3.4.22.53 C105S inactive mutant enzyme 644016 3.4.22.53 C105S inactive mutant enzyme. The mutant enzyme provides a purified calpain, that is stable to autolysis and oxidation, which is likely to facilitate crystallization in both the presence and absence of calcium 644028 3.4.22.53 C105S mutant enzyme of mutant large subunit m-C105S-80K, coexpressed with 30000 Da subunit in Sf-9 cells does not degrade casein nor the artificial substrate succinyl-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-4-methylcoumaryl-7-amide. The mutant enzyme does not show autolytic activity with Ca2+ 644029 3.4.22.53 D346E mutant with decreased enzymatic activity, increased rate of autoproteolytic degradation 696327 3.4.22.53 D362K mutant with decreased enzymatic activity, increased rate of autoproteolytic degradation 696327 3.4.22.53 E504S Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.129 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme. Refined structure of the mutant enzyme in absence of Ca2+ is indistinguishable from wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 E504S mutation decreases specific activity to 90% compared to wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 G423R mutant with decreased enzymatic activity, increased rate of autoproteolytic degradation 696327 3.4.22.53 H262A inactive mutant enzyme 644016 3.4.22.53 K225S mutation decreases specific activity to 88% compared to wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K226S Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.226 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme. Refined structure of the mutant enzyme in absence of Ca2+ is indistinguishable from wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K230E Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.256 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme. Refined structure of the mutant enzyme in absence of Ca2+ is indistinguishable from wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K230E mutation decreases the specific activity of the enzyme to 16% compared with the wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K230S Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.261 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K230S mutation has no significant effect on specific activity 644019 3.4.22.53 K234E mutation decreases the specific activity of the enzyme to 16% compared with the wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K234S Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.183 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme. Refined structure of the mutant enzyme in absence of Ca2+ is indistinguishable from wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K234S mutation decreases specific activity to 81% compared to wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K234W Ca2+ concentration required for half-maximal activity is 0.159 mM compared to 0.242 mM for the wild-type enzyme 644019 3.4.22.53 K390R overexpression of K390R mutant fails to increase the calpain activity since sumoylation at K390 is important for calpain-2 activity 707365 3.4.22.53 additional information replacement of the five m-calpain residues 517-521, Glu-Ala-Asn-Ile-Glu by the corresponding six mu-calpain residues 528-533, Gln-Ala-Asn-Leu-Pro-Asp, replacement of three m-calpain residues 639-641, Pro-Cys-Gln, by the corresponding three mu-calpain residues 651-653, Asn-Lys-Lys, or replacement of two m-calpain residues 578-579, Lys-Ile by the corresponding mu-calpain residues 590-591, Arg-Ser. Mutations do not affect the expression and Kd values of the resultant calpains. In a series of hybrid mu/m large-subunit calpains, the Kd values decrease progressively towards that of mu-calpain as the portion of mu-type sequence increases from 0 to 90% 643968 3.4.22.53 additional information used as a model for calpain 3 in combination with calpastatin-inhibited rat calpain 2 696327 3.4.22.53 N286A inactive mutant enzyme 644016 3.4.22.53 N286D mutant enzyme with low activity 644016 3.4.22.53 R417W mutant with decreased enzymatic activity, increased rate of autoproteolytic degradation 696327 3.4.22.53 R628Q mutant with decreased enzymatic activity 696327 3.4.22.53 S369D inactive mutant enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 S50D mutant enzyme has the same specific activity and Ca2+ requirement as the wild-type enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 S50E mutant enzyme has the same specific activity and Ca2+ requirement as the wild-type enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 S67E mutant enzyme has the same specific activity and Ca2+ requirement as the wild-type enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 T344M mutant with decreased enzymatic activity, increased rate of autoproteolytic degradation 696327 3.4.22.53 T370E inactive mutant enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 T70E mutant enzyme has the same specific activity and Ca2+ requirement as the wild-type enzyme 644047 3.4.22.53 W288Y mutant enzyme with low activity 644016