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de Munnik M, Lang PA, De Dios Anton F, Cacho M, Bates RH, Brem J, Rodríguez Miquel B, Schofield CJ. High-throughput screen with the l,d-transpeptidase Ldt Mt2 of Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals novel classes of covalently reacting inhibitors. Chem Sci 2023; 14:7262-7278. [PMID: 37416715 PMCID: PMC10321483 DOI: 10.1039/d2sc06858c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/29/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Disruption of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a promising target for treating tuberculosis. The l,d-transpeptidase LdtMt2, which is responsible for the formation of 3 → 3 cross-links in the cell wall peptidoglycan, has been identified as essential for M. tuberculosis virulence. We optimised a high-throughput assay for LdtMt2, and screened a targeted library of ∼10 000 electrophilic compounds. Potent inhibitor classes were identified, including established (e.g., β-lactams) and unexplored covalently reacting electrophilic groups (e.g., cyanamides). Protein-observed mass spectrometric studies reveal most classes to react covalently and irreversibly with the LdtMt2 catalytic cysteine (Cys354). Crystallographic analyses of seven representative inhibitors reveal induced fit involving a loop enclosing the LdtMt2 active site. Several of the identified compounds have a bactericidal effect on M. tuberculosis within macrophages, one with an MIC50 value of ∼1 μM. The results provide leads for the development of new covalently reaction inhibitors of LdtMt2 and other nucleophilic cysteine enzymes.
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- Mariska de Munnik
- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, the Ineos Oxford Institute of Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, the Ineos Oxford Institute of Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GlaxoSmithKline Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos Madrid Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GlaxoSmithKline Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos Madrid Spain
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GlaxoSmithKline Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos Madrid Spain
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, the Ineos Oxford Institute of Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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- Tres Cantos Medicines Development Campus, GlaxoSmithKline Calle Severo Ochoa 2, Tres Cantos Madrid Spain
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, the Ineos Oxford Institute of Antimicrobial Research, University of Oxford 12 Mansfield Road Oxford OX1 3TA UK
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Serebryany E, Zhao VY, Park K, Bitran A, Trauger SA, Budnik B, Shakhnovich EI. Systematic conformation-to-phenotype mapping via limited deep sequencing of proteins. Mol Cell 2023; 83:1936-1952.e7. [PMID: 37267908 PMCID: PMC10281453 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Non-native conformations drive protein-misfolding diseases, complicate bioengineering efforts, and fuel molecular evolution. No current experimental technique is well suited for elucidating them and their phenotypic effects. Especially intractable are the transient conformations populated by intrinsically disordered proteins. We describe an approach to systematically discover, stabilize, and purify native and non-native conformations, generated in vitro or in vivo, and directly link conformations to molecular, organismal, or evolutionary phenotypes. This approach involves high-throughput disulfide scanning (HTDS) of the entire protein. To reveal which disulfides trap which chromatographically resolvable conformers, we devised a deep-sequencing method for double-Cys variant libraries of proteins that precisely and simultaneously locates both Cys residues within each polypeptide. HTDS of the abundant E. coli periplasmic chaperone HdeA revealed distinct classes of disordered hydrophobic conformers with variable cytotoxicity depending on where the backbone was cross-linked. HTDS can bridge conformational and phenotypic landscapes for many proteins that function in disulfide-permissive environments.
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- Eugene Serebryany
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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Serebryany E, Zhao VY, Park K, Bitran A, Trauger SA, Budnik B, Shakhnovich EI. Systematic conformation-to-phenotype mapping via limited deep-sequencing of proteins. ARXIV 2023:2204.06159. [PMID: 36776823 PMCID: PMC9915745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Non-native conformations drive protein misfolding diseases, complicate bioengineering efforts, and fuel molecular evolution. No current experimental technique is well-suited for elucidating them and their phenotypic effects. Especially intractable are the transient conformations populated by intrinsically disordered proteins. We describe an approach to systematically discover, stabilize, and purify native and non-native conformations, generated in vitro or in vivo, and directly link conformations to molecular, organismal, or evolutionary phenotypes. This approach involves high-throughput disulfide scanning (HTDS) of the entire protein. To reveal which disulfides trap which chromatographically resolvable conformers, we devised a deep-sequencing method for double-Cys variant libraries of proteins that precisely and simultaneously locates both Cys residues within each polypeptide. HTDS of the abundant E. coli periplasmic chaperone HdeA revealed distinct classes of disordered hydrophobic conformers with variable cytotoxicity depending on where the backbone was cross-linked. HTDS can bridge conformational and phenotypic landscapes for many proteins that function in disulfide-permissive environments.
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- Eugene Serebryany
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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- Center for Mass Spectrometry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Tolpina MD, Vasileva ID, Samgina TY. Modern Approaches in de novo Sequencing of Nontryptic Peptides of Ranid and Hylid Frogs by Means of Mass Spectrometry: A Review. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1061934822130081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Shi Y, Tian H, Xia Y, Sun Y, Zhou Z, Ren Y, Shi T, Liu Z, Ma G. Deciphering the reaction mechanism and the reactivity of the TCEP species towards reduction of hexachloroiridate(IV). J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Nie S, Greer T, Huang X, Zheng X, Li N. Development of a simple non-reduced peptide mapping method that prevents disulfide scrambling of mAbs without affecting tryptic enzyme activity. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2021; 209:114541. [PMID: 34954467 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2021.114541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Non-reduced peptide mapping by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis is a commonly used method for disulfide linkage characterization to assess structural integrity and quality of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). However, disulfide scrambling artifacts induced during sample preparation are often observed when basic pH and high temperatures are used during denaturation and digestion. To minimize disulfide scrambling artifacts, methods using various acidic pH conditions have been developed by multiple groups. However, lower pH conditions increase missed and non-specific cleavages, which complicates disulfide bond analysis because the majority of enzymes used in protein characterization are most efficient at alkaline pH. Here, we developed a non-reduced peptide mapping method for mAb characterization that minimizes disulfide scrambling at basic pH by adding an oxidizing agent, cystamine, and a low concentration of iodoacetamide (IAA) alkylating agent. Two human IgG1 mAbs, one with kappa light chain and another one with lambda light chain, were used as model proteins to develop and optimize the method. Using this novel method, disulfide scrambled peptides related to light chain-heavy chain (LC-HC) inter-disulfide disruption were significantly reduced with high reproducibility compared to conventional methods. Results demonstrated that the cystamine-added method is robust and minimizes disulfide scrambling artifacts produced during sample preparation.
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- Song Nie
- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707, United States
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707, United States
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707, United States
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707, United States.
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- Analytical Chemistry, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591-6707, United States
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Johnson SR, Rikli HG. Aspartic Acid Isomerization Characterized by High Definition Mass Spectrometry Significantly Alters the Bioactivity of a Novel Toxin from Poecilotheria. Toxins (Basel) 2020; 12:E207. [PMID: 32218140 PMCID: PMC7232244 DOI: 10.3390/toxins12040207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2020] [Revised: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Research in toxinology has created a pharmacological paradox. With an estimated 220,000 venomous animals worldwide, the study of peptidyl toxins provides a vast number of effector molecules. However, due to the complexity of the protein-protein interactions, there are fewer than ten venom-derived molecules on the market. Structural characterization and identification of post-translational modifications are essential to develop biological lead structures into pharmaceuticals. Utilizing advancements in mass spectrometry, we have created a high definition approach that fuses conventional high-resolution MS-MS with ion mobility spectrometry (HDMSE) to elucidate these primary structure characteristics. We investigated venom from ten species of "tiger" spider (Genus: Poecilotheria) and discovered they contain isobaric conformers originating from non-enzymatic Asp isomerization. One conformer pair conserved in five of ten species examined, denominated PcaTX-1a and PcaTX-1b, was found to be a 36-residue peptide with a cysteine knot, an amidated C-terminus, and isoAsp33Asp substitution. Although the isomerization of Asp has been implicated in many pathologies, this is the first characterization of Asp isomerization in a toxin and demonstrates the isomerized product's diminished physiological effects. This study establishes the value of a HDMSE approach to toxin screening and characterization.
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- Stephen R. Johnson
- Carbon Dynamics Institute LLC, Sherman, IL 62684, USA
- Chemistry Department, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703, USA
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- College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL 62703, USA;
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Redox proteomics is a field of proteomics that is concerned with the characterization of the oxidation state of proteins to gain information about their modulated structure, function, activity, and involvement in different physiological pathways. Oxidative modifications of proteins have been shown to be implicated in normal physiological processes of cells as well as in pathomechanisms leading to the development of cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and some rare hereditary metabolic diseases, like classic galactosemia. Reactive oxygen species generate a variety of reversible and irreversible modifications in amino acid residue side chains and within the protein backbone. These oxidative post-translational modifications (Ox-PTMs) can participate in the activation of signal transduction pathways and mediate the toxicity of harmful oxidants. Thus the application of advanced redox proteomics technologies is important for gaining insights into molecular mechanisms of diseases. Mass-spectrometry-based proteomics is one of the most powerful methods that can be used to give detailed qualitative and quantitative information on protein modifications and allows us to characterize redox proteomes associated with diseases. This Review illustrates the role and biological consequences of Ox-PTMs under basal and oxidative stress conditions by focusing on protein carbonylation and S-glutathionylation, two abundant modifications with an impact on cellular pathways that have been intensively studied during the past decade.
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- Atef Mannaa
- Borg AlArab Higher Institute of Engineering and Technology , New Borg AlArab City , Alexandria , Egypt
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- Institute of Biochemistry II, Medical Faculty , University of Cologne , Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 52 , 50931 Cologne , Germany
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Raab A, Feldmann J. Biological sulphur-containing compounds – Analytical challenges. Anal Chim Acta 2019; 1079:20-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2019.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 05/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Wiezel GA, Rustiguel JK, Morgenstern D, Zoccal KF, Faccioli LH, Nonato MC, Ueberheide B, Arantes EC. Insights into the structure, function and stability of bordonein-L, the first L-amino acid oxidase from Crotalus durissus terrificus snake venom. Biochimie 2019; 163:33-49. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Adsorption of Cu(II) ion by a novel hordein electrospun nanofiber modified by β-cyclodextrin. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 135:691-697. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.05.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Tang HY, Speicher DW. Experimental Assignment of Disulfide-Bonds in Purified Proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 96:e86. [PMID: 30747488 DOI: 10.1002/cpps.86] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The formation of disulfide bonds in proteins is an important post-translational modification that is critical for stabilizing the native structures of proteins, particularly proteins exposed to oxidizing environments. For this reason, most cysteines in secreted proteins or protein domains on the surface of the cell are in disulfides, whereas most cysteines in the cytoplasm are in the unmodified -SH form. Disulfide linkages must be experimentally determined, as they cannot be predicted from amino acid sequence. These assignments provide insights into three-dimensional structure and contribute to the understanding of structural-functional relationships. This unit details a series of protocols that have been applied successfully to map disulfide bonds in proteins. The general strategy involves chemical or proteolytic cleavage of the protein followed by chromatographic separation of the resultant peptides. Mass spectrometry is used to identify disulfide-containing peptides and determine sites of disulfide linkage. A partial reduction and alkylation strategy for mapping disulfide linkages in peptides with multiple disulfide bonds is also presented. © 2019 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Franco A, Dovell S, Möller C, Grandal M, Clark E, Marí F. Structural plasticity of mini-M conotoxins - expression of all mini-M subtypes by Conus regius. FEBS J 2018; 285:887-902. [PMID: 29283511 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Revised: 10/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The mini-M conotoxins are peptidic scaffolds found in the venom of cones snails. These scaffolds are tightly folded structures held together by three disulfide bonds with a CC-C-C-CC arrangement (conotoxin framework III) and belong to the M Superfamily of conotoxins. Here, we describe mini-M conotoxins from the venom of Conus regius, a Western Atlantic worm-hunting cone snail species using transcriptomic and peptidomic analyses. These C. regius conotoxins belong to three different subtypes: M1, M2, and M3. The subtypes show little sequence homology, and their loop sizes (intercysteine amino acid chains) vary significantly. The mini-Ms isolated from dissected venom contains preferentially hydroxylated proline residues, thus augmenting the structural reach of this conotoxin class. Using 2D-NMR methods, we have determined the 3D structure of reg3b, an M2 subtype conotoxin, which shows a constrained multi-turn scaffold. The structural diversity found within mini-M conotoxin scaffolds of C. regius is indicative of structural hypervariability of the conotoxin M superfamily that is not seen in other superfamilies. These stable minimalistic scaffolds may be investigated for the development of engineered peptides for therapeutic applications. DATABASES Sequences are available in GenBank under accession numbers MF588935-MF588952. Structural data are available in the RCSB protein database under the accession code 6BX9.
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- Aldo Franco
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.,Marine Biochemical Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Marine Biochemical Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, USA.,Department of Drug Discovery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.,Marine Biochemical Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Hollings Marine Laboratory, Charleston, SC, USA
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Albert A, Eksteen JJ, Isaksson J, Sengee M, Hansen T, Vasskog T. General Approach To Determine Disulfide Connectivity in Cysteine-Rich Peptides by Sequential Alkylation on Solid Phase and Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2016; 88:9539-9546. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway
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- Norut Northern Research Institute, 9294 Tromsø, Norway
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Sung WC, Chang CW, Huang SY, Wei TY, Huang YL, Lin YH, Chen HM, Chen SF. Evaluation of disulfide scrambling during the enzymatic digestion of bevacizumab at various pH values using mass spectrometry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1864:1188-1194. [PMID: 27238563 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Disulfide linkages play an important role in protein stability and activity. Thus, it is critical to characterize disulfide bonds to ensure the quality and function of protein pharmaceuticals. There are, however, problems associated with maintaining disulfide linkages in the conventional procedures that are used to digest a protein. In order to preserve enzyme activity during the digestion of a protein, it is commonly carried out at neutral to basic environment which increases the possibilities of disulfide bond scrambling. However, it is not easy to differentiate whether the scrambled disulfide linkages are initiated by the sample itself or whether they are induced during the protease digestion process. In this study, the optimum pH for minimizing disulfide bond rearrangements during the digestion process was determined. Three sets of proteases, trypsin plus Glu-C, Lys-C and thermolysin were used, followed by dimethyl labeling and mass spectrometry for a bevacizumab (Avastin) disulfide linkage analysis. No disulfide linkage scrambling was detected at pH6 when Lys-C or trypsin plus Glu-C were used as enzymes. When thermolysin was applied, some scrambled disulfide bonds were identified at pH5, 6 and 7. Nevertheless, there was less disulfide bond scrambling at a lower pH. All correct disulfide bonds on bevacizumab could be identified using this approach. The results demonstrated that by choosing the proper enzymes, using a lower pH environment for the digestion could reduce the degree of artifact disulfide scrambling.
