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Himiyama T, Hamaguchi T, Yonekura K, Nakamura T. Unnaturally Distorted Hexagonal Protein Ring Alternatingly Reorganized from Two Distinct Chemically Modified Proteins. Bioconjug Chem 2023. [PMID: 36888722 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2023]
Abstract
In this study, we constructed a semiartificial protein assembly of alternating ring type, which was modified from the natural assembly state via incorporation of a synthetic component at the protein interface. For the redesign of a natural protein assembly, a scrap-and-build approach employing chemical modification was used. Two different protein dimer units were designed based on peroxiredoxin from Thermococcus kodakaraensis, which originally forms a dodecameric hexagonal ring with six homodimers. The two dimeric mutants were reorganized into a ring by reconstructing the protein-protein interactions via synthetic naphthalene moieties introduced by chemical modification. Cryo-electron microscopy revealed the formation of a uniquely shaped dodecameric hexagonal protein ring with broken symmetry, distorted from the regular hexagon of the wild-type protein. The artificially installed naphthalene moieties were arranged at the interfaces of dimer units, forming two distinct protein-protein interactions, one of which is highly unnatural. This study deciphered the potential of the chemical modification technique that constructs semiartificial protein structures and assembly hardly accessible by conventional amino acid mutations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomoki Himiyama
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-8-31, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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- Biostructural Mechanism Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
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- Biostructural Mechanism Laboratory, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8577, Japan
- Advanced Electron Microscope Development Unit, RIKEN-JEOL Collaboration Center, RIKEN Baton Zone Program, 1-1-1, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, 1-8-31, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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Villar SF, Dalla-Rizza J, Möller MN, Ferrer-Sueta G, Malacrida L, Jameson DM, Denicola A. Fluorescence Lifetime Phasor Analysis of the Decamer-Dimer Equilibrium of Human Peroxiredoxin 1. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:5260. [PMID: 35563654 PMCID: PMC9100220 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23095260] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein self-assembly is a common feature in biology and is often required for a myriad of fundamental processes, such as enzyme activity, signal transduction, and transport of solutes across membranes, among others. There are several techniques to find and assess homo-oligomer formation in proteins. Naturally, all these methods have their limitations, meaning that at least two or more different approaches are needed to characterize a case study. Herein, we present a new method to study protein associations using intrinsic fluorescence lifetime with phasors. In this case, the method is applied to determine the equilibrium dissociation constant (KD) of human peroxiredoxin 1 (hPrx1), an efficient cysteine-dependent peroxidase, that has a quaternary structure comprised of five head-to-tail homodimers non-covalently arranged in a decamer. The hPrx1 oligomeric state not only affects its activity but also its association with other proteins. The excited state lifetime of hPrx1 has distinct values at high and low concentrations, suggesting the presence of two different species. Phasor analysis of hPrx1 emission lifetime allowed for the identification and quantification of hPrx1 decamers, dimers, and their mixture at diverse protein concentrations. Using phasor algebra, we calculated the fraction of hPrx1 decamers at different concentrations and obtained KD (1.1 × 10-24 M4) and C0.5 (1.36 μM) values for the decamer-dimer equilibrium. The results were validated and compared with size exclusion chromatography. In addition, spectral phasors provided similar results despite the small differences in emission spectra as a function of hPrx1 concentration. The phasor approach was shown to be a highly sensitive and quantitative method to assess protein oligomerization and an attractive addition to the biophysicist's toolkit.
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- Sebastián F. Villar
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay; (S.F.V.); (J.D.-R.); (M.N.M.); (G.F.-S.)
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO), Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay; (S.F.V.); (J.D.-R.); (M.N.M.); (G.F.-S.)
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay; (S.F.V.); (J.D.-R.); (M.N.M.); (G.F.-S.)
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO), Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay; (S.F.V.); (J.D.-R.); (M.N.M.); (G.F.-S.)
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO), Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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- Advanced Bioimaging Unit, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay;
- Departamento de Fisiopatología, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11600, Uruguay
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
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- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica Biológica, Instituto de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay; (S.F.V.); (J.D.-R.); (M.N.M.); (G.F.-S.)
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas (CEINBIO), Universidad de la República, Montevideo 11800, Uruguay
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Himiyama T, Tsuchiya Y, Yonezawa Y, Nakamura T. Rebuilding Ring-Type Assembly of Peroxiredoxin by Chemical Modification. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 32:153-160. [PMID: 33334100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Direct control of the protein quaternary structure (QS) is challenging owing to the complexity of the protein structure. As a protein with a characteristic QS, peroxiredoxin from Aeropyrum pernix K1 (ApPrx) forms a decamer, wherein five dimers associate to form a ring. Here, we disrupted and reconstituted ApPrx QS via amino acid mutations and chemical modifications targeting hot spots for protein assembly. The decameric QS of an ApPrx* mutant, wherein all cysteine residues in wild-type ApPrx were mutated to serine, was destructed to dimers via an F80C mutation. The dimeric ApPrx*F80C mutant was then modified with a small molecule and successfully assembled as a decamer. Structural analysis confirmed that an artificially installed chemical moiety potentially facilitates suitable protein-protein interactions to rebuild a native structure. Rebuilding of dodecamer was also achieved through an additional amino acid mutation. This study describes a facile method to regulate the protein assembly state.
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- Tomoki Himiyama
- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.,DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB), Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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- Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan
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- High Pressure Protein Research Center, Institute of Advanced Technology, Kindai University, Kinokawa, Wakayama 649-6493, Japan
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.,DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB), Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan
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Himiyama T, Nakamura T. Disassembly of the ring-type decameric structure of peroxiredoxin from Aeropyrum pernix K1 by amino acid mutation. Protein Sci 2020; 29:1138-1147. [PMID: 32022337 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 01/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The quaternary structure of peroxiredoxin from Aeropyrum pernix K1 (ApPrx) is a decamer, in which five homodimers are assembled in a pentagonal ring through hydrophobic interactions. In this study, we determined the amino acid (AA) residues of ApPrx crucial for forming the decamer using AA mutations. The ApPrx0Cys mutant, wherein all cysteine residues were mutated to serine, was prepared as a model protein to remove the influence of the redox states of the cysteines on its assembling behavior. The boundary between each homodimer of ApPrx0Cys contains characteristic aromatic AA residues forming hydrophobic interactions: F46, F80, W88, W210, and W211. We found that a single mutation of F46, F80, or W210 to alanine completely disassembled the ApPrx0Cys decamer to homodimers, which was clarified by gel-filtration chromatography and dynamic light scattering measurements. F46A, F80A, and W210A mutants lacked only one aromatic ring compared with ApPrx0Cys, indicating that the assembly is very sensitive to the surface structure of the protein. X-ray structures revealed two mechanisms of disassembly of the ApPrx decamer: loss of hydrophobicity between homodimers and flip of the arm domain. The AA residues targeted in this study are well conserved in ring-type Prx proteins, suggesting the importance of these residues in the assembly. This study demonstrates the sensitivity and modifiability of peroxiredoxin assembly by a simple AA mutation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomoki Himiyama
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Japan.,DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB), Ikeda, Japan
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- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Japan.,DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB), Ikeda, Japan
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