海藻多糖的单糖组成对体外抗氧化活性的影响

比较广西北部湾石莼(Ulva lactuca L.)、海带(Laminaria japonica)、裙带菜(Undaria pinnatifida Surin-gar)、紫菜(Porphyra)的单糖组成及抗氧化活性的差异,揭示多糖结构与其体外抗氧化活性的关系。利用PMP柱前衍生化HPLC分析海藻多糖的单糖组成,采用羟自由基清除试验、超氧阴离子自由基清除试验及DPPH自由基清除试验指征其体外抗氧化活性,结果表明,4种海藻多糖的单糖组成在主成分空间分布离散,石莼及紫菜主要由葡萄糖组成,海带主要由甘露糖组成,裙带菜则主要由半乳糖组成;其体外抗氧化活性存在显著差异,裙带菜多糖对DPPH的清除能力(半抑制浓度IC₅₀值为0. 56±0. 02 mg/mL)显著高于其他3种海藻多糖;石莼、裙带菜与海带对羟自由基均有较强的清除活性,而紫菜多糖对羟自由基的清除能力较差(IC₅₀值为26. 59±0. 98mg/mL);石莼与裙带菜对超氧阴离子的清除活性较强,显著高于海带与紫菜,其中石莼显著高于裙带菜,IC₅₀值分别为1. 61±0. 17、2. 73±0. 06 mg/mL。相关性分析及冗余分析结果表明,对抗氧化活性影响较为显著的因子为葡萄糖(Glc)、核糖(Rib)、木糖(Xyl)(P <0. 01)。     

棉花病菌Xanthomonascampestrispv.malvacearum的一种具特异肽键专…

棉花病原体Ｘａｎｔｈｏｍｏｎａｓｃａｍｐｅｓｔｒｉｓｐｖ．ｍａｌｖａｃｅａｒｕｍ在酪蛋白（脱脂奶）存在下生长时产生胞外蛋白酶活性，其中至少包含３种蛋白酶，表观分子量分别为２９（蛋白酶－１）、３８和４３ｋＤ。蛋白酶－１被纯化，其最适ｐＨ在５．５－７．５间。     

麻蝇幼虫肠道蛋白酶BGP的分离纯化及性质

棕尾别麻蝇幼虫肠液经ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ后,Ｘ光片显影,呈现两条蛋白酶活性带．ＩＥＦ后,两条蛋白酶活性带的等电点分别为ｐＨ７．７和６．８．麻蝇幼虫肠液经５５％～７５％硫酸铵沉淀,以及连续两次制备等电聚焦,分离纯化出等电点约为ｐＨ７．７,分子量约为３５ｋＤ的蛋白酶ＢＧＰ．该酶能分解酪蛋白和类胰蛋白酶专一底物Ｂｚ－Ｐｈｅ－Ｖａｌ－ＡｒｇＮＡ,不能分解弹性蛋白酶专一底物ｅｌａｓｔｉｎ－ＣｏｎｇｏＲｅｄ和类胰凝乳蛋白酶专一底物Ｓｕｃ（Ａｌａ）２Ｐｒｏ－ＰｈｅＮＡ．ＳＢＢＩ,Ｌｅｕｐｅｐｔｉｎ和ＰＭＳＦ能强烈抑制其活性．专一底物和抑制剂的结果表明,ＢＧＰ是一种类胰蛋白酶．其最适反应温度为５０℃,最适作用ｐＨ为８．５．不耐高温,５０℃保温３０ｍｉｎ活性急剧下降．Ｈｇ２＋,Ｚｎ２＋和Ｃｕ２＋能抑制酶活性．Ｃａ２＋,Ｍｇ２＋对酶无激活作用,ＥＤＴＡ无抑制作用．     

