scholarly journals The purification and properties of cathepsin L from rabbit liver

1984 ◽  
Vol 217 (1) ◽  
pp. 209-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
R W Mason ◽  
M A J Taylor ◽  
D J Etherington
Keyword(s):  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Rabbit Liver ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Chemical Inhibitors ◽  
Michaelis Constants ◽  
Ammonium Sulphate Fractionation ◽  
C 50

Cathepsin L was purified from rabbit liver by a method involving whole-tissue homogenization, pH precipitation, ammonium sulphate fractionation and chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-50, phenyl-Sepharose and Sephadex G-75. Pure enzyme was obtained without the necessity of laborious subcellular fractionation techniques. The Mr of the enzyme was determined to be 29 000 by gel filtration, and affinity for concanavalin A-Sepharose indicated that it was a glycoprotein. A novel technique for detection of enzyme activity in agarose isoelectrofocusing gels showed that the enzyme existed in multiple isoenzymic forms with pI values ranging from 5.0 to 5.9. The enzyme catalysed the hydrolysis of azocasein, collagen and Z-Phe-Arg-NMec (where Z and NMec indicate benzyloxycarbonyl and N-methylcoumarin derivative respectively) optimally at pH 5.2, 3.3 and 6.0 respectively. In addition, cathepsin L was found to degrade benzoyl-Phe-Val-Arg-NMec and 3-carboxypropionyl-Ala-Phe-Lys-NMec. However, cathepsin B also cleaved all of these substrates. One major difference between these two enzymes was in their Michaelis constants for Z-Phe-Arg-NMec; cathepsin B had Km 75 microM whereas that of cathepsin L was 0.7 microM. Cathepsin L was inhibited by all of the usual chemical inhibitors of thiol proteinases as well as the more specific inhibitors Z-Phe-Phe-CHN2, Z-Phe-Ala-CHN2, compound E-64 and compound Ep-475. Active-site titration with compound E-64 showed that the purified sample contained 80% active protein, which had kcat. 20s-1 for the substrate Z-Phe-Arg-NMec. Antibodies were raised to active cathepsin L, and these did not cross-react with cathepsin B, thus demonstrating that these two enzymes are immunologically distinct.

Purification and properties of different isoforms of bovine cathepsin B

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 822-826 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christiane Deval ◽  
Daniel Bechet ◽  
Alain Obled ◽  
Marc Ferrara
Keyword(s):  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Specific Inhibitor ◽  
Bovine Liver ◽  
Relative Mass ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Different Populations ◽  
Rapid Purification

A rapid purification procedure is described for cathepsin B from bovine liver. After preparation of crude lysosomal extracts, the method only involves DEAE Zeta-Prep-Disk chromatography, gel filtration, and fast protein liquid chromatography on Mono-S column. Two active peaks (P1 and P2) of cathepsin B were distinguished. Both presented uncleaved (relative mass (Mr) 30 000) and cleaved (Mr 25 000 + Mr 5000) chains, but different isoforms as revealed by isoelectrofocusing. These two different populations of cathepsin B isoforms nevertheless exhibited similar enzymatic properties. Km and kcat were 114 μM and 52 s−1, and 125 μM and 75 s−1, for hydrolysis of Z-Arg-Arg-NMec by P1 and P2, respectively. Both were rapidly inhibited by low concentrations of E-64 or leupeptin, but were unaffected by cathepsin-L-specific inhibitor Z-Phe-Phe-CHN2.Key words: protein/enzyme purification, cathepsin B, isoforms, lysosomes.

scholarly journals Cathepsin S from bovine spleen. Purification, distribution, intracellular localization and action on proteins

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. 467-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
H Kirschke ◽  
B Wiederanders ◽  
D Brömme ◽  
A Rinne
Keyword(s):  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Intracellular Localization ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Similar Rate ◽  
Cathepsin S ◽  
Purification Method ◽  
Cytoplasmic Granules ◽  
Bovine Kidney ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
C 50

