scholarly journals The specificity of the S1′ subsite of papain

1974 ◽  
Vol 141 (2) ◽  
pp. 495-501 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Robert Alecio ◽  
Malcolm L. Dann ◽  
Gordon Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Proteolytic Enzyme ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Amide Group ◽  
Hydrophobic Residues ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Nitrophenyl Ester

The specificity of the S1′ subsite of the proteolytic enzyme papain was investigated by studying the effect of l-α-amino acid amides on the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of N-benzyloxycarbonylglycine p-nitrophenyl ester and by determining the kinetic parameters for the enzyme-catalysed hydrolysis of some N-benzyloxycarbonylglycyl-l-amino acid amides. These studies showed that the S1′ subsite has a predilection for hydrophobic residues, in particular l-leucine and l-tryptophan. The specificity for these residues is manifest in both the binding and acylation steps. N-Benzyloxycarbonylglycine amide is not hydrolysed under comparable conditions, indicating that the amide group adjacent to and on the C-terminal side of the peptide bond about to be cleaved makes an important contribution to the rate of the papain-catalysed hydrolysis of peptides.

Die Aminosäuresequenz des Asparaginsäure enthaltenden Mureins von Lactobacillus coryniformis und Lactobacillus cellobiosus

1967 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 1062-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland Plapp ◽  
Otto Kandler
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Aspartic Acid ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Partial Hydrolysis ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Peptide Moiety ◽  
Lactobacillus Coryniformis ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The amino acid sequence of the peptide moiety of the mureins of Lactobacillus coryniformis and Lactobacillus cellobiosus cell walls was determined. This was accomplished by the identification of peptides obtained after partial hydrolysis of purified cell walls and by the identification of UDP-activated murein precursors accumulated by ᴅ-cycloserine inhibition. The amino acid sequence proved to be : ʟ-ala-ᴅ-glu-ʟ-lys-ᴅ-ala for L. coryniformis and L-ala-D-glu-L-orn-D-ala for L. cellobio-.D-asp D-aspsus. Aspartic acid is involved in the cross-linking of the mureins by forming a peptide bond with the C-terminal D-alanine of an adjacent muropeptide. Glutamic acid as well as aspartic acid are present as amides.

scholarly journals Hydrolysis of the Peptide Bond and Amino Acid Modification with Hydriodic Acid

1971 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 1235 ◽  
Author(s):  
AS Inglis ◽  
PW Nicholls ◽  
CM Roxburgh
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Boiling Point ◽  
Amino Acid Analysis ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Hydriodic Acid ◽  
Acid Modification ◽  
Amino Acid Modification ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Reaction of hydriodic acid with peptides and proteins has been studied. At the boiling point, hydrolysis of the peptide bond, particularly stable bonds linking valine and isoleucine residues, is facile. Several amino acids react with constantboiling hydriodic acid but the only reactions detrimental to the amino acid analysis are the reduction of serine with concomitant formation of alanine, and the destruction of tryptophan. Gentler conditions of hydrolysis with diluted hydriodic acid are required for analysis of serine. Good results for analysis of proteins for amino acids may be obtained after a 6-hr hydrolysis period.

Acid Hydrolysis of Proteins for Chromatographic Analysis of Amino Acids

1987 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W Zumwalt ◽  
Joseph S Absheer ◽  
Floyd E Kaiser ◽  
Charles W Gehrke
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Matrix Effects ◽  
Bond Cleavage ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Extensive Study ◽  
Performic Acid ◽  
Acid Oxidation ◽  
Peptide Bond Cleavage ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Abstract The conditions used to hydrolyze proteins are vital in determining amino acid compositions because they necessarily represent a compromise aimed at yielding the best estimate of amino acid composition. Variations in ease of peptide bond cleavage, differences in amino acid stabilities, and matrix effects from nonproteinaceous components all militate against a single set of hydrolysis conditions that quantitatively hydrolyze every peptide bond and concurrently cause no destruction of any amino acid. This presentation summarizes and reviews an extensive study which evaluated a number of variations in the techniques and procedures of the classical 6N HC1, 110°C, 24 h hydrolysis of protein. The objectives of the recent investigation were: (/) to compare hydrolysis at 145°C, 4 h with 110°C, 24 h for proteins in a wide range of different sample matrixes; (2) to compare protein hydrolysis at 110°C, 24 h conducted in sealed glass ampoules after vacuum removal of air with hydrolysis in glass tubes with Teflon-lined screw caps after removal of air by vacuum, nitrogen purge, and sonication; (3) to evaluate a performic acid oxidation procedure before hydrolysis for the analysis of cystine and methionine in the different sample matrixes; (4) to evaluate multiple hydrolysis times at 145°C; (5) to evaluate the variation of interlaboratory hydrolysates prepared at 145°C, 4 h in 2 different laboratories on the amino acid analysis of an array of protein-containing matrixes. The major sources of inaccuracy and lack of precision arising from the application of ion-exchange or gas chromatography, both of which provide excellent accuracy and precision, are prechromatographic sample handling and the method used for hydrolysis of the protein sample itself. Hydrolysate preparation is the area that requires the most attention to solve problems of variability of amino acid analyses.

scholarly journals The hydrolysis by thermolysin of dipeptide derivatives that contain substituted cysteine

