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Wardman JF, Sim L, Liu J, Howard TA, Geissner A, Danby PM, Boraston AB, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG. A high-throughput screening platform for enzymes active on mucin-type O-glycoproteins. Nat Chem Biol 2023; 19:1246-1255. [PMID: 37592157 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01405-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Mucin-type O-glycosylation is a post-translational modification present at the interface between cells where it has important roles in cellular communication. However, deciphering the function of O-glycoproteins and O-glycans can be challenging, especially as few enzymes are available for their assembly or selective degradation. Here, to address this deficiency, we developed a genetically encoded screening methodology for the discovery and engineering of the diverse classes of enzymes that act on O-glycoproteins. The method uses Escherichia coli that have been engineered to produce an O-glycosylated fluorescence resonance energy transfer probe that can be used to screen for O-glycopeptidase activity. Subsequent cleavage of the substrate by O-glycopeptidases provides a read-out of the glycosylation state of the probe, allowing the method to also be used to assay glycosidases and glycosyltransferases. We further show the potential of this methodology in the first ultrahigh-throughput-directed evolution of an O-glycopeptidase.
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- Jacob F Wardman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fernández-Fernández ÁD, Van der Hoorn RAL, Gevaert K, Van Breusegem F, Stael S. Caught green-handed: methods for in vivo detection and visualization of protease activity. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:2125-2141. [PMID: 30805604 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Proteases are enzymes that cleave peptide bonds of other proteins. Their omnipresence and diverse activities make them important players in protein homeostasis and turnover of the total cell proteome as well as in signal transduction in plant stress responses and development. To understand protease function, it is of paramount importance to assess when and where a specific protease is active. Here, we review the existing methods to detect in vivo protease activity by means of imaging chemical activity-based probes and genetically encoded sensors. We focus on the diverse fluorescent and luminescent sensors at the researcher's disposal and evaluate the potential of imaging techniques to deliver in vivo spatiotemporal detail of protease activity. We predict that in the coming years, revised techniques will help to elucidate plant protease activity and functions and hence expand the current status of the field.
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- Álvaro Daniel Fernández-Fernández
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Plant Systems Biology, Ghent, Belgium
- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- VIB Center for Medical Biotechnology, Ghent, Belgium
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Goryashchenko AS, Khrenova MG, Savitsky AP. Detection of protease activity by fluorescent protein FRET sensors: from computer simulation to live cells. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2018; 6:022001. [DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/aa9e47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Gallegos-Candela M, Boyer AE, Woolfitt AR, Brumlow J, Lins RC, Quinn CP, Hoffmaster AR, Meister G, Barr JR. Validated MALDI-TOF-MS method for anthrax lethal factor provides early diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutics. Anal Biochem 2017; 543:97-107. [PMID: 29224733 PMCID: PMC7904043 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2017.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Anthrax lethal factor (LF) is a zinc-dependent endoprotease and a critical virulence factor for Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax. The mass spectrometry (MS) method for total-LF quantification includes three steps; 1) LF specific antibody capture/concentration, 2) LF-specific hydrolysis of a peptide substrate, and 3) detection and quantification of LF-cleaved peptides by isotope-dilution MALDI-TOF/MS. Recombinant LF spiked plasma was used for calibration and quality control (QC) materials. Specificity was 100% from analysis of serum and plasma from 383 non-infected humans, 31 rabbits, and 24 rhesus macaques. Sensitivity was 100% from 32 human clinical anthrax cases including infections by inhalation, ingestion, cutaneous and injection exposures and experimental infections for 29 rabbits and 24 rhesus macaques with inhalation anthrax. Robustness evaluation included sample storage, serum and plasma, antimicrobial and antitoxin effects and long-term performance. Data from 100 independent runs gave detection limits 0.01 ng/mL (111 amol/mL) for the 4-h method and 0.0027 ng/mL (30 amol/mL) for an alternate 20-h method. QC precision ranged from 7.7 to 14.8% coefficient of variation and accuracy from 0.2 to 9.8% error. The validated LF MS method provides sensitive quantification of anthrax total-LF using a robust high throughput platform for early diagnosis and evaluation of therapeutics during an anthrax emergency.
