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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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Ling C, Zhang J, Lin D, Tao A. Approaches for the generation of active papain-like cysteine proteases from inclusion bodies of Escherichia coli. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 31:681-90. [PMID: 25792298 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-015-1804-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Papain-like cysteine proteases are widely expressed, fulfill specific functions in extracellular matrix turnover, antigen presentation and processing events, and may represent viable drug targets for major diseases. In depth and rigorous studies of the potential for these proteins to be targets for drug development require sufficient amounts of protease protein that can be used for both experimental and therapeutic purposes. Escherichia coli was widely used to express papain-like cysteine proteases, but most of those proteases are produced in insoluble inclusion bodies that need solubilizing, refolding, purifying and activating. Refolding is the most critical step in the process of generating active cysteine proteases and the current approaches to refolding include dialysis, dilution and chromatography. Purification is mainly achieved by various column chromatography. Finally, the attained refolded proteases are examined regarding their protease structures and activities.
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- Chunfang Ling
- School of Life Science, South China Normal University, 55# Zhongshan Road West, Tianhe District, Guangzhou, 510631, People's Republic of China
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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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Mills BJ, Mu Q, Krause ME, Laurence JS. claMP Tag: a versatile inline metal-binding platform based on the metal abstraction peptide. Bioconjug Chem 2014; 25:1103-11. [PMID: 24807049 PMCID: PMC4215913 DOI: 10.1021/bc500115h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Molecularly
targeted research and diagnostic tools are essential
to advancing understanding and detection of many diseases. Metals
often impart the desired functionality to these tools, and conjugation
of high-affinity chelators to proteins is carried out to enable targeted
delivery of the metal. This approach has been much more effective
with large lanthanide series metals than smaller transition metals.
Because chemical conjugation requires additional processing and purification
steps and yields a heterogeneous mixture of products, inline incorporation
of a peptide tag capable of metal binding is a highly preferable alternative.
Development of a transition metal binding tag would provide opportunity
to greatly expand metal-based analyses. The metal abstraction peptide
(MAP) sequence was genetically engineered into recombinant protein
to generate the claMP Tag. The effects of this tag
on recombinant epidermal growth factor (EGF) protein expression, disulfide
bond formation, tertiary structural integrity, and transition metal
incorporation using nickel were examined to confirm the viability
of utilizing the MAP sequence to generate linker-less metal conjugates.
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- Brittney J Mills
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Kansas , Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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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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Bhattacharyya M, Gupta K, Gowd KH, Balaram P. Rapid mass spectrometric determination of disulfide connectivity in peptides and proteins. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2013; 9:1340-50. [DOI: 10.1039/c3mb25534d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Arai K, Kumakura F, Iwaoka M. Kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of the conformational folding process of SS-reduced bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A using a selenoxide reagent with high oxidizing ability. FEBS Open Bio 2012; 2:60-70. [PMID: 23653890 PMCID: PMC3646284 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2012] [Revised: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Redox-coupled folding pathways of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) with four intramolecular disulfide (SS) bonds comprise three phases: (I) SS formation to generate partially oxidized intermediate ensembles with no rigid folded structure; (II) SS rearrangement from the three SS intermediate ensemble (3S) to the des intermediates having three native SS linkages; (III) final oxidation of the last native SS linkage to generate native RNase A. We previously demonstrated that DHSox, a water-soluble selenoxide reagent for rapid and quantitative SS formation, allows clear separation of the three folding phases. In this study, the main conformational folding phase (phase II) has been extensively analyzed at pH 8.0 under a wide range of temperatures (5–45 °C), and thermodynamic and kinetic parameters for the four des intermediates were determined. The free-energy differences (ΔG) as a function of temperature suggested that the each SS linkage has different thermodynamic and kinetic roles in stability of the native structure. On the other hand, comparison of the rate constants and the activation energies for 3S → des with those reported for the conformational folding of SS-intact RNase A suggested that unfolded des species (desU) having three native SS linkages but not yet being folded are involved in very small amounts (<1%) in the 3S intermediate ensemble and the desU species would gain the native-like structures via X-Pro isomerization like SS-intact RNase A. It was revealed that DHSox is useful for kinetic and thermodynamic analysis of the conformational folding process on the oxidative folding pathways of SS-reduced proteins.
