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Ashraf HN, Uversky VN. Intrinsic Disorder in the Host Proteins Entrapped in Rabies Virus Particles. Viruses 2024; 16:916. [PMID: 38932209 PMCID: PMC11209445 DOI: 10.3390/v16060916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2024] [Revised: 05/23/2024] [Accepted: 05/28/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
A proteomics analysis of purified rabies virus (RABV) revealed 47 entrapped host proteins within the viral particles. Out of these, 11 proteins were highly disordered. Our study was particularly focused on five of the RABV-entrapped mouse proteins with the highest levels of disorder: Neuromodulin, Chmp4b, DnaJB6, Vps37B, and Wasl. We extensively utilized bioinformatics tools, such as FuzDrop, D2P2, UniProt, RIDAO, STRING, AlphaFold, and ELM, for a comprehensive analysis of the intrinsic disorder propensity of these proteins. Our analysis suggested that these disordered host proteins might play a significant role in facilitating the rabies virus pathogenicity, immune system evasion, and the development of antiviral drug resistance. Our study highlighted the complex interaction of the virus with its host, with a focus on how the intrinsic disorder can play a crucial role in virus pathogenic processes, and suggested that these intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and disorder-related host interactions can also be a potential target for therapeutic strategies.
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- Hafiza Nimra Ashraf
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA;
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA;
- USF Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Yu Q, Wang Z, Tu Y, Cao Y, Zhu H, Shao J, Zhuang R, Zhou Y, Zhang J. Proteasome activation: A novel strategy for targeting undruggable intrinsically disordered proteins. Bioorg Chem 2024; 145:107217. [PMID: 38368657 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2024.107217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are characterized by their inability to adopt well-defined tertiary structures under physiological conditions. Nonetheless, they often play pivotal roles in the progression of various diseases, including cancer, neurodegenerative disorders, and cardiovascular ailments. Owing to their inherent dynamism, conventional drug design approaches based on structural considerations encounter substantial challenges when applied to IDPs. Consequently, the pursuit of therapeutic interventions directed towards IDPs presents a complex endeavor. While there are indeed existing methodologies for targeting IDPs, they are encumbered by noteworthy constrains. Hence, there exists an imminent imperative to investigate more efficacious and universally applicable strategies for modulating IDPs. Here, we present an overview of the latest advancements in the research pertaining to IDPs, along with the indirect regulation approach involving the modulation of IDP degradation through proteasome. By comprehending these advancements in research, novel insights can be generated to facilitate the development of new drugs targeted at addressing the accumulation of IDPs in diverse pathological conditions.
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- Qian Yu
- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, China; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, China; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, China
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- The National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Preparation, Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, China; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, China; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Preparation, Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Hangzhou, 310023, Zhejiang Province, China.
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- The National Center for Drug Screening, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 201203, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drug Study for Neural Repair of Zhejiang Province, School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University, Hangzhou, 310015, Zhejiang Province, China; College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, Zhejiang Province, China.
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Bläsius K, Ludwig L, Knapp S, Flaßhove C, Sonnabend F, Keller D, Tacken N, Gao X, Kahveci-Türköz S, Grannemann C, Babendreyer A, Adrain C, Huth S, Baron JM, Ludwig A, Düsterhöft S. Pathological mutations reveal the key role of the cytosolic iRhom2 N-terminus for phosphorylation-independent 14-3-3 interaction and ADAM17 binding, stability, and activity. Cell Mol Life Sci 2024; 81:102. [PMID: 38409522 PMCID: PMC10896983 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-024-05132-3] [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: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
Abstract
The protease ADAM17 plays an important role in inflammation and cancer and is regulated by iRhom2. Mutations in the cytosolic N-terminus of human iRhom2 cause tylosis with oesophageal cancer (TOC). In mice, partial deletion of the N-terminus results in a curly hair phenotype (cub). These pathological consequences are consistent with our findings that iRhom2 is highly expressed in keratinocytes and in oesophageal cancer. Cub and TOC are associated with hyperactivation of ADAM17-dependent EGFR signalling. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms are not understood. We have identified a non-canonical, phosphorylation-independent 14-3-3 interaction site that encompasses all known TOC mutations. Disruption of this site dysregulates ADAM17 activity. The larger cub deletion also includes the TOC site and thus also dysregulated ADAM17 activity. The cub deletion, but not the TOC mutation, also causes severe reductions in stimulated shedding, binding, and stability of ADAM17, demonstrating the presence of additional regulatory sites in the N-terminus of iRhom2. Overall, this study contrasts the TOC and cub mutations, illustrates their different molecular consequences, and reveals important key functions of the iRhom2 N-terminus in regulating ADAM17.
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- Katharina Bläsius
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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Sreenivasan S, Heffren P, Suh K, Rodnin MV, Kosa E, Fenton AW, Ladokhin AS, Smith PE, Fontes JD, Swint‐Kruse L. The intrinsically disordered transcriptional activation domain of CIITA is functionally tuneable by single substitutions: An exception or a new paradigm? Protein Sci 2024; 33:e4863. [PMID: 38073129 PMCID: PMC10806935 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4863] [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: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024]
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During protein evolution, some amino acid substitutions modulate protein function ("tuneability"). In most proteins, the tuneable range is wide and can be sampled by a set of protein variants that each contains multiple amino acid substitutions. In other proteins, the full tuneable range can be accessed by a set of variants that each contains a single substitution. Indeed, in some globular proteins, the full tuneable range can be accessed by the set of site-saturating substitutions at an individual "rheostat" position. However, in proteins with intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs), most functional studies-which would also detect tuneability-used multiple substitutions or small deletions. In disordered transcriptional activation domains (ADs), studies with multiple substitutions led to the "acidic exposure" model, which does not anticipate the existence of rheostat positions. In the few studies that did assess effects of single substitutions on AD function, results were mixed: the ADs of two full-length transcription factors did not show tuneability, whereas a fragment of a third AD was tuneable by single substitutions. In this study, we tested tuneability in the AD of full-length human class II transactivator (CIITA). Sequence analyses and experiments showed that CIITA's AD is an IDR. Functional assays of singly-substituted AD variants showed that CIITA's function was highly tuneable, with outcomes not predicted by the acidic exposure model. Four tested positions showed rheostat behavior for transcriptional activation. Thus, tuneability of different IDRs can vary widely. Future studies are needed to illuminate the biophysical features that govern whether an IDR is tuneable by single substitutions.
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- Shwetha Sreenivasan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
- Present address:
Department of BiosciencesKansas City UniversityKansas CityMissouriUSA
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- Department of ChemistryKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of ChemistryKansas State UniversityManhattanKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyUniversity of Kansas Medical CenterKansas CityKansasUSA
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Li Y, Zhang S, Liu J, Zhang Y, Zhang N, Cheng Q, Zhang H, Wu X. The pentraxin family in autoimmune disease. Clin Chim Acta 2023; 551:117592. [PMID: 37832905 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2023.117592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/08/2023] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023]
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The pentraxins represent a family of multifunctional proteins composed of long and short pentamers. The latter includes serum amyloid P component (SAP) and C-reactive protein (CRP) whereas the former includes neuronal PTX1 and PTX2 (NPTX1 and NPTX2, respectively), PTX3 and PTX4. These serve as a bridge between adaptive immunity and innate immunity and a link between inflammation and immunity. Similarities and differences between long and short pentamers are examined and their roles in autoimmune disease are discussed. Increased CRP and PTX3 could indicate the activity of rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune diseases. Mechanistically, CRP and PTX3 may predict target organ injury, regulate bone metabolic immunity and maintain homeostasis as well as participate in vascular endothelial remodeling. Interestingly, PTX3 is pleiotropic, being involved in inflammation and tissue repair. Given the therapeutic potential of PTX3 and CRP, targeting these factors to exert a beneficial effect is the focus of research efforts. Unfortunately, studies on NPTX1, NPTX2, PTX4 and SAP are scarce and more research is clearly needed to elaborate their potential roles in autoimmune disease.
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- Yongzhen Li
- Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China
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- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, PR China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China; National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disorders, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Hunan, PR China.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, PR China.
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, PR China.
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Brown AD, Lynch K, Langelaan DN. The C-terminal transactivation domain of MITF interacts promiscuously with co-activator CBP/p300. Sci Rep 2023; 13:16094. [PMID: 37752231 PMCID: PMC10522771 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-43207-6] [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: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/28/2023] Open
Abstract
The microphthalmia-associated transcription factor (MITF) is one of four closely related members of the MiT/TFE family (TFEB, TFE3, TFEC) that regulate a wide range of cellular processes. MITF is a key regulator of melanocyte-associated genes, and essential to proper development of the melanocyte cell lineage. Abnormal MITF activity can contribute to the onset of several diseases including melanoma, where MITF is an amplified oncogene. To enhance transcription, MITF recruits the co-activator CREB-binding protein (CBP) and its homolog p300 to gene promoters, however the molecular determinants of their interaction are not yet fully understood. Here, we characterize the interactions between the C-terminal MITF transactivation domain and CBP/p300. Using NMR spectroscopy, protein pulldown assays, and isothermal titration calorimetry we determine the C-terminal region of MITF is intrinsically disordered and binds with high-affinity to both TAZ1 and TAZ2 of CBP/p300. Mutagenesis studies revealed two conserved motifs within MITF that are necessary for TAZ2 binding and critical for MITF-dependent transcription of a reporter gene. Finally, we observe the transactivation potential of the MITF C-terminal region is reliant on the N-terminal transactivation domain for function. Taken together, our study helps elucidate the molecular details of how MITF interacts with CBP/p300 through multiple redundant interactions that lend insight into MITF function in melanocytes and melanoma.
