Characterization of a human alpha1-antitrypsin variant that is as stable as ovalbumin.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
K N LeeM H Yu

Abstract

The metastability of inhibitory serpins (serine proteinase inhibitors) is thought to play a key role in the facile conformational switch and the insertion of the reactive center loop into the central beta-sheet, A-sheet, during the formation of a stable complex between a serpin and its target proteinase. We have examined the folding and inhibitory activity of a very stable variant of human alpha1-antitrypsin, a prototype inhibitory serpin. A combination of seven stabilizing single amino acid substitutions of alpha1-antitrypsin, designated Multi-7, increased the midpoint of the unfolding transition to almost that of ovalbumin, a non-inhibitory but more stable serpin. Compared with the wild-type alpha1-antitrypsin, Multi-7 retarded the opening of A-sheet significantly, as revealed by the retarded unfolding and latency conversion of the native state. Surprisingly, Multi-7 alpha1-antitrypsin could form a stable complex with a target elastase with the same kinetic parameters and the stoichiometry of inhibition as the wild type, indicating that enhanced A-sheet closure conferred by Multi-7 does not affect the complex formation. It may be that the stability increase of Multi-7 alpha1-antitrypsin is not sufficient to influence the rate...Continue Reading

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