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Curley CL, Fedrigoni TP, Flaherty EM, Woodilla CJ, Hagan CL. Bacterial Contact-Dependent Inhibition Protein Binds near the Open Lateral Gate in BamA Prior to Toxin Translocation. Biochemistry 2021; 60:2956-2965. [PMID: 34541845 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Contact-dependent inhibition (CDI) is a mechanism of interbacterial competition in Gram-negative bacteria. The critical component of CDI systems is a large protein named CdiA; it forms a filament on the bacterial cell surface and contains a toxin domain at its C-terminal end. Upon binding to a receptor protein on the surface of a neighboring cell, CdiA delivers the toxin domain through the outer membrane of the neighboring bacterium. The mechanism of that delivery process is poorly understood. We have characterized how CdiA from E. coli EC93 binds to its receptor, BamA, to understand how this binding event might initiate the process of toxin delivery. BamA is an essential protein that assembles β-barrel proteins into the outer membranes of all Gram-negative bacteria; this assembly process depends on BamA's unique ability to open laterally in the lipid bilayer through a gate in its own membrane-embedded β-barrel. Through site-specific photo-cross-linking and mutational analysis, we demonstrate that the BamA-CdiA interaction depends on a small number of non-conserved amino acids on the extracellular surface of BamA, but the protein interface extends over a region near BamA's lateral gate. We further demonstrate that BamA's lateral gate can open without disrupting the interaction with CdiA. CdiA thus appears to initially engage BamA in a manner that could allow it to utilize BamA's lateral gate in subsequent steps in the toxin translocation process.
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- Cameron L Curley
- Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, The College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, United States
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Yoshioka H, Ishida T, Mihara H. Overexpression and characterization of Escherichia coli dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, a four iron-sulfur cluster containing flavoprotein. J Biochem 2021; 170:511-520. [PMID: 34097066 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvab067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (EcDPD) catalyzes the NADH-dependent reduction of uracil and thymine to the corresponding 5,6-dihydropyrimidines to control their metabolite pools. EcDPD consists of two subunits, PreT and PreA, and requires FAD, FMN, and Fe-S clusters for activity. Recombinant EcDPD with a C-terminal His6-tagged-PreA subunit was overproduced in a DPD-lacking E. coli cells with augmented Fe-S cluster synthesis. Anaerobic purification resulted in purified enzyme with a specific activity of 13 μmol min-1 mg-1. The purified EcDPD was a heterotetramer and contained 0.81 FAD, 0.99 FMN, 14 acid-labile sulfur, and 15 iron per PreT-PreA dimer. The enzyme exhibited Michaelis-Menten kinetics for both the forward and reverse reactions, which is distinct from mammalian DPDs showing substrate inhibition kinetics. For uracil reduction, the k cat, k cat/K NADH, and k cat/K uracil values were constant over the pH range of 5.5 to 10. For dihydrouracil dehydrogenation, the pH-dependence of the k cat and k cat/K NAD+ values indicated that a residue with a pK a of 6.6 must be deprotonated for activity. Biochemical and kinetic comparisons with pig DPD revealed that protonation sates of the catalytically competent forms of EcDPD are distinct from those of pig enzyme.
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- Hiroshi Yoshioka
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-2013, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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Functional Characterization of the γ-Aminobutyric Acid Transporter from Mycobacterium smegmatis MC 2 155 Reveals Sodium-Driven GABA Transport. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:JB.00642-20. [PMID: 33288625 PMCID: PMC7847548 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00642-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis increases its global health impact in humans. As there is transmission both to and from animals, the spread of the disease also increases its effects in a broad range of animal species. Characterizing the mycobacterial transporters involved in the uptake and/or catabolism of host-derived nutrients required by mycobacteria may identify novel drug targets against tuberculosis. Here, we identify and characterize a member of the amino acid-polyamine-organocation superfamily, a potential γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transport protein, GabP, from Mycobacterium smegmatis. The protein was expressed to a level allowing its purification to homogeneity, and size exclusion chromatography coupled with multiangle laser light scattering (SEC-MALLS) analysis of the purified protein showed that it was dimeric. We showed that GabP transported γ-aminobutyric acid both in vitro and when overexpressed in E. coli. Additionally, transport was greatly reduced in the presence of β-alanine, suggesting it could be either a substrate or inhibitor of GabP. Using GabP reconstituted into proteoliposomes, we demonstrated that γ-aminobutyric acid uptake is driven by the sodium gradient and is stimulated by membrane potential. Molecular docking showed that γ-aminobutyric acid binds MsGabP, another Mycobacterium smegmatis putative GabP, and the Mycobacterium tuberculosis homologue in the same manner. This study represents the first expression, purification, and characterization of an active γ-aminobutyric acid transport protein from mycobacteria. IMPORTANCE The spread of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis increases its global health impact in humans. As there is transmission both to and from animals, the spread of the disease also increases its effects in a broad range of animal species. Identifying new mycobacterial transporters will enhance our understanding of mycobacterial physiology and, furthermore, provides new drug targets. Our target protein is the gene product of msmeg_6196, annotated as GABA permease, from Mycobacterium smegmatis strain MC2 155. Our current study demonstrates it is a sodium-dependent GABA transporter that may also transport β-alanine. As GABA may well be an essential nutrient for mycobacterial metabolism inside the host, this could be an attractive target for the development of new drugs against tuberculosis.
