Biology:Cysteine protease
| Cysteine peptidase, CA clan | |||||||||
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| Symbol | Peptidase_C1 | ||||||||
| Pfam | PF00112 | ||||||||
| Pfam clan | CL0125 | ||||||||
| InterPro | IPR000668 | ||||||||
| SMART | SM00645 | ||||||||
| PROSITE | PDOC00126 | ||||||||
| MEROPS | C1 | ||||||||
| SCOP2 | 1aec / SCOPe / SUPFAM | ||||||||
| OPM superfamily | 355 | ||||||||
| OPM protein | 1m6d | ||||||||
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Cysteine proteases, also known as thiol proteases, are hydrolase enzymes that degrade proteins. These proteases share a common catalytic mechanism that involves a nucleophilic cysteine thiol in a catalytic triad or dyad.[1]
Discovered by Gopal Chunder Roy in 1873, the first cysteine protease to be isolated and characterized was papain, obtained from Carica papaya.[1] Cysteine proteases are commonly encountered in fruits including the papaya, pineapple, fig and kiwifruit. The proportion of protease tends to be higher when the fruit is unripe. In fact, the latex of dozens of different plant families are known to contain cysteine proteases.[2] Cysteine proteases are used as an ingredient in meat tenderizers.
Classification
The MEROPS protease classification system counts 14 superfamilies plus several currently unassigned families (as of 2013) each containing many families. Each superfamily uses the catalytic triad or dyad in a different protein fold and so represent convergent evolution of the catalytic mechanism.
For superfamilies, P indicates a superfamily containing a mixture of nucleophile class families, and C indicates purely cysteine proteases. superfamily. Within each superfamily, families are designated by their catalytic nucleophile (C denoting cysteine proteases).
Families of cysteine proteases Superfamily Families Examples CA C1, C2, C6, C10, C12, C16, C19, C28, C31, C32, C33, C39, C47, C51, C54, C58, C64, C65, C66, C67, C70, C71, C76, C78, C83, C85, C86, C87, C93, C96, C98, C101
Papain (Carica papaya),[3] bromelain (Ananas comosus), cathepsin K (liverwort)[4] and calpain (Homo sapiens)[5] CD C11, C13, C14, C25, C50, C80, C84 Caspase-1 (Rattus norvegicus) and separase (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) CE C5, C48, C55, C57, C63, C79 Adenain (human adenovirus type 2) CF C15 Pyroglutamyl-peptidase I (Bacillus amyloliquefaciens) CL C60, C82 Sortase A (Staphylococcus aureus) CM C18 Hepatitis C virus peptidase 2 (hepatitis C virus) CN C9 Sindbis virus-type nsP2 peptidase (sindbis virus) CO C40 Dipeptidyl-peptidase VI (Lysinibacillus sphaericus) CP C97 DeSI-1 peptidase (Mus musculus) PA C3, C4, C24, C30, C37, C62, C74, C99 TEV protease (tobacco etch virus) PB C44, C45, C59, C69, C89, C95 Amidophosphoribosyltransferase precursor (Homo sapiens) PC C26, C56 Gamma-glutamyl hydrolase (Rattus norvegicus) PD C46 Hedgehog protein (Drosophila melanogaster) PE P1 DmpA aminopeptidase (Brucella anthropi) unassigned C7, C8, C21, C23, C27, C36, C42, C53, C75
Catalytic mechanism
The first step in the reaction mechanism by which cysteine proteases catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bonds is deprotonation of a thiol in the enzyme's active site by an adjacent amino acid with a basic side chain, usually a histidine residue. The next step is nucleophilic attack by the deprotonated cysteine's anionic sulfur on the substrate carbonyl carbon. In this step, a fragment of the substrate is released with an amine terminus, the histidine residue in the protease is restored to its deprotonated form, and a thioester intermediate linking the new carboxy-terminus of the substrate to the cysteine thiol is formed. Therefore, they are also sometimes referred to as thiol proteases. The thioester bond is subsequently hydrolyzed to generate a carboxylic acid moiety on the remaining substrate fragment, while regenerating the free enzyme.[6]
Biological importance
Cysteine proteases play multifaceted roles, virtually in every aspect of physiology and development. In plants they are important in growth and development and in accumulation and mobilization of storage proteins such as in seeds. In addition, they are involved in signalling pathways and in the response to biotic and abiotic stresses.[7] In humans and other animals, they are responsible for senescence and apoptosis (programmed cell death), MHC class II immune responses, prohormone processing, and extracellular matrix remodeling important to bone development. The ability of macrophages and other cells to mobilize elastolytic cysteine proteases to their surfaces under specialized conditions may also lead to accelerated collagen and elastin degradation at sites of inflammation in diseases such as atherosclerosis and emphysema.[8] Several viruses (such as polio and hepatitis C) express their entire genome as a single massive polyprotein and use a protease to cleave it into functional units (for example, tobacco etch virus protease).
