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Hettiarachchi K, Streckfuss E, Sanzone JR, Wang J, Hayes M, Kong M, Greshock TJ. Microscale Purification with Direct Charged Aerosol Detector Quantitation Using Selective Online One- or Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography. Anal Chem 2022; 94:8309-8316. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c00750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kanaka Hettiarachchi
- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 770 Sumneytown Pike, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, United States
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- External Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Hettiarachchi K, Hayes M, Desai AJ, Wang J, Ren Z, Greshock TJ. Subminute micro-isolation of pharmaceuticals with ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2019; 176:112794. [PMID: 31437749 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2019.112794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The drive for faster separations while maintaining quality and yield remains an important consideration for enhanced productivity as well as cost reduction for drug discovery laboratories in the pharmaceutical industry. High-throughput experimentation (HTE) and high-throughput screening (HTS) techniques can benefit from rapid and efficient isolation of product at high purity and recovery from microgram-scale crude reaction mixtures. In this study we describe the isolation of small molecule and biomolecule crude mixtures at the microgram-scale (100-2500 μg) in single or library format with methods as fast as 1.0 min and system pressures averaging 10,000 psi with an ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography (UHPLC) setup. UHPLC technology provides several advantages for rapid (<1.0 min) separations with small-particle (1.8-3.5 μm) size 4.6 × 50 mm C18 columns such as minimal extra column and delay volume, fast detector response time, and higher linear velocities for improved speed and resolution. We typically see a 5-10 fold improvement in purification time and overall sample processing time with low fraction volumes and same-day drying when compared with traditional semi-preparative techniques. There is a significant 50-fold reduction in solvent usage per run, resulting in a much lower cost of solvent and waste handling. Fluidic pathways have been optimized for collection into tared high-density 96 or 384 well 2D barcoded storage tubes in a microtiter plate (MTP) layout. Coupling the system to robotics has enabled us to implement a fully integrated automation platform with additional capabilities for small-scale purification at high speed and reduced cost of materials. The resulting arrays of small-quantity, high-purity compounds enable synthetic route scouting for HTE and HTS for biological target validation.
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- Kanaka Hettiarachchi
- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Pharmacology, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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- Discovery Chemistry, Merck & Co., Inc., 213. E. Grand Ave., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Káňavová N, Kosior A, Antošová M, Faber R, Polakovič M. Application of a micromembrane chromatography module to the examination of protein adsorption equilibrium. J Sep Sci 2012; 35:3177-83. [DOI: 10.1002/jssc.201200396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Natália Káňavová
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology; Slovak University of Technology; Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology; Slovak University of Technology; Bratislava Slovakia
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology; Slovak University of Technology; Bratislava Slovakia
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- Sartorius Stedim Biotech AG; Göttingen Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering; Institute of Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology; Slovak University of Technology; Bratislava Slovakia
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Gutiérrez B, Osorio L, Motta MCM, Huima-Byron T, Erdjument-Bromage H, Muñoz C, Sagua H, Mortara RA, Echeverría A, Araya JE, González J. Molecular characterization and intracellular distribution of the alpha 5 subunit of Trypanosoma cruzi 20S proteasome. Parasitol Int 2009; 58:367-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Revised: 07/09/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Buszewski B, Kowalska S, Krupczyńska K. New Generation of Chromatographic Packings and Columns for Determination of Biologically Active Compounds. Crit Rev Anal Chem 2005. [DOI: 10.1080/10408340500207367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bronstein NB, Kishore R, Ismail Z, Zhang Q, Taylor T, Newman SA. cDNA cloning and spatiotemporal expression during avian embryogenesis of hnRNP A1, a regulatory factor in alternative splicing. Gene Expr Patterns 2003; 3:285-95. [PMID: 12799073 DOI: 10.1016/s1567-133x(03)00048-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Alternative splicing and selective transport of RNA transcripts from cell nuclei are important regulatory mechanisms of gene expression during embryonic development. Here we report the molecular characterization and developmental expression in several tissue and organ systems of chicken hnRNP A1, a nucleo-cytoplasmic 'shuttle' protein which in mammalian systems has been shown to function in the regulation of RNA alternative splicing by antagonizing constitutive splicing factors such as SF2/ASF. We show that hnRNP A1 is represented in the chicken by a single gene which is widely expressed at early embryonic stages, with particularly high levels of expression in the brain, skin, developing gut, and other ectodermal and endodermal derivatives. At later stages, expression of its mRNA and protein product become progressively confined to specific organ primordia and cell types, where both transient and persistent expression patterns are observed. HnRNP A1 protein is expressed at sites of active neurogenesis in the developing central and peripheral nervous systems, regions of known extensive alternative splicing.
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- Natalie B Bronstein
- Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA
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Miyazaki Y, Boccuni P, Mao S, Zhang J, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Kiyokawa H, Nimer SD. Cyclin A-dependent phosphorylation of the ETS-related protein, MEF, restricts its activity to the G1 phase of the cell cycle. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:40528-36. [PMID: 11504716 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103051200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MEF, a recently identified member of the E74 family of ETS-related transcription factors, is a strong transcriptional activator of cytokine gene expression. Using a green fluorescent protein gene reporter plasmid regulated by an MEF-responsive promoter, we determined that the transcriptional activity of MEF is largely restricted to the G1 phase of the cell cycle. MEF-dependent transcription was suppressed by the expression of cyclin A but not by cyclin D or cyclin E. This effect was due to the kinase activity generated by cyclin A expression, as co-expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p21 or p27, or a dominant negative form of CDK2 (DNK2), abrogated the reduction of MEF transcriptional activity by cyclin A. Cyclin A-CDK2 phosphorylated MEF protein in vitro more efficiently than cyclin D-CDK4 or cyclin E-CDK2, and phosphorylation of MEF by cyclin A-CDK2 reduced its ability to bind DNA. We determined one site of phosphorylation by cyclin A-CDK2 at the C terminus of MEF, using mass-spectrometry; mutation of three serine or threonine residues in this region significantly reduced phosphorylation of MEF by cyclin A and reduced cyclin A-mediated suppression of its transactivating activity. These amino acid substitutions also reduced the restriction of MEF activity to G1. Phosphorylation of MEF by the cyclin A-CDK2 complex controls its transcriptional activity during the cell cycle, establishing a novel link between the ETS family of proteins and the cell cycle machinery.