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- Wang-Chou Sung
- National Health Research Institutes, National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Miaoli, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Catholic Fu-Jen University, Department of Life Science, Taipei, Taiwan
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- National Taiwan Normal University, Department of Chemistry, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Hanavan PD, Borges CR, Katchman BA, Faigel DO, Ho TH, Ma CT, Sergienko EA, Meurice N, Petit JL, Lake DF. Ebselen inhibits QSOX1 enzymatic activity and suppresses invasion of pancreatic and renal cancer cell lines. Oncotarget 2016; 6:18418-28. [PMID: 26158899 PMCID: PMC4621900 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 05/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Quiescin sulfhydryl oxidase 1 (QSOX1) is a highly conserved disulfide bond-generating enzyme that is overexpressed in diverse tumor types. Its enzymatic activity promotes the growth and invasion of tumor cells and alters extracellular matrix composition. In a nude mouse-human tumor xenograft model, tumors containing shRNA for QSOX1 grew significantly more slowly than controls, suggesting that QSOX1 supports a proliferative phenotype in vivo. High throughput screening experiments identified ebselen as an in vitro inhibitor of QSOX1 enzymatic activity. Ebselen treatment of pancreatic and renal cancer cell lines stalled tumor growth and inhibited invasion through Matrigel in vitro. Daily oral treatment with ebselen resulted in a 58% reduction in tumor growth in mice bearing human pancreatic tumor xenografts compared to controls. Mass spectrometric analysis of ebselen-treated QSOX1 mechanistically revealed that C165 and C237 of QSOX1 covalently bound to ebselen. This report details the anti-neoplastic properties of ebselen in pancreatic and renal cancer cell lines. The results here offer a “proof-of-principle” that enzymatic inhibition of QSOX1 may have clinical relevancy.
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- Paul D Hanavan
- School of Life Sciences, Mayo Clinic Collaborative Research Building, Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Center for Personalized Diagnostics, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Conrad Prebys Center for Chemical Genomics, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- School of Life Sciences, Mayo Clinic Collaborative Research Building, Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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Gao Y, Zou Y, Ma Y, Wang D, Sun Y, Ma G. Infrared Probe Technique Reveals a Millipede-like Structure for Aβ(8-28) Amyloid Fibril. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:937-946. [PMID: 26796491 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Amyloid fibrils are unique fibrous polypeptide aggregates. They have been associated with more than 20 serious human diseases including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Besides their pathological significance, amyloid fibrils are also gaining increasing attention as emerging nanomaterials with novel functions. Structural characterization of amyloid fibril is no doubt fundamentally important for the development of therapeutics for amyloid-related diseases and for the rational design of amyloid-based materials. In this study, we explored to use side-chain-based infrared (IR) probe to gain detailed structural insights into the amyloid fibril by a 21-residue model amyloidogenic peptide, Aβ(8-28). We first proposed an approach to incorporate thiocyanate (SCN) IR probe in a site-specific manner into amyloidogenic peptide using 1-cyano-4-dimethylaminopyridinium tetrafluoroborate as cyanylating agent. Using this approach, we obtained three Aβ(8-28) variants, labeled with SCN probe at three different positions. We then showed with thioflavin T fluorescence assay, Congo red assay, and atomic force microscopy that the three labeled Aβ(8-28) peptides can quickly form amyloid fibrils under high concentration and high salt conditions. Finally, we performed a detailed IR spectral analysis of the Aβ(8-28) fibril in both amide I and probe regions and proposed a millipede-like structure for the Aβ(8-28) fibril.
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- Yachao Gao
- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Diagnosis of Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Analytical Science and Technology of Hebei Province, College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Hebei University , Baoding 071002, China
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Accelerating molecular simulations of proteins using Bayesian inference on weak information. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:11846-51. [PMID: 26351667 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1515561112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of protein molecules are too computationally expensive to predict most native structures from amino acid sequences. Here, we integrate "weak" external knowledge into folding simulations to predict protein structures, given their sequence. For example, we instruct the computer "to form a hydrophobic core," "to form good secondary structures," or "to seek a compact state." This kind of information has been too combinatoric, nonspecific, and vague to help guide MD simulations before. Within atomistic replica-exchange molecular dynamics (REMD), we develop a statistical mechanical framework, modeling using limited data with coarse physical insight(s) (MELD + CPI), for harnessing weak information. As a test, we apply MELD + CPI to predict the native structures of 20 small proteins. MELD + CPI samples to within less than 3.2 Å from native for all 20 and correctly chooses the native structures (<4 Å) for 15 of them, including ubiquitin, a millisecond folder. MELD + CPI is up to five orders of magnitude faster than brute-force MD, satisfies detailed balance, and should scale well to larger proteins. MELD + CPI may be useful where physics-based simulations are needed to study protein mechanisms and populations and where we have some heuristic or coarse physical knowledge about states of interest.
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Kancherla AK, Meesala S, Jorwal P, Palanisamy R, Sikdar SK, Sarma SP. A Disulfide Stabilized β-Sandwich Defines the Structure of a New Cysteine Framework M-Superfamily Conotoxin. ACS Chem Biol 2015; 10:1847-60. [PMID: 25961405 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.5b00226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The structure of a new cysteine framework (-C-CC-C-C-C-) "M"-superfamily conotoxin, Mo3964, shows it to have a β-sandwich structure that is stabilized by inter-sheet cross disulfide bonds. Mo3964 decreases outward K(+) currents in rat dorsal root ganglion neurons and increases the reversal potential of the NaV1.2 channels. The structure of Mo3964 (PDB ID: 2MW7 ) is constructed from the disulfide connectivity pattern, i.e., 1-3, 2-5, and 4-6, that is hitherto undescribed for the "M"-superfamily conotoxins. The tertiary structural fold has not been described for any of the known conus peptides. NOE (549), dihedral angle (84), and hydrogen bond (28) restraints, obtained by measurement of (h3)JNC' scalar couplings, were used as input for structure calculation. The ensemble of structures showed a backbone root mean square deviation of 0.68 ± 0.18 Å, with 87% and 13% of the backbone dihedral (ϕ, ψ) angles lying in the most favored and additional allowed regions of the Ramachandran map. The conotoxin Mo3964 represents a new bioactive peptide fold that is stabilized by disulfide bonds and adds to the existing repertoire of scaffolds that can be used to design stable bioactive peptide molecules.
