Effect of Met-α2AP genotype on generation of Asn-α2AP in plasma with time. A plasma sample from a person of the RR, RW, or WW genotype was incubated at 29°C; at selected times α2AP was purified from each sample and subjected to amino-terminal sequence analysis. The ratio of Asn-α2AP/Met-α2AP was calculated from picomole recoveries of Met and Asn in the first cycle.