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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 21, 10254-10261, Jul, 1988

Analysis of structure-function relationship of pig calpastatin by expression of mutated cDNAs in Escherichia coli

M Maki, E Takano, T Osawa, T Ooi, T Murachi and M Hatanaka
Institute for Virus Research, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

Structure-function relationships in pig calpastatin were investigated. Calpastatin is an endogenous inhibitor protein specifically acting on calpains (Ca2+-dependent cysteine endopeptidases). We recently cloned and sequenced the cDNA for pig heart calpastatin and determined the amino acid sequence of the molecule from the nucleotide sequence. Various deletion mutants in one of the four internally repetitive domains (Domain 3, approximately 140 amino acid residues) were created by in vitro site-directed mutagenesis of a cloned cDNA fragment and expressed in Escherichia coli. Deletion of a conserved region on either the amino-terminal or carboxyl-terminal side caused a drastic loss of inhibitory activity against calpain I (low Ca2+-requiring form) and, to a lesser degree, against calpain II (high Ca2+-requiring form). Inhibitory activities were below the detectable level in mutants deleted further toward the central region. Substitution of two amino acids in the latter region of the wild-type Domain 3 protein caused a drastic loss of activity against both calpains. The creation of lowered affinity inhibitors enabled us to perform a conventional kinetic analysis which showed the mode of inhibition to be competitive. Prediction of the secondary structure of Domain 3 suggests that both the amino- and carboxyl-terminal conserved regions form alpha-helical structures, which are largely located in the interior of the calpastatin molecule, whereas the central region does not form alpha- helix or beta-structure. The central region contains a 12-residue consensus sequence common to Domains 1, 2, and 4, and this portion is predicted to be located on the surface of the calpastatin molecule. These results suggest that the central conserved region of each domain of calpastatin is an area for direct interaction either with the active center of calpain or a region in close proximity, and the rest of the domain is a region stabilizing the functionally important tertiary structure of the domain.
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