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Rostamnia S, Zabardasti A. SBA-15/TFE (SBA-15/2,2,2-trifluoroethanol) as a suitable and effective metal-free catalyst for the preparation of the tri- and tetra-substituted imidazoles via one-pot multicomponent method. J Fluor Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluchem.2012.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Wagstaff JL, Rowe ML, Hsieh SJ, DiCara D, Marshall JF, Williamson RA, Howard MJ. NMR relaxation and structural elucidation of peptides in the presence and absence of trifluoroethanol illuminates the critical molecular nature of integrin αvβ6 ligand specificity. RSC Adv 2012; 2:11019-11028. [PMID: 27182435 PMCID: PMC4864471 DOI: 10.1039/c2ra21655h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Integrin αvβ6 is an important emerging target for both imaging and therapy of cancer that requires specific ligands based on Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) peptides. There remains little correlation between integrin-RGD ligand specificity despite studies suggesting an RGD-turn-helix ligand motif is required. Here, we describe the application of 15N NMR relaxation analyses and structure determination of αvβ6 peptide ligands in the presence and absence of trifluoroethanol (TFE) to identify their critical molecular nature that influences specificity, interaction and function. Two linear peptides; one known to demonstrate αvβ6 specificity (FMDV2) and the other based on a natural RGD ligand (LAP2), were compared to two additional peptides based on FMDV2 but cyclised in different positions using a disulphide bond (DBD1 and DBD2). The cyclic adaptation in DBD1 produces a significant alteration in backbone dynamic properties when compared to FMDV2; a potential driver for the loss in αvβ6 specificity by DBD1. The importance of ligand dynamics are highlighted through a comprehensive reduced spectral density and ModelFree analysis of peptide 15N NMR relaxation data and suggest αvβ6 specificity requires the formation of a structurally rigid helix preceded by a RGD motif exhibiting slow internal motion. Additional observations include the effect of TFE/water viscosity on global NMR dynamics and the advantages of using spectral density NMR relaxation data to estimate correlation times and motional time regimes for peptides in solution.
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- Jane L. Wagstaff
- Protein Science Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Protein Science Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Protein Science Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Cancer and CRUK Clinical Centre, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK
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- Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Cancer and CRUK Clinical Centre, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Protein Science Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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- Protein Science Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NJ, UK
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Shao Q, Gao YQ. Water plays an important role in osmolyte-induced hairpin structure change: A molecular dynamics simulation study. J Chem Phys 2012; 137:145101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4757419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Khaksar S, Rostamnezhad F. A Novel One-Pot Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives in Fluorinated Alcohols. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2012. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.8.2581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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King JT, Arthur EJ, Brooks CL, Kubarych KJ. Site-specific hydration dynamics of globular proteins and the role of constrained water in solvent exchange with amphiphilic cosolvents. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:5604-11. [PMID: 22530969 DOI: 10.1021/jp300835k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The thermodynamic driving forces for protein folding, association, and function are often determined by protein-water interactions. With a novel covalently bound labeling approach, we have used sensitive vibrational probes, site-selectively conjugated to two lysozyme variants-in conjunction with ultrafast two-dimensional infrared (2D-IR) spectroscopy-to investigate directly the protein-water interface. By probing alternatively a topologically flat, rigid domain and a flexible domain, we find direct experimental evidence for spatially heterogeneous hydration dynamics. The hydration environment around globular proteins can vary from exhibiting bulk-like hydration dynamics to dynamically constrained water, which results from stifled hydrogen bond switching dynamics near extended hydrophobic surfaces. Furthermore, we leverage preferential solvation exchange to demonstrate that the liberation of dynamically constrained water is a sufficient driving force for protein-surface association reactions. These results provide an intuitive picture of the dynamic aspects of hydrophobic hydration of proteins, illustrating an essential function of water in biological processes.
