Signal resistance of a soluble protein to enzymic proteolysis. An unorthodox approach to the isolation and purification of germin, a rare growth-related protein

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (12) ◽  
pp. 1351-1353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. F. Grzelczak ◽  
B. G. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Soluble Protein ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Related Protein ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Polymeric Form ◽  
Isolation And Purification ◽  
Assembly Factor ◽  
Gastric Pepsin ◽  
Wheat Embryos ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Onset of growth in germinating wheat embryos is marked by the conspicuous synthesis of germin, a soluble homopentameric protein. Germin is unusually stable in reducing environments containing sodium dodecyl sulfate, but the polymeric form is converted to a protomer (ca. 26 kdaltons) by brief heat treatment. In respect to these physical properties, germin is similar to nucleoplasmin, the putative nucleosome-assembly factor in Xenopus oocytes. To expand the comparison, we treated germin with gastric pepsin in the expectation that pepsin-catalyzed hydrolysis of germin might generate a series of fragments of the kind derived by pepsin digestion of nucleoplasmin. To our surprise, germin was refractory under conditions used to degrade nucleoplasmin. Further study has shown that germin exhibits a measure of stability toward the action of broad-specificity proteases which is unprecedented for a soluble protein. In this report, we document the remarkable resistance of this growth-related protein to enzymic proteolysis and project how this property may make it possible to isolate and purify an otherwise intractably rare, but "interesting" protein.

scholarly journals Improvement of the method of obtaining human IgA Fc-fragments

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
O. Y. Galkin ◽  
Y. V. Gorshunov ◽  
V. F. Solovjova
Keyword(s):  
Enzymatic Hydrolysis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Nitrogen Atmosphere ◽  
Maximum Output ◽  
Serological Tests ◽  
Isolation And Purification ◽  
Antibody Conjugate ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

To address a number of fundamental and applied problems in immunology, molecular and cellular biology and biotechnology it is necessary to obtain Fc-fragments of immunoglobulins. Fc-fragments may be used for studying of the effector functions of antibodies which are mediated by these areas. They are often used as an immunogen to produce anti-specie (based on so-called secondary antibody) conjugate in the development of serological tests for diagnostics (predominantly such conjugate based on monoclonal antibodies). The work is aimed to develop improved methods of obtaining and allocation of Fc-fragments of human IgA. To achieve this objective, optimization of hydrolysis of IgA with subsequent purification of Fс-fragments have been carried out. Improved method of obtaining Fc-fragments of IgA provides: papain hydrolysis of immunoglobulin in the environment of nitrogen for 4 h, allowing to achieve maximum output of Fc-fragments without their further degradation: isolation and purification of Fc-fragments of human IgA by one-stage gel filtration on sephadex G-100; control of purity of the target product by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel with sodium dodecyl sulfate and Ouchterlony immunodiffusion. Enzymatic hydrolysis was carried out at the optimal temperature of papain (37 °C). As the oxygen in the air may have inhibitory effect on enzymatic hydrolysis reaction, the reaction mixture was incubated in the nitrogen atmosphere to prevent inactivation of papain. To reduce the incident degradation of immunoglobulin molecules, papain hydrolysis was carried out without using an enzyme activator (cysteine). Usage of the proposed scheme allows obtaining Fc-fragments of human IgA of high purity. Outcome of Fc-fragments after all stages of purification was about 18% of the initial amount of IgA in the preparation. Molecular weight from Fc-fragments of human IgA was equal to approximately 70 kDa.

scholarly journals Crystal structure of thermostable alkylsulfatase SdsAP from Pseudomonas sp. S9

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lifang Sun ◽  
Pu Chen ◽  
Yintao Su ◽  
Zhixiong Cai ◽  
Lingwei Ruan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Titration Calorimetry ◽  
Pseudomonas Sp ◽  
Sterol Carrier Protein ◽  
Dimerization Domain ◽  
Alkyl Chains ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

A novel alkylsulfatase from bacterium Pseudomonas sp. S9 (SdsAP) was identified as a thermostable alkylsulfatases (type III), which could hydrolyze the primary alkyl sulfate such as sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Thus, it has a potential application of SDS biodegradation. The crystal structure of SdsAP has been solved to a resolution of 1.76 Å and reveals that SdsAP contains the characteristic metallo-β-lactamase-like fold domain, dimerization domain, and C-terminal sterol carrier protein type 2 (SCP-2)-like fold domain. Kinetic characterization of SdsAP to SDS by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and enzymatic activity assays of constructed mutants demonstrate that Y246 and G263 are important residues for its preference for the hydrolysis of ‘primary alkyl’ chains, confirming that SdsAP is a primary alkylsulfatase.

