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Navone L, Vogl T, Luangthongkam P, Blinco JA, Luna-Flores C, Chen X, von Hellens J, Speight R. Synergistic optimisation of expression, folding, and secretion improves E. coli AppA phytase production in Pichia pastoris. Microb Cell Fact 2021; 20:8. [PMID: 33494776 PMCID: PMC7836175 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-020-01499-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Pichia pastoris (Komagataella phaffii) is an important platform for heterologous protein production due to its growth to high cell density and outstanding secretory capabilities. Recent developments in synthetic biology have extended the toolbox for genetic engineering of P. pastoris to improve production strains. Yet, overloading the folding and secretion capacity of the cell by over-expression of recombinant proteins is still an issue and rational design of strains is critical to achieve cost-effective industrial manufacture. Several enzymes are commercially produced in P. pastoris, with phytases being one of the biggest on the global market. Phytases are ubiquitously used as a dietary supplement for swine and poultry to increase digestibility of phytic acid, the main form of phosphorous storage in grains. RESULTS Potential bottlenecks for expression of E. coli AppA phytase in P. pastoris were explored by applying bidirectional promoters (BDPs) to express AppA together with folding chaperones, disulfide bond isomerases, trafficking proteins and a cytosolic redox metabolism protein. Additionally, transcriptional studies were used to provide insights into the expression profile of BDPs. A flavoprotein encoded by ERV2 that has not been characterised in P. pastoris was used to improve the expression of the phytase, indicating its role as an alternative pathway to ERO1. Subsequent AppA production increased by 2.90-fold compared to the expression from the state of the AOX1 promoter. DISCUSSION The microbial production of important industrial enzymes in recombinant systems can be improved by applying newly available molecular tools. Overall, the work presented here on the optimisation of phytase production in P. pastoris contributes to the improved understanding of recombinant protein folding and secretion in this important yeast microbial production host.
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- Laura Navone
- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Bioproton Pty Ltd, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia
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- Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Yuen CYL, Wong K, Christopher DA. Phylogenetic characterization and promoter expression analysis of a novel hybrid protein disulfide isomerase/cargo receptor subfamily unique to plants and chromalveolates. Mol Genet Genomics 2016; 291:455-69. [PMID: 26300531 PMCID: PMC4729789 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-015-1106-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Protein disulfide isomerases (PDIs) play critical roles in protein folding by catalyzing the formation and rearrangement of disulfide bonds in nascent secretory proteins. There are six distinct PDI subfamilies in terrestrial plants. A unique feature of PDI-C subfamily members is their homology to the yeast retrograde (Golgi-to-endoplasmic reticulum) cargo receptor proteins, Erv41p and Erv46p. Here, we demonstrate that plant Erv41p/Erv46p-like proteins are divided into three subfamilies: ERV-A, ERV-B and PDI-C, which all possess the N-proximal and C-proximal conserved domains of yeast Erv41p and Erv46p. However, in PDI-C isoforms, these domains are separated by a thioredoxin domain. The distribution of PDI-C isoforms among eukaryotes indicates that the PDI-C subfamily likely arose through an ancient exon-shuffling event that occurred before the divergence of plants from stramenopiles and rhizarians. Arabidopsis has three PDI-C genes: PDI7, PDI12, and PDI13. PDI12- and PDI13-promoter: β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene fusions are co-expressed in pollen and stipules, while PDI7 is distinctly expressed in the style, hydathodes, and leaf vasculature. The PDI-C thioredoxin domain active site motif CxxS is evolutionarily conserved among land plants. Whereas PDI12 and PDI13 retain the CxxS motif, PDI7 has a CxxC motif similar to classical PDIs. We hypothesize that PDI12 and PDI13 maintain the ancestral roles of PDI-C in Arabidopsis, while PDI7 has undergone neofunctionalization. The unusual PDI/cargo receptor hybrid arrangement in PDI-C isoforms has no counterpart in animals or yeast, and predicts the need for pairing redox functions with cargo receptor processes during protein trafficking in plants and other PDI-C containing organisms.
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- Christen Y L Yuen
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 1955 East-West Rd., Ag. Science Rm 218, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 1955 East-West Rd., Ag. Science Rm 218, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii, 1955 East-West Rd., Ag. Science Rm 218, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA.
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SIGNIFICANCE The thioredoxin (Trx) superfamily proteins, including protein disulfide isomerases (PDI) and Dsb protein family, are major players in oxidative protein folding, which involves native disulfide bond formation. These proteins contain Trx folds with CXXC active sites and fulfill their physiological functions in oxidative cellular compartments such as the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) or the bacterial periplasm. RECENT ADVANCES The structure of the Trx superfamily protein PDI has been solved by X-ray crystallography and shown to be a flexible molecule, having a horseshoe shape with a closed reduced and an open oxidized conformation, which is important for exerting its catalytic activity. Atomic force microscopy revealed that PDI works as a placeholder to prevent early non-native disulfide bond formation and further misfolding. S-nitrosylation of the active site of PDI inhibits the PDI activity and links protein misfolding to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. CRITICAL ISSUES Electron transfer pathways of the oxidative protein folding show conserved Trx-like thiol-disulfide chemistry. Overall, mammalian cells have a large number of disulfide-containing proteins, the folding of which involves non-native disulfide bond isomerization. The process is sensitive to oxidative stress and ER stress. FUTURE DIRECTIONS The correct oxidative protein folding is critical for the substrate protein stability and function, and protein misfolding is linked to, for example, neurodegenerative diseases. Further understanding on the mechanisms and specific roles of Trx superfamily proteins in oxidative protein folding may lead to drug development for the treatment of bacterial infection and various human diseases in aging and neurodegeneration.
