The gene phyA encoding phytase was isolated from Obesumbacterium proteus genomic library and sequenced. The cleavage site of the PhyA signal peptide was predicted and experimentally proved. The PhyA protein shows maximum identity of 53% and 47% to phosphoanhydride phosphorylase from Yersinia pestis and phytase AppA from Escherichia coli, respectively. Based on protein sequence similarity of PhyA and its homologs, the phytases form a novel subclass of the histidine acid phosphatase family. To characterize properties of the PhyA protein, we expressed the phyA gene in E. coli. The specific activity of the purified recombinant PhyA was 310 U mg(-1) of protein. Recombinant PhyA showed activity at pH values from 1.5 through 6.5 with the optimum at 4.9. The temperature optimum was 40-45 degrees C at pH 4.9. The Km value for sodium phytate was 0.34 mM with a Vmax of 435 U mg(-1).
A metalloprotease gene of Brevibacillus brevis (npr) was expressed in Escherichia coli in a soluble form as native Npr precursor. A significant fraction of the precursor was spontaneously processed, producing the N-terminal propeptide and the mature enzyme. A strong inhibition of the mature Npr by its own propeptide in the crude lysate was observed even in the absence of the covalent linkage between them. Pure precursor, propeptide and the mature Npr were isolated and kinetic parameters of the mature enzyme inhibition by the propeptide were determined. The inhibition is of the tight-binding competitive type with K i 0.17 nM. Inhibition of metalloproteases from Brevibacillus megaterium and thermolysine by the heterologous propeptide of the Npr from B. brevis was much weaker or none.z 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.Key words: Proenzyme; Tight-binding inhibition ; Brevibacillus brevis IntroductionMany proteases in various organisms are synthesized as inactive precursors, preproproteins or zymogens. Generally it is almost impossible to isolate a bacillar protease precursor from a natural strain, since it appears in the cultural medium as a processed mature form. When expressed in E. coli or other Gram-negative bacteria, these proteins are accumulated in insoluble inclusion bodies formed by non-active precursor, as found for subtilisin E [1], K-lytic protease from Lysobacter enzymogenes [2] and yeast carboxypeptidases Y [3], or they get rapidly processed producing mature form, as in the case of elastase from P. aeruginosa [4] and K-lytic protease from L. enzymogenes [2]. Therefore protease expression in a form of the non-active precursor is a challenging task. For that reason protease precursors and mechanisms of there activation were not thoroughly studied.The presequences usually serve as signal peptides for a transport through the plasma membrane. A functional role of the propeptides is less clear. Several functions were proposed for the propeptides. The propeptide may be required for productive folding and/or maintaining the protease in an inactive state inside the cell, as well as for interaction with the transport machinery of the cell which is important for e¡ec-tive secretion of these proteins [5].The role of protease prosequences is most extensively studied in the serine proteases: subtilisin E from B. subtilis [6,7], K-lytic protease from L. enzymogenes [8] and the vacuolar carboxypeptidase Y from yeast S. cerevisiae [3]. In all mentioned examples the propeptide assists the folding of the respective enzymes in vivo and in vitro, and blocks the enzymatic activity when covalently attached to the`mature' moiety of the enzyme. In subtilisin E and K-lytic protease their propeptides appear as tight-binding inhibitors of mature enzymes in trans. A propeptide of carboxypeptidase Y has a low a¤n-ity for its mature enzyme in vitro. The propeptides of cystein proteases papain and cathepsin B are found to inhibit their respective mature enzymes [9,10]. In a cystein vacuolar protease cathepsi...
The gene phyA encoding phytase was isolated from Obesumbacterium proteus genomic library and sequenced. The cleavage site of the PhyA signal peptide was predicted and experimentally proved. The PhyA protein shows maximum identity of 53% and 47% to phosphoanhydride phosphorylase from Yersinia pestis and phytase AppA from Escherichia coli, respectively. Based on protein sequence similarity of PhyA and its homologs, the phytases form a novel subclass of the histidine acid phosphatase family. To characterize properties of the PhyA protein, we expressed the phyA gene in E. coli. The specific activity of the purified recombinant PhyA was 310 U mg(-1) of protein. Recombinant PhyA showed activity at pH values from 1.5 through 6.5 with the optimum at 4.9. The temperature optimum was 40-45 degrees C at pH 4.9. The Km value for sodium phytate was 0.34 mM with a Vmax of 435 U mg(-1).
Protein nanoparticles (NPs) can be used as vaccine platforms for target antigen presentation. Aim: To conduct a proof-of-concept study to demonstrate that an effective NP platform can be built based on a short self-assembling peptide (SAP) rather than a large self-assembling protein. Materials & methods: SUMO-based protein fusions (SFs) containing an N-terminal SAP and a C-terminal antigen were designed, expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. The structure was investigated by electron microscopy. The antibody response was tested in mice after two adjuvant-free immunizations. Results: Renatured SFs form fiber-like NPs with the antigen exposed on the surface and induce a significant antibody response with a remarkably high target-to-platform ratio. Conclusion: The platform is effective and has considerable potential for modification toward various applications, including vaccine development.
The data on the precursors of bacterial proteases were generalized. The structure and special features of processing of the precursors of bacillary subtilisins, the alpha-lytic protease from Lysobacter enzymogenes and the related chymotrypsin-like proteases from Streptomyces griseus, and the metalloproteases from bacilli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were discussed. The approaches to producing the precursors and the protease propeptides and to in vitro characterizing them were particularly analyzed. The following physiological functions of the propeptides within the protease precursors were considered probable: (a) inhibition of the proteases to protect the host cells from the proteolytic damage; (b) participation in the folding of the mature enzyme; and (c) providing for the protease interaction with the bacterial cell surveillance mechanisms, including protease translocation through the cell wall.
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