Interaction of prolyl 4-hydroxylase with synthetic peptide substrates. A conformational model for collagen proline hydroxylation.

With the aim of understanding the structural basis for the substrate specificity of collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase, we have studied the conformational features of synthetic oligopeptide substrates and their interaction with the enzyme purified from chicken embryo. Circular dichroism and infrared spectral data, taken in conjunction with relevant crystal structure data, indicated an equilibrium mixture of the polyproline-II (PP-II) helix, the …