Abstract
In barley α-amylase 2, two and three tryptophans are protected against reaction with dimethyl(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)sulphonium bromide by β-cyclodextrin and the pseudooligosaccharide inhibitor aplanin, respectively.
Fragments were generated from the enzyme derivatives by digestion with Armillaria mellea protease and trypsin, and isolated by RP-HPLC. The substituted tryptophans were identified by amino acid and sequence analyses of modified peptides. Aplanin and β-cyclodextrin both reduced the accessibility of Trp276 and −277. In addition, aplanin hindered modification of Trp206, and only this derivative retained activity. Trp206 probably belongs to the active site region, whereas Trp276 and −277 are located in a different binding site. This suggestion is supported by a comparison with the 3-D structure of Taka-amylase A guided by sequence homology between it and barley α-amylase.
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Abbreviations
- HNB:
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dimethyl(2-hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl)sulphonium bromide
- NBS:
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N-bromosuccinimide
- PTH:
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phenylthiohydantoin
- RP-HPLC:
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reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography
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Gibson, R.M., Svensson, B. Identification of tryptophanyl residues involved in binding of carbohydrate ligands to barley α-amylase 2. Carlsberg Res. Commun. 52, 373–379 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02907525
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