PMID- 8218160 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19931126 LR - 20190613 IS - 0006-2960 (Print) IS - 0006-2960 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 41 DP - 1993 Oct 19 TI - Structure and energetics of a non-proline cis-peptidyl linkage in a proline-202-->alanine carbonic anhydrase II variant. PG - 10944-9 AB - The crystal structure of a human carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) variant, cis-proline-202-->alanine (P202A), has been determined at 1.7-A resolution, indicating that the wild-type geometry, including the cis-peptidyl linkage, is retained upon substitution of proline by alanine. The CO2 hydrase activity and affinity for sulfonamide inhibitors of P202A CAII are virtually identical to those of wild type. However, the substitution of cis-alanine for cis-proline decreases the stability of the folded state by approximately 5 kcal mol-1 relative to both the unfolded state and an equilibrium intermediate in guanidine hydrochloride-induced denaturation. This destabilization can be attributed mainly to the less favorable cis/trans equilibrium of Xaa-alanine bonds compared to Xaa-proline bonds in the denatured state although other factors, including increased conformational entropy of the denatured state and decreased packing interactions in the native state, also contribute to the observed destabilization. The high catalytic activity of P202A CAII illustrates that unfavorable local conformations are nonetheless endured to satisfy the precise structural requirements of catalysis and ligand binding in the CAII active site. FAU - Tweedy, N B AU - Tweedy NB AD - Biochemistry Department, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. FAU - Nair, S K AU - Nair SK FAU - Paterno, S A AU - Paterno SA FAU - Fierke, C A AU - Fierke CA FAU - Christianson, D W AU - Christianson DW LA - eng GR - GM40602/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM45614/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Biochemistry JT - Biochemistry JID - 0370623 RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) RN - EC 4.2.1.1 (Carbonic Anhydrases) RN - OF5P57N2ZX (Alanine) SB - IM MH - *Alanine MH - Binding Sites MH - Carbonic Anhydrases/*chemistry/metabolism MH - Catalysis MH - Crystallography, X-Ray MH - Enzyme Stability MH - Humans MH - Molecular Structure MH - *Proline MH - Protein Conformation MH - Stereoisomerism MH - Thermodynamics EDAT- 1993/10/19 00:00 MHDA- 1993/10/19 00:01 CRDT- 1993/10/19 00:00 PHST- 1993/10/19 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/10/19 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/10/19 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/bi00092a003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochemistry. 1993 Oct 19;32(41):10944-9. doi: 10.1021/bi00092a003.