title: Plant prolyl hydroxylase recognizes poly(L-proline) II helix.
abstract: Substrate specificity of a prolyl hydroxylase from Vinca rosea suspension-cultured cells was studied using synthetic oligo(L-proline)s and their t-butyloxycarbonyl derivatives (Pron and Boc-Pron; n = 2-8) as peptidyl substrates. All peptides with a residual number of 5 or greater served as substrates in the enzyme reaction at 30 degrees C, after the preincubation of the enzyme and peptides at 0 degrees C prior to addition of cofactors and cosubstrate. Under the same conditions, the hydroxylation of Pro5 reached a plateau within 10 min, but that of Boc-Pro8 and poly(L-proline) increased linearly up to 40 min. If the preincubation temperature was raised to 30 degrees C, only Pro5 among the peptides was unable to serve as a substrate. The optimum temperature of the enzyme was 30 degrees C toward Boc-Pro8 and poly(L-proline) but it decreased to 15 degrees C using Pro5. These data suggest that the enzyme can bind Pro5 only at low temperature. Poly(L-proline) and Boc-Pron (n greater than or equal to 5) in aqueous solution are known to have a left-handed helical structure (poly(L-proline) II helix). Moreover, Pro5 was indicated as forming this helix below 10 degrees C. Accordingly, the enzyme recognizes the poly(L-proline) II helix, that is, the secondary structure of a substrate rather than the primary structure.
mesh_terms: D002942:Circular Dichroism; D007700:Kinetics; D010455:Peptides; D010944:Plants / Q000201:enzymology*; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011392:Proline / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; C011083:polyproline; D011392:Proline; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase