胰凝乳蛋白酶短肽抑制剂的筛选和活性分析

报道了一种从噬菌体肽库中筛选胰凝乳蛋白酶短肽抑制剂的新方法．在通常的亲和富集筛选的基础上,利用胰凝乳蛋白酶自身的水解活力切割掉结合的底物噬菌体,再经抑制活力分析得到抑制性噬菌体克隆．这样筛得的噬菌体克隆具有明显的胰凝乳蛋白酶结合活力和抑制活力,ＤＮＡ序列分析发现其保守序列为（Ｓ／Ｔ）ＲＶＰＲ（Ｒ／Ｈ）．按此序列化学合成的短肽Ａｃ－ＡＳＲＶＰＲＲＧ－ＮＨ２、Ａｃ－ＡＳＲＶＰＲＨＧ－ＮＨ２同样表现出对胰凝乳蛋白酶的抑制作用．该方法为蛋白酶短肽抑制剂的筛选提供了一条有效途径     

两种鲤鱼胰凝乳蛋白酶原基因的电子克隆及分析

为研究胰凝乳蛋白酶原在鱼类中的生理功能和作用机制,利用生物信息学的方法,成功获得了鲤鱼两种胰凝乳蛋白酶原的cDNA序列(ccCHTR1和ccCHTR2)并对其进行序列分析。结果显示,ccCHTR1 cDNA含有792 bp的开放阅读框,编码263个氨基酸;ccCHTR2 cDNA含有798 bp的开放阅读框,编码265个氨基酸。二者氨基端均含有18个氨基酸组成的信号肽,同时,在成熟肽的第15和16个氨基酸(R-I)之间存在一个切割位点。氨基酸比对结果显示,ccCHTR1和ccCHTR2具备胰凝乳蛋白酶原的保守结构特征,同时二者有72.8%的同源性,且都与斑马鱼有最高的同源性,分别是93.3%和73.5%。进化分析显示,二者分别与斑马鱼和鳕鱼亲缘关系最近,与哺乳动物的亲缘关系较远。     

猪皮胶原蛋白水解产物中的抗氧化活性肽的分离及其氨基酸组分

利用不同蛋白酶水解猪皮胶原蛋白,根据水解产物对自由基的清除率,筛选最适蛋白酶的组合,筛选抗氧化活性较高的肽类,并进行氨基酸分析.结果表明:胃蛋白酶→木瓜蛋白酶→菠萝蛋白酶为酶解胶原蛋白的最佳组合;分离纯化得到了三种具有较高抗氧化活性的肽;氨基酸组分分析显示:P1′、P2′和P3′组分具有自由基清除作用的关键氨基酸甲硫氨酸、酪氨酸和组氨酸等.     

牙鲆弹性蛋白酶cDNA全长和蛋白质结构分析

为研究牙鲆丝氨酸蛋白酶家族的功能和及其家族的分子进化规律,从本实验室已构建的牙鲆肝胰脏cDNA文库进行了部分测序,从而筛选出一个弹性蛋白酶新成员：弹性蛋白酶5。在此基础上,结合Genbank数据库中已经提交的胰凝乳蛋白酶和胰蛋白酶,对三者蛋白质进行了序列分析和三维结构的比较。牙鲆弹性蛋白酶cDNA包含一个完整的读码框（提交Genbank的登录号为EU873084）。其编码区平均GC含量为54％,推测编码的蛋白质包含296个氨基酸,分子量为29．04KD,等电点为6．14。蛋白序列比较表明它和牙鲆弹性蛋白酶3相似性最高。通过同源建模得到弹性蛋白酶5的三维结构和牛胰凝乳蛋白酶结构相似,包含了2个α螺旋、β个8折叠和13个转角结构。牙鲆弹性蛋白酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶和胰蛋白酶中底物结合区的3个关键氨基酸有明显的区别,这些氨基酸的变化改变了底物结合位点开口的大小,胰凝乳蛋白酶2的三个关键氨基酸和牛胰凝乳蛋白酶相同,该区域能接受结构较大的芳香族氨基酸;胰蛋白酶3能更好的结合阳性氨基酸Lys或Arg;而弹性蛋白酶开口很小,只能结合小的残基。上述结果证明了牙鲆丝氨酸蛋白酶家族中的弹性蛋白酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶和胰蛋白酶底物结合位点的结构差异决定了其对底物选择的特异性。     

