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58-590: Tetraspanins are highly conserved between species. Some tetraspanins can have N -linked glycosylations on the long extracellular loop (LEL, EC2) and palmitoylations at a CXXC motif in their transmembrane region. There are 34 tetraspanins in mammals, 33 of which have also been identified in humans. Tetraspanins display numerous properties that indicate their physiological importance in cell adhesion, motility, activation, and proliferation , as well as their contribution to pathological conditions such as metastasis or viral infection. A role for tetraspanins in platelets

116-465: A Cys-His-Asn triad). The enzymology of proteases provides some of the clearest known examples of convergent evolution at a molecular level. The same geometric arrangement of triad residues occurs in over 20 separate enzyme superfamilies . Each of these superfamilies is the result of convergent evolution for the same triad arrangement within a different structural fold . This is because there are limited productive ways to arrange three triad residues,

174-405: A charge-relay network to polarise and activate the nucleophile, which attacks the substrate , forming a covalent intermediate which is then hydrolysed to release the product and regenerate free enzyme. The nucleophile is most commonly a serine or cysteine amino acid, but occasionally threonine or even selenocysteine . The 3D structure of the enzyme brings together the triad residues in

232-422: A cysteine as the nucleophile, but a serine to coordinate the histidine base. Despite the serine being a poor acid, it is still effective in orienting the histidine in the catalytic triad. Some homologues alternatively have a threonine instead of serine at the acid location. Threonine proteases, such as the proteasome protease subunit and ornithine acyltransferases use the secondary hydroxyl of threonine in

290-413: A linearly-arranged catalytic triad of Asp153, His154, and Cys156. It runs on a ping-pong mechanism , where the cysteine attacks the acyl-CoA to form an S-acylated DHHC, and then the acyl group is transferred to the substrate. DHHR enzymes exist, and it (as well as some DHHC enzymes) may use a ternary complex mechanism instead. An inhibitor of S-palmitoylation by DHHC is 2-Bromopalmitate (2-BP). 2-BP

348-496: A manner analogous to the use of the serine primary hydroxyl . However, due to the steric interference of the extra methyl group of threonine, the base member of the triad is the N -terminal amide which polarises an ordered water which, in turn, deprotonates the catalytic hydroxyl to increase its reactivity. Similarly, there exist equivalent 'serine only' and 'cysteine only' configurations such as penicillin acylase G and penicillin acylase V which are evolutionarily related to

406-513: A new tetrahedral intermediate, which resolves by ejecting the enzyme's nucleophile, releasing the second product and regenerating free enzyme. The side-chain of the nucleophilic residue performs covalent catalysis on the substrate . The lone pair of electrons present on the oxygen or sulfur attacks the electropositive carbonyl carbon. The 20 naturally occurring biological amino acids do not contain any sufficiently nucleophilic functional groups for many difficult catalytic reactions . Embedding

464-404: A nucleophile. The reactivity of the nucleophilic residue is increased by the functional groups of the other triad members. The nucleophile is polarised and oriented by the base, which is itself bound and stabilised by the acid. Catalysis is performed in two stages. First, the activated nucleophile attacks the carbonyl carbon and forces the carbonyl oxygen to accept an electron pair, leading to

522-468: A possible way of generating a less active enzyme to control cleavage rate. An unusual triad is found in sedolisin proteases. The low p K a of the glutamate carboxylate group means that it only acts as a base in the triad at very low pH. The triad is hypothesised to be an adaptation to specific environments like acidic hot springs (e.g. kumamolysin ) or cell lysosome (e.g. tripeptidyl peptidase ). The endothelial protease vasohibin uses

580-420: A precise orientation, even though they may be far apart in the sequence ( primary structure ). As well as divergent evolution of function (and even the triad's nucleophile), catalytic triads show some of the best examples of convergent evolution . Chemical constraints on catalysis have led to the same catalytic solution independently evolving in at least 23 separate superfamilies . Their mechanism of action

638-492: A range of other proteins. Similarly, catalytic triad mimics have been created in small organic molecules like diaryl diselenide, and displayed on larger polymers like Merrifield resins , and self-assembling short peptide nanostructures. The sophistication of the active site network causes residues involved in catalysis (and residues in contact with these) to be highly evolutionarily conserved . However, there are examples of divergent evolution in catalytic triads, both in

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696-417: A significant role in subcellular trafficking of proteins between membrane compartments, as well as in modulating protein–protein interactions . In contrast to prenylation and myristoylation , palmitoylation is usually reversible (because the bond between palmitic acid and protein is often a thioester bond). The reverse reaction in mammalian cells is catalyzed by acyl-protein thioesterases (APTs) in

