Anion activation site of insulin-degrading enzyme

Nicholas Noinaj, Eun Suk Song, Sonia Bhasin, Benjamin J. Alper, Walter K. Schmidt, Louis B. Hersh, David W. Rodgers

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Abstract

Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) (insulysin) is a zinc metallo-peptidase that metabolizes several bioactive peptides, including insulin and the amyloid β peptide. IDE is an unusual metallo-peptidase in that it is allosterically activated by both small peptides and anions, such as ATP. Here, we report that the ATP-inding site is located on a portion of the substrate binding chamber wall arising largely from domain 4 of the four-domain IDE. Two variants having residues in this site mutated, IDE K898A,K899A,S901A and IDE R429S, both show greatly decreased activation by the polyphosphate anions ATP and PPPi. IDE K898A,K899A,S901A is also deficient in activation by small peptides, suggesting a possible mechanistic link between the two types of allosteric activation. Sodium chloride at high concentrations can also activate IDE. There are no observable differences in average conformation between the IDE-ATP complex and unliganded IDE, but regions of the active site and C-terminal domain do show increased crystallographic thermal factors in the complex, suggesting an effect on dynamics. Activation by ATP is shown to be independent of the ATP hydrolysis activity reported for the enzyme. We also report that IDE K898A,K899A,S901A has reduced intracellular function relative to unmodified IDE, consistent with a possible role for anion activation of IDE activity in vivo. Together, the data suggest a model in which the binding of anions activates by reducing the electrostatic attraction between the two halves of the enzyme, shifting the partitioning between open and closed conformations of IDE toward the open form.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)48-57
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Biological Chemistry
Volume287
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2012

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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