title: Detailed molecular comparison between the inhibition mode of A/B-type carboxypeptidases in the zymogen state and by the endogenous inhibitor latexin.
abstract: Treatment of advanced stages of prostate carcinoma with histone-deacetylase inhibitors entails expression of human procarboxypeptidase-A4 (hPCPA4). The three-dimensional structure of hPCPA4 has been solved and shows the features of related metallocarboxypeptidase zymogens, with a preformed alpha/beta/-hydrolase active-enzyme moiety (hCPA4) and an inhibiting pro-domain (PD). The protease moiety recalls a sphere, out of which a spherical cone has been cut. This results in a funnel-like structure, at the bottom of which the active-site cleft resides. The border of this funnel is shaped by loops, which are responsible for the interaction with the PD, characterised by a large interface area and relatively few contacts. Such an inhibitory mode is evocative of the recently reported structure of the human inhibitor latexin in its complex with hCPA4. The main contacting structure of latexin is similar to the one employed for PD inhibition. In both cases, active-site blocking relies mainly on a loop provided by the central part of a beta sheet.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona, C.I.D. - C.S.I.C., C/Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-Castellanos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonet-Figueredo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pallarés
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Avilés
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vendrell
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Gomis-Rütha
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000941:Antigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D043424:Carboxypeptidase B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000737:chemistry; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry*; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology*; D011487:Protein Conformation
chemical_list: D000941:Antigens; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; C086812:Lxn protein, rat; D043422:Carboxypeptidases A; D043424:Carboxypeptidase B