Activation profiles of the zymogen of aspergilloglutamic peptidase
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Xiang-Ping Huang
Abstract
Aspergilloglutamic peptidase produced by Aspergillus niger var. macrosporus belongs to the novel glutamic peptidase family. Its zymogen is autocatalytically activated under acidic conditions to the mature enzyme with a two-chain structure. Analyses by SDS-PAGE and mass spectrometry of the activation products of the recombinant zymogen showed that the major pathway of activation includes initial fast cleavage at Glu12-Ala13, followed by stepwise cleavages in the N-terminal and intervening propeptide regions. Essentially the same activation profile was obtained with the recombinant zymogen lacking the N-terminal 12-aa sequence. The missing region includes the most prominent cluster of basic residues of the propeptide, indicating low importance of this cluster for activation and refolding of the zymogen.
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