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- Aswani K. Kancherla
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Silva JA, Pompeu DG, Smolka MB, Gozzo FC, Comar M, Eberlin MN, Granjeiro PA, Marangoni S. Primary Structure of a Trypsin Inhibitor (Copaifera langsdorffii Trypsin Inhibitor-1) Obtained from C. langsdorffii Seeds. J Biomol Tech 2015. [PMID: 26207098 DOI: 10.7171/jbt.15-2603-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this study, the aim was to determine the complete sequence of the Copaifera langsdorffii trypsin inhibitor (CTI)-1 using 2-dimensional (2D)-PAGE, matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF), and quadrupole time-of-flight (QTOF) spectrometry. Spots A (CTI-1) and F (CTI-2) were submitted to enzymatic digestions with trypsin, SV8, and clostripain. The accurate mass of the peptide obtained from each digest was determined by mass spectrometry (MS) using MALDI-TOF. The most abundant peptides were purified and sequenced in a liquid chromatograph connected to an electrospray ionization-QTOF MS. When the purified trypsin inhibitor was submitted to 2D electrophoresis, different spots were observed, suggesting that the protein is composed of 2 subunits with microheterogeneity. Isoelectric points of 8.0, 8.5, and 9.0 were determined for the 11 kDa subunit and of 4.7, 4.6, and 4.3 for the 9 kDa subunit. The primary structure of CTI-1, determined from the mass of the peptide of the enzymatic digestions and the sequence obtained by MS, indicated 180 shared amino acid residues and a high degree of similarity with other Kunitz (KTI)-type inhibitors. The peptide also contained an Arg residue at the reactive site position. Its 3-dimensional structure revealed that this is because the structural discrepancies do not affect the canonical conformation of the reactive loop of the peptide. Results demonstrate that a detailed investigation of the structural particularities of CTI-1 could provide a better understanding of the mechanism of action of these proteins, as well as clarify its biologic function in the seeds. CTI-1 belongs to the KTI family and is composed of 2 polypeptide chains and only 1 disulfide bridge.
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- José A Silva
- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- 1 Campus Centro Oeste, Federal University of São João Del Rei, Divinópolis, Brazil; and 2 Departamento de Bioquímica and 3 Departamento de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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Leon DR, Ytterberg AJ, Boontheung P, Kim U, Loo JA, Gunsalus RP, Ogorzalek Loo RR. Mining proteomic data to expose protein modifications in Methanosarcina mazei strain Gö1. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:149. [PMID: 25798134 PMCID: PMC4350412 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Proteomic tools identify constituents of complex mixtures, often delivering long lists of identified proteins. The high-throughput methods excel at matching tandem mass spectrometry data to spectra predicted from sequence databases. Unassigned mass spectra are ignored, but could, in principle, provide valuable information on unanticipated modifications and improve protein annotations while consuming limited quantities of material. Strategies to "mine" information from these discards are presented, along with discussion of features that, when present, provide strong support for modifications. In this study we mined LC-MS/MS datasets of proteolytically-digested concanavalin A pull down fractions from Methanosarcina mazei Gö1 cell lysates. Analyses identified 154 proteins. Many of the observed proteins displayed post-translationally modified forms, including O-formylated and methyl-esterified segments that appear biologically relevant (i.e., not artifacts of sample handling). Interesting cleavages and modifications (e.g., S-cyanylation and trimethylation) were observed near catalytic sites of methanogenesis enzymes. Of 31 Methanosarcina protein N-termini recovered by concanavalin A binding or from a previous study, only M. mazei S-layer protein MM1976 and its M. acetivorans C2A orthologue, MA0829, underwent signal peptide excision. Experimental results contrast with predictions from algorithms SignalP 3.0 and Exprot, which were found to over-predict the presence of signal peptides. Proteins MM0002, MM0716, MM1364, and MM1976 were found to be glycosylated, and employing chromatography tailored specifically for glycopeptides will likely reveal more. This study supplements limited, existing experimental datasets of mature archaeal N-termini, including presence or absence of signal peptides, translation initiation sites, and other processing. Methanosarcina surface and membrane proteins are richly modified.
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- Deborah R Leon
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA ; Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA ; UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA ; UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA ; UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Borges CR, Sherma ND. Techniques for the analysis of cysteine sulfhydryls and oxidative protein folding. Antioxid Redox Signal 2014; 21:511-31. [PMID: 24383618 PMCID: PMC4076987 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2013.5559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Modification of cysteine thiols dramatically affects protein function and stability. Hence, the abilities to quantify specific protein sulfhydryl groups within complex biological samples and map disulfide bond structures are crucial to gaining greater insights into how proteins operate in human health and disease. RECENT ADVANCES Many different molecular probes are now commercially available to label and track cysteine residues at great sensitivity. Coupled with mass spectrometry, stable isotope-labeled sulfhydryl-specific reagents can provide previously unprecedented molecular insights into the dynamics of cysteine modification. Likewise, the combined application of modern mass spectrometers with improved sample preparation techniques and novel data mining algorithms is beginning to routinize the analysis of complex protein disulfide structures. CRITICAL ISSUES Proper application of these modern tools and techniques, however, still requires fundamental understanding of sulfhydryl chemistry as well as the assumptions that accompany sample preparation and underlie effective data interpretation. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The continued development of tools, technical approaches, and corresponding data processing algorithms will, undoubtedly, facilitate site-specific protein sulfhydryl quantification and disulfide structure analysis from within complex biological mixtures with ever-improving accuracy and sensitivity. Fully routinizing disulfide structure analysis will require an equal but balanced focus on sample preparation and corresponding mass spectral dataset reproducibility.
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- Chad R Borges
- Center for Personalized Diagnostics, The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University , Tempe, Arizona
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Góngora-Benítez M, Tulla-Puche J, Albericio F. Multifaceted Roles of Disulfide Bonds. Peptides as Therapeutics. Chem Rev 2013; 114:901-26. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400031z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 388] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Miriam Góngora-Benítez
- Institute
for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, 08028 Spain
- CIBER-BBN, Barcelona Science
Park, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
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- Institute
for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, 08028 Spain
- CIBER-BBN, Barcelona Science
Park, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
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- Institute
for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), Barcelona, 08028 Spain
- CIBER-BBN, Barcelona Science
Park, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
- Department
of Organic Chemistry, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08028 Spain
- School of Chemistry & Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 4001 Durban, South Africa
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Zhao DS, Gregorich ZR, Ge Y. High throughput screening of disulfide-containing proteins in a complex mixture. Proteomics 2013; 13:3256-60. [PMID: 24030959 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201300242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The formation of disulfide bonds between cysteine residues is crucial for the stabilization of native protein structures and, thus, determination of disulfide linkages is an important facet of protein structural characterization. Nonetheless, the identification of disulfide bond linkages remains a significant analytical challenge, particularly in large proteins with complex disulfide patterns. Herein, we have developed a new LC/MS strategy for rapid screening of disulfides in an intact protein mixture after a straightforward reduction step with tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine. LC/MS analysis of reduced and nonreduced protein mixtures quickly revealed disulfide-containing proteins owing to a 2 Da mass increase per disulfide reduction and, subsequently, the total number of disulfide bonds in the intact proteins could be determined. We have demonstrated the effectiveness of this method in a protein mixture composed of both disulfide-containing and disulfide-free proteins. Our method is simple (no need for proteolytic digestion, alkylation, or the removal of reducing agents prior to MS analysis), high throughput (fast on-line LC/MS analysis), and reliable (no S-S scrambling), underscoring its potential as a rapid disulfide screening method for proteomics applications.