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- Y Miyazaki
- Laboratory of Molecular Aspects of Hematopoiesis, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Jiang Q, Taupenot L, Mahata SK, Mahata M, O'Connor DT, Miles LA, Parmer RJ. Proteolytic cleavage of chromogranin A (CgA) by plasmin. Selective liberation of a specific bioactive CgA fragment that regulates catecholamine release. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:25022-9. [PMID: 11342539 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101545200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chromogranin A (CgA), the major soluble protein in catecholamine storage vesicles, serves as a prohormone that is cleaved into bioactive peptides that inhibit catecholamine release, providing an autocrine, negative feedback mechanism for regulating catecholamine responses during stress. However, the proteases responsible for the processing of CgA and release of bioactive peptides have not been established. Recently, we found that chromaffin cells express components of the plasmin(ogen) system, including tissue plasminogen activator, which is targeted to catecholamine storage vesicles and released with CgA and catecholamines in response to sympathoadrenal stimulation, and high affinity cell surface receptors for plasminogen, to promote plasminogen activation at the cell surface. In the present study, we investigated processing of CgA by plasmin and sought to identify specific bioactive CgA peptides produced by plasmin proteolysis. Highly purified human CgA (hCgA) was produced by expression in Escherichia coli and purification using metal affinity chromatography. hCgA was digested with plasmin. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry identified a major peptide produced with a mass/charge ratio (m/z) of 1546, corresponding uniquely to hCgA-(360-373), the identity of which was confirmed by reverse phase high pressure liquid chromatography and amino-terminal microsequencing. hCgA-(360-373) was selectively liberated by plasmin from hCgA at early time points and was stable even after prolonged exposure to plasmin. The corresponding synthetic peptide markedly inhibited nicotine-induced catecholamine release from pheochromocytoma cells. These results identify plasmin as a protease, present in the local environment of the chromaffin cell, that selectively cleaves CgA to generate a bioactive fragment, hCgA-(360-373), that inhibits nicotinic-mediated catecholamine release. These results suggest that the plasminogen/plasmin system through its interaction with CgA may play a major role in catecholaminergic function and suggest a specific mechanism as well as a discrete CgA peptide through which this effect is mediated.
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- Q Jiang
- Department of Medicine, University of California-San Diego, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., San Diego, CA 92161, USA
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Henzel WJ, Stults JT. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass analysis of peptides. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2001; Chapter 16:Unit 16.2. [PMID: 18429129 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1602s04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) is one of the most useful techniques for determining the mass of biomolecules, with exceptional capabilities for mass analysis of peptides. Relative to other ionization techniques, it provides high sensitivity and excellent tolerance of salt and other common buffer components. Routine detection limits for peptides are in the subpicomole range. The ions commonly observed are the protonated molecules (M+H(+)), which makes data analysis relatively easy. This overview discusses instrument configuration and calibration, sample preparation, along with specific approaches for analyzing peptide mixtures, synthetic peptides, and chemical modifications of peptides.
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- W J Henzel
- Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, California, USA
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We describe a microflow-based instrument, consisting of multiple rotary valves, capillary tubing, and miniaturized reaction vessels, for the purpose of performing automated chemical and biochemical reations on a very small scale (i.e. submicroliter volumes). The novelty is that close to 100% of the reaction end products are available in a minimal volume (< or = 5 microL) inside a pressurized microvial for subsequent analysis. This makes the system compatible with capillary HPLC and, in principle, with continuous-flow nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry. Total control of flow path combinations and directions, temperatures, and gas pressures enables precise execution of complex biochemical laboratory procedures. Instrument performance was convincingly demonstrated by partially sequencing 100 fmol of an intact protein using classical Edman chemistry in combination with capillary-bore liquid chromatography. To our knowledge, this is the smallest amount of protein ever reported to be successfully analyzed in this way. Additional applications that merge enzymatic and chemical procedures with high-sensitivity analytical devices can be envisioned in the future.
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- M Powell
- Protein Center and Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Buckner FS, Yokoyama K, Nguyen L, Grewal A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Strickland CL, Xiao L, Van Voorhis WC, Gelb MH. Cloning, heterologous expression, and distinct substrate specificity of protein farnesyltransferase from Trypanosoma brucei. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:21870-6. [PMID: 10749864 PMCID: PMC2913713 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000975200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Protein prenylation occurs in the protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness (Trypanosoma brucei), and the protein farnesyltransferase appears to be a good target for developing drugs. We have cloned the alpha- and beta-subunits of T. brucei protein farnesyltransferase (TB-PFT) using nucleic acid probes designed from partial amino acid sequences obtained from the enzyme purified from insect stage parasites. TB-PFT is expressed in both bloodstream and insect stage parasites. Enzymatically active TB-PFT was produced by heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. Compared with mammalian protein farnesyltransferases, TB-PFT contains a number of inserts of >25 residues in both subunits that reside on the surface of the enzyme in turns linking adjacent alpha-helices. Substrate specificity studies with a series of 20 peptides SSCALX (where X indicates a naturally occurring amino acid) show that the recombinant enzyme behaves identically to the native enzyme and displays distinct specificity compared with mammalian protein farnesyltransferase. TB-PFT prefers Gln and Met at the X position but not Ser, Thr, or Cys, which are good substrates for mammalian protein farnesyltransferase. A structural homology model of the active site of TB-PFT provides a basis for understanding structure-activity relations among substrates and CAAX mimetic inhibitors.
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- F S Buckner
- Departments of Medicine and Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, USA
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Lloyd KO, Yin BW, Tempst P, Erdjument-Bromage H. MUC-6 mucin is a major component of "blood group substance" from human ovarian cyst fluid. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1474:410-4. [PMID: 10779694 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(00)00037-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Ovarian cyst fluid has been a valuable source of the mucins (traditionally termed "blood group substances") that were used for the elucidation of the structures of the ABO Lewis blood group determinants, but the identity of the mucin peptide core(s) carrying these carbohydrate specificities is not known. An ovarian cyst fluid mucin was purified, deglycosylated with HF and digested with trypsin or chymotrypsin to yield a number of peptides. Amino acid sequencing of these peptides yielded five different sequences which showed complete or partial homology to the MUC-6 apomucin deduced from DNA sequencing. As no other sequences were identified, it is concluded that MUC-6 is the major mucin core structure of ovarian cyst fluid mucin.
