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Effect of prepropeptide replacement on γ-carboxylation and activity of recombinant coagulation factor IX. Biotechnol Lett 2022; 44:975-984. [PMID: 35731352 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-022-03269-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Based on observations indicating that the γ-carboxylase enzyme has a lower affinity for the protein C (PC) propeptide and that the γ-carboxylase region in the PC propeptide has a higher net charge, expression of recombinant chimeric factor IX (FIX) equipped with the PC propeptide was studied. The prepropeptide of FIX was replaced with that of PC by SOEing PCR and after cloning, recombinant pMT-prepro PC/FIX was transfected into insect Drosophila S2 cells. The expression and activity of expressed FIX were analyzed employing antigen and activity analyses 72 h of post-induction with copper. Higher secretion (1.2 fold) and activity (1.6 fold) levels were observed for chimeric prepro- PC/FIX in relation to wild-type FIX. Furthermore, after barium citrate precipitation, the evaluation of fully γ-carboxylated FIX indicated that more than 51% of the total FIX produced with the PC prepropeptide was fully γ-carboxylated, representing a substantial improvement (twofold) over a system employing the native FIX propeptide in which 25% of the protein is fully γ-carboxylated. The data illustrated that the expression of FIX using the PC propeptide led to much higher fully γ-carboxylated material, which is preferred to FIX constructs tolerating the sequence for the native FIX propeptide expressed in heterologous S2 systems.
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Ghosh S, Kraus K, Biswas A, Müller J, Buhl AL, Forin F, Singer H, Höning K, Hornung V, Watzka M, Czogalla-Nitsche KJ, Oldenburg J. GGCX mutations show different responses to vitamin K thereby determining the severity of the hemorrhagic phenotype in VKCFD1 patients. J Thromb Haemost 2021; 19:1412-1424. [PMID: 33590680 DOI: 10.1111/jth.15238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Vitamin K dependent coagulation factor deficiency type 1 (VKCFD1) is a rare hereditary bleeding disorder caused by mutations in γ-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX). VKCFD1 patients are treated life-long with high doses of vitamin K in order to correct the bleeding phenotype. However, normalization of clotting factor activities cannot be achieved for all VKCFD1 patients. OBJECTIVE The current study aims to investigate the responsiveness to vitamin K for all reported GGCX mutations with respect to clotting factors in order to optimize treatment. METHODS This study developed an assay using genetically engineered GGCX-/- cells, in which GGCX mutations were analyzed with respect to their ability to γ-carboxylate vitamin K dependent pro-coagulatory and anti-coagulatory clotting factors by ELISA. Additionally, factor VII activity was measured in order to proof protein functionality. For specific GGCX mutations immunofluorescent staining was performed to assess the intracellular localization of clotting factors with respect to GGCX wild-type and mutations. RESULTS All GGCX mutations were categorized into responder and low responder mutations, thereby determining the efficiency of vitamin K supplementation. Most VKCFD1 patients have at least one vitamin K responsive GGCX allele that is able to γ-carboxylate clotting factors. In few patients, the hemorrhagic phenotype cannot be reversed by vitamin K administration because GGCX mutations on both alleles affect either structural or catalytically important sites thereby resulting in residual ability to γ-carboxylate clotting factors. CONCLUSION With these new functional data we can predict the hemorrhagic outcome of each VKCFD1 genotype, thus recommending treatments with either vitamin K or prothrombin complex concentrate.
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- Suvoshree Ghosh
- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Unit for Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, Unit for Clinical Biochemistry, University Hospital, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- GeneCenter and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Center for Rare Diseases Bonn, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Center for Rare Diseases Bonn, University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Coagulation factor IX analysis in bioreactor cell culture supernatant predicts quality of the purified product. Commun Biol 2021; 4:390. [PMID: 33758337 PMCID: PMC7988164 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-01903-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Coagulation factor IX (FIX) is a complex post-translationally modified human serum glycoprotein and high-value biopharmaceutical. The quality of recombinant FIX (rFIX), especially complete γ-carboxylation, is critical for rFIX clinical efficacy. Bioreactor operating conditions can impact rFIX production and post-translational modifications (PTMs). With the goal of optimizing rFIX production, we developed a suite of Data Independent Acquisition Mass Spectrometry (DIA-MS) proteomics methods and used these to investigate rFIX yield, γ-carboxylation, other PTMs, and host cell proteins during bioreactor culture and after purification. We detail the dynamics of site-specific PTM occupancy and structure on rFIX during production, which correlated with the efficiency of purification and the quality of the purified product. We identified new PTMs in rFIX near the GLA domain which could impact rFIX GLA-dependent purification and function. Our workflows are applicable to other biologics and expression systems, and should aid in the optimization and quality control of upstream and downstream bioprocesses.
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Ayombil F, Camire RM. Insights into vitamin K-dependent carboxylation: home field advantage. Haematologica 2020; 105:1996-1998. [PMID: 32739888 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2020.253690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Francis Ayombil
- Division of Hematology and the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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- Division of Hematology and the Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.,Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Pegg CL, Zacchi LF, Recinos DR, Howard CB, Schulz BL. Identification of novel glycosylation events on human serum-derived factor IX. Glycoconj J 2020; 37:471-483. [PMID: 32378017 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-020-09922-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human Factor IX is a highly post-translationally modified protein that is an important clotting factor in the blood coagulation cascade. Functional deficiencies in Factor IX result in the bleeding disorder haemophilia B, which is treated with plasma-derived or recombinant Factor IX concentrates. Here, we investigated the post-translational modifications of human serum-derived Factor IX and report previously undescribed O-linked monosaccharide compositions at serine 141 and a novel site of glycosylation. At serine 141 we observed two monosaccharide compositions, with HexNAc1Hex1NeuAc2 dominant and a low level of HexNAc1Hex1NeuAc1. This O-linked site lies N-terminal to the first cleavage site for the activation peptide, an important region of the protein that is removed to activate Factor IX. The novel site is an N-linked site in the serine protease domain with low occupancy in a non-canonical consensus motif at asparagine 258, observed with a HexNAc4Hex5NeuAc2 monosaccharide composition attached. This is the first reported instance of a site of modification in the serine protease domain. The description of these glycosylation events provides a basis for future functional studies and contributes to structural characterisation of native Factor IX for the production of effective therapeutic biosimilars and biobetters.
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- Cassandra L Pegg
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia. .,Centre for Biopharmaceutical Innovation, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Vatandoost J, Bos MHA. Improved activity and expression of recombinant human factor IX by propeptide engineering. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 27:653-660. [PMID: 31637661 DOI: 10.1007/s40199-019-00299-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The main therapeutic strategy for Hemophilia B patients involves the administration of recombinant coagulation factors IX (rFIX). Although there are various approaches to increasing the activity of rFIX, targeted protein engineering of specific residues could result in increased rFIX activity through enhanced γ-carboxylation. Specific amino acids in the propeptide sequence of vitamin K-dependent proteins are known to play a role in the interaction with the enzyme γ-carboxylase. The net hydrophobicity and charge of the γ-carboxylic recognition site (γ-CRS) region in the propeptide are important determinants of γ-carboxylase binding. So the contribution of individual γ-CRS residues to the expression of fully γ-carboxylated and active FIX was studied. METHODS Propeptide residues at positions -14, -13, or - 12 were substituted for equivalent prothrombin amino acids by SEOing PCR. The recombinant FIX variants were transfected and stably expressed in Drosophila S2 cells, and the expression of both total FIX protein and active FIX was assessed. RESULTS While overall the substitutions resulted in an increase of both total FIX protein expression as well as an increase in the portion of active FIX, the highest increase in FIX protein expression, FIX activity, and specific FIX activity was observed following the simultaneous substitution of residues at positions -12, -13, and - 14. The enhanced rFIX activity was further confirmed by enrichment for functional, fully γ-carboxylated rFIX species via barium citrate adsorption. CONCLUSION Our findings indicate that by increasing both the net charge and the net hydrophobicity of the FIX γ-CRS region, the expression of fully γ-carboxylated and as such active FIX is enhanced. Graphical abstract .
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- Jafar Vatandoost
- Department of Biology, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran.
