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1.
J Basic Microbiol ; 41(6): 375-83, 2001.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11802548

RESUMO

A serine protease was purified from Natronococcus occultus stationary phase culture medium (328-fold, yield 19%) and characterized at the biochemical level. The enzyme has a native molecular mass of 130 kDa, has chymotrypsin-like activity, is stable and active in a broad pH range (5.5-12), is rather thermophilic (optimal activity at 60 degrees C in 1-2 M NaCl) and is dependent on high salt concentrations for activity and stability (1-2 M NaCl or KCl). Polyclonal antibodies were raised against the purified protease. In Western blots, they presented no cross-reactivity with culture medium from other halobacteria nor with commercial proteases except subtilisin. The amino acid sequences of three tryptic peptides obtained from Natronococcus occultus protease did not show significant similarity to other known proteolytic enzymes. This fact, in addition to its high molecular mass suggests that Natronococcus occultus extracellular protease may be a novel enzyme.


Assuntos
Natronococcus/enzimologia , Serina Endopeptidases/isolamento & purificação , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peso Molecular , Serina Endopeptidases/química , Serina Endopeptidases/imunologia
2.
Extremophiles ; 4(3): 181-8, 2000 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10879563

RESUMO

A serine protease secreted by the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natrialba magadii at the end of the exponential growth phase was isolated. This enzyme was purified 83 fold with a total yield of 25% by ethanol precipitation, affinity chromatography, and gel filtration. The native molecular mass of the enzyme determined by gel filtration was 45 kDa. Na. magadii extracellular protease was dependent on high salt concentrations for activity and stability, and it had an optimum temperature of 60 degrees C in the presence of 1.5M NaCl. The enzyme was stable and had a broad pH profile (6-12) with an optimum pH of 8-10 for azocasein hydrolysis. The protease was strongly inhibited by diisopropyl fluorophosphate (DFP), phenylmethyl sulfonylfluoride (PMSF), and chymostatin, indicating that it is a serine protease. It was sensitive to denaturing agents such as SDS, urea, and guanidine HCl and activated by thiol-containing reducing agents such as dithiotreitol (DTT) and 2-mercaptoethanol. This protease degraded casein and gelatin and showed substrate specificity for synthetic peptides containing Phe, Tyr, and Leu at the carboxyl terminus, showing that it has chymotrypsin-like activity. Na. magadii protease presented no cross-reactivity with polyclonal antibodies raised against the extracellular protease of Natronococcus occultus, suggesting that although these proteases share several biochemical traits, they might be antigenically unrelated.


Assuntos
Halobacteriaceae/enzimologia , Serina Endopeptidases/isolamento & purificação , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Precipitação Química , Cromatografia de Afinidade , Cromatografia em Gel , Estabilidade Enzimática , Etanol , Halobacteriaceae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Peso Molecular , Natronococcus/enzimologia , Oligopeptídeos/química , Sais , Serina Endopeptidases/imunologia , Serina Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Inibidores de Serina Proteinase/farmacologia , Especificidade por Substrato , Temperatura
3.
Arch Microbiol ; 168(6): 532-5, 1997 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9385146

RESUMO

Extracellular proteolytic activity was detected in the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natronococcus occultus as the culture reached the stationary growth phase. Proteolytic activity was precipitated with ethanol and subjected to a preliminary characterization. Optimal conditions for activity were attained at 60 degrees C and 1-2 M NaCl or KCl. Gelatin zymography in the presence of 4 M betaine revealed a complex pattern of active species with apparent molecular masses ranging from 50 to 120 kDa. Experiments performed with inhibitors of the various groups of proteases indicated that the extracellular proteolytic enzymes of N. occultus are of the serine type. Individual protein species showed some differences in salt and thermal stability.


Assuntos
Archaea/enzimologia , Proteínas Arqueais/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Archaea/química , Archaea/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Proteínas Arqueais/antagonistas & inibidores , Proteínas Arqueais/biossíntese , Estabilidade Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Espaço Extracelular/enzimologia , Hidrólise/efeitos dos fármacos , Cloreto de Potássio/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidases/biossíntese , Serina Endopeptidases/efeitos dos fármacos , Inibidores de Serina Proteinase/farmacologia , Cloreto de Sódio/metabolismo , Temperatura
4.
Mol Biol Rep ; 21(1): 63-9, 1995.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7565667

RESUMO

A partially active and a latent form of multicatalytic protease (MCP) were isolated from fish skeletal muscle. Both forms were inactive against protein substrates, but their activity against peptide substrates differed in one order of magnitude. The chymotrypsin-like activity of the partially active form was moderately stimulated by fatty acids and SDS, whereas its trypsin-like activity was inhibited by the same reagents. In contrast, both activities of the latent form were strongly stimulated by SDS. The chymotrypsin-like activity of the latent form was also stimulated by heating or high urea concentrations, whereas its trypsin-like activity did not change or was inhibited respectively by these treatments. These activation effects were irreversible. Pre-treatment of the latent form with SDS or urea in the absence of substrate led to its irreversible inactivation, whereas activation by pre-heating occurred in the presence or absence of substrate. These results suggest that MCP can exist in several active states with distinct properties. Studies on the distribution of MCP in fish tissues showed a much higher level of the enzyme in gonads than in any other tissue, suggesting a role of MCP in development.


Assuntos
Cisteína Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Músculo Esquelético/enzimologia , Animais , Cisteína Endopeptidases/isolamento & purificação , Peixes , Complexos Multienzimáticos/isolamento & purificação , Especificidade de Órgãos , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma
5.
Comp Biochem Physiol B ; 102(2): 303-9, 1992 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1617938

RESUMO

1. A latent form of multicatalytic proteinase (MCP) was purified to apparent homogeneity from white croaker muscle by DEAE-Sephacel, Mono-Q, Sephacryl S-300 and second Mono-Q chromatographies. 2. The enzyme preparation was electrophoretically and immunologically similar to MCP purified from the same source by a different method (Folco et al., 1988b, Archs Biochem. Biophys. 267, 599-605) but showed much lower chymotrypsin- and trypsin-like activities. 3. These activities responded to sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS), urea and heat treatments in different ways: SDS stimulated both activities, urea stimulated the former and inhibited the latter and heating stimulated the former and did not affect the latter. 4. The stimulation of chymotrypsin-like activity by the three treatments was irreversible. 5. Exposure of MCP to SDS or urea in the absence of substrate rapidly inactivated it, whereas heat activation took place irrespective of the presence of substrate. 6. The stimulating effect of SDS on chymotrypsin-like activity was lost in the presence of urea. 7. These results suggest that the enzyme may be activated by different mechanisms.


Assuntos
Cisteína Endopeptidases/isolamento & purificação , Complexos Multienzimáticos/isolamento & purificação , Músculos/enzimologia , Perciformes/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Cisteína Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Ativação Enzimática , Temperatura Alta , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Complexo de Endopeptidases do Proteassoma , Dodecilsulfato de Sódio/farmacologia , Ureia/farmacologia
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