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Vullo D, De Luca V, Del Prete S, Carginale V, Scozzafava A, Osman SM, AlOthman Z, Capasso C, Supuran CT. Sulfonamide inhibition studies of the γ-carbonic anhydrase from the Antarctic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:1253-9. [PMID: 26832216 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2016.01.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Antarctic bacterium Colwellia psychrerythraea encodes for a γ-class carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1), which was cloned, purified and characterized. The enzyme (CpsCAγ) has a moderate catalytic activity for the physiologic reaction of CO2 hydration to bicarbonate and protons, with a k(cat) 6.0×10(5) s(-1) and a k(cat)/K(m) of 4.7×10(6) M(-1) s(-1). A series of sulfonamides and a sulfamate were investigated as inhibitors of the new enzyme. The best inhibitor was metanilamide (K(I) of 83.5 nM) followed by indisulam, valdecoxib, celecoxib, sulthiame and hydrochlorothiazide (K(I)s ranging between 343 and 491 nM). Acetazolamide, methazolamide as well as other aromatic/heterocyclic derivatives showed inhibition constants between 502 and 7660 nM. The present study may shed some more light regarding the role that γ-CAs play in the life cycle of psychrophilic bacteria as the Antarctic one investigated here, by allowing the identification of inhibitors which may be useful as pharmacologic tools.
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- Daniela Vullo
- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, PO Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; Advanced Materials Research Chair, Chemistry Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy.
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche e Nutraceutiche, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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De Luca V, Del Prete S, Carginale V, Vullo D, Supuran CT, Capasso C. Cloning, characterization and anion inhibition studies of a γ-carbonic anhydrase from the Antarctic cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:4970-4975. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Revised: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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De Luca V, Del Prete S, Vullo D, Carginale V, Di Fonzo P, Osman SM, AlOthman Z, Supuran CT, Capasso C. Expression and characterization of a recombinant psychrophilic γ-carbonic anhydrase (NcoCA) identified in the genome of the Antarctic cyanobacteria belonging to the genus Nostoc. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.3109/14756366.2015.1069289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Napoli, Italy,
- Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Polo Scientifico, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy,
- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, and
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- Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Polo Scientifico, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy,
- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, and
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Polo Scientifico, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy,
- Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy, and
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Vullo D, De Luca V, Del Prete S, Carginale V, Scozzafava A, Capasso C, Supuran CT. Sulfonamide inhibition studies of the γ-carbonic anhydrase from the Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2015; 25:3550-5. [PMID: 26174556 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.06.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The Antarctic bacterium Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis encodes for a γ-class carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1), which was cloned, purified and characterized. The enzyme (PhaCAγ) has a good catalytic activity for the physiologic reaction of CO2 hydration to bicarbonate and protons, with a k(cat) of 1.4×10(5) s(-1) and a k(cat)/K(m) of 1.9×10(6) M(-1)×s(-1). A series of sulfonamides and a sulfamate were investigated as inhibitors of the new enzyme. Methazolamide and indisulam showed the best inhibitory properties (K(I)s of 86.7-94.7 nM). This contribution shed new light on γ-CAs inhibition profiles with a relevant class of pharmacologic agents.
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- Daniela Vullo
- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy.
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- Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di Chimica Bioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Università degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento Neurofarba, Sezione di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Vullo D, De Luca V, Del Prete S, Carginale V, Scozzafava A, Capasso C, Supuran CT. Sulfonamide inhibition studies of the γ-carbonic anhydrase from the Antarctic cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Bioorg Med Chem 2015; 23:1728-34. [PMID: 25773015 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2015.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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A carbonic anhydrase (CA, EC 4.2.1.1) belonging to the γ-class has been cloned, purified and characterized from the Antarctic cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. The enzyme showed a good catalytic activity for the physiologic reaction (hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and a proton) with the following kinetic parameters, kcat of 9.5×10(5)s(-1) and kcat/KM of 8.3×10(7)M(-1)s(-1), being the γ-CA with the highest catalytic activity described so far. A range of aromatic/heterocyclic sulfonamides and one sulfamate were investigated as inhibitors of the new enzyme, denominated here NcoCA. The best NcoCA inhibitors were some sulfonylated sulfanilamide derivatives possessing elongated molecules, aminobenzolamide, acetazolamide, benzolamide, dorzolamide, brinzolamide and topiramate, which showed inhibition constants in the range of 40.3-92.3nM. As 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) and γ-CAs are closely associated in carboxysomes of cyanobacteria for enhancing the affinity of RubisCO for CO2 and the efficiency of photosynthesis, investigation of this new enzyme and its affinity for modulators of its activity may bring new insights in these crucial processes.
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- Daniela Vullo
- Università degliStudi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degliStudi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy
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- Università degliStudi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy
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- Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, CNR, Via Pietro Castellino 81, Napoli, Italy.