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- Jun Lu
- Division of Biochemistry, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm, Sweden
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Hashimoto S, Yoshimura H, Okada K, Uramaru N, Sugihara K, Kitamura S, Imaoka S. Effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and their derivatives on protein disulfide isomerase activity and growth hormone release of GH3 cells. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:656-63. [PMID: 22201216 DOI: 10.1021/tx200374s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) have been used in a variety of consumer products such as flame retardants and recently have been known to be widespread environmental pollutants, which probably affect biological functions of mammalian cells. However, the risk posed by PBDE metabolites has not been clarified. Our previous study suggested that bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine-disrupting chemical, binds to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and inhibits its activity. PDI is an isomerase enzyme in the endoplasmic reticulum and facilitates the formation or cleavage of disulfide bonds. PDI consists of a, b, b', and a' domains and the c region, with the a and a' domains having isomerase active sites. In the present study, we tested the effects of 10 kinds of PBDE compounds and their metabolites on PDI. OH-PBDEs specifically inhibited the isomerase activity of PDI, with 4'-OH-PBDE more effective than 2' (or 2)-OH-PBDEs. 4'-OH-PBDE inhibited the isomerase activity of the b'a'c fragment but not that of ab and a'c, suggesting that the b' domain of PDI is essential for the inhibition by 4'-OH-PBDE. We also investigated the effects of these chemicals on the production of growth hormone (GH) in GH3 cells. In GH3 cells, levels of mRNA and protein of GH stimulated by T(3) were reduced by 4'-OH-PBDE and 4'-MeO-PBDE. The reduction in GH expression caused by these compounds was not changed by the overexpression or knockdown of PDI in GH3 cells, while these manipulations of PDI levels significantly suppressed the expression of GH. These results suggest that the biological effects of PBDEs differed depending on their brominated and hydroxylated positions.
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- Shoko Hashimoto
- Research Center for Environmental Bioscience and Department of Bioscience, School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University, 2-1 Gakuen, Sanda 669-1337, Japan
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Hashimoto S, Shiomoto K, Okada K, Imaoka S. The binding site of bisphenol A to protein disulphide isomerase. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 151:35-45. [DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Two pathways for the formation of biosynthetic protein disulfide bonds have been characterized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotes. In the major pathway, the membrane-associated flavoprotein Ero1 generates disulfide bonds for transfer to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), which is responsible for directly introducing disulfide bonds into secretory proteins. In a minor fungal-specific protein oxidation pathway, the membrane-associated flavoprotein Erv2 can catalyze disulfide bond formation via the transfer of oxidizing equivalents to PDI. Genomic sequencing has revealed an abundance of enzymes sharing homology with Ero1, Erv2, or PDI. Herein the authors discuss the functional, mechanistic, and potential structural similarities between these homologs and the core enzymes of the characterized ER oxidation pathways. In addition they speculate about the possible differences between these enzymes that may explain why the cell contains multiple proteins dedicated to a single process. Finally, the eukaryotic ER protein oxidation and reduction pathways are compared to the corresponding prokaryotic periplasmic pathways, to highlight the functional, mechanistic, and structural similarities that exist between the pathways in these two kingdoms despite very low primary sequence homology between the protein and small molecule components.
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- Carolyn S Sevier
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 02139, USA
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Kersteen EA, Barrows SR, Raines RT. Catalysis of protein disulfide bond isomerization in a homogeneous substrate. Biochemistry 2005; 44:12168-78. [PMID: 16142915 PMCID: PMC2526094 DOI: 10.1021/bi0507985] [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: 12/20/2022]
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Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) catalyzes the rearrangement of nonnative disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells, a process that often limits the rate at which polypeptide chains fold into a native protein conformation. The mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by PDI is unclear. In assays involving protein substrates, the reaction appears to involve the complete reduction of some or all of its nonnative disulfide bonds followed by oxidation of the resulting dithiols. The substrates in these assays are, however, heterogeneous, which complicates mechanistic analyses. Here, we report the first analysis of disulfide bond isomerization in a homogeneous substrate. Our substrate is based on tachyplesin I, a 17-mer peptide that folds into a beta hairpin stabilized by two disulfide bonds. We describe the chemical synthesis of a variant of tachyplesin I in which its two disulfide bonds are in a nonnative state and side chains near its N and C terminus contain a fluorescence donor (tryptophan) and acceptor (N(epsilon)-dansyllysine). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer from 280 to 465 nm increases by 28-fold upon isomerization of the disulfide bonds into their native state (which has a lower E(o') = -0.313 V than does PDI). We use this continuous assay to analyze catalysis by wild-type human PDI and a variant in which the C-terminal cysteine residue within each Cys-Gly-His-Cys active site is replaced with alanine. We find that wild-type PDI catalyzes the isomerization of the substrate with kcat/K(M) = 1.7 x 10(5) M(-1) s(-1), which is the largest value yet reported for catalysis of disulfide bond isomerization. The variant, which is a poor catalyst of disulfide bond reduction and dithiol oxidation, retains virtually all of the activity of wild-type PDI in catalysis of disulfide bond isomerization. Thus, the C-terminal cysteine residues play an insignificant role in the isomerization of the disulfide bonds in nonnative tachyplesin I. We conclude that catalysis of disulfide bond isomerization by PDI does not necessarily involve a cycle of substrate reduction/oxidation.
