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Engineering a Pseudo-26-kDa Schistosoma Glutathione Transferase from bovis/ haematobium for Structure, Kinetics, and Ligandin Studies. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11121844. [PMID: 34944488 PMCID: PMC8699318 DOI: 10.3390/biom11121844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Revised: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are the main detoxification enzymes in schistosomes. These parasitic enzymes tend to be upregulated during drug treatment, with Schistosoma haematobium being one of the species that mainly affect humans. There is a lack of complete sequence information on the closely related bovis and haematobium 26-kDa GST isoforms in any database. Consequently, we engineered a pseudo-26-kDa S. bovis/haematobium GST (Sbh26GST) to understand structure–function relations and ligandin activity towards selected potential ligands. Sbh26GST was overexpressed in Escherichia coli as an MBP-fusion protein, purified to homogeneity and catalyzed 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene-glutathione (CDNB-GSH) conjugation activity, with a specific activity of 13 μmol/min/mg. This activity decreased by ~95% in the presence of bromosulfophthalein (BSP), which showed an IC50 of 27 µM. Additionally, enzyme kinetics revealed that BSP acts as a non-competitive inhibitor relative to GSH. Spectroscopic studies affirmed that Sbh26GST adopts the canonical GST structure, which is predominantly α-helical. Further extrinsic 8-anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonate (ANS) spectroscopy illustrated that BSP, praziquantel (PZQ), and artemisinin (ART) might preferentially bind at the dimer interface or in proximity to the hydrophobic substrate-binding site of the enzyme. The Sbh26GST-BSP interaction is both enthalpically and entropically driven, with a stoichiometry of one BSP molecule per Sbh26GST dimer. Enzyme stability appeared enhanced in the presence of BSP and GSH. Induced fit ligand docking affirmed the spectroscopic, thermodynamic, and molecular modelling results. In conclusion, BSP is a potent inhibitor of Sbh26GST and could potentially be rationalized as a treatment for schistosomiasis.
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Majd H, King MS, Palmer SM, Smith AC, Elbourne LDH, Paulsen IT, Sharples D, Henderson PJF, Kunji ERS. Screening of candidate substrates and coupling ions of transporters by thermostability shift assays. eLife 2018; 7:38821. [PMID: 30320551 PMCID: PMC6211832 DOI: 10.7554/elife.38821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Substrates of most transport proteins have not been identified, limiting our understanding of their role in physiology and disease. Traditional identification methods use transport assays with radioactive compounds, but they are technically challenging and many compounds are unavailable in radioactive form or are prohibitively expensive, precluding large-scale trials. Here, we present a high-throughput screening method that can identify candidate substrates from libraries of unlabeled compounds. The assay is based on the principle that transport proteins recognize substrates through specific interactions, which lead to enhanced stabilization of the transporter population in thermostability shift assays. Representatives of three different transporter (super)families were tested, which differ in structure as well as transport and ion coupling mechanisms. In each case, the substrates were identified correctly from a large set of chemically related compounds, including stereo-isoforms. In some cases, stabilization by substrate binding was enhanced further by ions, providing testable hypotheses on energy coupling mechanisms.
