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A previously reported endopeptidase (EP1) from pea chloroplasts was purified over 11,000-fold using a four-step protocol involving ultrafiltration, sucrose gradient centrifugation, isoelectric focusing, and high performance liquid chromatography gel filtration. The enzyme was determined to be a metalloprotease requiring bound Zn2+ and added Mg2+ or Ca2+ for proper activity. Its localization in the stroma of pea chloroplasts was confirmed by demonstrating its insensitivity to thermolysin when the envelope was intact. A contaminating serine protease that attacks EP1 was found. The contaminating protease was inhibited by 4-(2-aminoethyl)-benzenesulfonyl fluoride, but not by o-phenanthroline, whereas EP1 sensitivities were the reverse. EP1 is able to hydrolyze the large subunit of native ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase under physiological conditions.
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PMID:A Purified Zinc Protease of Pea Chloroplasts, EP1, Degrades the Large Subunit of Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase. 1223 63

Insulin-like growth factor-I is a neurotrophic factor and can prevent neurons from ischemic brain injury. However, the large molecular weight and metabolic effects can be problematic in its central delivery. Glycine-proline-glutamate (GPE) is the N-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor-I, which is naturally cleaved in the plasma and brain tissues. GPE reduces neuronal loss from hypoxic-ischemic brain injury following central administration. Central penetration and the stability of GPE in the plasma and central nervous system were examined in rats using radioimmunoassay and HPLC. GPE was rapidly metabolised in the plasma (8 min) after intraperitoneal administration. Despite having a short half-life in plasma, GPE was detected in the cerebrospinal fluid up to 40 min after intraperitoneal administration. With present of peptidase inhibitors, GPE existed in the brain tissue up to 3 h after intracerebroventricular administration, suggesting a role for peptolysis in its stability. The endopeptidase inhibitors 4- (2-aminoethyl) benzenesulfonyl fluoride hydrochloride (AEBSF) reduced GPE metabolism in the brain tissue while acid peptidase inhibitor pepstatin-A decreased GPE metabolism in the plasma. GPE reduced neuronal loss in the CA1-2 sub-region of the hippocampus given (intraperitoneally) after 30 min of hypoxic-ischemic injury in adult rats, further suggested the effectiveness of GPE central uptake. These results indicated that GPE crosses the blood-CSF and the functional CSF-brain barriers. The longer half-life of GPE in the CNS may be due to its unique enzymatic stability.
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PMID:Central penetration and stability of N-terminal tripeptide of insulin-like growth factor-I, glycine-proline-glutamate in adult rat. 1575 41

The role of serine endopeptidase in cucumber leaf senescence was studied by using the inhibitor of serine endopeptidase and plant growth regulators (6-BA and ABA) on darkness-induced cucumber leaves. The results showed that the senescence of cucumber leaves were delayed by AEBSF [4-(2-aminoethyl) benzenesulfonyl fluoride hydrochloride], an inhibitor of serine-type endopeptidase, or 6-BA treatment. The chlorophyll contents increased by AEBSF (Fig.3) and the protein degradation of leaves under AEBSF treatment declined more slowly than in the control or under ABA 50 micromol/L treatment (Fig.4), partly because the activities of serine endopeptidases became lower during senescence. However, the activities of endopeptidase in cucumber leaf were increased by ABA 50 micromol/L (Fig.2A), furthermore, the MDA content were also influenced by AEBSF and plant growth regulators (Fig.5). Native gradient PAGE showed that six bands of isoenzymes were detected in cucumber leaves and four bands of which were the type of serine-endopeptidase (Fig.1), and proved that the activities of serine-endopeptidase were inhibited by AEBSF, but enhanced by ABA (Fig.2B) in the leaves. It implies that serine endopeptidases might play an important role in cucumber leaf senescence.
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PMID:[The role of serine endopeptidase in cucumber leaf senescence]. 1707 85