In this study, a highly active foliar aminopeptidase preferentially releasing N-terminal alanine from artificial substrates was purified and characterized from cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. suyo). The enzyme had a molecular mass of 200 kDa consisting of two subunits of 95 kDa. It was a metalloprotease the pH optimum of which was 8 to 9. It cleaved Ala-, Gly-, Met-, Ser-, Leu-, Lys-, and Arg artificial substrates. An internal amino acid sequence was similar to those of aminopeptidase N (clan MA, family M1) of microorganisms, and was very similar to that of a putative aminopeptidase N of Arabidopsis thaliana. From these results, the highly active aminopeptidase in cucumber leaves was identified to be a plant aminopepitdase N.
在本研究中,从黄瓜(Cucumis sativus L. suyo)中纯化和鉴定了一种高活性的叶面
氨基肽酶,该酶优先从人工底物中释放N端丙
氨酸。该酶的分子质量为200 kDa,由两个95 kDa的亚基组成。它是一种
金属
蛋白酶,其最适pH为8至9。它能切割Ala-、Gly-、Met-、Ser-、Leu-、Lys-和Arg的人工底物。其内部
氨基酸序列与微
生物的
氨基肽酶N(MA家族,M1家族)相似,并且与拟南芥中假定的
氨基肽酶N非常相似。根据这些结果,黄瓜叶中高活性的
氨基肽酶被鉴定为植物
氨基肽酶N。