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Ansong C, Tolić N, Purvine SO, Porwollik S, Jones M, Yoon H, Payne SH, Martin JL, Burnet MC, Monroe ME, Venepally P, Smith RD, Peterson SN, Heffron F, McClelland M, Adkins JN. Experimental annotation of post-translational features and translated coding regions in the pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:433. [PMID: 21867535 PMCID: PMC3174948 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Complete and accurate genome annotation is crucial for comprehensive and systematic studies of biological systems. However, determining protein-coding genes for most new genomes is almost completely performed by inference using computational predictions with significant documented error rates (> 15%). Furthermore, gene prediction programs provide no information on biologically important post-translational processing events critical for protein function. Results We experimentally annotated the bacterial pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium 14028, using "shotgun" proteomics to accurately uncover the translational landscape and post-translational features. The data provide protein-level experimental validation for approximately half of the predicted protein-coding genes in Salmonella and suggest revisions to several genes that appear to have incorrectly assigned translational start sites, including a potential novel alternate start codon. Additionally, we uncovered 12 non-annotated genes missed by gene prediction programs, as well as evidence suggesting a role for one of these novel ORFs in Salmonella pathogenesis. We also characterized post-translational features in the Salmonella genome, including chemical modifications and proteolytic cleavages. We find that bacteria have a much larger and more complex repertoire of chemical modifications than previously thought including several novel modifications. Our in vivo proteolysis data identified more than 130 signal peptide and N-terminal methionine cleavage events critical for protein function. Conclusion This work highlights several ways in which application of proteomics data can improve the quality of genome annotations to facilitate novel biological insights and provides a comprehensive proteome map of Salmonella as a resource for systems analysis.
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- Charles Ansong
- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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Liger D, Mora L, Lazar N, Figaro S, Henri J, Scrima N, Buckingham RH, van Tilbeurgh H, Heurgué-Hamard V, Graille M. Mechanism of activation of methyltransferases involved in translation by the Trm112 'hub' protein. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:6249-59. [PMID: 21478168 PMCID: PMC3152332 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Methylation is a common modification encountered in DNA, RNA and proteins. It plays a central role in gene expression, protein function and mRNA translation. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic class I translation termination factors are methylated on the glutamine of the essential and universally conserved GGQ motif, in line with an important cellular role. In eukaryotes, this modification is performed by the Mtq2-Trm112 holoenzyme. Trm112 activates not only the Mtq2 catalytic subunit but also two other tRNA methyltransferases (Trm9 and Trm11). To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying methyltransferase activation by Trm112, we have determined the 3D structure of the Mtq2-Trm112 complex and mapped its active site. Using site-directed mutagenesis and in vivo functional experiments, we show that this structure can also serve as a model for the Trm9-Trm112 complex, supporting our hypothesis that Trm112 uses a common strategy to activate these three methyltransferases.
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- Dominique Liger
- Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Paris-Sud, IFR115, CNRS UMR 8619, Orsay Cedex F-91405, France
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Nesterchuk M, Sergiev P, Dontsova O. Posttranslational Modifications of Ribosomal Proteins in Escherichia coli. Acta Naturae 2011; 3:22-33. [PMID: 22649682 PMCID: PMC3347575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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А number of ribosomal proteins inEscherichia coliundergo posttranslational modifications. Six ribosomal proteins are methylated (S11, L3, L11, L7/L12, L16, and L33), three proteins are acetylated (S5, S18, and L7), and protein S12 is methylthiolated. Extra amino acid residues are added to protein S6. С-terminal amino acid residues are partially removed from protein L31. The functional significance of these modifications has remained unclear. These modifications are not vital to the cells, and it is likely that they have regulatory functions. This paper reviews all the known posttranslational modifications of ribosomal proteins inEscherichia coli. Certain enzymes responsible for the modifications and mechanisms of enzymatic reactions are also discussed.
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- M.V. Nesterchuk
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University
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Aravind L, Abhiman S, Iyer LM. Natural history of the eukaryotic chromatin protein methylation system. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2011; 101:105-76. [PMID: 21507350 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-387685-0.00004-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In eukaryotes, methylation of nucleosomal histones and other nuclear proteins is a central aspect of chromatin structure and dynamics. The past 15 years have seen an enormous advance in our understanding of the biochemistry of these modifications, and of their role in establishing the epigenetic code. We provide a synthetic overview, from an evolutionary perspective, of the main players in the eukaryotic chromatin protein methylation system, with an emphasis on catalytic domains. Several components of the eukaryotic protein methylation system had their origins in bacteria. In particular, the Rossmann fold protein methylases (PRMTs and DOT1), and the LSD1 and jumonji-related demethylases and oxidases, appear to have emerged in the context of bacterial peptide methylation and hydroxylation systems. These systems were originally involved in synthesis of peptide secondary metabolites, such as antibiotics, toxins, and siderophores. The peptidylarginine deiminases appear to have been acquired by animals from bacterial enzymes that modify cell-surface proteins. SET domain methylases, which display the β-clip fold, apparently first emerged in prokaryotes from the SAF superfamily of carbohydrate-binding domains. However, even in bacteria, a subset of the SET domains might have evolved a chromatin-related role in conjunction with a BAF60a/b-like SWIB domain protein and topoisomerases. By the time of the last eukaryotic common ancestor, multiple SET and PRMT methylases were already in place and are likely to have mediated methylation at the H3K4, H3K9, H3K36, and H4K20 positions, and carried out both asymmetric and symmetric arginine dimethylation. Inference of H3K27 methylation in the ancestral eukaryote appears uncertain, though it was certainly in place a little later in eukaryotic evolution. Current data suggest that unlike SET methylases, which are universally present in eukaryotes, demethylases are not. They appear to be absent in the earliest-branching eukaryotic lineages, and emerged later along with several other chromatin proteins, such as the Dot1-methylase, prior to divergence of the kinetoplastid-heterolobosean lineage from the remaining eukaryotes. This period also corresponds to the point of origin of DNA cytosine methylation by DNMT1. Origin of major lineages of SET domains such as the Trithorax, Su(var)3-9, Ash1, SMYD, and TTLL12 and E(Z) might have played the initial role in the establishment of multiple distinct heterochromatic and euchromatic states that are likely to have been present, in some form, through much of eukaryotic evolution. Elaboration of these chromatin states might have gone hand-in-hand with acquisition of multiple jumonji-related and LSD1-like demethylases, and functional linkages with the DNA methylation and RNAi systems. Throughout eukaryotic evolution, there were several lineage-specific expansions of SET domain proteins, which might be related to a special transcription regulation process in trypanosomes, acquisition of new meiotic recombination hotspots in animals, and methylation and associated modifications of the diatom silaffin proteins involved in silica biomineralization. The use of specific domains to "read" the methylation marks appears to have been present in the ancestral eukaryote itself. Of these the chromo-like domains appear to have been acquired from bacterial secreted proteins that might have a role in binding cell-surface peptides or peptidoglycan. Domain architectures of the primary enzymes involved in the eukaryotic protein methylation system indicate key features relating to interactions with each other and other modifications in chromatin, such as acetylation. They also emphasize the profound functional distinction between the role of demethylation and deacetylation in regulation of chromatin dynamics.
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- L Aravind
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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In this issue of Molecular Microbiology, Schaub and Hayes report that, compared with other enterobacteria, Escherichia coli K12 carries two mutations - one in the prfB gene encoding the release factor RF2, and the other in the rpsG gene encoding r-protein S7 - that together concur in compromising translation termination at the essential rpsG gene. As a consequence, the growth of E. coli K12 is very sensitive to a further mutation (rluD(-) ) that depresses RF2 activity, whereas the growth of its close relative, E. coli B, is not. We tentatively discuss how the K12-specific mutations in RF2 and S7 might have occurred and why inefficient translation termination at rpsG inhibits growth. The work of Schaub and Hayes illustrates the fact that, due probably to its long history in the laboratory, E. coli K12 has accumulated mutations that sometimes limit its value as a model for studying basic steps in prokaryotic gene expression.
