Abstract:
:As an attempt to recruit the third calcium binding site of thermitase into subtilisin BL, a Bacillus lentus alkaline protease (BLAP), the amino acid sequence from position 50 to 60 and position 92 was modified to the equivalent amino acids in thermitase. The resulting protein, designated BLAPm109, exhibited unusual biochemical features. Peptide mapping and gel electrophoresis revealed that two protein species co-purify in a ratio of about 1:1. Form 1 consisted of a single polypeptide of 269 amino acid residues. Form 2 was the same protein but with an internal peptide bond cleavage at the C-terminus of position 54. On electropherograms a dimer of Form 1 and Form 2 was also detectable. A zymogram showed that all three molecular species were catalytically active. From this protein mixture, crystals suitable for X-ray analysis were nevertheless obtained. SDS-PAGE of protein recovered from a crystal revealed that only Form 2 appears. in the crystal. The space group for this crystal was P21 with unit cell dimensions of a=42 angstroms, b=58 angstroms, c=47 angstroms and beta = 106.3 degrees. Examination of the preliminary electron density map revealed that the "thermitase loop" from 50 to 60 departs from the surface of the protein and winds through the active site of a symmetry-related copy of the asymmetric unit.
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Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Paech C,Goddette DW,Christianson T,Wilson CRdoi
10.1007/978-1-4613-0319-0_27subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-01-01 00:00:00pages
257-68eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
379pub_type
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