title: The effect of the glycosaminoglycan chain removal on some properties of the human urinary trypsin inhibitor.
abstract: The major urinary trypsin inhibitor UTI I is a proteoglycan. UTI c (Mr 26,000), produced by chrondroitin lyase digestion of UTI I, was isolated and characterized. About 90% of the glycosaminoglycan chain was removed by this treatment without proteolytic modification, as assessed by amino-acid composition and N-terminal sequence of UTI c. Its electrophoretic mobilities on alkaline and SDS-PAGE are identical with those of UTI II which occurs in urine during storage. To study the role of the glycosaminoglycan chain on the inhibitory properties of UTI I, UTI I and UTI c were compared using different proteinases as target enzymes. The inhibitory activity towards bovine trypsin and chymotrypsin as well as human granulocytic cathepsin G did not differ significantly. However, towards human granulocytic elastase, the equilibrium dissociation constant (Ki) is 5 times higher for UTI c than for UTI I. Weak inhibitory activities were measured on human plasmin, UTI c being more efficient than UTI I. The acid-stability of UTI I is not modified after chrondroitin lyase treatment. UTI I and UTI c are equally sensitive to trypsinolysis indicating that the covalently bound glycosaminoglycan chain does not play an important role for the stability of UTI I.
mesh_terms: D056649:Cathepsin G; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D002918:Chymotrypsin / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008970:Molecular Weight; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D014361:Trypsin Inhibitors; D002403:Cathepsins; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D002918:Chymotrypsin; C534094:CTSG protein, human; D056649:Cathepsin G; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase