The affinity‐labelling of cathepsin s with peptidyl diazomethyl ketones
- 12 November 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 334 (3) , 340-342
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(93)80707-2
Abstract
Since peptidyl diazomethyl ketones are useful irreversible inhibitors for inactivating cysteinyl proteinases in vitro and in vivo and in order to reveal their role, we set out to obtain selective and effective reagents for cathepsin S. A number of such derivatives with hydrophobic amino acid residues, such as valine, leucine and tryptophane in positions adjacent to the primary specificity site were synthesized and these provided inhibitors rapidly acting at high dilution. For example, 1 nM Z-Leu-Leu-Nle-CHN2 inactivates cathepsin S with k2nd = 4.6 × 106 M−1.s−1 at pH 6.5,25°C. Similarities to the specificities of cathepsin L and calpain were evident. However, Z-Val-Val-NleCHN2 is over 300 times more effective in inactivating S than L. On the other hand, Z-Phe-Tyr(t-Bu)CHN2 is about 104 more effective against L than S. Reagents are thus now available for a clear discrimination between these proteasesKeywords
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