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- Maribel Gallegos-Candela
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway Mailstop F-50, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway Mailstop F-50, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway Mailstop F-50, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- Battelle Atlanta Analytical Services, 2987 Clairmont Road NE, Suite 450, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Battelle Atlanta Analytical Services, 2987 Clairmont Road NE, Suite 450, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Battelle Biomedical Research Center, 1425 Plain City Georgesville Rd, West Jefferson, OH 43162, USA
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway Mailstop F-50, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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In-cell production of a genetically-encoded library based on the θ-defensin RTD-1 using a bacterial expression system. Bioorg Med Chem 2017; 26:1212-1219. [PMID: 28927803 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We report the high-yield heterologous expression of bioactive θ-defensin RTD-1 inside Escherichia coli cells by making use of intracellular protein trans-splicing in combination with a high efficient split-intein. RTD-1 is a small backbone-cyclized polypeptide with three disulfide bridges and a natural inhibitor of anthrax lethal factor protease. Recombinant RTD-1 was natively folded and able to inhibit anthrax lethal factor protease. In-cell expression of RTD-1 was very efficient and yielded ≈0.7mg of folded RTD-1 per gram of wet E. coli cells. This approach was used to generate of a genetically-encoded RTD-1-based peptide library in live E. coli cells. These results clearly demonstrate the possibility of using genetically-encoded RTD-1-based peptide libraries in live E. coli cells, which is a critical first step for developing in-cell screening and directed evolution technologies using the cyclic peptide RTD-1asa molecular scaffold.
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Targeting Bacillus anthracis toxicity with a genetically selected inhibitor of the PA/CMG2 protein-protein interaction. Sci Rep 2017; 7:3104. [PMID: 28596569 PMCID: PMC5465072 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-03253-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The protein-protein interaction between the human CMG2 receptor and the Bacillus anthracis protective antigen (PA) is essential for the transport of anthrax lethal and edema toxins into human cells. We used a genetically encoded high throughput screening platform to screen a SICLOPPS library of 3.2 million cyclic hexapeptides for inhibitors of this protein-protein interaction. Unusually, the top 3 hits all contained stop codons in the randomized region of the library, resulting in linear rather than cyclic peptides. These peptides disrupted the targeted interaction in vitro; two act by binding to CMG2 while one binds PA. The efficacy of the most potent CMG2-binding inhibitor was improved through the incorporation of non-natural phenylalanine analogues. Cell based assays demonstrated that the optimized inhibitor protects macrophages from the toxicity of lethal factor.
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Shin DS, Tokuda EY, Leight JL, Miksch CE, Brown TE, Anseth KS. Synthesis of microgel sensors for spatial and temporal monitoring of protease activity. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2017; 4:378-387. [PMID: 29527570 PMCID: PMC5842818 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Proteases are involved in almost every important cellular activity, from embryonic morphogenesis to apoptosis. To study protease activity in situ, hydrogels provide a synthetic mimic of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and have utility as a platform to study activity, such as those related to cell migration, in three-dimensions. While 3-dimensional visualization of protease activity could prove quite useful to elucidate the proteolytic interaction at the interface between cells and their surrounding environment, there has been no versatile tool to visualize local proteolytic activity in real time. Here, micron-sized gels were synthesized by inverse suspension polymerization using thiolene photo-click chemistry. The size distribution was selected to avoid cellular uptake and to lower cytotoxicity, while simultaneously allowing the integration of peptide-based FRET sensors of local cell activity. Proteolytic activity of collagenase was detected within an hour via changes in fluorescence of embedded microgels; incubation of microgel sensors with A375 melanoma cells showed upregulated MMP activity in the presence of soluble fibronectins in media. The microgel sensors were readily incorporated into both gelatin and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels and used to successfully detect spatiotemporal proteolytic activity of A375 melanoma cells. Finally, a tumor model was constructed from a hydrogel microwell array that was used to aggregate A375 melanoma cells, and local variations in proteolytic activity were monitored as a function of distance from the cell aggregate center.
