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- Title
Proteolytic activity in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 is inhibited by a trypsin-inhibitory cyanobacterial peptide with a partial structure of microviridin.
- Authors
Shubhro Ghosh; Divya Bagchi; Suvendra Bagchi
- Abstract
Abstract  This paper describes the characterization of proteases in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 cells being inhibited by a metabolite produced by another Microcystis strain, Microcystis Ku1. With casein and oligopeptide substrates and specific inhibitors we detected activity similar to bacterial serine endoproteases. Substrate SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the presence of nine bands of proteases (ca. 35â¼125 kDa). The cyanobacterial enzymes were insensitive to endogenous trypsin-inhibitory metabolites. Microcystis Ku1 produced a metabolite, tentatively characterized as microviridin, inhibiting both cyanobacterial proteases and trypsin at an estimated IC50 of, respectively, 2.2 and 9.0 μg mLâ1. On activity gels, inhibitors specific to animal trypsin and elastase and the putative microviridin led to an inactivation of the proteases associated with the 88 and 110 kDa bands. We hypothesize that in Microcystis populations there is a âcross-talkâ between the inhibitors and the proteases, and only the colonies of identical chemotypes can possibly aggregate to form blooms.
- Subjects
MICROCYSTIS; CHROOCOCCACEAE; MICROCYSTIS aeruginosa; CHROOCOCCALES
- Publication
Journal of Applied Phycology, 2008, Vol 20, Issue 6, p1045
- ISSN
0921-8971
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10811-007-9304-2