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- John T King
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Shao Q, Fan Y, Yang L, Qin Gao Y. From protein denaturant to protectant: Comparative molecular dynamics study of alcohol/protein interactions. J Chem Phys 2012; 136:115101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3692801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Yamada Y, Noboru Y, Sakaguchi T, Nibu Y. Conformation of 2,2,2-Trifluoroethanol and the Solvation Structure of Its 2-Fluoropyridine Clusters. J Phys Chem A 2012; 116:2845-54. [DOI: 10.1021/jp300721r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Yuji Yamada
- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Fukuoka 814-0180, Japan
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Structured functional domains of myelin basic protein: cross talk between actin polymerization and Ca(2+)-dependent calmodulin interaction. Biophys J 2011; 101:1248-56. [PMID: 21889463 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Revised: 07/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The 18.5-kDa myelin basic protein (MBP), the most abundant isoform in human adult myelin, is a multifunctional, intrinsically disordered protein that maintains compact assembly of the sheath. Solution NMR spectroscopy and a hydrophobic moment analysis of MBP's amino-acid sequence have previously revealed three regions with high propensity to form strongly amphipathic α-helices. These regions, located in the central, N- and C-terminal parts of the protein, have been shown to play a role in the interactions of MBP with cytoskeletal proteins, Src homology 3-domain-containing proteins, Ca(2+)-activated calmodulin (Ca(2+)-CaM), and myelin-mimetic membrane bilayers. Here, we have further characterized the structure-function relationship of these three domains. We constructed three recombinant peptides derived from the 18.5-kDa murine MBP: (A22-K56), (S72-S107), and (S133-S159) (which are denoted α1, α2, and α3, respectively). We used a variety of biophysical methods (circular dichroism spectroscopy, isothermal titration calorimetry, transmission electron microscopy, fluorimetry, and solution NMR spectroscopy and chemical shift index analysis) to characterize the interactions of these peptides with actin and Ca(2+)-CaM. Our results show that all three peptides can adopt α-helical structure inherently even in aqueous solution. Both α1- and α3-peptides showed strong binding with Ca(2+)-CaM, and both adopted an α-helical conformation upon interaction, but the binding of the α3-peptide appeared to be more dynamic. Only the α1-peptide exhibited actin polymerization and bundling activity, and the addition of Ca(2+)-CaM resulted in depolymerization of actin that had been polymerized by α1. The results of this study proved that there is an N-terminal binding domain in MBP for Ca(2+)-CaM (in addition to the primary site located in the C-terminus), and that it is sufficient for CaM-induced actin depolymerization. These three domains of MBP represent molecular recognition fragments with multiple roles in both membrane- and protein-association.
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Arsequell G, Rosa M, Mayato C, Dorta RL, Gonzalez-Nunez V, Barreto-Valer K, Marcelo F, Calle LP, Vázquez JT, Rodríguez RE, Jiménez-Barbero J, Valencia G. Synthesis, biological evaluation and structural characterization of novel glycopeptide analogues of nociceptin N/OFQ. Org Biomol Chem 2011; 9:6133-42. [PMID: 21773621 DOI: 10.1039/c1ob05197k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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To examine if the biological activity of the N/OFQ peptide, which is the native ligand of the pain-related and viable drug target NOP receptor, could be modulated by glycosylation and if such effects could be conformationally related, we have synthesized three N/OFQ glycopeptide analogues, namely: [Thr(5)-O-α-D-GalNAc-N/OFQ] (glycopeptide 1), [Ser(10)-O-α-D-GalNAc]-N/OFQ (glycopeptide 2) and [Ser(10)-O-β-D-GlcNAc]-N/OFQ] (glycopeptide 3). They were tested for biological activity in competition binding assays using the zebrafish animal model in which glycopeptide 2 exhibited a slightly improved binding affinity, whereas glycopeptide 1 showed a remarkably reduced binding affinity compared to the parent compound and glycopeptide 3. The structural analysis of these glycopeptides and the parent N/OFQ peptide by NMR and circular dichroism indicated that their aqueous solutions are mainly populated by random coil conformers. However, in membrane mimic environments a certain proportion of the molecules of all these peptides exist as α-helix structures. Interestingly, under these experimental conditions, glycopeptide 1 (glycosylated at Thr-5) exhibited a population of folded hairpin-like geometries. From these facts it is tempting to speculate that nociceptin analogues showing linear helical structures are more complementary and thus interact more efficiently with the native NOP receptor than folded structures, since glycopeptide 1 showed a significantly reduced binding affinity for the NOP receptor.
