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- Title
The structure of the pro-apoptotic protease granzyme B reveals the molecular determinants of its specificity.
- Authors
Waugh, S M; Harris, J L; Fletterick, R; Craik, C S
- Abstract
Granzyme B is a serine protease of the chymotrypsin fold that mediates cell death by cytotoxic lymphocytes. It is a processing enzyme, requiring extended peptide substrates containing an Asp residue. The determinants that allow for this substrate specificity are revealed in the three-dimensional structure of granzyme B in complex with a macromolecular inhibitor. The primary specificity for Asp occurs through a side-on interaction with Arg 226, a buried Arg side chain of granzyme B. An additional nine amino acids make contact with the substrate and define the granzyme B extended substrate specificity profile. The substrate determinants found in this structure are shared by other members of this protein class and help to reveal the properties that define substrate specificity.
- Publication
Nature structural biology, 2000, Vol 7, Issue 9, p762
- ISSN
1072-8368
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/78992