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Zheng S, Zheng C, Chen S, Guo J, Huang L, Huang Z, Xu S, Wu Y, Li S, Lin J, You Y, Hu F. Structural and biochemical characterization of active sites mutant in human inorganic pyrophosphatase. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2024; 1868:130594. [PMID: 38428647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2024.130594] [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: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases) are enzymes that catalyze the conversion of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) into phosphate (Pi). Human inorganic pyrophosphatase 1 (Hu-PPase) exhibits high expression levels in a variety of tumors and plays roles in cell proliferation, apoptosis, invasion and metastasis, making it a promising prognostic biomarker and a target for cancer therapy. Despite its widespread presence, the catalytic mechanism of Hu-PPase in humans remains inadequately understood. The signature motif amino acid sequence (DXDPXD) within the active sites of PPases is preserved across different species. In this research, an enzymatic activity assay revealed that mutations led to a notable reduction in enzymatic function, although the impact of the four amino acids on the activity of the pocket varied. To investigate the influence of these residues on the substrate binding and enzymatic function of PPase, the crystal structure of the Hu-PPase-ED quadruple mutant (D116A/D118A/P119A/D121A) was determined at 1.69 Å resolution. The resulting structure maintained a barrel-like shape similar to that of the wild-type, albeit lacking Mg2+ ions. Molecular docking analysis demonstrated a decreased ability of Hu-PPase-ED to bind to PPi. Further, molecular dynamics simulation analysis indicated that the mutation rendered the loop of Mg2+ ion-binding residues less stable. Therefore, the effect on enzyme activity did not result from a change in the gross protein structure but rather from a mutation that abolished the Mg2+-coordinating groups, thereby eliminating Mg2+ binding and leading to the loss of enzyme activity.
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- Shuping Zheng
- Public Technology Service Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Experiment Teaching Center of Basic Medical Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Public Technology Service Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China; Fujian Key Laboratory of Drug Target Discovery and Structural and Functional Research, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Public Technology Service Center, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Medicine Designated by the Chinese Ministry of Education, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
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Yu L, Li T, Li H, Ma M, Li L, Lin S. In Situ Molecular Ecological Analyses Illuminate Distinct Factors Regulating Formation and Demise of a Harmful Dinoflagellate Bloom. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0515722. [PMID: 37074171 PMCID: PMC10269597 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.05157-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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The development and demise of a harmful algal bloom (HAB) are generally regulated by multiple processes; identifying specific critical drivers for a specific bloom is important yet challenging. Here, we conducted a whole-assemblage molecular ecological study on a dinoflagellate bloom to address the hypothesis that energy and nutrient acquisition, defense against grazing and microbial attacks, and sexual reproduction are critical to the rise and demise of the bloom. Microscopic and molecular analyses identified the bloom-causing species as Karenia longicanalis and showed that the ciliate Strombidinopsis sp. was dominant in a nonbloom plankton community, whereas the diatom Chaetoceros sp. dominated the after-bloom community, along with remarkable shifts in the community structure for both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Metatranscriptomic analysis indicated that heightened energy and nutrient acquisition in K. longicanalis significantly contributed to bloom development. In contrast, active grazing by the ciliate Strombidinopsis sp. and attacks by algicidal bacteria (Rhodobacteracea, Cryomorphaceae, and Rhodobacteracea) and viruses prevented (at nonbloom stage) or collapsed the bloom (in after-bloom stage). Additionally, nutrition competition by the Chaetoceros diatoms plausibly contributed to bloom demise. The findings suggest the importance of energy and nutrients in promoting this K. longicanalis bloom and the failure of antimicrobial defense and competition of diatoms as the major bloom suppressor and terminator. This study provides novel insights into bloom-regulating mechanisms and the first transcriptomic data set of K. longicanalis, which will be a valuable resource and essential foundation for further elucidation of bloom regulators of this and related species of Kareniaceae in the future. IMPORTANCE HABs have increasingly occurred and impacted human health, aquatic ecosystems, and coastal economies. Despite great efforts, the factors that drive the development and termination of a bloom are poorly understood, largely due to inadequate in situ data about the physiology and metabolism of the causal species and the community. Using an integrative molecular ecological approach, we determined that heightened energy and nutrient acquisition promoted the bloom, while resource allocation in defense and failure to defend against grazing and microbial attacks likely prevented or terminated the bloom. Our findings reveal the differential roles of multiple abiotic and biotic environmental factors in driving the formation or demise of a toxic dinoflagellate bloom, suggesting the importance of a balanced biodiverse ecosystem in preventing a dinoflagellate bloom. The study also demonstrates the power of whole-assemblage metatranscriptomics coupled to DNA barcoding in illuminating plankton ecological processes and the underlying species and functional diversities.