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- Gemma Arsequell
- Instituto de Química Avanzada de Cataluña (IQAC-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain
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Chan CS, Haney EF, Vogel HJ, Turner RJ. Towards understanding the Tat translocation mechanism through structural and biophysical studies of the amphipathic region of TatA from Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1808:2289-96. [PMID: 21683683 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The twin-arginine translocase (Tat) system is used by many bacteria and plants to move folded proteins across the cytoplasmic or thylakoid membrane. In most bacteria, the TatA protein is believed to form a defined pore in the membrane through homo-oligomerization with other TatA protomers. The predicted secondary structure of TatA includes a transmembrane helix, an amphipathic helix, and an unstructured C-terminal region. Here biophysical and structural investigations were performed on a synthetic peptide representing the amphipathic region of TatA (residues 22 to 44, abbreviated TatAH2). The C-terminal region of TatA (residues 44-89) was previously shown to be accessible from both the cytoplasmic and periplasmic sides of the membrane only when the membrane potential was intact, suggesting dependence of its topology on an energized membrane (Chan et al. 2007 Biochemistry 46: 7396-404). Such observation suggests that the TatAH2 region would have unique lipid interactions that may be related to the function of TatA during translocation and thus warranted further investigations. NMR and CD spectroscopy of TatAH2 show that it adopts a predominantly helical structure in a membrane environment while remaining unstructured in aqueous solution. Differential scanning calorimetry studies also reveal that TatAH2 interacts with DPPG lipids but not with DPPC, suggesting that negatively charged phospholipid head groups contribute to the membrane interactions with TatA.
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- Catherine S Chan
- Biochemistry Research Cluster, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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D'Amico M, Raccosta S, Cannas M, Martorana V, Manno M. Existence of metastable intermediate lysozyme conformation highlights the role of alcohols in altering protein stability. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:4078-87. [PMID: 21425817 DOI: 10.1021/jp106748g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Alcohols have a manifold effect on the conformational and thermodynamic stability of native proteins. Here, we study the effect of moderate concentrations of trifluoroethanol (TFE) on the thermal stability of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL), by far-UV circular dichroism and by steady-state and time-resolved photoluminescence of intrinsic tryptophans. Our results highlight that TFE affects lysozyme stability by preferential solvation of the protein molecule. Furthermore, we discovered the existence at 20% TFE of an equilibrium partially folded state of lysozyme, intermediate between the native and the unfolded state. A three-state model is therefore used to interpolate the thermal denaturation data. Our analysis explains how the stabilization of the intermediate conformation enhances the entropic contribution to unfolding, and thus decreases the unfolding temperature, while, at the same time, TFE enhances the conformational stability of the native fold at room temperature. Eventually, we challenged the ability of these intermediate structures to form supramolecular aggregates by heating experiments at different TFE concentrations.
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- Michele D'Amico
- Institute of Biophysics at Palermo (IBF), National Research Council of Italy (CNR), via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146 Palermo, Italy
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Ni CL, Shi HP, Yu HM, Chang YC, Chen YR. Folding stability of amyloid-beta 40 monomer is an important determinant of the nucleation kinetics in fibrillization. FASEB J 2011; 25:1390-401. [PMID: 21209058 DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-175539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Amyloid formation is initiated by protein misfolding, followed by self-association to ultimately form amyloid fibrils. The discovery of toxic prefibrillar oligomers in many amyloidosis underscores the importance of understanding the folding mechanism prior to such aggregation. Here, we investigated the folding properties of the natively unfolded amyloid-β (Aβ) peptide and the familial variants (A21G, E22Q, E22G, E22K, and D23N) in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In combinations of native electrophoresis, analytical ultracentrifugation, fluorescence emission, and far-UV circular dichroism, we showed that all Aβ40 variants are predominantly monomeric with similar residual secondary structures, but distinct hydrophobic-exposed protein surfaces. Guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl) denaturation in the absence and presence of trifluoroethanol (TFE) showed that Aβ variants adopt an apparent 2-state equilibrium model with different stabilities, in which wild type is less stable than A21G but more stable than D23N and E22 mutants. By correlating the folding stability with the nucleation phase in fibrillization, we found the more stable the variant, the slower the nucleation, except for D23N. Besides, the unfolding of Aβ conformation leads to reduced formation of mature fibrils, but an increase in nonfibrillar, amorphous type of aggregates. Overall, we demonstrated that folding stability of Aβ is an important determinant of the nucleation kinetics.