虎纹捕鸟蛛毒液中透明质酸酶的纯化和部分性质的研究

用分子筛（岛津ＤＩＯＬ－１５０柱）和阳离子交换（岛津ＷＣＸ－１柱）高效液相色谱从虎纹捕鸟蛛（Ｓｅｌｅｎｏｃｏｓｍｉａｈｕｗｅｎａ）毒液中分离提纯透明质酸酶（Ｈｙａｌｕｒｏｎｉｄａｓｅ,ＥＣ３．２．１．３５）．经等电聚焦电泳为一条带,ｐＩ＝７．２．经ＳＤＳ－聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳测得分子量为４０ｋＤ,经凝胶过滤测得分子量为４０．７ｋＤ。以透明质酸为底物时在ｐＨ３．５─５．５范围内有较大活性,最适ｐＨ值为４．０;在ｐＨ４．５─６．０范围内稳定,在反应温度为３０─６０℃时有较大活性,最适温度为５０℃;对热稳定,０．１５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＮａＣｌ对酶活性有一定的稳定作用．３％的肝素、５００μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的Ｈｇ~（２＋）、Ｆｅ~（２＋）、Ｃｕ~（２＋）对酶活性有明显的抑制作用。     

空肠弯曲菌肠毒素理化特性的研究

经ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ 分析发现,空肠弯曲菌细胞紧张性肠毒素（Ｃｙｔｏｔｏｎｉｃ ｅｎｔｅｒｏｔｏｘｉｎ ,ＣＥ） 的硫酸胺盐析粗提物除有一条６８ｋＤ 的带外,还有一些未分开的小分子物质,而经神经节苷脂ＧＭ１ 亲和层析后仅有６８ＫＤ 的一条带,即表明６８ｋＤ 的蛋白质为ＣＥ 的主要成分。ＣＥ 不耐热、ｐＨ 依赖和对胰酶有抗性。５６ ℃和６０ ℃加热３０ｍｉｎ 、１００ ℃加热１５ｍｉｎ 即可完全失活。其活性在ｐＨ６－０ 时最高,在ｐＨ３－０ 和９－０ 时均可使其完全丧失活性。在４ ℃保存超过３ｄ 后,其活性迅速降低。抗ＬＴ 血清能完全抑制ＣＥ 的活性。     

带3蛋白转运吡啶二羧酸根离子的动力学研究

利用ＤＰＡ使Ｔｂ３＋的荧先强度显著增强的原理进行带３蛋白活性的测定,方法简便、灵敏、重复性好,而且能够进行连续荧光扫描测量．应用连续荧光扫描法测定了带３蛋白介导的ＤＰＡ与Ｃｌ－交换的动力学特征参数．结果表明,带３蛋白介导的ＤＰＡ与Ｃｌ－的交换对ＤＩＤＳ非常敏感,受ＤＩＤＳ的强烈抑制,抑制程度大于９０％;ＤＰＡ由内向外转运的米氏常Ｋｍ＝２８．１—３１．２ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ;带３蛋白的天然底物Ｃｌ－从内侧竞争性抑制ＤＰＡ向外转运,抑制常数ｋｉ＝６０．４±６．９ｍｍｏｌ／Ｌ;膜内侧ＤＰＡ与外侧Ｃｌ－交换的活化能,在４—２５℃范围内为５．８±０．５ｋＣａｌ／ｍｏｌ２５—３７℃范围内为１９．８±１．５ｋＣａｌ／ｍｏｌ;膜内侧ＤＰＡ与外侧Ｃｌ－交换受转运介质ｐＨ（膜内外对称改变）的显著影响,ｐＨ＜７．４时,交换速度显著升高．本实验证明ＤＰＡ确是经带３蛋白而转运的,但转运机制可能与无机离子转运有所不同。     

油菜叶片硝酸还原酶同功酶的纯化与特性

通过对硝酸还原酶（ＮＲ）亲和层析洗脱过程的部分改进,从油菜叶片中分离纯化到诱导型（ｉＮＲ）及组成型（ｃＮＲ）两种硝酸还原酶同功酶。电泳分析表明两者均达到银染单带纯。ｃＮＲ分子量（ＭＷ）为４５０ｋＤ．ｉＮＲＭＷ为２２０ｋＤ;两者亚基ＭＷ均为１１０ｋＤ,但亚基数目不一样,氨基酸组成也有差异。ｉＮＲ与ｃＮＤ的等电点ｐＨ不同,分别为４．４及６．０,免疫交叉反应显示ｃＮＲ的抗原性为ｉＮＲ的７５％。     

