右旋糖酐对Savinase蛋白酶的化学修饰及酶学性质研究

采用经高碘酸钠活化的右旋糖酐修饰Savinase蛋白酶,通过凝胶过滤层析(GPC)和圆二色性光谱(CD)表征了修饰后蛋白酶分子量和结构的变化,测试了修饰酶的反应动力学参数,并考察了温度及pH对修饰酶活力的影响。凝胶过滤层析结果证明修饰后蛋白酶分子量明显提高,圆二色光谱分析表明修饰后蛋白酶的结构有所改变,进一步验证了右旋糖酐和蛋白酶发生了反应。与原酶相比,修饰酶对底物的亲和力增加。原酶和修饰酶的最适温度均为40℃,在30℃~50℃之间修饰酶表现出优于原酶的热稳定性。在pH8.5~9.5之间,修饰酶的稳定性高于原酶。     

戊二醛交联法制备固定化酶的改进研究

本文对以交联聚丙烯酰胺为载体的戊二醛交联法制备固定化酶进行了两点改进t (1)将戊二醛进行醛基保护,避免发生交联反应; (2)将载体的酰胺基经酰肼化反应,使其转化成较活泼的酰肼基。然后将含有活泼酰肼基的载体用保护了醛基的戌二醛进行载体,活化反应,再偶联脲酶、L－门冬酰胺酶,可缩短反应时间、提高偶联酶量及酶活性。     

适配子生物传感器对青霉素的快速检测

将玻碳电极进行阳极氧化和氨基化修饰,通过碳二亚胺盐酸盐(EDC)、N-羟基丁二酰亚胺(NHS)活化作用将青霉素适配子结合在电极表面。该适配子电化学生物传感器分子识别能力强、无放射性标记、检测速率快,青霉素类的最佳检测范围是2.81~281 nmol/L,最低检测限为2.81 nmol/L,检测时间为5 m in。     

戊二醛交联法制备壳聚糖固定化酶的改进研究

壳聚糖是由是虾、蟹壳蛋白中提取的一种氨基多糖（２氨基１,４-β葡聚糖）,呈网状结构,由于其来源丰富,制备简单,化学性质稳定,耐热和具有良好的机械性能,是固定化酶的良好载体,在医药及工业上有着广阔的应用前景^[1].为此探索酶固定化方法,提高酶利用率,活性回收率,提高稳定性和使用周期是固定化酶研究的重要课题。戊二醛交联法是制备固定化酶常用的方法,为防止戊二醛直接和载体分子中氨基间可能会发生的交联反应,本文采用醛基保护改进戊二醛交联法制备了壳聚糖固定化酶,并对其酶利用率,活性回收率进行了观察和比较。     

水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂的分子修饰与其对稻瘟病菌的抑制作用

水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂（ＣＰＩ）经用二硫苏糖醇,对氯汞苯甲酸和碘乙酸修饰后,对木瓜蛋白酶的抑制活性并无改变;用Ｎ－乙基顺丁烯二酰亚胺与ＣＰＩ反应,可以测出ＣＰＩ分子内有１９个巯基被修饰,被修饰后,抑制活性仍无改变,表明水稻ＣＰＩ的抑制活性不需要巯基参与;应用Ｎ－溴代丁二酰亚胺与ＣＰＩ反应,可测出ＣＰＩ分子内有２个Ｔｒｐ被修饰,修饰后,抑制活性全部丧失,表明Ｔｒｐ是保持抑制活性所必需的基团。水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂和丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂对稻瘟病菌丝体的生长均有抑制作用,但后者的抑制作用比前者更强,若将两种抑制剂混合使用,则对稻瘟病菌丝体的抑制作用非常强烈;当抑制剂加入量达７２μｇ时,即可产生明显的抑制作用。     

水稻疏基蛋白酶抑制剂的分子修饰与其对稻瘟病菌的抑制作用

水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂经用二硫苏糖醇,对氯汞苯甲酸和碘乙酸修饰后,对木瓜蛋白酶的抑制活性并无改变;用Ｎ－乙基顺丁烯二酰亚胺与ＣＰＩ反应,可以测出ＣＰＩ分子内有１９个巯基被修饰,被修饰后,抑制活性仍无改变,表明水稻ＣＰＩ的抑制活性不需要巯基参与;应用Ｎ－溴代丁二酰亚胺与ＣＰＩ反应,可测出ＣＰＩ分子内有２个Ｔｒｐ被修饰,修饰后,抑制活性全部丧失,表明Ｔｒｐ是保持抑制活性所必需的基因,水稻巯基蛋白酶抑制剂     

