title: Proteolysis of noncollagenous proteins in sea cucumber, Stichopus japonicus, body wall: characterisation and the effects of cysteine protease inhibitors.
abstract: Proteolysis of noncollagenous proteins in sea cucumber, Stichopus Japonicus, body wall (sjBW) was investigated. The proteins removed from sjBW by SDS and urea extraction were mainly noncollagenous proteins with molecular weights about 200kDa (Band I) and 44kDa (Band II), respectively. Band I and Band II were identified as major yolk protein (MYP) and actin, respectively, from holothurian species by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) with significant scores. Based on TCA-soluble oligopeptide assay, the optimum proteolysis condition of noncollagenous proteins was at 46.3°C and pH 6.1, by response surface methodology. The proteolysis of MYP, and actin, was partially inhibited by cysteine protease inhibitors, including Trans-epoxysuccinyl-l-leucyl-amido (4-guanidino) butane (E-64), iodoacetic acid, antipain and whey protein concentrate. These results suggest that cysteine proteases are partially involved in the proteolysis of noncollagenous proteins in body wall of sea cucumber, S. japonicus.
authors.affiliation: School of Food Science and Technology, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, PR China.
authors.forename: Hai-Tao
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Dong-Mei
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Bei-Wei
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jin-Jian
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Feng-Lin
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: Xi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057056:Cysteine Proteases / Q000737:chemistry*; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D059748:Proteolysis; D017747:Seafood / Q000032:analysis*; D047528:Stichopus / Q000737:chemistry*; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D011506:Proteins; D057056:Cysteine Proteases