754-634: A small G-protein ) has also been found to have this triad. The second most studied triad is the Cysteine-Histidine-Aspartate motif. Several families of cysteine proteases use this triad set, for example TEV protease and papain . The triad acts similarly to serine protease triads, with a few notable differences. Due to cysteine's low p K a , the importance of the Asp to catalysis varies and several cysteine proteases are effectively Cys-His dyads (e.g. hepatitis A virus protease), whilst in others

812-681: A superfamily (with the same fold ) contains families that use different nucleophiles. Such nucleophile switches have occurred several times during evolutionary history, however the mechanisms by which this happen are still unclear. Within protease superfamilies that contain a mixture of nucleophiles (e.g. the PA clan ), families are designated by their catalytic nucleophile (C=cysteine proteases, S=serine proteases). A further subclass of catalytic triad variants are pseudoenzymes , which have triad mutations that make them catalytically inactive, but able to function as binding or structural proteins. For example,

870-501: A tetrahedral intermediate . The build-up of negative charge on this intermediate is typically stabilized by an oxyanion hole within the active site. The intermediate then collapses back to a carbonyl, ejecting the first half of the substrate, but leaving the second half still covalently bound to the enzyme as an acyl-enzyme intermediate . Although general-acid catalysis for breakdown of the First and Second tetrahedral intermediate may occur by

928-459: A wide array of enzymes have been characterized in the past few years, including H-Ras , Gsα , the β2-adrenergic receptor , and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). In signal transduction via G protein, palmitoylation of the α subunit, prenylation of the γ subunit, and myristoylation is involved in tethering the G protein to the inner surface of the plasma membrane so that the G protein can interact with its receptor. S-palmitoylation

986-407: Is a nonspecific inhibitor that also halts many other lipid-processing enzymes. A meta-analysis of 15 studies produced a compendium of approximately 2,000 mammalian proteins that are palmitoylated. The highest associations of the palmitoylome are with cancers and disorders of the nervous system . Approximately 40% of synaptic proteins were found in the palmitoylome. Palmitoylation mediates

1044-411: Is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in the active site of some enzymes . Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases , amidases , esterases , acylases , lipases and β-lactamases ). An acid - base - nucleophile triad is a common motif for generating a nucleophilic residue for covalent catalysis . The residues form

1102-399: Is consequently one of the best studied in biochemistry . The enzymes trypsin and chymotrypsin were first purified in the 1930s. A serine in each of trypsin and chymotrypsin was identified as the catalytic nucleophile (by diisopropyl fluorophosphate modification) in the 1950s. The structure of chymotrypsin was solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1960s, showing the orientation of

1160-408: Is disrupted, the enzyme trafficks to PIP2 where it encounters its substrate and is active by substrate presentation . Palmitoylation is necessary for the inactivation of anesthesia, inducing potassium channels and the localization of GABA A R in synapses. Anesthetics compete with palmitate in ordered lipids and this release gives rise to a component of membrane-mediated anesthesia . For example

1218-504: Is exemplified by chymotrypsin , a model serine protease from the PA superfamily which uses its triad to hydrolyse protein backbones. The aspartate is hydrogen bonded to the histidine, increasing the p K a of its imidazole nitrogen from 7 to around 12. This allows the histidine to act as a powerful general base and to activate the serine nucleophile. It also has an oxyanion hole consisting of several backbone amides which stabilises charge build-up on intermediates. The histidine base aids

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1276-537: Is generally done by proteins with the DHHC domain . Exceptions exist in non-enzymatic reactions. Acyl-protein thioesterase (APT) catalyses the reverse reaction. Other acyl groups such as stearate (C18:0) or oleate (C18:1) are also frequently accepted, more so in plant and viral proteins, making S-acylation a more useful name. Several structures of the DHHC domain have been determined using X-ray crystallography . It contains

1334-475: Is in the clustering of proteins in the synapse. A major mediator of protein clustering in the synapse is the postsynaptic density (95kD) protein PSD-95 . When this protein is palmitoylated it is restricted to the membrane. This restriction to the membrane allows it to bind to and cluster ion channels in the postsynaptic membrane. Also, in the presynaptic neuron, palmitoylation of SNAP-25 directs it to partition in

