Biochemical and Bioinformatic Characterization of Type II Metacaspase Protein (TaeMCAII) from Wheat.

ABSTRACT: The biochemical analysis and homology modeling of a tertiary structure of a cereal type II metacaspase protein from wheat (Triticum aestivum), TaeMCAII, are presented. The biochemical characterization of synthetic oligopeptides and protease inhibitors of Escherichia coli-produced and purified recombinant TaeMCAII revealed that this metacaspase protein, similar to other known plant metacaspases, is an arginine/lysine-specific cysteine protease. Thus, a model of a plant type II metacaspase structure based on newly identified putative metacaspase-like template was proposed. Homology modeling of the TaeMCAII active site tertiary structure showed two cysteine residues, Cys140 and 23, in close proximity to the catalytic histidine, most likely participating in proton exchange during

SUBMITTER: Piszczek E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3881575 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature