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Structure of karilysin MMP-like catalytic domain in complex with inhibitory tetrapeptide SWFP
Structural highlights
FunctionKLY_TANFA Metalloprotease able to cleave casein, gelatin, elastin, fibrinogen and fibronectin. Shows exclusive preference for hydrophobic residues, especially Leu, Tyr and Met, at the P1' position of substrates, and for Pro or Ala at P3. Can efficiently cleave the antimicrobial peptide LL-37 which is a component of the immune system, leading to a significant reduction of its bactericidal activity. Is also able to inhibit all pathways of the human complement system. The classical and lectin complement pathways are inhibited because of the efficient degradation of mannose-binding lectin, ficolin-2, ficolin-3, and C4 by karilysin, whereas inhibition of the terminal pathway is caused by cleavage of C5. Thus, karilysin appears to be a major virulence factor of T.forsythia that contributes to evasion of the human immune response and periodontal disease. Seems to act synergistically with gingipains from the periodontal pathogen P.gingivalis present at the same sites of infection.[1] [2] [3] [4] Publication Abstract from PubMedKarilysin is the only metallopeptidase identified as a virulence factor in the odontopathogen Tannerella forsythia owing to its deleterious effect on the host immune response during bacterial infection. The very close structural and sequence-based similarity of its catalytic domain (Kly18) to matrix metalloproteinases suggests that karilysin was acquired by horizontal gene transfer from an animal host. Previous studies by phage display identified peptides with the consensus sequence XWFPXXXGGG (single-letter amino-acid codes; X represents any residue) as karilysin inhibitors with low-micromolar binding affinities. Subsequent refinement revealed that inhibition comparable to that of longer peptides could be achieved using the tetrapeptide SWFP. To analyze its binding, the high-resolution crystal structure of the complex between Kly18 and SWFP was determined and it was found that the peptide binds to the primed side of the active-site cleft in a substrate-like manner. The catalytic zinc ion is clamped by the alpha-amino group and the carbonyl O atom of the serine, thus distantly mimicking the general manner of binding of hydroxamate inhibitors to metallopeptidases and contributing, together with three zinc-binding histidines from the protein scaffold, to an octahedral-minus-one metal-coordination sphere. The tryptophan side chain penetrates the deep partially water-filled specificity pocket of Kly18. Together with previous serendipitous product complexes of Kly18, the present results provide the structural determinants of inhibition of karilysin and open the field for the design of novel inhibitory strategies aimed at the treatment of human periodontal disease based on a peptidic hit molecule. Structure of the catalytic domain of the Tannerella forsythia matrix metallopeptidase karilysin in complex with a tetrapeptidic inhibitor.,Guevara T, Ksiazek M, Skottrup PD, Cerda-Costa N, Trillo-Muyo S, de Diego I, Riise E, Potempa J, Gomis-Ruth FX Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2013 May;69(Pt 5):472-6. doi:, 10.1107/S1744309113007392. Epub 2013 Apr 27. PMID:23695557[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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