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- Dong S Zhao
- The Human Proteomics Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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Novel inhibitor cystine knot peptides from Momordica charantia. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75334. [PMID: 24116036 PMCID: PMC3792974 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Two new peptides, MCh-1 and MCh-2, along with three known trypsin inhibitors (MCTI-I, MCTI-II and MCTI-III), were isolated from the seeds of the tropical vine Momordica charantia. The sequences of the peptides were determined using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. Using a strategy involving partial reduction and stepwise alkylation of the peptides, followed by enzymatic digestion and tandem mass spectrometry sequencing, the disulfide connectivity of MCh-1 was elucidated to be CysI-CysIV, CysII-CysV and CysIII-CysVI. The three-dimensional structures of MCh-1 and MCh-2 were determined using NMR spectroscopy and found to contain the inhibitor cystine knot (ICK) motif. The sequences of the novel peptides differ significantly from peptides previously isolated from this plant. Therefore, this study expands the known peptide diversity in M. charantia and the range of sequences that can be accommodated by the ICK motif. Furthermore, we show that a stable two-disulfide intermediate is involved in the oxidative folding of MCh-1. This disulfide intermediate is structurally homologous to the proposed ancestral fold of ICK peptides, and provides a possible pathway for the evolution of this structural motif, which is highly prevalent in nature.
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Goyder MS, Rebeaud F, Pfeifer ME, Kálmán F. Strategies in mass spectrometry for the assignment of Cys-Cys disulfide connectivities in proteins. Expert Rev Proteomics 2013; 10:489-501. [PMID: 24087910 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2013.837663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Elucidating disulfide linkage patterns is a crucial part of protein characterization, for which mass spectrometry (MS) is now an indispensable analytical tool. In many cases, MS-based disulfide connectivity assignment is straightforwardly achieved using one-step protein fragmentation in the unreduced form followed by mass measurement of bridged fragments. By contrast, venom proteins, which are receiving increasing interest as potential therapeutics, are a challenge for MS-based disulfide assignment due to their numerous closely spaced cysteines and knotted disulfide structure, requiring creative strategies to determine their connectivity. Today, these include the use of an array of reagents for enzymatic and/or chemical cleavage, partial reduction, differential cysteine labeling and tandem MS. This review aims to describe the toolkit of techniques available to MS users approaching both straightforward and complex disulfide bridge assignments, with a particular focus on strategies utilizing standard instrumentation found in a well-equipped analytical or proteomics laboratory.
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- Miriam S Goyder
- Institute of Life Technologies, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO Valais/Wallis), 1950 Sion, Switzerland
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High-resolution MS for structural characterization of protein therapeutics: advances and future directions. Bioanalysis 2013; 5:1299-313. [DOI: 10.4155/bio.13.80] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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High-resolution MS (HRMS) is a central analytical technique for the study of biomolecules and is widely used in the biopharmaceutical industry. This paper reviews recent advances in commonly used HRMS instrumentation and experimental strategies for HRMS-based structural characterization of protein therapeutics. An overview of protein higher order structural characterization using HRMS-based technologies is presented, including the use of hydrogen/deuterium exchange and hydroxyl radical footprinting methods for probing protein conformational dynamics and interactions in solution. Future directions in application of HRMS for characterizing protein therapeutics are also described.
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Disulfide bond assignment of an IgG1 monoclonal antibody by LC–MS with post-column partial reduction. Anal Biochem 2013; 436:93-100. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2013.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 01/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Quantification of thiols and disulfides. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1840:838-46. [PMID: 23567800 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2013.03.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Disulfide bond formation is a key posttranslational modification, with implications for structure, function and stability of numerous proteins. While disulfide bond formation is a necessary and essential process for many proteins, it is deleterious and disruptive for others. Cells go to great lengths to regulate thiol-disulfide bond homeostasis, typically with several, apparently redundant, systems working in parallel. Dissecting the extent of oxidation and reduction of disulfides is an ongoing challenge due, in part, to the facility of thiol/disulfide exchange reactions. SCOPE OF REVIEW In the present account, we briefly survey the toolbox available to the experimentalist for the chemical determination of thiols and disulfides. We have chosen to focus on the key chemical aspects of current methodology, together with identifying potential difficulties inherent in their experimental implementation. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS While many reagents have been described for the measurement and manipulation of the redox status of thiols and disulfides, a number of these methods remain underutilized. The ability to effectively quantify changes in redox conditions in living cells presents a continuing challenge. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Many unresolved questions in the metabolic interconversion of thiols and disulfides remain. For example, while pool sizes of redox pairs and their intracellular distribution are being uncovered, very little is known about the flux in thiol-disulfide exchange pathways. New tools are needed to address this important aspect of cellular metabolism. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Current methods to study reactive oxygen species - pros and cons and biophysics of membrane proteins. Guest Editor: Christine Winterbourn.
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Heverly-Coulson GS, Boyd RJ, Mó O, Yáñez M. Revealing Unexpected Mechanisms for Nucleophilic Attack on SS and SeSe Bridges. Chemistry 2013; 19:3629-38. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201203328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tan L, Durand KL, Ma X, Xia Y. Radical cascades in electron transfer dissociation (ETD) – implications for characterizing peptide disulfide regio-isomers. Analyst 2013; 138:6759-65. [DOI: 10.1039/c3an01333b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Ni W, Lin M, Salinas P, Savickas P, Karger BL, Wu SL. Complete mapping of a cystine knot and nested disulfides of recombinant human arylsulfatase A by multi-enzyme digestion and LC-MS analysis using CID and ETD. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2013; 24:125-133. [PMID: 23208745 PMCID: PMC3554868 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0510-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Revised: 09/30/2012] [Accepted: 09/30/2012] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Cystine knots or nested disulfides are structurally difficult to characterize, despite current technological advances in peptide mapping with high-resolution liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (LC-MS). In the case of recombinant human arylsulfatase A (rhASA), there is one cystine knot at the C-terminal, a pair of nested disulfides at the middle, and two out of three unpaired cysteines in the N-terminal region. The statuses of these cysteines are critical structure attributes for rhASA function and stability that requires precise examination. We used a unique approach to determine the status and linkage of each cysteine in rhASA, which was comprised of multi-enzyme digestion strategies (from Lys-C, trypsin, Asp-N, pepsin, and PNGase F) and multi-fragmentation methods in mass spectrometry using electron transfer dissociation (ETD), collision induced dissociation (CID), and CID with MS(3) (after ETD). In addition to generating desired lengths of enzymatic peptides for effective fragmentation, the digestion pH was optimized to minimize the disulfide scrambling. The disulfide linkages, including the cystine knot and a pair of nested cysteines, unpaired cysteines, and the post-translational modification of a cysteine to formylglycine, were all determined. In the assignment, the disulfide linkages were Cys138-Cys154, Cys143-Cys150, Cys282-Cys396, Cys470-Cys482, Cys471-Cys484, and Cys475-Cys481. For the unpaired cysteines, Cys20 and Cys276 were free cysteines, and Cys51 was largely converted to formylglycine (>70%). A successful methodology has been developed, which can be routinely used to determine these difficult-to-resolve disulfide linkages, ensuring drug function and stability.