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- Alexandra D Brown
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada.
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Maggio R, Fasciani I, Petragnano F, Coppolino MF, Scarselli M, Rossi M. Unraveling the Functional Significance of Unstructured Regions in G Protein-Coupled Receptors. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1431. [PMID: 37892113 PMCID: PMC10604838 DOI: 10.3390/biom13101431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023] Open
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Unstructured regions in functional proteins have gained attention in recent years due to advancements in informatics tools and biophysical methods. G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), a large family of cell surface receptors, contain unstructured regions in the form of the i3 loop and C-terminus. This review provides an overview of the functional significance of these regions in GPCRs. GPCRs transmit signals from the extracellular environment to the cell interior, regulating various physiological processes. The i3 loop, located between the fifth and sixth transmembrane helices, and the C-terminus, connected to the seventh transmembrane helix, are determinant of interactions with G proteins and with other intracellular partners such as arrestins. Recent studies demonstrate that the i3 loop and C-terminus play critical roles in allosterically regulating GPCR activation. They can act as autoregulators, adopting conformations that, by restricting G protein access, modulate receptor coupling specificity. The length and unstructured nature of the i3 loop and C-terminus provide unique advantages in GPCR interactions with intracellular protein partners. They act as "fishing lines", expanding the radius of interaction and enabling GPCRs to tether scaffolding proteins, thus facilitating receptor stability during cell membrane movements. Additionally, the i3 loop may be involved in domain swapping between GPCRs, generating novel receptor dimers with distinct binding and coupling characteristics. Overall, the i3 loop and C-terminus are now widely recognized as crucial elements in GPCR function and regulation. Understanding their functional roles enhances our comprehension of GPCR structure and signaling complexity and holds promise for advancements in receptor pharmacology and drug development.
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- Roberto Maggio
- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (I.F.); (F.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (I.F.); (F.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (I.F.); (F.P.); (M.R.)
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy;
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy;
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy; (I.F.); (F.P.); (M.R.)
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Oda M. Analysis of the Structural Dynamics of Proteins in the Ligand-Unbound and -Bound States by Diffracted X-ray Tracking. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13717. [PMID: 37762021 PMCID: PMC10531450 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241813717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Although many protein structures have been determined at atomic resolution, the majority of them are static and represent only the most stable or averaged structures in solution. When a protein binds to its ligand, it usually undergoes fluctuation and changes its conformation. One attractive method for obtaining an accurate view of proteins in solution, which is required for applications such as the rational design of proteins and structure-based drug design, is diffracted X-ray tracking (DXT). DXT can detect the protein structural dynamics on a timeline via gold nanocrystals attached to the protein. Here, the structure dynamics of single-chain Fv antibodies, helix bundle-forming de novo designed proteins, and DNA-binding proteins in both ligand-unbound and ligand-bound states were analyzed using the DXT method. The resultant mean square angular displacements (MSD) curves in both the tilting and twisting directions clearly demonstrated that structural fluctuations were suppressed upon ligand binding, and the binding energies determined using the angular diffusion coefficients from the MSD agreed well with the binding thermodynamics determined using isothermal titration calorimetry. In addition, the size of gold nanocrystals is discussed, which is one of the technical concerns of DXT.
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- Masayuki Oda
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, 1-5 Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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Emser SV, Spielvogel CP, Millesi E, Steinborn R. Mitochondrial polymorphism m.3017C>T of SHLP6 relates to heterothermy. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1207620. [PMID: 37675281 PMCID: PMC10478271 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1207620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023] Open
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Heterothermic thermoregulation requires intricate regulation of metabolic rate and activation of pro-survival factors. Eliciting these responses and coordinating the necessary energy shifts likely involves retrograde signalling by mitochondrial-derived peptides (MDPs). Members of the group were suggested before to play a role in heterothermic physiology, a key component of hibernation and daily torpor. Here we studied the mitochondrial single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) m.3017C>T that resides in the evolutionarily conserved gene MT-SHLP6. The substitution occurring in several mammalian orders causes truncation of SHLP6 peptide size from twenty to nine amino acids. Public mass spectrometric (MS) data of human SHLP6 indicated a canonical size of 20 amino acids, but not the use of alternative translation initiation codons that would expand the peptide. The shorter isoform of SHLP6 was found in heterothermic rodents at higher frequency compared to homeothermic rodents (p < 0.001). In heterothermic mammals it was associated with lower minimal body temperature (T b, p < 0.001). In the thirteen-lined ground squirrel, brown adipose tissue-a key organ required for hibernation, showed dynamic changes of the steady-state transcript level of mt-Shlp6. The level was significantly higher before hibernation and during interbout arousal and lower during torpor and after hibernation. Our finding argues to further explore the mode of action of SHLP6 size isoforms with respect to mammalian thermoregulation and possibly mitochondrial retrograde signalling.
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- Sarah V. Emser
- Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Genomics Core Facility, VetCore, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Division of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Genomics Core Facility, VetCore, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Microbiology, Immunobiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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McIvor JAP, Larsen DS, Mercadante D. Simulating Polyproline II-Helix-Rich Peptides with the Latest Kirkwood-Buff Force Field: A Direct Comparison with AMBER and CHARMM. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:7833-7846. [PMID: 36125334 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c03837] [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]
Abstract
We simulated the dynamics of a set of peptides characterized by ensembles rich in PPII-helical content, to assess the ability of the most recent Kirkwood-Buff force field (KBFF20) to sample this conformational peculiarity. KBFF has been previously shown to capably reproduce experimental dimensions of disordered proteins, while being limited in confidently sampling structured proteins. Further development of the force field bridged this gap. It is however still unknown what are the main differences between KBFF and AMBER/CHARMM force fields. A direct comparison is now possible as both AMBER/CHARMM force fields have been used to sample peptides rich in PPII-helical content. We found that KBFF20 samples' PPII-helical content qualitatively matches both AMBER and CHARMM force fields, with the main difference being the KBFF ability to populate the αR region of the Ramachandran plot in the set of simulated peptides. Overall, KBFF20 is a well-balanced force field, able to sample the dynamics of both structured and unstructured proteins.
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- Jordan A P McIvor
- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- School of Chemical Sciences, The University of Auckland, 23 Symonds Street, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Berhanu S, Ueda T, Alix JH. The E. coli DnaK chaperone stimulates the α-complementation of β-galactosidase. J Basic Microbiol 2022; 62:669-688. [PMID: 35289419 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202100487] [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: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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pUC18 and pUC19 are well-known high copy-number plasmid vectors routinely used for DNA cloning purposes. We show here that, in E. coli transformed by native pUC18, the α-complementation of β-galactosidase (i.e., mediated by the peptide LacZα18) is intrinsically weak and slow, but is greatly stimulated by the DnaK/DnaJ/GrpE chaperone system. In contrast, the α-complementation mediated by the peptide LacZα19 (in E. coli transformed by the native pUC19) is much more efficient, and therefore does not require the assistance of the DnaK chaperone machinery. The marked difference between these two LacZα peptides is reproduced in cell-free protein expression system coupled with α-complementation. We conclude that: (i) α-complementation of β-galactosidase is DnaK-mediated depending upon the LacZα peptide donor. (ii) DnaK, sensu stricto, is not necessary for α-complementation, but can enhance it to a great extent. (iii) this observation could be used to establish an easy and inexpensive method for screening small molecules libraries in search of DnaK inhibitors and also for deciphering the DnaK-mediated protein quality control mechanism. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Samuel Berhanu
- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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Singh RS. Decoding 'Unnecessary Complexity': A Law of Complexity and a Concept of Hidden Variation Behind "Missing Heritability" in Precision Medicine. J Mol Evol 2021; 89:513-526. [PMID: 34341835 PMCID: PMC8327892 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-021-10023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The high hopes for the Human Genome Project and personalized medicine were not met because the relationship between genotypes and phenotypes turned out to be more complex than expected. In a previous study we laid the foundation of a theory of complexity and showed that because of the blind nature of evolution, and molecular and historical contingency, cells have accumulated unnecessary complexity, complexity beyond what is necessary and sufficient to describe an organism. Here we provide empirical evidence and show that unnecessary complexity has become integrated into the genome in the form of redundancy and is relevant to molecular evolution of phenotypic complexity. Unnecessary complexity creates uncertainty between molecular and phenotypic complexity, such that phenotypic complexity (CP) is higher than molecular complexity (CM), which is higher than DNA complexity (CD). The qualitative inequality in complexity is based on the following hierarchy: CP > CM > CD. This law-like relationship holds true for all complex traits, including complex diseases. We present a hypothesis of two types of variation, namely open and closed (hidden) systems, show that hidden variation provides a hitherto undiscovered "third source" of phenotypic variation, beside genotype and environment, and argue that "missing heritability" for some complex diseases is likely to be a case of "diluted heritability". There is a need for radically new ways of thinking about the principles of genotype-phenotype relationship. Understanding how cells use hidden, pathway variation to respond to stress can shed light on why two individuals who share the same risk factors may not develop the same disease, or how cancer cells escape death.
