構造生物 Vol.2 No1
1996年4月発行

Clarified Mechanism for Peptidal Substrate Binding on Cytoplasmic Cyclophilin


Michiko KONNO

Dep. of Chem., Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University

There is no doubt that a famlly of cyclophillns (CyPs), which exist abundantly among prokaryotics and eukaryotics, do have an unique and essential role to play for cell cycle. Eventhough several researchers have proposed that CyPs were to be chaperonial enzymes in view of their apparent PPlase-activity, what CyPs actually do yet remain a mystery. In connection to this, one will concentrate on very recently obtained structural information on the complex of E.coli cytoplasmic CyP and tripeptide substrate-mimicry, togather with yeast cytoplasmic CyP. The implications of this sturucture in the plausible mechanism for peptidal substrate binding on CyP is also discussed.


ご意見、ご要望などは下記のアドレスにメールを下さい。
sasaki@tara.met.nagoya-u.ac.jp