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- Wenqin Ni
- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Lexington, MA 02421
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- Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Lexington, MA 02421
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
- Corresponding authors: and
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- Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
- Corresponding authors: and
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Peng Y, Chen X, Sato T, Rankin SA, Tsuji RF, Ge Y. Purification and high-resolution top-down mass spectrometric characterization of human salivary α-amylase. Anal Chem 2012; 84:3339-46. [PMID: 22390166 DOI: 10.1021/ac300083y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Human salivary α-amylase (HSAMY) is a major component of salivary secretions, possessing multiple important biological functions. Here we have established three methods to purify HSAMY in human saliva for comprehensive characterization of HSAMY by high-resolution top-down mass spectrometry (MS). Among the three purification methods, the affinity method based on the enzyme-substrate specific interaction between amylase and glycogen is preferred, providing the highest purity HSAMY with high reproducibility. Subsequently, we employed Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance MS to analyze the purified HSAMY. The predominant form of α-amylase purified from saliva of various races and genders is nonglycosylated with the same molecular weight of 55,881.2, which is 1885.8 lower than the calculated value based on the DNA-predicted sequence. High-resolution MS revealed the truncation of the first 15 N-terminal amino acids (-1858.96) and the subsequent formation of pyroglutamic acid at the new N-terminus Gln (-17.03). More importantly, five disulfide bonds in HSAMY were identified (-10.08) and effectively localized by tandem MS in conjunction with complete and partial reduction by tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine. Overall, this study demonstrates that top-down MS combined with affinity purification and partial reduction is a powerful method for rapid purification and complete characterization of large proteins with complex and overlapping disulfide bond patterns.
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- Ying Peng
- Human Proteomics Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Determination of Peptide and Protein Disulfide Linkages by MALDI Mass Spectrometry. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2012; 331:79-116. [DOI: 10.1007/128_2012_384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Zhang L, Chou CP, Moo-Young M. Disulfide bond formation and its impact on the biological activity and stability of recombinant therapeutic proteins produced by Escherichia coli expression system. Biotechnol Adv 2011; 29:923-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2011.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2011] [Revised: 07/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wang Y, Lu Q, Wu SL, Karger BL, Hancock WS. Characterization and comparison of disulfide linkages and scrambling patterns in therapeutic monoclonal antibodies: using LC-MS with electron transfer dissociation. Anal Chem 2011; 83:3133-40. [PMID: 21428412 DOI: 10.1021/ac200128d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The disulfides in three monoclonal antibodies (mAb), the anti-HER2, anti-CD11a, and GLP-1 with IgG4-Fc fusion protein, were completely mapped by LC-MS with the combination of electron-transfer dissociation (ETD) and collision induced dissociation (CID) fragmentation. In addition to mapping the 4 inter- and 12 intrachain disulfides (total 16), the identification of scrambled disulfides in degraded samples (heat-stress) was achieved. The scrambling was likely attributed to an initial breakage between the light (Cys 214) and heavy (Cys 223) chains in anti-HER2, with the same observation found in a similar therapeutic mAb, anti-CD11a. On the other hand, the fusion antibody, with no light chain but containing only two heavy chains, generated much less scrambling under the same heat-stressed conditions. The preferred sites of scrambling were identified, such as the intrachain disulfide for CxxC in the heavy chain, and the C194 of the heavy chain pairing with the terminal Cys residue (C214) in the light chain. The interchain disulfides between the light and heavy chains were weaker than the interchain disulfides between the two heavy chains. The relative high abundance ions observed in ETD provided strong evidence for the linked peptide information, which was particularly useful for the identification of the scrambled disulfides. The use of sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) helped the separation of these misfolded proteins for the determination of scrambled disulfide linkages. This methodology is useful for comparison of disulfide stability generated from different structural designs and providing a new way to determine the scrambling patterns, which could be applied for those seeking to determine unknown disulfide linkages.
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- Yi Wang
- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Nagao JI, Shioya K, Harada Y, Okuda KI, Zendo T, Nakayama J, Sonomoto K. Engineering unusual amino acids into peptides using lantibiotic synthetase. Methods Mol Biol 2011; 705:225-236. [PMID: 21125389 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61737-967-3_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Alteration of protein structure and function by introducing unusual amino acids has great potential to develop new biological tool and to produce novel therapeutic agents. Lantibiotics produced by Gram-positive bacteria are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified antimicrobial peptides. The modification enzyme involved in lantibiotic biosynthesis can catalyze the formation of unusual amino acids in the nascent lantibiotic prepeptide. Here, a novel methodology on the lantibiotic nukacin ISK-1 is described for engineering unusual amino acid residues into hexa-histidine-tagged (His-tagged) prepeptide NukA by the modification enzyme NukM in Escherichia coli. Co-expression of His-tagged NukA and NukM, purification of the resulting His-tagged prepeptide by affinity chromatography, and subsequent mass spectrometry analysis show that the prepeptide is converted into a postulated peptide with decrease in mass which results from the formation of unusual amino acids such as dehydrated amino acid, lanthionine, or 3-methyl lanthionine at the expected positions. The modified prepeptide can be readily obtained by one-step purification. This strategy will thus be a simple and powerful tool for introducing unusual amino acid residues aimed at peptide engineering.
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- Jun-Ichi Nagao
- Section of Infection Biology, Department of Functional Bioscience, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka 814-0913, Japan.
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Gupta K, Kumar P, Chatterji D. Identification, activity and disulfide connectivity of C-di-GMP regulating proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15072. [PMID: 21151497 PMCID: PMC2994820 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 10/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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C-di-GMP, a bacterial second messenger plays a key role in survival and adaptation of bacteria under different environmental conditions. The level of c-di-GMP is regulated by two opposing activities, namely diguanylate cyclase (DGC) and phosphodiesterase (PDE-A) exhibited by GGDEF and EAL domain, respectively in the same protein. Previously, we reported a bifunctional GGDEF–EAL domain protein, MSDGC-1 from Mycobacterium smegmatis showing both these activities (Kumar and Chatterji, 2008). In this current report, we have identified and characterized the homologous protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Rv 1354c) named as MtbDGC. MtbDGC is also a bifunctional protein, which can synthesize and degrade c-di-GMP in vitro. Further we expressed Mtbdgc in M. smegmatis and it was able to complement the MSDGC-1 knock out strain by restoring the long term survival of M. smegmatis. Another protein Rv 1357c, named as MtbPDE, is an EAL domain protein and degrades c-di-GMP to pGpG in vitro. Rv1354c and 1357c have seven cysteine amino acids in their sequence, distributed along the full length of the protein. Disulfide bonds play an important role in stabilizing protein structure and regulating protein function. By proteolytic digestion and mass spectrometric analysis of MtbDGC, connectivity between cysteine pairs Cys94-Cys584, Cys2-Cys479 and Cys429-Cys614 was determined, whereas the third cysteine (Cys406) from N terminal was found to be free in MtbDGC protein, which was further confirmed by alkylation with iodoacetamide labeling. Bioinformatics modeling investigations also supported the pattern of disulfide connectivity obtained by Mass spectrometric analysis. Cys406 was mutated to serine by site directed mutagenesis and the mutant MtbC406S was not found to be active and was not able to synthesize or degrade c-di-GMP. The disulfide connectivity established here would help further in understanding the structure – function relationship in MtbDGC.