蛋白酶B.P与几种试剂蛋白酶的比较

蛋白酶B.P与国内外几种试剂蛋白酶比较,证明其酶种单一,只含有蛋白酶,不含DNA酶和RNA酶,与蛋白酶K和蛋白酶E相似。蛋白酶B.P除含有碱性蛋白酶外还含有较高的中性蛋白酶活性,它可以广泛地水解多种天然蛋白,应用于微生物细胞蛋白的水解,提取DNA和RNA,还可水解叶肉细胞蛋白,提取叶绿体DNA,是我国第一个碱性生化试剂蛋白酶。     

胰岛素B链中肽段的合成 Ⅰ.苄氧羰甘·苯丙·苯丙·酪·苏·脯·N~6-对甲苯磺酰赖·丙氨酸甲酯的合成

胰岛素B链中C端八肽的衍生物,即Cbz·gly·phe·phe.tyr·thr·pro·(ε-Tos)lys·ala·OCH_(30)曾依(5 3)方案用DCCI法和叠氮法分别合成。其中五肽片段的衍生物也采用不同途径,即DCCI法、活化酯法和叠氮法,C端三肽的衍生物也采用前二法均合成得到相应的均一的产品。N~∈-对甲苯磺酰-八肽及其中间体,Cbz·gly·phe·phe·tyr·thr·OH和H·pro·(∈-Tos)lys·ala·OH分别用羧肽酶、肾羧肽酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶和氨肽酶水解,证明了各个肽段内并无个别可测得的消旋氢基酸存在;而羧肽酶和胰凝乳蛋白酶作用于这些肽段时所水解的肽键的位置,和这些酶水解胰岛素B链本身的结果相符合。     

核糖核酸酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶等蛋白质光照产生荧光物质的研究

对核糖核酸酶、胰凝乳蛋白酶等近十种蛋白质、氨基酸及其衍生物进行光照研究,发现在强紫外光照后都能产生荧光物,其发射峰的位置在400um左右.光照带芳香氨基酸残基的蛋白质形成荧光物是蛋白质的一个共同的特性.进一步分离这些蛋白荧光物时,发现这些蛋白质受到紫外光照后,有一定的破坏,包括链的断裂和某些氨基酸含量的减少.     

蛋白质的酶水解过程研究

进行了蛋白质酶水解过程的研究。结果表明木瓜蛋白酶对混合蛋白质的亲和力最强 ,而 1398蛋白酶的亲和力最弱。也表明作用位点和亲和力之间有一定的对应关系 ,Km值和作用位点氨基酸含量比例的相关系数为 0 .90 9。温度影响结果表明温度较低时温度升高加速水解反应过程处主要地位 ;当温度较高时 ,酶失活过程处主导地位。在一定水解时间内的讨论最适温度条件具有更明确的针对性 ,从本研究的采用胰酶 (胰蛋白酶和胰凝乳蛋白酶 )水解 4h的条件下 ,反应温度控制在45～ 5 0℃之间最适     

地衣芽孢杆菌YP1A耐有机溶剂蛋白酶基因的克隆与功能表达

根据B．licheniformis YP1A来源的碱性蛋白酶具有的高强度耐有机溶剂性能及相关数据库分析,采用PCR克隆B．licheniformis YP1A耐有机溶剂碱性蛋白酶基因,序列分析显示该基因（1264bp）包含启动子与编码380个氨基酸的开放阅读框（ORF）,ORF包括信号肽、前肽及编码254个氨基酸的成熟肽序列。相关基因分析表明,YP1A耐有机溶剂碱性蛋白酶基因与地衣芽孢杆菌ATCC14580的碱性蛋白酶基因仅有6个氨基酸残基差异：构建2种含YP1A碱性蛋白酶CDS的组成型穿梭表达载体pHY／aprYP与pHY／aprP43,前者采用YP1A蛋白酶自带的启动子,后者则采用来自于质粒pP43NMK的P43强启动子。利用这2种表达载体在枯草芽孢杆菌WB800中成功进行蛋白酶的功能表达．其中P43强启动子的表达能力明显优于碱性蛋白酶自带的启动子,表达的蛋白酶比酶活为395U／ml。重组菌表达的碱性蛋白酶在体积分数50％的亲水及疏水有机溶剂中表现出了很好的耐受性,验证了克隆基因为地衣芽孢杆菌YP1A的高强度耐有机溶剂碱性蛋白酶基因.     

