胰蛋白酶与ANS的相互作用

利用荧光光谱法研究了在不同ｐＨ、压力及不同浓度的脲作用时荧光探针１,８－ＡＮＳ（１－ａｎｉｌｉｏｎｎａｐｈｔｈａｌｅｎｅ－８－ｓｕｌｆｏｎｉｃａｃｉｄ）与胰蛋白酶的相互作用．发现在低ｐＨ时ＡＮＳ可以结合到胰蛋白酶上,其中以ｐＨ２．０、３．０时结合最强．进一步的研究发现脲变性对胰蛋白酶结合ＡＮＳ的能力有很大的影响：１．５ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的脲即可使得胰蛋白酶结合ＡＮＳ的能力大大降低,但有趣的是即使高达４ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的脲对胰蛋白酶色氨酸残基荧光也无明显影响．另外,在ｐＨ猝变、脲变性、及逐渐改变压力时,胰蛋白酶色氨酸残基荧光和结合到胰蛋白酶分子上的ＡＮＳ的荧光的变化大不相同．上述结果暗示胰蛋白酶的色氨酸残基所在的区域和其结合ＡＮＳ的区域是两个不相同的区域．     

野花生豆凝集素的化学修饰与荧光光谱研究

野花生豆凝集素（ＣＭＬ）经ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－２００测得分子量为１０３．ＯｋＤ．用对二甲基氨基苯甲醛（ＤＡＢ）为显色剂,测得每个ＣＭＬ分子含有５．９个色氨酸残基．在ｐＨ５．１,含８ｍｏｌ／Ｌ脲的醋酸缓冲液中,Ｎ－溴代丁二酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）可修饰ＣＭＬ分子中的５．６个色氨酸（Ｔｒｐ）残基,同时使ＣＭＬ的凝血活性完全丧失．用焦碳酸二乙酯（ＤＥＰＣ）和Ｎ－乙酰顺丁烯酰胺（ＮＥＭ）分别修饰ＣＭＬ的组氨酸残基和半胱氨酸巯基后,ＣＭＬ的活性均无变化．ＣＭＬ在天然状态下荧光发射峰位于３３６ｎｍ处,用ＣＭＬ的专一性抑制糖Ｎ－乙酰半乳糖胺研究色氨酸的微环境,发现Ｎ－乙酰半乳糖胺可以淬灭ＣＭＬ中８８％的色氨酸残基萤光,Ｓｔｅｒｎ－Ｖｏｌｍｅｒ常数Ｋ＝１．７３Ｌ／ｍｏｌ．同时发现Ｎ－乙酰半乳糖胺能够保护ＣＭＬ,避免ＮＢＳ对ＣＭＬ的修饰作用,表明色氨酸可能是ＣＭＬ维待活性所必需,并直接参与和专一性抑制糖的结合,其微环境较为疏水．     

荧光光谱法定量测定纤维素酶活性架构中单个氨基酸突变对底物结合力的影响

纤维素酶活性架构是酶分子中多个氨基酸残基构成的可结合并催化底物的功能区,其中色氨酸等芳香族残基在该区域中起着重要作用.本研究利用荧光光谱法,定量分析了纤维素酶Ch Cel5A活性架构中色氨酸与底物的结合动力学过程,通过色氨酸荧光猝灭的定量分析,确定了色氨酸特异性结合时的底物浓度范围,并且测定了Ch Cel5A活性架构中单个氨基酸突变导致的底物结合常数的变化,与催化动力学参数比较发现,荧光光谱法可准确表征纤维素酶与底物的结合力及其单个残基突变引起动力学参数的变化.此外,由于p NP中含有强的吸电子基团,因而以p NPC等为配体时会高估与色氨酸的结合常数约20~100倍.荧光光谱法可以测定纤维素酶结合糖分子底物的动力学参数,该方法具有灵敏和快速的特点,这为蛋白质与底物之间相互作用的定量分析提供了新的视角.     