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- K O Lloyd
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Haeseleer F, Sokal I, Verlinde CL, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Pronin AN, Benovic JL, Fariss RN, Palczewski K. Five members of a novel Ca(2+)-binding protein (CABP) subfamily with similarity to calmodulin. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:1247-60. [PMID: 10625670 PMCID: PMC1364469 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.2.1247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Five members of a novel Ca(2+)-binding protein subfamily (CaBP), with 46-58% sequence similarity to calmodulin (CaM), were identified in the vertebrate retina. Important differences between these Ca(2+)-binding proteins and CaM include alterations within their second EF-hand loop that render these motifs inactive in Ca(2+) coordination and the fact that their central alpha-helixes are extended by one alpha-helical turn. CaBP1 and CaBP2 contain a consensus sequence for N-terminal myristoylation, similar to members of the recoverin subfamily and are fatty acid acylated in vitro. The patterns of expression differ for each of the various members. Expression of CaBP5, for example, is restricted to retinal rod and cone bipolar cells. In contrast, CaBP1 has a more widespread pattern of expression. In the brain, CaBP1 is found in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus, and in the retina this protein is found in cone bipolar and amacrine cells. CaBP1 and CaBP2 are expressed as multiple, alternatively spliced variants, and in heterologous expression systems these forms show different patterns of subcellular localization. In reconstitution assays, CaBPs are able to substitute functionally for CaM. These data suggest that these novel CaBPs are an important component of Ca(2+)-mediated cellular signal transduction in the central nervous system where they may augment or substitute for CaM.
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- F Haeseleer
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Barasch J, Yang J, Ware CB, Taga T, Yoshida K, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Parravicini E, Malach S, Aranoff T, Oliver JA. Mesenchymal to epithelial conversion in rat metanephros is induced by LIF. Cell 1999; 99:377-86. [PMID: 10571180 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81524-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Inductive signals cause conversion of mesenchyme into epithelia during the formation of many organs. Yet a century of study has not revealed the inducing molecules. Using a standard model of induction, we found that ureteric bud cells secrete factors that convert kidney mesenchyme to epithelia that, remarkably, then form nephrons. Purification and sequencing of one such factor identified it as leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). LIF acted on epithelial precursors that we identified by the expression of Pax2 and Wnt4. Other IL-6 type cytokines acted like LIF, and deletion of their shared receptor reduced nephron development. In situ, the ureteric bud expressed LIF, and metanephric mesenchyme expressed its receptors. The data suggest that IL-6 cytokines are candidate regulators of mesenchymal to epithelial conversion during kidney development.
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- J Barasch
- Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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An overview of the most recent developments in microcolumn liquid chromatography (LC) is presented. A short theoretical discussion on chromatographic dilution and extracolumn bandbroadening is given and also the recent progress and advances in column technology and instrumentation are reviewed. However, the emphasis of this review is on miniaturized sample clean-up, sample introduction techniques and on both established and more recent detection techniques for microcolumn LC. The hyphenation of miniaturized LC columns with other techniques, specifically on multidimensional chromatography and the coupling of microcolumn LC to mass spectrometry is discussed in detail. Both the on-line and automated off-line interfacing to other separation and detection techniques will also be addressed. Finally, a number of typical microcolumn LC applications are presented in order to demonstrate the potential of microcolumn LC methods in a variety of scientific areas.
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Barasch J, Yang J, Qiao J, Tempst P, Erdjument-Bromage H, Leung W, Oliver JA. Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 stimulates mesenchymal growth and regulates epithelial branching during morphogenesis of the rat metanephros. J Clin Invest 1999; 103:1299-307. [PMID: 10225973 PMCID: PMC408351 DOI: 10.1172/jci4586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Development of the embryonic kidney results from reciprocal signaling between the ureteric bud and the metanephric mesenchyme. To identify the signaling molecules, we developed an assay in which metanephric mesenchymes are rescued from apoptosis by factors secreted from ureteric bud cells (UB cells). Purification and sequencing of one such factor identified the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) as a metanephric mesenchymal growth factor. Growth activity was unlikely due to TIMP-2 inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases because ilomastat, a synthetic inhibitor of these enzymes, had no mesenchymal growth action. TIMP-2 was also involved in morphogenesis of the ureteric bud, inhibiting its branching and changing the deposition of its basement membrane; these effects were due to TIMP-2 inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases, as they were reproduced by ilomastat. Thus, TIMP-2 regulates kidney development by at least 2 distinct mechanisms. In addition, TIMP-2 was secreted from UB cells by mesenchymal factors that are essential for ureteric bud development. Hence, the mesenchyme synchronizes its own growth with ureteric morphogenesis by stimulating the secretion of TIMP-2 from the ureteric bud.
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- J Barasch
- Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
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Chaurand P, Luetzenkirchen F, Spengler B. Peptide and protein identification by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and MALDI-post-source decay time-of-flight mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 1999; 10:91-103. [PMID: 9926404 DOI: 10.1016/s1044-0305(98)00145-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The potential of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and MALDI-post-source decay (PSD) time-of-flight mass spectrometry for the characterization of peptides and proteins is discussed. Recent instrumental developments provide for levels of sensitivity and accuracy that make these techniques major analytical tools for proteome analysis. New software developments employing protein database searches have greatly enhanced the fields of application of MALDI-PSD. Peptides and proteins can be easily identified even if only a partial sequence information is determined. Derivatization procedures have been optimized for MALDI-PSD to increase the structural information and to obtain a complete peptide sequence even in critical cases. They are fast, simple and can be performed on target. MALDI-PSD is also a very powerful tool to characterize or elucidate post-translational or chemically induced modifications. In association with database searches, proteins issued from electrophoretic gels can be identified after specific enzymatic cleavages and peptide mapping.
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- P Chaurand
- Institute of Laser Medicine, University of Duesseldorf, Germany
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Floyd PD, Li L, Moroz TP, Sweedler JV. Characterization of peptides from Aplysia using microbore liquid chromatography with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry guided purification. J Chromatogr A 1999; 830:105-13. [PMID: 10023620 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00880-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Liquid chromatography (LC) has been used extensively for the separation and isolation of peptides due to its high selectivity and peak capacity. An approach combining microbore LC with matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) detection is described to identify peptides in cells and guide the purification of peptides from the marine mollusc Aplysia californica. Direct MALDI-MS of neurons and processes provides molecular mass information for unknown peptides with almost no sample preparation, and LC-MALDI-MS allows the isolation and purification of these peptides from pooled samples, thus enabling new putative neuropeptides to be isolated from complex cellular samples. Both direct MALDI-MS and LC-MALDI-MS are compared in terms of detecting peptides from neuronal samples. Using both approaches, two peaks from Aplysia californica connectives having molecular masses of 5013 and 5021 have been isolated, partially sequenced and identified as novel collagen-like peptides.
