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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
A Porphyromonas endodontalis ATCC 35406 protease was purified from Triton X-114 cell extracts by preparative SDS-PAGE followed by electroelution. The purified enzyme exhibits a molecular size of 88 kDa and was dissociated into two polypeptides of 43 and 41 kDa upon heating in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate with or without a reducing agent. The protease (pH optimum 7.5-8.0) degraded the extracellular matrix proteins fibrinogen and fibronectin. Collagen IV was also degraded at 37 degrees C but not at 28 degrees C. The protease also cleaved the bioactive peptide angiotensin at amino acid residue phenylalanine-8 and tyrosine-4 but failed to hydrolyze bradykinin, vasopressin and synthetic chromogenic substrates with phenylalanine or tyrosine at the P1 position. In addition, two peptidases were detected in P. endodontalis cells: a proline aminopeptidase that remained associated with the cell pellet after detergent extraction and peptidase/s that partitioned into the Triton X-114 phase after phase separation and degraded the bioactive peptides bradykinin and vasopressin. These P. endodontalis peptidases and proteases may play an important role in both the nutrition and pathogenicity of these assacharolytic microorganisms. The inactivation of bioactive peptides and degradation of extracellular matrix proteins by bacterial enzymes may contribute to the damage of host tissues accompanied with endodontic infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Aminopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Angiotensins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bradykinin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromogenic Compounds, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Collagen Type IV, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cystinyl Aminopeptidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibrinogen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fibronectins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysine Carboxypeptidase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oxidants, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phenylalanine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Surface-Active Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tyrosine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Vasopressins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/prolyl aminopeptidase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0902-0055
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
326-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Aminopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Angiotensins, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Bradykinin, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Chromogenic Compounds, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Collagen Type IV, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Cystinyl Aminopeptidase, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Endopeptidases, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Fibrinogen, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Fibronectins, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Isoelectric Focusing, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Lysine Carboxypeptidase, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Molecular Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Oxidants, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Oxidation-Reduction, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Phenylalanine, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Porphyromonas, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Surface-Active Agents, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Tyrosine, pubmed-meshheading:11737654-Vasopressins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The purification and characterization of an 88-kDa Porphyromonas endodontalis 35406 protease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Hebrew University, Hadassah Ein-Karem, 91120 Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article