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Deng Q, Hong X, Xia Y, Gong Z, Dai H, Chen J, Feng Y, Zhang J, Xie X, Li N, Shen X, Hu J, Zhang Q, Lang X, Pan R. Comprehensive identification of plant peroxisome targeting signal type 1 tripeptides. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024. [PMID: 38975665 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 07/09/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Qianwen Deng
- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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- Beijing Life Science Academy, Changping, Beijing, 102209, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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- Beijing Life Science Academy, Changping, Beijing, 102209, China
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- Beijing Life Science Academy, Changping, Beijing, 102209, China
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- Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou, 311121, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology and Breeding, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
- ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 311215, China
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Fukuta K, Kato DI, Maeda J, Tsuruta A, Suzuki H, Nagano Y, Tsukamoto H, Niwa K, Terauchi M, Toyoda A, Fujiyama A, Noguchi H. Genome assembly of Genji firefly (Nipponoluciola cruciata) reveals novel luciferase-like luminescent proteins without peroxisome targeting signal. DNA Res 2024; 31:dsae006. [PMID: 38494174 PMCID: PMC11090084 DOI: 10.1093/dnares/dsae006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
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The Genji firefly, Nipponoluciola cruciata, is an aquatic firefly endemic to Japan, inhabiting a wide area of the Japanese archipelago. The luminescence of fireflies is a scientifically interesting phenomenon, and many studies have evaluated this species in Japan. In this study, we sequenced the whole genome of male N. cruciata and constructed a high-quality genome assembly of 662 Mb with a BUSCO completeness of 99.1% in the genome mode. Using the detected set of 15,169 protein-coding genes, the genomic structures and genetic background of luminescence-related genes were also investigated. We found four new firefly luciferase-like genes in the genome. The highest bioluminescent activity was observed for LLa2, which originated from ancestral PDGY, a mitochondrial acyl-CoA synthetase. A thioesterase candidate, NcruACOT1, which is involved in d-luciferin biosynthesis, was expressed in the lantern. Two opsins were also detected and the absorption wavelength of the UV-type opsin candidate shifted from UV to blue. These findings provide an important resource for unravelling the adaptive evolution of fireflies in terms of luminescence and vision.
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- Kentaro Fukuta
- Center for Genome Informatics, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Data Analysis Division, Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Department of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Department of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Department of Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
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- Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, Saga 840-8502, Japan
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- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe 657-8501, Japan
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- Advanced Quantum Measurement Group, Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8563, Japan
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- Center for Genome Informatics, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Data Analysis Division, Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Sequencing Division, Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Data Analysis Division, Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Comparative Genomics Laboratory, Department of Genomics and Evolutionary Biology, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- Center for Genome Informatics, Joint Support-Center for Data Science Research, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
- Data Analysis Division, Advanced Genomics Center, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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Wang Z, Su C, Zhang Y, Shangguan S, Wang R, Su J. Key enzymes involved in the utilization of fatty acids by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a review. Front Microbiol 2024; 14:1294182. [PMID: 38274755 PMCID: PMC10808364 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1294182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a eukaryotic organism with a clear genetic background and mature gene operating system; in addition, it exhibits environmental tolerance. Therefore, S. cerevisiae is one of the most commonly used organisms for the synthesis of biological chemicals. The investigation of fatty acid catabolism in S. cerevisiae is crucial for the synthesis and accumulation of fatty acids and their derivatives, with β-oxidation being the predominant pathway responsible for fatty acid metabolism in this organism, occurring primarily within peroxisomes. The latest research has revealed distinct variations in β-oxidation among different fatty acids, primarily attributed to substrate preferences and disparities in the metabolic regulation of key enzymes involved in the S. cerevisiae fatty acid metabolic pathway. The synthesis of lipids, on the other hand, represents another crucial metabolic pathway for fatty acids. The present paper provides a comprehensive review of recent research on the key factors influencing the efficiency of fatty acid utilization, encompassing β-oxidation and lipid synthesis pathways. Additionally, we discuss various approaches for modifying β-oxidation to enhance the synthesis of fatty acids and their derivatives in S. cerevisiae, aiming to offer theoretical support and serve as a valuable reference for future studies.
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- Zhaoyun Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biobased Material and Green Papermaking (LBMP), Qilu University of Technology, Jinan, Shandong, China
- Key Laboratory of Shandong Microbial Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan, Shandong, China
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Deng Q, Jiang H, Hu J, Pan R. Identification of Auxiliary Organellar Targeting Signals for Plant Peroxisomes Using Bioinformatic Analysis of Large Protein Sequence Datasets Followed by Experimental Validation. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2792:265-275. [PMID: 38861094 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3802-6_21] [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: 06/12/2024]
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Eukaryotic cells are compartmentalized by membrane-bounded organelles to ensure that specific biochemical reactions and cellular functions occur in a spatially restricted manner. The subcellular localization of proteins is largely determined by their intrinsic targeting signals, which are mainly constituted by short peptides. A complete organelle targeting signal may contain a core signal (CoreS) as well as auxiliary signals (AuxiS). However, the AuxiS is often not as well characterized as the CoreS. Peroxisomes house many key steps in photorespiration, besides other crucial functions in plants. Peroxisome targeting signal type 1 (PTS1), which is carried by most peroxisome matrix proteins, was initially recognized as a C-terminal tripeptide with a "canonical" consensus of [S/A]-[K/R]-[L/M]. Many studies have shown the existence of auxiliary targeting signals upstream of PTS1, but systematic characterizations are lacking. Here, we designed an analytical strategy to characterize the auxiliary targeting signals for plant peroxisomes using large datasets and statistics followed by experimental validations. This method may also be applied to deciphering the auxiliary targeting signals for other organelles, whose organellar targeting depends on a core peptide with assistance from a nearby auxiliary signal.
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- Qianwen Deng
- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Zhijiang Lab, Hangzhou, China
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- Center for Data Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Michigan State University-Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and Plant Biology Department, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- College of Agriculture and Biotechnology & ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
- Zhijiang Lab, Hangzhou, China.
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Turkolmez S, Chornyi S, Alhajouj S, IJlst L, Waterham HR, Mitchell PJ, Hettema EH, van Roermund CWT. Peroxisomal NAD(H) Homeostasis in the Yeast Debaryomyces hansenii Depends on Two Redox Shuttles and the NAD + Carrier, Pmp47. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1294. [PMID: 37759694 PMCID: PMC10526880 DOI: 10.3390/biom13091294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/14/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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Debaryomyces hansenii is considered an unconventional yeast with a strong biotechnological potential, which can produce and store high amounts of lipids. However, relatively little is known about its lipid metabolism, and genetic tools for this yeast have been limited. The aim of this study was to explore the fatty acid β-oxidation pathway in D. hansenii. To this end, we employed recently developed methods to generate multiple gene deletions and tag open reading frames with GFP in their chromosomal context in this yeast. We found that, similar as in other yeasts, the β-oxidation of fatty acids in D. hansenii was restricted to peroxisomes. We report a series of experiments in D. hansenii and the well-studied yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that show that the homeostasis of NAD+ in D. hansenii peroxisomes is dependent upon the peroxisomal membrane protein Pmp47 and two peroxisomal dehydrogenases, Mdh3 and Gpd1, which both export reducing equivalents produced during β-oxidation to the cytosol. Pmp47 is the first identified NAD+ carrier in yeast peroxisomes.
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- Selva Turkolmez
- School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Reproduction & Development, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- School of Bioscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ghosh M, Denkert N, Reuter M, Klümper J, Reglinski K, Peschel R, Schliebs W, Erdmann R, Meinecke M. Dynamics of the translocation pore of the human peroxisomal protein import machinery. Biol Chem 2023; 404:169-178. [PMID: 35977096 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2022-0170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Peroxisomal matrix proteins are synthesized on cytosolic ribosomes and imported in a posttranslational manner. Intricate protein import machineries have evolved that catalyze the different stages of translocation. In humans, PEX5L was found to be an essential component of the peroxisomal translocon. PEX5L is the main receptor for substrate proteins carrying a peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS). Substrates are bound by soluble PEX5L in the cytosol after which the cargo-receptor complex is recruited to peroxisomal membranes. Here, PEX5L interacts with the docking protein PEX14 and becomes part of an integral membrane protein complex that facilitates substrate translocation into the peroxisomal lumen in a still unknown process. In this study, we show that PEX5L containing complexes purified from human peroxisomal membranes constitute water-filled pores when reconstituted into planar-lipid membranes. Channel characteristics were highly dynamic in terms of conductance states, selectivity and voltage- and substrate-sensitivity. Our results show that a PEX5L associated pore exists in human peroxisomes, which can be activated by receptor-cargo complexes.
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- Mausumi Ghosh
- Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.,Institute for Cellular Biochemistry, University Medical Center Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany
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Kunze M. Computational Evaluation of Peroxisomal Targeting Signals in Metazoa. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2643:391-404. [PMID: 36952201 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3048-8_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
Abstract
Most soluble proteins enclosed in peroxisomes encode either type-1 or type-2 peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1 or PTS2), which act as postal codes and define the proteins' intracellular destination. Thus, various computational programs have been developed to evaluate the probability of specific peptide sequences for being a functional PTS or to scan the primary sequence of proteins for such signals. Among these prediction algorithms the PTS1-predictor ( https://mendel.imp.ac.at/pts1/ ) has been amply used, but the research logic of this and other PTS1 prediction tools is occasionally misjudged giving rise to characteristic pitfalls. Here, a proper utilization of the PTS1-predictor is introduced together with a framework of additional tests to increase the validity of the interpretation of results. Moreover, a list of possible causes for a mismatch between results of such predictions and experimental outcomes is provided. However, the foundational arguments apply to other prediction tools for PTS1 motifs as well.
