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Zhang X, Yin Z, Ma Z, Liang J, Zhang Z, Yao L, Chen X, Liu X, Zhang R. Shell Matrix Protein N38 of Pinctada fucata, Inducing Vaterite Formation, Extends the DING Protein to the Mollusca World. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2022; 24:531-541. [PMID: 35499596 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-022-10116-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
In the animal kingdom, DING proteins were only found in Chordata and Aschelminthes. At present study, a potential DING protein, matrix protein N38, was isolated and purified from the shell of Pinctada fucata. Tandem mass spectrometry analysis revealed that 14 peptide segments matched between N38 and human phosphate-binding protein (HPBP). HPBP belongs to the DING protein family and has a "DINGGG-" sequence, which is considered a "signature" of HPBP. In this study, the mass spectrometry analysis results showed that N38 had a "DIDGGG-" sequence; this structure is a mutation from the "DINGGG-" structure, which is a distinctive feature of the DING protein family. The role of N38 during calcium carbonate formation was explored through the in vitro crystallization experiment. The results of scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectrum analysis indicated that N38 induced vaterite formation. These findings revealed that N38 might regulate and participate in the precise control of the crystal growth of the shell, providing new clues for biomineralization mechanisms in P. fucata and DING protein family studies. In addition, this study helped extend the research of DING protein to the Mollusca world.
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- Xin Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai, 201306, China
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- Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Beijing, 100141, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plateau Ecology and Agriculture, Qinghai University, Xining, 810016, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, 314000, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, 314000, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, 314000, China
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, 314000, China.
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- Protein Science laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China.
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Zhejiang, 314000, China.
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Manco G, Lacerra G, Porzio E, Catara G. ADP-Ribosylation Post-Translational Modification: An Overview with a Focus on RNA Biology and New Pharmacological Perspectives. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12030443. [PMID: 35327636 PMCID: PMC8946771 DOI: 10.3390/biom12030443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Cellular functions are regulated through the gene expression program by the transcription of new messenger RNAs (mRNAs), alternative RNA splicing, and protein synthesis. To this end, the post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins add another layer of complexity, creating a continuously fine-tuned regulatory network. ADP-ribosylation (ADPr) is an ancient reversible modification of cellular macromolecules, regulating a multitude of key functional processes as diverse as DNA damage repair (DDR), transcriptional regulation, intracellular transport, immune and stress responses, and cell survival. Additionally, due to the emerging role of ADP-ribosylation in pathological processes, ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs), the enzymes involved in ADPr, are attracting growing interest as new drug targets. In this review, an overview of human ARTs and their related biological functions is provided, mainly focusing on the regulation of ADP-ribosyltransferase Diphtheria toxin-like enzymes (ARTD)-dependent RNA functions. Finally, in order to unravel novel gene functional relationships, we propose the analysis of an inventory of human gene clusters, including ARTDs, which share conserved sequences at 3′ untranslated regions (UTRs).
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- Giuseppe Manco
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (G.C.)
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- Institute of Genetics and Biophysics “Adriano Buzzati-Traverso”, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Research Council of Italy, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
- Correspondence: (G.M.); (G.C.)
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Porzio E, Faraone Mennella MR, Manco G. DING Proteins Extend to the Extremophilic World. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2035. [PMID: 33670786 PMCID: PMC7922408 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22042035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The DING proteins are ubiquitous in the three domains of life, from mesophiles to thermo- and hyperthermophiles. They belong to a family of more than sixty members and have a characteristic N-terminus, DINGGG, which is considered a "signature" of these proteins. Structurally, they share a highly conserved phosphate binding site, and a three dimensional organization resembling the "Venus Flytrap", both reminding the ones of PstS proteins. They have unusually high sequence conservation, even between distantly related species. Nevertheless despite that the genomes of most of these species have been sequenced, the DING gene has not been reported for all the relative characterized DING proteins. Identity of known DING proteins has been confirmed immunologically and, in some cases, by N-terminal sequence analysis. Only a few of the DING proteins have been purified and biochemically characterized. DING proteins are heterogeneous for their wide range of biological activities and some show different activities not always correlated with each other. Most of them have been originally identified for different biological properties, or rather for binding to phosphate and also to other ligands. Their involvement in pathologies is described. This review is an update of the most recent findings on old and new DING proteins.
