Abstract |
The effect of various sulfur-containing amino acids on the activities of prolidase isoenzymes I and II isolated from erythrocytes of healthy individuals, and erythrocyte lysates from a patient with prolidase deficiency was investigated. The activity of prolidase I against glycylproline was strongly enhanced by D: - methionine. L: -Methionine and D: , L: -methionine slightly enhanced the activity at low concentration, but N-acetyl- L: -methionine had no effect. D: - Ethionine, L: - ethionine, and D: ,L: - ethionine also enhanced the activity of prolidase I. D: ,L: - Homocysteine enhanced the activity at low concentration, but inhibited the activity at 50 mM: . The activity of prolidase II against methionylproline was enhanced by D: - methionine, D: , L: -methionine, and L: -methionine, but N-acetyl- L: -methionine had no effect. D: - Ethionine and D: ,L: - ethionine strongly enhanced the activity of prolidase II compared with L: - ethionine; D: ,L: - homocysteine weakly enhanced the activity. D: ,L: - Homocysteine-thiolactone inhibited the activities of prolidase I and II in a concentration-dependent manner. The effect of various sulfur-containing amino acids on prolidase activity against methionylproline in erythrocyte lysates from a patient with prolidase deficiency was almost the same as that on prolidase II. The kinetics of the activities of prolidase I, II, and patient prolidase were also studied. Their K (m) values were changed by adding sulfur-containing amino acids, but V (max) values were unchanged.
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Authors | Soichiro Uramatsu, Gang Liu, Qing Yang, Mutsumi Uramatsu, Haidong Chi, Jincai Lu, Koichi Yamashita, Hiroyuki Kodama |
Journal | Amino acids
(Amino Acids)
Vol. 37
Issue 3
Pg. 543-51
(Sep 2009)
ISSN: 1438-2199 [Electronic] Austria |
PMID | 19263194
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Amino Acids, Sulfur
- Dipeptides
- Isoenzymes
- Dipeptidases
- proline dipeptidase
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Topics |
- Amino Acids, Sulfur
(metabolism)
- Dipeptidases
(blood, deficiency, isolation & purification, metabolism)
- Dipeptides
(metabolism)
- Erythrocytes
(enzymology)
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Kinetics
- Stereoisomerism
- Substrate Specificity
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