Hordein polypeptide B1 has been cleaved with CNBr, Staphylococcus V8 protease and trypsin under denaturing conditions. Fragments have been isolated and examined by amino acid analysis and sequence determination. Amino acid residues were distributed irregularly along the B I polypeptide chain with no indication of large Glx/Pro clusters. The single sequences presented account for about one fourth of the molecule. Two homologous but different tryptic peptides indicate either the presence of different B 1 molecules or internal sequence repetition.