利用噬菌体展示文库筛选纤维素结合结构基元

从编码随机１５肽序列的噬菌体表面展示文库中,筛选得到了与纤维素有特异亲和能力的噬菌体克隆。序列分析结果表明,这些噬菌体克隆编码的氨基酸序列中芒香族氨基酸残基高度保守,与天然纤维素结合结构域的结构有一定的类似性。     

Amino Acid Sequence and Activity of Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Lysozyme

Green turtle lysozyme purified from egg white was sequenced and analyzed its activity. Lysozyme was reduced and pyridylethylated or carboxymethylated to digest with trypsin, chymotrypsin and V8 protease. The peptides yielded were purified by RP-HPLC and sequenced. Every trypsin peptide was overlapped by chymotrypsin peptides and V8 protease peptides. This lysozyme is composed of 130 amino acids including an insertion of a Gly residue between 47 and 48 residues when compared with chicken lysozyme. The amino acid substitutions were found at subsites E and F. Namely Phe34, Arg45, Thr47, and Arg114 were replaced by Tyr, Tyr, Pro, and Asn, respectively. The time course using N-acetylglucosamine pentamer as a substrate showed a reduction of the rate constant of glycosidic cleavage and transglycosylation and increase of binding free energy for subsite E, which proved the contribution of amino acids mentioned above for substrate binding at subsites E and F.     

神经生长因子低亲和力受体(p75NTR)的模拟配基的筛选

人神经生长因子低亲和力受体 (p75NTR)转染R2细胞而建立的R2L1细胞 ,在去血清培养时发生凋亡 ,该作用可被神经生长因子 (NGF)所抑制 .用R2L1和R2两种细胞差式筛选噬菌体随机 7肽库和 1 2肽库 ,获得和p75NTR特异结合的噬菌体 .测定DNA序列后得到有关多肽的氨基酸序列 .7肽库共有序列为C (H D)LP(K M)HPM C ;1 2肽库优势序列为TLPSPLALLTVH .化学合成相应的 2个短肽 .用细胞结合法和ELISA方法证实阳性噬菌体和合成短肽能与p75NTR结合 ,并证实了它们对R2L1细胞去血清培养后的凋亡有抑制作用     

Structural requirements of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase signal peptide for efficient processing: in vivo pulse-chase experiments with mutant signal peptides.

The Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase signal peptide consists of 33 amino acids from its translation initiation site. To analyze the structural requirements for efficient processing of the signal peptide, single and repeated Ala-X-Ala sequences and their modifications were introduced into B. subtilis alpha-amylase signal peptides of different lengths and the mature thermostable alpha-amylase. Then the cleavage positions and processing rates of the signal peptides were analyzed by the NH2-terminal amino acid sequences of the exported thermostable alpha-amylases and by in vivo pulse-chase experiments. In B. subtilis, the most efficient cleavage site was located at the peptide bond between Ala-33 and amino acid X at position 34, even though Val-X-Ala and six repeating Ala-X-Ala sequences were present around the cleavage site. However, the cleavage site was shifted to the peptide bond between Ala-31 and amino acid X when Ala-33 was deleted, and it was also shifted to Ala-35 and X when Ala-33 was replaced with Val-33. The shorter signal peptide consisting of 31 amino acids reduced the processing rate and alpha-amylase production. In contrast, those signal peptides were cleaved preferentially at the peptide bond between Ala-31 and amino acid X in Escherichia coli. In addition to the presence of an Ala residue at the -1 amino acid position, the length of the signal peptide was another important requirement for efficient processing.     

Hepatitis A virus 3C proteinase substrate specificity.

