期刊
FEBS JOURNAL
卷 276, 期 13, 页码 3589-3601出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07078.x
关键词
Ca2+; collagen-binding domain; linker; stability; structural transformation
资金
- National Institutes of Health Center for Protein Structure and Function [COBRE 1 P20RR15569, INBRE P20RR16460]
- Arkansas Biosciences Institute
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Kagawa University Project Research Fund 2005-2006.
Clostridium histolyticum collagenase is responsible for extensive tissue destruction in gas gangrene, and its activity is enhanced by calcium ions. The collagen-binding domain is the minimal segment of the enzyme required for binding to insoluble collagen fibrils and for subsequent collagenolysis. The collagen-binding domain is joined to another binding module by a conserved 14-amino-acid linker. The linker undergoes secondary structural transformation from an alpha-helix to a beta-strand and forms a non-prolyl cis-peptide in the presence of calcium ions. In this study, various biophysical methods were utilized to better understand the structure and functional role of the novel calcium-activated linker. Two Ca2+ ions bind cooperatively with macroscopic association constants of K-1 = 5.01 x 10(5) M-1 and K-2 = 2.28 x 10(5) M-1. The chelation of the second calcium ion is enthalpically unfavorable, which could be a result of isomerization of the nonprolyl cis-peptide. The holo protein is more stable than the apo protein against thermal denaturation (Delta T-m similar to 20 degrees C) and chemical denaturation (Delta Delta G(H2O) similar to 3 kcal.mol(-1) for urea or guanidine HCl denaturation and Delta 20% v/v in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol). The compact holo collagen-binding domain is more resistant to proteolytic digestion than the apo collagen-binding domain. The orientation of the linker appears to play a crucial role in the stability and dynamics of the collagen-binding domain.
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