3vcm
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/RENI_HUMAN RENI_HUMAN] Renin is a highly specific endopeptidase, whose only known function is to generate angiotensin I from angiotensinogen in the plasma, initiating a cascade of reactions that produce an elevation of blood pressure and increased sodium retention by the kidney. | [https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/RENI_HUMAN RENI_HUMAN] Renin is a highly specific endopeptidase, whose only known function is to generate angiotensin I from angiotensinogen in the plasma, initiating a cascade of reactions that produce an elevation of blood pressure and increased sodium retention by the kidney. | ||
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| + | == Publication Abstract from PubMed == | ||
| + | Antibodies and prorenin mutants have long been used to structurally characterize prorenin, the inactive proenzyme form of renin. They were designed on the basis of homology models built using other aspartyl protease proenzyme structures since no structure was available for prorenin. Here, we present the first X-ray structure of a prorenin. The current structure of prorenin reveals that, in this zymogene, the active site of renin is blocked by the N-terminal residues of the mature version of the renin molecule, which are, in turn, covered by an Omega-shaped prosegment. This prevents access of substrates to the active site. The departure of the prosegment on activation induces an important global conformational change in the mature renin molecule with respect to prorenin: similar to other related enzymes such as pepsin or gastricsin, the segment that constitutes the N-terminal beta-strand in renin is displaced from the renin active site by about 180 degrees straight into the position that corresponds to the N-terminal beta-strand of the prorenin prosegment. This way, the renin active site will become completely exposed and capable of carrying out its catalytic functions. A unique inactivation mechanism is also revealed, which does not make use of a lysine against the catalytic aspartates, probably in order to facilitate pH-independent activation [e.g., by the (pro)renin receptor]. | ||
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| + | Human Prorenin Structure Sheds Light on a Novel Mechanism of Its Autoinhibition and on Its Non-Proteolytic Activation by the (Pro)renin Receptor.,Morales R, Watier Y, Bocskei Z J Mol Biol. 2012 May 7. PMID:22575890<ref>PMID:22575890</ref> | ||
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| + | From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Current revision
Crystal structure of human prorenin
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