Cloning, sequencing, expression, and characterization of protealysin, a novel neutral proteinase from Serratia proteamaculans representing a new group of thermolysin-like proteases with short N-terminal region of precursor |
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Authors: | Demidyuk Ilya V Kalashnikov Alexander E Gromova Tatiana Yu Gasanov Eugene V Safina Dina R Zabolotskaya Maria V Rudenskaya Galina N Kostrov Sergey V |
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Institution: | Laboratory of Protein Engineering, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. duk@img.ras.ru |
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Abstract: | The gene of Serratia proteamaculans proteinase, protealysin, was cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene encoded a precursor of 341 amino acids (AAs) with a significant homology to thermolysin-like proteinases (TLPs). The molecular weight of the purified mature active recombinant protein was 32 kDa, the N-terminal amino acid sequence was AKTSTGGEVI. The optimum pH for azocasein hydrolysis by protealysin was seven and it was completely inhibited by o-phenanthroline. The enzyme hydrolyzed 3-(2-furyl)acryloyl-glycyl-L-leucine amide, the standard substrate for TLPs, with k(cat)/K(m) ratio of (2.52 +/- 0.02) x 10(2) M(-1) s(-1). Protealysin maturation removes 50 AA from the N-terminus of the precursor. The removed region had no similarity with the preprosequence of thermolysin (232 AA) but was homologous to some other TLPs. These proteins shared a conserved 7-AA motif near the initial methionine. Such motif was also found in some nonproteolytic putative proteins; two of them were eukaryotic. |
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Keywords: | Thermolysin-like proteinase Protein precursor Signal peptide Propeptide Protein motif Molecular cloning Gene expression Protein purification |
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