变性过程中铜锌超氧化物歧化酶的活性通道

在酶的盐酸胍变性和热变性过程中,尝试采用电荷传递反应分析方法和电子自旋共振方法考察了酶活性部位的构象变化。酶活力与构象的变化行为表明,酶的活性部位通道先于酶分子的整体构象而发生变化,它是与酶的失活同时发生的。尽管酶活性部位中的金属离子保证了酶较高的稳定性,但酶的活性部位,特别是活性通道仍然是相对脆弱的。     

盐酸胍对人类胎盘碱性磷酸酶构象与活力的影响

研究人类胎盘碱性磷酸酶（ＰＬＡＰ,Ｅ．Ｃ．３．１．３．１）在胍变性过程中构象与活力的变化;测定胍存在时酶的表观米氏常数（Ｋｍ）。结果表明,低浓度的盐酸胍（＜０．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ）使变性平衡态酶的发射荧光强度略有下降,酶活力增强;随盐酸胍浓度的增加,其荧光强度不仅不再下降,反而升高,酶逐渐失活;当盐酸胍浓度为１．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,其荧光光谱的最大峰位红移,酶活力迅速下降;当盐酸胍浓度为３ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,峰位由３３３．５ｎｍ红移至３５７．１ｎｍ,此时酶活力丧失;当盐酸胍浓度为４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ时,峰位不再红移,但其荧光强度继续增加。测得变性初态酶的表观Ｋｍ值随盐酸胍浓度的增加而增大。结果说明,荧光强度的增加和最大发射峰位的红移是该酶变性失活的一个灵敏指标;酶活力的变化明显快于酶分子整体构象的变化;低浓度的盐酸胍微扰了酶活性部位的构象,而对其整体构象无显著影响。提示酶活性部位具有柔性。     

SNase R在胍变性过程中构象与活力变化的比较

以紫外差光谱、荧光光谱为监测手段对金黄色葡萄球菌核酸酶类似物(SNase R)在胍溶液中构象与活力变化进行了比较.SNase R在Llmol L0.8mol L和0.5mol L胍溶液变性时变性过程均为两个一级反应,但是酶在上述胍浓度下失活的速度远快于构象变化的速度:酶在同一胍浓度下活力丧失的程度也远快于构象变化的程度.上述结果表明:SNase R的活性部位可能位于柔性较大的区域.     

缢蛏碱性磷酸酶胍溶液中分子折叠与活力变化研究

报道了缢蛏碱性磷酸酶（简称ＡＬＰ）经不同浓度盐酸胍处理时酶的分子构象发生的变化以及酶变化和失活的动力学过程。在胍中酶荧光发谢峰强度下降,紫外差光谱在２４６ｎｍ和２８５ｎｍ处出现２个负峰,ＣＤ谱中酶的α螺旋度下降,且随浓度增大,变化程度也加大。动力学研究表明,酶在０．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ、１．０ｍｏｌ／Ｌ、２．０ｍｏｌ／Ｌ、３．０ｍｏｌ／Ｌ、４．０ｍｏｌ／Ｌ盐酸胍中的变性速度常数分别为３．２１×１０＾－４ｓ     

截流荧光法研究米曲霉氨基酰化酶的快速胍变性动力学

 用荧光光谱法、截流荧光法和酶活力测定法研究了在盐酸胍溶液中米曲霉氨基酰化酶变性动力学。我们发现在4.8mol/L盐酸胍溶液作用下(0.05mol/L磷酸缓冲溶液,pH7.4,25℃),氨基酰化酶二聚体解离成单亚基过程是一个十分快速的过程,反应速率常数k为3361l/s,即约需3ms时间完成;而单亚基分子的构象变化需要约20min方能到达平衡态,这是一个逐渐变化的缓慢过程。酶分子在胍作用下的失活现象同酶分子的结构变化紧密相关,在胍浓度大于4mol/L时酶完全失活。在高浓度盐酸胍下酶失活主要是因为酶二聚体迅速解离成单亚基的过程和单亚基构象逐渐变化的缓慢过程。双亚基解离常数大小标志着酶分子亚基间作用力的强弱。     

