title: Evaluation of the possible proteomic application of trypsin from Streptomyces griseus.
abstract: Trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) is the protease of choice for proteome analysis using mass spectrometry of peptides in sample digests. In this work, trypsin from Streptomyces griseus (SGT) was purified to homogeneity from pronase. The enzyme was evaluated in in-gel digestion of protein standards followed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry (MS) analyses of the digests. We recognized a remarkable cleavage performance of SGT. The number of produced and matching tryptic peptides was higher than in the case of commonly used bovine trypsin (BT) and allowed us to obtain higher identification scores in database searches. Interestingly, SGT was found to also generate nonspecific peptides whose sequencing by MALDI-TOF/TOF tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) revealed a partial F-X, Y-X, and W-X cleavage specificity. To suppress autolysis, either arginine or arginine plus lysine residues in SGT were modified by chemical reagents. In consequence, the autolytic pattern of SGT was reduced significantly, but specific activity dropped dramatically. As demonstrated by relative quantification of peptides at different times, SGT is more stable at 37 degrees C than is its bovine counterpart. We conclude that SGT represents a convenient alternative for proteomic applications involving protein digestion. Moreover, parallel digestions of sample aliquots by SGT and BT provide the possibility of combining partially different results (unique matching peptides) to improve protein identification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacký University, Slechtitelů 11 CZ-783 71 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Tat'ána
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stosová
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sebela
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rehulka
authors.forename: Ondrej
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sedo
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Havlis
authors.forename: Zbynek
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zdráhal
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D020543:Proteome / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D013305:Streptomyces griseus / Q000201:enzymology*; D013696:Temperature; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D020543:Proteome; D014357:Trypsin