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- Rama S Singh
- Department of Biology, and Origins Institute, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S4K1, Canada.
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Morris OM, Torpey JH, Isaacson RL. Intrinsically disordered proteins: modes of binding with emphasis on disordered domains. Open Biol 2021; 11:210222. [PMID: 34610267 PMCID: PMC8492171 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.210222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Our notions of protein function have long been determined by the protein structure-function paradigm. However, the idea that protein function is dictated by a prerequisite complementarity of shapes at the binding interface is becoming increasingly challenged. Interactions involving intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) have indicated a significant degree of disorder present in the bound state, ranging from static disorder to complete disorder, termed 'random fuzziness'. This review assesses the anatomy of an IDP and relates how its intrinsic properties permit promiscuity and allow for the various modes of interaction. Furthermore, a mechanistic overview of the types of disordered domains is detailed, while also relating to a recent example and the kinetic and thermodynamic principles governing its formation.
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- Owen Michael Morris
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, King's College London, Britannia House, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, King's College London, Britannia House, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural, Mathematical and Engineering Sciences, King's College London, Britannia House, 7 Trinity Street, London SE1 1DB, UK
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Santos J, Pallarès I, Iglesias V, Ventura S. Cryptic amyloidogenic regions in intrinsically disordered proteins: Function and disease association. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:4192-4206. [PMID: 34527192 PMCID: PMC8349759 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The amyloid conformation is considered a fundamental state of proteins and the propensity to populate it a generic property of polypeptides. Multiple proteome-wide analyses addressed the presence of amyloidogenic regions in proteins, nurturing our understanding of their nature and biological implications. However, these analyses focused on highly aggregation-prone and hydrophobic stretches that are only marginally found in intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). Here, we explore the prevalence of cryptic amyloidogenic regions (CARs) of polar nature in IDRs. CARs are widespread in IDRs and associated with IDPs function, with particular involvement in protein–protein interactions, but their presence is also connected to a risk of malfunction. By exploring this function/malfunction dichotomy, we speculate that ancestral CARs might have evolved into functional interacting regions playing a significant role in protein evolution at the origins of life.
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Key Words
- APR, Aggregation-prone region
- Aggregation
- Amyloid
- CARs, Cryptic amyloidogenic regions
- CD, Circular dichroism
- CR, Congo red
- Evolution
- FTIR, Fourier transform infrared
- IDPs, Intrinsically disordered proteins
- IDRs, Intrinsically disordered regions
- Intrinsically disordered proteins
- PBS, Phosphate buffer saline
- PPI, Protein-protein interactions
- Protein disorder
- Protein–protein interactions
- Rb, Retinoblastoma associated proteins
- RbC, Core region of Rb
- TEM, Transmission electron microscopy
- Th-T, Thioflavin-T
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- Jaime Santos
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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Stabilization Effect of Intrinsically Disordered Regions on Multidomain Proteins: The Case of the Methyl-CpG Protein 2, MeCP2. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11081216. [PMID: 34439881 PMCID: PMC8391517 DOI: 10.3390/biom11081216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Revised: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 08/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Intrinsic disorder plays an important functional role in proteins. Disordered regions are linked to posttranslational modifications, conformational switching, extra/intracellular trafficking, and allosteric control, among other phenomena. Disorder provides proteins with enhanced plasticity, resulting in a dynamic protein conformational/functional landscape, with well-structured and disordered regions displaying reciprocal, interdependent features. Although lacking well-defined conformation, disordered regions may affect the intrinsic stability and functional properties of ordered regions. MeCP2, methyl-CpG binding protein 2, is a multifunctional transcriptional regulator associated with neuronal development and maturation. MeCP2 multidomain structure makes it a prototype for multidomain, multifunctional, intrinsically disordered proteins (IDP). The methyl-binding domain (MBD) is one of the key domains in MeCP2, responsible for DNA recognition. It has been reported previously that the two disordered domains flanking MBD, the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the intervening domain (ID), increase the intrinsic stability of MBD against thermal denaturation. In order to prove unequivocally this stabilization effect, ruling out any artifactual result from monitoring the unfolding MBD with a local fluorescence probe (the single tryptophan in MBD) or from driving the protein unfolding by temperature, we have studied the MBD stability by differential scanning calorimetry (reporting on the global unfolding process) and chemical denaturation (altering intramolecular interactions by a different mechanism compared to thermal denaturation).
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Murachelli AG, Damaskos G, Perrakis A. CCD 2: design constructs for protein expression, the easy way. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:992-1000. [PMID: 34342272 PMCID: PMC8329859 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321005891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Studying the function or structure of proteins usually requires the generation of many protein-truncation constructs for recombinant expression, which is a tedious and error-prone job. CCD2 is a software tool designed to facilitate and automate this task. CCD2 helps scientists by aggregating the information necessary to design protein-expression constructs. This information includes sequence conservation, secondary structure prediction, domain(s) and disorder detection, post-translational modifications and information on similar (domain) structures that are available in the Protein Data Bank. CCD2 then allows users to easily choose the boundaries for protein constructs and automatically generates the primers necessary for construct amplification by polymerase chain reaction. Finally, CCD2 provides a quick analysis of the properties of the chosen constructs, together with their DNA vector maps for bookkeeping. The features of CCD2 are discussed step by step, showing that it can be a useful tool for laboratories that engage in recombinant protein production for any type of experiment, and in particular for structural biology studies.
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- Andrea Giovanni Murachelli
- Oncode Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Covaceuszach S, Peche L, Konarev P, Lamba D. A combined evolutionary and structural approach to disclose the primary structural determinants essential for proneurotrophins biological functions. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:2891-2904. [PMID: 34094000 PMCID: PMC8144349 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The neurotrophins, i.e., Nerve Growth Factor (NGF), Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF), Neurotrophin 3 (NT3) and Neurotrophin 4 (NT4), are known to play a range of crucial functions in the developing and adult peripheral and central nervous systems. Initially synthesized as precursors, i.e., proneurotrophins (proNTs), that are cleaved to release C-terminal mature forms, they act through two types of receptors, the specific Trk receptors (Tropomyosin-related kinases) and the pan-neurotrophin receptor p75NTR, to initiate survival and differentiative responses. Recently, all the proNTs but proNT4 have been demonstrated to be not just inactive precursors, but signaling ligands that mediate opposing actions in fundamental aspects of the nervous system with respect to the mature counterparts through dual-receptor complexes formation with a member of the VPS10 family and p75NTR. Despite the functional relevance, the molecular determinants underpinning the interactions between the pro-domains and their receptors are still elusive probably due to their intrinsically disordered nature. Here we present an evolutionary approach coupled to an experimental study aiming to uncover the structural and dynamical basis of the biological function displayed by proNGF, proBDNF and proNT3 but missing in proNT4. A bioinformatic analysis allowed to elucidate the functional adaptability of the proNTs family in vertebrates, identifying conserved key structural features. The combined biochemical and SAXS experiments shed lights on the structure and dynamic behavior of the human proNTs in solution, giving insights on the evolutionary conserved structural motifs, essential for the multifaceted roles of proNTs in physiological as well as in pathological contexts.
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- S. Covaceuszach
- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trieste, Italy
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trieste, Italy
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- A.V. Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre “Crystallography and Photonics” of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Trieste, Italy
- Interuniversity Consortium “Biostructures and Biosystems National Institute”, Roma, Italy
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Kumar N, Kaushik R, Tennakoon C, Uversky VN, Longhi S, Zhang KYJ, Bhatia S. Comprehensive Intrinsic Disorder Analysis of 6108 Viral Proteomes: From the Extent of Intrinsic Disorder Penetrance to Functional Annotation of Disordered Viral Proteins. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:2704-2713. [PMID: 33719450 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Much of our understanding of proteins and proteomes comes from the traditional protein structure-function paradigm. However, in the last 2 decades, both computational and experimental studies have provided evidence that a large fraction of functional proteomes across different domains of life consists of intrinsically disordered proteins, thus triggering a quest to unravel and decipher protein intrinsic disorder. Unlike structured/ordered proteins, intrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) do not possess a well-defined structure under physiological conditions and exist as highly dynamic conformational ensembles. In spite of this peculiarity, these proteins have crucial roles in cell signaling and regulation. To date, studies on the abundance and function of IDPs/IDRs in viruses are rather limited. To fill this gap, we carried out an extensive and thorough bioinformatics analysis of 283 000 proteins from 6108 reference viral proteomes. We analyzed protein intrinsic disorder from multiple perspectives, such as abundance of IDPs/IDRs across diverse virus types, their functional annotations, and subcellular localization in taxonomically divergent hosts. We show that the content of IDPs/IDRs in viral proteomes varies broadly as a function of virus genome types and taxonomically divergent hosts. We have combined the two most commonly used and accurate IDP predictors' results with charge-hydropathy (CH) versus cumulative distribution function (CDF) plots to categorize the viral proteins according to their IDR content and physicochemical properties. Mapping of gene ontology on the disorder content of viral proteins reveals that IDPs are primarily involved in key virus-host interactions and host antiviral immune response downregulation, which are reinforced by the post-translational modifications tied to disorder-enriched viral proteins. The present study offers detailed insights into the prevalence of the intrinsic disorder in viral proteomes and provides appealing targets for the design of novel therapeutics.
