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Zaidi N, Maurer A, Nieke S, Kalbacher H. Cathepsin D: a cellular roadmap. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 376:5-9. [PMID: 18762174 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Accepted: 08/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cathepsin D is a normal and major component of lysosomes, it is found in almost all cells and tissues of mammals. Present review describes different events in cellular life of cathepsin D mainly its biosynthesis, co-translational and posttranslational modifications, targeting to lysosomes and proteolytic processing and maturation within lysosomes.
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- Nousheen Zaidi
- Medical and Natural Sciences Research Centre, University of Tubingen, Ob dem Himmerlreich 7, 72074 Tubingen, Germany
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Follo C, Castino R, Nicotra G, Trincheri NF, Isidoro C. Folding, activity and targeting of mutated human cathepsin D that cannot be processed into the double-chain form. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2007; 39:638-49. [PMID: 17188016 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2006.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 11/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The precursor of human cathepsin D (CD) is converted into the single-chain and the double-chain active polypeptides by subsequent proteolysis reactions taking place in the endosomal-lysosomal compartment and involving specific aminoacid sequences. We have mutagenized the region of aminoacids (comprising the beta-hairpin loop) involved in the latter proteolytic maturation step and generated a mutant CD that cannot be converted into the mature double-chain form. This mutant CD expressed in rodent cells reaches the lysosome and is stable as single-chain polypeptide, bears high-mannose type sugars, binds to pepstatin A and is enzymatically active, indicating that it is correctly folded. The present work provides new insights on the aminoacid region involved in the terminal processing of human CD and on the function of the processing beta-hairpin loop.
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- Carlo Follo
- Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche, Università del Piemonte Orientale A. Avogadro, via Solaroli 17, 28100 Novara, Italy
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Yaghootfam A, Schestag F, Dierks T, Gieselmann V. Recognition of arylsulfatase A and B by the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-phosphotransferase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:32653-61. [PMID: 12783870 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304865200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The critical step for sorting of lysosomal enzymes is the recognition by a Golgi-located phosphotransferase. The topogenic structure common to all lysosomal enzymes essential for this recognition is still not well defined, except that lysine residues seem to play a critical role. Here we have substituted surface-located lysine residues of lysosomal arylsulfatases A and B. In lysosomal arylsulfatase A only substitution of lysine residue 457 caused a reduction of phosphorylation to 33% and increased secretion of the mutant enzyme. In contrast to critical lysines in various other lysosomal enzymes, lysine 457 is not located in an unstructured loop region but in a helix. It is not strictly conserved among six homologous lysosomal sulfatases. Based on three-dimensional structure comparison, lysines 497 and 507 in arylsulfatase B are in a similar position as lysine 457 of arylsulfatase A. Also, the position of oligosaccharide side chains phosphorylated in arylsulfatase A is similar in arylsulfatase B. Despite the high degree of structural homology between these two sulfatases substitution of lysines 497 and 507 in arylsulfatase B has no effect on the sorting and phosphorylation of this sulfatase. Thus, highly homologous lysosomal arylsulfatases A and B did not develop a single conserved phosphotransferase recognition signal, demonstrating the high variability of this signal even in evolutionary closely related enzymes.
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- Afshin Yaghootfam
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelms Universität, Nussallee 11, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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Sachdev D, Chirgwin JM. Fusions to maltose-binding protein: control of folding and solubility in protein purification. Methods Enzymol 2001; 326:312-21. [PMID: 11036650 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)26062-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- D Sachdev
- University of Minnesota Cancer Center, Minneapolis 55455, USA
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Lukong KE, Elsliger MA, Mort JS, Potier M, Pshezhetsky AV. Identification of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-phosphotransferase-binding sites on the lysosomal proteases, cathepsins A, B, and D. Biochemistry 1999; 38:73-80. [PMID: 9890884 DOI: 10.1021/bi981324r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A key step in the targeting of soluble lysosomal enzymes is their recognition and phosphorylation by a 540 kDa multisubunit enzyme, UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-phosphotransferase (phosphotransferase). The molecular mechanism of recognition is still unknown, but previous experiments suggested that the phosphotransferase-binding sites on lysosomal proteins are represented by structurally conserved surface patches of amino acids. We identified four such regions on nonhomologous lysosomal enzymes, cathepsins A, B, and D, which were superimposed by rotating their structures around the Calpha atom of the glycosylated Asn residue. We proposed that these regions represent putative phosphotransferase-binding sites and tested synthetic peptides, derived from these regions on the basis of surface accessibility, for their ability to inhibit in vitro phosphorylation of purified cathepsins A, B, and D. Our results indicate that cathepsin A and cathepsin D have one closely related phosphotransferase recognition site represented by a structurally and topologically conserved beta-hairpin loop, similar to that previously identified in lysosomal beta-glucuronidase. The most potent inhibition of phosphorylation was demonstrated by homologous peptides derived from the regions located on cathepsin molecules opposite the oligosaccharide chains which are phosphorylated by the phosphotransferase. We propose that recognition and catalytic sites of the phosphotransferase are located on different subunits, therefore, providing an effective mechanism for binding and phosphorylation of lysosomal proteins of different molecular size.
