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Leite Júnior BRDC, Tribst AAL, Cristianini M. Comparative effects of high isostatic pressure and thermal processing on the inactivation of Rhizomucor miehei protease. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2015.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jiang TM, Chen LJ. Characterization of wine rennet and its kinetics by gel electrophoresis. J Dairy Sci 2010; 93:841-8. [PMID: 20172203 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2009] [Accepted: 11/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The rennet of glutinous rice wine (wine rennet) is an exclusive clotting agent for Chinese Royal cheese production. Some characterizations are reported herein in an attempt to provide evidence about the use of the protease as either a rennet substitute or an accelerator in cheese making and ripening. The results showed that wine rennet was a monomeric and unglycosylated protease. The N-sequencing indicated a high degree of similarity to other fungal rennets. The cleavage sites of wine rennet on oxidized insulin B chain identified by HPLC-mass spectrometry included Gln(4)-His(5), Ala(14)-Leu(15), Leu(15)-Tyr(16), Tyr(16)-Leu(17), and Phe(24)-Phe(25) at pH 6.5, which were similar to those observed for Mucor rennet, but different from calf chymosin except for Leu(15)-Tyr(16). A comparison study of the kinetic properties of wine rennet on bovine caseins with that of rennets from calf and Mucor miehei by gel electrophoresis showed that these rennets had similar coagulation efficiency but different reaction rates. Wine rennet exhibited a higher degree of degradation than the calf and Mucor enzymes at pH 6.5 and 40 degrees C. Therefore, wine rennet would be an adjunct for calf rennet or an accelerator in cheese making.
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- T M Jiang
- Technical Center, Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co. Ltd., Beijing, P. R. China
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Machalinski C, Pirpignani ML, Marino C, Mantegazza A, de Jiménez Bonino MB. Structural aspects of the Mucor bacilliformis proteinase, a new member of the aspartyl-proteinase family. J Biotechnol 2006; 123:443-52. [PMID: 16524637 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2005] [Revised: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 12/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Bovine chymosin is considered the best milk-clotting enzyme for cheese manufacture; however, the thermophilic Mucor pusillus proteinase is also used nowadays. We herein report structural aspects of the aspartyl proteinase from the local mesophilic Mucor bacilliformis strain. Sequence data indicate a high similarity degree to those of other family members. The protein is monomeric, not glycosylated, has two disulfide bridges, and mainly includes beta structure. A molecular model was built by using the Rhizopus chinensis proteinase structure as the template. Sequence analysis and comparison of our model with bovine chymosin and M. pusillus proteinase structures, indicate that the M. bacilliformis proteinase is at a similar evolutionary distance on a sequence level; as regards tertiary structure, the M. bacilliformis proteinase superimposes on the bovine chymosin structure in a fashion similar to that of the M. pusillus proteinase. Overall results suggest that this novel proteinase can be utilized as a good milk-clotting enzyme in the dairy industry.