根霉葡萄糖淀粉酶的复性复活动力学研究

本文利用荧光、紫外差光谱研究了根霉葡萄糖淀粉酶在盐酸胍变性后的复性、复活动力学。结果表明,该酶在小于4mol/L盐酸胍中变性是可逆的,其复性过程遵循一级反应方程。酶复活过程是由两个一级反应组成的复合反应,构象变化速度与复活过程中较快的反应速度相差无几,这可能是在Trp及Tyr微区的构象变化基本完成之后,酶活力恢复还没有完成造成的。     

电荷传递反应可以敏感地考察铜锌超氧化物歧化酶活性部位的构象变化

Fe(CN)₆^4-与铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(CuZn-SOD)间的电荷传递反应发生在酶的活性部位,电荷传递反应的速度和幅度对由变性引起的酶活性部位的构象变化非常敏感.对于所有的变性酶样品,电荷传递反应的速度都不同程度的下降,这与每个样品的活力下降相对应.反应速度的下降反应了酶变性后引起的活性通道构象及其间静电场的破坏.在不同pH条件下变性的酶样品,其电荷传递反应幅度的变化表明,活性部位His残基的静电相互作用对变性过程中活性部位的构象变化可能是重要的.由电荷传递反应参数得到的活性部位构象变化速度与酶的失活速度接近.     

中华猕猴桃蛋白酶在盐酸胍中分子折叠与活力的关系

中华猕猴桃蛋白酶(Actinidin)在盐酸胍溶液中活力变化结果提示:酶在0.1mol/L胍中活力略有升高,随胍浓度增大,活力先经历一个陡降区,在1—2mol/L胍中有个稳定区域,随胍浓度增大,活力继续下降。同时以荧光光谱,圆二色光谱研究该酶分子的构象变化。结果表明引起酶构象发生明显变化所需胍浓度(3mol/L)远比酶明显失活所需胍浓度(0.5mol/L)大。相同胍浓度下酶活力丧失速度快于构象变化速度。经5mol/L胍变性的酶直接稀释至胍浓度为0.05mol/L时,酶活力不能恢复,而构象迅速恢复。失活酶先稀释至胍浓度为1—2mol/L、再进一步稀释至胍浓度为0.05mol/L,活力能恢复50％左右。以上结果表明,相对于整个酶分子来说,活性中心的构象变化对变性剂更敏感。Actinidin的失活及复活过程是多相的复杂过程。     

酶促水解大豆分离蛋白动力学模型的研究

本文对AS1.398中性蛋白酶在pH6.9和温度49℃条件下水解大豆分离蛋白的动力学机制进行了研究．结果表明：酶水解速率随水解反呈指数递减．为了解释实验结果,我们提出了如下假设：对底物而言水解反应终为零级反应,水解过程中由于游离酶攻击酶-底物中间络合物而造成的不可逆酶变性是一个二级动力学过程．在此基础上,由实验数据推导得到了描述AS1.398中性蛋白酶催化水解大豆分离蛋白的动力学方程,该方程可用于指导和优化酶解反应实验．     

α-胰凝乳蛋白酶在胍溶液中的变性、失活、复性、复活

前已报导,在脲或胍的作用下,肌酸激酶失活速度远快于酶分子整体构象变化的速度.本文报导利用在变性剂存在下研究底物反应的方法对分子较小,由单亚基组成,并有五个二硫键使分子结构更加稳定的胰凝乳蛋白酶,在盐酸胍作用下的变性,失活以及相应的复性,复活进行动力学的比较.结果表明失活仍快于构象变化速度,复活慢于构象的恢复速度.实验结果还表明已经充分复活的酶和未经变性的酶在溶液中的构象存在着某些差别.     

Purification and properties of the fatty acids synthetase complex from Neurospora crassa, and the nature of the fas-mutation.

