Novel internally quenched substrate of the trypsin-like subunit of 20S eukaryotic proteasome

Publication date

2016-09-01

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Gruba, Natalia
Wysocka, Magdalena
Brzezińska, Magdalena
Debowski, Dawid
Rolka, Krzysztof
Martin, Nathaniel I
Lesner, Adam

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Abstract

This article describes the synthesis, using combinatorial chemistry, of internally quenched substrates of the trypsin-like subunit of human 20S proteasome. Such substrates were optimized in both the nonprime and prime regions of the peptide chain. Two were selected as the most susceptible for proteasomal proteolysis with excellent kinetic parameters: (i) ABZ-Val-Val-Ser-Arg-Ser-Leu-Gly-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 (kcat/KM = 934,000 M(-1) s(-1)) and (ii) ABZ-Val-Val-Ser-GNF-Ala-Met-Gly-Tyr(3-NO2)-NH2 (kcat/KM = 1,980,000 M(-1) s(-1)). Both compounds were efficiently hydrolyzed by the 20S proteasome at picomolar concentrations, demonstrating significant selectivity over other proteasome entities.

Keywords

20S Eukaryotic proteasome, Internally quenched peptides, Fluorescence, Taverne

Citation

Gruba, N, Wysocka, M, Brzezińska, M, Debowski, D, Rolka, K, Martin, N I & Lesner, A 2016, 'Novel internally quenched substrate of the trypsin-like subunit of 20S eukaryotic proteasome', Analytical Biochemistry, vol. 508, pp. 38-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ab.2015.08.019