1392-462: Is most commonly histidine since its p K a allows for effective base catalysis, hydrogen bonding to the acid residue, and deprotonation of the nucleophile residue. β-lactamases such as TEM-1 use a lysine residue as the base. Because lysine's p K a is so high (p K a =11), a glutamate and several other residues act as the acid to stabilise its deprotonated state during the catalytic cycle. Threonine proteases use their N -terminal amide as

1450-426: Is resolved by water, the result is hydrolysis of the substrate. However, if the intermediate is resolved by attack by a second substrate, then the enzyme acts as a transferase . For example, attack by an acyl group results in an acyltransferase reaction. Several families of transferase enzymes have evolved from hydrolases by adaptation to exclude water and favour attack of a second substrate. In different members of

1508-717: Is similar to cysteine, but contains a selenium atom instead of a sulfur. A selenocysteine residue is found in the active site of thioredoxin reductase , which uses the selenol group for reduction of disulfide in thioredoxin. In addition to naturally occurring types of catalytic triads, protein engineering has been used to create enzyme variants with non-native amino acids, or entirely synthetic amino acids. Catalytic triads have also been inserted into otherwise non-catalytic proteins, or protein mimics. Subtilisin (a serine protease) has had its oxygen nucleophile replaced with each of sulfur, selenium , or tellurium . Cysteine and selenocysteine were inserted by mutagenesis , whereas

1566-474: Is the covalent attachment of fatty acids , such as palmitic acid , to cysteine ( S -palmitoylation) and less frequently to serine and threonine ( O -palmitoylation) residues of proteins , which are typically membrane proteins. The precise function of palmitoylation depends on the particular protein being considered. Palmitoylation enhances the hydrophobicity of proteins and contributes to their membrane association. Palmitoylation also appears to play

1624-401: The active site of an enzyme and act in concert with other residues (e.g. binding site and oxyanion hole ) to achieve nucleophilic catalysis . These triad residues act together to make the nucleophile member highly reactive , generating a covalent intermediate with the substrate that is then resolved to complete catalysis. Catalytic triads perform covalent catalysis using a residue as

1682-465: The cytosol and palmitoyl protein thioesterases in lysosomes . Because palmitoylation is a dynamic, post-translational process , it is believed to be employed by the cell to alter the subcellular localization, protein–protein interactions, or binding capacities of a protein. An example of a protein that undergoes palmitoylation is hemagglutinin , a membrane glycoprotein used by influenza to attach to host cell receptors. The palmitoylation cycles of

1740-787: The heparin -binding protein Azurocidin is a member of the PA clan, but with a glycine in place of the nucleophile and a serine in place of the histidine. Similarly, RHBDF1 is a homolog of the S54 family rhomboid proteases with an alanine in the place of the nucleophilic serine. In some cases, pseudoenzymes may still have an intact catalytic triad but mutations in the rest of the protein remove catalytic activity. The CA clan contains catalytically inactive members with mutated triads ( calpamodulin has lysine in place of its cysteine nucleophile) and with intact triads but inactivating mutations elsewhere (rat testin retains

1798-399: The acid-base triad members to reduce its p K a in order to achieve concerted deprotonation with catalysis. The low p K a of cysteine works to its disadvantage in the resolution of the first tetrahedral intermediate as unproductive reversal of the original nucleophilic attack is the more favourable breakdown product. The triad base is therefore preferentially oriented to protonate

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1856-457: The active site. Very rarely, the selenium atom of the uncommon amino acid selenocysteine is used as a nucleophile. The deprotonated Se state is strongly favoured when in a catalytic triad. Since no natural amino acids are strongly nucleophilic, the base in a catalytic triad polarises and deprotonates the nucleophile to increase its reactivity. Additionally, it protonates the first product to aid leaving group departure. The base

1914-435: The affinity of a protein for lipid rafts and facilitates the clustering of proteins. The clustering can increase the proximity of two molecules. Alternatively, clustering can sequester a protein away from a substrate. For example, palmitoylation of phospholipase D (PLD) sequesters the enzyme away from its substrate phosphatidylcholine. When cholesterol levels decrease or PIP2 levels increase the palmitate mediated localization

1972-552: The anesthesia channel TREK-1 is activated by anesthetic displacement from GM1 lipids. The palmitoylation site is specific for palmitate over prenylation. However, the anesthetics appear to compete non-specifically. This non-selective competition of anesthetic with palmitate likely gives rise to the Myer-Overton correlation . Scientists have appreciated the significance of attaching long hydrophobic chains to specific proteins in cell signaling pathways. A good example of its significance