A procedure is described for the purification of the fatty acid synthetase complex (FAS) from Neurospora crassa. The enzyme complex has a molecular weight of 2.3 times 10(6), contains 6 mol of 4'-phosphopantetheine per mol, and on polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate gives a single band, or a closely spaced doublet, which comigrates with standard myosin (molecular weight, 2 times 10(5)). Since the slightly retarded component in the doublet accounts for all protein-bound 4'-phosphopantetheine, the complex appears to be made up of 11 to 12 equally sized subunits, 6 of which carry the acyl carrier protein function. In this unusual arrangement, notably the lack of the low-molecular-weight acyl carrier protein component seen in other FAS systems, as well as in its enzymatic properties, the Neurospora FAS complex is quite similar to the yeast enzyme. The FAS complex of a saturated fatty acid-requiring mutant, previously disignated cel-, contains less than 2% of the 4'-phosphopantetheine prosthetic groups found in the wild-type complex. The leaky phenotype of this mutant, here designated fas-, is accounted for by a residual fatty acid synthesizing activity in its FAS complex, which is several-fold higher than expected from its residual content of 4'-phosphopanthetheine.     

酸提高绿茶提取物对脂肪酸合酶的抑制活性

脂肪酸合酶和肥胖、癌症等人类重大疾病相关.获取高活性脂肪酸合酶抑制剂有重要应用价值.50％乙醇的绿茶提取物具有抑制脂肪酸合酶和经口服降低大、小鼠体重的功能.该提取物在酸的作用下可明显地提高其抑制脂肪酸合酶的能力.采用1 mol/L硫酸或盐酸在100℃下处理绿茶提取物,发现该提取物对脂肪酸合酶的抑制活性随时间逐步提高.在25℃至120℃温度下,提高处理温度使抑制活性提高的速度加快和程度加大. 用1 mol/L盐酸120℃处理35 min或3 mol/L盐酸100℃处理30 min可使绿茶提取物抑制脂肪酸合酶的半抑制浓度下降20倍左右,达到1 μg/ml以下.用pKa值4.76至1.27的1 mol/L浓度的4种有机酸在100℃作用150 min使绿茶提取物抑制活性分别提高到1.48至5.84倍.提高酸的浓度也使被作用的提取物的抑制活性提高的更多.表现抑制活性提高的速度及程度和氢离子浓度正相关.判断绿茶提取物在酸作用下抑制活性的提高来源于其中所含儿茶素在氢离子作用下发生了化学变化.初步实验表明其变化过程比较复杂,确定其分子机制还需进一步的研究工作.     

Salt concentration-dependency of vitellogenin processing by cathepsin D in Xenopus laevis

The mechanism by which cathepsin D produces only limited proteolysis of vitellogenins (VTG) was studied in Xenopus oocytes. We first examined mature oocytes for the existence of cathepsin D; immunoblot and biochemical analyses revealed the existence of a 43kDa enzyme protein and its proteolytic activity in oocytes during and after the vitellogenesis. By determining the proteolytic activity of the fractions after subcellular fractionation of oocytes, we confirmed that cathepsin D is preserved in the yolk plasma of mature yolk platelets. The reaction of VTG with cathepsin D was examined in vitro at pH 5.6 as a function of NaCl concentrations. Lipovitellins generated from the VTG were preserved for several days at 37°C in the presence of the enzyme if the NaCl concentration was 0.15 mol/L or lower. The amount of lipovitellins decreased with increased molarity of the salt and at 0.5 mol/L NaCl they were rapidly degraded. The precipitates, growing in the reaction tube with 0.15 mol/L NaCl, included all constituents of yolk proteins and were ultrastructurally shown to have crystal structures perforated by empty cavities. No precipitates appeared at 0.5 mol/L NaCl. The results indicate that the limitation on proteolysis of the VTG by cathepsin D is due to the insolubility of yolk proteins at physiological salt concentrations, which explains why yolk can be stored stably in the presence of acid hydrolases over a long period.     