Cathepsin S was detected in bovine kidney, spleen, lymph nodes and lung by immunochemical methods. The immunostaining of cathepsin S in kidney was concentrated to the cells of the proximal tubule, where the enzyme was present in cytoplasmic granules. The purification method for cathepsin S from bovine spleen involved (NH4)2SO4 fractionation, chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-50, gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200 and chromatofocusing (pH 8.0-6.0). The enzyme was partially destroyed by autolysis of the homogenate at pH 4.2. The isoelectric point of cathepsin S was 7.0. Cathepsin S was found to hydrolyse proteins at a similar rate to cathepsin L below pH 7.0. At pH values of 7.0-7.5 cathepsin S retained most of its activity, whereas cathepsin L was completely inactive.

scholarly journals Role of Endosomal Cathepsins in Entry Mediated by the Ebola Virus Glycoprotein

2006 ◽  
Vol 80 (8) ◽  
pp. 4174-4178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Schornberg ◽  
Shutoku Matsuyama ◽  
Kirsten Kabsch ◽  
Sue Delos ◽  
Amy Bouton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Ebola Virus ◽  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Low Ph ◽  
Virus Glycoprotein ◽  
Infection Treatment ◽  
Chemical Inhibitors ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Interfering Rna

ABSTRACT Using chemical inhibitors and small interfering RNA (siRNA), we have confirmed roles for cathepsin B (CatB) and cathepsin L (CatL) in Ebola virus glycoprotein (GP)-mediated infection. Treatment of Ebola virus GP pseudovirions with CatB and CatL converts GP1 from a 130-kDa to a 19-kDa species. Virus with 19-kDa GP1 displays significantly enhanced infection and is largely resistant to the effects of the CatB inhibitor and siRNA, but it still requires a low-pH-dependent endosomal/lysosomal function. These and other results support a model in which CatB and CatL prime GP by generating a 19-kDa intermediate that can be acted upon by an as yet unidentified endosomal/lysosomal enzyme to trigger fusion.

scholarly journals Purification and properties of 3-hexulose phosphate synthase and phospho-3-hexuloisomerase from Methylococcus capsulatus

1974 ◽  
Vol 144 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-486 ◽  
Author(s):  
T Ferenci ◽  
T Strøm ◽  
J R Quayle
Keyword(s):  
Equilibrium Constants ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Reverse Reaction ◽  
Methylococcus Capsulatus ◽  
Forward Reaction ◽  
Bivalent Cation ◽  
Molecular Weights ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Michaelis Constants ◽  
Phosphate Synthase

3-Hexulose phosphate synthase and phospho-3-hexuloisomerase were purified 40- and 150-fold respectively from methane-grown Methylococcus capsulatus. The molecular weights of the enzymes were approximately 310000 and 67000 respectively, as determined by gel filtration. Dissociation of 3-hexulose phosphate synthase into subunits of molecular weight approx. 49000 under conditions of low pH or low ionic strength was observed. Within the range of compounds tested, 3-hexulose phosphate synthase is specific for formaldehyde and d-ribulose 5-phosphate (forward reaction) and d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate (reverse reaction), and phospho-3-hexuloisomerase is specific for d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate (forward reaction) and d-fructose 6-phosphate (reverse reaction). A bivalent cation is essential for activity and stability of 3-hexulose phosphate synthase; phospho-3-hexuloisomerase is inhibited by many bivalent cations. The pH optima of the two enzymes are 7.0 and 8.3 respectively and the equilibrium constants are 4.0×10-5m and 1.9×102m respectively. The apparent Michaelis constants for 3-hexulose phosphate synthase are: d-ribulose 5-phosphate, 8.3×10-5m; formaldehyde, 4.9×10-4m; d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate, 7.5×10-5m. The apparent Michaelis constants for phospho-3-hexuloisomerase are: d-arabino-3-hexulose 6-phosphate, 1.0×10-4m; d-fructose 6-phosphate, 1.1×10-3m.

