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Guerra Y, Armijos‐Jaramillo V, Pons T, Tejera E, Berry C. Canonical or noncanonical? Structural plasticity of serine protease-binding loops in Kunitz-STI protease inhibitors. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4570. [PMID: 36660780 PMCID: PMC9885459 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The Kunitz-Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor (Kunitz-STI) family is a large family of proteins with most of its members being protease inhibitors. The versatility of the inhibitory profile and the structural plasticity of these proteins, make this family a promising scaffold for designing new multifunctional proteins. Historically, Kunitz-STI inhibitors have been classified as canonical serine protease inhibitors, but new inhibitors with novel inhibition mechanisms have been described in recent years. Different inhibition mechanisms could be the result of different evolutionary pathways. In the present work, we performed a structural analysis of all the crystallographic structures available for Kunitz-STI inhibitors to characterize serine protease-binding loop structural features and locations. Our study suggests a relationship between the conformation of serine protease-binding loops and the inhibition mechanism, their location in the β-trefoil fold, and the plant source of the inhibitors. The classical canonical inhibitors of this family are restricted to plants from the Fabales order and bind their targets via the β4-β5 loop, whereas serine protease-binding loops in inhibitors from other plants lie mainly in the β5-β6 and β9-β10 loops. In addition, we found that the β5-β6 loop is used to inhibit two different families of serine proteases through a steric blockade inhibition mechanism. This work will help to change the general perception that all Kunitz-STI inhibitors are canonical inhibitors and proteins with protease-binding loops adopting noncanonical conformations are exceptions. Additionally, our results will help in the identification of protease-binding loops in uncharacterized or newly discovered inhibitors, and in the design of multifunctional proteins.
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- Yasel Guerra
- Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias AplicadasUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
- Grupo de Bio‐QuimioinformáticaUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
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- Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias AplicadasUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
- Grupo de Bio‐QuimioinformáticaUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
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- Department of Immunology and OncologyNational Centre for Biotechnology (CNB‐CSIC)MadridSpain
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- Ingeniería en Biotecnología, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias AplicadasUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
- Grupo de Bio‐QuimioinformáticaUniversidad de Las AméricasQuitoEcuador
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- Cardiff School of BiosciencesCardiff UniversityCardiffUK
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Kumari S, Sharma P, Ghosh D, Shandilya M, Rawat P, Hassan MI, Moulick RG, Bhattacharya J, Srivastava C, Majumder S. Time-dependent study of graphene oxide-trypsin adsorption interface and visualization of nano-protein corona. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 163:2259-2269. [PMID: 32961193 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.09.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Understanding of interactions of nanomaterials with biomolecules (especially proteins) is of great importance to the area of nanobiotechnology. Graphene and its derivative such as graphene oxide (GO), are two-dimensional (2-D) nanomaterials with remarkable physical and chemical properties and have been broadly explored in biotechnology and biomedical application. Here, we have reported the nature of adsorption of trypsin on the GO surface, considering its biomedical implications. A simple incubation of trypsin on GO surface exhibits varying resistance to autolysis. The structural morphology of trypsin on the GO surface was studied by using atomic force microscopy (AFM), circular dichroism (CD), fluorescence, and total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopies. Results suggest that the trypsin follows the Freundlich Isotherm. By the Langmuir model, the maximum adsorption capacity was found to be 100 mg/g. From protein assay results we have concluded that the native trypsin exhibits the highest catalytic efficiency (33.97*104 L mol-1 min-1) in comparison to other Trp-GO constructs. We have further visualized morphological change on GO-trypsin interface throughout the adsorption process by taking samples at definite time intervals, which suggests that the interaction of trypsin with GO is an example of the soft corona. Our findings may be implicated in enzyme engineering as well as enzyme-based bio-sensing applications.
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- Sujata Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Applied Physics and Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yong- In, Gyong-gi 17104, Republic of Korea
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- Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Basic Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi 110025, India
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- Amity Institute of Integrative Sciences and Health, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Amity School of Applied Science, Amity University Haryana, Haryana 122413, India.