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- Marc Dreyfus
- CNRS UPR9073 associated with University Paris VII, Institut de Biologie Physico-chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie 75005 Paris, France.
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Roberts RJ, Chang YC, Hu Z, Rachlin JN, Anton BP, Pokrzywa RM, Choi HP, Faller LL, Guleria J, Housman G, Klitgord N, Mazumdar V, McGettrick MG, Osmani L, Swaminathan R, Tao KR, Letovsky S, Vitkup D, Segrè D, Salzberg SL, Delisi C, Steffen M, Kasif S. COMBREX: a project to accelerate the functional annotation of prokaryotic genomes. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:D11-4. [PMID: 21097892 PMCID: PMC3013729 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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COMBREX (http://combrex.bu.edu) is a project to increase the speed of the functional annotation of new bacterial and archaeal genomes. It consists of a database of functional predictions produced by computational biologists and a mechanism for experimental biochemists to bid for the validation of those predictions. Small grants are available to support successful bids.
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Liu P, Nie S, Li B, Yang ZQ, Xu ZM, Fei J, Lin C, Zeng R, Xu GL. Deficiency in a glutamine-specific methyltransferase for release factor causes mouse embryonic lethality. Mol Cell Biol 2010; 30:4245-53. [PMID: 20606008 PMCID: PMC2937546 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00218-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2010] [Revised: 03/30/2010] [Accepted: 06/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biological methylation is a fundamental enzymatic reaction for a variety of substrates in multiple cellular processes. Mammalian N6amt1 was thought to be a homologue of bacterial N(6)-adenine DNA methyltransferases, but its substrate specificity and physiological importance remain elusive. Here, we demonstrate that N6amt1 functions as a protein methyltransferase for the translation termination factor eRF1 in mammalian cells both in vitro and in vivo. Mass spectrometry analysis indicated that about 70% of the endogenous eRF1 is methylated at the glutamine residue of the conserved GGQ motif. To address the physiological significance of eRF1 methylation, we disrupted the N6amt1 gene in the mouse. Loss of N6amt1 led to early embryonic lethality. The postimplantation development of mutant embryos was impaired, resulting in degeneration around embryonic day 6.5. This is in contrast to what occurs in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which can survive without the N6amt1 homologues. Thus, N6amt1 is the first glutamine-specific protein methyltransferase characterized in vivo in mammals and methylation of eRF1 by N6amt1 might be essential for the viability of early embryos.
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- Peng Liu
- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- The State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes of Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yueyang Road, Shanghai 200031, China, School of Life Science and Technology, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China, Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Henri J, Rispal D, Bayart E, van Tilbeurgh H, Séraphin B, Graille M. Structural and functional insights into Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tpa1, a putative prolylhydroxylase influencing translation termination and transcription. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:30767-78. [PMID: 20630870 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.106864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Efficiency of translation termination relies on the specific recognition of the three stop codons by the eukaryotic translation termination factor eRF1. To date only a few proteins are known to be involved in translation termination in eukaryotes. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Tpa1, a largely conserved but uncharacterized protein, has been described to associate with a messenger ribonucleoprotein complex located at the 3' end of mRNAs that contains at least eRF1, eRF3, and Pab1. Deletion of the TPA1 gene results in a decrease of translation termination efficacy and an increase in mRNAs half-lives and longer mRNA poly(A) tails. In parallel, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Ofd1, a Tpa1 ortholog, and its partner Nro1 have been implicated in the regulation of the stability of a transcription factor that regulates genes essential for the cell response to hypoxia. To gain insight into Tpa1/Ofd1 function, we have solved the crystal structure of S. cerevisiae Tpa1 protein. This protein is composed of two equivalent domains with the double-stranded β-helix fold. The N-terminal domain displays a highly conserved active site with strong similarities with prolyl-4-hydroxylases. Further functional studies show that the integrity of Tpa1 active site as well as the presence of Yor051c/Ett1 (the S. cerevisiae Nro1 ortholog) are essential for correct translation termination. In parallel, we show that Tpa1 represses the expression of genes regulated by Hap1, a transcription factor involved in the response to levels of heme and oxygen. Altogether, our results support that Tpa1 is a putative enzyme acting as an oxygen sensor and influencing several distinct regulatory pathways.
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- Julien Henri
- Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR8619 Bat 430 Université Paris Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Selengut JD, Rusch DB, Haft DH. Sites Inferred by Metabolic Background Assertion Labeling (SIMBAL): adapting the Partial Phylogenetic Profiling algorithm to scan sequences for signatures that predict protein function. BMC Bioinformatics 2010; 11:52. [PMID: 20102603 PMCID: PMC3098086 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-11-52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Comparative genomics methods such as phylogenetic profiling can mine powerful inferences from inherently noisy biological data sets. We introduce Sites Inferred by Metabolic Background Assertion Labeling (SIMBAL), a method that applies the Partial Phylogenetic Profiling (PPP) approach locally within a protein sequence to discover short sequence signatures associated with functional sites. The approach is based on the basic scoring mechanism employed by PPP, namely the use of binomial distribution statistics to optimize sequence similarity cutoffs during searches of partitioned training sets. RESULTS Here we illustrate and validate the ability of the SIMBAL method to find functionally relevant short sequence signatures by application to two well-characterized protein families. In the first example, we partitioned a family of ABC permeases using a metabolic background property (urea utilization). Thus, the TRUE set for this family comprised members whose genome of origin encoded a urea utilization system. By moving a sliding window across the sequence of a permease, and searching each subsequence in turn against the full set of partitioned proteins, the method found which local sequence signatures best correlated with the urea utilization trait. Mapping of SIMBAL "hot spots" onto crystal structures of homologous permeases reveals that the significant sites are gating determinants on the cytosolic face rather than, say, docking sites for the substrate-binding protein on the extracellular face. In the second example, we partitioned a protein methyltransferase family using gene proximity as a criterion. In this case, the TRUE set comprised those methyltransferases encoded near the gene for the substrate RF-1. SIMBAL identifies sequence regions that map onto the substrate-binding interface while ignoring regions involved in the methyltransferase reaction mechanism in general. Neither method for training set construction requires any prior experimental characterization. CONCLUSIONS SIMBAL shows that, in functionally divergent protein families, selected short sequences often significantly outperform their full-length parent sequence for making functional predictions by sequence similarity, suggesting avenues for improved functional classifiers. When combined with structural data, SIMBAL affords the ability to localize and model functional sites.
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- Jeremy D Selengut
- J, Craig Venter Institute, 9704 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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Fei J, Wang J, Sternberg SH, MacDougall DD, Elvekrog MM, Pulukkunat DK, Englander MT, Gonzalez RL. A highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system for single-molecule studies of protein synthesis. Methods Enzymol 2010; 472:221-59. [PMID: 20580967 PMCID: PMC4748369 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(10)72008-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (smFRET) has emerged as a powerful tool for mechanistic investigations of increasingly complex biochemical systems. Recently, we and others have successfully used smFRET to directly investigate the role of structural dynamics in the function and regulation of the cellular protein synthesis machinery. A significant challenge to these experiments, and to analogous experiments in similarly complex cellular machineries, is the need for specific and efficient fluorescent labeling of the biochemical system at locations that are both mechanistically informative and minimally perturbative to the biological activity. Here, we describe the development of a highly purified, fluorescently labeled in vitro translation system that we have successfully designed for smFRET studies of protein synthesis. The general approaches we outline should be amenable to single-molecule fluorescence studies of other complex biochemical systems.