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- Division of Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Einthoven Laboratory for Vascular and Regenerative Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Hao Z, Jin DY, Stafford DW, Tie JK. Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation of coagulation factors: insights from a cell-based functional study. Haematologica 2019; 105:2164-2173. [PMID: 31624106 PMCID: PMC7395276 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2019.229047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation is a post-translational modification essential for the biological function of coagulation factors. Defects in carboxylation are mainly associated with bleeding disorders. With the discovery of new vitamin K-dependent proteins, the importance of carboxylation now encompasses vascular calcification, bone metabolism, and other important physiological processes. Our current knowledge of carboxylation, however, comes mainly from in vitro studies carried out under artificial conditions, which have a limited usefulness in understanding the carboxylation of vitamin K-dependent proteins in native conditions. Using a recently established mammalian cell-based assay, we studied the carboxylation of coagulation factors in a cellular environment. Our results show that the coagulation factor’s propeptide controls substrate binding and product releasing during carboxylation, and the propeptide of factor IX appears to have the optimal affinity for efficient carboxylation. Additionally, non-conserved residues in the propeptide play an important role in carboxylation. A cell-based functional study of naturally occurring mutations in the propeptide successfully interpreted the clinical phenotype of warfarin’s hypersensitivity during anticoagulation therapy in patients with these mutations. Unlike results obtained from in vitro studies, results from our cell-based study indicate that although the propeptide of osteocalcin cannot direct the carboxylation of the coagulation factor, it is required for the efficient carboxylation of osteocalcin. This suggests that the coagulation factors may have a different mechanism of carboxylation from osteocalcin. Together, results from this study provide insight into efficiently controlling one physiological process, such as coagulation without affecting the other, like bone metabolism.
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- Zhenyu Hao
- Department of Biology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biology, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Meléndez-Aranda L, Jaloma-Cruz AR, Pastor N, Romero-Prado MMDJ. In silico analysis of missense mutations in exons 1-5 of the F9 gene that cause hemophilia B. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:363. [PMID: 31253089 PMCID: PMC6599346 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2919-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Background Missense mutations in the first five exons of F9, which encodes factor FIX, represent 40% of all mutations that cause hemophilia B. To address the ongoing debate regarding in silico identification of disease-causing mutations at these exons, we analyzed 215 missense mutations from www.factorix.org using six in silico prediction tools, which are the most common used programs for analysis prediction of impact of mutations on the protein structure and function, with further advantage of using similar approaches. We developed different algorithms to integrate multiple predictions from such tools. In order to approach a structural analysis on FIX we performed a modeling of five selected pathogenic mutations. Results SIFT, PolyPhen-2 HumDiv, SNAP2, and MutationAssessor were the most successful in identifying true non-causative and causative mutations. A proposed function integrating these algorithms (wgP4) was the most sensitive (90.1%), specific (22.6%), and accurate (87%) than similar functions, and identified 187 variants as deleterious. Clinical phenotype was significantly associated with predicted causative mutations at all five exons. However, PolyPhen-2 HumDiv was more successful in linking clinical severity to specific exons, while functions that integrate 4–6 predictions were more successful in linking phenotype to genotypes at the light chain (exons 3–5). The most important value of integrating multiple predictions is the inclusion of scores derived from different approaches. Modeling of protein structure showed the effects of pathogenic nsSNPs on structure and function of FIX. Conclusions A simple function that integrates information from different in silico programs yields the best prediction of mutated phenotypes. However, the specificity, sensitivity, and accuracy of genotype-phenotype predictions depend on specific characteristics of the protein domain and the disease of interest as we validated by the structural analysis of selected pathogenic F9 mutations. The proposed function integrating algorithm (wgP4) might be useful for the analysis of nsSNPs impact on other genes. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12859-019-2919-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Lennon Meléndez-Aranda
- Doctorado en Genética Humana, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, C.P, 44340, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.,División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Jalisco, C.P, 44340, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- División de Genética, Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Occidente, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), Jalisco, C.P, 44340, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Dinámica Celular, CIDC, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Centro Universitario de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Guadalajara, C.P, 44340, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México.
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Bahrami S, Ghaffari M, Zomorodipour A. Production of recombinant human factor IX by propeptide modification in Drosophila S2 cell line. Biotechnol Lett 2019; 41:347-355. [PMID: 30673933 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-019-02643-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare the effect of pre-propeptide (pre-pro) of the human prothrombin (hPT), with both the native and an R-9N mutant forms of the human factor IX (hFIX) pre-pro on the hFIX carboxylation, in Drosophila cell. RESULTS The three different pre-pro sequences, equipped with Drosophila Kozak, were joined to the mature hFIX cDNA and were subjected to transient expression analysis of hFIX in the S2 Drosophila cells, compared to that of a native hFIX cDNA, with its native Kozak. Replacement of the hFIX pre-pro sequence with that of hPT increased the biological activity of hFIX, significantly. The highest total level of hFIX expression occurred for the native hFIX with the Drosophila Kozak. However, the hFIX secretion efficiency with this construct was less than that of the native hFIX with its native Kozak. The R-9N substitution, in the hFIX propeptide, with no apparent effect on the FIX γ-carboxylation, reduced the FIX expression efficiency. CONCLUSION Potential of the hPT pre-pro sequence for FIX expression in Drosophila cells, was confronted by γ-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX) saturation in ER, besides the functional importance of -9 amino acid in propeptide is described; these are noteworthy for production of γ-carboxylated proteins.
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- Samira Bahrami
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box: 14965/161, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
- Biotechnology Department, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Institute of Medical Biotechnology, National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box: 14965/161, Tehran, Iran.
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Pezeshkpoor B, Czogalla KJ, Caspers M, Berkemeier AC, Liphardt K, Ghosh S, Kellner M, Ulrich S, Pavlova A, Oldenburg J. Variants in FIX propeptide associated with vitamin K antagonist hypersensitivity: functional analysis and additional data confirming the common founder mutations. Ann Hematol 2018; 97:1061-1069. [PMID: 29450643 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-018-3264-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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One of the most common and unwanted side effects during oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) is bleeding complications. In rare cases, vitamin K antagonist (VKA)-related bleeding events are associated with mutations affecting the F9 propeptide at amino acid position 37 due to a substitution of alanine to either valine or threonine. Based on our actual cohort of 18 patients, we update the knowledge on this rare phenotype and its origin. A founder mutation for both variants was reconfirmed by haplotype analysis of intronic and extragenic short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphisms with a higher prevalence in Switzerland than in other regions of Europe. Screening of healthy individuals for the presence of these F9 gene mutations did not identify any of these variants, thus proving the rare occurrence of this genotype. Furthermore, both variants were expressed in vitro and warfarin dose responses were studied. Our warfarin dose response analysis confirmed higher sensitivity of both variants to warfarin with the effect being more apparent for Ala37Thr. Thus, although F9 propeptide mutation-associated hypersensitivity to VKA is a rare phenomenon, awareness towards this bleeding phenotype is important to identify patients at risk.
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- Behnaz Pezeshkpoor
- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Clinic of Pulmonology, University Hospital of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany.,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, University Clinic Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, Bonn, Germany. .,Center for Rare Diseases Bonn (ZSEB), University Clinic Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
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Vatandoost J, Zarei Sani O. Effect of propeptide amino acid substitution in γ-carboxylation, activity and expression of recombinant human coagulation factor IX. Biotechnol Prog 2017; 34:515-520. [PMID: 29086495 DOI: 10.1002/btpr.2582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2017] [Revised: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The production of recombinant vitamin K dependent (VKD) proteins for therapeutic purposes is an important challenge in the pharmaceutical industry. These proteins are primarily synthesized as precursor molecules and contain pre-propeptide sequences. The propeptide is connected to γ-carboxylase enzyme through the γ-carboxylase recognition site for the direct γ-carboxylation of VKD proteins that has a significant impact on their biological activity. Propeptides have different attitudes toward γ-carboxylase and certain amino acids in propeptide sequences are responsible for the differences in γ-carboxylase affinity. By aiming to replace amino acids in hFIX propeptide domain based on the prothrombin propeptide, pMT-hFIX-M14 expression cassette, containing cDNA of hFIX with substituted -14 residues (Asp to Ala) was made. After transfection of Drosophila S2 cells, expression of the active hFIX was analyzed by performing ELISA and coagulation test. A 1.4-fold increase in the mutant recombinant hFIX expression level was observed in comparison with that of a native recombinant hFIX. The enhanced hFIX activity and specific activity of the hFIXD-14A (2.2 and 1.6 times, respectively) were further confirmed by comparing coagulation activity levels of substituted and native hFIX. Enrichment for functional, fully γ-carboxylated hFIX species via barium citrate adsorption demonstrated 2-fold enhanced recovery in the S2-expressing hFIXD-14A relative to that expressed native hFIX. These results show that changing -14 residues leads to a decrease in the binding affinity to substrate, increase in γ-carboxylation and activity of recombinant hFIX. © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Biotechnol. Prog., 34:515-520, 2018.
