KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF AUTOPROCESSING OF HUMAN-IMMUNODEFICIENCY-VIRUS TYPE-1 PROTEASE FROM AN ANALOG OF THE GAG-POL POLYPROTEIN

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LOUIS, JM
NASHED, NT
PARRIS, KD
KIMMEL, AR
JERINA, DM
机构
[1] NIDDKD,BIOORGAN CHEM LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[2] NIDDKD,CELLULAR & DEV BIOL LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20892
[3] NIDDKD,MOLEC BIOL LAB,BETHESDA,MD 20892
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10.1073/pnas.91.17.7970
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Upon renaturation, the polyprotein MBP-Delta TF-Protease-Delta Pol, consisting of HIV-1 protease and short native sequences from the trans-frame protein (Delta TF) and the polymerase (Delta Pol) fused to the maltose-binding protein (MBP) of Escherichia coli, undergoes autoprocessing to produce the mature protease in two steps. The initial step corresponds to cleavage of the N-terminal sequence to release the protein intermediate Protease-Delta Pol, which has enzymatic activity comparable to that of the mature enzyme. Subsequently, the mature enzyme is formed by a slower cleavage at the C terminus. The rate of increase in enzymatic activity is identical to that of the appearance of MBP-Delta TF and the disappearance of the MBP-Delta TF-Protease-Delta Pol. Initial rates are linearly dependent on the protein concentration, indicating that the N-terminal cleavage is first-order in protein concentration. The reaction is competitively inhibited by pepstatin A and has a pH rate profile similar to that of the mature enzyme. These results and molecular modeling studies are discussed in terms of a mechanism in which a dimeric full-length fusion protein must form prior to rate-limiting intramolecular cleavage of the N-terminal sequence that leads to an increase in enzymatic activity.
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