title: Purification and characterization of active recombinant human napsin A.
abstract: Recombinant human napsin A expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells was purified to homogeneity by a single-step procedure using part of napsin A propeptide as affinity ligand. N-Terminal amino-acid sequencing of the purified enzyme identified the mature form of napsin A. Treatment of purified napsin A with endoglycosidases F and H resulted in a decrease in its molecular mass from 39 kDa to approximately 37 kDa, confirming that napsin A is glycosylated. The kinetic properties were analyzed by using two fluorogenic synthetic substrates K(Dabsyl)-TSLLMAAPQ-Lucifer yellow (DS1) and K(Dabsyl)-TSVLMAAPQ-Lucifer yellow (DS3). The Km values obtained were 1.7 microM and 6.2 microM, respectively. A substrate-specificity study using a napsin A-targeted peptide library confirmed the preference of napsin A for hydrophobic residues at positions P1 and P1'. Adjacent positions, P2-P4 and P2'-P4', appeared less restricted in distribution of amino acids. A pH optimum between 4.0 and 5.5 at room temperature was determined. The purified enzyme was fully active for more than 10 h at pH 5.0 and 6.0, while a half-life of 4 h was determined at pH 7.0 and 37 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Pharma Division, Preclinical Research, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schauer-Vukasinovic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bur
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kitas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schlatter
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rossé
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Lahm
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Giller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016282:Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases; C498549:NAPSA protein, human