scholarly journals Essential Role of Chromatin Assembly Factor-1–mediated Rapid Nucleosome Assembly for DNA Replication and Cell Division in Vertebrate Cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasunari Takami ◽  
Tatsuya Ono ◽  
Tatsuo Fukagawa ◽  
Kei-ichi Shibahara ◽  
Tatsuo Nakayama
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Chromatin Assembly ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Chromatin Assembly Factor ◽  
Assembly Factor

Chromatin assembly factor-1 (CAF-1), a complex consisting of p150, p60, and p48 subunits, is highly conserved from yeast to humans and facilitates nucleosome assembly of newly replicated DNA in vitro. To investigate roles of CAF-1 in vertebrates, we generated two conditional DT40 mutants, respectively, devoid of CAF-1p150 and p60. Depletion of each of these CAF-1 subunits led to delayed S-phase progression concomitant with slow DNA synthesis, followed by accumulation in late S/G2 phase and aberrant mitosis associated with extra centrosomes, and then the final consequence was cell death. We demonstrated that CAF-1 is necessary for rapid nucleosome formation during DNA replication in vivo as well as in vitro. Loss of CAF-1 was not associated with the apparent induction of phosphorylations of S-checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Chk2. To elucidate the precise role of domain(s) in CAF-1p150, functional dissection analyses including rescue assays were preformed. Results showed that the binding abilities of CAF-1p150 with CAF-1p60 and DNA polymerase sliding clamp proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) but not with heterochromatin protein HP1-γ are required for cell viability. These observations highlighted the essential role of CAF-1–dependent nucleosome assembly in DNA replication and cell proliferation through its interaction with PCNA.

scholarly journals Extensive destruction of newly synthesized casein in mammary explants in organ culture

1982 ◽  
Vol 202 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huthama Razooki Hasan ◽  
David A. White ◽  
R. John Mayer
Keyword(s):  
Incubation Period ◽  
Soluble Protein ◽  
Milk Protein ◽  
Fatty Acid Synthetase ◽  
Total Soluble Protein ◽  
Signal Peptides ◽  
Dual Isotope ◽  
Intracellular Degradation ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Specific Particle

1. Explants of mammary glands of mid-pregnant rabbits that had been cultured for 18h in the presence of insulin, prolactin and cortisol were incubated at 37°C for 2h in Medium 199 containing l-[4,5-3H]leucine. After a wash procedure at 4°C, explants were re-incubated at 37°C in fresh medium and the radioactivity of casein polypeptides isolated by isoelectric focusing (at pH 4.6) was followed with time. Casein radioactivity rose during the first hour of re-incubation, but fell markedly during the subsequent hour. 2. Loss of radioactivity represented casein degradation, since less than 10% of newly synthesized casein was found in the incubation medium. 3. Such a loss of radioactivity was not due solely to hydrolysis of signal peptides, since similar results were obtained when l-[5-3H]proline, which is not part of casein signal peptides, was the radiolabelled precursor. 4. A dual-isotope experiment using l-[U-14C]proline and N-[3H]acetyl-d-mannosamine gave similar profiles of radioactivity loss from isoelectrically focused casein, indicating that degradation of mature casein was occurring. 5. Analysis of total pellet and particle-free-supernatant fractions prepared by centrifugation of explant homogenates at 115000gav. for 1h did not show loss of radioactivity on re-incubation. Total pellet-protein radioactivity remained constant, whereas total soluble-protein radioactivity increased during the 2h re-incubation period. 6. Radioactivity in a specific particle-free-supernatant polypeptide, the subunit of fatty acid synthetase, mimicked that of the total soluble protein. 7. Addition of cycloheximide (20μg/ml) during the re-incubation period completely blocked the incorporation of radioactivity from l-[5-3H]proline into casein and the subsequent fall, indicating that observations were being made on newly synthesized casein. 8. Addition of chloroquine (50μm) did not prevent the increase in radioactivity from l-[5-3H]proline into casein during the first hour of re-incubation, but did prevent the loss of radioactivity in the second hour. 9. The intracellular degradation of a newly synthesized milk protein is discussed in relation to the known intracellular degradation of other secretory polypeptides.

scholarly journals Purification and Characterization of 2,6-β-d-Fructan 6-Levanbiohydrolase fromStreptomyces exfoliatus F3-2

2000 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 252-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuichi Saito ◽  
Kazuya Kondo ◽  
Ichiro Kojima ◽  
Atsushi Yokota ◽  
Fusao Tomita
Keyword(s):  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Extracellular Enzyme ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Sds Page ◽  
Monomeric Structure ◽  
Ph Range ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

