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. 1996 Mar;178(5):1283–1288. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.5.1283-1288.1996

A novel dipeptidyl aminopeptidase from Pseudomonas sp. strain WO24.

W Ogasawara 1, K Ochiai 1, K Ando 1, K Yano 1, M Yamasaki 1, H Okada 1, Y Morikawa 1
PMCID: PMC177800  PMID: 8631703

Abstract

An activity similar to that of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase I (DAP I) which releases dipeptide from Gly-Arg-p-nitroanilide (Gly-Arg-pNA) was detected in a Pseudomonas sp. An enzyme was isolated and purified about 400-fold by a series of column chromatographies. The enzyme, named DAP BI (DAP from bacteria, type I), was revealed to be homogeneous by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and isoelectric focusing. The molecular mass was estimated to be 82 kDa by SDS-PAGE and 65 kDa by gel filtration, suggesting that the enzyme may be a monomer. The enzyme had an isoelectric point of 4.7. It is optimally active at pH 9.0. The Km and Vmax of the enzyme for Gly-Arg-pNA were 0.25 mM and 195 micromol/min/mg, respectively. The purified enzyme did not hydrolyze Gly-Phe-pNA, which was also a substrate for DAP I, whereas it hydrolyzed Arg-Arg-4-methoxy-beta-naphthylamide (Arg-Arg-MNA), a model substrate for DAP III. The Km and Vmax for Arg-Arg-MNA were 0.019 mM and 145 micromol/min/mg, respectively. This purified enzyme can also catalyze the removal of Asp-Arg from the N termini of angiotensins I and II. The enzyme activity was completely inhibited by Zn(II) (0.5 mM), tosyl-L-Lys-chloromethyl ketone (0.1 mM), and leupeptin (0.1 mM) and partially inhibited by Co(II) (0.5 mM) and chymostatin (0.1 mM), whereas the enzyme was not affected by general serine protease inhibitors (phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride and diisopropylfluorophosphate) and thiol protease inhibitors. The substrate specificity, classification of catalytic site, and other enzymatic properties demonstrate that this enzyme is distinct from the previously described mammalian DAPs I and III and Saccharomyces cerevisiae DAP III. These results indicate that DAP BI may be a new type of the DAP family.

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