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1y08
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Structure of the Streptococcal Endopeptidase IdeS, a Novel Cysteine Proteinase with Strict Specificity for IgG
Overview
Pathogenic bacteria have developed complex and diverse virulence mechanisms that weaken or disable the host immune defense system. IdeS (IgG-degrading enzyme of Streptococcus pyogenes) is a secreted cysteine endopeptidase from the human pathogen S. pyogenes with an extraordinarily high degree of substrate specificity, catalyzing a single proteolytic cleavage at the lower hinge of human IgG. This proteolytic degradation promotes inhibition of opsonophagocytosis and interferes with the killing of group A Streptococcus. We have determined the crystal structure of the catalytically inactive mutant IdeS-C94S by x-ray crystallography at 1.9-A resolution. Despite negligible sequence homology to known proteinases, the core of the structure resembles the canonical papain fold although with major insertions and a distinct substrate-binding site. Therefore IdeS belongs to a unique family within the CA clan of cysteine proteinases. Based on analogy with inhibitor complexes of papain-like proteinases, we propose a model for substrate binding by IdeS.
About this Structure
1Y08 is a Single protein structure of sequence from Streptococcus pyogenes. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
Structure of the streptococcal endopeptidase IdeS, a cysteine proteinase with strict specificity for IgG., Wenig K, Chatwell L, von Pawel-Rammingen U, Bjorck L, Huber R, Sondermann P, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Dec 14;101(50):17371-6. Epub 2004 Dec 1. PMID:15574492 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 15:43:31 2008
