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Query: EC:3.4.25.1 (proteasome)
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Thirty-six feed phosphates, including nine mono-dicalcium phosphates (M-DCP, 21% P), 13 di-monocalcium phosphates (D-MCP, 18.5% P), and 14 thermochemically produced defluorinated phosphates (DFP, 18.0% P), were analyzed for moisture, Ca, P, and 9 essential minerals (K, Mg, Na, Cl, Fe, Cu, Mn, Se, and Zn). Also, nine potentially toxic elements (Al, F, As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, Ni, and V) were determined. All of the M-DCP were of domestic origin; 5 of the 13 D-MCP samples were obtained in Algeria, Peru, Holland, and South Africa. The DFP samples included 10 domestic products, 2 samples from Russia, 1 from Poland, and 1 from Japan. Levels of Na were high in the DFP samples (3.96 to 5.78%), except for the two Russian samples, which contained only .16 and .19%. Magnesium levels varied from .09 to .76%, .02 to 1.21%, and .01 to 1.54% in the M-DCP, D-MCP, and DFP samples, respectively. Two Russian DFP samples contained 1.51 and 1.54% Mg. Chlorine levels were generally quite low (.002 to .020%); however, two precipitated D-MCP samples contained .12 and 1.47% Cl. Iron levels were high (.24 to 1.41%) in all samples except the bone-precipitated D-MCP (.039%), and the reference standard, calcium phosphate, dibasic dihydrate, USP (.029%). Levels of Cu, Mn, and Zn were quite variable. Cadmium varied from < 1 ppm in the DFP samples to 67 ppm in one experimental M-DCP. Vanadium levels varied from 20 to 796 ppm in one experimental M-DCP sample. Fluorine levels were in the acceptable range, .05 to .21%.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Levels of various elements of concern in feed phosphates of domestic and foreign origin. 820 31

The three-dimensional structure of the alkaline protease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a zinc metalloprotease, has been solved to a resolution of 1.64 A by multiple isomorphous replacement and non-crystallographic symmetry averaging between different crystal forms. The molecule is elongated with overall dimensions of 90 x 35 x 25 A; it has two distinct structural domains. The N-terminal domain is the proteolytic domain; it has an overall tertiary fold and active site zinc ligation similar to that of astacin, a metalloprotease isolated from a European freshwater crayfish. The C-terminal domain consists of a 21-strand beta sandwich. Within this domain is a novel 'parallel beta roll' structure in which successive beta strands are wound in a right-handed spiral, and in which Ca2+ ions are bound within the turns between strands by a repeated GGXGXD sequence motif, a motif that is found in a diverse group of proteins secreted by Gram-negative bacteria.
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PMID:Three-dimensional structure of the alkaline protease of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a two-domain protein with a calcium binding parallel beta roll motif. 825 63

Initial studies on the specificity of the multicatalytic proteinase complex (MPC; EC 3.4.99.46) led to the identification of three distinct proteolytic components designated as trypsin-like, chymotrypsin-like, and peptidylglutamyl-peptide hydrolyzing, all sensitive to inactivation by 3,4-dichloroisocoumarin (DCI), a general serine proteinase inhibitor. The three components cleave the peptidyl-arylamide bonds in the model synthetic substrates, Z-(D)-Ala-Leu-Arg-2-naphthylamide, Z-Gly-Gly-Leu-p-nitroanilide, and Z-Leu-Leu-Glu-2-naphthylamide, respectively. We report here evidence for the presence in the MPC of two additional distinct components, neither of them capable of cleaving the three model substrates. One of these components cleaves the Leu-Gly and the Leu-Ala bonds in the substrates Cbz-Gly-Pro-Ala-Leu-Gly-p-aminobenzoate and Cbz-Gly-Pro-Ala-Leu-Ala-p-aminobenzoate, respectively, and is activated by treatment of the MPC with DCI, N-ethylmaleimide, Mg2+, Ca2+, and low concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate and fatty acids. This component is apparently identical with the previously identified DCI-resistant component of the MPC that cleaves preferentially bonds on the carboxyl side of branched chain amino acids in natural peptides including neurotensin and proinsulin [Cardozo, C., Vinitsky, A., Hidalgo, M. C., Michaud, C., & Orlowski, M. (1992) Biochemistry 31, 7373-7380]. It is probably also identical with the component proposed to be the main factor responsible for the caseinolytic activity [Pereira, M. E., Nguyen, T., Wagner, B. J., Margolis, J. W., Yu, B., & Wilk, S. (1992a) J. Biol. Chem. 267, 7949-7955]. The designation "branched chain amino acid preferring" (BrAAP) is proposed for this component. The second component cleaves peptide bonds between the small neutral amino acids Ala-Gly and Gly-Gly in the substrates Cbz-Gly-Pro-Ala-Ala-Gly-p-aminobenzoate and Cbz-Gly-Pro-Ala-Gly-Gly-p-aminobenzoate, respectively. This component is sensitive to inactivation by DCI, N-ethylmaleimide, and organic mercurials, but unlike the BrAAP it is significantly activated neither by Mg2+ or Ca2+ nor by fatty acids or sodium dodecyl sulfate. The designation "small neutral amino acid preferring" (SNAAP) is proposed for this component. Both components are sensitive to inhibition by the peptidyl-aldehydes N-acetyl-Leu-Leu-norleucinal (Ac-LLnL-CHO; calpain inhibitor I) and N-acetyl-Leu-Leu-methioninal (Ac-LLM-CHO; calpain inhibitor II) but are resistant to inhibition by Z-LLF-CHO, a potent inhibitor of the chymotrypsin-like activity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Evidence for the presence of five distinct proteolytic components in the pituitary multicatalytic proteinase complex. Properties of two components cleaving bonds on the carboxyl side of branched chain and small neutral amino acids. 843 36

Members of the C-C family of chemotactic cytokines promote chemotaxis and adhesion of leukocytes. In this study, we have identified a murine T cell hybrid that expresses receptors to the chemotactic cytokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1). This cell line was used to examine MCP-1 receptor-mediated signal transduction events in a homologous system in the absence of interference with other receptors. Our results show that in the 3B4 M1.9 T cell hybrid, MCP-1 receptors mediate intracellular calcium mobilization and extracellular calcium import without detectable increases in total water-soluble inositol phosphates. In addition, MCP-1 regulates the tyrosine phosphorylation of specific substrates at 42 and 44 kDa and induces mobility shift of p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinases. MCP-1-mediated calcium responses, tyrosine phosphorylation, and the electrophoretic mobility shift of p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinases can be inhibited by pretreatment of cells with pertussis toxin, indicating a role for Gi-like G proteins in coupling the MCP-1R to signal transduction.
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PMID:Early signal transduction by the receptor to the chemokine monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in a murine T cell hybrid. 856 34

Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is required for cell cycle progression. Here, we demonstrate that the proteasome is activated during in vivo Xenopus egg activation, induced by treatment with the calcium ionophore A23187. It was found that activation is due to the calcium-induced assembly of the 26 S proteasome from the 20 S proteasome. We propose that proteasome activation is regulated by cell cycle calcium transients, which are controlled upstream by an endogenous cell cycle oscillator that is independent of the cyclin-dependent kinase cycle.
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PMID:Activation of the proteasome during Xenopus egg activation implies a link between proteasome activation and intracellular calcium release. 857 36

We studied the alterations in skeletal muscle protein breakdown in long lasting sepsis using a rat model that reproduces a sustained and reversible catabolic state, as observed in humans. Rats were injected intravenously with live Escherichia coli; control rats were pair-fed to the intake of infected rats. Rats were studied in an acute septic phase (day 2 postinfection), in a chronic septic phase (day 6), and in a late septic phase (day 10). The importance of the lysosomal, Ca2+ -dependent, and ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic processes was investigated using proteolytic inhibitors in incubated epitrochlearis muscles and by measuring mRNA levels for critical components of these pathways. Protein breakdown was elevated during the acute and chronic septic phases (when significant muscle wasting occurred) and returned to control values in the late septic phase (when wasting was stopped). A nonlysosomal and Ca2+ -independent process accounted for the enhanced proteolysis, and only mRNA levels for ubiquitin and subunits of the 20 S proteasome, the proteolytic core of the 26 S proteasome that degrades ubiquitin conjugates, paralleled the increased and decreased rates of proteolysis throughout. However, increased mRNA levels for the 14-kD ubiquitin conjugating enzyme E2, involved in substrate ubiquitylation, and for cathepsin B and m-calpain were observed in chronic sepsis. These data clearly support a major role for the ubiquitin-proteasome dependent proteolytic process during sepsis but also suggest that the activation of lysosomal and Ca2+ -dependent proteolysis may be important in the chronic phase.
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PMID:Muscle wasting in a rat model of long-lasting sepsis results from the activation of lysosomal, Ca2+ -activated, and ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathways. 860 25