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- Naveen Kumar
- Diagnostics & Vaccines Group, ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal 462022, India
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- Laboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612, United States.,Federal Research Center 'Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences', Institute for Biological Instrumentation of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino 142290, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Laboratoire Architecture et Fonction des Macromolecules Biologiques (AFMB), UMR 7257, Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, 13288 Marseille, France
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- Laboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, RIKEN, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Diagnostics & Vaccines Group, ICAR-National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal 462022, India
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Düsterhöft S, Kahveci-Türköz S, Wozniak J, Seifert A, Kasparek P, Ohm H, Liu S, Kopkanova J, Lokau J, Garbers C, Preisinger C, Sedlacek R, Freeman M, Ludwig A. The iRhom homology domain is indispensable for ADAM17-mediated TNFα and EGF receptor ligand release. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:5015-5040. [PMID: 33950315 PMCID: PMC8233286 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03845-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Membrane-tethered signalling proteins such as TNFα and many EGF receptor ligands undergo shedding by the metalloproteinase ADAM17 to get released. The pseudoproteases iRhom1 and iRhom2 are important for the transport, maturation and activity of ADAM17. Yet, the structural and functional requirements to promote the transport of the iRhom-ADAM17 complex have not yet been thoroughly investigated. Utilising in silico and in vitro methods, we here map the conserved iRhom homology domain (IRHD) and provide first insights into its structure and function. By focusing on iRhom2, we identified different structural and functional factors within the IRHD. We found that the structural integrity of the IRHD is a key factor for ADAM17 binding. In addition, we identified a highly conserved motif within an unstructured region of the IRHD, that, when mutated, restricts the transport of the iRhom-ADAM17 complex through the secretory pathway in in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo systems and also increases the half-life of iRhom2 and ADAM17. Furthermore, the disruption of this IRHD motif was also reflected by changes in the yet undescribed interaction profile of iRhom2 with proteins involved in intracellular vesicle transport. Overall, we provide the first insights into the forward trafficking of iRhoms which is critical for TNFα and EGF receptor signalling.
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- Stefan Düsterhöft
- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany.
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Otto Von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Medical Faculty, Otto Von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Czech Centre for Phenogenomics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, RWTH Aachen University, Wendlingweg 2, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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The proteasome and its role in the nervous system. Cell Chem Biol 2021; 28:903-917. [PMID: 33905676 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2021.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Proteasomes are multisubunit complexes that catalyze the majority of protein degradation in mammalian cells to maintain protein homeostasis and influence the regulation of most cellular processes. The proteasome, a multicatalytic protease complex, is a ring-like structure with a narrow pore that exhibits regulated gating, enabling the selective degradation of target proteins into peptide fragments. This process of removing proteins is essential for eliminating proteins that are no longer wanted, such as unfolded or aggregated proteins. This is important for preserving cellular function relevant to brain health and disease. Recently, in the nervous system, specialized proteasomes have been shown to generate peptides with important cellular functions. These discoveries challenge the prevailing notion that proteasomes primarily operate to eliminate proteins and identify signaling-competent proteasomes. This review focuses on the structure, function, and regulation of proteasomes and sheds light on emerging areas of investigation regarding the role of proteasomes in the nervous system.
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Thapa C, Roivas P, Haataja T, Permi P, Pentikäinen U. The Interaction Mechanism of Intrinsically Disordered PP2A Inhibitor Proteins ARPP-16 and ARPP-19 With PP2A. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:650881. [PMID: 33842550 PMCID: PMC8032985 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.650881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity is critical for maintaining normal physiological cellular functions. PP2A is inhibited by endogenous inhibitor proteins in several pathological conditions including cancer. A PP2A inhibitor protein, ARPP-19, has recently been connected to several human cancer types. Accordingly, the knowledge about ARPP-19—PP2A inhibition mechanism is crucial for the understanding the disease development and the therapeutic targeting of ARPP-19—PP2A. Here, we show the first structural characterization of ARPP-19, and its splice variant ARPP-16 using NMR spectroscopy, and SAXS. The results reveal that both ARPP proteins are intrinsically disordered but contain transient secondary structure elements. The interaction mechanism of ARPP-16/19 with PP2A was investigated using microscale thermophoresis and NMR spectroscopy. Our results suggest that ARPP—PP2A A-subunit interaction is mediated by linear motif and has modest affinity whereas, the interaction of ARPPs with B56-subunit is weak and transient. Like many IDPs, ARPPs are promiscuous binders that transiently interact with PP2A A- and B56 subunits using multiple interaction motifs. In summary, our results provide a good starting point for future studies and development of therapeutics that block ARPP-PP2A interactions.
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- Chandan Thapa
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku BioScience Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku BioScience Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland.,Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku BioScience Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland.,Department of Chemistry and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyvaskyla, Jyvaskyla, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.,Turku BioScience Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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Kawasaki M, Oda M. DNA-binding function of c-Myb R2R3 around thermal denaturation temperature. Biophys Physicobiol 2021; 18:78-84. [PMID: 33977005 PMCID: PMC8056152 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v18.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The minimum DNA-binding domain of the transcriptional factor c-Myb R2R3 remarkably fluctuates in the solution. In the present study, we evaluated the protein fluctuation of R2R3 C130I mutant, R2R3*, on its DNA-binding and folding thermodynamics. DNA-binding analysis using isothermal titration calorimetry revealed that the heat capacity change determined from the correlation between temperature and binding enthalpy change is highly negative above 35°C, indicating that the fluctuation increases with increasing temperature and elevates the conformational change on DNA binding. The results were in accordance with those of differential scanning calorimetry, which revealed that the heat capacity corresponding to thermal denaturation gradually increased above 35°C, followed by the broad transition peak. In contrast, the transition peak of R2R3* in the DNA-bound state was sharper and larger than that in the DNA-unbound state. The fluctuating form could transform into lesser fluctuating form upon DNA binding, resulting in a larger enthalpy change for denaturation of R2R3* in the DNA-bound state. It should also be noted that R2R3* could specifically bind to DNA around thermal denaturation temperature. This would be due to proteins with numerous fluctuations. Moreover, we discuss specific and non-specific DNA binding accompanied by the conformational change between well-ordered and disordered forms of R2R3* observed around the denaturation temperature.
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- Maki Kawasaki
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto 606-8522, Japan
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Detection of Multisite Phosphorylation of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Using Quantitative Mass-Spectrometry. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2141:819-833. [PMID: 32696391 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0524-0_42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) within proteins have attracted considerable attention in recent years. Several important biological signaling mechanisms including protein-protein interactions and post-translational modifications can be easily mediated by IDPs and IDRs due to their flexible structure. These regions can encode linear sequences that are indispensable in cell-signaling networks and circuits. For example, the linear multisite phosphorylation networks encoded in disordered protein sequences play a key role in cell-cycle regulation where the phosphorylation of proteins controls the orchestration of all major mechanisms. While elucidating a systems-level understanding of this process and other multisite phosphorylation processes, we extensively used mass-spectrometry and found it to be an ideal tool to identify, characterize, and quantify phosphorylation dynamics within IDPs. Here, we describe a quantitative proteomics method, together with a detailed protocol to analyze dynamic multisite phosphorylation processes within IDPs using an in vitro protein phosphorylation assay with "light" gamma-16O ATP and "heavy" gamma-18O ATP, combined with liquid chromatography mass spectrometry.
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Xu X, Dikiy I, Evans MR, Marcelino LP, Gardner KH. Fragile protein folds: Sequence and environmental factors affecting the equilibrium of two interconverting, stably folded protein conformations. MAGNETIC RESONANCE (GOTTINGEN, GERMANY) 2021; 2:63-76. [PMID: 35603043 PMCID: PMC9119131 DOI: 10.5194/mr-2-63-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent research on fold-switching metamorphic proteins has revealed some notable exceptions to Anfinsen's hypothesis of protein folding. We have previously described how a single point mutation can enable a well-folded protein domain, one of the two PAS (Per-ARNT-Sim) domains of the human ARNT (aryl hydrocarbon receptor nuclear translocator) protein, to interconvert between two conformers related by a slip of an internal β-strand. Using this protein as a test case, we advance the concept of a "fragile fold," a protein fold that can reversibly rearrange into another fold that differs by a substantial number of hydrogen bonds, entailing reorganization of single secondary structure elements to more drastic changes seen in metamorphic proteins. Here we use a battery of biophysical tests to examine several factors affecting the equilibrium between the two conformations of the switching ARNT PAS-B Y456T protein. Of note, we find that factors which impact the HI loop preceding the shifted Iβ-strand affect both the equilibrium levels of the two conformers and the denatured state which links them in the interconversion process. Finally, we describe small molecules that selectively bind to and stabilize the wildtype conformation of ARNT PAS-B. These studies form a toolkit for studying fragile protein folds and could enable ways to modulate the biological functions of such fragile folds, both in natural and engineered proteins.
