Crystallographic analysis of structure and function of cyclophilin enzymes and study of inclusion compounds of natural products in cyclodextrins

Abstract

In this thesis the X-ray crystallographic analysis of large and medium-small size biomolecules and their complexes is presented. The aim of the first part is the crystal structure determination of the cytoplasmic cyclophilin-A from Azotobacter vinelandii (AvCyPA or AvPPIB) bacterium. Cyclophilins catalyze the cis-trans isomerization of peptide bonds preceding proline residues of protein substrates. The crystal structure of AvCyPA was determined at 2.2 Å resolution. In addition, the crystal structure of the enzyme complexed with the synthetic tetrapeptide succinyl-Ala-Phe-Pro-Phe-p-nitroanilide was determined at 2.0 Å resolution and shows that the tetrapeptide proline adopts a cis-isomer conformation. Morever, we designed point mutants by changing aminoacids that are located outside from the active site of the enzyme in order to examine the influence of such a substitution on the overall dynamic structural network involved in catalysis. The AvPPIBA84S, AvPPIBA84T and AvPPIBM49A mutants ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28738
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28738
ND
28738
Alternative title
Κρυσταλλογραφική μελέτη δομής και λειτουργίας των κυκλοφιλινών και μελέτη εγκλεισμού φυσικών προϊόντων σε κυκλοδεξτρίνες
Author
Christoforides, Elias (Father's name: Dimitrios)
Date
2013
Degree Grantor
Agricultural University of Athens
Committee members
Μπεθάνης Κωνσταντίνος
Κατινάκης Παναγιώτης
Καρπούζας Μιχαήλ
Ηλιόπουλος Ηλίας
Κλώνης Ιωάννης
Γιαννακοπούλου Κωνσταντίνα
Λάμπρου Νικόλαος
Discipline
Natural Sciences
Physical Sciences
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Keywords
Cyclophilin; Azotobacter vinelandii; Peptidyl-prolyl isomerases; Borneol; Cyclodextrins; Inclusion complexes; Crystal structures; X-ray crystallography
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
xix, 154 σ., im., tbls., fig.
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