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Zhai Y, Zhang X, Chen Z, Yan D, Zhu L, Zhang Z, Wang X, Tian K, Huang Y, Yang X, Sun W, Wang D, Tsai YH, Luo T, Li G. Global profiling of functional histidines in live cells using small-molecule photosensitizer and chemical probe relay labelling. Nat Chem 2024:10.1038/s41557-024-01545-6. [PMID: 38834725 DOI: 10.1038/s41557-024-01545-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
Abstract
Recent advances in chemical proteomics have focused on developing chemical probes that react with nucleophilic amino acid residues. Although histidine is an attractive candidate due to its importance in enzymatic catalysis, metal binding and protein-protein interaction, its moderate nucleophilicity poses challenges. Its modification is frequently influenced by cysteine and lysine, which results in poor selectivity and narrow proteome coverage. Here we report a singlet oxygen and chemical probe relay labelling method that achieves high selectivity towards histidine. Libraries of small-molecule photosensitizers and chemical probes were screened to optimize histidine labelling, enabling histidine profiling in live cells with around 7,200 unique sites. Using NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, we characterized the reaction mechanism and the structures of the resulting products. We then applied this method to discover unannotated histidine sites key to enzymatic activity and metal binding in select metalloproteins. This method also revealed the accessibility change of histidine mediated by protein-protein interaction that influences select protein subcellular localization, underscoring its capability in discovering functional histidines.
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- Yansheng Zhai
- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
- School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Synthetic and Functional Biomolecules Center, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
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- Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Ministry of Education and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China
- Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Systems and Physical Biology, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China.
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MacDiarmid CW, Taggart J, Kubisiak M, Eide DJ. Restricted glycolysis is a primary cause of the reduced growth rate of zinc-deficient yeast cells. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:107147. [PMID: 38460940 PMCID: PMC11001634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/11/2024] Open
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Zinc is required for many critical processes, including intermediary metabolism. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Zap1 activator regulates the transcription of ∼80 genes in response to Zn supply. Some Zap1-regulated genes are Zn transporters that maintain Zn homeostasis, while others mediate adaptive responses that enhance fitness. One adaptive response gene encodes the 2-cysteine peroxiredoxin Tsa1, which is critical to Zn-deficient (ZnD) growth. Depending on its redox state, Tsa1 can function as a peroxidase, a protein chaperone, or a regulatory redox sensor. In a screen for possible Tsa1 regulatory targets, we identified a mutation (cdc19S492A) that partially suppressed the tsa1Δ growth defect. The cdc19S492A mutation reduced activity of its protein product, pyruvate kinase isozyme 1 (Pyk1), implicating Tsa1 in adapting glycolysis to ZnD conditions. Glycolysis requires activity of the Zn-dependent enzyme fructose-bisphosphate aldolase 1, which was substantially decreased in ZnD cells. We hypothesized that in ZnD tsa1Δ cells, the loss of a compensatory Tsa1 regulatory function causes depletion of glycolytic intermediates and restricts dependent amino acid synthesis pathways, and that the decreased activity of Pyk1S492A counteracted this depletion by slowing the irreversible conversion of phosphoenolpyruvate to pyruvate. In support of this model, supplementing ZnD tsa1Δ cells with aromatic amino acids improved their growth. Phosphoenolpyruvate supplementation, in contrast, had a much greater effect on growth rate of WT and tsa1Δ ZnD cells, indicating that inefficient glycolysis is a major factor limiting yeast growth. Surprisingly however, this restriction was not primarily due to low fructose-bisphosphate aldolase 1 activity, but instead occurs earlier in glycolysis.