二羟丙酮还原酶在杜氏盐藻渗透调节过程中的特性

从杜氏盐藻分离得到的二羟丙酮还原酶能专一性地催化二羟丙酮和甘油之间的可逆反应。酶催化二羟丙酮还原及甘油氧化的最适 PH分别为7.5和9.0;藻细胞经高渗处理,其甘油含量增加,酶催化甘油合成的活性比处理前提高120％,且大于其催化甘油转化的活性;藻细胞经低渗处理,其甘油含量减少,酶催化甘油转化的速率比处理前提高32％,暗示二羟丙酮还原酶在杜氏盐藻渗透调节过程中是甘油合成或转化的一个关键酶。     

圆红冬孢酵母新颖脂肪酸合酶的重组表达、纯化与活性检测

脂肪酸合酶(Fatty acid synthase,FAS)催化乙酰辅酶A和丙二酸单酰辅酶A反应生成脂肪酸,是油脂合成代谢途径中最重要的酶之一。在高产油脂的圆红冬孢酵母Rhodosporidium toruloides中发现了一种新颖的FAS,它含两个亚基,与其他物种的FAS相比,具有独特的结构域组成,尤其是含两个酰基载体蛋白(ACP)结构域。由于ACP在脂肪酸合成反应中起辅因子作用,推测多个ACP有利于提高FAS的催化活性,为研究该FAS的生物化学和结构特征,构建了表达FAS两个亚基的载体,并转化大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21(DE3),含pET22b-FAS1和pET24-FAS2质粒的重组菌株ZWE06可同时高表达两个亚基,经硫酸铵沉淀、蔗糖密度梯度离心和阴离子交换层析纯化,得到的重组FAS比活力达到548 mU/mg。纯化的FAS复合物可用于后续酶动力学和蛋白结构研究,且表达与纯化方法的建立对研究其他ACP的功能具有参考价值。     

何首乌提取物对脂肪酸合酶的抑制作用

最新报道脂肪酸合酶 (FAS)是治疗肥胖症的潜在靶部位 ,但目前已知的FAS抑制剂还很少 .测定表明 ,中药何首乌提取物对FAS同时具有很强的快结合可逆抑制和慢结合不可逆抑制作用 .萃取的最佳溶剂为 4 0 %乙醇水溶液 .该提取物对FAS全反应的半抑制浓度为 0 .0 0 5mg ml(以萃取时中药重量计 ) ;不可逆抑制过程为两相 ,在 0 4 6mg ml浓度下在 0 5min内快相失活超过 5 0 % ,慢相在 32min时失活达 90 % .该提取物对FAS中的酮酰还原反应有强抑制 ,半抑制浓度为 0 0 18mg ml,对烯酰还原反应有弱抑制作用 .抑制动力学分析表明 ,何首乌提取物对FAS的抑制和底物NADPH之间呈非竞争性关系 ,和丙二酰辅酶A接近竞争性关系 ,而与乙酰辅酶A为反竞争性关系 .推测何首乌还含有作用于FAS中的丙二酰转酰酶的抑制剂 .用何首乌提取物口服饲喂大鼠 ,可明显减低大鼠摄食量和降低大鼠体重 ;实验结束时实验组大鼠肝脏FAS活性低于对照组 .以上结果表明 ,中药何首乌提取物对FAS有很强的抑制作用 ,其抑制能力明显强于已知抑制剂 ,其动力学表现也和已知抑制剂完全不同 ,预计为新的抑制剂 ,对研究FAS的作用机理及在防治肥胖症的应用上可能具有重要的价值     

The chemistry of xanthine oxidase. Reaction with iodoacetamide

1. The reaction of milk xanthine oxidase with iodoacetamide has been studied with the silver-silver iodide electrode. 2. The reaction proceeds considerably faster in the presence of xanthine than in its absence. Anaerobically, with excess of xanthine, the reaction takes place as a rapid phase in which the enzyme is inactivated and in which approx. 1 thiol group/mol. of enzyme reacts and as a slower phase in which about 12 groups/mol. react. 3. The rapid reaction appears to be first-order with respect to xanthine oxidase and iodoacetamide and independent of the xanthine concentration with more than about 3mol. of xanthine/mol. of enzyme. 4. The velocity constant of the rapid phase is 0.26min.(-1) at 25 degrees and pH7.0, with 1mm-iodoacetamide and 17mum-xanthine oxidase. The velocity constant for the slower phase is about one-hundredth of this value. 5. The velocities of both phases increase with increasing pH in the range 5.0-9.6. 6. Xanthine may be replaced by salicylaldehyde without affecting the rate of loss of enzymic activity. With sodium dithionite as reducing agent, the reaction is slightly faster. 7. The possible function of thiol groups in the reaction mechanism of the enzyme is discussed.     