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- Homa Majd
- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology UnitUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology UnitUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology UnitUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology UnitUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyAustralia
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- Department of Molecular SciencesMacquarie UniversitySydneyAustralia
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of LeedsLeedsUnited Kingdom,School of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of LeedsLeedsUnited Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular BiologyUniversity of LeedsLeedsUnited Kingdom,School of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of LeedsLeedsUnited Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology UnitUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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Spectroscopic and thermodynamic properties of recombinant heat shock protein A6 from Camelus dromedarius. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL: EBJ 2014; 44:17-26. [DOI: 10.1007/s00249-014-0997-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Revised: 10/28/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Achilonu I, Siganunu TP, Dirr HW. Purification and characterisation of recombinant human eukaryotic elongation factor 1 gamma. Protein Expr Purif 2014; 99:70-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2014.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 04/02/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Kalverda AP, Gowdy J, Thompson GS, Homans SW, Henderson PJF, Patching SG. TROSY NMR with a 52 kDa sugar transport protein and the binding of a small-molecule inhibitor. Mol Membr Biol 2014; 31:131-40. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2014.911980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PatchinG SG, Henderson PJF, Sharples DJ, Middleton DA. Probing the contacts of a low-affinity substrate with a membrane-embedded transport protein using1H-13C cross-polarisation magic-angle spinning solid-state NMR. Mol Membr Biol 2012; 30:129-37. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2012.743193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Jones LN, Baldwin SA, Henderson PJF, Ashcroft AE. Defining topological features of membrane proteins by nanoelectrospray ionisation mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2010; 24:276-284. [PMID: 20058234 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The D-galactose-H(+) symport protein, GalP, of Escherichia coli is the bacterial homologue of the human glucose transport protein, GLUT1. Here we demonstrate that mass spectrometry can be used to map modification by covalently bound reagents, and also to detect structural changes in the GalP protein that occur upon substrate binding. The small thiol-group-specific reagent N-ethylmaleimide (NEM) was used to modify the cysteine residues in GalP(His)(6) both alone and in the presence of D-glucose, a known substrate. Employing a mixture of proteolysis and thermal degradation methods, the three cysteine residues were found to undergo sequential reactions with NEM, with Cys374 being modified first, followed by Cys389 and finally Cys19, thus indicating their different accessibilities within the three-dimensional structure of the protein. Prior binding of the substrate D-glucose to the protein protected Cys19 and Cys374 against NEM modification, but not Cys389. Cys374 had been expected to be shielded by D-glucose binding while Cys389 had been expected to be unaffected, consistent with their proposed respective locations in the vicinity of, and distant from, the sugar binding site. However, the inaccessibility of Cys19 was unexpected and suggests a structural change in the protein promoted by D-glucose binding which changes the proximity of Cys19 with respect to the D-glucose-binding site.
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- Lynsey N Jones
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Psakis G, Saidijam M, Shibayama K, Polaczek J, Bettaney KE, Baldwin JM, Baldwin SA, Hope R, Essen LO, Essenberg RC, Henderson PJF. The sodium-dependent D-glucose transport protein of Helicobacter pylori. Mol Microbiol 2009; 71:391-403. [PMID: 19161491 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06535.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative pathogenic microaerophile with a particular tropism for the mucosal surface of the gastric epithelium. Despite its obligatory microaerophilic character, it can metabolize D-glucose and/or D-galactose in both oxidative and fermentative pathways via a Na(+)-dependent secondary active transport, a glucokinase and enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway. We have assigned the Na(+)-dependent transport of glucose to the protein product of the H. pylori 1174 gene. The gene was heterologously expressed in a glucose transport-deficient Escherichia coli strain, where transport activities of radiolabelled D-glucose, D-galactose and 2-deoxy-D-glucose were restored, consistent with the expected specificity of the hexose uptake system in H. pylori. D-mannose was also identified as a substrate. The HP1174 transport protein was purified and reconstituted into proteoliposomes, where sodium dependence of sugar transport activity was demonstrated. Additionally the tryptophan/tyrosine fluorescence of the purified protein showed quenching by 2-deoxy-D-glucose, D-mannose, D-glucose or D-galactose in the presence of sodium ions. This is the first reported purification and characterization of an active glucose transport protein member of the TC 2.1.7 subgroup of the Major Facilitator Superfamily, constituting the route for entry of sugar nutrients into H. pylori. A model is derived of its three-dimensional structure as a paradigm of the family.
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- Georgios Psakis
- The Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
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Patching SG, Henderson PJF, Herbert RB, Middleton DA. Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy Detects Interactions between Tryptophan Residues of the E. coli Sugar Transporter GalP and the α-Anomer of the d-Glucose Substrate. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:1236-44. [DOI: 10.1021/ja075584k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Simon G. Patching
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom, Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology and Institute of Membrane and Systems Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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Patching SG, Brough AR, Herbert RB, Rajakarier JA, Henderson PJF, Middleton DA. Substrate Affinities for Membrane Transport Proteins Determined by 13C Cross-Polarization Magic-Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 126:3072-80. [PMID: 15012136 DOI: 10.1021/ja037163i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We have devised methods in which cross-polarization magic-angle spinning (CP-MAS) solid-state NMR is exploited to measure rigorous parameters for binding of (13)C-labeled substrates to membrane transport proteins. The methods were applied to two proteins from Escherichia coli: a nucleoside transporter, NupC, and a glucuronide transporter, GusB. A substantial signal for the binding of methyl [1-(13)C]-beta-d-glucuronide to GusB overexpressed in native membranes was achieved with a sample that contained as little as 20 nmol of GusB protein. The data were fitted to yield a K(D) value of 4.17 mM for the labeled ligand and 0.42 mM for an unlabeled ligand, p-nitrophenyl beta-d-glucuronide, which displaced the labeled compound. CP-MAS was also used to measure binding of [1'-(13)C]uridine to overexpressed NupC. The spectrum of NupC-enriched membranes containing [1'-(13)C]uridine exhibited a large peak from substrate bound to undefined sites other than the transport site, which obscured the signal from substrate bound to NupC. In a novel application of a cross-polarization/polarization-inversion (CPPI) NMR experiment, the signal from undefined binding was eliminated by use of appropriate inversion pulse lengths. By use of CPPI in a titration experiment, a K(D) value of 2.6 mM was determined for uridine bound to NupC. These approaches are broadly applicable to quantifying binding of substrates, inhibitors, drugs, and antibiotics to numerous membrane proteins.
