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. 1993 Jun;113(6):742-6.
doi: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a124114.

Entrapment and inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus proteinase by alpha 2-macroglobulin and structural changes in the inhibitor

S B Athauda  1 , E Ido, H Arakawa, M Nishigai, H Kyushiki, Y Yoshinaka, T Takahashi, A Ikai, J Tang, K Takahashi
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Entrapment and inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus proteinase by alpha 2-macroglobulin and structural changes in the inhibitor

S B Athauda et al. J Biochem. 1993 Jun.
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Abstract

The inhibitory effect of alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M), a major plasma proteinase inhibitor, on human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) proteinase was investigated. The activity of HIV proteinase toward the Moloney murine sarcoma virus-derived gag protein (a high-molecular-mass substrate) was found to be inhibited by alpha 2M at pH 5.5-7.4. On the other hand, the activity toward the B chain of oxidized insulin (a low-molecular-mass substrate) was scarcely inhibited. The complex of alpha 2M and HIV proteinase was isolated by gel filtration and the enzyme was shown to be significantly protected by the complex formation from autoinactivation under nonreducing conditions. The stoichiometry of the complex formation was found to be 2:1 (enzyme: alpha 2M, mol/mol). These results demonstrate the entrapment and concomitant inhibition of HIV proteinase by alpha 2M.

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