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- Liying Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Central Laboratory, Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Quanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science and College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, USA
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Pang AH, Tsodikov OV. A Colorimetric Assay to Identify and Characterize Bacterial Primase Inhibitors. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2601:283-301. [PMID: 36445590 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2855-3_15] [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] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Bacterial DNA primase DnaG is an attractive target for antibiotic discovery since it plays an essential role in DNA replication. Over the last 10 years, we have developed and optimized a robust colorimetric assay that enabled us to identify and validate inhibitors of bacterial primases. Here, we provide a detailed protocol for this colorimetric assay for DnaG from three different pathogenic bacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacillus anthracis, and Staphylococcus aureus), which can be performed in high throughput. We also describe secondary assays to characterize hits from this high-throughput screening assay. These assays are designed to identify inhibitors of the coupled enzyme inorganic pyrophosphatase, DNA binding agents, and elucidate the mode of inhibition of primase inhibitors.
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- Allan H Pang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
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Hix MA, Leddin EM, Cisneros GA. Combining Evolutionary Conservation and Quantum Topological Analyses To Determine Quantum Mechanics Subsystems for Biomolecular Quantum Mechanics/Molecular Mechanics Simulations. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:4524-4537. [PMID: 34087064 PMCID: PMC8477969 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Selection of residues and other molecular fragments for inclusion in the quantum mechanics (QM) region for QM/molecular mechanics (MM) simulations is an important step for these calculations. Here, we present an approach that combines protein sequence/structure evolution and electron localization function (ELF) analyses. The combination of these two analyses allows the determination of whether a residue needs to be included in the QM subsystem or can be represented by the MM environment. We have applied this approach on two systems previously investigated by QM/MM simulations, 4-oxalocrotonate tautomerase (4OT) and ten-eleven translocation-2 (TET2), that provide examples where fragments may or may not need to be included in the QM subsystem. Subsequently, we present the use of this approach to determine the appropriate QM subsystem to calculate the minimum energy path (MEP) for the reaction catalyzed by human DNA polymerase λ (Polλ) with a third cation in the active site. Our results suggest that the combination of protein evolutionary and ELF analyses provides insights into residue/molecular fragment selection for QM/MM simulations.
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- Mark A Hix
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76201, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76201, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas 76201, United States
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Niu H, Zhu J, Qu Q, Zhou X, Huang X, Du Z. Crystallographic and modeling study of the human inorganic pyrophosphatase 1: A potential anti-cancer drug target. Proteins 2021; 89:853-865. [PMID: 33583053 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26064] [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: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 01/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases) catalyze the hydrolysis of pyrophosphate to phosphates. PPases play essential roles in growth and development, and are found in all kingdoms of life. Human possess two PPases, PPA1 and PPA2. PPA1 is present in all tissues, acting largely as a housekeeping enzyme. Besides pyrophosphate hydrolysis, PPA1 can also directly dephosphorylate phosphorylated c-Jun N-terminal kinases 1 (JNK1). Upregulated expression of PPA1 has been linked to many human malignant tumors. PPA1 knockdown induces apoptosis and decreases proliferation. PPA1 is emerging as a potential prognostic biomarker and target for anti-cancer drug development. In spite of the biological and physiopathological importance of PPA1, there is no detailed study on the structure and catalytic mechanisms of mammalian origin PPases. Here we report the crystal structure of human PPA1 at a resolution of 2.4 Å. We also carried out modeling studies of PPA1 in complex with JNK1 derived phosphor-peptides. The monomeric protein fold of PPA1 is similar to those found in other family I PPases. PPA1 forms a dimeric structure that should be conserved in animal and fungal PPases. Analysis of the PPA1 structure and comparison with available structures of PPases from lower organisms suggest that PPA1 has a largely pre-organized and relatively rigid active site for pyrophosphate hydrolysis. Results from the modeling study indicate the active site of PPA1 has the potential to accommodate double-phosphorylated peptides from JNK1. In short, results from the study provides new insights into the mechanisms of human PPA1 and basis for structure-based anti-cancer drug developments using PPA1 as the target.
