A novel endopeptidase with a strict specificity for threonine residues at the P1' position |
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Authors: | Niamké S Sine J P Guionie O Colas B |
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Affiliation: | Unité de Recherche en Biocatalyse, UPRES 2161, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Nantes, France. |
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Abstract: | An endopeptidase was purified from Archachatina ventricosa by chromatography on columns of gel filtration, DEAE-Sepharose and phenyl-Sepharose. The preparation was shown to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis. The purified enzyme displayed two protein bands on SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with estimated molecular weights of 90,000 and 121,000. The protease exhibited maximum proteolytic activity at 55 degrees C and at pH 8.0, but it retained more than 85% of its activity in the pH range 7.5 to 8.5. It was completely inactivated by the chelating agents EDTA and 1,10-phenanthroline which are metalloprotease inhibitors. Studies on substrate specificity showed that only the amide bonds of peptide substrates having a threonine residue at the P1' position were hydrolyzed by the purified protease. This endopeptidase constitutes a novel tool for the study of proteins in view of its narrow and unique substrate specificity. |
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