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カトウ ケイコ
KATO KEIKO
加藤 啓子 所属 京都産業大学 生命科学部 先端生命科学科 職種 教授 |
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| 言語種別 | 英語 |
| 発行・発表の年月 | 1998/05 |
| 形態種別 | その他 |
| 標題 | Characterization of recombinant and brain neuropsin, a plasticity-related serine protease |
| 執筆形態 | その他 |
| 掲載誌名 | JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY |
| 出版社・発行元 | AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC |
| 巻・号・頁 | 273(18),pp.11189-11196 |
| 著者・共著者 | C Shimizu,S Yoshida,M Shibata,K Kato,Y Momota,K Matsumoto,T Shiosaka,R Midorikawa,T Kamachi,A Kawabe,S Shiosaka |
| 概要 | Activity-dependent changes in neuropsin gene expression in the hippocampus implies an involvement of neuropsin in neural plasticity. Since the deduced amino acid sequence of the gene contained the complete triplet (His-Asp-Ser) of the serine protease domain, the protein was postulated to have proteolytic activity. Recombinant full-length neuropsin produced in the baculovirus/insect cell system was enzymatically inactive but was readily converted to active enzyme by endoprotease processing. The activational processing of prototype neuropsin involved the specific cleavage of the Lys(32)-Ile(33) bond near its N terminus. Native neuropsin that was purified with a purity of 1,100-fold from mouse brain had enzymatic characteristics identical to those of active-type recombinant neuropsin. Both brain and recombinant neuropsin had amidolytic activities cleaving Arg-X and Lys-X bonds in the synthetic chromogenic substrates, and the highest specific activity was found against Boc-Val-Pro-Arg-4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide. The active-type recombinant neuropsin effectively cleaved fibronectin, an extracellular matrix protein. Taken together, these results indicate that this protease, which is enzymatically novel, has significant limbic effects by changing the extracellular matrix environment. |
| DOI | 10.1074/jbc.273.18.11189 |
| ISSN | 0021-9258 |