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Cloning, Purification, and Characterization of Tripeptidyl Peptidase from Streptomyces herbaricolor TY-21. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2017; 184:239-252. [DOI: 10.1007/s12010-017-2547-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lin JS, Lee SK, Chen Y, Lin WD, Kao CH. Purification and characterization of a novel extracellular tripeptidyl peptidase from Rhizopus oligosporus. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2011; 59:11330-11337. [PMID: 21905725 DOI: 10.1021/jf201879e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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A novel extracellular tripeptidyl peptidase (TPP) was homogenously purified from the culture supernatant of Rhizopus oligosporus by sequential fast protein liquid chromatography. The purified enzyme was a 136.5 kDa dimer composed of identical subunits. The effects of inhibitors and metal ions indicated that TPP is a metallo- and serine protease. TPP was activated by divalent cations, such as Co(2+) and Mn(2+), and completely inhibited by Cu(2+). Enzyme activity was optimal at pH 7.0 and 45 °C with a specific activity of 281.9 units/mg for the substrate Ala-Ala-Phe-pNA. The purified enzyme catalyzed cleavage of various synthetic tripeptides but not when proline occupied the P1 position. Purified TPP cleaved the pentapeptide Ala-Ala-Phe-Tyr-Tyr and tripeptide Ala-Ala-Phe, confirming the TPP activity of the enzyme.
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- Jia-Shin Lin
- Department of Biotechnology, Hungkuang University, 34 Chung-Chie Road, Taichung 43302, Taiwan
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Ohara-Nemoto Y, Shimoyama Y, Kimura S, Kon A, Haraga H, Ono T, Nemoto TK. Asp- and Glu-specific novel dipeptidyl peptidase 11 of Porphyromonas gingivalis ensures utilization of proteinaceous energy sources. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38115-38127. [PMID: 21896480 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.278572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Porphyromonas gingivalis and Porphyromonas endodontalis, asaccharolytic black-pigmented anaerobes, are predominant pathogens of human chronic and periapical periodontitis, respectively. They incorporate di- and tripeptides from the environment as carbon and energy sources. In the present study we cloned a novel dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) gene of P. endodontalis ATCC 35406, designated as DPP11. The DPP11 gene encoded 717 amino acids with a molecular mass of 81,090 Da and was present as a 75-kDa form with an N terminus of Asp(22). A homology search revealed the presence of a P. gingivalis orthologue, PGN0607, that has been categorized as an isoform of authentic DPP7. P. gingivalis DPP11 was exclusively cell-associated as a truncated 60-kDa form, and the gene ablation retarded cell growth. DPP11 specifically removed dipeptides from oligopeptides with the penultimate N-terminal Asp and Glu and has a P2-position preference to hydrophobic residues. Optimum pH was 7.0, and the k(cat)/K(m) value was higher for Asp than Glu. Those activities were lost by substitution of Ser(652) in P. endodontalis and Ser(655) in P. gingivalis DPP11 to Ala, and they were consistently decreased with increasing NaCl concentration. Arg(670) is a unique amino acid completely conserved in all DPP11 members distributed in the genera Porphyromonas, Bacteroides, and Parabacteroides, whereas this residue is converted to Gly in all authentic DPP7 members. Substitution analysis suggested that Arg(670) interacts with an acidic residue of the substrate. Considered to preferentially utilize acidic amino acids, DPP11 ensures efficient degradation of oligopeptide substrates in these Gram-negative anaerobic rods.
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- Yuko Ohara-Nemoto
- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588.
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho 028-3691, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho 028-3691, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho 028-3691, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba-cho 028-3691, Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588
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- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588
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Arias E, Li H, Morosoli R. Effect of protease mutations on the production of xylanases in Streptomyces lividans. Can J Microbiol 2007; 53:695-701. [PMID: 17668029 DOI: 10.1139/w07-024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Three protease mutants--7 (tap-), 12 (tap-, ssp-), and 17 (multiple mutations)--of Streptomyces lividans were tested for their influence on protein secretion. Streptomyces lividans grown in xylan secretes 3 xylanases (A, B, and C). Xylanases A (XlnA) and B (XlnB) are secreted by the Sec pathway, whereas xylanase C (XlnC) is secreted by the Tat pathway. The production of XlnA and XlnC was affected in the mutants, suggesting that the mutations interfered with both Sec- and Tat-secretion systems. However, the processing rate for the Sec and Tat precursor was similar to the wild-type strain, indicating that the mutations had no direct effect on secretion. Streptomyces lividans naturally produced 2 forms of XlnB: XlnB1, which contains the catalytic and the xylan-binding domains, and XlnB2, which contains the catalytic domain only. There was no change from the wild-type strain in the ratio of XlnB1/XlnB2 produced by the mutants, indicating that these proteases are not involved in this process. Although XlnA1, partially truncated in its xylan-binding domain, was rapidly degraded to its catalytic domain (XlnA2) in the wild-type strain, the rate of conversion was reduced in the 3 mutants, indicating that the proteases participated to some extent in this proteolytic process.