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- Xingjian Xu
- Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA
- Ph.D. Program in Biochemistry, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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- Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA
- Current address: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Tarrytown, NY, USA
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- Current address: Acclaim Physician Group, Inc. Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Structural Biology Initiative, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY, USA
- Biochemistry, Chemistry and Biology Ph.D. Programs, The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY, USA
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Jagannathan NS, Hogue CWV, Tucker-Kellogg L. Computational modeling suggests binding-induced expansion of Epsin disordered regions upon association with AP2. PLoS Comput Biol 2021; 17:e1008474. [PMID: 33406091 PMCID: PMC7787433 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are prevalent in the eukaryotic proteome. Common functional roles of IDRs include forming flexible linkers or undergoing allosteric folding-upon-binding. Recent studies have suggested an additional functional role for IDRs: generating steric pressure on the plasma membrane during endocytosis, via molecular crowding. However, in order to accomplish useful functions, such crowding needs to be regulated in space (e.g., endocytic hotspots) and time (e.g., during vesicle formation). In this work, we explore binding-induced regulation of IDR steric volume. We simulate the IDRs of two proteins from Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) to see if their conformational spaces are regulated via binding-induced expansion. Using Monte-Carlo computational modeling of excluded volumes, we generate large conformational ensembles (3 million) for the IDRs of Epsin and Eps15 and dock the conformers to the alpha subunit of Adaptor Protein 2 (AP2α), their CME binding partner. Our results show that as more molecules of AP2α are bound, the Epsin-derived ensemble shows a significant increase in global dimensions, measured as the radius of Gyration (RG) and the end-to-end distance (EED). Unlike Epsin, Eps15-derived conformers that permit AP2α binding at one motif were found to be more likely to accommodate binding of AP2α at other motifs, suggesting a tendency toward co-accessibility of binding motifs. Co-accessibility was not observed for any pair of binding motifs in Epsin. Thus, we speculate that the disordered regions of Epsin and Eps15 perform different roles during CME, with accessibility in Eps15 allowing it to act as a recruiter of AP2α molecules, while binding-induced expansion of the Epsin disordered region could impose steric pressure and remodel the plasma membrane during vesicle formation. Protein functions were originally believed to arise from ordered protein structures. This dogma was later challenged by the identification of intrinsically disordered proteins that lack specific structure. The functional roles of such proteins usually fell in two categories–exploiting the disorder for flexibility (like floppy connector), or imposing order upon binding to an external partner. In this study we explore the possibility of an alternative mechanism that harnesses disorder for function through regulated molecular crowding. Specifically, we use modeling to study two proteins involved in reshaping the cell membrane, Epsin and Eps15. We ask if they undergo binding-induced expansion, where binding of an external partner AP2 causes not a transition toward order, but rather an energetically favorable increase in propensity to occupy larger volumes. Our results show that Epsin tends to occupy a larger volume when bound to AP2, consistent with increased molecular crowding, which could help reshape the cell membrane. Such regulation of disorder via binding (without folding) opens hitherto unexplored avenues that cells might employ to harness disorder.
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- N. Suhas Jagannathan
- Cancer & Stem Cell Biology, and Centre for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore
- Singapore-MIT Alliance, Computation and Systems Biology Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance, Computation and Systems Biology Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer & Stem Cell Biology, and Centre for Computational Biology, Duke-NUS Medical School, 8 College Road, Singapore
- Singapore-MIT Alliance, Computation and Systems Biology Program, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Basak S, Sakia N, Dougherty L, Guo Z, Wu F, Mindlin F, Lary JW, Cole JL, Ding F, Bowen ME. Probing Interdomain Linkers and Protein Supertertiary Structure In Vitro and in Live Cells with Fluorescent Protein Resonance Energy Transfer. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166793. [PMID: 33388290 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.166793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Many proteins are composed of independently-folded domains connected by flexible linkers. The primary sequence and length of such linkers can set the effective concentration for the tethered domains, which impacts rates of association and enzyme activity. The length of such linkers can be sensitive to environmental conditions, which raises questions as to how studies in dilute buffer relate to the highly-crowded cellular environment. To examine the role of linkers in domain separation, we measured Fluorescent Protein-Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FP-FRET) for a series of tandem FPs that varied in the length of their interdomain linkers. We used discrete molecular dynamics to map the underlying conformational distribution, which revealed intramolecular contact states that we confirmed with single molecule FRET. Simulations found that attached FPs increased linker length and slowed conformational dynamics relative to the bare linkers. This makes the CLYs poor sensors of inherent linker properties. However, we also showed that FP-FRET in CLYs was sensitive to solvent quality and macromolecular crowding making them potent environmental sensors. Finally, we targeted the same proteins to the plasma membrane of living mammalian cells to measure FP-FRET in cellulo. The measured FP-FRET when tethered to the plasma membrane was the same as that in dilute buffer. While caveats remain regarding photophysics, this suggests that the supertertiary conformational ensemble of these CLY proteins may not be affected by this specific cellular environment.
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- Sujit Basak
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0978, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA
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- National Analytical Ultracentrifugation Facility, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- National Analytical Ultracentrifugation Facility, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, and Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0978, USA
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8661, USA.
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Ripka JF, Perez-Riba A, Chaturbedy PK, Itzhaki LS. Testing the length limit of loop grafting in a helical repeat protein. Curr Res Struct Biol 2020; 3:30-40. [PMID: 34235484 PMCID: PMC8244534 DOI: 10.1016/j.crstbi.2020.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Alpha-helical repeat proteins such as consensus-designed tetratricopeptide repeats (CTPRs) are exceptionally stable molecules that are able to tolerate destabilizing sequence alterations and are therefore becoming increasingly valued as a modular platform for biotechnology and biotherapeutic applications. A simple approach to functionalize the CTPR scaffold that we are pioneering is the insertion of short linear motifs (SLiMs) into the loops between adjacent repeats. Here, we test the limits of the scaffold by inserting 17 highly diverse amino acid sequences of up to 58 amino acids in length into a two-repeat protein and examine the impact on protein folding, stability and solubility. The sequences include three SLiMs that bind oncoproteins and eleven naturally occurring linker sequences all predicted to be intrinsically disordered but with conformational preferences ranging from compact globules to expanded coils. We show that the loop-grafted proteins retain the native CTPR structure and are thermally stable with melting temperatures above 60 °C, despite the longest loop sequence being almost the same size as the CTPR scaffold itself (68 amino acids). Although the main determinant of the effect of stability was found to be loop length and was relatively insensitive to amino acid composition, the relationship between protein solubility and the loop sequences was more complex, with the presence of negatively charged amino acids enhancing the solubility. Our findings will help us to fully realize the potential of the repeat-protein scaffold, allowing a rational design approach to create artificial modular proteins with customized functional capabilities.
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Key Words
- CD, circular dichroism
- CTPRs, consensus-designed tetratricopeptide repeats
- FCR, fraction of charged residues
- IDPs, intrinsically disordered proteins
- IDRs, intrinsically disordered regions
- Intrinsically disordered protein
- Intrinsically disordered region
- NCPR, net charge per residue
- PBIP1, polo-box interacting protein 1
- Peptide grafting
- SLiMs, short linear motifs
- TBP, tankyrase-binding peptides
- Tandem-repeat protein
- Tetratricopeptide repeat
- ves, effective solvation volume
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- Juliane F. Ripka
- Department of Pharmacology University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK
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- Department of Pharmacology University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PD, UK
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Vázquez-Martínez JA, Gómez-Lim MA, Morales-Ríos E, Gonzalez-y-Merchand JA, Ortiz-Navarrete V. Short Disordered Epitope of CRTAM Ig-Like V Domain as a Potential Target for Blocking Antibodies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228798. [PMID: 33233764 PMCID: PMC7699905 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Class-I Restricted T Cell-Associated Molecule (CRTAM) is a protein that is expressed after T cell activation. The interaction of CRTAM with its ligand, nectin-like 2 (Necl2), is required for the efficient production of IL-17, IL-22, and IFNγ by murine CD4 T cells, and it plays a role in optimal CD8 T and NK cell cytotoxicity. CRTAM promotes the pro-inflammatory cytokine profile; therefore, it may take part in the immunopathology of autoimmune diseases such as diabetes type 1 or colitis. Thus, antibodies that block the interaction between CRTAM and Necl2 would be useful for controlling the production of these inflammatory cytokines. In this work, using bioinformatics predictions, we identified three short disordered epitopes (sDE1-3) that are located in the Ig-like domains of murine CRTAM and are conserved in mammalian species. We performed a structural analysis by molecular dynamics simulations of sDE1 (QHPALKSSKY, Ig-like V), sDE2 (QRNGEKSVVK, Ig-like C1), and sDE3 (CSTERSKKPPPQI, Ig-like C1). sDE1, which is located within a loop of the contact interface of the heterotypic interaction with Nectl2, undergoes an order–disorder transition. On the contrary, even though sDE2 and sDE3 are flexible and also located within loops, they do not undergo order–disorder transitions. We evaluated the immunogenicity of sDE1 and sDE3 through the expression of these epitopes in chimeric L1 virus-like particles. We confirmed that sDE1 induces polyclonal antibodies that recognize the native folding of CRTAM expressed in activated murine CD4 T cells. In contrast, sDE3 induces polyclonal antibodies that recognize the recombinant protein hCRTAM-Fc, but not the native CRTAM. Thus, in this study, an exposed disordered epitope in the Ig-like V domain of CRTAM was identified as a potential site for therapeutic antibodies.