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Key Words
- 1S, 2S, 3S, and 4S, ensembles of folding intermediates of RNase A with one, two, three, and four SS linkages, respectively
- AEMTS, 2-aminoethyl methanethiosulfonate
- BPTI, bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor
- DHSox, trans-3,4-dihydroxyselenolane oxide
- DTTox, oxidized DTT
- DTTred, dithiothreitol
- Disulfide bond
- EDTA, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- ESI, electron spray ionization
- GSSG, oxidized glutathione
- HEPES, 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
- HPLC, high performance liquid chromatography
- N, native RNase A
- Oxidative protein folding
- R, reduced RNase A
- RNase A, bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A
- Ribonuclease A
- SH, thiol
- SS, disulfide
- Selenoxide
- TFA, trifluoroacetic acid
- Trans-3,4-dihydroxyselenolane oxide
- U, unfolded RNase A
- UV, ultraviolet
- X-Pro isomerization
- desN, folded des intermediate
- desU, unfolded des intermediate
- des[26–84], des[40–95], des[58–110], and des[65–72], structured 3S intermediates of RNase A having three native SS bonds but lacking one native SS bond specified
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- Kenta Arai
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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Chang JY. Diverse pathways of oxidative folding of disulfide proteins: underlying causes and folding models. Biochemistry 2011; 50:3414-31. [PMID: 21410235 DOI: 10.1021/bi200131j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The pathway of oxidative folding of disulfide proteins exhibits a high degree of diversity, which is manifested mainly by distinct structural heterogeneity and diverse rearrangement pathways of folding intermediates. During the past two decades, the scope of this diversity has widened through studies of more than 30 disulfide-rich proteins by various laboratories. A more comprehensive landscape of the mechanism of protein oxidative folding has emerged. This review will cover three themes. (1) Elaboration of the scope of diversity of disulfide folding pathways, including the two opposite extreme models, represented by bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and hirudin. (2) Demonstration of experimental evidence accounting for the underlying mechanism of the folding diversity. (3) Discussion of the convergence between the extreme models of oxidative folding and models of conventional conformational folding (framework model, hydrophobic collapse model).
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- Jui-Yoa Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical School, The University of Texas, Houston, 77030, USA.
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Chang JY. Distinct folding pathways of two homologous disulfide proteins: bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor and tick anticoagulant peptide. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 14:127-35. [PMID: 20831444 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The folding pathways of disulfide proteins vary substantially (Arolas et al., Trends Biochem Sci 31: 292-301, 2006). The diversity is mainly manifested by (a) the extent of heterogeneity of folding intermediates, (b) the extent of presence of native-like intermediates, and (c) the variation of folding kinetics. Even among structurally similar proteins, the difference can be enormous. This is demonstrated in this concise review with two structurally homologous kunitz-type protease inhibitors, bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor and tick anticoagulant peptide, as well as a group of cystine knot proteins. The diversity of their folding mechanisms is illustrated with two different folding techniques: (a) the conventional method of disulfide oxidation (oxidative folding), and (b) the novel method of disulfide scrambling (Chang, J Biol Chem 277: 120-126, 2002). This review also highlights the convergence of folding models concluded form the conventional conformational folding and those obtained by oxidative folding.
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- Jui-Yoa Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Yan C, Pattani V, Tunnell JW, Ren P. Temperature-induced unfolding of epidermal growth factor (EGF): insight from molecular dynamics simulation. J Mol Graph Model 2010; 29:2-12. [PMID: 20466569 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2010.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/29/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Thermal disruption of protein structure and function is a potentially powerful therapeutic vehicle. With the emerging nanoparticle-targeting and femtosecond laser technology, it is possible to deliver heating locally to specific molecules. It is therefore important to understand how fast a protein can unfold or lose its function at high temperatures, such as near the water boiling point. In this study, the thermal damage of EGF was investigated by combining the replica exchange (136 replicas) and conventional molecular dynamics simulations. The REMD simulation was employed to rigorously explore the free-energy landscape of EGF unfolding. Interestingly, besides the native and unfolded states, we also observed a distinct molten globule (MG) state that retained substantial amount of native contacts. Based on the understanding that which the unfolding of EGF is a three-state process, we have examined the unfolding kinetics of EGF (N-->MG and MG-->D) with multiple 20-ns conventional MD simulations. The Arrhenius prefactors and activation energy barriers determined from the simulation are within the range of previously studied proteins. In contrast to the thermal damage of cells and tissues which take place on the time scale of seconds to hours at relatively low temperatures, the denaturation of proteins occur in nanoseconds when the temperature of heat bath approaches the boiling point.