油麻藤凝集素的荧光光谱研究

用化学修饰、内源荧光和荧光淬灭等方法研究了油麻藤凝集素（ＭＳＬ）的溶液构象变化和微环境的构象特征。研究发现ＭＳＬ分子中总共有９个色氨酸（Ｔｒｐ）残基,它们的荧光能被丙烯酰胺淬灭,但不易为ＫＩ接近而淬灭,ＭＳＬ经Ｎ－溴代琥珀酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）修饰后,其内源性荧光发射谱发生相应变化,结果表明ＭＳＬ分子中部分Ｔｒｐ残基埋藏于分子内部,而位于分子表面的Ｔｒｐ残基可能处于分子的疏水袋中。     

油麻藤凝集素的荧光光谱研究

用化学修饰,内源荧光和荧光淬灭等方法研究了油麻藤集素（ＭＳＬ）的溶液的象变化和微环境的构象特征,研究发现ＭＳＬ分子中总共有９个色氨酸（Ｔｒｐ）残基,它们的荧光能被丙烯酰胺淬灭,但不易为ＫＩ接近而淬灭,ＭＳＬ经Ｎ－溴化琥珀酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）修饰后,其内源性荧光发射谱发生相应变化,结果表明ＭＳＬ分子中部分Ｔｒｐ残基埋藏于分子内部,而位于分子表面的Ｔｒｐ残基可能处于分子的疏水袋中。     

人血清白蛋白荧光的红际激发效应

研究了人血清白蛋白中色氨酸的荧光红际激发效应,阐明了人血清白蛋白的红际激发效应与ＰＨ,温度及尿素浓度存在一定的关系,外界条件的改变使得色氨酸残基所处的微环境发生了变化,使得色氨酸残基的基态和激发态的能级产生不同的分布,从而得到不同的红际激发效应。     

江浙蝮蛇毒中性磷脂酶A_2的荧光光谱学研究

用荧光光谱方法研究了江浙蝮蛇毒中性磷脂酶A_2(NPLA_2).研究结果表明NPLA_2分子中确实含有一个色氨酸残基.且位于NPLA_2分子表面;我们还发现荧光探针bis-ANS在NPLA_2分子上有一结合区,其解离平衡常数为11.6μmol/L ;利用结合了的bis-ANS与NPLA_2分子中色氨酸残基之间的能量传递计算出两者之间的距离为17.7(?).     

豆壳过氧化物酶的盐酸胍变性与化学修饰研究

研究了盐酸胍对豆壳过氧化物酶(soybeanhullperoxidase,SHP,EC1.11.1.7)构象与活力的影响,发现去辅基SHP的盐酸胍变(复)性及荧光变化关系与SHP全酶分子的盐酸胍变(复)性及荧光变化关系明显不同。应用过碘酸氧化法去除SHP分子表面糖链,研究糖链去除对酶性质的影响,则证实了SHP分子表面的糖链去除导致酶热稳定性下降。应用不同的蛋白质侧链修饰剂对SHP进行化学修饰则表明,巯基、酪氨酸和色氨酸残基为酶活力非必需,而羧基、组氨酸和精氨酸残基为酶活力所必需。     

江浙蝮蛇毒中性磷脂酶A_2的荧光光谱学研究

用荧光光谱方法研究了江浙蝮蛇毒中性磷脂酶A_2(NPLA_2).研究结果表明NPLA_2分子中确实含有一个色氨酸残基.且位于NPLA_2分子表面;我们还发现荧光探针bis-ANS在NPLA_2分子上有一结合区,其解离平衡常数为11.6μmol/L ;利用结合了的bis-ANS与NPLA_2分子中色氨酸残基之间的能量传递计算出两者之间的距离为17.7(?).     

内切葡聚糖苷水解酶的分离纯化和内源荧光性质

利用离子交换和分子筛层析技术从拟康氏木霉Ｓ－３８固态发酵液中提纯了两个内切葡聚糖苷酶组分．测定了一个组分的内源荧光性质,结果表明：该酶分子的内源荧光几乎都来自色氨酸．Ｎ－溴代琥珀酰亚胺（ＮＢＳ）修饰导致了酶活力的完全丧失,但是酶荧光残留了２５％,抑制剂纤维二糖与酶结合可使部分酶荧光得到保护,同时这种结合也可以保护一定的色氨酸荧光不被外来淬灭剂淬灭．     

Effect of N-bromosuccinimide modification on dihydrofolate reductase from a methotrexate-resistant strain of Escherichia coli. Activity, spectrophotometric, fluorescence and circular dichroism studies.