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- Julio Angel Vázquez-Martínez
- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; (J.A.V.-M.); (J.A.G.-y.-M.)
- Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), 07360 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), 36821 Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), 07360 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico;
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- Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, 11340 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; (J.A.V.-M.); (J.A.G.-y.-M.)
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- Departamento de Biomedicina Molecular, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV), 07360 Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
- Correspondence:
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Lawrence DW, Willard PA, Cochran AM, Matchett EC, Kornbluth J. Natural Killer Lytic-Associated Molecule (NKLAM): An E3 Ubiquitin Ligase With an Integral Role in Innate Immunity. Front Physiol 2020; 11:573372. [PMID: 33192571 PMCID: PMC7658342 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.573372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Natural Killer Lytic-Associated Molecule (NKLAM), also designated RNF19B, is a unique member of a small family of E3 ubiquitin ligases. This 14-member group of ligases has a characteristic cysteine-rich RING-IBR-RING (RBR) domain that mediates the ubiquitination of multiple substrates. The consequence of substrate ubiquitination varies, depending on the type of ubiquitin linkages formed. The most widely studied effect of ubiquitination of proteins is proteasome-mediated substrate degradation; however, ubiquitination can also alter protein localization and function. Since its discovery in 1999, much has been deciphered about the role of NKLAM in innate immune responses. We have discerned that NKLAM has an integral function in both natural killer (NK) cells and macrophages in vitro and in vivo. NKLAM expression is required for each of these cell types to mediate maximal killing activity and cytokine production. However, much remains to be determined. In this review, we summarize what has been learned about NKLAM expression, structure and function, and discuss new directions for investigation. We hope that this will stimulate interest in further exploration of NKLAM.
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- Donald W Lawrence
- Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.,St. Louis VA Health Care System, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Gerlach GJ, Carrock R, Stix R, Stollar EJ, Ball KA. A disordered encounter complex is central to the yeast Abp1p SH3 domain binding pathway. PLoS Comput Biol 2020; 16:e1007815. [PMID: 32925900 PMCID: PMC7514057 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Protein-protein interactions are involved in a wide range of cellular processes. These interactions often involve intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) and protein binding domains. However, the details of IDP binding pathways are hard to characterize using experimental approaches, which can rarely capture intermediate states present at low populations. SH3 domains are common protein interaction domains that typically bind proline-rich disordered segments and are involved in cell signaling, regulation, and assembly. We hypothesized, given the flexibility of SH3 binding peptides, that their binding pathways include multiple steps important for function. Molecular dynamics simulations were used to characterize the steps of binding between the yeast Abp1p SH3 domain (AbpSH3) and a proline-rich IDP, ArkA. Before binding, the N-terminal segment 1 of ArkA is pre-structured and adopts a polyproline II helix, while segment 2 of ArkA (C-terminal) adopts a 310 helix, but is far less structured than segment 1. As segment 2 interacts with AbpSH3, it becomes more structured, but retains flexibility even in the fully engaged state. Binding simulations reveal that ArkA enters a flexible encounter complex before forming the fully engaged bound complex. In the encounter complex, transient nonspecific hydrophobic and long-range electrostatic contacts form between ArkA and the binding surface of SH3. The encounter complex ensemble includes conformations with segment 1 in both the forward and reverse orientation, suggesting that segment 2 may play a role in stabilizing the correct binding orientation. While the encounter complex forms quickly, the slow step of binding is the transition from the disordered encounter ensemble to the fully engaged state. In this transition, ArkA makes specific contacts with AbpSH3 and buries more hydrophobic surface. Simulating the binding between ApbSH3 and ArkA provides insight into the role of encounter complex intermediates and nonnative hydrophobic interactions for other SH3 domains and IDPs in general.
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- Gabriella J. Gerlach
- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States
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Structural Biology of Calcium Phosphate Nanoclusters Sequestered by Phosphoproteins. CRYSTALS 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst10090755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Biofluids that contain stable calcium phosphate nanoclusters sequestered by phosphopeptides make it possible for soft and hard tissues to co-exist in the same organism with relative ease. The stability diagram of a solution of nanocluster complexes shows how the minimum concentration of phosphopeptide needed for stability increases with pH. In the stable region, amorphous calcium phosphate cannot precipitate. Nevertheless, if the solution is brought into contact with hydroxyapatite, the crystalline phase will grow at the expense of the nanocluster complexes. The physico-chemical principles governing the formation, composition, size, structure, and stability of the complexes are described. Examples are given of complexes formed by casein, osteopontin, and recombinant phosphopeptides. Application of these principles and properties to blood serum, milk, urine, and resting saliva is described to show that under physiological conditions they are in the stable region of their stability diagram and so cannot cause soft tissue calcification. Stimulated saliva, however, is in the metastable region, consistent with its role in tooth remineralization. Destabilization of biofluids, with consequential ill-effects, can occur when there is a failure of homeostasis, such as an increase in pH without a balancing increase in the concentration of sequestering phosphopeptides.
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Pan Y, Shlyakhtenko LS, Lyubchenko YL. High-speed atomic force microscopy directly visualizes conformational dynamics of the HIV Vif protein in complex with three host proteins. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:11995-12001. [PMID: 32587092 PMCID: PMC7443491 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.014442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vif (viral infectivity factor) is a protein that is essential for the replication of the HIV-1 virus. The key function of Vif is to disrupt the antiviral activity of host APOBEC3 (apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic subunit 3) proteins, which mutate viral nucleic acids. Inside the cell, Vif binds to the host cell proteins Elongin-C, Elongin-B, and core-binding factor subunit β, forming a four-protein complex called VCBC. The structure of VCBC-Cullin5 has recently been solved by X-ray crystallography, and, using molecular dynamics simulations, the dynamics of VCBC have been characterized. Here, we applied time-lapse high-speed atomic force microscopy to visualize the conformational changes of the VCBC complex. We determined the three most favorable conformations of this complex, which we identified as the triangle, dumbbell, and globular structures. Moreover, we characterized the dynamics of each of these structures. Our data revealed the very dynamic behavior of all of them, with the triangle and dumbbell structures being the most dynamic. These findings provide insight into the structure and dynamics of the VCBC complex and may support efforts to improve HIV treatment, because Vif is essential for virus survival in the cell.
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- Yangang Pan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
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DispHred: A Server to Predict pH-Dependent Order-Disorder Transitions in Intrinsically Disordered Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21165814. [PMID: 32823616 PMCID: PMC7461198 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The natively unfolded nature of intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) relies on several physicochemical principles, of which the balance between a low sequence hydrophobicity and a high net charge appears to be critical. Under this premise, it is well-known that disordered proteins populate a defined region of the charge–hydropathy (C–H) space and that a linear boundary condition is sufficient to distinguish between folded and disordered proteins, an approach widely applied for the prediction of protein disorder. Nevertheless, it is evident that the C–H relation of a protein is not unalterable but can be modulated by factors extrinsic to its sequence. Here, we applied a C–H-based analysis to develop a computational approach that evaluates sequence disorder as a function of pH, assuming that both protein net charge and hydrophobicity are dependent on pH solution. On that basis, we developed DispHred, the first pH-dependent predictor of protein disorder. Despite its simplicity, DispHred displays very high accuracy in identifying pH-induced order/disorder protein transitions. DispHred might be useful for diverse applications, from the analysis of conditionally disordered segments to the synthetic design of disorder tags for biotechnological applications. Importantly, since many disorder predictors use hydrophobicity as an input, the here developed framework can be implemented in other state-of-the-art algorithms.
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Ahmed JN, Diamand KEM, Bellchambers HM, Arkell RM. Systematized reporter assays reveal ZIC protein regulatory abilities are Subclass-specific and dependent upon transcription factor binding site context. Sci Rep 2020; 10:13130. [PMID: 32753700 PMCID: PMC7403390 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-69917-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 07/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The ZIC proteins are a family of transcription regulators with a well-defined zinc finger DNA-binding domain and there is evidence that they elicit functional DNA binding at a ZIC DNA binding site. Little is known, however, regarding domains within ZIC proteins that confer trans-activation or -repression. To address this question, a new cell-based trans-activation assay system suitable for ZIC proteins in HEK293T cells was constructed. This identified two previously unannotated evolutionarily conserved regions of ZIC3 that are necessary for trans-activation. These domains are found in all Subclass A ZIC proteins, but not in the Subclass B proteins. Additionally, the Subclass B proteins fail to elicit functional binding at a multimerised ZIC DNA binding site. All ZIC proteins, however, exhibit functional binding when the ZIC DNA binding site is embedded in a multiple transcription factor locus derived from ZIC target genes in the mouse genome. This ability is due to several domains, some of which are found in all ZIC proteins, that exhibit context dependent trans-activation or -repression activity. This knowledge is valuable for assessing the likely pathogenicity of variant ZIC proteins associated with human disorders and for determining factors that influence functional transcription factor binding.
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- Jehangir N Ahmed
- Early Mammalian Development Laboratory, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Early Mammalian Development Laboratory, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia
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- Early Mammalian Development Laboratory, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.,Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Early Mammalian Development Laboratory, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia.
