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Wang H, Yong G, Brown SL, Lee HE, Zenaidee MA, Supuran CT, Donald WA. Supercharging protein ions in native mass spectrometry using theta capillary nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry and cyclic alkylcarbonates. Anal Chim Acta 2018; 1003:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2017.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2017] [Revised: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The Structure of PrP Sc Prions. Pathogens 2018; 7:pathogens7010020. [PMID: 29414853 PMCID: PMC5874746 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens7010020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Accepted: 02/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PrPSc (scrapie isoform of the prion protein) prions are the infectious agent behind diseases such as Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, chronic wasting disease in cervids (deer, elk, moose, and reindeer), as well as goat and sheep scrapie. PrPSc is an alternatively folded variant of the cellular prion protein, PrPC, which is a regular, GPI-anchored protein that is present on the cell surface of neurons and other cell types. While the structure of PrPC is well studied, the structure of PrPSc resisted high-resolution determination due to its general insolubility and propensity to aggregate. Cryo-electron microscopy, X-ray fiber diffraction, and a variety of other approaches defined the structure of PrPSc as a four-rung β-solenoid. A high-resolution structure of PrPSc still remains to be solved, but the four-rung β-solenoid architecture provides a molecular framework for the autocatalytic propagation mechanism that gives rise to the alternative conformation of PrPSc. Here, we summarize the current knowledge regarding the structure of PrPSc and speculate about the molecular conversion mechanisms that leads from PrPC to PrPSc.
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Naing SH, Kalyoncu S, Smalley DM, Kim H, Tao X, George JB, Jonke AP, Oliver RC, Urban VS, Torres MP, Lieberman RL. Both positional and chemical variables control in vitro proteolytic cleavage of a presenilin ortholog. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:4653-4663. [PMID: 29382721 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2017] [Revised: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mechanistic details of intramembrane aspartyl protease (IAP) chemistry, which is central to many biological and pathogenic processes, remain largely obscure. Here, we investigated the in vitro kinetics of a microbial intramembrane aspartyl protease (mIAP) fortuitously acting on the renin substrate angiotensinogen and the C-terminal transmembrane segment of amyloid precursor protein (C100), which is cleaved by the presenilin subunit of γ-secretase, an Alzheimer disease (AD)-associated IAP. mIAP variants with substitutions in active-site and putative substrate-gating residues generally exhibit impaired, but not abolished, activity toward angiotensinogen and retain the predominant cleavage site (His-Thr). The aromatic ring, but not the hydroxyl substituent, within Tyr of the catalytic Tyr-Asp (YD) motif plays a catalytic role, and the hydrolysis reaction incorporates bulk water as in soluble aspartyl proteases. mIAP hydrolyzes the transmembrane region of C100 at two major presenilin cleavage sites, one corresponding to the AD-associated Aβ42 peptide (Ala-Thr) and the other to the non-pathogenic Aβ48 (Thr-Leu). For the former site, we observed more favorable kinetics in lipid bilayer-mimicking bicelles than in detergent solution, indicating that substrate-lipid and substrate-enzyme interactions both contribute to catalytic rates. High-resolution MS analyses across four substrates support a preference for threonine at the scissile bond. However, results from threonine-scanning mutagenesis of angiotensinogen demonstrate a competing positional preference for cleavage. Our results indicate that IAP cleavage is controlled by both positional and chemical factors, opening up new avenues for selective IAP inhibition for therapeutic interventions.
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- Swe-Htet Naing
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332; School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332
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Magni C, Sessa F, Capraro J, Duranti M, Maffioli E, Scarafoni A. Structural and functional insights into the basic globulin 7S of soybean seeds by using trypsin as a molecular probe. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 496:89-94. [PMID: 29305261 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/01/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The basic 7S globulin (Bg7S) is one of the major globulins of soybean seeds. Despite its dual subunit composition and oligomeric assembly, Bg7S has a compact 3D structure (PDB: 3AUP) which is stabilized by a network of inter- and intra-chain disulphide bridges. Bg7S shares several structural elements with a number of homologous proteins from other seeds, whose function is still uncertain. In this work, Bg7S native conformation was probed by using the proteolytic enzyme trypsin. In spite of the presence of many arginine and lysine residues, the protein resulted extremely recalcitrant to in vitro enzymatic cleavage. Indeed, only two scissile bonds located near the C- and N-termini of the large and small subunits, respectively, were cleaved. The partially cleaved products were stable even at prolonged incubation times. Although the generated small peptide fragments were not covalently bound to the remnant of the main chains, they were held in place, as assessed by denaturing and non-denaturing chromatographic approaches. Moreover, both the already observed pH-dependent association/dissociation behaviour of the protein and its insulin binding capacity were preserved both at neutral and acidic pH values. These results are in line with the growing view that the degradation of seed proteins, either storage and non-storage, may be a controlled process related to specific functionalities.
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- Chiara Magni
- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 2, 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine (DIMEVET), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 10, 20133, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), Università degli Studi di Milano, Via G. Celoria, 2, 20133, Milan, Italy
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Le T, Lee HJ, Jin HJ. Recognition Site Generated by Natural Changes in Erm Proteins Leads to Unexpectedly High Susceptibility to Chymotrypsin. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:8129-8140. [PMID: 30023575 PMCID: PMC6045372 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b00446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Erms are proteins that methylate the adenine (A2058) in Escherichia coli 23S rRNA, which results in resistance to macrolide, lincosamide, and streptogramin B antibiotics. In a previous report, ErmN appeared to be more susceptible to contaminating proteases in DNase I. To determine the underlying mechanism, cleavage with chymotrypsin over time was investigated. ErmN possesses unusually high-susceptibility recognition site (F45) as evidenced by a band (band 1) that represented greater than 80% of the total band intensity at 30 s. The exposure rate of the hydrophobic core was more than 67-fold and 104-fold faster in ErmN than those in ErmS and ErmE, respectively. After cleavage at F45, some of the hydrophobic interactions were disrupted. Further digestion of band 1 occurred through the exposed F163 with a half-life of 3.18 min. After 30 min, less than 1% of ErmN remained. On the basis of the structure of ErmC', the location of F45 was presumed to be in an α helix at the bottom of a cavity. Both substitution of most common amino acids such as isoleucine, valine, or leucine with phenylalanine (ErmH, ErmI, ErmN, and ErmZ out of the 37 known Erms) and the apparent added flexibility, which could result from the additional loop region attached to phenylalanine that is four to nine amino acids longer (ErmI, ErmN, and ErmZ, which form one cluster in the phylogenetic tree), could cause unusually high susceptibility. The unexpectedly high susceptibility among the homologous proteins could indicate that caution should be taken not to misinterpret the observations when conducting any procedure in which protease or protease contamination is involved.
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- Tien Le
- Department
of Bioscience and Biotechnology, The University
of Suwon, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-Do 18323, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Life Science, Korea University Graduate
School, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department
of Bioscience and Biotechnology, The University
of Suwon, Hwaseong City, Gyeonggi-Do 18323, Republic of Korea
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Maleki M, Khajeh K, Amanlou M, Golestani A. Role of His-His interaction in Ser 474-His 475-Tyr 476 sequence of chondroitinase ABC I in the enzyme activity and stability. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 109:941-949. [PMID: 29146558 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2017] [Revised: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 11/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Despite clinical importance of chondroitinase ABC I, its application has been limited due to thermal instability as reported in the literature. There are various approaches to improve thermal stability of enzymes, among them, His-His interactions are believed generally as an effective means. In the present study and for preparing a His-His interaction, various mutations in the sequence of Ser474-His475-Tyr476 at catalytic domain of the enzyme were performed using site directed mutagenesis method. The effect of these mutations on activity, stability and structural features of cABC I was assessed. The study showed that establishment of His475-His476 pair in cABC I, did not improve thermal stability of the enzyme and inactivated it. The study also revealed the existence a hydrogen bond network in the central domain of the enzyme with a specific role for tyrosine 476. In this network, replacement of His475 with Ala and Try476 with His and Ala, deactivated and destabilized the enzyme; confirming their importance in the enzyme catalysis and stability. Also, it was found that Tyr476 has some important role in substrate binding, an issue which should be more investigated.
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- Monireh Maleki
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Onset of disorder and protein aggregation due to oxidation-induced intermolecular disulfide bonds: case study of RRM2 domain from TDP-43. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11161. [PMID: 28894122 PMCID: PMC5593996 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10574-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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We have investigated the behavior of second RNA-recognition motif (RRM2) of neuropathological protein TDP43 under the effect of oxidative stress as modeled in vitro. Toward this end we have used the specially adapted version of H/D exchange experiment, NMR relaxation and diffusion measurements, dynamic light scattering, controlled proteolysis, gel electrophoresis, site-directed mutagenesis and microsecond MD simulations. Under oxidizing conditions RRM2 forms disulfide-bonded dimers that experience unfolding and then assemble into aggregate particles (APs). These particles are strongly disordered, highly inhomogeneous and susceptible to proteolysis; some of them withstand the dithiothreitol treatment. They can recruit/release monomeric RRM2 through thiol-disulfide exchange reactions. By using a combination of dynamic light scattering and NMR diffusion data we were able to approximate the size distribution function for the APs. The key to the observed aggregation behavior is the diminished ability of disulfide-bonded RRM2 dimers to refold and their increased propensity to misfold, which makes them vulnerable to large thermal fluctuations. The emerging picture provides detailed insight on how oxidative stress can contribute to neurodegenerative disease, with unfolding, aggregation, and proteolytic cleavage as different facets of the process.
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Gruskiene R, Krivorotova T, Sereikaite J. Nisin-loaded pectin and nisin-loaded pectin-inulin particles: Comparison of their proteolytic stability with free nisin. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Niu C, Yang P, Luo H, Huang H, Wang Y, Yao B. Engineering of Yersinia Phytases to Improve Pepsin and Trypsin Resistance and Thermostability and Application Potential in the Food and Feed Industry. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2017; 65:7337-7344. [PMID: 28752758 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b02116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Susceptibility to proteases usually limits the application of phytase. We sought to improve the pepsin and trypsin resistance of YeAPPA from Yersinia enterocolitica and YkAPPA from Y. kristensenii by optimizing amino acid polarity and charge. The predicted pepsin/trypsin cleavage sites F89/K226 in pepsin/trypsin-sensitive YeAPPA and the corresponding sites (F89/E226) in pepsin-sensitive but trypsin-resistant YkAPPA were substituted with S and H, respectively. Six variants were produced in Pichia pastoris for catalytic and biochemical characterization. F89S, E226H, and F89S/E226H elevated pepsin resistance and thermostability and K226H and F89S/K226H improved pepsin and trypsin resistance and stability at 60 °C and low pH. All the variants increased the ability of the proteins to hydrolyze phytate in corn meal by 2.6-14.9-fold in the presence of pepsin at 37 °C and low pH. This study developed a genetic manipulation strategy specific for pepsin/trypsin-sensitive phytases that can improve enzyme tolerance against proteases and heat and benefit the food and feed industry in a cost-effective way.
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- Canfang Niu
- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Biological Feed, Key Laboratory for Feed Biotechnology of the Ministry of Agriculture, Feed Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences , Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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Requena JR, Wille H. The Structure of the Infectious Prion Protein and Its Propagation. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2017; 150:341-359. [PMID: 28838667 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2017.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The prion diseases, which include Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in cervids (i.e., deer, elk, moose, and reindeer), bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle, as well as sheep and goat scrapie, are caused by the conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) into a disease-causing conformer (PrPSc). PrPC is a regular, GPI-anchored protein that is expressed on the cell surface of neurons and many other cell types. The structure of PrPC is well studied, based on analyses of recombinant PrP, which is thought to mimic the structure of native PrPC. The mature protein contains an N-terminal, unfolded domain and a C-terminal, globular domain that consists of three α-helices and only a small, two-stranded β-sheet. In contrast, PrPSc was found to contain predominantly β-structure and to aggregate into a variety of quaternary structures, such as oligomers, amorphous aggregates, amyloid fibrils, and two-dimensional crystals. The tendency of PrPSc to aggregate into these diverse forms is also responsible for our incomplete knowledge about its molecular structure. Nevertheless, the repeating nature of the more regular PrPSc aggregates has provided informative insights into the structure of the infectious conformer, albeit at limited resolution. These data established a four-rung β-solenoid architecture as the main element of its structure. Moreover, the four-rung β-solenoid architecture provides a molecular framework for an autocatalytic propagation mechanism, which could explain the conversion of PrPC into PrPSc.
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- Jesús R Requena
- CIMUS Biomedical Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela-IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Düsterhöft S, Künzel U, Freeman M. Rhomboid proteases in human disease: Mechanisms and future prospects. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:2200-2209. [PMID: 28460881 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Rhomboids are intramembrane serine proteases that cleave the transmembrane helices of substrate proteins, typically releasing luminal/extracellular domains from the membrane. They are conserved in all branches of life and there is a growing recognition of their association with a wide range of human diseases. Human rhomboids, for example, have been implicated in cancer, metabolic disease and neurodegeneration, while rhomboids in apicomplexan parasites appear to contribute to their invasion of host cells. Recent advances in our knowledge of the structure and the enzyme function of rhomboids, and increasing efforts to identify specific inhibitors, are beginning to provide important insight into the prospect of rhomboids becoming future therapeutic targets. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology edited by Stefan Rose-John.