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- Haiying Niu
- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pennsylvania State University, State College 16802, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Tianjin First Central Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, USA
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Romanov RS, Kurilova SA, Baykov AA, Rodina EV. Effect of Structure Variations in the Inter-subunit Contact Zone on the Activity and Allosteric Regulation of Inorganic Pyrophosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2021; 85:326-333. [PMID: 32564737 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297920030086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Hexameric inorganic pyrophosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt-PPase) has a number of structural and functional features that distinguish it from homologous enzymes widely occurring in living organisms. In particular, it has unusual zones of inter-subunit contacts and lacks the N-terminal region common for other PPases. In this work, we constructed two mutant forms of the enzyme, Ec-Mt-PPase and R14Q-Mt-PPase. In Ec-Mt-PPase, the missing part of the polypeptide chain was compensated with a fragment of PPase from Escherichia coli (Ec-PPase). In R14Q-Mt-PPase, a point mutation was introduced to the contact interface between the two trimers of the hexamer. Both modifications significantly improved the catalytic activity of the enzyme and abolished its inhibition by the cofactor (Mg2+ ion) excess. Activation of Mt-PPase by low (~10 μM) concentrations of ATP, fructose-1-phosphate, L-malate, and non-hydrolyzable substrate analogue methylene bisphosphonate (PCP) was observed. At concentrations of 100 μM and higher, the first three compounds acted as inhibitors. The activating effect of PCP was absent in both mutant forms, and the inhibitory effect of fructose-1-phosphate was absent in Ec-Mt-PPase. The effects of other modulators varied only quantitatively among the mutants. The obtained data indicate the presence of allosteric sites in Mt-PPase, which are located in the zones of inter-subunit contact or associated with them.
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- R S Romanov
- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow, 119991, Russia.
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Romanov RS, Mariasina SS, Efimov SV, Klochkov VV, Rodina EV, Polshakov VI. Backbone resonance assignment and dynamics of 110 kDa hexameric inorganic pyrophosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2020; 14:281-287. [PMID: 32562252 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-020-09962-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Family I soluble inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases; EC 3.6.1.1) are enzymes essential for all organisms. They hydrolyze inorganic pyrophosphate, thus providing the driving force for numerous biosynthetic reactions. Soluble PPases retain enzymatic activity only in multimeric forms. PPases from various organisms are extensively studied by X-ray crystallography but until now there was no information on their structure and dynamics in solution. Hexameric 110 kDa (6 × 18.3 kDa) PPase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mt-PPase) is a promising target for the rational design of potential anti-tuberculosis agents. In order to use NMR techniques in functional studies of Mt-PPase and rational design of the inhibitors for this enzyme, it is necessary to have information on the backbone 1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignments. Samples of Mt-PPase enriched with 99% of 13C and 15N isotopes, and 95% of 2H were obtained using recombinant protein expression in an isotopically-labeled medium and effective heat-shock protocol for the deuterium-to-hydrogen exchange of the amide groups. Backbone resonance assignment was achieved for more than 95% of the residues. It was found that the secondary structure of Mt-PPase in solution corresponds well to the crystal structure of this protein. Protein backbone dynamics were studied using 15N NMR relaxation experiments. Determined resonance assignments and dynamic properties provide the basis for the subsequent structure-based design of novel inhibitors of Mt-PPase-potential anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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- Roman S Romanov
- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- NMR Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, Russia, 420008
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- NMR Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, 18 Kremlevskaya St., Kazan, Russia, 420008
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- Department of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 119991
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- Center for Magnetic Tomography and Spectroscopy, Faculty of Fundamental Medicine, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia.