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Liu H, Jeffery CJ. Moonlighting Proteins in the Fuzzy Logic of Cellular Metabolism. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25153440. [PMID: 32751110 PMCID: PMC7435893 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The numerous interconnected biochemical pathways that make up the metabolism of a living cell comprise a fuzzy logic system because of its high level of complexity and our inability to fully understand, predict, and model the many activities, how they interact, and their regulation. Each cell contains thousands of proteins with changing levels of expression, levels of activity, and patterns of interactions. Adding more layers of complexity is the number of proteins that have multiple functions. Moonlighting proteins include a wide variety of proteins where two or more functions are performed by one polypeptide chain. In this article, we discuss examples of proteins with variable functions that contribute to the fuzziness of cellular metabolism.
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- Haipeng Liu
- Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-312-996-3168
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Computational prediction of protein aggregation: Advances in proteomics, conformation-specific algorithms and biotechnological applications. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 18:1403-1413. [PMID: 32637039 PMCID: PMC7322485 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Protein aggregation is a widespread phenomenon that stems from the establishment of non-native intermolecular contacts resulting in protein precipitation. Despite its deleterious impact on fitness, protein aggregation is a generic property of polypeptide chains, indissociable from protein structure and function. Protein aggregation is behind the onset of neurodegenerative disorders and one of the serious obstacles in the production of protein-based therapeutics. The development of computational tools opened a new avenue to rationalize this phenomenon, enabling prediction of the aggregation propensity of individual proteins as well as proteome-wide analysis. These studies spotted aggregation as a major force driving protein evolution. Actual algorithms work on both protein sequences and structures, some of them accounting also for conformational fluctuations around the native state and the protein microenvironment. This toolbox allows to delineate conformation-specific routines to assist in the identification of aggregation-prone regions and to guide the optimization of more soluble and stable biotherapeutics. Here we review how the advent of predictive tools has change the way we think and address protein aggregation.
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Tossavainen H, Salovaara S, Hellman M, Ihalin R, Permi P. Dispersion from C α or N H: 4D experiments for backbone resonance assignment of intrinsically disordered proteins. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2020; 74:147-159. [PMID: 31932991 PMCID: PMC7080685 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-020-00299-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Resonance assignment of intrinsically disordered proteins is remarkably challenging due to scant chemical shift dispersion arising from conformational heterogeneity. The challenge is even greater if repeating segments are present in the amino acid sequence. To forward unambiguous resonance assignment of intrinsically disordered proteins, we present iHACANCO, HACACON and (HACA)CONCAHA, three Hα-detected 4D experiments with Cα as an additional dimension. In addition, we present (HACA)CON(CA)NH and (HACA)N(CA)CONH, new 4D Hα-start, HN-detect experiments which have two NH dimensions to enhance peak dispersion in a sequential walk through C', NH and HN, and provide more accurate NH/HN chemical shifts than those that can be obtained from a crowded 1H, 15N-HSQC spectrum. Application of these 4D experiments is demonstrated using BilRI (165 aa), an outer-membrane intrinsically disordered protein from the opportunistic oral pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. BilRI amino acid sequence encompasses three very similar repeats with a 13-residue identical stretch in two of them.
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- Helena Tossavainen
- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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Kawasaki M, Hosoe Y, Kamatari YO, Oda M. Naïve balance between structural stability and DNA-binding ability of c-Myb R2R3 under physiological ionic conditions. Biophys Chem 2020; 258:106319. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Mahmud B, Horn CM, Tapprich WE. Structure of the 5' Untranslated Region of Enteroviral Genomic RNA. J Virol 2019; 93:e01288-19. [PMID: 31534036 PMCID: PMC6854513 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01288-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Enteroviral RNA genomes share a long, highly structured 5' untranslated region (5' UTR) containing a type I internal ribosome entry site (IRES). The 5' UTR is composed of stably folded RNA domains connected by unstructured RNA regions. Proper folding and functioning of the 5' UTR underlies the efficiency of viral replication and also determines viral virulence. We have characterized the structure of 5' UTR genomic RNA from coxsackievirus B3 using selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) and base-specific chemical probes in solution. Our results revealed novel structural features, including realignment of major domains, newly identified long-range interactions, and an intrinsically disordered connecting region. Together, these newly identified features contribute to a model for enteroviral 5' UTRs with type I IRES elements that links structure to function during the hierarchical processes directed by genomic RNA during viral infection.IMPORTANCE Enterovirus infections are responsible for human diseases, including myocarditis, pancreatitis, acute flaccid paralysis, and poliomyelitis. The virulence of these viruses depends on efficient recognition of the RNA genome by a large family of host proteins and protein synthesis factors, which in turn relies on the three-dimensional folding of the first 750 nucleotides of the molecule. Structural information about this region of the genome, called the 5' untranslated region (5' UTR), is needed to assist in the process of vaccine and antiviral development. This work presents a model for the structure of the enteroviral 5' UTR. The model includes an RNA element called an intrinsically disordered RNA region (IDRR). Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are well known, but correlates in RNA have not been proposed. The proposed IDRR is a 20-nucleotide region, long known for its functional importance, where structural flexibility helps explain recognition by factors controlling multiple functional states.
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- Bejan Mahmud
- Biology Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Biology Department, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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Haupt KA, Enright AL, Ferdous AS, Kershner AM, Shin H, Wickens M, Kimble J. The molecular basis of LST-1 self-renewal activity and its control of stem cell pool size. Development 2019; 146:dev.181644. [PMID: 31515205 DOI: 10.1242/dev.181644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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PUF RNA-binding proteins have diverse roles in animal development, with a broadly conserved role in stem cells. Two paradigmatic PUF proteins, FBF-1 and FBF-2, promote both self-renewal and differentiation in the C. elegans germline. The LST-1 protein is a pivotal regulator of self-renewal and is oncogenic when mis-expressed. Here, we demonstrate that LST-1 self-renewal activity resides within a predicted disordered region that harbors two KXXL motifs. We find that the KXXL motifs mediate the binding of LST-1 to FBF, and that point mutations of these motifs abrogate LST-1 self-renewal activity. The LST-1-FBF partnership is therefore crucial to stem cell maintenance and is a key element in the FBF regulatory network. A distinct region within LST-1 determines its spatial expression and size of the GSC pool. Most importantly, the molecular understanding of how an IDR-rich protein works in an essential partnership with a conserved stem cell regulator and RNA-binding protein suggests broad new avenues for combinatorial control.
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- Kimberly A Haupt
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Proteasome Activation to Combat Proteotoxicity. Molecules 2019; 24:molecules24152841. [PMID: 31387243 PMCID: PMC6696185 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24152841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Loss of proteome fidelity leads to the accumulation of non-native protein aggregates and oxidatively damaged species: hallmarks of an aged cell. These misfolded and aggregated species are often found, and suggested to be the culpable party, in numerous neurodegenerative diseases including Huntington's, Parkinson's, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), and Alzheimer's Diseases (AD). Many strategies for therapeutic intervention in proteotoxic pathologies have been put forth; one of the most promising is bolstering the efficacy of the proteasome to restore normal proteostasis. This strategy is ideal as monomeric precursors and oxidatively damaged proteins, so called "intrinsically disordered proteins" (IDPs), are targeted by the proteasome. This review will provide an overview of disorders in proteins, both intrinsic and acquired, with a focus on susceptibility to proteasomal degradation. We will then examine the proteasome with emphasis on newly published structural data and summarize current known small molecule proteasome activators.
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RhoA regulates translation of the Nogo-A decoy SPARC in white matter-invading glioblastomas. Acta Neuropathol 2019; 138:275-293. [PMID: 31062076 PMCID: PMC6660512 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-019-02021-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Revised: 04/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Glioblastomas strongly invade the brain by infiltrating into the white matter along myelinated nerve fiber tracts even though the myelin protein Nogo-A prevents cell migration by activating inhibitory RhoA signaling. The mechanisms behind this long-known phenomenon remained elusive so far, precluding a targeted therapeutic intervention. This study demonstrates that the prevalent activation of AKT in gliomas increases the ER protein-folding capacity and enables tumor cells to utilize a side effect of RhoA activation: the perturbation of the IRE1α-mediated decay of SPARC mRNA. Once translation is initiated, glioblastoma cells rapidly secrete SPARC to block Nogo-A from inhibiting migration via RhoA. By advanced ultramicroscopy for studying single-cell invasion in whole, undissected mouse brains, we show that gliomas require SPARC for invading into white matter structures. SPARC depletion reduces tumor dissemination that significantly prolongs survival and improves response to cytostatic therapy. Our finding of a novel RhoA-IRE1 axis provides a druggable target for interfering with SPARC production and underscores its therapeutic value.
