Method: The
L63P construct was generated using site-directed mutagenesis kit (Strategene) and made within the subtype B background of a pentamutated
protease containing the stabilizing mutations
Q7K,
L33I,
L63I and substitution of native cysteines to alanine:
C67A,
C95A.
Result: Given the conformational ensemble for
L63P resembles that of PRE, results shows that it is not the absence of the stabilizing mutations, namely
Q7K,
L33I, and
L63I that are present in our subtype B constructs but not in PRE/POST, that cause the alteration to the more closed-like state in PRE.