Structural highlights
FunctionASPR_HORVU Involved in the breakdown of propeptides of storage proteins in protein-storage vacuoles (By similarity). 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 PubMedWe determined at 2.3 A resolution the crystal structure of prophytepsin, a zymogen of a barley vacuolar aspartic proteinase. In addition to the classical pepsin-like bilobal main body of phytepsin, we also traced most of the propeptide, as well as an independent plant-specific domain, never before described in structural terms. The structure revealed that, in addition to the propeptide, 13 N-terminal residues of the mature phytepsin are essential for inactivation of the enzyme. Comparison of the plant-specific domain with NK-lysin indicates that these two saposin-like structures are closely related, suggesting that all saposins and saposin-like domains share a common topology. Structural analysis of prophytepsin led to the identification of a putative membrane receptor-binding site involved in Golgi-mediated transport to vacuoles. Crystal structure of plant aspartic proteinase prophytepsin: inactivation and vacuolar targeting.,Kervinen J, Tobin GJ, Costa J, Waugh DS, Wlodawer A, Zdanov A EMBO J. 1999 Jul 15;18(14):3947-55. PMID:10406799[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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