Structural highlights
Function
AACT_HUMAN Although its physiological function is unclear, it can inhibit neutrophil cathepsin G and mast cell chymase, both of which can convert angiotensin-1 to the active angiotensin-2.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Expressed in a kinetically trapped folding state, a serpin couples the thermodynamic driving force of a massive beta-sheet rearrangement to the inhibition of a target protease. Hence, the serpin-protease interaction is the premier example of a "spring-loaded" protein-protein interaction. Amino acid substitutions in the hinge region of a serpin reactive loop can weaken the molecular spring, which converts the serpin from an inhibitor into a substrate. To probe the molecular basis of this conversion, we report the crystal structure of A349R antichymotrypsin in the reactive loop cleaved state at 2.1 A resolution. This amino acid substitution does not block the beta-sheet rearrangement despite the burial of R349 in the hydrophobic core of the cleaved serpin along with a salt-linked acetate ion. The inhibitory activity of this serpin variant is not obliterated; remarkably, its inhibitory properties are anion-dependent due to the creation of an anion-binding cavity in the cleaved serpin.
Engineering an anion-binding cavity in antichymotrypsin modulates the "spring-loaded" serpin-protease interaction.,Lukacs CM, Rubin H, Christianson DW Biochemistry. 1998 Mar 10;37(10):3297-304. PMID:9521649[2]
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References
- ↑ Rubin H, Wang ZM, Nickbarg EB, McLarney S, Naidoo N, Schoenberger OL, Johnson JL, Cooperman BS. Cloning, expression, purification, and biological activity of recombinant native and variant human alpha 1-antichymotrypsins. J Biol Chem. 1990 Jan 15;265(2):1199-207. PMID:2404007
- ↑ Lukacs CM, Rubin H, Christianson DW. Engineering an anion-binding cavity in antichymotrypsin modulates the "spring-loaded" serpin-protease interaction. Biochemistry. 1998 Mar 10;37(10):3297-304. PMID:9521649 doi:10.1021/bi972359e