When dihydrofolate reductase from a methotrexate-resistant strain of Escherichia coli B, MB 1428, is treated with approximately a 5 mol ratio of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) to enzyme at pH 7.2 and assayed at the same pH, there is a 40% loss of activity due to the modification of 1 histidine residue and possibly 1 methionine residue before oxidation of tryptophan occurs. The initial modification is accompanied by a shift of the pH for maximal enzymatic activity from pH 7.2 to pH 5.5 Upon further treatment with N-bromosuccinimide, the activity is gradually reduced from 60 to 0% as tryptophan residues become oxidized. An NBS to enzyme mole ratio of approximately 20 results in 90% inactivation of the enzyme. When the enzyme is titrated with NBS in 6 M guanidine HCl, 5 mol of tryptophan react per mol of enzyme, a result in agreement with the total tryptophan content as determined by magnetic circular dichroism. The 40% NBS-inactivated sample posses full binding capacity for methotrexate and reduced triphosphopyridine nucleotide, and the Km values for dihydrofolate and TPNH are the same as for the native enzyme. After 90% inactivation, only half of the enzyme molecules bind methotrexate, and the dissociation constant for methotrexate is 40 nM as compared to 4 nM for native enzyme in solutions of 0.1 M ionic strength, pH 7.2 Also, TPNH is not bound as tightly to the modified enzyme-methotrexate complex as to the unmodified enzyme-methotrexate complex. Circular dichroism studies indicate the 90% NBS-inactivated enzyme has the same alpha helix content as the native enzyme but less beta structure, while the 40% inactivated enzyme is essentially the same as the native enzyme. Protection experiments were complicated by the fact that NBS reacts with the substrates and cofactors of the enzyme. Although protection of specific residues was not determined, it was clear that TPNH was partially protected from NBS reaction when bound to the enzyme, and the enzyme, and the enzyme was not inactivated by NBS until the TPNH had reacted.     

Simple Synthesis of (R)-5-Hexadecanolide

Chemical modification of tryptophan residues in abrin-a with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) was studied with regard to saccharide-binding. The number of tryptophan residues available for NBS oxidation increased with lowering pH, and 11 out of the 13 tryptophan residues in abrin-a were eventually modified with NBS at pH 4.0, while 6 tryptophan residues were modified at pH 6.0 in the absence of specific saccharides. Modification of tryptophan residues at pH 6.0 greatly decreased the saccharide-binding ability of abrin-a, and only 2% of the hemagglutinating activity was retained after modification of 3 residues/mol. When the modification was done in the presence of lactose or galactose, 1 out of 3 residues/mol remained unmodified with a retention of a fairly high hemagglutinating activity. However, GalNAc did not show such a protective effect. NBS-oxidation led to a great loss of the fluorescence of abrin-a, and after modification of 3 tryptophan residues/mol, the fluorescence intensity at 345 nm was only 38% of that of the unmodified abrin-a. The binding of lactose to abrin-a altered the environment of the tryptophan residue at the saccharide-binding site of abrin-a, leading to a blue shift of the fluorescence spectrum. The ability to generate such fluorescence spectroscopic changes induced by lactose-binding was retained in the derivative in which 2 tryptophan residues/mol were oxidized in the presence of lactose, but not in the derivative in which 3 tryptophan residues/mol were oxidized in the absence of lactose. Importance of the tryptophan residue(s) in the saccharide-binding of abrin-a is suggested.     

The role of tryptophan residues in the hemolytic activity of stonustoxin,a lethal factor from stonefish (Synanceja horrida) venom

Stonustoxin (SNTX) is a pore-forming cytolytic lethal factor, isolated from the venom of the stonefish Synanceja horrida, that has potent hemolytic activity. The role of tryptophan residues in the hemolytic activity of SNTX was investigated. Oxidation of tryptophan residues of SNTX with N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) resulted in loss of hemolytic activity. Binding of 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulphonate (ANS) to SNTX resulted in occlusion of tryptophan residues that resulted in loss of hemolytic activity. Circular dichroism and fluorescence studies indicated that ANS binding resulted in a conformational change of SNTX, in particular, a relocation of surface tryptophan residues to the hydrophobic interior. NBS-modification resulted in oxidised surface tryptophan residues that did not relocate to the hydrophobic interior. These results suggest that native surface tryptophan residues play a pivotal role in the hemolytic activity of STNX, possibly by being an essential component of a hydrophobic surface necessary for pore-formation. This study is the first report on the essentiality of tryptophan residues in the activity of a lytic and lethal factor from a fish venom.     

