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Query: EC:3.5.1.4 (deaminase)
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The reversible inhibition of the enzymatic activity of trypsin by heparin was investigated. On the basis of an analysis of the Lineweaver-Burk and Dixon graphs, a noncompetitive nature of the inhibition of the BAPA amidase activity of trypsin by heparin was detected, and the values of Km and Ki were determined, equal to 3.1 . 10(-4) and 3.7-3.9 . 10(-7) M, respectively. A comparison of these values indicates a great affinity of heparin for the enzyme. It was shown that heparin inhibits the BAEE esterase activity of trypsin and at the same time has no inhibiting effect on acetyltrypsin. Considering that the acetylation of trypsin leads to selective blocking of the epsilon-amino groups, it was concluded that the epsilon-amino groups of the lysine residues of the trypsin molecule participate in the interaction with heparin.
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PMID:Investigation of the interaction of trypsin with heparin. 54 62

Inhibition of the esterase and amidase activities of bovine alpha- and beta-thrombin in the presence of antithrombin III and heparin has been studied. It was found that both the esterase and amidase activities of alpha-thrombin were inhibited by antithrombin III and the reactions were accelerated by heparin. The inhibition of amidase and esterase activities of beta-thrombin by antithrombin III has also been demonstrated. Heparin however did not increase the rate of inactivation of the enzyme.
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PMID:Inhibition of esterase and amidase activities of alpha- and beta-thrombin in the presence of antithrombin III and heparin. 57 Apr 23

The syntheses are described of p-guanidino-L-phenylalanine and some of its derivatives. alpha-N-(p-Toluenesulphonyl)-p-guanidino-L-phenylalanine methyl ester is an excellent substrate of bovine trypsin (EC 3.4.21.4) (Km 57 micron; kcat. 320s-1 at pH 7.4-8.0) and a very poor substrate of human thrombin (EC 3.4.21.5) (Km 190 micron, kcat. 0.2s-1) and bovine chymotrypsin (EC 3.4.21.1). The ester inhibits thrombin clotting activity. It also inhibits the amidase and esterase activities of human thrombin, this inhibition being of the mixed type. The inhibition constant, K1, of the order of 1 micron, increases with increasing inhibitor concentration. This suggests that the enzyme binds the inhibitor at multiple sites. The importance of the residue at the P1 position [notation of Berger & Schechter (1970) Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London Ser. B 257, 249-264] in determining the selectivity of a substrate or quasi-substrate among trypsin-like enzymes is borne out. p-Guanidino-L-phenylalanine may have a use in the synthesis of selective peptide inhibitors of thrombin.
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PMID:The interaction of alpha-N-(p-toluenesulphonyl)-p-guanidino-L-phenylalanine methyl ester with thrombin and trypsin. 62 42

