Kenji Kojima, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Tohru Fushiki, Kuniyo Inouye
Laboratory of Enzyme Chemistry; and Laboratory of Nutrition Chemistry, Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Journal of biochemistry 2009 JunMatriptase is a type II transmembrane serine protease containing the non-catalytic domains (stem domain) and catalytic domain in the extra-cellular region. Our aim is to address the role of the stem domain in the interaction between matriptase and its physiological inhibitor, hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type I (HAI-1). We prepared secreted variants of recombinant matriptase containing the entire extra-cellular domain (HL-matriptase) or only the catalytic domain (L-matriptase), and compared the inhibition activities of a cell membrane-anchored form of recombinant HAI-1 (maHAI-1) against the matriptase variants in the hydrolysis of peptidyl-4-methyl-coumaryl-7-amide (MCA) substrates. HL-matriptase and L-matriptase were inhibited by purified maHAI-1 with a similar extent when t-butyloxycarbonyl (Boc)-Gln-Ala-Arg-MCA (1) and acetyl-Lys-Thr-Lys-Gln-Leu-Arg-MCA (2) were used as substrates. However, HL-matriptase was inhibited more strongly than L-matriptase by maHAI-1 in the hydrolysis of Boc-[(2S)-2-amino-3-(benzyloxycarbonyl)propionyl]-Pro-Arg-MCA (3). These results show that the stem domain of matriptase facilitates the inhibitory interaction of this protease with maHAI-1 in the hydrolysis of substrate 3, although it has no effect in the hydrolysis of substrates 1 and 2. To our knowledge, this is the first evidence that the stem domain of matriptase can affect the interaction between this protease and HAI-1.
Kenji Kojima, Satoshi Tsuzuki, Tohru Fushiki, Kuniyo Inouye. Role of the stem domain of matriptase in the interaction with its physiological inhibitor, hepatocyte growth factor activator inhibitor type I. Journal of biochemistry. 2009 Jun;145(6):783-90
PMID: 19276202
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