ABSTRACT Streptomyces exfoliatus F3-2 produced an extracellular enzyme that converted levan, a β-2,6-linked fructan, into levanbiose. The enzyme was purified 50-fold from culture supernatant to give a single band on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). The molecular weights of this enzyme were 54,000 by SDS-PAGE and 60,000 by gel filtration, suggesting the monomeric structure of the enzyme. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was determined to be 4.7. The optimal pH and temperature of the enzyme for levan degradation were pH 5.5 and 60°C, respectively. The enzyme was stable in the pH range 3.5 to 8.0 and also up to 50°C. The enzyme gave levanbiose as a major degradation product from levan in an exo-acting manner. It was also found that this enzyme catalyzed hydrolysis of such fructooligosaccharides as 1-kestose, nystose, and 1-fructosylnystose by liberating fructose. Thus, this enzyme appeared to hydrolyze not only β-2,6-linkage of levan, but also β-2,1-linkage of fructooligosaccharides. From these data, the enzyme from S. exfoliatus F3-2 was identified as a novel 2,6-β-d-fructan 6-levanbiohydrolase (EC 3.2.1.64 ).

scholarly journals UNUSUAL WAY OF REACTION OF 3-AMINO-4-(5-CHLOROMETHYL-1,2,4-OXADIAZOLE-3-YL)-FURAZAN WITH HYDRAZINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Elena V. Stepanova ◽  
Andrei I. Stepanov
Keyword(s):  
Carboxylic Acid ◽  
Catalytic Amount ◽  
Acid Synthesis ◽  
Chloromethyl Group ◽  
One Pot ◽  
Isolation And Purification ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Reaction Proceeds ◽  
Selective Reactivity ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The results of our study of the pathways of selective reactivity of 3-amino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan versus 5-unsubstituted or 5-methyl and 5-trifluoromethyl substituted 4-(5R-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazans (R = H, Me, CF3) towards the action of hydrazine are discussed. If the reductive opening of 1,2,4-oxadiazole ring in unsubstituted at the С-5 atom (1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)furazan derivatives under the treatment with hydrazine can be used as a method for the preparation of a range of amidrazones of 4-R-furazan-3-carboxylic acid. 3-amino-4-(5-trifluoromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)furazan with hydrazine gives amidoxime of 4-aminofurazan-3-carboxylic acid. 3-amino-4-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl) furazan is inert to the action of hydrazine, on the contrary the reaction of 3-amino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan with hydrazine leads to oxidation of chloromethyl group of titled compound to the carbonyl one. In this case the product of reaction of 3-amino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan with hydrazine was isolated in a form of corresponding hydrazonomethyl derivative notably as 3-amino-4-(5-hydrazonomethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan. A possible reaction mechanism for the formation of hydrazonomethyl group by oxidation reaction of chloromethyl group by hydrazine is proposed. 3-Amino-4-(5-hydrazonomethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)furazan undergoes a transhydrazination reaction with semicarbazide and thiosemicarbazide. But our attempts to its hydrolysis for the purpose to obtain free aldehyde were unsuccessful. Thus, hydrolysis of hydrazonomethyl derivative in acetic acid in the presence of catalytic amount of sulfuric acid results in azine – N,N'-bis(3-(4-aminofurazan-3-yl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-ylmethylyden)hydrazine – precipitation, long-duration boiling in hydrochloric acid leads to Kishner-Wolff reduction of the carbonyl group to 3-amino-4-(5-methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)furazan, and hydrolysis in alkaline medium leads to 1,2,4-oxadiazole ring opening to amidoxime of 4-aminofurazan-3-carboxylic acid. Synthesis of 3-amino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan (R = CH2Cl) was carried out by condensation of amidoxime of 4-aminofurazan-3-carboxylic acid with an excess of chloroacetyl chloride in toluene at elevated temperature. The reaction proceeds through formation of intermediate product – 3-chloromethylamino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)furazan. Removing of N-chloroacetyl group in such obtained intermediate was performed by hydrolysis in acidic media. One-pot synthesis without the need for isolation and purification of intermediate is allowed. The structures of obtained compounds were proved by modern methods of physical-chemical analysis (1H, 13C NMR, IR and MS spectroscopy).Forcitation:Stepanova E.V., Stepanov A.I. Unusual way of reaction of 3-amino-4-(5-chloromethyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole-3-yl)furazan with hydrazine. Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved. Khim. Khim. Tekhnol. 2017. V. 60. N 4. P. 26-32.      

Kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of ethylp-nitrophenyl ethylphosphonate in the reverse micellar system: sodium dodecyl sulfate-hexanol-water

2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-269
Author(s):  
L. Ya. Zakharova ◽  
F. G. Valeeva ◽  
L. A. Kudryavtseva ◽  
V. E. Bel'skii ◽  
E. P. Zhil'tsova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Micellar System ◽  
Dodecyl Sulfate ◽  
Reverse Micellar System ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
System Sodium ◽  
Reverse Micellar

Biosynthesis of glucosyl monophosphoryl undecaprenol and its role in lipoteichoic acid biosynthesis

1982 ◽  
Vol 152 (2) ◽  
pp. 616-625
Author(s):  
D J Mancuso ◽  
T H Chiu
Keyword(s):  
Thin Layer ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Lipoteichoic Acid ◽  
Molar Ratio ◽  
Streptococcus Sanguis ◽  
Chromatographic Profile ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Cellulose Column

A glucophospholipid was detected in an incubation mixture containing UDP-glucose, MgCl2, ATP, and a particulate enzyme prepared from Streptococcus sanguis. The synthesis of this lipid was inhibited strongly by UDP and moderately by UMP. The molar ratio of glucose to phosphate in the purified lipid was found to be 1:1. Glucose and glucose 1-phosphate were released by mild alkaline hydrolysis of the glucophospholipid. The lipid produced by mild acid degradation of the purified lipid yielded a thin-layer chromatographic profile similar to that of acid-treated undecaprenol. One of the minor components exhibited the same mobility as untreated undecaprenol. To characterize further the lipid moiety of the glucophospholipid, a polyisoprenol was purified from the neutral lipid of S. sanguis. The polyisoprenol was converted in the presence of ATP, UDP-glucose, and the particulate enzyme into a lipid which exhibited the same thin-layer chromatographic mobility as the glucophospholipid. The structure of the polyisoprenol was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry to be an undecaprenol with an internal cis-trans ratio of 7:2. These results indicate that the glucophospholipid is glucosyl monophosphoryl undecaprenol. The glucosyl moiety of the glucophospholipid was shown to be incorporated in the presence of the particulate enzyme into a macromolecule which was characterized as a lipoteichoic acid by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and DEAE-cellulose column chromatography. This result indicates that glucosyl monophosphoryl undecaprenol is the direct glucosyl donor in the synthesis of lipoteichoic acid.

Characterization of peptidases of adult Trichuris muris

Parasitology ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 109 (5) ◽  
pp. 623-630 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Drake ◽  
A. E. Bianco ◽  
D. A. P. Bundy ◽  
F. Ashall
Keyword(s):  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Culture Medium ◽  
Matrix Protein ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Protein ◽  
Peptidase Activity ◽  
Trichuris Muris ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Excretory/secretory (E/S) material of Trichuris muris was found to contain 2 major peptidases, Mr 85 and 105 kDa, which degrade gelatin optimally at pH 6·0 in sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gels. The peptidases were inactivated diisopropylfluorophosphate, leupeptin and soybean trypsin inhibitor, but were unaffected by inhibitors of aspartic-, cysteine- and metallo-peptidases, indicating that they are serine peptidases. Both enzymes were detectable within 5 h after incubation of worms in culture medium and showed a time-dependent increase in levels. Neither peptidase was detected in worm extracts, suggesting that they are activated during or following secretion from worms. Live worms degraded radio-isotope labelled extracellular matrix protein substratum derived from mammalian cells. Aminopeptidase activities capable of catalysing hydrolysis of amino acyl aminomethylcoumarin (MCA) substrates and a Z-Phe-Arg-MCA-hydrolysing cysteine peptidase activity, were detected in extracts of adult worms but not in E/S material.

scholarly journals p-NN′-phenylenebismaleimide, a specific cross-linking agent for F-actin

1978 ◽  
Vol 175 (3) ◽  
pp. 1023-1032 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Knight ◽  
G Offer
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate ◽  
Actin Filaments ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Cysteine Residue ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Maximum Value ◽  
Cross Links ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Covalent cross-links can be inserted between the subunits of F-actin by using p-NN′-phenylenebismaleimide. Cross-linking reaches its maximum value when one molecule of reagent has reacted with each actin subunit. p-NN′-Phenylenebismaleimide reacts initially with a cysteine residue on one subunit, the slower cross-linking reaction involving a lysine residue on a neighbouring subunit. Hydrolysis of the actin-bound reagent limits the extent of cross-linking. Quantitative analysis of the amounts of cross-linked oligomers seen on polyacrylamide gels containing sodium dodecyl sulphate suggests that neither the binding of the reagent to actin nor the formation of cross-links introduces strain into the structure. The cross-links do not join together different F-actin filaments, and evidence is presented that suggests that the cross-links join subunits of the same long-pitched helix.

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