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- Chun-Lun Ni
- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Filippov AV, Gröbner G, Antzutkin ON. Aggregation of amyloid Abeta((1-40)) peptide in perdeuterated 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol caused by ultrasound sonication. MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN CHEMISTRY : MRC 2010; 48:427-434. [PMID: 20474020 DOI: 10.1002/mrc.2596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Ultrasound sonication of protein and peptide solutions is routinely used in biochemical, biophysical, pharmaceutical and medical sciences to facilitate and accelerate dissolution of macromolecules in both aqueous and organic solvents. However, the impact of ultrasound waves on folding/unfolding of treated proteins, in particular, on aggregation kinetics of amyloidogenic peptides and proteins is not understood. In this work, effects of ultrasound sonication on the misfolding and aggregation behavior of the Alzheimer's Abeta((1-40))-peptide is studied by pulsed-field gradient (PFG) spin-echo diffusion NMR and UV circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Upon simple dissolution of Abeta((1-40)) in perdeuterated trifluoroethanol, CF(3)-CD(2)-OD (TFE-d(3)), the peptide is present in the solution as a stable monomer adopting alpha-helical secondary structural motifs. The self-diffusion coefficient of Abeta((1-40)) monomers in TFE-d(3) was measured as 1.35 x 10(-10) m(2) s(-1), reflecting its monomeric character. However, upon ultrasonic sonication for less than 5 min, considerable populations of Abeta molecules (ca 40%) form large aggregates as reflected in diffusion coefficients smaller than 4.0 x 10(-13) m(2) s(-1). Sonication for longer times (up to 40 min in total) effectively reduces the fraction of these aggregates in (1)H PFG NMR spectra to ca 25%. Additionally, absorption below 230 nm increased significantly upon sonication treatment, an observation, which also clearly confirms the ongoing aggregation process of Abeta((1-40)) in TFE-d(3). Surprisingly, upon ultrasound sonication only small changes in the peptide secondary structure were detected by CD: the peptide molecules mainly adopt alpha-helical motifs in both monomers and aggregates formed upon sonication.
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- Andrei V Filippov
- Division of Chemical Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå SE-97187, Sweden.
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Neuman RC, Gerig JT. Interaction of Alcohols with [Val5]angiotensin in Alcohol−Water Mixtures. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:6722-31. [DOI: 10.1021/jp101305u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- R. C. Neuman
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Frank AT, Ramsook CB, Otoo HN, Tan C, Soybelman G, Rauceo JM, Gaur NK, Klotz SA, Lipke PN. Structure and function of glycosylated tandem repeats from Candida albicans Als adhesins. EUKARYOTIC CELL 2010; 9:405-14. [PMID: 19820118 PMCID: PMC2837987 DOI: 10.1128/ec.00235-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/02/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Tandem repeat (TR) regions are common in yeast adhesins, but their structures are unknown, and their activities are poorly understood. TR regions in Candida albicans Als proteins are conserved glycosylated 36-residue sequences with cell-cell aggregation activity (J. M. Rauceo, R. De Armond, H. Otoo, P. C. Kahn, S. A. Klotz, N. K. Gaur, and P. N. Lipke, Eukaryot. Cell 5:1664-1673, 2006). Ab initio modeling with either Rosetta or LINUS generated consistent structures of three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet domains, whereas randomly shuffled sequences with the same composition generated various structures with consistently higher energies. O- and N-glycosylation patterns showed that each TR domain had exposed hydrophobic surfaces surrounded by glycosylation sites. These structures are consistent with domain dimensions and stability measurements by atomic force microscopy (D. Alsteen, V. Dupres, S. A. Klotz, N. K. Gaur, P. N. Lipke, and Y. F. Dufrene, ACS Nano 3:1677-1682, 2009) and with circular dichroism determination of secondary structure and thermal stability. Functional assays showed that the hydrophobic surfaces of TR domains supported binding to polystyrene surfaces and other TR domains, leading to nonsaturable homophilic binding. The domain structures are like "classic" subunit interaction surfaces and can explain previously observed patterns of promiscuous interactions between TR domains in any Als proteins or between TR domains and surfaces of other proteins. Together, the modeling techniques and the supporting data lead to an approach that relates structure and function in many kinds of repeat domains in fungal adhesins.
