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Plasmepsin I
Identifiers
EC no.3.4.23.38
CAS no.180189-87-1
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Plasmepsin II
Plasmepsin II complexed with
inhibitor pepstatin A.[1]
Identifiers
EC no.3.4.23.39
CAS no.159447-18-4
Databases
IntEnzIntEnz view
BRENDABRENDA entry
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KEGGKEGG entry
MetaCycmetabolic pathway
PRIAMprofile
PDB structuresRCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
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PMCarticles
PubMedarticles
NCBIproteins

Plasmepsins are a class of at least 10 enzymes (EC 3.4.23.38 and EC 3.4.23.39) produced by the Plasmodium falciparum parasite. There are ten different isoforms of these proteins and ten genes coding them respectively in Plasmodium (Plm I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, X and HAP). It has been suggested that the plasmpesin family is smaller in other human Plasmodium species. Expression of Plm I, II, IV, V, IX, X and HAP occurs in the erythrocytic cycle, and expression of Plm VI, VII, VIII, occurs in the exoerythrocytic cycle. Through their haemoglobin-degrading activity, they are an important cause of symptoms in malaria sufferers. Consequently, this family of enzymes is a potential target for antimalarial drugs.

Plasmepsins are aspartic acid proteases, meaning their active site contains two aspartic acid residues. These two aspartic acid residue act respectively as proton donor and proton acceptor, catalysing the hydrolysis of peptide bond in proteins.

There are four types of plasmepsins, closely related but varying in the specificity of cleavage site. Plasmepsins I and II cleave hemoglobin between residues Phenylalanine 33 and Leucine 34 of α-globin subunit.

The name plasmepsin may come from Plasmodium (the organism) and pepsin (a common aspartic acid protease with similar molecular structure).

The closest (non-pathogenic) enzymatic equivalent in humans is the beta-secretase enzyme.

References

  1. ^ PDB: 1SME​; Silva AM, Lee AY, Gulnik SV, Maier P, Collins J, Bhat TN, Collins PJ, Cachau RE, Luker KE, Gluzman IY, Francis SE, Oksman A, Goldberg DE, Erickson JW (September 1996). "Structure and inhibition of plasmepsin II, a hemoglobin-degrading enzyme from Plasmodium falciparum". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93 (19): 10034–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.19.10034. PMC 38331. PMID 8816746.

Further reading

  • Dame JB, Reddy GR, Yowell CA, Dunn BM, Kay J, Berry C (1994). "Sequence, expression and modeled structure of an aspartic proteinase from the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum". Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 64 (2): 177–90. doi:10.1016/0166-6851(94)90024-8. PMID 7935597.
  • Bernstein NK, Cherney MM, Loetscher H, Ridley RG, James MN (1999). "Crystal structure of the novel aspartic proteinase zymogen proplasmepsin II from plasmodium falciparum". Nat. Struct. Biol. 6 (1): 32–7. doi:10.1038/4905. PMID 9886289.
  • Karubiu W, Bhakat S, Soliman ME (2015). "Flap Dynamics of Plasmepsin Proteases: Proposed Parameters and Molecular Dynamics Insight". Mol. Biosyst. doi:10.1039/C4MB00631C.