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Kamelnia R, Ahmadi-Hamedani M, Darroudi M, Kamelnia E. Improving the stability of insulin through effective chemical modifications: A Comprehensive review. Int J Pharm 2024; 661:124399. [PMID: 38944170 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2024] [Revised: 06/11/2024] [Accepted: 06/26/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024]
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Insulin, an essential peptide hormone, conjointly regulates blood glucose levels by its receptor and it is used as vital drug to treat diabetes. This therapeutic hormone may undergo different chemical modifications during industrial processes, pharmaceutical formulation, and through its endogenous storage in the pancreatic β-cells. Insulin is highly sensitive to environmental stresses and readily undergoes structural changes, being also able to unfold and aggregate in physiological conditions. Even; small changes altering the structural integrity of insulin may have significant impacts on its biological efficacy to its physiological and pharmacological activities. Insulin analogs have been engineered to achieve modified properties, such as improved stability, solubility, and pharmacokinetics, while preserving the molecular pharmacology of insulin. The casually or purposively strategies of chemical modifications of insulin occurred to improve its therapeutic and pharmaceutical properties. Knowing the effects of chemical modification, formation of aggregates, and nanoparticles on protein can be a new look at the production of protein analogues drugs and its application in living system. The project focused on effects of chemical modifications and nanoparticles on the structure, stability, aggregation and their results in effective drug delivery system, biological activity, and pharmacological properties of insulin. The future challenge in biotechnology and pharmacokinetic arises from the complexity of biopharmaceuticals, which are often molecular structures that require formulation and delivery strategies to ensure their efficacy and safety.
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- Reyhane Kamelnia
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Semnan University, Semnan, Iran.
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- Nuclear Medicine Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of biology, Faculty of sciences, Mashhad branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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Miranda MRA, Uchôa AF, Ferreira SR, Ventury KE, Costa EP, Carmo PRL, Machado OLT, Fernandes KVS, Amancio Oliveira AE. Chemical Modifications of Vicilins Interfere with Chitin-Binding Affinity and Toxicity to Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Insect: A Combined In Vitro and In Silico Analysis. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:5596-5605. [PMID: 32343573 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b08034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Vicilins are related to cowpea seed resistance toward Callosobruchus maculatus due to their ability to bind to chitinous structures lining larval midgut. However, this binding mechanism is not fully understood. Here, we identified chitin binding sites and investigated how in vitro and in silico chemical modifications interfere with vicilin chitin binding and insect toxicity. In vitro assays showed that unmodified vicilin strongly binds to chitin matrices, mainly with acetylated chitin. Chemical modifications of specific amino acids (tryptophan, lysine, tyrosine), as well as glutaraldehyde cross-linking, decreased the evaluated parameters. In silico analyses identified at least one chitin binding site in vicilin monomer, the region between Arg208 and Lys216, which bears the sequence REGIRELMK and forms an α helix, exposed in the 3D structure. In silico modifications of Lys223 (acetylated at its terminal nitrogen) and Trp316 (iodinated to 7-iodine-L-tryptophan or oxidized to β-oxy-indolylalanine) decreased vicilin chitin binding affinity. Glucose, sucrose, and N-acetylglucosamine also interfered with vicilin chitin binding affinity.
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- Maria Raquel A Miranda
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Fortaleza Ceará 60440554, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte 59072970, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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- NUPEN, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) Macaé, Rio de Janeiro 27965-045, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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- Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro 28013-602, Brazil
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Cardon S, Sachon E, Carlier L, Drujon T, Walrant A, Alemán-Navarro E, Martínez-Osorio V, Guianvarc'h D, Sagan S, Fleury Y, Marquant R, Piesse C, Rosenstein Y, Auvynet C, Lacombe C. Peptidoglycan potentiates the membrane disrupting effect of the carboxyamidated form of DMS-DA6, a Gram-positive selective antimicrobial peptide isolated from Pachymedusa dacnicolor skin. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0205727. [PMID: 30325956 PMCID: PMC6191125 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The occurrence of nosocomial infections has been on the rise for the past twenty years. Notably, infections caused by the Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus represent a major clinical problem, as an increase in antibiotic multi-resistant strains has accompanied this rise. There is thus a crucial need to find and characterize new antibiotics against Gram-positive bacteria, and against antibiotic-resistant strains in general. We identified a new dermaseptin, DMS-DA6, produced by the skin of the Mexican frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor, with specific antibacterial activity against Gram-positive bacteria. This peptide is particularly effective against two multiple drug-resistant strains Enterococcus faecium BM4147 and Staphylococcus aureus DAR5829, and has no hemolytic activity. DMS-DA6 is naturally produced with the C-terminal carboxyl group in either the free or amide forms. By using Gram-positive model membranes and different experimental approaches, we showed that both forms of the peptide adopt an α-helical fold and have the same ability to insert into, and to disorganize a membrane composed of anionic lipids. However, the bactericidal capacity of DMS-DA6-NH2 was consistently more potent than that of DMS-DA6-OH. Remarkably, rather than resulting from the interaction with the negatively charged lipids of the membrane, or from a more stable conformation towards proteolysis, the increased capacity to permeabilize the membrane of Gram-positive bacteria of the carboxyamidated form of DMS-DA6 was found to result from its enhanced ability to interact with peptidoglycan.
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- Sébastien Cardon
- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Plate-forme Spectrométrie de Masse et Protéomique, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Université de Bretagne Occidentale, LUBEM EA, IUT Quimper, Quimper, France
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine (IBPS), Plate-forme de Synthèse Peptidique, Paris, France
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- Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
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- Instituto de Biotecnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
- * E-mail: (CA); (CL)
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- Sorbonne Université, École normale supérieure, PSL University, CNRS, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, LBM, Paris, France
- Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, Université Paris Est-Créteil Val de Marne, Créteil, France
- * E-mail: (CA); (CL)
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Chinisaz M, Ebrahim-Habibi A, Dehpour AR, Yaghmaei P, Parivar K, Moosavi-Movahedi AA. Structure and function of anhydride-modified forms of human insulin: In silico, in vitro and in vivo studies. Eur J Pharm Sci 2017; 96:342-350. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2016.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2016] [Revised: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Meyer JG, D'Souza AK, Sorensen DJ, Rardin MJ, Wolfe AJ, Gibson BW, Schilling B. Quantification of Lysine Acetylation and Succinylation Stoichiometry in Proteins Using Mass Spectrometric Data-Independent Acquisitions (SWATH). JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2016; 27:1758-1771. [PMID: 27590315 PMCID: PMC5059418 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-016-1476-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Revised: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Post-translational modification of lysine residues by NƐ-acylation is an important regulator of protein function. Many large-scale protein acylation studies have assessed relative changes of lysine acylation sites after antibody enrichment using mass spectrometry-based proteomics. Although relative acylation fold-changes are important, this does not reveal site occupancy, or stoichiometry, of individual modification sites, which is critical to understand functional consequences. Recently, methods for determining lysine acetylation stoichiometry have been proposed based on ratiometric analysis of endogenous levels to those introduced after quantitative per-acetylation of proteins using stable isotope-labeled acetic anhydride. However, in our hands, we find that these methods can overestimate acetylation stoichiometries because of signal interferences when endogenous levels of acylation are very low, which is especially problematic when using MS1 scans for quantification. In this study, we sought to improve the accuracy of determining acylation stoichiometry using data-independent acquisition (DIA). Specifically, we use SWATH acquisition to comprehensively collect both precursor and fragment ion intensity data. The use of fragment ions for stoichiometry quantification not only reduces interferences but also allows for determination of site-level stoichiometry from peptides with multiple lysine residues. We also demonstrate the novel extension of this method to measurements of succinylation stoichiometry using deuterium-labeled succinic anhydride. Proof of principle SWATH acquisition studies were first performed using bovine serum albumin for both acetylation and succinylation occupancy measurements, followed by the analysis of more complex samples of E. coli cell lysates. Although overall site occupancy was low (<1%), some proteins contained lysines with relatively high acetylation occupancy. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.