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- Aaron T. Frank
- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, New York 11210
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, New York 11210
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, New York 11210
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, New York 11210
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- Department of Biology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice of CUNY, New York, New York 10019; and
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- University of Arizona and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- University of Arizona and Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona 85724
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- Department of Biology, Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, New York 11210
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Bohoyo D, Le Potier I, Rivière C, Klafki H, Wiltfang J, Taverna M. A quantitative CE method to analyse tau protein isoforms using coated fused silica capillaries. J Sep Sci 2010; 33:1090-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.200900713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ciaccio NA, Laurence JS. Effects of disulfide bond formation and protein helicity on the aggregation of activating transcription factor 5. Mol Pharm 2009; 6:1205-15. [PMID: 19435374 DOI: 10.1021/mp900058t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Amorphous aggregation is a major problem for protein biopharmaceuticals, and aggregate formation in a drug formulation can have serious health implications for the patient. In many cases, an immunogenic response is generated from the administration of a drug product containing aggregated protein. This becomes especially significant when the patient requires long-term or repeated administration of the drug, because the likelihood of a severe immune response increases. While the prevention of protein aggregation is critically important for the future of protein pharmaceuticals, the mechanism of amorphous aggregation is still poorly understood. The lack of understanding regarding nonfibrillar aggregation is largely due to the fact that assembly is difficult to study. In particular the role that various structural features (i.e., alpha-helix, beta-structure, disulfide bonds) play in the aggregation process varies with the amino acid sequence and is dependent upon tertiary structure and solution conditions. Well-structured proteins do not readily aggregate in solution, whereas partially unfolded proteins tend to aggregate rapidly and often become insoluble. Here, we present a unique and simple system for studying amorphous protein aggregation. We have previously reported the isolation of the basic leucine zipper (bZIP) domain of activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5), a protein notable for its potential as a pharmaceutical target for treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. This domain consists of a single alpha-helix and possesses a single cysteine residue. It is only partially structured and displays marginal stability in solution under physiological conditions. We have modulated solution conditions that affect backbone solubility and the oxidation state of the thiol to successfully investigate the role that alpha-helical structure and disulfide bond formation play in protein stability. Our data indicate that covalent cross-linking helps to retain ATF5's helicity, which inhibits the formation of large aggregates. These studies have led to the identification of stabilizing conditions for ATF5, which will enable further study of the protein as a pharmaceutical target. Moreover, this work has general implications for analyzing stability of helical proteins in vitro as well as the specific atomic-level interactions in ATF5 that contribute to instability and self-association.
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- Natalie A Ciaccio
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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Vieira EP, Rocha S, Carmo Pereira M, Möhwald H, Coelho MAN. Adsorption and diffusion of plasma proteins on hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces: effect of trifluoroethanol on protein structure. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:9879-9886. [PMID: 19705886 DOI: 10.1021/la9009948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The aim of this work was to investigate the conformational changes and diffusion of adsorbed proteins (immunoglobulin G (IgG), fibrinogen (Fib) and human serum albumin (HSA)) on hydrophilic quartz and hydrophobized quartz (octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)) surfaces. Circular dichroism spectroscopy measurements have shown that IgG is the most stable protein after adsorption on hydrophilic quartz, whereas HSA and Fib unfold. The structural changes are dependent on adsorption time, initial protein concentration in bulk, and surface chemistry. The effect of trifluoroethanol (TFE) in recovering the original protein structure after adsorption was analyzed by total internal reflection fluorescence and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (TIRF-FRAP). TIRF-FRAP experiments revealed a strong dependence of the surface chemistry on protein diffusion coefficients: proteins diffuse 4 times slower on hydrophobic surfaces than on hydrophilic surfaces. The diffusion coefficient of TFE at hydrophobic surfaces is 2 orders magnitude higher than at hydrophilic surfaces. However, protein desorption occurs faster on hydrophilic quartz than on OTS, proving that the strength of protein-surface interaction is weaker at hydrophilic surfaces. This result shows that desorption is determined by surface/protein chemistry and not by mass transfer limitations. FTIR-ATR results demonstrated that TFE interaction with adsorbed proteins is stronger at hydrophilic surfaces than at hydrophobic surfaces.
