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. 1982 Nov 1;207(2):193–200. doi: 10.1042/bj2070193

Chemical, photochemical and spectroscopic characterization of an alkaline proteinase from Bacillus subtilis variant DY.

N Genov, M Shopova, R Boteva, G Jori, F Ricchelli
PMCID: PMC1153848  PMID: 6818945

Abstract

Circular-dichroism and fluorescence studies indicate that the 5-dimethylaminonaphthalene-1-sulphonyl and phenylmethanesulphonyl derivatives of subtilisin DY have three-dimensional structure closely similar to that of native enzyme. The single tryptophan residue is largely accessible to the aqueous solvent, and is not directly involved in the enzyme-substrate interactions, since its photochemical modification causes only a partial inhibition of the enzyme activity. It appears very likely that the location of the single tryptophan residue in the three-dimensional structure of subtilisin DY is similar to that of the single tryptophan residue in subtilisin Carlsberg. Fluorescence-quenching experiments further indicate that the 14 tyrosine residues are also largely accessible to the aqueous solvent, and probably interact with hydrated peptide carbonyl groups. The charge environment for tryptophan and tyrosine residues in subtilisin DY, as deduced by quenching experiments with ionic species, is also discussed. In general, subtilisin DY displays strong similarities to subtilisin Carlsberg, as suggested by a comparative analysis of the amino acid composition and fluorescence properties.

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