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- Jingyi Fei
- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-0162 FAX: (212) 932-1289 J.F. J.W. D.D.M M.M.E. D.K.P. M.T.E.
- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biomedical Sciences
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027 Tel.: (212) 854-1096 FAX: (212) 932-1289
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Trobro S, Åqvist J. Mechanism of the Translation Termination Reaction on the Ribosome. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11296-303. [DOI: 10.1021/bi9017297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Stefan Trobro
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Box 596, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Biomedical Center, Box 596, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Sternberg SH, Fei J, Prywes N, McGrath KA, Gonzalez RL. Translation factors direct intrinsic ribosome dynamics during translation termination and ribosome recycling. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2009; 16:861-8. [PMID: 19597483 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2009] [Accepted: 05/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Characterizing the structural dynamics of the translating ribosome remains a major goal in the study of protein synthesis. Deacylation of peptidyl-tRNA during translation elongation triggers fluctuations of the pretranslocation ribosomal complex between two global conformational states. Elongation factor G-mediated control of the resulting dynamic conformational equilibrium helps to coordinate ribosome and tRNA movements during elongation and is thus a crucial mechanistic feature of translation. Beyond elongation, deacylation of peptidyl-tRNA also occurs during translation termination, and this deacylated tRNA persists during ribosome recycling. Here we report that specific regulation of the analogous conformational equilibrium by translation release and ribosome recycling factors has a critical role in the termination and recycling mechanisms. Our results support the view that specific regulation of the global state of the ribosome is a fundamental characteristic of all translation factors and a unifying theme throughout protein synthesis.
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Nie DS, Liu YB, Lu GX. Cloning and primarily function study of two novel putative N5-glutamine methyltransferase (Hemk) splice variants from mouse stem cells. Mol Biol Rep 2008; 36:2221-8. [PMID: 19116772 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9437-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Methylation is one of epigenetic mechanisms regulating gene expression. The methylation pattern is determined during embryogenesis and passed over to differentiating cells and tissues. Beginning with the ESTs which were highly expressed in undifferentiated human ES cells and using homology research in mouse dbEST database, we cloned two novel putative (N (5))-glutamine methyltransferase (Hemk) splice variants termed mHemk1 and mHemk2 (Genbank accession number AY456393 and AY583759). Sequence analysis revealed that mHemk1 and mHemk2 cDNAs are 1,792 bp and 1,696 bp in length respectively. The deduced proteins have 214 amino acid residues (mHemk1) and 138 residues (mHemk2) in length and both share significant homology with (N (5))-glutamine methyltransferase (Hemk proteins) in database. Northern blot and RT-PCR analysis showed that mHemk mRNAs were abundantly expressed in undifferentiated ES cells, testis and brain, weakly expressed in differentiated ES cells and kidney, and not expressed in muscle, heart, placenta, pancreas, lung and stomach. Immunohistochemical analysis further revealed that the protein was most abundant in undifferentiated ES cells. The green fluorescent protein produced by pEGFP-C3/mHemk1 was detected mainly in the nucleus of COS7 cell lines after 24 h post-transfection. RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knock-down method was established. Cell cycle analysis suggests that the cell proliferation decreases after RNAi with mHemk1. In vitro bioactivity assay showed that no evidence for a DNA adenine-methyltransferase activity was detected. The accumulating functional information from Hemk homology proteins in bacteria and yeast suggests that it may be an uncharacterized new mammalian N(5)-glutamine methyltransferase.
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- Dong-Song Nie
- Institute of Human Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, 88 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410078 Hunan, People's Republic of China
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Youngman EM, McDonald ME, Green R. Peptide release on the ribosome: mechanism and implications for translational control. Annu Rev Microbiol 2008; 62:353-73. [PMID: 18544041 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.61.080706.093323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Peptide release, the reaction that hydrolyzes a completed protein from the peptidyl-tRNA upon completion of translation, is catalyzed in the active site of the large subunit of the ribosome and requires a class I release factor protein. The ribosome and release factor protein cooperate to accomplish two tasks: recognition of the stop codon and catalysis of peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis. Although many fundamental questions remain, substantial progress has been made in the past several years. This review summarizes those advances and presents current models for the mechanisms of stop codon specificity and catalysis of peptide release. Finally, we discuss how these views fit into a larger emerging theme in the translation field: the importance of induced fit and conformational changes for progression through the translation cycle.
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- Elaine M Youngman
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Liljas A. Biochemistry. Getting close to termination. Science 2008; 322:863-5. [PMID: 18988828 DOI: 10.1126/science.1166913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Anders Liljas
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Sweden.
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A comparative proteomic analysis of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 at exponential and stationary phases of cultures in the presence of high and low levels of inorganic nitrogen compound. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1578-89. [PMID: 18662807 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2008] [Revised: 06/07/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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A proteomic view of G. diazotrophicus PAL5 at the exponential (E) and stationary phases (S) of cultures in the presence of low (L) and high levels (H) of combined nitrogen is presented. The proteomes analyzed on 2D-gels showed 131 proteins (42E+32S+29H+28L) differentially expressed by G. diazotrophicus, from which 46 were identified by combining mass spectrometry and bioinformatics tools. Proteins related to cofactor, energy and DNA metabolisms and cytoplasmic pH homeostasis were differentially expressed in E growth phase, under L and H conditions, in line with the high metabolic rate of the cells and the low pH of the media. Proteins most abundant in S-phase cells were stress associated and transporters plus transferases in agreement with the general phenomenon that binding protein-dependent systems are induced under nutrient limitation as part of hunger response. Cells grown in L condition produced nitrogen-fixation accessory proteins with roles in biosynthesis and stabilization of the nitrogenase complex plus proteins for protection of the nitrogenases from O(2)-induced inactivation. Proteins of the cell wall biogenesis apparatus were also expressed under nitrogen limitation and might function in the reshaping of the nitrogen-fixing G. diazotrophicus cells previously described. Genes whose protein products were detected in our analysis were mapped onto the chromosome and, based on the tendency of functionally related bacterial genes to cluster, we identified genes of particular pathways that could be organized in operons and are co-regulated. These results showed the great potential of proteomics to describe events in G. diazotrophicus cells by looking at proteins expressed under distinct growth conditions.
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Ishizawa T, Nozaki Y, Ueda T, Takeuchi N. The human mitochondrial translation release factor HMRF1L is methylated in the GGQ motif by the methyltransferase HMPrmC. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 373:99-103. [PMID: 18541145 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.05.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2008] [Accepted: 05/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We have recently identified the human mitochondrial release factor, HMRF1L, which is responsible for decoding of UAA/UAG termination codons. Here, we identified human mitochondrial methyltransferase, HMPrmC, which methylates the glutamine residue in the GGQ tripeptide motif of HMRF1L. We demonstrate that HMPrmC is targeted to mitochondria and the glutamine residue in the GGQ motif of HMRF1L is methylated in vivo. HMPrmC depletion in HeLa cells leads to decreased mitochondrial translation activity in the presence of the translation fidelity antibiotic streptomycin in galactose containing medium. These results suggest that the methylation of HMRF1L by HMPrmC in human mitochondria is involved in the control of the translation termination process, probably by preventing the undesired suppression of termination codons and/or abortive termination events at sense codons under such conditions, as observed in prokaryotes and eukaryotes systems.