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- Simon G Patching
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Sackville Street, Post Office Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, United Kingdom
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Appleyard AN, Herbert RB, Henderson PJ, Watts A, Spooner PJ. Selective NMR observation of inhibitor and sugar binding to the galactose-H(+) symport protein GalP, of Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1509:55-64. [PMID: 11118517 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(00)00017-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The binding of the transport inhibitor forskolin, synthetically labelled with (13)C, to the galactose-H(+) symport protein GalP, overexpressed in its native inner membranes from Escherichia coli, was studied using cross-polarization magic angle spinning (13)C NMR. (13)C-Labelled D-galactose and D-glucose were displaced from GalP with the singly labelled [7-OCO(13)CH(3)]forskolin and were not bound to any alternative site within the protein, demonstrating that any multiple sugar binding sites are not simultaneously accessible to these sugars and the inhibitor within GalP. The observation of singly (13)C-labelled forskolin was hampered by interference from natural abundance (13)C in the membranes and so the effectiveness of double-quantum filtration was assessed for the exclusive detection of (13)C spin pairs in sugar (D-[1,2-(13)C(2)]glucose) and inhibitor ([7-O(13)CO(13)CH(3)]forskolin) bound to the GalP protein. The solid state NMR methodology was not effective in creating double-quantum selection of ligand bound with membranes in the 'fluid' state (approx. 2 degrees C) but could be applied in a straightforward way to systems that were kept frozen. At -35 degrees C, double-quantum filtration detected unbound sugar that was incorporated into ice structure within the sample, and was not distinguished from protein-bound sugar. However, the method detected doubly labelled forskolin that is selectively bound only to the transport system under these conditions and provided very effective suppression of interference from natural abundance (13)C background. These results indicate that solid state NMR methods can be used to resolve selectively the interactions of more hydrophobic ligands in the binding sites of target proteins.
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- A N Appleyard
- Biomembrane Structure Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, UK
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Kaplán P, Doval M, Majerová Z, Lehotský J, Racay P. Iron-induced lipid peroxidation and protein modification in endoplasmic reticulum membranes. Protection by stobadine. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2000; 32:539-47. [PMID: 10736569 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(99)00147-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Treatment with FeSO(4)/EDTA (0.2 micromol Fe(II) per mg of protein) was used to study the effect of oxidative stress on lipid peroxidation and structural properties of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membranes isolated from rabbit brain. Oxidative stress resulted in conjugated diene formation and a decrease of 1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonate (ANS) fluorescence in a time-dependent manner. In contrast, fluorescence anisotropy of 1, 6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene was increased early after the initiation of lipid peroxidation and no further increase was observed after 1, 2 and 3 h of peroxidation. FeSO(4)/EDTA treatment was accompanied by formation of conjugates of lipid peroxidation products with membrane proteins, as detected by the increase in fluorescence excitation (350-360 nm) and emission (440-450 nm) maximum. Oxidative stress also induced a marked decrease of the intrinsic fluorescence of aromatic amino acids, suggesting modification or changes in the environment of these amino acid residue(s). The lipid antioxidant, stobadine, completely prevented the changes of ANS fluorescence and production of peroxidized lipid-protein conjugates whereas tryptophan fluorescence was only partially protected. These results suggest that Fe(II) induces both lipid-mediated- and lipid peroxidation independent-modification of ER membrane proteins. The study also demonstrates that stobadine is a potent inhibitor of Fe(II)-induced protein modification.
