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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEIN STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ENZYMOLOGY
Volume 1547, Issue 1, Pages 82-94Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4838(01)00171-6
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cathepsin B; cathepsin L; papain; 3-aminomethyl-phenylalanine; 4-guanidine phenylalanine; 3-aminomethyl-N-isopropylphenylalanine; 3-pyridyl-alanine; 4-piperidinyl-alanine; 4-aminomethyl-cyclohexyl-alanine; 4-aminocyclohexyl-alanine; N-im-dimethylhistidine; protease
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We synthesized one series of fluorogenic substrates for cathepsin B derived from the peptide Bz-F-R-MCA (Bz = benzoyl, MCA = 7-methyl-coumarin amide) substituting Phe at the P-2 position by non-natural basic amino acids that combine a positively charged group with aromatic or aliphatic radicals at the same side chain, namely, 4-aminomethyl-phenylalanine, 4-guanidine-phenylalanine. 4-aminomethyl-N-isopropyl-phenylalanine. 3-pyridyl-alanine, 4-piperidinyl-alanine, 4-amino-methyl-cyclohexyl-alanine. 4-aminocyclohexyl-alanine, and N-im-dimethyl-histidine. Bz-F-R-MCA was the best substrate for cathepsin B but also hydrolyzed Bz-R-R-MCA with lower efficiency, since the protease accepts Arg at St due to the presence of Glu(245) at the bottom of this subsite. The presence of the basic non-natural amino acids at the Pt position of the substrate partially restored the catalytic efficiency of cathepsin B. All the kinetic parameters for hydrolysis of the peptides described in this paper are in accordance with the structures of the St pocket previously described. In addition, the substrate with 4-aminocyclohexyl-alanine presented the highest affinity to cathepsin B although the peptide was obtained from a mixture of cis/trans isomers of the amino acid and we were not able to separate them. For comparison all the obtained substrates were assayed with cathepsin L and papain. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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