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Zeng B, Mou TC, Doukov TI, Steiner A, Yu W, Papasergi-Scott M, Tall GG, Hagn F, Sprang SR. Structure, Function, and Dynamics of the Gα Binding Domain of Ric-8A. Structure 2019; 27:1137-1147.e5. [PMID: 31155309 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ric-8A is a 530-amino acid cytoplasmic molecular chaperone and guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) for i, q, and 12/13 classes of heterortrimeric G protein alpha subunits (Gα). We report the 2.2-Å crystal structure of the Ric-8A Gα-binding domain with GEF activity, residues 1-452, and is phosphorylated at Ser435 and Thr440. Residues 1-429 adopt a superhelical fold comprised of Armadillo (ARM) and HEAT repeats, and the C terminus is disordered. One of the phosphorylated residues potentially binds to a basic cluster in an ARM motif. Amino acid sequence conservation and published hydrogen-deuterium exchange data indicate repeats 3 through 6 to be a putative Gα-binding surface. Normal mode modeling of small-angle X-ray scattering data indicates that phosphorylation induces relative rotation between repeats 1-4, 5-6, and 7-9. 2D 1H-15N-TROSY spectra of [2H,15N]-labeled Gαi1 in the presence of R452 reveals chemical shift perturbations of the C terminus and Gαi1 residues involved in nucleotide binding.
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- Baisen Zeng
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- Macromolecular Crystallography Group, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94309, USA
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- Bavarian NMR Center at the Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany; Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Bavarian NMR Center at the Department of Chemistry and Institute for Advanced Study, Technical University of Munich, Ernst-Otto-Fischer-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching, Germany; Institute of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; Center for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA; Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
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Patel S, Krishnan B, Hosur RV, Chary KVR. Mechanistic Insights from Replica Exchange Molecular Dynamics Simulations into Mutation Induced Disordered-to-Ordered Transition in Hahellin, a βγ-Crystallin. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:5086-5098. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b03845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Sunita Patel
- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai University Campus, Mumbai 400098, India
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad 500107, India
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- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur, 760010, India
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- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai University Campus, Mumbai 400098, India
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad 500107, India
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur, 760010, India
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Nishigami H, Kang J, Terada RI, Kino H, Yamasaki K, Tateno M. Is it possible for short peptide composed of positively- and negatively-charged "hydrophilic" amino acid residue-clusters to form metastable "hydrophobic" packing? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:9683-9693. [PMID: 30829349 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp00103d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We theoretically and experimentally analyzed a conformational ensemble of a small, characteristic polypeptide consisting of positively- and negatively-charged amino acid residue clusters, (Lys)9(Glu)9(Lys)9, designed based on the supercoiled DNA-recognition (SDR) domain, with the capability of preferentially binding to supercoiled DNA. Advanced molecular dynamics (MD) simulations coupled with a generalized ensemble technique revealed that substantial amounts of ordered, helical structures were present at the boundaries of the Lys and Glu segments in the obtained conformational ensemble. In fact, the helical content of the peptide calculated from our MD simulations was consistent with that estimated from our experimental analysis employing circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. The statistical analysis of the structural ensemble revealed the metastable hydrophobic contact clusters, which were stabilized by closely cohesive residue contacts, formed through "hybrid" hydrophobic (methylene groups) and electrostatic (salt bridges) residue contacts. Both short-range and long-range residue contacts were involved in the metastable hydrophobic clusters, constituting the aforementioned local helical conformations and the compact entire structures, respectively. A significant helical propensity was also found in the (Lys)n and (Glu)m boundaries of other conventional protein structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank (PDB), thus indicating the generality of this conformational trend that has been identified herein.
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- Hiroshi Nishigami
- Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, 3-2-1 Kouto, Kamigori, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan.
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Ball KA, Chan LM, Stanley DJ, Tierney E, Thapa S, Ta HM, Burton L, Binning JM, Jacobson MP, Gross JD. Conformational Dynamics of the HIV-Vif Protein Complex. Biophys J 2019; 116:1432-1445. [PMID: 30961890 PMCID: PMC6486493 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 02/27/2019] [Accepted: 03/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus-1 viral infectivity factor (Vif) is an intrinsically disordered protein responsible for the ubiquitination of the APOBEC3 (A3) antiviral proteins. Vif folds when it binds Cullin-RING E3 ligase 5 and the transcription cofactor CBF-β. A five-protein complex containing the substrate receptor (Vif, CBF-β, Elongin-B, Elongin-C (VCBC)) and Cullin5 (CUL5) has a published crystal structure, but dynamics of this VCBC-CUL5 complex have not been characterized. Here, we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and NMR to characterize the dynamics of the VCBC complex with and without CUL5 and an A3 protein bound. Our simulations show that the VCBC complex undergoes global dynamics involving twisting and clamshell opening of the complex, whereas VCBC-CUL5 maintains a more static conformation, similar to the crystal structure. This observation from MD is supported by methyl-transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy NMR data, which indicates that the VCBC complex without CUL5 is dynamic on the μs-ms timescale. Our NMR data also show that the VCBC complex is more conformationally restricted when bound to the antiviral APOBEC3F (one of the A3 proteins), consistent with our MD simulations. Vif contains a flexible linker region located at the hinge of the VCBC complex, which changes conformation in conjunction with the global dynamics of the complex. Like other substrate receptors, VCBC can exist alone or in complex with CUL5 and other proteins in cells. Accordingly, the VCBC complex could be a good target for therapeutics that would inhibit full assembly of the ubiquitination complex by stabilizing an alternate VCBC conformation.
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- K Aurelia Ball
- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
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- Department of Chemistry, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
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Doni A, Stravalaci M, Inforzato A, Magrini E, Mantovani A, Garlanda C, Bottazzi B. The Long Pentraxin PTX3 as a Link Between Innate Immunity, Tissue Remodeling, and Cancer. Front Immunol 2019; 10:712. [PMID: 31019517 PMCID: PMC6459138 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2019.00712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The innate immune system comprises a cellular and a humoral arm. Humoral pattern recognition molecules include complement components, collectins, ficolins, and pentraxins. These molecules are involved in innate immune responses by recognizing microbial moieties and damaged tissues, activating complement, exerting opsonic activity and facilitating phagocytosis, and regulating inflammation. The long pentraxin PTX3 is a prototypic humoral pattern recognition molecule that, in addition to providing defense against infectious agents, plays several functions in tissue repair and regulation of cancer-related inflammation. Characterization of the PTX3 molecular structure and biochemical properties, and insights into its interactome and multiple roles in tissue damage and remodeling support the view that microbial and matrix recognition are evolutionarily conserved functions of humoral innate immunity molecules.
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- Andrea Doni
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.,The William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Institute-IRCCS, Milan, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
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Segawa K, Watanabe-Matsui M, Tsuda K, Matsui T, Shirouzu M, Igarashi K, Murayama K. Biophysical characterization of heme binding to the intrinsically disordered region of Bach1. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2019; 48:361-369. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-019-01364-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Martinelli AHS, Lopes FC, John EBO, Carlini CR, Ligabue-Braun R. Modulation of Disordered Proteins with a Focus on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Other Pathologies. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20061322. [PMID: 30875980 PMCID: PMC6471803 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20061322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 02/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) do not have rigid 3D structures, showing changes in their folding depending on the environment or ligands. Intrinsically disordered proteins are widely spread in eukaryotic genomes, and these proteins participate in many cell regulatory metabolism processes. Some IDPs, when aberrantly folded, can be the cause of some diseases such as Alzheimer′s, Parkinson′s, and prionic, among others. In these diseases, there are modifications in parts of the protein or in its entirety. A common conformational variation of these IDPs is misfolding and aggregation, forming, for instance, neurotoxic amyloid plaques. In this review, we discuss some IDPs that are involved in neurodegenerative diseases (such as beta amyloid, alpha synuclein, tau, and the “IDP-like” PrP), cancer (p53, c-Myc), and diabetes (amylin), focusing on the structural changes of these IDPs that are linked to such pathologies. We also present the IDP modulation mechanisms that can be explored in new strategies for drug design. Lastly, we show some candidate drugs that can be used in the future for the treatment of diseases caused by misfolded IDPs, considering that cancer therapy has more advanced research in comparison to other diseases, while also discussing recent and future developments in this area of research. Therefore, we aim to provide support to the study of IDPs and their modulation mechanisms as promising approaches to combat such severe diseases.
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- Anne H S Martinelli
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology & Department of Biophysics, Biosciences Institute-IB, (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
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- Center for Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
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- Center for Biotechnology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
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- Graduate Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre CEP 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
- Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre CEP 91410-000, RS, Brazil.
- Brain Institute-InsCer, Laboratory of Neurotoxins, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre CEP 90610-000, RS, Brazil.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre CEP 90050-170, RS, Brazil.
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Quintanilla-Sierra L, García-Arévalo C, Rodriguez-Cabello J. Self-assembly in elastin-like recombinamers: a mechanism to mimic natural complexity. Mater Today Bio 2019; 2:100007. [PMID: 32159144 PMCID: PMC7061623 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2019.100007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 05/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The topic of self-assembled structures based on elastin-like recombinamers (ELRs, i.e., elastin-like polymers recombinantly bio-produced) has released a noticeable amount of references in the last few years. Most of them are intended for biomedical applications. In this review, a complete revision of the bibliography is carried out. Initially, the self-assembly (SA) concept is considered from a general point of view, and then ELRs are described and characterized based on their intrinsic disorder. A classification of the different self-assembled ELR-based structures is proposed based on their morphologies, paying special attention to their tentative modeling. The impact of the mechanism of SA on these biomaterials is analyzed. Finally, the implications of ELR SA in biological systems are considered.
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Affiliation(s)
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- BIOFORGE (Group for Advanced Materials and Nanobiotechnology), CIBER-BBN, University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
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