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- Stefan Düsterhöft
- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
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Kheirollahi A, Khajeh K, Golestani A. Rigidifying flexible sites: An approach to improve stability of chondroitinase ABC I. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 97:270-278. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Revised: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Engineering the residual side chains of HAP phytases to improve their pepsin resistance and catalytic efficiency. Sci Rep 2017; 7:42133. [PMID: 28186144 PMCID: PMC5301473 DOI: 10.1038/srep42133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Strong resistance to proteolytic attack is important for feed enzymes. Here, we selected three predicted pepsin cleavage sites, L99, L162, and E230 (numbering from the initiator M of premature proteins), in pepsin-sensitive HAP phytases YkAPPA from Yersinia kristensenii and YeAPPA from Y. enterocolitica, which corresponded to L99, V162, and D230 in pepsin-resistant YrAPPA from Y. rohdei. We constructed mutants with different side chain structures at these sites using site-directed mutagenesis and produced all enzymes in Escherichia coli for catalytic and biochemical characterization. The substitutions E230G/A/P/R/S/T/D, L162G/A/V, L99A, L99A/L162G, and L99A/L162G/E230G improved the pepsin resistance. Moreover, E230G/A and L162G/V conferred enhanced pepsin resistance on YkAPPA and YeAPPA, increased their catalytic efficiency 1.3–2.4-fold, improved their stability at 60 °C and pH 1.0–2.0 and alleviated inhibition by metal ions. In addition, E230G increased the ability of YkAPPA and YeAPPA to hydrolyze phytate from corn meal at a high pepsin concentration and low pH, which indicated that optimization of the pepsin cleavage site side chains may enhance the pepsin resistance, improve the stability at acidic pH, and increase the catalytic activity. This study proposes an efficient approach to improve enzyme performance in monogastric animals fed feed with a high phytate content.
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Fuchs JE, Schilling O, Liedl KR. Determinants of Macromolecular Specificity from Proteomics-Derived Peptide Substrate Data. Curr Protein Pept Sci 2017; 18:905-913. [PMID: 27455965 PMCID: PMC5898033 DOI: 10.2174/1389203717666160724211231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Revised: 03/30/2017] [Accepted: 04/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recent advances in proteomics methodologies allow for high throughput profiling of proteolytic cleavage events. The resulting substrate peptide distributions provide deep insights in the underlying macromolecular recognition events, as determinants of biomolecular specificity identified by proteomics approaches may be compared to structure-based analysis of corresponding protein-protein interfaces. METHOD Here, we present an overview of experimental and computational methodologies and tools applied in the area and provide an outlook beyond the protein class of proteases. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION We discuss here future potential, synergies and needs of the emerging overlap disciplines of proteomics and structure-based modelling.
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- Julian E. Fuchs
- Centre for Molecular Informatics, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, CambridgeCB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Str. 17, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, D-79104Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of General, Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry, Center for Molecular Biosciences Innsbruck (CMBI), University of Innsbruck, Innrain 80/82, A-6020Innsbruck, Austria
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Lössl P, van de Waterbeemd M, Heck AJ. The diverse and expanding role of mass spectrometry in structural and molecular biology. EMBO J 2016; 35:2634-2657. [PMID: 27797822 PMCID: PMC5167345 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The emergence of proteomics has led to major technological advances in mass spectrometry (MS). These advancements not only benefitted MS-based high-throughput proteomics but also increased the impact of mass spectrometry on the field of structural and molecular biology. Here, we review how state-of-the-art MS methods, including native MS, top-down protein sequencing, cross-linking-MS, and hydrogen-deuterium exchange-MS, nowadays enable the characterization of biomolecular structures, functions, and interactions. In particular, we focus on the role of mass spectrometry in integrated structural and molecular biology investigations of biological macromolecular complexes and cellular machineries, highlighting work on CRISPR-Cas systems and eukaryotic transcription complexes.
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- Philip Lössl
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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A New Method to Determine the Transmembrane Conformation of Substrates in Intramembrane Proteolysis by Deep-UV Resonance Raman Spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2016; 584:207-228. [PMID: 28065264 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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We present a new method based on deep-UV resonance Raman spectroscopy to determine the backbone conformation of intramembrane protease substrates. The classical amide vibrational modes reporting on the conformation of just the transmembrane region of the substrate can be resolved from solvent exchangeable regions outside the detergent micelle by partial deuteration of the solvent. In the presence of isotopically triple-labeled intramembrane protease, these amide modes can be accurately measured to monitor the transmembrane conformation of the substrate during intramembrane proteolysis.
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Kayode O, Wang R, Pendlebury DF, Cohen I, Henin RD, Hockla A, Soares AS, Papo N, Caulfield TR, Radisky ES. An Acrobatic Substrate Metamorphosis Reveals a Requirement for Substrate Conformational Dynamics in Trypsin Proteolysis. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26304-26319. [PMID: 27810896 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.758417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The molecular basis of enzyme catalytic power and specificity derives from dynamic interactions between enzyme and substrate during catalysis. Although considerable effort has been devoted to understanding how conformational dynamics within enzymes affect catalysis, the role of conformational dynamics within protein substrates has not been addressed. Here, we examine the importance of substrate dynamics in the cleavage of Kunitz-bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor protease inhibitors by mesotrypsin, finding that the varied conformational dynamics of structurally similar substrates can profoundly impact the rate of catalysis. A 1.4-Å crystal structure of a mesotrypsin-product complex formed with a rapidly cleaved substrate reveals a dramatic conformational change in the substrate upon proteolysis. By using long all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of acyl-enzyme intermediates with proteolysis rates spanning 3 orders of magnitude, we identify global and local dynamic features of substrates on the nanosecond-microsecond time scale that correlate with enzymatic rates and explain differential susceptibility to proteolysis. By integrating multiple enhanced sampling methods for molecular dynamics, we model a viable conformational pathway between substrate-like and product-like states, linking substrate dynamics on the nanosecond-microsecond time scale with large collective substrate motions on the much slower time scale of catalysis. Our findings implicate substrate flexibility as a critical determinant of catalysis.
