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Rhinovirus 3C protease catalyzes efficient cleavage of a fluorescein-labeled peptide affording a rapid and robust
J L Hopkins1, R Betageri, K A Cohen
1Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc., Ridgefield, Connecticut 06877.
Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
The 3C protease encoded by human rhinovirus type 2 catalyzes with equal efficiency cleavage of a peptide substrate with or without a fluorescein label attached to the amino acid at the P7' position. Substrates Ac-MEALFQGPLQYKDL-NH2 and MEALFQGPLQYKE(fluorescein)L are hydrolyzed with values of Vmax/KM of 970 M-1 s-1 and 1100 M-1 s-1, respectively. With the labeled substrate, HPLC achieves separation of substrate and product in 2.5 min. Separation in as little as 12 s is feasible. Fluorescein was derivatized so that it could be incorporated into peptides using automated solid-phase peptide synthesis.