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- Colin W MacDiarmid
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Open Issues for Protein Function Assignment in Haloferax volcanii and Other Halophilic Archaea. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12070963. [PMID: 34202810 PMCID: PMC8305020 DOI: 10.3390/genes12070963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background: Annotation ambiguities and annotation errors are a general challenge in genomics. While a reliable protein function assignment can be obtained by experimental characterization, this is expensive and time-consuming, and the number of such Gold Standard Proteins (GSP) with experimental support remains very low compared to proteins annotated by sequence homology, usually through automated pipelines. Even a GSP may give a misleading assignment when used as a reference: the homolog may be close enough to support isofunctionality, but the substrate of the GSP is absent from the species being annotated. In such cases, the enzymes cannot be isofunctional. Here, we examined a variety of such issues in halophilic archaea (class Halobacteria), with a strong focus on the model haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Results: Annotated proteins of Hfx. volcanii were identified for which public databases tend to assign a function that is probably incorrect. In some cases, an alternative, probably correct, function can be predicted or inferred from the available evidence, but this has not been adopted by public databases because experimental validation is lacking. In other cases, a probably invalid specific function is predicted by homology, and while there is evidence that this assigned function is unlikely, the true function remains elusive. We listed 50 of those cases, each with detailed background information, so that a conclusion about the most likely biological function can be drawn. For reasons of brevity and comprehension, only the key aspects are listed in the main text, with detailed information being provided in a corresponding section of the Supplementary Materials. Conclusions: Compiling, describing and summarizing these open annotation issues and functional predictions will benefit the scientific community in the general effort to improve the evaluation of protein function assignments and more thoroughly detail them. By highlighting the gaps and likely annotation errors currently in the databases, we hope this study will provide a framework for experimentalists to systematically confirm (or disprove) our function predictions or to uncover yet more unexpected functions.
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Harmaza YM, Slobozhanina EI. Zinc essentiality and toxicity. Biophysical aspects. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2014. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006350914020092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lyubartseva G, Lovell MA. A potential role for zinc alterations in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Biofactors 2012; 38:98-106. [PMID: 22447723 PMCID: PMC3635097 DOI: 10.1002/biof.199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), one of the major causes of disability and mortality in Western societies, is a progressive age-related neurodegenerative disorder. Increasing evidence suggests that the etiology of AD may involve disruptions of zinc (Zn) homeostasis. This review discusses current evidence supporting a potential role of Zn and zinc transporters (ZnTs) in processing of the amyloid beta protein precursor (APP) and amyloid beta (Aβ) peptide generation and aggregation.
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- Ganna Lyubartseva
- Department of Chemistry and Physics, Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, AR 71753, USA.
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Pöll G, Braun T, Jakovljevic J, Neueder A, Jakob S, Woolford JL, Tschochner H, Milkereit P. rRNA maturation in yeast cells depleted of large ribosomal subunit proteins. PLoS One 2009; 4:e8249. [PMID: 20011513 PMCID: PMC2788216 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The structural constituents of the large eukaryotic ribosomal subunit are 3 ribosomal RNAs, namely the 25S, 5.8S and 5S rRNA and about 46 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins). They assemble and mature in a highly dynamic process that involves more than 150 proteins and 70 small RNAs. Ribosome biogenesis starts in the nucleolus, continues in the nucleoplasm and is completed after nucleo-cytoplasmic translocation of the subunits in the cytoplasm. In this work we created 26 yeast strains, each of which conditionally expresses one of the large ribosomal subunit (LSU) proteins. In vivo depletion of the analysed LSU r-proteins was lethal and led to destabilisation and degradation of the LSU and/or its precursors. Detailed steady state and metabolic pulse labelling analyses of rRNA precursors in these mutant strains showed that LSU r-proteins can be grouped according to their requirement for efficient progression of different steps of large ribosomal subunit maturation. Comparative analyses of the observed phenotypes and the nature of r-protein-rRNA interactions as predicted by current atomic LSU structure models led us to discuss working hypotheses on i) how individual r-proteins control the productive processing of the major 5' end of 5.8S rRNA precursors by exonucleases Rat1p and Xrn1p, and ii) the nature of structural characteristics of nascent LSUs that are required for cytoplasmic accumulation of nascent subunits but are nonessential for most of the nuclear LSU pre-rRNA processing events.
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- Gisela Pöll
- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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- Institut für Biochemie III, Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- * E-mail: (JLW); (HT); (PM)
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Lovell MA. A potential role for alterations of zinc and zinc transport proteins in the progression of Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2009; 16:471-83. [PMID: 19276540 PMCID: PMC2881701 DOI: 10.3233/jad-2009-0992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Although multiple studies have suggested a role for alterations of zinc (Zn) and zinc transport (ZnT) proteins in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, the exact role of this essential trace element in the progression of the disease remains unclear. The following review discusses the normal role of Zn and ZnT proteins in brain and the potential effects of their alteration in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, particularly in the processing of the amyloid-beta protein precursor and amyloid-beta peptide generation and aggregation.
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- Mark A Lovell
- Department of Chemistry and Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
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Dresios J, Panopoulos P, Synetos D. Eukaryotic ribosomal proteins lacking a eubacterial counterpart: important players in ribosomal function. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:1651-63. [PMID: 16553873 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05054.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The ribosome is a macromolecular machine responsible for protein synthesis in all organisms. Despite the enormous progress in studies on the structure and function of prokaryotic ribosomes, the respective molecular details of the mechanism by which the eukaryotic ribosome and associated factors construct a polypeptide accurately and rapidly still remain largely unexplored. Eukaryotic ribosomes possess more RNA and a higher number of proteins than eubacterial ribosomes. As the tertiary structure and basic function of the ribosomes are conserved, what is the contribution of these additional elements? Elucidation of the role of these components should provide clues to the mechanisms of translation in eukaryotes and help unravel the molecular mechanisms underlying the differences between eukaryotic and eubacterial ribosomes. This article focuses on a class of eukaryotic ribosomal proteins that do not have a eubacterial homologue. These proteins play substantial roles in ribosomal structure and function, and in mRNA binding and nascent peptide folding. The role of these proteins in human diseases and viral expression, as well as their potential use as targets for antiviral agents is discussed.
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- John Dresios
- Department of Neurobiology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Eide DJ. Zinc transporters and the cellular trafficking of zinc. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:711-22. [PMID: 16675045 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 565] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2005] [Revised: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 03/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Zinc is an essential nutrient for all organisms because this metal serves as a catalytic or structural cofactor for many different proteins. Zinc-dependent proteins are found in the cytoplasm and within many organelles of the eukaryotic cell including the nucleus, the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi, secretory vesicles, and mitochondria. Thus, cells require zinc transport mechanisms to allow cells to efficiently accumulate the metal ion and distribute it within the cell. Our current knowledge of these transport systems in eukaryotes is the focus of this review.
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- David J Eide
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1415 Linden Drive, Room 340B, Madison, WI 53706-1571, USA.
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Perina D, Cetkovic H, Harcet M, Premzl M, Lukic-Bilela L, Müller WEG, Gamulin V. The complete set of ribosomal proteins from the marine sponge Suberites domuncula. Gene 2005; 366:275-84. [PMID: 16229974 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2005.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Revised: 05/25/2005] [Accepted: 08/26/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The siliceous marine sponge Suberites domuncula is a member of the most ancient and simplest extant phylum of multicellular animals-Porifera, which have branched off first from the common ancestor of all Metazoa. We have determined primary structures of 79 ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) from S. domuncula: 32 proteins from the small ribosomal subunit and 47 proteins from the large ribosomal subunit. Only L39 and L41 polypeptides (51 and 25 residues long in rat, respectively) are missing. The sponge S. domuncula is, after nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and insect Drosophila melanogaster the third representative of invertebrates with known amino acid sequences of all r-proteins. The comparison of S. domuncula r-proteins with r-proteins from D. melanogaster, C. elegans, rat, Arabidopsis thaliana and Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed very interesting findings. The majority of the sponge r-proteins are more similar to their homologues from rat, than to those either from invertebrates C. elegans and D. melanogaster, or yeast and plant. With few exceptions, the overall sequence conservation between sponge and rat r-proteins is 80% or higher. The phylogenetic tree of concatenated r-proteins from 6 eukaryotic species (rooted with archaeal r-proteins) has the shortest branches connecting sponge and rat. Both model invertebrate organisms experienced recently accelerated evolution and therefore sponge r-proteins very probably better reflect structures of proteins in the ancestral metazoan ribosome, which changed only little during metazoan evolution. Furthermore, r-proteins from the plant A. thaliana are significantly closer to metazoan r-proteins than are those from the yeast S. cerevisiae.
