title: Characterization and crystallization of recombinant human cathepsin L.
abstract: Human procathepsin L (25mg) was highly purified from the culture filtrate (4L) of mouse myeloma cells (Sp-HCL/HE14) transformed with human procathepsin L cDNA. The procathepsin L was almost completely converted to the mature form (18mg) under the acidic condition. Some properties of the mature cathepsin L were found to be different from those of the human liver-derived enzyme. In addition, we first produced crystals of mature human cathepsin L with E-64 using polyethylene glycol 6000 as the precipitant. The crystal was orthorhombic and belonged to the space group P2(1)2(1)2(1). The unit cell dimensions were: a = 49.8 A, b = 103.9 A, c = 47.8 A. The cell volume (2.47 x 10(5) A3) and calculated molecular mass (24.6 kDa) gave a volume/mass ratio of 2.5 A3/Da, which indicates that the asymmetric unit contains one molecule of enzyme.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Pharmacology Laboratory, Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujishima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujisawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D056668:Cathepsin L; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D010450:Endopeptidases; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D002403:Cathepsins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C534281:CTSL protein, human; D056668:Cathepsin L; C534278:Ctsl protein, mouse