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- the Department of Biotechnology Engineering and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel, and
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- the Photon Sciences Directorate, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
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- the Department of Biotechnology Engineering and the National Institute of Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel, and
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- Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida 32224,
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Demasking kinetics of peptide bond cleavage for whey protein isolate hydrolysed by Bacillus licheniformis protease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2017.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mora AK, Murudkar S, Alamelu A, Singh PK, Chattopadhyay S, Nath S. Benzothiazole-Based Neutral Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensor for Amyloid Fibrils. Chemistry 2016; 22:16505-16512. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201602981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Aruna K. Mora
- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay; Mumbai 400 085 India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay; Mumbai 400 085 India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay; Mumbai 400 085 India
- Cardomom Planters Association College, Bodinayakanur; Tamil Nadu India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay; Mumbai 400 085 India
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- Radiation & Photochemistry Division; Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay; Mumbai 400 085 India
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Vandermarliere E, Stes E, Gevaert K, Martens L. Resolution of protein structure by mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:653-665. [PMID: 25536908 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/14/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Typically, mass spectrometry is used to identify the peptides present in a complex peptide mixture and subsequently the precursor proteins. As such, mass spectrometry focuses mainly on the primary structure, the (modified) amino acid sequence of peptides and proteins. In contrast, the three-dimensional structure of a protein is typically determined with protein X-ray crystallography or NMR. Despite the close relationship between these two aspects of protein studies (sequence and structure), mass spectrometry and structure determination are not frequently combined. Nevertheless, this combination of approaches, dubbed conformational proteomics, can offer insight into the function, working mechanism, and conformational status of a protein. In this review, we will discuss the developments at the intersection of mass spectrometry-based proteomics and protein structure determination and start from a brief overview of the classic approaches to identify protein structure along with their advantages and disadvantages. We will subsequently discuss the ability of mass spectrometry to overcome some of the hurdles of these classic methods. Finally, we will provide an outlook on the interplay of mass spectrometry and protein structure determination, and highlight several recent experiments in which mass spectrometry was successfully used to either aid or complement structure elucidation. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 35:653-665, 2016.
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- Elien Vandermarliere
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B- 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B- 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B- 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB, B-9000, Ghent, Belgium.
- Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University, B- 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
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Determination of kinetic parameters for casein hydrolysis by chymotrypsin using two ranges of substrate concentration. Int Dairy J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.idairyj.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Clark RJ, Preza GC, Tan CC, van Dijk JWA, Fung E, Nemeth E, Ganz T, Craik DJ. Design, synthesis, and characterization of cyclic analogues of the iron regulatory peptide hormone hepcidin. Biopolymers 2016; 100:519-26. [PMID: 23897622 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2013] [Revised: 05/10/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The peptide hormone hepcidin is a key regulator of iron homeostasis in vertebrates. Hepcidin acts by binding to ferroportin, the sole known iron exporter, causing it to be internalized and thus trapping iron within the cell. Dysregulation of hepcidin concentrations is associated with a range of iron-related diseases and hepcidin-based therapeutics could be developed as candidate treatments for these diseases. However peptide-based drugs, despite their many advantages, are often limited by their susceptibility to degradation within the body. Here we describe the design, synthesis and characterization of a series of backbone cyclized hepcidin analogues as an approach to produce stable hepcidin-based leads. The cyclic peptides were shown by NMR to be structurally analogous to native hepcidin. Comparison of the stability of hepcidin with one of the cyclic analogues in human serum revealed that 77% of the cyclic peptide but only 18% of linear hepcidin remained after 24 h. The cyclic peptides were tested for their ability to induce internalization of GFP-ferroportin in vitro but were all found to be inactive. This study demonstrates that backbone cyclization of disulfide-rich peptides is a suitable approach for increasing stability. However, careful consideration of a number of factors, including location of important residues and their bioactive conformation, is required to generate biologically active lead molecules.
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- Richard J Clark
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane QLD, 4072, Australia
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Gardner NW, Monroe LK, Kihara D, Park C. Energetic Coupling between Ligand Binding and Dimerization in Escherichia coli Phosphoglycerate Mutase. Biochemistry 2016; 55:1711-23. [PMID: 26919584 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Energetic coupling of two molecular events in a protein molecule is ubiquitous in biochemical reactions mediated by proteins, such as catalysis and signal transduction. Here, we investigate energetic coupling between ligand binding and folding of a dimer using a model system that shows three-state equilibrium unfolding of an exceptional quality. The homodimeric Escherichia coli cofactor-dependent phosphoglycerate mutase (dPGM) was found to be stabilized by ATP in a proteome-wide screen, although dPGM does not require or utilize ATP for enzymatic function. We investigated the effect of ATP on the thermodynamic stability of dPGM using equilibrium unfolding. We found that, in the absence of ATP, dPGM populates a partially unfolded, monomeric intermediate during equilibrium unfolding. However, addition of 1.0 mM ATP drastically reduces the population of the intermediate by selectively stabilizing the native dimer. Using a computational ligand docking method, we predicted ATP binds to the active site of the enzyme using the triphosphate group. By performing equilibrium unfolding and isothermal titration calorimetry with active-site variants of dPGM, we confirmed that active-site residues are involved in ATP binding. Our findings show that ATP promotes dimerization of the protein by binding to the active site, which is distal from the dimer interface. This cooperativity suggests an energetic coupling between the active site and the dimer interface. We also propose a structural link to explain how ligand binding to the active site is energetically coupled with dimerization.