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- Markus Kunze
- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Deng Q, Li H, Feng Y, Xu R, Li W, Zhu R, Akhter D, Shen X, Hu J, Jiang H, Pan R. Defining upstream enhancing and inhibiting sequence patterns for plant peroxisome targeting signal type 1 using large-scale in silico and in vivo analyses. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2022; 111:567-582. [PMID: 35603488 PMCID: PMC9542071 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2022] [Revised: 05/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Peroxisomes are universal eukaryotic organelles essential to plants and animals. Most peroxisomal matrix proteins carry peroxisome targeting signal type 1 (PTS1), a C-terminal tripeptide. Studies from various kingdoms have revealed influences from sequence upstream of the tripeptide on peroxisome targeting, supporting the view that positive charges in the upstream region are the major enhancing elements. However, a systematic approach to better define the upstream elements influencing PTS1 targeting capability is needed. Here, we used protein sequences from 177 plant genomes to perform large-scale and in-depth analysis of the PTS1 domain, which includes the PTS1 tripeptide and upstream sequence elements. We identified and verified 12 low-frequency PTS1 tripeptides and revealed upstream enhancing and inhibiting sequence patterns for peroxisome targeting, which were subsequently validated in vivo. Follow-up analysis revealed that nonpolar and acidic residues have relatively strong enhancing and inhibiting effects, respectively, on peroxisome targeting. However, in contrast to the previous understanding, positive charges alone do not show the anticipated enhancing effect and that both the position and property of the residues within these patterns are important for peroxisome targeting. We further demonstrated that the three residues immediately upstream of the tripeptide are the core influencers, with a 'basic-nonpolar-basic' pattern serving as a strong and universal enhancing pattern for peroxisome targeting. These findings have significantly advanced our knowledge of the PTS1 domain in plants and likely other eukaryotic species as well. The principles and strategies employed in the present study may also be applied to deciphering auxiliary targeting signals for other organelles.
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- Qianwen Deng
- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
- ZJU‐Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- Center for Data ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- ZJU‐Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
- Department of Genetics and Plant BreedingSylhet Agricultural UniversitySylhet3100Bangladesh
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory and Plant Biology DepartmentMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichigan48824USA
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- Center for Data ScienceZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
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- College of Agriculture and BiotechnologyZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310058China
- ZJU‐Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation CenterZhejiang UniversityHangzhou310027China
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Vasilev J, Mix AK, Heimerl T, Maier UG, Moog D. Inferred Subcellular Localization of Peroxisomal Matrix Proteins of Guillardia theta Suggests an Important Role of Peroxisomes in Cryptophytes. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2022; 13:889662. [PMID: 35783940 PMCID: PMC9244630 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.889662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Peroxisomes participate in several important metabolic processes in eukaryotic cells, such as the detoxification of reactive oxygen species (ROS) or the degradation of fatty acids by β-oxidation. Recently, the presence of peroxisomes in the cryptophyte Guillardia theta and other "chromalveolates" was revealed by identifying proteins for peroxisomal biogenesis. Here, we investigated the subcellular localization of candidate proteins of G. theta in the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, either possessing a putative peroxisomal targeting signal type 1 (PTS1) sequence or factors lacking a peroxisomal targeting signal but known to be involved in β-oxidation. Our results indicate important contributions of the peroxisomes of G. theta to the carbohydrate, ether phospholipid, nucleotide, vitamin K, ROS, amino acid, and amine metabolisms. Moreover, our results suggest that in contrast to many other organisms, the peroxisomes of G. theta are not involved in the β-oxidation of fatty acids, which exclusively seems to occur in the cryptophyte's mitochondria.
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- Jana Vasilev
- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology, Department of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Rudić J, Dragićević MB, Momčilović I, Simonović AD, Pantelić D. In Silico Study of Superoxide Dismutase Gene Family in Potato and Effects of Elevated Temperature and Salicylic Acid on Gene Expression. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11030488. [PMID: 35326138 PMCID: PMC8944489 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11030488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2021] [Revised: 02/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is the most important vegetable crop globally and is very susceptible to high ambient temperatures. Since heat stress causes the accumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), investigations regarding major enzymatic components of the antioxidative system are of the essence. Superoxide dismutases (SODs) represent the first line of defense against ROS but detailed in silico analysis and characterization of the potato SOD gene family have not been performed thus far. We have analyzed eight functional SOD genes, three StCuZnSODs, one StMnSOD, and four StFeSODs, annotated in the updated version of potato genome (Spud DB DM v6.1). The StSOD genes and their respective proteins were analyzed in silico to determine the exon-intron organization, splice variants, cis-regulatory promoter elements, conserved domains, signals for subcellular targeting, 3D-structures, and phylogenetic relations. Quantitative PCR analysis revealed higher induction of StCuZnSODs (the major potato SODs) and StFeSOD3 in thermotolerant cultivar Désirée than in thermosensitive Agria and Kennebec during long-term exposure to elevated temperature. StMnSOD was constitutively expressed, while expression of StFeSODs was cultivar-dependent. The effects of salicylic acid (10−5 M) on StSODs expression were minor. Our results provide the basis for further research on StSODs and their regulation in potato, particularly in response to elevated temperatures.
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Verner Z, Žárský V, Le T, Narayanasamy RK, Rada P, Rozbeský D, Makki A, Belišová D, Hrdý I, Vancová M, Lender C, König C, Bruchhaus I, Tachezy J. Anaerobic peroxisomes in Entamoeba histolytica metabolize myo-inositol. PLoS Pathog 2021; 17:e1010041. [PMID: 34780573 PMCID: PMC8629394 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Entamoeba histolytica is believed to be devoid of peroxisomes, like most anaerobic protists. In this work, we provided the first evidence that peroxisomes are present in E. histolytica, although only seven proteins responsible for peroxisome biogenesis (peroxins) were identified (Pex1, Pex6, Pex5, Pex11, Pex14, Pex16, and Pex19). Targeting matrix proteins to peroxisomes is reduced to the PTS1-dependent pathway mediated via the soluble Pex5 receptor, while the PTS2 receptor Pex7 is absent. Immunofluorescence microscopy showed that peroxisomal markers (Pex5, Pex14, Pex16, Pex19) are present in vesicles distinct from mitosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, and the endosome/phagosome system, except Pex11, which has dual localization in peroxisomes and mitosomes. Immunoelectron microscopy revealed that Pex14 localized to vesicles of approximately 90-100 nm in diameter. Proteomic analyses of affinity-purified peroxisomes and in silico PTS1 predictions provided datasets of 655 and 56 peroxisomal candidates, respectively; however, only six proteins were shared by both datasets, including myo-inositol dehydrogenase (myo-IDH). Peroxisomal NAD-dependent myo-IDH appeared to be a dimeric enzyme with high affinity to myo-inositol (Km 0.044 mM) and can utilize also scyllo-inositol, D-glucose and D-xylose as substrates. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that orthologs of myo-IDH with PTS1 are present in E. dispar, E. nutalli and E. moshkovskii but not in E. invadens, and form a monophyletic clade of mostly peroxisomal orthologs with free-living Mastigamoeba balamuthi and Pelomyxa schiedti. The presence of peroxisomes in E. histolytica and other archamoebae breaks the paradigm of peroxisome absence in anaerobes and provides a new potential target for the development of antiparasitic drugs.
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- Zdeněk Verner
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czech Republic
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Leissring MA. Insulin-Degrading Enzyme: Paradoxes and Possibilities. Cells 2021; 10:cells10092445. [PMID: 34572094 PMCID: PMC8472535 DOI: 10.3390/cells10092445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
More than seven decades have passed since the discovery of a proteolytic activity within crude tissue extracts that would become known as insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE). Certainly much has been learned about this atypical zinc-metallopeptidase; at the same time, however, many quite fundamental gaps in our understanding remain. Herein, I outline what I consider to be among the most critical unresolved questions within the field, many presenting as intriguing paradoxes. For instance, where does IDE, a predominantly cytosolic protein with no signal peptide or clearly identified secretion mechanism, interact with insulin and other extracellular substrates? Where precisely is IDE localized within the cell, and what are its functional roles in these compartments? How does IDE, a bowl-shaped protein that completely encapsulates its substrates, manage to avoid getting “clogged” and thus rendered inactive virtually immediately? Although these paradoxes are by definition unresolved, I offer herein my personal insights and informed speculations based on two decades working on the biology and pharmacology of IDE and suggest specific experimental strategies for addressing these conundrums. I also offer what I believe to be especially fruitful avenues for investigation made possible by the development of new technologies and IDE-specific reagents. It is my hope that these thoughts will contribute to continued progress elucidating the physiology and pathophysiology of this important peptidase.
