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Serine proteases of the chymotrypsin family show a dichotomous amino acid distribution for residue 225. Enzymes carrying Tyr at position 225 are activated by Na(+), whereas those carrying Pro are devoid of Na(+) binding and activation. Previous studies have demonstrated that the Y225P conversion is sufficient to abrogate Na(+) activation in several enzymes. However, the reverse substitution P225Y is necessary but not sufficient to introduce Na(+) binding and activation. Here we report that Streptomyces griseus trypsin, carrying Pro-225, can be engineered into a Na(+)-activated enzyme by replacing residues in the 170, 186, and 220 loops to those of coagulation factor Xa. The findings represent the first instance of an engineered Na(+)-activated enzyme and a proof of principle that should enable the design of other proteases with enhanced catalytic activity and allosteric regulation mediated by monovalent cation binding.

2FMJ is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_protein Single protein] structure of sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptomyces_chryseus Streptomyces chryseus] with <scene name='pdbligand=CA:'>CA</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:'>SO4</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Active as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin Trypsin], with EC number [http://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=3.4.21.4 3.4.21.4] Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2FMJ OCA].  

[[Category: Cera, E Di.]]

[[Category: Page, M J.]]

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