CHARACTERIZATION OF CATHEPSIN-B AND COLLAGENOLYTIC CATHEPSIN FROM HUMAN PLACENTA
CHARACTERIZATION OF CATHEPSIN-B AND COLLAGENOLYTIC CATHEPSIN FROM HUMAN PLACENTA
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10.1111/j.1432-1033.1978.tb12071.x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
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ETHERINGTON, DJ
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EVANS, P;ETHERINGTON, DJ
Human placental cathepsin B [EC 3.4.22.1] and collagenolytic cathepsin [EC 3.4.22.-] were separated by chromatography on columns of Amberlite CG-50. Collagenolytic cathepsin was partially purified by chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex (A-50) and Sephadex G-100. Cathepsin B was purified by chromatography on CM-cellulose and Sephadex G-100. Both enzymes required activation by thiol compounds and were bound to organomercurial-Sepharose-4B. Sulfhydryl-blocking reagents were inhibitory, which confirmed an essential thiol group to be present. The enzymes degraded soluble calf skin collagen and insoluble bovine tendon collagen in the telopeptide region at pH 3.5 and 28.degree. C to yield mainly .alpha.-chain components. Collagenolytic cathepsin was found not to hydrolyse any of the low-MW synthetic substrates that were tested. Leupeptin, a structural analog of arginine-containing synthetic substrates, and antipain, an inhibitor of papain, were strongly inhibitory to both enzymes. The isoelectric points of the enzymes were similar, being 5.4 for cathepsin B and 5.1 for collagenolytic cathepsin. From chromatography on Sephadex G-100 the MW of cathepsin B was calculated to be 24,500 and that of collagenolytic cathepsin to be 34,600.