Proprotein convertase 1

Proprotein convertase 1
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1

PDB rendering based on 1kn6, the NMR structure of the pro-domain.
Identifiers
Symbols PCSK1; BMIQ12; NEC1; PC1; PC3; SPC3
External IDs OMIM162150 MGI97511 HomoloGene379 GeneCards: PCSK1 Gene
EC number 3.4.21.93
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 5122 18548
Ensembl ENSG00000175426 ENSMUSG00000021587
UniProt P29120 P63239
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000439.4 NM_013628.2
RefSeq (protein) NP_000430.3 NP_038656.1
Location (UCSC) Chr 5:
95.73 – 95.77 Mb
Chr 13:
75.23 – 75.27 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
proprotein convertase 1
Identifiers
EC number 3.4.21.93
CAS number 99676-46-7
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology AmiGO / EGO

Proprotein convertase 1, also known as prohormone convertase, prohormone convertase 3, or neuroendocrine convertase 1 and often abbreviated as PC1/3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PCSK1 gene.[1] PCSK1 and PCSK2 differentially cleave proopiomelanocortin and they act together to process proinsulin and proglucagon in pancreatic islets.[2]

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Function

PC1/3 is an enzyme that performs the proteolytic cleavage of prohormones to their intermediate (or sometimes completely cleaved) forms.[2] It is present only in neuroendocrine cells such as brain, pituitary and adrenal, and most often cleaves after a pair of basic residues within prohormones but can occasionally cleave after a single arginine. It binds to a protein known as proSAAS, which also represents its endogenous inhibitor. PC1 is synthesized as a 99 kDa proform quickly converted to an 87 kDa major active form, which itself is nearly completely cleaved to a 66 kDa active form within neuroendocrine cells.

Proprotein convertase 1 is the enzyme largely responsible for the first step in the biosynthesis of insulin. Following the action of proprotein convertase 1, a carboxypeptidase is required to remove the basic residues from the processing intermediate and generate the bioactive form of insulin. Another prohormone convertase, proprotein convertase 2 plays a more minor role in the first step of insulin biosynthesis, but a greater role in the first step of glucagon biosynthesis. The knockout of proprotein convertase 1 is not lethal in mice or humans, most likely due to the presence of the second convertase, although mice lacking proprotein convertase 1 activity show a number of defects including slow growth.

Proprotein convertase 1 is a calcium (Ca2+) activated serine endoprotease (meaning that a serine residue is part of the active site that hydrolyzes the peptide bond within the substrate). It is related to the bacterial enzyme known as subtilisin. There are nine subtilisin homologs in mammals; in addition to proprotein convertase 1 and 2, other members of this enzyme family include furin, PACE4, PC4, PC5/6, PC7/8, PCSK9, and SKI1/S1P.

Clinical significance

Variants in the PCSK1 gene may be associated with obesity.[3]

References

  1. ^ Seidah NG, Mattei MG, Gaspar L, Benjannet S, Mbikay M, Chrétien M (September 1991). "Chromosomal assignments of the genes for neuroendocrine convertase PC1 (NEC1) to human 5q15-21, neuroendocrine convertase PC2 (NEC2) to human 20p11.1-11.2, and furin (mouse 7[D1-E2] region)". Genomics 11 (1): 103–7. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(91)90106-O. PMID 1765368. 
  2. ^ a b Jansen E, Ayoubi TA, Meulemans SM, Van de Ven WJ (June 1995). "Neuroendocrine-specific expression of the human prohormone convertase 1 gene. Hormonal regulation of transcription through distinct cAMP response elements". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (25): 15391–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.25.15391. PMID 7797529. 
  3. ^ Renström F, Payne F, Nordström A, et al. (April 2009). "Replication and extension of genome-wide association study results for obesity in 4923 adults from northern Sweden". Hum. Mol. Genet. 18 (8): 1489–96. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddp041. PMC 2664142. PMID 19164386. http://hmg.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=19164386. 

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