1971 ◽  
Vol 123 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. P. Damoglou ◽  
H. Lindley ◽  
I. W. Stapleton
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Rate Of Hydrolysis ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

1. The preparation of protected dipeptides of the form acetylglycylamino acid amides is described, where the amino acid is phenylalanine, leucine, valine, alanine, S-methylcysteine, S-ethylcysteine, S-benzylcysteine and S-phenylcysteine. 2. Kinetic parameters for the thermolytic hydrolysis of these blocked dipeptides are reported. The rate of hydrolysis was fastest when the amino acid was leucine or phenylalanine, slower when it was S-methylcysteine, valine or S-ethylcysteine, much slower when it was alanine, and negligible for S-phenylcysteine or S-benzylcysteine. 3. The results are compared with those for similar dipeptide derivatives with benzyloxycarbonyl and furylacryloyl blocking groups, which are hydrolysed faster.

scholarly journals The purification and properties of yeast proteinase B from Candida albicans

1986 ◽  
Vol 236 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
P C Farley ◽  
M G Shepherd ◽  
P A Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Candida Albicans ◽  
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽  
Serine Proteinase ◽  
Aromatic Amino Acids ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Amino Acid Ester ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Hydrolysis Of ◽  
Nitrophenyl Ester

A serine proteinase (ycaB) from the yeast Candida albicans A.T.C.C. 10261 was purified to near homogeneity. The enzyme was almost indistinguishable from yeast proteinase B (EC 3.4.21.48), and an Mr of 30,000 for the proteinase was determined by SDS/polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis. The initial site of hydrolysis of the oxidized B-chain of insulin, by the purified proteinase, was the Leu-Tyr peptide bond. The preferential degradation at this site, analysed further with N-blocked amino acid ester and amide substrates, demonstrated that the specificity of the proteinase is determined by an extended substrate-binding site, consisting of at least three subsites (S1, S2 and S'1). The best p-nitrophenyl ester substrates were benzyloxycarbonyl-Tyr p-nitrophenyl ester (kcat./Km 3,536,000 M-1 X S-1), benzyloxycarbonyl-Leu p-nitrophenyl ester (kcat./Km 2,250,000 M-1 X S-1) and benzyloxycarbonyl-Phe p-nitrophenyl ester (kcat./Km 1,000,000 M-1 X S-1) consistent with a preference for aliphatic or aromatic amino acids at subsite S1. The specificity for benzyloxycarbonyl-Tyr p-nitrophenyl ester probably reflects the binding of the p-nitrophenyl group in subsite S'1. The presence of S2 was demonstrated by comparison of the proteolytic coefficients (kcat./Km) for benzyloxycarbonyl-Ala p-nitrophenyl ester (825,000 M-1 X S-1) and t-butyloxycarbonyl-Ala p-nitrophenyl ester (333,000 M-1 X S-1). Cell-free extracts contain a heat-stable inhibitor of the proteinase.

Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Peptides Using Fmoc-Amino Acid Chlorides as Coupling Agent Under Biphasic Condition

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santosh Y. Khatavi ◽  
K. Kantharaju
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Acid Chloride ◽  
Acid Ester ◽  
Analytical Techniques ◽  
Peptide Bond ◽  
Amino Acid Ester ◽  
Acid Chlorides ◽  
Peptide Bond Formation ◽  
Green Protocol ◽  
Additional Base

Background: Agro-waste derived solvent media act as a greener process for the peptide bond formation using Nα - Fmoc-amino acid chloride and amino acid ester salt with in situ neutralization and coupling under biphasic condition. The Fmoc-amino acid chlorides are prepared by the reported procedure of freshly distilled SOCl2 with dry CH2Cl2. The protocol found many added advantages such as neutralization of amino acid ester salt and not required additional base for the neutralization, and directly coupling take place with Fmoc-amino acid chloride gave final product dipeptide ester in good to excellent yields. The protocol occurs with complete stereo chemical integrity of the configuration of substrates. Here, we revisited Schotten-Baumann condition, instead of using inorganic base. Objective: To develop green protocol for the synthesis of peptide bond using Fmoc-amino acid chloride with amino acid esters salt. Methods: The final product isolated is analyzed in several spectroscopic and analytical techniques such as FT-IR, 1H-, 13CNMR, Mass spectrometry and RP-HPLC to check stereo integrity and purity of the product. Conclusion: The present method developed greener using natural agro-waste (lemon fruit shell ash) derived solvent medium for the reaction and not required chemical entity.

Influence of medium on alkaline hydrolysis of succinic acid monomethyl and monopropyl esters

1980 ◽  
Vol 45 (11) ◽  
pp. 2873-2882
Author(s):  
Vladislav Holba ◽  
Ján Benko
Keyword(s):  
Succinic Acid ◽  
Kinetic Parameters ◽  
Alkaline Hydrolysis ◽  
Specific Interactions ◽  
Nonaqueous Media ◽  
The Media ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

The kinetics of alkaline hydrolysis of succinic acid monomethyl and monopropyl esters were studied in mixed aqueous-nonaqueous media at various temperatures and ionic strengths. The results of measurements are discussed in terms of electrostatic and specific interactions between the reactants and other components of the reaction mixture. The kinetic parameters in the media under study are related to the influence of the cosolvent on the solvation sphere of the reactants.

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