2030-416: The base, rather than a separate amino acid. Use of oxygen or sulfur as the nucleophilic atom causes minor differences in catalysis. Compared to oxygen , sulfur 's extra d orbital makes it larger (by 0.4 Å) and softer, allows it to form longer bonds (d C-X and d X-H by 1.3-fold), and gives it a lower p K a (by 5 units). Serine is therefore more dependent than cysteine on optimal orientation of

2088-412: The base, since steric crowding by the catalytic threonine's methyl prevents other residues from being close enough. The acidic triad member forms a hydrogen bond with the basic residue. This aligns the basic residue by restricting its side-chain rotation, and polarises it by stabilising its positive charge. Two amino acids have acidic side chains at physiological pH (aspartate or glutamate) and so are

2146-449: The catalytic triad in the active site . Other proteases were sequenced and aligned to reveal a family of related proteases, now called the S1 family. Simultaneously, the structures of the evolutionarily unrelated papain and subtilisin proteases were found to contain analogous triads. The 'charge-relay' mechanism for the activation of the nucleophile by the other triad members was proposed in

2204-553: The cell membrane and allows the SNARE complex to dissociate during vesicle fusion. This provides a role for palmitoylation in regulating neurotransmitter release. Palmitoylation of delta catenin seems to coordinate activity-dependent changes in synaptic adhesion molecules, synapse structure, and receptor localizations that are involved in memory formation. Palmitoylation of gephyrin has been reported to influence GABAergic synapses. Catalytic triad A catalytic triad

2262-408: The convergence of so many enzyme families on the same triad geometries has developed in the 2010s. Since their initial discovery, there have been increasingly detailed investigations of their exact catalytic mechanism. Of particular contention in the 1990s and 2000s was whether low-barrier hydrogen bonding contributed to catalysis, or whether ordinary hydrogen bonding is sufficient to explain

2320-456: The cysteine is already deprotonated before catalysis begins (e.g. papain). This triad is also used by some amidases, such as N -glycanase to hydrolyse non-peptide C-N bonds. The triad of cytomegalovirus protease uses histidine as both the acid and base triad members. Removing the acid histidine results in only a 10-fold activity loss (compared to >10,000-fold when aspartate is removed from chymotrypsin). This triad has been interpreted as

2378-496: The enzyme backbone and the substrate. These examples reflect the intrinsic chemical and physical constraints on enzymes, leading evolution to repeatedly and independently converge on equivalent solutions. The same triad geometries been converged upon by serine proteases such as the chymotrypsin and subtilisin superfamilies. Similar convergent evolution has occurred with cysteine proteases such as viral C3 protease and papain superfamilies. These triads have converged to almost

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2436-426: The enzyme into an oxidoreductase . When the nucleophile of TEV protease was converted from cysteine to serine, it protease activity was strongly reduced, but was able to be restored by directed evolution . Non-catalytic proteins have been used as scaffolds, having catalytic triads inserted into them which were then improved by directed evolution. The Ser-His-Asp triad has been inserted into an antibody, as well as

2494-450: The first active site, a cysteine triad hydrolyses a glutamine substrate to release free ammonia. The ammonia then diffuses though an internal tunnel in the enzyme to the second active site, where it is transferred to a second substrate. Divergent evolution of active site residues is slow, due to strong chemical constraints. Nevertheless, some protease superfamilies have evolved from one nucleophile to another. This can be inferred when

2552-411: The first leaving group by donating a proton, and also activates the hydrolytic water substrate by abstracting a proton as the remaining OH attacks the acyl-enzyme intermediate. The same triad has also convergently evolved in α/β hydrolases such as some lipases and esterases , however orientation of the triad members is reversed. Additionally, brain acetyl hydrolase (which has the same fold as

2610-481: The late 1960s. As more protease structures were solved by X-ray crystallography in the 1970s and 80s, homologous (such as TEV protease ) and analogous (such as papain) triads were found. The MEROPS classification system in the 1990s and 2000s began classing proteases into structurally related enzyme superfamilies and so acts as a database of the convergent evolution of triads in over 20 superfamilies. Understanding how chemical constraints on evolution led to

2668-449: The leaving group amide to ensure that it is ejected to leave the enzyme sulfur covalently bound to the substrate N-terminus. Finally, resolution of the acyl-enzyme (to release the substrate C-terminus) requires serine to be re-protonated whereas cysteine can leave as S . Sterically , the sulfur of cysteine also forms longer bonds and has a bulkier van der Waals radius and if mutated to serine can be trapped in unproductive orientations in

