POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROCESSING OF PROCOLLAGENS
POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROCESSING OF PROCOLLAGENS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1985.tb51167.x
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发表时间:
1985-12-30
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
MYLLYLA, R
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作者:
KIVIRIKKO, KI;MYLLYLA, R
Collagen biosynthesis is characterized by the presence of an unusually large number of cotranslational and post-translational modifications, many of which are unique to collagens and a few other proteins with collagen-like amino acid sequences. The posttranslational processing of procollagens can be regarded as occurring in two stages (FIGURE 1). Intracellular modifications, together with synthesis of the polypeptide chains, result in the formation of triple-helical procollagen molecules, and extracellular processing then converts these molecules into collagens and incorporates them into stable, cross-linked fibrils or other supramolecular structures. The main modifications and their biological functions are summarized in TABLE 1. The post-translational processing of procollagens requires at least nine specific enzymes and several nonspecific ones. Most of the specific enzymes have now been purified and characterized (TABLE Z), and the basic features of the reactions are also well defined. In the case of one of the enzymes, procollagen NH,-terminal proteinase, an isozyme specific for type I and type I1 procollagen and a second isozyme specific for type I11 procollagen have been identified, whereas in the other post-translational reactions the same enzymes appear to process many different procollagen types. Almost all the specific processing events demonstrate an unusual relationship to the conformation of the protein being modified. The pro-a chains must be nonhelical in order to serve as substrates for the five intracellular enzymes, ie, the three collagen hydroxylases and the two transferases which add sugars to the hydroxylysine residues (FIGURE 1). Once the protein folds into the triple helix, modification by all these enzymes ceases, and the folding in fact limits the extent to which the specific intracellular post-translational modifications can proceed. Once folded, the procollagen is secreted, and the time required for folding directly affects that required for secretion. Most of the extracellular enzymes also show strict requirements concerning the conformation of their substrates. Procollagen NH,-terminal proteinases cleave the corresponding proteins only if they are folded into the triple helix, and lysyl oxidase will act on collagen only after it has become incorporated into native-type fibrils (see reviews mentioned below).The literature on collagen post-translational processing is now voluminous. This article will concentrate mainly on the most recent discoveries, and the reader is referred for more detailed references to recent reviews on various aspects of these modifications and on collagen biosynthesis in general,'.'or on the intracellular modifi~ ations, 8.~ hydroxylations," glycosylations," extracellular modifications," lysyl oxidase, I3 and cross-link f0rmati0n. l~