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  • Title: Limited proteolysis of coupling factor-latent ATPase from Mycobacterium phlei. Effects of different enzymes and modifying agents.
    Author: Ritz-Gold CJ, Brodie AF.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1979 Jul 10; 547(1):18-26. PubMed ID: 157159.
    Abstract:
    The activation of the coupling factor-latent ATPase enzyme by tryptic proteolysis may resemble the activation of many proenzymes by limited proteolysis. The beta (53 000 dalton) subunit of solubilized coupling factor-latent ATPase from Mycobacterium phlei was selectively lost in some trypsin-treated samples. Since a concomitant loss of ATPase activity was not observed, the beta subunit may not be essential for ATPase catalytic activity. Treatment of solubilized coupling factor with chymotrypsin rapidly produced an A'-type (61 000 dalton) species from the native alpha (64 000 dalton) subunits with partial activation of the APTase enzyme. Secondary chymotryptic cleavage yielded an A"-type (58 000 dalton) species and a less-active enzyme. Storage of fresh coupling factor samples at -20degreeC in the presence of 4 mM MgCl2 with several freeze-thaw cycles resulted in loss of ATPase activity without apparent change in alpha subunit structure. Storage at 4 degrees C in the presence or absence of MgCl2 both decreased ATPase activity and generated A'-type alpha subunit species. Since presence was suspected. The peptide bonds first cleaved by trypsin, chymotrypsin, and the unknown protease are all apparantly located within the same small segment of alpha subunit polypeptide chain.
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