Structure and function of disease-causing missense mutations in the PHEX gene.
The PHEX gene that is mutated in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) encodes a protein homologous to the M13 family of zinc metallopeptidases. The present study was undertaken to assess the impact of nine PHEX missense mutations on cellular trafficking, endopeptidase activity, and protein conformation. Secreted forms of wild-type and mutant PHEX proteins were generated by PCR mutagenesis; these included C85R, D237G, Y317F, G579R, G579V, S711R, A720T, and F731Y identified in XLH patients, and E581V, which in neutral endopeptidase 24.11 abolishes catalytic activity but not plasma membrane localization. The wild-type and D237G, Y317F, E581V, and F731Y proteins were terminally glycosylated and secreted into the medium, whereas the C85R, G579R, G579V, S711R, and A720T proteins were trapped inside the transfected cells. Growing the cells at 26 C permitted the secretion of G579V, S711R, and A720T proteins, although the yield of rescued G579V was insufficient for further analysis. Endopeptidase activity of secreted and rescued PHEX proteins, assessed using a novel internally quenched fluorogenic peptide substrate, revealed that E581V and S711R are completely inactive; D237G and Y317F exhibit 50-60% of wild-type activity; and A720T and F731Y retain full catalytic activity. Conformational analysis by limited proteolysis demonstrated that F731Y is more sensitive to trypsin and D237G is more resistant to endoproteinase Glu-c than the wild-type protein. Thus, defects in protein trafficking, endopeptidase activity, and protein conformation account for loss of PHEX function in XLH patients harboring these missense mutations.
Department of Biology, McGill University, and The McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3Z 2Z3.
Yves
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Sabbagh
Guy
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Boileau
Marcelo
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Campos
Adriana K
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Carmona
Harriet S
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Tenenhouse
D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D041321:Chromosomes, Human, X; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D004795:Enzyme Stability; D015870:Gene Expression; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D007015:Hypophosphatemia, Familial / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D016296:Mutagenesis; D020125:Mutation, Missense; D053402:PHEX Phosphate Regulating Neutral Endopeptidase; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014162:Transfection; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
D011506:Proteins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C028344:glutamyl endopeptidase; D014357:Trypsin; D053402:PHEX Phosphate Regulating Neutral Endopeptidase; C506231:PHEX protein, human