Cyclophilin active site mutants have native prolyl isomerase activity with a protein substrate
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- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 414 (1) , 69-73
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(97)00979-4
Abstract
The prolyl isomerase activity of cyclophilins is traditionally measured by an assay in which prolyl cis/trans isomerization in a chromogenic tetrapeptide is coupled with its isomer‐specific cleavage by chymotrypsin. Two variants of mitochondrial cyclophilin with substitutions in the presumed active site (R73A and H144Q) are inactive in the protease‐coupled assay, but show almost wild‐type activity in an assay that is based on the catalysis of a proline‐limited protein folding reaction. This prolyl isomerase assay is preferable, both because coupling with proteolysis is avoided and because an intact protein instead of a short peptide is used as a substrate. Possibly, some earlier conclusions about the catalytic mechanism and the involvement of the prolyl isomerase activity in the cellular function of immunophilins may need reevaluation.Keywords
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