Regulation
The activity of cysteine proteases is regulated by a few general mechanisms, which includes the production of zymogens, selective expression, pH modification, cellular compartmentalization, and regulation of their enzymatic activity by endogenous inhibitors, which seemingly is the most efficient mechanism associated with the regulation of the activity of cysteine proteases.[6]
Proteases are usually synthesized as large precursor proteins called zymogens, such as the serine protease precursors trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen, and the aspartic protease precursor pepsinogen. The protease is activated by removal of an inhibitory segment or protein. Activation occurs once the protease is delivered to a specific intracellular compartment (for example the lysosome) or extracellular environment (for example the stomach). This system prevents the cell that produces the protease from being damaged by it.
Protease inhibitors are usually proteins with domains that enter or block a protease active site to prevent substrate access. In competitive inhibition, the inhibitor binds to the active site, thus preventing enzyme-substrate interaction. In non-competitive inhibition, the inhibitor binds to an allosteric site, which alters the active site and makes it inaccessible to the substrate.
Examples of protease inhibitors include:
Uses
Potential pharmaceuticals
Currently there is no widespread use of cysteine proteases as approved and effective anthelmintics but research into the subject is a promising field of study. Plant cysteine proteases isolated from these plants have been found to have high proteolytic activities that are known to digest nematode cuticles, with very low toxicity.[9] Successful results have been reported against nematodes such as Heligmosomoides bakeri, Trichinella spiralis, Nippostrongylus brasiliensis, Trichuris muris, and Ancylostoma ceylanicum; the tapeworm Rodentolepis microstoma, and the porcine acanthocephalan parasite Macracanthorhynchus hirundinaceus.[10] A useful property of cysteine proteases is the resistance to acid digestion, allowing possible oral administration. They provide an alternative mechanism of action to current anthelmintics and the development of resistance is thought to be unlikely because it would require a complete change of structure of the helminth cuticle.
In several traditional medicines, the fruits or latex of the papaya, pineapple and fig are widely used for treatment of intestinal worm infections both in humans and livestock.
Other
Cysteine proteases are used as feed additives for livestock to improve the digestibility of proteins and amino acids.[11]
See also
- Protease
- Serine protease
- Threonine protease
- Aspartic protease
- Metalloprotease
- Enzyme
- Proteolysis
- Catalytic triad
- Convergent evolution
- PA clan
- The Proteolysis Map
- Protease inhibitor (pharmacology)
- Protease inhibitor
- TopFIND – database of protease specificity, substrates, products and inhibitors
- MEROPS – database of protease evolutionary groups
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rawat, Aadish; Roy, Mrinalini; Jyoti, Anupam; Kaushik, Sanket; Verma, Kuldeep; Srivastava, Vijay Kumar (August 2021). "Cysteine proteases: Battling pathogenic parasitic protozoans with omnipresent enzymes". Microbiological Research 249: 126784. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2021.126784. ISSN 1618-0623. PMID 33989978.
- ↑ "Occurrence and properties of proteases in plant latices". Planta Medica 74 (7): 699–711. June 2008. doi:10.1055/s-2008-1074530. PMID 18496785.
- ↑ "The complete amino acid sequence of papain. Additions and corrections". The Journal of Biological Chemistry 245 (14): 3485–92. July 1970. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)62954-0. PMID 5470818.
- ↑ "Female-specific gene expression in dioecious liverwort Pellia endiviifolia is developmentally regulated and connected to archegonia production". BMC Plant Biology 14: 168. June 2014. doi:10.1186/1471-2229-14-168. PMID 24939387.
- ↑ "A novel member of the calcium-dependent cysteine protease family". Biological Chemistry Hoppe-Seyler 371 Suppl: 171–6. May 1990. PMID 2400579.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Roy, Mrinalini; Rawat, Aadish; Kaushik, Sanket; Jyoti, Anupam; Srivastava, Vijay Kumar (May 2022). "Endogenous cysteine protease inhibitors in upmost pathogenic parasitic protozoa" (in en). Microbiological Research 261: 127061. doi:10.1016/j.micres.2022.127061. PMID 35605309.
- ↑ "Multifunctional role of plant cysteine proteinases". Acta Biochimica Polonica 51 (3): 609–24. 2004. doi:10.18388/abp.2004_3547. PMID 15448724.
- ↑ "Emerging roles for cysteine proteases in human biology". Annual Review of Physiology 59: 63–88. 1997. doi:10.1146/annurev.physiol.59.1.63. PMID 9074757.
- ↑ "Natural plant cysteine proteinases as anthelmintics?". Trends in Parasitology 20 (7): 322–7. July 2004. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2004.05.003. PMID 15193563.
- ↑ "Developing novel anthelmintics from plant cysteine proteinases". Parasites & Vectors 1 (1): 29. September 2008. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-1-29. PMID 18761736.
- ↑ O'Keefe, Terrence (6 April 2012). "Protease enzymes improve amino acid digestibility". Wattagnet. https://www.wattagnet.com/articles/12390-protease-enzymes-improve-amino-acid-digestibility.
External links
- The MEROPS online database for peptidases and their inhibitors: Cysteine Peptidases
- Cysteine+endopeptidases at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
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