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- Università degliStudi di Firenze, Dipartimento Di Chimica, Laboratorio di ChimicaBioinorganica, Polo Scientifico, Via della Lastruccia3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy; Università degliStudi di Firenze, DipartimentoNeurofarba, Sezione di ScienzeFarmaceutiche, Polo Scientifico, Via U. Schiff 6, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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Lin KH, Chien MF, Hsieh JL, Huang CC. Mercury resistance and accumulation in Escherichia coli with cell surface expression of fish metallothionein. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:561-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2466-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Vergani L. Metallothioneins in Aquatic Organisms: Fish, Crustaceans, Molluscs, and Echinoderms. METALLOTHIONEINS AND RELATED CHELATORS 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/9781847559531-00199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metallothioneins (MTs) have been described in a wide range of organisms, from bacteria to mammals, thus representing an interesting example of evolutionary molecular adaptation. If the moderate variability of MTs across phylogenetically distant organisms reflects their highly conserved function, the specific environmental requirements may explain the multiplicity of isoforms also in the same organism. The MT polymorphism is particularly important in invertebrates with respect to vertebrates. This review is an attempt to summarize the knowledge about MTs from aquatic animals, both vertebrates and invertebrates, to gain new insights into the structure-function relationship of this class of proteins. The large and increasing literature on MTs indicates that MTs from aquatic vertebrates are rather similar to mammalian counterparts, whereas a variety of structures have been described in invertebrates. Although the prototypical αβ-domain organization of vertebrate MTs has been observed in most invertebrate isoforms, some invertebrate MTs display alternative structures in which the canonical organization has been modified, such as the ββ-domain, the αββ-domain, and the multiple α-domain structures of oyster MTs, and the inverted βα-domain organization of sea urchin MTs. In this review we emphasize three major taxa of aquatic invertebrates, the molluscs, the crustaceans and the echinoderms, although some data have been reported for other invertebrates.
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- Laura Vergani
- Department of Biology, University of Genova I-16132 Genova Italy
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Trinchella F, Riggio M, Filosa S, Parisi E, Scudiero R. Molecular cloning and sequencing of metallothionein in squamates: New insights into the evolution of the metallothionein genes in vertebrates. Gene 2008; 423:48-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2008.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2008] [Revised: 06/18/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Scognamiglio V, Scirè A, Aurilia V, Staiano M, Crescenzo R, Palmucci C, Bertoli E, Rossi M, Tanfani F, D'Auria S. A strategic fluorescence labeling of D-galactose/D-glucose-binding protein from Escherichia coli helps to shed light on the protein structural stability and dynamics. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4119-26. [PMID: 17924684 DOI: 10.1021/pr070439r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The D-glucose/D-galactose-binding protein (GGBP) of Escherichia coli serves as an initial component for both chemotaxis toward D-galactose and D-glucose and high-affinity active transport of the two sugars. GGBP is a monomer with a molecular weight of about 32 kDa that binds glucose with micromolar affinity. The sugar-binding site is located in the cleft between the two lobes of the bilobate protein. In this work, the local and global structural features of GGBP were investigated by a strategic fluorescence labeling procedure and spectroscopic methodologies. A mutant form of GGBP containing the amino acid substitution Met to Cys at position 182 was realized and fluorescently labeled to probe the effect of glucose binding on the local and overall structural organization of the protein. The labeling of the N-terminus with a fluorescence probe as well as the protein intrinsic fluorescence were also used to obtain a complete picture of the GGBP structure and dynamics. Our results showed that the binding of glucose to GGBP resulted in no stabilizing effect on the N-terminus portion of GGBP and in a moderate stabilization of the protein matrix in the vicinity of the ligand-binding site. On the contrary, it was observed that the binding of glucose has a strong stabilization effect on the C-terminal domain of the GGBP structure.
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- Viviana Scognamiglio
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Via P. Castellino, 111 80131, Naples, Italy
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Aryal BP, Neupane KP, Sandros MG, Benson DE. Metallothioneins initiate semiconducting nanoparticle cellular toxicity. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2006; 2:1159-63. [PMID: 17193582 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200500527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Baikuntha P Aryal
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Binding of glutamine to glutamine-binding protein from Escherichia coli induces changes in protein structure and increases protein stability. Proteins 2006; 58:80-7. [PMID: 15517590 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Glutamine-binding protein (GlnBP) from Escherichia coli is a monomeric protein localized in the periplasmic space of the bacterium. It is responsible for the first step in the active transport of L-glutamine across the cytoplasmic membrane. The protein consists of two similar globular domains linked by two peptide hinges, and X-ray crystallographic data indicate that the two domains undergo large movements upon ligand binding. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) was used to analyze the structure and thermal stability of the protein in detail. The data indicate that glutamine binding induces small changes in the secondary structure of the protein and that it renders the structure more thermostable and less flexible. Detailed analyses of IR spectra show a lower thermal sensitivity of alpha-helices than beta-sheets in the protein both in the absence and in the presence of glutamine. Generalized two-dimensional (2D) analyses of IR spectra reveal the same sequence of unfolding events in the protein in the absence and in the presence of glutamine, indicating that the amino acid does not affect the unfolding pathway of the protein. The data give new insight into the structural characteristics of GlnBP that are useful for both basic knowledge and biotechnological applications.
