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Dijkema FM, Escarpizo‐Lorenzana MI, Nordentoft MK, Rabe HC, Sahin C, Landreh M, Branca RM, Sørensen ES, Christensen B, Prestel A, Teilum K, Winther JR. A suicidal and extensively disordered luciferase with a bright luminescence. Protein Sci 2024; 33:e5115. [PMID: 39023083 PMCID: PMC11255867 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 07/01/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024]
Abstract
Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) is one of the most luminescent luciferases known and is widely used as a reporter in biochemistry and cell biology. During catalysis, GLuc undergoes inactivation by irreversible covalent modification. The mechanism by which GLuc generates luminescence and how it becomes inactivated are however not known. Here, we show that GLuc unlike other enzymes has an extensively disordered structure with a minimal hydrophobic core and no apparent binding pocket for the main substrate, coelenterazine. From an alanine scan, we identified two Arg residues required for light production. These residues separated with an average of about 22 Å and a major structural rearrangement is required if they are to interact with the substrate simultaneously. We furthermore show that in addition to coelenterazine, GLuc also can oxidize furimazine, however, in this case without production of light. Both substrates result in the formation of adducts with the enzyme, which eventually leads to enzyme inactivation. Our results demonstrate that a rigid protein structure and substrate-binding site are no prerequisites for high enzymatic activity and specificity. In addition to the increased understanding of enzymes in general, the findings will facilitate future improvement of GLuc as a reporter luciferase.
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- Fenne Marjolein Dijkema
- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell BiologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology‐PathologyKarolinska InstitutetStockholmSweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Section for Cellular Health, Intervention and NutritionAarhus UniversityAarhus CentrumDenmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Section for Cellular Health, Intervention and NutritionAarhus UniversityAarhus CentrumDenmark
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- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- The Linderstrøm‐Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of BiologyUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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Lautenschläger N, Schmidt K, Schiffer C, Wulff TF, Hahnke K, Finstermeier K, Mansour M, Elsholz AKW, Charpentier E. Expanding the genetic toolbox for the obligate human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2024; 12:1395659. [PMID: 38911550 PMCID: PMC11190166 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1395659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
Abstract
Genetic tools form the basis for the study of molecular mechanisms. Despite many recent advances in the field of genetic engineering in bacteria, genetic toolsets remain scarce for non-model organisms, such as the obligatory human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes. To overcome this limitation and enable the straightforward investigation of gene functions in S. pyogenes, we have developed a comprehensive genetic toolset. By adapting and combining different tools previously applied in other Gram-positive bacteria, we have created new replicative and integrative plasmids for gene expression and genetic manipulation, constitutive and inducible promoters as well as fluorescence reporters for S. pyogenes. The new replicative plasmids feature low- and high-copy replicons combined with different resistance cassettes and a standardized multiple cloning site for rapid cloning procedures. We designed site-specific integrative plasmids and verified their integration by nanopore sequencing. To minimize the effect of plasmid integration on bacterial physiology, we screened publicly available RNA-sequencing datasets for transcriptionally silent sites. We validated this approach by designing the integrative plasmid pSpy0K6 targeting the transcriptionally silent gene SPy_1078. Analysis of the activity of different constitutive promoters indicated a wide variety of strengths, with the lactococcal promoter P 23 showing the strongest activity and the synthetic promoter P xylS2 showing the weakest activity. Further, we assessed the functionality of three inducible regulatory elements including a zinc- and an IPTG-inducible promoter as well as an erythromycin-inducible riboswitch that showed low-to-no background expression and high inducibility. Additionally, we demonstrated the applicability of two codon-optimized fluorescent proteins, mNeongreen and mKate2, as reporters in S. pyogenes. We therefore adapted the chemically defined medium called RPMI4Spy that showed reduced autofluorescence and enabled efficient signal detection in plate reader assays and fluorescence microscopy. Finally, we developed a plasmid-based system for genome engineering in S. pyogenes featuring the counterselection marker pheS*, which enabled the scarless deletion of the sagB gene. This new toolbox simplifies previously laborious genetic manipulation procedures and lays the foundation for new methodologies to study gene functions in S. pyogenes, leading to a better understanding of its virulence mechanisms and physiology.
