• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.594-599
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• 2007

It is well known that the Escherichia coli inner membrane-bound protease DegS is a periplasmic stress sensor for unfolded outer membrane proteins (OMPs). Previous studies have also shown that the outer membrane protease OmpT activates plasminogen in vitro and this may be exploited by bacteria in the course of pathogenesis. However, there has been no research on the plasminogen activation ability of the important periplasmic protein DegS. Accordingly, in this study, the whole-length and truncated degS genes were separately overexpressed in Escherichia coli, the recombinant proteins purified by affinity chromatography, and their plasminogen activator role tested in vitro. The results suggested that the whole-length DegS was able to activate plasminogen on a plasma plate. The truncated form of DegS (residues 80-345), designated ${\Delta}DegS$, also acted as a plasminogen activator, as confirmed by different assays. The serine protease property of ${\Delta}DegS$ was verified based on the complete inhibition of its enzyme activity by PMSF (phenylmethanesulfonyl fluoride). Therefore, the present results indicate that DegS is a plasminogen activator in vitro.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.811-814
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• 1993

Sarcodon aspratus(Berk.) S. Ito에서 분리정제한 단백질가수분해효소의 특성을 조사하였다. 이 효소는 당을 2.1% 함유하고 있었다. Rose bengal, N-bromo succinimide, phenyl methyl sulfonyl fluoride(PMSF)와 같은 화학적 수식 시약에 효소 활성이 저해되었으며, 1차 반응속도론적 불활성 mode를 가지므로 활성 부위는 tryptophan과 serine으로 추정된다. N-말단에서 21번째 잔기까지의 아미노산 배열은 V-T-T-K-Q-T-N-A-P-W-G-L-G-N-I-S-T-T-N-K-L-으로 동정되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.804-807
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• 2006

Bacterial serine proteases, especially those from Bacillus, have been extensively studied. Intracellular serine protease 1 (Isp1) is responsible for most of the proteolytic activity in B. subtilis. To identify Isp1 substrates and study its physiological functions, a mutant of Isp1, which has lost the enzymatic activity, was constructed. Through a GST affinity chromatographic method, several Bacillus proteins that specifically interacted with S246A mutant Isp1 protein were isolated and then identified by MALDI-TOF analysis. ClpC and elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) were among those proteins specifically bound to mutant Isp1. In addition, several proteins involved in stationary phase adaptive response (such as RNA polymerase sigma factor, spoIIIE) were also identified. These findings led us to suggest that the major function of this serine protease, whose expression is greatly increased during the stationary phase, is to mediate transition of the cell into the stationary phase in a proper and timely manner.

• 한국양식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국양식학회 2006년도 수산관련학회 공동학술대회 발표요지집
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• pp.530-532
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• 2006

• 대한약학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한약학회 2005년도 Proceedings of the Convention of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea Vol.2
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• pp.101-101
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• 2005

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.193-204
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• 1984

Zymolyase 조효소로부터 분리, 정제되었고, 효모세포벽 용해 촉진물질로 밝혀진 바 있는 Arthrobacter luteus로부터 유래한 염기성 protease(AL-protease)의 효소학적 성질 및 활성 아미노산 잔기를 검색한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. AL-pretense는 저해제 DFP 및 PMSF에 의해서 그 Protease 활성 및 용해 촉진활성이 동시에 완전히 소멸 되었으며, 그 저해 반응속도는 chymotrypsin에 대한 것에 비하여 대단히 완만하였다. 1.반응에서 AL-protease와 DFP의 결합 mole비는 1:1로 추정 되었다. 2. 정제된 AL-protease의 동결건조품 중에는 종래효모세포벽 용해반응에 관여하는 것으로 알려진 yeast phosphomannase를 비롯한 다당류 가수분해효소들의 활성은 그 어느 것도 인정되지 않았다. 3. AL-protease의 casein에 대한 최적 pH 및 최적 온도는 pH 10.5와 $65^{\circ}C$이었고, 그 활성은 pH 5${\sim}$11 사이와 $65^{\circ}C$이하에서 안정하였다. 또한, AL-Protease의 활성에 미치는 여러가지 금속이온의 영향은 인정되지 않았다. 4. [$^{32}P$]-DFP에 의하여 화학수식된 [$^{32}P$]-DIP-AL-protease에 대한 활성부위의 아미노산 잔기를 검색, 동정하기 위하여 조제용 PAG-전기영동, SDS-PAG-전기영동, Dowex 이온교환 크로마토그래피 및 고압 여지 전기영동을 실시하였고, 그 결과, AL-protease는 활성 부위에 1분자당 1 mole의 serine 잔기를 가지는 염기성 protease로 밝혀졌다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.431-438
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• 2009

