title: Differences in the properties and enzymatic specificities of the two active sites of angiotensin I-converting enzyme (kininase II). Studies with bradykinin and other natural peptides.
abstract: Angiotensin I-converting enzyme (ACE, E.C.3.4.15.1) has been recently shown to contain two very similar domains, each of which bears a functional active site hydrolyzing Hip-His-Leu or angiotensin I (AI). The substrate specificity of the two active sites of ACE was compared using wild-type recombinant ACE and mutants, where one active site is suppressed by deletion or inactivated by mutations of 2 histidines coordinating an essential zinc atom. Both active sites converted bradykinin (BK) to BK1-7 and BK1-5 with similar kinetics and with Kappm at least 30 times lower and kcat/kappm 10 times higher than for AI. The carboxyl-terminal active site, but not the amino-terminal site, was activated by chloride; however, chloride activation was minimal compared with AI. Both domains also hydrolyzed substance P and cleaved a carboxyl-terminal protected dipeptide and tripeptide. The carboxyl-terminal active site was more readily activated by chloride and hydrolyzed substance P faster. Luteinizing-hormone releasing hormone was hydrolyzed by both active sites, but hydrolysis by the amino-terminal active site was faster. It performed the endoproteolytic amino-terminal cleavage of this peptide at least 30 times faster than the carboxyl-terminal active site. Both active sites cleaved a carboxyl-terminal tripeptide from luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone. Thus, both active sites of ACE possess dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase and endopeptidase activities. However, only the carboxyl-terminal active site can undergo a chloride-induced alteration that greatly enhances the hydrolysis of AI or substance P, and the amino-terminal active site possesses an unusual amino-terminal endoproteolytic specificity for a natural peptide. This suggests physiologically important differences between the subsites of the two active centers, and different substrate specificity, despite the high degree of sequence homology.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U367, Paris, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaspard
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alhenc-Gelas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001920:Bradykinin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016466:CHO Cells; D002712:Chlorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013373:Substance P / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013373:Substance P; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D004247:DNA; D007703:Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A; D001920:Bradykinin