title: Substrate specificities of pepstatin-insensitive carboxyl proteinases from gram-negative bacteria.
abstract: Pseudomonas carboxyl proteinase (PCP), isolated from Pseudomonas sp. 101, and Xanthomonas carboxyl proteinase (XCP), isolated from Xanthomonas sp. T-22, are the first and second examples of unique carboxyl proteinases [EC 3.4.23.33] which are insensitive to aspartic proteinase inhibitors, such as pepstatin, diazoacetyl-DL-norleucine methylester, and 1,2-epoxy-3(p-nitrophenoxy)propane. The substrate specificities of PCP and XCP were studied using a series of synthetic chromogenic peptide substrates with the general structure, P5-P4-P3-P2-Phe-Nph-P2'-P3' (P5, P4, P3, P2, P2', P3': a variety of amino acids, Nph is p-nitro-L-phenylalanine, and the Phe-Nph bond is cleaved). PCP and XCP were shown to hydrolyze a synthetic substrate, Lys-Pro-Ala-Leu-Phe-Nph-Arg-Leu, most effectively among 28 substrates. The kinetic parameters of this peptide for PCP were Km = 6.3 microM, Kcat = 51.4 s-1, and kcat/Km = 8.16 microM-1.s-1. The kinetic parameters for XCP were Km = 3.6 microM, kcat = 52.2 s-1, and kcat/Km = 14.5 microM-1.s-1. PCP showed a stricter substrate specificity than XCP. That is, the specificity constant (kcat/Km) of each substrate for PCP was in general < 0.5 microM-1.s-1, but was drastically improved by the replacement of Lys by Leu at the P2 position. On the other hand, XCP showed a less stringent substrate specificity, with most of the peptides exhibiting reasonable kcat/Km values (> 1.0 microM-1.s-1). Thus it was found that the substrate specificities of PCP and XCP differ considerably, in spite of the high similarity in their primary structures. In addition, tyrostatin was found to be a competitive inhibitor for XCP, with a Ki value of 2.1 nM, as well as for PCP (Ki = 2.6 nM).
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Textile Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
mesh_terms: D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007700:Kinetics; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010436:Pepstatins / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry*; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000201:enzymology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014974:Xanthomonas / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D009842:Oligopeptides; D010436:Pepstatins; D010455:Peptides; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; C014195:Streptomyces pepsin inhibitor; C074130:tyrostatin; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C104058:xanthomonapepsin; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C031375:pepstatin