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- Dept. of Biology, Islamic Azad University, Damghan Branch, Damghan, Iran
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Al Rifai O, Chow J, Lacombe J, Julien C, Faubert D, Susan-Resiga D, Essalmani R, Creemers JW, Seidah NG, Ferron M. Proprotein convertase furin regulates osteocalcin and bone endocrine function. J Clin Invest 2017; 127:4104-4117. [PMID: 28972540 DOI: 10.1172/jci93437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Osteocalcin (OCN) is an osteoblast-derived hormone that increases energy expenditure, insulin sensitivity, insulin secretion, and glucose tolerance. The cDNA sequence of OCN predicts that, like many other peptide hormones, OCN is first synthesized as a prohormone (pro-OCN). The importance of pro-OCN maturation in regulating OCN and the identity of the endopeptidase responsible for pro-OCN cleavage in osteoblasts are still unknown. Here, we show that the proprotein convertase furin is responsible for pro-OCN maturation in vitro and in vivo. Using pharmacological and genetic experiments, we also determined that furin-mediated pro-OCN cleavage occurred independently of its γ-carboxylation, a posttranslational modification that is known to hamper OCN endocrine action. However, because pro-OCN is not efficiently decarboxylated and activated during bone resorption, inactivation of furin in osteoblasts in mice resulted in decreased circulating levels of undercarboxylated OCN, impaired glucose tolerance, and reduced energy expenditure. Furthermore, we show that Furin deletion in osteoblasts reduced appetite, a function not modulated by OCN, thus suggesting that osteoblasts may secrete additional hormones that regulate different aspects of energy metabolism. Accordingly, the metabolic defects of the mice lacking furin in osteoblasts became more apparent under pair-feeding conditions. These findings identify furin as an important regulator of bone endocrine function.
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- Omar Al Rifai
- Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Molecular Biology Programs of the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Biochemical Neuroendocrinology Research Unit, IRCM, Québec, Canada
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- Biochemical Neuroendocrinology Research Unit, IRCM, Québec, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit, Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Molecular Biology Programs of the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada.,Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Justice ED, Barnum SJ, Kidd T. The WAGR syndrome gene PRRG4 is a functional homologue of the commissureless axon guidance gene. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1006865. [PMID: 28859078 PMCID: PMC5578492 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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WAGR syndrome is characterized by Wilm's tumor, aniridia, genitourinary abnormalities and intellectual disabilities. WAGR is caused by a chromosomal deletion that includes the PAX6, WT1 and PRRG4 genes. PRRG4 is proposed to contribute to the autistic symptoms of WAGR syndrome, but the molecular function of PRRG4 genes remains unknown. The Drosophila commissureless (comm) gene encodes a short transmembrane protein characterized by PY motifs, features that are shared by the PRRG4 protein. Comm intercepts the Robo axon guidance receptor in the ER/Golgi and targets Robo for degradation, allowing commissural axons to cross the CNS midline. Expression of human Robo1 in the fly CNS increases midline crossing and this was enhanced by co-expression of PRRG4, but not CYYR, Shisa or the yeast Rcr genes. In cell culture experiments, PRRG4 could re-localize hRobo1 from the cell surface, suggesting that PRRG4 is a functional homologue of Comm. Comm is required for axon guidance and synapse formation in the fly, so PRRG4 could contribute to the autistic symptoms of WAGR by disturbing either of these processes in the developing human brain.
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- Elizabeth D. Justice
- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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- Department of Biology/ms 314, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Vitamin K-dependent carboxylation, an essential posttranslational modification catalyzed by gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, is required for the biological functions of proteins that control blood coagulation, vascular calcification, bone metabolism, and other important physiological processes. Concomitant with carboxylation, reduced vitamin K (KH2) is oxidized to vitamin K epoxide (KO). KO must be recycled back to KH2 by the enzymes vitamin K epoxide reductase and vitamin K reductase in a pathway known as the vitamin K cycle. Our current knowledge about the enzymes of the vitamin K cycle is mainly based on in vitro studies of each individual enzymes under artificial conditions, which are of limited usefulness in understanding how the complex carboxylation process is carried out in the physiological environment. In this chapter, we review the current in vitro activity assays for vitamin K cycle enzymes. We describe the rationale, establishment, and application of cell-based assays for the functional study of these enzymes in the native cellular milieu. In these cell-based assays, different vitamin K-dependent proteins were designed and stably expressed in mammalian cells as reporter proteins to accommodate the readily used enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for carboxylation efficiency evaluation. Additionally, recently emerged genome-editing techniques TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 were used to knock out the endogenous enzymes in the reporter cell lines to eliminate the background. These cell-based assays are easy to scale up for high-throughput screening of inhibitors of vitamin K cycle enzymes and have been successfully used to clarify the genotypes and their clinical phenotypes of enzymes of the vitamin K cycle.
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- J-K Tie
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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Khorshidi S, Zomorodipour A, Behmanesh M, Vatandoost J, Bos MHA. Functional expression of the human coagulation factor IX using heterologous signal peptide and propeptide sequences in mammalian cell line. Biotechnol Lett 2015; 37:1773-81. [PMID: 26105559 DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1868-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the functions of pre-pro leader peptides of the human and porcine prothrombins on the human FIX (hFIX) expression. RESULTS In silico analysis predicted higher secretion efficiencies for the prothrombins-derived signal peptides, in comparison with the native hFIX signal peptide. Replacements of the hFIX pre-pro sequence with those of the two prothrombins, led to increased levels of transcription of the chimeric transgenes, as compared to the native clone. This was in consistent with the lower minimum free energies, calculated for the recombinant transcripts, based on their secondary structures. Evaluation of secretion efficiency revealed that the highest and lowest FIX secretions belong to signal peptides derived from porcine' prothrombin and hFIX, respectively. Coagulation activities of the FIX expressed from chimeric variants could be increased up to tenfold, relative to the native clone. CONCLUSION The feasibility of a leader-peptide replacement for the improvement of both transcription and post-transcriptional processes is described that can be relevant for production the vitamin-K dependent proteins.
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- Shohreh Khorshidi
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Parker CH, Morgan C, Rand KD, Engen JR, Jorgenson J, Stafford DW. A conformational investigation of propeptide binding to the integral membrane protein γ-glutamyl carboxylase using nanodisc hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry. Biochemistry 2014; 53:1511-20. [PMID: 24512177 PMCID: PMC3970815 DOI: 10.1021/bi401536m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 02/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Gamma (γ)-glutamyl carboxylase (GGCX) is an integral membrane protein responsible for the post-translational catalytic conversion of select glutamic acid (Glu) residues to γ-carboxy glutamic acid (Gla) in vitamin K-dependent (VKD) proteins. Understanding the mechanism of carboxylation and the role of GGCX in the vitamin K cycle is of biological interest in the development of therapeutics for blood coagulation disorders. Historically, biophysical investigations and structural characterizations of GGCX have been limited due to complexities involving the availability of an appropriate model membrane system. In previous work, a hydrogen exchange mass spectrometry (HX MS) platform was developed to study the structural configuration of GGCX in a near-native nanodisc phospholipid environment. Here we have applied the nanodisc-HX MS approach to characterize specific domains of GGCX that exhibit structural rearrangements upon binding the high-affinity consensus propeptide (pCon; AVFLSREQANQVLQRRRR). pCon binding was shown to be specific for monomeric GGCX-nanodiscs and promoted enhanced structural stability to the nanodisc-integrated complex while maintaining catalytic activity in the presence of carboxylation co-substrates. Noteworthy modifications in HX of GGCX were prominently observed in GGCX peptides 491-507 and 395-401 upon pCon association, consistent with regions previously identified as sites for propeptide and glutamate binding. Several additional protein regions exhibited minor gains in solvent protection upon propeptide incorporation, providing evidence for a structural reorientation of the GGCX complex in association with VKD carboxylation. The results herein demonstrate that nanodisc-HX MS can be utilized to study molecular interactions of membrane-bound enzymes in the absence of a complete three-dimensional structure and to map dynamic rearrangements induced upon ligand binding.