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- Malcolm A Leissring
- Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California, Irvine (UCI MIND), Irvine, CA 92697, USA
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Hochreiter B, Chong CS, Hartig A, Maurer-Stroh S, Berger J, Schmid JA, Kunze M. A Novel FRET Approach Quantifies the Interaction Strength of Peroxisomal Targeting Signals and Their Receptor in Living Cells. Cells 2020; 9:cells9112381. [PMID: 33143123 PMCID: PMC7693011 DOI: 10.3390/cells9112381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Measuring Förster–resonance–energy–transfer (FRET) efficiency allows the investigation of protein–protein interactions (PPI), but extracting quantitative measures of affinity necessitates highly advanced technical equipment or isolated proteins. We demonstrate the validity of a recently suggested novel approach to quantitatively analyze FRET-based experiments in living mammalian cells using standard equipment using the interaction between different type-1 peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1) and their soluble receptor peroxin 5 (PEX5) as a model system. Large data sets were obtained by flow cytometry coupled FRET measurements of cells expressing PTS1-tagged EGFP together with mCherry fused to the PTS1-binding domain of PEX5, and were subjected to a fitting algorithm extracting a quantitative measure of the interaction strength. This measure correlates with results obtained by in vitro techniques and a two-hybrid assay, but is unaffected by the distance between the fluorophores. Moreover, we introduce a live cell competition assay based on this approach, capable of depicting dose- and affinity-dependent modulation of the PPI. Using this system, we demonstrate the relevance of a sequence element next to the core tripeptide in PTS1 motifs for the interaction strength between PTS1 and PEX5, which is supported by a structure-based computational prediction of the binding energy indicating a direct involvement of this sequence in the interaction.
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- Bernhard Hochreiter
- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671, Singapore; (C.-S.C.); (S.M.-S.)
- NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119077, Singapore
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Max Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, 1030 Vienna, Austria;
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138671, Singapore; (C.-S.C.); (S.M.-S.)
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117558, Singapore
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- Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
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- Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: (J.A.S.); (M.K.)
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- Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: (J.A.S.); (M.K.)
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Blobel and coworkers discovered in 1978 that peroxisomal proteins are synthesized on free ribosomes in the cytosol and thus provided the grounds for the conception of peroxisomes as self-containing organelles. Peroxisomes are highly adaptive and versatile organelles carrying out a wide variety of metabolic functions. A striking feature of the peroxisomal import machinery is that proteins can traverse the peroxisomal membrane in a folded and even oligomeric state via cycling receptors. We outline essential steps of peroxisomal matrix protein import, from targeting of the proteins to the peroxisomal membrane, their translocation via transient pores and export of the corresponding cycling import receptors with emphasis on the situation in yeast. Peroxisomes can contribute to the adaptation of cells to different environmental conditions. This is realized by changes in metabolic functions and thus the enzyme composition of the organelles is adopted according to the cellular needs. In recent years, it turned out that this organellar diversity is based on an elaborate regulation of gene expression and peroxisomal protein import. The latter is in the focus of this review that summarizes our knowledge on the composition and function of the peroxisomal protein import machinery with emphasis on novel alternative protein import pathways.
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- Thomas Walter
- Systems Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Systems Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstr. 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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Le T, Žárský V, Nývltová E, Rada P, Harant K, Vancová M, Verner Z, Hrdý I, Tachezy J. Anaerobic peroxisomes in Mastigamoeba balamuthi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:2065-2075. [PMID: 31932444 PMCID: PMC6994998 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1909755117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The adaptation of eukaryotic cells to anaerobic conditions is reflected by substantial changes to mitochondrial metabolism and functional reduction. Hydrogenosomes belong among the most modified mitochondrial derivative and generate molecular hydrogen concomitant with ATP synthesis. The reduction of mitochondria is frequently associated with loss of peroxisomes, which compartmentalize pathways that generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) and thus protect against cellular damage. The biogenesis and function of peroxisomes are tightly coupled with mitochondria. These organelles share fission machinery components, oxidative metabolism pathways, ROS scavenging activities, and some metabolites. The loss of peroxisomes in eukaryotes with reduced mitochondria is thus not unexpected. Surprisingly, we identified peroxisomes in the anaerobic, hydrogenosome-bearing protist Mastigamoeba balamuthi We found a conserved set of peroxin (Pex) proteins that are required for protein import, peroxisomal growth, and division. Key membrane-associated Pexs (MbPex3, MbPex11, and MbPex14) were visualized in numerous vesicles distinct from hydrogenosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and Golgi complex. Proteomic analysis of cellular fractions and prediction of peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1/PTS2) identified 51 putative peroxisomal matrix proteins. Expression of selected proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed specific targeting to peroxisomes. The matrix proteins identified included components of acyl-CoA and carbohydrate metabolism and pyrimidine and CoA biosynthesis, whereas no components related to either β-oxidation or catalase were present. In conclusion, we identified a subclass of peroxisomes, named "anaerobic" peroxisomes that shift the current paradigm and turn attention to the reductive evolution of peroxisomes in anaerobic organisms.
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- Tien Le
- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre, Czech Academy of Sciences, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, BIOCEV, Charles University, 25242 Vestec, Czech Republic;
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Jin X, Baysal C, Gao L, Medina V, Drapal M, Ni X, Sheng Y, Shi L, Capell T, Fraser PD, Christou P, Zhu C. The subcellular localization of two isopentenyl diphosphate isomerases in rice suggests a role for the endoplasmic reticulum in isoprenoid biosynthesis. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2020; 39:119-133. [PMID: 31679061 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-019-02479-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Both OsIPPI1 and OsIPPI2 enzymes are found in the endoplasmic reticulum, providing novel important insights into the role of this compartment in the synthesis of MVA pathway isoprenoids. Isoprenoids are synthesized from the precursor's isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphosphate (DMAPP), which are interconverted by the enzyme isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase (IPPI). Many plants express multiple isoforms of IPPI, the only enzyme shared by the mevalonate (MVA) and non-mevalonate (MEP) pathways, but little is known about their specific roles. Rice (Oryza sativa) has two IPPI isoforms (OsIPPI1 and OsIPPI2). We, therefore, carried out a comprehensive comparison of IPPI gene expression, protein localization, and isoprenoid biosynthesis in this species. We found that OsIPPI1 mRNA was more abundant than OsIPPI2 mRNA in all tissues, and its expression in de-etiolated leaves mirrored the accumulation of phytosterols, suggesting a key role in the synthesis of MVA pathway isoprenoids. We investigated the subcellular localization of both isoforms by constitutively expressing them as fusions with synthetic green fluorescent protein. Both proteins localized to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) as well as peroxisomes and mitochondria, whereas only OsIPPI2 was detected in plastids, due to an N-terminal transit peptide which is not present in OsIPPI1. Despite the plastidial location of OsIPPI2, the expression of OsIPPI2 mRNA did not mirror the accumulation of chlorophylls or carotenoids, indicating that OsIPPI2 may be a redundant component of the MEP pathway. The detection of both OsIPPI isoforms in the ER indicates that DMAPP can be synthesized de novo in this compartment. Our work shows that the ER plays an as yet unknown role in the synthesis of MVA-derived isoprenoids, with important implications for the metabolic engineering of isoprenoid biosynthesis in higher plants.
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- Xin Jin
- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130024, China
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
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- School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain
- ICREA, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Plant Production and Forestry Science, University of Lleida-Agrotecnio Center, Av. Alcalde Rovira Roure, 191, 25198, Lleida, Spain.
- School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, Changchun, 130032, China.
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Nerstedt A, Kurhe Y, Cansby E, Caputo M, Gao L, Vorontsov E, Ståhlman M, Nuñez-Durán E, Borén J, Marschall HU, Mashek DG, Saunders DN, Sihlbom C, Hoy AJ, Mahlapuu M. Lipid droplet-associated kinase STK25 regulates peroxisomal activity and metabolic stress response in steatotic liver. J Lipid Res 2019; 61:178-191. [PMID: 31857389 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.ra119000316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are emerging as leading causes of liver disease worldwide and have been recognized as one of the major unmet medical needs of the 21st century. Our recent translational studies in mouse models, human cell lines, and well-characterized patient cohorts have identified serine/threonine kinase (STK)25 as a protein that coats intrahepatocellular lipid droplets (LDs) and critically regulates liver lipid homeostasis and progression of NAFLD/NASH. Here, we studied the mechanism-of-action of STK25 in steatotic liver by relative quantification of the hepatic LD-associated phosphoproteome from high-fat diet-fed Stk25 knockout mice compared with their wild-type littermates. We observed a total of 131 proteins and 60 phosphoproteins that were differentially represented in STK25-deficient livers. Most notably, a number of proteins involved in peroxisomal function, ubiquitination-mediated proteolysis, and antioxidant defense were coordinately regulated in Stk25 -/- versus wild-type livers. We confirmed attenuated peroxisomal biogenesis and protection against oxidative and ER stress in STK25-deficient human liver cells, demonstrating the hepatocyte-autonomous manner of STK25's action. In summary, our results suggest that regulation of peroxisomal function and metabolic stress response may be important molecular mechanisms by which STK25 controls the development and progression of NAFLD/NASH.