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- Della S. Shin
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Suite 100, Ben Towne Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, 1100 Olive Way, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, 1080 Carmack Rd., Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Li Y, Gould A, Aboye T, Bi T, Breindel L, Shekhtman A, Camarero JA. Full Sequence Amino Acid Scanning of θ-Defensin RTD-1 Yields a Potent Anthrax Lethal Factor Protease Inhibitor. J Med Chem 2017; 60:1916-1927. [PMID: 28151653 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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θ-Defensin RTD-1 is a noncompetitive inhibitor of anthrax lethal factor (LF) protease (IC50 = 390 ± 20 nM, Ki = 365 ± 20 nM) and a weak inhibitor of other mammalian metalloproteases such as TNFα converting enzyme (TACE) (Ki = 4.45 ± 0.48 μM). Using full sequence amino acid scanning in combination with a highly efficient "one-pot" cyclization-folding approach, we obtained an RTD-1-based peptide that was around 10 times more active than wild-type RTD-1 in inhibiting LF protease (IC50 = 43 ± 3 nM, Ki = 18 ± 1 nM). The most active peptide was completely symmetrical, rich in Arg and Trp residues, and able to adopt a native RTD-1-like structure. These results show the power of optimized chemical peptide synthesis approaches for the efficient production of libraries of disulfide-rich backbone-cyclized peptides to quickly perform structure-activity relationship studies for optimizing protease inhibitors.
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York , Albany, New York 12222, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York , Albany, New York 12222, United States
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Li Y, Aboye T, Breindel L, Shekhtman A, Camarero JA. Efficient recombinant expression of SFTI-1 in bacterial cells using intein-mediated protein trans-splicing. Biopolymers 2017; 106:818-824. [PMID: 27178003 DOI: 10.1002/bip.22875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 04/07/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We report for the first time the recombinant expression of bioactive wild-type sunflower trypsin inhibitor 1 (SFTI-1) inside E. coli cells by making use of intracellular protein trans-splicing in combination with a high efficient split-intein. SFTI-1 is a small backbone-cyclized polypeptide with a single disulfide bridge and potent trypsin inhibitory activity. Recombinantly produced SFTI-1 was fully characterized by NMR and was observed to actively inhibit trypsin. The in-cell expression of SFTI-1 was very efficient reaching intracellular concentration ≈ 40 µM. This study clearly demonstrates the possibility of generating genetically encoded SFTI-based peptide libraries in live E. coli cells, and is a critical first step for developing in-cell screening and directed evolution technologies using the cyclic peptide SFTI-1 as a molecular scaffold. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Biopolymers (Pept Sci) 106: 818-824, 2016.
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- Yilong Li
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9121
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9121
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York, Albany, NY, 12222
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9121.,Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9121
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Krishnan A, Sreeremya TS, Mohamed AP, Hareesh US, Ghosh S. Concentration quenching in cerium oxide dispersions via a Förster resonance energy transfer mechanism facilitates the identification of fatty acids. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra17326k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The distance dependence of FRET has been utilized, as a simple and novel analytical tool, for explaining the fluorescence quenching of cerium dioxide dispersions and in the prediction of the structure of fatty acids.
