title: SUMO protease SENP1 induces isomerization of the scissile peptide bond.
abstract: Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-specific protease SENP1 processes SUMO-1, SUMO-2 and SUMO-3 to mature forms and deconjugates them from modified proteins. To establish the proteolytic mechanism, we determined structures of catalytically inactive SENP1 bound to SUMO-1-modified RanGAP1 and to unprocessed SUMO-1. In each case, the scissile peptide bond is kinked at a right angle to the C-terminal tail of SUMO-1 and has the cis configuration of the amide nitrogens. SENP1 preferentially processes SUMO-1 over SUMO-2, but binding thermodynamics of full-length SUMO-1 and SUMO-2 to SENP1 and K(m) values for processing are very similar. However, k(cat) values differ by 50-fold. Thus, discrimination between unprocessed SUMO-1 and SUMO-2 by SENP1 is based on a catalytic step rather than substrate binding and is likely to reflect differences in the ability of SENP1 to correctly orientate the scissile bonds in SUMO-1 and SUMO-2.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, School of Life Science, University of Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK.
authors.forename: Linnan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Michael H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Tatham
authors.forename: Changjiang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zagórska
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Naismith
authors.forename: Ronald T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Hay
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003545:Cysteine / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010455:Peptides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D020836:Protein Structure, Quaternary; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D020690:GTPase-Activating Proteins; D007527:Isoenzymes; D010455:Peptides; D025842:SUMO-1 Protein; D010450:Endopeptidases; C404512:SENP1 protein, human; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D003545:Cysteine