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- Jesse G Meyer
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, 94945, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Health Sciences Division, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, 60153, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, 94945, USA.
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
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Heme-coordinated histidine residues form non-specific functional ferritin-heme peroxidase system: Possible and partial mechanistic relevance to oxidative stress-mediated pathology in neurodegenerative diseases. Int J Biol Macromol 2016; 91:368-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.05.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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An Unusual Coupling of Poly(Ethylene Glycol) to Tyrosine Residues in Epidermal Growth Factor. J BIOACT COMPAT POL 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/088391159901400505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An unusual covalent binding of hydroxysuccinimidyl ester activated polyethylene glycol), PEG, was found in the modification of a genetic variant of mouse epidermal growth factor (EGF): PEG was bound not only to the amino groups of the polypeptide as expected, but to a tyrosine residue as well. This unexpected PEGylation is related to the tyrosine environment in the peptide which does not occur in human EGF; furthermore, it is related to PEG size since it was found to occur to a greater extent with the PEG 5,000 molecular weight, than with the more hindered PEG 10,000.
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Baeza J, Dowell JA, Smallegan MJ, Fan J, Amador-Noguez D, Khan Z, Denu JM. Stoichiometry of site-specific lysine acetylation in an entire proteome. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21326-38. [PMID: 24917678 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.581843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Acetylation of lysine ϵ-amino groups influences many cellular processes and has been mapped to thousands of sites across many organisms. Stoichiometric information of acetylation is essential to accurately interpret biological significance. Here, we developed and employed a novel method for directly quantifying stoichiometry of site-specific acetylation in the entire proteome of Escherichia coli. By coupling isotopic labeling and a novel pairing algorithm, our approach performs an in silico enrichment of acetyl peptides, circumventing the need for immunoenrichment. We investigated the function of the sole NAD(+)-dependent protein deacetylase, CobB, on both site-specific and global acetylation. We quantified 2206 peptides from 899 proteins and observed a wide distribution of acetyl stoichiometry, ranging from less than 1% up to 98%. Bioinformatic analysis revealed that metabolic enzymes, which either utilize or generate acetyl-CoA, and proteins involved in transcriptional and translational processes displayed the highest degree of acetylation. Loss of CobB led to increased global acetylation at low stoichiometry sites and induced site-specific changes at high stoichiometry sites, and biochemical analysis revealed altered acetyl-CoA metabolism. Thus, this study demonstrates that sirtuin deacetylase deficiency leads to both site-specific and global changes in protein acetylation stoichiometry, affecting central metabolism.
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- Josue Baeza
- From the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and
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- the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53715 and
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- the Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, and
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The fate of b-ions in the two worlds of collision-induced dissociation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:2843-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fiedler KL, Cotter RJ. Using glycinylation, a chemical derivatization technique, for the quantitation of ubiquitinated proteins. Anal Chem 2013; 85:5827-34. [PMID: 23682733 PMCID: PMC3713787 DOI: 10.1021/ac400398s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The quantitation of lysine post-translational modifications (PTMs) by bottom-up mass spectrometry is convoluted by the need for analogous derivatives and the production of different tryptic peptides from the unmodified and modified versions of a protein. Chemical derivatization of lysines prior to enzymatic digestion circumvents these problems and has proven to be a successful method for lysine PTM quantitation. The most notable example is the use of deuteroacetylation to quantitate lysine acetylation. In this work, levels of lysine ubiquitination were quantitated using a structurally homologous label that is chemically similar to the diglycine (GlyGly) tag, which is left at the ubiquitination site upon trypsinolysis. The LC-MS analysis of a chemically equivalent monoglycine (Gly) tag that is analogous to the corresponding GlyGly tag proved that the monoglycine tag can be used for the quantitation of ubiquitination. A glycinylation protocol was then established for the derivatization of proteins to label unmodified lysine residues with a single glycine tag. Ubiquitin multimers were used to show that after glycinylation and tryptic digestion, the mass spectrometric response from the corresponding analogous tagged peptides could be compared for relative quantitation. For a proof of principle regarding the applicability of this technique to the analysis of ubiquitination in biological samples, the glycinylation technique was used to quantitate the increase in monoubiquitinated histone H2B that is observed in yeast which lacks the enzyme responsible for deubiquitinating H2B-K123, compared to wild-type yeast.
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- Katherine L Fiedler
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Middle Atlantic Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, 725 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Shevchenko KV, Nagaev IY, Andreeva LA, Shevchenko VP, Myasoedov NF. Stability of Semax acetyl to proteolysis in various biological media. DOKLADY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES : PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES SECTIONS 2013; 449:110-2. [PMID: 23652441 DOI: 10.1134/s0012496613020166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- K V Shevchenko
- Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pl. Akademika Kurchatova 2, Moscow, 123182 Russia
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Beĭrakhova KA, Stepanenko VN, Miroshnikov AI, Esipov RS. [Biotechnological production of acetylated thymosin beta4]. RUSSIAN JOURNAL OF BIOORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2011; 37:223-32. [PMID: 21721255 DOI: 10.1134/s1068162011020026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Thymosin beta4 (43 aa) is a highly conserved acidic peptide which regulates actin polymerization in mammalian cells by sequestering globular actin. Thymosin beta4 is undergoing clinical trials as a drug for the treatment of venous stasis ulcers, corneal wounds and injuries, as well as acute myocardial infarction. Currently, thymosin beta4 is produced with solid-phase chemical synthesis. Biotechnological synthesis of this peptide presents difficulties because N-terminal amino acid residue of thymosin beta4 is acetylated. In this study we propose a method for producing the recombinant precursor of thymosin beta4 and its subsequent targeted chemical acetylation. Desacetylthymosin beta4 was synthesized as a part of a hybrid protein with thioredoxin and a specific TEV (tobacco etch virus) protease cleavage site. The following scheme was developed for the purification of desacetylthymosin beta4: (i) the biosynthesis of a soluble hybrid protein (HP) in Escherichia coli; (ii) isolation of the HP by ion exchange chromatography; (iii) cleavage of the HP with TEVprotease; (iv) purification of desacetylthymosin beta4 by ultra-filtration. N-terminal acetylation of desacetylthymosin beta4 was performed with acetic anhydride under acidic conditions (pH 3). The reaction yield was 55%. Thymosin beta4 was then purified by reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography. The proposed synthetic approach to recombinant thymosin beta4 is suitable for scale-up and can provide for the medical use of highly purified preparation with a yield of 20 mg from 1 L of culture.