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- Nathan W Gardner
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, ‡Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program, §Department of Biological Sciences, ∥Department of Computer Science, and ⊥Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, ‡Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program, §Department of Biological Sciences, ∥Department of Computer Science, and ⊥Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, ‡Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program, §Department of Biological Sciences, ∥Department of Computer Science, and ⊥Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, ‡Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program, §Department of Biological Sciences, ∥Department of Computer Science, and ⊥Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University , West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, United States
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Zhang H, Liu H, Lu Y, Wolf NR, Gross ML, Blankenship RE. Native mass spectrometry and ion mobility characterize the orange carotenoid protein functional domains. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2016; 1857:734-9. [PMID: 26921809 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2016.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Orange Carotenoid Protein (OCP) plays a unique role in protecting many cyanobacteria from light-induced damage. The active form of OCP is directly involved in energy dissipation by binding to the phycobilisome (PBS), the major light-harvesting complex in cyanobacteria. There are two structural modules in OCP, an N-terminal domain (NTD), and a C-terminal domain (CTD), which play different functional roles during the OCP-PBS quenching cycle. Because of the quasi-stable nature of active OCP, structural analysis of active OCP has been lacking compared to its inactive form. In this report, partial proteolysis was used to generate two structural domains, NTD and CTD, from active OCP. We used multiple native mass spectrometry (MS) based approaches to interrogate the structural features of the NTD and the CTD. Collisional activation and ion mobility analysis indicated that the NTD releases its bound carotenoid without forming any intermediates and the CTD is resistant to unfolding upon collisional energy ramping. The unfolding intermediates observed in inactive intact OCP suggest that it is the N-terminal extension and the NTD-CTD loop that lead to the observed unfolding intermediates. These combined approaches extend the knowledge of OCP photo-activation and structural features of OCP functional domains. Combining native MS, ion mobility, and collisional activation promises to be a sensitive new approach for studies of photosynthetic protein-pigment complexes.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Photosynthetic Antenna Research Center (PARC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA; Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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Zilkenat S, Franz-Wachtel M, Stierhof YD, Galán JE, Macek B, Wagner S. Determination of the Stoichiometry of the Complete Bacterial Type III Secretion Needle Complex Using a Combined Quantitative Proteomic Approach. Mol Cell Proteomics 2016; 15:1598-609. [PMID: 26900162 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.056598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Precisely knowing the stoichiometry of their components is critical for investigating structure, assembly, and function of macromolecular machines. This has remained a technical challenge in particular for large, hydrophobic membrane-spanning protein complexes. Here, we determined the stoichiometry of a type III secretion system of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium using two complementary protocols of gentle complex purification combined with peptide concatenated standard and synthetic stable isotope-labeled peptide-based mass spectrometry. Bacterial type III secretion systems are cell envelope-spanning effector protein-delivery machines essential for colonization and survival of many Gram-negative pathogens and symbionts. The membrane-embedded core unit of these secretion systems, termed the needle complex, is composed of a base that anchors the machinery to the inner and outer membranes, a hollow filament formed by inner rod and needle subunits that serves as conduit for substrate proteins, and a membrane-embedded export apparatus facilitating substrate translocation. Structural analyses have revealed the stoichiometry of the components of the base, but the stoichiometry of the essential hydrophobic export apparatus components and of the inner rod protein remain unknown. Here, we provide evidence that the export apparatus of type III secretion systems contains five SpaP, one SpaQ, one SpaR, and one SpaS. We confirmed that the previously suggested stoichiometry of nine InvA is valid for assembled needle complexes and describe a loose association of InvA with other needle complex components that may reflect its function. Furthermore, we present evidence that not more than six PrgJ form the inner rod of the needle complex. Providing this structural information will facilitate efforts to obtain an atomic view of type III secretion systems and foster our understanding of the function of these and related flagellar machines. Given that other virulence-associated bacterial secretion systems are similar in their overall buildup and complexity, the presented approach may also enable their stoichiometry elucidation.
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- Susann Zilkenat
- From the ‡University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- §University of Tübingen, Proteome Center Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- ¶University of Tübingen, Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- ‖Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, 295 Congress Ave, New Haven, CT
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- §University of Tübingen, Proteome Center Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- From the ‡University of Tübingen, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany; **German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner-site Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Limited proteolysis and peptide mapping for comparability of biopharmaceuticals: An evaluation of repeatability, intra-assay precision and capability to detect structural change. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2016; 123:162-72. [PMID: 26918895 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2016.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Revised: 02/03/2016] [Accepted: 02/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The use of limited proteolysis followed by peptide mapping for the comparability of the higher-order structure of biopharmaceuticals was investigated. In this approach the proteolysis is performed under non-reducing and non-denaturing conditions, and the resulting peptide map is determined by the samples primary and higher order structures. This allows comparability of biopharmaceuticals to be made in terms of their higher order structure, using a method that is relatively simple to implement. The digestion of a monoclonal antibody under non-denaturing conditions was analyzed using peptide mapping, circular dichroism (CD) and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). This allowed an optimal digestion time to be chosen. This method was then assessed for its ability to detect structural change using a monoclonal antibody, which had been subjected to a range of stresses; deglycosylation, mild denaturation and a batch that had failed specifications due to in-process reduction. The repeatability and inter-assay precision were assessed. It was demonstrated that the limited proteolysis peptide maps of the three stressed samples were significantly different to control samples and that the differences observed were consistent between the occasions when the assays were run. A combination of limited proteolysis and CD or SDS-PAGE analysis was shown to enhance the capacity of these techniques to detect structural change, which otherwise would not have been observed.
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Protein Structural Analysis via Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 919:397-431. [PMID: 27975228 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-41448-5_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Modern mass spectrometry (MS) technologies have provided a versatile platform that can be combined with a large number of techniques to analyze protein structure and dynamics. These techniques include the three detailed in this chapter: (1) hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX), (2) limited proteolysis, and (3) chemical crosslinking (CX). HDX relies on the change in mass of a protein upon its dilution into deuterated buffer, which results in varied deuterium content within its backbone amides. Structural information on surface exposed, flexible or disordered linker regions of proteins can be achieved through limited proteolysis, using a variety of proteases and only small extents of digestion. CX refers to the covalent coupling of distinct chemical species and has been used to analyze the structure, function and interactions of proteins by identifying crosslinking sites that are formed by small multi-functional reagents, termed crosslinkers. Each of these MS applications is capable of revealing structural information for proteins when used either with or without other typical high resolution techniques, including NMR and X-ray crystallography.
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Ponniah G, Nowak C, Kita A, Cheng G, Kori Y, Liu H. Conformational changes of recombinant monoclonal antibodies by limited proteolytic digestion, stable isotope labeling, and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2015; 497:1-7. [PMID: 26747642 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2015] [Revised: 11/28/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Limited proteolytic digestion is a method with a long history that has been used to study protein domain structures and conformational changes. A method of combining limited proteolytic digestion, stable isotope labeling, and mass spectrometry was established in the current study to investigate protein conformational changes. Recombinant monoclonal antibodies with or without the conserved oligosaccharides, and with or without oxidation of the conserved methionine residues, were used to test the newly proposed method. All of the samples were digested in ammonium bicarbonate buffer prepared in normal water. The oxidized deglycosylated sample was also digested in ammonium bicarbonate buffer prepared in (18)O-labeled water. The sample from the digestion in (18)O-water was spiked into each sample digested in normal water. Each mixed sample was subsequently analyzed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS). The molecular weight differences between the peptides digested in normal water versus (18)O-water were used to differentiate peaks from the samples. The relative peak intensities of peptides with or without the C-terminal incorporation of (18)O atoms were used to determine susceptibility of different samples to trypsin and chymotrypsin. The results demonstrated that the method was capable of detecting local conformational changes of the recombinant monoclonal antibodies caused by deglycosylation and oxidation.