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Biologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Li J, Wang L, Ackah M, Amoako FK, Jiang Z, Shi Y, Li H, Zhao W. The Competing Endogenous RNAs Regulatory Genes Network Mediates Leaf Shape Variation and Main Effector Gene Function in Mulberry Plant ( Morus alba). Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16860. [PMID: 38069181 PMCID: PMC10706577 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Mulberry plants (Morus alba) have leaf shapes, ranging from unlobed to lobed, which are crucial for yield, growth, and adaptability, indicating their ability to adapt to their environment. Competing endogenous RNAs (ceRNAs) constitute a web of RNAs within the organism's transcriptional regulatory system, including protein-coding genes (mRNAs), microRNAs (miRNAs), long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), circular RNAs (circRNAs), and others. In this study, samples for ceRNA sequencing were categorized into two groups: whole leaves and lobed leaves, each group with three replicates. In addition, we isolated, cloned, and characterized the precursor miRNA (miR156x) from the leaves of M. alba. miR156x precursor had a length of 107 base pairs and a minimum folding free energy of 50.27 kcal/mol. We constructed a pCAMBIA-35S-GUS-miR156x dual overexpression vector and established a transient transformation system for mulberry. At an optimal transformation solution (OD600 = 0.7), the GUS gene showed a higher expression in the leaves of transiently transformed mulberry with miR156x overexpression, four days after transformation, while the target genes of miR156x had decreased expression in the same leaves. Investigations into the transgenic mulberry plants uncovered various modifications to physio-chemical parameters including POD, SOD, PRO, MDA, soluble proteins and sugars, and chlorophyl content. miRNAs in the plants were found to act as negative regulators of gene expression in response to changes in leaf shape regulation, which was confirmed in vitro using dual-luciferase reporter assays. Subsequently, we cloned Maspl3 in vitro and conducted GST-Pull down assays, obtaining multiple proteins that interacted with the Maspl3 gene. This indicates that the miR156x/Maspl3/MSTRG.25812.1 regulatory module contributes to the differences in mulberry leaf shape.
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- Jianbin Li
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Kiel University, Hermann-Rodewald-Straße 2, 24118 Kiel, Germany;
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Sericulture Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China; (J.L.); (Z.J.); (Y.S.); (H.L.)
- Key Laboratory of Silkworm and Mulberry Genetic Improvement, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, The Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
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Markova SV, Larionova MD, Korotov IA, Vysotski ES. Localization of the Catalytic Domain of Copepod Luciferases: Analysis of Truncated Mutants of the Metridia longa Luciferase. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:life13051222. [PMID: 37240867 DOI: 10.3390/life13051222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Luciferases from copepods Metridia longa and Gaussia princeps are successfully used as bioluminescent reporters for in vivo and in vitro assays. Here, we report the minimal sequence of copepod luciferases required for bioluminescence activity that was revealed by gradual deletions of sequence encoding the smallest MLuc7 isoform of M. longa luciferase. The single catalytic domain is shown to reside within the G32-A149 MLuc7 sequence and to be formed by both non-identical repeats, including 10 conserved Cys residues. Because this part of MLuc7 displays high homology with those of other copepod luciferases, our suggestion is that the determined boundaries of the catalytic domain are the same for all known copepod luciferases. The involvement of the flexible C-terminus in the retention of the bioluminescent reaction product in the substrate-binding cavity was confirmed by structural modeling and kinetics study. We also demonstrate that the ML7-N10 mutant (15.4 kDa) with deletion of ten amino acid residues at the N-terminus can be successfully used as a miniature bioluminescent reporter in living cells. Application of a shortened reporter may surely reduce the metabolic load on the host cells and decrease steric and functional interference at its use as a part of hybrid proteins.
