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Literature summary for 3.2.2.22 extracted from

  • Sikriwal, D.; Ghosh, P.; Batra, J.K.
    Ribosome inactivating protein saporin induces apoptosis through mitochondrial cascade, independent of translation inhibition (2008), Int. J. Biochem. Cell Biol., 40, 2880-2888.
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Cloned(Commentary)

Cloned (Comment) Organism
Escherichia coli BL21 and TKB1 Saponaria officinalis

Protein Variants

Protein Variants Comment Organism
R179A loss of RNA N-glycosidase and DNA fragmentation activities, no significant increase of caspase-3 and caspase-9 activity, 22% less cytotoxic than wild-type Saponaria officinalis
W208A RNA N-glycosidase activity retained, but total abolishment of DNA fragmentation activity, no significant increase of caspase-3 and caspase-9 activity, 5% less cytotoxic than wild-type Saponaria officinalis
Y16A almost complete loss of RNA N-glycosidase activity not affecting DNA laddering activity, about 12fold increase of caspase-3 activity and 6-fold increase of caspase-9 activity comparable to wild-type, 7% less cytotoxic than wild-type Saponaria officinalis

Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Saponaria officinalis
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soapwort
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Source Tissue

Source Tissue Comment Organism Textmining
seed
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Saponaria officinalis
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Specific Activity [micromol/min/mg]

Specific Activity Minimum [µmol/min/mg] Specific Activity Maximum [µmol/min/mg] Comment Organism
additional information
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no effect on protein synthesis below 4 microM saporin-6, 20% inhibition with 4 microM after 24 h, at 10 and 18 h ID50 greater than 8 microM, at 24 h 7 microM Saponaria officinalis

Substrates and Products (Substrate)

Substrates Comment Substrates Organism Products Comment (Products) Rev. Reac.
rRNA + H2O removal of adenine residue from rRNA loop, caspase-dependent apoptosis induction in human histiocytic lymphoma U937 cells via mitochondiral pathway Saponaria officinalis ?
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
saporin-6 isoform with highest catalytic and cytotoxic activity Saponaria officinalis