PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ENZYME PRODUCED BY TREPONEMA-DENTICOLA CAPABLE OF HYDROLYZING SYNTHETIC TRYPSIN SUBSTRATES
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ENZYME PRODUCED BY TREPONEMA-DENTICOLA CAPABLE OF HYDROLYZING SYNTHETIC TRYPSIN SUBSTRATES
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.53.1.213-220.1986
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发表时间:
1986-07-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
LOESCHE, WJ
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作者:
OHTA, K;MAKINEN, KK;LOESCHE, WJ
An enzyme from Treponema denticola that hydrolyzes a synthetic trypsin substrate, N-.alpha.-benzoyl-L-arginine-p-niroanilide (BAPNA), was purified to near homogeneity, as judged by gel electrophoresis. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be ca. 69,000 by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and ca. 50,000 by gel filtration on Sephadex G-100. The pH optimum for the hydrolysis of BAPNA was around 8.5. The enzyme was heat labile and irreversibility inactivated at low pH values. Enzyme activity was enhanced by Ca2+, Mg2+, and Ba2+ but inhibited by Mn2+, Hg2+, Co2+, and Zn2+. Metal chelators and sulfhydryl reagents had no effect on this activity. The enzyme was inhibited by certain protease inhibitors such as diisopropyl fluorophosphate, N-.alpha.-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone, phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, L-1-tosylamide-2-phenylethylchloromethyl ketone, .alpha.-1-antitrypsin, and soybean trypsin inhibitor. The Km values for BAPNA and N-.alpha.-benzoyl-L-arginine ethyl ester were 0.05 and 0.12 mM, respectively, and the Vmax values were higher than those observed with trypsin. Although the purified enzyme hydrolyzed some low-molecular-weight synthetic trypsin substrates, it did not hydrolyze casein, hemoglobin, azocasein, azocoll, bovine serum albumin, or gelatin. Thus, this enzyme is probably not a protease but is capable of hydrolyzing ester, amide, and peptide bonds involving the carboxyl group of arginine and lysine.