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- Christine H. Parker
- Department of Chemistry and Department of
Biology, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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R. Morgan
- Department
of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Northeastern
University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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W. Jorgenson
- Department of Chemistry and Department of
Biology, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of
Biology, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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Factor IX propeptide mutation and life threatening bleeding. Thromb Res 2011; 128:503-4. [PMID: 21820698 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2011.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2011] [Revised: 06/15/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gavillet M, Abbal C, Schmidt S, Nötzli J, Lambert JF, Angelillo-Scherrer A. Life-threatening bleeding under vitamin K antagonists in spite of an INR in the therapeutic range. J Thromb Thrombolysis 2011; 32:232-7. [DOI: 10.1007/s11239-011-0580-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Vitamin-K-abhängige Gerinnungsfaktoren. Hamostaseologie 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01544-1_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Unique secretion mode of human protein Z: its Gla domain is responsible for inefficient, vitamin K–dependent and warfarin-sensitive secretion. Blood 2009; 113:3857-64. [DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-07-171884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractProtein Z is a vitamin K–dependent plasma glycoprotein that is involved in the regulation of blood coagulation. Plasma concentrations of protein Z vary widely between subjects and are greatly reduced during warfarin therapy. We developed a sensitive and quantitative assay for protein secretion using a secretory luciferase to explore the mode of secretion of protein Z compared with that of factor X. Protein Z secretion was much less efficient than factor X and was totally dependent upon added vitamin K, while factor X secretion was not. Protein Z secretion was highly sensitive to warfarin treatment of the synthesizing cells. In contrast, although factor X secretion was not precluded by warfarin, its γ-carboxylation was completely blocked. An exchange of the propeptide and/or γ-carboxyglutamic acid domain between protein Z and factor X reproduced the inefficient and warfarin-sensitive secretion pattern of protein Z, and vice versa. Joining of the propeptide and γ-carboxyglutamic acid domain to luciferase also demonstrated that the γ-carboxyglutamic acid domain of protein Z was responsible for its warfarin-sensitive secretion. Thus, it was concluded that the difference observed in secretion patterns of protein Z and factor X was mainly based on the structure of their γ-carboxyglutamic acid domains.
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Bandyopadhyay PK. Vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamylcarboxylation: an ancient posttranslational modification. VITAMINS AND HORMONES 2008; 78:157-84. [PMID: 18374194 DOI: 10.1016/s0083-6729(07)00008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The vitamin K-dependent carboxylase carries out the posttranslational modification of specific glutamate residues in proteins to gamma-carboxy glutamic acid (Gla) in the presence of reduced vitamin K, molecular oxygen, and carbon dioxide. In the process, reduced vitamin K is converted to vitamin K epoxide, which is subsequently reduced to vitamin K, by vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) for use in the carboxylation reaction. The modification has a wide range of physiological implications, including hemostasis, bone calcification, and signal transduction. The enzyme interacts with a high affinity gamma-carboxylation recognition sequence (gamma-CRS) of the substrate and carries out multiple modifications of the substrate before the product is released. This mechanism ensures complete carboxylation of the Gla domain of the coagulation factors, which is essential for their biological activity. gamma-Carboxylation, originally discovered in mammals, is widely distributed in the animal kingdom. It has been characterized in sea squirt (Ciona intestinalis), in flies (Drosophila melanogaster), and in marine snails (Conus textile), none of which have a blood coagulation system similar to mammals. The cone snails express a large array of gamma-carboxylated peptides that modulate the activity of ion channels. These findings have led to the suggestion that gamma-carboxylation is an extracellular posttranslational modification that antedates the divergence of molluscs, arthropods, and chordates. I will first summarize recent understanding of gamma-carboxylase and gamma-carboxylation gleaned from experiments using the mammalian enzyme, and then I will briefly describe the available information on gamma-carboxylation in D. melanogaster and C. textile.
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- Pradip K Bandyopadhyay
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
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Kulman JD, Harris JE, Xie L, Davie EW. Proline-rich Gla protein 2 is a cell-surface vitamin K-dependent protein that binds to the transcriptional coactivator Yes-associated protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8767-72. [PMID: 17502622 PMCID: PMC1885577 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703195104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Proline-rich Gla protein 2 (PRGP2) is one of four known vertebrate transmembrane gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) proteins. Members of this protein family are broadly expressed in fetal and adult human tissues and share a common architecture consisting of a predicted propeptide and Gla domain, a single-pass transmembrane segment, and tandem Pro/Leu-Pro-Xaa-Tyr (PY) motifs near their C termini. Using a methodology developed for the regulated expression of enzymatically biotinylated proteins in mammalian cells, we demonstrate that PRGP2 undergoes gamma-glutamyl carboxylation in a manner that is both dependent upon the presence of a proteolytically cleavable propeptide and sensitive to warfarin, a vitamin K antagonist that is widely used as an antithrombotic agent. When expressed at physiologically relevant levels, the majority of PRGP2 is present in the gamma-glutamyl carboxylated, propeptide-cleaved (mature) form. We additionally demonstrate, by Western blotting and flow cytometry, that mature PRGP2 is predominantly located on the cell surface with the Gla domain exposed extracellularly. In a yeast two-hybrid screen that used the C-terminal cytoplasmic region of PRGP2 as bait, we identified the WW domain-containing transcriptional coactivator Yes-associated protein (YAP) as a binding partner for PRGP2. In GST pull-down experiments, both PRGP2 PY motifs and both YAP WW domains were essential for complex formation, as were residues proximal to the core sequence of the first PY motif. These findings suggest that PRGP2 may be involved in a signal transduction pathway, the impairment of which may be an unintended consequence of warfarin therapy.
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- John D. Kulman
- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; and
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; and
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Kulman JD, Harris JE, Nakazawa N, Ogasawara M, Satake M, Davie EW. Vitamin K-dependent proteins in Ciona intestinalis, a basal chordate lacking a blood coagulation cascade. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:15794-9. [PMID: 17043233 PMCID: PMC1635082 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0607543103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have isolated and sequenced several cDNAs derived from the sea squirt Ciona intestinalis that encode vitamin K-dependent proteins. Four of these encode gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) domain-containing proteins, which we have named Ci-Gla1 through Ci-Gla4. Two additional cDNAs encode the apparent orthologs of gamma-glutamyl carboxylase and vitamin K epoxide reductase. Ci-Gla1 undergoes gamma-glutamyl carboxylation when expressed in CHO cells and is homologous to Gla-RTK, a putative receptor tyrosine kinase previously identified in a related ascidian. The remaining three Gla domain proteins are similar to proteins that participate in fundamental developmental processes, complement regulation, and blood coagulation. These proteins are generally expressed at low levels throughout development and exhibit either relatively constant expression (Ci-Gla1, gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, and vitamin K epoxide reductase) or spatiotemporal regulation (Ci-Gla2, -3, and -4). These results demonstrate the evolutionary emergence of the vitamin K-dependent Gla domain before the divergence of vertebrates and urochordates and suggest novel functions for Gla domain proteins distinct from their roles in vertebrate hemostasis. In addition, these findings highlight the usefulness of C. intestinalis as a model organism for investigating vitamin K-dependent physiological phenomena, which may be conserved among the chordate subphyla.
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- John D. Kulman
- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; and
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Chiba 263-8522, Japan; and
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- Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Czerwiec E, Kalume DE, Roepstorff P, Hambe B, Furie B, Furie BC, Stenflo J. Novel gamma-carboxyglutamic acid-containing peptides from the venom of Conus textile. FEBS J 2006; 273:2779-88. [PMID: 16817904 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05294.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The cone snail is the only invertebrate system in which the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase (or gamma-carboxylase) and its product gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) have been identified. It remains the sole source of structural information of invertebrate gamma-carboxylase substrates. Four novel Gla-containing peptides were purified from the venom of Conus textile and characterized using biochemical methods and mass spectrometry. The peptides Gla(1)-TxVI, Gla(2)-TxVI/A, Gla(2)-TxVI/B and Gla(3)-TxVI each have six Cys residues and belong to the O-superfamily of conotoxins. All four conopeptides contain 4-trans-hydroxyproline and the unusual amino acid 6-l-bromotryptophan. Gla(2)-TxVI/A and Gla(2)-TxVI/B are isoforms with an amidated C-terminus that differ at positions +1 and +13. Three isoforms of Gla(3)-TxVI were observed that differ at position +7: Gla(3)-TxVI, Glu7-Gla(3)-TxVI and Asp7-Gla(3)-TxVI. The cDNAs encoding the precursors of the four peptides were cloned. The predicted signal sequences (amino acids -46 to -27) were nearly identical and highly hydrophobic. The predicted propeptide region (-20 to -1) that contains the gamma-carboxylation recognition site (gamma-CRS) is very similar in Gla(2)-TxVI/A, Gla(2)-TxVI/B and Gla(3)-TxVI, but is more divergent for Gla(1)-TxVI. Kinetic studies utilizing the Conusgamma-carboxylase and synthetic peptide substrates localized the gamma-CRS of Gla(1)-TxVI to the region -14 to -1 of the polypeptide precursor: the Km was reduced from 1.8 mm for Gla (1)-TxVI lacking a propeptide to 24 microm when a 14-residue propeptide was attached to the substrate. Similarly, addition of an 18-residue propeptide to Gla(2)-TxVI/B reduced the Km value tenfold.