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Velazhahan V, Ma N, Pándy-Szekeres G, Kooistra AJ, Lee Y, Gloriam DE, Vaidehi N, Tate CG. Structure of the class D GPCR Ste2 dimer coupled to two G proteins. Nature 2020; 589:148-153. [PMID: 33268889 PMCID: PMC7116888 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2994-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are divided phylogenetically into six classes1,2, denoted A to F. More than 370 structures of vertebrate GPCRs (belonging to classes A, B, C and F) have been determined, leading to a substantial understanding of their function3. By contrast, there are no structures of class D GPCRs, which are found exclusively in fungi where they regulate survival and reproduction. Here we determine the structure of a class D GPCR, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae pheromone receptor Ste2, in an active state coupled to the heterotrimeric G protein Gpa1-Ste4-Ste18. Ste2 was purified as a homodimer coupled to two G proteins. The dimer interface of Ste2 is formed by the N terminus, the transmembrane helices H1, H2 and H7, and the first extracellular loop ECL1. We establish a class D1 generic residue numbering system (CD1) to enable comparisons with orthologues and with other GPCR classes. The structure of Ste2 bears similarities in overall topology to class A GPCRs, but the transmembrane helix H4 is shifted by more than 20 Å and the G-protein-binding site is a shallow groove rather than a cleft. The structure provides a template for the design of novel drugs to target fungal GPCRs, which could be used to treat numerous intractable fungal diseases4.
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Universitetsparken 2, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Medicinal Chemistry Research Group, Research Center for Natural Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Universitetsparken 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology, Universitetsparken 2, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA
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Ikuta T, Shihoya W, Sugiura M, Yoshida K, Watari M, Tokano T, Yamashita K, Katayama K, Tsunoda SP, Uchihashi T, Kandori H, Nureki O. Structural insights into the mechanism of rhodopsin phosphodiesterase. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5605. [PMID: 33154353 PMCID: PMC7644710 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19376-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Rhodopsin phosphodiesterase (Rh-PDE) is an enzyme rhodopsin belonging to a recently discovered class of microbial rhodopsins with light-dependent enzymatic activity. Rh-PDE consists of the N-terminal rhodopsin domain and C-terminal phosphodiesterase (PDE) domain, connected by 76-residue linker, and hydrolyzes both cAMP and cGMP in a light-dependent manner. Thus, Rh-PDE has potential for the optogenetic manipulation of cyclic nucleotide concentrations, as a complementary tool to rhodopsin guanylyl cyclase and photosensitive adenylyl cyclase. Here we present structural and functional analyses of the Rh-PDE derived from Salpingoeca rosetta. The crystal structure of the rhodopsin domain at 2.6 Å resolution revealed a new topology of rhodopsins, with 8 TMs including the N-terminal extra TM, TM0. Mutational analyses demonstrated that TM0 plays a crucial role in the enzymatic photoactivity. We further solved the crystal structures of the rhodopsin domain (3.5 Å) and PDE domain (2.1 Å) with their connecting linkers, which showed a rough sketch of the full-length Rh-PDE. Integrating these structures, we proposed a model of full-length Rh-PDE, based on the HS-AFM observations and computational modeling of the linker region. These findings provide insight into the photoactivation mechanisms of other 8-TM enzyme rhodopsins and expand the definition of rhodopsins.
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- Tatsuya Ikuta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Applied Chemistry, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan.
- OptoBioTechnology Research Center, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8555, Japan.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
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Shihoya W, Inoue K, Singh M, Konno M, Hososhima S, Yamashita K, Ikeda K, Higuchi A, Izume T, Okazaki S, Hashimoto M, Mizutori R, Tomida S, Yamauchi Y, Abe-Yoshizumi R, Katayama K, Tsunoda SP, Shibata M, Furutani Y, Pushkarev A, Béjà O, Uchihashi T, Kandori H, Nureki O. Crystal structure of heliorhodopsin. Nature 2019; 574:132-136. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1604-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kwan TOC, Reis R, Siligardi G, Hussain R, Cheruvara H, Moraes I. Selection of Biophysical Methods for Characterisation of Membrane Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2605. [PMID: 31137900 PMCID: PMC6566885 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20102605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/24/2019] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Over the years, there have been many developments and advances in the field of integral membrane protein research. As important pharmaceutical targets, it is paramount to understand the mechanisms of action that govern their structure-function relationships. However, the study of integral membrane proteins is still incredibly challenging, mostly due to their low expression and instability once extracted from the native biological membrane. Nevertheless, milligrams of pure, stable, and functional protein are always required for biochemical and structural studies. Many modern biophysical tools are available today that provide critical information regarding to the characterisation and behaviour of integral membrane proteins in solution. These biophysical approaches play an important role in both basic research and in early-stage drug discovery processes. In this review, it is not our objective to present a comprehensive list of all existing biophysical methods, but a selection of the most useful and easily applied to basic integral membrane protein research.