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- Asha Krishnan
- Material Science and Technology Division
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Trivandrum-695019
- India
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- Material Science and Technology Division
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Trivandrum-695019
- India
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- Material Science and Technology Division
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Trivandrum-695019
- India
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- Material Science and Technology Division
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Trivandrum-695019
- India
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- Material Science and Technology Division
- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science & Technology (NIIST)
- Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
- Trivandrum-695019
- India
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Mund M, Overbeck JH, Ullmann J, Sprangers R. LEGO-NMR: eine Methode zur Visualisierung einzelner Untereinheiten in großen heteromeren Komplexen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201304914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Mund M, Overbeck JH, Ullmann J, Sprangers R. LEGO-NMR spectroscopy: a method to visualize individual subunits in large heteromeric complexes. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:11401-5. [PMID: 23946163 PMCID: PMC4138990 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201304914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Seeing the big picture: Asymmetric macromolecular complexes that are NMR active in only a subset of their subunits can be prepared, thus decreasing NMR spectral complexity. For the hetero heptameric LSm1-7 and LSm2-8 rings NMR spectra of the individual subunits of the complete complex are obtained, showing a conserved RNA binding site. This LEGO-NMR technique makes large asymmetric complexes accessible to detailed NMR spectroscopic studies.
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- Markus Mund
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen (Germany); Present address: European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg (Germany)
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Chen NT, Cheng SH, Liu CP, Souris JS, Chen CT, Mou CY, Lo LW. Recent advances in nanoparticle-based Förster resonance energy transfer for biosensing, molecular imaging and drug release profiling. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:16598-623. [PMID: 23443121 PMCID: PMC3546710 DOI: 10.3390/ijms131216598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Revised: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) may be regarded as a "smart" technology in the design of fluorescence probes for biological sensing and imaging. Recently, a variety of nanoparticles that include quantum dots, gold nanoparticles, polymer, mesoporous silica nanoparticles and upconversion nanoparticles have been employed to modulate FRET. Researchers have developed a number of "visible" and "activatable" FRET probes sensitive to specific changes in the biological environment that are especially attractive from the biomedical point of view. This article reviews recent progress in bringing these nanoparticle-modulated energy transfer schemes to fruition for applications in biosensing, molecular imaging and drug delivery.
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- Nai-Tzu Chen
- Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Miaoli County, Taiwan; E-Mails: (N.-T.C.); (S.-H.C.); (C.-P.L.)
- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; E-Mail:
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- Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Miaoli County, Taiwan; E-Mails: (N.-T.C.); (S.-H.C.); (C.-P.L.)
- Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; E-Mails: (J.S.S.); (C.-T.C.)
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- Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Miaoli County, Taiwan; E-Mails: (N.-T.C.); (S.-H.C.); (C.-P.L.)
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; E-Mails: (J.S.S.); (C.-T.C.)
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- Department of Radiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; E-Mails: (J.S.S.); (C.-T.C.)
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- Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; E-Mail:
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- Division of Medical Engineering Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan 35053, Miaoli County, Taiwan; E-Mails: (N.-T.C.); (S.-H.C.); (C.-P.L.)
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Aboye TL, Li Y, Majumder S, Hao J, Shekhtman A, Camarero JA. Efficient one-pot cyclization/folding of Rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1). Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2012; 22:2823-6. [PMID: 22425570 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2012.02.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Revised: 02/18/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We report an efficient approach for the chemical synthesis of Rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) using Fmoc-based solid-phase peptide synthesis in combination with an intramolecular version of native chemical ligation. The corresponding linear thioester precursor was cyclized and folded in a one-pot reaction using reduced glutathione. The reaction was extremely efficiently yielding natively folded RTD-1 with minimal or no purification at all. This approach is fully compatible with the high throughput production of chemical libraries using this peptide scaffold.