金鱼不同组织器官及胚胎发育不同时期蛋白水解酶的种类和活性变化

采用复性电泳方法研究了金鱼组织器官蛋白水解酶及个体发生过程中蛋白水解酶的种类和活性变化,主要结果表明：⑴金鱼各组织器官蛋白水解酶种类差异不大,大多数组织器官都具有１１３、６９、２０、１６ｋＤ四条带,但不同组织器官常具有其特异性蛋白水解酶;肠道蛋白水解酶种类最多、活性最强。⑵蛋白水解酶的活性受ｐＨ值影响和制约,大多数组织器官蛋白水解酶活性最适ｐＨ值为８．５。⑶在金鱼胚胎发育早期（从卵裂到心跳期）多数     

与光系统Ⅱ颗粒结合的对DTT敏感的蛋白酶的纯化和性质

菠菜光系统Ⅱ颗粒的１ｍｏｌ／ＬＮａＣｌ抽提液经ｂｕｔｙｌ－Ｔｏｙｏｐｅａｒｌ６５０Ｍ疏水层析和ＤＥＡＥ－ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＡ－５０柱层析分离得一种对ＤＴＴ敏感的蛋白酶。用ＳＤＳ－ＰＡＧＥ和Ｓｕｐｅｒｏｓｅ１２凝胶过滤测得该酶的分子量为３７ｋＤ,其为单体酶。该酶可降解１８ｋＤ和２４ｋＤ水溶性蛋白质,分别产生１３．２ｋＤ、１２ｋＤ、１０．５ｋＤ和２３ｋＤ、２２ｋＤ、２０ｋＤ片段,最适ｐＨ为８．０,对ＮａＣｌ不敏感,对ＤＴＴ和β－Ｍｅ敏感。抑制实验表明该酶不属丝氨酸类蛋白酶。     

非洲爪蟾孵化酶的纯化及其部分化特性研究

本文以ＧＳＴ－ＶＵＳ．２抗体和卵黄膜为检测手段,采用凝胶过滤和离子交换等方面将非洲爪蟾（Ｘｅｎｏｐｕｓ ｌａｅｖｉｓ）孵化酶纯化了９０倍以上,并研究了其酶活性和生化特性。实现发现,孵化酶分子量为６０ｋＤ,有很强的蛋白酶活性和卵黄膜溶解活性;它很不稳定,在纯化时极易降解为４０ｋＤ分子,４０ｋＤ分子没有卵黄膜溶解活性,但仍有很强的蛋白酶活性。４０ｋＤ分子中能只代表６０ｋＤ分子中的蛋白酶功能区,而丢失了     

Purification of alkaline proteases from a Bacillus strain and their possible interrelationship

 Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. KSM-K16 produced three alkaline proteases, as detected by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). The major protease, designated M protease, was recently purified to homogeneity and its properties were characterized. In the present study, two minor proteases, designated H protease and N protease, were purified to homogeneity from cultures of this organism. H protease had a molecular mass of 28 kDa, as estimated by sodium dodecyl sulfate/PAGE (SDS-PAGE) and its maximum activity against casein was observed at pH 11.0 and at 55^°C. N protease consisted of two polypeptide chains with molecular masses of 12.5 kDa and 14.5 kDa, as estimated by SDS-PAGE, although it migrated as a single protein band during non-denaturing PAGE. Its maximum activity was observed at pH 11.0 and at 60^°C. The amino-terminal sequences of H protease and of the 14.5-kDa polypeptide of N protease were identical to that of M protease. The electrophoretic relationship between the three enzymes was examined after they had been stored at different pH values and at 5^°C. M protease was converted to H protease more rapidly at pH 11 than at pH 8 or below, and H protease was converted to M protease at pH 8 or below but not at pH 11. N protease appeared to be the autolytic product of the M and H proteases. Received: 12 December 1994/Received last revision: 9 June 1995/Accepted: 31 July 1995     