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Bendre AD, Suresh CG, Shanmugam D, Ramasamy S. Structural insights into the unique inhibitory mechanism of Kunitz type trypsin inhibitor from Cicer arietinum L. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2018; 37:2669-2677. [PMID: 30052127 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1494633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Kunitz-type trypsin inhibitors bind to the active pocket of trypsin causing its inhibition. Plant Kunitz-type inhibitors are thought to be important in defense, especially against insect pests. From sequence analysis of various Kunitz-type inhibitors from plants, we identified CaTI2 from chickpea as a unique variant lacking the functionally important arginine residue corresponding to the soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) and having a distinct and unique inhibitory loop organization. To further explore the implications of these sequence variations, we obtained the crystal structure of recombinant CaTI2 at 2.8Å resolution. It is evident from the structure that the variations in the inhibitory loop facilitates non-substrate like binding of CaTI2 to trypsin, while the canonical inhibitor STI binds to trypsin in substrate like manner. Our results establish the unique mechanism of trypsin inhibition by CaTI2, which warrant further research into its substrate spectrum. Abbreviations BApNA Nα-Benzoyl-L-arginine 4-nitroanilide BPT bovine pancreatic trypsin CaTI2 Cicer arietinum L trypsin inhibitor 2 DrTI Delonix regia Trypsin inhibitor EcTI Enterolobium contortisiliquum trypsin inhibitor ETI Erythrina caffra trypsin inhibitor KTI Kunitz type inhibitor STI soybean trypsin inhibitor TKI Tamarindus indica Kunitz inhibitor Communicated By Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Ameya D Bendre
- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India.,b Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) , Pune , India
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- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India
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- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India.,b Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) , Pune , India
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- a Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory , Pune , India
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Engineered protease inhibitors based on sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI-1) provide insights into the role of sequence and conformation in Laskowski mechanism inhibition. Biochem J 2015; 469:243-53. [PMID: 25981970 DOI: 10.1042/bj20150412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Laskowski inhibitors regulate serine proteases by an intriguing mode of action that involves deceiving the protease into synthesizing a peptide bond. Studies exploring naturally occurring Laskowski inhibitors have uncovered several structural features that convey the inhibitor's resistance to hydrolysis and exceptional binding affinity. However, in the context of Laskowski inhibitor engineering, the way that various modifications intended to fine-tune an inhibitor's potency and selectivity impact on its association and dissociation rates remains unclear. This information is important as Laskowski inhibitors are becoming increasingly used as design templates to develop new protease inhibitors for pharmaceutical applications. In this study, we used the cyclic peptide, sunflower trypsin inhibitor-1 (SFTI-1), as a model system to explore how the inhibitor's sequence and structure relate to its binding kinetics and function. Using enzyme assays, MD simulations and NMR spectroscopy to study SFTI variants with diverse sequence and backbone modifications, we show that the geometry of the binding loop mainly influences the inhibitor's potency by modulating the association rate, such that variants lacking a favourable conformation show dramatic losses in activity. Additionally, we show that the inhibitor's sequence (including both the binding loop and its scaffolding) influences its potency and selectivity by modulating both the association and the dissociation rates. These findings provide new insights into protease inhibitor function and design that we apply by engineering novel inhibitors for classical serine proteases, trypsin and chymotrypsin and two kallikrein-related peptidases (KLK5 and KLK14) that are implicated in various cancers and skin diseases.
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A conserved tryptophan (W91) at the barrel-lid junction modulates the packing and stability of Kunitz (STI) family of inhibitors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1854:55-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2014.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Patil DN, Chaudhary A, Sharma AK, Tomar S, Kumar P. Structural basis for dual inhibitory role of tamarind Kunitz inhibitor (TKI) against factor Xa and trypsin. FEBS J 2012; 279:4547-64. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2012] [Revised: 10/09/2012] [Accepted: 10/19/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Dipak N. Patil
- Department of Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee; Uttarakhand; India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee; Uttarakhand; India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee; Uttarakhand; India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee; Uttarakhand; India
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- Department of Biotechnology; Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee; Roorkee; Uttarakhand; India
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Majumder S, Khamrui S, Dasgupta J, Dattagupta JK, Sen U. Role of remote scaffolding residues in the inhibitory loop pre-organization, flexibility, rigidification and enzyme inhibition of serine protease inhibitors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1824:882-90. [PMID: 22709512 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2012] [Revised: 04/22/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Canonical serine protease inhibitors interact with cognate enzymes through the P3-P2' region of the inhibitory loop while its scaffold hardly makes any contact. Neighboring scaffolding residues like Arginines or Asparagine shape-up the inhibitory loop and favor the resynthesis of cleaved scissile bond. However, role of remote scaffolding residues, which are not involved in religation, was not properly explored. Crystal structures of two engineered winged bean chymotrypsin inhibitor (WCI) complexed with Bovine trypsin (BPT) namely L65R-WCI:BPT and F64Y/L65R-WCI:BPT show that the inhibitory loop of these engineered inhibitors are recognized and rigidified properly at the enzyme active site like other strong trypsin inhibitors. Chimeric protein ETI(L)-WCI(S), having a loop of Erythrina caffra Trypsin Inhibitor, ETI on the scaffold of WCI, was previously shown to behave like substrate. Non-canonical structure of the inhibitory loop and its flexibility are attributed to the presence of smaller scaffolding residues which cannot act as barrier to the inhibitory loop like in ETI. Double mutant A76R/L115Y-(ETI(L)-WCI(S)), where the barrier is reintroduced on ETI(L)-WCI(S), shows regaining of inhibitory activity. The structure of A76R/L115Y-(ETI(L)-WCI(S)) along with L65R-WCI:BPT and F64Y/L65R-WCI:BPT demonstrate here that the lost canonical conformation of the inhibitory loop is fully restored and loop flexibility is dramatically reduced. Therefore, residues at the inhibitory loop interact with the enzyme playing the primary role in recognition and binding but scaffolding residues having no direct interaction with the enzyme are crucial for rigidification event and the inhibitory potency. B-factor analysis indicates that the amount of inhibitory loop rigidification varies between different inhibitor families.