诺卡氏菌形放线菌β-甘露聚糖酶的化学修饰及活性中心的研究

分别用 PCMB、NEM、N- AI、NBS等对诺卡氏菌形放线菌β- D-甘露聚糖酶进行化学修饰 ,证明蛋白上的巯基、酪氨酸残基及色氨酸残基是维持酶活性的必需基团 .在加入少量底物后 ,β- D-甘露聚糖酶的最大荧光发射峰从天然状态下的 336nm处蓝移至 332 nm,且峰强度有所增大 .这表明其色氨酸残基隐藏在蛋白内部的疏水区域 .通过对该酶圆二色性扫描光谱的分析 ,表明蛋白内部有二硫键的存在 ;通过巯基乙醇化学修饰的研究 ,表明二硫键是影响该酶热稳定性的一个重要因素 .在蛋白的各种二级结构中 ,α-螺旋、β-折叠、β-转角、自由卷曲的比例分别为 1 6.6%、2 5.4%、2 0 .5%和 37.5% .     

Characterization of alpha-mannosidase from Erythrina indica seeds and influence of endogenous lectin on its activity

alpha-mannosidase from Erythrina indica seeds is a Zn(2+) dependent glycoprotein with 8.6% carbohydrate. The enzyme has a temperature optimum of 50 degrees C and energy of activation calculated from Arrhenius plot was found to be 23 kJ mol(-1). N-terminal sequence up to five amino acid residues was found to be DTQEN (Asp, Thr, Gln, Glu, and Asn). In chemical modification studies treatment of the enzyme with NBS led to total loss of enzyme activity and modification of a single tryptophan residue led to inactivation. Fluorescence studies over a pH range of 3-8 have shown tryptophan residue to be in highly hydrophobic environment and pH change did not bring about any appreciable change in its environment. Far-UV CD spectrum indicated predominance of alpha-helical structure in the enzyme. alpha-Mannosidase from E indica exhibits immunological identity with alpha-mannosidase from Canavalia ensiformis but not with the same enzyme from Glycine max and Cicer arietinum. Incubation of E. indica seed lectin with alpha-mannosidase resulted in 35% increase in its activity, while no such activation was observed for acid phosphatase from E. indica. Lectin induced activation of alpha-mannosidase could be completely abolished in presence of lactose, a sugar specific for lectin.     

Tryptophan residues of saccharifying alpha-amylase from Bacillus subtilis. A kinetic discrimination of states of tryptophan residues using N-bromosuccinimide.

Four tryptophan residues of saccharifying alpha-amylase from B. subtilis out of eleven in total are reactive towards N-bromosuccinimide (NBS), suggesting that they are on the surface of the enzyme. This is consistent with the results of solvent perturbation difference spectrophotometry with ethylene glycol. One of four tryptophan residues was clearly distinguished from the other three in reactivity with NBS by the stopped-flow method. This most reactive tryptophan residue was not protected from modification by substrates of analogs, indicating that the tryptophan is not located in the substrate binding site. One of the other three tryptophan residues, probably the second most reactive one, is considered to be related in some way to the glycosyl transfer in the reaction of the enzyme with maltose as a substrate.     

Evidence for the involvement of tryptophan 38 in the active site of glutathione S-transferase P.

Glutathione S-transferase P (GST-P) exists as a homodimeric form and has two tryptophan residues, Trp28 and Trp38, in each subunit. In order to elucidate the role of the two tryptophan residues in catalytic function, we examined intrinsic fluorescence of tryptophan residues and effect of chemical modification by N-bromosuccinimide (NBS). The quenching of intrinsic fluorescence was observed by the addition of S-hexylglutathione, a substrate analogue, and the enzymatic activity was totally lost when single tryptophan residue was oxidized by NBS. To identify which tryptophan residue is involved in the catalytic function, each tryptophan was changed to histidine by site-directed mutagenesis. Trp28His GST-P mutant enzyme showed a comparable enzymatic activity with that of the wild type one. Trp38His mutant neither was bound to S-hexylglutathione-linked Sepharose nor exhibited any GST activity. These findings indicate that Trp38 is important for the catalytic function and substrate binding of GST-P.     

