Abstract:
:The zinc-endopeptidase light chain of botulinum A neurotoxin undergoes autocatalytic fragmentation that is accelerated by the presence of the metal cofactor, zinc [Ahmed, S. A. et al. (2001) J. Protein Chem. 20, 221-231]. We show in this paper that >95% fragmented light chain obtained in the absence of added zinc retained 100% of its original catalytic activity against a SNAP-25-derived synthetic peptide substrate. In the presence of zinc chloride, when >95% of the light chain had undergone autocatalytic fragmentation, the preparation retained 35% of its original catalytic activity. On the other hand, in the presence of glycerol, the light chain did not display autocatalysis and retained 100% of the original activity. These results suggest that the activity loss by incubation with zinc was not a direct consequence of autocatalysis and that the environment of the active site was not affected significantly by the fragmentation. The optimum pH 4.2-4.6 for autocatalysis was different than that (pH 7.3) for intrinsic catalytic activity. Inhibition of autocatalysis at low pH by a competitive inhibitor of catalytic activity rules out the presence of a contaminating protease but suggests a rate-limiting step of low pH-induced conformational change suitable for autocatalysis. Our results of LC concentration dependence of the fragmentation reaction indicate that the autocatalysis occurs by both intramolecular and intermolecular mechanisms.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
Ahmed SA,McPhie P,Smith LAdoi
10.1021/bi030062csubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-11-04 00:00:00pages
12539-49issue
43eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
42pub_type
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