Head-to-Tail Cyclization after Interaction with Trypsin: A Scorpion Venom Peptide that Resembles Plant Cyclotides.
J Med Chem
; 63(17): 9500-9511, 2020 09 10.
Article
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| ID: mdl-32787139
ABSTRACT
Peptidase inhibitors (PIs) have been broadly studied due to their wide therapeutic potential for human diseases. A potent trypsin inhibitor from Tityus obscurus scorpion venom was characterized and named ToPI1, with 33 amino acid residues and three disulfide bonds. The X-ray structure of the ToPI1trypsin complex, in association with the mass spectrometry data, indicate a sequential set of events the complex formation with the inhibitor Lys32 in the trypsin S1 pocket, the inhibitor C-terminal residue Ser33 cleavage, and the cyclization of ToPI1 via a peptide bond between residues Ile1 and Lys32. Kinetic and thermodynamic characterization of the complex was obtained. ToPI1 shares no sequence similarity with other PIs characterized to date and is the first PI with CS-α/ß motif described from animal venoms. In its cyclic form, it shares structural similarities with plant cyclotides that also inhibit trypsin. These results bring new insights for studies with venom compounds, PIs, and drug design.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Scorpion Venoms
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Trypsin
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Cyclotides
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
J Med Chem
Journal subject:
QUIMICA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil