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The Structure of Chagasin in Complex with a Cysteine Protease Clarifies the Binding Mode and Evolution of a New Inhibitor FamilyThe Structure of Chagasin in Complex with a Cysteine Protease Clarifies the Binding Mode and Evolution of a New Inhibitor Family

Structural highlights

2oul is a 2 chain structure with sequence from Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 and Trypanosoma cruzi. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	X-ray diffraction, Resolution 2.2Å
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

FPC2A_PLAF7 Cysteine protease which cleaves native host hemoglobin and globin in the food vacuole during the asexual blood stage (PubMed:10887194, PubMed:15070727, PubMed:15964982, PubMed:16777845, PubMed:19357776, PubMed:25791019). The binding to host hemoglobin is pH-sensitive and only occurs at acidic pH (PubMed:16777845). Cleaves ankyrin and protein 4.1, two components of host erythrocyte membrane cytoskeleton required for the stability of the erythrocyte membrane, and thus may be involved in parasite release (PubMed:11463472). Preferentially cleaves substrates which have an arginine or lysine at the P1 position and a leucine or phenylalanine at the P2 position (PubMed:10887194, PubMed:19357776).^[1] ^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7]

Evolutionary Conservation

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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Protein inhibitors of proteolytic enzymes regulate proteolysis and prevent the pathological effects of excess endogenous or exogenous proteases. Cysteine proteases are a large family of enzymes found throughout the plant and animal kingdoms. Disturbance of the equilibrium between cysteine proteases and natural inhibitors is a key event in the pathogenesis of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis, and emphysema. A family (I42) of cysteine protease inhibitors (http://merops.sanger.ac.uk) was discovered in protozoan parasites and recently found widely distributed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. We report the 2.2 A crystal structure of the signature member of the I42 family, chagasin, in complex with a cysteine protease. Chagasin has a unique variant of the immunoglobulin fold with homology to human CD8alpha. Interactions of chagasin with a target protease are reminiscent of the cystatin family inhibitors. Protein inhibitors of cysteine proteases may have evolved more than once on nonhomologous scaffolds.

The structure of chagasin in complex with a cysteine protease clarifies the binding mode and evolution of an inhibitor family.,Wang SX, Pandey KC, Scharfstein J, Whisstock J, Huang RK, Jacobelli J, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, Abrahamson M, Brinen LS, Rossi A, Sali A, McKerrow JH Structure. 2007 May;15(5):535-43. PMID:17502099^[8]

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References

↑ Shenai BR, Sijwali PS, Singh A, Rosenthal PJ. Characterization of native and recombinant falcipain-2, a principal trophozoite cysteine protease and essential hemoglobinase of Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep 15;275(37):29000-10. PMID:10887194 doi:10.1074/jbc.M004459200
↑ Dua M, Raphael P, Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ, Hanspal M. Recombinant falcipain-2 cleaves erythrocyte membrane ankyrin and protein 4.1. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Aug;116(1):95-9. PMID:11463472 doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00306-1
↑ Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ. Gene disruption confirms a critical role for the cysteine protease falcipain-2 in hemoglobin hydrolysis by Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30;101(13):4384-9. PMID:15070727 doi:10.1073/pnas.0307720101
↑ Pandey KC, Wang SX, Sijwali PS, Lau AL, McKerrow JH, Rosenthal PJ. The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 captures its substrate, hemoglobin, via a unique motif. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 28;102(26):9138-43. PMID:15964982 doi:10.1073/pnas.0502368102
↑ Hogg T, Nagarajan K, Herzberg S, Chen L, Shen X, Jiang H, Wecke M, Blohmke C, Hilgenfeld R, Schmidt CL. Structural and functional characterization of Falcipain-2, a hemoglobinase from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 1;281(35):25425-37. Epub 2006 Jun 15. PMID:16777845 doi:10.1074/jbc.M603776200
↑ Subramanian S, Hardt M, Choe Y, Niles RK, Johansen EB, Legac J, Gut J, Kerr ID, Craik CS, Rosenthal PJ. Hemoglobin cleavage site-specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine proteases falcipain-2 and falcipain-3. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5156. PMID:19357776 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005156
↑ Marques AF, Gomes PS, Oliveira PL, Rosenthal PJ, Pascutti PG, Lima LM. Allosteric regulation of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by heme. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 May 1;573:92-9. PMID:25791019 doi:10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.007
↑ Wang SX, Pandey KC, Scharfstein J, Whisstock J, Huang RK, Jacobelli J, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, Abrahamson M, Brinen LS, Rossi A, Sali A, McKerrow JH. The structure of chagasin in complex with a cysteine protease clarifies the binding mode and evolution of an inhibitor family. Structure. 2007 May;15(5):535-43. PMID:17502099 doi:10.1016/j.str.2007.03.012

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OCA

[1] Shenai BR, Sijwali PS, Singh A, Rosenthal PJ. Characterization of native and recombinant falcipain-2, a principal trophozoite cysteine protease and essential hemoglobinase of Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2000 Sep 15;275(37):29000-10. PMID:10887194 doi:10.1074/jbc.M004459200

[2] Dua M, Raphael P, Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ, Hanspal M. Recombinant falcipain-2 cleaves erythrocyte membrane ankyrin and protein 4.1. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2001 Aug;116(1):95-9. PMID:11463472 doi:10.1016/s0166-6851(01)00306-1

[3] Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ. Gene disruption confirms a critical role for the cysteine protease falcipain-2 in hemoglobin hydrolysis by Plasmodium falciparum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30;101(13):4384-9. PMID:15070727 doi:10.1073/pnas.0307720101

[4] Pandey KC, Wang SX, Sijwali PS, Lau AL, McKerrow JH, Rosenthal PJ. The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 captures its substrate, hemoglobin, via a unique motif. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Jun 28;102(26):9138-43. PMID:15964982 doi:10.1073/pnas.0502368102

[5] Hogg T, Nagarajan K, Herzberg S, Chen L, Shen X, Jiang H, Wecke M, Blohmke C, Hilgenfeld R, Schmidt CL. Structural and functional characterization of Falcipain-2, a hemoglobinase from the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. J Biol Chem. 2006 Sep 1;281(35):25425-37. Epub 2006 Jun 15. PMID:16777845 doi:10.1074/jbc.M603776200

[6] Subramanian S, Hardt M, Choe Y, Niles RK, Johansen EB, Legac J, Gut J, Kerr ID, Craik CS, Rosenthal PJ. Hemoglobin cleavage site-specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine proteases falcipain-2 and falcipain-3. PLoS One. 2009;4(4):e5156. PMID:19357776 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005156

[7] Marques AF, Gomes PS, Oliveira PL, Rosenthal PJ, Pascutti PG, Lima LM. Allosteric regulation of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by heme. Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 May 1;573:92-9. PMID:25791019 doi:10.1016/j.abb.2015.03.007

[8] Wang SX, Pandey KC, Scharfstein J, Whisstock J, Huang RK, Jacobelli J, Fletterick RJ, Rosenthal PJ, Abrahamson M, Brinen LS, Rossi A, Sali A, McKerrow JH. The structure of chagasin in complex with a cysteine protease clarifies the binding mode and evolution of an inhibitor family. Structure. 2007 May;15(5):535-43. PMID:17502099 doi:10.1016/j.str.2007.03.012

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