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Marinko J, Huang H, Penn WD, Capra JA, Schlebach JP, Sanders CR. Folding and Misfolding of Human Membrane Proteins in Health and Disease: From Single Molecules to Cellular Proteostasis. Chem Rev 2019; 119:5537-5606. [PMID: 30608666 PMCID: PMC6506414 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Advances over the past 25 years have revealed much about how the structural properties of membranes and associated proteins are linked to the thermodynamics and kinetics of membrane protein (MP) folding. At the same time biochemical progress has outlined how cellular proteostasis networks mediate MP folding and manage misfolding in the cell. When combined with results from genomic sequencing, these studies have established paradigms for how MP folding and misfolding are linked to the molecular etiologies of a variety of diseases. This emerging framework has paved the way for the development of a new class of small molecule "pharmacological chaperones" that bind to and stabilize misfolded MP variants, some of which are now in clinical use. In this review, we comprehensively outline current perspectives on the folding and misfolding of integral MPs as well as the mechanisms of cellular MP quality control. Based on these perspectives, we highlight new opportunities for innovations that bridge our molecular understanding of the energetics of MP folding with the nuanced complexity of biological systems. Given the many linkages between MP misfolding and human disease, we also examine some of the exciting opportunities to leverage these advances to address emerging challenges in the development of therapeutics and precision medicine.
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- Justin
T. Marinko
- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Center
for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
- Department
of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37245, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37240, United States
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The soluble loop BC region guides, but not dictates, the assembly of the transmembrane cytochrome b6. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189532. [PMID: 29240839 PMCID: PMC5730185 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Studying folding and assembly of naturally occurring α-helical transmembrane proteins can inspire the design of membrane proteins with defined functions. Thus far, most studies have focused on the role of membrane-integrated protein regions. However, to fully understand folding pathways and stabilization of α–helical membrane proteins, it is vital to also include the role of soluble loops. We have analyzed the impact of interhelical loops on folding, assembly and stability of the heme-containing four-helix bundle transmembrane protein cytochrome b6 that is involved in charge transfer across biomembranes. Cytochrome b6 consists of two transmembrane helical hairpins that sandwich two heme molecules. Our analyses strongly suggest that the loop connecting the helical hairpins is not crucial for positioning the two protein “halves” for proper folding and assembly of the holo-protein. Furthermore, proteolytic removal of any of the remaining two loops, which connect the two transmembrane helices of a hairpin structure, appears to also not crucially effect folding and assembly. Overall, the transmembrane four-helix bundle appears to be mainly stabilized via interhelical interactions in the transmembrane regions, while the soluble loop regions guide assembly and stabilize the holo-protein. The results of this study might steer future strategies aiming at designing heme-binding four-helix bundle structures, involved in transmembrane charge transfer reactions.
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Steindorf D, Schneider D. In vivo selection of heterotypically interacting transmembrane helices: Complementary helix surfaces, rather than conserved interaction motifs, drive formation of transmembrane hetero-dimers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2017; 1859:245-256. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2016.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 11/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In vivo reconstitution of a homodimeric cytochrome b559 like structure: The role of the N-terminus α-subunit from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2015; 152:308-17. [PMID: 26183783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2015.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Revised: 07/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The cytochrome b559 is a heme-bridged heterodimeric protein with two subunits, α and β. Both subunits from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 have previously been cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli and in vivo reconstitution experiments have been carried out. The formation of homodimers in the bacterial membrane with endogenous heme was only observed in the case of the β-subunit (β/β) but not with the full length α-subunit. In the present work, reconstitution of a homodimer (α/α) cytochrome b559 like structure was possible using a chimeric N-terminus α-subunit truncated before the amino acid isoleucine 17, eliminating completely a short amphipathic α-helix that lays on the surface of the membrane. Overexpression and in vivo reconstitution in the bacteria was clearly demonstrated by the brownish color of the culture pellet and the use of a commercial monoclonal antibody against the fusion protein carrier, the maltoside binding protein, and polyclonal antibodies against a synthetic peptide of the α-subunit from Thermosynechococcus elongatus. Moreover, a simple partial purification after membrane solubilization with Triton X-100 confirmed that the overexpressed protein complex corresponded with the maltoside binding protein-chimeric α-subunit cytochrome b559 like structure. The features of the new structure were determined by UV-Vis, electron paramagnetic resonance and redox potentiometric techniques. Ribbon representations of all possible structures are also shown to better understand the mechanism of the cytochrome b559 maturation in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.
