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  • Title: Purification and characterization of three forms of collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum.
    Author: Sugasawara R, Harper E.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1984 Oct 23; 23(22):5175-81. PubMed ID: 6095892.
    Abstract:
    Three collagenases from Clostridium histolyticum, designated C1, C2, and C3, with apparent molecular weights of 96 000, 92 000, and 76 000 were purified. Peptide maps of the enzymes prepared by digestion with Staphylococcus aureus V-8 protease were found to be similar. Cleavage of native C1 with alpha-chymotrypsin or V-8 protease yielded C2 and C3. This suggested that proteolysis of the Mr 96 000 collagenase may have occurred in vivo, producing the other two lower molecular weight enzymes. Previously prepared antiserum directed against a form of the bacterial enzyme similar by molecular weight and charge to collagenase C3 and Fab' fragments generated from this antiserum inhibited the collagenolytic activity. C1, C2, and C3 were immunologically identical by Ouchterlony double diffusion, and C3 was able to compete with C1 for the antiserum binding site. The ability of each enzyme to bind to antiserum raised against the bacterial collagenase supported the hypothesis that these three proteins were closely related. Zinc analyses of C1 and C3 resulted in a value of 1.14 mol of zinc/mol of C1 and 0.82 mol of zinc/mol of C3. C1 did not contain carbohydrate as measured by gas-liquid chromatography or periodic acid-Schiff staining.
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