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- Eliana Arias
- INRS - Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 boulevard des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
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Merkens H, Sielker S, Rose K, Fetzner S. A new monocupin quercetinase of Streptomyces sp. FLA: identification and heterologous expression of the queD gene and activity of the recombinant enzyme towards different flavonols. Arch Microbiol 2007; 187:475-87. [PMID: 17516049 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-007-0215-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2006] [Revised: 11/18/2006] [Accepted: 01/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The gene queD encoding quercetinase of Streptomyces sp. FLA, a soil isolate related to S. eurythermus (T), was identified. Quercetinases catalyze the 2,4-dioxygenolytic cleavage of 3,5,7,3',4'-pentahydroxyflavone to 2-protocatechuoylphloroglucinol carboxylic acid and carbon monoxide. The queD gene was expressed in S. lividans and E. coli, and the recombinant hexahistidine-tagged protein (QueDHis(6)) was purified. Several flavonols were converted by QueDHis(6), whereas CO formation from the 2,3-dihydroflavonol taxifolin and the flavone luteolin were not observed. In contrast to bicupin quercetinases from Aspergillus japonicus and Bacillus subtilis, and bicupin pirins showing quercetinase activity, QueD of strain FLA is a monocupin exhibiting 35.9% sequence identity to the C-terminal domain of B. subtilis quercetinase. Its native molecular mass of 63 kDa suggests a multimeric protein. A queD-specific probe hybridized with fragments of genomic DNA of four other quercetin degrading Streptomyces strains, but not with DNA of B. subtilis. Potential ORFs upstream of queD probably code for a serine protease and an endoribonuclease; two ORFs downstream of queD may encode an amidohydrolase and a carboxylesterase. This arrangement suggests that queD is not part of a catabolic gene cluster. Quercetinases might play a major role as detoxifying rather than catabolic enzymes.
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- Hedda Merkens
- Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstr. 3, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Hong B, Wang L, Lammertyn E, Geukens N, Van Mellaert L, Li Y, Anné J. Inactivation of the 20S proteasome in Streptomyces lividans and its influence on the production of heterologous proteins. Microbiology (Reading) 2005; 151:3137-3145. [PMID: 16151224 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28034-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proteasomes are self-compartmentalizing proteases first discovered in eukaryotes but also occurring in archaea and in bacteria belonging to the order Actinomycetales. In bacteria, proteasomes have so far no known function. In order to evaluate the influence of the 20S proteasome on the production of heterologous proteins by Streptomyces lividans TK24, the production of a number of heterologous proteins, including soluble human tumour necrosis factor receptor II (shuTNFRII) and salmon calcitonin (sCT), was compared with the wild-type TK24, a proteasome-deficient mutant designated PRO41 and a strain complemented for the disrupted proteasome genes (strain PRO41R). S. lividans cells lacking intact proteasome genes are phenotypically indistinguishable from the wild-type or the complemented strain containing functional proteasomes. Using the expression and secretion signals of the subtilisin inhibitor of Streptomyces venezuelae CBS762.70 (Vsi) for shuTNFRII and those of tyrosinase of Streptomyces antibioticus (MelC1) for the production of sCT, both proteins were secreted in significantly higher amounts in the strain PRO41 than in the wild-type S. lividans TK24 or the complemented strain PRO41R. However, the secretion of other heterologous proteins such as shuTNFRI was not enhanced in the proteasome-deficient strain. This suggests that S. lividans TK24 can degrade some heterologous proteins in a proteasome-dependent fashion. The proteasome-deficient strain may therefore be useful for the efficient production of these heterologous proteins.