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- P D Floyd
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 61801, USA
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Erdjument-Bromage H, Lui M, Lacomis L, Grewal A, Annan RS, McNulty DE, Carr SA, Tempst P. Examination of micro-tip reversed-phase liquid chromatographic extraction of peptide pools for mass spectrometric analysis. J Chromatogr A 1998; 826:167-81. [PMID: 9871337 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(98)00705-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 189] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mass spectrometry occupies a central position in most current protein identification schemes. So-called 'mass fingerprinting' techniques rely on composite mass patterns of proteolytic fragments, or dissociation products thereof, to query databases. Keys to successful analysis of ever smaller amounts are sensitivity and complete spectral information, both of which depend for a large part on proper sample preparation. Clean-up and concentration of peptide mixtures over eppendorf gel loading tips filled with chromatographic media (i.e. 'micro-tips') are believed to be quite useful in this regard. We have studied quantitative and qualitative aspects of polypeptide extraction using these small manual devices. Optimization of sample volume and additives, micro-tip bed volume, and eluent composition and volume, all contribute to effective recovery (approximately 65-70%, on average). Improper digest conditions can, in fact, lead to far bigger losses, suggesting the need for at least trace amounts of Zwittergent 3-16. Of particular interest is our finding that partial fractionation, obtained by two-step micro-tip elution, generally results in more and better signals during subsequent mass analysis. Thus, by using optimized micro-tips, in combination with adequate sample handling and instrumentation, direct mass spectrometric identification can be routinely and successfully done in any resource facility type setting.
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- H Erdjument-Bromage
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Gustafsson CM, Myers LC, Beve J, Spåhr H, Lui M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Kornberg RD. Identification of new mediator subunits in the RNA polymerase II holoenzyme from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:30851-4. [PMID: 9812975 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.30851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mediator was isolated from yeast on the basis of its requirement for transcriptional activation in a fully defined system. We have now identified three new members of mediator in the low molecular mass range by peptide sequence determination. These are the products of the NUT2, CSE2, and MED11 genes. The product of the NUT1 gene is evidently a component of mediator as well. NUT1 and NUT2 were earlier identified as negative regulators of the HO promoter, whereas mutations in CSE2 affect chromosome segregation. MED11 is a previously uncharacterized gene. The existence of these proteins in the mediator complex was verified by copurification and co-immunoprecipitation with RNA polymerase II holoenzyme.
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- C M Gustafsson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Göteborg University, Bruna Stråket 16, 413 45 Göteborg, Sweden.
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Jiang YW, Veschambre P, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Conaway JW, Conaway RC, Kornberg RD. Mammalian mediator of transcriptional regulation and its possible role as an end-point of signal transduction pathways. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998; 95:8538-43. [PMID: 9671713 PMCID: PMC21111 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.15.8538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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A multiprotein complex isolated from murine cells is identified as a counterpart of the yeast Mediator of transcriptional regulation on the basis of the following: homologs of two subunits of yeast Mediator, Srb7 and Med7, copurify with the complex; peptide sequencing reveals, in addition, homologs of the yeast Mediator subunits Rgr1 and Med6; as with yeast Mediator, the mouse complex binds to the RNA polymerase II C-terminal domain (CTD) and stimulates phosphorylation of the CTD by TFIIH. Peptide sequencing also identifies a component of mouse Mediator as a relative of Ring-3 protein, a mitogen-activated nuclear protein kinase, raising the possibility of Mediator as an end point of signal transduction pathways.
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- Y W Jiang
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Molano A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Fremont DH, Messaoudi I, Tempst P, Nikolić-Žugić J. Peptide Selection by an MHC H-2Kb Class I Molecule Devoid of the Central Anchor (“C”) Pocket. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.160.6.2815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The peptide-binding site of the murine MHC class I molecule H-2Kb contains a deep C pocket, that is critical for peptide binding, as it accepts the anchor phenylalanine or tyrosine residue located in the middle (position 5, P5F/Y) of H-2Kb binding peptides. H-2Kb predominantly binds octameric peptides. By both criteria, H-2Kb is unique among the known murine and human class I molecules, none of which have a deep C pocket or preferentially select octamers. We investigated the relative importance of the C pocket in peptide selection and binding by the MHC. An MHC class I H-2Kb variant, KbW9, predicted to contain no C pocket, was engineered by replacing valine at MHC9 with tryptophan. This mutation drastically altered the selection of peptides bound to KbW9. The KbW9 molecule predominantly, if not exclusively, bound nonamers. New peptide anchor residues substituted for the loss of the P5F/Y:C pocket interaction. P3P/Y, which plays an auxiliary role in binding to Kb, assumed the role of a primary anchor, and P5R was selected as a new primary anchor, most likely contacting the E pocket. These experiments demonstrate that the presence of a deep C pocket is responsible for the selection of octameric peptides as the preferred ligands for Kb and provide insight into the adaptation of peptides to a rearranged MHC groove.
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- Alberto Molano
- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
- Immunology and
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- *Molecular Biology Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Immunology and
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- §National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, CO 80206
- Immunology and
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- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
- Immunology and
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- *Molecular Biology Programs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
- Immunology and
- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
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- †Sloan-Kettering Division, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10168; and
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Tarver AP, Clark DP, Diamond G, Russell JP, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Cohen KS, Jones DE, Sweeney RW, Wines M, Hwang S, Bevins CL. Enteric beta-defensin: molecular cloning and characterization of a gene with inducible intestinal epithelial cell expression associated with Cryptosporidium parvum infection. Infect Immun 1998; 66:1045-56. [PMID: 9488394 PMCID: PMC108014 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.3.1045-1056.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/1997] [Accepted: 12/10/1997] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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A growing body of evidence suggests that endogenous antibiotics contribute to the innate defense of mammalian mucosal surfaces. In the cow, beta-defensins constitute a large family of antibiotic peptides whose members have been previously isolated from the respiratory and oral mucosa, as well as circulating phagocytic cells. A novel bovine genomic clone with beta-defensin-related sequence [corrected] related to those of these alpha-defensins was isolated and characterized. The corresponding cDNA was isolated from a small intestinal library; its open reading frame predicts a deduced sequence of a novel beta-defensin, which we designate enteric beta-defensin (EBD). Northern blot analysis of a variety of bovine tissues revealed that EBD mRNA is highly expressed in the distal small intestine and colon, anatomic locations distinct from those for previously characterized beta-defensins. EBD mRNA was further localized by in situ hybridization to epithelial cells of the colon and small intestinal crypts. Infection of two calves with the intestinal parasite Cryptosporidium parvum induced 5- and 10-fold increases above control levels of EBD mRNA in intestinal tissues. An anchored-PCR strategy was used to identify other beta-defensin mRNAs expressed in the intestine. In addition to that of EBD, several low-abundance cDNAs which corresponded to other beta-defensin mRNAs were cloned. Most of these clones encoded previously characterized beta-defensins or closely related isoforms, but two encoded a previously uncharacterized prepro-beta-defensin. Northern blot evidence supported that all of these other beta-defensin genes are expressed at levels lower than that of the EBD gene in enteric tissue. Furthermore, some of these beta-defensin mRNAs were abundant in bone marrow, suggesting that in enteric tissue their expression may be in cells of hematopoietic origin. Extracts of small intestinal mucosa obtained from healthy cows have numerous active chromatographic fractions as determined by an antibacterial assay, and one peptide was partially purified. The peptide corresponded to one of the low-abundance cDNAs. This study provides evidence of beta-defensin expression in enteric tissue and that the mRNA encoding a major beta-defensin of enteric tissue, EBD, is inducibly expressed in enteric epithelial cells. These findings support the proposal that beta-defensins may contribute to host defense of enteric mucosa.
