title: The purification and characterisation of novel dipeptidyl peptidase IV-like activity from bovine serum.
abstract: The discovery of a potentially novel proline-specific peptidase from bovine serum is presented which is capable of cleaving the dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPIV) substrate Gly-Pro-MCA. The enzyme was isolated and purified with the use of Phenyl Sepharose Hydrophobic Interaction, Sephacryl S-300 Gel Filtration, and Q-Sephacryl Anion Exchange, producing an overall purification factor of 257. SDS PAGE resulted in a monomeric molecular mass of 158kDa while size exclusion chromatography generated a native molecular mass of 328kDa. The enzyme remained active over a broad pH range with a distinct preference for a neutral pH range of 7-8.5. Chromatofocusing and isoelectric focusing (IEF) revealed the enzyme's isoelectric point to be 4.74. DPIV-like activity was not inhibited by serine protease inhibitors but was by the metallo-protease inhibitors, the phenanthrolines. The enzyme was also partially inhibited by bestatin. Substrate specificity studies proved that the enzyme is capable of sequential cleavage of bovine beta-Casomorphin and Substance P. The peptidase cleaved the standard DPIV substrate, Gly-Pro-MCA with a K(M) of 38.4 microM, while Lys-Pro-MCA was hydrolysed with a K(M) of 103 microM. The DPIV-like activity was specifically inhibited by both Diprotin A and B, non-competitively, generating a K(i) of 1.4 x 10(-4) M for both inhibitors. Ile-Thiazolidide and Ile-Pyrrolidide both inhibited competitively with an inhibition constant of 3.7 x 10(-7) and 7.5 x 10(-7) M, respectively. It is concluded that bovine serum DPIV-like activity share many biochemical properties with DPIV and DPIV-like enzymes but not exclusively, suggesting that the purified peptidase may play an important novel role in bioactive oligopeptide degradation.
authors.affiliation: School of Biotechnology and National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland.
authors.forename: Seamus J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Brendan F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D018819:Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 / Q000097:blood / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000737:chemistry; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D011759:Pyrrolidines; C041445:diprotin A; D018819:Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4; C032519:pyrrolidine