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- Annika Nerstedt
- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Proteomics Core Facility, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Molecular and Clinical Medicine/Wallenberg Laboratory, Institute of Medicine, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Proteomics Core Facility, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Discipline of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Departments of Chemistry and Molecular Biology University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Kunze M. The type-2 peroxisomal targeting signal. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2019; 1867:118609. [PMID: 31751594 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.118609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The type-2 peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS2) is one of two peptide motifs destining soluble proteins for peroxisomes. This signal acts as amphiphilic α-helix exposing the side chains of all conserved residues to the same side. PTS2 motifs are recognized by a bipartite protein complex consisting of the receptor PEX7 and a co-receptor. Cargo-loaded receptor complexes are translocated across the peroxisomal membrane by a transient pore and inside peroxisomes, cargo proteins are released and processed in many, but not all species. The components of the bipartite receptor are re-exported into the cytosol by a ubiquitin-mediated and ATP-driven export mechanism. Structurally, PTS2 motifs resemble other N-terminal targeting signals, whereas the functional relation to the second peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1) is unclear. Although only a few PTS2-carrying proteins are known in humans, subjects lacking a functional import mechanism for these proteins suffer from the severe inherited disease rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata.
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- Markus Kunze
- Medical University of Vienna, Center for Brain Research, Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Spitalgasse 4, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Romano FB, Blok NB, Rapoport TA. Peroxisome protein import recapitulated in Xenopus egg extracts. J Cell Biol 2019; 218:2021-2034. [PMID: 30971414 PMCID: PMC6548129 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201901152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes import proteins with a C-terminal SKL sequence by a poorly understood mechanism. Romano et al. use Xenopus egg extracts to study peroxisome import in vitro. The novel assay recapitulates import in vivo and provides mechanistic insights. Peroxisomes import their luminal proteins from the cytosol. Most substrates contain a C-terminal Ser-Lys-Leu (SKL) sequence that is recognized by the receptor Pex5. Pex5 binds to peroxisomes via a docking complex containing Pex14, and recycles back into the cytosol following its mono-ubiquitination at a conserved Cys residue. The mechanism of peroxisome protein import remains incompletely understood. Here, we developed an in vitro import system based on Xenopus egg extracts. Import is dependent on the SKL motif in the substrate and on the presence of Pex5 and Pex14, and is sustained by ATP hydrolysis. A protein lacking an SKL sequence can be coimported, providing strong evidence for import of a folded protein. The conserved cysteine in Pex5 is not essential for import or to clear import sites for subsequent rounds of translocation. This new in vitro assay will be useful for further dissecting the mechanism of peroxisome protein import.
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- Fabian B Romano
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Vincow ES, Thomas RE, Merrihew GE, Shulman NJ, Bammler TK, MacDonald JW, MacCoss MJ, Pallanck LJ. Autophagy accounts for approximately one-third of mitochondrial protein turnover and is protein selective. Autophagy 2019; 15:1592-1605. [PMID: 30865561 DOI: 10.1080/15548627.2019.1586258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The destruction of mitochondria through macroautophagy (autophagy) has been recognised as a major route of mitochondrial protein degradation since its discovery more than 50 years ago, but fundamental questions remain unanswered. First, how much mitochondrial protein turnover occurs through auto-phagy? Mitochondrial proteins are also degraded by nonautophagic mechanisms, and the proportion of mitochondrial protein turnover that occurs through autophagy is still unknown. Second, does auto-phagy degrade mitochondrial proteins uniformly or selectively? Autophagy was originally thought to degrade all mitochondrial proteins at the same rate, but recent work suggests that mitochondrial autophagy may be protein selective. To investigate these questions, we used a proteomics-based approach in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, comparing mitochondrial protein turnover rates in autophagy-deficient Atg7 mutants and controls. We found that ~35% of mitochondrial protein turnover occurred via autophagy. Similar analyses using parkin mutants revealed that parkin-dependent mitophagy accounted for ~25% of mitochondrial protein turnover, suggesting that most mitochondrial autophagy specifically eliminates dysfunctional mitochondria. We also found that our results were incompatible with uniform autophagic turnover of mitochondrial proteins and consistent with protein-selective autophagy. In particular, the autophagic turnover rates of individual mitochondrial proteins varied widely, and only a small amount of the variation could be attributed to tissue differences in mitochondrial composition and autophagy rate. Furthermore, analyses comparing autophagy-deficient and control human fibroblasts revealed diverse autophagy-dependent turnover rates even in homogeneous cells. In summary, our work indicates that autophagy acts selectively on mitochondrial proteins, and that most mitochondrial protein turnover occurs through non-autophagic processes. Abbreviations: Atg5: Autophagy-related 5 (Drosophila); ATG5: autophagy related 5 (human); Atg7: Autophagy-related 7 (Drosophila); ATG7: autophagy related 7 (human); DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid; ER: endoplasmic reticulum; GFP: green fluorescent protein; MS: mass spectrometry; park: parkin (Drosophila); Pink1: PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (Drosophila); PINK1: PTEN-induced kinase 1 (human); PRKN: parkin RBR E3 ubiquitin protein ligase (human); RNA: ribonucleic acid; SD: standard deviation; Ub: ubiquitin/ubiquitinated; WT: wild-type; YME1L: YME1 like ATPase (Drosophila); YME1L1: YME1 like 1 ATPase (human).
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- Evelyn S Vincow
- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- b Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- b Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington , Seattle , WA , USA
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Fransen M, Lismont C. Redox Signaling from and to Peroxisomes: Progress, Challenges, and Prospects. Antioxid Redox Signal 2019; 30:95-112. [PMID: 29433327 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2018.7515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Peroxisomes are organelles that are best known for their role in cellular lipid and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) metabolism. Emerging evidence suggests that these organelles serve as guardians and modulators of cellular redox balance, and that alterations in their redox metabolism may contribute to aging and the development of chronic diseases such as neurodegeneration, diabetes, and cancer. Recent Advances: H2O2 is an important signaling messenger that controls many cellular processes by modulating protein activity through cysteine oxidation. Somewhat surprisingly, the potential involvement of peroxisomes in H2O2-mediated signaling processes has been overlooked for a long time. However, recent advances in the development of live-cell approaches to monitor and modulate spatiotemporal fluxes in redox species at the subcellular level have opened up new avenues for research in redox biology and boosted interest in the concept of peroxisomes as redox signaling platforms. CRITICAL ISSUES This review first introduces the reader to what is known about the role of peroxisomes in cellular H2O2 production and clearance, with a focus on mammalian cells. Next, it briefly describes the benefits and drawbacks of current strategies used to investigate the complex interplay between peroxisome metabolism and cellular redox state. Furthermore, it integrates and critically evaluates literature dealing with the interrelationship between peroxisomal redox metabolism, cell signaling, and human disease. FUTURE DIRECTIONS As the precise molecular mechanisms underlying many of these associations are still poorly understood, a key focus for future research should be the identification of primary targets for peroxisome-derived H2O2.
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- Marc Fransen
- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven-University of Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven-University of Leuven , Leuven, Belgium
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Fallon TR, Lower SE, Chang CH, Bessho-Uehara M, Martin GJ, Bewick AJ, Behringer M, Debat HJ, Wong I, Day JC, Suvorov A, Silva CJ, Stanger-Hall KF, Hall DW, Schmitz RJ, Nelson DR, Lewis SM, Shigenobu S, Bybee SM, Larracuente AM, Oba Y, Weng JK. Firefly genomes illuminate parallel origins of bioluminescence in beetles. eLife 2018; 7:e36495. [PMID: 30324905 PMCID: PMC6191289 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Fireflies and their luminous courtships have inspired centuries of scientific study. Today firefly luciferase is widely used in biotechnology, but the evolutionary origin of bioluminescence within beetles remains unclear. To shed light on this long-standing question, we sequenced the genomes of two firefly species that diverged over 100 million-years-ago: the North American Photinus pyralis and Japanese Aquatica lateralis. To compare bioluminescent origins, we also sequenced the genome of a related click beetle, the Caribbean Ignelater luminosus, with bioluminescent biochemistry near-identical to fireflies, but anatomically unique light organs, suggesting the intriguing hypothesis of parallel gains of bioluminescence. Our analyses support independent gains of bioluminescence in fireflies and click beetles, and provide new insights into the genes, chemical defenses, and symbionts that evolved alongside their luminous lifestyle.