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- Elizabeth A Kersteen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1544, USA
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Lodi T, Neglia B, Donnini C. Secretion of human serum albumin by Kluyveromyces lactis overexpressing KlPDI1 and KlERO1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:4359-63. [PMID: 16085825 PMCID: PMC1183311 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.8.4359-4363.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The control of protein conformation during translocation through the endoplasmic reticulum is often a bottleneck for heterologous protein production. The core pathway of the oxidative folding machinery includes two conserved proteins: Pdi1p and Ero1p. We increased the dosage of the genes encoding these proteins in the yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and evaluated the secretion of heterologous proteins. KlERO1, an orthologue of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ERO1, was cloned by functional complementation of the ts phenotype of an Scero1 mutant. The expression of KlERO1 was induced by treatment of the cells with dithiothreitol and by overexpression of human serum albumin (HSA), a disulfide bond-rich protein. Duplication of either PDI1 or ERO1 led to a similar increase in HSA yield. Duplication of both genes accelerated the secretion of HSA and improved cell growth rate and yield. Increasing the dosage of KlERO1 did not affect the production of human interleukin 1beta, a protein that has no disulfide bridges. The results confirm that the ERO1 genes of S. cerevisiae and K. lactis are functionally similar even though portions of their coding sequence are quite different and the phenotypes of mutants overexpressing the genes differ. The marked effects of KlERO1 copy number on the expression of heterologous proteins with a high number of disulfide bridges suggests that control of KlERO1 and KlPDI1 is important for the production of high levels of heterologous proteins of this type.
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- Tiziana Lodi
- Department of Genetics, Anthropology, and Evolution, University of Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 11/A, I-43100 Parma, Italy
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Rubotham J, Woods K, Garcia-Salcedo JA, Pays E, Nolan DP. Characterization of Two Protein Disulfide Isomerases from the Endocytic Pathway of Bloodstream Forms of Trypanosoma brucei. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:10410-8. [PMID: 15642735 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m409375200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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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Proteins from the endocytic pathway in bloodstream forms of Trypanosome brucei are modified by the addition of linear poly-N-acetyllactosamine side chains, which permits their isolation by tomato lectin affinity chromatography. Antibodies against this tomato lectin binding fraction were employed to screen a cDNA expression library from bloodstream forms of T. brucei. Two cDNAs were prominent among those selected. These cDNAs coded for two putative protein disulfide isomerases (PDIs) that respectively contained one and two double-cysteine redox-active sites and corresponded to a single domain PDI and a class 1 PDI. Assays of the purified recombinant proteins demonstrated that both proteins possess isomerase activity, but only the single domain PDI had a reducing activity. These PDIs possess a number of unusual features that distinguish them from previously characterized PDIs. The expression of both is developmentally regulated, they both co-localize with markers of the endocytic pathway, and both are modified by N-glycosylation. The larger PDI possesses N-glycans containing poly-N-acetyllactosamine, a modification that is indicative of processing in the Golgi and suggests the presence of a novel trafficking pathway for PDIs in trypanosomes. Although generally PDIs are considered essential, neither activity appeared to be essential for the growth of trypanosomes, at least in vitro.
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- Joyce Rubotham
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Free University of Brussels-Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine, 12 Rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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Lemaire SD, Miginiac-Maslow M. The thioredoxin superfamily in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2004; 82:203-20. [PMID: 16143836 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-004-1091-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2003] [Accepted: 02/23/2004] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The thioredoxin (TRX) superfamily includes redox proteins such as thioredoxins, glutaredoxins (GRXs) and protein disulfide isomerases (PDI). These proteins share a common structural motif named the thioredoxin fold. They are involved in disulfide oxido-reduction and/or isomerization. The sequencing of the Arabidopsisgenome revealed an unsuspected multiplicity of TRX and GRX genes compared to other organisms. The availability of full Chlamydomonasgenome sequence offers the opportunity to determine whether this multiplicity is specific to higher plant species or common to all photosynthetic eukaryotes. We have previously shown that the multiplicity is more limited in Chlamydomonas for TRX and GRX families. We extend here our analysis to the PDI family. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the TRX, GRX and PDI families present in Arabidopsis,Chlamydomonas and Synechocystis. The putative subcellular localization of each protein and its relative expression level, based on EST data, have been investigated. This analysis provides a large overview of the redox regulatory systems present in Chlamydomonas. The data are discussed in view of recent results suggesting a complex cross-talk between the TRX, GRX and PDI redox regulatory networks.