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- Chunli Yan
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Characterization of modification enzyme NukM and engineering of a novel thioether bridge in lantibiotic nukacin ISK-1. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 86:891-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-009-2334-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2009] [Revised: 10/24/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Binding specificity of the lantibiotic-binding immunity protein NukH. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:7613-9. [PMID: 18978082 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00789-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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NukH is a lantibiotic-binding immunity protein that shows strong binding activity against type A(II) lantibiotics. In this study, the binding specificity of NukH was analyzed by using derivatives of nukacin ISK-1, which is a type A(II) lantibiotic produced by Staphylococcus warneri ISK-1. Interactions between cells of Lactococcus lactis transformants expressing nukH and nukacin ISK-1 derivatives were analyzed by using a quantitative peptide-binding assay. Differences in the cell-binding rates of each nukacin ISK-1 derivative suggested that three lysine residues at positions 1 to 3 of nukacin ISK-1 contribute to the effective binding of nukacin ISK-1 to nukH-expressing cells. The binding levels of mutants with lanthionine and dehydrobutyrine substitutions (S11A nukacin(4-27) and T24A nukacin(4-27), respectively) to nukH-expressing cells were considerably lower than those of nukacin(4-27), suggesting that unusual amino acids play a decisive role in NukH recognition. Additionally, it was suggested that T9A nukacin(4-27), a mutant with a 3-methyllanthionine substitution, binds to NukH via an intermolecular disulfide bond after it is weakly recognized by NukH. We succeeded in the detection of specific type A(II) lantibiotics from the culture supernatants of various bacteriocin producers by using the binding specificity of nukH-expressing cells.
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Oxidation of sulfhydryl groups to form a disulfi de bond is one of the most common post-translational modifi cations in proteins. Disulfi de bonds play important roles in stabilizing three-dimensional structure and modulating bioactivity of the cystinyl proteins. The determination of disulfi de bond linkage is therefore an integral part of structural characterization of proteins. A mass spectrometry-based strategy utilizing chemical cleavage at cysteine residues following cyanylation reaction is described for the identifi cation of both sulfhydryl and disulfi de bond linkage in proteins. The method has been particularly powerful for the assignment of disulfi de bonds in proteins containing adjacent or closely spaced cysteines.
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- Jiang Wu
- Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Salamanca S, Chang JY. Pathway of oxidative folding of a 3-disulfide alpha-lactalbumin may resemble either BPTI model or hirudin model. Protein J 2007; 25:275-87. [PMID: 16710754 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-006-9011-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pathways of oxidative folding of disulfide proteins display a high degree of diversity and vary among two extreme models. The BPTI model is defined by limited species of folding intermediates adopting mainly native disulfide bonds. The hirudin model is characterized by highly heterogeneous folding intermediates containing mostly non-native disulfide bonds. alphaLA-IIIA is a 3-disulfide variant of alpha-lactalbumin (alphaLA) with a 3-D conformation essentially identical to that of intact alphaLA. alphaLA-IIIA contains 3 native disulfide bonds of alphaLA, two of them are located at the calcium binding beta-subdomain (Cys61-Cys77 and Cys73-Cys91) and the third bridge is located within the alpha-helical domain of the molecule (Cys28-Cys111). We investigate here the pathway of oxidative folding of fully reduced alphaLA-IIIA with and without stabilization of its beta-subdomain by calcium binding. In the absence of calcium, the folding pathway of alphaLA-IIIA was shown to resemble that of hirudin model. Upon stabilization of beta-sheet domain by calcium binding, the folding pathway of alphaLA-IIIA exhibits a striking similarity to that of BPTI model. Three predominant folding intermediates of alphaLA-IIIA containing exclusively native disulfide bonds were isolated and structurally characterized. Our results further demonstrate that stabilization of subdomains in a protein may dictate its folding pathway and represent a major cause for the existing diversity in the folding pathways of the disulfide-containing proteins.
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- Silvia Salamanca
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, 2121 W. Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Arolas JL, Aviles FX, Chang JY, Ventura S. Folding of small disulfide-rich proteins: clarifying the puzzle. Trends Biochem Sci 2006; 31:292-301. [PMID: 16600598 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2006] [Revised: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The process by which small proteins fold to their native conformations has been intensively studied over the past few decades. The particular chemistry of disulfide-bond formation has facilitated the characterization of the oxidative folding of numerous small, disulfide-rich proteins with results that illustrate a high level of diversity in folding mechanisms, differing in the heterogeneity and native disulfide-bond content of their intermediates. Information from folding studies of these proteins, together with the recent structural determinations of predominant intermediates, has provided new molecular insights into oxidative folding and clarifies the major rules that govern it.
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- Joan L Arolas
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Gallegos-Pérez JL, Rangel-Ordóñez L, Bowman SR, Ngowe CO, Watson JT. Study of primary amines for nucleophilic cleavage of cyanylated cystinyl proteins in disulfide mass mapping methodology. Anal Biochem 2005; 346:311-9. [PMID: 16197914 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2005.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2005] [Accepted: 08/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In a study of primary (methyl to butyl) amines as nucleophiles for cyano-induced cleavage of cysteinyl proteins, methylamine was found to be superior to ammonia for cyanylation (CN)-based disulfide mass mapping methodology. Reaction conditions such as nucleophile concentration, temperature, and reaction time were systematically studied using ribonuclease A as a model protein. The CN-induced cleavage products were monitored using reverse-phase chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. Results showed that low temperature, short reaction time, and high nucleophile concentration optimize the cleavage reaction and minimize side reactions. These conditions shorten the analysis time and substantially improve the yield of cleavage products. Further, the concurrent use of homologous nucleophiles (e.g., ammonia and methylamine) facilitates recognition and identification of cleavage products.