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- Product Characterization, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA
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- Product Characterization, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA
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- Product Characterization, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA
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- Product Characterization, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA
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- Product Characterization, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Cheshire, CT 06410, USA.
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Last D, Müller J, Dawood AWH, Moldenhauer EJ, Pavlidis IV, Bornscheuer UT. Highly efficient and easy protease-mediated protein purification. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 100:1945-1953. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-7206-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rauniyar N. Parallel Reaction Monitoring: A Targeted Experiment Performed Using High Resolution and High Mass Accuracy Mass Spectrometry. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:28566-81. [PMID: 26633379 PMCID: PMC4691067 DOI: 10.3390/ijms161226120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The parallel reaction monitoring (PRM) assay has emerged as an alternative method of targeted quantification. The PRM assay is performed in a high resolution and high mass accuracy mode on a mass spectrometer. This review presents the features that make PRM a highly specific and selective method for targeted quantification using quadrupole-Orbitrap hybrid instruments. In addition, this review discusses the label-based and label-free methods of quantification that can be performed with the targeted approach.
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- Navin Rauniyar
- W.M. Keck Foundation Biotechnology Resource Laboratory, School of Medicine, Yale University, 300 George Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Bioanalytical approaches to assess the proteolytic stability of therapeutic fusion proteins. Bioanalysis 2015; 7:3035-51. [DOI: 10.4155/bio.15.217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Therapeutic fusion proteins (TFPs) are designed to improve the therapeutic profile of an endogenous protein or protein fragment with a limited dose frequency providing the desired pharmacological activity in vivo. Fusion of a therapeutic protein to a half-life extension or targeting domain can improve the disposition of the molecule or introduce a novel mechanism of action. Prolonged exposure and altered biodistribution of an endogenous protein through fusion technology increases the potential for local protein unfolding during circulation increasing the chance for partial proteolysis of the therapeutic domain. Characterizing the proteolytic liabilities of a TFP can guide engineering efforts to inhibit or hinder partial proteolysis. This review focuses on considerations and techniques for evaluating the stability of a TFP both in vivo and in vitro.
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Rimmer MA, Artigues A, Nadeau OW, Villar MT, Vasquez-Montes V, Carlson GM. Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Surface-Exposed Regions in the Hexadecameric Phosphorylase Kinase Complex. Biochemistry 2015; 54:6887-95. [PMID: 26551836 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phosphorylase kinase (PhK) is a 1.3 MDa (αβγδ)4 enzyme complex, in which αβγδ protomers associate in D2 symmetry to form two large octameric lobes that are interconnected by four bridges. The approximate locations of the subunits have been mapped in low-resolution cryo-electron microscopy structures of the complex; however, the disposition of the subunits within the complex remains largely unknown. We have used partial proteolysis and chemical footprinting in combination with high-resolution mass spectrometry to identify surface-exposed regions of the intact nonactivated and phospho-activated conformers. In addition to the known interaction of the γ subunit's C-terminal regulatory domain with the δ subunit (calmodulin), our exposure results indicate that the catalytic core of γ may also anchor to the PhK complex at the bottom backside of its C-terminal lobe facing away from the active site cleft. Exposed loops on the α and β regulatory subunits within the complex occur at regions overlapping with tissue-specific alternative RNA splice sites and regulatory phosphorylatable domains. Their phosphorylation alters the surface exposure of α and β, corroborating previous biophysical and biochemical studies that detected phosphorylation-dependent conformational changes in these subunits; however, for the first time, specific affected regions have been identified.
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- Mary Ashley Rimmer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City, Kansas 66160, United States
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Urbach C, Gordon NC, Strickland I, Lowne D, Joberty-Candotti C, May R, Herath A, Hijnen D, Thijs JL, Bruijnzeel-Koomen CA, Minter RR, Hollfelder F, Jermutus L. Combinatorial Screening Identifies Novel Promiscuous Matrix Metalloproteinase Activities that Lead to Inhibition of the Therapeutic Target IL-13. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 22:1442-1452. [PMID: 26548614 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2015.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 09/10/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The practical realization of disease modulation by catalytic degradation of a therapeutic target protein suffers from the difficulty to identify candidate proteases, or to engineer their specificity. We identified 23 measurable, specific, and new protease activities using combinatorial screening of 27 human proteases against 24 therapeutic protein targets. We investigate the cleavage of monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and IL-13 by matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and serine proteases, and demonstrate that cleavage of IL-13 leads to potent inhibition of its biological activity in vitro. MMP-8 degraded human IL-13 most efficiently in vitro and ex vivo in human IL-13 transgenic mouse bronchoalveolar lavage. Hence, MMP-8 is a therapeutic protease lead against IL-13 for inflammatory conditions whereby reported genetic and genomics data suggest an involvement of MMP-8. This work describes the first exploitation of human enzyme promiscuity for therapeutic applications, and reveals both starting points for protease-based therapies and potential new regulatory networks in inflammatory disease.
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- Carole Urbach
- Department of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK.
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- Department of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK; Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Department of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Department of Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Non Clinical Biostatistics, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center, 3508 GA Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, University Medical Center, 3508 GA Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, MedImmune, Granta Park, Cambridge CB21 6GH, UK
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Rajabi K, Ashcroft AE, Radford SE. Mass spectrometric methods to analyze the structural organization of macromolecular complexes. Methods 2015; 89:13-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Revised: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Biophysical Methods to Investigate Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Avoiding an “Elephant and Blind Men” Situation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 870:215-60. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20164-1_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Daus ML. Techniques to elucidate the conformation of prions. World J Biol Chem 2015; 6:218-222. [PMID: 26322176 PMCID: PMC4549762 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v6.i3.218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Proteinaceous infectious particles (prions) are unique pathogens as they are devoid of any coding nucleic acid. Whilst it is assumed that prion disease is transmitted by a misfolded isoform of the cellular prion protein, the structural insight of prions is still vague and research for high resolution structural information of prions is still ongoing. In this review, techniques that may contribute to the clarification of the conformation of prions are presented and discussed.