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- Stéphane D Lemaire
- Institut de Biotechnologie des Plantes, Université Paris-Sud, UMR 8618 CNRS, Bâtiment 630, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France,
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Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) catalyzes the formation of native disulfide pairings in secretory proteins. The ability of PDI to act as a disulfide isomerase makes it an essential enzyme in eukaryotes. PDI also fulfills other important roles. Recent studies have emphasized the importance of PDI as an oxidant in the endoplasmic reticulum. Intriguing questions remain regarding how PDI is able to catalyze both isomerization and oxidation in vivo. Studies of PDI and its homologues have led to the development of small-molecule folding catalysts that are able to accelerate disulfide isomerization in vitro and in vivo. PDI will continue to provide both an inspiration for the design of such artificial foldases and a benchmark with which to gauge the success of those designs. Here, we review current understanding of the chemistry and biology of PDI, its homologues, and small molecules that mimic its catalytic activity.
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- Elizabeth A Kersteen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Sevier CS, Kaiser CA. Formation and transfer of disulphide bonds in living cells. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2002; 3:836-47. [PMID: 12415301 DOI: 10.1038/nrm954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 553] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Protein disulphide bonds are formed in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells and the periplasmic space of prokaryotic cells. The main pathways that catalyse the formation of protein disulphide bonds in prokaryotes and eukaryotes are remarkably similar, and they share several mechanistic features. The recent identification of new redox-active proteins in humans and yeast that mechanistically parallel the more established redox-active enzymes indicates that there might be further uncharacterized redox pathways throughout the cell.
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- Carolyn S Sevier
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Graven KK, Molvar C, Roncarati JS, Klahn BD, Lowrey S, Farber HW. Identification of protein disulfide isomerase as an endothelial hypoxic stress protein. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002; 282:L996-1003. [PMID: 11943664 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00359.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Endothelial cells (EC) exposed to hypoxia upregulate a unique set of five stress proteins. These proteins are upregulated in human and bovine aortic and pulmonary artery EC and are distinct from heat shock or glucose-regulated proteins. We previously identified two of these proteins as the glycolytic enzymes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and enolase and postulated that the remaining proteins were also glycolytic enzymes. Using SDS-PAGE, tryptic digestion, and NH(2)-terminal amino acid sequencing, we report here the identification of the 56-kDa protein as protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). PDI is upregulated by hypoxia at the mRNA level and follows a time course similar to that of the protein, with maximal upregulation detected after exposure to 18 h of 0% O(2). Neither smooth muscle cells nor fibroblasts upregulate PDI to the same extent as EC, which correlates with their decreased hypoxia tolerance. Upregulation of PDI specifically in EC may contribute to their ability to tolerate hypoxia and may occur through PDI's functions as a prolyl hydroxylase subunit, protein folding catalyst, or molecular chaperone.
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- Krista K Graven
- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Nigam S, Sarma PV, Ghosh PC, Sarma PU. Characterization of Aspergillus fumigatus protein disulfide isomerase family gene. Gene 2001; 281:143-50. [PMID: 11750136 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(01)00794-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Aspergillus fumigatus is an opportunistic fungus which causes pulmonary complications in humans and animals. The clinical spectrum observed with A. fumigatus is attributed to the multifunctional nature of its antigens. Lack of understanding on the molecular processes and complexity of the fungus have spurred interest in the identification and characterization of its antigens/allergens with biological activities and virulence functions. For identification of some of these antigens/allergens, a cDNA library of A. fumigatus was screened with antibodies of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) patients. One of the reactive clones was sequenced and observed to have an open reading frame of 1095 nucleotides corresponding to a polypeptide of 364 amino acids. The nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequence showed significant homology with the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) superfamily. The expressed recombinant fusion protein exhibited specific IgG and IgE binding with antibodies present in ABPA patients' sera. The recombinant protein in vitro catalyzed folding of scrambled RNase. The probable epitopic regions of the deduced amino acid sequence were mapped by algorithmic analysis. This is the first report of isolation of a gene encoding a member of the PDI family from A. fumigatus. The PDI superfamily of proteins may play an important role in the protein folding mechanisms of A. fumigatus antigens/allergens for their interaction with the host.
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- S Nigam
- Molecular Biochemistry and Diagnostics Division, Centre for Biochemical Technology, Mall Road, Delhi 110007, India
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Sevier CS, Cuozzo JW, Vala A, Aslund F, Kaiser CA. A flavoprotein oxidase defines a new endoplasmic reticulum pathway for biosynthetic disulphide bond formation. Nat Cell Biol 2001; 3:874-82. [PMID: 11584268 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1001-874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ero1 and Pdi1 are essential elements of the pathway for the formation of disulphide bonds within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). By screening for alternative oxidation pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we identified ERV2 as a gene that when overexpressed can restore viability and disulphide bond formation to an ero1-1 mutant strain. ERV2 encodes a luminal ER protein of relative molecular mass 22,000. Purified recombinant Erv2p is a flavoenzyme that can catalyse O2-dependent formation of disulphide bonds. Erv2p transfers oxidizing equivalents to Pdi1p by a dithiol-disulphide exchange reaction, indicating that the Erv2p-dependent pathway for disulphide bond formation closely parallels that of the previously identified Ero1p-dependent pathway.
