大肠杆菌AS1.357 L-天门冬酰胺酶的选择性化学修饰

用九种化学修饰剂研究了大肠杆菌AS1.357 L-天门冬酰胺酶分子中的五种不同氨基酸侧链基团与催化活性的关系。结果说明,渡酶活力与硫氧墓完全无关;与色氨酸、精氨酸和组氨酸亦无直接联系;而酪氨酸残基和羧基的修饰引起酶活力急剧下降。其中酪氢酸残基巳被证实是该酶活力的必需基团,处于该酶分子的活性部位。     

豇豆初生叶多胺氧化酶的分子特性（英文）

从6 d苗龄的豇豆幼苗初生叶中提纯得到的多胺氧化酶是一种糖蛋白,其碳水化合物含量为8.17%.全酶分子量约为146 kD,由分子量为70kD的两个相同亚基组成,每个亚基含1个Cu2+.该酶的等电点为6.2,吸收光谱分别在波长278 nm和500 nm处有1吸收峰.8种蛋白质修饰剂修饰试验并配合底物保护证实酪氨酸、赖氨酸和色氨酸残基及-SH都不是该酶活性中心的必需基团,而组氨酸残基则是活性中心的必需基团.进一步分析部分失活的修饰酶动力学参数的变化得知,组氨酸残基可能处于酶分子的催化部位而非底物的结合部位.     

色氨酸残基在磷酸烯醇式丙酮酸羧化酶催化功能中的作用

在pH7.5条件下,用NBS对PEP羧化酶中色氨酸残基进行共价修饰表明,PEP羧化酶中48个色氨酸残基均能被NBS修饰。用邹承鲁图解法求得,其中4个残基为酶表现催化活性所必需的。 PEP羧化酶的变构效应剂G6P、Gly及Mal分别与酶预保温后,再经NBS修饰,前两种处理中,同样浓度的NBS所用修饰的色氨酸残基数和处理后的残存酶活与对照相比有很大的差异,而用Mal处理的,两者与对照相差无几。     

鳗弧菌胞外金属蛋白酶的化学修饰研究

用DEPC、EDC、DTNB、PMSF等8种化学修饰剂对鳗弧菌胞外金属蛋白酶进行了化学修饰。结果表明化学修饰后酶的活力发生了改变,其中组氨酸、酸性氨基酸、半胱氨酸残基的化学修饰引起酶活性的明显降低,说明组氨酸残基、酸性氨基酸、半胱氨酸残基及其二硫键在维持酶活力中发挥重要作用,是酶活力所必需;而对精氨酸、丝氨酸、ε-氨基等修饰后酶活性影响较小,表明不是酶的活性所必须的基团。     

棉铃虫可溶型海藻糖酶的化学修饰

【目的】本研究旨在通过分析化学修饰剂对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera可溶型海藻糖酶活性的影响,以明确海藻糖酶活性中心的结构特点和氨基酸构成。【方法】采用化学修饰方法,测定不同修饰剂处理后棉铃虫5龄幼虫海藻糖酶催化活性的变化,进而通过化学修饰反应失活常数来推测酶活性中心的特定氨基酸残基数量。【结果】采用8 mmol/L水溶性碳二亚胺(carbodiimide,EDC)溶液和25 mmol/L苯甲酰甲醛(phenylglyoxal,PG)溶液分别对棉铃虫5龄幼虫海藻糖酶羧酸基团和精氨酸残基进行修饰后,其活性分别减少81.58%和54.14%,这表明对羧酸基团和精氨酸残基的修饰可有效抑制海藻糖酶活性。底物海藻糖可保护海藻糖酶不受修饰剂的影响。修饰动力学结果显示,海藻糖酶活性中心可能包含1个羧酸基团和2个精氨酸残基。【结论】结果表明,含有羧基的谷氨酸和天冬氨酸是海藻糖酶活性中心的催化残基,精氨酸是维持海藻糖酶活性的必要残基。本研究结果可为开发新型农药提供理论支持。     

豇豆初生叶多胺氧化酶的分子特性

从6d苗龄的豇豆幼苗初生叶中提纯得到的多胺氧化酶是一种糖蛋白,其碳水化合物含量为8．17％,全酶分子量约为146kD,由分子量为70kD的两个相同亚基组成,每个亚基含1个Cu^2 。该酶的等电点为6．2,吸收光谱分别在波长278nm和500nm处有1吸收峰。8种蛋白质修饰剂修饰试验并配合底物保护证实酷氨酸,赖氨酸和色氨酸残基及－SH都不是该酶活性中心的必需基团,而组氨酸残基则是活性中心的必需基团,进一步分析部分失活的修饰酶动力学参数的变化得知,组氨酸残基可能处于酶分子的催化部位而非底物的结合部位。     

蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶精氨酸残基的化学修饰

蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶的精氨酸残基被苯乙二醛或2,3-丁二酮修饰后,可导致酶催化活性以及对AMP抑制的敏感性的丧失。在修饰时,有底物或AMP存在,可分别保护酶的这两种性质,表明与活力有关以及与AMP抑制有关的是两类不同的精氨酸残基。在底物保护了与活力有关的精氨酸残基后,可以观察到修饰引起酶对AMP抑制的脱敏,完全脱敏后,每一亚基有2个精氨酸残基被修饰。在本文条件下,K~ 对酶的激活作用以及K~ 存在时酶对AMP抑制敏感性增强等性质均不因精氨酸残基的修饰而变化。     

背角无齿蚌碱性磷酸酶的功能基团研究

在一定条件下分别采用PMSF、DTT、PCMB、NBS、TNBS、SUAN、BrAc及IBr等化学修饰剂选择修饰背角无齿蚌碱性磷酸酶的多种氨基酸残基,并测定其酶活力变化。结果表明,PMSF、NBS、TNBS、SUAN、DTT的修饰能显著抑制酶的活力,活力的降低与修饰剂的浓度相关。BrAc、IAc、PCMB的修饰不表现对酶的抑制作用。作者初步认为,Ser、Lys和Trp残基是背角无齿蚌碱性磷酸酶的必需功能基团,部分二硫键时保护酶的催化功能也是必需的。     

白蜡虫碱性磷酸酶功能基团的研究

白蜡ricerus pela雌成虫经匀浆,正丁醇抽提,硫酸铵分段盐析,SephadexG-150凝胶过滤等步骤,得到比活力为136.65U/mg蛋白酶制品,用苯甲基磺酰氟、N-溴代琥珀酰亚胺、三硝基苯磺酸、二巯基苏糖醇、对氯汞苯甲酸、琥珀酸酐、溴乙酸、碘乙酸等化学修饰剂在一定条件下选择修饰白蜡虫碱性磷酸酶的几种氨基酸残基,并测定酶活力变化。结果表明：苯甲基磺酰氟、N-溴代琥珀酰亚胺、三硝基苯磺酸、琥珀酸酐、二巯基苏糖醇的修饰能显著抑制酶的活力,活力的降低与修饰剂的浓度有关,氯汞苯甲酸、溴乙酸、碘乙酸的修饰对酶的抑制作用影响较小。初步认为：丝氨酸、赖氨酸和色氨酸残基是白蜡虫碱性磷酸酶的必需功能基团,部分二硫键也是酶的催化功能所必需的。     

蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶精氨酸残基的化学修饰

蛇肌果糖1,6-二磷酸酯酶的精氨酸残基被苯乙二醛或2,3-丁二酮修饰后,可导致酶催化活性以及对AMP 抑制的敏感性的丧失。在修饰时,有底物或AMP 存在,可分别保护酶的这两种性质,表明与活力有关以及与AMP 抑制有关的是两类不同的精氨酸残基。在底物保护了与活力有关的精氨酸残基后,可以观察到修饰引起酶对AMP 抑制的脱敏,完全脱敏后,每一亚基有2个精氨酸残基被修饰。在本文条件下,K~+对酶的激活作用以及K~+存在时酶对AMP 抑制敏感性增强等性质均不因精氨酸残基的修饰而变化。     

Significance of the Tryptophan Residue at the Low Affinity Saccharide-binding Site of Ricin E

Chemical modification of tryptophan residues in ricin E was investigated with regard to saccharide-binding. Two out of ten tryptophan residues in ricin E were modified with N- bromosuccinimide at pH 4.5 in the absence of specific saccharide accompanied by a marked decrease in the cytoagglutinating activity. Such a loss of the cytoagglutinating activity was found to be principally due to the oxidation of one tryptophan residue per B-chain. In the presence of lactose, one tryptophan residue/mol was protected from the modification with retention of a fairly high cytoagglutinating activity. However, G a IN Ac did not show such a protective effect. The binding of lactose to ricin E altered the environment of the tryptophan residue at the low affinity binding site of ricin E, leading to a blue shift of the fluorescence spectrum and an UV-difference spectrum with a maximum at 290 nm and a trough at 300 nm. The ability to generate such spectroscopic changes induced by lactose was retained in the derivative in which one tryptophan residue/mol was oxidized in the presence of lactose, but not in the derivative in which two tryptophan residues/mol were oxidized in the absence of lactose. Based on these results, it is suggested that one of the two surface-localized tryptophan residues is responsible for saccharide binding at the low affinity binding site of ricin E, which can bind lactose but lacks the ability to bind GalNAc.     