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Capasso C, Carginale V, Crescenzi O, Di Maro D, Spadaccini R, Temussi PA, Parisi E. Structural and functional studies of vertebrate metallothioneins: cross-talk between domains in the absence of physical contact. Biochem J 2006; 391:95-103. [PMID: 15926886 PMCID: PMC1237143 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In previous studies, we showed that the chemical and dynamic properties of fish and mouse MTs (metallothioneins) present a number of distinctive differences linked to their primary structures, and that phylogenetic relationships of mammal and fish MTs correlate with their three-dimensional structures. The different behaviours of MTs may also be linked to the interaction between their two domains. In the present study, we have compared the physicochemical properties of the isolated recombinant domains constituting Notothenia coriiceps and mouse MTs, and compared them with those of the corresponding whole MTs. NMR spectra of the separated domains of N. coriiceps are almost superimposable on those of the parent MT, suggesting an apparent lack of interaction between the two domains in the protein. However, certain dynamic and physicochemical features of the isolated domains are unlike those of the whole protein. In particular, the temperature-induced changes in the chiroptical properties, thiol reactivity of the Zn-MT domains and the Zn2+/Cd2+ rate of exchange are different for the two domains and with respect to the whole protein. Taken together, these results provide a strong argument in favour of the interaction of the two domains in the MT molecule, in spite of the elusive evidence provided by the structural analyses.
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- Clemente Capasso
- CNR, Institute of Protein Biochemistry, via P. Castellino 111 I 80131 Naples, Italy
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Mannini R, Rivieccio V, D'Auria S, Tanfani F, Ausili A, Facchiano A, Facchiano A, Pedone C, Grimaldi G. Structure/function of KRAB repression domains: Structural properties of KRAB modules inferred from hydrodynamic, circular dichroism, and FTIR spectroscopic analyses. Proteins 2005; 62:604-16. [PMID: 16385564 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The abundant zinc finger proteins (ZFPs) sharing the KRAB motif, a potent transcription repression domain, direct the assembly on templates of multiprotein repression complexes. A pivotal step in this pathway is the assembly of a KRAB domain-directed complex with a primary corepressor, KAP1/KRIP-1/TIF1beta. The structure/function dependence of KRAB/TIF1beta protein-protein interaction and properties of the complex, therefore, play pivotal roles in diverse cellular processes depending on KRAB-ZFPs regulation. KRAB domains are functionally bipartite. The 42 amino acid-long KRAB-A module, indeed, is necessary and sufficient for transcriptional repression and for the interaction with the tripartite RBCC region of TIF1beta, while the KRAB-B motif seems to potentiate the assembly of the complex. The structural properties of KRAB-A and KRAB-AB domains from the human ZNF2 protein have been investigated by characterizing highly purified lone (A) and composite (AB) modules. Hydrodynamic and spectroscopic features, investigated by means of gel filtration, circular dichroism, and infrared spectroscopy, provide evidence that both KRAB-A and KRAB-AB domains present low compactness, structural disorder, residual secondary structure content, flexibility, and tendency to molecular aggregation. Comparative analysis among KRAB-A and KRAB-AB modules suggests that the presence of the -B module may influence the properties of lone KRAB-A by affecting the structural flexibility and stability of the conformers. The combined experimental data and the intrinsic features of KRAB-A and KRAB-AB primary structures indicate a potential role of specific subregions within the modules in driving structural flexibility, which is proposed to be of importance for their function.
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- Riccardo Mannini
- Istituto di Genetica e Biofisica Adriano Buzzati-Traverso, CNR, Italy
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Metallothioneins (MTs) are noncatalytic peptides involved in storage of essential ions, detoxification of nonessential metals, and scavenging of oxyradicals. They exhibit an unusual primary sequence and unique 3D arrangement. Whereas vertebrate MTs are characterized by the well-known dumbbell shape, with a beta domain that binds three bivalent metal ions and an alpha domain that binds four ions, molluscan MT structure is still poorly understood. For this reason we compared two MTs from aquatic organisms that differ markedly in primary structure: MT 10 from the invertebrate Mytilus galloprovincialis and MT A from Oncorhyncus mykiss. Both proteins were overexpressed in Escherichia coli as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins, and the MT moiety was recovered after protease cleavage. The MTs were analyzed by gel electrophoresis and tested for their differential reactivity with alkylating and reducing agents. Although they show an identical cadmium content and a similar metal-binding ability, spectropolarimetric analysis disclosed significant differences in the Cd7-MT secondary conformation. These structural differences reflect the thermal stability and metal transport of the two proteins. When metal transfer from Cd7-MT to 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol was measured, the mussel MT was more reactive than the fish protein. This confirms that the differences in the primary sequence of MT 10 give rise to peculiar secondary conformation, which in turn reflects its reactivity and stability. The functional differences between the two MTs are due to specific structural properties and may be related to the different lifestyles of the two organisms.
