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Analyzing The Binding Of Co(Ii)-Specific Inhibitors To The Methionyl Aminopeptidases From Escherichia Coli And Pyrococcus Furiosus, Sanghamitra Mitra, George Sheppard, Jieyi Wang, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Analyzing The Binding Of Co(Ii)-Specific Inhibitors To The Methionyl Aminopeptidases From Escherichia Coli And Pyrococcus Furiosus, Sanghamitra Mitra, George Sheppard, Jieyi Wang, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Physics Faculty Research and Publications
Methionine aminopeptidases (MetAPs) represent a unique class of protease that is capable of the hydrolytic removal of an N-terminal methionine residue from nascent polypeptide chains. MetAPs are physiologically important enzymes; hence, there is considerable interest in developing inhibitors that can be used as antiangiogenic and antimicrobial agents. A detailed kinetic and spectroscopic study has been performed to probe the binding of a triazole-based inhibitor and a bestatin-based inhibitor to both Mn(II)- and Co(II)-loaded type-I (Escherichia coli) and type-II (Pyrococcus furiosus) MetAPs. Both inhibitors were found to be moderate competitive inhibitors. The triazole-type inhibitor was found to …
X-Ray Crystallographic Characterization Of The Co(Ii)-Substituted Tris-Bound Form Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica, Petra Munih, Aaron Moulin, Carin Stamper, Brian Bennett, Dagmar Ringe, Gregory A. Petsko, Richard C. Holz
X-Ray Crystallographic Characterization Of The Co(Ii)-Substituted Tris-Bound Form Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica, Petra Munih, Aaron Moulin, Carin Stamper, Brian Bennett, Dagmar Ringe, Gregory A. Petsko, Richard C. Holz
Physics Faculty Research and Publications
The X-ray crystal structure of the Co(II)-loaded form of the aminopeptidase from Aeromonas proteolytica ([CoCo(AAP)]) was solved to 2.2 Å resolution. [CoCo(AAP)] folds into an α/β globular domain with a twisted β-sheet hydrophobic core sandwiched between α-helices, identical to [ZnZn(AAP)]. Co(II) binding to AAP does not introduce any major conformational changes to the overall protein structure and the amino acid residues ligated to the dicobalt(II) cluster in [CoCo(AAP)] are the same as those in the native Zn(II)-loaded structure with only minor perturbations in bond lengths. The Co(II)–Co(II) distance is 3.3 Å. Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (Tris) coordinates to the dinuclear Co(II) active site …
Characterization Of The Catalytically Active Mn(Ii)-Loaded Arge-Encoded N-Acetyl-L-Ornithine Deacetylase From Escherichia Coli, Wade C. Mcgregor, Sabina I. Swierczek, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Characterization Of The Catalytically Active Mn(Ii)-Loaded Arge-Encoded N-Acetyl-L-Ornithine Deacetylase From Escherichia Coli, Wade C. Mcgregor, Sabina I. Swierczek, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Physics Faculty Research and Publications
The catalytically competent Mn(II)-loaded form of the argE-encoded N-acetyl-l-ornithine deacetylase from Escherichia coli (ArgE) was characterized by kinetic, thermodynamic, and spectroscopic methods. Maximum N-acetyl-l-ornithine (NAO) hydrolytic activity was observed in the presence of one Mn(II) ion with k cat and K m values of 550 s−1 and 0.8 mM, respectively, providing a catalytic efficiency (k cat/K m) of 6.9 × 105 M−1 s−1. The ArgE dissociation constant (K d) for Mn(II) was determined to be 0.18 μM, correlating well with a value obtained by isothermal titration …
Inhibition Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica By L-Leucinethiol: Kinetic And Spectroscopic Characterization Of A Slow, Tight-Binding Inhibitor–Enzyme Complex, David L. Bienvenue, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Inhibition Of The Aminopeptidase From Aeromonas Proteolytica By L-Leucinethiol: Kinetic And Spectroscopic Characterization Of A Slow, Tight-Binding Inhibitor–Enzyme Complex, David L. Bienvenue, Brian Bennett, Richard C. Holz
Physics Faculty Research and Publications
The peptide inhibitor l-leucinethiol (LeuSH) was found to be a potent, slow-binding inhibitor of the aminopeptidase from Aeromonas proteolytica (AAP). The overall potency (KI*) of LeuSH was 7 nM while the corresponding alcohol l-leucinol (LeuOH) was a simple competitive inhibitor of much lower potency (KI=17 μM). These data suggest that the free thiol is likely involved in the formation of the E·I and E·I* complexes, presumably providing a metal ligand. In order to probe the nature of the interaction of LeuSH and LeuOH with the dinuclear active site of AAP, we have …