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- Eva Czerwiec
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
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Johnson JS, Laegreid WS, Basaraba RJ, Baker DC. Truncated gamma-glutamyl carboxylase in rambouillet sheep. Vet Pathol 2006; 43:430-7. [PMID: 16846984 DOI: 10.1354/vp.43-4-430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A flock of Rambouillet sheep was examined because of increased lamb mortality due to ineffective hemostasis at parturition. Decreased activities of coagulation factors II, VII, IX, and X, and severely reduced hepatic gamma-glutamyl carboxylase activity with adequate vitamin K 2,3 epoxide reductase activity was determined.(1,)(21) Parenteral vitamin K(1) supplementation did not improve vitamin K-dependent coagulation factor activities in 3 affected lambs. Affected lamb gamma-glutamyl carboxylase deoxyribonucleic acid was sequenced, and 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs 2-5) of the gamma-glutamyl carboxylase gene were identified. Single nucleotide polymorphism-4 results in an arginine to stop codon (UGA) substitution, which prematurely terminates the peptide at residue 686 (R686Stop). This genotype (GATT/GATT) has a strong association with the coagulopathy observed in clinically affected lambs, P < 0.001. The frequency of SNP-3 in exon 11 (R486H) within the MARC 1.1 database is high in the US sheep population overall. Gamma-glutamyl carboxylase activity in hepatic microsomes from a SNP-3 homozygous lamb lacking the SNP-4 mutation (GACC/GACC) was similar to control sheep homozygous for arginine at 486 and also lacking SNP-4 (TGCC/TGCC), indicating that the R486H does not measurably impact gamma-glutamyl carboxylase activity. The remaining two SNPs (2 and 5) are located within non-coding intron sequences. These 4 SNPs allowed for determining the genotype associated with the observed fatal coagulopathy. Screening for the premature truncation (SNP-4) based on the presence of a Bbv I restriction site in clinically normal lambs but not in the homozygous affected lambs allows for detection of the heterozygous state (GATT/GACC), because carrier animals are clinically normal.
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- J S Johnson
- Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Bandyopadhyay PK, Clark K, Stevenson BJ, Rivier JE, Olivera BM, Golic KG, Rong YS. Biochemical characterization of Drosophila gamma-glutamyl carboxylase and its role in fly development. INSECT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 15:147-56. [PMID: 16640725 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2006.00619.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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To investigate structure-function relationships in gamma-glutamyl carboxylases, the enzyme from Drosophila melanogaster was characterized. Four cysteine residues were shown to be important determinants for enzymatic activity. Native Drosophila substrates have not yet been identified, but propeptides of human prothrombin and factor IX are recognized by the Drosophila enzyme. The presence of the propeptide region increased apparent affinity by approximately 200-fold, and mutation of a hydrophobic residue of factor IX propeptide (F-16A) decreased carboxylation by 90%, as in the human enzyme. Substrate recognition appears to be highly conserved between the human and Drosophila gamma-glutamyl carboxylases. Inactivation of Drosophila gamma-glutamyl carboxylase by non-sense mutations or insertional mutagenesis by P-element insertion have no apparent effects on growth and fertility under laboratory conditions.
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- P K Bandyopadhyay
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 84112, USA.
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Zhang B, Ginsburg D. Familial multiple coagulation factor deficiencies: new biologic insight from rare genetic bleeding disorders. J Thromb Haemost 2004; 2:1564-72. [PMID: 15333032 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00857.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Combined deficiency of factor (F)V and FVIII (F5F8D) and combined deficiency of vitamin K-dependent clotting factors (VKCFD) comprise the vast majority of reported cases of familial multiple coagulation factor deficiencies. Recently, significant progress has been made in understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying these disorders. F5F8D is caused by mutations in two different genes (LMAN1 and MCFD2) that encode components of a stable protein complex. This complex is localized to the secretory pathway of the cell and likely functions in transporting newly synthesized FV and FVIII, and perhaps other proteins, from the ER to the Golgi. VKCFD is either caused by mutations in the gamma-carboxylase gene or in a recently identified gene encoding the vitamin K epoxide reductase. These two proteins are essential components of the vitamin K dependent carboxylation reaction. Deficiency in either protein leads to under-carboxylation and reduced activities of all the vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors, as well as several other proteins. The multiple coagulation factor deficiencies provide a notable example of important basic biological insight gained through the study of rare human diseases.
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- B Zhang
- Department of Internal Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0650, USA
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Hansson K, Ma X, Eliasson L, Czerwiec E, Furie B, Furie BC, Rorsman P, Stenflo J. The First γ-Carboxyglutamic Acid-containing Contryphan. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:32453-63. [PMID: 15155730 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313825200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Contryphans constitute a group of conopeptides that are known to contain an unusual density of post-translational modifications including tryptophan bromination, amidation of the C-terminal residue, leucine, and tryptophan isomerization, and proline hydroxylation. Here we report the identification and characterization of a new member of this family, glacontryphan-M from the venom of Conus marmoreus. This is the first known example of a contryphan peptide carrying glutamyl residues that have been post-translationally carboxylated to gamma-carboxyglutamyl (Gla) residues. The amino acid sequence of glacontryphan-M was determined using automated Edman degradation and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. The amino acid sequence of the peptide is: Asn-Gla-Ser-Gla-Cys-Pro-D-Trp-His-Pro-Trp-Cys. As with most other contryphans, glacontryphan-M is amidated at the C terminus and maintains the five-residue intercysteine loop. The occurrence of a D-tryptophan residue was confirmed by chemical synthesis and HPLC elution profiles. Using fluorescence spectroscopy we demonstrated that the Gla-containing peptide binds calcium with a K(D) of 0.63 mM. Cloning of the full-length cDNA encoding glacontryphan-M revealed that the primary translation product carries an N-terminal signal/propeptide sequence that is homologous to earlier reported contryphan signal/propeptide sequences up to 10 amino acids preceding the toxin region. Electrophysiological experiments, carried out on mouse pancreatic B-cells, showed that glacontryphan-M blocks L-type voltage-gated calcium ion channel activity in a calcium-dependent manner. Glacontryphan-M is the first contryphan reported to modulate the activity of L-type calcium ion channels.
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MESH Headings
- 1-Carboxyglutamic Acid/metabolism
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Calcium/chemistry
- Calcium/metabolism
- Calcium Channels/metabolism
- Cations
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Disulfides
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophysiology
- Hydrolysis
- Ions
- Kinetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mollusk Venoms/chemistry
- Mollusk Venoms/metabolism
- Peptide Biosynthesis
- Peptides/chemistry
- Peptides, Cyclic/chemistry
- Peptides, Cyclic/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Processing, Post-Translational
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Snails
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
- Time Factors
- Tryptophan/chemistry
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- Karin Hansson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Lund University, University Hospital, Malmö, S-205 02 Malmo, Sweden.
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Dohi Y, Tabata S, Yamaguchi M, Ohgushi H, Yonemasu K. Characterization of the cDNA encoding bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, osteocalcin and two forms of the protein isolated from bone*. Biochimie 2004; 86:471-80. [PMID: 15308336 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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A full-length cDNA clone encoding osteocalcin from the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana (bone Gla-protein, BGP) has been isolated, and the complete coding sequence for the 100-amino-acid pre-pro-osteocalcin protein was determined. The amino acid sequence of Rana catesbeiana osteocalcin, especially the mature 49-amino acid sequence, is closer to the mammalian than to the fish, Sparus osteocalcin. Rana mature osteocalcin has a similarity of 67% with human or 59% with rat osteocalcin, and only 42% with fish mature osteocalcin. The 51-amino-acid pre-pro-peptide contains the expected hydrophobic leader sequence and the dibasic Arg-Arg sequence preceding the NH2-terminal Ser of the mature 49-amino-acid Rana osteocalcin. The pro-peptide sequence also contains the expected motif of polar and hydrophobic residues, which targets vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylation of three specific Glu residues at positions 17, 21, and 24 in the mature protein. At the native protein expression levels, extraction from Rana cortical bone in the presence of protease inhibitor cocktail resulted in the isolation of two distinct forms of osteocalcin, P-1 and P-2, with a 3:2 distribution. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS) and amino acid sequence analysis of the N-terminal domain, we confirmed that P-1 is the intact 49-residue osteocalcin with N-terminal SNLRNAVFG., and that P-2 lacks four amino acids from the N-terminus, (NAVFG.). These results demonstrate the existence of a form of osteocalcin lacking four N-terminal amino acids in Rana bone, and that mature Rana osteocalcins remained highly conserved in their molecular evolution, especially with respect to the conservation of the C-terminal domain (residues 14-49).
