From the tryptic hydrolysis of 40-kDa protein from the mouse blood serum thirty-four peptides were isolated by HPLC, of which complete and partial amino acid sequence was established for twenty-eight and six, respectively. On the basis of these data the protein is identified as the blood serum alpha 1-acid glycoprotein.
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