TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization, amino acid sequence and evolution of edema-inducing, basic phospholipase A2 from Trimeresurus flavoviridis venom
AU - Yamaguchi, Yoko
AU - Shimohigashi, Yasuyuki
AU - Chijiwa, Takahito
AU - Nakai, Makoto
AU - Ogawa, Tomohisa
AU - Hattori, Shosaku
AU - Ohno, Motonori
PY - 2001/7/1
Y1 - 2001/7/1
N2 - Two phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) were purified from the venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis (Crotalinae) inhabiting Tokunoshima island, Japan, and named PLA-A and PLA-B in the order of elution on a cation-exchange column. Lipolytic activities of PLA-A and PLA-B toward mixed micelles and liposomes were substantially lower than that of PLA2 (an [Asp49]PLA2) which had been isolated from the same venom. Both PLA-A and PLA-B consisted of 122 amino acids and contained aspartate at position 49 (the numbering according to the aligned sequences of PLA2s in Fig. 8), thus belonging to an [Asp49]PLA2 subgroup. PLA-A and PLA-B were identical in sequence with an exception at position 79. PLA-B contained Asn-Gly at positions 79 and 80 which are located in the β-sheet region. On the other hand, PLA-A had β-Asp-Gly and α-Asp-Gly in high and low proportion, respectively, at the corresponding positions which were produced from Asn-Gly through the base-catalyzed formation and hydrolysis of the succinimide type intermediate. Thus, PLA-A is derived from PLA-B. PLA-B is similar in sequence to PL-X, which had been purified from the venom of T. flavoviridis inhabiting Amami-Oshima island, Japan, and to PL-X′, whose cDNA had been cloned from Tokunoshima T. flavoviridis venom gland, rather than PLA2. PLA-B showed strong edema-inducing activity, while PLA-A exhibited rather lower activity. The sequence around position 79 which constitutes a β-turn segment seems to be crucial for edema-inducing activity. Phylogenetic tree of Tokunoshima T. flavoviridis venom PLA2 isozymes indicated that PLA-B and PL-X′ diverged from PLA2 after branching of [Asp49]PLA2 forms and [Lys49]PLA2 forms.
AB - Two phospholipases A2 (PLA2s) were purified from the venom of Trimeresurus flavoviridis (Crotalinae) inhabiting Tokunoshima island, Japan, and named PLA-A and PLA-B in the order of elution on a cation-exchange column. Lipolytic activities of PLA-A and PLA-B toward mixed micelles and liposomes were substantially lower than that of PLA2 (an [Asp49]PLA2) which had been isolated from the same venom. Both PLA-A and PLA-B consisted of 122 amino acids and contained aspartate at position 49 (the numbering according to the aligned sequences of PLA2s in Fig. 8), thus belonging to an [Asp49]PLA2 subgroup. PLA-A and PLA-B were identical in sequence with an exception at position 79. PLA-B contained Asn-Gly at positions 79 and 80 which are located in the β-sheet region. On the other hand, PLA-A had β-Asp-Gly and α-Asp-Gly in high and low proportion, respectively, at the corresponding positions which were produced from Asn-Gly through the base-catalyzed formation and hydrolysis of the succinimide type intermediate. Thus, PLA-A is derived from PLA-B. PLA-B is similar in sequence to PL-X, which had been purified from the venom of T. flavoviridis inhabiting Amami-Oshima island, Japan, and to PL-X′, whose cDNA had been cloned from Tokunoshima T. flavoviridis venom gland, rather than PLA2. PLA-B showed strong edema-inducing activity, while PLA-A exhibited rather lower activity. The sequence around position 79 which constitutes a β-turn segment seems to be crucial for edema-inducing activity. Phylogenetic tree of Tokunoshima T. flavoviridis venom PLA2 isozymes indicated that PLA-B and PL-X′ diverged from PLA2 after branching of [Asp49]PLA2 forms and [Lys49]PLA2 forms.
KW - Edema-inducing
KW - Evolution
KW - Sequence analysis
KW - Transpeptidation
KW - Trimeresurus flavoviridis venom phospholipase A
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U2 - 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00250-6
DO - 10.1016/S0041-0101(00)00250-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 11223097
AN - SCOPUS:0035401341
VL - 39
SP - 1069
EP - 1076
JO - Toxicon
JF - Toxicon
SN - 0041-0101
IS - 7
ER -