Two decades of thyroglobulin type-1 domain research |
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Authors: | Mihelic Marko Turk Dusan |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Jozef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, SI-1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia. |
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Abstract: | Thyroglobulin type-1 repeats are primarily found in thyroglobulin and several other functionally unrelated proteins. Because a few of them exhibit inhibitory activity against cysteine proteases they were named thyropins (thyroglobulin type-1 domain protease inhibitors). In contrast to cystatins, the best-characterized group of papain-like protease inhibitors, they exhibit greater selectivity in their interactions with target proteases. Interestingly, a few members inhibit aspartic protease cathepsin D and metalloproteases. In contrast to the inhibitory fragment of the major histocompatibility complex class II-associated p41 form of invariant chain, whose structural integrity appears mandatory for its inhibitory properties, short polypeptides derived from insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins exhibit the same activity as the structure of the whole fragment. Taken together, the results indicate that the thyroglobulin type-1 repeat is a structural motif occasionally employed as an inhibitor of proteases. |
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