ツゲ ヒデアキ   TSUGE HIDEAKI
  津下 英明
   所属   京都産業大学  生命科学部 先端生命科学科
   職種   教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2009/12
形態種別 研究論文
査読 査読あり
標題 The carboxy-terminal tail of Aeromonas sobria serine protease is associated with the chaperone
執筆形態 その他
掲載誌名 MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
出版社・発行元 WILEY-BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC
巻・号・頁 53(12),pp.647-657
著者・共著者 Hidetomo Kobayashi,Arisa Tateishi,Hideaki Tsuge,Eizo Takahashi,Keinosuke Okamoto,Hiroyasu Yamanaka
概要 ASP is the only bacterial protease in the kexin group of the subtilisin family. Previous studies have revealed that the ORF2 protein encoded at the 3' end of the asp operon is required for ASP to change from a nascent form into an active form in the periplasm. However, the mechanism by which ORF2 makes contact and interacts with ASP in the maturation process remains unknown. The present study examined the effect of mutations in the carboxy-terminal region of ASP on the ASP maturation process. Both deletion-mutation and amino acid-substitution studies have demonstrated that the histidine residue at position 595 (His-595), the sixth residue from the carboxyl terminus of ASP, is highly involved in the generation of active ASP molecules. An analysis by pull-down assay revealed that mutation at His-595 reduces the efficacy of nascent ASP to transition into active ASP by reducing the ability of ASP to make contact and interact with ORF2. Thus, it appears likely that nascent ASP in the periplasm interacts with ORF2 via the carboxy-terminal region, and His-595 of ASP appears to be an indispensable residue in this interaction.
DOI 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2009.00175.x
ISSN 0385-5600