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Table 2 Effects of protease inhibitors and denaturants on recombinant AprX-SK37 activity using azocasein as a substratea

From: A novel subtilase with NaCl-activated and oxidant-stable activity from Virgibacillussp. SK37

Characteristic

Inhibitors

Concentration

Remaining activity (%)

Serine protease inhibitor

Leupeptin

10 mM

100.7

 

SBTI

0.4 mg/ml

100.9

 

TLCK

10 mM

99.4

 

TPCK

10 mM

99.9

 

PMSF

1 mM

89.2

  

10 mM

1.0

Metalloprotease inhibitor

EDTA

0.5 mM

78.1

  

1 mM

64.2

  

5 mM

1.4

 

Imidazole

0.5 M

82.4

 

L-Histidine

0.5 M

108.1

Cysteine protease inhibitor

IAA

0.1 M

98.0

 

NEM

0.1 M

114.2

 

E64

1 mM

99.2

Aspartic protease inhibitor

Pepstatin A

1 mM

102.1

Amino peptidase inhibitor

Bestatin

2 mM

102.6

Denaturants

Substances

Concentration

Remaining activity (%)

H-bond breaker

Urea

1M

20.8

  

2M

0.0

Detergent

SDS

0.5%

0.0

  

1.0%

0.0

Reducing agents

DTT

1 mM

38.5

  

10 mM

2.3

  

20 mM

0.1

 

BME

1 mM

64.7

  

10 mM

41.9

  

20 mM

14.1

  1. aThe enzymatic activity was determined at pH 9.5 and 55°C in the presence of 5 mg/ml substrate and 5 mM CaCl2. The experiment was performed in triplicate, and standard errors from the means were within 15% of the reported values.