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Pipes GD, Kosky AA, Abel J, Zhang Y, Treuheit MJ, Kleemann GR. Optimization and applications of CDAP labeling for the assignment of cysteines. Pharm Res 2005; 22:1059-68. [PMID: 16028006 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-005-5643-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2005] [Accepted: 04/29/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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PURPOSE The aim of the study is to provide a methodology for assigning unpaired cysteine residues in proteins formulated in a variety of different conditions to identify structural heterogeneity as a potential cause for protein degradation. METHODS 1-Cyano-4-dimethylaminopyridinium tetrafluoroborate (CDAP) was employed for cyanylating free cysteines in proteins and peptides. Subsequent basic cleavage of the peptide bond at the N-terminal side of the cyanylated cysteines provided direct information about their location. RESULTS CDAP was successfully employed to a wide variety of labeling conditions. CDAP was reactive between pH 2.0 and 8.0 with a maximum labeling efficiency at pH 5.0. Its reactivity was not affected by excipients, salt or denaturant. Storing CDAP in an organic solvent increased its intrinsic stability. It was demonstrated that CDAP can be employed as a thiol-directed probe to investigate structural heterogeneity of proteins by examining the accessibility of unpaired cysteine residues. CONCLUSION CDAP is a unique cysteine-labeling reagent because it is reactive under acidic conditions. This provides an advantage over other sulfhydryl labeling reagents as it avoids potential thiol-disulfide exchange. Optimization of the cyanylation reaction allowed the utilization of CDAP as a thiol-directed probe to investigate accessibility of sulfhydryl groups in proteins under various formulation conditions to monitor structural heterogeneity.
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- Gary D Pipes
- Department of Pharmaceutics, MS 2-1-A, Amgen Inc., One Amgen Center Drive, Thousand Oaks, California 91320-1799, USA
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Jia XY, Guo ZY, Wang Y, Xu Y, Duan SS, Feng YM. Peptide models of four possible insulin folding intermediates with two disulfides. Protein Sci 2004; 12:2412-9. [PMID: 14573855 PMCID: PMC2366966 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0389303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The single-chain insulin (PIP) can spontaneously fold into native structure through preferred kinetic intermediates. During refolding, pairing of the first disulfide A20-B19 is highly specific, whereas pairing of the second disulfide is likely random because two two-disulfide intermediates have been trapped. To get more details of pairing property of the second disulfide, four model peptides of possible folding intermediates with two disulfides were prepared by protein engineering, and their properties were analyzed. The four model peptides were named [A20-B19, A7-B7]PIP, [A20-B19, A6-B7]PIP, [A20-B19, A6-A11]PIP, and [A20-B19, A7-A11]PIP according to their remaining disulfides. The four model peptides all adopt partially folded structure with moderate conformational differences. In redox buffer, the disulfides of the model peptides are more easily reduced than those of the wild-type PIP. During in vitro refolding, the reduced model peptides share similar relative folding rates but different folding yields: The refolding efficiency of the reduced [A20-B19, A7-A11]PIP is about threefold lower than that of the other three peptides. The present results indicate that the folding intermediates corresponding to the present model peptides all adopt partially folded conformation, and can be formed during PIP refolding, but the chance of forming the intermediate with disulfide [A20-B19, A7-A11] is much lower than that of forming the other three intermediates.
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- Xiao-Yuan Jia
- Key Laboratory of Proteomics, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China
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Arolas JL, Bronsoms S, Lorenzo J, Aviles FX, Chang JY, Ventura S. Role of kinetic intermediates in the folding of leech carboxypeptidase inhibitor. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37261-70. [PMID: 15226306 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405565200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The oxidative folding and reductive unfolding pathways of leech carboxypeptidase inhibitor (LCI; four disulfides) have been characterized in this work by structural and kinetic analysis of the acid-trapped folding intermediates. The oxidative folding of reduced and denatured LCI proceeds rapidly through a sequential flow of 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-disulfide (scrambled) species to reach the native form. Folding intermediates of LCI comprise two predominant 3-disulfide species (designated as III-A and III-B) and a heterogeneous population of scrambled isomers that consecutively accumulate along the folding reaction. Our study reveals that forms III-A and III-B exclusively contain native disulfide bonds and correspond to stable and partially structured species that interconvert, reaching an equilibrium prior to the formation of the scrambled isomers. Given that these intermediates act as kinetic traps during the oxidative folding, their accumulation is prevented when they are destabilized, thus leading to a significant acceleration of the folding kinetics. III-A and III-B forms appear to have both native disulfides bonds and free thiols similarly protected from the solvent; major structural rearrangements through the formation of scrambled isomers are required to render native LCI. The reductive unfolding pathway of LCI undergoes an apparent all-or-none mechanism, although low amounts of intermediates III-A and III-B can be detected, suggesting differences in protection against reduction among the disulfide bonds. The characterization of III-A and III-B forms shows that the former intermediate structurally and functionally resembles native LCI, whereas the III-B form bears more resemblance to scrambled isomers.