Iproniazid (1-isonicotinoyl-2-isopropylhydrazine), an antidepressant drug removed from clinical use because of hepatic injury, and isopropylhydrazine, a metabolite of iproniazid, were found to be potent hepatotoxins in rats. This animal model was used in studies in vivo and in vitro to define better the biochemical and chemical mechanism(s) by which iproniazid and isopropylhydrazine mediate hepatotoxicity. Phenobarbital, an inducer of a class of hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 enzymes, greatly potentiated the necrosis, whereas inhibitors of these microsomal enzymes such as cobalt chloride, piperonyl butoxide and alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate, prevented the necrosis. Bis-para-nitrophenyl phosphate, an inhibitor of esterase and amidase enzymes, prevented the necrosis caused by iproniazid but had no effect on the necrosis caused by isopropylhydrazine. Iproniazid and isopropylhydrazine labeled with tritium or carbon-14 in the isopropyl group were found to bind covalently to hepatic tissue macromolecules, and those pretreatments that increased hepatic necrosis significantly increased covalent binding, whereas those pretreatments which prevented necrosis significantly decreased covalent binding. Iproniazid labeled with tritium in the pyridine ring or carbon-14 in the carbonyl group did not bind significantly to hepatic tissue. Rats that were given iproniazid or isopropylhydrazine, labeled specifically with tritium and carbon-14 on the c-2 methine position of the isopropyl group, expired acetone and carbon dioxide labeled with carbon-14. More importantly, propane was expired and contained a ratio of 3H/14C that was identical to that in the administered iproniazid or isopropylhydrazine and also identical to the 3H/14C ratio of the metabolite that was covalently bound to hepatic tissue macromolecules. Experiments carried out with rat liver microsomes and isopropylhydrazine specifically labeled with deuterium, tritium and carbon-14 support the view that isopropylhydrazine is the metabolite of iproniazid that is oxidized by a microsomal P-450 enzyme to a species that alkylates tissue macromolecules. Some of the urinary metabolites excreted by rats that were administered hepatotoxic doses of iproniazid and isopropylhydrazine have been identified by cochromatography and isotope dilution with synthetic standards and by comparative mass spectra. Compounds excreted into the urine of rats dosed with iproniazid include iproniazid, iproniazid-1-oxide, isonicotinic acid, isonicotinoyl glycine, acetylisoniazid, isopropylhydrazine, 1-acetyl-2-isopropylhydrazine and acetone. Isopropylhydrazine, 1-acetyl-2-isopropylhydrazine, and acetone have been found in the urine of animals administered toxic doses of isopropylhydrazine.
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PMID:Hepatotoxicity and metabolism of iproniazid and isopropylhydrazine. 70 22

1. Cathepsin H is an endoaminopeptidase belonging to the group of thiol enzymes. It was purified from rat liver lysosomes by gel filtration on Sephadex G-75, chromatography on CM-Sephadex C-50, on DEAE-Cellulose DE-52 and subsequently on an organomercurial absorbent. 2. The molecular weight of cathepsin H was found to be 28,000 and the isoelectric point was estimated to be at pH 7.1 by analytical isoelectric focusing. 3. Cathepsin H has to be designated as endoaminopeptidase, because it catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins, N-terminal substituted proteins and amino acid derivatives, respectively, as well as of peptides of various chain length and N-terminal free amino acid derivatives. Cathepsin H shows amidase and esterase activity, but it does not show carboxypeptidase activity. The finding of the amino- and endopeptidase nature of cathepsin H has been revealed mainly by the results obtained with inhibitors and by the rather high temperature stability of the enzyme. The chlormethyl ketone of leucine proves to be the strongest inhibitor of the aminopeptidase as well as of the endopeptidase activity, whereas leupeptin endopeptidase activity and endopeptidase substrates inhibit competitively the aminopeptidase activity. 5. Cathepsin H shows highest activity at pH 6.0 in the presence of 1--5 mM GSH and EDTA. 6. The enzyme is stable for several months at slightly acid pH values in a deep frozen state.
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PMID:Cathepsin H: an endoaminopeptidase from rat liver lysosomes. 90 30

In this paper we report that acetylcholinesterase catalyzes hydrolysis of amides, an observation which had not been made previously. The amide used is an analog of acetylcholine, 2-acetoaminoethyltrimethylammonium iodide. The experiments were performed with an enzyme preparation obtained from electroplax of Electrophorus electricus. Inhibition of the enzyme by a specific organic phosphate inhibitor abolished both the esterase and the amidase activity of the enzyme. The effect of hydrogen ions between pH 5 and pH 10 on the steady-state kinetic parameters, Km and kcat, has been investigated. These parameters show essentially the same dependence on pH as is observed in catalytic hydrolysis of acetylcholine. k-cat is controlled by an ionizing group of the enzyme with an apparent pK of approximately 6.3, and reaches a pH-independent maximum value of 3.6 sec- minus 1 above pH 8. The value for Km of 1 mM at pH 7 and 25 degrees is about five times greater than that for catalytic hydrolysis of the ester at the same pH and temperature. Preliminary electrophysiological experiments indicate that the amide analog binds to the receptor less well, by several orders of magnitude, than acetylcholine does.
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PMID:Acetylcholinesterase-catalyzed hydrolysis of an amide. 116 63

