Structural Changes and Interactions Involved in the Ca2+-Triggered Stabilization of the Cell-Bound Cell Envelope Proteinase in Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11
AUTOR(ES)
Exterkate, Fred A.
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The cell-bound cell envelope proteinase (CEP) of the mesophilic cheese-starter organism Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris SK11 is protected from rapid thermal inactivation at 25°C by calcium bound to weak binding sites. The interactions with calcium are believed to trigger reversible structural rearrangements which are coupled with changes in specific activity (F. A. Exterkate and A. C. Alting, Appl. Env. Microbiol. 65:1390–1396, 1999). In order to determine the significance of the rearrangements for CEP stability and the nature of the interactions involved, the effects of the net charge present on the enzyme and of different neutral salts were studied with the stable Ca-loaded CEP, the unstable so-called “Ca-free” CEP and with the Ca-free CEP which was stabilized nonspecifically and essentially in its native conformation by the nonionic additive sucrose. The results suggest that strengthening of hydrophobic interactions is conducive to stabilization of the Ca-free CEP. On the other hand, a hydrophobic effect contributes significantly to the stability of the Ca-loaded CEP; a phased salting-in effect by a chaotropic salt suggests a complex inactivation process of this enzyme due to weakening of hydrophobic interactions and involving an intermediate enzyme species. Moreover, a Ca-triggered increase of a relatively significant hydrophobic effect in the sucrose-stabilized Ca-free CEP occurs. It is suggested that in the Ca-free CEP the absence of both local calcium-mediated backbone rigidification and neutralization of negative electrostatic potentials in the weak Ca-binding sites, and in addition the lack of significant hydrophobic stabilization, increase the relative effectiveness of electrostatic repulsive forces on the protein to an extent that causes the observed instability. The conditions in cheese seem to confer stability upon the cell-bound enzyme; its possible involvement in proteolysis throughout the ripening period is discussed.
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