Essential tryptophan residues in the function of cellulase from Schizophyllum commune

The tryptophan residues of the cellulase (EC 3.2.1.4; 1,4-beta-D-glucan 4-glucanohydrolase) from Schizophyllum commune were oxidized by N-bromosuccinimide in both the presence and absence of substrates and inhibitors of the enzyme. In the absence of protective ligands, eight of the twelve tryptophan residues in the cellulase were susceptible to modification with concomitant inactivation of the enzyme. The binding of the substrates, CM-cellulose, methyl cellulose, cellohexaose or lichenan and the competitive inhibitor, cellobiose, protected one tryptophan residue from oxidation but did not prevent the inactivation. Characterization of the oxidized enzyme derivatives by ultraviolet difference absorption and by fluorescence spectroscopy indicated that two tryptophan residues are essential in the mechanism of cellulase catalysis. One residue appears to be directly involved in the binding of substrate, while the second residue is proposed to constitute an integral part of a catalytically sound active centre.     

Role of tryptophan in the spectral and catalytic properties of the copper enzyme, galactose oxidase.

Previous results indicate that a tryptophan residue(s) may interact with the sugar substrate and Cu(II) atom of galactose oxidase (Ettinger, M. J., and Kosman, D. J. (1974), Biochemistry 13, 1248). We now show that N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) reduces enzymatic activity to 2% as two tryptophans are oxidized; only four residues are easily oxidized in the holoenzyme. An enzymatic activity vs. number of residues oxidized profile suggests that this inactivation is probably associated with only one of the first 2 residues oxidized. There is no evidence for chain cleavage or modification of amino acids other than tryptophan. While substrate protection is not afforded by the sugar substrate, the activity-related tryptophan is placed within the active-site locus by spectral evidence. NBS oxidation of two tryptophans results in a marked diminution of the large copper optical-activity transition at 314 nm. Under some reaction conditions, a doubling of ellipticity in the 600-nm region of copper CD is also observed. The effects of the NBS oxidation on the CD spectra of galactose oxidase permit the assignment of the 314-nm CD band to a charge-transfer transition and the 229-nm extremum to a specific tryptophan contribution. The AZZ parameter from electron spin resonance spectra is also markedly reduced by the NBS oxidation. Moreover, while cyanide binds to the native enzyme without reducing the Cu(II) atom, cyanide rapidly reduces the Cu(II) atom to Cu(I) in the NBS-oxidized enzyme. These CD and ESR results are taken to suggest that one aspect of the inactivation by NBS oxidation may be a conversion of the pseudosquare planar copper complex in the native enzyme to a more distorted, towards tetrahedral, complex in the inactivated enzyme. Since the inactivation can be accomplished without affecting binding of the sugar substrate, tryptophan oxidation must affect catalysis per se.     

Characterization of α-mannosidase from Erythrina indica seeds and influence of endogenous lectin on its activity

α-mannosidase from Erythrina indica seeds is a Zn²⁺ dependent glycoprotein with 8.6% carbohydrate. The enzyme has a temperature optimum of 50 °C and energy of activation calculated from Arrhenius plot was found to be 23 kJ mol^− 1. N-terminal sequence up to five amino acid residues was found to be DTQEN (Asp, Thr, Gln, Glu, and Asn). In chemical modification studies treatment of the enzyme with NBS led to total loss of enzyme activity and modification of a single tryptophan residue led to inactivation. Fluorescence studies over a pH range of 3–8 have shown tryptophan residue to be in highly hydrophobic environment and pH change did not bring about any appreciable change in its environment. Far-UV CD spectrum indicated predominance of α-helical structure in the enzyme. α-Mannosidase from E indica exhibits immunological identity with α-mannosidase from Canavalia ensiformis but not with the same enzyme from Glycine max and Cicer arietinum. Incubation of E. indica seed lectin with α-mannosidase resulted in 35% increase in its activity, while no such activation was observed for acid phosphatase from E. indica. Lectin induced activation of α-mannosidase could be completely abolished in presence of lactose, a sugar specific for lectin.