3HJR

Crystal structure of serine protease of Aeromonas sobria


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.65 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.202 
  • R-Value Work: 0.168 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.170 

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Literature

Structural basis for the kexin-like serine protease from Aeromonas sobria as a sepsis-causing factor

Kobayashi, H.Utsunomiya, H.Yamanaka, H.Sei, Y.Katunuma, N.Okamoto, K.Tsuge, H.

(2009) J Biol Chem 284: 27655-27663

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M109.006114
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    3HJR

  • 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.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    Laboratory of Molecular Microbiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Hiro-Koshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Extracellular serine protease600Aeromonas sobriaMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: ASP
EC: 3.4.21
UniProt
Find proteins for Q9L5A4 (Aeromonas sobria)
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Go to UniProtKB:  Q9L5A4
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UniProt GroupQ9L5A4
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
  • Resolution: 1.65 Å
  • R-Value Free: 0.202 
  • R-Value Work: 0.168 
  • R-Value Observed: 0.170 
  • Space Group: P 1 21 1
Unit Cell:
Length ( Å )Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.82α = 90
b = 112.056β = 110.75
c = 51.881γ = 90
Software Package:
Software NamePurpose
HKL-2000data collection
SOLVEphasing
REFMACrefinement
HKL-2000data reduction
SCALEPACKdata scaling

Structure Validation

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Entry History 

Deposition Data

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2009-06-02
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2011-07-13
    Changes: Advisory, Version format compliance