The nature of epidermidins, new antibiotics from staphylococci

1972 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-yang Hsu ◽  
G. M. Wiseman
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Staphylococcus Epidermidis ◽  
Cyclic Peptide ◽  
Average Molecular Weight ◽  
Partial Hydrolysis ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Peptide Fragments ◽  
New Antibiotics ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

New antibiotics have been isolated from Staphylococcus epidermidis strains 29297 and 36534. These agents are designated epidermidins A1, A2, B1, B2 and are peptides with an average molecular weight of 1200–1400 based on three independent methods of estimation. Each fraction contained 11 amino acid residues, eight of which were shared in common. The ratio of L- to D-amino acids was 7:4 for epidermidins A2 and B1, while that for epidermidins A1 and B2 was 5:6.The appearance of the same amino acids at the beginning and end of many of the peptide fragments obtained by partial hydrolysis of epidermidin A1 suggested that this antibiotic was a cyclic peptide. The absence of N- and C-terminal residues supported this finding. The amino acid sequence of epidermidin A1 was also tentatively deduced and may be written as follows: cyclo-lys-ala-asp-glu-ser-leu-thr-gly-val-gly-arg.

scholarly journals Complete amino acid analysis of peptides and proteins after hydrolysis by a mixture of Sepharose-bound peptidases

1972 ◽  
Vol 129 (3) ◽  
pp. 695-701 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. J. Bennett ◽  
D. F. Elliott ◽  
B. E. Evans ◽  
P. J. Lowry ◽  
C. McMartin
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Quantitative Determination ◽  
Edman Degradation ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Peptide Fragments ◽  
Enzyme Mixture ◽  
Acid Labile

Incubation with a mixture of Sepharose-bound peptidases was shown to result in the quantitative release of amino acids from certain peptides and S-aminoethylated proteins. Subtraction of the low background values of amino acids generated by the enzymes enables amino acid ratios of corticotrophin-(1–24)-tetracosapeptide to be determined with a standard deviation on repeat digestions of 3–5%. Good values were obtained for amino acids that are completely or partially destroyed on acid hydrolysis, i.e. tryptophan, tyrosine, serine, asparagine and glutamine. Experiments with peptides containing d-amino acids showed that the enzyme mixture is stereospecific and could therefore be used to detect the presence of d-residues in peptides. The enzyme mixture completely hydrolyses peptide fragments obtained after Edman degradation and should therefore be useful for determining sequences of peptides containing acid-labile amino acid residues. The activities of the bound enzymes were unaltered over a period of 7 months and they provide a simple, reproducible procedure for the quantitative determination of amino acids in peptides and proteins containing l-amino acids.

scholarly journals Roles of Residues Cys69, Asn104, Phe160, Gly232, Ser237, and Asp240 in Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Toho-1

2010 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 284-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Shimizu-Ibuka ◽  
Mika Oishi ◽  
Shoko Yamada ◽  
Yoshikazu Ishii ◽  
Kiyoshi Mura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Substrate Specificity ◽  
Binding Site ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Class A ◽  
Extended Spectrum ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

ABSTRACTToho-1, which is also designated CTX-M-44, is an extended-spectrum class A β-lactamase that has high activity toward cefotaxime. In this study, we investigated the roles of residues suggested to be critical for the substrate specificity expansion of Toho-1 in previous structural analyses. Six amino acid residues were replaced one by one with amino acids that are often observed in the corresponding position of non-extended-spectrum β-lactamases. The mutants produced inEscherichia colistrains were analyzed both for their kinetic properties and their effect on drug susceptibilities. The results indicate that the substitutions of Asn104 and Ser237 have certain effects on expansion of substrate specificity, while those of Cys69 and Phe160 have less effect, and that of Asp240 has no effect on the hydrolysis of any substrates tested. Gly232, which had been assumed to increase the flexibility of the substrate binding site, was revealed not to be critical for the expansion of substrate specificity of this enzyme, although this substitution resulted in deleterious effects on expression and stability of the enzyme.

scholarly journals Peptides from a mycobacillin-synthesizing cell-free system

1972 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sengupta ◽  
S. K. Bose
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Cyclic Peptide ◽  
Single Amino Acid ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Ph Optimum ◽  
Free System ◽  
Cell Free System ◽  
A Cell ◽  
The Given

In a cell-free system from Bacillus subtilis B3, ATP–Pi exchange was catalysed by l-proline at a pH optimum of 7.2. Further stimulation by component amino acids of mycobacillin was inhibited by deprivation from the synthesizing system of even a single amino acid occurring at any point of the cyclic peptide. This inhibition, however, decreased with the distance in the molecule of the given amino acid from l-proline. Peptides containing respectively two, three, four, five and six amino acids were isolated from the mycobacillin-synthesizing system by an amino acid-deprivation technique. The amino acid composition of these peptides and also their N- and C-terminal amino acid residues were the same as those of peptides that would be obtained if mycobacillin synthesis occurred starting from l-proline and was interrupted at various points along the polypeptide chain.

Can the topological distribution of membrane spanning amino acid residues be responsible for the recognition of signal peptides by signal peptide peptidases?

