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3HJR

Crystal structure of serine protease of Aeromonas sobria

Replaces:  2OXA
Summary for 3HJR
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb3hjr/pdb
DescriptorExtracellular serine protease, CALCIUM ION (3 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsserine protease, kexin, hydrolase, protease
Biological sourceAeromonas sobria
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight64390.35
Authors
Utsunomiya, H.,Tsuge, H.,Kobayashi, H.,Okamoto, K. (deposition date: 2009-05-22, release date: 2009-06-02, Last modification date: 2024-11-13)
Primary citationKobayashi, H.,Utsunomiya, H.,Yamanaka, H.,Sei, Y.,Katunuma, N.,Okamoto, K.,Tsuge, H.
Structural basis for the kexin-like serine protease from Aeromonas sobria as a sepsis-causing factor
J.Biol.Chem., 284:27655-27663, 2009
Cited by
PubMed Abstract: The anaerobic bacterium Aeromonas sobria is known to cause potentially lethal septic shock. We recently proposed that A. sobria serine protease (ASP) is a sepsis-related factor that induces vascular leakage, reductions in blood pressure via kinin release, and clotting via activation of prothrombin. ASP preferentially cleaves peptide bonds that follow dibasic amino acid residues, as do Kex2 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae serine protease) and furin, which are representative kexin family proteases. Here, we revealed the crystal structure of ASP at 1.65 A resolution using the multiple isomorphous replacement method with anomalous scattering. Although the overall structure of ASP resembles that of Kex2, it has a unique extra occluding region close to its active site. Moreover, we found that a nicked ASP variant is cleaved within the occluding region. Nicked ASP shows a greater ability to cleave small peptide substrates than the native enzyme. On the other hand, the cleavage pattern for prekallikrein differs from that of ASP, suggesting the occluding region is important for substrate recognition. The extra occluding region of ASP is unique and could serve as a useful target to facilitate development of novel antisepsis drugs.
PubMed: 19654332
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.006114
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Experimental method
X-RAY DIFFRACTION (1.65 Å)
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