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- Timothy R Fallon
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridgeUnited States
- Department of BiologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUnited States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and GeneticsCornell UniversityIthacaUnited States
- Department of BiologyBucknell UniversityLewisburgUnited States
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RochesterRochesterUnited States
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- Department of Environmental BiologyChubu UniversityKasugaiJapan
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural SciencesNagoya UniversityNagoyaJapan
- Monterey Bay Aquarium Research InstituteMoss LandingUnited States
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- Department of BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvoUnited States
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- Department of GeneticsUniversity of GeorgiaAthensUnited States
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of EvolutionArizona State UniversityTempeUnited States
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- Center of Agronomic Research, National Institute of Agricultural TechnologyCórdobaArgentina
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RochesterRochesterUnited States
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)WallingfordUnited Kingdom
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- Department of BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvoUnited States
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- Department of BiologyUniversity of RochesterRochesterUnited States
- Department of Plant SciencesUniversity of California DavisDavisUnited States
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- Department of GeneticsUniversity of GeorgiaAthensUnited States
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- Department of Microbiology Immunology and BiochemistryUniversity of Tennessee HSCMemphisUnited States
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- Department of BiologyTufts UniversityMedfordUnited States
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- NIBB Core Research FacilitiesNational Institute for Basic BiologyOkazakiJapan
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- Department of BiologyBrigham Young UniversityProvoUnited States
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- Department of Environmental BiologyChubu UniversityKasugaiJapan
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchCambridgeUnited States
- Department of BiologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeUnited States
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Brandl J, Aguilar-Pontes MV, Schäpe P, Noerregaard A, Arvas M, Ram AFJ, Meyer V, Tsang A, de Vries RP, Andersen MR. A community-driven reconstruction of the Aspergillus niger metabolic network. Fungal Biol Biotechnol 2018; 5:16. [PMID: 30275963 PMCID: PMC6158834 DOI: 10.1186/s40694-018-0060-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Aspergillus niger is an important fungus used in industrial applications for enzyme and acid production. To enable rational metabolic engineering of the species, available information can be collected and integrated in a genome-scale model to devise strategies for improving its performance as a host organism. Results In this paper, we update an existing model of A. niger metabolism to include the information collected from 876 publications, thereby expanding the coverage of the model by 940 reactions, 777 metabolites and 454 genes. In the presented consensus genome-scale model of A. niger iJB1325 , we integrated experimental data from publications and patents, as well as our own experiments, into a consistent network. This information has been included in a standardized way, allowing for automated testing and continuous improvements in the future. This repository of experimental data allowed the definition of 471 individual test cases, of which the model complies with 373 of them. We further re-analyzed existing transcriptomics and quantitative physiology data to gain new insights on metabolism. Additionally, the model contains 3482 checks on the model structure, thereby representing the best validated genome-scale model on A. niger developed until now. Strain-specific model versions for strains ATCC 1015 and CBS 513.88 have been created containing all data used for model building, thereby allowing users to adopt the models and check the updated version against the experimental data. The resulting model is compliant with the SBML standard and therefore enables users to easily simulate it using their preferred software solution. Conclusion Experimental data on most organisms are scattered across hundreds of publications and several repositories.To allow for a systems level understanding of metabolism, the data must be integrated in a consistent knowledge network. The A. niger iJB1325 model presented here integrates the available data into a highly curated genome-scale model to facilitate the simulation of flux distributions, as well as the interpretation of other genome-scale data by providing the metabolic context. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40694-018-0060-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Julian Brandl
- 1Technical University of Denmark, Soeltofts Plads, Building 223, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- 2Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute and Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 6Berlin University of Technology, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- 1Technical University of Denmark, Soeltofts Plads, Building 223, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- 3VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Tietotie 2, 02044 Espoo, Finland.,7Present Address: Finnish Red Cross Blood Service, Helsinki, Finland
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- 5Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- 6Berlin University of Technology, Gustav-Meyer-Allee 25, 13355 Berlin, Germany
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- 4Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, H4B1R6 Montreal, Québec Canada
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- 2Fungal Physiology, Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute and Fungal Molecular Physiology, Utrecht University, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1Technical University of Denmark, Soeltofts Plads, Building 223, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Thomas RE, Vincow ES, Merrihew GE, MacCoss MJ, Davis MY, Pallanck LJ. Glucocerebrosidase deficiency promotes protein aggregation through dysregulation of extracellular vesicles. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007694. [PMID: 30256786 PMCID: PMC6175534 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Revised: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Mutations in the glucosylceramidase beta (GBA) gene are strongly associated with neurodegenerative diseases marked by protein aggregation. GBA encodes the lysosomal enzyme glucocerebrosidase, which breaks down glucosylceramide. A common explanation for the link between GBA mutations and protein aggregation is that lysosomal accumulation of glucosylceramide causes impaired autophagy. We tested this hypothesis directly by measuring protein turnover and abundance in Drosophila mutants with deletions in the GBA ortholog Gba1b. Proteomic analyses revealed that known autophagy substrates, which had severely impaired turnover in autophagy-deficient Atg7 mutants, showed little to no overall slowing of turnover or increase in abundance in Gba1b mutants. Likewise, Gba1b mutants did not have the marked impairment of mitochondrial protein turnover seen in mitophagy-deficient parkin mutants. Proteasome activity, microautophagy, and endocytic degradation also appeared unaffected in Gba1b mutants. However, we found striking changes in the turnover and abundance of proteins associated with extracellular vesicles (EVs), which have been proposed as vehicles for the spread of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative disease. These changes were specific to Gba1b mutants and did not represent an acceleration of normal aging. Western blotting of isolated EVs confirmed the increased abundance of EV proteins in Gba1b mutants, and nanoparticle tracking analysis revealed that Gba1b mutants had six times as many EVs as controls. Genetic perturbations of EV production in Gba1b mutants suppressed protein aggregation, demonstrating that the increase in EV abundance contributed to the accumulation of protein aggregates. Together, our findings indicate that glucocerebrosidase deficiency causes pathogenic changes in EV metabolism and may promote the spread of protein aggregates through extracellular vesicles.
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- Ruth E. Thomas
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
- Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States of America
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Kim I, Bang WY, Kim S, Jin SM, Hyun JY, Han EH, Lee E. Peroxisome-targeted Supramolecular Nanoprobes Assembled with Pyrene-labelled Peptide Amphiphiles. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:3485-3490. [PMID: 29956888 DOI: 10.1002/asia.201800863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Despite the versatile metabolic functions of peroxisomes such as lipid synthesis and fatty acid oxidation and their relevance to genetically inherited diseases, namely, peroxisome biogenesis disorders and peroxisomal enzyme deficiency, there is not much research on peroxisome-targeting therapeutics. Herein we present supramolecular nanostructured probes based on the self-assembly of peptide amphiphiles (PAs) having peroxisome-targeting ability in mammalian cells. The PA was designed to include the peroxisome-targeting tripeptide (SKL) and a fluorescent dye (pyrene). It was revealed that the presence of the SKL-appended carboxyl terminal group of PA, the extent of α-helical nature of the peptide block, and the fibrillar morphology of nano-assemblies affected the targeting efficiency of PA supramolecular nanoprobe. The simple modification of PAs by the peroxisome-targeting strength prediction showed an enhanced peroxisome specificity, as expected. This work provides important insights into designing subcellular organelle-targeting nanoparticles for next-generation nanomedicines.
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- Inhye Kim
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.,Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.,Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea.,Graduate School of Analytical Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Research Team, Division of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea.,Department of Bio-Microsystem Technology, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Sungbuk-gu, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Drug & Disease Target Research Team, Division of Bioconvergence Analysis, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, 61005, Republic of Korea
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Phylogenetic analysis of cnidarian peroxiredoxins and stress-responsive expression in the estuarine sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2018; 221:32-43. [PMID: 29567405 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Peroxiredoxins (PRXs) are a family of antioxidant enzymes present in all domains of life. To date, the diversity and function of peroxiredoxins within animals have only been studied in a few model species. Thus, we sought to characterize peroxiredoxin diversity in cnidarians and to gain insight into their function in one cnidarian-the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis. Phylogenetic analysis using all six known PRX subfamilies (PRX1-4, PRX5, PRX6, PRXQ/AHPE1, TPX, BCP-PRXQ) revealed that like bilaterians, cnidarians contain representatives from three subfamilies (PRX1-4, PRX5, PRX6). Within the PRX1-4 subfamily, cnidarian sequences fall into two clades: PRX4, and a cnidarian-specific clade, which we term CNID-PRX. This phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that the three PRX subfamilies present in Bilateria were also present in the last common ancestor of the Cnidaria and Bilateria, and further that diversification of the PRX1-4 subfamily has occurred within the cnidarian lineage. We next examined the impact of decreased salinity, increased temperature, and peroxide exposure on the expression of four prx genes in N. vectensis (cnid-prx, prx4, prx5, and prx6). These genes exhibited unique expression patterns in response to these environmental stressors. Expression of prx4 decreased with initial exposure to elevated temperature, cnid-prx increased with exposure to elevated temperatures as well as with hydrogen peroxide exposure, and expression of all prxs transiently decreased with reduced salinity. Predicted subcellular localization patterns also varied among PRX proteins. Together these results provide evidence that peroxiredoxins in N. vectensis serve distinct physiological roles and lay a groundwork for understanding how peroxiredoxins mediate cnidarian developmental processes and environmental responses.
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Freitag J, Stehlik T, Stiebler AC, Bölker M. The Obvious and the Hidden: Prediction and Function of Fungal Peroxisomal Matrix Proteins. Subcell Biochem 2018; 89:139-155. [PMID: 30378022 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2233-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Fungal peroxisomes are characterized by a number of specific biological functions. To understand the physiology and biochemistry of these organelles knowledge of the proteome content is crucial. Here, we address different strategies to predict peroxisomal proteins by bioinformatics approaches. These tools range from simple text searches to network based learning strategies. A complication of this analysis is the existence of cryptic peroxisomal proteins, which are overlooked in conventional bioinformatics queries. These include proteins where targeting information results from transcriptional and posttranscriptional alterations. But also proteins with low efficiency targeting motifs that are predominantly localized in the cytosol, and proteins lacking any canonical targeting information, can play important roles within peroxisomes. Many of these proteins are so far unpredictable. Detection and characterization of these cryptic peroxisomal proteins revealed the presence of novel peroxisomal enzymatic reaction networks in fungi.
