Menyhard_2013_J.Biol.Chem_288_17884

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Title : A self-compartmentalizing hexamer serine protease from Pyrococcus horikoshii: substrate selection achieved through multimerization - Menyhard_2013_J.Biol.Chem_288_17884
Author(s) : Menyhard DK , Kiss-Szeman AJ , Tichy-Racs E , Hornung B , Radi K , Szeltner Z , Domokos K , Szamosi I , Naray-Szabo G , Polgar L , Harmat V
Ref : Journal of Biological Chemistry , 288 :17884 , 2013
Abstract :

Oligopeptidases impose a size limitation on their substrates, the mechanism of which has long been under debate. Here we present the structure of a hexameric serine protease, an oligopeptidase from Pyrococcus horikoshii (PhAAP), revealing a complex, self-compartmentalized inner space, where substrates may access the monomer active sites passing through a double-gated "check-in" system, first passing through a pore on the hexamer surface and then turning to enter through an even smaller opening at the monomers' domain interface. This substrate screening strategy is unique within the family. We found that among oligopeptidases, a residue of the catalytic apparatus is positioned near an amylogenic beta-edge, which needs to be protected to prevent aggregation, and we found that different oligopeptidases use different strategies to achieve such an end. We propose that self-assembly within the family results in characteristically different substrate selection mechanisms coupled to different multimerization states.

PubMedSearch : Menyhard_2013_J.Biol.Chem_288_17884
PubMedID: 23632025
Gene_locus related to this paper: pyrho-PH0594

Related information

Inhibitor Z-Gly-Gly-Phe-chloromethyl-ketone
Gene_locus pyrho-PH0594
Family ACPH_Peptidase_S9
Structure 4HXG    4HXF    4HXE

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Menyhard DK, Kiss-Szeman AJ, Tichy-Racs E, Hornung B, Radi K, Szeltner Z, Domokos K, Szamosi I, Naray-Szabo G, Polgar L, Harmat V (2013)
A self-compartmentalizing hexamer serine protease from Pyrococcus horikoshii: substrate selection achieved through multimerization
Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 :17884

Menyhard DK, Kiss-Szeman AJ, Tichy-Racs E, Hornung B, Radi K, Szeltner Z, Domokos K, Szamosi I, Naray-Szabo G, Polgar L, Harmat V (2013)
Journal of Biological Chemistry 288 :17884