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- Toshihiro Ishizawa
- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Building FSB-401, 5-1-5, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture 277-8562, Japan
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Figaro S, Scrima N, Buckingham RH, Heurgué-Hamard V. HemK2 protein, encoded on human chromosome 21, methylates translation termination factor eRF1. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:2352-6. [PMID: 18539146 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.05.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Accepted: 05/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ubiquitous tripeptide Gly-Gly-Gln in class 1 polypeptide release factors triggers polypeptide release on ribosomes. The Gln residue in both bacterial and yeast release factors is N5-methylated, despite their distinct evolutionary origin. Methylation of eRF1 in yeast is performed by the heterodimeric methyltransferase (MTase) Mtq2p/Trm112p, and requires eRF3 and GTP. Homologues of yeast Mtq2p and Trm112p are found in man, annotated as an N6-DNA-methyltransferase and of unknown function. Here we show that the human proteins methylate human and yeast eRF1.eRF3.GTP in vitro, and that the MTase catalytic subunit can complement the growth defect of yeast strains deleted for mtq2.
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- Sabine Figaro
- IBPC, CNRS, UPR 9073, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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CpcM posttranslationally methylates asparagine-71/72 of phycobiliprotein beta subunits in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 and Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:4808-17. [PMID: 18469097 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00436-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyanobacteria produce phycobilisomes, which are macromolecular light-harvesting complexes mostly assembled from phycobiliproteins. Phycobiliprotein beta subunits contain a highly conserved gamma-N-methylasparagine residue, which results from the posttranslational modification of Asn71/72. Through comparative genomic analyses, we identified a gene, denoted cpcM, that (i) encodes a protein with sequence similarity to other S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases, (ii) is found in all sequenced cyanobacterial genomes, and (iii) often occurs near genes encoding phycobiliproteins in cyanobacterial genomes. The cpcM genes of Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 and Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 were insertionally inactivated. Mass spectrometric analyses of phycobiliproteins isolated from the mutants confirmed that the CpcB, ApcB, and ApcF were 14 Da lighter than their wild-type counterparts. Trypsin digestion and mass analyses of phycobiliproteins isolated from the mutants showed that tryptic peptides from phycocyanin that included Asn72 were also 14 Da lighter than the equivalent peptides from wild-type strains. Thus, CpcM is the methyltransferase that modifies the amide nitrogen of Asn71/72 of CpcB, ApcB, and ApcF. When cells were grown at low light intensity, the cpcM mutants were phenotypically similar to the wild-type strains. However, the mutants were sensitive to high-light stress, and the cpcM mutant of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 was unable to grow at moderately high light intensities. Fluorescence emission measurements showed that the ability to perform state transitions was impaired in the cpcM mutants and suggested that energy transfer from phycobiliproteins to the photosystems was also less efficient. The possible functions of asparagine N methylation of phycobiliproteins are discussed.
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Fernebro J, Blomberg C, Morfeldt E, Wolf-Watz H, Normark S, Normark BH. The influence of in vitro fitness defects on pneumococcal ability to colonize and to cause invasive disease. BMC Microbiol 2008; 8:65. [PMID: 18423011 PMCID: PMC2375889 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Background Streptococcus pneumoniae is a genetically diverse major human pathogen, yet a common colonizer of the nasopharynx. Here we analyzed the influence of defects affecting in vitro growth rate, on the ability of S. pneumoniae to colonize and to cause invasive disease in vivo. Results Of eleven different clinical isolates one serotype 14 carrier isolate showed a significantly longer generation time as compared to other isolates, and was severely attenuated in mice. To directly investigate the impact of growth rate on virulence, a panel of mutants in five non-essential housekeeping genes was constructed in the virulent TIGR4 background by insertion-deletion mutagenesis. Three of these mutants (ychF, hemK and yebC) were, to different degrees, growth defective, and showed a reduced invasiveness in an intranasal murine challenge model that correlated to their in vitro growth rate, but remained capable of colonizing the upper airways. The growth defect, as well as virulence defect of the hemK insertion-deletion mutant, was mediated by polarity effects on the downstream yrdC gene, encoding a probable chaperone in ribosome assembly. Conclusion We conclude that large fitness defects are needed to completely prevent pneumococci from causing invasive disease after intranasal challenge. However, even severe growth defects still allow pneumococci to persistently colonize the upper airways.
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- Jenny Fernebro
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, 171 82 Solna, Sweden.
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Wu R, Cao Z. QM/MM study of catalytic methyl transfer by the N5-glutamine SAM-dependent methyltransferase and its inhibition by the nitrogen analogue of coenzyme. J Comput Chem 2008; 29:350-7. [PMID: 17591721 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.20793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The combined density functional quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical (QM/MM) approach has been used to investigate methyl-transfer reactions catalyzed by the N(5)-glutamine S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferase (HemK) and the coenzyme-modified HemK with the replacement of SAM by a nitrogen analogue. Calculations reveal that the catalytic methyl transfer by HemK is an energy-favored process with an activation barrier of 15.7 kcal/mol and an exothermicity of 12.0 kcal/mol, while the coenzyme-modified HemK is unable to catalyze the methyl transfer because of a substantial barrier of 20.6 kcal/mol and instability of the product intermediate. The results lend support to the experimental proposal that the nitrogen analogue of the SAM coenzyme should be a practicable inhibitor for the catalytic methyl transfer by HemK. Comparative QM/MM calculations show that the protein environment, especially the residues Asn197 and Pro198 in the active site, plays a pivotal role in stabilizing the transition state and regulating the positioning of reactive groups.
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- Ruibo Wu
- Department of Chemistry and State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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RNAi-mediated knock-down of gene mN6A1 reduces cell proliferation and decreases protein translation. Mol Biol Rep 2008; 36:767-74. [PMID: 18389380 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-008-9243-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Methyltransferases play essential roles in modulating important cellular and metabolic processes. A mouse putative N6-DNA methyltransferase gene (GenBank No AY456393) is a novel gene named mN6amt1(mN6A1). To investigate its function in cell fate and protein translation, RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knock-down method was established. Cell cycle analysis suggests that the cell proliferation decreases after RNAi with mN6A1. The expression plasmid of luciferase was used to detect protein translation, and the results showed that luciferase expression decreased after RNAi with mN6A1, whereas increased after over-expression of mN6A1 or/and eRF1. The binding between mN6A1 and eRF1 was identified by co-immunoprecipitation and pull-down experiments. It might be suggested that mN6A1 participates in protein translation through interaction with eRF1.
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Chaudhury S, Sircar A, Sivasubramanian A, Berrondo M, Gray JJ. Incorporating biochemical information and backbone flexibility in RosettaDock for CAPRI rounds 6-12. Proteins 2008; 69:793-800. [PMID: 17894347 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In CAPRI rounds 6-12, RosettaDock successfully predicted 2 of 5 unbound-unbound targets to medium accuracy. Improvement over the previous method was achieved with computational mutagenesis to select decoys that match the energetics of experimentally determined hot spots. In the case of Target 21, Orc1/Sir1, this resulted in a successful docking prediction where RosettaDock alone or with simple site constraints failed. Experimental information also helped limit the interacting region of TolB/Pal, producing a successful prediction of Target 26. In addition, we docked multiple loop conformations for Target 20, and we developed a novel flexible docking algorithm to simultaneously optimize backbone conformation and rigid-body orientation to generate a wide diversity of conformations for Target 24. Continued challenges included docking of homology targets that differ substantially from their template (sequence identity <50%) and accounting for large conformational changes upon binding. Despite a larger number of unbound-unbound and homology model binding targets, Rounds 6-12 reinforced that RosettaDock is a powerful algorithm for predicting bound complex structures, especially when combined with experimental data.