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- Johannes Freitag
- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
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Our knowledge of the proteome of plant peroxisomes is far from being complete, and the functional complexity and plasticity of this cell organelle are amazingly high particularly in plants, as exemplified by the model species Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant-specific peroxisome functions that have been uncovered only recently include, for instance, the participation of peroxisomes in phylloquinone and biotin biosynthesis. Experimental proteome studies have been proved very successful in defining the proteome of Arabidopsis peroxisomes but this approach also faces significant challenges and limitations. Complementary to experimental approaches, computational methods have emerged as important powerful tools to define the proteome of soluble matrix proteins of plant peroxisomes. Compared to other cell organelles such as mitochondria, plastids and the ER, the simultaneous operation of two major import pathways for soluble proteins in peroxisomes is rather atypical. Novel machine learning prediction approaches have been developed for peroxisome targeting signals type 1 (PTS1) and revealed high sensitivity and specificity, as validated by in vivo subcellular targeting analyses in diverse transient plant expression systems. Accordingly, the algorithms allow the correct prediction of many novel peroxisome-targeted proteins from plant genome sequences and the discovery of additional organelle functions. In contrast, the prediction of PTS2 proteins largely remains restricted to genome searches by conserved patterns contrary to more advanced machine learning methods. Here, we summarize and discuss the capabilities and accuracies of available prediction algorithms for PTS1 and PTS2 carrying proteins.
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- Sigrun Reumann
- Department of Plant Biochemistry and Infection Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609, Hamburg, Germany.
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- KIIT School of Biotechnology, Campus XI, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, 751024, India
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Kunze M. Predicting Peroxisomal Targeting Signals to Elucidate the Peroxisomal Proteome of Mammals. Subcell Biochem 2018; 89:157-199. [PMID: 30378023 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-2233-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Peroxisomes harbor a plethora of proteins, but the peroxisomal proteome as the entirety of all peroxisomal proteins is still unknown for mammalian species. Computational algorithms can be used to predict the subcellular localization of proteins based on their amino acid sequence and this method has been amply used to forecast the intracellular fate of individual proteins. However, when applying such algorithms systematically to all proteins of an organism the prediction of its peroxisomal proteome in silico should be possible. Therefore, a reliable detection of peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS ) acting as postal codes for the intracellular distribution of the encoding protein is crucial. Peroxisomal proteins can utilize different routes to reach their destination depending on the type of PTS. Accordingly, independent prediction algorithms have been developed for each type of PTS, but only those for type-1 motifs (PTS1) have so far reached a satisfying predictive performance. This is partially due to the low number of peroxisomal proteins limiting the power of statistical analyses and partially due to specific properties of peroxisomal protein import, which render functional PTS motifs inactive in specific contexts. Moreover, the prediction of the peroxisomal proteome is limited by the high number of proteins encoded in mammalian genomes, which causes numerous false positive predictions even when using reliable algorithms and buries the few yet unidentified peroxisomal proteins. Thus, the application of prediction algorithms to identify all peroxisomal proteins is currently ineffective as stand-alone method, but can display its full potential when combined with other methods.
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- Markus Kunze
- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Walton PA, Brees C, Lismont C, Apanasets O, Fransen M. The peroxisomal import receptor PEX5 functions as a stress sensor, retaining catalase in the cytosol in times of oxidative stress. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2017; 1864:1833-1843. [PMID: 28760655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2017.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2017] [Revised: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Accumulating evidence indicates that peroxisome functioning, catalase localization, and cellular oxidative balance are intimately interconnected. Nevertheless, it remains largely unclear why modest increases in the cellular redox state especially interfere with the subcellular localization of catalase, the most abundant peroxisomal antioxidant enzyme. This study aimed at gaining more insight into this phenomenon. Therefore, we first established a simple and powerful approach to study peroxisomal protein import and protein-protein interactions in living cells in response to changes in redox state. By employing this approach, we confirm and extend previous observations that Cys-11 of human PEX5, the shuttling import receptor for peroxisomal matrix proteins containing a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS1), functions as a redox switch that modulates the protein's activity in response to intracellular oxidative stress. In addition, we show that oxidative stress affects the import of catalase, a non-canonical PTS1-containing protein, more than the import of a reporter protein containing a canonical PTS1. Furthermore, we demonstrate that changes in the local redox state do not affect PEX5-substrate binding and that human PEX5 does not oligomerize in cellulo, not even when the cells are exposed to oxidative stress. Finally, we present evidence that catalase retained in the cytosol can protect against H2O2-mediated redox changes in a manner that peroxisomally targeted catalase does not. Together, these findings lend credit to the idea that inefficient catalase import, when coupled with the role of PEX5 as a redox-regulated import receptor, constitutes a cellular defense mechanism to combat oxidative insults of extra-peroxisomal origin.
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- Paul A Walton
- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Western Ontario, 474 Medical Sciences Building, London, Ontario ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Box 601, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Wang J, Wang Y, Gao C, Jiang L, Guo D. PPero, a Computational Model for Plant PTS1 Type Peroxisomal Protein Prediction. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0168912. [PMID: 28045983 PMCID: PMC5207514 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2016] [Accepted: 12/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Well-defined motifs often make it easy to investigate protein function and localization. In plants, peroxisomal proteins are guided to peroxisomes mainly by a conserved type 1 (PTS1) or type 2 (PTS2) targeting signal, and the PTS1 motif is commonly used for peroxisome targeting protein prediction. Currently computational prediction of peroxisome targeted PTS1-type proteins are mostly based on the 3 amino acids PTS1 motif and the adjacent sequence which is less than 14 amino acid residue in length. The potential contribution of the adjacent sequences beyond this short region has never been well investigated in plants. In this work, we develop a bi-profile Bayesian SVM method to extract and learn position-based amino acid features for both PTS1 motifs and their extended adjacent sequences in plants. Our proposed model outperformed other implementations with similar applications and achieved the highest accuracy of 93.6% and 92.6% for Arabidosis and other plant species respectively. A large scale analysis for Arabidopsis, Rice, Maize, Potato, Wheat, and Soybean proteome was conducted using the proposed model and a batch of candidate PTS1 proteins were predicted. The DNA segments corresponding to the C-terminal sequences of 9 selected candidates were cloned and transformed into Arabidopsis for experimental validation, and 5 of them demonstrated peroxisome targeting.
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- Jue Wang
- School of Life Sciences and State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- School of Life Sciences and State Key Lab of Agrobiotechnology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Bessho-Uehara M, Konishi K, Oba Y. Biochemical characteristics and gene expression profiles of two paralogous luciferases from the Japanese firefly Pyrocoelia atripennis (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Lampyrinae): insight into the evolution of firefly luciferase genes. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2017; 16:1301-1310. [DOI: 10.1039/c7pp00110j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The same green luminescence is generated by two luciferase isoforms: PatLuc1 is used in lanterns of various stages, and PatLuc2 is used in the body of immobile/less-mobile stages.
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- Manabu Bessho-Uehara
- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
- Nagoya University
- Nagoya 464-8601
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
- Nagoya University
- Nagoya 464-8601
- Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
- Nagoya University
- Nagoya 464-8601
- Japan
- Department of Environmental Biology
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Berezovsky IN, Guarnera E, Zheng Z, Eisenhaber B, Eisenhaber F. Protein function machinery: from basic structural units to modulation of activity. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2016; 42:67-74. [PMID: 27865209 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.10.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Contemporary protein structure is a result of the trade off between the laws of physics and the evolutionary selection. The polymer nature of proteins played a decisive role in establishing the basic structural and functional units of soluble proteins. We discuss how these elementary building blocks work in the hierarchy of protein domain structure, co-translational folding, as well as in enzymatic activity and molecular interactions. Next, we consider modulators of the protein function, such as intermolecular interactions, disorder-to-order transitions, and allosteric signaling, acting via interference with the protein's structural dynamics. We also discuss the post-translational modifications, which is a complementary intricate mechanism evolved for regulation of protein functions and interactions. In conclusion, we assess an anticipated contribution of discussed topics to the future advancements in the field.
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- Igor N Berezovsky
- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore; Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), National University of Singapore (NUS), 8 Medical Drive, Singapore 117579, Singapore.
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street, #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore; School of Computer Engineering (SCE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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Davis A, Abbriano R, Smith SR, Hildebrand M. Clarification of Photorespiratory Processes and the Role of Malic Enzyme in Diatoms. Protist 2016; 168:134-153. [PMID: 28104538 DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2016.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Evidence suggests that diatom photorespiratory metabolism is distinct from other photosynthetic eukaryotes in that there may be at least two routes for the metabolism of the photorespiratory metabolite glycolate. One occurs primarily in the mitochondria and is similar to the C2 photorespiratory pathway, and the other processes glycolate through the peroxisomal glyoxylate cycle. Genomic analysis has identified the presence of key genes required for glycolate oxidation, the glyoxylate cycle, and malate metabolism, however, predictions of intracellular localization can be ambiguous and require verification. This knowledge gap leads to uncertainties surrounding how these individual pathways operate, either together or independently, to process photorespiratory intermediates under different environmental conditions. Here, we combine in silico sequence analysis, in vivo protein localization techniques and gene expression patterns to investigate key enzymes potentially involved in photorespiratory metabolism in the model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. We demonstrate the peroxisomal localization of isocitrate lyase and the mitochondrial localization of malic enzyme and a glycolate oxidase. Based on these analyses, we propose an updated model for photorespiratory metabolism in T. pseudonana, as well as a mechanism by which C2 photorespiratory metabolism and its associated pathways may operate during silicon starvation and growth arrest.
