Allosteric regulation of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by heme

Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Adriana Fonseca MarquesLuis Mauricio T R Lima

Abstract

During the erythrocytic cycle of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites break down host hemoglobin, resulting in the release of free heme (ferriprotoporphyrin IX). Heme is a generator of free radicals that cause oxidative stress, but it is detoxified by crystallization into hemozoin inside the food vacuole. We evaluated the interaction of heme and heme analogues with falcipain-2, a P. falciparum food vacuole cysteine protease that plays a key role in hemoglobin digestion. Heme bound to falcipain-2 with a 1:1 stoichiometry, and heme inhibited falcipain-2 activity against both human hemoglobin and chromogenic peptide substrates through a noncompetitive-like mechanism. A series of porphyrin analogues was screened for inhibition of falcipain-2, demonstrating a minor contribution of iron to heme-falcipain-2 interaction, and revealing dependence on both propionic and vinyl groups for inhibition of falcipain-2 by heme. Docking and molecular dynamics simulation unveiled a novel, inducible heme-binding moiety in falcipain-2 adjacent to the catalytic site. Kinetic data suggested that the noncompetitive-like inhibition was substrate inhibition induced by heme. Collectively these data suggest that binding of heme to falcipain-2 may limit ...Continue Reading

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