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- A P Tarver
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 19104, USA
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Myers LC, Gustafsson CM, Bushnell DA, Lui M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Kornberg RD. The Med proteins of yeast and their function through the RNA polymerase II carboxy-terminal domain. Genes Dev 1998; 12:45-54. [PMID: 9420330 PMCID: PMC316402 DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.1.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/1997] [Accepted: 10/27/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Mediator was resolved from yeast as a multiprotein complex on the basis of its requirement for transcriptional activation in a fully defined system. Three groups of mediator polypeptides could be distinguished: the products of five SRB genes, identified as suppressors of carboxy-terminal domain (CTD)-truncation mutants; products of four genes identified as global repressors; and six members of a new protein family, termed Med, thought to be primarily responsible for transcriptional activation. Notably absent from the purified mediator were Srbs 8, 9, 10, and 11, as well as members of the SWI/SNF complex. The CTD was required for function of mediator in vitro, in keeping with previous indications of involvement of the CTD in transcriptional activation in vivo. Evidence for human homologs of several mediator proteins, including Med7, points to similar mechanisms in higher cells.
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- L C Myers
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5400, USA
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Zuo S, Gibbs E, Kelman Z, Wang TS, O'Donnell M, MacNeill SA, Hurwitz J. DNA polymerase delta isolated from Schizosaccharomyces pombe contains five subunits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:11244-9. [PMID: 9326594 PMCID: PMC23429 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.21.11244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) plays an essential role in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. We have purified pol delta from Schizosaccharomyces pombe more than 10(3)-fold and demonstrated that the polymerase activity of purified S. pombe pol delta is completely dependent on proliferating cell nuclear antigen and replication factor C. SDS/PAGE analysis of the purified fraction indicated that the pol delta complex consists of five subunits that migrate with apparent molecular masses of 125, 55, 54, 42, and 22 kDa. Western blot analysis indicated that the 125, 55, and 54 kDa proteins are the large catalytic subunit (Pol3), Cdc1, and Cdc27, respectively. The identity of the other two subunits, p42 and p22, was determined following proteolytic digestion and sequence analysis of the resulting peptides. The peptide sequences derived from the p22 subunit indicated that this subunit is identical to Cdm1, previously identified as a multicopy suppressor of the temperature-sensitive cdc1-P13 mutant, whereas peptide sequences derived from the p42 subunit were identical to a previously uncharacterized ORF located on S. pombe chromosome 1.
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- S Zuo
- Program in Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Paek I, Orci L, Ravazzola M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Amherdt M, Tempst P, Söllner TH, Rothman JE. ERS-24, a mammalian v-SNARE implicated in vesicle traffic between the ER and the Golgi. J Cell Biol 1997; 137:1017-28. [PMID: 9166403 PMCID: PMC2136225 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.137.5.1017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/1996] [Revised: 04/03/1997] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We report the identification and characterization of ERS-24 (Endoplasmic Reticulum SNARE of 24 kD), a new mammalian v-SNARE implicated in vesicular transport between the ER and the Golgi. ERS24 is incorporated into 20S docking and fusion particles and disassembles from this complex in an ATP-dependent manner. ERS-24 has significant sequence homology to Sec22p, a v-SNARE in Saccharomyces cerevisiae required for transport between the ER and the Golgi. ERS-24 is localized to the ER and to the Golgi, and it is enriched in transport vesicles associated with these organelles.
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- I Paek
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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Ryazanov AG, Ward MD, Mendola CE, Pavur KS, Dorovkov MV, Wiedmann M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Parmer TG, Prostko CR, Germino FJ, Hait WN. Identification of a new class of protein kinases represented by eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:4884-9. [PMID: 9144159 PMCID: PMC24600 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.10.4884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The several hundred members of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily characterized to date share a similar catalytic domain structure, consisting of 12 conserved subdomains. Here we report the existence and wide occurrence in eukaryotes of a protein kinase with a completely different structure. We cloned and sequenced the human, mouse, rat, and Caenorhabditis elegans eukaryotic elongation factor-2 kinase (eEF-2 kinase) and found that with the exception of the ATP-binding site, they do not contain any sequence motifs characteristic of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily. Comparison of different eEF-2 kinase sequences reveals a highly conserved region of approximately 200 amino acids which was found to be homologous to the catalytic domain of the recently described myosin heavy chain kinase A (MHCK A) from Dictyostelium. This suggests that eEF-2 kinase and MHCK A are members of a new class of protein kinases with a novel catalytic domain structure.
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- A G Ryazanov
- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
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Niu H, Erdjument-Bromage H, Pan ZQ, Lee SH, Tempst P, Hurwitz J. Mapping of amino acid residues in the p34 subunit of human single-stranded DNA-binding protein phosphorylated by DNA-dependent protein kinase and Cdc2 kinase in vitro. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:12634-41. [PMID: 9139719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.19.12634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Human single-stranded DNA-binding protein (HSSB, also called RPA), is a heterotrimeric complex that consists of three subunits, p70, p34, and p11. HSSB is essential for the in vitro replication of SV40 DNA and nucleotide excision repair. It also has important functions in other DNA transactions, including DNA recombination, transcription, and double-stranded DNA break repair. The p34 subunit of HSSB is phosphorylated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Both Cdc2 kinase and the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) phosphorylate HSSB-p34 in vitro. In this study, we show that efficient phosphorylation of HSSB-p34 by DNA-PK requires Ku as well as DNA. The DNA-PK phosphorylation sites in HSSB-p34 have been mapped at Thr-21 and Ser-33. Kinetic studies demonstrated that a phosphate residue is first incorporated at Thr-21 followed by the incorporation of a second phosphate residue at Ser-33. We also identified Ser-29 as the major Cdc2 kinase phosphorylation site in the p34 subunit.