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- Drago Perina
- Department of Molecular Biology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Bijenicka cesta 54, Box 170, 10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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Jesuino RSA, Pereira M, Felipe MSS, Azevedo MO, Soares CMA. Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding the Paracoccidioides brasiliensis 135 ribosomal protein. Med Mycol 2004; 42:217-21. [PMID: 15283235 DOI: 10.1080/13693780310001597692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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A 630 bp cDNA encoding an L35 ribosomal protein of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, designated as Pbl35, was cloned from a yeast expression library. Pbl35 encodes a polypeptide of 125 amino acids, with a predicted molecular mass of 14.5 kDa and a pI of 11.0. The deduced PbL35 shows significant conservation in respect to other described ribosomal L35 proteins from eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Motifs of ribosomal proteins are present in PbL35, including a bipartite nuclear localization signal (NLS) that could be related to the protein addressing to the nucleolus for the ribosomal assembly. The mRNA for PbL35, about 700 nucleotides in length, is expressed at a high level in P. brasiliensis. The PbL35 and the deduced amino acid sequence constitute the first description of a ribosomal protein in P. brasiliensis. The cDNA was deposited in GenBank under accession number AF416509.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Codon, Initiator/genetics
- Codon, Terminator/genetics
- Conserved Sequence/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/isolation & purification
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- Genes, Fungal/genetics
- Genes, Fungal/physiology
- Isoelectric Point
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Nuclear Localization Signals/genetics
- Open Reading Frames/genetics
- Paracoccidioides/genetics
- RNA 3' Polyadenylation Signals/genetics
- RNA, Fungal/analysis
- RNA, Fungal/isolation & purification
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- Transcription, Genetic/physiology
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Affiliation(s)
- Rosália S A Jesuino
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Dresios J, Chan YL, Wool IG. The role of the zinc finger motif and of the residues at the amino terminus in the function of yeast ribosomal protein YL37a. J Mol Biol 2002; 316:475-88. [PMID: 11866512 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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YL37a is an essential yeast ribosomal protein that has a C(2)-C(2) zinc finger motif. Replacement of the cysteine residues had yielded variants that lacked the capacity to bind zinc but still supported cell growth. In a continuation of an examination of the relation of the structure of YL37a to its function, the contribution of amino acid residues in the intervening sequence between the internal cysteine residues of the motif was evaluated. Substitutions of alanine for the lysine residues at positions 44, 45, or 48, or for arginine 49 slowed cell growth. The most severe effect was caused by a double-mutation, K48A-R49A. A mutation of tryptophan 55 to alanine was lethal. Mutations to alanine of six conserved residues (K6, K7, K13, Y14, R17, and Y18) in the amino-terminal region decreased cell growth; the Y14 mutation was lethal. An in vitro assay for binding of YL37a to individual 26 S rRNA domains was developed. Binding of the recombinant fusion protein MBP-YL37a was to domains II and III; the K(d) for binding to domain II was 79 nM; for domain III it was 198 nM. There was a close correspondence between the effect of mutations in YL37a on cell growth and on binding to 26 S rRNA. In the atomic structure of the 50 S subunit of Haloarcula marismortui, the archaebacteria homolog of yeast YL37a, L37ae, coordinates a zinc atom and the finger motif is folded and interacts mainly with domain III of 23 S rRNA; whereas the amino-terminal region of L37ae interacts primarily with domain II. The biochemical and genetic experiments complement the three-dimensional structure and define for the first time the functional importance of a subset of the residues in close proximity to nucleotides.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acids, Aromatic/genetics
- Amino Acids, Aromatic/metabolism
- Amino Acids, Basic/genetics
- Amino Acids, Basic/metabolism
- Archaeal Proteins/chemistry
- Archaeal Proteins/metabolism
- Binding Sites
- Haloarcula marismortui/genetics
- Magnesium/pharmacology
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation/genetics
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Phenotype
- Protein Binding
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/growth & development
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/chemistry
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Zinc Fingers
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Affiliation(s)
- John Dresios
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Ho JH, Kallstrom G, Johnson AW. Nmd3p is a Crm1p-dependent adapter protein for nuclear export of the large ribosomal subunit. J Cell Biol 2000; 151:1057-66. [PMID: 11086007 PMCID: PMC2174350 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.151.5.1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 225] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2000] [Accepted: 10/13/2000] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
In eukaryotic cells, nuclear export of nascent ribosomal subunits through the nuclear pore complex depends on the small GTPase Ran. However, neither the nuclear export signals (NESs) for the ribosomal subunits nor the receptor proteins, which recognize the NESs and mediate export of the subunits, have been identified. We showed previously that Nmd3p is an essential protein from yeast that is required for a late step in biogenesis of the large (60S) ribosomal subunit. Here, we show that Nmd3p shuttles and that deletion of the NES from Nmd3p leads to nuclear accumulation of the mutant protein, inhibition of the 60S subunit biogenesis, and inhibition of the nuclear export of 60S subunits. Moreover, the 60S subunits that accumulate in the nucleus can be coimmunoprecipitated with the NES-deficient Nmd3p. 60S subunit biogenesis and export of truncated Nmd3p were restored by the addition of an exogenous NES. To identify the export receptor for Nmd3p we show that Nmd3p shuttling and 60S export is blocked by the Crm1p-specific inhibitor leptomycin B. These results identify Crm1p as the receptor for Nmd3p export. Thus, export of the 60S subunit is mediated by the adapter protein Nmd3p in a Crm1p-dependent pathway.
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- J H Ho
- Section of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and the Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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