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) 3C proteinase is responsible for processing the viral precursor polyprotein into mature proteins. The substrate specificity of recombinant hepatitis A 3C proteinase was investigated using a series of synthetic peptides representing putative polyprotein junction sequences. Two peptides, corresponding to the viral polyprotein 2B/2C and 2C/3A junctions, were determined to be cleaved most efficiently by the viral 3C proteinase. The kcat/Km values determined for the hydrolysis of a further series of 2B/2C peptides, in which C-terminal and N-terminal amino acids were systematically removed, revealed that P4 through P2' amino acids were necessary for efficient substrate cleavage. The substitution of Ala for amino acids in P1 and P4 positions decreased the rate of peptide hydrolysis by 100- and 10-fold, respectively, indicating that the side chains of Gln in P1 and Leu in P4 are important determinants of substrate specificity. Rates of hydrolysis measured for other P1- and P4-substituted peptides indicate that S1 is very specific for the Gln side chain whereas S4 requires only that the amino acid in P4 be hydrophobic. A continuous fluorescence quench assay was developed, allowing the determination of kcat/Km dependence on pH. The pH rate profile suggests that catalyzed peptide hydrolysis is dependent on deprotonation of a reactive group having a pKa of 6.2 (+/- 0.2). The results of tests with several proteinase inhibitors indicate that this cysteine proteinase, like other picornaviral 3C proteinases, is not a member of the papain family.     

Substrate specificity of human pancreatic elastase 2

The substrate specificity of human pancreatic elastase 2 was investigated by using a series of peptide p-nitroanilides. The kinetic constants, kcat and Km, for the hydrolysis of these peptides revealed that this serine protease preferentially hydrolyzes peptides containing P1 amino acids which have medium to large hydrophobic side chains, except for those which are disubstituted on the first carbon of the side chain. Thus, human pancreatic elastase 2 appears to be similar in peptide bond specificity to the recently described porcine pancreatic elastase 2 [Gertler, A., Weiss, Y., & Burstein, Y. (1977) Biochemistry 16, 2709] but differs significantly in specificity from porcine elastase 1. The best substrates for human pancreatic elastase 2 were glutaryl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Leu-p nitroanilide and succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Met-p-nitroanilide. However, there was little difference among substrates with leucine, methionine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, norvaline, or norleucine in the P1 position. Changes in the hydrolysis rate of peptides with differing P5 residues indicate that this enzyme has an extended binding site which interacts with at least five residues of peptide substrates. The overall catalytic efficiency of human pancreatic elastase 2 is significantly lower than that of porcine elastase 1 or bovine chymotrypsin with the compounds studied.     

传染性法氏囊病病毒五个抗原表位短肽的鉴定与序列分析

以5株传染性法氏囊病病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus,IBDV)单克隆抗体HNF1、HNF7、B34、2B1和2G8作为筛选分子,对噬菌体展示12肽库进行3轮"吸附-洗脱-扩增"淘洗,从每株单克隆抗体筛选到的噬菌斑中随机挑取12个单克隆蓝色噬菌斑,合计60个,用间接ELISA检测,A值大于1.00;用竞争抑制ELISA分析,单克隆抗体和IBDV抗原均能竞争抑制筛选12肽与固相包被单克隆抗体的反应,抑制率大于40%,表明在该12肽内含有IBDV抗原表位。选取35个单克隆噬菌斑,测定噬菌体gIII部分基因的核苷酸序列,确定了这5个含有不同IBDV抗原表位12肽的核苷酸和氨基酸序列。进一步将其与GenBank中IBDV基因组编码蛋白的氨基酸序列进行比较,发现2B1筛选肽有4个连续氨基酸残基Leu-Ala-Ser-Pro与IBDV基因组A片段编码多聚蛋白的第536-599氨基酸残基一致,推测2B1为线性表位;而HNF1、HNF7、B34和2G8筛选肽均没找到有3个以上连续氨基酸残基与IBDV蛋白序列相同之处,推测可能是构象依赖性表位。     

Cutting edge: HLA-B27 acquires many N-terminal dibasic peptides: coupling cytosolic peptide stability to antigen presentation

Ag presentation by MHC class I is a highly inefficient process because cytosolic peptidases destroy most peptides after proteasomal generation. Various mechanisms shape the MHC class I peptidome. We define a new one: intracellular peptide stability. Peptides with two N-terminal basic amino acids are more stable than other peptides. Such peptides should be overrepresented in the peptidome of MHC class I-associated peptides. HLA-B27 binding peptides use anchor residue R at P2 and, although most amino acids are allowed, particular amino acids are overrepresented at P1, including R and K. We show that such N-terminal dibasic peptides are indeed more efficiently presented by HLA-B27. This suggests that HLA-B27 can present peptides from Ags present in fewer copies than required for successful peptide generation for other MHC class I molecules.     

