The slow-binding inhibition of cathepsin K by its propeptide |
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Authors: | Billington C J Mason P Magny M C Mort J S |
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Institution: | Joint Diseases Laboratory, Shriners Hospital for Children, 1529 Cedar Avenue, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A6, Canada. |
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Abstract: | A peptide corresponding to the full-length proregion (amino acids 16-114) of human cathepsin K was expressed and purified from Escherichia coli. This recombinant propeptide was investigated for its ability to inhibit the activity of three cysteine proteinases: cathepsins K, L, and B. Kinetic studies showed the propeptide to be a potent slow-binding inhibitor of its parent enzyme with a K(i) = 2. 61 nM at pH 6. This inhibition was pH-dependent, with a decrease in pH from 6 to 4 leading to a concomitant increase in K(i) to 147 nM. The propeptide also inhibited cathepsin L with a K(i) = 26.1 nM at pH 6, but showed little inhibition of cathepsin B at concentrations up to 400 nM. |
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