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- Euridice P Vieira
- Department of Chemical Engineering-LEPAE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
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Raccosta S, Manno M, Bulone D, Giacomazza D, Militello V, Martorana V, Biagio PLS. Irreversible gelation of thermally unfolded proteins: structural and mechanical properties of lysozyme aggregates. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2009; 39:1007-17. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-009-0503-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2009] [Revised: 05/30/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Philominathan STL, Matsushita O, Gensure R, Sakon J. Ca2+-induced linker transformation leads to a compact and rigid collagen-binding domain of Clostridium histolyticum collagenase. FEBS J 2009; 276:3589-601. [PMID: 19490118 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07078.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Clostridium histolyticum collagenase is responsible for extensive tissue destruction in gas gangrene, and its activity is enhanced by calcium ions. The collagen-binding domain is the minimal segment of the enzyme required for binding to insoluble collagen fibrils and for subsequent collagenolysis. The collagen-binding domain is joined to another binding module by a conserved 14-amino-acid linker. The linker undergoes secondary structural transformation from an alpha-helix to a beta-strand and forms a nonprolyl cis-peptide in the presence of calcium ions. In this study, various biophysical methods were utilized to better understand the structure and functional role of the novel calcium-activated linker. Two Ca(2+) ions bind cooperatively with macroscopic association constants of K(1) = 5.01 x 10(5) m(-1) and K(2) = 2.28 x 10(5) m(-1). The chelation of the second calcium ion is enthalpically unfavorable, which could be a result of isomerization of the nonprolyl cis-peptide. The holo protein is more stable than the apo protein against thermal denaturation (DeltaT(m) approximately 20 degrees C) and chemical denaturation (DeltaDeltaG(H2O) approximately 3 kcal x mol(-1) for urea or guanidine HCl denaturation and Delta20% v/v in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol). The compact holo collagen-binding domain is more resistant to proteolytic digestion than the apo collagen-binding domain. The orientation of the linker appears to play a crucial role in the stability and dynamics of the collagen-binding domain.
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Carrotta R, Manno M, Giordano FM, Longo A, Portale G, Martorana V, Biagio PLS. Protein stability modulated by a conformational effector: effects of trifluoroethanol on bovine serum albumin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:4007-18. [PMID: 19440630 DOI: 10.1039/b818687a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The link between the thermodynamic properties of a solution and the conformational space explored by a protein is of fundamental importance to understand and control solubility, misfolding and aggregation processes. Here, we study the thermodynamic and conformational stability of a model protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), by addition of trifluoroethanol (TFE), which is known to affect both the solvent properties and the protein structure. The solvent-mediated pair-wise interactions are investigated by static and dynamic light scattering, and by small angle X-ray scattering. The protein conformational details are studied by far- and near-UV circular dichroism (CD), and steady state fluorescence from tryptophan and from 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate (ANS). At low TFE concentrations, our results show that protein-protein interaction is dominated by steric repulsion accompanied by a consistent protein solvation. Minor local conformational changes also occur, but they do not affect the stability of BSA. At TFE concentrations above the threshold of 16% v/v, attractive interactions become prevalent, along with conformational changes related to a loosening of BSA tertiary structure. The onset of thermodynamic instability is triggered by the enhancement of hydrophobic attraction over repulsion, due to minor local changes of protein conformation and hydration. In the present context, TFE acts as a conformational effector, since it affects the intermolecular interaction and the activity of the proteins in solution through a direct mechanism.
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- Rita Carrotta
- Institute of Biophysics at Palermo, Italian National Research Council, via U. La Malfa 153, I-90146, Palermo, Italy
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Sweede M, Ankem G, Chutvirasakul B, Azurmendi HF, Chbeir S, Watkins J, Helm RF, Finkielstein CV, Capelluto DGS. Structural and membrane binding properties of the prickle PET domain. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13524-36. [PMID: 19053268 DOI: 10.1021/bi801037h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway is required for fetal tissue morphogenesis as well as for maintenance of adult tissues in animals as diverse as fruit flies and mice. One of the key members of this pathway is Prickle (Pk), a protein that regulates cell movement through its association with the Dishevelled (Dsh) protein. Pk presents three LIM domains and a PET domain of unknown structure and function. Both the PET and LIM domains control membrane targeting of Dsh, which is necessary for Dsh function in the PCP pathway. Here, we show that the PET domain is monomeric and presents a nonglobular conformation with some properties of intrinsically disordered proteins. The PET domain adopts a helical conformation in the presence of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE), a solvent known to stabilize hydrogen bonds within the polypeptide backbone, as analyzed by circular dichroism (CD) and NMR spectroscopy. Furthermore, we found that the conserved and single tryptophan residue in PET, Trp 536, moves to a more hydrophobic environment when accompanied with membrane penetration and that the protein becomes more helical in the presence of lipid micelles. The presence of LIM domains, downstream of PET, increases protein folding, thermostability, and tolerance to limited proteolysis. In addition, pull-down and tryptophan fluorescence analyses suggest that the LIM domains physically interact to regulate membrane penetration of the PET domain. The findings reported here favor a model where the PET domain is engaged in Pk membrane insertion, whereas the LIM domains modulate this function.