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- Claudia Machalinski
- Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas (UBA-CONICET), Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956 (1113), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Quail JW, Yang J, Schneider P, Jia Z. Crystal structure of the Rhizomucor miehei aspartic proteinase. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1998; 436:283-92. [PMID: 9561231 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- J W Quail
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Yang J, Teplyakov A, Quail JW. Crystal structure of the aspartic proteinase from Rhizomucor miehei at 2.15 A resolution. J Mol Biol 1997; 268:449-59. [PMID: 9159482 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0968] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The crystal structure of the aspartic proteinase from Rhizomucor miehei (RMP, EC 3. 4. 23. 23) has been refined to 2.15 A resolution to a crystallographic R-value of 0.215 and an Rfree of 0.281. The root-mean-square (r.m.s.) error for the atomic coordinates estimated from a Luzzati plot is 0.2 A. The r.m.s. deviations for the bond distances and bond angles from ideality are 0.01 A and 1.7 degrees, respectively. RMP contains two domains that consist predominantly of beta-sheets. A large substrate-binding cleft is clearly visible between the two domains, and the two catalytic residues Asp38 and Asp237 are located in the middle of the cleft with a water molecule bridging the carboxyl groups of Asp38 and Asp237. Due to crystal packing, the C-terminal domain is more mobile than the N-terminal domain. Most of the aspartic proteinases (except renin) reach their maximum activity at acidic pH. We propose that the optimum pH of each aspartic proteinase is determined by the electrostatic potential at the active site, which, in turn, is determined by the positions and orientations of all the residues near the active site. RMP is the most glycosylated among the aspartic proteinases. The carbohydrate moieties are linked to Asn79 and Asn188. Asn79 is in the middle of a beta-strand and Asn188 is on a surface loop in contrast to the previous hypothesis proposed by Brown and Yada that they are both on surface beta-turns. RMP has a very high thermal stability. The high thermal stability is probably due to the high level of glycosylation. We propose that the highly flexible carbohydrates act as heat reservoirs to stabilize the conformation of RMP and therefore give the enzyme a high level of thermal stability. Three-dimensional structural and sequence alignments of RMP with other aspartic proteinases show that RMP is most structurally homologous to that of Mucor pusillus (MPP), and differs from other fungal enzymes as much as it does from the mammalian enzymes. This suggests that RMP and MPP diverged from the main stream of aspartic proteinases at an early stage of evolution. The present study adds a second member to this subfamily of aspartic proteinases.
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- J Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Datta A. Purification and characterization of a novel protease from solid substrate cultures of Phanerochaete chrysosporium. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)48344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Brown ED, Yada RY. A kinetic and equilibrium study of the denaturation of aspartic proteinases from the fungi, Endothia parasitica and Mucor miehei. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1076:406-15. [PMID: 2001389 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(91)90484-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Kinetic and equilibrium analyses of the denaturation of Endothia parasitica and Mucor miehei aspartic proteinases were performed using enzyme activity and ultraviolet absorption as indices of denaturation. Denaturation of these proteinases was shown to be irreversible, suggesting that the conformations of these aspartic proteinases may be predetermined in their zymogens. Thermal and guanidine hydrochloride denaturation of these proteinases produced first-order, two-state, kinetic behaviour. Equilibrium unfolding transitions of these proteinases were highly cooperative but not entirely coincident in the two indices employed, suggesting some deviation from two-state character. Oxidation to remove 37.8% of the carbohydrate of M. miehei glycoproteinase with sodium metaperiodate resulted in a substantial decrease in both kinetic and equilibrium stabilities without modification of the amino acid composition or specific activity. In addition, gel filtration subsequent to equilibrium studies indicated that partial removal of the carbohydrate from M. miehei proteinase promoted autolysis under denaturing conditions.
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- E D Brown
- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada
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Smith J, Yada R. Characterization of Two Aspartyl Proteinases from a Commercial Fungal (Mucor miehei) Rennet. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0315-5463(91)70019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Boel E, Bech AM, Randrup K, Draeger B, Fiil NP, Foltmann B. Primary structure of a precursor to the aspartic proteinase from Rhizomucor miehei shows that the enzyme is synthesized as a zymogen. Proteins 1986; 1:363-9. [PMID: 3329734 DOI: 10.1002/prot.340010409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In order to characterize the zymogen of the milk-clotting enzyme from Rhizomucor miehei, we constructed a cDNA library on pBR327 in Escherichia coli. Aspartic proteinase-specific recombinants were isolated by colony hybridization to a specific oligonucleotide mixture, and the cDNA sequence corresponding to a precursor form of the enzyme was determined. The deduced amino acid sequence shows that this secreted fungal proteinase is synthesized as a precursor. The first 22 amino acid residues in this precursor constitute a typical signal peptide. The amino acid sequence of the following 47-amino-acid-long prosegment shows homology to the prosegments from both the extracellular and intracellular vertebrate aspartic proteinases, and to the prosegments from the yeast and Mucor pusillus aspartic proteinases as well. These observations suggest that all aspartic proteinases are synthesized with a prosegment and that this prosegment is essential for the correct folding of all the mature enzymes. The active Rhizomucor miehei enzyme consists of 361 amino acid residues with a total molecular weight of 38,701. Clusters of identities around the active site cleft support the assumption that these proteinases have a common folding of their peptide chains. The disulphide bridges were localized in the fungal enzyme, and 2 N-glycosylation sites were identified.