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- Tristan O C Kwan
- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
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- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
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- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
- Diamond Light Source Ltd., Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0DE, UK.
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- National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Road, Teddington TW11 0LW, UK.
- Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA, UK.
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Ahuja S, Whorton MR. Structural basis for mammalian nucleotide sugar transport. eLife 2019; 8:45221. [PMID: 30985278 PMCID: PMC6508934 DOI: 10.7554/elife.45221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Nucleotide-sugar transporters (NSTs) are critical components of the cellular glycosylation machinery. They transport nucleotide-sugar conjugates into the Golgi lumen, where they are used for the glycosylation of proteins and lipids, and they then subsequently transport the nucleotide monophosphate byproduct back to the cytoplasm. Dysregulation of human NSTs causes several debilitating diseases, and NSTs are virulence factors for many pathogens. Here we present the first crystal structures of a mammalian NST, the mouse CMP-sialic acid transporter (mCST), in complex with its physiological substrates CMP and CMP-sialic acid. Detailed visualization of extensive protein-substrate interactions explains the mechanisms governing substrate selectivity. Further structural analysis of mCST’s unique lumen-facing partially-occluded conformation, coupled with the characterization of substrate-induced quenching of mCST’s intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence, reveals the concerted conformational transitions that occur during substrate transport. These results provide a framework for understanding the effects of disease-causing mutations and the mechanisms of this diverse family of transporters. The cells in our body are tiny machines which, amongst other things, produce proteins. One of the production steps involves a compartment in the cell called the Golgi, where proteins are tagged and packaged before being sent to their final destination. In particular, sugars can be added onto an immature protein to help to fold it, stabilize it, and to affect how it works. Before sugars can be attached to a protein, they need to be ‘activated’ outside of the Golgi by attaching to a small molecule known as a nucleotide. Then, these ‘nucleotide-sugars’ are ferried across the Golgi membrane and inside the compartment by nucleotide-sugar transporters, or NSTs. Humans have seven different kinds of NSTs, each responsible for helping specific types of nucleotide-sugars cross the Golgi membrane. Changes in NSTs are linked to several human diseases, including certain types of epilepsy; these proteins are also important for dangerous microbes to be able to infect cells. Yet, scientists know very little about how the transporters recognize their cargo, and how they transport it. To shed light on these questions, Ahuja and Whorton set to uncover for the first time the 3D structure of a mammalian NST using a method known as X-ray crystallography. This revealed how nearly every component of this transporter is arranged when the protein is bound to two different molecules: a specific nucleotide, or a type of nucleotide-sugar. The results help to understand how changes in certain components of the NST can lead to a problem in the way the protein works. Ultimately, this knowledge may be useful to prevent diseases linked to faulty NSTs, or to stop microbes from using the transporters to their own advantage.
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- Shivani Ahuja
- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States
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- Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States
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Dulal HP, Adachi Y, Ohno N, Yamaguchi Y. β-Glucan-induced cooperative oligomerization of Dectin-1 C-type lectin-like domain. Glycobiology 2018; 28:612-623. [PMID: 29897456 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwy039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Dectin-1 is a C-type lectin-like pattern recognition receptor that recognizes β(1-3)-glucans present on non-self pathogens. It is of great importance in innate immunity to understand the mechanism whereby Dectin-1 senses β(1-3)-glucans and induces intracellular signaling. In this study, we characterize the ligand binding and ligand-induced oligomerization of murine Dectin-1 using its C-type lectin-like domain (CTLD). Interaction of CTLD with laminarin, a β-glucan ligand, induced a tetramer of CTLD, as evidenced by size exclusion chromatography and multi-angle light scattering. Component analysis suggested a stoichiometry of four CTLD molecules bound to four laminarin molecules. Dimers and trimers of CTLD were not detected suggesting cooperative oligomerization. In order to map the amino acid residues of CTLD involved in β-glucan binding and domain oligomerization, we performed site-directed mutagenesis on surface-exposed and most conserved amino acid residues. Among the mutants examined, W221A, H223A and Y228A abolished oligomer formation. Since these residues are spatially arranged to form a hydrophobic groove, it is likely that W221, H223 and Y228 are directly involved in β-glucan binding. Interestingly, mutation of the residues on the other side of the hydrophobic groove, including Y141, R145 and E243, also exhibited reduced oligomer formation, suggesting involvement in protein-protein interactions guided by laminarin. Ligand titration using intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence revealed that wild-type CTLD binds laminarin cooperatively with a Hill coefficient of ~3, while the oligomer-reducing mutations, inside and outside the putative binding site abolish or decrease cooperativity. We suggest that the ligand-induced cooperative oligomer formation of Dectin-1 is physiologically relevant in sensing exogenous β-glucan and triggering intracellular signaling.