2726-447: The mechanism. The massive body of work on the charge-relay, covalent catalysis used by catalytic triads has led to the mechanism being the best characterised in all of biochemistry. Enzymes that contain a catalytic triad use it for one of two reaction types: either to split a substrate ( hydrolases ) or to transfer one portion of a substrate over to a second substrate ( transferases ). Triads are an inter-dependent set of residues in

2784-421: The methyl clashes with either the enzyme backbone or histidine base. When the nucleophile of a serine protease was mutated to threonine, the methyl occupied a mixture of positions, most of which prevented substrate binding. Consequently, the catalytic residue of a threonine protease is located at its N -terminus. Two evolutionarily independent enzyme superfamilies with different protein folds are known to use

2842-412: The most commonly used for this triad member. Cytomegalovirus protease uses a pair of histidines, one as the base, as usual, and one as the acid. The second histidine is not as effective an acid as the more common aspartate or glutamate, leading to a lower catalytic efficiency. The Serine-Histidine-Aspartate motif is one of the most thoroughly characterised catalytic motifs in biochemistry. The triad

2900-478: The non-natural amino acid, tellurocysteine , was inserted using auxotrophic cells fed with synthetic tellurocysteine. These elements are all in the 16th periodic table column ( chalcogens ), so have similar properties. In each case, changing the nucleophile lowered the enzyme's protease activity, but increased a new activity. A sulfur nucleophile improved the enzymes transferase activity (sometimes called subtiligase). Selenium and tellurium nucleophiles converted

2958-401: The nucleophile in a triad increases its reactivity for efficient catalysis. The most commonly used nucleophiles are the hydroxyl (OH) of serine and the thiol /thiolate ion (SH/S ) of cysteine. Alternatively, threonine proteases use the secondary hydroxyl of threonine, however due to steric hindrance of the side chain's extra methyl group such proteases use their N -terminal amide as

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3016-408: The other two triad residues. The triad is further unusual in that the lysine and cis -serine both act as the base in activating the catalytic serine, but the same lysine also performs the role of the acid member as well as making key structural contacts. The rare, but naturally occurring amino acid selenocysteine (Sec), can also be found as the nucleophile in some catalytic triads. Selenocysteine

3074-423: The path shown in the diagram, evidence supporting this mechanism with chymotrypsin has been controverted. The second stage of catalysis is the resolution of the acyl-enzyme intermediate by the attack of a second substrate. If this substrate is water then the result is hydrolysis; if it is an organic molecule then the result is transfer of that molecule onto the first substrate. Attack by this second substrate forms

3132-473: The proteasome proteases. Again, these use their N -terminal amide as a base. This unusual triad occurs only in one superfamily of amidases. In this case, the lysine acts to polarise the middle serine. The middle serine then forms two strong hydrogen bonds to the nucleophilic serine to activate it (one with the side chain hydroxyl and the other with the backbone amide). The middle serine is held in an unusual cis orientation to facilitate precise contacts with

3190-454: The reaction catalysed, and the residues used in catalysis. The triad remains the core of the active site, but it is evolutionarily adapted to serve different functions. Some proteins, called pseudoenzymes , have non-catalytic functions (e.g. regulation by inhibitory binding) and have accumulated mutations that inactivate their catalytic triad. Catalytic triads perform covalent catalysis via an acyl-enzyme intermediate. If this intermediate

3248-444: The same arrangement due to the mechanistic similarities in cysteine and serine proteolysis mechanisms. Families of cysteine proteases Families of serine proteases Threonine proteases use the amino acid threonine as their catalytic nucleophile. Unlike cysteine and serine, threonine is a secondary hydroxyl (i.e. has a methyl group). This methyl group greatly restricts the possible orientations of triad and substrate as

3306-514: The α/β-hydrolase superfamily, the Ser-His-Asp triad is tuned by surrounding residues to perform at least 17 different reactions. Some of these reactions are also achieved with mechanisms that have altered formation, or resolution of the acyl-enzyme intermediate, or that don't proceed via an acyl-enzyme intermediate. Additionally, an alternative transferase mechanism has been evolved by amidophosphoribosyltransferase , which has two active sites. In

3364-518: Was demonstrated by the bleeding phenotypes of CD151- and TSSC6-deficient mice, which exhibit impaired "outside-in" signalling through α IIb β 3 , the major platelet integrin. it is hypothesized that tetraspanins interact with and regulate other platelet receptors. The schistosome worms make two tetraspanins: TSP-1 and TSP-2. TSP-2 antibodies are found in some people who seem to have immunity to schistosome infection ( Schistosomiasis ). Palmitoylation In molecular biology , palmitoylation

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