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9829989

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
49
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Mitochondrial processing peptidase (MPP) specifically recognizes a large variety of mitochondrial precursor proteins and cleaves off N-terminal extension peptides. The enzyme is a metalloprotease and forms a heterodimer consisting of structurally related alpha- and beta-subunits. To investigate the responsibility of MPP subunits for substrate recognition, we monitored interaction of the fluorescent-labeled peptide substrates with the MPP and its subunits. The specific binding of the peptide to the MPP was confirmed by findings of the direct participation of arginine residues in the binding, which are located at position -2 and the position distal to the cleavage site and are essential for the cleavage reaction. MPP bound the substrate peptides with high affinity only in the dimeric complex, and each subunit monomer had about a 30-fold less affinity than the complex. The individual subunit required arginines at different positions in the peptide for binding, although their affinities were much lower than that of MPP. Fluorescence quenching analysis showed that the peptide bound to MPP was buried in the enzyme. Thus, both subunits of MPP might be required for formation of a substrate binding pocket with multiple subsites lying across them.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
32542-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cooperative formation of a substrate binding pocket by alpha- and beta-subunits of mitochondrial processing peptidase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't