• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.47-52
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• 1995

Since the original productivity of new aminopeptidase M inhibitors MR-387A and B by Streptomyces sp. SL-387 (KCTC 0102BP) was not enough for further chemical and biological evaluation, mutation of parent strain by the treatment of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine was performed in order to obtain a clone with greater inhibitory activity. Mutant N-3 was selected due to a 6-fold greater productivity (40 $\mu$g/ml) than that of the wild type(6.7 $\mu$g/ml). This mutant was resistant to 3,4-dehydro-DL-proline, an antimetabolite of proline, with 25 $\mu$g/ml of minimum inhibitory concentration. Furthermore, the characteristic morphological change from spiral spore chain in wild type to straight in mutant was observed. An aminopeptidase M nhibitor different from MR-387A and B was isolated from the culture broth of the mutant. This inhibitor was composed of 2 proline, 1 valine, and an unknown amino acid which is presumably 3-amino-4-phenylbutanoic acid. IC$_{50}$ value (89.1 $\MU$g/ml) of the purified inhibitor was lower than that of other inhibitors, which may be due to the absence of 2(S)-hydroxyl group within the structure of 3-amino-4-phenyl- butanoic acid.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 1996

MR-387Al (ARPA-Val-Pro) and A2 (AHPA-Val-Hyp) were prepared as aminopeptidase N inhibitors through the synthesis of peptide MR-387A and B analogues which contained 3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenyl butanoic acid (ARPA) as a zinc-chelating moiety. They are competitive inhibitors of aminopeptidase N with inhibition constants(Ki) of 4.1 $\times 10^{-7}\;and 1.1 \times 10^{-6}$ M, respectively. MR-387Al also strongly inhibited aminopeptidase B of human myelogenous leukemia K-562 cell with $IC_50$ of 0.35 $\mu$ M. Inhibitions of aminopeptidase N activity by ARPA-bearing inhibitors of various peptide chain lengths also have been studied. $IC_ 50$ values of AHPA-Val (bestatin), ARPA-Val-Pro (MR-387Al) and ARPA-Val-Pro-Leu (MR-387C) compared against porcine kidney aminopeptidase N were 20.1, 0.60 and 0.08 $\mu$ M, respectively. These results support that a multiple interaction between the $S_1\to S'_3$ sites of aminopeptidase N and the $P_1\to P'_3$ of the inhibitor plays a crucial role in stabilizing strongly the enzyme-inhibitor complex.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권6호
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• pp.319-323
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• 1995

A chromogenic mimic of phenlyalanyl-dipeptide, L-phenylalanyl-L-2-sulfanilylglycine (PSG), was synthesized and examined for its usability in leucine aminopeptidase (LAP) assay. The enzyme activity was easily determined by measuring the amount of diazotized adduct of sulfanilic acid released upon hydrolysis of PSG ($\varepsilon^{420}$=18,000/M/cm). Under the experimental conditions employed, PSG showed a Km of 0.063 mM and a Kcat of 1683/min, assessable less than 0.1 $\mu$ g of LAP per milliliter. And the presence of aminopeptidase M (APM) was suggested to be negligible in LAP assay. This novel assay can circumvent the occasional yellow background in biological systems, i.e., serums, etc..

• BMB Reports
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.83-86
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• 1995

In the course of screening for new aminopeptidase M inhibitors which were expected to be analgesic, immunopotentiating, or anti-metastatic agents, the novel synthetic substance MR-387C[(2S,3R)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutanoyl-L-valyl-L-prolyl-L-leucine] (M.W. 504 daltons) was obtained. It was competitive with the substrate and had an $IC_{50}$ value of $0.04\;{\mu}m/ml$ ($7.9{\times}10^{-8}\;M$) and an inhibition constant ($K_i$) of $3.8{\times}10^{-8}\;M$. This novel MR-387C was compared with various known inhibitors of aminopeptidase M. It inhibited the enzyme more strongly than any other microorganism-originated inhibitor, except probestin.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1996

Characterization and numerical identification were carried out for an actinomycetes SL20209. Morphological, cultural and physiological perperties of SL20209 which porduced valistatin and des-$asp^4$-amastatin as inhibitors of aminopeptidase M were evaluated. The isolate was identified to be the genus of Streptomyces. Fourty-three taxonomic units were analysed by using a TAXON program. The isolate was classified into the major cluster 29 of Streptomyces and best-matched to Streptomyces griseoplanus.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.447-452
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• 1994

