The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1.
<h4>Background</h4>Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) trims N-terminally extended antigenic peptide precursors down to mature antigenic peptides for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. ERAP1 has unique properties for an aminopeptidase bei...
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| author | Irini Evnouchidou Frank Momburg Athanasios Papakyriakou Angeliki Chroni Leondios Leondiadis Shih-Chung Chang Alfred L Goldberg Efstratios Stratikos |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) trims N-terminally extended antigenic peptide precursors down to mature antigenic peptides for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. ERAP1 has unique properties for an aminopeptidase being able to trim peptides in vitro based on their length and the nature of their C-termini.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In an effort to better understand the molecular mechanism that ERAP1 uses to trim peptides, we systematically analyzed the enzyme's substrate preferences using collections of peptide substrates. We discovered strong internal sequence preferences of peptide N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. Preferences were only found for positively charged or hydrophobic residues resulting to trimming rate changes by up to 100 fold for single residue substitutions and more than 40,000 fold for multiple residue substitutions for peptides with identical N-termini. Molecular modelling of ERAP1 revealed a large internal cavity that carries a strong negative electrostatic potential and is large enough to accommodate peptides adjacent to the enzyme's active site. This model can readily account for the strong preference for positively charged side chains.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>To our knowledge no other aminopeptidase has been described to have such strong preferences for internal residues so distal to the N-terminus. Overall, our findings indicate that the internal sequence of the peptide can affect its trimming by ERAP1 as much as the peptide's length and C-terminus. We therefore propose that ERAP1 recognizes the full length of its peptide-substrate and not just the N- and C- termini. It is possible that ERAP1 trimming preferences influence the rate of generation and the composition of antigenic peptides in vivo. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-de4074ede99744f78de04586fabd6a1e2025-08-20T03:22:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032008-01-01311e365810.1371/journal.pone.0003658The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1.Irini EvnouchidouFrank MomburgAthanasios PapakyriakouAngeliki ChroniLeondios LeondiadisShih-Chung ChangAlfred L GoldbergEfstratios Stratikos<h4>Background</h4>Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) trims N-terminally extended antigenic peptide precursors down to mature antigenic peptides for presentation by major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules. ERAP1 has unique properties for an aminopeptidase being able to trim peptides in vitro based on their length and the nature of their C-termini.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>In an effort to better understand the molecular mechanism that ERAP1 uses to trim peptides, we systematically analyzed the enzyme's substrate preferences using collections of peptide substrates. We discovered strong internal sequence preferences of peptide N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. Preferences were only found for positively charged or hydrophobic residues resulting to trimming rate changes by up to 100 fold for single residue substitutions and more than 40,000 fold for multiple residue substitutions for peptides with identical N-termini. Molecular modelling of ERAP1 revealed a large internal cavity that carries a strong negative electrostatic potential and is large enough to accommodate peptides adjacent to the enzyme's active site. This model can readily account for the strong preference for positively charged side chains.<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>To our knowledge no other aminopeptidase has been described to have such strong preferences for internal residues so distal to the N-terminus. Overall, our findings indicate that the internal sequence of the peptide can affect its trimming by ERAP1 as much as the peptide's length and C-terminus. We therefore propose that ERAP1 recognizes the full length of its peptide-substrate and not just the N- and C- termini. It is possible that ERAP1 trimming preferences influence the rate of generation and the composition of antigenic peptides in vivo.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0003658&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Irini Evnouchidou Frank Momburg Athanasios Papakyriakou Angeliki Chroni Leondios Leondiadis Shih-Chung Chang Alfred L Goldberg Efstratios Stratikos The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. PLoS ONE |
| title | The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. |
| title_full | The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. |
| title_fullStr | The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. |
| title_short | The internal sequence of the peptide-substrate determines its N-terminus trimming by ERAP1. |
| title_sort | internal sequence of the peptide substrate determines its n terminus trimming by erap1 |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0003658&type=printable |
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