Identification of the degradome of Isp-1, a major intracellular serine protease of Bacillus subtilis, by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and matrix- assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight analysis

Intracellular serine protease-1 (Isp-1) is a major intracellular serine protease of Bacillus subtilis, whose functions still remain largely unknown. Furthermore, physiological substrates are yet to be determined. To identify Isp-1 substrates, we digested extract obtained from an Isp-1 deficient Bacillus mutant with purified Isp-1 and examined eliminated or decreased spots by two-dimensional gel and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight analyses. Proteins degraded by Isp-1, termed the Isp-1 degradome, are involved in a variety of cellular functions such as DNA packing, genetic competence, and protein secretion. From the degradome we selected ClpC and EF-Tu as putative Isp-1 substrates and studied their in vitro degradation. ClpC and EF-Tu contain putative cleavage sites for Isp-1. N-terminal sequencing of in vitro proteolytic fragments of ClpC and EF-Tu revealed that these sites are indeed recognized and cleaved by Isp-1. Moreover, the cellular levels of ClpC and EF-Tu were dramatically reduced at the late stationary phase, where the expression level of Isp-1 was greatly increased. These results suggest that the regulated proteolysis of ClpC by Isp-1 plays an important role in the stationary phase adaptive response. This degradomic approach could provide a powerful tool for finding physiological substrates of many proteolytic enzymes whose functions remain to be determined.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2004

Erschienen:

2004

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

Proteomics - 4(2004), 11 vom: 25. Nov., Seite 3437-45

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Ah Young [VerfasserIn]
Goo Park, Sung [VerfasserIn]
Kho, Chang Won [VerfasserIn]
Young Park, Sun [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Sayeon [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sang Chul [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Do Hee [VerfasserIn]
Myung, Pyung Keun [VerfasserIn]
Park, Byoung Chul [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

EC 3.4.21.-
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serine Endopeptidases

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.04.2005

Date Revised 15.11.2006

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM15198204X