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Banerjee S, Mazumdar S. Non-covalent dimers of the lysine containing protonated peptide ions in gaseous state: electrospray ionization mass spectrometric study. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2010; 45:1212-1219. [PMID: 20872902 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Study of the non-covalent molecular complexes in gas phase by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) represents a promising strategy to probe the intrinsic nature of these complexes. ESI-MS investigation of a series of synthetic octapeptides containing six alanine and two lysine residues differing only by their positions showed the formation of non-covalent dimers, which were preserved in the gas phase. Unlike the monomers, the dimers were found to show only singly protonated state. The decrease in the solvent polarity from water to alcohol showed enhanced propensity of formation of the dimer indicating that the electrostatic interaction plays a crucial role to stabilize the dimer. Selective functionalization studies showed that ε-NH(2) of lysine and C-terminal amide (-CONH(2)) facilitate the dimerization through intermolecular hydrogen bonding network.
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- Shibdas Banerjee
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India
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Samgina TY, Gorshkov VA, Artemenko KA, Kovalev SV, Ogourtsov SV, Zubarev RA, Lebedev AT. Novel natural peptides from Hyla arborea schelkownikowi skin secretion. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:1749-1754. [PMID: 20499319 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Hyla arborea schelkownikowi is one of the leaf frog species inhabiting the southern territories of Russia and the former USSR. This frog species is a member of the Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 batrachians family. The present study deals with the previously uninvestigated peptidome of the Hyla arborea schelkownikowi skin secretion. Nano-electrospray ionization Fourier transform mass spectrometry (nanoESI-FTMS) of the skin secretion, in the intact form and after acetylation, was selected as the general method of analysis. Electron-capture dissociation (ECD) and collision-induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation were both employed, while de novo sequencing was performed by manual interpretation of the MS data. The suppression of the cyclization of b-ions in the mass spectrometer by the acetylation reaction proved to be very efficient for the de novo sequencing of short peptides. Ten skin peptides were found and all of them, except for bradykinin, had not previously been reported. Six of the peptides belong to the tryptophyllins and related peptides, while three peptides are similar to the aureins.
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- T Yu Samgina
- Organic Chemistry Department, Moscow State University, Leninskie gory 1/3, GSP-1, MSU, Moscow 119991, Russian Federation
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Bougioukou DJ, Walton AZ, Stewart JD. Towards preparative-scale, biocatalytic alkene reductions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2010; 46:8558-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03119d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Chen S, Li X, Ma H. New Approach for Local Structure Analysis of the Tyrosine Domain in Proteins by Using a Site-Specific and Polarity-Sensitive Fluorescent Probe. Chembiochem 2009; 10:1200-7. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Xie J, Lee JY, Wang DIC, Ting YP. Silver nanoplates: from biological to biomimetic synthesis. ACS NANO 2007; 1:429-39. [PMID: 19206664 DOI: 10.1021/nn7000883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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This paper describes the synthesis of single-crystalline Ag nanoplates using the extract of unicellular green alga Chlorella vulgaris at room temperature. Proteins in the extract were involved in the biological synthesis, providing the dual function of Ag ion reduction and shape-controlled synthesis of nanosilver. Hydroxyl groups in Tyr residues and carboxyl groups in Asp and/or Glu residues were further identified as the most active functional groups for Ag ion reduction and for directing the anisotropic growth of Ag nanoplates, respectively. The kinetics of Ag ion reduction in biological systems was discussed and probed by using custom-designed peptides. The results showed the Tyr content (the reduction source) and the content of Ag complexers (the reaction inhibitors, e.g., His and Cys) in the protein molecules as important factors affecting the reduction kinetics. The comprehensive system identification effort has led to the design of a simple bifunctional tripeptide (DDY-OMe) with one Tyr residue as the reduction source and two carboxyl groups in the Asp residues as shape-directors, which could produce small Ag nanoplates with low polydispersivity in good yield (>55%). The roles of the carboxyl groups in the formation of Ag nanoplates were also discussed.
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- Jianping Xie
- Singapore-MIT Alliance, 4 Engineering Drive 3, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117576
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Abello N, Kerstjens HAM, Postma DS, Bischoff R. Selective Acylation of Primary Amines in Peptides and Proteins. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4770-6. [DOI: 10.1021/pr070154e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicolas Abello
- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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KABIRULLAH M, WILLS RBH. Functional properties of acetylated and succinylated sunflower protein isolate. Int J Food Sci Technol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1982.tb00179.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Afzal AJ, Bokhari SA, Siddiqui KS. Kinetic and thermodynamic study of a chemically modified highly active xylanase fromScopulariopsis sp. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 2007; 141:273-97. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02729068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 09/18/2006] [Accepted: 10/30/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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De M, Bell J, Blackburn NJ, Mains RE, Eipper BA. Role for an essential tyrosine in peptide amidation. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:20873-20882. [PMID: 16704972 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513886200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The catalytic core of the peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase (PAL) domain of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase was investigated with respect to its ability to function as a ureidoglycolate lyase and the identity and role of its bound metal ions. The purified PAL catalytic core (PALcc) contains molar equivalents of calcium and zinc along with substoichiometric amounts of iron and functions as a ureidoglycolate lyase. Limiting iron availability in the cells synthesizing PALcc reduces the specific activity of the enzyme produced. Concentrated samples of native PALcc have an absorption maximum at 560 nm, suggestive of a phenolate-Fe(III) charge transfer complex. An essential role for a Tyr residue was confirmed by elimination of PAL activity following site-directed mutagenesis. Purified PALcc in which the only conserved Tyr residue (Tyr(654)) was mutated to Phe was secreted normally, but was catalytically inactive and lacked bound iron and bound zinc. Our data demonstrate an essential role for Tyr(654) and suggest that it serves as an Fe(III) ligand in an essential iron-zinc bimetallic site.
