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PDBsum entry 2bd5

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Hydrolase PDB id
2bd5
Contents
Protein chain
240 a.a.
Ligands
ILE-LYS
SO4
Metals
_CA
Waters ×128

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Key reference
Title Structural analyses on intermediates in serine protease catalysis.
Authors B.Liu, C.J.Schofield, R.C.Wilmouth.
Ref. J Biol Chem, 2006, 281, 24024-24035. [DOI no: 10.1074/jbc.M600495200]
PubMed id 16754679
Abstract
Although the subject of many studies, detailed structural information on aspects of the catalytic cycle of serine proteases is lacking. Crystallographic analyses were performed in which an acyl-enzyme complex, formed from elastase and a peptide, was reacted with a series of nucleophilic dipeptides. Multiple analyses led to electron density maps consistent with the formation of a tetrahedral species. In certain cases, apparent peptide bond formation at the active site was observed, and the electron density maps suggested production of a cis-amide rather than a trans-amide. Evidence for a cis-amide configuration was also observed in the noncovalent complex between elastase and an alpha1-antitrypsin-derived tetrapeptide. Although there are caveats on the relevance of the crystallographic data to solution catalysis, the results enable detailed proposals for the pathway of the acylation step to be made. At least in some cases, it is proposed that the alcohol of Ser-195 may preferentially attack the carbonyl of the cis-amide form of the substrate, in a stereoelectronically favored manner, to give a tetrahedral oxyanion intermediate, which undergoes N-inversion and/or C-N bond rotation to enable protonation of the leaving group nitrogen. The mechanistic proposals may have consequences for protease inhibition, in particular for the design of high energy intermediate analogues.
Figure 3.
FIGURE 3. Stereoviews of the active site of PPE complexed with BCM7 and different dipeptides showing the results of the pH jump (pH 9, 30s) of the Lys-Ser structure shown in Fig. 1b (a) and the results of the pH jumps of the Arg-Phe structure shown in Fig. 2d (one pH jump (pH 9, 30 s) (b) and a second pH jump (pH 9, 28 s) (c)). The color scheme and contouring levels for the atoms and maps are as in Fig. 1a. The resolution of the structures is 1.8, 1.7, and 1.9 Å, respectively.
Figure 5.
FIGURE 5. Two proposed forms of the first tetrahedral intermediate (A and B) interchangeable via N-inversion and/or rotation about the C-N bond. In A, the P1' nitrogen lone pair projects away from His-57, and in B it projects toward it. In intermediate B, R and R' refer to either hydrogen or the P1' residue, depending on whether N-inversion has occurred. The amide nitrogen of Ser-195, which forms part of the oxyanion hole, is not shown for clarity; from the viewpoint shown, it lies behind the plane of the picture. Note that steric constraints mean that the conformation in which the nitrogen lone pair is exactly coplanar with the C-O(Ser-195) bond is unlikely.
The above figures are reprinted by permission from the ASBMB: J Biol Chem (2006, 281, 24024-24035) copyright 2006.
Secondary reference #1
Title Structure of a specific acyl-Enzyme complex formed between beta-Casomorphin-7 and porcine pancreatic elastase.
Authors R.C.Wilmouth, I.J.Clifton, C.V.Robinson, P.L.Roach, R.T.Aplin, N.J.Westwood, J.Hajdu, C.J.Schofield.
Ref. Nat Struct Biol, 1997, 4, 456-462.
PubMed id 9187653
Abstract
Secondary reference #2
Title X-Ray snapshots of serine protease catalysis reveal a tetrahedral intermediate.
Authors R.C.Wilmouth, K.Edman, R.Neutze, P.A.Wright, I.J.Clifton, T.R.Schneider, C.J.Schofield, J.Hajdu.
Ref. Nat Struct Biol, 2001, 8, 689-694. [DOI no: 10.1038/90401]
PubMed id 11473259
Full text Abstract
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Isotropic temperature factors in the acyl -enzyme complex and in the tetrahedral intermediate (b) formed between porcine pancreatic elastase and human -casomorphin-7. a, B-factors for the structure in Fig. 1a, where the PPE -BCM7 acyl -enzyme complex is stabilized at pH 5. Three N-terminal residues are disordered. b, B-factors for the structure of the tetrahedral intermediate in Fig. 1c. This structure was obtained in a freeze-quenched crystal following a 1 min long pH jump to pH 9. For data collection and refinement statistics, see Table 1.
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Structural changes within the peptide binding pocket during catalysis. a, The active site cleft showing the location of the peptide substrate (pink) in the acyl -enzyme complex at pH 5. The enzyme is shown as a gray space filling model with Ser 195 (green), His 57 (purple) and Asp 102 (brown) highlighted. b, Model of the protein -peptide complex at pH 5 (pink) overlaid with the model of the tetrahedral intermediate (blue) (see Methods) . A circle highlights the active site Ser residue under the bound peptide. Both Wat 318 and hydrogen bonds between enzyme and peptide are red in the acyl -enzyme complex and blue in the tetrahedral intermediate. During product release, the loop formed by residues 217 -219 (immediately below the binding pocket) moves so as to partially fill a space previously occupied by the peptide. Arg 217 takes up a position similar to that found in the native unliganded structure (1QNJ)5.
The above figures are reproduced from the cited reference with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd
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