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- Matthew Sweede
- Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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Martin SR, Esposito V, De Los Rios P, Pastore A, Temussi PA. Cold denaturation of yeast frataxin offers the clue to understand the effect of alcohols on protein stability. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:9963-70. [PMID: 18593164 DOI: 10.1021/ja803280e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Although alcohols are well-known to be protein denaturants when present at high concentrations, their effect on proteins at low concentrations is much less well characterized. In this paper, we present a study of the effects of alcohols on protein stability using Yfh1, the yeast ortholog of the human protein frataxin. Exploiting the unusual property of this protein of undergoing cold denaturation around 0 degrees C without any ad hoc destabilization, we determined the stability curve on the basis of both high and low temperature unfolding in the presence of three commonly used alcohols: trifluoroethanol, ethanol, and methanol. In all cases, we observed an extended temperature range of protein stability as determined by a modest increase of the high temperature of unfolding but an appreciable decrease in the low temperature of unfolding. On the basis of simple thermodynamic considerations, we are able to interpret the literature on the effects of alcohols on proteins and to generalize our findings. We suggest that alcohols, at low concentration and physiological pH, stabilize proteins by greatly widening the range of temperatures over which the protein is stable. Our results also clarify the molecular mechanism of the interaction and validate the current theoretical interpretation of the mechanism of cold denaturation.
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- Stephen R Martin
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA U.K
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Gerig JT. Solvent Interactions with [Val5]angiotensin II in Ethanol−Water. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:7967-76. [DOI: 10.1021/jp801489q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- John T. Gerig
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Libich DS, Harauz G. Solution NMR and CD spectroscopy of an intrinsically disordered, peripheral membrane protein: evaluation of aqueous and membrane-mimetic solvent conditions for studying the conformational adaptability of the 18.5 kDa isoform of myelin basic protein (MBP). EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2008; 37:1015-29. [PMID: 18449534 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-008-0334-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2008] [Revised: 04/09/2008] [Accepted: 04/11/2008] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The stability and secondary structure propensity of recombinant murine 18.5 kDa myelin basic protein (rmMBP, 176 residues) was assessed using circular dichroic and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H-15N HSQC experiments) to determine the optimal sample conditions for further NMR studies (i.e., resonance assignments and protein-protein interactions). Six solvent conditions were selected based on their ability to stabilise the protein, and their tractability to currently standard solution NMR methodology. Selected solvent conditions were further characterised as functions of concentration, temperature, and pH. The results of these trials indicated that 30% TFE-d2 in H2O (v/v), pH 6.5 at 300 K, and 100 mM KCl, pH 6.5 at 277 K were the best conditions to use for future solution NMR studies of MBP. Micelles of DPC were found to be inappropriate for backbone resonance assignments of rmMBP in this instance.
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- David S Libich
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, N1G 2W1, Guelph, ON, Canada
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Borho N, Xu Y. Tailoring the Key in a Molecular Lock-and-Key Model System: The Propylene Oxide···2-Fluoroethanol Complex. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:5916-21. [DOI: 10.1021/ja0783411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- Nicole Borho
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G2
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G2
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Backbone dynamics of the 18.5 kDa isoform of myelin basic protein reveals transient alpha-helices and a calmodulin-binding site. Biophys J 2008; 94:4847-66. [PMID: 18326633 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.125823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The 18.5 kDa isoform of myelin basic protein (MBP) is the predominant form in adult human central nervous system myelin. It is an intrinsically disordered protein that functions both in membrane adhesion, and as a linker connecting the oligodendrocyte membrane to the underlying cytoskeleton; its specific interactions with calmodulin and SH3-domain containing proteins suggest further multifunctionality in signaling. Here, we have used multidimensional heteronuclear nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to study the conformational dependence on environment of the protein in aqueous solution (100 mM KCl) and in a membrane-mimetic solvent (30% TFE-d(2)), particularly to analyze its secondary structure using chemical shift indexing, and to investigate its backbone dynamics using (15)N spin relaxation measurements. Collectively, the data revealed three major segments of the protein with a propensity toward alpha-helicity that was stabilized by membrane-mimetic conditions: T33-D46, V83-T92, and T142-L154 (murine 18.5 kDa sequence numbering). All of these regions corresponded with bioinformatics predictions of ordered secondary structure. The V83-T92 region comprises a primary immunodominant epitope that had previously been shown by site-directed spin labeling and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy to be alpha-helical in membrane-reconstituted systems. The T142-L154 segment overlapped with a predicted calmodulin-binding site. Chemical shift perturbation experiments using labeled MBP and unlabeled calmodulin demonstrated a dramatic conformational change in MBP upon association of the two proteins, and were consistent with the C-terminal segment of MBP being the primary binding site for calmodulin.
