title: Sequencing, expression and biochemical characterization of the Porphyromonas gingivalis pepO gene encoding a protein homologous to human endothelin-converting enzyme.
abstract: We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the clone pAL2 obtained from Porphyromonas gingivalis 381 in the previous study [Ansai et al. (1995) Microbiology 141, 2047-20521. The DNA sequence analysis of this fragment revealed one complete ORF and one incomplete ORF. The ORF encoded a protein (PgPepO) of 690 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 78796. The deduced amino acid sequence exhibited a significant homology with human endothelin-converting enzyme (ECE)-1. Recombinant PgPepO was purified to homogeneity and characterized. The purified enzyme was strongly inhibited by phosphoramidon, and converted big endothelin-1 to endothelin-1. Furthermore, the purified PgPepO strongly cross-reacted with a monoclonal antibody against rat ECE-1. These results indicate that PgPepO has striking similarity to mammalian ECE in structure and function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Awano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ansai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanzawa
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Turner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takehara
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019332:Endothelin-1; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; D016232:Endothelins / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D019332:Endothelin-1; D016232:Endothelins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006020:Glycopeptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; C080385:oligopeptidase PepO; C000606923:ECE1 protein, human; D000072396:Endothelin-Converting Enzymes; C008890:phosphoramidon