A major gibberellic Acid-induced barley aleurone cysteine proteinase which digests hordein : purification and characterization |
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Authors: | Koehler S M Ho T H |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Plant Biology Program, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130. |
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Abstract: | We previously described the purification and characterization of a 37,000 Mr cysteine proteinase, designated EP-A, from gibberellic acid (GA3)-induced barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) aleurone layers (S Koehler, T-HD Ho 1988] Plant Physiol 87: 95-103). A second, more abundant protease has now been purified from this tissue. This protease, designated EP-B, has an apparent Mr of 30,000 on 10% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). It resolves into two bands during native isoelectric focusing with pl of 4.6 to 4.7. The analysis of hemoglobin digestion products by both gradient SDS-PAGE and Bio-Gel P2 chromatography, the inhibition of protease activity by E-64, leupeptin, iodoacetate, and p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, and N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis all indicate that EP-B is a cysteine proteinase. The first 22 amino acids at the N terminus of EP-B have been determined, and their sequence is 90% similar to that of EP-A. EP-B has properties similar to EP-A; however, EP-B is much more sensitive to high pH during gel electrophoresis and therefore is not detectable on native activity gels used to detect EP-A. Its pH optimum against azocasein and hemoglobin is 4.5 to 4.6. Both of these proteinases digest hordeins enriched for the B and D fractions into similar peptides of 25,000 to 2,000 Mr as determined by gradient SDS-PAGE. |
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