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Di Michele M, Stes E, Vandermarliere E, Arora R, Astorga-Wells J, Vandenbussche J, van Heerde E, Zubarev R, Bonnet P, Linders JTM, Jacoby E, Brehmer D, Martens L, Gevaert K. Limited Proteolysis Combined with Stable Isotope Labeling Reveals Conformational Changes in Protein (Pseudo)kinases upon Binding Small Molecules. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:4179-93. [PMID: 26293246 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Likely due to conformational rearrangements, small molecule inhibitors may stabilize the active conformation of protein kinases and paradoxically promote tumorigenesis. We combined limited proteolysis with stable isotope labeling MS to monitor protein conformational changes upon binding of small molecules. Applying this method to the human serine/threonine kinase B-Raf, frequently mutated in cancer, we found that binding of ATP or its nonhydrolyzable analogue AMP-PNP, but not ADP, stabilized the structure of both B-Raf(WT) and B-Raf(V600E). The ATP-competitive type I B-Raf inhibitor vemurafenib and the type II inhibitor sorafenib stabilized the kinase domain (KD) but had distinct effects on the Ras-binding domain. Stabilization of the B-Raf(WT) KD was confirmed by hydrogen/deuterium exchange MS and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results are further supported by cellular assays in which we assessed cell viability and phosphorylation profiles in cells expressing B-Raf(WT) or B-Raf(V600E) in response to vemurafenib or sorafenib. Our data indicate that an overall stabilization of the B-Raf structure by specific inhibitors activates MAPK signaling and increases cell survival, helping to explain clinical treatment failure. We also applied our method to monitor conformational changes upon nucleotide binding of the pseudokinase KSR1, which holds high potential for inhibition in human diseases.
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- Michela Di Michele
- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA), UMR 7311 CNRS-Université d'Orléans , Pôle de chimie, Rue de Chartres, 45100 Orléans, France
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Oncology Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, A Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV , Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet , Scheelelaberatoriet Scheeles väg 2, SE-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institut de Chimie Organique et Analytique (ICOA), UMR 7311 CNRS-Université d'Orléans , Pôle de chimie, Rue de Chartres, 45100 Orléans, France
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- Oncology Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, A Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV , Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Oncology Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, A Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV , Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Oncology Discovery, Janssen Research and Development, A Division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV , Turnhoutseweg 30, B-2340 Beerse, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Protein Research, VIB , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biochemistry, Ghent University , A. Baertsoenkaai 3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Cooperativity in human glucokinase (GCK), the body's primary glucose sensor and a major determinant of glucose homeostatic diseases, is fundamentally different from textbook models of allostery because GCK is monomeric and contains only one glucose-binding site. Prior work has demonstrated that millisecond timescale order-disorder transitions within the enzyme's small domain govern cooperativity. Here, using limited proteolysis, we map the site of disorder in unliganded GCK to a 30-residue active-site loop that closes upon glucose binding. Positional randomization of the loop, coupled with genetic selection in a glucokinase-deficient bacterium, uncovers a hyperactive GCK variant with substantially reduced cooperativity. Biochemical and structural analysis of this loop variant and GCK variants associated with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia reveal two distinct mechanisms of enzyme activation. In α-type activation, glucose affinity is increased, the proteolytic susceptibility of the active site loop is suppressed and the (1)H-(13)C heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence (HMQC) spectrum of (13)C-Ile-labeled enzyme resembles the glucose-bound state. In β-type activation, glucose affinity is largely unchanged, proteolytic susceptibility of the loop is enhanced, and the (1)H-(13)C HMQC spectrum reveals no perturbation in ensemble structure. Leveraging both activation mechanisms, we engineer a fully noncooperative GCK variant, whose functional properties are indistinguishable from other hexokinase isozymes, and which displays a 100-fold increase in catalytic efficiency over wild-type GCK. This work elucidates specific structural features responsible for generating allostery in a monomeric enzyme and suggests a general strategy for engineering cooperativity into proteins that lack the structural framework typical of traditional allosteric systems.
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Davis PJ, Holmes D, Waltho JP, Staniforth RA. Limited Proteolysis Reveals That Amyloids from the 3D Domain-Swapping Cystatin B Have a Non-Native β-Sheet Topology. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:2418-2434. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2015] [Revised: 05/08/2015] [Accepted: 05/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The 3D model of the lipase/acyltransferase from Candida parapsilosis, a tool for the elucidation of structural determinants in CAL-A lipase superfamily. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1854:1400-11. [PMID: 26123263 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Because lipids are hydrophobic, the development of efficient bioconversions in aqueous media free of organic solvents is particularly challenging for green oleochemistry. Within this aim, enzymes exhibiting various abilities to catalyze acyltransfer reaction in water/lipid systems have been identified. Among these, CpLIP2 from Candida parapsilosis has been characterized as a lipase/acyltransferase, able to catalyze acyltransfer reactions preferentially to hydrolysis in the presence of particularly low acyl acceptor concentration and high thermodynamic activity of water (aw>0.9). Lipase/acyltransferases are thus of great interest, being able to produce new esters at concentrations above the thermodynamic equilibrium of hydrolysis/esterification with limited to no release of free fatty acids. Here, we present a 3D model of CpLIP2 based on homologies with crystallographic structures of Pseudozyma antarctica lipase A. Indeed, the two enzymes have 31% of identity in their primary sequence, yielding a same general structure, but different catalytic properties. The quality of the calculated CpLIP2 model was confirmed by several methods. Limited proteolysis confirmed the location of some loops at the surface of the protein 3D model. Directed mutagenesis also supported the structural model constructed on CAL-A template: the functional properties of various mutants were consistent with their structure-based putative involvement in the oxyanion hole, substrate specificity, acyltransfer or hydrolysis catalysis and structural stability. The CpLIP2 3D model, in comparison with CAL-A 3D structure, brings insights for the elucidation and improvement of the structural determinants involved in the exceptional acyltransferase properties of this promising biocatalyst and of homologous enzymes of the same family.
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Kumar S, Ratnikov BI, Kazanov MD, Smith JW, Cieplak P. CleavPredict: A Platform for Reasoning about Matrix Metalloproteinases Proteolytic Events. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0127877. [PMID: 25996941 PMCID: PMC4440711 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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CleavPredict (http://cleavpredict.sanfordburnham.org) is a Web server for substrate cleavage prediction for matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). It is intended as a computational platform aiding the scientific community in reasoning about proteolytic events. CleavPredict offers in silico prediction of cleavage sites specific for 11 human MMPs. The prediction method employs the MMP specific position weight matrices (PWMs) derived from statistical analysis of high-throughput phage display experimental results. To augment the substrate cleavage prediction process, CleavPredict provides information about the structural features of potential cleavage sites that influence proteolysis. These include: secondary structure, disordered regions, transmembrane domains, and solvent accessibility. The server also provides information about subcellular location, co-localization, and co-expression of proteinase and potential substrates, along with experimentally determined positions of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), and posttranslational modification (PTM) sites in substrates. All this information will provide the user with perspectives in reasoning about proteolytic events. CleavPredict is freely accessible, and there is no login required.
