Structural studies of DM43: a snake venom metalloprotease inhibitor extracted from Didelphis marsupialis opossum serum. / Estudos estruturais de DM43: Um inibidor de metaloprotease de veneno de serpente extraído do soro do gambá Didelphis marsupialis.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2000

RESUMO

The natural resistance of the opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, towards snake venom is due to antibothropic factors present in the blood serum, of which DM43 is one. It is responsible for the inhibition of the hemorrhagic activity of the venom. With a view to better understanding the mechanism of action of this protein against venom metalloproteases, one of the aims of the present work was to optimize the crystallization conditions of DM43 in order to determine its three-dimensional structure by X-ray diffraction. Crystallization trials revealed that ammonium sulphate was the best precipitant. Visualization and indexing of the diffraction patterns from such crystals only allowed for the determination of the unit cell parameters due to their inherently low quality. The values obtained were a = b = 117.34 (0.03) ANGSTRON, c = 193.39 (0.02) Å, ?=?= 90° e ? = 120°, corresponding to the trigonal or hexagonal crystal systems. The recent determination of the amino acid sequence of DM43 permitted the homology modelling of its three-dimensional structure by satisfaction of spatial restraints. The three immunoglobulin-like domains of DM43 were modelled in two separate parts from the reference structure KIR2DL1 (1nkr), homologous to the two C-terminal domains of DM43, with which its shares 27.72% sequence identity. The N-terminal domain, denominated D0, was separately modelled based on the C-terminal domain of KIR2DL1, with which it shares 28.89% identity. The programs PATCHES and GRASP were used to detect the probable interface region between the two separate parts of the molecule as well as a region probably responsible for dimerisation. Polar residues in KIR2DL1 which had been substituted by hydrophobic residues in DM43 are observed concentrated on one face of the molecule devoid of glycosilation sites (D2) coinciding with the dimerisation interface observed in the growth hormone receptor. A structural motif characteristic of the haematopoetic receptor family, identified as the WSXWS box, was observed to some extent in all three domains of DM43 and most evident in domain D2. It is speculated that the existence of this motif is related to the relative orientation of the domains, by maintaining the first tryptophan of the motif positioned at the domain interface. An additional ?-strand (F) in D2, which is not characteristic of the immunoglobulin fold, is observed due to the presence of the conserved Pro273, three-residues prior to the WSXWS box. This strand appears to play an important role in correctly positioning the motif as it forms hydrogen bonds with strand G of the previous domain thus orientating the first tryptophan of the motif at the interface. The presence of hydrophobic residues at the interdomain interface, may also contribute to stabilizing the acute angular relationship between D1 and D2. An analogous interpretation to that given for the growth hormone receptor, suggests that the loops between ?-strands AB, CCand EF of domain D1 and between strands BC and FG do domain D2 plus the linker region, are involved in the binding of metalloproteinase by DM43.

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glicoproteína metalloprotease inhibitor modelagem molecular por homologia dm43 homology-based molecular modeling dm43 inibidor de metaloprotease glycoprotein

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