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- Yoshiko Dohi
- Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University, 840 Shijocho, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan.
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Soute BAM, Jin DY, Spronk HMH, Mutucumarana VP, Lin PJ, Hackeng TM, Stafford DW, Vermeer C. Characteristics of recombinant W501S mutated human gamma-glutamyl carboxylase. J Thromb Haemost 2004; 2:597-604. [PMID: 15102014 DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00686.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A mutation (W501S) in the vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase (VKC) that leads to a congenital bleeding disorder was recently discovered in two patients. To characterize the enzyme defect, recombinant VKC-W501S was expressed in and purified from insect cells. The major effect of the mutation appears to be to decrease the affinity of the carboxylase for the propeptide of its substrates. This observation agrees with recent data that place part of the propeptide binding site within residues 495-513 of VKC. Additionally, we demonstrate that the affinity between descarboxy osteocalcin (d-OC) and VKC remains unaffected by the W501S mutation. This confirms earlier data that the high-affinity site for d-OC is not located on the propeptide binding domain of VKC. Two properties of the enzyme suggest an explanation for the observation that vitamin K supplementation ameliorates the effects of the mutation: (i) since full carboxylation requires the propeptide to remain bound to the enzyme sufficiently long for full carboxylation, a reduced affinity can cause its premature release before carboxylation is complete; (ii) propeptide binding results in a decrease of the KM for vitamin K hydroquinone in wild-type, but not in mutant carboxylase, resulting in increased vitamin K requirement of affected subjects.
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- B A M Soute
- Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Department of Biochemistry, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Czerwiec E, Begley GS, Bronstein M, Stenflo J, Taylor K, Furie BC, Furie B. Expression and characterization of recombinant vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase from an invertebrate, Conus textile. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:6162-72. [PMID: 12473112 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.03335.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The marine snail Conus is the sole invertebrate wherein both the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase and its product, gamma-carboxyglutamic acid, have been identified. To examine its biosynthesis of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid, we studied the carboxylase from Conus venom ducts. The carboxylase cDNA from Conus textile has an ORF that encodes a 811-amino-acid protein which exhibits sequence similarity to the vertebrate carboxylases, with 41% identity and approximately 60% sequence similarity to the bovine carboxylase. Expression of this cDNA in COS cells or insect cells yielded vitamin K-dependent carboxylase activity and vitamin K-dependent epoxidase activity. The recombinant carboxylase has a molecular mass of approximately 130 kDa. The recombinant Conus carboxylase carboxylated Phe-Leu-Glu-Glu-Leu and the 28-residue peptides based on residues -18 to +10 of human proprothrombin and proFactor IX with Km values of 420 micro m, 1.7 micro m and 6 micro m, respectively; the Km for vitamin K is 52 micro m. The Km values for peptides based on the sequence of the conotoxin epsilon-TxIX and two precursor analogs containing 12 or 29 amino acids of the propeptide region are 565 micro m, 75 micro m and 74 micro m, respectively. The recombinant Conus carboxylase, in the absence of endogenous substrates, is stimulated up to fivefold by vertebrate propeptides but not by Conus propeptides. These results suggest two propeptide-binding sites in the carboxylase, one that binds the Conus and vertebrate propeptides and is required for substrate binding, and the other that binds only the vertebrate propeptide and is required for enzyme stimulation. The marked functional and structural similarities between the Conus carboxylase and vertebrate vitamin K-dependent gamma-carboxylases argue for conservation of a vitamin K-dependent carboxylase across animal species and the importance of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid synthesis in diverse biological systems.
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- Eva Czerwiec
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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Lin PJ, Jin DY, Tie JK, Presnell SR, Straight DL, Stafford DW. The putative vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase internal propeptide appears to be the propeptide binding site. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:28584-91. [PMID: 12034728 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m202292200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase binds an 18-amino acid sequence usually attached as a propeptide to its substrates. Price and Williamson (Protein Sci. (1993) 2, 1997-1998) noticed that residues 495-513 of the carboxylase shares similarity with the propeptide. They suggested that this internal propeptide could bind intramolecularly to the propeptide binding site of carboxylase, thereby preventing carboxylation of substrates lacking a propeptide recognition sequence. To test Price's hypothesis, we created nine mutant enzyme species that have single or double mutations within this putative internal propeptide. The apparent K(d) values of these mutant enzymes for human factor IX propeptide varied from 0.5- to 287-fold when compared with that of wild type enzyme. These results are consistent with the internal propeptide hypothesis but could also be explained by these residues participating in propeptide binding site per se. To distinguish between the two alternative hypotheses, we measured the dissociation rates of propeptides from each of the mutant enzymes. Changes in an internal propeptide should not affect the dissociation rates, but changes to a propeptide binding site may affect the dissociation rate. We found that dissociation rates varied in a manner consistent with the apparent K(d) values measured above. Furthermore, kinetic studies using propeptide-containing substrates demonstrated a correlation between the affinity for propeptide and V(max). Taken together, our results indicated that these mutations affected the propeptide binding site rather than a competitive inhibitory internal propeptide sequence. These results agree with our previous observations, indicating that residues in this region are involved in propeptide binding.
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- Pen-Jen Lin
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA
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Factor X is one of the vitamin K-dependent serine proteases. It plays a crucial role in the coagulation cascade, as the first enzyme in the common pathway of thrombus formation. The gene for factor X maps to the long arm of chromosome 13, approximately 2.8 kb downstream of the factor VII gene. The gene consists of eight exons, each of which encodes a specific functional domain within the protein. Both the gene structure and the amino acid sequence show homology to other vitamin K-dependent clotting factors, suggesting their origin in a common ancestral protein. Factor X deficiency is one of the rarest of the inherited coagulation disorders. Inheritance is in an autosomal recessive manner. The clinical phenotype is of a variable bleeding tendency. Homozygous factor X deficiency has an incidence of 1:1,000,000 in the general population. Heterozygotes are often clinically asymptomatic. Acquired factor X deficiency is rare, but when it occurs it is usually in association with amyloidosis. Treatment of factor X deficiency involves replacement of the protein with either fresh frozen plasma or prothrombin complex concentrates, although the latter should be used with caution as infusion may be associated with an increased risk of thrombosis.
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- James Uprichard
- Haemophilia Centre and Haemostasis Unit, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
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Houben RJTJ, Rijkers DTS, Stanley TB, Acher F, Azerad R, Käkönen SM, Vermeer C, Soute BAM. Characteristics and composition of the vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase-binding domain on osteocalcin. Biochem J 2002; 364:323-8. [PMID: 11988107 PMCID: PMC1222576 DOI: 10.1042/bj3640323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two different sites on vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase (VKC) are involved in enzyme-substrate interaction: the propeptide-binding site required for high-affinity substrate binding and the active site for glutamate carboxylation. Synthetic descarboxy osteocalcin (d-OC) is a low-K(m) substrate for the VKC, but unique since it possesses a high-affinity recognition site for the VKC, distinct from the propeptide which is essential as a binding site for VKC. However, the exact location and composition of this VKC-recognition domain on d-OC has remained unclear until now. Using a stereospecific substrate analogue [t-butyloxycarbonyl-(2S,4S)-4-methylglutamic acid-Glu-Val (S-MeTPT)] we demonstrate in this paper that the high affinity of d-OC for VKC cannot be explained by a direct interaction with either the active site or with the propeptide-binding site on VKC. It is shown using various synthetic peptides derived from d-OC that there are two domains on d-OC necessary for recognition: one located between residues 1 and 12 and a second between residues 26 and 39, i.e. at the C-terminal side of the gamma-carboxyglutamate (Gla) domain. Both internal sequences contribute substantially to the efficiency of carboxylation. On the basis of these data we postulate the presence of a second high-affinity substrate-binding site on VKC capable of specifically binding d-OC, which is the first vitamin K-dependent substrate of which the VKC binding domain is interrupted by the Gla domain.
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- Roger J T J Houben
- Department of Biochemistry and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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This review focuses on selected areas that should interest both the scientist and the clinician alike: polymorphisms within the factor VIII and factor IX genes, their linkage, and their ethnic variation; a general assessment of mutations within both genes and a detailed inspection of the molecular pathology of certain mutations to illustrate the diverse cause-effect relations that exist; a summary of current knowledge on molecular aspects of inhibitor production; and an introduction to the new areas of factor VIII and factor IX catabolism. An appendix defining various terms encountered in the molecular genetics of the haemophilias is included, together with an appendix providing accession numbers and locus identification links for accessing gene and sequence information in the international nucleic acid databases.
