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STRUCTURE OF SERINE PROTEINASE
OverviewOverview
Ornithodorin, isolated from the blood sucking soft tick Ornithodoros, moubata, is a potent (Ki = 10(-12) M) and highly selective thrombin, inhibitor. Internal sequence homology indicates a two domain protein. Each, domain resembles the Kunitz inhibitor basic pancreatic trypsin inhibitor, (BPTI) and also the tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) isolated from the, same organism. The 3.1 A crystal structure of the ornithodorin-thrombin, complex confirms that both domains of ornithodorin exhibit a distorted, BPTI-like fold. The N-terminal portion and the C-terminal helix of each, domain are structurally very similar to BPTI, whereas the regions, corresponding to the binding loop of BPTI adopt different conformations., Neither of the two 'reactive site loops' of ornithodorin contacts the, protease in the ornithodorin-thrombin complex. Instead, the N-terminal, residues of ornithodorin bind to the active site of thrombin, reminiscent, of the thrombin-hirudin interaction. The C-terminal domain binds at the, fibrinogen recognition exosite. Molecular recognition of its target, protease by this double-headed Kunitz-type inhibitor diverges considerably, from other members of this intensely studied superfamily. The complex, structure provides a model to explain the perplexing results of, mutagenesis studies on the TAP-factor Xa interaction.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1TOC is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Bos taurus and Ornithodoros moubata. Active as Thrombin, with EC number 3.4.21.5 Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
The ornithodorin-thrombin crystal structure, a key to the TAP enigma?, van de Locht A, Stubbs MT, Bode W, Friedrich T, Bollschweiler C, Hoffken W, Huber R, EMBO J. 1996 Nov 15;15(22):6011-7. PMID:8947023
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