Abstract:
:Proteolytic trimming of isoprenylated proteins, including Ras, at the C-terminal CAAX motifs is a key event in their activation. However, the protease responsible for the proteolysis has not been well characterized yet. In this study, we established a novel assay method for the enzyme using a fluorescent substrate, dansyl(Dns)-KSKTKC(S-farnesyl)VIM, with which we can assess the proteolytic activity with high sensitivity and more easily than by the former assay methods using radio-labeled substrates. Using this assay method, we purified the protease 104-fold from bovine brain microsomal membranes by Sepharose CL-6B gel filtration and DE-52 chromatography. The partially purified enzyme was shown to be an endoprotease specific to the farnesylated peptide and to have a K(m) value of 1.0 microM for Dns-KSKTKC(S-farnesyl)VIM. o-Phenanthroline and zinc chloride strongly inhibited the activity. Interestingly, however, m- and p-phenanthrolines were as effective as o-phenanthroline, indicating that the inhibition by o-phenanthroline is not simply due to its chelating action. The molecular mass of the protease was deduced to be 480 kDa by gel filtration. The enzymatic activity was lost during further attempts at chromatographic purification, but was partially recovered by mixing the chromatographic fractions which had apparently lost the activity. These results suggest that this protease consists of multiple subunits.
journal_name
J Biochemjournal_title
Journal of biochemistryauthors
Nishii W,Muramatsu T,Kuchino Y,Yokoyama S,Takahashi Kdoi
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021767subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-08-01 00:00:00pages
402-8issue
2eissn
0021-924Xissn
1756-2651journal_volume
122pub_type
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