Effects of active site cleft residues on oligosaccharide binding,hydrolysis, and glycosynthase activities of rice BGlu1 and its mutants

Rice BGlu1 (Os3BGlu7) is a glycoside hydrolase family 1 β‐glucosidase that hydrolyzes cellooligosaccharides with increasing efficiency as the degree of polymerization (DP) increases from 2 to 6, indicating six subsites for glucosyl residue binding. Five subsites have been identified in X‐ray crystal structures of cellooligosaccharide complexes with its E176Q acid‐base and E386G nucleophile mutants. X‐ray crystal structures indicate that cellotetraose binds in a similar mode in BGlu1 E176Q and E386G, but in a different mode in the BGlu1 E386G/Y341A variant, in which glucosyl residue 4 (Glc4) interacts with Q187 instead of the eliminated phenolic group of Y341. Here, we found that the Q187A mutation has little effect on BGlu1 cellooligosaccharide hydrolysis activity or oligosaccharide binding in BGlu1 E176Q, and only slight effects on BGlu1 E386G glycosynthase activity. X‐ray crystal structures showed that cellotetraose binds in a different position in BGlu1 E176Q/Y341A, in which it interacts directly with R178 and W337, and the Q187A mutation had little effect on cellotetraose binding. Mutations of R178 and W337 to A had significant and nonadditive effects on oligosaccharide hydrolysis by BGlu1, pNPGlc cleavage and cellooligosaccharide inhibition of BGlu1 E176Q and BGlu1 E386G glycosynthase activity. Hydrolysis activity was partially rescued by Y341 for longer substrates, suggesting stacking of Glc4 on Y341 stabilizes binding of cellooligosaccharides in the optimal position for hydrolysis. This analysis indicates that complex interactions between active site cleft residues modulate substrate binding and hydrolysis.     

Identification of borrelidin binding site on threonyl-tRNA synthetase

Borrelidin exhibits a wide spectrum of biological activities and has been considered as a non-competitive inhibitor of threonyl-tRNA synthetase (ThrRS). However, the detailed mechanisms of borrelidin against ThrRS, especially borrelidin binding site on ThrRS, are still unclear, which limits the development of novel borrelidin derivatives and rational design of structure-based ThrRS inhibitors. In this study, the binding site of borrelidin on Escherichia coli ThrRS was predicted by molecular docking. To validate our speculations, the ThrRS mutants of E. coli (P424K, E458Δ, and G459Δ) were constructed and their sensitivity to borrelidin was compared to that of the wild-type ThrRS by enzyme kinetics and stopped-flow fluorescence analysis. The docking results showed that borrelidin binds the pocket outside but adjacent to the active site of ThrRS, consisting of residue Y313, R363, R375, P424, E458, G459, and K465. Site-directed mutagenesis results showed that sensitivities of P424K, E458Δ, and G459Δ ThrRSs to borrelidin were reduced markedly. All the results showed that residue Y313, P424, E458, and G459 play vital roles in the binding of borrelidin to ThrRS. It indicated that borrelidin may induce the cleft closure, which blocks the release of Thr-AMP and PPi, to inhibit activity of ThrRS rather than inhibit the binding of ATP and threonine. This study provides new insight into inhibitory mechanisms of borrelidin against ThrRS.     

