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Query: EC:3.4.21.4 (trypsin)
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The digestion of EF-Tu-GDP (or EF-Tu-GTP) by trypsin [EC 3.4.21.4] under native conditions has been shown to proceed through two different and characteristic stages. 1. In the first phase, the protein is transformed into a fragment (Fragment A) with a molecular weight of 39,000 by exposure to trypsin for a relatively short period of time. Fragment A is unable to catalyze the binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to ribosomes. The ability to promote two partial steps of the binding reaction, i.e., formation of the aminoacyl-tRNA-EF-Tu-GTP ternary complex as well as the methanol-stimulated, ribosome dependent GTPase reaction, was rapidly destroyed. On the other hand, the ability to interact with guanine nucleotides as well as EF-Ts survived well during prolonged digestion. 2. In the second phase of digestion, a nick is introduced in Fragment A to yield two subfragments (Fragments B and C). These two fragments exist as a hybrid molecule which migrates as a single peak on a Sephadex G-75 column, and which dissociates into Fragments B and C only in the presence of 6 M guanidine hydrochloride or 5% sodium dodecyl sulfate. The molecular weights of Fragments B and C, as determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, were 22,000 and 12,000 respectively. The hybrid molecule still retained one mole of bound guanine nucleotide and was resistant to further tryptic digestion. 3. Three sulfhydryl groups of EF-Tu were found to be present in Fragment B, both by amino acid analysis of the purified fragments and also by electrophoresis of tryptic digests labeled with N-ethyl[14C]maleimide. 4. The tryptic digestion of EF-Tu-GDP (or EF-Tu-GTP) labeled with N-(1-anilinonaphthyl-4)maleimide (ANM) at SH2 (the second SH), caused a 30% decrease in the fluorescence emission during the first rapid phase of digestion. This indicates that destruction of the hydrophobic environment near SH2 of EF-Tu occurred in the early phase of tryptic digestion. 5. The kinetic studies on the reaction of ANM with EF-Tu before and after tryptic digestion indicated that both Fragment A and the hybrid molecule reacted with ANM in the presence of GTP three to four times more rapidly than in the presence of GDP. Thus, it appears that the ability to induce conformational transition near SH2 by a change of nucleotide ligands is still retained in the hybrid molecule consisting of Fragments B and C.
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PMID:Limited hydrolysis of the polypeptide chain elongation factor Tu by trypsin. Isolation and characterization of the polypeptide fragments. 93 63

A fluorescent maleimide derivative, N-(4-anilino-1-naphthyl) maleimide (ANM), a specific probe for thiol groups, reacted with human placental glutathione transferase (GST, EC 2.5.1.18), causing a complete inactivation of the enzyme in a few minutes. The modified enzyme was denatured, alkylated and digested with (L-1-tosylamide-2-phenylethyl chloromethyl ketone)-trypsin. The tryptic digest was analysed by HPLC and a fluorescent peptide was obtained. The sequence of this peptide allowed us, by a comparison with a well known primary structure, to assign the position 47 to the most reactive cysteine of GST enzyme.
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PMID:Identification of a highly reactive sulphydryl group in human placental glutathione transferase by a site-directed fluorescent reagent. 233 45

Sulphydryl groups of E. coli tryptophanase (L-tryptophan indole lyase, E.C. 4.1.99.1) were made to react with a fluorescent maleimide derivative, N-(4-anilino-1-naphthyl)maleimide(ANM). By carefully controlling the reaction conditions it was possible to limit the extent of sulphydryl group modification. The modified enzyme was digested with (L-1-tosylamide-2-phenylethyl chloromethyl ketone)-trypsin. The fluorescent peptides obtained were analysed by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography on a C18 column with a dual-monitoring system consisting of a UV and a fluorescence monitor connected in tandem. This was followed by the determination of the amino acid composition of the fluorescent peptides. Comparison of these results with the known, complete primary structure of tryptophanase from the K-12 strain of E. coli allowed the assignment of position 298 to the cysteine residue, which is more selectively modified by ANM under the conditions chosen and is involved in the maintenance of the catalytic activity.
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PMID:Characterization of the reactivity of sulphydryl groups in tryptophanase by a dual-monitoring high-performance liquid chromatographic system with a site-directed fluorescent reagent. 355 54