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- Bin Hong
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical University, No. 1 Tiantanxili, Beijing 100050, China
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical University, No. 1 Tiantanxili, Beijing 100050, China
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical University, No. 1 Tiantanxili, Beijing 100050, China
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rega Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Minderbroedersstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Zotzel J, Pasternack R, Pelzer C, Ziegert D, Mainusch M, Fuchsbauer HL. Activated transglutaminase from Streptomyces mobaraensis is processed by a tripeptidyl aminopeptidase in the final step. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2003; 270:4149-55. [PMID: 14519127 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03809.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Transglutaminase (TGase) from Streptomyces mobaraensis is secreted as a precursor protein which is completely activated by the endoprotease TAMEP, a member of the M4 protease family [Zotzel, J., Keller, P. & Fuchsbauer, H.-L. (2003) Eur. J. Biochem. 270, 3214-3222]. In contrast with the mature enzyme, TAMEP-activated TGase exhibits an additional N-terminal tetrapeptide (Phe-Arg-Ala-Pro) suggesting truncation, at least, by a second protease. We have now isolated from the culture broth of submerged colonies a tripeptidyl aminopeptidase (SM-TAP) that is able to remove the remaining tetrapeptide. The 53-kDa peptidase was purified by ion-exchange and phenyl-Sepharose chromatography and subsequently characterized. Its proteolytic activity was highest against chromophoric tripeptides at pH 7 in the presence of 2 mm CaCl2. EDTA and EGTA (10 mm) both diminished the proteolytic activity by half. Complete inhibition was only achieved with 1 mm phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride, suggesting that SM-TAP is a serine protease. Alignment of the N-terminal sequence confirmed its close relation to the Streptomyces TAPs. That removal of Phe-Arg-Ala-Pro from TAMEP-activated TGase by SM-TAP occurs in a single step was confirmed by experiments using various TGase fragments and synthetic peptides. SM-TAP was also capable of generating the mature N-terminus by cleavage of RAP-TGase. However, AP-TGase remained unchanged. As SM-TAP activity against chromophoric amino acids such as Pro-pNA or Phe-pNA could not be detected, the tetrapeptide of TAMEP-activated TGase must be removed without formation of an intermediate.
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- Jens Zotzel
- Fachbereich Chemie- und Biotechnologie, Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany
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Yun SI, Yahya ARM, Malten M, Cossar D, Anderson WA, Scharer JM, Moo-Young M. Peptidases affecting recombinant protein production by Streptomyces lividans. Can J Microbiol 2001. [DOI: 10.1139/w01-120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The influence of peptidases on human interleukin-3 (rhIL-3) production by a recombinant Streptomyces lividans strain was investigated. The bacterium produced several general peptidases and tripeptidyl peptidases compromising the authenticity of rhIL-3. The level of peptidases depended on growth morphology. Growing S. lividans as compact pellets successfully reduced peptidase activity. Maximum general peptidase activity in pellet culture was delayed after maximum rhIL-3 concentration was achieved. The activity of the tripeptidyl peptidase was product (rhIL-3) associated.Key words: fermentation, interleukin-3, Streptomyces, tripeptidyl peptidase, proteases.
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Binnie C, Jenish D, Cossar D, Szabo A, Trudeau D, Krygsman P, Malek LT, Stewart DI. Expression and characterization of soluble human erythropoietin receptor made in Streptomyces lividans 66. Protein Expr Purif 1997; 11:271-8. [PMID: 9425631 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A gene encoding the extracellular domain of the human erythropoietin receptor (EPO-R) was constructed using oligonucleotides, with a view to maintaining preferred codon usage for the Streptomycetes. The gene was subcloned into a multicopy Streptomyces-Escherichia coli shuttle vector, pCAN46 (derived from pIJ680), containing a strong constitutive promoter from the S. fradiae aph gene, a signal peptide coding region derived from the protease B gene of S. griseus, and a transcription terminator sequence also derived from the S. fradiae aph gene. Extracellular expression of authentic EPO-R by S. lividans was demonstrated using SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis, followed by direct amino terminal sequencing of the purified product. Specific binding of S. lividans-expressed EPO-R to recombinant human glycosylated EPO was demonstrated using BIAcore (surface plasmon resonance) analysis and native gel shift assays.
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- C Binnie
- Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
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Butler MJ, Aphale JS, Binnie C, DiZonno MA, Krygsman P, Soltes G, Walczyk E, Malek LT. Cloning and analysis of a gene from Streptomyces lividans 66 encoding a novel secreted protease exhibiting homology to subtilisin BPN'. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1996; 45:141-7. [PMID: 8920189 DOI: 10.1007/s002530050662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Amino-terminal degradation has been observed for many of the secreted heterologous proteins produced by S. lividans 66. We, therefore, set out to characterize the relevant proteinases and their genes. A tripeptide chromogenic substrate was used to identify a gene that was shown to encode a secreted protein which removed tripeptides from the amino terminus of extracellular proteins (tripeptidyl aminopeptidase, Tap; Butler et al. 1995). This activity was removed by a homologous gene deletion replacement and the ability of the S. lividans strain to remove N-terminal tripeptides was greatly reduced, but still significant. When the tap-deleted strain was used as a host for the rescreening of a S. lividans 66 genomic DNA library, a number of other genes encoding proteases with aminopeptidase activities were discovered. One clone (P5-4) produced a 45-kDa secreted protein (Ssp), which showed activity against Ala-Pro-Ala-beta-naphthylamide (APA-beta NH-Nap) substrate. Further analysis of the cloned DNA showed an open-reading frame encoding a protein larger than 45 kDa. Direct Edman degradation of the secreted protein confirmed that it was encoded within the cloned DNA and probably processed from a larger precursor. Protein sequence analysis revealed a striking homology to subtilisin BPN' in three regions around the active-site residues suggesting that the protein is a serine protease. As expected, the protease activity was inhibited by phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride. Mutant strains with most of the ssp gene deleted exhibited reduced activity against APA-beta NH-Nap substrate compared to their non-deleted parental strains.