Protease activities of Acanthamoeba polyphaga and Acanthamoeba castellanii

Acanthamoeba spp. are free-living amoebae that cause amoebic granulomatous encephalitis, skin lesions, and ocular amoebic keratitis in humans. Several authors have suggested that proteases could play a role in the pathogenesis of these diseases. In the present work, we performed a partial biochemical characterization of proteases in crude extracts of Acanthamoeba spp. and in conditioned medium using 7.5% SDS-PAGE copolymerized with 0.1% m/v gelatin as substrate. We distinguished a total of 17 bands with proteolytic activity distributed in two species of Acanthamoeba. The bands ranged from 30 to 188 kDa in A. castellanii and from 34 to 144 kDa in A. polyphaga. Additionally, we showed that the pattern of protease activity differed in the two species of Acanthamoeba when pH was altered. By using protease inhibitors, we found that the proteolytic activities belonged mostly to the serine protease family and secondly to cysteine proteases and that the proteolytic activities from A. castellanii were higher than those in A. polyphaga. Furthermore, aprotinin was found to inhibit crude extract protease activity on Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) monolayers. These data suggest that protease patterns could be more complex than previously reported.     

Protease activities in carp retina

Proteases of carp retina were examined by electrophoresis and fluorogenic assays. A 70 kD serine protease with an alkaline pH optimum was detected in gelatin-containing polyacrylamide gels. A similar enzyme was found in carp brain and muscle, but not in lens. Using aminomethylcoumarin (MCA) substrates, activities that hydrolysed Z-Phe-Arg-MCA, Boc-Ala-Gly-Pro-Arg-MCA and various aminoacyl-MCAs were detected. The Z-Phe-Arg-MCA hydrolase was an acidic cysteine protease, whereas the Boc-Ala-Gly-Pro-Arg-MCA hydrolase was an alkaline cysteine protease. All aminoacyl hydrolase activities tested were inhibited by bestatin and o-phenanthroline, but not by inhibitors of serine, cysteine and aspartic proteases, suggesting they are metalloaminopeptidases. Of the substrates tested, Tyr-MCA was the most readily hydrolysed aminoacyl substrate. Preliminary evidence was obtained suggesting that levels of these activities do not differ between light- and dark-adapted retinae.

The proteases have a potential involvement in retinal functioning and show similarities to other proteases known to act in the central nervous system. In particular, the Tyr-MCA hydrolase may be related to an enzyme known to remove the N-terminal tyrosine residue from enkephalin.     

CELL-ASSOCIATED PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES FROM MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON1

Despite their central importance in cell metabolism, little is known about proteases in marine phytoplankton. We surveyed caseinolytic and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) activities in log-phase cultures of the chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta Butcher, the diatom Thalassiosira weissflogii (Gru.) Fryxell et Hasle, the chrysophyte Isochrysis galbana Parke, the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi (Lohm.) Hay et Mohler, and the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. (WH 5701). LAP activity was very low at pH < 6 and peaked between pH 7.5 and 8.5 in all species, whereas caseinolytic activity in most species showed only minor peaks in the pH 4–5 range and broad maxima above pH 8. Thus, acidic vacuolar proteases apparently represented only a small fraction of total protease activity. Attempts to classify proteases using selective inhibitors were inconclusive. Neither the serine/cysteine protease inhibitor leupeptin nor the aspartic protease inhibitor pepstatin. A inhibited caseinolytic or LAP activity in any species. The metalloprotease inhibitor EDTA was only effective against LAP activity in some species, causing average decreases of 30–50%, whereas the cysteine/serine protease inhibitor phenyl methyl sulfonylfluoride achieved at best a 30–60% decrease in caseinolytic activity. Caseinolytic activities were remarkably stable. At pH 7.5 and 25°C, extracts of D. tertiolecta, E. huxleyi, and Synechococcus showed no changes in activity after 24 h, whereas activity declined by less than 50% in the other species. Incubation of cell extracts for 1 h at 25°C in pH 7.5 buffer did not alter patterns of cell proteins, suggesting that endogenous proteases did not effectively degrade endogenous proteins. Casein zymograms were used to identify >200-and <20-kDa proteases in homogenates of log-phase T. weissflogii; only the smaller protease was found in D. tertiolecta. Antibodies to the ATPase subunit (C) of the conserved, chloroplastic Clp protease from Pisum cross-reacted with proteins in Synechococcus, D. tertiolecta, and I. galbana, but no cross-reactions were found for any species with antibodies against the ClpP subunit from either E. coli or Nicotiana. Our results show that phytoplankton contain a diverse complement of proteases with novel characteristics.     