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- D J Bowen
- Department of Haematology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.
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This review focuses on selected areas that should interest both the scientist and the clinician alike: polymorphisms within the factor VIII and factor IX genes, their linkage, and their ethnic variation; a general assessment of mutations within both genes and a detailed inspection of the molecular pathology of certain mutations to illustrate the diverse cause-effect relations that exist; a summary of current knowledge on molecular aspects of inhibitor production; and an introduction to the new areas of factor VIII and factor IX catabolism. An appendix defining various terms encountered in the molecular genetics of the haemophilias is included, together with an appendix providing accession numbers and locus identification links for accessing gene and sequence information in the international nucleic acid databases.
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- D J Bowen
- Department of Haematology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK.
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Pudota BN, Hommema EL, Hallgren KW, McNally BA, Lee S, Berkner KL. Identification of sequences within the gamma-carboxylase that represent a novel contact site with vitamin K-dependent proteins and that are required for activity. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:46878-86. [PMID: 11591726 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108696200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vitamin K-dependent (VKD) carboxylase converts clusters of Glu residues to gamma-carboxylated Glu residues (Glas) in VKD proteins, which is required for their activity. VKD precursors are targeted to the carboxylase by their carboxylase recognition site, which in most cases is a propeptide. We have identified a second tethering site for carboxylase and VKD proteins that is required for carboxylase activity, called the vitamin K-dependent protein site of interaction (VKS). Several VKD proteins specifically bound an immobilized peptide comprising amino acids 343-355 of the human carboxylase (CVYKRSRGKSGQK) but not a scrambled peptide containing the same residues in a different order. Association with the 343-355 peptide was independent of propeptide binding, because the VKD proteins lacked the propeptide and because the 343-355 peptide did not disrupt association of a propeptide factor IX-carboxylase complex. Analysis with peptides that overlapped amino acids 343-355 indicated that the 343-345 CVY residues were necessary but not sufficient for prothrombin binding. Ionic interactions were also suggested because peptide-VKD protein binding could be disrupted by changes in ionic strength or pH. Mutagenesis of Cys(343) to Ser and Tyr(345) to Phe resulted in 7-11-fold decreases in vitamin K epoxidation and peptide (EEL) substrate and carboxylase carboxylation, and kinetic analysis showed 5-6-fold increases in K(m) values for the Glu substrate. These results suggest that Cys(343) and Tyr(345) are near the catalytic center and affect the active site conformation required for correct positioning of the Glu substrate. The 343-355 VKS peptide had a higher affinity for carboxylated prothrombin (K(d) = 5 microm) than uncarboxylated prothrombin (K(d) = 60 microm), and the basic VKS region may also facilitate exiting of the Gla product from the catalytic center by ionic attraction. Tethering of VKD proteins to the carboxylase via the propeptide-binding site and the VKS region has important implications for the mechanism of VKD protein carboxylation, and a model is proposed for how the carboxylase VKS region may be required for efficient and processive VKD protein carboxylation.
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- B N Pudota
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Kulman JD, Harris JE, Xie L, Davie EW. Identification of two novel transmembrane gamma-carboxyglutamic acid proteins expressed broadly in fetal and adult tissues. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:1370-5. [PMID: 11171957 PMCID: PMC29263 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.98.4.1370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The proline-rich gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla) proteins (PRGPs) 1 and 2 are the founding members of a family of vitamin K-dependent single-pass integral membrane proteins characterized by an extracellular amino terminal domain of approximately 45 amino acids that is rich in Gla. The intracellular carboxyl terminal region of these two proteins contains one or two copies of the sequence PPXY, a motif present in a variety of proteins involved in such diverse cellular functions as signal transduction, cell cycle progression, and protein turnover. In this report, we describe the cloning of the cDNAs for two additional human transmembrane Gla proteins (TMG) of 20-24 kDa named TMG3 and TMG4. These two proteins possess extracellular Gla domains with 13 or 9 potential Gla residues, respectively, followed by membrane-spanning hydrophobic regions and cytoplasmic carboxyl terminal regions that contain PPXY motifs. This emerging family of integral membrane Gla proteins includes proline-rich Gla protein (PRGP) 1, PRGP2, TMG3, and TMG4, all of which are characterized by broad and variable distribution in both fetal and adult tissues. Members of this family can be grouped into two subclasses on the basis of their gene organization and amino acid sequence. These observations suggest novel physiological functions for vitamin K beyond its known role in the biosynthesis of proteins involved in blood coagulation and bone development. The identification and characterization of these proteins may allow a more complete understanding of the teratogenic consequences of exposure in utero to vitamin K antagonists, such as warfarin-based anticoagulants.
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- J D Kulman
- Department of Biochemistry, Box 357350, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Hirsh J, Dalen J, Anderson DR, Poller L, Bussey H, Ansell J, Deykin D. Oral anticoagulants: mechanism of action, clinical effectiveness, and optimal therapeutic range. Chest 2001; 119:8S-21S. [PMID: 11157640 DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.1_suppl.8s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 649] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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- J Hirsh
- Hamilton Civics Hospitals Research Centre, Ontario, Canada
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Begley GS, Furie BC, Czerwiec E, Taylor KL, Furie GL, Bronstein L, Stenflo J, Furie B. A conserved motif within the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase gene is widely distributed across animal phyla. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:36245-9. [PMID: 10893417 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003944200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase catalyzes the posttranslational conversion of glutamic acid to gamma-carboxyglutamic acid, an amino acid critical to the function of the vitamin K-dependent blood coagulation proteins. Given the functional similarity of mammalian vitamin K-dependent carboxylases and the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase from Conus textile, a marine invertebrate, we hypothesized that structurally conserved regions would identify sequences critical to this common functionality. Furthermore, we examined the diversity of animal species that maintain vitamin K-dependent carboxylation to generate gamma-carboxyglutamic acid. We have cloned carboxylase homologs in full-length or partial form from the beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas), toadfish (Opsanus tau), chicken (Gallus gallus), hagfish (Myxine glutinosa), horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), and cone snail (Conus textile) to compare these structures to the known bovine, human, rat, and mouse cDNA sequences. Comparison of the predicted amino acid sequences identified a nearly perfectly conserved 38-amino acid residue region in all of these putative carboxylases. In addition, this amino acid motif is also present in the Drosophila genome and identified a Drosophila homolog of the gamma-carboxylase. Assay of hagfish liver demonstrated vitamin K-dependent carboxylase activity in this hemichordate. These results demonstrate the broad distribution of the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase gene, including a highly conserved motif that is likely critical for enzyme function. The vitamin K-dependent biosynthesis of gamma-carboxyglutamic acid appears to be a highly conserved function in the animal kingdom.
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- G S Begley
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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Mutucumarana VP, Stafford DW, Stanley TB, Jin DY, Solera J, Brenner B, Azerad R, Wu SM. Expression and characterization of the naturally occurring mutation L394R in human gamma-glutamyl carboxylase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:32572-7. [PMID: 10934213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006808200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Patients with mutation L394R in gamma-glutamyl carboxylase have a severe bleeding disorder because of decreased biological activities of all vitamin K-dependent coagulation proteins. Vitamin K administration partially corrects this deficiency. To characterize L394R, we purified recombinant mutant L394R and wild-type carboxylase expressed in baculovirus-infected insect cells. By kinetic studies, we analyzed the catalytic activity of mutant L394R and its binding to factor IX's propeptide and vitamin KH(2). Mutant L394R differs from its wild-type counterpart as follows: 1) 110-fold higher K(i) for Boc-mEEV, an active site-specific, competitive inhibitor of FLEEL; 2) 30-fold lower V(max)/K(m) toward the substrate FLEEL in the presence of the propeptide; 3) severely reduced activity toward FLEEL carboxylation in the absence of the propeptide; 4) 7-fold decreased affinity for the propeptide; 5) 9-fold higher K(m) for FIXproGla, a substrate containing the propeptide and the Gla domain of human factor IX; and 6) 5-fold higher K(m) for vitamin KH(2). The primary defect in mutant L394R appears to be in its glutamate-binding site. To a lesser degree, the propeptide and KH(2) binding properties are altered in the L394R mutant. Compared with its wild-type counterpart, the L394R mutant shows an augmented activation of FLEEL carboxylation by the propeptide.