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Valueva A, Romanov RS, Mariasina SS, Eliseev MS, Rodina EV. Inorganic Pyrophosphatase-Nanodiamond Conjugates Hydrolyze Pyrophosphate in Human Synovial Fluid. ACS OMEGA 2020; 5:8579-8586. [PMID: 32337420 PMCID: PMC7178341 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b04429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The present work is focused on testing enzyme-based agents for the partial dissolution of calcium pyrophosphate (CaPPi) deposits in the cartilages and synovial fluid of patients with pyrophosphate arthropathy (CPPD disease). Previously, we suggested that inorganic pyrophosphatases (PPases) immobilized on nanodiamonds of detonation synthesis (NDs) could be appropriate for this purpose. We synthesized and characterized conjugates of NDs and PPases from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The conjugates showed high enzymatic activity and resistance to inhibition by calcium and fluoride. Here, we tested the effectiveness of pyrophosphate (PPi) hydrolysis by the conjugates in an in vitro model system simulating the ionic composition of the synovial fluid and in the samples of synovial fluid of patients with CPPD via NMR spectroscopy. The conjugates of both PPases efficiently hydrolyzed triclinic crystalline calcium pyrophosphate (t-CPPD) in the model system. We evaluated the number of phosphorus-containing compounds in the synovial fluid, showed the possibility of PPi detection in it, and estimated the hydrolytic activity of the PPase conjugates. The soluble and immobilized PPases were able to hydrolyze a significant amount of PPi (1 mM) in the synovial fluid in short periods of time (24 h). The maximum activity was demonstrated for Mt-PPase immobilized on ND-NH-(CH2)6-NH2 (2.24 U mg-1).
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- Anastasiya
V. Valueva
- Pharmaceutical
Department, Pavlov Ryazan State Medical
University, 9 Vysokovol’tnaya
Street, Ryazan 390026, Russia
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- Department
of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow
State University, 31, Building 5, Lomonosovsky Prospect, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department
of Fundamental Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow
State University, 31, Building 5, Lomonosovsky Prospect, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- V.A.
Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Kaschirskoe h. 34A, Moscow 115522, Russia
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- Chemistry
Department, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, Building 3, Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Bagade R, Chaudhary RG, Potbhare A, Mondal A, Desimone M, Dadure K, Mishra R, Juneja H. Microspheres/Custard‐Apples Copper (II) Chelate Polymer: Characterization, Docking, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Assay. ChemistrySelect 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.201901115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Reena Bagade
- Post Graduate Teaching Department of ChemistryRashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur- 440033 India
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- Post Graduate Department of ChemistryS. K. Porwal College Kamptee- 441001 India
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- CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemical Research Institute Bhavnagar- 364002 India
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Instituto de la Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco (IQUIMEFA)Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquimica Junin 956 Piso 3, (1113) Ciudada Autonoma de Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Post Graduate Department of ChemistryJ. B. Science College Wardha- 442001 India
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- International Inter-University Center for Nanoscience and NanotechnologyMahatma University Kottayam- 686560 India
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- Post Graduate Teaching Department of ChemistryRashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj Nagpur University Nagpur- 440033 India
