title: Cleavage specificity of human rhinovirus-2 2A protease for peptide substrates.
abstract: Substrate requirements of the human rhinovirus serotype-2 2A protease have been examined using synthetic peptides. A chromogenic peptide with a sequence of TRPIITTA-p-nitroanilide was found to be cleaved efficiently by the 2A protease with an apparent Km value of 95 microM, which allowed the protease activity to be monitored and measured continuously using a spectrophotometer. Competition cleavage assays reveal this peptide was cleaved over 10-fold more efficiently than the 16-mer peptide derived directly from its native processing site. On the basis of these data, we conclude that the P1' glycine residue is not absolutely needed for the 2A cleavage to occur and the essential residues required for the 2A activity would exist within the N-terminal side of the scissile bond.
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Research, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Indiana 46285, USA. qmwang@lilly.com
authors.forename: Q M
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sommergruber
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D002863:Chromogenic Compounds; D009842:Oligopeptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C057400:picornain 2A, Picornavirus