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- Hari P Dulal
- Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
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- Structural Glycobiology Team, Systems Glycobiology Research Group, RIKEN Global Research Cluster, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Lee Y, Nishizawa T, Takemoto M, Kumazaki K, Yamashita K, Hirata K, Minoda A, Nagatoishi S, Tsumoto K, Ishitani R, Nureki O. Structure of the triose-phosphate/phosphate translocator reveals the basis of substrate specificity. NATURE PLANTS 2017; 3:825-832. [PMID: 28970497 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-017-0022-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The triose-phosphate/phosphate translocator (TPT) catalyses the strict 1:1 exchange of triose-phosphate, 3-phosphoglycerate and inorganic phosphate across the chloroplast envelope, and plays crucial roles in photosynthesis. Despite rigorous study for more than 40 years, the molecular mechanism of TPT is poorly understood because of the lack of structural information. Here we report crystal structures of TPT bound to two different substrates, 3-phosphoglycerate and inorganic phosphate, in occluded conformations. The structures reveal that TPT adopts a 10-transmembrane drug/metabolite transporter fold. Both substrates are bound within the same central pocket, where conserved lysine, arginine and tyrosine residues recognize the shared phosphate group. A structural comparison with the outward-open conformation of the bacterial drug/metabolite transporter suggests a rocker-switch motion of helix bundles, and molecular dynamics simulations support a model in which this rocker-switch motion is tightly coupled to the substrate binding, to ensure strict 1:1 exchange. These results reveal the unique mechanism of sugar phosphate/phosphate exchange by TPT.
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- Yongchan Lee
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Hyogo, 679-5148, Japan
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- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 2-11-16 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-0032, Japan.
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Nie L, Grell E, Malviya VN, Xie H, Wang J, Michel H. Identification of the High-affinity Substrate-binding Site of the Multidrug and Toxic Compound Extrusion (MATE) Family Transporter from Pseudomonas stutzeri. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:15503-14. [PMID: 27235402 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.728618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Multidrug and toxic compound extrusion (MATE) transporters exist in all three domains of life. They confer multidrug resistance by utilizing H(+) or Na(+) electrochemical gradients to extrude various drugs across the cell membranes. The substrate binding and the transport mechanism of MATE transporters is a fundamental process but so far not fully understood. Here we report a detailed substrate binding study of NorM_PS, a representative MATE transporter from Pseudomonas stutzeri Our results indicate that NorM_PS is a proton-dependent multidrug efflux transporter. Detailed binding studies between NorM_PS and 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) were performed by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and spectrofluorometry. Two exothermic binding events were observed from ITC data, and the high-affinity event was directly correlated with the extrusion of DAPI. The affinities are about 1 μm and 0.1 mm for the high and low affinity binding, respectively. Based on our homology model of NorM_PS, variants with mutations of amino acids that are potentially involved in substrate binding, were constructed. By carrying out the functional characterization of these variants, the critical amino acid residues (Glu-257 and Asp-373) for high-affinity DAPI binding were determined. Taken together, our results suggest a new substrate-binding site for MATE transporters.
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- Laiyin Nie
- From the Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, 300072 Tianjin, China and the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- From the Tianjin University, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, State Key Laboratory for Chemical Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Chemical Engineering, 300072 Tianjin, China and
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- the Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 3, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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The Human Cytomegalovirus UL116 Gene Encodes an Envelope Glycoprotein Forming a Complex with gH Independently from gL. J Virol 2016; 90:4926-38. [PMID: 26937030 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02517-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Accepted: 02/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in transplant patients and is the leading viral cause of birth defects after congenital infection. HCMV infection relies on the recognition of cell-specific receptors by one of the viral envelope glycoprotein complexes. Either the gH/gL/gO or the gH/gL/UL128/UL130/UL131A (Pentamer) complex has been found to fulfill this role, accounting for HCMV entry into almost all cell types. We have studied the UL116 gene product, a putative open reading frame identified by in silico analysis and predicted to code for a secreted protein. Virus infection experiments in mammalian cells demonstrated that UL116 is expressed late in the HCMV replication cycle and is a heavily glycosylated protein that first localizes to the cellular site of virus assembly and then inserts into the virion envelope. Transient-transfection studies revealed that UL116 is efficiently transported to the plasma membrane when coexpressed with gH and that gL competes with UL116 for gH binding. Further evidence for gH/UL116 complex formation was obtained by coimmunoprecipitation experiments on both transfected and infected cells and biochemical characterization of the purified complex. In summary, our results show that the product of the UL116 gene is an HCMV envelope glycoprotein that forms a novel gH-based complex alternative to gH/gL. Remarkably, the gH/UL116 complex is the first herpesvirus gH-based gL-less complex. IMPORTANCE HCMV infection can cause severe disease in immunocompromised adults and infants infected in utero The dissection of the HCMV entry machinery is important to understand the mechanism of viral infection and to identify new vaccine antigens. The gH/gL/gO and gH/gL/UL128/UL130/UL131 (Pentamer) complexes play a key role in HCMV cell entry and tropism. Both complexes are formed by an invariant gH/gL scaffold on which the other subunits assemble. Here, we show that the UL116 gene product is expressed in infected cells and forms a heterodimer with gH. The gH/UL116 complex is carried on the infectious virions, although in smaller amounts than gH/gL complexes. No gH/UL116/gL ternary complex formed in transfected cells, suggesting that the gH/UL116 complex is independent from gL. This new gH-based gL-free complex represents a potential target for a protective HCMV vaccine and opens new perspectives on the comprehension of the HCMV cell entry mechanism and tropism.
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ENPP1-Fc prevents mortality and vascular calcifications in rodent model of generalized arterial calcification of infancy. Nat Commun 2015; 6:10006. [PMID: 26624227 PMCID: PMC4686714 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Diseases of ectopic calcification of the vascular wall range from lethal orphan diseases such as generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI), to common diseases such as hardening of the arteries associated with aging and calciphylaxis of chronic kidney disease (CKD). GACI is a lethal orphan disease in which infants calcify the internal elastic lamina of their medium and large arteries and expire of cardiac failure as neonates, while calciphylaxis of CKD is a ubiquitous vascular calcification in patients with renal failure. Both disorders are characterized by vascular Mönckeburg's sclerosis accompanied by decreased concentrations of plasma inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi). Here we demonstrate that subcutaneous administration of an ENPP1-Fc fusion protein prevents the mortality, vascular calcifications and sequela of disease in animal models of GACI, and is accompanied by a complete clinical and biomarker response. Our findings have implications for the treatment of rare and common diseases of ectopic vascular calcification. Generalized arterial calcification of infancy (GACI) is a terminal disease caused by the ENPP1 enzyme deficiency. Here, Albrigh et al. show that ENPP1 enzyme replacement therapy prevents the ectopic calcifications and mortality in mice with GACI, suggesting a novel treatment for vascular calcification in humans.
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Probing the conformation of FhaC with small-angle neutron scattering and molecular modeling. Biophys J 2015; 107:185-96. [PMID: 24988353 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 04/20/2014] [Accepted: 05/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Probing the solution structure of membrane proteins represents a formidable challenge, particularly when using small-angle scattering. Detergent molecules often present residual scattering contributions even at their match point in small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements. Here, we studied the conformation of FhaC, the outer-membrane, β-barrel transporter of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin adhesin. SANS measurements were performed on homogeneous solutions of FhaC solubilized in n-octyl-d17-βD-glucoside and on a variant devoid of the α helix H1, which critically obstructs the FhaC pore, in two solvent conditions corresponding to the match points of the protein and the detergent, respectively. Protein-bound detergent amounted to 142 ± 10 mol/mol as determined by analytical ultracentrifugation. By using molecular modeling and starting from three distinct conformations of FhaC and its variant embedded in lipid bilayers, we generated ensembles of protein-detergent arrangement models with 120-160 detergent molecules. The scattered curves were back-calculated for each model and compared with experimental data. Good fits were obtained for relatively compact, connected detergent belts, which occasionally displayed small detergent-free patches on the outer surface of the β barrel. The combination of SANS and modeling clearly enabled us to infer the solution structure of FhaC, with H1 inside the pore as in the crystal structure. We believe that our strategy of combining explicit atomic detergent modeling with SANS measurements has significant potential for structural studies of other detergent-solubilized membrane proteins.
