期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
卷 17, 期 12, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms17121969
关键词
secreted protease; sequon; N-glycosylation; O-glycosylation; core glycan; enzyme kinetics; substrate recognition; flexible loops; Michaelis constant; turnover number
资金
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P25003-B21]
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P25003] Funding Source: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Posttranslational modifications are an important feature of most proteases in higher organisms, such as the conversion of inactive zymogens into active proteases. To date, little information is available on the role of glycosylation and functional implications for secreted proteases. Besides a stabilizing effect and protection against proteolysis, several proteases show a significant influence of glycosylation on the catalytic activity. Glycans can alter the substrate recognition, the specificity and binding affinity, as well as the turnover rates. However, there is currently no known general pattern, since glycosylation can have both stimulating and inhibiting effects on activity. Thus, a comparative analysis of individual cases with sufficient enzyme kinetic and structural data is a first approach to describe mechanistic principles that govern the effects of glycosylation on the function of proteases. The understanding of glycan functions becomes highly significant in proteomic and glycomic studies, which demonstrated that cancer-associated proteases, such as kallikrein-related peptidase 3, exhibit strongly altered glycosylation patterns in pathological cases. Such findings can contribute to a variety of future biomedical applications.
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