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- Sidhartha Chaudhury
- Program in Molecular and Computational Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Wiehe K, Pierce B, Tong WW, Hwang H, Mintseris J, Weng Z. The performance of ZDOCK and ZRANK in rounds 6-11 of CAPRI. Proteins 2008; 69:719-25. [PMID: 17803212 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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We present an evaluation of our protein-protein docking approach using the ZDOCK and ZRANK algorithms, in combination with structural clustering and filtering, utilizing biological data in Rounds 6-11 of the CAPRI docking experiment. We achieved at least one prediction of acceptable accuracy for five of six targets submitted. In addition, two targets resulted in medium-accuracy predictions. In the new scoring portion of the CAPRI exercise, we were able to attain at least one acceptable prediction for the three targets submitted and achieved three medium-accuracy predictions for Target 26. Scoring was performed using ZRANK, a new algorithm for reranking initial-stage docking predictions using a weighted energy function and no structural refinement. Here we outline a practical and successful docking strategy, given limited prior biological knowledge of the complex to be predicted.
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- Kevin Wiehe
- Bioinformatics Program, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Bujnicki JM, Droogmans L, Grosjean H, Purushothaman SK, Lapeyre B. Bioinformatics-Guided Identification and Experimental Characterization of Novel RNA Methyltransferas. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74268-5_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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Garbom S, Olofsson M, Björnfot AC, Srivastava MK, Robinson VL, Oyston PCF, Titball RW, Wolf-Watz H. Phenotypic characterization of a virulence-associated protein, VagH, of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis reveals a tight link between VagH and the type III secretion system. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:1464-1473. [PMID: 17464060 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/000323-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Recently, a number of attenuated mutants of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis have been identified using a bioinformatics approach. One of the target genes identified in that study was vagH, which the authors now characterized further. VagH shows homology to HemK of Escherichia coli, possessing methyltransferase activity similar to that of HemK, and targeting release factors 1 and 2. Microarray studies comparing the wild-type and the vagH mutant revealed that the mRNA levels of only a few genes were altered in the mutant. By proteome analysis, expression of the virulence determinant YopD was found to be increased, indicating a possible connection between VagH and the virulence plasmid-encoded type III secretion system (T3SS). Further analysis showed that Yop expression and secretion were repressed in a vagH mutant. This phenotype could be suppressed by trans-complementation with the wild-type vagH gene or by deletion of the negative regulator yopD. Also, in a similar manner to a T3SS-negative mutant, the avirulent vagH mutant was rapidly cleared from Peyer's patches and could not reach the spleen after oral infection of mice. In a manner analogous to that of T3SS mutants, the vagH mutant could not block phagocytosis by macrophages. However, a vagH mutant showed no defects in the T3SS-independent ability to proliferate intracellularly and replicated to levels similar to those of the wild-type in macrophages. In conclusion, the vagH mutant exhibits a virulence phenotype similar to that of a T3SS-negative mutant, indicating a tight link between VagH and type III secretion in Y. pseudotuberculosis.
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- Sara Garbom
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, Umeå Plant Science Centre, S-90183 Umeå, Sweden
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- Biomedical Sciences, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK
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- Biomedical Sciences, Dstl Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 0JQ, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-90187 Umeå, Sweden
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Mora L, Heurgué-Hamard V, de Zamaroczy M, Kervestin S, Buckingham RH. Methylation of bacterial release factors RF1 and RF2 is required for normal translation termination in vivo. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:35638-45. [PMID: 17932046 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m706076200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial release factors RF1 and RF2 are methylated on the Gln residue of a universally conserved tripeptide motif GGQ, which interacts with the peptidyl transferase center of the large ribosomal subunit, triggering hydrolysis of the ester bond in peptidyl-tRNA and releasing the newly synthesized polypeptide from the ribosome. In vitro experiments have shown that the activity of RF2 is stimulated by Gln methylation. The viability of Escherichia coli K12 strains depends on the integrity of the release factor methyltransferase PrmC, because K12 strains are partially deficient in RF2 activity due to the presence of a Thr residue at position 246 instead of Ala. Here, we study in vivo RF1 and RF2 activity at termination codons in competition with programmed frameshifting and the effect of the Ala-246 --> Thr mutation. PrmC inactivation reduces the specific termination activity of RF1 and RF2(Ala-246) by approximately 3- to 4-fold. The mutation Ala-246 --> Thr in RF2 reduces the termination activity in cells approximately 5-fold. After correction for the decrease in level of RF2 due to the autocontrol of RF2 synthesis, the mutation Ala-246 --> Thr reduced RF2 termination activity by approximately 10-fold at UGA codons and UAA codons. PrmC inactivation had no effect on cell growth in rich media but reduced growth considerably on poor carbon sources. This suggests that the expression of some genes needed for optimal growth under such conditions can become growth limiting as a result of inefficient translation termination.
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- Liliana Mora
- CNRS, UPR 9073, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris 75005, France
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The multiple facets of homology and their use in comparative genomics to study the evolution of genes, genomes, and species. Biochimie 2007; 90:595-608. [PMID: 17961904 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The incredible development of comparative genomics during the last decade has required a correct use of the concept of homology that was previously utilized only by evolutionary biologists. Unhappily, this concept has been often misunderstood and thus misused when exploited outside its evolutionary context. This review brings back to the correct definition of homology and explains how this definition has been progressively refined in order to adapt it to the various new kinds of analysis of gene properties and of their products that appear with the progress of comparative genomics. Then, we illustrate the power and the proficiency of such a concept when using the available genomics data in order to study the evolution of individual genes, of entire genomes and of species, respectively. After explaining how we detect homologues by an exhaustive comparison of a hundred of complete proteomes, we describe three main lines of research we have developed in the recent years. The first one exploits synteny and gene context data to better understand the mechanisms of genome evolution in prokaryotes. The second one is based on phylogenomics approaches to reconstruct the tree of life. The last one is devoted to reminding that protein homology is often limited to structural segments (SOH=segment of homology or module). Detecting and numbering modules allows tracing back protein history by identifying the events of gene duplication and gene fusion. We insist that one of the main present difficulties in such studies is a lack of a reliable method to identify genuine orthologues. Finally, we show how these homology studies are helpful to annotate genes and genomes and to study the complexity of the relationships between sequence and function of a gene.
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Gupta N, Tanner S, Jaitly N, Adkins JN, Lipton M, Edwards R, Romine M, Osterman A, Bafna V, Smith RD, Pevzner PA. Whole proteome analysis of post-translational modifications: applications of mass-spectrometry for proteogenomic annotation. Genes Dev 2007; 17:1362-77. [PMID: 17690205 PMCID: PMC1950905 DOI: 10.1101/gr.6427907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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While bacterial genome annotations have significantly improved in recent years, techniques for bacterial proteome annotation (including post-translational chemical modifications, signal peptides, proteolytic events, etc.) are still in their infancy. At the same time, the number of sequenced bacterial genomes is rising sharply, far outpacing our ability to validate the predicted genes, let alone annotate bacterial proteomes. In this study, we use tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) to annotate the proteome of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1, an important microbe for bioremediation. In particular, we provide the first comprehensive map of post-translational modifications in a bacterial genome, including a large number of chemical modifications, signal peptide cleavages, and cleavages of N-terminal methionine residues. We also detect multiple genes that were missed or assigned incorrect start positions by gene prediction programs, and suggest corrections to improve the gene annotation. This study demonstrates that complementing every genome sequencing project by an MS/MS project would significantly improve both genome and proteome annotations for a reasonable cost.