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- P Kaplán
- Comenius University, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Malá Hora 4, SK-036 01 Martin, Slovak Republic.
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Veenhoff LM, Poolman B. Substrate recognition at the cytoplasmic and extracellular binding site of the lactose transport protein of Streptococcus thermophilus. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:33244-50. [PMID: 10559198 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.47.33244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The lactose transport protein (LacS) of Streptococcus thermophilus catalyzes the uptake of lactose in an exchange reaction with intracellularly formed galactose. The interactions between the substrate and the cytoplasmic and extracellular binding site of LacS have been characterized by assaying binding and transport of a range of sugars in proteoliposomes, in which the purified protein was reconstituted with a unidirectional orientation. Specificity for galactoside binding is given by the spatial configuration of the C-2, C-3, C-4, and C-6 hydroxyl groups of the galactose moiety. Except for a C-4 methoxy substitution, replacement of the hydroxyl groups for bulkier groups is not tolerated at these positions. Large hydrophobic or hydrophilic substitutions on the galactose C-1 alpha or beta position did not impair transport. In fact, the hydrophobic groups increased the binding affinity but decreased transport rates compared with galactose. Binding and transport characteristics of deoxygalactosides from either side of the membrane showed that the cytoplasmic and extracellular binding site interact differently with galactose. Compared with galactose, the IC(50) values for 2-deoxy- and 6-deoxygalactose at the cytoplasmic binding site were increased 150- and 20-fold, respectively, whereas they were the same at the extracellular binding site. From these and other experiments, we conclude that the binding sites and translocation pathway of LacS are spacious along the C-1 to C-4 axis of the galactose moiety and are restricted along the C-2 to C-6 axis. The differences in affinity at the cytoplasmic and extracellular binding site ensure that the transport via LacS is highly asymmetrical for the two opposing directions of translocation.
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- L M Veenhoff
- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Sultzman LA, Carruthers A. Stop-flow analysis of cooperative interactions between GLUT1 sugar import and export sites. Biochemistry 1999; 38:6640-50. [PMID: 10350483 DOI: 10.1021/bi990130o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The human erythrocyte sugar transporter is thought to function either as a simple carrier (sugar import and sugar export sites are presented sequentially) or as a fixed-site carrier (sugar import and sugar export sites are presented simultaneously). The present study examines each hypothesis by analysis of the rapid kinetics of reversible cytochalasin B binding to the sugar export site in the presence and absence of sugars that bind to the sugar import site. Cytochalasin B binding to the purified, human erythrocyte glucose transport protein (GLUT1) induces quenching of GLUT1 intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence. The time-course of GLUT1 fluorescence quenching reflects a second-order process characterized by simple exponential kinetics. The pseudo-first-order rate constant describing fluorescence decay (kobs) increases linearly with [cytochalasin B] while the extent of fluorescence quenching increases in a saturable manner with [cytochalasin B]. Rate constants for cytochalasin B binding to GLUT1 (k1) and dissociation from the GLUT1.cytochalasin B complex (k-1) are obtained from the relationship: kobs = k-1 + k1[cytochalasin B]. Low concentrations of maltose, D-glucose, 3-O-methylglucose, and other GLUT1 import-site reactive sugars increase k-1(app) and reduce k1(app) for cytochalasin B interaction with GLUT1. Higher sugar concentrations decrease k1(app) further. The simple carrier mechanism predicts that k1(app) alone is modulated by import- and export-site reactive sugars and is thus incompatible with these findings. These results are consistent with a fixed-site carrier mechanism in which GLUT1 simultaneously presents cooperative sugar import and export sites.
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- L A Sultzman
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655, USA
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Spooner PJ, O'Reilly WJ, Homans SW, Rutherford NG, Henderson PJ, Watts A. Weak substrate binding to transport proteins studied by NMR. Biophys J 1998; 75:2794-800. [PMID: 9826601 PMCID: PMC1299952 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77722-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The weak binding of sugar substrates fails to induce any quantifiable physical changes in the L-fucose-H+ symport protein, FucP, from Escherichia coli, and this protein lacks any strongly binding ligands for competitive binding assays. Access to substrate binding behavior is however possible using NMR methods which rely on substrate immobiliza-tion for detection. Cross-polarization from proton to carbon spins could detect the portion of 13C-labeled substrate associated with 0.2 micromol of the functional transport system overexpressed in the native membranes. The detected substrate was shown to be in the FucP binding site because its signal was diminished by the unlabeled substrates L-fucose and L-galactose but was unaffected by a three- to fivefold molar excess of the non-transportable stereoisomer D-fucose. FucP appeared to bind both anomers of its substrates equally well. An NMR method, designed to measure the rate of substrate exchange, could show that substrate exchanged slowly with the carrier center (>10(-1) s), although its dynamics are not necessarily coupled strongly to this site within the protein. Relaxation measurements support this view that fluctuations in the interaction with substrate would be confined to the binding site in this transport system.