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- Laura Vergani
- Department of Biophysical Sciences and Technologies, M. & O. University of Genova, Italy.
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Scudiero R, Temussi PA, Parisi E. Fish and mammalian metallothioneins: a comparative study. Gene 2005; 345:21-6. [PMID: 15716090 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2004] [Accepted: 11/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Structural studies show that fish and mammalian metallothioneins are endowed of distinctive features. In particular, the ninth cysteine residue present in the alpha domain of fish metallothionein is shifted of two positions with respect to the mammalian metallothionein, introducing a conformational modification in the protein structure. In addition, the fish metallothionein is less hydrophobic and more flexible than its mammalian counterpart. Our previous studies showed that the hydropathy of piscine and mammalian metallothioneins is significantly correlated with organismal temperature. In the present paper we have performed phylogenetic comparative analysis on metallothioneins of 24 species of fish and mammals. The results of such analysis failed to indicate that metallothionein hydropathy is an adaptive response to the thermal regime of the species. We concluded that metallothionein hydropathy is a trait that did not evolve in association with environmental changes.
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- Rosaria Scudiero
- Department of Evolutionary and Comparative Biology, University Federico II, via Mezzocannone 8, Napoli, Italy
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Sandros MG, Gao D, Gokdemir C, Benson DE. General, high-affinity approach for the synthesis of fluorophore appended protein nanoparticle assemblies. Chem Commun (Camb) 2005:2832-4. [PMID: 15928773 DOI: 10.1039/b501315a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Metallothionein fusion proteins allow for site-specific, orthogonal functionalization of proteins to a variety of nanoparticles.
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D'Auria S, Alfieri F, Staiano M, Pelella F, Rossi M, Scirè A, Tanfani F, Bertoli E, Grycznyski Z, Lakowicz JR. Structural and thermal stability characterization of Escherichia coli D-galactose/D-glucose-binding protein. Biotechnol Prog 2004; 20:330-7. [PMID: 14763860 PMCID: PMC6876691 DOI: 10.1021/bp0341848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The effect of temperature and glucose binding on the structure of the galactose/glucose-binding protein from Escherichia coli was investigated by circular dichroism, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence. The data showed that the glucose binding induces a moderate change of the secondary structure content of the protein and increases the protein thermal stability. The infrared spectroscopy data showed that some protein stretches, involved in alpha-helices and beta strand conformations, are particularly sensitive to temperature. The fluorescence studies showed that the intrinsic tryptophanyl fluorescence of the protein is well represented by a three-exponential model and that in the presence of glucose the protein adopts a structure less accessible to the solvent. The new insights on the structural properties of the galactose/glucose-binding protein can contribute to a better understanding of the protein functions and represent fundamental information for the development of biotechnological applications of the protein.
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- Sabato D'Auria
- University of Maryland at Baltimore, Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy, 725 W Lombard Street, Baltimore Maryland 21201, USA.
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Capasso C, Carginale V, Crescenzi O, Di Maro D, Parisi E, Spadaccini R, Temussi PA. Solution structure of MT_nc, a novel metallothionein from the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps. Structure 2003; 11:435-43. [PMID: 12679021 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(03)00044-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
The structure of [113Cd(7)]-metallothionein (MT_nc) of the Antarctic fish Notothenia coriiceps, the first three-dimensional structure of a fish metallothionein, was determined by homonuclear 1H NMR experiments and heteronuclear [1H, 113Cd]-correlation spectroscopy. MT_nc is composed of an N-terminal beta domain with 9 cysteines and 3 metal ions and a carboxy-terminal alpha-domain with 11 cysteines and 4 metal ions. The position of the ninth Cys of the alpha domain of MT_nc is different from the corresponding Cys of mammalian MTs. As a result, the last CXCC motif in the mammalian MT sequence becomes CXXXCC in the fish MT. This difference leads to a structural change of the alpha domain and, in turn, to a different charge distribution with respect to that observed in mammalian metallothioneins.
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Affiliation(s)
- Clemente Capasso
- CNR, Institute of Protein Biochemistry, via Marconi 10, I 80125, Naples, Italy
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