X.Bogdanović
et al.
(2016).
Structural evidence of intramolecular propeptide inhibition of the aspzincin metalloendopeptidase AsaP1.
Febs Lett,
590,
3280-3294.
PubMed id: 27528449
DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12356
The Gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida is a fish pathogen for various
fish species worldwide. Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes produces the
extracellular, toxic zinc endopeptidase AsaP1. Crystal structure analyses at 2.0
Å resolution of two proteolytically inactive AsaP1 variants show the
polypeptide folding of the protease domain and the propeptide domain. These
first crystal structure analyses of a precursor of a deuterolysin-like aspzincin
protease provide insights into propeptide function, and specific substrate
binding. A lysine side chain of the propeptide binds in the hydrophobic
S1'-pocket interacting with three carboxylate side chains. An AsaP1 variant with
a lysine to alanine exchange identifies the chaperone function of the propeptide.