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- C S Sevier
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Warsame A, Vad R, Kristensen T, Oyen TB. Characterization of a gene encoding a Pichia pastoris protein disulfide isomerase. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 281:1176-82. [PMID: 11243858 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.4479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein disulphide isomerases belong to the thioredoxin superfamily of protein-thiol oxidoreductases that have two double-cysteine redox-active sites and take part in protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). We report here the cloning of a Pichia pastoris genomic DNA fragment (2919 bp) that encodes the full length of a protein disulphide isomerase (PpPDI). The deduced amino acid sequence of PDI consists of 517 residues and carries the two characteristic PDI-type redox-active domains -CGHC-, separated by 338 residues, and two potential N-glycosylation sites. The N-terminal end forms a putative signal sequence, and an acidic C-terminal region represents a possible calcium-binding domain. Together with the -HDEL ER retrieval sequence at the C-terminus, these features indicate that the gene encodes a redox-active ER-resident protein disulphide isomerase. The nucleotide sequence, which also contains two other open reading frames, has been submitted to the EMBL Nucleotide Sequence Database, Accession No. AJ302014.
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- A Warsame
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, 0316, Norway
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Florent I, Mouray E, Dali Ali F, Drobecq H, Girault S, Schrével J, Sergheraert C, Grellier P, Florenta I. Cloning of Plasmodium falciparum protein disulfide isomerase homologue by affinity purification using the antiplasmodial inhibitor 1,4-bis[3-[N-(cyclohexyl methyl)amino]propyl]piperazine.. FEBS Lett 2000; 484:246-52. [PMID: 11078887 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A series of 10 1,4-bis(3-aminopropyl)piperazine compounds was found to display antiplasmodial activity with 50% growth inhibition between 30 and 250 nM, on three Plasmodium falciparum strains differently sensitive to chloroquine. By affinity chromatography using one of these compounds, a 52-kDa protein was isolated from P. falciparum, microsequenced and cloned. It corresponded to a single copy gene encoding a 453 amino acid protein displaying the typical features of protein disulfide isomerases, a thiol metabolizing enzyme belonging to the thiol: disulfide oxidoreductase superfamily, which was not previously described in malarial species.
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- I Florent
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Evolution des Parasites, FR CNRS 63, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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Frand AR, Kaiser CA. Two pairs of conserved cysteines are required for the oxidative activity of Ero1p in protein disulfide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum. Mol Biol Cell 2000; 11:2833-43. [PMID: 10982384 PMCID: PMC14959 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.11.9.2833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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In the major pathway for protein disulfide-bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), oxidizing equivalents flow from the conserved ER-membrane protein Ero1p to secretory proteins via protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). Herein, a mutational analysis of the yeast ERO1 gene identifies two pairs of conserved cysteines likely to form redox-active disulfide bonds in Ero1p. Cys100, Cys105, Cys352, and Cys355 of Ero1p are important for oxidative protein folding and for cell viability, whereas Cys90, Cys208, and Cys349 are dispensable for these functions. Substitution of Cys100 with alanine impedes the capture of Ero1p-Pdi1p mixed-disulfide complexes from yeast, and also blocks oxidation of Pdi1p in vivo. Cys352 and Cys355 are required to maintain the fully oxidized redox state of Ero1p, and also play an auxiliary role in thiol-disulfide exchange with Pdi1p. These results suggest a model for the function of Ero1p wherein Cys100 and Cys105 form a redox-active disulfide bond that engages directly in thiol-disulfide exchange with ER oxidoreductases. The Cys352-Cys355 disulfide could then serve to reoxidize the Cys100-Cys105 cysteine pair, possibly through an intramolecular thiol-disulfide exchange reaction.
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- A R Frand
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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The folding of many secretory proteins depends upon the formation of disulphide bonds. Recent advances in genetics and cell biology have outlined a core pathway for disulphide bond formation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of eukaryotic cells. In this pathway, oxidizing equivalents flow from the recently identified ER membrane protein Ero1p to secretory proteins via protein disulphide isomerase (PDI). Contrary to prior expectations, oxidation of glutathione in the ER competes with oxidation of protein thiols. Contributions of PDI homologues to the catalysis of oxidative folding will be discussed, as will similarities between eukaryotic and prokaryotic disulphide-bond-forming systems.
