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  • Title: Purification and characterization of a low molecular weight cysteine proteinase inhibitor from bovine muscle.
    Author: Bige L, Ouali A, Valin C.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1985 Dec 13; 843(3):269-75. PubMed ID: 3877527.
    Abstract:
    A low-Mr tight binding proteinase inhibitor was purified from bovine muscle by alkaline denaturation of cysteine proteinases, gel filtration on Sephadex G-75 and affinity chromatography on carboxymethyl-papain-Sepharose. Chromatofocusing separated three isoforms which are similar in their Mr of about 14 000, their stability with heating at 80 degrees C and their inhibitory activity towards cathepsin H, cathepsin B and papain. The equilibrium constants (Ki) were determined for these three cysteine proteinases but for cathepsin H, association (kass) and dissociation (kdiss) rate constants were also evaluated. Ki values of 56 nM and 8.4 nM were found for cathepsin B and cathepsin H, respectively. For papain, Ki was in the range of 0.1-1 nM. The kinetic features of enzyme-inhibitor binding suggest a possible role for this low-Mr protein inhibitor in controlling 'in vivo' cathepsin H proteolytic activity. With regard to cathepsin B, such a physiological role was less evident.
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