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Guerrero F, Zurita JL, Roncel M, Kirilovsky D, Ortega JM. The role of the high potential form of the cytochrome b559: Study of Thermosynechococcus elongatus mutants. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:908-19. [PMID: 24613347 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2013] [Revised: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cytochrome b559 is an essential component of the photosystem II reaction center in photosynthetic oxygen-evolving organisms, but its function still remains unclear. The use of photosystem II preparations from Thermosynechococcus elongatus of high integrity and activity allowed us to measure for the first time the influence of cytochrome b559 mutations on its midpoint redox potential and on the reduction of the cytochrome b559 by the plastoquinone pool (or QB). In this work, five mutants having a mutation in the α-subunit (I14A, I14S, R18S, I27A and I27T) and one in the β-subunit (F32Y) of cytochrome b559 have been investigated. All the mutations led to a destabilization of the high potential form of the cytochrome b559. The midpoint redox potential of the high potential form was significantly altered in the αR18S and αI27T mutant strains. The αR18S strain also showed a high sensitivity to photoinhibitory illumination and an altered oxidase activity. This was suggested by measurements of light induced oxidation and dark re-reduction of the cytochrome b559 showing that under conditions of a non-functional water oxidation system, once the cytochrome is oxidized by P680(+), the yield of its reduction by QB or the PQ pool was smaller and the kinetic slower in the αR18S mutant than in the wild-type strain. Thus, the extremely positive redox potential of the high potential form of cytochrome b559 could be necessary to ensure efficient oxidation of the PQ pool and to function as an electron reservoir replacing the water oxidation system when it is not operating.
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- Fernando Guerrero
- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain; Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Moléculaire et Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay (iBiTec-S), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain; Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Moléculaire et Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay (iBiTec-S), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique Moléculaire et Photosynthèse, Institut de Biologie et de Technologies de Saclay (iBiTec-S), CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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- Instituto de Bioquímica Vegetal y Fotosíntesis, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC, Américo Vespucio 49, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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Tome L, Schaetzel C, Dreher C, Schneider D. Fe- but not Mg-protophorphyrin IX binds to a transmembrane b-type cytochrome. Mol Membr Biol 2013; 31:37-45. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2013.867079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Weber M, Schneider D. Six amino acids define a minimal dimerization sequence and stabilize a transmembrane helix dimer by close packing and hydrogen bonding. FEBS Lett 2013; 587:1592-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2013.03.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cymer F, Sanders CR, Schneider D. Analyzing oligomerization of individual transmembrane helices and of entire membrane proteins in E. coli: A hitchhiker's guide to GALLEX. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 932:259-276. [PMID: 22987358 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-065-6_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Genetic systems, which allow monitoring interactions of individual transmembrane α-helices within the cytoplasmic membrane of the bacterium Escherichia coli, are now widely used to probe the structural biology and energetics of helix-helix interactions and the consequences of mutations. In contrast to other systems, the GALLEX system allows studying homo- as well as heterooligomerization of individual transmembrane α-helices, and even enables estimation of the energetics of helix-helix interactions within a biological membrane. Given that many polytopic membrane proteins form oligomers within membranes, the GALLEX system represents a unique and powerful approach to monitor formation and stability of oligomeric complexes of polytopic membrane proteins in vivo.
