Characterization and functional analysis of serine proteinase and serine proteinase homologue from the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus

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Serine proteases (SPs), with their homologues (SPHs), a family of multifunctional proteins, play a crucial role in innate immune system. In our present study, we made an appropriate correction: serine protease homologue PtcSPH (Li et al., [1]) obtained from the swimming crab Portunus trituberculatus was actually a serine protease and re-designated as PtcSP. Sequence analysis revealed PtcSP and PtSP (Li et al., [2]) might be encoded by the same genomic locus and generated by alternative splicing of the pre-mRNA. Eight exons were identified in genomic DNA sequence of PtcSP. A comprehensive phylogenetic analysis was made combined with our previous reports (Cui et al., [3]; Li et al., [1,2]). The result showed SPs and SPHs of P. trituberculatus had different origins in gene evolution. To further characterize the function(s) of proteins, the recombinant serine proteases or homologues were assayed for various biological functions: proteinase activity, antimicrobial activity and microorganisms binding activity. The recombinant protein PtcSP exhibited trypsin-like protease activity and antibacterial activity. PtSPH1 (Li et al., [2]) lacked proteolytic activity but displayed binding activity to yeast and the crab pathogenic bacterium, Vibrio alginolyticus. Further, the N-terminal clip domain of PtcSP had antibacterial activity and the C-terminal SP-like domain had trypsin-like protease activity.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2013

Erschienen:

2013

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:35

Enthalten in:

Fish & shellfish immunology - 35(2013), 2 vom: 25. Aug., Seite 231-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Chengwen [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Zhaoxia [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qianqian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xihong [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Guohui [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chunlin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antimicrobial activity
Arthropod Proteins
Bacterial-binding
DNA, Complementary
EC 3.4.-
Journal Article
Portunus trituberculatus
Proteolytic activity
RNA, Messenger
Recombinant Proteins
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Serine Proteases
Serine proteinase

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Date Completed 07.03.2014

Date Revised 08.07.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.fsi.2013.04.024

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NLM22740873X