Crystallographic structure of the trypsin inhibitor purified from Enterolobium contortisiliquum seeds and the molecular modeling of its complexes with trypsin, trombin and Xa factor. / Estrutura cristalográfica do inibidor de tripsina purificada de sementes de Enterolobium contortisiloquum e modelagem molecular de seus complexos com tripsina, trombina e fator Xa.

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2003

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The principal objective of this work was the 3D structural determination of a Trypsin inhibitor from Enterolobium contortisiliquum (EcTI) seeds as well as the modeling of the complexes between EcTI and trypsin, chymotrypsin, thrombin and factor Xa and their subsequent analysis. The inhibitor has a molecular weight of 19.5 kDa and inhibits trypsin, chymotrypsin, human plasma kallikrein, human plasmin and factor Xlla but not factor Xa and tissue type plasminogen activator. A single crystal appropriate for X-ray data collection was grown using condition 50 of Hamptons Research fatorial (PEG8000 - 15%, LiSO4 - 0.5mM) by the gel acupuncture technique at 15°C. The crystal grew in three weeks in the space group P21 with one molecule in the assymetric unit. Crystallographic data were acquired using an image plate detector MAR345 on the Protein Crystallography beam line at the Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS), Campinas, out to 1,96Å resolution, with a completeness of 87% and Rsym= 10.3%. The structure was solved by the Molecular Replacement method using the previous determined structure of the trypsin inhibitor from Erythrina caffra which presented 39% sequence identity to EcTI. Discrepancies in the primary structure, as observed in the electron density map led to the supposition of the existence of isoforms for this particular inhibitor. In total 33 substitutions and 1 insertion were made. In contrast with the attempts made with the original sequence, after the amino acids were substituted the refinement converged to acceptable values for Rfactor=17% and Rfree=25%. The 3D fold of EcTI is a β-trefoil as expected. The hairpins present in this fold are coiled coils, but not as a result of the systematic alternation of the Φ/Ψ angles as expected. Using the crystallographic structure as a template a homology model for the original sequence was built. The model evaluation in terms of stereochemistry and structure-sequence compatibility showed it to be of generally good quality, despite the presence of a salt bridge buried in the hydrophobic core. Docking experiments using crystallographic structures of trypsin, chymotripsin, factor Xa and thrombin complexed with their respective inhibitors were undertaken. The lack of EcTI activity against factor Xa and thrombin is predicted to be due to chemical and structural incompatibility at the complex interface.

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inibidor de tripsina trombina trypsin inhibitor trypsin modelagem molecular trombin molecular modeling xa factor enterolobium contortisiliquum complexes cristalografia de raio-x x-ray crystallography tripsina enterolobium contortisiliquum complexos fator xa

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