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Sverzhinsky A, Chung JW, Deme JC, Fabre L, Levey KT, Plesa M, Carter DM, Lypaczewski P, Coulton JW. Membrane Protein Complex ExbB4-ExbD1-TonB1 from Escherichia coli Demonstrates Conformational Plasticity. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:1873-85. [PMID: 25802296 PMCID: PMC4420915 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00069-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Iron acquisition at the outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative bacteria is powered by the proton motive force (PMF) of the cytoplasmic membrane (CM), harnessed by the CM-embedded complex of ExbB, ExbD, and TonB. Its stoichiometry, ensemble structural features, and mechanism of action are unknown. By panning combinatorial phage libraries, periplasmic regions of dimerization between ExbD and TonB were predicted. Using overexpression of full-length His6-tagged exbB-exbD and S-tagged tonB, we purified detergent-solubilized complexes of ExbB-ExbD-TonB from Escherichia coli. Protein-detergent complexes of ∼230 kDa with a hydrodynamic radius of ∼6.0 nm were similar to previously purified ExbB₄-ExbD₂ complexes. Significantly, they differed in electronegativity by native agarose gel electrophoresis. The stoichiometry was determined to be ExbB₄-ExbD₁-TonB₁. Single-particle electron microscopy agrees with this stoichiometry. Two-dimensional averaging supported the phage display predictions, showing two forms of ExbD-TonB periplasmic heterodimerization: extensive and distal. Three-dimensional (3D) particle classification showed three representative conformations of ExbB₄-ExbD₁-TonB₁. Based on our structural data, we propose a model in which ExbD shuttles a proton across the CM via an ExbB interprotein rearrangement. Proton translocation would be coupled to ExbD-mediated collapse of extended TonB in complex with ligand-loaded receptors in the OM, followed by repositioning of TonB through extensive dimerization with ExbD. Here we present the first report for purification of the ExbB-ExbD-TonB complex, molar ratios within the complex (4:1:1), and structural biology that provides insights into 3D organization. IMPORTANCE Receptors in the OM of Gram-negative bacteria allow entry of iron-bound siderophores that are necessary for pathogenicity. Numerous iron-acquisition strategies rely upon a ubiquitous and unique protein for energization: TonB. Complexed with ExbB and ExbD, the Ton system links the PMF to OM transport. Blocking iron uptake by targeting a vital nanomachine holds promise in therapeutics. Despite much research, the stoichiometry, structural arrangement, and molecular mechanism of the CM-embedded ExbB-ExbD-TonB complex remain unreported. Here we demonstrate in vitro evidence of ExbB₄-ExbD₁-TonB₁ complexes. Using 3D EM, we reconstructed the complex in three conformational states that show variable ExbD-TonB heterodimerization. Our structural observations form the basis of a model for TonB-mediated iron acquisition.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Microbiome and Disease Tolerance Centre, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Chan LJ, Bulitta JB, Ascher DB, Haynes JM, McLeod VM, Porter CJH, Williams CC, Kaminskas LM. PEGylation does not significantly change the initial intravenous or subcutaneous pharmacokinetics or lymphatic exposure of trastuzumab in rats but increases plasma clearance after subcutaneous administration. Mol Pharm 2015; 12:794-809. [PMID: 25644368 DOI: 10.1021/mp5006189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The lymphatic system plays a major role in the metastatic dissemination of cancer and has an integral role in immunity. PEGylation enhances drainage and lymphatic uptake following subcutaneous (sc) administration of proteins and protein-like polymers, but the impact of PEGylation of very large proteins (such as antibodies) on subcutaneous and lymphatic pharmacokinetics is unknown. This study therefore aimed to evaluate the impact of PEGylation on the sc absorption and lymphatic disposition of the anti-HER2 antibody trastuzumab in rats. PEG-trastuzumab was generated via the conjugation of a single 40 kDa PEG-NHS ester to trastuzumab. PEG-trastuzumab showed a 5-fold reduction in HER2 binding affinity, however the in vitro growth inhibitory effects were preserved as a result of changes in cellular trafficking when compared to native trastuzumab. The lymphatic pharmacokinetics of PEG-trastuzumab was evaluated in thoracic lymph duct cannulated rats after iv and sc administration and compared to the pharmacokinetics of native trastuzumab. The iv pharmacokinetics and lymphatic exposure of PEG-trastuzumab was similar when compared to trastuzumab. After sc administration, initial plasma pharmacokinetics and lymphatic exposure were also similar between PEG-trastuzumab and trastuzumab, but the absolute bioavailability of PEG-trastuzumab was 100% when compared to 86.1% bioavailability for trastuzumab. In contrast to trastuzumab, PEG-trastuzumab showed accelerated plasma clearance beginning approximately 7 days after sc, but not iv, administration, presumably as a result of the generation of anti-PEG IgM. This work suggests that PEGylation does not significantly alter the lymphatic disposition of very large proteins, and further suggests that it is unlikely to benefit therapy with monoclonal antibodies.
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- Linda J Chan
- Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University , 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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Miercke LJW, Robbins RA, Stroud RM. Tetra detector analysis of membrane proteins. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 77:29.10.1-29.10.30. [PMID: 25081744 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps2910s77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Well-characterized membrane protein detergent complexes (PDC) that are pure, homogenous, and stable, with minimized excess detergent micelles, are essential for functional assays and crystallization studies. Procedural steps to measure the mass, size, shape, homogeneity, and molecular composition of PDCs and their host detergent micelles using size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) with a Viscotek Tetra Detector Array (TDA; absorbance, refractive index, light scattering, and viscosity detectors) are presented in this unit. The value of starting with a quality PDC sample, the precision and accuracy of the results, and the use of a digital benchtop refractometer are emphasized. An alternate and simplified purification and characterization approach using SEC with dual absorbance and refractive index detectors to optimize detergent and lipid concentration while measuring the PDC homogeneity is also described. Applications relative to purification and characterization goals are illustrated as well.
