title: Hydrogen peroxide enhances enterokinase-catalysed proteolytic cleavage of fusion protein.
abstract: The effects of hydrogen peroxide on enterokinase catalysis were studied using several fusion proteins recombinantly produced from E. coli. It was demonstrated that hydrogen peroxide enhanced the rate of enterokinase cleavage reaction, leading to a faster release of the target peptide as discussed in patent WO07149053. Among the conditions tested, we observed that hydrogen peroxide could exert its effect on the cleavage of fusion proteins over a wide range of pH and temperature. This finding might provide a simple solution for the accelerated enterokinase cleavage of thermolabile fusion proteins at low temperature.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemical and Life Sciences, Singapore Polytechnic, 500 Dover Road, Singapore 139651, Republic of Singapore. tacui@sp.edu.sg
authors.forename: Taian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Yaojun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Cui X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Ang
authors.forename: Chum M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Puah
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gutte
authors.forename: Yulin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000639:trends*; D002384:Catalysis; D004765:Enteropeptidase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D010330:Patents as Topic; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000639:trends*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000138:chemical synthesis*
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D004765:Enteropeptidase