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Title: Specific proteolysis of native alanine racemases from Salmonella typhimurium: identification of the cleavage site and characterization of the clipped two-domain proteins

Abstract

Native DadB and Alr alanine racemases (M/sub r/ 39,000) from Salmonella typhimurium are proteolyzed at homologous positions by ..cap alpha..-chymotrypsin, trypsin, and subtilisin to generate in all cases two nonoverlapping polypeptides of M/sub r/ 28,000 and 11,000. Under nondenaturing conditions, chymotryptic digest results in an associated form of the two fragments which possesses 3% of the original catalytic activity, incorporates 0.76 equiv of the mechanism-based inactivator ..beta..-chloro-(/sup 14/C)-D-alanine, and exhibits a UV circular dichroism profile identical with that of native enzyme. Protein sequence analysis of the denatured chymotryptic fragments indicates the presence of a tetrapeptide interdomain hinge (DadB, residues 254-257; Alr, residues 256-259) that is attacked at both ends during proteolysis. Under the previously employed digest conditions, NaB/sup 3/H/sub 4/-reduced DadB holoenzyme is resistant to ..cap alpha..-chymotrypsin and trypsin and is labile only toward subtilisin. These data suggest that the hinge structure is essential for a catalytically efficient enzyme species and is sensitive to active site geometry. The sequence at the hinge region is also conserved in alanine racemases from Gram-positive bacteria.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
OSTI Identifier:
5357602
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Biochemistry; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26:25
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ISOMERASES; PROTEOLYSIS; POLYPEPTIDES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ALANINES; CARBON 14 COMPOUNDS; DICHROISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYMES; LABELLED COMPOUNDS; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEINS; SALMONELLA; 550201* - Biochemistry- Tracer Techniques

Citation Formats

Galakatos, N G, and Walsh, C T. Specific proteolysis of native alanine racemases from Salmonella typhimurium: identification of the cleavage site and characterization of the clipped two-domain proteins. United States: N. p., 1987. Web. doi:10.1021/bi00399a066.
Galakatos, N G, & Walsh, C T. Specific proteolysis of native alanine racemases from Salmonella typhimurium: identification of the cleavage site and characterization of the clipped two-domain proteins. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00399a066
Galakatos, N G, and Walsh, C T. 1987. "Specific proteolysis of native alanine racemases from Salmonella typhimurium: identification of the cleavage site and characterization of the clipped two-domain proteins". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00399a066.
@article{osti_5357602,
title = {Specific proteolysis of native alanine racemases from Salmonella typhimurium: identification of the cleavage site and characterization of the clipped two-domain proteins},
author = {Galakatos, N G and Walsh, C T},
abstractNote = {Native DadB and Alr alanine racemases (M/sub r/ 39,000) from Salmonella typhimurium are proteolyzed at homologous positions by ..cap alpha..-chymotrypsin, trypsin, and subtilisin to generate in all cases two nonoverlapping polypeptides of M/sub r/ 28,000 and 11,000. Under nondenaturing conditions, chymotryptic digest results in an associated form of the two fragments which possesses 3% of the original catalytic activity, incorporates 0.76 equiv of the mechanism-based inactivator ..beta..-chloro-(/sup 14/C)-D-alanine, and exhibits a UV circular dichroism profile identical with that of native enzyme. Protein sequence analysis of the denatured chymotryptic fragments indicates the presence of a tetrapeptide interdomain hinge (DadB, residues 254-257; Alr, residues 256-259) that is attacked at both ends during proteolysis. Under the previously employed digest conditions, NaB/sup 3/H/sub 4/-reduced DadB holoenzyme is resistant to ..cap alpha..-chymotrypsin and trypsin and is labile only toward subtilisin. These data suggest that the hinge structure is essential for a catalytically efficient enzyme species and is sensitive to active site geometry. The sequence at the hinge region is also conserved in alanine racemases from Gram-positive bacteria.},
doi = {10.1021/bi00399a066},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5357602}, journal = {Biochemistry; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 26:25,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}