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- Larry J W Miercke
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Kumazaki K, Chiba S, Takemoto M, Furukawa A, Nishiyama KI, Sugano Y, Mori T, Dohmae N, Hirata K, Nakada-Nakura Y, Maturana AD, Tanaka Y, Mori H, Sugita Y, Arisaka F, Ito K, Ishitani R, Tsukazaki T, Nureki O. Structural basis of Sec-independent membrane protein insertion by YidC. Nature 2014; 509:516-20. [PMID: 24739968 DOI: 10.1038/nature13167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Newly synthesized membrane proteins must be accurately inserted into the membrane, folded and assembled for proper functioning. The protein YidC inserts its substrates into the membrane, thereby facilitating membrane protein assembly in bacteria; the homologous proteins Oxa1 and Alb3 have the same function in mitochondria and chloroplasts, respectively. In the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane, YidC functions as an independent insertase and a membrane chaperone in cooperation with the translocon SecYEG. Here we present the crystal structure of YidC from Bacillus halodurans, at 2.4 Å resolution. The structure reveals a novel fold, in which five conserved transmembrane helices form a positively charged hydrophilic groove that is open towards both the lipid bilayer and the cytoplasm but closed on the extracellular side. Structure-based in vivo analyses reveal that a conserved arginine residue in the groove is important for the insertion of membrane proteins by YidC. We propose an insertion mechanism for single-spanning membrane proteins, in which the hydrophilic environment generated by the groove recruits the extracellular regions of substrates into the low-dielectric environment of the membrane.
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- Kaoru Kumazaki
- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [2] Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [3]
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- 1] Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan [2]
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [2] Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, 3-18-8 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- SR Life Science Instrumentation Unit, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Department of Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshidakonoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Shogoin Kawara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Theoretical Molecular Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 226-8503, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [2] Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- 1] Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-cho, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan [2] JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- 1] Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan [2] Global Research Cluster, RIKEN, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Stockbridge RB, Robertson JL, Kolmakova-Partensky L, Miller C. A family of fluoride-specific ion channels with dual-topology architecture. eLife 2013; 2:e01084. [PMID: 23991286 PMCID: PMC3755343 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fluoride ion, ubiquitous in soil, water, and marine environments, is a chronic threat to microorganisms. Many prokaryotes, archea, unicellular eukaryotes, and plants use a recently discovered family of F− exporter proteins to lower cytoplasmic F− levels to counteract the anion’s toxicity. We show here that these ‘Fluc’ proteins, purified and reconstituted in liposomes and planar phospholipid bilayers, form constitutively open anion channels with extreme selectivity for F− over Cl−. The active channel is a dimer of identical or homologous subunits arranged in antiparallel transmembrane orientation. This dual-topology assembly has not previously been seen in ion channels but is known in multidrug transporters of the SMR family, and is suggestive of an evolutionary antecedent of the inverted repeats found within the subunits of many membrane transport proteins. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01084.001 Fluorine is the thirteenth-most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, and fluoride ions are found in both soil and water, where they accumulate through the weathering of rocks or from industrial pollution. However, high levels of fluoride ions can inhibit two processes essential to life: the production of energy by glycolysis and the synthesis of DNA and RNA bases. In polluted areas, organisms such as bacteria, algae and plants must remove fluoride ions from their cells in order to survive. Since ions cannot freely cross lipid membranes, organisms use proteins called channels or carriers to move ions into and out of their cells. Channel proteins form a pore, or channel, in the cell membrane, through which ions can quickly move from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration. In contrast, carrier proteins can transport ions in both directions—that is, to and from areas of high concentration—but they are slower than channel proteins. A family of proteins that export fluoride from microbe and plant cells, thus allowing them to grow in the presence of this toxic ion, was discovered recently, but it was not clear if these proteins function as channels or as carrier proteins. Now, Stockbridge et al. find that these proteins, called Fluc proteins, are fluoride channels with an unusual architecture. Fluc proteins are found in many species of bacteria, and Stockbridge et al. show that a number of these, when purified and inserted into a lipid membrane, are channel proteins. Additionally, they do not transport related ions such as chloride, which means that they are unusually selective for ion channels. Two Fluc polypeptides associate to form a channel in the cell membrane, and Stockbridge et al. show that these two subunits are arranged in an antiparallel formation. Although this architecture is unprecedented among ion channels, it has been observed in carrier proteins in a range of organisms, and may indicate that Fluc proteins offer an evolutionary model for many carrier proteins. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01084.002
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- Randy B Stockbridge
- Department of Biochemistry , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Brandeis University , Waltham , United States
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Le Roy A, Nury H, Wiseman B, Sarwan J, Jault JM, Ebel C. Sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation in hydrogenated and deuterated solvents for the characterization of membrane proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 1033:219-251. [PMID: 23996181 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-487-6_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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This chapter is a step-by-step protocol for setting up, realizing, and analyzing sedimentation velocity experiments in hydrogenated and deuterated solvents, in the context of the characterization of membrane protein, in terms of homogeneity, association state, and amount of bound detergent, based on a real case study of the membrane protein BmrA solubilized in n-Dodecyl-β-D-Maltopyranoside) detergent.