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- M J Butler
- Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Binnie C, Liao L, Walczyk E, Malek LT. Isolation and characterization of a gene encoding a chymotrypsin-like serine protease from Streptomyces lividans 66. Can J Microbiol 1996; 42:284-8. [PMID: 8868236 DOI: 10.1139/m96-041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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A gene encoding a Streptomyces lividans homologue of the chymotrypsin-like serine protease (SAM-P20) of Streptomyces albogriseolus was isolated using the Streptomyces griseus prtB gene as a hybridization probe. Nucleotide sequence analysis of a representative clone uncovered the possible presence of a sequence of 900 nucleotides encoding 300 amino acids, including a putative "prepro" region of 115 amino acids. Alignment of the predicted amino acid sequence of this putative gene with other members of the family of Streptomyces extracellular chymotrypsin-like proteases indicated a high degree of homology in all cases, especially with the SAM-P20 protease. This gene product has been identified as the second member of a potentially larger family of SAL (SAM-P20-like) proteases in S. lividans 66.
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- C Binnie
- Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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Binnie C, Butler MJ, Aphale JS, Bourgault R, DiZonno MA, Krygsman P, Liao L, Walczyk E, Malek LT. Isolation and characterization of two genes encoding proteases associated with the mycelium of Streptomyces lividans 66. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:6033-40. [PMID: 7592364 PMCID: PMC177439 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.21.6033-6040.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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A strain of Streptomyces lividans 66 deleted for a major tripeptidyl aminopeptidase (Tap) was used as a host to screen an S. lividans genomic library for clones overexpressing activity against the chromogenic substrate Ala-Pro-Ala-beta-naphthylamide. In addition to reisolation of the tap gene, clones representing another locus, slpD, were uncovered. slpD was analyzed by deletion subcloning to localize its functional sequence. Nucleotide sequence determination revealed an open reading frame encoding a 55-kDa protein exhibiting significant amino acid sequence homology to Tap, particularly around the putative active-site serine residue. No secreted protein was observed for strains harboring the slpD clone, but inspection of the predicted protein sequence revealed a putative lipoprotein signal peptide (signal peptidase II type), suggesting a mycelial location for the SlpD proteinase. In an attempt to isolate an endoprotease known to be active against some heterologous proteins, a second clone was isolated by using a longer substrate (t-butyloxycarbonyl [Boc]-APARSPA-beta-naphthylamide) containing a chemical blocking group at the amino terminus to prevent aminopeptidase cleavage. This locus, slpE, appeared to also encode a 55-kDa mycelium-associated (lipoprotein) proteinase, whose predicted protein sequences showed significant amino acid homology to Tap and SlpD, particularly around the putative active-site serine residues. Chromosomal integration and deletion analysis in both the wild-type and Tap-deficient backgrounds appeared to indicate that SlpD was essential for viability and SlpE was required for growth on minimal media.
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- C Binnie
- Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, Canada
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Butler MJ, Binnie C, DiZonno MA, Krygsman P, Soltes GA, Soostmeyer G, Walczyk E, Malek LT. Cloning and characterization of a gene encoding a secreted tripeptidyl aminopeptidase from Streptomyces lividans 66. Appl Environ Microbiol 1995; 61:3145-50. [PMID: 7487044 PMCID: PMC167588 DOI: 10.1128/aem.61.8.3145-3150.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The gene encoding a tripeptidyl aminopeptidase (Tap) from Streptomyces lividans was cloned by using a simple agar plate activity assay. Overexpression of the cloned gene results in the production of a secreted protein which has an apparent subunit molecular weight of 55,000 and is responsible for the major amino-terminal degradative activity in culture broths of S. lividans strains. A DNA sequence analysis revealed a potential protein-encoding region of the size expected to encode the observed protein, which contained a sequence that exhibited significant homology around a putative active site serine residue observed for lipases, esterases, and acyl transferases. Preceding the amino terminus of the secreted protein was a predicted signal peptide of 36 amino acids followed by a tripeptide, which could be autocatalytically removed from a secreted Tap precursor. The transcriptional start site for the gene was mapped by primer extension. Mutant strains of S. lividans lacking detectable Tap activity were able to grow and sporulate normally. Cross-species hybridization experiments showed that DNA homologs of the tap gene are present in most of the Streptomyces strains tested.
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- M J Butler
- Cangene Corporation, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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