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- Mithu De
- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3401
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- Neuroscience Department, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut 06030-3401.
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Zhang F, Gao J, Weng J, Tan C, Ruan K, Xu C, Jiang D. Structural and Functional Differentiation of Three Groups of Tyrosine Residues by Acetylation of N-Acetylimidazole in Manganese Stabilizing Protein. Biochemistry 2004; 44:719-25. [PMID: 15641798 DOI: 10.1021/bi0483559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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To study its contribution to the assembly of the green plant manganese stabilizing protein (MSP) into photosystem II (PSII), tyrosine residues were specifically acetylated using N-acetylimidazole (NAI). In soluble MSP, three groups of Tyr residues could be differentiated by NAI acetylation: approximately 5 (actually approximately 5.2) Tyr residues could be easily acetylated (superficial), 1-2 Tyr residues could be acetylated when the NAI concentration was sufficiently high (superficially buried), and 1-2 Tyr residues could only be acetylated in the presence of the denaturant, urea (deeply buried). Acetylation of the 5.2 Tyr residues did not affect the reconstitution or oxygen-evolving activities of the MSP, and far-UV circular dichroism (CD) analysis showed that the altered MSP retained most of its native secondary structure. These results suggested that the 5.2 Tyr residues are not absolutely essential to the function of MSP. However, further modification of the 1-2 superficially buried Tyr residues (for a total acetylation of approximately 6.4 Tyr residues) completely abrogated the MSP rebinding and oxygen evolution activities. Finally, at least one tyrosine residue was inaccessible to NAI until MSP was completely unfolded by 8 M urea. Deacetylation of MSP with 6.4 or 8 acetylated Tyr residues with hydroxylamine restored most of the rebinding and oxygen-evolving activities. A prominent red shift in fluorescence spectra of MSP (excited at 280 or 295 nm) was observed after modification of 6.4 Tyr residues, and a further shift could be found after all 8 Tyr residues were modified, indicating a great loss of native secondary structure. Far-UV CD revealed that MSP was mostly unfolded when 6.4 Tyr residues were modified and completely unfolded when all 8 Tyr residues were modified. Fluorescence and far-UV CD studies revealed that loss of MSP rebinding to PSII membranes following NAI modification correlated well with conformational changes in MSP. Together, these results indicate that different tyrosine residues have different contributions to the binding and assembly of MSP into PSII.
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- Feng Zhang
- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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Saboury AA, Karbassi F, Haghbeen K, Ranjbar B, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Farzami B. Stability, structural and suicide inactivation changes of Mushroom tyrosinase after acetylation by N-acetylimidazole. Int J Biol Macromol 2004; 34:257-62. [PMID: 15374682 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Modification (acetylation) of Tyr residues with N-acetylimidazole protects outstandingly mushroom tyrosinase (MT) from the suicide inactivation in the presence of its catecholic substrate, 4-[(4-methylbenzo) azo]-1,2-benzenediol. UV spectrophotometric experiments and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) studies indicated a decrease in kinetic stability of the enzyme alongside with increase in its thermal stability as well as its stability against n-dodecyl trimethylammonium bromide as a denaturizing agent. Pace analysis resulted in standard Gibbs free energy values of 46.54 and 52.09 kJ/mol in the absence of denaturant for native and modified enzyme, respectively. Structural studies by circular dichroism (CD) spectrophotometry showed that modification did not have major impact on the secondary structure of MT; however, induced some changes in its tertiary structure. The near-UV CD results revealed that the modification had enhanced intramolecular van der Waals interactions in the enzyme structure, which was in coincidence with its thermodynamic stability.
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- A A Saboury
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Purification and Characterization of a Chitinase in Culture Media of Cordyceps militaris(Linn.) Link. 한국균학회지 2003. [DOI: 10.4489/kjm.2003.31.3.168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ganguly S, Mummaneni P, Steinbach PJ, Klein DC, Coon SL. Characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae homolog of the melatonin rhythm enzyme arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.87). J Biol Chem 2001; 276:47239-47. [PMID: 11559708 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107222200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT, serotonin N-acetyltransferase, EC ) plays a unique transduction role in vertebrate physiology by converting information about day and night into a hormonal signal: melatonin. Only vertebrate members of the AANAT family have been functionally characterized. Here a putative AANAT from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (scAANAT) was studied to determine whether it possessed the catalytic activity of the vertebrate enzyme. scAANAT is 47% similar to ovine AANAT, but lacks the regulatory N- and C-terminal flanking regions conserved in all vertebrate AANATs. It was found to have enzyme activity generally typical for AANAT family members, although the substrate preference pattern was somewhat broader, the specific activity was lower, and the pH optimum was higher. Deletion of scAANAT reduced arylalkylamine acetylation by S. cerevisiae extracts, indicating that scAANAT contributes significantly to this process. The scAANAT sequence conformed to the three-dimensional structure of ovine AANAT catalytic core; however, an important structural element (loop 1) was found to be shorter and to lack a proline involved in substrate binding. These differences could explain the lower specific activity of scAANAT, because of the importance of loop 1 in catalysis. Data base analysis revealed the presence of putative AANATs in other fungi but not in the nearly complete genomes of Drosophila melanogaster or Caenorhabditis elegans. These studies indicate that the catalytic and kinetic characteristics of fungal and vertebrate enzymes can be considered to be generally similar, although some differences exist that appear to be linked to changes in one structural element. Perhaps the most striking difference is that fungal AANATs lack the regulatory domains of the vertebrate enzyme, which appear to be essential for the regulatory role the enzyme plays in photochemical transduction.
