Abstract:
:Pro-aminopeptidase processing protease (PA protease) is an extracellular zinc metalloprotease produced by Aeromonas caviae T-64 and it is classified as M04.016 according to the MEROPS database. The precursor of PA protease consists of four regions; a signal peptide, an N-terminal propeptide, a C-terminal propeptide, and the mature PA protease. The in vitro refolding of the intermediate pro-PA protease containing the C-terminal propeptide (MC) was investigated in the presence and absence of the N-terminal propeptide. The results indicate that the noncovalently linked N-terminal propeptide is able to assist in the refolding of MC. In the absence of the N-terminal propeptide, MC is trapped into a folding competent state that is converted into the active form by the addition of the N-terminal propeptide. Moreover, the N-terminal propeptide was found to form a complex with the folded MC and inhibit further processing of MC into the mature PA protease. Inhibitory activity of the purified N-terminal propeptide toward mature PA protease was also observed, and the mode of this inhibition was determined to be a mixed, noncompetitive inhibition with an associated allosteric effect.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Tang B,Nirasawa S,Kitaoka M,Hayashi Kdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00838-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2002-08-09 00:00:00pages
78-84issue
1eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X02008380journal_volume
296pub_type
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