title: Activation of glycosylasparaginase. Formation of active N-terminal threonine by intramolecular autoproteolysis.
abstract: The activation mechanism of glycosylasparaginase of Flavobacterium meningosepticum has been analyzed by site-directed mutagenesis and activation of purified precursors in vitro. Mutation of Thr-152 to Ser or Cys leads to gene products that are not activated in vivo but are activated in vitro because processing of the mutant precursors is inhibited by certain amino acids in the cell. Kinetic studies reveal that activation is an intramolecular autoproteolytic process. The involvement of His-150 and Thr/Ser/Cys-152 in activation suggests that autoproteolysis resembles proteolysis by serine/cysteine proteases. Multiple functions of the highly conserved active threonine residue are implicated.
authors.affiliation: New England Biolabs Inc., Beverly, Massachusetts 01915, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Benner
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Comb
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001227:Aspartylglucosylaminase / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000201:enzymology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008433:Mathematics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D017354:Point Mutation; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013816:Thermodynamics; D013912:Threonine
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013912:Threonine; D001227:Aspartylglucosylaminase