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- S Ganguly
- Section on Neuroendocrinology, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology/NICHD, National Institutes of Health, 49 Convent Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892-4480, USA
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Verzili D, Citro G, Ascoli F, Chiancone E. Immunological properties of the dimeric and tetrameric hemoglobins from the mollusc Scapharca inaequivalvis. FEBS Lett 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)80290-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Fricke B, Drössler K, Willhardt I, Schierhorn A, Menge S, Rücknagel P. The cell envelope-bound metalloprotease (camelysin) from Bacillus cereus is a possible pathogenic factor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2001; 1537:132-46. [PMID: 11566257 DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4439(01)00066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A novel membrane proteinase of the nosocomial important bacteria species Bacillus cereus (synonyms: camelysin, CCMP) was purified up to homogeneity as was shown by mass spectrometry in its amphiphilic form. Camelysin is a neutral metalloprotease with a molecular mass of 19 kDa. Its unique N-terminus Phe-Phe-Ser-Asp-Lys-Glu-Val-Ser-Asn-Asn-Thr-Phe-Ala-Ala-Gly-Thr-Leu-Asp-Leu-Thr-Leu-Asn-Pro-Lys-Thr-Leu-Val-Asp-(Ile-Lys-Asp)- was not detected in the protein data bases during BLAST searches, but in the partially sequenced genome of Bacillus anthracis, coding for an unknown protein. Cleavage sites of the membrane proteinase for the insulin A- and B-chains were determined by mass spectrometry and N-terminal sequencing. Camelysin prefers cleavage sites in front of aliphatic and hydrophilic amino acid residues (-OH, -SO3H, amido group), avoiding bulky aromatic residues. The internally quenched fluorogenic substrates of the matrix metalloproteases 2 and 7 were cleaved with the highest efficiency at the Leu-decrease-Gly or Leu-decrease-Ala bond with the smaller residue in the P1' position. The protein specificity is broad--all various kinds of casein were cleaved as well as acid-soluble collagen, globin and ovalbumin; intact insulin was destroyed only to a low extent. Actin, collagen type I, fibrinogen, fibrin, alpha2-antiplasmin and alpha1-antitrypsin were cleaved. The protease formed SDS-stable complexes with Glu-plasminogen and antithrombin III, visible after SDS electrophoresis by gold staining and Western blot. The CCMP-plasminogen complex caused a partial activation of plasminogen to plasmin. Camelysin interacts with proteins of the blood coagulation cascade and could facilitate the penetration of fibrin clots and of the extracellular matrix during bacterial invasion.
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- B Fricke
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty, Martin Luther University, Halle, Saale, Germany.
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Brzyska M, Bacia A, Elbaum D. Oxidative and hydrolytic properties of beta-amyloid. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2001; 268:3443-54. [PMID: 11422374 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02248.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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beta-Amyloid protein is the major component of senile plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's patients. Previously, a new biochemical property of amyloid, its ability to disrupt ester and peptide bonds, was described [Elbaum, D., Brzyska, M., Bacia, A. & Alkon, D. (2000) Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 267, 733-738]. In the present work we compare the ability of beta-amyloid to hydrolyse and oxidize model fluorescent derivatives of dichlorofluorescein [dichlorodihydrofluorescein (H2DCF) or dichlorofluorescein diacetate (DCF-DA), respectively] to the same final product (dichlorofluorescein). Although there is accumulating evidence of oxidative properties of beta-amyloid, little is known about its hydrolytic abilities. Chemical modification studies revealed that hydrolytic properties are related to a His, Ser and Asp/Glu triad, while residues of His, Tyr and Met are involved in the oxidative activity of amyloid. Studies with the rat homologue of human beta-amyloid (1-40), containing three amino-acid substitutions (Arg5-->Gly, Tyr10-->Phe and His13-->Arg) confirmed a role of His in the studied processes. Reduction of the hydrolysis product caused by inhibitors of Ser esterases (phenylmethylsulphonyl fluoride and eserine) suggests that beta-amyloid-mediated hydrolysis is Ser sensitive. Antioxidants and metal chelators that reduced H2DCF oxidation did not change or increase DCF-DA hydrolysis. Solvent isotope effects suggest the involvement of hydrogen bonds in the hydrolysis reaction. Hydrolysis was inhibited by redox-active metal ions and was practically oxygen independent while the oxidation process was redox-active-metal enhanced [Cu(II) and Fe(II) primarily], and oxygen dependent. Product formation was significantly inhibited by catalase and superoxide dismutase as well as benzoquinone, a specific superoxide anion radical scavenger. Increase of fluorescence by oxidation was strongly inhibited by azide and His and enhanced in samples prepared with deuterated phosphate buffer, suggesting singlet oxygen intermediacy. Our data are consistent with superoxide-mediated singlet oxygen intermediate in this Fenton mechanism-driven reaction. These results indicate that hydrolytic and oxidative properties of beta-amyloid are distinct features of this peptide and probably require different mechanisms to occur, but both of them may contribute to beta-amyloid toxicity.
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- M Brzyska
- Laboratory of Bio-Physical Methods, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
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Wen L, Miao ZW, Qing WD. Chemical modification of xylanase from Trichosporon cutaneum shows the presence of carboxyl groups and cysteine residues essential for enzyme activity. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1999; 18:677-86. [PMID: 10609644 DOI: 10.1023/a:1020658307787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The endo-beta-1,4-xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8) from Trichosporon cutaneum was chemically modified using amino acid-specific reagents. The enzyme does not bear arginines essential for activity, since 1,2-cyclohexanedione and 2,3-butanedione, although they modify the enzyme (after chromatographic analysis), have no effect on its activity. Reaction of the enzyme with tetranitromethane and N-acetylimidazole did not result in a significant activity loss as a result of modification of tyrosine residues. The water-soluble carbodiimide 1-[3-(dimethylamino) propyl]-3-ethylcarbodiimide inactivated the xylanase rapidly and completely in a pseudo-first-order process, and kinetic analysis indicated that at least one molecule of carbodiimide binds to the enzyme for inactivation. A mixture of neutral xylooligomers provided significant protection of the enzyme against this carbodiimide inactivation. Reaction of the xylanase with 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid did not result in a significant activity loss as a result of modification of lysine residues. Titration of the enzyme with 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) and treatment with iodoacetamide and p-chloromercuribenzoate indicated the presence of a free/active thiol group. Xylan completely protected the enzyme from inactivation by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate, suggesting the presence of cysteine at the substrate-binding site. Inactivation of xylanase by p-hydroxymercuribenzoate could be restored by cysteine.
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- L Wen
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University, Jinan, China
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Siddiqui KS, Shemsi AM, Anwar MA, Rashid MH, Rajoka MI. Partial and complete alteration of surface charges of carboxymethylcellulase by chemical modification: thermostabilization in water-miscible organic solvent. Enzyme Microb Technol 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0141-0229(98)00170-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Kotsira VP, Clonis YD. Chemical modification of barley root oxalate oxidase shows the presence of a lysine, a carboxylate, and disulfides, essential for enzyme activity. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 356:117-26. [PMID: 9705201 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Oxalate oxidase (OXO) was chemically modified using amino acid-specific reagents. The modification reactions were monitored spectrophotometrically, to follow the progress of labeling, and catalytically, to assess the effect of labeling on the enzyme function. The enzyme does not bear arginines essential for activity, since 2,3-butanedione and cyclohexanodione, although they modify the enzyme (after chromatographic analysis), have no effect on its activity. Incubation of urea-pretreated OXO with N-acetylimidazole leads to labeling all 10 tyrosines without affecting the enzyme activity, thus suggesting that OXO does not have tyrosines essential for activity. However, OXO modification with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide followed by kinetic analysis, leads to the conclusion that the enzyme possesses one carboxylate essential for activity. When using the modifier 2,4, 6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS), while 28 of the total 45 lysines are labeled within 3 h (the first 5 reacting lysines of the homopentametic enzyme are modified at a faster rate than the others), the enzyme rapidly loses 90% of its activity in the first 2 min, a period during which only one lysine is being labeled. Complete enzyme inactivation with TNBS is observed after approximately 8 min, when 5 lysines are being labeled. The modification of the first lysine also triggers the dissociation of native OXO to its subunits (after SDS-PAGE analysis), a phenomenon not observed with the other modifiers. These findings indicate that OXO bears a lysine per monomer, essential for enzyme activity. When using 5, 5-dithio-bis-(2-nitrobenzoic)acid to determine the number of disulfide bonds, in the presence of NaBH4, 10 sulfhydryls are determined, but in the absence of reducing agent, none are determined. Further, chloro-mercuribenzoate does not inactivate OXO but beta-mercaptoethanol does. Therefore, the sulfhydryls in OXO are not free but form disulfide bonds essential for activity. Furthermore, the metallo-chelating agents HgCl2 and 8-hydroxychinolin inactivate the enzyme, suggesting that barley root oxalate oxidase is a metalloenzyme. It is possible that the metal(s) are involved in the oxidative mechanism since the enzyme does not bear prosthetic groups such as FAD and FMN.
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- V P Kotsira
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, The Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens, GR - 118 55, Greece
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Chen J, Smith DL, Griep MA. The role of the 6 lysines and the terminal amine of Escherichia coli single-strand binding protein in its binding of single-stranded DNA. Protein Sci 1998; 7:1781-8. [PMID: 10082375 PMCID: PMC2144092 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560070813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Differential chemical modification of the lysines and amino-terminus of Escherichia coli single-strand binding (SSB) protein was used to determine their roles in the binding of SSB to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). A combination of isotope labeling and mass spectrometry was used to determine the rates at which SSB was acetylated by acetic anhydride. First, SSB was labeled by deuterated acetic anhydride for given lengths of time in the presence or absence of single-stranded ssDNA. Then, the protein was denatured and completely acetylated by nondeuterated acetic anhydride. Enzymatic digests of the completely acetylated, isotopically labeled SSB were analyzed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The intensities of the deuterated and nondeuterated forms of acetylated peptides provided accurate quantification of the reactivity of the amines in native SSB, either free or bound to ssDNA. Acetylation rate constants were determined from time course measurements. In the absence of ssDNA, the terminal alpha-amine of SSB was 10-fold more reactive than Lys residues at positions 43, 62, 73, and 87. The reactivities of Lys 7 and 49 were much lower yet, suggesting that they have very limited access to solution under any condition. In the presence of ssDNA, the reactivities of the amino-terminus and Lys residues 43, 62, 73, and 87 were reduced by factors of 3.7-25, indicating that the environments around all of these amines is substantially altered by binding of SSB to ssDNA. Three of these residues are located near putative ssDNA binding sites, whereas Lys 87 is located at the monomer-monomer interface.
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- J Chen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 68588-0304, USA
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Stratilová E, Dzúrová M, Markovic O, Jörnvall H. An essential tyrosine residue of Aspergillus polygalacturonase. FEBS Lett 1996; 382:164-6. [PMID: 8612742 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Based on strict conservation of a tyrosine residue in 24 polygalacturonases, tyrosine modification was assessed in two different forms of the Aspergillus enzyme. The second subform was unknown in structure but submitted to sequence analysis and was found also to have the conserved tyrosine residue. Results of chemical modifications are consistent in showing inactivation of the proteins with all tyrosine-reactive agents tested, acetic anhydride, N-acetyl imidazole, and tetranitromethane. Furthermore, after acetylation, regeneration of enzyme activity was possible with hydroxylamine. Spectrophotometric pH titration showed that one accessible tyrosine residue is ionized at pH 9.3-9.5, whereas the remaining, masked residues are all ionized at pH 10.5. It is concluded that one tyrosine residue is catalytically important, in agreement with the inactivation and reactivation data, that this residue is accessible, and that it is likely to correspond to the strictly conserved residue observed in all forms.
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- E Stratilová
- Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
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Coon SL, Roseboom PH, Baler R, Weller JL, Namboodiri MA, Koonin EV, Klein DC. Pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase: expression cloning and molecular analysis. Science 1995; 270:1681-3. [PMID: 7502081 DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5242.1681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Pineal serotonin N-acetyltransferase (arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase, or AA-NAT) generates the large circadian rhythm in melatonin, the hormone that coordinates daily and seasonal physiology in some mammals. Complementary DNA encoding ovine AA-NAT was cloned. The abundance of AA-NAT messenger RNA (mRNA) during the day was high in the ovine pineal gland and somewhat lower in retina. AA-NAT mRNA was found unexpectedly in the pituitary gland and in some brain regions. The night-to-day ratio of ovine pineal AA-NAT mRNA is less than 2. In contrast, the ratio exceeds 150 in rats. AA-NAT represents a family within a large superfamily of acetyltransferases.
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- S L Coon
- Section on Neuroendocrinology, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Jiang QX, Hu KS, Shi H. Interactions of both melittin and its site-specific mutants with bacteriorhodopsin of Halobacterium halobium: sites of electrostatic interaction on melittin. Photochem Photobiol 1994; 60:175-8. [PMID: 7938217 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1994.tb05087.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Melittin and its site-specific mutants differentially delay the slow-decaying component of the photocycle intermediate M412 of bacteriorhodopsin in the purple membrane and the acetylated purple membrane whose several lysine residues are modified. This effect is attributed to the interaction of the total positive charges of melittin or its mutants with the total negative charges of bacteriorhodopsin. The effects of melittin and its mutants on the Triton X-100-solubilized bacteriorhodopsin monomers are somewhat complicated but are associated with their charges. These results show that there is electrostatic interaction between bacteriorhodopsin and melittin and that both N- and C-termini of melittin function as sites of the interaction, with Arg 22 and Arg 24 making a prominent contribution to the effective surface charge of melittin. Melittin, at certain concentrations, partially restores the decreased photoactivity of the bacteriorhodopsin monomers trapped in the Triton-lipid-protein mixed micelles, which suggests that melittin may compete with Triton X-100 for the binding sites on the bacteriorhodopsin monomers. Other kinds of interactions between bacteriorhodopsin and melittin are also indicated. The possible states of melittin in membranes are discussed.
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- Q X Jiang
- Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
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Tsao FH, Gau CS, Yu H, Zografi G. The surface properties of lung 36 kDa Ca(2+)-dependent phospholipid-binding protein. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1166:39-47. [PMID: 8431491 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(93)90281-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The intrinsic surface activity of a 36 kDa rabbit lung calcium-dependent phospholipid-binding protein (PLBP), a member of the annexin family of such proteins, at the air/water interface has been determined from measurements of surface tension of aqueous solutions, and surface concentration of 14C-labeled PLBP adsorbed from aqueous solution in the absence and presence of Ca2+. It was also possible to spread insoluble monolayers of PLBP to determine surface pressure vs. surface concentration isotherms, as well as surface elasticity and surface viscosity as a function of frequency from electrocapillary wave diffraction measurements. PLBP has been shown to exhibit significant intrinsic surface activity at the air/water interface, comparable to a variety of other hydrophobic proteins known to be quite surface active. In all cases, surface properties were enhanced by the presence of Ca2+, particularly the degree of surface viscoelasticity at close-packing in the monolayer. This is believed to reflect changes in protein conformation at the surface.
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- F H Tsao
- Department of Pediatrics and Perinatal Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Annan RS, Biemann K. Utility of N-peracetylation of proteins for their structure determination by mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1993; 4:87-96. [PMID: 24234786 DOI: 10.1016/1044-0305(93)85063-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/1992] [Revised: 07/22/1992] [Accepted: 08/05/1992] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Acetylation of the animo groups (N-terminus and lysine) of proteins before enzymatic or chemical cleavage was explored as an approach to provide additional information in the course of the determination of amino acid sequences. The major advantage is the ability to differentiate glutamine from lysine, because only the latter is acetylated and thus increases in mass by 42 Da. Horse heart cytochrome c could be fully N-actetylated and even on prolonged digestion with chymotrypsin underwent very little tryptic cleavage, in contrast to the native protein where this side reaction is extensive. Sperm whale myoglobin is more difficult to acetylate, but even at 40%-50% average acetylation, all 19 lysines could be identified unambiguously. A proteolytic digest of acetylated protein is thus a useful component of strategies for the determination of the primary structure of proteins by tandem mass spectrometry.
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- R S Annan
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Room 56-010, 02139, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Kato T, Kikugawa K. Proteins and amino acids as scavengers of nitrite: inhibitory effect on the formation of nitrosodimethylamine and diazoquinone. Food Chem Toxicol 1992; 30:617-26. [PMID: 1521836 DOI: 10.1016/0278-6915(92)90196-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Protein and its components in high concentrations similar to those found in the digestive tract effectively scavenged nitrite and thus inhibited the formation of mutagens from nitrite. Various amino acids at 100 mM, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and trypsinized casein at 100 mg/ml effectively decreased the nitrite level of 50 mM-nitrite solution at pH 3 and 37 degrees C. Most, but not all, amino acids can convert nitrite into nitrogen gas; Pro can be converted into non-mutagenic nitrosoproline, CySH to S-nitrosocysteine, Trp to weakly mutagenic nitrosotryptophan and Tyr to non-mutagenic diazotyrosine. BSA was cross-linked, probably owing to the reaction of Tyr and Lys residues. Most amino acids inhibited more than 50% of nitrosodimethylamine formation in the reaction between 200 mM-dimethylamine and 50 mM-nitrite at pH 3 and 37 degrees C; BSA inhibited 50% of nitrosodimethylamine formation, and trypsinized casein, 100%. Most amino acids inhibited more than 50% of p-diazoquinone formation in the reaction between 25 mM-phenol and 100 mM-nitrite at pH 3 and 37 degrees C; BSA inhibited 80%, and trypsinized casein, 95% of such formation. Trypsinized casein effectively inhibited the development of the mutagenic effects attributable to the formation of diazobamethan from bamethan and nitrite.
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- T Kato
- Tokyo College of Pharmacy, Japan
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Fricke B, Aurich H. Purification of a periplasmic insulin-cleaving proteinase from Acinetobacter calcoaceticus. Arch Microbiol 1992; 157:451-6. [PMID: 1510571 DOI: 10.1007/bf00249104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cells of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus contain a constitutive periplasmic metalloproteinase showing similar properties as the periplasmic metalloproteinase of Escherichia coli. The periplasmic proteinase of A. calcoaceticus was purified, starting from periplasm, by ammonium sulfate precipitation, hydrophobic interaction chromatography and chromatofocusing up to the homogeneity of the enzyme in SDS-electrophoresis with a yield of 6.7% and a purification factor of 417. The enzyme has a molecular mass of 108,000 (gel filtration) or 112,000 (native electrophoresis), and consists of four identical subunits with a molecular mass of 27,000 (SDS-electrophoresis). The purified enzyme degrades preferentially polypeptides such as glucagon and insulin. Larger proteins are accepted as substrates to a considerably lower extent. All tested synthetic substrates with trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase and thermolysin specificity were not cleaved. Therefore, the described enzyme was designated "insulin-cleaving proteinase" (ICP).
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- B Fricke
- Institut für Biochemie, Bereich Medizin, Martin-Luther-Universität, Halle, Federal Republic of Germany
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Scherer HJ, Karthein R, Strieder S, Ruf HH. Chemical modification of prostaglandin endoperoxide synthase by N-acetylimidazole. Effect on enzymic activities and EPR spectroscopic properties. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 205:751-7. [PMID: 1315275 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16839.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Prostaglandin H synthase apoprotein, without its prosthetic heme group, was inactivated by N-acetylimidazole under conditions typical for the O-acetylation of tyrosyl residues. A spontaneous reactivation occurred above pH 7.5 at 22 degrees C, which indicated spontaneous hydrolysis of acetylated residues. Below pH 7.5, where stable inactivation was observed, reactivation was achieved by reaction with hydroxylamine. Both enzymic activities of prostaglandin H synthase, cyclooxygenase and peroxidase, were inactivated and reactivated simultaneously and to the same extent. In contrast to the apoprotein, the holoenzyme with heme was not inactivated by N-acetylimidazole. The number of acetyl groups, as determined as hydroxamate after the reaction with hydroxylamine at pH 8.2, was 2.5 +/- 0.4 for the apoprotein and 1.0 +/- 0.24 for the holoenzyme. The specific binding of heme as the prosthetic group was no longer observed by EPR (signals at g = 6.7 and 5.3) when hemin was added to the N-acetylimidazole-reacted apoprotein. Treatment of N-acetylimidazole-reacted apoprotein with hydroxylamine restored the specific binding of heme. The N-acetylimidazole-reacted apoprotein supplemented with hemin and reacted with hydroperoxides, neither showed electronic absorption spectra of higher oxidation states nor an EPR doublet signal due to a tyrosyl radical. These results demonstrate that heme protects against the inactivating modification by N-acetylimidazole and that this modification prevents binding of the prosthetic heme group necessary for both enzymic activities. The absence of the prosthetic heme group explains the concomitant loss of cyclooxygenase and peroxidase activities, as well as the absence of higher oxidation states and the tyrosyl radical. We suggest that the acetylation of a residue in the heme pocket, most probably a tyrosine, although a histidine cannot be definitely disproved, exerts the inhibiting effects. This residue could be the axial ligand of the heme or in close contact to the heme. The results also show that the inhibition by N-acetylimidazole does not involve the acetylation of Ser530 which causes the inhibition by acetylsalicylic acid of cyclooxygenase. [The numbering of amino acids in ovine prostaglandin H synthase is according to DeWitt, D. L. and Smith, W. L. (1988) Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 85, 1412-1416 including a signal peptide of 24 residues which is missing in the processed protein.