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- Sudip Majumder
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
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Azarkan M, Martinez-Rodriguez S, Buts L, Baeyens-Volant D, Garcia-Pino A. The plasticity of the β-trefoil fold constitutes an evolutionary platform for protease inhibition. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:43726-43734. [PMID: 22027836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.291310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proteases carry out a number of crucial functions inside and outside the cell. To protect the cells against the potentially lethal activities of these enzymes, specific inhibitors are produced to tightly regulate the protease activity. Independent reports suggest that the Kunitz-soybean trypsin inhibitor (STI) family has the potential to inhibit proteases with different specificities. In this study, we use a combination of biophysical methods to define the structural basis of the interaction of papaya protease inhibitor (PPI) with serine proteases. We show that PPI is a multiple-headed inhibitor; a single PPI molecule can bind two trypsin units at the same time. Based on sequence and structural analysis, we hypothesize that the inherent plasticity of the β-trefoil fold is paramount in the functional evolution of this family toward multiple protease inhibition.
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- Mohamed Azarkan
- Protein Chemistry Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme (CP 609), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Recognition Unit, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Recognition Unit, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Protein Chemistry Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Erasme (CP 609), 808 Route de Lennik, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Molecular Recognition Unit, Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium; Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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Khamrui S, Majumder S, Dasgupta J, Dattagupta JK, Sen U. Identification of a novel set of scaffolding residues that are instrumental for the inhibitory property of Kunitz (STI) inhibitors. Protein Sci 2010; 19:593-602. [PMID: 20073082 DOI: 10.1002/pro.338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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For canonical serine protease inhibitors (SPIs), scaffolding spacer residue Asn or Arg religates cleaved scissile peptide bond to offer efficient inhibition. However, several designed "mini-proteins," containing the inhibitory loop and the spacer(s) with trimmed scaffold behave like substrates, indicating that scaffolding region beyond the spacer is also important in the inhibitory process. To understand the loop-scaffold compatibility, we prepared three chimeric proteins ECI(L)-WCI(S), ETI(L)-WCI(S), and STI(L)-WCI(S), where the inhibitory loop of ECI, ETI, and STI is placed on the scaffold of their homolog WCI. Results show that although ECI(L)-WCI(S) and STI(L)-WCI(S) behave like good inhibitors, ETI(L)-WCI(S) behaves like a substrate. That means a set of loop residues (SRLRSAFI), offering strong trypsin inhibition in ETI, act as a substrate when they seat on the scaffold of WCI. Crystal structure of ETI(L)-WCI(S) shows that the inhibitory loop is of noncanonical conformation. We identified three novel scaffolding residues Trp88, Arg74, and Tyr113 in ETI that act as barrier to confine the inhibitory loop to canonical conformation. Absence of this barrier in the scaffold of WCI makes the inhibitory loop flexible in ETI(L)-WCI(S) leading to a loss of canonical conformation, explaining its substrate-like behavior. Incorporation of this barrier back in ETI(L)-WCI(S) through mutations increases its inhibitory power, supporting our proposition. Our study provides structural evidence for the contribution of remote scaffolding residues in the inhibitory process of canonical SPIs. Additionally, we rationalize why the loop-scaffold swapping is not permitted even among the members of highly homologous inhibitors, which might be important in the light of inhibitor design.
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- Susmita Khamrui
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata 700064, India
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