A copper protein. The enzyme binds two copper ions with distinct roles during catalysis. Peptidylglycines with a neutral amino acid residue in the penultimate position are the best substrates for the enzyme. The product is unstable and dismutates to glyoxylate and the corresponding desglycine peptide amide, a reaction catalysed by EC 4.3.2.5 peptidylamidoglycolate lyase. In mammals, the two activities are part of a bifunctional protein. Involved in the final step of biosynthesis of alpha-melanotropin and related biologically active peptides.
A copper protein. The enzyme binds two copper ions with distinct roles during catalysis. Peptidylglycines with a neutral amino acid residue in the penultimate position are the best substrates for the enzyme. The product is unstable and dismutates to glyoxylate and the corresponding desglycine peptide amide, a reaction catalysed by EC 4.3.2.5 peptidylamidoglycolate lyase. In mammals, the two activities are part of a bifunctional protein. Involved in the final step of biosynthesis of alpha-melanotropin and related biologically active peptides.
peptide substrate amidation is strikingly sensitive to the exposure of cells to moderate hypoxia, hypoxia inhibits amidation of constitutively secreted POMC 18-kDa fragment
peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase activity in copper-deficient lactating dams is reduced to 15% compared to controls. Pups fed by copper-deficient dams showed an earlier decrease of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase activity throughout lactation
mutating the His residues His364, His366, and His367 to Ala in the His-rich cluster (His-Gly-His-His) in the linker region connecting the enzyme's two catalytic domains affects enzyme trafficking. H3A mutation eliminates the ability of internalized PAM-1 to return to secretory granules
the protease-resistant catalytic core of PHM (PHMcc) is followed by a well conserved cluster of three His residues. This His cluster is included in the final exon encoding PHMcc and is followed by a poorly conserved, protease-sensitive region encoded by a short exon present in each of the major splice variants of PAM. The non-catalytic linker region between PHM and PAL includes a 315-nt exon in PAM-1. Exon 16 plays an important role in PAM-1 trafficking and in the ability of PAM-1 to participate in transmembrane signaling
decreasing luminal pH is thought to play a role in the entry of newly synthesized and endocytosed membrane proteins into secretory granules. Secretory granule membrane proteins are retrieved and reused or degraded after exocytosis. The two catalytic domains of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) catalyze the sequential reactions that convert peptidyl-Gly substrates into amidated products. A conserved His-rich cluster (His-Gly-His-His) in the linker region connecting its two catalytic domains senses pH and is involved in enzyme trafficking
PAM is a bifunctional enzyme, its copper-dependent peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase, PHM, domain converts peptidylglycine substrates to peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine intermediates that are subsequently converted into amidated products plus glyoxylate by the zinc-dependent peptidyl-alpha-hydroxyglycine alpha-amidating lyase (PAL) domain. The reaction catalyzed by PHM results in the stereospecific incorporation of one atom of molecular oxygen into the substrate in a reaction that involves two single electron transfer steps. PAM-mediated C-terminal amidation occurs across a range of biologically active endocrine and nervous system peptides and in many cases has been shown to be required for normal biological activity in vivo. Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase (PAM) is solely responsible for catalysis of amidation, a biologically important posttranslational modification. Peptide substrate amidation is strikingly sensitive to the exposure of cells to moderate hypoxia, physiological effects of hypoxia may be PAM-dependent. Because PAM-dependent amidation is irreversible, bi-directional responses that rapidly upregulate and downregulate levels of amidation can only be observed on rapidly turned-over PAM substrates
the protease-resistant catalytic core of PHM (PHMcc) is followed by a well conserved cluster of three His residues. This His cluster is included in the final exon encoding PHMcc and is followed by a poorly conserved, protease-sensitive region encoded by a short exon present in each of the major splice variants of PAM. The non-catalytic linker region between PHM and PAL includes a 315-nt exon in PAM-1. Exon 16 plays an important role in PAM-1 trafficking and in the ability of PAM-1 to participate in transmembrane signaling
site-directed mutagenesis. mutant PAM-1/H3A shows affected trafficking through the endogenous membranes. The PAM-1/H3A mutant exhibits the same pH optimum as the wild-type of pH 4.5, but shows slightly lower activity from pH 5.5-7.0. Mutant PAM-1/H3A and wild-type PAM-1 are processed differently when expressed in AtT-20 corticotrope tumor cells. Proteolytic processing of PAM-1 and PAM-1/H3A in AtT-20 cells is similar. Newly synthesized PAM-1/H3A disappears more quickly than newly synthesized PAM-1 in the cells. The H3A mutation eliminates the ability of internalized PAM-1 to return to secretory granules. Alkalinizing agents show differential effects on PAM-1 and PAM-1/H3A. Phenotype comparisons of wild-type and mutant enzymes and enzyme expressing cells, overview
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recombinant GST-tagged wild-type and mutant enzymes from Escherichia coli strain BL21 by glutathione affinity chromatography, tag cleavage by HRV3C protease overnight, and followed by anion echange chromatography