title: A peptidyl dipeptidase-4 from Pseudomonas maltophilia: purification and properties.
abstract: A peptidyl dipeptidase-4 (bacterial PDP-4) was purified to near homogeneity from a supernatant of Pseudomonas maltophilia extracellular medium. Bacterial PDP-4 is a single-polypeptide-chain enzyme, 82 kDa, with an alkaline isoelectric point. Peptides susceptible to hydrolysis by bacterial PDP-4 include angiotensin 1, bradykinin, enkephalins, atriopeptin 2, and smaller synthetic peptides. N-acylated tripeptides are hydrolyzed, but free tripeptides are not. A free carboxy terminus is required for hydrolysis. Peptides with ultimate and penultimate Pro residues are not hydrolyzed. The enzyme does not require an anion for activity. Bacterial PDP-4 was inhibited by EDTA and the dipeptide Phe-Arg. Thiorphan was an inhibitor only at levels well above those required for inhibition of neutral metalloendopeptidase (NEP), an enzyme for which thiorphan is specific. A second NEP and thermolysin inhibitor, phosphoramidon, did not inhibit bacterial PDP-4. The potent angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor lisinopril was not inhibitory. Bacterial PDP-4 is distinguished from a similar enzyme from Escherichia coli, which is not susceptible to EDTA inhibition, and one from Corynebacterium equi, which hydrolyzes free tripeptides. These data indicate that the bacterial PDP-4 catalytic site is unlike those of other enzymes that function either wholly or in part as peptidyl dipeptidases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dasarathy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Fanburg
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lanzillo
mesh_terms: D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D004656:Enalapril / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007526:Isoelectric Point; D007700:Kinetics; D017706:Lisinopril; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology*; D012492:Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015244:Thiorphan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D012492:Salts; D004656:Enalapril; D015244:Thiorphan; D017706:Lisinopril; D010450:Endopeptidases; C047929:peptidyl dipeptidase 4