Purification and Characterization of a Substrate-Size-Recognizing Metalloendopeptidase from Streptococcus cremoris H61
AUTOR(ES)
Yan, Tsong-Rong
RESUMO
During the ripening of Gouda-type cheese, two kinds of endopeptidases were found to participate in the degradation of αs1-CN(f1-23), a specific product from αs1-casein hydrolyzed by chymosin. One of the endopeptidases, lactic acid bacteria endopeptidase (LEP-II), which can recognize the size of its substrates, has already been purified and characterized (T. R. Yan, N. Azuma, S. Kaminogawa, and K. Yamauchi, Eur. J. Biochem. 163:259-265, 1987). The other endopeptidase, LEP-I, was purified to homogeneity by conventional chromatographic techniques from Streptococcus cremoris H61. The enzyme appeared to be monomeric, with an apparent molecular weight of 98,000, and its isoelectric point was 5.1. For the hydrolysis of αs1-CN(f1-23), the enzyme had an optimum pH and temperature of 7.0 to 7.5 and 40°C, respectively. Its activity was inhibited by such chelating agents as EDTA and 1,10-phenanthrolin, and it could be fully reactivated by Mn2+. Inhibitors specific for serine and thiol proteases had no effect on the protease activity. The enzyme showed a high affinity toward the Glu-Asn peptide bond of αs1-CN(f1-23) and αs1-CN(f91-100) but showed no hydrolysis activity toward αs1-CN(f1-52), αs1-CN(61-122), αs1-CN(136-196), αs1-casein, β-casein, κ-casein, α-lactalbumin, and β-lactoglobulin. The Km and Vmax of LEP-I for αs1-CN(f1-23) were 14.2 pM and 139 U, respectively.
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