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The effect of peptide glycation on local secondary structure. J Struct Biol 2008; 161:151-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2007.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2007] [Revised: 09/28/2007] [Accepted: 10/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Joshi KB, Verma S. Sequence shuffle controls morphological consequences in a self-assembling tetrapeptide. J Pept Sci 2008; 14:118-26. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Miron S, Duchambon P, Blouquit Y, Durand D, Craescu CT. The carboxy-terminal domain of xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C protein, involved in TFIIH and centrin binding, is highly disordered. Biochemistry 2008; 47:1403-13. [PMID: 18177054 DOI: 10.1021/bi701863u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Xeroderma pigmentousum group C protein (XPC) is involved in the first step of nucleotide excision repair, with multiple functional roles including DNA damage recognition and recruitment of the repair machinery. This human protein of 940 residues forms a strong heterotrimeric complex with Rad23B and centrin 2. The structure of XPC is actually not known, and lack of significant sequence homology with proteins from structural data bases precludes any relevant prediction. Here, we present the molecular and structural characterization of a C-terminal fragment of XPC (C-XPC: 126 residues, 815-940), which was shown to be involved in centrin 2 and TFIIH binding. C-XPC may be highly expressed in E. coli, but because of its limited solubility it was purified under 6 M urea. Using bioinformatics tools, and a combination of several experimental methods (circular dichroism, fluorescence, nuclear magnetic resonance, and small-angle X-ray scattering), we show that C-XPC has a highly flexible structure under native physiological conditions, with a propensity to form helical secondary structures. Isothermal titration calorimetry experiments show that the C-XPC fragment binds human centrin 2 with high affinity and a 1:1 stoichiometry. NMR analysis indicates that the physical interaction between C-XPC and centrin 2 induces only minor conformational changes into XPC, localized around the 17-mer segment (847-863), showed to be critically involved in the centrin binding.
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- Simona Miron
- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France.
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It has been suggested that aggregation of fluorinated alcohols in water solutions is involved with the abilities of these alcohols to provoke conformational changes in peptides and proteins. The extent of fluoroalcohol aggregation depends on the degree of fluorination: hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) is more extensively aggregated than is TFE. We previously described a study of the interactions of HFIP with the peptide Trp-cage and provided evidence for the formation of long-lived complexes between this fluoroalcohol and the peptide. In the present work, we have examined the interactions of the less-fluorinated TFE with Trp-cage, in order to probe the role of fluoroalcohol aggregation in the phenomena observed. Intermolecular (1)H{(19)F} nuclear Overhauser effects arising from interactions of TFE with the hydrogens of the peptide in a solution containing 42% TFE were determined at sample temperatures from 5 to 45 degrees C. It is shown that the folded state of the peptide under these conditions is essentially the same as that observed in water and in 30% HFIP-water. The observed peptide-solvent NOEs indicate formation of complexes of Trp-cage with TFE that persist for times of the order of 1 ns. The interactions leading to complexes with TFE are somewhat weaker than those involved in complex formation with HFIP. There are no indications that the aggregation of fluoroalcohol is a necessary concomitant of the interactions of TFE or HFIP with Trp-cage. Rather, the stronger and more long-lived interactions of HFIP with Trp-cage appear to be primarily the result of the greater hydrogen-bonding ability and hydrophobicity of this fluoroalcohol.
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- Chiradip Chatterjee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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