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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 885:57-74 (1999)
© 1999 New York Academy of Sciences

The Subtilisin/Kexin Family of Precursor Convertases: Emphasis on PC1, PC2/7B2, POMC and the Novel Enzyme SKI-1

Proopiomelanocortin (POMC) is a precursor to various, bioactive peptides including ACTH, ßLPH, MSH, and ßendorphin (ßEND). Processing of POMC at dibasic residues is tissue-specific and is performed by either PC1 alone (resulting in ACTH and ßLPH, anterior pituitary corticotrophes) or by a combination of PC1 and PC2 (yielding MSH and ßEND, pituitary neurointermediate lobe and hypothalamus). The PC2-specific binding protein 7B2 is intimately involved in the zymogen activation of proPC2 into PC2. Structure-function studies of these enzymes demonstrated the presence of N- and C-terminal domains, as well as specific amino acids within the catalytic segment that influence the degree of activity of each enzyme and the interaction of PC2 with 7B2. The tissue distribution, plasticity of expression, and the multiple precursors that are differentially cleaved by PC1 and/or PC2, predict a wide array of combinatorial activities of these convertases within the endocrine and neuroendocrine system. The phenotypic consequences of the absence of genetic expression of either PC1 or PC2 are now explored using knockout mice and in human patients suffering from obesity and diabetes.

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