Glycosaminoglycans facilitate procathepsin B activation through disruption of propeptide-mature enzyme interactions.

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Lysosomal cysteine cathepsin B participates in numerous diverse cellular processes. In acquiring its activity, the proregion, which blocks the substrate-binding site in the proenzyme, needs to be cleaved off. Here we demonstrate that polyanionic polysaccharides, glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), can accelerate the autocatalytic removal of the propeptide and subsequent activation of cathepsin B. We show that naturally...

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