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- Nitin Gupta
- Bioinformatics Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
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Trobro S, Aqvist J. A Model for How Ribosomal Release Factors Induce Peptidyl-tRNA Cleavage in Termination of Protein Synthesis. Mol Cell 2007; 27:758-66. [PMID: 17803940 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2007.06.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2007] [Revised: 05/15/2007] [Accepted: 06/21/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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A major unresolved question in messenger RNA translation is how ribosomal release factors terminate protein synthesis. Class 1 release factors decode stop codons and trigger hydrolysis of the bond between the nascent polypeptide and tRNA some 75 A away from the decoding site. While the gross features of the release factor-ribosome interaction have been revealed by low-resolution crystal structures, there is no information on the atomic level at either the decoding or peptidyl transfer center. We used extensive computer simulations, constrained by experimental data, to predict how bacterial release factors induce peptide dissociation from the ribosome. A distinct structural solution is presented for how the methylated Gln residue of the universally conserved GGQ release factor motif inserts into the ribosomal A site and promotes rapid reaction with the peptidyl-tRNA substrate. This model explains key mutation experiments and shows that the ribosomal peptidyl transfer center catalyzes its two chemical reactions by a common mechanism.
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- Stefan Trobro
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Box 596, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden
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Wang C, Schueler-Furman O, Andre I, London N, Fleishman SJ, Bradley P, Qian B, Baker D. RosettaDock in CAPRI rounds 6-12. Proteins 2007; 69:758-63. [PMID: 17671979 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A challenge in protein-protein docking is to account for the conformational changes in the monomers that occur upon binding. The RosettaDock method, which incorporates sidechain flexibility but keeps the backbone fixed, was found in previous CAPRI rounds (4 and 5) to generate docking models with atomic accuracy, provided that conformational changes were mainly restricted to protein sidechains. In the recent rounds of CAPRI (6-12), large backbone conformational changes occur upon binding for several target complexes. To address these challenges, we explicitly introduced backbone flexibility in our modeling procedures by combining rigid-body docking with protein structure prediction techniques such as modeling variable loops and building homology models. Encouragingly, using this approach we were able to correctly predict a significant backbone conformational change of an interface loop for Target 20 (12 A rmsd between those in the unbound monomer and complex structures), but accounting for backbone flexibility in protein-protein docking is still very challenging because of the significantly larger conformational space, which must be surveyed. Motivated by these CAPRI challenges, we have made progress in reformulating RosettaDock using a "fold-tree" representation, which provides a general framework for treating a wide variety of flexible-backbone docking problems.
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- Chu Wang
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Methylation is one of the most common protein modifications. Many different prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins are methylated, including proteins involved in translation, including ribosomal proteins (RPs) and translation factors (TFs). Positions of the methylated residues in six Escherichia coli RPs and two Saccharomyces cerevisiae RPs have been determined. At least two RPs, L3 and L12, are methylated in both organisms. Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic elongation TFs (EF1A) are methylated at lysine residues, while both release factors are methylated at glutamine residues. The enzymes catalysing methylation reactions, protein methyltransferases (MTases), generally use S-adenosylmethionine as the methyl donor to add one to three methyl groups that, in case of arginine, can be asymetrically positioned. The biological significance of RP and TF methylation is poorly understood, and deletions of the MTase genes usually do not cause major phenotypes. Apparently methylation modulates intra- or intermolecular interactions of the target proteins or affects their affinity for RNA, and, thus, influences various cell processes, including transcriptional regulation, RNA processing, ribosome assembly, translation accuracy, protein nuclear trafficking and metabolism, and cellular signalling. Differential methylation of specific RPs and TFs in a number of organisms at different physiological states indicates that this modification may play a regulatory role.
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- Bogdan Polevoda
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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This review is concerned specifically with the structures and biosynthesis of hemes in E. coli and serovar Typhimurium. However, inasmuch as all tetrapyrroles share a common biosynthetic pathway, much of the material covered here is applicable to tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in other organisms. Conversely, much of the available information about tetrapyrrole biosynthesis has been gained from studies of other organisms, such as plants, algae, cyanobacteria, and anoxygenic phototrophs, which synthesize large quantities of these compounds. This information is applicable to E. coli and serovar Typhimurium. Hemes play important roles as enzyme prosthetic groups in mineral nutrition, redox metabolism, and gas-and redox-modulated signal transduction. The biosynthetic steps from the earliest universal precursor, 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA), to protoporphyrin IX-based hemes constitute the major, common portion of the pathway, and other steps leading to specific groups of products can be considered branches off the main axis. Porphobilinogen (PBG) synthase (PBGS; also known as ALA dehydratase) catalyzes the asymmetric condensation of two ALA molecules to form PBG, with the release of two molecules of H2O. Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase (PPX) catalyzes the removal of six electrons from the tetrapyrrole macrocycle to form protoporphyrin IX in the last biosynthetic step that is common to hemes and chlorophylls. Several lines of evidence converge to support a regulatory model in which the cellular level of available or free protoheme controls the rate of heme synthesis at the level of the first step unique to heme synthesis, the formation of GSA by the action of GTR.
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Demirci H, Gregory ST, Dahlberg AE, Jogl G. Recognition of ribosomal protein L11 by the protein trimethyltransferase PrmA. EMBO J 2007; 26:567-77. [PMID: 17215866 PMCID: PMC1783454 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2006] [Accepted: 11/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bacterial ribosomal protein L11 is post-translationally trimethylated at multiple residues by a single methyltransferase, PrmA. Here, we describe four structures of PrmA from the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus. Two apo-PrmA structures at 1.59 and 2.3 A resolution and a third with bound cofactor S-adenosyl-L-methionine at 1.75 A each exhibit distinct relative positions of the substrate recognition and catalytic domains, revealing how PrmA can position the L11 substrate for multiple, consecutive side-chain methylation reactions. The fourth structure, the PrmA-L11 enzyme-substrate complex at 2.4 A resolution, illustrates the highly specific interaction of the N-terminal domain with its substrate and places Lys39 in the PrmA active site. The presence of a unique flexible loop in the cofactor-binding site suggests how exchange of AdoMet with the reaction product S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine can occur without necessitating the dissociation of PrmA from L11. Finally, the mode of interaction of PrmA with L11 explains its observed preference for L11 as substrate before its assembly into the 50S ribosomal subunit.
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- Hasan Demirci
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Box G-E129, Providence, RI 2912, USA. Tel.: +1 401 863 6123; Fax: +1 401 863 6114; E-mail:
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Sivashankari S, Shanmughavel P. Functional annotation of hypothetical proteins - A review. Bioinformation 2006; 1:335-8. [PMID: 17597916 PMCID: PMC1891709 DOI: 10.6026/97320630001335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 10/28/2006] [Accepted: 11/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The complete human genome sequences in the public database provide ways to understand the blue print of life. As of June 29, 2006, 27 archaeal, 326 bacterial and 21 eukaryotes is complete genomes are available and the sequencing for 316 bacterial, 24 archaeal, 126 eukaryotic genomes are in progress. The traditional biochemical/molecular experiments can assign accurate functions for genes in these genomes. However, the process is time-consuming and costly. Despite several efforts, only 50-60 % of genes have been annotated in most completely sequenced genomes. Automated genome sequence analysis and annotation may provide ways to understand genomes. Thus, determination of protein function is one of the challenging problems of the post-genome era. This demands bioinformatics to predict functions of un-annotated protein sequences by developing efficient tools. Here, we discuss some of the recent and popular approaches developed in Bioinformatics to predict functions for hypothetical proteins.
