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==Crystal structure of the human glutaminyl cyclase mutant E201L at 2.08 angstrom resolution==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[2zeg]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=2ZEG OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2ZEG FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=IMD:IMIDAZOLE'>IMD</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=SO4:SULFATE+ION'>SO4</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=ZN:ZINC+ION'>ZN</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><div style='overflow: auto; max-height: 3em;'>[[2afm|2afm]], [[2zed|2zed]], [[2zee|2zee]], [[2zef|2zef]], [[2zeh|2zeh]], [[2zel|2zel]], [[2zem|2zem]], [[2zen|2zen]], [[2zeo|2zeo]], [[2zep|2zep]]</div></td></tr>
<tr id='gene'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Gene|Gene:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">QPCT ([https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&srchmode=5&id=9606 HUMAN])</td></tr>
<tr id='activity'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Activity:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutaminyl-peptide_cyclotransferase Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase], with EC number [https://www.brenda-enzymes.info/php/result_flat.php4?ecno=2.3.2.5 2.3.2.5] </span></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=2zeg FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=2zeg OCA], [https://pdbe.org/2zeg PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=2zeg RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/2zeg PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=2zeg ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/QPCT_HUMAN QPCT_HUMAN]] Responsible for the biosynthesis of pyroglutamyl peptides. Has a bias against acidic and tryptophan residues adjacent to the N-terminal glutaminyl residue and a lack of importance of chain length after the second residue. Also catalyzes N-terminal pyroglutamate formation. In vitro, catalyzes pyroglutamate formation of N-terminally truncated form of APP amyloid-beta peptides [Glu-3]-beta-amyloid. May be involved in the N-terminal pyroglutamate formation of several amyloid-related plaque-forming peptides.<ref>PMID:15063747</ref> <ref>PMID:18486145</ref> <ref>PMID:21288892</ref>  
== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
QCs (glutaminyl cyclases; glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferases, EC 2.3.2.5) catalyse N-terminal pyroglutamate formation in numerous bioactive peptides and proteins. The enzymes were reported to be involved in several pathological conditions such as amyloidotic disease, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and melanoma. The crystal structure of human QC revealed an unusual H-bond (hydrogen-bond) network in the active site, formed by several highly conserved residues (Ser(160), Glu(201), Asp(248), Asp(305) and His(319)), within which Glu(201) and Asp(248) were found to bind to substrate. In the present study we combined steady-state enzyme kinetic and X-ray structural analyses of 11 single-mutation human QCs to investigate the roles of the H-bond network in catalysis. Our results showed that disrupting one or both of the central H-bonds, i.e., Glu(201)...Asp(305) and Asp(248)...Asp(305), reduced the steady-state catalysis dramatically. The roles of these two COOH...COOH bonds on catalysis could be partly replaced by COOH...water bonds, but not by COOH...CONH(2) bonds, reminiscent of the low-barrier Asp...Asp H-bond in the active site of pepsin-like aspartic peptidases. Mutations on Asp(305), a residue located at the centre of the H-bond network, raised the K(m) value of the enzyme by 4.4-19-fold, but decreased the k(cat) value by 79-2842-fold, indicating that Asp(305) primarily plays a catalytic role. In addition, results from mutational studies on Ser(160) and His(319) suggest that these two residues might help to stabilize the conformations of Asp(248) and Asp(305) respectively. These data allow us to propose an essential proton transfer between Glu(201), Asp(305) and Asp(248) during the catalysis by animal QCs.

A conserved hydrogen-bond network in the catalytic centre of animal glutaminyl cyclases is critical for catalysis.,Huang KF, Wang YR, Chang EC, Chou TL, Wang AH Biochem J. 2008 Apr 1;411(1):181-90. PMID:18072935<ref>PMID:18072935</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Glutaminyl cyclase|Glutaminyl cyclase]]
== References ==
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</StructureSection>
[[Category: Glutaminyl-peptide cyclotransferase]]
[[Category: Human]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Chang, E C]]
[[Category: Chou, T L]]
[[Category: Huang, K F]]
[[Category: Wang, A H]]
[[Category: Wang, Y R]]
[[Category: Acyltransferase]]
[[Category: Glutaminyl cyclase]]
[[Category: Glycoprotein]]
[[Category: Hydrogen bond network]]
[[Category: Metal-binding]]
[[Category: Proton transfer]]
[[Category: Pyroglutamate]]
[[Category: Site-directed mutagenesis]]
[[Category: Transferase]]