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Biochem J ; 419(3): 555-64, 2009 May 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19175361

RESUMEN

Staphylococcus aureus is a dangerous human pathogen whose antibiotic resistance is steadily increasing and no efficient vaccine is as yet available. This serious threat drives extensive studies on staphylococcal physiology and pathogenicity pathways, especially virulence factors. Spl (serine protease-like) proteins encoded by an operon containing up to six genes are a good example of poorly characterized secreted proteins probably involved in virulence. In the present study, we describe an efficient heterologous expression system for SplA and detailed biochemical and structural characterization of the recombinant SplA protease. The enzyme shares a significant sequence homology to V8 protease and epidermolytic toxins which are well documented staphylococcal virulence factors. SplA has a very narrow substrate specificity apparently imposed by the precise recognition of three amino acid residues positioned N-terminal to the hydrolysed peptide bond. To explain determinants of this extended specificity we resolve the crystal structure of SplA and define the consensus model of substrate binding. Furthermore we demonstrate that artificial N-terminal elongation of mature SplA mimicking a naturally present signal peptide abolishes enzymatic activity. The probable physiological role of the process is discussed. Of interest, even though precise N-terminal trimming is a common regulatory mechanism among S1 family enzymes, the crystal structure of SplA reveals novel significantly different mechanistic details.


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Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidasas/química , Serina Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Staphylococcus aureus/enzimología , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Animales , Aniones , Biocatálisis , Quimotripsina/química , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Histidina , Enlace de Hidrógeno , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Estructura Secundaria de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/biosíntesis , Especificidad por Sustrato
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J Mol Biol ; 379(2): 343-56, 2008 May 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18448121

RESUMEN

Proteases are of significant importance for the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus. Nevertheless, their subset, the serine protease-like proteins, remains poorly characterized. Here presented is an investigation of SplB protease catalytic activity revealing that the enzyme possesses exquisite specificity and only cleaves efficiently after the sequence Trp-Glu-Leu-Gln. To understand the molecular basis for such selectivity, we solved the three-dimensional structure of SplB to 1.8 A. Modeling of substrate binding to the protease demonstrated that selectivity relies in part on a canonical specificity pockets-based mechanism. Significantly, the conformation of residues that ordinarily form the oxyanion hole, an essential structural element of the catalytic machinery of serine proteases, is not canonical in the SplB structure. We postulate that within SplB, the oxyanion hole is only formed upon docking of a substrate containing the consensus sequence motif. It is suggested that this unusual activation mechanism is used in parallel with classical determinants to further limit enzyme specificity. Finally, to guide future development, we attempt to point at likely physiological substrates and thus the role of SplB in staphylococcal physiology.


Asunto(s)
Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidasas/química , Serina Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Staphylococcus aureus/enzimología , Animales , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Sitios de Unión , Cristalografía por Rayos X , Humanos , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Estructura Molecular , Biblioteca de Péptidos , Péptidos/química , Péptidos/genética , Péptidos/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidasas/genética , Especificidad por Sustrato
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