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- Joan L Arolas
- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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Göransson U, Craik DJ. Disulfide mapping of the cyclotide kalata B1. Chemical proof of the cystic cystine knot motif. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:48188-96. [PMID: 12960160 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308771200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cyclotides are a recently discovered family of plant proteins that have the fascinating structural feature of a continuous cyclic backbone and, putatively, a knotted arrangement of their three conserved disulfide bonds. We here show definite chemical proof of the I-IV, II-V, III-VI knotted disulfide connectivity of the prototypic cyclotide kalata B1. This has been achieved by a new approach for disulfide analysis, involving partial reduction and stepwise alkylation including introduction of charges and enzymatic cleavage sites by aminoethylation of cysteines. The approach overcomes the intrinsic difficulties for disulfide mapping of cyclotides, i.e. the cyclic amide backbone, lack of cleavage sites between cysteines, and a low or clustered content of basic amino acids, and allowed a direct determination of the disulfide bonds in kalata B1 using analysis by mass spectrometry. The established disulfide connectivity is unequivocally shown to be cystine knotted by a topological analysis. This is the first direct chemical determination of disulfides in native cyclotides and unambiguously confirms the unique cyclic cystine knot motif.
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- Ulf Göransson
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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Qiao ZS, Min CY, Hua QX, Weiss MA, Feng YM. In vitro refolding of human proinsulin. Kinetic intermediates, putative disulfide-forming pathway folding initiation site, and potential role of C-peptide in folding process. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:17800-9. [PMID: 12624089 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300906200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human insulin is a double-chain peptide that is synthesized in vivo as a single-chain human proinsulin (HPI). We have investigated the disulfide-forming pathway of a single-chain porcine insulin precursor (PIP). Here we further studied the folding pathway of HPI in vitro. While the oxidized refolding process of HPI was quenched, four obvious intermediates (namely P1, P2, P3, and P4, respectively) with three disulfide bridges were isolated and characterized. Contrary to the folding pathway of PIP, no intermediates with one- or two-disulfide bonds could be captured under different refolding conditions. CD analysis showed that P1, P2, and P3 retained partially structural conformations, whereas P4 contained little secondary structure. Based on the time-dependent distribution, disulfide pair analysis, and disulfide-reshuffling process of the intermediates, we have proposed that the folding pathway of HPI is significantly different from that of PIP. These differences reveal that the C-peptide not only facilitates the folding of HPI but also governs its kinetic folding pathway of HPI. Detailed analysis of the molecular folding process reveals that there are some similar folding mechanisms between PIP and HPI. These similarities imply that the initiation site for the folding of PIP/HPI may reside in the central alpha-helix of the B-chain. The formation of disulfide A20-B19 may guide the transfer of the folding information from the B-chain template to the unstructured A-chain. Furthermore, the implications of this in vitro refolding study on the in vivo folding process of HPI have been discussed.
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- Zhi-Song Qiao
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue-Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, People's Republic of China
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Yan H, Guo ZY, Gong XW, Xi D, Feng YM. A peptide model of insulin folding intermediate with one disulfide. Protein Sci 2003; 12:768-75. [PMID: 12649435 PMCID: PMC2323835 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0237203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Insulin folds into a unique three-dimensional structure stabilized by three disulfide bonds. Our previous work suggested that during in vitro refolding of a recombinant single-chain insulin (PIP) there exists a critical folding intermediate containing the single disulfide A20-B19. However, the intermediate cannot be trapped during refolding because once this disulfide is formed, the remaining folding process is very quick. To circumvent this difficulty, a model peptide ([A20-B19]PIP) containing the single disulfide A20-B19 was prepared by protein engineering. The model peptide can be secreted from transformed yeast cells, but its secretion yield decreases 2-3 magnitudes compared with that of the wild-type PIP. The physicochemical property analysis suggested that the model peptide adopts a partially folded conformation. In vitro, the fully reduced model peptide can quickly and efficiently form the disulfide A20-B19, which suggested that formation of the disulfide A20-B19 is kinetically preferred. In redox buffer, the model peptide is reduced gradually as the reduction potential is increased, while the disulfides of the wild-type PIP are reduced in a cooperative manner. By analysis of the model peptide, it is possible to deduce the properties of the critical folding intermediate with the single disulfide A20-B19.
