929105-01-1Relevant articles and documents
Evaluation of peptide-aldehyde inhibitors using R188I mutant of SARS 3CL protease as a proteolysis-resistant mutant
Akaji, Kenichi,Konno, Hiroyuki,Onozuka, Mari,Makino, Ayumi,Saito, Hiroyuki,Nosaka, Kazuto
, p. 9400 - 9408 (2008)
The 3C-like (3CL) protease of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus is a key enzyme for the virus maturation. We found for the first time that the mature SARS 3CL protease is subject to degradation at 188Arg/189Gln. Replacing Arg with Ile at position 188 rendered the protease resistant to proteolysis. The R188I mutant digested a conserved undecapeptide substrate with a Km of 33.8 μM and kcat of 4753 s-1. Compared with the value reported for the mature protease containing a C-terminal His-tag, the relative activity of the mutant was nearly 106. Novel peptide-aldehyde derivatives containing a side-chain-protected C-terminal Gln efficiently inhibited the catalytic activity of the R188I mutant. The results indicated for the first time that the tetrapeptide sequence is enough for inhibitory activities of peptide-aldehyde derivatives.