THE HIV-1 PROTEASE AS ENZYME AND SUBSTRATE - MUTAGENESIS OF AUTOLYSIS SITES AND GENERATION OF A STABLE MUTANT WITH RETAINED KINETIC-PROPERTIES

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MILDNER, AM
ROTHROCK, DJ
LEONE, JW
BANNOW, CA
LULL, JM
REARDON, IM
SARCICH, JL
HOWE, WJ
TOMICH, CSC
SMITH, CW
HEINRIKSON, RL
TOMASSELLI, AG
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[1] UPJOHN CO, UPJOHN LABS, BIOCHEM UNIT, KALAMAZOO, MI 49001 USA
[2] UPJOHN CO, UPJOHN LABS, COMPUTAT CHEM UNIT, KALAMAZOO, MI 49001 USA
[3] UPJOHN CO, UPJOHN LABS, MOLEC BIOL UNIT, KALAMAZOO, MI 49001 USA
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10.1021/bi00198a005
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Site-directed mutagenesis of autolysis sites in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease was applied in an analysis of enzyme specificity; the protease served, therefore, as both enzyme and substrate in this study. Inspection of natural substrates of all retroviral proteases revealed the absence of beta-branched amino acids at the P-1 site and of Lys anywhere from P-2 through P-2'. Accordingly, several mutants of the HIV-1 protease were engineered in which these excluded amino acids were substituted at their respective P positions at the three major sites of autolysis in the wild-type protease (Leu(5)-Trp(6), Leu(33)-Glu(34), and Leu(63)-Ile(64)), and the mutant enzymes were evaluated in terms of their resistance to autodegradation. All of the mutant HIV-1 proteases, expressed as inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli, were enzymatically active after refolding, and all showed greatly diminished rates of cleavage at the altered autolysis sites. Some, however, were not viable enzymatically because of poor physical characteristics. This was the case for mutants having Lys replacements of Glu residues at P-2' and for another in which all three P-1 leucines were replaced by Ile. However, one of the mutant proteases, Q7K/L33I/L63I, was highly resistant to autolysis, while retaining the physical properties, specificity, and susceptibility to inhibition of the wild-type enzyme. Q7K/L33I/L63I should find useful application as a stable surrogate of the HIV-1 protease. Overall, our results can be interpreted relative to a model in which the active HIV-1 protease dimer is in equilibrium with monomeric, disordered species which serve as the substrates for autolysis.
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