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- A R Frand
- Dept of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- H F Gilbert
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA
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Holst B, Tachibana C, Winther JR. Active site mutations in yeast protein disulfide isomerase cause dithiothreitol sensitivity and a reduced rate of protein folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1997; 138:1229-38. [PMID: 9298979 PMCID: PMC2132551 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.138.6.1229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Aspects of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) function have been studied in yeast in vivo. PDI contains two thioredoxin-like domains, a and a', each of which contains an active-site CXXC motif. The relative importance of the two domains was analyzed by rendering each one inactive by mutation to SGAS. Such mutations had no significant effect on growth. The domains however, were not equivalent since the rate of folding of carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) in vivo was reduced by inactivation of the a domain but not the a' domain. To investigate the relevance of PDI redox potential, the G and H positions of each CGHC active site were randomly mutagenized. The resulting mutant PDIs were ranked by their growth phenotype on medium containing increasing concentrations of DTT. The rate of CPY folding in the mutants showed the same ranking as the DTT sensitivity, suggesting that the oxidative power of PDI is an important factor in folding in vivo. Mutants with a PDI that cannot perform oxidation reactions on its own (CGHS) had a strongly reduced growth rate. The growth rates, however, did not correlate with CPY folding, suggesting that the protein(s) required for optimal growth are dependent on PDI for oxidation. pdi1-deleted strains overexpressing the yeast PDI homologue EUG1 are viable. Exchanging the wild-type Eug1p C(L/I)HS active site sequences for C(L/I)HC increased the growth rate significantly, however, further highlighting the importance of the oxidizing function for optimal growth.
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- B Holst
- Department of Yeast Genetics, Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
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Li CP, Larkins BA. Expression of protein disulfide isomerase is elevated in the endosperm of the maize floury-2 mutant. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 30:873-882. [PMID: 8639747 DOI: 10.1007/bf00020800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A maize protein disulfide isomerase (PDI, EC 5.3.4.1) cDNA clone was isolated and characterized. The deduced amino acid sequence contains two regions characteristic of the active sites for PDI and a carboxyl-terminal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention sequence, Lys-Asp-Glu-Leu. Southern blot analysis indicated the maize PDI is encoded by a single gene that maps to the short arm of chromosome 4. When isolated from the cisternal and protein body ER, the PDI protein resolves into a fast and a slow form on SDS-PAGE. During endosperm development, the PDI RNA level increases between 10 and 14 days after pollination. In floury-2 (fl2) endosperm, which contains an abnormally processed alpha-zein protein, PDI expression is significantly increased, and the level of PDI protein and RNA is positively correlated with the dosage of fl2 alleles. The increase of PDI in fl2 occurs mainly in the cisternal ER fraction, whereas the most dramatic increase of binding protein (BiP) is in the protein body ER. We propose that the induction of PDI in the fl2 mutant reflects its role as a molecular chaperone, and that PDI functions in concert with BiP at different stages of zein processing and assembly into protein bodies.
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- C P Li
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, 85721, USA
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Kemmink J, Darby NJ, Dijkstra K, Scheek RM, Creighton TE. Nuclear magnetic resonance characterization of the N-terminal thioredoxin-like domain of protein disulfide isomerase. Protein Sci 1995; 4:2587-93. [PMID: 8580850 PMCID: PMC2143042 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560041216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A genetically engineered protein consisting of the 120 residues at the N-terminus of human protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) has been characterized by 1H, 13C, and 15N NMR methods. The sequence of this protein is 35% identical to Escherichia coli thioredoxin, and it has been found also to have similar patterns of secondary structure and beta-sheet topology. The results confirm that PDI is a modular, multidomain protein. The last 20 residues of the N-terminal domain of PDI are some of those that are similar to part of the estrogen receptor, yet they appear to be an intrinsic part of the thioredoxin fold. This observation makes it unlikely that any of the segments of PDI with similarities to the estrogen receptor comprise individual domains.
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- J Kemmink
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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Laboissiere MC, Sturley SL, Raines RT. The essential function of protein-disulfide isomerase is to unscramble non-native disulfide bonds. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:28006-9. [PMID: 7499282 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.47.28006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Protein-disulfide isomerase (PDI) is an abundant protein of the endoplasmic reticulum that catalyzes dithiol oxidation and disulfide bond reduction and isomerization using the active site CGHC. Haploid pdi1 delta Saccharomyces cerevisiae are inviable, but can be complemented with either a wild-type rat PDI gene or a mutant gene coding for CGHS PDI (shufflease). In contrast, pdi1 delta yeast cannot be complemented with a gene coding for SGHC PDI. In vitro, shufflease is an efficient catalyst for the isomerization of existing disulfide bonds but not for dithiol oxidation or disulfide bond reduction. SGHC PDI catalyzes none of these processes. These results indicate that in vivo protein folding pathways contain intermediates with non-native disulfide bonds, and that the essential role of PDI is to unscramble these intermediates.
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- M C Laboissiere
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706-1569, USA
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Tachikawa H, Takeuchi Y, Funahashi W, Miura T, Gao XD, Fujimoto D, Mizunaga T, Onodera K. Isolation and characterization of a yeast gene, MPD1, the overexpression of which suppresses inviability caused by protein disulfide isomerase depletion. FEBS Lett 1995; 369:212-6. [PMID: 7649260 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00750-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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MPD1, a yeast gene the overexpression of which suppresses the inviability caused by the loss of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) was isolated and characterized. The MPD1 gene product retained a single disulfide isomerase active site sequence (APWCGHCK), an N-terminal putative signal sequence, and a C-terminal endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal, and was a novel member of the PDI family. The gene product, identified in yeast extract, contained core size carbohydrates. MPD1 was not essential for growth, but overexpression of the gene suppressed the maturation defect of carboxypeptidase Y caused by PDI1 deletion, indicative of the related function to PDI in the yeast ER.
