Pokeweed antiviral protein region Gly209-Lys225 is critical for RNA N-glycosidase activity of the prokaryotic ribosome |
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Authors: | Nagasawa Yoshimi Fujii Kazuyuki Yoshikawa Takafumi Kobayashi Yoshinori Kondo Toshiya |
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Institution: | aSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan |
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Abstract: | Pokeweed antiviral protein (PAP) isolated from Phytolacca americana is a ribosome-inactivating protein (RIP) that has RNA N-glycosidase (RNG) activity towards both eukaryotic and prokaryotic ribosomes. In contrast, karasurin-A (KRN), a RIP from Trichosanthes kirilowii var. japonica, is active only on eukaryotic ribosomes. Stepwise selection of chimera proteins between PAP and KRN indicated that the C-terminal region of PAP (residues 209–225) was critical for RNG activity toward prokaryotic ribosomes. When the region of PAP (residues 209–225) was replaced with the corresponding region of KRN the PAP chimera protein, like KRN, was active only on eukaryotic ribosomes. Furthermore, insertion of the region of PAP (residues 209–225) into the KRN chimera protein resulted not only in the detectable RNG activity toward prokaryotic ribosome, but also activity toward the eukaryotic ribosomes as well that was seven-fold higher than for the original KRN. In this study, the possibility of genetic manipulation of the activity and substrate specificity of RIPs is demonstrated. |
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Keywords: | Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Phytolaccaceae Ribosome-inactivating protein RNA N-glycosidase Substrate specificity Chimera protein Prokaryotic ribosome Pokeweed antiviral protein Karasurin-A |
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