Streptomyces erythraeus Trypsin Inactivates α1-Antitrypsin

Autor: Masaru Miyagi, Krishna Vukoti, Chandra Sekhar Rao Kadiyala
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
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Popis: Streptomyces erythraeus trypsin (SET) is a serine protease that is secreted extracellularly by S. erythraeus. We investigated the inhibitory effect of α1-antitrypsin on the catalytic activity of SET. Intriguingly, we found that SET is not inhibited by α1-antitrypsin. Our investigations into the molecular mechanism underlying this observation revealed that SET hydrolyzes the Met–Ser bond in the reaction center loop of α1-antitrypsin. However, SET somehow avoids entrapment by α1-antitrypsin. We also confirmed that α1-antitrypsin loses its inhibitory activity after incubation with SET. Thus, our study demonstrates that SET is not only resistant to α1-antitrypsin but also inactivates α1-antitrypsin.Structured summary of protein interactionsBT cleaves alpha1 antitrypsin by protease assay (View interaction)alpha1 antitrypsin and BT bind by comigration in non denaturing gel electrophoresis (View interaction)SET cleaves alpha1 antitrypsin by protease assay (View interaction)
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