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- Florian Cymer
- Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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Tome L, Steindorf D, Schneider D. Genetic systems for monitoring interactions of transmembrane domains in bacterial membranes. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1063:57-91. [PMID: 23975772 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-583-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In recent years several systems have been developed to study interactions of TM domains within the inner membrane of the Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli. Mostly, a transmembrane domain of interest is fused to a soluble DNA-binding domain, which dimerizes in E. coli cytoplasm after interactions of the transmembrane domains. The dimeric DNA-binding domain subsequently binds to a promoter/operator region and thereby activates or represses a reporter gene. In 1996 the first bacterial system has been introduced to measure interactions of TM helices within a bacterial membrane, which is based on fusion of a transmembrane helix of interest to the DNA-binding domain of the Vibrio cholerae ToxR protein. Interaction of a transmembrane helix of interest within the membrane environment results in dimerization of the DNA-binding domain in the bacterial cytoplasm, and the dimeric DNA-binding domain then binds to the DNA and activates a reporter gene. Subsequently, systems with improved features, such as the TOXCAT- or POSSYCCAT system, which allow screening of TM domain libraries, or the GALLEX system, which allows measuring heterotypic interactions of TM helices, have been developed and successfully applied. Here we briefly introduce the currently most applied systems and discuss their advantages together with their limitations.
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- Lydia Tome
- Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Luján MA, Martínez JI, Alonso PJ, Guerrero F, Roncel M, Ortega JM, Yruela I, Picorel R. Reconstitution, spectroscopy, and redox properties of the photosynthetic recombinant cytochrome b(559) from higher plants. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2012; 112:193-204. [PMID: 22855209 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-012-9772-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A study of the in vitro reconstitution of sugar beet cytochrome b(559) of the photosystem II is described. Both α and β cytochrome subunits were first cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. In vitro reconstitution of this cytochrome was carried out with partially purified recombinant subunits from inclusion bodies. Reconstitution with commercial heme of both (αα) and (ββ) homodimers and (αβ) heterodimer was possible, the latter being more efficient. The absorption spectra of these reconstituted samples were similar to that of the native heterodimer cytochrome b(559) form. As shown by electron paramagnetic resonance and potentiometry, most of the reconstituted cytochrome corresponded to a low spin form with a midpoint redox potential +36 mV, similar to that from the native purified cytochrome b(559). Furthermore, during the expression of sugar beet and Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cytochrome b(559) subunits, part of the protein subunits were incorporated into the host bacterial inner membrane, but only in the case of the β subunit from the cyanobacterium the formation of a cytochrome b(559)-like structure with the bacterial endogenous heme was observed. The reason for that surprising result is unknown. This in vivo formed (ββ) homodimer cytochrome b(559)-like structure showed similar absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance spectral properties as the native purified cytochrome b(559). A higher midpoint redox potential (+126 mV) was detected in the in vivo formed protein compared to the in vitro reconstituted form, most likely due to a more hydrophobic environment imposed by the lipid membrane surrounding the heme.
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- María A Luján
- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Carretera Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
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Akdogan Y, Anbazhagan V, Hinderberger D, Schneider D. Heme Binding Constricts the Conformational Dynamics of the Cytochrome b559′ Heme Binding Cavity. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7149-56. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300489s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Yasar Akdogan
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie
und Biochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55128 Mainz,
Germany
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- Institut für Pharmazie
und Biochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Weber M, Tome L, Otzen D, Schneider D. A Ser residue influences the structure and stability of a Pro-kinked transmembrane helix dimer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2012; 1818:2103-7. [PMID: 22525600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2012] [Revised: 04/05/2012] [Accepted: 04/09/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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When localized adjacent to a Pro-kink, Thr and Ser residues can form hydrogen bonds between their polar hydroxyl group and a backbone carbonyl oxygen and thereby modulate the actual bending angle of a distorted transmembrane α-helix. We have used the homo-dimeric transmembrane cytochrome b(559)' to analyze the potential role of a highly conserved Ser residue for assembly and stabilization of transmembrane proteins. Mutation of the conserved Ser residue to Ala resulted in altered heme binding properties and in increased stability of the holo-protein, most likely by tolerating subtle structural rearrangements upon heme binding. The results suggest a crucial impact of an intrahelical Ser hydrogen bond in defining the structure of a Pro-kinked transmembrane helix dimer.
