Abstract：
:The classical complement pathway, which plays a vital role in preventing infection, is initiated by the action of the serine proteases C1r and C1s. We have examined the hydrolysis of substrates representing cleavage sequences in the physiological substrates for C1s, C2 and C4. These studies showed that the P(1)'-P(4)' substrate residues of C2 and C4 conferred greater affinity of substrate for enzyme and also induced a sigmoidal dependence of enzyme velocity on substrate concentration. This indicates that the substrate gave rise to homotropic positive cooperative behavior in the enzyme. When C1s was in complex with C1q and C1r, as would occur under physiological conditions, the same behavior was observed, indicating that this mechanism is relevant in the complement pathway in vivo. We further investigated the requirements of C1s for prime side amino acids by examining a substrate library in which each of the P(1)'-P(4)' positions had been substituted by different classes of amino acids. This revealed that the P(1)' position was a major determinant of the selectivity of the enzyme, while certain substitutions at the P(1)'-P(4)' positions abolished the allosteric behavior, indicating that contact residues at these positions in the C1s enzyme must mediate the cooperativity. The studies reported here highlight the importance of prime subsites in C1s for interaction with its cognate substrates in the complement pathway and therefore yield greater understanding of the mechanism of interaction between this vital protease and its physiological substrates.
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Biochemistryjournal_title
Biochemistryauthors
O'Brien G,Quinsey NS,Whisstock JC,Pike RNdoi
10.1021/bi035507bsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-12-23 00:00:00pages
14939-45issue
50eissn
0006-2960issn
1520-4995journal_volume
42pub_type
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