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- Svetlana V Markova
- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
- School of Fundamental Biology and Biotechnology, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk 660041, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk 660036, Russia
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Beyond luciferase-luciferin system: Modification, improved imaging and biomedical application. Coord Chem Rev 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2023.215045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Wu N, Kobayashi N, Kuroda Y, Yamazaki T. Reflecting on mutational and biophysical analysis of Gaussia princeps Luciferase from a structural perspective: a unique bioluminescent enzyme. Biophys Rev 2022; 14:1513-1520. [PMID: 36659992 PMCID: PMC9842821 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-022-01025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Gaussia princeps luciferase (GLuc 18.2 kDa; 168 residues) is a marine copepod luciferase that emits a bright blue light when oxidizing coelenterazine (CTZ). GLuc is a small luciferase, attracting much attention as a potential reporter protein. However, compared to firefly and Renilla luciferases, which have been thoroughly characterized and are used in a wide range of applications, structural and biophysical studies of GLuc have been slow to appear. Here, we review the biophysical and mutational studies of GLuc's bioluminescence from a structural viewpoint, particularly in view of its recent NMR solution structure, where two homologous sequential repeats form two anti-parallel bundles, each made of four helices, grabbing a short N-terminal helix. Additionally, a long loop classified as an intrinsically disordered region separates the two bundles forming one side of a hydrophobic pocket that is most likely the binding/catalytic site. We compare the NMR-determined structure with a recent AlphaFold2 prediction. Overall, the AlphaFold2 structure was in line with the solution structure; however, it surprisingly revealed a possible, alternative conformation, where the N-terminal helix is replaced by a newly formed α helix in the C-terminal tail that is unfolded in the NMR structure. In addition, we discuss the results of previous mutational analysis focusing on a putative catalytic core identified by chemical shift perturbation analysis and molecular dynamics simulations performed using both the NMR and the AlphaFold2 structures. In particular, we discuss the role of the possible conformational change and the hydrophobic pocket in GLuc's activity. Overall, the discussion points toward GLuc's unexpected and unusual characteristics that appear to be much more flexible than traditional enzymes, resulting in a unique mode of catalysis to achieve CTZ oxidative decarboxylation. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12551-022-01025-6.
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- Nan Wu
- College of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, 136 Kexue Road, Zhengzhou, 450001 People’s Republic of China
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RSC, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-Cho, Tsurumi-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-Shi, Tokyo, 184-8588 Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RSC, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro-Cho, Tsurumi-Ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
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Petrucci S, Ramón Codina Garcia-Andrade J, Moutsiopoulou A, Broyles DB, Dikici E, Daunert S, Deo SK. A Bioluminescent Protein-Graphene Oxide Donor-Quencher Pair in DNA Hybridization Assays. Chempluschem 2022; 87:e202200372. [PMID: 36457160 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202200372] [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: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
Abstract
Despite fluorescent quenching with graphene oxide (GO) having shown great success in various applications - bioluminescent quenching has not yet been demonstrated using GO as a quencher. To explore the ability of GO to quench bioluminescence, we used Gaussia luciferase (Gluc) as a donor and GO as a quencher and demonstrated its application in sensing of two target analytes, HIV-1 DNA and IFN-γ. We demonstrated that the incubation of Gluc conjugated HIV-1 and IFN-γ oligonucleotide probes with GO provided for monitoring of probe-target interactions based on bioluminescence measurement in a solution phase sensing system. The limits of detection obtained for IFN-γ and HIV-1 DNA detection were 17 nM and 7.59 nM, respectively. Both sensing systems showed selectivity toward the target analyte. The detection of IFN-γ in saliva matrix was demonstrated. The use of GO as a quencher provides for high sensitivity while maintaining the selectivity of designed probes to their respective targets. The use of GO as a quencher provides for an easy assay design and low cost, environmentally friendly reporter.
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- Sabrina Petrucci
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Clinical and Translational Science Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.,Dr. John T. MacDonald Foundation Biomedical Nanotechnology Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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Ohmuro-Matsuyama Y, Furuta T, Matsui H, Kanai M, Ueda H. Miniaturization of Bright Light-Emitting Luciferase ALuc: picALuc. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:864-872. [PMID: 35293729 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.1c00897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Luciferases are widely used as sensitive reporters in various fields ranging from basic biology to medical diagnosis, public health, and food inspection. Scientists have isolated novel luciferases from bioluminescent organisms and concentrated on improving their brightness and thermostability. Recently, small bright luciferases such as artificial luciferase (ALuc) (21 kDa), NanoLuc (19 kDa), GLuc (18 kDa), and TurboLuc (16 kDa) have been reported. However, smaller, brighter, and more stable luciferases are desired for further applications. Here, we constructed the smallest and bright mutant of ALuc, named "picALuc" (13 kDa). picALuc retained the luminescence activity of the full-length ALuc; moreover, its brightness and thermostability were at the same levels as NanoLuc. Furthermore, we showed the advantage of picALuc for the bioluminescence resonance energy transfer-based assay due to its smallness. Our development has opened the door for wider and more practical applications of luciferases.