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- Kajal Gupta
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
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In contrast to canonical phage endolysins, which require holin-mediated disruption of the membrane to gain access to attack the cell wall, signal anchor release (SAR) endolysins are secreted by the host sec system, where they accumulate in an inactive form tethered to the membrane by their N-terminal SAR domains. SAR endolysins become activated by various mechanisms upon release from the membrane. In its inactive form, the prototype SAR endolysin, Lyz(P1), of coliphage P1, has an active-site Cys covalently blocked by a disulfide bond; activation involves a disulfide bond isomerization driven by a thiol in the newly released SAR domain, unblocking the active-site Cys. Here, we report that Lyz(103), the endolysin of Erwinia phage ERA103, is also a SAR endolysin. Although Lyz(103) does not have a catalytic Cys, genetic evidence suggests that it also is activated by a thiol-disulfide isomerization triggered by a thiol in the SAR domain. In this case, the inhibitory disulfide in nascent Lyz(103) is formed between cysteine residues flanking a catalytic glutamate, caging the active site. Thus, Lyz(P1) and Lyz(103) define subclasses of SAR endolysins that differ in the nature of their inhibitory disulfide, and Lyz(103) is the first enzyme found to be regulated by disulfide bond caging of its active site.
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Liu P, O'Mara BW, Warrack BM, Wu W, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Lin M, Ackerman MS, Hocknell PK, Chen G, Tao L, Rieble S, Wang J, Wang-Iverson DB, Tymiak AA, Grace MJ, Russell RJ. A tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP) related cleavage on cysteine-containing proteins. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2010; 21:837-844. [PMID: 20189823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2010.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2009] [Revised: 01/13/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Introduced in the late 1980s as a reducing reagent, Tris (2-carboxyethyl) phosphine (TCEP) has now become one of the most widely used protein reductants. To date, only a few studies on its side reactions have been published. We report the observation of a side reaction that cleaves protein backbones under mild conditions by fracturing the cysteine residues, thus generating heterogeneous peptides containing different moieties from the fractured cysteine. The peptide products were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Peptides with a primary amine and a carboxylic acid as termini were observed, and others were found to contain amidated or formamidated carboxy termini, or formylated or glyoxylic amino termini. Formamidation of the carboxy terminus and the formation of glyoxylic amino terminus were unexpected reactions since both involve breaking of carbon-carbon bonds in cysteine.
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- Peiran Liu
- Department of Biologics Product and Process Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb Technical Operations, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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Gao Y, Cui T, Lam Y. Synthesis and disulfide bond connectivity-activity studies of a kalata B1-inspired cyclopeptide against dengue NS2B-NS3 protease. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 18:1331-6. [PMID: 20042339 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2009.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kalata B1 is a plant protein with remarkable thermal, chemical and enzymatic stability. Its potential applications could be centered on the possibility of using its cyclic structure and cystine knot motif as a scaffold for the design of stable pharmaceuticals. To discover potent dengue NS2B-NS3 protease inhibitors, we have prepared various kalata B1 analogues by varying the amino acid sequence. Mass spectrometric and biochemical investigations of these analogues revealed a cyclopeptide whose two fully oxidized forms are substrate-competitive inhibitors of the dengue viral NS2B-NS3 protease. Both oxidized forms showed potent inhibition with K(i) of 1.39+/-0.35 and 3.03+/-0.75 microM, respectively.
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- Yaojun Gao
- Department of Chemistry, National University of Singapore, 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Zhao L, Almaraz RT, Xiang F, Hedrick JL, Franz AH. Gas-phase scrambling of disulfide bonds during matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry analysis. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2009; 20:1603-1616. [PMID: 19535267 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2009.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 04/24/2009] [Accepted: 04/24/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Evidence for photo-induced radical disulfide bond scrambling in the gas phase during matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is described. The phenomenon was observed during the analysis of tryptic peptides from insulin and was confirmed in the determination of disulfide bonds in the rhamnose-binding lectin SEL24K from the Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha. A possible mechanism for this surprising scrambling is proposed. Despite this finding, the disulfide bond pattern in SEL24K was assigned unambiguously by a multi-enzyme digestion strategy in combination with MALDI mass spectrometry. The pattern was found to be symmetrical in the tandem repeat sequence of SEL24K. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of disulfide bond scrambling in the gas phase during MALDI-MS analysis. This observation has important ramifications for unambiguous assignment of disulfide bonds.
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- Liang Zhao
- Department of Chemistry, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California 95211, USA
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Single-molecule force-clamp spectroscopy offers a novel platform for mechanically denaturing proteins by applying a constant force to a polyprotein. A powerful emerging application of the technique is that, by introducing a disulfide bond in each protein module, the chemical kinetics of disulfide bond cleavage under different stretching forces can be probed at the single-bond level. Even at forces much lower than that which can rupture the chemical bond, the breaking of the S-S bond at the presence of various chemical reducing agents is significantly accelerated. Our previous work demonstrated that the rate of thiol/disulfide exchange reaction is force-dependent and well-described by an Arrhenius term of the form r = A(exp((FΔx(r) - E(a))/k(B)T)[nucleophile]). From Arrhenius fits to the force dependency of the reduction rate, we measured the bond elongation parameter, Δx(r), along the reaction coordinate to the transition state of the S(N)2 reaction cleaved by different nucleophiles and enzymes, never before observed by any other technique. For S-S cleavage by various reducing agents, obtaining the Δx(r) value can help depicting the energy landscapes and elucidating the mechanisms of the reactions at the single-molecule level. Small nucleophiles, such as 1,4-dl-dithiothreitol (DTT), tris(2-carboxyethyl)phosphine (TCEP), and l-cysteine, react with the S-S bond with monotonically increasing rates under the applied force, while thioredoxin enzymes exhibit both stretching-favored and -resistant reaction-rate regimes. These measurements demonstrate the power of the single-molecule force-clamp spectroscopy approach in providing unprecedented access to chemical reactions.