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- Teshome L Aboye
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Gould A, Li Y, Majumder S, Garcia AE, Carlsson P, Shekhtman A, Camarero JA. Recombinant production of rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) using a bacterial expression system. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2012; 8:1359-65. [PMID: 22327102 DOI: 10.1039/c2mb05451e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Defensins are antimicrobial peptides that are important in the innate immune defense of mammals. In contrast to mammalian α- and β-defensins, rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) comprises only 18 amino acids stabilized by three disulfide bonds and an unusual backbone cyclic topology. In this work we report for the first time the recombinant expression of the fully folded θ-defensin RTD-1 using a bacterial expression system. This was accomplished using an intramolecular native chemical ligation in combination with a modified protein-splicing unit. RTD-1 was produced either in vitro or in vivo. In-cell production of RTD-1 was estimated to reach an intracellular concentration of ~4 μM. Recombinant RTD-1 was shown to be correctly folded as characterized by heteronuclear-NMR and by its ability to specifically inhibit lethal factor protease. The recombinant production of folded θ-defensins opens the possibility to produce peptide libraries based on this peptide scaffold that could be used to develop in-cell screening and directed evolution technologies.
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- Andrew Gould
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Wu H, Liu S, Jiang J, Shen G, Yu R. A novel electrochemical biosensor for highly selective detection of protease biomarker from Bacillus licheniformis with d-amino acid containing peptide. Analyst 2012; 137:4829-33. [DOI: 10.1039/c2an36066g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Campbell RE. Fluorescent-protein-based biosensors: modulation of energy transfer as a design principle. Anal Chem 2010; 81:5972-9. [PMID: 19552419 DOI: 10.1021/ac802613w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Genetically-encoded biosensors based on FRET between fluorescent proteins of different hues enable quantitative measurement of intracellular enzyme activities and small molecule concentrations. (To listen to a podcast about this feature, please go to the Analytical Chemistry website at pubs.acs.org/journal/ancham.).
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- Robert E Campbell
- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G2, Canada.
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Austin J, Wang W, Puttamadappa S, Shekhtman A, Camarero JA. Biosynthesis and biological screening of a genetically encoded library based on the cyclotide MCoTI-I. Chembiochem 2010; 10:2663-70. [PMID: 19780078 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200900534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- Jeffrey Austin
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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Jagadish K, Camarero JA. Cyclotides, a promising molecular scaffold for peptide-based therapeutics. Biopolymers 2010; 94:611-6. [PMID: 20564025 PMCID: PMC3000894 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Cyclotides are a new emerging family of large plant-derived backbone-cyclized polypeptides (approximately 30 amino acids long) that share a disulfide-stabilized core (three disulfide bonds) characterized by an unusual knotted structure. Their unique circular backbone topology and knotted arrangement of three disulfide bonds make them exceptionally stable to thermal, chemical, and enzymatic degradation compared to other peptides of similar size. Currently, more than 100 sequences of different cyclotides have been characterized, and the number is expected to increase dramatically in the coming years. Considering their stability and biological activities like anti-HIV, uterotonic, and insecticidal, and also their abilities to cross the cell membrane, cyclotides can be exploited to develop new stable peptide-based drugs. We have recently demonstrated the intriguing possibility of producing libraries of cyclotides inside living bacterial cells. This opens the possibility to generate large genetically encoded libraries of cyclotides that can then be screened inside the cell for selecting particular biological activities in a high-throughput fashion. The present minireview reports the efforts carried out toward the selection of cyclotide-based compounds with specific biological activities for drug design.
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- Krishnappa Jagadish
- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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Austin J, Kimura RH, Woo YH, Camarero JA. In vivo biosynthesis of an Ala-scan library based on the cyclic peptide SFTI-1. Amino Acids 2009; 38:1313-22. [PMID: 19685144 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-009-0338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We present the in vivo biosynthesis of wild-type sunflower trypsin inhibitor 1 (SFTI-1) inside E. coli cells using an intramolecular native chemical ligation in combination with a modified protein splicing unit. SFTI-1 is a small backbone cyclized polypeptide with a single disulfide bridge. A small library containing multiple Ala mutants was also biosynthesized and its activity was assayed using a trypsin-binding assay. This study clearly demonstrates the exciting possibility of generating large cyclic peptide libraries in live E. coli cells, and is a critical first step for developing in vivo screening and directed evolution technologies using the cyclic peptide SFTI-1 as a molecular scaffold.
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- Jeffrey Austin
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA
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