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 537-546
Author(s):  
Ujwal P. Shinde
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Signal Peptide ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Alpha Helix ◽  
Signal Peptides ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Selective Degradation ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

Signal peptides are selectively recognized and degraded by membrane associated proteases called as signal peptide peptidases. The hydrolysis of the signal peptide occurs only after its cleavage from the precursor. The possible reasons for this selectivity have been investigated. The results indicate that in signal peptides, leucine residues are clustered to a large extent on the same side of the membrane spanning alpha helix as the polar residues, but are distinctly separated along the length of the axis. Such topological differences in the distribution of amino acids on the surface of the membrane spanning alpha helix may play a crucial role in selective degradation of signal peptides.

scholarly journals Molecular Cloning and Characterization of Bifidobacterium bifidum 1,2-α-l-Fucosidase (AfcA), a Novel Inverting Glycosidase (Glycoside Hydrolase Family 95)

2004 ◽  
Vol 186 (15) ◽  
pp. 4885-4893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takane Katayama ◽  
Akiko Sakuma ◽  
Takatoshi Kimura ◽  
Yutaka Makimura ◽  
Jun Hiratake ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acid ◽  
Genomic Library ◽  
Bifidobacterium Bifidum ◽  
Glycoside Hydrolases ◽  
Glycoside Hydrolase Family ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Gene Encoding ◽  
Sugar Chain ◽  
Hydrolysis Of

ABSTRACT A genomic library of Bifidobacterium bifidum constructed in Escherichia coli was screened for the ability to hydrolyze the α-(1→2) linkage of 2′-fucosyllactose, and a gene encoding 1,2-α-l-fucosidase (AfcA) was isolated. The afcA gene was found to comprise 1,959 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular mass of 205 kDa and containing a signal peptide and a membrane anchor at the N and C termini, respectively. A domain responsible for fucosidase activity (the Fuc domain; amino acid residues 577 to 1474) was localized by deletion analysis and then purified as a hexahistidine-tagged protein. The recombinant Fuc domain specifically hydrolyzed the terminal α-(1→2)-fucosidic linkages of various oligosaccharides and a sugar chain of a glycoprotein. The stereochemical course of the hydrolysis of 2′-fucosyllactose was determined to be inversion by using 1H nuclear magnetic resonance. The primary structure of the Fuc domain exhibited no similarity to those of any glycoside hydrolases (GHs) but showed high similarity to those of several hypothetical proteins in a database. Thus, it was revealed that the AfcA protein constitutes a novel inverting GH family (GH family 95).

The C-terminal sequence of amino acid residues of κ-casein isolated from buffalo's milk

1967 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Abd El-Salam ◽  
W. Manson
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Peptide Chain ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Terminal Sequence ◽  
Carboxypeptidase A ◽  
Phosphorous Content ◽  
Single Peptide

SummaryWhen κ-casein from buffalo's milk was treated with carboxypeptidase A (EC 3. 4. 2. 1),4 amino acids, valine, threonine, serine and alanine were released from the protein in a manner consistent with the view that they originate in the C-terminal sequence of a single peptide chain. The amounts produced suggest a minimum molecular weight for buffalo κ-casein of approximately 17000, in agreement with the value calculated from the phosphorous content on the basis of the presence of 2 phosphorus atoms/molecule. A comparison is made with the C-terminal sequence reported for bovine κ-casein.

Structural characterization of folded and extended conformations in peptides containing γ amino acids with proteinogenic side chains: crystal structures of γn, (αγ)n and γγδγ sequences

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 3319-3326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Madhusudana M. B. Reddy ◽  
K. Basuroy ◽  
S. Chandrappa ◽  
B. Dinesh ◽  
B. Vasantha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Structural Characterization ◽  
Side Chains ◽  
Amino Acid Residues

γn amino acid residues can be incorporated into structures in γn and hybrid sequences containing folded and extended α and δ residues.

scholarly journals SLC6A14, a Pivotal Actor on Cancer Stage: When Function Meets Structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 928-938 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Palazzolo ◽  
Chiara Paravicini ◽  
Tommaso Laurenzi ◽  
Sara Adobati ◽  
Simona Saporiti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Dynamics ◽  
Amino Acids ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Molecular Dynamics Simulations ◽  
Electrostatic Interactions ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Dibasic Amino Acid ◽  
Novel Target ◽  
Function Relationship ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

SLC6A14 (ATB0,+) is a sodium- and chloride-dependent neutral and dibasic amino acid transporter that regulates the distribution of amino acids across cell membranes. The transporter is overexpressed in many human cancers characterized by an increased demand for amino acids; as such, it was recently acknowledged as a novel target for cancer therapy. The knowledge on the molecular mechanism of SLC6A14 transport is still limited, but some elegant studies on related transporters report the involvement of the 12 transmembrane α-helices in the transport mechanism, and describe structural rearrangements mediated by electrostatic interactions with some pivotal gating residues. In the present work, we constructed a SLC6A14 model in outward-facing conformation via homology modeling and used molecular dynamics simulations to predict amino acid residues critical for substrate recognition and translocation. We docked the proteinogenic amino acids and other known substrates in the SLC6A14 binding site to study both gating regions and the exposed residues involved in transport. Interestingly, some of these residues correspond to those previously identified in other LeuT-fold transporters; however, we could also identify a novel relevant residue with such function. For the first time, by combined approaches of molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations, we highlight the potential role of these residues in neutral amino acid transport. This novel information unravels new aspects of the human SLC6A14 structure–function relationship and may have important outcomes for cancer treatment through the design of novel inhibitors of SLC6A14-mediated transport.

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