Analysis of protein folding memory with modification of intramolecular chaperons and its application

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CPYs (carboxypeptidase Y) with mutated propeptides were successfully displayed on yeast cell surface, and the mature enzymes were purified by the selective cleavage of mutated propeptides. Measurement of the activity and kinetics of the displayed CPYs indicated that the propeptide mutation altered the catalytic efficiency of mCPY. Although the mature region of the wild -type and mutant CPYs had identical amino acid sequences, the mCPYs from the mutant proCPYs had higher catalytic efficiency than the wild-type. These results indicate that proteins with identical amino acid sequence can fold into isomeric proteins with micro-conformational changes through mutated intramolecular chaperones.