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- Han Yan
- Department of Bioengineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Watson JT, Yang Y, Wu J. Capture and identification of folding intermediates of cystinyl proteins by cyanylation and mass spectrometry. J Mol Graph Model 2002; 19:119-28. [PMID: 11381521 DOI: 10.1016/s1093-3263(00)00127-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Trapping folding intermediates of cystinyl proteins by covalent modification of free sulfhydryl groups provides the opportunity for isolation, purification, and structural elucidation of individual species. The disulfide structure of the intermediates, coupled with their temporal abundance, provides a 'snapshot' of the pathway experienced by the refolding protein in a particular medium. Here, intermediates of cystinyl proteins containing free cysteines are trapped by cyanylation through reaction with an acidic (pH 3.0) solution of 1-cyano-4-dimethylamino-pyridinium (CDAP) tetrafluoroborate. The cyanylated species are separated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, where the resulting chromatogram gives a visual indication of the distribution of intermediates at a designated time after commencing the refolding process. The disulfide structure of an intermediate can be determined by cleaving its cyanylated derivative and by mass mapping of the resulting fragments to the sequence of the original protein. Cleavage of a cyanylated species represented by any given peak in the chromatogram is achieved by treatment of that fraction with 1M NH4OH at room temperature for 1 h; the resulting fragments are analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) or electrospray mass spectrometry. Examples will be presented from in vitro refolding experiments with human epidermal growth factor (hEGF), for which more than 10 folding intermediates were isolated and identified at different time points, and a mutant of insulin-like growth factor-I, for which three intermediates were isolated and identified.
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- J T Watson
- Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
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Chang JY. The folding pathway of alpha-lactalbumin elucidated by the technique of disulfide scrambling. Isolation of on-pathway and off-pathway intermediates. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:120-6. [PMID: 11560938 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108057200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The technique of disulfide scrambling permits reversible conversion of the native and denatured (scrambled) proteins via shuffling and reshuffling of disulfide bonds. Under strong denaturing conditions (e.g. 6 m guanidinium chloride) and in the presence of a thiol initiator, alpha-lactalbumin (alphaLA) denatures by shuffling its four native disulfide bonds and converts to an assembly of 45 species of scrambled isomers. Among them, two predominant isomers, designated as X-alphaLA-a and X-alphaLA-d, account for about 50% of the total denatured structure of alphaLA. X-alphaLA-a and X-alphaLA-d, which adopt the disulfide patterns of (1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8) and (1-2,3-6,4-5,7-8), respectively, represent the most unfolded structures among the 104 possible scrambled isomers (Chang, J.-Y., and Li, L. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 9705-9712). In this study, X-alphaLA-a and X-alphaLA-d were purified and allowed to refold through disulfide scrambling to form the native alphaLA. Folding intermediates were trapped kinetically by acid quenching and analyzed quantitatively by reversed phase high pressure liquid chromatography. The results revealed two major on-pathway productive intermediates, two major off-pathway kinetic traps, and at least 30 additional minor transient intermediates. Of the two major on-pathway intermediates, one takes on a native-like alpha-helical domain, and the other comprises a structured beta-sheet, calcium binding domain. The two major kinetic traps are apparently stabilized by locally formed non-native-like structures. Overall, the folding mechanism of alphaLA is essentially congruent with the model of "folding funnel" furnished with a rather intricate energy landscape.
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- Jui-Yoa Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Kaltashov IA, Eyles SJ. Studies of biomolecular conformations and conformational dynamics by mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2002; 21:37-71. [PMID: 12210613 DOI: 10.1002/mas.10017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In the post-genomic era, a wealth of structural information has been amassed for proteins from NMR and crystallography. However, static protein structures alone are not a sufficient description: knowledge of the dynamic nature of proteins is essential to understand their wide range of functions and behavior during the life cycle from synthesis to degradation. Furthermore, few proteins have the ability to act alone in the crowded cellular environment. Assemblies of multiple proteins governed by complex signaling pathways are often required for the tasks of target recognition, binding, transport, and function. Mass spectrometry has emerged over the past several years as a powerful tool to address many of these questions. Recent improvements in "soft" ionization techniques have enabled researchers to study proteins and biomolecular complexes, both directly and indirectly. Likewise, continuous improvements in instrumental design in recent years have resulted in a dramatic expansion of the m/z range and resolution, enabling observation of large multi-protein assemblies whose structures are retained in the gas phase. In this article, we discuss some of the mass spectrometric techniques applied to investigate the nature of the conformations and dynamical properties that govern protein function.
