Glutamine active site of formylglycinamide ribonucleotide amidotransferase. 2. Amino acid sequence of labeled peptides

Biochemistry ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 1070-1076 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiro Ohnoki ◽  
Bor-Shyue Hong ◽  
John M. Buchanan
1988 ◽  
Vol 263 (10) ◽  
pp. 4641-4646 ◽  
Author(s):  
J E Cronan ◽  
W B Li ◽  
R Coleman ◽  
M Narasimhan ◽  
D de Mendoza ◽  
...  

1986 ◽  
Vol 261 (4) ◽  
pp. 1844-1848
Author(s):  
M A Atkinson ◽  
E A Robinson ◽  
E Appella ◽  
E D Korn

FEBS Letters ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neill W. Haggarty ◽  
Linda A. Fothergill

1999 ◽  
Vol 339 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heng-Chien HO ◽  
Ta-Hsiu LIAO

The complete amino acid sequence of the fungus Syncephalastrum racemosum (Sr-) nuclease has been delineated on the basis of protein sequencing of the intact protein and its protease-digested peptides. The resulting 250-residue sequence shows a carbohydrate side chain attached at Asn134 and two half-cystine residues (Cys242 and Cys247) cross-linked to form a small disulphide loop. On the basis of the sequence of Sr-nuclease, a computer search in the sequence database yielded 60% and 48% positional identities with the sequences of Cunninghamella echinulata nuclease C1 and yeast mitochondria nuclease respectively, and very little similarity to those of several known mammalian DNases I. Sequence alignment of the three similar nucleases reveals that the single small disulphide loop is unchanged but the carbohydrate attachment in Sr-nuclease is absent from the other two nucleases. Alignment also shows a highly conserved region harbouring Sr-nuclease His85, which is assigned as one of the essential residues in the active site. The cDNA encoding Sr-nuclease was amplified by using reverse transcriptase-mediated PCR with degenerate primers based on its amino acid sequence. Subsequently, specific primers were synthesized for use in the 3´ and 5´ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). Direct sequencing of the RACE products led to the deduction of a 1.1 kb cDNA sequence for Sr-nuclease. The cDNA contains an open reading frame of 320 amino acid residues including a 70-residue putative signal peptide and the 250-residue mature protein. Finally, the recombinant Sr-nuclease was expressed in Escherichia coli strain BL21(DE3) in which the recombinant protein, after solubilization with detergent and renaturation, showed both DNase and RNase activities. The assignment of His85 to the active site was further supported by evidence that the mutant protein Sr-nuclease (H85A), in which His85 was replaced by Ala, was not able to degrade DNA or RNA.


1965 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATSUHISA YAMASHITA ◽  
YAEKO SOMA ◽  
SHIZUKO KOBAYASHI ◽  
TAKAMITSU SEKINE

1988 ◽  
Vol 256 (2) ◽  
pp. 481-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Angliker ◽  
P Wikström ◽  
P Rauber ◽  
S Stone ◽  
E Shaw

Two peptide derivatives of arginylfluoromethane (Arg-CH2F), namely Bz(benzoyl)-Phe-ArgCH2F and D-Phe-Pro-Arg-CH2F, have been synthesized by extension of available methods, i.e. the Dakin-West reaction [Rasnick (1985) Anal. Biochem. 149, 461-465] or synthesis of a phthaloyl-blocked C-terminal fluoromethane [Rauber, Angliker, Walker & Shaw (1986) Biochem. J. 239, 633-640; Angliker, Wikström, Rauber & Shaw (1987) Biochem. J. 241, 871-875] with subsequent elongation. The guanidino group of arginine was protected as the bis-Cbz (benzyloxycarbonyl) derivative. The products were examined as active-site-directed inhibitors of some trypsin-related serine proteinases as well as a pair of cysteine proteinases. The results extend previous observations that the rate of alkylation of serine proteinases by fluoromethanes may be considerably slower than by chloromethanes. As expected, the amino acid sequence of the inhibitors influenced their relative effectiveness. Thus the rate of inactivation of a number of trypsin-like proteinases by D-Phe-Pro-Arg-CH2F varied by more than two orders of magnitude.


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