Purification and Properties of Thymidylate Synthetase from Pig Thymus

1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Gupta ◽  
J. B. Meldrum
Keyword(s):  
Catalytic Activity ◽  
Sulfonic Acid ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Thymidylate Synthetase ◽  
Heat Inactivation ◽  
Synthetase Activity ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Michaelis Constants ◽  
Sulfhydryl Compounds

Thymidylate synthetase of pig thymus has been separated into two principal forms (designated I and II, based on their order of elution) by chromatography on CM-Sephadex. By the use of (NH4)2SO4 the synthetase activity was separated into two fractions, and these were further purified by gel filtration using Sephadex G-100 and chromatography on CM-Sephadex. The highest specific activity obtained for I and II was 10.4 and 16.3 μmol of thymidine-5′-phosphate per hour per milligram of protein at 25° and pH 7.3 which represents a purification of 1680- and 2630-fold, respectively. Electrophoretically, I and II appear to be 70–80% pure. The Michaelis constants of 7.4 × 10−6 M, 1.7 × 10−5 M, and 1.8 × 10−4 M for II with respect to deoxyuridine-5′-phosphate, 5,10-methlenetetrahydrofolate, and uridine-5′-phosphate, respectively, have been determined. A double pH optima in the range of 6.6–6.8 and 7.2–7.4 in 2-N-morpholinoethane sulfonic acid buffer was exhibited by both forms. Forms I and II showed maximal catalytic activity only in the presence of sulfhydryl compounds (60 mM) and also had the ability to methylate uridine-5′-phosphate, although at a slower rate (ca. 28% and 13%, respectively) compared with the rate of methylation of deoxyuridine-5′-phosphate. Both deoxyuridine-5′-phosphate and tetrahydrofolate (to a lesser extent) afforded protection to II against heat inactivation.

scholarly journals Purification and properties of a human seminal proteinase

1972 ◽  
Vol 126 (5) ◽  
pp. 1135-1140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank N. Syner ◽  
Kamran S. Moghissi
Keyword(s):  
Ethyl Ester ◽  
Seminal Plasma ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Enzyme Assays ◽  
Human Seminal Plasma ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Ammonium Sulphate Fractionation ◽  
Substrate Concentrations

1. A method is described for the purification of a proteinase, present in human seminal plasma and previously shown to accelerate migration of spermatozoa through cervical mucus in vitro. A 25-fold purification was achieved in three steps, consisting of ammonium sulphate fractionation, chromatography on CM-cellulose and gel filtration. 2. The enzyme displays some properties similar to chymotrypsin: pH optimum 7.5–8.0; substrate preference of casein, haemoglobin and benzoyltyrosine ethyl ester but not benzoylarginine ethyl ester; mol.wt. 33000. However, it is unaffected by 1mm-di-isopropyl phosphofluoridate or 1mm metal cations, and in this respect differs from chymotrypsin. 3. The properties of the enzyme strongly resemble those of the ‘chymotrypsin-like’ enzyme discovered in seminal plasma by Lundquist et al. (1955). 4. The use of dimethyl-casein permitted the performance of enzyme assays at substrate concentrations five times higher (up to 50mg/ml) than could be achieved with ordinary casein (10mg/ml).

Purification and properties of rabbit liver cathepsin M and cathepsin B

1985 ◽  
Vol 243 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Erickson-Viitanen ◽  
Ettore Balestreri ◽  
Martin J. McDermott ◽  
B.L. Horecker ◽  
E. Melloni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Rabbit Liver ◽  
Purification And Properties

scholarly journals Collagenolytic cysteine proteinases of bone tissue. Cathepsin B, (pro)cathepsin L and a cathepsin L-like 70 kDa proteinase

1991 ◽  
Vol 279 (1) ◽  
pp. 167-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J M Delaissé ◽  
P Ledent ◽  
G Vaes
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Bone Tissue ◽  
Cathepsin B ◽  
Hydrophobic Interactions ◽  
Relative Rate ◽  
Cathepsin L ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Cysteine Proteinases ◽  
Western Blots ◽  
Mouse Muscle