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- Yuki Ohmuro-Matsuyama
- Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan
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- Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto 619-0237, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama 226-8503, Japan
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Dijkema FM, Nordentoft MK, Didriksen AK, Corneliussen AS, Willemoës M, Winther JR. Flash properties of Gaussia luciferase are the result of covalent inhibition after a limited number of cycles. Protein Sci 2021; 30:638-649. [PMID: 33426745 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Luciferases are widely used as reporters for gene expression and for sensitive detection systems. The luciferase (GLuc) from the marine copepod Gaussia princeps, has gained popularity, primarily because it is secreted and displays a very high light intensity. While firefly luciferase is characterized by kinetic behavior which is consistent with conventional steady-state Michaelis-Menten kinetics, GLuc displays what has been termed "flash" kinetics, which signify a burst in light emission followed by a rapid decay. As the mechanistic background for this behavior was unclear, we decided to decipher this in more detail. We show that decay in light signal is not due to depletion of substrate, but rather is caused by the irreversible inactivation of the enzyme. Inactivation takes place after between 10 and 200 reaction cycles, depending on substrate concentration and can be described by the sum of two exponentials with associated rate constants. The dominant of these increases linearly with substrate concentration while the minor is substrate-concentration independent. In terms of rate of initial luminescence reaction, this increases with the substrate concentration to the power of 1.5 and shows no signs of saturation up to 10 μM coelenterazine. Finally, we find that the inactivated form of the enzyme has a larger apparent size in both size exclusion chromatography and SDS-PAGE analysis and shows a fluorescence peak at 410 nm when excited at 333 nm. These findings indicate that the "flash" kinetics in Gaussia luciferase are caused by an irreversible covalent binding to a substrate derivative during catalysis.
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- Fenne Marjolein Dijkema
- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Linderstrøm-Lang Centre for Protein Science, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tao J, Berthet A, Citron YR, Tsiolaki PL, Stanley R, Gestwicki JE, Agard DA, McConlogue L. Hsp70 chaperone blocks α-synuclein oligomer formation via a novel engagement mechanism. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100613. [PMID: 33798554 PMCID: PMC8102405 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Overexpression and aggregation of α-synuclein (ASyn) are linked to the onset and pathology of Parkinson's disease and related synucleinopathies. Elevated levels of the stress-induced chaperone Hsp70 protect against ASyn misfolding and ASyn-driven neurodegeneration in cell and animal models, yet there is minimal mechanistic understanding of this important protective pathway. It is generally assumed that Hsp70 binds to ASyn using its canonical and promiscuous substrate-binding cleft to limit aggregation. Here we report that this activity is due to a novel and unexpected mode of Hsp70 action, involving neither ATP nor the typical substrate-binding cleft. We use novel ASyn oligomerization assays to show that Hsp70 directly blocks ASyn oligomerization, an early event in ASyn misfolding. Using truncations, mutations, and inhibitors, we confirm that Hsp70 interacts with ASyn via an as yet unidentified, noncanonical interaction site in the C-terminal domain. Finally, we report a biological role for a similar mode of action in H4 neuroglioma cells. Together, these findings suggest that new chemical approaches will be required to target the Hsp70-ASyn interaction in synucleinopathies. Such approaches are likely to be more specific than targeting Hsp70's canonical action. Additionally, these results raise the question of whether other misfolded proteins might also engage Hsp70 via the same noncanonical mechanism.
