title: The specificity of macrophage elastase on the insulin B-chain.
abstract: The specificity of macrophage elastase obtained from mouse peritoneal exudative macrophages was determined in the hydrolysis of the oxidized insulin B-chain. This elastase hydrolysed two bonds, namely Ala-Leu and Tyr-Leu. The rate of hydrolysis of the latter was two to three times greater than that of the former. The hexapeptide Glu-Ala-Leu-Tyr-Leu-Val, obtained by cleavage of the insulin B-chain, was not hydrolysed by macrophage elastase. When EDTA was present, proteolysis of the B-chain was not observed. The macrophage elastase is therefore different from the neutrophil elastase in specificity and mechanism.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007328:Insulin; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology*; D051379:Mice; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase