract

The thiocyanate method for stepwise degradation of peptides from their COOH termini [Stark, G. R. (1968) Biochemistry 7, 1796] has been investigated. The method involves first the reaction of the COOH-terminal residue with thiocyanate in an activation solvent of acetic acid and acetic anhydride and then cleavage of the COOH-terminal residue as its 2-thiohydantoin by acetohydroxamate in aqueous solution. The two steps of the degradation have been studied by using model peptides, and conditions have been developed for the rapid efficient removal and identification of the COOH-terminal residue of short peptides. The methods have been applied to peptides that have been covalently attached to insoluble supports. In this solid phase version of the degradation, a highly substituted porous glass activated with N,N'-carbonyldiimidazole has been prepared for use as the insoluble support. A number of peptides have been coupled to the porous glass, and several rounds of the degradation have been performed on immobilized peptides. High-pressure liquid chromatography provides a rapid, sensitive identification method for the 2-thiohydantoins. In addition, gas-liquid chromatography of the amino acid 2-thiohydantoins and reconversion to the parent amino acid have been used to identify the cleaved residues. The method of sequential degradation has been applied to a number of short model peptides such as Gly-Leu-Tyr, Met-enkephalin, and Val-Leu-Ser-Glu-Gly and has been used to determine the COOH-terminal sequence of 4 residues of a 22-residue cyanogen bromide fragment of pygmy sperm whale myoglobin.

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