Institute of Microbial Technology (CSIR), Chandigarh, India.
FEBS Lett. 2011 Jun 23;585(12):1814-20. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.030. Epub 2011 Apr 16.
Staphylokinase (SAK) forms a 1:1 stoichiometric complex with human plasmin (Pm) and switches its substrate specificity to generate a plasminogen (Pg) activator complex. Site-directed mutagenesis of SAKHis43 and SAKTyr44 demonstrated the crucial requirement of a positively charged and an aromatic residue, respectively, at these positions for optimal functioning of SAK-Pm activator complex. Molecular modeling studies further revealed the role of these residues in making cation-pi and pi-pi interactions with Trp215 of Pm and thus establishing the crucial intermolecular contacts within the active site cleft of the activator complex for the cofactor activity of SAK.
葡萄球菌激酶(SAK)与人纤溶酶(Pm)形成 1:1 的化学计量复合物,并将其底物特异性切换为生成纤溶酶原(Pg)激活复合物。对 SAKHis43 和 SAKTyr44 的定点突变表明,这两个位置的带正电荷和芳香族残基分别是 SAK-Pm 激活复合物最佳功能所必需的。分子建模研究进一步揭示了这些残基在与 Pm 的色氨酸 215 形成阳离子-π 和 π-π 相互作用中的作用,从而在激活复合物的活性位点裂缝内建立了至关重要的分子间接触,以实现 SAK 的辅因子活性。