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- K E Lukong
- Service de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Cuozzo JW, Tao K, Cygler M, Mort JS, Sahagian GG. Lysine-based structure responsible for selective mannose phosphorylation of cathepsin D and cathepsin L defines a common structural motif for lysosomal enzyme targeting. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:21067-76. [PMID: 9694859 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.33.21067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that lysine residues on the surface of cathepsins and other lysosomal proteins are a shared component of the recognition structure involved in mannose phosphorylation. In this study, the involvement of specific lysine residues in mannose phosphorylation of cathepsin D was explored by site-directed mutagenesis. Mutation of two lysine residues in the mature portion of the protein, Lys-203 and Lys-293, cooperated to inhibit mannose phosphorylation by 70%. Other positively charged residues could not substitute for lysine at these positions, and comparison of thermal denaturation curves for the wild type and mutant proteins indicated that the inhibition could not be explained by alterations in protein folding. Structural comparisons of the two lysine residues with those required for phosphorylation of cathepsin L, using models generated from recently acquired crystal structures, revealed several relevant similarities. On both molecules, the lysine residues were positioned approximately 34 A apart (34.06 A for cathepsin D and 33.80 A for cathepsin L). When the lysine pairs were superimposed, N-linked glycosylation sites on the two proteins were found to be oriented so that oligosaccharides extending out from the sites could share a common region of space. Further similarities in the local environments of the critical lysines were also observed. These results provide details for a common lysosomal targeting structure based on a specific arrangement of lysine residues with respect to each other and to glycosylation sites on the surface of lysosomal proteins.
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- J W Cuozzo
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Chirgwin JM, Schultz S, Sachdev D. Expression of chimeric human aspartic proteinases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1998; 436:139-46. [PMID: 9561211 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5373-1_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- J M Chirgwin
- Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Research Service, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7877, USA
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Sachdev D, Chirgwin JM. Order of fusions between bacterial and mammalian proteins can determine solubility in Escherichia coli. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 244:933-7. [PMID: 9535771 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We made fusions between Escherichia coli maltose-binding protein (MBP) and the mammalian aspartic proteinases pepsinogen or procathepsin D. When MBP was at the N-terminus, the fusions were soluble in E. coli. When the order was reversed, the chimeric proteins formed inclusion bodies. The data suggest that the solubility of fusion proteins is controlled by whether the protein domains emerging first from the ribosome normally fold into soluble or insoluble states. The soluble MBP-aspartic proteinase fusions were stable but proteolytically inactive. MBP-pepsinogen, however, was efficiently renatured from 8 M urea in vitro, suggesting that the E. coli cytoplasm does not support folding of the mammalian partner protein to the native state. Thus, inclusion body formation may be the consequence, rather than the cause, of non-native folding in vivo, and in E. coli soluble proteins may fold into states different from those reached in vitro.
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- D Sachdev
- Research Service, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans' Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA
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Sachdev D, Chirgwin JM. Solubility of proteins isolated from inclusion bodies is enhanced by fusion to maltose-binding protein or thioredoxin. Protein Expr Purif 1998; 12:122-32. [PMID: 9473466 DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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When the mammalian aspartic proteinases, procathepsin D or pepsinogen, are expressed in Escherichia coli both accumulate in inclusion bodies. While pepsinogen is efficiently refolded in vitro, recovery of procathepsin D is limited by insolubility. We expressed procathepsin D and pepsinogen in E. coli, with E. coli maltose-binding protein (MBP) or thioredoxin (trx) fused to their C-termini (aspartic proteinase-MBP or aspartic proteinase-trx). The fusion proteins were still found in inclusion bodies. However, the recovery of soluble procathepsin D-MBP and procathepsin D-trx after refolding was facilitated by the bacterial fusion partners. Maltose-binding protein was more efficient than thioredoxin in increasing the recovery of soluble protein. The vector, pET23bMBPH6, can be used for general expression of heterologous proteins in E. coli. The vector includes a histidine tag at the C-terminus of MBP to allow one-step purification of the fusion proteins under denaturing conditions. After purification, the protein of interest can be cleaved from MBP with factor Xa protease and separated from the MBP partner. Refolded pepsinogen-MBP and pepsinogen-trx were enzymatically active, but procathepsin D-MBP and procathepsin D-trx were soluble but largely inactive. The results show that the limited recovery of activity upon refolding of procathepsin D is not the consequence of competing aggregation. Thus, the fusions do not necessarily facilitate native refolding, but they do enhance the recovery of soluble protein. Such fusions could provide a system to study, in soluble form, folding states which are otherwise inaccessible because of aggregation and precipitation.
