Trypsin specificity increased through substrate-assisted catalysis

Biochemistry
D R CoreyC S Craik

Abstract

Histidine 57 of the catalytic triad of trypsin was replaced with alanine to determine whether the resulting variant would be capable of substrate-assisted catalysis [Carter, P., & Wells, J. A. (1987) Science 237, 394-9]. A 2.5-fold increase in kcat/Km was observed on tri- or tetrapeptide substrates containing p-nitroanilide leaving groups and histidine at P2. In contrast, hydrolysis of peptide substrates extending from P6 to P6' is improved 70-300-fold by histidine in the P2 or P1' position. This preference creates new protease specificities for sequences HR decreases, R decreases H, HK decreases, and K decreases H. The ability of histidine from either the P2 or the P1' position of substrate to participate in catalysis emphasizes the considerable variability of proteolytically active orientations which can be assumed by the catalytic triad. Trypsin H57A is able to hydrolyze fully folded ornithine decarboxylase with complete specificity at a site containing the sequence HRH. Trypsin H57A was compared to enteropeptidase in its ability to cleave a propeptide from trypsinogen. Trypsin H57A cleaved the propeptide of a variant trypsinogen containing an introduced FPVDDDHR cleavage site only 100-fold slower than enteropeptidase cleave...Continue Reading

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