The cellular mechanisms responsible for enhanced muscle protein breakdown in hospitalized patients, which frequently results in lean body wasting, are unknown. To determine whether the lysosomal, Ca2+-activated, and ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathways are activated, we measured mRNA levels for components of these processes in muscle biopsies from severe head trauma patients. These patients exhibited negative nitrogen balance and increased rates of whole-body protein breakdown (assessed by [13C]leucine infusion) and of myofibrillar protein breakdown (assessed by 3-methylhistidine urinary excretion). Increased muscle mRNA levels for cathepsin D, m-calpain, and critical components of the ubiquitin proteolytic pathway (i.e., ubiquitin, the 14-kDa ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2, and proteasome subunits) paralleled these metabolic adaptations. The data clearly support a role for multiple proteolytic processes in increased muscle proteolysis. The ubiquitin proteolytic pathway could be activated by altered glucocorticoid production and/or increased circulating levels of interleukin 1beta and interleukin 6 observed in head trauma patients and account for the breakdown of myofibrillar proteins, as was recently reported in animal studies.
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PMID:Increased mRNA levels for components of the lysosomal, Ca2+-activated, and ATP-ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathways in skeletal muscle from head trauma patients. 861 Jan 6

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is associated with negative nitrogen balance and loss of lean body mass. To identify specific proteolytic pathways activated by CRF, protein degradation was measured in incubated epitrochlearis muscles from CRF and sham-operated, pair-fed rats. CRF stimulated muscle proteolysis, and inhibition of lysosomal and calcium-activated proteases did not eliminate this increase. When ATP production was blocked, proteolysis in CRF muscles fell to the same level as that in control muscles. Increased proteolysis was also prevented by feeding CRF rats sodium bicarbonate, suggesting that activation depends on acidification. Evidence that the ATP-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome pathway is stimulated by the acidemia of CRF includes the following findings: (a) An inhibitor of the proteasome eliminated the increase in muscle proteolysis; and (b) there was an increase in mRNAs encoding ubiquitin (324%) and proteasome subunits C3 (137%) and C9 (251%) in muscle. This response involved gene activation since transcription of mRNAs for ubiquitin and the C3 subunit were selectively increased in muscle of CRF rats. We conclude that CRF stimulates muscle proteolysis by activating the ATP-ubiquitin-proteasome-dependent pathway. The mechanism depends on acidification and increased expression of genes encoding components of the system. These responses could contribute to the loss of muscle mass associated with CRF.
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PMID:The acidosis of chronic renal failure activates muscle proteolysis in rats by augmenting transcription of genes encoding proteins of the ATP-dependent ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. 861 77

A thermophilic Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 producing a highly thermostable alkaline protease was isolated from soil. The protease, produced extracellularly by Thermoactinomyces sp. E79, was purified by DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B and Butyl-Toyopearl 650M column chromatography. The relative molecular mass was estimated to be 31,000 by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Enzyme activity was inhibited by phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, suggesting the enzyme to be a serine protease. The optimum temperature for the enzyme activity was 85 degrees C, and about 50% of the original activity remained after incubation at 90 degrees C for 10 min in the presence of Ca2+. The optimum pH for the enzyme activity was 11.0 and the enzyme was fairly stable from pH 5.0 to 12.0. The gene for this thermostable alkaline protease was cloned in Escherichia coli and the expressed intracellular enzyme was activated by heat treatment. Sequence analysis showed an open reading frame of 1,152 base pairs, coding for a polypeptide- of 384 amino acids. The polypeptide was composed of a signal sequence (25 amino acids), a prosequence (81 amino acids), and a mature protein of 278 amino acids. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mature protease had high similarity with thermitase, a serine protease from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris, and the extent of sequence identity was 76%.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of a thermostable alkaline protease from Thermoactinomyces sp. E79 and the DNA sequence of the encoding gene. 870 14

As an attempt to recruit the third calcium binding site of thermitase into subtilisin BL, a Bacillus lentus alkaline protease (BLAP), the amino acid sequence from position 50 to 60 and position 92 was modified to the equivalent amino acids in thermitase. The resulting protein, designated BLAPm109, exhibited unusual biochemical features. Peptide mapping and gel electrophoresis revealed that two protein species co-purify in a ratio of about 1:1. Form 1 consisted of a single polypeptide of 269 amino acid residues. Form 2 was the same protein but with an internal peptide bond cleavage at the C-terminus of position 54. On electropherograms a dimer of Form 1 and Form 2 was also detectable. A zymogram showed that all three molecular species were catalytically active. From this protein mixture, crystals suitable for X-ray analysis were nevertheless obtained. SDS-PAGE of protein recovered from a crystal revealed that only Form 2 appears. in the crystal. The space group for this crystal was P21 with unit cell dimensions of a=42 angstroms, b=58 angstroms, c=47 angstroms and beta = 106.3 degrees. Examination of the preliminary electron density map revealed that the "thermitase loop" from 50 to 60 departs from the surface of the protein and winds through the active site of a symmetry-related copy of the asymmetric unit.
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PMID:Unusual ligand binding at the active site domain of an engineered mutant of subtilisin BL. 879 30


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