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Polyvalent Proteins, a Pervasive Theme in the Intergenomic Biological Conflicts of Bacteriophages and Conjugative Elements. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00245-17. [PMID: 28559295 PMCID: PMC5512222 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00245-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Intense biological conflicts between prokaryotic genomes and their genomic parasites have resulted in an arms race in terms of the molecular “weaponry” deployed on both sides. Using a recursive computational approach, we uncovered a remarkable class of multidomain proteins with 2 to 15 domains in the same polypeptide deployed by viruses and plasmids in such conflicts. Domain architectures and genomic contexts indicate that they are part of a widespread conflict strategy involving proteins injected into the host cell along with parasite DNA during the earliest phase of infection. Their unique feature is the combination of domains with highly disparate biochemical activities in the same polypeptide; accordingly, we term them polyvalent proteins. Of the 131 domains in polyvalent proteins, a large fraction are enzymatic domains predicted to modify proteins, target nucleic acids, alter nucleotide signaling/metabolism, and attack peptidoglycan or cytoskeletal components. They further contain nucleic acid-binding domains, virion structural domains, and 40 novel uncharacterized domains. Analysis of their architectural network reveals both pervasive common themes and specialized strategies for conjugative elements and plasmids or (pro)phages. The themes include likely processing of multidomain polypeptides by zincin-like metallopeptidases and mechanisms to counter restriction or CRISPR/Cas systems and jump-start transcription or replication. DNA-binding domains acquired by eukaryotes from such systems have been reused in XPC/RAD4-dependent DNA repair and mitochondrial genome replication in kinetoplastids. Characterization of the novel domains discovered here, such as RNases and peptidases, are likely to aid in the development of new reagents and elucidation of the spread of antibiotic resistance. IMPORTANCE This is the first report of the widespread presence of large proteins, termed polyvalent proteins, predicted to be transmitted by genomic parasites such as conjugative elements, plasmids, and phages during the initial phase of infection along with their DNA. They are typified by the presence of multiple domains with disparate activities combined in the same protein. While some of these domains are predicted to assist the invasive element in replication, transcription, or protection of their DNA, several are likely to target various host defense systems or modify the host to favor the parasite's life cycle. Notably, DNA-binding domains from these systems have been transferred to eukaryotes, where they have been incorporated into DNA repair and mitochondrial genome replication systems.
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Daouda MP, Bouchra EK, Roman PCJ, Aurelio SD, Abdelaziz S. Inorganic Pyrophosphatases: Study of Interest. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.4236/abb.2017.810028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pang AH, Garzan A, Larsen MJ, McQuade TJ, Garneau-Tsodikova S, Tsodikov OV. Discovery of Allosteric and Selective Inhibitors of Inorganic Pyrophosphatase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:3084-3092. [PMID: 27622287 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Inorganic pyrophosphatase (PPiase) is an essential enzyme that hydrolyzes inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), driving numerous metabolic processes. We report a discovery of an allosteric inhibitor (2,4-bis(aziridin-1-yl)-6-(1-phenylpyrrol-2-yl)-s-triazine) of bacterial PPiases. Analogues of this lead compound were synthesized to target specifically Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) PPiase (MtPPiase). The best analogue (compound 16) with a Ki of 11 μM for MtPPiase is a species-specific inhibitor. Crystal structures of MtPPiase in complex with the lead compound and one of its analogues (compound 6) demonstrate that the inhibitors bind in a nonconserved interface between monomers of the hexameric MtPPiase in a yet unprecedented pairwise manner, while the remote conserved active site of the enzyme is occupied by a bound PPi substrate. Consistent with the structural studies, the kinetic analysis of the most potent inhibitor has indicated that it functions uncompetitively, by binding to the enzyme-substrate complex. The inhibitors appear to allosterically lock the active site in a closed state causing its dysfunctionalization and blocking the hydrolysis. These inhibitors are the first examples of allosteric, species-selective inhibitors of PPiases, serving as a proof-of-principle that PPiases can be selectively targeted.
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- Allan H. Pang
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States
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- Center
for Chemical Genomics, High-Throughput Screening Laboratory, Life
Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Center
for Chemical Genomics, High-Throughput Screening Laboratory, Life
Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Kentucky, 789 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0596, United States
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