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Gahl RF, Pradeep L, Siegel CR, Xu G, Scheraga HA. Effects of tyrosine mutations on the conformational and oxidative folding of ribonuclease a: a comparative study. Biochemistry 2009; 48:3887-93. [PMID: 19344116 DOI: 10.1021/bi802362t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ribonuclease A (RNase A) undergoes more rapid conformational folding with its disulfide bonds intact than during oxidative folding from its reduced form. In this study, the effects of the mutants Y92G, Y92A, and Y92L on both the conformational and oxidative folding pathways were examined to determine the role of native interactions in different types of conformational searches for the biologically active structure of a protein. These mutations did not affect the overall conformational folding pathway of RNase A. However, in the mutants Y92G and Y92A, a key structured disulfide-bonded species, des-[65-72], involved in the oxidative folding pathway of RNase A, was destabilized. These results demonstrate the importance of native interactions in the folding process, namely, protection of a native (40-95) disulfide bond by a nearby tyrosyl-prolyl stacking interaction, when disulfide bonds are allowed to undergo SH/S-S reshuffling.
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- Robert F Gahl
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Goto Y, Iwasaki K, Torikai K, Murakami H, Suga H. Ribosomal synthesis of dehydrobutyrine- and methyllanthionine-containing peptides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2009:3419-21. [PMID: 19503890 DOI: 10.1039/b904314d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We report here the ribosomal synthesis of methyllanthionine-containing cyclic peptides involving a site-specific incorporation of vinylglycine under the reprogrammed genetic code, followed by the isomerization of the vinylglycine to dehydrobutyrine, and the subsequent intramolecular Michael addition of a cysteine residue placed at a downstream position of the vinylglycine.
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- Yuki Goto
- Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8904, Japan
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Wu SL, Jiang H, Lu Q, Dai S, Hancock WS, Karger BL. Mass spectrometric determination of disulfide linkages in recombinant therapeutic proteins using online LC-MS with electron-transfer dissociation. Anal Chem 2009; 81:112-22. [PMID: 19117448 PMCID: PMC2645030 DOI: 10.1021/ac801560k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the biotechnology industry, the generation of incorrectly folded recombinant proteins, either from an E.coli expression system or from an overexpressed CHO cell line (disulfide scrambling), is often a great concern as such incorrectly folded forms may not be completely removed in the final product. Thus, significant efforts have been devoted to map disulfide bonds to ensure drug quality. Similar to ECD, disulfide bond cleavages are preferred over peptide backbone fragmentation in ETD. Thus, an online LC-MS strategy combining collision-induced dissociation (CID-MS(2)), electron-transfer dissociation (ETD-MS(2)), and CID of an isolated product ion derived from ETD (MS(3)) has been used to characterize disulfide-linked peptides. Disulfide-linked peptide ions were identified by CID and ETD fragmentation, and the disulfide-dissociated (or partially dissociated) peptide ions were characterized in the subsequent MS(3) step. The online LC-MS approach is successfully demonstrated in the characterization of disulfide linkages of recombinant human growth hormone (Nutropin), a therapeutic monoclonal antibody, and tissue plasminogen activator (Activase). The characterization of disulfide-dissociated or partially dissociated peptide ions in the MS(3) step is important to assign the disulfide linkages, particularly, for intertwined disulfide bridges and the unexpected disulfide scrambling of tissue plasminogen activator. The disulfide-dissociated peptide ions are shown to be obtained either directly from the ETD fragmentation of the precursors (disulfide-linked peptide ions) or indirectly from the charge-reduced species in the ETD fragmentation of the precursors. The simultaneous observation of disulfide-linked and disulfide-dissociated peptide ions with high abundance not only provided facile interpretation with high confidence but also simplified the conventional approach for determination of disulfide linkages, which often requires two separate experiments (with and without chemical reduction). The online LC-MS with ETD methodology represents a powerful approach to aid in the characterization of the correct folding of therapeutic proteins.
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- Shiaw-Lin Wu
- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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- Barnett Institute and Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115
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Walewska A, Skalicky JJ, Davis DR, Zhang MM, Lopez-Vera E, Watkins M, Han TS, Yoshikami D, Olivera BM, Bulaj G. NMR-based mapping of disulfide bridges in cysteine-rich peptides: application to the mu-conotoxin SxIIIA. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:14280-6. [PMID: 18831583 PMCID: PMC2665793 DOI: 10.1021/ja804303p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Disulfide-rich peptides represent a megadiverse group of natural products with very promising therapeutic potential. To accelerate their functional characterization, high-throughput chemical synthesis and folding methods are required, including efficient mapping of multiple disulfide bridges. Here, we describe a novel approach for such mapping and apply it to a three-disulfide-bridged conotoxin, mu-SxIIIA (from the venom of Conus striolatus), whose discovery is also reported here for the first time. Mu-SxIIIA was chemically synthesized with three cysteine residues labeled 100% with (15)N/(13)C, while the remaining three cysteine residues were incorporated using a mixture of 70%/30% unlabeled/labeled Fmoc-protected residues. After oxidative folding, the major product was analyzed by NMR spectroscopy. Sequence-specific resonance assignments for the isotope-enriched Cys residues were determined with 2D versions of standard triple-resonance ((1)H, (13)C, (15)N) NMR experiments and 2D [(13)C, (1)H] HSQC. Disulfide patterns were directly determined with cross-disulfide NOEs confirming that the oxidation product had the disulfide connectivities characteristic of mu-conotoxins. Mu-SxIIIA was found to be a potent blocker of the sodium channel subtype Na(V)1.4 (IC50 = 7 nM). These results suggest that differential incorporation of isotope-labeled cysteine residues is an efficient strategy to map disulfides and should facilitate the discovery and structure-function studies of many bioactive peptides.
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- Aleksandra Walewska
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84112, USA
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Torrent G, Benito A, Castro J, Ribó M, Vilanova M. Contribution of the C30/C75 disulfide bond to the biological properties of onconase. Biol Chem 2008; 389:1127-36. [DOI: 10.1515/bc.2008.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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AbstractOnconase, a member of the pancreatic type ribonuclease family, is currently used as a chemotherapeutic agent for the treatment of different types of cancer. It is widely accepted that one of the properties that renders this enzyme cytotoxic is its ability to evade the cytosolic ribonuclease inhibitor (RI). In the present work, we produced and characterized an onconase variant that lacks the disulfide bond C30/C75. This variant mimics the stable unfolding intermediate des(30–75) produced in the reductive unfolding pathway of onconase. We found that the reduction of the C30/C75 disulfide bond does not significantly alter the cytotoxic properties of onconase, although the variant possesses a notably reduced conformational stability. Interestingly, both its catalytic activity and its ability to evade RI are comparable to wild-type onconase under mild reductive conditions in which the three disulfide containing intermediate des(30–75) is present. These results suggest that the C30/C75 disulfide bond could easily be reduced under physiological redox conditions.
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Popolo L, Ragni E, Carotti C, Palomares O, Aardema R, Back JW, Dekker HL, de Koning LJ, de Jong L, de Koster CG. Disulfide Bond Structure and Domain Organization of Yeast β(1,3)-Glucanosyltransferases Involved in Cell Wall Biogenesis. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:18553-65. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801562200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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