Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 1999-04-21

The cysteine residues of recombinant human gastric lipase.

S Canaan, M Rivière, R Verger, L Dupuis

Index: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 257(3) , 851-4, (1999)

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Abstract

Recombinant human gastric lipase (rHGL) and three of its cysteine mutants (cysteine 227, 236, and 244 substitued for threonine or serine) were expressed in the baculovirus/insect cell system and purified to homogeneity by performing a two-step procedure. Substituting Ser for Cys 227 and Cys 236 resulted in mutant lipases with a significantly lower level of activity (30% and 22%, respectively) on a short chain triglyceride (tribuyrin) substrate, while the mutation at position 244 only slightly reduced the activity. Using 4, 4'-dithiopyridine (4-PDS) as a sulfhydryl reagent on the above mutants, it was possible to clearly identify the single sulfhydryl residue at position 244 and consequently, the disulfide bridge at position 227-236. No potential disulfide bridges were formed during the protein folding between cysteines 227-244 or between cysteines 236-244, as thought to occur in the case of rabbit gastric lipase (RGL). The present results are consistent with the recently determined 3D-structure of rHGL.Copyright 1999 Academic Press.

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