Amino acid sequence of the active site peptide of bovine intestinal 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase and identification of the active site residue as threonine

We report here the identification of the amino acid residue which forms the covalent intermediate in the catalytic mechanism of bovine intestinal 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase and the sequence of the neighboring amino acids. The active site of 5'-nucleotide phosphodiesterase was labeled using thymidine 5'-[alpha-32P]triphosphate as substrate. A single labeled cyanogen bromide peptide was isolated using reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. After subdigestion with endoproteinase Lys-C and chymotrypsin, the entire amino acid sequence of the 60-residue active site peptide was obtained using automated Edman degradation. All of the radioactivity of the active site peptide was localized to a hexapeptide with sequence Thr-Phe-Pro-Asn-His-Tyr. Phosphoamino acid analysis of this peptide indicated that the labeled residue was threonine. We are not aware of any other enzymes in which threonine is phosphorylated as a covalent intermediate in the catalytic mechanism.     

Albumin is a substrate of human chymase. Prediction by combinatorial peptide screening and development of a selective inhibitor based on the albumin cleavage site

Human chymase is a chymotryptic serine peptidase stored and secreted by mast cells. Compared with other chymotryptic enzymes, such as cathepsin G and chymotrypsin, it is much more slowly inhibited by serum serpins. Although chymase hydrolyzes several peptides and proteins in vitro, its target repertoire is limited compared with chymotrypsin because of selective interactions in an extended substrate-binding site. The best-known natural substrate, angiotensin I, is cleaved to generate vasoactive angiotensin II. Selectivity of angiotensin cleavage depends in major part on interactions involving substrate residues on the carboxyl-terminal (P1'-P2') side of the cleaved bond. To identify new targets based on interactions with residues on the aminoterminal (P4-P1) side of the site of hydrolysis, we profiled substrate preferences of recombinant human chymase using a combinatorial, fluorogenic peptide substrate library. Data base queries using the peptide (Arg-Glu-Thr-Tyr-X) generated from the most preferred amino acid at each subsite identify albumin as the sole, soluble, human extracellular protein containing this sequence. We validate the prediction that this site is chymase-susceptible by showing that chymase hydrolyzes albumin uniquely at the predicted location, with the resulting fragments remaining disulfide-linked. The site of hydrolysis is highly conserved in vertebrate albumins and is near predicted sites of metal cation binding, but nicking by chymase does not alter binding of Cu2+ or Zn2+. A synthetic peptidic inhibitor, diphenyl N alpha-benzoxycarbonyl-l-Arg-Glu-Thr-PheP-phosphonate, was designed from the preferred P4-P1 substrate sequence. This inhibitor is highly potent (IC50 3.8 nM) and 2,700- and 1,300-fold selective for chymase over cathepsin G and chymotrypsin, respectively. In summary, these findings reveal albumin to be a substrate for chymase and identify a potentially useful new chymase inhibitor.     

Substrate specificity of the Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT

OmpT is a surface protease of gram-negative bacteria that has been shown to cleave antimicrobial peptides, activate human plasminogen, and degrade some recombinant heterologous proteins. We have analyzed the substrate specificity of OmpT by two complementary substrate filamentous phage display methods: (i) in situ cleavage of phage that display protease-susceptible peptides by Escherichia coli expressing OmpT and (ii) in vitro cleavage of phage-displayed peptides using purified enzyme. Consistent with previous reports, OmpT was found to exhibit a virtual requirement for Arg in the P1 position and a slightly less stringent preference for this residue in the P1' position (P1 and P1' are the residues immediately prior to and following the scissile bond). Lys, Gly, and Val were also found in the P1' position. The most common residues in the P2' position were Val or Ala, and the P3 and P4 positions exhibited a preference for Trp or Arg. Synthetic peptides based upon sequences selected by bacteriophage display were cleaved very efficiently, with kcat/Km values up to 7.3 x 10(6) M(-1) s(-1). In contrast, a peptide corresponding to the cleavage site of human plasminogen was hydrolyzed with a kcat/Km almost 10(6)-fold lower. Overall, the results presented in this work indicate that in addition to the P1 and P1' positions, additional amino acids within a six-residue window (between P4 and P2') contribute to the binding of substrate polypeptides to the OmpT binding site.