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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 12, 6576-6581, 04, 1990

Unique precursor structure of an extracellular protease, aqualysin I, with NH2- and COOH-terminal pro-sequences and its processing in Escherichia coli

I Terada, ST Kwon, Y Miyata, H Matsuzawa and T Ohta
Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Japan.

Aqualysin I is a subtilisin-type serine protease which is secreted into the culture medium by Thermus aquaticus YT-1, an extremely thermophilic Gram-negative bacterium. The nucleotide sequence of the entire gene for aqualysin I was determined, and the deduced amino acid sequence suggests that aqualysin I is produced as a large precursor, consisting of at least three portions, an NH2-terminal pre-pro-sequence (127 amino acid residues), the protease (281 residues), and a COOH-terminal pro- sequence (105 residues). When the cloned gene was expressed in Escherichia coli cells, aqualysin I was not secreted. However, a precursor of aqualysin I lacking the NH2-terminal pre-pro-sequence (38- kDa protein) accumulated in the membrane fraction. On treatment of the membrane fraction at 65 degrees C, enzymatically active aqualysin I (28- kDa protein) was produced in the soluble fraction. When the active site Ser residue was replaced with Ala, cells expressing the mutant gene accumulated a 48-kDa protein in the outer membrane fraction. The 48-kDa protein lacked the NH2-terminal 14 amino acid residues of the precursor, and heat treatment did not cause any subsequent processing of this precursor. These results indicate that the NH2-terminal signal sequence is cleaved off by a signal peptidase of E. coli, and that the NH2- and COOH-terminal pro-sequences are removed through the proteolytic activity of aqualysin I itself, in that order. These findings indicate a unique four-domain structure for the aqualysin I precursor; the signal sequence, the NH2-terminal pro-sequence, mature aqualysin I, and the COOH-terminal pro-sequence, from the NH2 to the COOH terminus.
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