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. 1995 Nov 1;311(Pt 3):1021–1023. doi: 10.1042/bj3111021

The Gly-54-->Asp allelic form of human mannose-binding protein (MBP) fails to bind MBP-associated serine protease.

M Matsushita 1, R A Ezekowitz 1, T Fujita 1
PMCID: PMC1136104  PMID: 7487919

Abstract

The human mannose-binding protein (MBP) is a pattern recognition molecule that appears to play a role in initial host defence. MBP activates the complement cascade and it may act as an opsonin both in the absence and in the presence of complement. A number of distinct MBP allelic forms exist in different population groups. An allele that occurs in 5-7% of Caucasians was identified by an inability to activate the complement system. A homozygous mutation at base pair 230 of the MBP gene results in a Gly-to-Asp substitution at the fifth collagen repeat. It appears that the resultant protein, MBPD, is able to form high-order multimers that bind bacteria but do not support complement activation. Recently a novel serine protease, the MBP-associated serine protease (MASP), has been described. MBP-MASP complexes circulate in serum and result in the direct activation of a novel complement pathway (lectin pathway) in the absence of the first complement components. In this study we demonstrate that MASP and its proenzyme proMASP are unable to bind to recombinant (r)MBPD. This lack of a MASP-rMBPD association corresponds to a failure of the Gly-54-->Asp form of MBP to activate complement. Our results provide a biochemical basis for the functional deficit in the Gly-54-->Asp allelic form of MBP and suggest that the proMASP/MASP binding site maps to the fifth collagen repeat of MBP.

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