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- Mathias Weber
- Institut für Pharmazie und Biochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, Mainz, Germany
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Barthel S, Rupprecht E, Schneider D. Thermostability of two cyanobacterial GrpE thermosensors. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 52:1776-1785. [PMID: 21865302 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcr116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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GrpE proteins act as co-chaperones for DnaK heat-shock proteins. The dimeric protein unfolds under heat stress conditions, which results in impaired interaction with a DnaK protein. Since interaction of GrpE with DnaK is crucial for the DnaK chaperone activity, GrpE proteins act as a thermosensor in bacteria. Here we have analyzed the thermostability and function of two GrpE homologs of the mesophilic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 and of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP1. While in Synechocystis an N-terminal helix pair of the GrpE dimer appears to be the thermosensing domain and mainly mediates GrpE dimerization, the C-terminal four-helix bundle is involved in additional stabilization of the dimeric structure. The four-helix bundle domain has a key role in the thermophilic cyanobacterium, since dimerization of the Thermosynechococcus protein appears to be mediated by the four-helix bundle domain, and melting of this domain is linked to monomerization of the GrpE protein. Thus, in two related cyanobacteria the GrpE thermosensing function might be mediated by different protein domains.
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- Sandra Barthel
- Institut für Pharmazie und Biochemie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 30, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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SDS-Facilitated In vitro Formation of a Transmembrane B-Type Cytochrome Is Mediated by Changes in Local pH. J Mol Biol 2011; 407:594-606. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Characterization of two cytochrome b 6 proteins from the cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2010; 42:517-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s10863-010-9279-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cymer F, Schneider D. A single glutamate residue controls the oligomerization, function, and stability of the aquaglyceroporin GlpF. Biochemistry 2010; 49:279-86. [PMID: 20000688 DOI: 10.1021/bi901660t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Like many other alpha-helical membrane proteins, the monomeric Escherichia coli aquaglyceroporin GlpF associates within cellular membranes and forms higher-order oligomeric structures. A potential impact of the oligomeric state on the protein function remains enigmatic. We have analyzed the role of residues W42 and E43 in the oligomerization of the E. coli GlpF protein in vitro and in vivo. In contrast to W42, the polar glutamate residue at position 43 appears to be critical for oligomerization. While other polar residues can substitute for the function of E43, replacement of E43 with alanine results in a greatly reduced GlpF oligomerization propensity. The reduced interaction propensity of GlpF E43A correlates with an impaired in vivo function as well as a decreased in vivo stability. Therefore, E43 is critical for the proper oligomerization of GlpF, and protein oligomerization appears to be crucial for the channel function as well as for the in vivo stability of the protein.
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- Florian Cymer
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg,Stefan-Meier-Strasse 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Fuhrmann E, Bultema JB, Kahmann U, Rupprecht E, Boekema EJ, Schneider D. The vesicle-inducing protein 1 from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 organizes into diverse higher-ordered ring structures. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:4620-8. [PMID: 19776353 PMCID: PMC2770949 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-04-0319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2009] [Revised: 09/10/2009] [Accepted: 09/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The vesicle-inducing protein in plastids 1 (Vipp1) was found to be involved in thylakoid membrane formation in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria. In contrast to chloroplasts, it has been suggested that in cyanobacteria the protein is only tightly associated with the cytoplasmic membrane. In the present study we analyze and describe the subcellular localization and the oligomeric organization of Vipp1 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803. Vipp1 forms stable dimers and higher-ordered oligomers in the cytoplasm as well as at both the cytoplasmic and thylakoid membrane. Vipp1 oligomers are organized in ring structures with a variable diameter of 25-33 nm and corresponding calculated molecular masses of approximately 1.6-2.2 MDa. Six different types of rings were found with an unusual 12-17-fold symmetrical conformation. The simultaneous existence of multiple types of rings is very unusual and suggests a special function of Vipp1. Involvement of diverse ring structures in vesicle formation is suggested.
