title: Purification and characterization of human salivary-gland prokallikrein from recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cells.
abstract: A full-length cDNA encoding human salivary-gland preprokallikrein was inserted into the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus downstream of the polyhedrin promoter. The gene was expressed in transfected Spodoptera frugiperda cells and the recombinant product secreted into the culture medium. By alternating anion-exchange chromatography and gel-filtration steps, twice repeated, prokallikrein was purified to homogeneity, which was confirmed by amino acid analysis and N-terminal sequence determination. The prepropeptide was processed correctly, including the removal of the signal peptide. The resulting proenzyme was found to be glycosylated, had a molecular mass of 35 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.6. The yield of purified recombinant protein reached a level of 5 mg/l insect cell culture. After trypsin digestion of prokallikrein, the biological activity of the released kallikrein was demonstrated by its specific amidase, esterase and kininogenase activity. The expression and purification of prokallikrein, as described here, offers the opportunity to study the proenzyme activation through protein engineering techniques in detail.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angermann
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Rahn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hektor
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fertig
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kemme
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002848:Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009036:Moths; D010957:Plasmids; D011288:Prekallikrein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000201:enzymology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004247:DNA; D011288:Prekallikrein; C051313:preprokallikrein