The aim of the work was to identify and characterize the cysteine proteinases of bone tissue, as these enzymes appear necessary for bone resorption. Three cysteine-dependent proteolytic activities were separated from a homogenate of mouse calvaria by a fractionation procedure involving (NH4)2SO4 precipitation, gel filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. The first two are typical cathepsins B and L with respect to (1) their reactivity with anti-(cathepsin B) and anti-(cathepsin L) antibodies respectively, (2) their relative rate constants for inhibition by benzyloxycarbonyl-Phe-Phe-CHN2 and L-3-carboxy-trans-2,3-epoxypropionyl-L-leucylamido-(4-guanid ino)butane and (3) their enzymic properties, such as the higher activities of cathepsin L against collagen and gelatin as compared with cathepsin B, and the fact that benzyloxycarbonyl-Arg-Arg 4-methoxy-2-naphthylamide is hydrolysed only by cathepsin B. Cathepsin L was mainly recovered in its precursor form, as indicated by its apparent 40 kDa molecular mass and its relative stability at pH 7.2. The third enzyme is a cathepsin L-like proteinase with an apparent molecular mass of 70 kDa. It is immunoprecipitated by anti-(cathepsin L) antibodies, and appears as the 25 kDa band of mature cathepsin L in Western blots. It further resembles (pro)cathepsin L with regard to its activities against synthetic substrates and proteins such as collagen, and with regard to its response to various inhibitors. However, unlike (pro)cathepsin L, it is eluted as a 70 kDa protein on gel filtration (even in the presence of 1% Brij or 1 M-NaCl), it is stable at pH values as high as 9, and it exhibits stronger affinity for phenyl-Sepharose. It might thus result from a strong complex between mature cathepsin L and another entity that confers stability at alkaline pH and favours hydrophobic interactions. This 70 kDa activity was also detected in mouse muscle and long bones of Ca(2+)-deficient chicks but not in mouse liver, spleen or kidney.

scholarly journals Acid phosphatase of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Purification and properties of the enzyme

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Wątorek ◽  
B. Morawiecka
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Acid Phosphatase ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Fluoride Ions ◽  
Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Total Molecular Weight ◽  
C 50 ◽  
Sepharose 4B

Acid phosphatase from the yeast <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> was purified to homogeneity as ascertained by ultracentrifugation and electrophoresis. The purification procedure involved mechanical cell disruption, ethanol precipitation, chromatography on DEAE-cellulose, gel filtration on Sepharose 4B. The sedimentation constant S20<sup>0.580</sup> of the purified enzyme was 15.4 S. Carbohydrate content accounted for 50% of the total molecular weight of the enzyme. The optimum pH for purified enzyme was 3.0-3.5, it was stable at pH 3.0-5.0 at room temperature. After 10 min. incubation at 45° C, 50 per cent of the enzymatic activity was lost. Michaelis constant was found to be 1.3 x 10<sup>-4</sup> M for p-nitrophenylphosphate and 5 x 10<sup>-4</sup> M for 3-glycerophosphate as substrates. The enzyme was inhibited by Hg<sup>2+</sup>, Cu<sup>2+</sup>, Fe<sup>3+</sup>, molybdate, phosphate, arsenate, fluoride ions. Inhibition caused by fluoride ions was noncompetitive, by phosphate - competitive, 5 M urea inactivated the enzyme completely, inactivation was reversible at urea concentration below 2,5 M.

scholarly journals Purification and properties of sheep liver phosphofructokinase

1969 ◽  
Vol 113 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. H. Brock
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Sulphate ◽  
Specific Activity ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Sheep Liver ◽  
A Value ◽  
Purification And Properties ◽  
Ammonium Sulphate Fractionation ◽  
Citrate Inhibition

1. The activity of phosphofructokinase in sheep liver was found to be dependent on the composition and molarity of the buffer used in extraction. Under optimum conditions a value of 4–7μmoles/min./g. wet wt. of tissue was obtained. 2. The enzyme was purified 480-fold by a combination of ammonium sulphate fractionation, heat treatment in the presence of ethanol, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and Sephadex G-200 gel filtration. The final specific activity was 18·5μmoles/min./mg. of protein. 3. The purified enzyme was inhibited by ATP and citrate, the degree of inhibition depending on the concentration of fructose 6-phosphate, magnesium chloride and ammonium sulphate, as well as on the pH. ATP and citrate inhibition was overcome by AMP and fructose 1,6-diphosphate. 4. The enzyme was also inhibited by NADH and NADPH in a manner largely independent of other components of the assay medium. AMP and fructose 1,6-diphosphate were not able to overcome this type of inhibition. 5. Octanoate was not an inhibitor of phosphofructokinase. 6. Differences between these results and those of other workers are discussed.

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