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- Aubrey Davis
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A
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- Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A.; J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, U.S.A..
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Valsecchi WM, Cousido-Siah A, Defelipe LA, Mitschler A, Podjarny A, Santos J, Delfino JM. The role of the C-terminal region on the oligomeric state and enzymatic activity of Trypanosoma cruzi hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1864:655-666. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Lauersen KJ, Willamme R, Coosemans N, Joris M, Kruse O, Remacle C. Peroxisomal microbodies are at the crossroads of acetate assimilation in the green microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. ALGAL RES 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Reumann S, Chowdhary G, Lingner T. Characterization, prediction and evolution of plant peroxisomal targeting signals type 1 (PTS1s). BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2016; 1863:790-803. [PMID: 26772785 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 01/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Our knowledge of the proteome of plant peroxisomes and their functional plasticity is far from being complete, primarily due to major technical challenges in experimental proteome research of the fragile cell organelle. Several unexpected novel plant peroxisome functions, for instance in biotin and phylloquinone biosynthesis, have been uncovered recently. Nevertheless, very few regulatory and membrane proteins of plant peroxisomes have been identified and functionally described up to now. To define the matrix proteome of plant peroxisomes, computational methods have emerged as important powerful tools. Novel prediction approaches of high sensitivity and specificity have been developed for peroxisome targeting signals type 1 (PTS1) and have been validated by in vivo subcellular targeting analyses and thermodynamic binding studies with the cytosolic receptor, PEX5. Accordingly, the algorithms allow the correct prediction of many novel peroxisome-targeted proteins from plant genome sequences and the discovery of additional organelle functions. In this review, we provide an overview of methodologies, capabilities and accuracies of available prediction algorithms for PTS1 carrying proteins. We also summarize and discuss recent quantitative, structural and mechanistic information of the interaction of PEX5 with PTS1 carrying proteins in relation to in vivo import efficiency. With this knowledge, we develop a model of how proteins likely evolved peroxisomal targeting signals in the past and still nowadays, in which order the two import pathways might have evolved in the ancient eukaryotic cell, and how the secondary loss of the PTS2 pathway probably happened in specific organismal groups.
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- S Reumann
- Department of Plant Biochemistry and Infection Biology, Biocentre Klein Flottbek, University of Hamburg, D-22609 Hamburg, Germany; Centre for Organelle Research, University of Stavanger, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway.
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- Centre for Organelle Research, University of Stavanger, N-4036 Stavanger, Norway; KIIT School of Biotechnology, Campus XI, KIIT University, I-751024 Bhubaneswar, India.
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, D-37077 Goettingen, Germany.
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The Recipe for Protein Sequence-Based Function Prediction and Its Implementation in the ANNOTATOR Software Environment. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1415:477-506. [PMID: 27115649 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3572-7_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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Sirota FL, Maurer-Stroh S, Eisenhaber B, Eisenhaber F. Single-residue posttranslational modification sites at the N-terminus, C-terminus or in-between: To be or not to be exposed for enzyme access. Proteomics 2016; 15:2525-46. [PMID: 26038108 PMCID: PMC4745020 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2014] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Many protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs) are the result of an enzymatic reaction. The modifying enzyme has to recognize the substrate protein's sequence motif containing the residue(s) to be modified; thus, the enzyme's catalytic cleft engulfs these residue(s) and the respective sequence environment. This residue accessibility condition principally limits the range where enzymatic PTMs can occur in the protein sequence. Non‐globular, flexible, intrinsically disordered segments or large loops/accessible long side chains should be preferred whereas residues buried in the core of structures should be void of what we call canonical, enzyme‐generated PTMs. We investigate whether PTM sites annotated in UniProtKB (with MOD_RES/LIPID keys) are situated within sequence ranges that can be mapped to known 3D structures. We find that N‐ or C‐termini harbor essentially exclusively canonical PTMs. We also find that the overwhelming majority of all other PTMs are also canonical though, later in the protein's life cycle, the PTM sites can become buried due to complex formation. Among the remaining cases, some can be explained (i) with autocatalysis, (ii) with modification before folding or after temporary unfolding, or (iii) as products of interaction with small, diffusible reactants. Others require further research how these PTMs are mechanistically generated in vivo.
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- Fernanda L Sirota
- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR), Matrix, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR), Matrix, Singapore.,School of Biological Sciences (SBS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR), Matrix, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science and Technology (A*STAR), Matrix, Singapore.,Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore.,School of Computer Engineering (SCE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
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Leterrier M, Barroso JB, Valderrama R, Begara-Morales JC, Sánchez-Calvo B, Chaki M, Luque F, Viñegla B, Palma JM, Corpas FJ. Peroxisomal NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase is required for Arabidopsis stomatal movement. PROTOPLASMA 2016; 253:403-15. [PMID: 25894616 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-015-0819-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Peroxisomes are subcellular organelles characterized by a simple morphological structure but have a complex biochemical machinery involved in signaling processes through molecules such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO). Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) is an essential component in cell redox homeostasis, and its regeneration is critical for reductive biosynthesis and detoxification pathways. Plants have several NADPH-generating dehydrogenases, with NADP-isocitrate dehydrogenase (NADP-ICDH) being one of these enzymes. Arabidopsis contains three genes that encode for cytosolic, mitochondrial/chloroplastic, and peroxisomal NADP-ICDH isozymes although the specific function of each of these remains largely unknown. Using two T-DNA insertion lines of the peroxisomal NADP-ICDH designated as picdh-1 and picdh-2, the data show that the peroxisomal NADP-ICDH is involved in stomatal movements, suggesting that peroxisomes are a new element in the signaling network of guard cells.
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- Marina Leterrier
- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080, Granada, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", 23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", 23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", 23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", 23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080, Granada, Spain
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- Group of Biochemistry and Cell Signaling in Nitric Oxide, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Jaén, Campus "Las Lagunillas", 23071, Jaén, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología Animal, Biología Vegetal y Ecología (Ecología), Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
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- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080, Granada, Spain
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- Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080, Granada, Spain.
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Ben Khalaf N, Taha S, Bakhiet M, Fathallah MD. A Central Nervous System-Dependent Intron-Embedded Gene Encodes a Novel Murine Fyn Binding Protein. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0149612. [PMID: 26901312 PMCID: PMC4762778 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The interplay between the nervous and immune systems is gradually being unraveled. We previously reported in the mouse the novel soluble immune system factor ISRAA, whose activation in the spleen is central nervous system-dependent. We also showed that ISRAA plays a role in modulating anti-infection immunity. Herein, we report the genomic description of the israa locus, along with some insights into the structure-function relationship of the protein. Our findings revealed that israa is nested within intron 6 of the mouse zmiz1 gene. Protein sequence analysis revealed a typical SH2 binding motif (Y102TEV), with Fyn being the most likely binding partner. Docking simulation showed a favorable conformation for the ISRAA-Fyn complex, with a specific binding mode for the binding of the YTEV motif to the SH2 domain. Experimental studies showed that in vitro, recombinant ISRAA is phosphorylated by Fyn at tyrosine 102. Cell transfection and pull-down experiments revealed Fyn as a binding partner of ISRAA in the EL4 mouse T-cell line. Indeed, we demonstrated that ISRAA downregulates T-cell activation and the phosphorylation of an activation tyrosine (Y416) of Src-family kinases in mouse splenocytes. Our observations highlight ISRAA as a novel Fyn binding protein that is likely to be involved in a signaling pathway driven by the nervous system.
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- Noureddine Ben Khalaf
- College of Postgraduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
- HH Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine and Inherited Diseases, Manama, Bahrain
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- HH Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine and Inherited Diseases, Manama, Bahrain
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- HH Al-Jawhara Centre for Molecular Medicine and Inherited Diseases, Manama, Bahrain
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- College of Postgraduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama, Bahrain
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Fernández-Fernández ÁD, Corpas FJ. In Silico Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Peroxisomal 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase. SCIENTIFICA 2016; 2016:3482760. [PMID: 27034898 PMCID: PMC4789532 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3482760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2016] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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NADPH, whose regeneration is critical for reductive biosynthesis and detoxification pathways, is an essential component in cell redox homeostasis. Peroxisomes are subcellular organelles with a complex biochemical machinery involved in signaling and stress processes by molecules such as hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO). NADPH is required by several peroxisomal enzymes involved in β-oxidation, NO, and glutathione (GSH) generation. Plants have various NADPH-generating dehydrogenases, one of which is 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (6PGDH). Arabidopsis contains three 6PGDH genes that probably are encoded for cytosolic, chloroplastic/mitochondrial, and peroxisomal isozymes, although their specific functions remain largely unknown. This study focuses on the in silico analysis of the biochemical characteristics and gene expression of peroxisomal 6PGDH (p6PGDH) with the aim of understanding its potential function in the peroxisomal NADPH-recycling system. The data show that a group of plant 6PGDHs contains an archetypal type 1 peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS), while in silico gene expression analysis using affymetrix microarray data suggests that Arabidopsis p6PGDH appears to be mainly involved in xenobiotic response, growth, and developmental processes.
