Aminopeptidases/chemistry; Bacterial Proteins; Catalytic Domain; Crystallography, X-Ray; Hydrolases/chemistry; Models, Molecular; Ochrobactrum anthropi/enzymology; Protein Folding; Protein Structure, Quaternary; Substrate Specificity
Abstract :
[en] BACKGROUND: The L-aminopeptidase D-Ala-esterase/amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi (DmpA) releases the N-terminal L and/or D-Ala residues from peptide substrates. This is the only known enzyme to liberate N-terminal amino acids with both D and L stereospecificity. The DmpA active form is an alphabeta heterodimer, which results from a putative autocatalytic cleavage of an inactive precursor polypeptide. RESULTS: The crystal structure of the enzyme has been determined to 1.82 A resolution using the multiple isomorphous replacement method. The heterodimer folds into a single domain organised as an alphabetabetaalpha sandwich in which two mixed beta sheets are flanked on both sides by two alpha helices. CONCLUSIONS: DmpA shows no similarity to other known aminopeptidases in either fold or catalytic mechanism, and thus represents the first example of a novel family of aminopeptidases. The protein fold of DmpA does, however, show structural homology to members of the N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolase superfamily. DmpA presents functionally equivalent residues in the catalytic centre when compared with other Ntn hydrolases, and is therefore likely to use the same catalytic mechanism. In spite of this homology, the direction and connectivity of the secondary structure elements differ significantly from the consensus Ntn hydrolase topology. The DmpA structure thus characterises a new subfamily, but supports the common catalytic mechanism for these enzymes suggesting an evolutionary relationship.
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Bompard-Gilles, C
Villeret, V
Davies, G J
Fanuel, L
Joris, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > Physiologie et génétique bactériennes
Frère, Jean-Marie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Centre d'ingénierie des protéines
Van Beeumen, J
Language :
English
Title :
A new variant of the Ntn hydrolase fold revealed by the crystal structure of L-aminopeptidase D-ala-esterase/amidase from Ochrobactrum anthropi.
Publication date :
2000
Journal title :
Structure
ISSN :
0969-2126
eISSN :
1878-4186
Publisher :
Cell Press, Cambridge, United States - Massachusetts
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