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- Jiahui Tao
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, The Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, The Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA; Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, The Gladstone Institutes, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Dopp JL, Reuel NF. Simple, functional, inexpensive cell extract for in vitro prototyping of proteins with disulfide bonds. Biochem Eng J 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2020.107790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Solution structure of Gaussia Luciferase with five disulfide bonds and identification of a putative coelenterazine binding cavity by heteronuclear NMR. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20069. [PMID: 33208800 PMCID: PMC7674443 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-76486-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) is a small luciferase (18.2 kDa; 168 residues) and is thus attracting much attention as a reporter protein, but the lack of structural information is hampering further application. Here, we report the first solution structure of a fully active, recombinant GLuc determined by heteronuclear multidimensional NMR. We obtained a natively folded GLuc by bacterial expression and efficient refolding using a Solubility Enhancement Petide (SEP) tag. Almost perfect assignments of GLuc’s 1H, 13C and 15N backbone signals were obtained. GLuc structure was determined using CYANA, which automatically identified over 2500 NOEs of which > 570 were long-range. GLuc is an all-alpha-helix protein made of nine helices. The region spanning residues 10–18, 36–81, 96–145 and containing eight out of the nine helices was determined with a Cα-atom RMSD of 1.39 Å ± 0.39 Å. The structure of GLuc is novel and unique. Two homologous sequential repeats form two anti-parallel bundles made by 4 helices and tied together by three disulfide bonds. The N-terminal helix 1 is grabbed by these 4 helices. Further, we found a hydrophobic cavity where several residues responsible for bioluminescence were identified in previous mutational studies, and we thus hypothesize that this is a catalytic cavity, where the hydrophobic coelenterazine binds and the bioluminescence reaction takes place.
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Gaussia Luciferase as a Reporter for Quorum Sensing in Staphylococcus aureus. SENSORS 2020; 20:s20154305. [PMID: 32752273 PMCID: PMC7435925 DOI: 10.3390/s20154305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) is a secreted protein with significant potential for use as a reporter of gene expression in bacterial pathogenicity studies. To date there are relatively few examples of its use in bacteriology. In this study we show that GLuc can be functionally expressed in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus and furthermore show that it can be used as a biosensor for the agr quorum sensing (QS) system which employs autoinducing peptides to control virulence. GLuc was linked to the P3 promoter of the S. aureusagr operon. Biosensor strains were validated by evaluation of chemical agent-mediated activation and inhibition of agr. Use of GLuc enabled quantitative assessment of agr activity. This demonstrates the utility of Gaussia luciferase for in vitro monitoring of agr activation and inhibition.
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Yan Y, Shi P, Song W, Bi S. Chemiluminescence and Bioluminescence Imaging for Biosensing and Therapy: In Vitro and In Vivo Perspectives. Theranostics 2019; 9:4047-4065. [PMID: 31281531 PMCID: PMC6592176 DOI: 10.7150/thno.33228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Chemiluminescence (CL) and bioluminescence (BL) imaging technologies, which require no external light source so as to avoid the photobleaching, background interference and autoluminescence, have become powerful tools in biochemical analysis and biomedical science with the development of advanced imaging equipment. CL imaging technology has been widely applied to high-throughput detection of a variety of analytes because of its high sensitivity, high efficiency and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Using luciferase and fluorescent proteins as reporters, various BL imaging systems have been developed innovatively for real-time monitoring of diverse molecules in vivo based on the reaction between luciferin and the substrate. Meanwhile, the kinetics of protein interactions even in deep tissues has been studied by BL imaging. In this review, we summarize in vitro and in vivo applications of CL and BL imaging for biosensing and therapy. We first focus on in vitro CL imaging from the view of improving the sensitivity. Then, in vivo CL applications in cells and tissues based on different CL systems are demonstrated. Subsequently, the recent in vitro and in vivo applications of BL imaging are summarized. Finally, we provide the insight into the development trends and future perspectives of CL and BL imaging technologies.
