ISSN:
0887-3585
Keywords:
aspartic proteinase
;
enzyme kinetics
;
rule-based model
;
chromogenic assay
;
synthetic substrate
;
inhibitor
;
molecular modeling
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Chemistry
;
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Aspartic proteinases are produced in the human body by a variety of cells. Some of these proteins, examples of which are pepsin, gastricsin, and renin, are secreted and exert their effects in the extracellular spaces. Cathepsin D and cathepsin E on the other hand are intracellular enzymes. The least characterized of the human aspartic proteinases is cathepsin E. Presented here are results of studies designed to characterize the binding specificities in the active site of human cathepsin E with comparison to othermechanistically similar enzymes. A peptide series based on Lys-Pro-Ala-Lys-Phe*Nph-Arg-Leu was generatedto elucidate the specificity in the individual binding pockets with systematic substitutions in the P5- P2 and P2′-P3′ based on charge, hydrophobicity, and hydrogen bonding. Also, to explore the S2 binding preferences, asecond series of peptides based on Lys-Pro-Ile-Glu-Phe*Nph-Arg-Leu was generated with systematic replacements in the P2 position. Kinetic parameters were determined forboth sets of peptides. The results were correlated to a rule-based structural model of human cathepsin E, constructed on the known three-dimensional structures of several highly homologous aspartic proteinases; porcine pepsin, bovine chymosin, yeast proteinase A, human cathepsin D, andmouse and human renin. Important specificity-determining interactions were found in the S3 (Glu13) and S2 (Thr-222, Gln-287, Leu-289, Ile-300)subsites. © 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Additional Material:
5 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/prot.340220209
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