聚乙烯亚胺/戊二醛交联法固定化重组酯酶大肠杆菌细胞

利用聚乙烯亚胺/戊二醛交联法对重组酯酶大肠杆菌E.coli BL21细胞进行固定化研究,并对交联工艺条件进行优化。结果表明:在大肠杆菌细胞质量浓度200 g/L、硅藻土质量浓度2 g/L、聚乙烯亚胺(PEI)体积分数3%、交联时间1.5 h、戊二醛(GA)体积分数0.5%以及交联时间0.5 h时,固定化细胞的酯酶活力最高。固定化细胞的最适反应温度和pH分别为45℃和8.0,且温度稳定性和pH稳定性均高于游离细胞。当底物浓度为300mmol/L时,固定化细胞重复使用15批次后,其相对酶活仍能保留在80%以上。因此,该固定化细胞具有良好的操作稳定性。     

新型蛋白质修饰剂的合成及修饰牛血红蛋白的初步研究

以L-谷氨酸和己二酸为原料合成了一种新型的四官能团蛋白质修饰剂,并用核磁共振和红外光谱对其结构进行了表征。然后以其为修饰剂,对牛血红蛋白的化学修饰进行了初步的研究,并通过高效液相色谱、聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳和血氧分析仪对交联牛血红蛋白的分子量和携氧性能进行了表征。结果表明,该修饰剂可以使牛血红蛋白同时在分子内和分子间发生化学交联,并较好地保持携氧能力（P50:21.7mmHg,Hill系数:2.01）,因此在众多用于开发人工血液代用品的化学修饰剂中该修饰剂具有良好的应用前景。     

重组人超氧化物歧化酶化学修饰的初步研究

在高效表达重组人铜锌超氧化物歧化酶(rh Cu/Zn SOD),并纯化得到比活大于4000单位的 rh Cu/Zn SOD 纯品的基础上,采用活化酯法将聚乙二醇(PEG)与 rhCu/Zn SOD 交联,获得分子量约6万的 PEG-SOD 交联物.经 PEG 修饰的酶稳定性增强,表现为对酸、碱和热的耐受力均较未交联酶高.修饰酶的生物半衰期为15h,是天然酶的90倍,酶活性保留80%以上.还实验观察了修饰剂用量与修饰酶保留活性之间的关系.     

酪氨酸酶、漆酶和谷氨酰胺转氨酶催化交联蛋白质的比较分析

蛋白质交联在食品加工、组织工程、酶工程和药物传递等领域具有广泛用途。以酪蛋白和牛血清白蛋白(BSA)为模式蛋白,考察酪氨酸酶、漆酶和谷氨酰胺转氨酶催化蛋白质交联的底物特异性及交联规律,揭示酶对底物蛋白质结构及反应条件的要求。采用十二烷基磺酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)分析酶催化蛋白质交联规律,激光粒度分布仪测量交联产物粒径。结果表明：酪氨酸酶、漆酶和谷氨酰胺转氨酶对底物的特异性有共同特征,即均可以催化结构松散的蛋白质分子(酪蛋白)交联,但不能催化结构紧密的蛋白质分子(BSA)交联;还原剂二硫苏糖醇(DTT)的加入能促进酶催化BSA交联反应;DTT对酪氨酸酶和谷氨酰胺转氨酶催化酪蛋白交联无影响,但抑制漆酶对酪蛋白的交联。     

Improvement of shrink-resistance and tensile strength of wool fabric treated with a novel microbial transglutaminase from Streptomyces hygroscopicus

In this study, a novel microbial transglutaminase (MTG) from Streptomyces hygroscopicus WSH03-13 was applied in the processing of wool fabrics. The results indicated that MTG treatment could improve felting properties and decrease tensile strength loss of wool fabrics. For the wool fabrics used in this study, MTG treatment following chemical and protease pretreatment led to a 2.32% of area shrinkage and about 16% recovery in tensile strength based on the samples without MTG treatment. Moreover, a traditional resin treatment was compared with the role of MTG. Although the tensile strength of wool fabrics treated by MTG was lower than that treated by resin treatment, the fabrics had similar anti-felting properties, and the chemical oxygen demand of wastewater was only half of the latter.     