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- P J Spooner
- Biomembrane Structure Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
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Walmsley AR, Barrett MP, Bringaud F, Gould GW. Sugar transporters from bacteria, parasites and mammals: structure-activity relationships. Trends Biochem Sci 1998; 23:476-81. [PMID: 9868370 DOI: 10.1016/s0968-0004(98)01326-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Sugar transport across the plasma membrane is one of the most important transport processes. The cloning and expression of cDNAs from a superfamily of related sugar transporters that all adopt a 12-membrane-spanning-domain structure has opened new avenues of investigation, including presteady-state kinetic analysis. Structure-function analyses of mammalian and bacterial sugar transporters, and comparisons of these transporters with those of parasitic trypanosomatids, indicate that different environmental pressures have tailored the evolution of the various members of the sugar-transporter superfamily. Subtle distinctions in the function of these proteins can be related to particular amino acid residue substitutions.
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- A R Walmsley
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University of Glasgow, UK
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McDonald TP, Walmsley AR, Henderson PJ. Asparagine 394 in putative helix 11 of the galactose-H+ symport protein (GalP) from Escherichia coli is associated with the internal binding site for cytochalasin B and sugar. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:15189-99. [PMID: 9182541 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.24.15189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The galactose-H+ symport protein (GalP) of Escherichia coli is very similar to the human glucose transport protein, GLUT1, and both contain a highly conserved Asn residue in predicted helix 11 that is different in a cytochalasin B-resistant member of this sugar transport family (XylE). The role of the Asn394 residue (which is predicted to be in putative trans-membrane alpha-helix 11) in the structure/activity relationship of the D-galactose-H+ symporter (GalP) was therefore assessed by measuring the interaction of sugar substrates and the inhibitory antibiotics, cytochalasin B, and forskolin with the wild-type and Asn394 --> Gln mutant proteins. Steady-state fluorescence quenching experiments show that the mutant protein binds cytochalasin B with a Kd 37-53-fold higher than the wild type. This low affinity binding was not detected with equilibrium binding or photolabeling experiments. In contrast, the mutant protein binds forskolin with a Kd similar to that of the wild type and is photolabeled by 3-125I-4-azido-phenethylamido-7-O-succinyl-desacetyl-forskolin. The mutant protein displays an increased amount of steady-state fluorescence quenching with the binding of forskolin, suggesting that the substitution of the Asn residue has altered the environment of a tryptophan, probably Trp395, in a conformationally active region of the protein. Time-resolved fluorescence measurements on the mutant protein provided association and dissociation rate constants (k2 and k-2), describing the initial interaction of cytochalasin B to the inward-facing binding site (Ti), that are decreased (9-fold) and increased (4.9-fold) compared with the wild type. This yielded a dissociation constant (K2) for cytochalasin B to the inward-facing binding site 44-fold higher than that of the wild type. The binding of forskolin gave values for k2 and k-2 3.9- and 3.6-fold lower, respectively, yielding a K2 value for Ti similar to that of the wild type. The low overall affinity (high Kd) of the mutant protein for cytochalasin B is due mainly to a disruption in binding to the Ti conformation. It is proposed that Asn394 forms either a direct binding interaction with cytochalasin B or is part of the immediate environment of the binding site and that Asn394 is in the immediate environment, but not part, of the forskolin binding site. The ability of the mutant protein to catalyze energized transport is only mildly impaired with 4.8- and 2.1-fold reduction in Vmax/Km values for D-galactose and D-glucose, respectively. In stark contrast, the overall Kd describing binding of D-galactose and D-glucose to the inward-facing conformation of the mutant and their subsequent translocation across the membrane is substantially increased (64-fold for D-galactose and 163.3-fold for D-glucose). These data indicate that Asn394 is associated with both the cytochalasin B and internal sugar binding sites. This conclusion is also supported by data showing that the sugar specificity of the mutant protein has been altered for D-xylose. This work powerfully illustrates how comparisons of the aligned amino acid sequences of homologous membrane proteins of unknown structure and characterization of their phenotypes can be used to map substrate and ligand binding sites.
