A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of Odorrana versabilis

Yanjing Dong, Daning Shi, Yuan Ying, Xinping Xi, Xiaoling Chen, Lei Wang, Mei Zhou, Qinan Wu, Chengbang Ma, Tianbao Chen

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Abstract

Protease inhibitors that were identified from amphibian skin secretions with low molecular weights and potent inhibitory activity were thought to be potential candidates for novel peptide drugs. Here, a novel peptide with trypsin inhibitory activity was found in the skin secretion of the Chinese bamboo leaf odorous frog, Odorrana versabilis. Based on the sequence alignments of sequencing results, the novel peptide (ALKYPFRCKAAFC) was named as Kunitzin-OV. The synthetic replicate of Kunitzin-OV was subjected to a series of functional assays, and it exhibited a trypsin inhibitory activity with a Ki value of 3.042 µM, whereas, when Lys-9 at P1 position was substituted by Phe, trypsin inhibitory activity was undetected and the chymotrypsin inhibitory activity was optimized with a Ki value of 2.874 µM. However, its protease-binding loop was catabolized by trypsin during the trypsin cleavage test. In conclusion, Kunizin-OV is a novel peptide with trypsin inhibitory activity as a member of kunitzins, which is a non-typical Kunitz-like trypsin inhibitor with a highly conserved reactive site (K-A) and quite a short sequence.
Original languageEnglish
Article number254
Number of pages14
JournalBiomolecules
Volume9
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2019

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Trypsin Inhibitors
Trypsin
Skin
Peptides
Bamboo
Sequence Alignment
Chymotrypsin
Amphibians
Protease Inhibitors
Anura
Assays
Catalytic Domain
Peptide Hydrolases
Molecular Weight
Molecular weight
Pharmaceutical Preparations

Keywords

  • frog skin secretion; trypsin inhibitor; Kunitz-type inhibitors; kunitzins

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Dong, Yanjing ; Shi, Daning ; Ying, Yuan ; Xi, Xinping ; Chen, Xiaoling ; Wang, Lei ; Zhou, Mei ; Wu, Qinan ; Ma, Chengbang ; Chen, Tianbao. / A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of Odorrana versabilis. In: Biomolecules. 2019 ; Vol. 9, No. 7.
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A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of Odorrana versabilis. / Dong, Yanjing; Shi, Daning ; Ying, Yuan; Xi, Xinping; Chen, Xiaoling; Wang, Lei; Zhou, Mei; Wu, Qinan ; Ma, Chengbang; Chen, Tianbao.

In: Biomolecules, Vol. 9, No. 7, 254, 28.06.2019.

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Dong Y, Shi D, Ying Y, Xi X, Chen X, Wang L et al. A Novel Kunitzin-Like Trypsin Inhibitor Isolated from Defensive Skin Secretion of Odorrana versabilis. Biomolecules. 2019 Jun 28;9(7). 254. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom9070254

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