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Human plasma fibronectin contains two latent aspartic proteinases, FN-gelatinase and FN-lamininase. Both enzymes can be generated and activated in the presence of Ca2+ from the purified cathepsin D-produced 190-kDa fibronectin fragment. We investigated the proteolytic activity and cleavage specificity of both enzymes in a range of pH from 3.5 to 9.0 using the B chain of oxidized bovine insulin and chromogenic peptides as substrates. The inhibition of the enzymes by several natural inhibitors from human plasma was also tested. The specificities of FN-gelatinase and FN-lamininase are similar to other major acidic proteinases, including pepsin, renin, cathepsin D, and HIV-proteinases. Both enzymes mainly hydrolyze three peptide bonds in the oxidized insulin B chain, namely Glu–Ala (residues 13–14), Tyr–Leu (residues 16–17), and Phe–Phe (residues 24–25). For the peptide substrates H-Pro-Thr-Glu-Phe-p-nitro-Phe-Arg-Leu-OH and H-Phe-Gly-His-p-nitro-Phe-Phe-Val-Leu-OMe that were cleaved the respective values of k cat/K M were 105.1 and 11.8 mM−1 sec−1 for cleavage by FN-gelatinase, and 123.2 and 15.5 mM−1 sec−1 for cleavage by FN-lamininase. The maximal activities of both enzymes were observed in a range between pH 5.6 and 6.3 and they became inactivated at a pH value above 8.4. Both FN-gelatinase and FN-lamininase were efficiently inhibited by α2-macroglobulin.
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Unger, J., Tschesche, H. The Proteolytic Activity and Cleavage Specificity of Fibronectin-Gelatinase and Fibronectin-Lamininase. J Protein Chem 18, 403–411 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020684508212
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