The alkaline serine protease asp, which was shown to be a virulence factor of Vibrio alginolyticus as a purified protein, was cloned from V. alginolyticus EPGS, a strain recently isolated from moribund Epinephelus coioides in an outbreak of vibriosis in a mariculture farm of Shenzhen. The asp null mutant was constructed by homologous recombination with suicide plasmid pNQ705-1. Compared with the wild-type strain, the asp null mutant exhibited a significant decrease of total extracellular protease activity, and caused a IS-fold decrease in virulence of V. alginolyticus. In our previous study, the luxO and $luxR_{val}$ genes from V. alginolyticus MVP01 were cloned and identified, and the luxO-$luxR_{val}$ regulatory couple was shown to regulate various genes expression, suggesting that it played a central role in the quorum sensing system of V. alginolyticus. In this study, the regulation of the asp gene was analyzed by using RT-PCR and quantitative real-time PCR methods; we proved that its transcription was greatly induced at the late stage of growth and was regulated by a luxO-$luxR_{val}$ regulatory system.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.274-283
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• 1988

Aqualysin I is an alkaline serine protease which is secretet into the culture medium by Thermus aquaticus YT-1, an extreme thermophile. Aqualysin I was purified, and its partial amino acid sequence was determined. The gene encoding aqualysin I was cloned into E. coli using synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides as hybridization probes. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned DNA was determined. The primary structure of aqualysin I, deduced from the nucleotide sequenc, agreed with the determid amino acid sequences, including the $NH_2-$ and COOH terminal sequence of the tryptides derived from aqualysin I. Aqualysin I comprised 281 amino acid residues and its molecular mass was determined to be 28350. On alignment of the whole amino acid sequence, aqualysin I showed high sequence homology with the subtilisin type serine protease, and 43% identity with proteinase K, 37-30% with subtilisins and 34% with thermitase. Extremely high sequence identity was observed in the regions containing the active-site residues, corresponding to Asp32, His64 and Ser221 of subtilisin BPN'. Aqualysin I contains two disulfide bonds, Cys67-Cys99 and Cys163-Cys194, and these disulfide bonds seem to contribute to the heat stability of the enzyme. The determined positions of the twe disulfide bonds of aqualysin I agreed with those predicted previously on the basis of computer graphics of the crystallographic data for subtilisin BPN'. Therefore, these findings sugests that the three-dimensional structure of aqualysin I is similar to that of subtilisin BPN' Aqualysin I is produced as a lage precursor, which contains $NH_2-$ and COOH- terminal portions besides the mature protease sequence.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권7호
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• pp.1034-1043
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• 2023

Objective: Two serine protease inhibitors, peptidase inhibitor 3 (PI3) and secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), play important roles in protease inhibition and antimicrobial activity, but their expression, regulation, and function at the maternal-fetal interface in pigs are not fully understood. Therefore, we determined the expression and regulation of PI3 and SLPI in the endometrium throughout the estrous cycle and at the maternal-fetal interface in pigs. Methods: Endometrial tissues during the estrous cycle and pregnancy, conceptus tissues during early pregnancy, and chorioallantoic tissues during mid to late pregnancy were obtained, and the expression of PI3 and SLPI was analyzed. The effects of the steroid hormones estradiol-17β (E2) and progesterone (P4) on the expression of PI3 and SLPI were determined in endometrial explant cultures. Results: PI3 and SLPI were expressed in the endometrium during the estrous cycle and pregnancy, with higher levels during mid to late pregnancy than during the estrous cycle and early pregnancy. Early-stage conceptuses and chorioallantoic tissues during mid to late pregnancy also expressed PI3 and SLPI. PI3 protein and SLPI mRNA were primarily localized to endometrial epithelia. In endometrial explant cultures, the expression of PI3 was induced by increasing doses of P4, and the expression of SLPI was induced by increasing doses of E2 and P4. Conclusion: These results suggest that the PI3 and SLPI expressed in the endometrium and conceptus tissues play an important role in antimicrobial activity for fetal protection against potential pathogens and in blocking protease actions to allow epitheliochorial placenta formation.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.466-470
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• 1999

Protease production and its characteristics were investigated with Mucor racemosus f. racemosus PDA 103 which was isolated from Korean traditional meju. Optimum culture conditions of the strain for the production of the protease in basic medium[bean(Baektae):H2O=1:1(w/v)] were as follows: pH 6, 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 72hrs. Optimum pH and temperature for the enzyme activity of the protease produced by Mucor racemosus f. racemosus were pH 5 and 5$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme was relatively stable a pH2.0~5.0 and at temperature below 4$0^{\circ}C$. Phenylmethane-sulfonyl fluoride and Ag+ inhibited the enzyme activity. This indicates that the enzyme is serine protease. Km value was 0.9$\times$10-4M and Vmax value was 5.93$\mu\textrm{g}$/min. This enzyme hydrolyzed casein more rapidly than bovine albumin.