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- H Tachikawa
- Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan
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We have cloned, from Acanthamoeba castellanii, the cDNA encoding a new member of the protein disulfide isomerase (PDI)-like protein family. The new PDI-like protein contains two highly conserved thioredeoxin-like domains, each about 100 amino acids in length. However, the A. castellanii PDI-like protein differs from other members in many aspects, including the overall organization and isoelectric point. Southern and Northern analyses demonstrate that the PDI-like protein is encoded by a single-copy gene which is transcribed to generate a 1500-nucleotide mRNA.
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- J M Wong
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405
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Mutations in the thioredoxin sites of protein disulfide isomerase reveal functional nonequivalence of the N- and C-terminal domains. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47373-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Puig A, Gilbert HF. Anti-chaperone behavior of BiP during the protein disulfide isomerase-catalyzed refolding of reduced denatured lysozyme. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)47329-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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McMillan DR, Gething MJ, Sambrook J. The cellular response to unfolded proteins: intercompartmental signaling. Curr Opin Biotechnol 1994; 5:540-5. [PMID: 7765470 DOI: 10.1016/0958-1669(94)90071-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells respond to the accumulation of unfolded proteins by increasing the transcription of genes encoding molecular chaperones and other stress-responsive proteins. Different sets of genes are activated when particular cellular compartments are burdened with unfolded proteins. Cells thus maintain mechanisms to monitor changes in the concentration of unfolded proteins not only in the cytosol, but also in membrane-bound extracytoplasmic compartments. During the past year, work in yeast has identified a transmembrane receptor that appears to play a pivotal role in the regulation of protein folding. This receptor monitors the concentration of available chaperone molecules in the endoplasmic reticulum and transmits a signal to the cytosol to activate the transcription of nuclear genes encoding chaperones that are localized in the endoplasmic reticulum. Work using Escherichia coli suggests that prokaryotes also contain an intercompartmental 'unfolded protein' signaling pathway, in this case from the periplasmic space or outer membrane to the cytoplasm.
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Puig A, Lyles M, Noiva R, Gilbert H. The role of the thiol/disulfide centers and peptide binding site in the chaperone and anti-chaperone activities of protein disulfide isomerase. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32284-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simonen M, Jämsä E, Makarow M. The role of the carrier protein and disulfide formation in the folding of beta-lactamase fusion proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum of yeast. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36730-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Jämsä E, Simonen M, Makarow M. Selective retention of secretory proteins in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum by treatment of cells with a reducing agent. Yeast 1994; 10:355-70. [PMID: 8017105 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320100308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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We have used four glycoproteins as markers to study how disulfide bond formation and protein folding effect the intracellular transport of proteins in yeast. Under normal conditions, the vacuolar enzyme carboxypeptidase Y (CPY) and the secretory stress-protein hsp150 acquired disulfide bonds in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Treatment of living cells with the reducing agent dithiothreitol (DTT) prevented disulfide formation of newly synthesized CPY and hsp150, resulting in retention of the proteins in the ER. When DTT was removed, the sulfhydryls were reoxidized, and the transport of the proteins to their correct destinations was resumed. Even mature CPY, located in the vacuole, could be reduced with DTT, and reoxidized after removal of the drug. DTT treatment blocked intracellular transport of hsp150 only when present during the synthesis and translocation of the protein. Reduction of folded hsp150, accumulated in the ER due to a sec block prior to DTT treatment, did not inhibit its secretion. The Kar2p/BiP protein, a component of the ER lumen, was found to be associated with fully translocated reduced hsp150, but not with native hsp150, suggesting that Kar2p/BiP may be involved in the putative retention mechanism. The cysteine-free pro-alpha-factor, and invertase which was shown to have free sulfhydryls, were secreted and modified similarly in the presence and absence of DTT, showing that the secretory pathway of yeast functioned under reducing conditions.
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- E Jämsä
- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Protein disulfide isomerase exhibits chaperone and anti-chaperone activity in the oxidative refolding of lysozyme. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37352-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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LaMantia ML, Lennarz WJ. The essential function of yeast protein disulfide isomerase does not reside in its isomerase activity. Cell 1993; 74:899-908. [PMID: 8374956 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90469-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) is believed to function in vivo by catalyzing the isomerization of disulfide bonds in proteins and thereby facilitating their folding. In S. cerevisiae PDI is encoded by an essential gene. Deletion of nearly one-third of the C-terminal residues of PDI altered PDI's cellular localization but not cell viability. Further deletions resulted in lethality, but these truncated proteins still exhibited PDI activity in vitro. Cells carrying a variant PDI in which both-CGHC-active sites were disrupted were viable. However, these cells exhibited a delay in the disulfide bond formation and transport of carboxypeptidase Y. In vitro enzyme assays revealed that disruption of both sites abolished catalytic activity. These results indicate that PDI catalyzes disulfide bond formation both in vivo and in vitro and that the integrity of the active sites is required for catalysis. However, this catalytic activity is not essential for yeast viability.
