链霉菌C-3662产生的纤溶活性蛋白酶的纯化与理化性质

 从链霉菌 C- 3662发酵上清液中 ,通过硫酸铵沉淀 ,CM- Sepharose Fast Flow和 Phenyl-Sepharose Fast Flow等层析色谱 ,分离纯化得到了具有纤溶活性的蛋白酶 CGW- 3,反向 HPLC鉴定纯度为 90 % ;每立升发酵上清液可得到 8mg纯品 ,活性回收率 46% ,CGW- 3为一单肽链蛋白 ,分子量 2 2 72 1 ,对丝氨酸蛋白酶抑制剂 PMSF敏感 ,对 EDTA不敏感 ;其 N端 1 5个氨基酸的顺序为 VVGGTRAAQGEFPFM,与微生物来源的胰蛋白酶类丝氨酸蛋白酶有较高的同源性 . CGW- 3的等电点 p I9.0 ,纤溶活性的最适 p H为 7.5～ 8.0 ,对温度比较敏感 .CGW- 3不仅具有直接降解纤维蛋白作用 ,而且能够激活纤溶酶原     

离子注入对萝卜过氧化物酶、淀粉酶和蛋白酶同工酶的影响

研究了氮离子和氩离子注入萝卜种子对萝卜幼苗蛋白含量、过氧化物酶活性及过氧化物酶、淀粉酶和蛋白酶同工酶的影响。结果表明 :离子注入后 ,减低萝卜过氧化物酶活性和蛋白含量。萝卜不同生长时期同工酶变化不一样。在子叶时期 ,过氧化物酶同工酶谱带无明显变化 ,淀粉酶同工酶有酶带的消失 ;而在真叶时期 ,过氧化物酶在负极区减少一条酶带 ,Rf为 0 .2 2 ,正极区增加一条酶带 ,Rf为 0 .6 ,且随剂量增加 ,酶带着色增强 ;淀粉酶同工酶在注入剂量为 5× 10 5N+ / cm2 )时 ,有同工酶带增加 ,Rf为 0 .6 1。低剂量时蛋白酶活性增强 ,谱带增多 ,大剂量则减弱。因此 ,N+和 Ar+注入后 ,可影响萝卜过氧化物酶和淀粉酶的表达及蛋白质的合成或降解。     

Fluorescent Location of Human Colonic Tumour Cells by Means of an Enzyme-Inhibitor Complex

Abstract

We studied the enzymic status of the tumour cell surface protease, guanidinobenzoatase (GB) in frozen sections of a human colonic tumour grown in nude mice and also in human colons. Active enzyme was demonstrated by the binding of a synthetic fluorescent probe for the active centre of guanidinobenzoatase (GB). It was observed that tissue derived inhibitors of GB blocked the binding of this fluorescent probe and that enzyme inhibitor complex formation could be controlled by lowering the pH of the medium with lactic acid. The presence of an inhibitor of GB in the mouse tumour extract was taken advantage of by making two fluorescent derivatives of this inhibitor; both of which located GB on colonic tumour cells in frozen sections of human colon.     

Novel kinetic analysis of enzymatic dipeptide synthesis: effect of pH and substrates on thermolysin catalysis.

The point of maximum activity is specific to a particular substrate-enzyme system but may vary with different substrates and the same enzyme. The specificity of enzymes has, however, been generally reported only at their "optimal" pH. In this article, we introduce the Michaelis-Menten equation taking pH into account, and apply it to the pH-activity profile of the thermolysin-catalyzed dipeptide synthesis. It has been reported to date that the pH-activity profile of thermolysin follows a bell-shaped curve with a maximal activity at or near pH 7.0. The profiles obtained in this study, however, indicated that the optimal pH varied from 5.8 (for F-AspPheOMe) to 7.3 (for Z-ArgPheOMe), and the order of thermolysin activity was greatly dependent on the pH of reaction media. We have succeeded in evaluating the substrates-induced change of the dissociation states of the active site of thermolysin using the hydrophobicity of substrates. We have obtained apparent kinetic parameters which are independent of the pH of reaction media. The apparent specificity of thermolysin which were independent of pH of the reaction media was in order L-Leu > L-Asp > L-Arg > L-Ala > L-Gly > L-Val and Z > Boc = F at P1 and P2 positions, respectively.     

