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Crystal structure of Aspergillus oryzae Aspartic Proteinase
Structural highlights
FunctionPEPA_ASPOZ Secreted aspartic endopeptidase that allows assimilation of proteinaceous substrates. The scissile peptide bond is attacked by a nucleophilic water molecule activated by two aspartic residues in the active site. Shows a broad primary substrate specificity. Favors hydrophobic residues at the P1 and P1' positions, but also accepts a lysine residue in the P1 position, leading to the activation of trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen A.[UniProtKB:Q12567] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe X-ray structures of Aspergillus oryzae aspartic proteinase (AOAP) and its complex with inhibitor pepstatin have been determined at 1.9A resolution. AOAP was crystallized in an orthorhombic system with the space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and cell dimensions of a=49.4A, b=79.4A, and c=93.6A. By the soaking of pepstatin, crystals are transformed into a monoclinic system with the space group C2 and cell dimensions of a=106.8A, b=38.6A, c=78.7A, and beta=120.3 degrees. The structures of AOAP and AOAP/pepstatin complex were refined to an R-factor of 0.177 (R(free)=0.213) and of 0.185 (0.221), respectively. AOAP has a crescent-shaped structure with two lobes (N-lobe and C-lobe) and the deep active site cleft is constructed between them. At the center of the active site cleft, two Asp residues (Asp33 and Asp214) form the active dyad with a hydrogen bonding solvent molecule between them. Pepstatin binds to the active site cleft via hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions with the enzyme. The structures of AOAP and AOAP/pepstatin complex including interactions between the enzyme and pepstatin are very similar to those of other structure-solved aspartic proteinases and their complexes with pepstatin. Generally, aspartic proteinases cleave a peptide bond between hydrophobic amino acid residues, but AOAP can also recognize the Lys/Arg residue as well as hydrophobic amino acid residues, leading to the activation of trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen. The X-ray structure of AOAP/pepstatin complex and preliminary modeling show two possible sites of recognition for the positively charged groups of Lys/Arg residues around the active site of AOAP. Crystal structures of Aspergillus oryzae aspartic proteinase and its complex with an inhibitor pepstatin at 1.9A resolution.,Kamitori S, Ohtaki A, Ino H, Takeuchi M J Mol Biol. 2003 Mar 7;326(5):1503-11. PMID:12595261[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences | ||||||||||||||||||||
