Harmat_2011_J.Biol.Chem_286_1987

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Title : Structure and catalysis of acylaminoacyl peptidase: closed and open subunits of a dimer oligopeptidase - Harmat_2011_J.Biol.Chem_286_1987
Author(s) : Harmat V , Domokos K , Menyhard DK , Pallo A , Szeltner Z , Szamosi I , Beke-Somfai T , Naray-Szabo G , Polgar L
Ref : Journal of Biological Chemistry , 286 :1987 , 2011
Abstract :

Acylaminoacyl peptidase from Aeropyrum pernix is a homodimer that belongs to the prolyl oligopeptidase family. The monomer subunit is composed of one hydrolase and one propeller domain. Previous crystal structure determinations revealed that the propeller domain obstructed the access of substrate to the active site of both subunits. Here we investigated the structure and the kinetics of two mutant enzymes in which the aspartic acid of the catalytic triad was changed to alanine or asparagine. Using different substrates, we have determined the pH dependence of specificity rate constants, the rate-limiting step of catalysis, and the binding of substrates and inhibitors. The catalysis considerably depended both on the kind of mutation and on the nature of the substrate. The results were interpreted in terms of alterations in the position of the catalytic histidine side chain as demonstrated with crystal structure determination of the native and two mutant structures (D524N and D524A). Unexpectedly, in the homodimeric structures, only one subunit displayed the closed form of the enzyme. The other subunit exhibited an open gate to the catalytic site, thus revealing the structural basis that controls the oligopeptidase activity. The open form of the native enzyme displayed the catalytic triad in a distorted, inactive state. The mutations affected the closed, active form of the enzyme, disrupting its catalytic triad. We concluded that the two forms are at equilibrium and the substrates bind by the conformational selection mechanism.

PubMedSearch : Harmat_2011_J.Biol.Chem_286_1987
PubMedID: 21084296
Gene_locus related to this paper: aerpe-APE1547

Related information

Gene_locus aerpe-APE1547
Structure aerpe-APE1547    3O4G    3O4H    3O4I    3O4J

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Harmat V, Domokos K, Menyhard DK, Pallo A, Szeltner Z, Szamosi I, Beke-Somfai T, Naray-Szabo G, Polgar L (2011)
Structure and catalysis of acylaminoacyl peptidase: closed and open subunits of a dimer oligopeptidase
Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 :1987

Harmat V, Domokos K, Menyhard DK, Pallo A, Szeltner Z, Szamosi I, Beke-Somfai T, Naray-Szabo G, Polgar L (2011)
Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 :1987