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- Sonu Kumar
- Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Sanford Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Proteinase K and the structure of PrPSc: The good, the bad and the ugly. Virus Res 2015; 207:120-6. [PMID: 25816779 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2015.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Revised: 03/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Infectious proteins (prions) are, ironically, defined by their resistance to proteolytic digestion. A defining characteristic of the transmissible isoform of the prion protein (PrP(Sc)) is its partial resistance to proteinase K (PK) digestion. Diagnosis of prion disease typically relies upon immunodetection of PK-digested PrP(Sc) by Western blot, ELISA or immunohistochemical detection. PK digestion has also been used to detect differences in prion strains. Thus, PK has been a crucial tool to detect and, thereby, control the spread of prions. PK has also been used as a tool to probe the structure of PrP(Sc). Mass spectrometry and antibodies have been used to identify PK cleavage sites in PrP(Sc). These results have been used to identify the more accessible, flexible stretches connecting the β-strand components in PrP(Sc). These data, combined with physical constraints imposed by spectroscopic results, were used to propose a qualitative model for the structure of PrP(Sc). Assuming that PrP(Sc) is a four rung β-solenoid, we have threaded the PrP sequence to satisfy the PK proteolysis data and other experimental constraints.
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Impact of trifluoroethanol-induced structural changes on luciferase cleavage sites. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2015; 144:1-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Requena JR, Wille H. The structure of the infectious prion protein: experimental data and molecular models. Prion 2015; 8:60-6. [PMID: 24583975 PMCID: PMC7030906 DOI: 10.4161/pri.28368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The structures of the infectious prion protein, PrP(Sc), and that of its proteolytically truncated variant, PrP 27-30, have evaded experimental determination due to their insolubility and propensity to aggregate. Molecular modeling has been used to fill this void and to predict their structures, but various modeling approaches have produced significantly different models. The disagreement between the different modeling solutions indicates the limitations of this method. Over the years, in absence of a three-dimensional (3D) structure, a variety of experimental techniques have been used to gain insights into the structure of this biologically, medically, and agriculturally important isoform. Here, we present an overview of experimental results that were published in recent years, and which provided new insights into the molecular architecture of PrP(Sc) and PrP 27-30. Furthermore, we evaluate all published models in light of these recent, experimental data, and come to the conclusion that none of the models can accommodate all of the experimental constraints. Moreover, this conclusion constitutes an open invitation for renewed efforts to model the structure of PrP(Sc).
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Villar-Pique A, Navarro S, Ventura S. Characterization of amyloid-like properties in bacterial intracellular aggregates. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1258:99-122. [PMID: 25447861 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2205-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Protein aggregation into amyloid conformations is associated with more than 50 different human disorders. Recent studies demonstrate that the expression in bacteria of amyloid proteins results in the formation of intracellular aggregates structurally related to those underlying human diseases. The ease with which prokaryotic organisms can be genetically and biochemically manipulated makes them useful systems for studying how and why protein aggregates inside the cell, providing a tractable environment to rationally model in vivo amyloid formation. In this chapter we present an overview of the methods used to characterize the kinetic, structural, and functional properties of amyloid-like bacterial intracellular aggregates and how they can be employed to screen for lead compounds that might modulate amyloid deposition.
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- Anna Villar-Pique
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallés, 08193, Barcelona, Spain
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Cheung CSF, Anderson KW, Wang M, Turko IV. Natural Flanking Sequences for Peptides Included in a Quantification Concatamer Internal Standard. Anal Chem 2014; 87:1097-102. [DOI: 10.1021/ac503697j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Crystal S. F. Cheung
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, United States
- Biomolecular Measurement Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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A critical evaluation of in silico methods for detection of membrane protein intrinsic disorder. Biophys J 2014; 106:1638-49. [PMID: 24739163 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2013] [Revised: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Intrinsically disordered regions in proteins possess important biological roles including transcriptional regulation, molecular recognition, and provision of sites for posttranslational modification. In three-dimensional crystallization of both soluble and membrane proteins, identification and removal of disordered regions is often necessary for obtaining crystals possessing sufficient long-range order for structure determination. Disordered regions can be identified experimentally, with techniques such as limited proteolysis coupled with mass spectrometry, or computationally, by using disorder prediction programs, of which many are available. Although these programs use various methods to predict disorder from a protein's primary sequence, they all were developed using information derived from soluble protein structures. Therefore, their performance and accuracy when applied to integral membrane proteins remained an open question. We evaluated the performance of 13 disorder prediction programs on a dataset containing 343 membrane proteins, and upon subdatasets containing only α-helical or β-barrel proteins. These programs were ranked using multiple metrics, including metrics specifically created for membrane proteins. Analysis of these data shows a clear distinction between programs that accurately predict disordered regions in membrane proteins and programs which perform poorly, and allows for the robust integration of in silico disorder prediction into our PSI:Biology membrane protein structural genomics pipeline.
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Bulloch EM, Kingston RL. Identifying protein domains by global analysis of soluble fragment data. Anal Biochem 2014; 465:53-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2014.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Revised: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Chen W, Jin J, Gu W, Wei B, Lei Y, Xiong S, Zhang G. Rational design of translational pausing without altering the amino acid sequence dramatically promotes soluble protein expression: A strategic demonstration. J Biotechnol 2014; 189:104-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2014] [Revised: 08/20/2014] [Accepted: 08/25/2014] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Kasper JR, Andrews EC, Park C. Product inhibition in native-state proteolysis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111416. [PMID: 25360755 PMCID: PMC4216078 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The proteolysis kinetics of intact proteins by nonspecific proteases provides valuable information on transient partial unfolding of proteins under native conditions. Native-state proteolysis is an approach to utilize the proteolysis kinetics to assess the energetics of partial unfolding in a quantitative manner. In native-state proteolysis, folded proteins are incubated with nonspecific proteases, and the rate of proteolysis is determined from the disappearance of the intact protein. We report here that proteolysis of intact proteins by nonspecific proteases, thermolysin and subtilisin deviates from first-order kinetics. First-order kinetics has been assumed for the analysis of native-state proteolysis. By analyzing the kinetics of proteolysis with varying concentrations of substrate proteins and also with cleavage products, we found that the deviation from first-order kinetics results from product inhibition. A kinetic model including competitive product inhibition agrees well with the proteolysis time course and allows us to determine the uninhibited rate constant for proteolysis as well as the apparent inhibition constant. Our finding suggests that the likelihood of product inhibition must be considered for quantitative assessment of proteolysis kinetics.
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- Joseph R. Kasper
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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