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- H Niu
- Graduate Program in Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Stephens LR, Eguinoa A, Erdjument-Bromage H, Lui M, Cooke F, Coadwell J, Smrcka AS, Thelen M, Cadwallader K, Tempst P, Hawkins PT. The G beta gamma sensitivity of a PI3K is dependent upon a tightly associated adaptor, p101. Cell 1997; 89:105-14. [PMID: 9094719 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80187-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 462] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Two highly similar, PtdIns(4,5)P2-selective, G beta gamma-activated PI3Ks were purified from pig neutrophil cytosol. Both were heterodimers, were composed of a 101 kDa protein and either a 120 kDa or a 117 kDa catalytic subunit, and were activated greater than 100-fold by G beta gammas. Peptide sequence-based oligonucleotide probes were used to clone cDNAs for the p120 and p101 species. The cDNA of p120 is highly related to p110 gamma, while the cDNA of p101 is not substantially related to anything in current databases. The proteins were expressed in and purified from insect and mammalian cells. They bound tightly to one another, both in vivo and in vitro, and in so doing, p101 amplified the effect of G beta gammas on the PI3K activity of p120 from less than 2-fold to greater than 100-fold.
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- L R Stephens
- Department of Signalling, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Bakalyar SR, Phipps C, Spruce B, Olsen K. Choosing sample volume to achieve maximum detection sensitivity and resolution with high-performance liquid chromatography columns of 1.0, 2.1 and 4.6 mm I.D. J Chromatogr A 1997; 762:167-85. [PMID: 9098975 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(96)00851-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The relationship between sample volume and the chromatographic performance factors of detection sensitivity and resolution were explored for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns of 1.0, 2.1 and 4.6 mm I.D. Performance was evaluated for isocratic and gradient elution in systems having low, intermediate and high extracolumn dispersion. Sample volumes ranged from 0.4 microliter to 2 ml. This paper provides guideline for selecting sample injection parameters so that the performance of microbore columns is not needlessly sacrificed by using too small or too large a sample volume. The guidelines are extracted from the works of others and are modified by our own experimental results. Comments are also made on the relative merits of various injection techniques.
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Gustafsson CM, Myers LC, Li Y, Redd MJ, Lui M, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Kornberg RD. Identification of Rox3 as a component of mediator and RNA polymerase II holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:48-50. [PMID: 8995225 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.1.48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Yeast Rox3 protein, implicated by genetic evidence in both negative and positive transcriptional regulation, is identified as a mediator subunit by peptide sequence determination and is shown to copurify and co-immunoprecipitate with RNA polymerase II holoenzyme.
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- C M Gustafsson
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5400, USA
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Cairns BR, Lorch Y, Li Y, Zhang M, Lacomis L, Erdjument-Bromage H, Tempst P, Du J, Laurent B, Kornberg RD. RSC, an essential, abundant chromatin-remodeling complex. Cell 1996; 87:1249-60. [PMID: 8980231 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81820-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 544] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A novel 15-subunit complex with the capacity to remodel the structure of chromatin, termed RSC, has been isolated from S. cerevisiae on the basis of homology to the SWI/SNF complex. At least three RSC subunits are related to SWI/SNF polypeptides: Sth1p, Rsc6p, and Rsc8p are significantly similar to Swi2/Snf2p, Swp73p, and Swi3p, respectively, and were identified by mass spectrometric and sequence analysis of peptide fragments. Like SWI/SNF, RSC exhibits a DNA-dependent ATPase activity stimulated by both free and nucleosomal DNA and a capacity to perturb nucleosome structure. RSC is, however, at least 10-fold more abundant than SWI/SNF complex and is essential for mitotic growth. Contrary to a report for SWII/SNF complex, no association of RSC (nor of SWI/SNF complex) with RNA polymerase II holoenzyme was detected.
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- B R Cairns
- Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA
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Ono M, Bolland S, Tempst P, Ravetch JV. Role of the inositol phosphatase SHIP in negative regulation of the immune system by the receptor Fc(gamma)RIIB. Nature 1996; 383:263-6. [PMID: 8805703 DOI: 10.1038/383263a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 582] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Immune complexes are potent activators of inflammatory cells, triggering effector responses through the crosslinking of Fc receptors (FcRs) such as Fc(epsilon)RI or Fc(gamma)RIII. On B cells and mast cells, immune complexes are also negative regulators of activation triggered by antigen and Fc receptors, a consequence of coligation of the B-cell antigen receptor or Fc(epsilon)RI, respectively, and the inhibitory receptor Fc(gamma)RIIB. Here we show that inhibitory signalling by Fc(gamma)RIIB does not require the SH2-domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase, SHP-1, in mast cells and results in the recruitment of the SH2-domain-containing inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, SHIP, to the tyrosine-phosphorylated 13-amino-acid inhibitory motif of Fc(gamma)RIIB in both B cells and mast cells. SHIP, by hydrolysing the 5-phosphate of phosphatidylinositol(3,4,5)P3 and inositol(1,3,4,5)P4, suggests a mechanism by which Fc(gamma)RIIB can inhibit calcium influx and downstream responses triggered by immune receptors.
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- M Ono
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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- A L Burlingame
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0446, USA
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Theopold U, Samakovlis C, Erdjument-Bromage H, Dillon N, Axelsson B, Schmidt O, Tempst P, Hultmark D. Helix pomatia lectin, an inducer of Drosophila immune response, binds to hemomucin, a novel surface mucin. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:12708-15. [PMID: 8662683 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.22.12708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We describe the isolation and initial characterization of hemomucin, a novel Drosophila surface mucin that is likely to be involved in the induction of antibacterial effector molecules after binding a snail lectin (Helix pomatia A hemagglutinin). Two proteins of 100 and 220 kDa were purified from the membrane fraction of a Drosophila blood cell line using lectin columns. The two proteins are products of the same gene, as demonstrated by peptide sequencing. The corresponding cDNAs code for a product that contains an amino-terminal putative transmembrane domain, a domain related to the plant enzyme strictosidine synthase, and a mucin-like domain in the carboxyl-terminal part of the protein. The gene is expressed throughout development. In adult flies, high expression is found in hemocytes, in specialized regions of the gut, and in the ovary, where the protein is deposited onto the egg surface. In the gut, the mucin co-localizes with the peritrophic membrane. The cytogenetic location of the gene is on the third chromosome in the region 97F-98A.