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- Igor A Kaltashov
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
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Chang JY, Li L, Lai PH. A major kinetic trap for the oxidative folding of human epidermal growth factor. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:4845-52. [PMID: 11087730 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005160200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The folding pathway of human epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been characterized by structural and kinetic analysis of the acid-trapped folding intermediates. Oxidative folding of the fully reduced EGF proceeds through 1-disulfide intermediates and accumulates rapidly as a single stable 2-disulfide intermediate (designated as EGF-II), which represents up to more than 85% of the total protein along the folding pathway. Among the five 1-disulfide intermediates that have been structurally characterized, only one is native, and nearly all of them are bridges by neighboring cysteines. Extensive accumulation of EGF-II indicates that it accounts for the major kinetic trap of EGF folding. EGF-II contains two of the three native disulfide bonds of EGF, Cys(14)-Cys(31) and Cys(33)-Cys(42). However, formation of the third native disulfide (Cys(6)-Cys(20)) for EGF-II is slow and does not occur directly. Kinetic analysis reveals that an important route for EGF-II to reach the native structure is via rearrangement pathway through 3-disulfide scrambled isomers. The pathway of EGF-II to attain the native structure differs from that of three major 2-disulfide intermediates of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI). The dissimilarities of folding mechanism(s) between EGF, BPTI, and hirudin are discussed in this paper.
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- J Y Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Chang JY, Ballatore A. Structure and heterogeneity of the one- and two-disulfide folding intermediates of tick anticoagulant peptide. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2000; 19:299-310. [PMID: 11043935 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007099430211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) is a factor Xa-specific inhibitor and is structurally homologous to bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI). The fully reduced TAP refolds spontaneously to form the native structure under a wide variation of redox buffers. The folding intermediates of TAP consist of at least 22 fractions of one-disulfide, two-disulfide, and three-disulfide scrambled isomers. Three species of well-populated one- and two-disulfide intermediates were isolated and structurally characterized. The predominant one-disulfide species contains TAP-(Cys33-Cys55). Two major two-disulfide isomers were TAP-(Cys33-Cys55, Cys15-Cys39) and TAP-(Cys33-Cys55, Cys5-Cys39). Both Cys33-Cys55 and Cys15-Cys39 are native disulfides of TAP. These three species are structural counterparts of BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51), BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51, Cys14-Cys38), and BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51,Cys5-Cys38), which have been shown to be the major intermediates of BPTI folding. In addition, time-course-trapped folding intermediates of TAP, consisting of about 47% one-disulfide species and 30% two-disulfide species, were collectively digested with thermolysin, and fragmented peptides were analyzed by Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry in order to characterize the disulfide-containing peptides. Among the 15 possible single-disulfide pairings of TAP, 10 (2 native and 8 nonnative) were found as structural components of its one- and two-disulfide folding intermediates. The results demonstrate that the major folding intermediates of TAP bear structural homology to those of BPTI. However, the folding pathway of TAP differs from that of BPTI by (a) a higher degree of heterogeneity of one- and two-disulfide intermediates and (b) the presence of three-disulfide scrambled isomers as folding intermediates. Mechanism(s) that may account for these diversities are proposed and discussed.
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- J Y Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
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Chang JY, Li L, Bulychev A. The underlying mechanism for the diversity of disulfide folding pathways. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:8287-9. [PMID: 10722657 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.8287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The disulfide folding pathway of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) is characterized by the predominance of folding intermediates with native-like structures. Our laboratory has recently analyzed the folding pathway(s) of four 3-disulfide-containing proteins, including hirudin, potato carboxypeptidase inhibitor, epidermal growth factor, and tick anticoagulant peptide. Their folding mechanism(s) differ from that of BPTI by 1) a higher degree of heterogeneity of 1- and 2-disulfide intermediates and 2) the presence of 3-disulfide scrambled isomers as folding intermediates. To search for the underlying causes of these diversities, we conducted kinetic analyses of the reductive unfolding of these five proteins. The experiment of reductive unfolding was designed to evaluate the relative stability and interdependence of disulfide bonds in the native protein. It is demonstrated here that among these five proteins, there exists a striking correlation between the mechanism(s) of reductive unfolding and that of oxidative folding. Those proteins with their native disulfide bonds reduced in a collective and simultaneous manner exhibit both a high degree of heterogeneity of folding intermediates and the accumulation of scrambled isomers along the folding pathway. A sequential reduction of the native disulfide bonds is associated with the presence of predominant intermediates with native- like structures.