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- M L LaMantia
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-5215
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- P P Slonimski
- Centre de génétique Moléculaire, Laboratoire Propre du CNRS associé à l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Gif sur Yvette, France
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Tasanen K, Oikarinen J, Kivirikko KI, Pihlajaniemi T. Interaction of transcription factor Sp1 with the promoter of the gene for the multifunctional protein disulphide isomerase polypeptide. Biochem J 1993; 292 ( Pt 1):41-5. [PMID: 8503862 PMCID: PMC1134266 DOI: 10.1042/bj2920041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) is a unique polypeptide which resides in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and also functions as the beta-subunit of prolyl 4-hydroxylase, as a cellular thyroid hormone-binding protein, as the smaller subunit of the microsomal triacylglycerol transfer protein complex, as a dehydroascorbate reductase and as a protein that binds various peptides in a specific manner. We have recently demonstrated that the promoter of the PDI gene contains six CCAAT boxes and other elements which are needed for efficient transcription. We now demonstrate that purified human recombinant transcription factor Sp1 interacts with two perfect GGGCGG sequences and three other GC-rich elements of the PDI promoter. Sp1 also appears to participate in the regulation of PDI gene expression, since overexpression of Sp1 stimulated PDI promoter activity in HeLa cells and mutations introduced into each of these Sp1-binding sites separately reduced the promoter strength, although even the largest decrease was only about 50%. These results support our view that expression of the gene for this polypeptide with multiple functions is secured by several regulatory elements, some of which are functionally redundant.
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- K Tasanen
- Collagen Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
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- M J Penninckx
- Unité de Physiologie et Ecologie Microbiennes, Faculté des Sciences, Université libre de Bruxelles, Instut Pasteur Brabant, Belgium
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The yeast EUG1 gene encodes an endoplasmic reticulum protein that is functionally related to protein disulfide isomerase. Mol Cell Biol 1992. [PMID: 1406650 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.10.4601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The product of the EUG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a soluble endoplasmic reticulum protein with homology to both the mammalian protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and the yeast PDI homolog encoded by the essential PDI1 gene. Deletion or overexpression of EUG1 causes no growth defects under a variety of conditions. EUG1 mRNA and protein levels are dramatically increased in response to the accumulation of native or unglycosylated proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Overexpression of the EUG1 gene allows yeast cells to grow in the absence of the PDI1 gene product. Depletion of the PDI1 protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae causes a soluble vacuolar glycoprotein to accumulate in its endoplasmic reticulum form, and this phenotype is only partially relieved by the overexpression of EUG1. Taken together, our results indicate that PDI1 and EUG1 encode functionally related proteins that are likely to be involved in interacting with nascent polypeptides in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum.
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Tachibana C, Stevens TH. The yeast EUG1 gene encodes an endoplasmic reticulum protein that is functionally related to protein disulfide isomerase. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:4601-11. [PMID: 1406650 PMCID: PMC360387 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.10.4601-4611.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The product of the EUG1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a soluble endoplasmic reticulum protein with homology to both the mammalian protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) and the yeast PDI homolog encoded by the essential PDI1 gene. Deletion or overexpression of EUG1 causes no growth defects under a variety of conditions. EUG1 mRNA and protein levels are dramatically increased in response to the accumulation of native or unglycosylated proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. Overexpression of the EUG1 gene allows yeast cells to grow in the absence of the PDI1 gene product. Depletion of the PDI1 protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae causes a soluble vacuolar glycoprotein to accumulate in its endoplasmic reticulum form, and this phenotype is only partially relieved by the overexpression of EUG1. Taken together, our results indicate that PDI1 and EUG1 encode functionally related proteins that are likely to be involved in interacting with nascent polypeptides in the yeast endoplasmic reticulum.
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- C Tachibana
- Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403
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Scherens B, Messenguy F, Gigot D, Dubois E. The complete sequence of a 9,543 bp segment on the left arm of chromosome III reveals five open reading frames including glucokinase and the protein disulfide isomerase. Yeast 1992; 8:577-85. [PMID: 1523890 DOI: 10.1002/yea.320080709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We report here the DNA sequence of a 9.5 kb segment of chromosome III. The sequence was determined by subcloning the segment into subfragments generated by appropriate restriction enzymes followed by oligonucleotide-directed sequencing. The segment contains at least five open reading frames, YCL311, YCL312, YCL313, YCL314, YCL315. YCL311 and YCL315 extend in the adjacent fragments, A4H and A6C respectively. YCL312 encodes glucokinase, and YCL313 the protein disulfide isomerase. Disruption of YCL311, 314 and 315 by insertion of a URA3 cassette does not lead to a detectable phenotype, whereas disruption of YCL313 provokes cell lethality.
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- B Scherens
- Institut de Recherches du CERIA-COOVI, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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For ethical, practical and economic reasons, scientists have traditionally relied on model organisms for biological research. Although model organisms do not always quite constitute the 'real thing', the significant advantages of their use contribute to making their study a viable alternative. The decision to use a specific model, particularly in large-scale studies such as genome projects, will be governed not only by biological consideration, but also by the prevailing financial and organizational infrastructure and expertise of the research community.
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- A Vassarotti
- Division of Biotechnology, Commission of the European Communities, Bruxelles, Belgium
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