超滤法浓缩谷氨酰胺转胺酶的影响因素研究

对微生物谷氨酰胺转胺酶(MTG)超滤浓缩的工艺条件进行了探讨及优化。实验采用截留分子量为30 kDa的聚醚砜(PES)膜,当发酵液初始pH为7,超滤浓缩倍数为4倍时,可以得到理想的MTG回收率。同时对超滤液中蛋白酶的变化进行了分析,发现随着超滤倍数的提高蛋白酶也逐渐提高,但在浓缩4倍以后达到较稳定的水平。聚醚砜(PES)超滤膜使用后用稀释的NaOH溶液浸泡清洗处理50 min后,膜通量可以恢复98.12%。     

A novel “trifunctional protease” with reducibility,hydrolysis, and localization used for wool anti-felting treatment

Proteases can cause unacceptable fiber damage when they are singly applied to wool anti-felting treatment which can make wool textiles machine-washable. Even if protease is attached by synthetic polymers, the modified protease plays a limited role in the degradation of keratin with dense structure consisting of disulfide bonds in the scales. Here, to obtain “machine-washable” wool textiles, a novel “trifunctional protease” with reducibility, hydrolysis, and localization is developed by means of covalent bonding of protease molecules with poly (ethylene glycol) bis (carboxymethyl) ether (HOOC-PEG-COOH) and l-cysteine using carbodiimide/N-hydroxysuccinimide (EDC/NHS) coupling, aiming at selectively degrading the scales on the surface of wool. The formation of polymer is confirmed with size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Ellman’s test and fluorescence microscopy reveal that the modified protease can reduce disulfide bonds and restrict hydrolysis of peptide bonds on the wool scales. Furthermore, when applied to wool fabrics, the modified protease reach better treatment effects considering dimensional stability to felting (6.12%), strength loss (11.7%) and scale dislodgement proved by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), alkali solubility, wettability, and dyeability. This multifunctional enzyme is well-designed according to the requirement of the modification of wool surface, showing great potential for eco-friendly functionalization of keratin fibers rich in disulfide linkage.

     

Surface modification of wool with protease extracted polypeptides

Polypeptides were extracted from wool protein fibres using the serine type protease Esperase 8.0L (EC 3.4.21.62), a subtilisin from Bacillus sp., in a reducing solution. The extracted polypeptides, in aqueous liquor, were then applied to modify the fibre surface of wool fabric with or without additional protease. The treated wool fabric was subsequently treated with the cross-linking agent, glycerol diglycidyl ether, and then underwent a curing process to affix the polypeptide to the fibre. The resulting knitted fabric showed a very high level of shrink-resistance to machine washing, without excessive fibre damage. Shrinkage of 1-2% could be achieved after 5 times 5A washes with minimal (<1%) weight loss due to washing and a burst strength of 317 kPa.     

Substrate specificity analysis of microbial transglutaminase using proteinaceous protease inhibitors as natural model substrates

The substrate specificity of microbial transglutaminase (MTG) from Streptomyces mobaraensis (formerly categorized Streptoverticillium) was studied using a Streptomyces proteinaceous protease inhibitor, STI2, as a model amine-donor substrate. Chemical modification and mutational analysis to address the substrate requirements for MTG were carried out around the putative reactive site region of STI2 on the basis of the highly refined tertiary structure and the solvent accessibility index of Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor, SSI, a homolog of STI2. The results suggest that the P1 reactive center site (position 70 of STI2) for protease subtilisin BPN' or trypsin may be the prime Lys residue that can be recognized by MTG, when succinylated beta-casein was used as a partner Gln-substrate. It is characteristic in that the same primary enzyme contact region of STI2 is shared by both enzymes, MTG and proteases. For quantitative analysis of the TG reaction, we established an ELISA-based monitoring assay system using an anti-SSI polyclonal antibody highly cross-reactive with STI2. Site-specific STI2 mutants were prepared by an Escherichia coli expression-secretion vector system and subjected to the assay system. We reached several conclusions concerning the nature of the flanking amino acid residues affecting the MTG reactivity of the substrate Lys residue: (i) site-specific mutations from Asn to Lys or Arg at position 69 preceding the amine-donor 70Lys, led to enhanced substrate reactivity; (ii) amino acid replacement at 67Ile with Ser led to higher substrate reactivity, (iii) additive effects were obtained by a combination of the positive mutations at positions 67 and 69 as described above, and (iv) Gly at position 65 might be essential for MTG reaction. Moreover, the substrate specificity of guinea pig liver tissue transglutaminase (GTG) was compared with that of MTG using STI2 and its mutants. In contrast to MTG, replacement of Gly by Asp at position 65 was the most favorable for substrate reactivity. Also, 70Lys appeared not to be a prime amine-donor site for GTG-mediated cross-linking, suggesting a difference in substrate recognition between MTG and GTG.     