Properties of extremely thermostable proteases from anaerobic hyperthermophilic bacteria

Summary Hyperthermostable proteases were characterized from five archaeobacterial species (Thermococcus celer, T. stetteri, Thermococcus strain AN 1, T. litoralis, Staphylothermus marinus) and the hyperthermophilic eubacterium Thermobacteroides proteolyticus. These proteases, which were found to be of the serine type, exhibited a preference for phenylalanine in the carboxylic side of the peptide. The enzymes from Thermococcus stetteri and T. litoralis hydrolysed most substrates (peptides) tested. All proteases were extremely thermostable and demonstrated optimal activities between 80 and 95°C. The pH optimum was either neutral (T. celer, Thermococcus strain AN 1) or alkaline. The protease of Thermobacteroides proteolyticus was optimally active at pH 9.5. Zymogram staining showed the presence of multiple protease bands for all strains investigated.Offprint requests to: G. Antranikian     

The function of lymphocyte proteases. Inhibition and restoration of granule-mediated lysis with isocoumarin serine protease inhibitors.

To kill other cells, lymphocytes can exocytose granules that contain serine proteases and pore-forming proteins (perforins). We report that mechanism-based isocoumarin inhibitors inhibited the proteases and inactivated lysis. When inhibited proteases were restored, lysis was also restored, indicating that the proteases were essential for lysis. We found three new lymphocyte protease activities, "Asp-ase,"Met-ase," and "Ser-ase," which in addition to ly-tryptase and ly-chymase, comprise five different protease activities in rat RNK-16 granules. The general serine protease inhibitor 3,4-dichloroisocoumarin (DCI) inhibited all five protease activities. Essentially all protease molecules were inactivated by DCI before lysis was reduced, as determined from DCI's second order inhibition rate constants for the proteases, the DCI concentrations, and the times of pretreatment needed to block lysis. The pH favoring DCI inhibition of lysis was the pH optimum for protease activity. Isocoumarin reagents acylate, and may sometimes secondarily alkylate, serine protease active sites. Granule proteases, inhibited by DCI acylation, were deacylated with hydroxylamine, restoring both the protease and lytic activities. Hydroxylamine does not restore alkylated proteases and did not restore the lytic activities after inhibition with 4-chloro-7-guanidino-3-(2-phenylethoxy)-isocoumarin, a more alkylating mechanism-based inhibitor designed to react with tryptases. It is improbable that isocoumarin reagents directly inactivated pore-forming proteins because 1) these reagents require protease activation, 2) their nonspecific effects are alkylating, and 3) alkylated proteins are not restored by hydroxylamine. We conclude that serine proteases participate in lysis when lysis is mediated by the complete assembly of granule proteins.     

辐射过程中耐辐射奇球菌蛋白酶变化的检测与分析

采用明胶和酪蛋白底物酶谱法以及荧光酪蛋白底物对紫外线以及γ射线辐射后恢复期耐辐射奇球菌R1(Deinococcus radiodurans R1,DRR1)的蛋白酶变化进行了检测。结果发现,DRR1存在高活性大分子量组成性表达蛋白酶,与Karlin等［16］提出的DRR1蛋白酶为预测高表达蛋白(PHX)的设想一致。DRR1包含大量分子量大于140kD 的明胶降解酶和分子量大于120kD的酪蛋白降解酶,其中活性最高的174kD明胶酶在经SDS变性处理后仍有较高活性,该蛋白酶在DRR1受紫外线辐射和电离辐射后恢复期的表达模式存在差异,在γ射线电离辐射过程中以及电离辐射后恢复的晚期活性较高。此外,还发现一些蛋白酶特异性由辐射所诱导,表明这些蛋白酶可能参与细胞信号通路中蛋白的顺序降解,也提示DRR1损伤修复过程中细胞内存在一个精确的蛋白酶系统。这些蛋白酶的表达与细胞的营养状态相关。同时对一株由本实验室从北京地区土壤中分离到的杆状耐辐射菌RR533.2的明胶和酪蛋白蛋白酶谱进行了测定,结果发现其蛋白酶谱与DRR1相类似。     

Novel alkaline- and heat-stable serine proteases from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain GX6638.

An alkalophilic Bacillus sp., strain GX6638 (ATCC 53278), was isolated from soil and shown to produce a minimum of three alkaline proteases. The proteases were purified by ion-exchange chromatography and were distinguishable by their isoelectric point, molecular weight, and electrophoretic mobility. Two of the proteases, AS and HS, which exhibited the greatest alkaline and thermal stability, were characterized further. Protease HS had an apparent molecular weight of 36,000 and an isoelectric point of approximately 4.2, whereas protease AS had a molecular weight of 27,500 and an isoelectric point of 5.2. Both enzymes had optimal proteolytic activities over a broad pH range (pH 8 to 12) and exhibited temperature optima of 65 degrees C. Proteases HS and AS were further distinguished by their proteolytic activities, esterolytic activities, sensitivity to inhibitors, and their alkaline and thermal stability properties. Protease AS was extremely alkali stable, retaining 88% of initial activity at pH 12 over a 24-h incubation period at 25 degrees C; protease HS exhibited similar alkaline stability properties to pH 11. In addition, protease HS had exceptional thermal stability properties. At pH 9.5 (0.1 M CAPS buffer, 5 mM EDTA), the enzyme had a half-life of more than 200 min at 50 degrees C and 25 min at 60 degrees C. At pH above 9.5, protease HS readily lost enzymatic activity even in the presence of exogenously supplied Ca2+. In contrast, protease AS was more stable at pH above 9.5, and Ca2+ addition extended the half-life of the enzyme 10-fold at 60 degrees C. In contrast, protease AS was more stable at pH above 9.5, and Ca2+ addition extended the half-life of the enzyme 10-fold at 60 degrees C. The data presented here clearly indicate that these two alkaline proteases from Bacillus sp. strain GX6638 represent novel proteases that differ fundamentally from the proteases previously described for members of the genus Bacillus.     

一种来源于链霉菌的纤溶酶的纯化及其基因的克隆

链霉菌C3662的发酵液上清经 80 %硫酸铵沉淀 ,DEAE Sepharose和CM Sepharose层析分离后纯化出一种纤溶酶。SDS PAGE显示为单一的条带 ,分子量约为 30kD。以 pIJ699为载体 ,S .lividansTK2 4为宿主菌 ,鸟枪法克隆纤溶酶基因 ,从 30 0 0个转化子中挑选到 1个具活性转化子 ,经亚克隆 ,序列测定得到一个 90 3bp的完整ORF ,其GC %为 68.33% ,密码子第三位GC %为 95.6% ,符合链霉菌基因的典型特征。与多种蛋白酶具有较高的同源性     

Analysis of protease digestion patterns in tideland sediments using SDS-PAGE

A method to analyse protein hydrolysis in tideland sediments was developed using sodium lauryl sulphate (SDS)-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Bovine serum albumin was used as a substrate and sonication in SDS solution was employed to extract hydrolysed peptides from tideland sediments. By combining these techniques, digested peptides were fractionated reliably on slab gels by SDS-PAGE.Using this method, the protease activities in a tideland were found to be distributed only in the sediment fraction and not in the seawater. The protease activities in sediments were compared among three tidelands in the Seto Inland Sea. Niho tideland, the most polluted of the three tidelands examined, showed the highest levels of protease activity. Peptide cleavage patterns were very similar among the tidelands despite the differences in levels of protease activity, suggesting that the tidelands all contain common types of protease. Furthermore, the properties of proteases in tideland sediments were also characterised using the present method.