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- U Theopold
- Department of Molecular Biology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Patterson SD, Thomas D, Bradshaw RA. Application of combined mass spectrometry and partial amino acid sequence to the identification of gel-separated proteins. Electrophoresis 1996; 17:877-91. [PMID: 8783013 DOI: 10.1002/elps.1150170509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The combined use of peptide mass information with amino acid sequence information derived by chemical sequencing or mass spectrometry (MS)-based approaches provides a powerful means of protein identification. We have used a two-part strategy to identify proteins from nerve growth factor (NGF)-stimulated rat adrenal pheochromocytoma cell line PC-12 cell lysates that associate with the adaptor protein Shc (Shc homologous and collagen protein). Initial experiments with metabolically radiolabeled cell extracts separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed a number of proteins that coimmunoprecipitated with anti-Shc antibody compared with control (unstimulated) cell extracts. The experiment was scaled up and cell lysate from NGF-stimulated PC-12 cells was applied to a glutathione-S-transferase (GST)-Shc affinity column, eluted, separated by SDS-PAGE and blotted to Immobilon-CD. The blotted proteins were proteolytically digested in situ, and the masses obtained from the extracted peptides were used in a peptide-mass search program in an attempt to identify the protein. Even if a strong candidate was found using this search, an additional step was performed to confirm the identification. The mixtures were fractionated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) and subjected to chemical sequencing to obtain (partial) sequence information, or post-source decay (PSD-) matrix-assisted laser-desorption ionization (MALDI)-MS to obtain sequence-specific fragment ions. This data was used in a peptide-sequence tag search to confirm the identity of the proteins. This combined approach allowed identification of four proteins of M(r) 43,000 to 200,000. In one case the identified protein clearly did not correspond to the radiolabeled band, but to a protein contaminant from the column. The advantages and pitfalls of the approach are discussed.
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Nagahama M, Orci L, Ravazzola M, Amherdt M, Lacomis L, Tempst P, Rothman JE, Söllner TH. A v-SNARE implicated in intra-Golgi transport. J Cell Biol 1996; 133:507-16. [PMID: 8636227 PMCID: PMC2120813 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.133.3.507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We report the identification of a putative v-SNARE (GOS-28), localized primarily to transport vesicles at the terminal rims of Golgi stacks. In vitro, GOS-28, A Golgi SNARE of 28 kD, is efficiently packaged into Golgi-derived vesicles, which are most likely COPI coated. Antibodies directed against GOS-28 block its ability to bind alpha-SNAP, partially inhibit transport from the cis to the medial cisternae, and do not inhibit budding of COP-coated vesicles, but do accumulate docked uncoated vesicles.
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- M Nagahama
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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Mermelstein F, Yeung K, Cao J, Inostroza JA, Erdjument-Bromage H, Eagelson K, Landsman D, Levitt P, Tempst P, Reinberg D. Requirement of a corepressor for Dr1-mediated repression of transcription. Genes Dev 1996; 10:1033-48. [PMID: 8608938 DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.8.1033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A Dr1-associated polypeptide (DRAP1) was isolated from HeLa cells and found to function as a corepressor of transcription. Corepressor function requires an interaction between DRAP1 and Dr1. Heterodimer formation was dependent on a histone fold motif present at the amino terminus of both polypeptides. Association of DRAP1 with Dr1 results in higher stability of the Dr1-TBP-TATA motif complex and precluded the entry of TFIIA and/or TFIIB to preinitiation complexes. DRAP1 was found to be expressed in all tissues analyzed with higher levels in tissues with a low mitotic index. Analysis of DRAP1 in the developing brain of rat demonstrated undetectable levels of DRAP1 in actively dividing cells but high levels of DRAP1 expression in differentiated non dividing cells. Dr1 was immunodetected in all cells analyzed. A model for DRAP1-dependent, Dr1-mediated repression of transcription is proposed.
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- F Mermelstein
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway 08854-5635, USA
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Valdez BC, Henning D, Busch RK, Woods K, Flores-Rozas H, Hurwitz J, Perlaky L, Busch H. A nucleolar RNA helicase recognized by autoimmune antibodies from a patient with watermelon stomach disease. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:1220-4. [PMID: 8614622 PMCID: PMC145780 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.7.1220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Watermelon stomach is characterized by prominent stripes of ectatic vascular tissue in the stomach similar to stripes on a watermelon; in patients with this disorder chronic gastrointestinal bleeding occurs and approximately half of these patients have associated autoimmune disorders. In the serum of one patient, an antinucleolar antibody titer of 1:25 600 was found; the antibodies specifically recognized an approximately 100 kDa nucleolar protein, which we referred to as the 'Gu' protein. Its cDNA was cloned and sequenced. The Gu protein is a member of a new subgroup of RNA helicases, the DEXD box family. Gu protein fused with glutathione S-transferase contains ATP-dependent RNA helicase activity which preferably translocates in the 5'-->3' direction. Its RNA folding activity, RNA-dependent ATPase and dATPase activities, and its translocation direction are similar to those of RNA helicase II [Flores-Rozas, H. and Hurwitz, J. (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 21372-21383]. Sequencing of 209 amino acids of RNA helicase II peptides showed 96.7% identity with the cDNA-derived amino acid sequence of the Gu protein. The precise biological roles of this RNA helicase in the biogenesis of ribosomal RNA and the pathogenesis of watermelon disease and autoimmune disorder require further study.
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- B C Valdez
- Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Mann M, Talbo G. Developments in matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization peptide mass spectrometry. Curr Opin Biotechnol 1996; 7:11-9. [PMID: 8742374 DOI: 10.1016/s0958-1669(96)80089-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Most characteristics of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) are ideal for the analysis of biomolecules. New preparation techniques have dramatically increased mass accuracy and resolution, making MALDI a high-performance mass spectrometric technique for peptide mass analysis. Attempts to obtain amino acid sequence information by MALDI have been partially successful. The technique has been put to novel uses in protein primary structure characterization.
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- M Mann
- Protein and Peptides, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany
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Rich SA, Bose M, Tempst P, Rudofsky UH. Purification, microsequencing, and immunolocalization of p36, a new interferon-alpha-induced protein that is associated with human lupus inclusions. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:1118-26. [PMID: 8557639 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.1118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The trace interferon-alpha-induced protein, p36, was induced in Raji cells in association with lupus inclusions. It was solubilized in a nonionic detergent buffer, enriched by differential centrifugation and by preparative isoelectric focusing, and purified to homogeneity on two-dimensional protein gels. Failure to obtain N-terminal amino acid sequence, however, suggested a blocked alpha-amino group. Sequences of six tryptic peptides, 13-19 amino acids in length, were obtained after digestion, microbore-high performance liquid chromotography purification, and chemical sequence analysis. None of the six sequences, which represented approximately 25% of the entire protein, shared any meaningful homologies with entries in protein sequence repositories. Raji-cell p36 was shown in Western blots with antipeptide antibodies to be induced at least 400-fold and by immunofluorescence microscopy to co-localize with the endoplasmic reticulum resident protein, protein disulfide isomerase. These results show that p36 is a new interferon-alpha-induced protein that localizes in the endoplasmic reticulum, the cell region in which the lupus inclusions form, and that p36 is probably physically associated with the lupus inclusions.