The strain SL-387 which produces new inhibitors of aminopeptidase M, MR-387A and B, was isolated from a soil sample. The strain has branched substrate mycelia, from which aerial hyphae develop in the form of open spirals. Spore surface is smooth. Melanoid and soluble pigme- nts were observed. The isolate contains LL-diaminopimelic acid in its cell wall hydrolysate, and has no pectinolytic activity. The strain SL-387 is closely related to Streptomyces griseoruber and S. naganishii, but is different from these strains in some cultural and physiological characteristics. This strain was, therefore, designated as Streptomyces sp. SL-387. The effects of several carbon and nitrogen sources on the production of the inhibitor were examined. Among them, glucose, galactose, mannose, and xylose were effective as a carbon source and soybean meal, soytone, fish meal, and gluten meal were effective as a nitrogen source. The maximum peak of the inhibitor production in jar fermentor was obtained on the fifth day of culture.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.100-105
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• 1995

토양으로부터 분리한 Streptomyces sp. SL-387 균주에 의하여 신규 aminopeptidase M 저해제 MR-387A 및 B를 생산하기 위한 최적 배지 조건을 검토하였다. 최적 배지 조건으로 glucose 1%, soybean meal 3%, yeast extract 0.2%, beef extract 0.1%, NaCl 0.3%, $K_2HPO_4$ 0.01%, $CaCO_3$ 0.03%, $MnCl_2{\cdot}4H_2O$ 0.001%, $ZnCl_2{\cdot}7H_2O$ 0.001%, $MgSO_4{\cdot}7H_2O$ 0.0005%, pH 7.0가 적당한 것으로 나타났다. 이 배지를 발효용 배지로 사용하였을때 저해제의 생산은 배양 120시간에 최대에 도달하였으며, 그때의 최대 생산성(total productivity)은 909.1 U/ml이었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.196-201
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• 1995

토양으로부터 분리한 신규의 aminopeptidase M 저해제 MR-387A 및 B를 생산하는 균주 SL-387의 화학동정 및 수리동정을 하였다. 배양학적 및 형태학적 특성과 화학지표에 의하여 분리균주는 Streptomyces에 속하는 것으로 판단되었다. 종의 동정을 위하여 41개 동정 단위형질에 대하여 조사한 후 TAXON 프로그램을 사용하여 수리동정을 하였다. 분리균주는 Streptomyces의 주군집 18에 속하는 균주로 Streptomyces eyagawaensis와 공유도계수($S_{SM}$) 75.6%로 가장 유사 하였다. 이상의 화학동정 및 TAXON 분석에 의하여 분리균주 SL-387은 Streptomyces neyagawaensis이거나 그 유연 균주인 것으로 동정 되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.250-254
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• 1996

MR-387A [(2S, 3R)-2-hydroxy-3-amino-4-phenylbutanoyl-L-valyl-L-prolyl-(2, 4-trans)- L-4-hydroxy-proline] reversibly inhibits aminopeptidase N (BC 3.4.11.2) in a process that is remarkable for its unusual degree of time dependence. The time required to inactivate the enzyme by 50$%$ ($t_{1/2}$) for establishing steady-state levels of $EI^*$complex was approximately 5 minutes. This indicates that the inhibition is a slow-binding process. In dissociation experiments of $EI^*$ complex, enzymic activity was regained slowly in a quadratic equation, indicating that the inhibition of aminopeptidase N by MR-387A is tight-binding and reversible. Thus, the binding of MR-387A by aminopeptidase N is slow and tight, with $K_{i}$ (for initial collision complex, EI) and $K_i{^*}$ (for final tightened complex, $EI^*$) of $2.2\times10^{-8}$ M (from Lineweaver-Burk plot) and $4.4\times10^{-10}$ M (from rate constants), respectively. These data indicate that MR-387A and aminopeptidase N are bound approximately 200-fold more tightly in the final $EI^*$complex than in the initial collision EI complex.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.761-765
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• 2011

효소의 염에 대한 안정성은 식품산업 응용에 있어서 중요한 인자이다. 이전에, leucine aminopeptidase (LAP)은 Bacillus sp. N2에서 정제되었다. 본 연구에서는, LAP효소의 염 효과에 관한 연구를 수행했다. LAP은 고농도의 NaCl (4 M)에서 L-leucine-${\rho}$-nitroanilide의 가수분해활성을 가지고 있지만, 다른 중성 염들(LiBr, LiCl, NaBr, KBr, KCl)에서는 활성이 없었다. 그 효소는 0-4 M NaCl 농도에서 C-말단 Xaa쪽에 소수성 아미노산과 친수성 아미노산을 가진 여러 di-peptide 합성 기질들을 가수분해하였는데, 이러한 결과는 LAP의 가수분해성은 기질의 Scissile bond에 있는 아미노산 사이드 체인의 소수성과는 관련이 없다라는 것을 의미한다. 또한, LAP의 가수분해활성은 4.5 M NaCl 농도에서 다른 LAP와 Aminopeptidase의 활성 보다 1-3배가 높다라는 것을 보여주었다. 이러한 결과들은 NaCl에 내성을 지닌 LAP을 치즈와 멸치 젓갈과 같은 식품 산업에 응용될 수 있다는 것을 보여준다.