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Ren W, Li Z, Xu Y, Wan D, Barnych B, Li Y, Tu Z, He Q, Fu J, Hammock BD. One-Step Ultrasensitive Bioluminescent Enzyme Immunoassay Based on Nanobody/Nanoluciferase Fusion for Detection of Aflatoxin B 1 in Cereal. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2019; 67:5221-5229. [PMID: 30883117 PMCID: PMC7792509 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Nanoluciferase (Nluc), the smallest luciferase known, was used as the fusion partner with a nanobody against aflatoxin B1 to develop a bioluminescent enzyme immunoassay (BLEIA) for detection of the aflatoxin B1 in cereal. Nanobody (clone G8) against aflatoxin B1 was fused with nanoluciferase and cloned into a pET22b expression vector, and then transformed into Escherichia coli. The nanobody fusion gene contained a hexahistidine tag for purification by immobilized metal affinity chromatography, yielding a biologically active fusion protein. The fusion protein G8-Nluc retained binding properties of the original nanobody. Concentration of the coelenterazine substrate and buffer composition were also optimized to provide high intensity and long half-life of the luminescent signal. The G8-Nluc was used as a detection antibody to establish a competitive bioluminescent ELISA for the detection of aflatoxin B1 in cereals successfully. Compared to classical ELISA, this novel assay showed more than 20-fold improvement in detection sensitivity, with an IC50 value of 0.41 ng/mL and linear range from 0.10 to 1.64 ng/mL. In addition, the entire BLEIA detection procedure can be completed in one step within 2 h, from sample preparation to data analysis. These results suggest that nanobody fragments fused with nanoluciferase might serve as useful and highly sensitive dual functional reagents for the development of rapid and highly sensitive immunoanalytical methods.
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- Wenjie Ren
- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
- Corresponding author (Tel: +86-791-88329479; Fax: +86-791-88333708; ), (Tel: 5307520492; Fax: 5307521537; )
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, and Sino–German Joint Research Institute, Nanchang University, 235 Nanjing East Road, Nanchang 330047, China
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- Department of Entomology and Nematology and UCD Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
- Corresponding author (Tel: +86-791-88329479; Fax: +86-791-88333708; ), (Tel: 5307520492; Fax: 5307521537; )
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Listeria innocua Dps as a nanoplatform for bioluminescence based photodynamic therapy utilizing Gaussia princeps luciferase and zinc protoporphyrin IX. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2019; 20:102005. [PMID: 31048084 PMCID: PMC6712498 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2019.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 04/03/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Listeria innocua DNA binding protein from starved cells (LiDps) belongs to the ferritin family and provides a promising self-assembling spherical 12-mer protein scaffold for the generation of functional nanomaterials. We report the creation of a Gaussia princeps luciferase (Gluc)-LiDps fusion protein, with chemical conjugation of Zinc (II)-protoporphyrin IX (ZnPP) to lysine residues on the fusion protein (giving Gluc-LiDps-ZnPP). The Gluc-LiDps-ZnPP conjugate is shown to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) via Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) between the Gluc (470-490 nm) and ZnPP. In vitro, Gluc-LiDps-ZnPP is efficiently taken up by tumorigenic cells (SKBR3 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells). In the presence of coelenterazine, this construct inhibits the proliferation of SKBR3 due to elevated ROS levels. Following exposure to Gluc-LiDps-ZnPP, migration of surviving SKBR3 cells is significantly suppressed. These results demonstrate the potential of the Gluc-LiDps-ZnPP conjugate as a platform for future development of an anticancer photodynamic therapy agent.
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Markova SV, Larionova MD, Vysotski ES. Shining Light on the Secreted Luciferases of Marine Copepods: Current Knowledge and Applications. Photochem Photobiol 2019; 95:705-721. [PMID: 30585639 DOI: 10.1111/php.13077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Copepod luciferases-a family of small secretory proteins of 18.4-24.3 kDa, including a signal peptide-are responsible for bright secreted bioluminescence of some marine copepods. The copepod luciferases use coelenterazine as a substrate to produce blue light in a simple oxidation reaction without any additional cofactors. They do not share sequence or structural similarity with other identified bioluminescent proteins including coelenterazine-dependent Renilla and Oplophorus luciferases. The small size, strong luminescence activity and high stability, including thermostability, make secreted copepod luciferases very attractive candidates as reporter proteins which are particularly useful for nondisruptive reporter assays and for high-throughput format. The most known and extensively investigated representatives of this family are the first cloned GpLuc and MLuc luciferases from copepods Gaussia princeps and Metridia longa, respectively. Immediately after cloning, these homologous luciferases were successfully applied as bioluminescent reporters in vivo and in vitro, and since then, the scope of their applications continues to grow. This review is an attempt to systemize and critically evaluate the data scattered through numerous articles regarding the main structural features of copepod luciferases, their luminescent and physicochemical properties. We also review the main trends of their application as bioluminescent reporters in cell and molecular biology.