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- S A Rich
- Laboratory of Cell Regulation, Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany 12201-0509, USA
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Chong L, van Steensel B, Broccoli D, Erdjument-Bromage H, Hanish J, Tempst P, de Lange T. A human telomeric protein. Science 1995; 270:1663-7. [PMID: 7502076 DOI: 10.1126/science.270.5242.1663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 488] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Telomeres are multifunctional elements that shield chromosome ends from degradation and end-to-end fusions, prevent activation of DNA damage checkpoints, and modulate the maintenance of telomeric DNA by telomerase. A major protein component of human telomeres has been identified and cloned. This factor, TRF, contains one Myb-type DNA-binding repeat and an amino-terminal acidic domain. Immunofluorescent labeling shows that TRF specifically colocalizes with telomeric DNA in human interphase cells and is located at chromosome ends during metaphase. The presence of TRF along the telomeric TTAGGG repeat array demonstrates that human telomeres form a specialized nucleoprotein complex.
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- L Chong
- Laboratory for Cell Biology and Genetics, Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) has been responsible for solving many problems in structural biology. Mass analysis is now used routinely to confirm proper expression and processing of proteins, and to locate and identify post-translational modifications. Innovative advances in instrumentation have led to higher mass resolution and mass accuracy. New sample preparation methods are likewise yielding higher sensitivity plus greater tolerance for buffer components that have in the past suppressed signals at higher concentrations. Advancements in the technique have also led to new or improved applications in many areas, including peptide sequencing and the identification of proteins by database searching with peptide masses. Instruments with lower cost, smaller size, and higher performance are making mass measurements available to an increasing number of laboratories. MALDI-MS is poised to continue to improve in performance and in its usefulness for current and new applications.
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- J T Stults
- Protein Chemistry Department, Genentech, Inc, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA
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Patterson SD, Aebersold R. Mass spectrometric approaches for the identification of gel-separated proteins. Electrophoresis 1995; 16:1791-814. [PMID: 8586048 DOI: 10.1002/elps.11501601299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Patton WF, Erdjument-Bromage H, Marks AR, Tempst P, Taubman MB. Components of the protein synthesis and folding machinery are induced in vascular smooth muscle cells by hypertrophic and hyperplastic agents. Identification by comparative protein phenotyping and microsequencing. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:21404-10. [PMID: 7673176 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.36.21404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) are the principal cellular component of the blood vessel wall. Atherosclerosis, hypertension, and angiogenesis are associated with abnormal VSMC growth. Angiotensin II is hypertrophic for cultured adult rat aortic VSMC, whereas platelet-derived growth factor and serum are hyperplastic. To identify changes in specific proteins associated with either hyperplastic or hypertrophic growth, high resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis was performed on extracts from quiescent rat aortic VSMC and from VSMC exposed for 24 h to growth factors (10% fetal calf serum, platelet-derived growth factor, or angiotensin II). 12 proteins were up-regulated and 5 down-regulated by treatment with growth factors. Eight of the up-regulated and one of the down-regulated proteins were identified by internal protein microsequencing from electroblotted two-dimensional gels or by co-electrophoresis of purified proteins in two-dimensional gels. Four of the proteins up-regulated by growth factors were identified as mediators of protein folding. These were heat shock proteins, HSP-60 and HSP-70, protein disulfide isomerase, and protein disulfide isomerase isozyme Q-2. Additional proteins were identified as elongation factor EF-1 beta, a component of the protein synthesis apparatus, and calreticulin, another putative molecular chaperone. Vimentin and actin were also up-regulated, whereas an isoform of myosin heavy chain was down-regulated. Hyperplastic and hypertrophic growth were accompanied by similar changes in protein expression, suggesting that both types of growth require up-regulation of the protein synthesis and folding machinery.
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- W F Patton
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Stamnes MA, Craighead MW, Hoe MH, Lampen N, Geromanos S, Tempst P, Rothman JE. An integral membrane component of coatomer-coated transport vesicles defines a family of proteins involved in budding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:8011-5. [PMID: 7644530 PMCID: PMC41276 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.17.8011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We have isolated a major integral membrane protein from Golgi-derived coatomer-coated vesicles. This 24-kDa protein, p24, defines a family of integral membrane proteins with homologs present in yeast and humans. In addition to sequence similarity, all p24 family members contain a motif with the characteristic heptad repeats found in coiled coils. When the yeast p24 isoform, yp24A, is knocked out in a strain defective for vesicle fusion, a dramatic reduction in the accumulation of transport vesicles is observed. Together, these results indicate a role for this protein family in the budding of coatamer-coated and other species of coated vesicles.
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- M A Stamnes
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Blanco DR, Champion CI, Exner MM, Erdjument-Bromage H, Hancock RE, Tempst P, Miller JN, Lovett MA. Porin activity and sequence analysis of a 31-kilodalton Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum rare outer membrane protein (Tromp1). J Bacteriol 1995; 177:3556-62. [PMID: 7768866 PMCID: PMC177062 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.12.3556-3562.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have recently reported the isolation and purification of the Treponema pallidum outer membrane and the identification of its rare protein constituents, including a 31-kDa protein markedly enriched in the outer membrane preparation (D.R. Blanco, K. Reimann, J. Skare, C.I. Champion, D. Foley, M. M. Exner, R. E. W. Hancock, J. N. Miller, and M. A. Lovett, J. Bacteriol. 176:6088-6099, 1994). In this study, we report the cloning, sequencing, and expression of the structural gene which encodes the 31-kDa outer membrane protein, designated Tromp1. The deduced amino acid sequence from the tromp1 gene sequence encodes a 318-amino-acid polypeptide with a putative 40-amino-acid signal peptide. Processing of Tromp1 results in a mature protein with a predicted molecular mass of 30,415 Da and a calculated pI of 6.6. Secondary-structure predictions identified repeated stretches of amphipathic beta-sheets typical of outer membrane protein membrane-spanning sequences. A topological model of Tromp1 containing 14 transmembrane segments is proposed. Specific antiserum against a recombinant Tromp1 fusion protein was generated and was used to identify native Tromp1 in cellular fractionation. Upon Triton X-114 extraction and phase separation of T. pallidum, the 31-kDa Tromp1 protein was detected in the detergent-phase fraction but not in the protoplasmic cylinder or aqueousphase fractions, consistent with a hydrophobic outer membrane protein. Anti-Tromp1 antiserum was also used to identify native Tromp1 purified from whole T. pallidum by Triton X-100 solubilization followed by nondenaturing isoelectric focusing. Reconstitution of purified Tromp1 into planar lipid bilayers showed porin activity based on the measured single channel conductanes of 0.15 and 0.7 nS in 1 M KCl. These findings demonstrate that Tromp1 is a transmembrane outer membrane porin protein of T. pallidum.
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- D R Blanco
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles 90024, USA
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