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- Selvarajan Sivashankari
- Department of Bioinformatics, Kongunadu arts and science college, Coimbatore - 641029, India
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Sugawara H, Abe T, Gojobori T, Tateno Y. DDBJ working on evaluation and classification of bacterial genes in INSDC. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 35:D13-5. [PMID: 17108353 PMCID: PMC1669713 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) (http://www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp) newly collected and released 12,927,184 entries or 13,787,688,598 bases in the period from July 2005 to June 2006. The released data contain honeybee expressed sequence tags (ESTs), re-examined and re-annotated complete genome data of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110, medaka WGS and human MGA. We also systematically evaluated and classified the genes in the complete bacterial genomes submitted to the International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC, http://insdc.org) that is composed of DDBJ, EMBL Bank and GenBank. The examination and classification selected 557,000 genes as reliable ones among all the bacterial genes predicted by us.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 55 981 6857; Fax: +81 55 981 6858;
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Heurgué-Hamard V, Graille M, Scrima N, Ulryck N, Champ S, van Tilbeurgh H, Buckingham RH. The zinc finger protein Ynr046w is plurifunctional and a component of the eRF1 methyltransferase in yeast. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:36140-8. [PMID: 17008308 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608571200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein release factor eRF1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in complex with eRF3 and GTP, is methylated on a functionally crucial Gln residue by the S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase Ydr140w. Here we show that eRF1 methylation, in addition to these previously characterized components, requires a 15-kDa zinc-binding protein, Ynr046w. Co-expression in Escherichia coli of Ynr046w and Ydr140w allows the latter to be recovered in soluble form rather than as inclusion bodies, and the two proteins co-purify on nickel-nitrilotriacetic acid chromatography when Ydr140w alone carries a His tag. The crystal structure of Ynr046w has been determined to 1.7 A resolution. It comprises a zinc-binding domain built from both the N- and C-terminal sequences and an inserted domain, absent from bacterial and archaeal orthologs of the protein, composed of three alpha-helices. The active methyltransferase is the heterodimer Ydr140w.Ynr046w, but when alone, both in solution and in crystals, Ynr046w appears to be a homodimer. The Ynr046w eRF1 methyltransferase subunit is shared by the tRNA methyltransferase Trm11p and probably by two other enzymes containing a Rossman fold.
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- Valérie Heurgué-Hamard
- UPR 9073 du CNRS, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Construction of a chemical system capable of replication and evolution, fed only by small molecule nutrients, is now conceivable. This could be achieved by stepwise integration of decades of work on the reconstitution of DNA, RNA and protein syntheses from pure components. Such a minimal cell project would initially define the components sufficient for each subsystem, allow detailed kinetic analyses and lead to improved in vitro methods for synthesis of biopolymers, therapeutics and biosensors. Completion would yield a functionally and structurally understood self-replicating biosystem. Safety concerns for synthetic life will be alleviated by extreme dependence on elaborate laboratory reagents and conditions for viability. Our proposed minimal genome is 113 kbp long and contains 151 genes. We detail building blocks already in place and major hurdles to overcome for completion.
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- Anthony C Forster
- Department of Pharmacology and Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Prediction and systematic study of protein-protein interaction networks of Leptospira interrogans. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-1296-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Jeltsch A, Nellen W, Lyko F. Two substrates are better than one: dual specificities for Dnmt2 methyltransferases. Trends Biochem Sci 2006; 31:306-8. [PMID: 16679017 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2006] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Dnmt2 enzymes have been widely conserved during evolution and contain all of the signature motifs of DNA (cytosine-5)-methyltransferases; however, the DNA methyltransferase activity of these proteins is comparatively weak and their biochemical and functional properties remain enigmatic. Recent evidence now shows that Dnmt2 has a novel tRNA methyltransferase activity, raising the possibility that the biological roles of these proteins might be broader than previously thought. This finding has important implications for understanding the evolutionary relationships among these enzymes.
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- Albert Jeltsch
- School of Engineering and Science, International University Bremen, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany
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14 Modification of glutamine residues in proteins involved in translation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(06)80016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Vestergaard B, Sanyal S, Roessle M, Mora L, Buckingham RH, Kastrup JS, Gajhede M, Svergun DI, Ehrenberg M. The SAXS Solution Structure of RF1 Differs from Its Crystal Structure and Is Similar to Its Ribosome Bound Cryo-EM Structure. Mol Cell 2005; 20:929-38. [PMID: 16364917 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 11/28/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bacterial class I release factors (RFs) are seen by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to span the distance between the ribosomal decoding and peptidyl transferase centers during translation termination. The compact conformation of bacterial RF1 and RF2 observed in crystal structures will not span this distance, and large structural rearrangements of RFs have been suggested to play an important role in termination. We have collected small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data from E. coli RF1 and from a functionally active truncated RF1 derivative. Theoretical scattering curves, calculated from crystal and cryo-EM structures, were compared with the experimental data, and extensive analyses of alternative conformations were made. Low-resolution models were constructed ab initio, and by rigid-body refinement using RF1 domains. The SAXS data were compatible with the open cryo-EM conformation of ribosome bound RFs and incompatible with the crystal conformation. These conclusions obviate the need for assuming large conformational changes in RFs during termination.
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- Bente Vestergaard
- Biostructural Research, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Danish University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen
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Polevoda B, Span L, Sherman F. The yeast translation release factors Mrf1p and Sup45p (eRF1) are methylated, respectively, by the methyltransferases Mtq1p and Mtq2p. J Biol Chem 2005; 281:2562-71. [PMID: 16321977 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507651200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The translation release factors (RFs) RF1 and RF2 of Escherichia coli are methylated at the N5-glutamine of the GGQ motif by PrmC methyltransferase. This motif is conserved in organisms from bacteria to higher eukaryotes. The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RFs, mitochondrial Mrf1p and cytoplasmic Sup45p (eRF1), have sequence similarities to the bacterial RFs, including the potential site of glutamine methylation in the GGQ motif. A computational analysis revealed two yeast proteins, Mtq1p and Mtq2p, that have strong sequence similarity to PrmC. Mass spectrometric analysis demonstrated that Mtq1p and Mtq2p methylate Mrf1p and Sup45p, respectively, in vivo. A tryptic peptide of Mrf1p, GGQHVNTTDSAVR, containing the GGQ motif was found to be approximately 50% methylated at the glutamine residue in the normal strain but completely unmodified in the peptide from mtq1-Delta. Moreover, Mtq1p methyltransferase activity was observed in an in vitro assay. In similar experiments, it was determined that Mtq2p methylates Sup45p. The Sup45p methylation by Mtq2p was recently confirmed independently (Heurgue-Hamard, V., Champ, S., Mora, L., Merkulova-Rainon, T., Kisselev, L. L., and Buckingham, R. H. (2005) J. Biol. Chem. 280, 2439-2445). Analysis of the deletion mutants showed that although mtq1-Delta had only moderate growth defects on nonfermentable carbon sources, the mtq2-Delta had multiple phenotypes, including cold sensitivity and sensitivity to translation fidelity antibiotics paromomycin and geneticin, to high salt and calcium concentrations, to polymyxin B, and to caffeine. Also, the mitochondrial mit(-) mutation, cox2-V25, containing a premature stop mutation, was suppressed by mtq1-Delta. Most interestingly, the mtq2-Delta was significantly more resistant to the anti-microtubule drugs thiabendazole and benomyl, suggesting that Mtq2p may also methylate certain microtubule-related proteins.
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- Bogdan Polevoda
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
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Graille M, Heurgué-Hamard V, Champ S, Mora L, Scrima N, Ulryck N, van Tilbeurgh H, Buckingham RH. Molecular Basis for Bacterial Class I Release Factor Methylation by PrmC. Mol Cell 2005; 20:917-27. [PMID: 16364916 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Revised: 10/19/2005] [Accepted: 10/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Class I release factors bind to ribosomes in response to stop codons and trigger peptidyl-tRNA hydrolysis at the P site. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic RFs share one motif: a GGQ tripeptide positioned in a loop at the end of a stem region that interacts with the ribosomal peptidyl transferase center. The glutamine side chain of this motif is specifically methylated in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Methylation in E. coli is due to PrmC and results in strong stimulation of peptide chain release. We have solved the crystal structure of the complex between E. coli RF1 and PrmC bound to the methyl donor product AdoHCy. Both the GGQ domain (domain 3) and the central region (domains 2 and 4) of RF1 interact with PrmC. Structural and mutagenic data indicate a compact conformation of RF1 that is unlike its conformation when it is bound to the ribosome but is similar to the crystal structure of the protein alone.
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- Marc Graille
- Institut de Biochimie et Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS, UMR8619, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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Sun W, Xu X, Pavlova M, Edwards AM, Joachimiak A, Savchenko A, Christendat D. The crystal structure of a novel SAM-dependent methyltransferase PH1915 from Pyrococcus horikoshii. Protein Sci 2005; 14:3121-8. [PMID: 16260766 PMCID: PMC2253237 DOI: 10.1110/ps.051821805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferases represent a diverse and biologically important class of enzymes. These enzymes utilize the ubiquitous methyl donor SAM as a cofactor to methylate proteins, small molecules, lipids, and nucleic acids. Here we present the crystal structure of PH1915 from Pyrococcus horikoshii OT3, a predicted SAM-dependent methyltransferase. This protein belongs to the Cluster of Orthologous Group 1092, and the presented crystal structure is the first representative structure of this protein family. Based on sequence and 3D structure analysis, we have made valuable functional insights that will facilitate further studies for characterizing this group of proteins. Specifically, we propose that PH1915 and its orthologs are rRNA- or tRNA-specific methyltransferases.
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- Warren Sun
- Department of Botany, University of Toronto, 25 Willcocks Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada
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Musumeci L, Bongiorni C, Tautz L, Edwards RA, Osterman A, Perego M, Mustelin T, Bottini N. Low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatases of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:4945-56. [PMID: 15995210 PMCID: PMC1169535 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.14.4945-4956.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In gram-negative organisms, enzymes belonging to the low-molecular-weight protein tyrosine phosphatase (LMPTP) family are involved in the regulation of important physiological functions, including stress resistance and synthesis of the polysaccharide capsule. LMPTPs have been identified also in gram-positive bacteria, but their functions in these organisms are presently unknown. We cloned two putative LMPTPs from Bacillus subtilis, YfkJ and YwlE, which are highly similar to each other in primary structure as well as to LMPTPs from gram-negative bacteria. When purified from overexpressing Escherichia coli strains, both enzymes were able to dephosphorylate p-nitrophenyl-phosphate and phosphotyrosine-containing substrates in vitro but showed significant differences in kinetic parameters and sensitivity to inhibitors. Transcriptional analyses showed that yfkJ was transcribed at a low level throughout the growth cycle and underwent a sigma(B)-dependent transcriptional upregulation in response to ethanol stress. The transcription of ywlE was growth dependent but stress insensitive. Genomic deletion of each phosphatase-encoding gene led to a phenotype of reduced bacterial resistance to ethanol stress, which was more marked in the ywlE deletion strain. Our study suggests that YfkJ and YwlE play roles in B. subtilis stress resistance.
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- Lucia Musumeci
- The Institute for Genetic Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 90033, USA
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One of the first hurdles to be negotiated in the postgenomic era involves the description of the entire protein content of the cell, the proteome. Such efforts are presently complicated by the various posttranslational modifications that proteins can experience, including glycosylation, lipid attachment, phosphorylation, methylation, disulfide bond formation, and proteolytic cleavage. Whereas these and other posttranslational protein modifications have been well characterized in Eucarya and Bacteria, posttranslational modification in Archaea has received far less attention. Although archaeal proteins can undergo posttranslational modifications reminiscent of what their eucaryal and bacterial counterparts experience, examination of archaeal posttranslational modification often reveals aspects not previously observed in the other two domains of life. In some cases, posttranslational modification allows a protein to survive the extreme conditions often encountered by Archaea. The various posttranslational modifications experienced by archaeal proteins, the molecular steps leading to these modifications, and the role played by posttranslational modification in Archaea form the focus of this review.
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- Jerry Eichler
- Dept. of Life Sciences, Ben Gurion University, P.O. Box 653, Beersheva 84105, Israel.
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Purushothaman SK, Bujnicki JM, Grosjean H, Lapeyre B. Trm11p and Trm112p are both required for the formation of 2-methylguanosine at position 10 in yeast tRNA. Mol Cell Biol 2005; 25:4359-70. [PMID: 15899842 PMCID: PMC1140639 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.25.11.4359-4370.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2004] [Revised: 12/14/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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N(2)-Monomethylguanosine-10 (m(2)G10) and N(2),N(2)-dimethylguanosine-26 (m(2)(2)G26) are the only two guanosine modifications that have been detected in tRNA from nearly all archaea and eukaryotes but not in bacteria. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, formation of m(2)(2)G26 is catalyzed by Trm1p, and we report here the identification of the enzymatic activity that catalyzes the formation of m(2)G10 in yeast tRNA. It is composed of at least two subunits that are associated in vivo: Trm11p (Yol124c), which is the catalytic subunit, and Trm112p (Ynr046w), a putative zinc-binding protein. While deletion of TRM11 has no detectable phenotype under laboratory conditions, deletion of TRM112 leads to a severe growth defect, suggesting that it has additional functions in the cell. Indeed, Trm112p is associated with at least four proteins: two tRNA methyltransferases (Trm9p and Trm11p), one putative protein methyltransferase (Mtc6p/Ydr140w), and one protein with a Rossmann fold dehydrogenase domain (Lys9p/Ynr050c). In addition, TRM11 interacts genetically with TRM1, thus suggesting that the absence of m(2)G10 and m(2)(2)G26 affects tRNA metabolism or functioning.
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Dahlgren A, Rydén-Aulin M. Effects of two cis-acting mutations on the regulation and expression of release factor one in Escherichia coli. Biochimie 2005; 86:431-8. [PMID: 15308332 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2004] [Accepted: 06/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Together with release factor (RF) 2, RF1 recognises the stop codons and triggers the hydrolysis of the nascent peptide from peptidyl-tRNA during translation termination. prfA, the gene that codes for RF1, is located at 27 min on the Escherichia coli map as the second gene in the hemA-operon. The concentration of RF1 has been shown to increase with increased growth rate, but it is not known where and how this control is exerted. In this study we show that the growth rate regulation of RF1, at least in part, is controlled at P(hemA1), one of two promoters preceding the hemA gene. We have also characterised two mutations, asuA1 and asuA2, that are antisuppressors to the tRNA suppressor Su2. Our data indicate that the antisuppressor phenotype is caused by an increased amount of RF1. The asuA2 mutation is a G to an A change just downstream of the -10 region of P(hemA1), it leads to a higher concentration of RF1 in the cell and abolishes the growth rate regulation. This indicates that the sequence between the -10 region and the transcription start site is important for growth rate control. The increase in concentration of RF1 caused by asuA1 is most likely at the translational level. The efficiency of translation initiation of prfA is low due to a long distance between the start codon and the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence. The asuA1 mutation creates a new start codon with a more optimal distance to the SD sequence. This leads to an increased expression of RF1, probably due to increased initiation efficiency.
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- Ann Dahlgren
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Toxicology, Stockholm University, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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