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Synthetic peptide substrates for a conductimetric assay of Pseudomonas aeruginosa elastase. 1996

C Besson, and J Saulnier, and J M Wallach

Laboratoire de Biochimie Analytique et de Synthèse Bioorganique, Institut de Chimie et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Bâtiment 303, Villeurbanne Cedex, 69622, France.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a zinc metalloprotease which may be involved in many infection processes, especially in the lung. In order to evaluate the production of the enzyme in culture supernatants, we developed an assay using peptide derivatives; the conductimetric method was used for monitoring the enzymatic activities. Tetrapeptide derivatives were enzymatically synthesized by coupling Z-Ala2 and X-AlaR using either thermolysin or P. aeruginosa elastase itself. In these substrates, X could be phenylalanine, tyrosine, or leucine and C-protection was performed by either an amide (NH2) or a methyl (OMe) group. Z-Ala2-Phe-AlaNH2 was found to be the best substrate, giving a catalytic ratio kcat/KM of 8600 mM-1.s-1. The evaluation of the alkaline protease activity with this substrate showed that the catalytic ratio is 1000-fold lower. The sensitivity of the conductimetric method was also demonstrated with as little as 1 nM elastase (0.13 microgram), being easily and accurately detected (SD, 3.8% for 10 measurements). Furthermore, the enzymatic activity was measured in a culture supernatant from a clinical strain.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007700	Kinetics	The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008969	Molecular Sequence Data	Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories.	Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009842	Oligopeptides	Peptides composed of between two and twelve amino acids.	Oligopeptide
D010196	Pancreatic Elastase	A protease of broad specificity, obtained from dried pancreas. Molecular weight is approximately 25,000. The enzyme breaks down elastin, the specific protein of elastic fibers, and digests other proteins such as fibrin, hemoglobin, and albumin. EC 3.4.21.36.	Elastase,Pancreatopeptidase,Elastase I,Pancreatic Elastase I,Elastase I, Pancreatic,Elastase, Pancreatic
D011550	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	A species of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens (wound, burn, and urinary tract infections). It is also found widely distributed in soil and water. P. aeruginosa is a major agent of nosocomial infection.	Bacillus aeruginosus,Bacillus pyocyaneus,Bacterium aeruginosum,Bacterium pyocyaneum,Micrococcus pyocyaneus,Pseudomonas polycolor,Pseudomonas pyocyanea
D003217	Conductometry	Determination of the quantity of a material present in a mixture by measurement of its effect on the electrical conductivity of the mixture. (Webster, 3d ed)	Titration, Conductometric,Conductometric Titration,Conductometric Titrations,Titrations, Conductometric
D005069	Evaluation Studies as Topic	Works about studies that determine the effectiveness or value of processes, personnel, and equipment, or the material on conducting such studies.	Critique,Evaluation Indexes,Evaluation Methodology,Evaluation Report,Evaluation Research,Methodology, Evaluation,Pre-Post Tests,Qualitative Evaluation,Quantitative Evaluation,Theoretical Effectiveness,Use-Effectiveness,Critiques,Effectiveness, Theoretical,Evaluation Methodologies,Evaluation Reports,Evaluation, Qualitative,Evaluation, Quantitative,Evaluations, Qualitative,Evaluations, Quantitative,Indexes, Evaluation,Methodologies, Evaluation,Pre Post Tests,Pre-Post Test,Qualitative Evaluations,Quantitative Evaluations,Report, Evaluation,Reports, Evaluation,Research, Evaluation,Test, Pre-Post,Tests, Pre-Post,Use Effectiveness
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006868	Hydrolysis	The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.
D000595	Amino Acid Sequence	The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of fundamental importance in determining PROTEIN CONFORMATION.	Protein Structure, Primary,Amino Acid Sequences,Sequence, Amino Acid,Sequences, Amino Acid,Primary Protein Structure,Primary Protein Structures,Protein Structures, Primary,Structure, Primary Protein,Structures, Primary Protein