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López-Laguna H, Voltà-Durán E, Parladé E, Villaverde A, Vázquez E, Unzueta U. Insights on the emerging biotechnology of histidine-rich peptides. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 54:107817. [PMID: 34418503 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
In the late 70's, the discovery of the restriction enzymes made possible the biological production of functional proteins by recombinant DNA technologies, a fact that largely empowered both biotechnological and pharmaceutical industries. Short peptides or small protein domains, with specific molecular affinities, were developed as purification tags in downstream processes to separate the target protein from the culture media or cell debris, upon breaking the producing cells. Among these tags, and by exploiting the interactivity of the imidazole ring of histidine residues, the hexahistidine peptide (H6) became a gold standard. Although initially used almost exclusively in protein production, H6 and related His-rich peptides are progressively proving a broad applicability in novel utilities including enzymatic processes, advanced drug delivery systems and diagnosis, through a so far unsuspected adaptation of their binding capabilities. In this context, the coordination of histidine residues and metals confers intriguing functionalities to His-rich sequences useable in the forward-thinking design of protein-based nano- and micro-materials and devices, through strategies that are comprehensively presented here.
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- Hèctor López-Laguna
- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain.
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain.
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- Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193 Barcelona, Spain; CIBER de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), Spain; Biomedical Research Institute Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Sant Antoni Mª Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain.
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Carvalho HF, Branco RJF, Leite FAS, Matzapetakis M, Roque ACA, Iranzo O. Hydrolytic zinc metallopeptides using a computational multi-state design approach. Catal Sci Technol 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cy01364d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Combination of multi-state design and long-timescale conformational dynamics as a powerful strategy to obtain metalloenzymes.
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- Henrique F. Carvalho
- UCIBIO
- Departamento de Química
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- 2829-516 Caparica
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- UCIBIO
- Departamento de Química
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- 2829-516 Caparica
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- UCIBIO
- Departamento de Química
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- 2829-516 Caparica
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- 2780-157 Oeiras
- Portugal
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- UCIBIO
- Departamento de Química
- Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
- Universidade Nova de Lisboa
- 2829-516 Caparica
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Rink WM, Thomas F. De Novo Designed α-Helical Coiled-Coil Peptides as Scaffolds for Chemical Reactions. Chemistry 2018; 25:1665-1677. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201802849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- W. Mathis Rink
- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Tammannstraße 2 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Institute of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry; Georg-August-Universität Göttingen; Tammannstraße 2 37077 Göttingen Germany
- Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration; Von-Siebold-Straße 3a 37075 Göttingen Germany
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Alternative application of an affinity purification tag: hexahistidines in ester hydrolysis. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14772. [PMID: 29116178 PMCID: PMC5676709 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15310-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hexahistidines are very common tags used in the affinity chromatography purification of recombinant proteins. Although these tags are solely applied for their metal-binding properties, we found that they are also able to perform ester hydrolysis when attached to a protein. For instance, green fluorescent protein (GFP) and the cowpea chlorotic mottle virus (CCMV) are able to perform catalysis after introduction of the His-tag. By attaching a His-tag to an enzyme, a dual-functional catalyst was created, that can perform a two-step cascade reaction. These findings show that the catalytic properties of the hexahistidine tag should be taken into consideration when choosing a suitable protein purification tag.
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Bai Y, Wang C, Liang G, Lai W, Xue H, Ling Y, Cheng M, Liu K. Precisely Designed Isopeptide Bridge-Crosslinking Endows Artificial Hydrolases with High Stability and Catalytic Activity under Extreme Denaturing Conditions. Chem Asian J 2017; 12:2539-2543. [PMID: 28742253 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201701021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Enzymes normally lose their activities under extreme conditions due to the dissociation of their active tertiary structure. If an enzyme could maintain its catalytic activity under non-physiological or denaturing conditions, it might be used in more applications in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries. Recently, we reported a coiled-coil six-helical bundle (6HB) structure as a scaffold for designing artificial hydrolytic enzymes. Here, intermolecular isopeptide bonds were incorporated to enhance the stability and activity of such biomolecules under denaturing conditions. These isopeptide bridge-tethered 6HB enzymes showed exceptional stability against unfolding and retained or even had increased catalytic activity for a model hydrolysis reaction under thermal and chemical denaturing conditions. Thus, isopeptide bond-tethering represents an efficient route to construct ultrastable artificial hydrolases, with promising potential to maintain biocatalysis under extreme conditions.
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- Yu Bai
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China.,Department of Strategic and Integrative Research, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and, Discovery of the Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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- Key Laboratory of Structure-Based Drug Design and, Discovery of the Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing, 100850, China
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Hiscock JR, Sambrook MR, Cranwell PB, Watts P, Vincent JC, Xuereb DJ, Wells NJ, Raja R, Gale PA. Tripodal molecules for the promotion of phosphoester hydrolysis. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 50:6217-20. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc00333k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A series of low molecular weight tripodal amide/histidine-containing compounds have been synthesised and shown to increase the rate of bis-(p-nitrophenyl) phosphate (BNPP) and soman (GD) breakdown in buffered aqueous solution.
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- Chemistry
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK SO17 1BJ
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- Chemistry
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK SO17 1BJ
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- Chemistry
- University of Southampton
- Southampton, UK SO17 1BJ
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Xu L, Ji C, Bai Y, He J, Liu K. DNA duplex-supported artificial esterase mimicking by cooperative grafting functional groups. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013; 434:516-20. [PMID: 23583410 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.03.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The molecular structures of enzyme mimics may be modified to optimize their catalytic properties. In this study, to generate artificial enzyme mimics, Watson-Crick base paired DNA duplexes were designed as scaffolds which were assembled by nucleotides modified with specific functional groups. This process allowed various functional groups to be precisely assembled at different sites on the duplexes. By using this strategy, the 5-[2-(1H-imidazolyl-4)-(E)-ethylene]-2'-deoxythymidine (1) analog with the 5-substituted imidazolyl group was incorporated into single strands of DNA. Upon DNA duplex formation, several combinations of the imidazolyl group were formed. Using p-nitrophenyl acetate as the substrate of the catalytic reaction, we evaluated the hydrolysis capabilities of the imidazolyl assemblies. The catalytic ability was closely related to the distribution of imidazolyl groups in the DNA duplex. The most effective catalytic center was that of the duplex O5-O6 construct with three imidazolyl groups. This construct displayed bell-shaped pH-dependent and Mg(2+)-independent kinetic curves, which are typical characteristics of imidazolyl-mediated catalytic reactions.
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- Liang Xu
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Taiping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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Bai Y, Xue H, Ling Y, Cheng M, Cai L, Liu K. Inter-chain acyl transfer reaction in a peptide six-helical bundle: a chemical method for regulating the interaction between peptides or proteins. Chem Commun (Camb) 2012; 48:4320-2. [PMID: 22451895 DOI: 10.1039/c2cc17428f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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An inter-helical acyl transfer specifically occurred between the C-and N-peptides of HIV gp41 after assembly of the six-helical bundle (6HB), forming an inter-helical covalent bond that greatly enhanced 6HB stability. In the reaction, the C-peptide was modified as an acyl donor, and the N-peptide served as an acyl acceptor.
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- Yu Bai
- Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Taiping Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100850, China
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