title: The bovine pro-carboxypeptidase A-S6 ternary complex: a rare case of a secreted protein complex.
abstract: Up to now, a non-covalent ternary complex in which the pro-carboxypeptidase A (subunit I) is associated to two functionally different proteins (subunits II and III) has only been found in the pancreas of ruminant species. In the other species studied so far, the pro-carboxypeptidase A is secreted either as a monomer or as a binary association with a functionally different protein. Subunit I is the immediate precursor of carboxypeptidase A. Subunit II is a chymotrypsinogen of the C-type, involved, like subunit I, in the degradation of proteins and peptides. Although closely related to the pancreatic serine endopeptidases, subunit III appears to be devoid of any specific enzymatic activity. Information about the spatial organization of the subunits in the ternary complex has been deduced from the sequential dissociation of the complex. In contrast to the mechanism of activation of subunits I and II, which is independent of their aggregation state, the catalytic properties of the resulting enzymes are sensitive to their aggregation state. Moreover, the structural basis of inactivity of subunit III as well as the physiological role of the ternary complex are also discussed in this review.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chapus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puigserver
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kerfélec
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002268:Carboxypeptidases / Q000032:analysis; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A; D002417:Cattle; D002919:Chymotrypsinogen / Q000032:analysis; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011487:Protein Conformation; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; C055863:procarboxypeptidase A-S6; D002919:Chymotrypsinogen; D002268:Carboxypeptidases; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases