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The following three articles describe how chemical and X-ray analyses have been combined to elucidate the structure of thermolysin. This first article describes the determination of the amino-acid sequence of this metalloendopeptidase.
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TITANI, K., HERMODSON, M., ERICSSON, L. et al. Amino-acid Sequence of Thermolysin. Nature New Biology 238, 35–37 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/newbio238035a0
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