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- Svetlana V Markova
- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia.,N.N. Blokhin National Medical Research Center of Oncology, Ministry of Health of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Yu T, Laird JR, Prescher JA, Thorpe C. Gaussia princeps luciferase: a bioluminescent substrate for oxidative protein folding. Protein Sci 2018; 27:1509-1517. [PMID: 29696739 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Gaussia princeps luciferase (GLuc) generates an intense burst of blue light when exposed to coelenterazine in the absence of ATP. Here we show that this 5-disulfide containing enzyme can be used as a facile and convenient substrate for studies of oxidative protein folding. Reduced GLuc (rGLuc), with 10 free cysteine residues, is completely inactive as a luciferase but >60% bioluminescence activity, compared to controls, can be recovered using a range of oxidizing regimens in the absence of the exogenous shuffling activity of protein disulfide isomerase (PDI). The sulfhydryl oxidase QSOX1 can be assayed using rGLuc in a simple bioluminescence plate reader format. Similarly, low concentrations of rGLuc can be oxidized by millimolar levels of dehydroascorbate, hydrogen peroxide or much lower concentrations of sodium tetrathionate. The oxidative refolding of rGLuc in the presence of a range of glutathione redox buffers is only marginally accelerated by micromolar levels of PDI. This modest rate enhancement probably results from a relatively simple disulfide connectivity in native GLuc; reflecting two homologous domains each carrying two disulfide bonds with a single interdomain disulfide. When GLuc is reoxidized under denaturing conditions the resulting scrambled protein (sGLuc) can be used in a sensitive bioluminescence assay for reduced PDI in the absence of added exogenous thiols. Finally, the general facility by which rGLuc can recover bioluminescent activity in vitro provides a sensitive method for the assessment of inhibitors of oxidative protein folding.
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- Tiantian Yu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California, 92697
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 19716
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Bioluminescent and structural features of native folded Gaussia luciferase. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2018; 183:309-317. [PMID: 29754049 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.04.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2017] [Revised: 03/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The secreted luciferases responsible for light emission of marine copepods have gained popularity for being used in noninvasive imaging of intracellular events. The secreted luciferase of copepod Gaussia princeps is a one-subunit protein catalyzing coelenterazine oxidation to emit blue light. It consists of the N-terminal variable part that bears a signal peptide for secretion and the C-terminal catalytic domain containing ten highly conserved Cys residues supposing the existence of up to five SS bonds. Despite wide application of Gaussia luciferase in biomedical research, its biochemical properties are still insufficiently studied due to the general problem of obtaining the proper folded Cys-rich proteins in bacterial cells. Here we report the properties of the proper folded Gaussia luciferase produced in insect cells using baculovirus expression system. This high purity luciferase reveals the highest activity at 15-20 °C but retains only ~20% activity at 37 °C that may hamper its application for in vivo assays. The maximum of bioluminescent activity of GpLuc is found at NaCl concentrations in the range of 1.0-1.5 M and, furthermore, a high NaCl concentration enhances luciferase stability to thermal denaturation, i.e. Gaussia luciferase displays the features characteristic of halophilic enzymes. The studies on bioluminescence kinetics at different coelenterazine concentrations obviously show a positive cooperativity of Gaussia luciferase with coelenterazine (Hill coefficient - 1.8 ± 0.2; K0.5-2.14 ± 0.17 μM). We suggest this effect to be rather due to the so-called kinetic cooperativity conditioned by conformational changes in response to substrate binding than to the presence of two catalytic sites.