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- V P Mutucumarana
- Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA
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Brown MA, Stenberg LM, Persson U, Stenflo J. Identification and purification of vitamin K-dependent proteins and peptides with monoclonal antibodies specific for gamma -carboxyglutamyl (Gla) residues. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:19795-802. [PMID: 10779512 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002298200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Novel monoclonal antibodies that specifically recognize gamma-carboxyglutamyl (Gla) residues in proteins and peptides have been produced. As demonstrated by Western blot and time-resolved immunofluorescence assays the antibodies are pan-specific for most or all of the Gla-containing proteins tested (factors VII, IX, and X, prothrombin, protein C, protein S, growth arrest-specific protein 6, bone Gla protein, conantokin G from a cone snail, and factor Xa-like proteins from snake venom). Only the Gla-containing light chain of the two-chain proteins was bound. Decarboxylation destroyed the epitope(s) on prothrombin fragment 1, and Ca(2+) strongly inhibited binding to prothrombin. In Western blot, immunofluorescence, and surface plasmon resonance assays the antibodies bound peptides conjugated to bovine serum albumin that contained either a single Gla or a tandem pair of Gla residues. Binding was maintained when the sequence surrounding the Gla residue(s) was altered. Replacement of Gla with glutamic acid resulted in a complete loss of the epitope. The utility of the antibodies was demonstrated in immunochemical methods for detecting Gla-containing proteins and in the immunopurification of a factor Xa-like protein from tiger snake venom. The amino acid sequences of the Gla domain and portions of the heavy chain of the snake protein were determined.
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- M A Brown
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Lund University, University Hospital, Malmö, S-205 02 Malmö, Sweden
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Stanley TB, Jin DY, Lin PJ, Stafford DW. The propeptides of the vitamin K-dependent proteins possess different affinities for the vitamin K-dependent carboxylase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:16940-4. [PMID: 10358041 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.24.16940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase catalyzes the modification of specific glutamates in a number of proteins required for blood coagulation and associated with bone and calcium homeostasis. All known vitamin K-dependent proteins possess a conserved eighteen-amino acid propeptide sequence that is the primary binding site for the carboxylase. We compared the relative affinities of synthetic propeptides of nine human vitamin K-dependent proteins by determining the inhibition constants (Ki) toward a factor IX propeptide/gamma-carboxyglutamic acid domain substrate. The Ki values for six of the propeptides (factor X, matrix Gla protein, factor VII, factor IX, PRGP1, and protein S) were between 2-35 nM, with the factor X propeptide having the tightest affinity. In contrast, the inhibition constants for the propeptides of prothrombin and protein C are approximately 100-fold weaker than the factor X propeptide. The propeptide of bone Gla protein demonstrates severely impaired carboxylase binding with an inhibition constant of at least 200,000-fold weaker than the factor X propeptide. This study demonstrates that the affinities of the propeptides of the vitamin K-dependent proteins vary over a considerable range; this may have important physiological consequences in the levels of vitamin K-dependent proteins and the biochemical mechanism by which these substrates are modified by the carboxylase.
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- T B Stanley
- Department of Biology, Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA
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Romero EE, Velazquez-Estades LJ, Deo R, Schapiro B, Roth DA. Cloning of rat vitamin K-dependent gamma-glutamyl carboxylase and developmentally regulated gene expression in postimplantation embryos. Exp Cell Res 1998; 243:334-46. [PMID: 9743593 DOI: 10.1006/excr.1998.4151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vitamin K-dependent carboxylase catalyzes the posttranslational modification of glutamate to gamma-carboxyglutamate (Gla) in its substrates, the vitamin K-dependent proteins (VKDPs). This modification is required for the activities of the VKDPs. Recent evidence demonstrates previously unrecognized roles for VKDPs as signaling molecules important in the regulation of cell growth, adhesion, and apoptosis, suggesting developmental functions for VKDPs and hence the carboxylase. The tissue distribution and functions of carboxylase in development are unknown. In this study, we isolated and characterized the full-length cDNA encoding the rat carboxylase and analyzed, at the cellular level, the expression of this gene in rat embryos by in situ hybridization. We demonstrate that the expression of this gene is highly regulated in a developmental and tissue-specific manner. Hepatocytes, the major site of synthesis of VKDPs of blood coagulation, express carboxylase mRNA late in gestation, in contrast to the central nervous system, mesenchymal, and skeletal tissues which express carboxylase mRNA early during rat embryogenesis. The tissue-specific temporal expression of the carboxylase gene during embryogenesis indicates that vitamin K-dependent carboxylation and the formation of Gla is developmentally regulated. These studies suggest that vitamin K-dependent carboxylation is an important modulator of embryonic VKDP function.
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- E E Romero
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Vitamin K-dependent (VKD) proteins require modification by the VKD-gamma-glutamyl carboxylase, an enzyme that converts clusters of glus to glas in a reaction that requires vitamin K hydroquinone, for their activity. We have discovered that the carboxylase also carboxylates itself in a reaction dependent on vitamin K. When pure human recombinant carboxylase was incubated in vitro with 14CO2 and then analyzed after SDS/PAGE, a radiolabeled band corresponding to the size of the carboxylase was observed. Subsequent gla analysis of in vitro-modified carboxylase by base hydrolysis and HPLC showed that all of the radioactivity could be attributed to gla residues. Quantitation of gla, asp, and glu residues indicated 3 mol gla/mol carboxylase. Radiolabeled gla was acid-labile, confirming its identity, and was not observed if vitamin K was not included in the in vitro reaction. Carboxylase carboxylation also was detected in baculovirus-(carboxylase)-infected insect cells but not in mock-infected insect cells, which do not express endogenous VKD proteins or carboxylase. Finally, we showed that the carboxylase was carboxylated in vivo. Carboxylase was purified from recombinant carboxylase BHK cells cultured in the presence or absence of vitamin K and analyzed for gla residues. Carboxylation of the carboxylase only was observed with carboxylase isolated from BHK cells cultured in vitamin K, and 3 mol gla/mol carboxylase were detected. Analyses of carboxylase and factor IX carboxylation in vitro suggest a possible role for carboxylase carboxylation in factor IX turnover, and in vivo studies suggest a potential role in carboxylase stability. The discovery of carboxylase carboxylation has broad implications for the mechanism of VKD protein carboxylation and Warfarin-based anti-coagulant therapies that need to be considered both retrospectively and in the future.
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Affiliation(s)
- K L Berkner
- Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Molecular Cardiology, OH 44195, USA.
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Furie BC, Ratcliffe JV, Tward J, Jorgensen MJ, Blaszkowsky LS, DiMichele D, Furie B. The gamma-carboxylation recognition site is sufficient to direct vitamin K-dependent carboxylation on an adjacent glutamate-rich region of thrombin in a propeptide-thrombin chimera. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:28258-62. [PMID: 9353278 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.45.28258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The propeptides of the vitamin K-dependent proteins contain a gamma-carboxylation recognition site that is required for gamma-glutamyl carboxylation. To determine whether the propeptide is sufficient to direct carboxylation, two mutant prothrombin species were expressed and characterized with regard to posttranslational gamma-carboxylation. A double point mutant, in which serine substituted for cysteines 17 and 22 disrupted a conserved loop formed by a disulfide bond, was fully carboxylated when expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells. A propeptide/thrombin chimeric protein, constructed by deleting the Gla, aromatic amino acid stack, and kringle domains of prothrombin, has the signal peptide and propeptide juxtaposed to a glutamate-rich COOH-terminal region of prothrombin, residues 249-530. Of the 8 glutamic acid residues contained within the first 40 residues of the NH2 terminus adjacent to the propeptide, at least seven were fully carboxylated as demonstrated by direct gamma-carboxyglutamic acid analysis of the alkaline hydrolysate and by NH2-terminal sequence analysis. These results indicate that the gamma-carboxylation recognition site within the prothrombin propeptide in a prothrombin propeptide-thrombin chimeric protein is sufficient to direct gamma-carboxylase-catalyzed carboxylation of adjacent glutamic acid residues in a glutamate-rich region of thrombin that is not normally gamma-carboxylated. Furthermore, the disulfide loop in the Gla domain of prothrombin is not required for complete carboxylation.
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- B C Furie
- Center for Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research, Division of Hematology-Oncology, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Berkner KL, McNally BA. Purification of vitamin K-dependent carboxylase from cultured cells. Methods Enzymol 1997; 282:313-33. [PMID: 9330298 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(97)82117-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- K L Berkner
- Department of Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic Research Institute, Ohio 44195, USA
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Houben RJ, Soute BA, Vermeer C. Assay of vitamin K-dependent carboxylase activity in hepatic and extrahepatic tissues. Methods Enzymol 1997; 282:358-68. [PMID: 9330301 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(97)82120-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- R J Houben
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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