1yvb | pdb_00001yvb

the Plasmodium falciparum Cysteine Protease Falcipain-2

Structural highlights

1yvb is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Gallus gallus and Plasmodium falciparum 3D7. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.7Å
Ligands:	GOL
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

FPC2A_PLAF7 Cysteine protease which cleaves native host hemoglobin and globin in the food vacuole during the asexual blood stage (PubMed:10887194, PubMed:15070727, PubMed:15964982, PubMed:16777845, PubMed:19357776, PubMed:25791019). The binding to host hemoglobin is pH-sensitive and only occurs at acidic pH (PubMed:16777845). Cleaves ankyrin and protein 4.1, two components of host erythrocyte membrane cytoskeleton required for the stability of the erythrocyte membrane, and thus may be involved in parasite release (PubMed:11463472). Preferentially cleaves substrates which have an arginine or lysine at the P1 position and a leucine or phenylalanine at the P2 position (PubMed:10887194, PubMed:19357776).^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Falcipain-2 (FP2), the major cysteine protease of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is a hemoglobinase and promising drug target. Here we report the crystal structure of FP2 in complex with a protease inhibitor, cystatin. The FP2 structure reveals two previously undescribed cysteine protease structural motifs, designated FP2(nose) and FP2(arm), in addition to details of the active site that will help focus inhibitor design. Unlike most cysteine proteases, FP2 does not require a prodomain but only the short FP2(nose) motif to correctly fold and gain catalytic activity. Our structure and mutagenesis data suggest a molecular basis for this unique mechanism by highlighting the functional role of two Tyr within FP2(nose) and a conserved Glu outside this motif. The FP2(arm) motif is required for hemoglobinase activity. The structure reveals topographic features and a negative charge cluster surrounding FP2(arm) that suggest it may serve as an exo-site for hemoglobin binding. Motifs similar to FP2(nose) and FP2(arm) are found only in related plasmodial proteases, suggesting that they confer malaria-specific functions.

Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by a malarial protease.,Wang SX, Pandey KC, Somoza JR, Sijwali PS, Kortemme T, Brinen LS, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, McKerrow JH Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1;103(31):11503-8. Epub 2006 Jul 24. PMID:16864794^[8]

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References

↑ Shenai BR, Sijwali PS, Singh A, Rosenthal PJ. Characterization of native and recombinant falcipain-2, a principal trophozoite cysteine protease and essential hemoglobinase of Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep 15;275(37):29000-10. PMID:10887194 doi:10.1074/jbc.M004459200
↑ Dua M, Raphael P, Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ, Hanspal M. Recombinant falcipain-2 cleaves erythrocyte membrane ankyrin and protein 4.1. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Aug;116(1):95-9. PMID:11463472 doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00306-1
↑ Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ. Gene disruption confirms a critical role for the cysteine protease falcipain-2 in hemoglobin hydrolysis by Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30;101(13):4384-9. PMID:15070727 doi:10.1073/pnas.0307720101
↑ Pandey KC, Wang SX, Sijwali PS, Lau AL, McKerrow JH, Rosenthal PJ. The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 captures its substrate, hemoglobin, via a unique motif. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 28;102(26):9138-43. PMID:15964982 doi:10.1073/pnas.0502368102
↑ Hogg T, Nagarajan K, Herzberg S, Chen L, Shen X, Jiang H, Wecke M, Blohmke C, Hilgenfeld R, Schmidt CL. Structural and functional characterization of Falcipain-2, a hemoglobinase from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 1;281(35):25425-37. Epub 2006 Jun 15. PMID:16777845 doi:10.1074/jbc.M603776200
↑ Subramanian S, Hardt M, Choe Y, Niles RK, Johansen EB, Legac J, Gut J, Kerr ID, Craik CS, Rosenthal PJ. Hemoglobin cleavage site-specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine proteases falcipain-2 and falcipain-3. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5156. PMID:19357776 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005156
↑ Marques AF, Gomes PS, Oliveira PL, Rosenthal PJ, Pascutti PG, Lima LM. Allosteric regulation of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by heme. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 May 1;573:92-9. PMID:25791019 doi:10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.007
↑ Wang SX, Pandey KC, Somoza JR, Sijwali PS, Kortemme T, Brinen LS, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, McKerrow JH. Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by a malarial protease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1;103(31):11503-8. Epub 2006 Jul 24. PMID:16864794

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[1] Shenai BR, Sijwali PS, Singh A, Rosenthal PJ. Characterization of native and recombinant falcipain-2, a principal trophozoite cysteine protease and essential hemoglobinase of Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep 15;275(37):29000-10. PMID:10887194 doi:10.1074/jbc.M004459200

[2] Dua M, Raphael P, Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ, Hanspal M. Recombinant falcipain-2 cleaves erythrocyte membrane ankyrin and protein 4.1. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Aug;116(1):95-9. PMID:11463472 doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00306-1

[3] Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ. Gene disruption confirms a critical role for the cysteine protease falcipain-2 in hemoglobin hydrolysis by Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30;101(13):4384-9. PMID:15070727 doi:10.1073/pnas.0307720101

[4] Pandey KC, Wang SX, Sijwali PS, Lau AL, McKerrow JH, Rosenthal PJ. The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 captures its substrate, hemoglobin, via a unique motif. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 28;102(26):9138-43. PMID:15964982 doi:10.1073/pnas.0502368102

[5] Hogg T, Nagarajan K, Herzberg S, Chen L, Shen X, Jiang H, Wecke M, Blohmke C, Hilgenfeld R, Schmidt CL. Structural and functional characterization of Falcipain-2, a hemoglobinase from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 1;281(35):25425-37. Epub 2006 Jun 15. PMID:16777845 doi:10.1074/jbc.M603776200

[6] Subramanian S, Hardt M, Choe Y, Niles RK, Johansen EB, Legac J, Gut J, Kerr ID, Craik CS, Rosenthal PJ. Hemoglobin cleavage site-specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine proteases falcipain-2 and falcipain-3. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5156. PMID:19357776 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005156

[7] Marques AF, Gomes PS, Oliveira PL, Rosenthal PJ, Pascutti PG, Lima LM. Allosteric regulation of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by heme. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 May 1;573:92-9. PMID:25791019 doi:10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.007

[8] Wang SX, Pandey KC, Somoza JR, Sijwali PS, Kortemme T, Brinen LS, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, McKerrow JH. Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by a malarial protease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 1;103(31):11503-8. Epub 2006 Jul 24. PMID:16864794

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1yvb | pdb_00001yvb

the Plasmodium falciparum Cysteine Protease Falcipain-2

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