A new cuticle scale hydrolysing protease from Beauveria brongniartii

From a screening for the production of new proteases specific for cuticle scales, Beauveria brongniartii was selected producing an alkaline Ca⁺⁺ dependent protease. The purified had a molecular weight of 27 kDa and a pI value of 8.0. Substrate specificities of model substrates (wool with partially removed cuticles treated with SDS) were analyzed by protein release, dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen analysis. The C/N ratio of released material turned out to be a good parameter to determine the site of action of proteases on fibres. Compared to other enzymes, the fungal protease preferentially hydrolyzed cuticle scales and has thus a potential for anti-shrinking pre-treatment of wool fabrics.     

Bio‐antifelting of wool based on mild methanolic potassium hydroxide pretreatment

Covalently bound lipids cover the wool surface and make enzymatic degradation of wool scales very difficult. In this paper, methanolic potassium hydroxide (MPH) pretreatment was used prior to enzymatic treatment of wool with protease, aiming at hydrolyzing the outmost lipids on the wool surface and promoting the subsequent proteolytic reaction. The efficacy of lipid removal from the fiber surface and the properties of the protease‐treated wool were evaluated. The results indicated that mild MPH pretreatment with 0.10 mol/L MPH for 10 min improved the wettability of the wool without adverse impacts on its mechanical properties. The wetting time and area shrinkage of the wool fabric reached 0.5 s and 5.6%, respectively, and the strength loss was within the acceptable range. Pretreatment with high concentrations of MPH for longer times led to significant damage to the wool fibers and caused heavy strength loss, without improving the antifelting properties after protease treatment. Thus, the combination of mild MPH and protease treatments endowed the wool with desirable properties in contrast to the treatment with protease alone.     

Enzymatic treatment of wool pre-treated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide to achieve machine washability

Knitted wool fabric was pre-treated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in alkaline conditions in order to remove surface lipid to make the fibre more hydrophilic to enable more efficient subsequent treatment with the enzyme protease. As residual cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on the fibre surface causes an inhibitory effect towards protease, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide has to be removed from the wool. The efficacy of three different anionic surfactants in acid conditions was examined for removing residual cetyltrimethylammonium bromide from the treated wool. If the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide-treated knitted wool was washed with the anionic surfactant, Libraphos HC2A, in acidic conditions, followed by treatment with a chemically modified protease, machine-washable standards could be achieved. The possibility of whether native protease could be used instead of chemically modified protease in achieving shrink-resistance without excessive fibre damage was also studied, exploiting the tendency of residual cetyltrimethylammonium bromide to decrease the activity of the enzyme. It was found that if native protease or native protease in the presence of an enteric polymer was used to treat cetyltrimethylammonium bromide pre-treated wool, an improvement in shrink-resistance without excessive fibre degradation was observed. Machine washability could be achieved by optimizing the proportion of enteric polymer to native protease used to treat cetyltrimethylammonium bromide pre-treated wool. Up-scaling this process showed similar results. The dyeability of the wool with reactive dyes was unaffected by the treatment.     

Identification of protease from Euphorbia amygdaloides latex and its use in cheese production

In this research, protease enzyme was purified and characterized from milk of Euphorbia amygdaloides. (NH4)2SO4 fractionation and CM-cellulose ion exchange chromatography methods were used for purification of the enzyme. The optimum pH value was determined to be 5, and the optimum temperature was determined to be 60 degrees C. The V(max) and K(M) values at optimum pH and 25 degrees C were calculated by means of Linewearver-Burk graphs as 0.27 mg/L min(-1) and 16 mM, respectively. The purification degree was controlled by using SDS-PAGE and molecular weight was found to be 26 kD. The molecular weight of the enzyme was determined as 54 kD by gel filtration chromatography. These results show that the enzyme has two subunits.In the study, it was also researched whether purified and characterized protease can be collapsed to milk. It was determined that protease enzyme can collapse milk and it can be used to produce cheese.     

Proteolysis of the calcium-dependent protease inhibitor by myocardial calcium-dependent protease

Bovine heart peak II calcium-dependent protease was capable of hydrolyzing its specific inhibitor protein at high molar ratios of protease to inhibitor. The proteolysis was inhibited by leupeptin and required millimolar calcium. Thus, it appeared to be attributable to the calcium-dependent protease and not to possible contaminating proteases in the purified preparations of inhibitor or calcium-dependent protease. Incubation of the purified inhibitor with the calcium-dependent protease produced a discrete pattern of inhibitor fragments on Western blots developed with an inhibitor-specific monoclonal antibody. Traces of similar or identical lower molecular weight immunoreactive material could be observed in Western blots of bovine heart extracts, and the immunoreactivity present as these lower molecular weight forms could be increased by incubation of the extracts with calcium ion. These results suggest that the inhibitor can be proteolyzed to low molecular weight forms which can be detected in cardiac tissue extracts, and that calcium-dependent protease(s) may be responsible for this phenomenon.