Comparison of anionic and cationic trypsinogens: the anionic activation domain is more flexible in solution and differs in its mode of BPTI binding in the crystal structure

Unlike bovine cationic trypsin, rat anionic trypsin retains activity at high pH. This alkaline stability has been attributed to stabilization of the salt bridge between the N-terminal Ile16 and Asp194 by the surface negative charge (Soman K, Yang A-S, Honig B, Fletterick R., 1989, Biochemistry 28:9918-9926). The formation of this salt bridge controls the conformation of the activation domain in trypsin. In this work we probe the structure of rat trypsinogen to determine the effects of the surface negative charge on the activation domain in the absence of the Ile16-Asp194 salt bridge. We determined the crystal structures of the rat trypsin-BPTI complex and the rat trypsinogen-BPTI complex at 1.8 and 2.2 A, respectively. The BPTI complex of rat trypsinogen resembles that of rat trypsin. Surprisingly, the side chain of Ile16 is found in a similar position in both the rat trypsin and trypsinogen complexes, although it is not the N-terminal residue and cannot form the salt bridge in trypsinogen. The resulting position of the activation peptide alters the conformation of the adjacent autolysis loop (residues 142-153). While bovine trypsinogen and trypsin have similar CD spectra, the CD spectrum of rat trypsinogen has only 60% of the intensity of rat trypsin. This lower intensity most likely results from increased flexibility around two conserved tryptophans, which are adjacent to the activation domain. The NMR spectrum of rat trypsinogen contains high field methyl signals as observed in bovine trypsinogen. It is concluded that the activation domain of rat trypsinogen is more flexible than that of bovine trypsinogen, but does not extend further into the protein core.     

Use of a 49-peptide library for a qualitative and quantitative determination of pseudomonal serralysin specificity

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa serralysin (E.C. 3.4.24.40.), which is a zinc-dependent metalloprotease from the metzincin superfamily, has quite a broad specificity, which has not yet been clearly identified. We have studied it with an original approach, using a 49-peptide library of the type Z–AXXA (amide) (X=A, L, V, F, S, R, E). The library was analyzed by LC-MS before and after enzymatic hydrolysis. A great number of hydrolyzed peptides were screened and the preferential hydrolysis was the X–X peptide bond, even if in some cases, A–X and X–A bond could be hydrolyzed. No amino acids with a ionized side chain could be found in the P₁′ position. The results obtained suggest that the specificity in the P_n′ position, where an hydrophobic residue was preferentially found, seems more selective that in the P_n position. The P₁ position was not very specific, but, on a quantitative point of view, the enzymatic activity was particularly increased when R, F or A were in this position. The results allow us to define the P₁′ and P₁ residues for an optimal substrate of pseudomonal serralysin and usable for the design and the synthesis of a specific inhibitor.     

Regio-selective preparation of vinyl adenosine ester catalyzed by alkaline protease

The transesterification of divinyladipate with adenosine in DMF containing 20% (v/v) DMSO was catalyzed by Streptomyces sp. alkaline protease and esterification occurred exclusively at the 3-position of hydroxyl group of ribofuranose in adenosine to give 3-O-vinyladipoyl adenosine without other products.     

A 54 kDa cysteine protease purified from the crude extract of Neodiplostomum seoulense adult worms

As a preliminary study for the explanation of pathobiology of Neodiplostomum seoulense infection, a 54 kDa protease was purified from the crude extract of adult worms by sequential chromatographic methods. The crude extract was subjected to DEAE-Sepharose Fast Flow column, and protein was eluted using 25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4) containing 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 M NaCl in stepwise elution. The 0.2 M NaCl fraction was further purified by Q-Sepharose chromatography and protein was eluted using 20 mM sodium acetate (pH 6.4) containing 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 M NaCl, respectively. The 0.1M NaCl fraction showed a single protein band on SDS-PAGE carried out on a 7.5-15% gradient gel. The proteolytic activities of the purified enzyme were specifically inhibited by L-trans-epoxy-succinylleucylamide (4-guanidino) butane (E-64) and iodoacetic acid. The enzyme, cysteine protease, showed the maximum proteolytic activity at pH 6.0 in 0.1 M buffer, and degraded extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen and fibronectin with different activities. It is suggested that the cysteine protease may play a role in the nutrient uptake of N. seoulense from the host intestine.     

Co-existence of clpB and clpC in the Bacillaceae

The gene encoding ClpC in Bacillus anthracis was amplified from the chromosome by polymerase chain reaction using degenerate oligonucleotide primers. These primers also amplified a second DNA fragment identified as a clpB homolog. Both genes were suggested to be functional. Contrary to Bacillus subtilis which possesses clpC but not clpB, many Bacillus species were found to harbor both clpC and clpB. We also found that Clostridium strains could possess clpB, clpC, or both. All the Gram-negative strains tested had clpB only.     

Letter to the Editor: 1H, 15N and 13C NMR Resonance Assignments of Staphostatin A, a Specific Staphylococcus Aureus Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitor

The increasing antibiotic resistance of an important human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus calls for the development of new therapeutic strategies. Staphylococcal cysteine proteases have been suggested as targets for such therapies. The recent discovery of staphostatins, specific protein inhibitors of these enzymes, gives prospects for the design and production of synthetic, low molecular weight analogs which might become drugs. We have decided to structurally characterize staphostatin A, a representative inhibitor of staphylococcal cysteine proteases, and to assess its binding mode to the target protease with the view of clarifying the specificity determinants. Here we report the (1)H, (15)N and (13)C NMR resonance assignments of staphostatin A.