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- T P McDonald
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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McDonald TP, Walmsley AR, Martin GE, Henderson PJ. The role of tryptophans 371 and 395 in the binding of antibiotics and the transport of sugars by the D-galactose-H+ symport protein (GalP) from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:30359-70. [PMID: 8530461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.51.30359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The interactions between the D-galactose-H+ symporter (GalP) from Escherichia coli and the inhibitory antibiotics, cytochalasin B and forskolin, and the substrates, D-galactose and H+, have been investigated for the wild-type protein and the mutants Trp-371-->Phe and Trp-395-->Phe, so that the roles of these residues in the structure-activity relationship could be assessed. Neither mutation prevented photolabeling by either [4-3H]cytochalasin B or by 3-[125I]iodo-4-azidophenethyl-amido-7-O-succinyldesacetylforskolin ([125I]APS-forskolin). However, measurements of protein fluorescence show that both residues are in structural domains, the conformations of which are perturbed by the binding of cytochalasin B or forskolin. Moreover, both mutations cause a substantial decrease in the affinity of the inward-facing site of the GalP protein for cytochalasin B, 10- and 43-fold, respectively, but have little effect upon the affinity of this site for forskolin, 0.8- and 2.6-fold reductions, respectively. Both these mutations change the equilibrium between the putative outward- (T1) and inward-facing (T2) conformations, so that the inward-facing form is more favored. They also stabilize a different conformational state, "T3-antibiotic," in which the initial interactions between the protein and antibiotics are tightened. Overall, this has the effect of compensating for the reduction in affinity for cytochalasin B, so that the respective overall Kd values are 0.74- and 3.5-fold that of the wild type, while causing a slight increase, 1.5- and 3.2-fold, respectively, in affinity of the mutants for forskolin. The Trp-371-->Phe mutation causes a 15-fold reduction in the affinity of the inward-facing site for D-galactose, suggesting that this residue forms part of the sugar binding site. In contrast, the Trp-395-->Phe mutation has no effect upon the affinity of the inward-facing site for D-galactose. These effects may be related to the reduction in galactose-H+ symport activity only in the Trp-371-->Phe mutant, although it still effects active transport to the same extent as the Trp395-->Phe mutant. However, there is a 10-20-fold increase in the Km values for energized transport of D-galactose for both mutants.
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- T P McDonald
- Krebs Institute for Biomolecular Research, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, United Kingdom
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Henderson PJ, Martin GE, McDonald TP, Steel A, Walmsley AR. Dissection of discrete kinetic events in the binding of antibiotics and substrates to the galactose-H+ symport protein, GalP, of Escherichia coli. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1994; 65:349-58. [PMID: 7832591 DOI: 10.1007/bf00872218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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GalP is the membrane protein responsible for H(+)-driven uptake of galactose into Escherichia coli. It is suggested to be the bacterial equivalent of the mammalian glucose transporter, GLUT1, since these proteins share sequence homology, recognise and transport similar substrates and are both inhibited by cytochalasin B and forskolin. The successful over-production of GalP to 35-55% of the total inner membrane protein of E. coli has allowed direct physical measurements on isolated membrane preparations. The binding of the antibiotics cytochalasin B and forskolin could be monitored from changes in the inherent fluorescence of GalP, enabling derivation of a kinetic mechanism describing the interaction between the ligands and GalP. The binding of sugars to GalP produces little or no change in the inherent fluorescence of the transporter. However, the binding of transported sugars to GalP produces a large increase in the fluorescence of 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulphonate (ANS) excited via tryptophan residues. This has allowed a binding step, in addition to two putative translocation steps, to be measured. From all these studies a basic kinetic mechanism for the transport cycle under non-energised conditions has been derived. The case of genetical manipulation of the galP gene in E. coli has been exploited to mutate individual amino acid residues that are predicted to play a critical role in transport activity and/or the recognition of substrates and antibiotics. Investigation of these mutant proteins using the fluorescence measurements should elucidate the role of individual residues in the transport cycle as well as refine the current model.
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- P J Henderson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, UK
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