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- Eva Fuhrmann
- *Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ
- Fakultät für Biologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands; and
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- Fakultät für Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands; and
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Finger C, Escher C, Schneider D. The single transmembrane domains of human receptor tyrosine kinases encode self-interactions. Sci Signal 2009; 2:ra56. [PMID: 19797273 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2000547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Transmembrane signaling by receptor tyrosine kinases typically involves a dynamic receptor monomer-dimer equilibrium in which ligand binding to soluble extracellular domains triggers receptor dimerization and subsequent signaling events. Although the role in signal transduction of the single transmembrane helices of individual receptors, which connect the extracellular with the intracellular protein domains, is not understood in detail, we show here that the single transmembrane domains of all 58 human receptor tyrosine kinases alone have an intrinsic propensity to form stable dimeric structures within a membrane. Thus, defined interactions of the transmembrane domains are most likely generally involved in signaling by all human receptor tyrosine kinases.
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- Carmen Finger
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
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Escher C, Cymer F, Schneider D. Two GxxxG-Like Motifs Facilitate Promiscuous Interactions of the Human ErbB Transmembrane Domains. J Mol Biol 2009; 389:10-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2009] [Revised: 03/23/2009] [Accepted: 04/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dreher C, Prodöhl A, Hielscher R, Hellwig P, Schneider D. Multiple Step Assembly Of The Transmembrane Cytochrome b6. J Mol Biol 2008; 382:1057-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Accepted: 07/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Prodöhl A, Dreher C, Hielscher R, Hellwig P, Schneider D. Heterologous expression and in vitro assembly of the transmembrane cytochrome b6. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 56:279-85. [PMID: 17892950 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2007] [Accepted: 08/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Folding and assembly studies with alpha-helical membrane proteins are often hampered by the absence of high-level expression systems as well as by missing suitable in vitro refolding procedures. Experimental constraints and requirements for heterologous expression and in vitro assembly of cytochrome b6 have been examined and conditions for in vitro reconstitutions of the protein have been optimized. Cytochrome b6 can serve as an excellent model system for in vitro studies on the dynamic interplay of an apo-protein and heme cofactors during assembly of a transmembrane b-type cytochrome. In vitro assembled cytochrome b6 binds two hemes with different midpoint potentials and both ferri as well as ferro heme bind to the apo-cytochrome. However, the ferro cytochrome appears to be less stable than the ferri form.
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- Alexander Prodöhl
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Prodöhl A, Weber M, Dreher C, Schneider D. A mutational study of transmembrane helix–helix interactions. Biochimie 2007; 89:1433-7. [PMID: 17688996 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2007.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Accepted: 06/08/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Diverse methods have been developed and applied in the recent years to study interaction of transmembrane alpha-helices and often interaction of single transmembrane helices is followed on SDS-gels. Here we compare two measurements of the stability of a transmembrane helix-helix interaction, and the stability of the PsbF transmembrane helix dimer was determined in a biological membrane as well as in SDS. The observations described in this study demonstrate that the environment, in which a transmembrane helix interaction is studied, can be very critical and detergent properties can significantly influence transmembrane helix interactions, especially, when the transmembrane domain contains strongly polar residues.
