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Native Structural and Functional Proteoform Characterization of the Prolyl-Alanyl-Specific Endoprotease EndoPro from Aspergillus niger.

ABSTRACT: The prolyl-alanyl-specific endoprotease (EndoPro) is an industrial enzyme produced in Aspergillus niger. EndoPro is mainly used for food applications but also as a protease in proteomics. In-depth characterization of this enzyme is essential to understand its structural features and functionality. However, there is a lack of analytical methods capable of maintaining both the structural and functional integrity of separated proteoforms. In this study, we developed an anion exchange (AEX) method coupled to native mass spectrometry (MS) for profiling EndoPro proteoforms. Moreover, we investigated purified EndoPro proteoforms with complementary MS-based approaches, including released N-glycan and glycopeptide analysis, to obtain a comprehensive overview of the structural heterogeneity. We showed that EndoPro has at least three sequence variants and seven N-glycosylation sites occupied by high-mannose glycans that can be phosphorylated. Each glycosylation site showed high microheterogeneity with ∼20 glycans per site. The functional characterization of fractionated proteoforms revealed that EndoPro proteoforms remained active after AEX-separation and the specificity of these proteoforms did not depend on N-glycan phosphorylation. Nevertheless, our data confirmed a strong pH dependence of EndoPro cleavage activity. Altogether, our study demonstrates that AEX-MS is an excellent tool to characterize complex industrial enzymes under native conditions.

SUBMITTER: van Schaick G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491274 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Native Structural and Functional Proteoform Characterization of the Prolyl-Alanyl-Specific Endoprotease EndoPro from <i>Aspergillus niger</i>.

van Schaick Guusje G Domínguez-Vega Elena E Gstöttner Christoph C van den Berg-Verleg Johanna H JH Schouten Olaf O Akeroyd Michiel M Olsthoorn Maurien M A MMA Wuhrer Manfred M Heck Albert J R AJR Abello Nicolas N Franc Vojtech V

Journal of proteome research 20210913 10

The prolyl-alanyl-specific endoprotease (EndoPro) is an industrial enzyme produced in <i>Aspergillus niger</i>. EndoPro is mainly used for food applications but also as a protease in proteomics. In-depth characterization of this enzyme is essential to understand its structural features and functionality. However, there is a lack of analytical methods capable of maintaining both the structural and functional integrity of separated proteoforms. In this study, we developed an anion exchange (AEX) m ...[more]

PMID: 34515489

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Native Structural and Functional Proteoform Characterization of the Prolyl-Alanyl-Specific Endoprotease EndoPro from Aspergillus niger.

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Native Structural and Functional Proteoform Characterization of the Prolyl-Alanyl-Specific Endoprotease EndoPro from <i>Aspergillus niger</i>.

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