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- Elena Porzio
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CNR, Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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Aleshin VA, Mezhenska OA, Parkhomenko YM, Kaehne T, Bunik VI. Thiamine Mono- and Diphosphate Phosphatases in Bovine Brain Synaptosomes. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 85:378-386. [PMID: 32564742 DOI: 10.1134/s000629792003013x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Neurodegenerative diseases are accompanied by changes in the activity of thiamine mono- and diphosphate phosphatases, but molecular identification of these mammalian enzymes is incomplete. In this work, the protein fraction of bovine brain synaptosomes displaying phosphatase activity toward thiamine derivatives was subjected to affinity chromatography on thiamine-Sepharose. Protein fractions eluted with thiamine (pH 7.4 or 5.6), NaCl, and urea were assayed for the phosphatase activity against thiamine monophosphate (ThMP), thiamine diphosphate (ThDP), and structurally similar purine nucleotides. Proteins in each fraction were identified by mass spectrometry using the SwissProt database for all organisms because of insufficient annotation of the bovine genome. Peptides of two annotated bacterial phosphatases, alkaline phosphatase L from the DING protein family and exopolyphosphatase, were identified in the acidic thiamine eluate. The abundance of peptides of alkaline phosphatase L and exopolyphosphatase in the eluted fractions correlated with ThMPase and ThDPase activities, respectively. The elution profiles of the ThMPase and ThDPase activities differed from the elution profiles of nucleotide phosphatases, thus indicating the specificity of these enzymes toward thiamine derivatives. The search for mammalian DING phosphatases in the eluates from thiamine-Sepharose revealed X-DING-CD4, mostly eluted by the acidic thiamine solution (pH 5.6). The identified exopolyphosphatase demonstrated structural similarity with apyrases possessing the ThDPase activity. The obtained results demonstrate that mammalian DING proteins and apyrases exhibit ThMPase and ThDPase activity, respectively.
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- V A Aleshin
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow, 119991, Russia. .,Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
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- Palladin Institute of Biochemistry, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 01601, Ukraine
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- Institute of Experimental Internal Medicine, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, 39120, Germany
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Moscow, 119991, Russia. .,Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia.,Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, 119992, Russia
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De Maio A, Porzio E, Rotondo S, Bianchi AR, Faraone-Mennella MR. In Sulfolobus solfataricus, the Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-Like Thermoprotein Is a Multifunctional Enzyme. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101523. [PMID: 33023025 PMCID: PMC7599888 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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In Sulfolobus solfataricus, Sso, the ADP-ribosylating thermozyme is known to carry both auto- and heteromodification of target proteins via short chains of ADP-ribose. Here, we provide evidence that this thermoprotein is a multifunctional enzyme, also showing ATPase activity. Electrophoretic and kinetic analyses were performed using NAD+ and ATP as substrates. The results showed that ATP is acting as a negative effector on the NAD+-dependent reaction, and is also responsible for inducing the dimerization of the thermozyme. These findings enabled us to further investigate the kinetic of ADP-ribosylation activity in the presence of ATP, and to also assay its ability to work as a substrate. Moreover, since the heteroacceptor of ADP-ribose is the sulfolobal Sso7 protein, known as an ATPase, some reconstitution experiments were set up to study the reciprocal influence of the ADP-ribosylating thermozyme and the Sso7 protein on their activities, considering also the possibility of direct enzyme/Sso7 protein interactions. This study provides new insights into the ATP-ase activity of the ADP-ribosylating thermozyme, which is able to establish stable complexes with Sso7 protein.
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- Anna De Maio
- Department of Biology, Polytechnic School of Basic Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126 Naples, Italy; (S.R.); (A.R.B.)
- National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), via delle Medaglie d’oro, 00136 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: (A.D.M.); (M.R.F.-M.); Tel.: +39-081-679134 (A.D.M.); +39-081-679136 (M.R.F.-M.)
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, CNR, via P.Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy;
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- Department of Biology, Polytechnic School of Basic Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126 Naples, Italy; (S.R.); (A.R.B.)
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- Department of Biology, Polytechnic School of Basic Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126 Naples, Italy; (S.R.); (A.R.B.)
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- Department of Biology, Polytechnic School of Basic Sciences, University of Naples “Federico II”, 80126 Naples, Italy; (S.R.); (A.R.B.)
- National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems (INBB), via delle Medaglie d’oro, 00136 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: (A.D.M.); (M.R.F.-M.); Tel.: +39-081-679134 (A.D.M.); +39-081-679136 (M.R.F.-M.)
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