Primary Citation of Related Structures:   2X3A, 2X3B, 2X3C
PubMed Abstract: 
The Gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida is a fish pathogen for various fish species worldwide. Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes produces the extracellular, toxic zinc endopeptidase AsaP1. Crystal structure analyses at 2.0 Å resolution of two proteolytically inactive AsaP1 variants show the polypeptide folding of the protease domain and the propeptide domain ...
The Gram-negative bacterium Aeromonas salmonicida is a fish pathogen for various fish species worldwide. Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. achromogenes produces the extracellular, toxic zinc endopeptidase AsaP1. Crystal structure analyses at 2.0 Å resolution of two proteolytically inactive AsaP1 variants show the polypeptide folding of the protease domain and the propeptide domain. These first crystal structure analyses of a precursor of a deuterolysin-like aspzincin protease provide insights into propeptide function, and specific substrate binding. A lysine side chain of the propeptide binds in the hydrophobic S1'-pocket interacting with three carboxylate side chains. An AsaP1 variant with a lysine to alanine exchange identifies the chaperone function of the propeptide.
Related Citations: 
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Organizational Affiliation: 
Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Biochemistry, University of Greifswald, Germany. winfried.hinrichs@uni-greifswald.de.