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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
36
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Angiotensin (Ang) I-converting enzyme (ACE) is a Zn(2+) metalloprotease with two homologous catalytic domains. Both the N- and C-terminal domains are peptidyl dipeptidases. Hydrolysis by ACE of its decapeptide substrate Ang I is increased by Cl(-), but the molecular mechanism of this regulation is unclear. A search for single substitutions to Gln among all conserved basic residues (Lys/Arg) in human ACE C-domain identified R1098Q as the sole mutant that lacked Cl(-) dependence. Cl(-) dependence is also lost when the equivalent Arg in the N-domain, Arg(500), is substituted with Gln. The Arg(1098) to Lys substitution reduced Cl(-) binding affinity by approximately 100-fold. In the absence of Cl(-), substrate binding affinity (1/K(m)) of and catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) for Ang I hydrolysis are increased 6.9- and 32-fold, respectively, by the Arg(1098) to Gln substitution, and are similar (<2-fold difference) to the respective wild-type C-domain catalytic constants in the presence of optimal [Cl(-)]. The Arg(1098) to Gln substitution also eliminates Cl(-) dependence for hydrolysis of tetrapeptide substrates, but activity toward these substrates is similar to that of the wild-type C-domain in the absence of Cl(-). These findings indicate that: 1) Arg(1098) is a critical residue of the C-domain Cl(-)-binding site and 2) a basic side chain is necessary for Cl(-) dependence. For tetrapeptide substrates, the inability of R1098Q to recreate the high affinity state generated by the Cl(-)-C-domain interaction suggests that substrate interactions with the enzyme-bound Cl(-) are much more important for the hydrolysis of short substrates than for Ang I. Since Cl(-) concentrations are saturating under physiological conditions and Arg(1098) is not critical for Ang I hydrolysis, we speculate that the evolutionary pressure for the maintenance of the Cl(-)-binding site is its ability to allow cleavage of short cognate peptide substrates at high catalytic efficiencies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33518-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Allosteric Site, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Catalysis, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Catalytic Domain, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Chlorine, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Glutamine, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Sodium Chloride, pubmed-meshheading:11432860-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Arg(1098) is critical for the chloride dependence of human angiotensin I-converting enzyme C-domain catalytic activity.
pubmed:affiliation
Enzyme Research Unit, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article