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- H J Scherer
- Fraunhofer Institut für Biomedizinische Technik, Universität des Saarlandes, St. Ingbert, Federal Republic of Germany
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014 Molecular analysis of surface topology and microenvironment in protein tertiary structures by selective chemical modification and mass spectrometric peptide mapping. Anal Bioanal Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00332008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Murata M, Kagiwada S, Hishida R, Ishiguro R, Ohnishi S, Takahashi S. Modification of the N-terminus of membrane fusion-active peptides blocks the fusion activity. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1991; 179:1050-5. [PMID: 1898385 DOI: 10.1016/0006-291x(91)91925-3] [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: 12/29/2022]
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The amphiphilic anionic peptides E5 and E5L can mimic the fusogenic activity of influenza hemagglutinin(HA). These peptides induced fusion of egg yolk phosphatidylcholine small or large unilamellar vesicles only at acidic pH in a similar manner to viral HA. Acetylation or acetimidylation of the N-terminus of the peptides drastically reduced the fusion activity of the intact peptides, while C-terminal amidation left the activity unchanged. The binding assay suggested that the interaction of the modified peptides with lipid membranes was almost unchanged in comparison with those of the parent peptides, and the CD spectra showed that these peptides were alpha-helical. The results showed the importance of the N-terminus of the peptides on the membrane fusion activity, although why the N-terminal modifications affect the activity is still unclear.
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- M Murata
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, Japan
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Farries TC, Auffret AD, Aitken A. Enzyme-mediated peptide synthesis using acylpeptide hydrolase. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 196:687-92. [PMID: 1688346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15866.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acylpeptide hydrolase is shown to catalyse the specific addition of a single amino acid to the N-terminus of a peptide. The stabilised Sepharose-coupled form of the enzyme is used to couple a carboxy-methylated N-formyl (or N-acetyl) amino acid to a short pre-existing peptide. The yield is improved by optimal timing of the reaction and the presence of moderate concentrations (5%) of N,N-dimethylformamide. Two tripeptides, Ac-Ala-Ala-Ala and fMet-Leu-Phe (f, formyl) were synthesized by this technique (in yields of 2% and 0.064% respectively). The products were characterised by HPLC, amino acid analysis, mass spectroscopy and protein sequencing. The synthetic fMet-Leu-Phe also had biological activity, in that it stimulated superoxide generation by granulocytes. Acylpeptide hydrolase could therefore be a very useful tool for the synthesis and modification of peptides.
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Farries TC, Harris A, Auffret AD, Aitken A. Removal of N-acetyl groups from blocked peptides with acylpeptide hydrolase. Stabilization of the enzyme and its application to protein sequencing. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1991; 196:679-85. [PMID: 2013290 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15865.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Acylpeptide hydrolase, an enzyme that removes the modified residue from N-terminally acetylated peptides, has been purified from ovine liver and developed as a tool in sequencing blocked peptides and proteins. Its instability imposes a major limitation on the use of the mammalian enzyme in protein chemistry. Coupling to Sepharose followed by intramolecular cross-linking with dimethyl-suberimidate increased its thermostability and rendered it more resistant to inactivation by either SDS or N,N-dimethylformamide. The resulting enzyme preparation is reusable and more effective at cleaving longer acetylated peptides. It is therefore useful for unblocking acetylated proteins prior to protein sequence analysis. Intact proteins and many isolated peptides are still too large to be cleaved directly, but in this paper we describe a procedure for overcoming this difficulty. The protein is fragmented and non-acetylated peptides are then absorbed out with isothiocyanato-glass. The N-terminal peptide remains in solution and is unblocked with stabilised acylpeptide hydrolase. No chromatographic separation are required. The N-terminal sequence can then be obtained by automated Edman degradation. This procedure has been successfully demonstrated on a large synthetic peptide.
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- T C Farries
- Pharmacia LKB Biochrom Ltd, Cambridge, England
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Satake R, Kozutsumi H, Takeuchi M, Asano K. Chemical modification of erythropoietin: an increase in in vitro activity by guanidination. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1038:125-9. [PMID: 2107876 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(90)90020-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Human recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEPO) was chemically modified with several group-specific reagents in order to study the role of each kind of amino-acid residue in its biological activity. Guanidination of the amino groups of the lysine residues yielded derivatives that showed higher activities in vitro than native rHuEPO, whereas amidination had no effect on the activity. By contrast, modification of the positive charges of the lysine residues to neutral or negative charges, such as in carbamylation, trinitrophenylation, acetylation or succinylation, caused a significant loss of rHuEPO activity. Chemical modification of other amino-acid residues, such as arginine and tyrosine residues or carboxyl groups, also led to loss of activity.
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- R Satake
- Pharmaceutical Laboratory, Kirin Brewery Co., Gunma, Japan
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S�ra M, Moser-Thier K, Kainz U, Sleytr UB. Characterization of S-layers from mesophilic bacillaceae and studies on their protective role towards muramidases. Arch Microbiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00249069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Tinner R, Oertle M, Heizmann CW, Bosshard HR. Ca2(+)-binding site of carp parvalbumin recognized by monoclonal antibody. Cell Calcium 1990; 11:19-23. [PMID: 1690078 DOI: 10.1016/0143-4160(90)90045-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Monoclonal antibody 235 which was used for immunohistochemical staining of parvalbumin in tissue sections partially protects Lys-54 of carp muscle parvalbumin from reaction with acetic anhydride in the parvalbumin-antibody complex. Lys-54 is located in the CD-loop of parvalbumin and is flanked by the Ca2(+)-ligands Asp-53 and Ser-55 of the Ca2(+)-site I. Another monoclonal antibody against carp parvalbumin, mca 239, partially protects lysine residues 27, 32, 87 and 107, indicating that this antibody is directed against a discontinuous epitope distant from the two Ca2(+)-binding sites of parvalbumin.
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- R Tinner
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
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Ohno N, Nono I, Yadomae T. Enzymic and physicochemical properties of an exo-(1→3)-β-d-glucanase from Rhizoctonia solani. Carbohydr Res 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0008-6215(89)85024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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KIM KANGSUNG, RHEE JOONSHICK. EFFECTS OF ACETYLATION ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF J1S SOY PROTEIN. J Food Biochem 1989. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1989.tb00393.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Wasmoen TL, Bell MP, Loegering DA, Gleich GJ, Prendergast FG, McKean DJ. Biochemical and amino acid sequence analysis of human eosinophil granule major basic protein. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)37791-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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