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- D Sachdev
- Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas 78284-7877, USA
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Nishikawa A, Gregory W, Frenz J, Cacia J, Kornfeld S. The phosphorylation of bovine DNase I Asn-linked oligosaccharides is dependent on specific lysine and arginine residues. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:19408-12. [PMID: 9235940 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.31.19408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The secretory glycoprotein DNase I acquires mannose 6-phosphate moieties on its Asn-linked oligosaccharides, indicating that it is a substrate for UDP-GlcNAc:lysosomal enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase (phosphotransferase) (Cacia, J., Quan, C., and Frenz, J. (1995) Glycobiology 4, 99). Phosphotransferase recognizes a conformation-dependent protein determinant that is present in lysosomal hydrolases, but absent in most secretory glycoproteins. To identify the amino acid residues of DNase I that are required for interaction with phosphotransferase, wild-type and mutant forms of bovine DNase I were expressed in COS-1 cells and the extent of oligosaccharide phosphorylation determined. Phosphorylation of DNase I oligosaccharides decreased from 12.6% to 2.3% when Lys-50, Lys-124, and Arg-27 were mutated to alanines, indicating that these residues are required for the basal level of phosphorylation. Mutation of lysines at other positions did not impair phosphorylation, demonstrating the selectivity of this process. When Arg-27 was replaced with a lysine, phosphorylation increased to 54%, showing that phosphotransferase prefers lysine residues to arginines. Mutation of Asn-74 to a lysine also increased phosphorylation to 50.3%, and the double mutant (R27K/N74K) was phosphorylated 79%, equivalent to the values obtained with lysosomal hydrolases. Interestingly, Lys-27 and Lys-74 caused selective phosphorylation of the neighboring Asn-linked oligosaccharide. Finally, mutation of Lys-117 to an alanine stimulated phosphorylation, demonstrating that some residues may be negative regulators of this process. We conclude that selected lysine and arginine residues on the surface of DNase I constitute the major elements of the phosphotransferase recognition domain present on this secretory glycoprotein.
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- A Nishikawa
- Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Jain S, Drendel WB, Chen ZW, Mathews FS, Sly WS, Grubb JH. Structure of human beta-glucuronidase reveals candidate lysosomal targeting and active-site motifs. NATURE STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 1996; 3:375-81. [PMID: 8599764 DOI: 10.1038/nsb0496-375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The X-ray structure of the homotetrameric lysosomal acid hydrolase, human beta-glucuronidase (332,000 Mr), has been determined at 2.6 A resolution. The tetramer has approximate dihedral symmetry and each promoter consists of three structural domains with topologies similar to a jelly roll barrel, an immunoglobulin constant domain and a TIM barrel respectively. Residues 179-204 form a beta-hairpin motif similar to the putative lysosomal targeting motif of cathepsin D, supporting the view that lysosomal targeting has a structural basis. The active site of the enzyme is formed from a large cleft at the interface of two monomers. Residues Glu 451 and Glu 540 are proposed to be important for catalysis. The structure establishes a framework for understanding mutations that lead to the human genetic disease mucopolysaccharidosis VII, and for using the enzyme in anti-cancer therapy.
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- S Jain
- Department of Biochemistry, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Conversion of prorenin to renin results from proteolytic cleavage of a 43-amino-acid prorenin prosegment in renal juxtaglomerular cells. The enzyme that performs this processing is not known. Of several enzymes proposed, cathepsin B is a candidate because it colocalizes with renin in juxtaglomerular cell secretory granules and accurately cleaves the prosegment of human prorenin in vitro. It is not known whether cathepsin B can perform this function in the cell. We examined this using secretory granule-containing rat GH4C1 cells transfected with a human preprorenin expression vector. When treated with secretagogue (KCl 50 mmol/L + forskolin 10 micromol/L), these cells secrete 95% prorenin and 5% active renin into the medium, indicating little prorenin processing activity. In contrast, when the cells are cotransfected with a vector that expresses human preprocathepsin B or mouse prohormone convertase 1, secretagogue-induced secretion of active renin increased to 12% and 16.5%, respectively. With antisera that recognize the prosegment and renin, prorenin and renin were identified as proteins of 47 and 43 kD, respectively, and an antibody specific to the prosegment precipitated only the 47-kD species. These results do not address whether cathepsin B is the authentic renal prorenin processing enzyme. However, the results do demonstrate that cathepsin B can localize to the appropriate subcellular compartment and process prorenin to renin in GH4C1 cells and are consistent with a role for this enzyme in prorenin processing.
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- F A Neves
- Metabolic Research Unit, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0540, USA
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