Bordonein-L, a new L-amino acid oxidase from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom: isolation, preliminary characterization and enzyme stability

Journal of venomous animals and toxins

Karla C. F. Bordon²  Hamilton Cabral³  Eliane C. Arantes⁴  Gisele A. Wiezel⁵ 

[1] Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of RibeirãDepartment of Physics and Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil;o Preto, University of Sã

关键词: Crotalus durissus terrificus;    L-amino acid oxidase;    Rattlesnake;    Enzyme activity;    Enzyme stability;    Chromatography;    Snake venom;    Yellow venom;    Stabilization;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40409-015-0025-8

学科分类：药理学

来源: BioMed Central

【 摘 要 】

Crotalus durissus terrificus venom (CdtV) is one of the most studied snake venoms in Brazil. Despite presenting several well known proteins, its L-amino acid oxidase (LAAO) has not been studied previously. This study aimed to isolate, characterize and evaluate the enzyme stability of bordonein-L, an LAAO from CdtV. The enzyme was isolated through cation exchange, gel filtration and affinity chromatography, followed by a reversed-phase fast protein liquid chromatography to confirm its purity. Subsequently, its N-terminal amino acid sequence was determined by Edman degradation. The enzyme activity and stability were evaluated by a microplate colorimetric assay and the molecular mass was estimated by SDS-PAGE using periodic acid-Schiff staining and determined by mass spectrometry. The first 39 N-terminal amino acid residues exhibited high identity with other snake venom L-amino acid oxidases. Bordonein-L is a homodimer glycoprotein of approximately 101 kDa evaluated by gel filtration. Its monomer presents around 53 kDa estimated by SDS-PAGE and 58,702 Da determined by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The enzyme exhibited maximum activity at pH 7.0 and lost about 50 % of its activity after five days of storage at 4 °C. Bordonein-L’s activity was higher than the control when stored in 2.8 % mannitol or 8.5 % sucrose. This research is pioneering in its isolation, characterization and enzyme stability evaluation of an LAAO from CdtV, denominated bordonein-L. These results are important because they increase the knowledge about stabilization of LAAOs, aiming to increase their shelf life. Since the maintenance of enzymatic activity after long periods of storage is essential to enable their biotechnological use as well as their functional studies.

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