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- J Y Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Maier CS, Yan X, Harder ME, Schimerlik MI, Deinzer ML, Pasa-Tolić L, Smith RD. Electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometric analysis of the recombinant human macrophage colony stimulating factor beta and derivatives. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2000; 11:237-243. [PMID: 10697819 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(99)00139-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The potential of electrospray ionization (ESI) Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS) to assist in the structural characterization of monomeric and dimeric derivatives of the macrophage colony stimulating factor beta (rhM-CSF beta) was assessed. Mass spectrometric analysis of the 49 kDa protein required the use of sustained off-resonance irradiation (SORI) in-trap cleanup to reduce adduction. High resolution mass spectra were acquired for a fully reduced and a fully S-cyanylated monomeric derivative (approximately 25 kDa). Mass accuracy for monomeric derivatives was better than 5 ppm, after applying a new calibration method (i.e., DeCAL) which eliminates space charge effects upon high accuracy mass measurements. This high mass accuracy allowed the direct determination of the exact number of incorporated cyanyl groups. Collisionally induced dissociation using SORI yielded b- and y-fragment ions within the N- and C-terminal regions for the monomeric derivatives, but obtaining information on other regions required proteolytic digestion, or potentially the use of alternative dissociation methods.
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- C S Maier
- Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA
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Yang Y, Wu J, Watson JT. Probing the folding pathways of long R(3) insulin-like growth factor-I (LR(3)IGF-I) and IGF-I via capture and identification of disulfide intermediates by cyanylation methodology and mass spectrometry. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:37598-604. [PMID: 10608814 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.53.37598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This report describes an integrated investigation of the refolding and reductive unfolding of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) and its variant, long R(3) IGF-I (LR(3)IGF-I), which has a Glu(3) to Arg(3) substitution and a hydrophobic 13-amino acid N-terminal extension. The refolding performed in glutathione redox buffer was quenched at different time points by adjusting the pH to 2.0-3.0 with a 1 N HCl solution of 1-cyano-4-dimethylaminopyridinium tetrafluoroborate, which trapped intermediates via cyanylation of free sulfhydryl groups. The disulfide structure of the intermediates was determined by chemical cleavage followed by mass mapping with mass spectrometry. Six refolding intermediates of IGF-I and three refolding intermediates of LR(3)IGF-I were isolated and characterized. Folding pathways of IGF-I and LR(3)IGF-I are proposed based on the time-dependent distribution and disulfide structure of the corresponding trapped intermediates. Similarities and differences in the refolding behavior of IGF-I and LR(3)IGF-I are discussed.
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- Y Yang
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Keating KM. Application of proteases to the identification of chiral modifications in synthetic peptides. J Biomol Tech 1999; 10:72-81. [PMID: 19499010 PMCID: PMC2291589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Racemization of amino acids during solid-phase synthesis of peptides leads to the formation of side products that are chirally modified peptides. The chiral specificity of enzymes can be exploited to identify the sites of the modifications in these impurities. One such impurity, designated X5, was isolated from the target peptide, Fel-1, and demonstrated to be an optical isomer of Fel-1 by N-terminal sequencing and mass spectrometry. A chymotryptic digest was done on the isolated X5 and Fel-1. The fragments were separated on reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Mass spectral data on the fragment from X5, with a different retention time from the analogous fragment of Fel-1, suggested that the modification was in the N-terminal portion of the peptide. Enzymatic digestion by Asp-N protease followed by HPLC of the fragments and mass spectral analysis provided evidence that an aspartic acid at position 5 was a D-amino acid in X5, because that position was not cleaved. These results contributed to the identification of X5 as an optical isomer of Fel-1, with a D-aspartic acid replacing an L-aspartic acid normally present at position 5.
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- K M Keating
- ImmuLogic Pharmaceutical Corporation,Waltham, MA, USA
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Mas JM, Aloy P, Martí-Renom MA, Oliva B, Blanco-Aparicio C, Molina MA, de Llorens R, Querol E, Avilés FX. Protein similarities beyond disulphide bridge topology. J Mol Biol 1998; 284:541-8. [PMID: 9826496 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Structural superimposition is an important procedure to analyse the relationships between proteins. A new approach and program, KNOT-MATCH, has been developed for automated structural superimposition of proteins by means of their disulphide bridge topology. As a result of the superimposition, regular secondary structures, loops and clusters of residues become correctly aligned. This fact allows us to find out important structural overlaps of residues, sometimes with functional significance, not only among proteins belonging to the same family but also between apparently non-related proteins. Different disulphide-rich protein families, such as EGF-like, defensin-like and plant protease inhibitors, have been self or cross analysed with this approach. Some amino acids that have been experimentally determined to be structural and/or functional key residues for these proteins are conserved in the three-dimensional space after superimposition by KNOT-MATCH. The program can be very useful for finding relationships among proteins that would be hidden to the current alignment methods based on sequence and on main-chain topology.
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- J M Mas
- Institut de Biologia Fonamental i Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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