Characterization of the folic acid C9-N10-cleaving enzyme of Dictyostelium minutum V3

Folic acid is a chemoattractant for the slime mold Dictyostelium minutum V3. The activity of extracellular folic acid is regulated by a folic acid C9-N10 splitting enzyme (FAS). The products were identified as pterin-6-aldehyde and p-amino-benzoylglutamic acid. The enzyme was stabilized by EDTA. For the extracellular enzyme, the Km was 10(-7) M, and the optimal pH was 4.0. During starvation, FAS activity was mainly secreted into the medium; after 3 h, a plateau was reached. The membrane-bound activity was constant, but only 12% of the extracellular activity at 3 h. Intracellular activity also increased up to 3 h to a level of 23% of the extracellular FAS. The substrate recognition of FAS was found to be based on 4-O or N3 or both, N5 or N8 or both, N10, and the p-aminobenzoic acid moiety, whereas 2-NH2, N1, and the glutamic acid moiety were not recognized. Other slime mold species were found to secrete FAS with 20-fold or more reduced activity than D. minutum V3.     

Inhibitive effect of zinc ion on fatty acid synthase from chicken liver

Fatty acid synthase (FAS; acyl-CoA:malonyl-CoA C-acyltransferase [decarboxylating, oxoacyl- and enoyl-reducing and thioester-hydrolyzing], EC 2.3.1.85) is an important enzyme participating in energy metabolism in vivo which is related to adiposis and cancer [Cancer Lett. 167 (1) (2001) 99; Nat. Med. 8 (4) (2002) 335]. Tests of fast- and slow-binding inhibitions showed that fatty acid synthase of chicken liver is rapidly and irreversibly inactivated by low Zn(2+) concentrations. Electrophoresis and FPLC results showed that FAS cross-links occurred in the presence of high Zn(2+) concentrations (>4 microM) which may be another reason that FAS lost its activity. The modification velocity of FAS by DTNB decreased with increasing Zn(2+) concentration, which confirmed that Zn(2+) interacted with SH groups. Substrate protective experiments and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) showed that all three substrates tested had some protective effects on FAS in the presence of Zn(2+), and malonyl-CoA was the most effective of the three substrates. In the presence of malonyl-CoA, the activity loss of FAS decreased sharply and almost no cross-link was observed in SDS-PAGE. This suggests that the phosphopantetheine SH group is the critical group in the cross-link and inhibition of FAS in the presence of Zn(2+).     

The role of acyl carrier protein isoforms from Cuphea lanceolata seeds in the de-novo biosynthesis of medium-chain fatty acids

To investigate the role of acyl carrier protein (ACP) in determining the fate of the acyl moieties linked to it in the course of de-novo fatty acid biosynthesis in higher plants, we carried out in vitro experiments to reconstitute the fatty acid synthase (FAS) reaction in extracts of spinach (Spinaciaoleracea L.) leaves, rape (Brassicanapus L.) seeds and Cuphea lanceolata Ait. seeds. The action of two major C. lanceolata ACP isoforms (ACP 1 and ACP 2) compared to ACP from Escherichia coli was monitored by saponification of the corresponding FAS products with subsequent analysis of the liberated fatty acids by high-performance liquid chromatography. In a second approach the preference of the medium-chain acyl-ACP-specific thioesterase (EC 3.1.2.14) of C. lanceolata seeds for the hydrolysis of acyl-ACPs prepared from the three ACP types was investigated. Both ACP isoforms from C. lanceolata seeds supported the synthesis of medium-chain fatty acids in a reconstituted FAS reaction of spinach leaf extracts. Compared to the isoform ACP 1, ACP 2 was more effective in supporting the synthesis of such fatty acids in the FAS reaction of rape seed extracts and caused a higher accumulation of FAS products in all experiments. No preference of the medium-chain thioesterase for one specific ACP isoform was observed. The results indicate that the presence of ACP 2 is essential for the synthesis of decanoic acid in C. lanceolata seeds, and its expression in the phase of accumulation of high levels of this fatty acid provides an additional and highly efficient cofactor for stimulating the FAS reaction. Received: 23 June 1997 / Accepted: 23 October 1997