Proteins of circularly permuted sequence present within the same organism: The major serine proteinase inhibitor from Capsicum annuum seeds

The major serine proteinase inhibitor from bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, paprika) seeds was isolated, characterized, and sequenced, and its disulfide bond topology was determined. PSI‐1.2 is a 52‐amino‐acid‐long, cysteine‐rich polypeptide that inhibits both trypsin (Ki = 4.6 × 10−9 M) and chymotryps...

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Published in:Protein science 2001-11, Vol.10 (11), p.2280-2290
Main Authors: Antcheva, Nikolinka, Pintar, Alessandro, Patthy, András, Simoncsits, András, Barta, Endre, Tchorbanov, Bojidar, Pongor, Sándor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Capsicum - chemistry
Capsicum - genetics
Chymotrypsin - antagonists & inhibitors
Disulfides - chemistry
evolution
Evolution, Molecular
Factor Xa Inhibitors
Kinetics
Models, Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny
Protein chemistry
protein structure
proteinase inhibitors
Sequence Alignment
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors - chemistry
Serine Proteinase Inhibitors - isolation & purification
Thrombin - antagonists & inhibitors
Trypsin Inhibitors - isolation & purification
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Summary:The major serine proteinase inhibitor from bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, paprika) seeds was isolated, characterized, and sequenced, and its disulfide bond topology was determined. PSI‐1.2 is a 52‐amino‐acid‐long, cysteine‐rich polypeptide that inhibits both trypsin (Ki = 4.6 × 10−9 M) and chymotrypsin (Ki = 1.1 × 10−8 M) and is a circularly permuted member of the potato type II inhibitor family. Mature proteins of this family are produced from precursor proteins containing two to eight repeat units that are proteolytically cleaved within, rather than between, the repeats. In contrast, PSI‐1.2 corresponds to a complete repeat that was predicted as the putative ancestral protein of the potato type II family. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which two proteins related to each other by circular permutation are shown to exist in the same organism and are expressed within the same organ. PSI‐1.2 is not derived from any of the known precursors, and it contains a unique amphiphilic segment in one of its loops. A systematic comparison of the related precursor repeat‐sequences reveals common evolutionary patterns that are in agreement with the ancestral gene‐duplication hypothesis.
ISSN:0961-8368
1469-896X
DOI:10.1110/ps.21701