Role of the N-terminal proline residue in the catalytic activities of the Escherichia coli Fpg protein

The Escherichia coli Fpg protein is a DNA glycosylase/AP lyase. It removes, in DNA, oxidized purine residues, including the highly mutagenic C8-oxo-guanine (8-oxoG). The catalytic mechanism is believed to involve the formation of a transient Schiff base intermediate formed between DNA containing an oxidized residue and the N-terminal proline of the Fpg protein. The importance and the role of this proline upon the various catalytic activities of the Fpg protein was examined by targeted mutagenesis, resulting in the construction of three mutant Fpg proteins: Pro-2 --> Gly (FpgP2G), Pro-2 --> Thr (FpgP2T), and Pro-2 --> Glu (FpgP2E). The formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase activities of FpgP2G and FpgP2T were comparable and accounted for 10% of the wild-type activity. FpgP2G and FpgP2T had barely detectable 8-oxoG-DNA glycosylase activity and produced minute Schiff base complex with 8-oxoG/C DNA. FpgP2G and FpgP2T mutants did not cleave a DNA containing preformed AP site but readily produced Schiff base complex with this substrate. FpgP2E was completely inactive in all the assays. The binding constants of the different mutants when challenged with a duplex DNA containing a tetrahydrofuran residue were comparable. The mutant Fpg proteins barely or did not complement in vivo the spontaneous transitions G/C --> T/A in E. coli BH990 (fpg mutY) cells. These results show the mandatory role of N-terminal proline in the 8-oxoG-DNA glycosylase activity of the Fpg protein in vitro and in vivo as well as in its AP lyase activity upon preformed AP site but less in the 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-N-methylformamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase activity.     

Importance of Gly-13 for the coenzyme binding of human UDP-glucose dehydrogenase

UDP-glucose dehydrogenase (UGDH) is the unique pathway enzyme furnishing in vertebrates UDP-glucuronate for numerous transferases. In this report, we have identified an NAD(+)-binding site within human UGDH by photoaffinity labeling with a specific probe, [(32)P]nicotinamide 2-azidoadenosine dinucleotide (2N(3) NAD(+)), and cassette mutagenesis. For this work, we have chemically synthesized a 1509-base pair gene encoding human UGDH and expressed it in Escherichia coli as a soluble protein. Photolabel-containing peptides were generated by photolysis followed by tryptic digestion and isolated using the phosphopeptide isolation kit. Photolabeling of these peptides was effectively prevented by the presence of NAD(+) during photolysis, demonstrating a selectivity of the photoprobe for the NAD(+)-binding site. Amino acid sequencing and compositional analysis identified the NAD(+)-binding site of UGDH as the region containing the sequence ICCIGAXYVGGPT, corresponding to Ile-7 through Thr-19 of the amino acid sequence of human UGDH. The unidentified residue, X, can be designated as a photolabeled Gly-13 because the sequences including the glycine residue in question have a complete identity with those of other UGDH species known. The importance of Gly-13 residue in the binding of NAD(+) was further examined with a G13E mutant by cassette mutagenesis. The mutagenesis at Gly-13 had no effects on the expression or stability of the mutant. Enzyme activity of the G13E point mutant was not measurable under normal assay conditions, suggesting an important role for the Gly-13 residue. No incorporation of [(32)P]2N(3)NAD(+) was observed for the G13E mutant. These results indicate that Gly-13 plays an important role for efficient binding of NAD(+) to human UGDH.     

The cytoplasmic domain of alphavirus E2 glycoprotein contains a short linear recognition signal required for viral budding.

Intracellular alphavirus nucleocapsids express a binding site for the cytoplasmic domain of the viral E2 spike glycoprotein. This binding site is recognized by the anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody, F13. The monoclonal anti-anti-idiotype antibody, raised against F13 and designated 3G10, recognizes the carboxy-terminal eight residues of the E2 cytoplasmic domain in Semliki Forest virus (SFV), identifying this as the signal for nucleocapsid interaction. F13 binding to cells infected with SFV or a second alphavirus, Sindbis virus, is inhibited by a synthetic peptide corresponding to the entire 31 residue cytoplasmic domain (E2c), and also by a synthetic peptide corresponding to the eight residue epitope recognized by 3G10. Both E2c and the eight residue peptide inhibited viral budding in microinjection experiments and when conjugated to colloidal gold are bound specifically to nucleocapsids in infected cells. These results identify a short linear signal in the E2 cytoplasmic domain required for the interaction with nucleocapsids which leads to budding of at least two alphaviruses from infected cells.     

Expression of the standard scorpion alpha-toxin AaH II and AaH II mutants leading to the identification of some key bioactive elements

The AaH II toxin from the scorpion Androctonus australis Hector is considered to be the standard alpha-toxin because it selectively binds with the highest known affinity to site 3 of mammalian voltage-activated Na+ channels (Na(v)) on rat brain synaptosomes but does not bind to insect synaptosomes. We generated two different constructs in pMALp allowing us to produce AaH II fused with the maltose-binding protein (MBP) in E. coli. We obtained reasonable amounts of recombinant AaH II after cleavage by enterokinase at the site DDDDK. We show that the introduction of a net negative charge at the C-terminus by the suppression of H64 amidation and the addition of an extra residue to the C-terminus (G65) led to fully active AaH II mutants, exhibiting exactly the same affinity as the native toxin for its target on rat brain synaptosomes. In contrast, the mutation of residue K58 into V, I or E residues drastically reduced toxin activity.     