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- Álvaro D. Fernández-Fernández
- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, CSIC, Apartado 419, 18080 Granada, Spain
- *Francisco J. Corpas:
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Hojjat H, Jardim A. The Leishmania donovani peroxin 14 binding domain accommodates a high degeneracy in the pentapeptide motifs present on peroxin 5. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:2203-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The Design and Structure of Outer Membrane Receptors from Peroxisomes, Mitochondria, and Chloroplasts. Structure 2015; 23:1783-1800. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 07/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Sherman WA, Kuchibhatla DB, Limviphuvadh V, Maurer-Stroh S, Eisenhaber B, Eisenhaber F. HPMV: human protein mutation viewer - relating sequence mutations to protein sequence architecture and function changes. J Bioinform Comput Biol 2015; 13:1550028. [PMID: 26503432 DOI: 10.1142/s0219720015500286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Next-generation sequencing advances are rapidly expanding the number of human mutations to be analyzed for causative roles in genetic disorders. Our Human Protein Mutation Viewer (HPMV) is intended to explore the biomolecular mechanistic significance of non-synonymous human mutations in protein-coding genomic regions. The tool helps to assess whether protein mutations affect the occurrence of sequence-architectural features (globular domains, targeting signals, post-translational modification sites, etc.). As input, HPMV accepts protein mutations - as UniProt accessions with mutations (e.g. HGVS nomenclature), genome coordinates, or FASTA sequences. As output, HPMV provides an interactive cartoon showing the mutations in relation to elements of the sequence architecture. A large variety of protein sequence architectural features were selected for their particular relevance to mutation interpretation. Clicking a sequence feature in the cartoon expands a tree view of additional information including multiple sequence alignments of conserved domains and a simple 3D viewer mapping the mutation to known PDB structures, if available. The cartoon is also correlated with a multiple sequence alignment of similar sequences from other organisms. In cases where a mutation is likely to have a straightforward interpretation (e.g. a point mutation disrupting a well-understood targeting signal), this interpretation is suggested. The interactive cartoon can be downloaded as standalone viewer in Java jar format to be saved and viewed later with only a standard Java runtime environment. The HPMV website is: http://hpmv.bii.a-star.edu.sg/ .
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- Westley Arthur Sherman
- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
- School of Biological Sciences (SBS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute (BII), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), 30 Biopolis Street #07-01, Matrix, Singapore 138671, Singapore
- Department of Biological Sciences (DBS), National University of Singapore (NUS), 8 Medical Drive 4, Singapore 117597, Singapore
- School of Computer Engineering (SCE), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 50 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637553, Singapore
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Kunze M, Berger J. The similarity between N-terminal targeting signals for protein import into different organelles and its evolutionary relevance. Front Physiol 2015; 6:259. [PMID: 26441678 PMCID: PMC4585086 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The proper distribution of proteins between the cytosol and various membrane-bound compartments is crucial for the functionality of eukaryotic cells. This requires the cooperation between protein transport machineries that translocate diverse proteins from the cytosol into these compartments and targeting signal(s) encoded within the primary sequence of these proteins that define their cellular destination. The mechanisms exerting protein translocation differ remarkably between the compartments, but the predominant targeting signals for mitochondria, chloroplasts and the ER share the N-terminal position, an α-helical structural element and the removal from the core protein by intraorganellar cleavage. Interestingly, similar properties have been described for the peroxisomal targeting signal type 2 mediating the import of a fraction of soluble peroxisomal proteins, whereas other peroxisomal matrix proteins encode the type 1 targeting signal residing at the extreme C-terminus. The structural similarity of N-terminal targeting signals poses a challenge to the specificity of protein transport, but allows the generation of ambiguous targeting signals that mediate dual targeting of proteins into different compartments. Dual targeting might represent an advantage for adaptation processes that involve a redistribution of proteins, because it circumvents the hierarchy of targeting signals. Thus, the co-existence of two equally functional import pathways into peroxisomes might reflect a balance between evolutionary constant and flexible transport routes.
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- Markus Kunze
- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna Vienna, Austria
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Hagen S, Drepper F, Fischer S, Fodor K, Passon D, Platta HW, Zenn M, Schliebs W, Girzalsky W, Wilmanns M, Warscheid B, Erdmann R. Structural insights into cargo recognition by the yeast PTS1 receptor. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:26610-26. [PMID: 26359497 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.657973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The peroxisomal matrix protein import is facilitated by cycling import receptors that shuttle between the cytosol and the peroxisomal membrane. The import receptor Pex5p mediates the import of proteins harboring a peroxisomal targeting signal of type I (PTS1). Purified recombinant Pex5p forms a dimeric complex with the PTS1-protein Pcs60p in vitro with a KD of 0.19 μm. To analyze the structural basis for receptor-cargo recognition, the PTS1 and adjacent amino acids of Pcs60p were systematically scanned for Pex5p binding by an in vitro site-directed photo-cross-linking approach. The cross-linked binding regions of the receptor were subsequently identified by high resolution mass spectrometry. Most cross-links were found with TPR6, TPR7, as well as the 7C-loop of Pex5p. Surface plasmon resonance analysis revealed a bivalent interaction mode for Pex5p and Pcs60p. Interestingly, Pcs60p lacking its C-terminal tripeptide sequence was efficiently cross-linked to the same regions of Pex5p. The KD value of the interaction of truncated Pcs60p and Pex5p was in the range of 7.7 μm. Isothermal titration calorimetry and surface plasmon resonance measurements revealed a monovalent binding mode for the interaction of Pex5p and Pcs60p lacking the PTS1. Our data indicate that Pcs60p contains a second contact site for its receptor Pex5p, beyond the C-terminal tripeptide. The physiological relevance of the ancillary binding region was supported by in vivo import studies. The bivalent binding mode might be explained by a two-step concept as follows: first, cargo recognition and initial tethering by the PTS1-receptor Pex5p; second, lock-in of receptor and cargo.
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- Stefanie Hagen
- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- the Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- the European Molecular Biology Laboratory at Hamburg, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Biochemistry of Intracellular Transport Mechanism, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44781 Bochum, Germany, and
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- the Biaffin GmbH and Co., KG, D-34132 Kassel, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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- the European Molecular Biology Laboratory at Hamburg, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, System Biochemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany,
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Camões F, Islinger M, Guimarães SC, Kilaru S, Schuster M, Godinho LF, Steinberg G, Schrader M. New insights into the peroxisomal protein inventory: Acyl-CoA oxidases and -dehydrogenases are an ancient feature of peroxisomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2015; 1853:111-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2014] [Revised: 09/29/2014] [Accepted: 10/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Murcha MW, Narsai R, Devenish J, Kubiszewski-Jakubiak S, Whelan J. MPIC: a mitochondrial protein import components database for plant and non-plant species. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2015; 56:e10. [PMID: 25435547 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In the 2 billion years since the endosymbiotic event that gave rise to mitochondria, variations in mitochondrial protein import have evolved across different species. With the genomes of an increasing number of plant species sequenced, it is possible to gain novel insights into mitochondrial protein import pathways. We have generated the Mitochondrial Protein Import Components (MPIC) Database (DB; http://www.plantenergy.uwa.edu.au/applications/mpic) providing searchable information on the protein import apparatus of plant and non-plant mitochondria. An in silico analysis was carried out, comparing the mitochondrial protein import apparatus from 24 species representing various lineages from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) and algae to Homo sapiens (human) and higher plants, including Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), Oryza sativa (rice) and other more recently sequenced plant species. Each of these species was extensively searched and manually assembled for analysis in the MPIC DB. The database presents an interactive diagram in a user-friendly manner, allowing users to select their import component of interest. The MPIC DB presents an extensive resource facilitating detailed investigation of the mitochondrial protein import machinery and allowing patterns of conservation and divergence to be recognized that would otherwise have been missed. To demonstrate the usefulness of the MPIC DB, we present a comparative analysis of the mitochondrial protein import machinery in plants and non-plant species, revealing plant-specific features that have evolved.
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- Monika W Murcha
- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Botany, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, Bayliss Building M316, University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley 6009, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Botany, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, School of Life Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3083, Victoria, Australia
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Bhatia C, Oerum S, Bray J, Kavanagh KL, Shafqat N, Yue W, Oppermann U. Towards a systematic analysis of human short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDR): Ligand identification and structure-activity relationships. Chem Biol Interact 2014; 234:114-25. [PMID: 25526675 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2014.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Short-chain dehydrogenases/reductases (SDRs) constitute a large, functionally diverse branch of enzymes within the class of NAD(P)(H) dependent oxidoreductases. In humans, over 80 genes have been identified with distinct metabolic roles in carbohydrate, amino acid, lipid, retinoid and steroid hormone metabolism, frequently associated with inherited genetic defects. Besides metabolic functions, a subset of atypical SDR proteins appears to play critical roles in adapting to redox status or RNA processing, and thereby controlling metabolic pathways. Here we present an update on the human SDR superfamily and a ligand identification strategy using differential scanning fluorimetry (DSF) with a focused library of oxidoreductase and metabolic ligands to identify substrate classes and inhibitor chemotypes. This method is applicable to investigate structure-activity relationships of oxidoreductases and ultimately to better understand their physiological roles.
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- Chitra Bhatia
- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK; Botnar Research Center, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LD, UK.
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