Publications
2010
Whisstock James C, Silverman Gary A, Bird Phillip I, Bottomley Stephen P, Kaiserman Dion, Luke Cliff J, Pak Stephen C, Reichhart Jean-Marc, Huntington James A
Serpins flex their muscle: II. Structural insights into target peptidase recognition, polymerization, and transport functions Journal Article
In: J. Biol. Chem., vol. 285, no. 32, pp. 24307–24312, 2010, ISSN: 1083-351X.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Animals, Biological, Biological Transport, Biophysics, Catalytic Domain, Hormones, Humans, Kinetics, M3i, Models, Peptide Hydrolases, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, reichhart, Serpins, Substrate Specificity, Tertiary, Thrombin
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title = {Serpins flex their muscle: II. Structural insights into target peptidase recognition, polymerization, and transport functions},
author = {James C Whisstock and Gary A Silverman and Phillip I Bird and Stephen P Bottomley and Dion Kaiserman and Cliff J Luke and Stephen C Pak and Jean-Marc Reichhart and James A Huntington},
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year = {2010},
date = {2010-08-01},
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abstract = {Inhibitory serpins are metastable proteins that undergo a substantial conformational rearrangement to covalently trap target peptidases. The serpin reactive center loop contributes a majority of the interactions that serpins make during the initial binding to target peptidases. However, structural studies on serpin-peptidase complexes reveal a broader set of contacts on the scaffold of inhibitory serpins that have substantial influence on guiding peptidase recognition. Structural and biophysical studies also reveal how aberrant serpin folding can lead to the formation of domain-swapped serpin multimers rather than the monomeric metastable state. Serpin domain swapping may therefore underlie the polymerization events characteristic of the serpinopathies. Finally, recent structural studies reveal how the serpin fold has been adapted for non-inhibitory functions such as hormone binding.},
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Inhibitory serpins are metastable proteins that undergo a substantial conformational rearrangement to covalently trap target peptidases. The serpin reactive center loop contributes a majority of the interactions that serpins make during the initial binding to target peptidases. However, structural studies on serpin-peptidase complexes reveal a broader set of contacts on the scaffold of inhibitory serpins that have substantial influence on guiding peptidase recognition. Structural and biophysical studies also reveal how aberrant serpin folding can lead to the formation of domain-swapped serpin multimers rather than the monomeric metastable state. Serpin domain swapping may therefore underlie the polymerization events characteristic of the serpinopathies. Finally, recent structural studies reveal how the serpin fold has been adapted for non-inhibitory functions such as hormone binding.