PURIFICATION OF A 29-KDA HEMOCYTE PROTEINASE OF SARCOPHAGA-PEREGRINA

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作者
KURATA, S [1 ]
SAITO, H [1 ]
NATORI, S [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV TOKYO,FAC PHARMACEUT SCI,BUNKYO KU,TOKYO 113,JAPAN
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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY | 1992年 / 204卷 / 02期
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10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16711.x
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Previously, we suggested the participation of a hemocyte proteinase in a dissociation of fat body of Sarcophaga peregrina (flesh fly) at metamorphosis. We have now purified this proteinase to near homogeneity from pupal hemocytes. It is a cysteine proteinase with a molecular mass of 29 kDa and has a unique substrate specificity hydrolyzing both Suc-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-MCA and Z-Phe-Arg-MCA (Suc, succinyl; MCA, methylcoumaryl-7-amide; Z, carbobenzoxy), which are substrates for chymotrypsin and cathepsin B, respectively. Partial similarity was found between the amino-terminal sequence of this proteinase and that of catepsin B, including Pro, Glu and Arg residues conserved in the papain superfamily of enzymes.
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