Enzymatic synthesis of cello-oligosaccharides by rice BGlu1 {beta}-glucosidase glycosynthase mutants

Rice BGlu1 beta-glucosidase is a glycosyl hydrolase family 1 enzyme that acts as an exoglucanase on beta-(1,4)- and short beta-(1,3)-linked gluco-oligosaccharides. Mutations of BGlu1 beta-glucosidase at glutamate residue 414 of its natural precursor destroyed the enzyme's catalytic activity, but the enzyme could be rescued in the presence of the anionic nucleophiles such as formate and azide, which verifies that this residue is the catalytic nucleophile. The catalytic activities of three candidate mutants, E414G, E414S, and E414A, in the presence of the nucleophiles were compared. The E414G mutant had approximately 25- and 1400-fold higher catalytic efficiency than E414A and E414S, respectively. All three mutants could catalyze the synthesis of mixed length oligosaccharides by transglucosylation, when alpha-glucosyl fluoride was used as donor and pNP-cellobioside as acceptor. The E414G mutant gave the fastest transglucosylation rate, which was approximately 3- and 19-fold faster than that of E414S and E414A, respectively, and gave yields of up to 70-80% insoluble products with a donor-acceptor ratio of 5:1. (13)C-NMR, methylation analysis, and electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry showed that the insoluble products were beta-(1,4)-linked oligomers with a degree of polymerization of 5 to at least 11. The BGlu1 E414G glycosynthase was found to prefer longer chain length oligosaccharides that occupy at least three sugar residue-binding subsites as acceptors for productive transglucosylation. This is the first report of a beta-glucansynthase derived from an exoglycosidase that can produce long-chain cello-oligosaccharides, which likely reflects the extended oligosaccharide-binding site of rice BGlu1 beta-glucosidase.     

Structural role of Gly(193) in serine proteases: investigations of a G555E (GLY193 in chymotrypsin) mutant of blood coagulation factor XI

In serine proteases, Gly(193) is highly conserved with few exceptions. A patient with inherited deficiency of the coagulation serine protease factor XI (FXI) was reported to be homozygous for a Gly(555) --> Glu substitution. Gly(555) in FXI corresponds to Gly(193) in chymotrypsin, which is the numbering system used subsequently. To investigate the abnormality in FXI(G193E), we expressed and purified recombinant FXIa(G193E), activated it to FXIa(G193E), and compared its activity to wild type-activated FXI (FXIa(WT)). FXIa(G193E) activated FIX with approximately 300-fold reduced k(cat) and similar K(m), and hydrolyzed synthetic substrate with approximately 10-fold reduced K(m) and modestly reduced k(cat). Binding of antithrombin and the amyloid beta-precursor protein Kunitz domain inhibitor (APPI) to FXIa(G193E) was impaired approximately 8000- and approximately 100000-fold, respectively. FXIa(G193E) inhibition by diisopropyl fluoro-phosphate was approximately 30-fold slower and affinity for p-aminobenzamidine (S1 site probe) was 6-fold weaker than for FXIa(WT). The rate of carbamylation of NH(2)-Ile(16), which forms a salt bridge with Asp(194) in active serine proteases, was 4-fold faster for FXIa(G193E). These data indicate that the unoccupied active site of FXIa(G193E) is incompletely formed, and the amide N of Glu(193) may not point toward the oxyanion hole. Inclusion of saturating amounts of p-aminobenzamidine resulted in comparable rates of carbamylation for FXIa(WT) and FXIa(G193E), suggesting that the occupied active site has near normal conformation. Thus, binding of small synthetic substrates or inhibitors provides sufficient energy to allow the amide N of Glu(193) to point correctly toward the oxyanion hole. Homology modeling also indicates that the inability of FXIa(G193E) to bind antithrombin/APPI or activate FIX is caused, in part, by impaired accessibility of the S2' site because of a steric clash with Glu(193). Such arguments will apply to other serine proteases with substitutions of Gly(193) with a non-glycine residue.