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- Alexander Prodöhl
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Dreher C, Prodöhl A, Weber M, Schneider D. Heme binding properties of heterologously expressed spinach cytochromeb6: Implications for transmembraneb-type cytochrome formation. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:2647-51. [PMID: 17511988 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2007] [Revised: 04/25/2007] [Accepted: 05/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In vivo and in vitro requirements for the formation of cytochrome b(6) were examined to analyze the mechanisms of transmembrane b-type cytochrome formation. After heterologous expression of spinach cytochrome b(6), formation of the holo-cytochrome was observed within the E. coli inner membrane. The transmembrane orientation of cytochrome b(6) appeared not to be critical for heme binding and holo-cytochrome formation. Furthermore, in vitro reconstitution of cytochrome b(6) was possible under oxidizing as well as under reducing conditions. Taken together these observations strongly indicate that transmembrane b-type cytochromes can spontaneously assemble in vitro as well as in a membrane.
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- Carolin Dreher
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19, Freiburg, Germany
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Duneau JP, Vegh AP, Sturgis JN. A dimerization hierarchy in the transmembrane domains of the HER receptor family. Biochemistry 2007; 46:2010-9. [PMID: 17253768 DOI: 10.1021/bi061436f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Bitopic membrane proteins offer an opportunity for studying transmembrane domain interactions without the structural complexity inherent to multitopic integral membrane proteins. To date, only homomeric associations have been extensively studied quantitatively. Here we propose to assess the thermodynamics of heteromeric associations, which opens the way to investigating specificity and selectivity. A very interesting system of biological relevance with single transmembrane domains possibly involved in interactions with different partners is the EGFR receptor family. The four members, all tyrosine kinase receptors, are involved in an interaction network that potentially leads to a complete set of homo- and heterodimers, ideally suited to such a study. Furthermore, the transmembrane domains of these receptors have been previously implicated in their function in the past by mutations in the transmembrane domain leading to constitutive activation. We demonstrate, using a fluorescence-based measurement of interaction energies, a hierarchy of transmembrane domain interactions ranging from a noninteractive pair to strong dimerization. We propose a structural model based on the crystal structure of the EGFR dimer, to show how the dimeric structure favors these interactions. The correlation we observe between transmembrane domain and whole receptor interaction hierarchies opens a new perspective, suggesting a role for transmembrane receptor domains in the modulation of receptor signaling.
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- Jean-Pierre Duneau
- Unité Propre de Recherche-9027 Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
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Booth PJ, Curnow P. Membrane proteins shape up: understanding in vitro folding. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2006; 16:480-8. [PMID: 16815700 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 05/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Progress in structural biology has begun to reveal the precise architecture of integral membrane proteins. However, the manner in which these complex structures are achieved remains unclear. Recent developments are starting to shed light on the unfolding and folding of a small but growing number of membrane proteins. Mechanistic details derived from kinetic and thermodynamic experiments now enable comparison of the folding of different membrane proteins and their water-soluble cousins. This work also has important implications for other structural and functional studies of membrane proteins in vitro.
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- Paula J Booth
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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Volkmer T, Becker C, Prodöhl A, Finger C, Schneider D. Assembly of a transmembrane b-type cytochrome is mainly driven by transmembrane helix interactions. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2006; 1758:1815-22. [PMID: 16860778 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2006.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 05/05/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Folding, assembly and stability of alpha-helical membrane proteins is still not very well understood. Several of these membrane proteins contain cofactors, which are essential for their function and which can be involved in protein assembly and/or stabilization. The effect of heme binding on the assembly and stability of the transmembrane b-type cytochrome b'559 was studied by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. Cytochrome b'559 consists of two monomers of a 44 amino acid long polypeptide, which contains one transmembrane domain. The synthesis of two variants of the b'559 monomer, each carrying a specific fluorescent dye, allowed monitoring helix-helix interactions in micelles by resonance energy transfer. The measurements demonstrate that the transmembrane peptides dimerize in detergent in the absence and presence of the heme cofactor. Cofactor binding only marginally enhances dimerization and, apparently, the redox state of the heme group has no effect on dimerization.
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- Thomas Volkmer
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Stefan-Meier-Strasse 19, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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