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Crystal structure of human cystatin D, a cysteine peptidase inhibitor with restricted inhibition profile.

Alvarez Fernandez, Marcia LU ; Liang, Yu-He ; Abrahamson, Magnus LU and Su, Xiao-Dong LU (2005) In Journal of Biological Chemistry 280(18). p.18221-18228
Abstract
Cystatins are natural inhibitors of papain-like (family C1) and legumain-related (family C13) cysteine peptidases. Cystatin D is a type 2 cystatin, a secreted inhibitor found in human saliva and tear fluid. Compared to its homologues, cystatin D presents an unusual inhibition profile with a preferential inhibition cathepsin S > cathepsin H > cathepsin L, and no inhibition of cathepsin B or pig legumain. To elucidate the structural reasons for this specificity, we have crystallized recombinant human Arg26-cystatin D and solved its structures at room temperature and at cryo conditions to 2.5 and 1.8 Å resolution, respectively. Human cystatin D presents the typical cystatin fold, with a five-stranded anti-parallel -sheet wrapped around... (More)
Cystatins are natural inhibitors of papain-like (family C1) and legumain-related (family C13) cysteine peptidases. Cystatin D is a type 2 cystatin, a secreted inhibitor found in human saliva and tear fluid. Compared to its homologues, cystatin D presents an unusual inhibition profile with a preferential inhibition cathepsin S > cathepsin H > cathepsin L, and no inhibition of cathepsin B or pig legumain. To elucidate the structural reasons for this specificity, we have crystallized recombinant human Arg26-cystatin D and solved its structures at room temperature and at cryo conditions to 2.5 and 1.8 Å resolution, respectively. Human cystatin D presents the typical cystatin fold, with a five-stranded anti-parallel -sheet wrapped around a five-turn -helix. The structures reveal differences in the peptidase-interacting regions when compared to other cystatins, providing plausible explanations to the restricted inhibitory specificity of cystatin D for some papain-like peptidases, and its lack of reactivity towards legumain-related enzymes.

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  author       = {{Alvarez Fernandez, Marcia and Liang, Yu-He and Abrahamson, Magnus and Su, Xiao-Dong}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology}},
  series       = {{Journal of Biological Chemistry}},
  title        = {{Crystal structure of human cystatin D, a cysteine peptidase inhibitor with restricted inhibition profile.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/2655689/624382.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1074/jbc.M411914200}},
  volume       = {{280}},
  year         = {{2005}},
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