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Abstract

Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is an oxidoreductase essential for folding proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. The domain structure of PDI is a-b-b'-x-a', wherein the thioredoxin-like a and a' domains mediate disulfide bond shuffling and b and b' domains are substrate binding. The b' and a' domains are connected via the x-linker, a 19-amino-acid flexible peptide. Here we identify a class of compounds, termed bepristats, that target the substrate-binding pocket of b'. Bepristats reversibly block substrate binding and inhibit platelet aggregation and thrombus formation in vivo. Ligation of the substrate-binding pocket by bepristats paradoxically enhances catalytic activity of a and a' by displacing the x-linker, which acts as an allosteric switch to augment reductase activity in the catalytic domains. This substrate-driven allosteric switch is also activated by peptides and proteins and is present in other thiol isomerases. Our results demonstrate a mechanism whereby binding of a substrate to thiol isomerases enhances catalytic activity of remote domains.

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Title
A substrate-driven allosteric switch that enhances PDI catalytic activity
Author
Bekendam, Roelof H; Bendapudi, Pavan K; Lin, Lin; Nag, Partha P; Pu, Jun; Kennedy, Daniel R; Feldenzer, Alexandra; Chiu, Joyce; Cook, Kristina M; Furie, Bruce; Huang, Mingdong; Hogg, Philip J; Flaumenhaft, Robert
Pages
12579
Publication year
2016
Publication date
Aug 2016
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1814920506
Copyright
Copyright Nature Publishing Group Aug 2016