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Query: EC:3.4.22.36 (caspase-1)
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Structural studies of caspase-1 reveal that the dimeric thiol protease can exist in two states: in an on-state, when the active site is occupied, or in an off-state, when the active site is empty or when the enzyme is bound by a synthetic allosteric ligand at the dimer interface approximately 15 A from the active site. A network of 21 hydrogen bonds from nine side chains connecting the active and allosteric sites change partners when going between the on-state and the off-state. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of these nine side chains shows that only two of them-Arg286 and Glu390, which form a salt bridge-have major effects, causing 100- to 200-fold reductions in catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)). Two neighbors, Ser332 and Ser339, have minor effects, causing 4- to 7-fold reductions. A more detailed mutational analysis reveals that the enzyme is especially sensitive to substitutions of the salt bridge: even a homologous R286K substitution causes a 150-fold reduction in k(cat)/K(m). X-ray crystal structures of these variants suggest the importance of both the salt bridge interaction and the coordination of solvent water molecules near the allosteric binding pocket. Thus, only a small subset of side chains from the larger hydrogen bonding network is critical for activity. These form a contiguous set of interactions that run from one active site through the allosteric site at the dimer interface and onto the second active site. This subset constitutes a functional allosteric circuit or "hot wire" that promotes site-to-site coupling.
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PMID:An allosteric circuit in caspase-1. 1859 Jul 38

Intracellular trafficking is a tightly regulated cellular process, mediated in part by Rab GTPases and their corresponding effector proteins. Viruses have evolved mechanisms to hijack these processes to promote their lifecycles. Here we describe a mechanism by which cleavage of the Rab7 adaptor protein, RILP (Rab interacting lysosomal protein) is induced by viral infection. We report that RILP is directly cleaved by caspase-1 and we have identified a novel caspase-1 recognition site at aspartic acid 75 within the RILP sequence. Alanine substitution at D75 blocks caspase-1-mediated RILP cleavage. Full-length RILP localizes in a tight vesicular structure near the perinuclear region while the cleaved form of RILP re-distributes throughout the cytoplasm. However, cleavage alone was insufficient to re-localize RILP to the cellular periphery and re-localization required specific phosphorylation events near the caspase-1 recognition site. The combination of cleavage and phosphorylation were both needed for release from the dynein component p150Glued and redistribution of CD63+ve intracellular vesicles.
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PMID:Caspase-1 regulates cellular trafficking via cleavage of the Rab7 adaptor protein RILP. 3010 68