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- E Boel
- Laboratory of Genetics, Novo Research Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gray GL, Hayenga K, Cullen D, Wilson LJ, Norton S. Primary structure of Mucor miehei aspartyl protease: evidence for a zymogen intermediate. Gene 1986; 48:41-53. [PMID: 3549462 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(86)90350-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The gene encoding the aspartyl protease of the filamentous fungus Mucor miehei has been cloned in Escherichia coli and the DNA sequenced. The deduced primary translation product contains an N-terminal region of 69 amino acid (aa) residues not present in the mature protein. By analogy to the evolutionarily related mammalian gastric aspartyl proteases it is inferred that the primary secreted product is a zymogen containing a 47-aa propeptide. This propeptide is presumably removed in the later steps of the secretion process or upon secretion into the medium. To study the effects of modifications of the protease structure on its maturation by enzyme-engineering methods, an efficient expression system was sought. In E. coli, transcription of the preproenzyme coding sequence from a bacterial promoter results primarily in the accumulation of unsecreted, enzymatically inactive polypeptides, immunologically related to the authentic protease. In Aspergillus nidulans expression of the cloned gene, probably from its own promoter, results in the secretion into the culture medium of polypeptides which, compared to the authentic protease, are similar in specific activity, but differ in the character of their asparagine-linked oligosaccharides.
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Johri BN, Jain S, Chouhan S. Enzymes from thermophilic fungi: Proteases and lipases. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03053136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lagrange A, Paquet D, Alais C. Comparative study of two Mucor miehei acid proteinases. Purification and some molecular properties. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1980; 11:347-52. [PMID: 6993248 DOI: 10.1016/0020-711x(80)90304-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Rickert WS, McBride-Warren PA. Structural and functional determinants of Mucor miehei protease VI. Inactivation of the enzyme by diazoacetyl norleucine methyl esters, pepstatin and 1,2-epoxy-30(p-nitro-phenyoxy)propane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1977; 480:262-74. [PMID: 831836 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2744(77)90339-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mucor miehei protease (EC 3.4.21 -- ), an acid protease of fungal origin, was rapidly inhibited at pH 5.0 and 10 degrees C by a 78-fold molar excess of diazoacetyl norleucine methyl ester (N2Ac-Nle-OMe) when simultaneously added with a 78-fold molar excess of Cu(II). Preincubation with Cu(II) before the addition of N2Ac-Nle-OMe reduced the initial rate of activity loss presumably due to a copper-induced structural change as deduced from an examination of CD spectra. Cof norleucine and 1.02 +/- 0.041 mol of copper. The conformation of the N2Ac-Nle-OMe-inhibited enzyme appeared to be somewhat altered since the rate of H-3H exchange determined for the slowest exchanging class of hydrogens was reduced by more than 10-fold although the estimated number of hydrogens in this class remained constant. Mucor miehei protease was also inhibited by pepstatin; complete inactivation required a 6-fold molar excess of inhibitor and was associated with a major conformational change as determined from CD spectra. Loss of activity also occurred in the presence of 1,2-epoxy-3-(p-nitrophenyoxy)propane (EPNP).
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Ledward DA, Finch A, Rickert WS. Structural and functional determinants of Mucor miehei protease. V. Enthalpy changes upon thermal denaturation in solution of varying pH. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1975; 379:426-30. [PMID: 235314 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2795(75)90149-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The thermal denaturation of Mucor meihei protease was studied as a function of pH by differential scanning calorimetry. In both citric acid-Na2HPO4 and in acetic acid-sodium acetate buffers, maximum thermal stability was at pH 4.0-4.2. However, the maximum enthalpy changes associated with the denaturation process were buffer-dependent and occurred between pH values of 4.7 and 5.7.
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