Functional analysis of propeptide as an intramolecular chaperone for in vivo folding of subtilisin nattokinase |
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Authors: | Jia Yan Liu Hui Bao Wei Weng Meizhi Chen Wei Cai Yongjun Zheng Zhongliang Zou Guolin |
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Affiliation: | State Key Laboratory of Virology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, PR China |
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Abstract: | Here, we show that during in vivo folding of the precursor, the propeptide of subtilisin nattokinase functions as an intramolecular chaperone (IMC) that organises the in vivo folding of the subtilisin domain. Two residues belonging to β-strands formed by conserved regions of the IMC are crucial for the folding of the subtilisin domain through direct interactions. An identical protease can fold into different conformations in vivo due to the action of a mutated IMC, resulting in different kinetic parameters. Some interfacial changes involving conserved regions, even those induced by the subtilisin domain, blocked subtilisin folding and altered its conformation. Insight into the interaction between the subtilisin and IMC domains is provided by a three-dimensional structural model. |
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Keywords: | IMC, intramolecular chaperone WT, wild-type NK, subtilisin nattokinase kcat, the turnover number Km, Michaelis constant MD, molecular dynamics CD, circular dichroism suc-AAPF-pNA, succinyl-Ala-Ala-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide |
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