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alpha-lytic protease precursor: characterization of a structured folding intermediate.

D E Anderson1, R J Peters, B Wilk

  • 1The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0448, USA.

Biochemistry
|April 14, 1999
PubMed
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The bacterial alpha-lytic protease (alphaLP) precursor

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Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Protein Folding

Background:

  • Bacterial alpha-lytic protease (alphaLP) is synthesized as a precursor with an N-terminal pro region (Pro).
  • The pro region is essential for correct protease folding and is transiently required.
  • The folded precursor undergoes autocatalytic cleavage to form a stable Pro/alphaLP complex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an in vitro protocol for producing the disulfide-bonded alphaLP precursor.
  • To compare the structure and stability of the precursor, Pro/alphaLP complex, and isolated Pro using spectroscopic methods.
  • To elucidate the folding pathway and the role of the pro region in alphaLP maturation.

Main Methods:

  • In vitro purification and refolding of the disulfide-bonded precursor.

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  • Spectroscopic techniques (e.g., circular dichroism, fluorescence) to analyze protein structure and stability.
  • Kinetic analysis of oxidative folding and autocatalytic processing.

    • Main Results:

    • The precursor and Pro/alphaLP complex share similar secondary structures but differ in tertiary structure and stability.
    • The pro region appears to be fully folded in the precursor, stabilizing the alphaLP domain.
    • Precursor folding is biphasic, with the pro region folding rapidly and disulfide bond formation being rate-limiting.
    • Autocatalytic processing occurs rapidly after disulfide bond formation.

    Conclusions:

    • The pro region folds first, catalyzing the folding of the protease domain and active site formation.
    • Autocatalytic cleavage is a critical step, enabling N-terminal rearrangement and stabilizing the final Pro/alphaLP complex.
    • A model is proposed where the pro region acts as a folding chaperone and is subsequently processed.