The C-terminal region of human angiogenin has a dual role in enzymatic activity.
AUTOR(ES)
Russo, N
RESUMO
The ribonucleolytic activity of angiogenin (Ang) is essential to Ang's capacity to induce blood vessel formation. Previous x-ray diffraction and mutagenesis results have shown that the active site of the human protein is obstructed by Gln-117 and imply that the C-terminal region of Ang must undergo a conformational rearrangement to allow substrate binding and catalysis. As a first step toward structural characterization of this conformational change, additional site-directed mutagenesis and kinetic analysis have been used to examine the intramolecular interactions that stabilize the inactive conformation of the protein. Two residues of this region, Ile-119 and Phe-120, are found to make hydrophobic interactions with the remainder of the protein and thereby help to keep Gln-117 in its obstructive position. Furthermore, the suppression of activity by the intramolecular interactions of Ile-119 and Phe-120 is counterbalanced by an effect of the adjacent residues, Arg-121, Arg-122, and Pro-123 which do not appear to form contacts with the rest of the protein structure. They contribute to enzymatic activity, probably by constituting a peripheral subsite for binding polymeric substrates. The results reveal the nature of the conformational change in human Ang and assign a key role to the C-terminal region both in this process and, presumably, in the regulation of human Ang function.
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