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Markova SV, Larionova MD, Gorbunova DA, Vysotski ES. The disulfide-rich Metridia luciferase refolded from E. coli inclusion bodies reveals the properties of a native folded enzyme produced in insect cells. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2017; 175:51-57. [PMID: 28846935 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The bioluminescence of a marine copepod Metridia longa is determined by a small secreted coelenterazine-dependent luciferase that uses coelenterazine as a substrate of enzymatic reaction to generate light (λmax=480nm). To date, four different isoforms of the luciferase differing in size, sequences, and properties have been cloned by functional screening. All of them contain ten conserved Cys residues that suggests up to five SS intramolecular bonds per luciferase molecule. Whereas the use of copepod luciferases as bioluminescent reporters in biomedical research in vivo is growing from year to year, their application for in vitro assays is still limited by the difficulty in obtaining significant amounts of luciferase. The most cost-effective host for producing recombinant proteins is Escherichia coli. However, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells maintain the reductive environment in cytoplasm that hinders the disulfide bond formation and consequently the proper folding of luciferase. Here we report the expression of the MLuc7 isoform of M. longa luciferase in E. coli cells and the efficient procedure for refolding from inclusion bodies yielding a high-active monomeric protein. Furthermore, in a set of identical experiments we demonstrate that bioluminescent and structural features of MLuc7 produced in bacterial cells are identical to those of MLuc7 isoform produced from culture medium of insect cells. Although the yield of high-purity protein is only 6mg/L, the application of E. coli cells to produce the luciferase is simpler and more cost-effective than the use of insect cells. We expect that the suggested technology of Metridia luciferase production allows obtaining of sufficient amounts of protein both for the development of novel in vitro analytical assays with the use of MLuc7 as a label and for structural studies.
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- Svetlana V Markova
- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
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- Photobiology Laboratory, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Federal Research Center "Krasnoyarsk Science Center SB RAS", Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
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Andronico LA, Quintavalla A, Lombardo M, Mirasoli M, Guardigli M, Trombini C, Roda A. Synthesis of 1,2-Dioxetanes as Thermochemiluminescent Labels for Ultrasensitive Bioassays: Rational Prediction of Olefin Photooxygenation Outcome by Using a Chemometric Approach. Chemistry 2016; 22:18156-18168. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201603765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Luca A. Andronico
- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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- Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”; Alma Mater Studiorum; University of Bologna; Via Selmi 2 40126 Bologna Italy
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In Vivo Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions with Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET): Progress and Prospects. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17101704. [PMID: 27727181 PMCID: PMC5085736 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17101704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Proteins are the elementary machinery of life, and their functions are carried out mostly by molecular interactions. Among those interactions, protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are the most important as they participate in or mediate all essential biological processes. However, many common methods for PPI investigations are slightly unreliable and suffer from various limitations, especially in the studies of dynamic PPIs. To solve this problem, a method called Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) was developed about seventeen years ago. Since then, BRET has evolved into a whole class of methods that can be used to survey virtually any kinds of PPIs. Compared to many traditional methods, BRET is highly sensitive, reliable, easy to perform, and relatively inexpensive. However, most importantly, it can be done in vivo and allows the real-time monitoring of dynamic PPIs with the easily detectable light signal, which is extremely valuable for the PPI functional research. This review will take a comprehensive look at this powerful technique, including its principles, comparisons with other methods, experimental approaches, classifications, applications, early developments, recent progress, and prospects.
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Wu N, Kamioka T, Kuroda Y. A novel screening system based on VanX-mediated autolysis-Application to Gaussia luciferase. Biotechnol Bioeng 2016; 113:1413-20. [PMID: 26694096 DOI: 10.1002/bit.25910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We report a novel bacterial screening protocol based on co-expressing the target protein with VanX, an enzyme which mediates Escherichia coli's autolysis and the release of the target protein into the culture medium, thereby facilitating activity measurement and screening from crude medium. This protocol as assessed with 19 Gaussia luciferase (GLuc) expressing colonies, was able to detect bioluminescence wavelength shift as small as 1.5 nm. We demonstrate the performance and versatility of this protocol by applying it to a semi-rational search for GLuc variants with red-shifted bioluminescence. Six GLuc's sites, F113, I114, W143, L144, A149, and F151, were randomly mutated, and for each site, 50 colonies were cultivated in 3 mL samples, from which bioluminescence was measured without purification. We identified two GLuc single mutation red-shifted variants: W143V and L144A. Their red shifted bioluminescence and biophysical/biochemical properties were confirmed using HPLC purified variants. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2016;113: 1413-1420. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Nan Wu
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakamachi, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan.
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Coutant EP, Janin YL. Synthetic Routes to Coelenterazine and Other Imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-one Luciferins: Essential Tools for Bioluminescence-Based Investigations. Chemistry 2015; 21:17158-71. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201501531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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