title: Maturation of the activities of recombinant mite allergens Der p 1 and Der f 1, and its implication in the blockade of proteolytic activity.
abstract: Recombinant pro-Der p 1 expressed in yeast Pichia pastoris was convertible into the prosequence-removed mature Der p 1 with full activities of cysteine protease and IgE-binding with or without N-glycosylation of the mature sequence as well as pro-Der f 1. The active recombinant variants will be the basis for various future studies. The major N-terminus of pro-Der p 1 with low proteolytic activity was the putative signal-cleavage site, while that of pro-Der f 1 contained not only the equivalent site but also 21 residues downstream, and pro-Der f 1 retained significant activity. Contribution of the N-terminal region of the Der p 1 prosequence including an N-glycosylation motif on effective inhibition of proteolytic activity of pro-Der p 1 was suggested.
authors.affiliation: Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. t-takai@med.juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takai
authors.forename: Reiko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mineki
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takaoka
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasueda
authors.forename: Kimie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: Ko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Hideoki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010843:Pichia / Q000235:genetics; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D039741:Antigens, Dermatophagoides; D060829:Arthropod Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D011498:Protein Precursors; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D007073:Immunoglobulin E; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; C451159:Dermatophagoides farinae antigen f 1; C451162:Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus antigen p 1