Specific trypsin substrates (esters, anilides, amides, peptides) were shown to accelerate deacetylation of monoacetylated trypsin. The amidase activity of monoacetyl-, monopropyonyl-, and tetraformyl-trypsin was not manifested if the amidase activity of native enzyme was suppressed in these preparations by the ester substrates (benzoylarginine ethyl ester or p-nitrophenyl acetate). Therefore the differences in the residual amidase and esterase activities of these acylated trypsin preparations found earlier did not contradict the universality of the acylenzyme mechanism. These differences are due to the strong deacylating effect of specific substrate in its complex with the enzyme modified with nonspecific acyl residue. The latter fact is suggested to be an experimental confirmation of the "induced fit" hypothesis.
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PMID:[The nature of differences in amidase and esterase activities of some acyltrypsins]. 120 61

Some biological and neurochemical properties of the venom of stonefish (Syanceja horrida) were investigated. The venom exhibited oedema-inducing, haemolytic, hyaluronidase, thrombin-like, alkaline phosphomonoesterase, 5' nucleotidase, acetylcholinesterase, phosphodiesterase, arginine esterase, and arginine amidase activities. Recalcification clotting time, prothrombin, and kaolin-cephalin clotting times were increased 1.7-2.3- and 2.4-fold respectively. The LD50 (i.v. mouse) was 300 micrograms/Kg. Its effects on uptake and stimulation of neurotransmitter synthesis and release were observed in rat brain synaptosomes. In the presence of 100 micrograms venom, uptake of [methyl-3H] choline in rat brain synaptosomes was inhibited 70%, while that of 4-amino-n-[U-14C] butyric acid was inhibited 20%. The toxin also stimulated the release of [3H]-acetylcholine from the synaptosomes.
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PMID:Biological activities of Synanceja horrida (stonefish) venom. 136 68

An enzyme displaying proteolytic activity toward the natural substrate casein as well as clotting activity on fibrinogen was purified to homogeneity from Cerastes cerastes (horned viper) venom and characterized. The enzyme is constituted of two identical subunits of mol. wt 48,500 as determined by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and has an isoelectric point of 3.75. N-terminal sequencing up to the 33rd residue evidenced a high homology with other snake venom proteinases. The proteinase is of serine-type as indicated by high sensitivity to DFP and shows both arginine-ester hydrolase and amidase activities on synthetic substrates. Both specific activities were 30-fold higher than the respective activities found in the crude venom. The Km value determined for arginine-containing substrate BAEE was 3.0 x 10(-4) M and the Km for chromogenic substrate CBS 34-47 0.65 x 10(-4) M. The Vm/Km ratio, however, was two-fold higher for BAEE than for CBS 34-47; the arginine-esterase activity of this enzyme is thus slightly higher than its amidase activity.
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PMID:A fibrinogen-clotting serine proteinase from Cerastes cerastes (horned viper) venom with arginine-esterase and amidase activities. Purification, characterization and kinetic parameter determination. 148 36

A full-length cDNA encoding human salivary-gland preprokallikrein was inserted into the baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus downstream of the polyhedrin promoter. The gene was expressed in transfected Spodoptera frugiperda cells and the recombinant product secreted into the culture medium. By alternating anion-exchange chromatography and gel-filtration steps, twice repeated, prokallikrein was purified to homogeneity, which was confirmed by amino acid analysis and N-terminal sequence determination. The prepropeptide was processed correctly, including the removal of the signal peptide. The resulting proenzyme was found to be glycosylated, had a molecular mass of 35 kDa and an isoelectric point of 4.6. The yield of purified recombinant protein reached a level of 5 mg/l insect cell culture. After trypsin digestion of prokallikrein, the biological activity of the released kallikrein was demonstrated by its specific amidase, esterase and kininogenase activity. The expression and purification of prokallikrein, as described here, offers the opportunity to study the proenzyme activation through protein engineering techniques in detail.
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PMID:Purification and characterization of human salivary-gland prokallikrein from recombinant baculovirus-infected insect cells. 158 72


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