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The Human Protease Inhibitor Cystatin C Is an Activating Cofactor for the Streptococcal Cysteine Protease IdeS.

Vincents, Bjarne LU ; Vindebro, Reine ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU and von Pawel-Rammingen, Ulrich (2008) In Chemistry and Biology 15(9). p.960-968
Abstract
Human cystatin C is considered the physiologically most important inhibitor of endogenous papain-like cysteine proteases. We present here an unexpected function of cystatin C. Instead of acting as an inhibitor, cystatin C acts as a facultative, endogenous cofactor for the papain-like IgG-cleaving enzyme IdeS of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. IdeS activity is not dependent on cystatin C, but is significantly enhanced in the presence of cystatin C. We report a protease inhibitor that accelerates the activity of its putative target protease and a unique example of how a host protease inhibitor is "hijacked" by a bacterial protease to increase its activity. This finding has important implications for the view on protease-inhibitor... (More)
Human cystatin C is considered the physiologically most important inhibitor of endogenous papain-like cysteine proteases. We present here an unexpected function of cystatin C. Instead of acting as an inhibitor, cystatin C acts as a facultative, endogenous cofactor for the papain-like IgG-cleaving enzyme IdeS of the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. IdeS activity is not dependent on cystatin C, but is significantly enhanced in the presence of cystatin C. We report a protease inhibitor that accelerates the activity of its putative target protease and a unique example of how a host protease inhibitor is "hijacked" by a bacterial protease to increase its activity. This finding has important implications for the view on protease-inhibitor interactions, and is relevant to consider in the therapeutic use of protease inhibitors. (Less)
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10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.07.021
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  series       = {{Chemistry and Biology}},
  title        = {{The Human Protease Inhibitor Cystatin C Is an Activating Cofactor for the Streptococcal Cysteine Protease IdeS.}},
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