Distribution of chymoelastases and trypsin-like enzymes in five species of entomopathogenic deuteromycetes.
Distribution of chymoelastases and trypsin-like enzymes in five species of entomopathogenic deuteromycetes.
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DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(87)90329-8
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发表时间:
1987-10
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
R. S. St. Leger;R. Cooper;A. Charnley
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作者:
R. S. St. Leger;R. Cooper;A. Charnley
Nine isolates of the entomopathogenic deuteromycetesMetarhizium anisopliae, Beauveria bassiana, Vertidllium lecanii, Nomuraea rileyi, andAschersonia aleyrodisproduced basic (pI > 7.0) chymoelastases that possessed extended binding sites, comprising at least four or five subsites, with preference for hydrophobic residues at the primary binding site. Most isolates also produced additional acidic enzymes with similar specificities against ester and amide substrates but which lacked activity against elastin. Both acidic and basic enzymes degraded high protein azure or locust cuticle and, as shown by inhibition studies, possessed essential serine and histidine residues in the active site. In spite of similarities in catalytic properties antibodies generated against aMetarhiziumchymoelastase cross-reacted only with enzymes from two (out of four)Metarhiziumisolates; enzymes from all other isolates did not cross-react. Two isolates ofMetarhiziumproduced a third class of protease which degraded Bz-AA-AA-Arg-NA substrates (AA, various amino acids) and hide protein azure. Analogous peptidases were produced by other isolates but they were specific for Bz-Phe-Val-Arg-NA and showed less sensitivity to trypsin inhibitors. The possible significance to pathology of the presence of diverse yet similar protease forms in five genera of entomopathogens is discussed.