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- Aline Le Roy
- Institut de Biologie Structurale, CEA, Grenoble, France
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Hou X, Pedi L, Diver MM, Long SB. Crystal structure of the calcium release-activated calcium channel Orai. Science 2012. [PMID: 23180775 DOI: 10.1126/science.1228757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 449] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The plasma membrane protein Orai forms the pore of the calcium release-activated calcium (CRAC) channel and generates sustained cytosolic calcium signals when triggered by depletion of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum. The crystal structure of Orai from Drosophila melanogaster, determined at 3.35 angstrom resolution, reveals that the calcium channel is composed of a hexameric assembly of Orai subunits arranged around a central ion pore. The pore traverses the membrane and extends into the cytosol. A ring of glutamate residues on its extracellular side forms the selectivity filter. A basic region near the intracellular side can bind anions that may stabilize the closed state. The architecture of the channel differs markedly from other ion channels and gives insight into the principles of selective calcium permeation and gating.
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- Xiaowei Hou
- Structural Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Ridilla M, Narayanan A, Bolin JT, Yernool DA. Identification of the dimer interface of a bacterial Ca(2+)/H(+) antiporter. Biochemistry 2012; 51:9603-11. [PMID: 23134204 DOI: 10.1021/bi3012109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Members of the calcium/cation antiporter superfamily, including the cardiac sodium/calcium exchangers, are secondary active transporters that play an essential role in cellular Ca(2+) homeostasis. A notable feature of this group of transporters is the high levels of sequence similarity in relatively short sequences constituting the functionally important α-1 and α-2 regions in contrast to relatively lower degrees of similarity in the extended adjoining sequences. This suggests a similar structure and function of core transport machinery but possible differences in topology and/or oligomerization, a topic that has not been adequately addressed. Here we present the first example of purification of a bacterial member of this superfamily (CAX(CK31)) and analyze its quaternary structure. Purification of CAX(CK31) required the presence of a choline headgroup-containing detergent or lipid to yield stable preparations of the monomeric transporter. H(+)-driven Ca(2+) transport was demonstrated by reconstituting purified CAX(CK31) into liposomes. Dimeric CAX(CK31) could be isolated by manipulation of detergent micelles. Dimer formation was shown to be dependent on micelle composition as well as protein concentration. Furthermore, we establish that CAX(CK31) forms dimers in the membrane by analysis of cross-linked proteins. Using a dimeric homology model derived from the monomeric structure of the archaeal NCX homologue (Protein Data Bank entry 3V5U ), we introduced cysteine residues and through cross-linking experiments established the role of transmembrane helices 2 and 6 in the putative dimer interface.
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- Marc Ridilla
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 240 South Martin Jischke Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA
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Dach I, Olesen C, Signor L, Nissen P, le Maire M, Møller JV, Ebel C. Active detergent-solubilized H+,K+-ATPase is a monomer. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:41963-78. [PMID: 23055529 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.398768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The H(+),K(+)-ATPase pumps protons or hydronium ions and is responsible for the acidification of the gastric fluid. It is made up of an α-catalytic and a β-glycosylated subunit. The relation between cation translocation and the organization of the protein in the membrane are not well understood. We describe here how pure and functionally active pig gastric H(+),K(+)-ATPase with an apparent Stokes radius of 6.3 nm can be obtained after solubilization with the non-ionic detergent C(12)E(8), followed by exchange of C(12)E(8) with Tween 20 on a Superose 6 column. Mass spectroscopy indicates that the β-subunit bears an excess mass of 9 kDa attributable to glycosylation. From chemical analysis, there are 0.25 g of phospholipids and around 0.024 g of cholesterol bound per g of protein. Analytical ultracentrifugation shows one main complex, sedimenting at s(20,)(w) = 7.2 ± 0.1 S, together with minor amounts of irreversibly aggregated material. From these data, a buoyant molecular mass is calculated, corresponding to an H(+),K(+)-ATPase α,β-protomer of 147.3 kDa. Complementary sedimentation velocity with deuterated water gives a picture of an α,β-protomer with 0.9-1.4 g/g of bound detergent and lipids and a reasonable frictional ratio of 1.5, corresponding to a Stokes radius of 7.1 nm. An α(2),β(2) dimer is rejected by the data. Light scattering coupled to gel filtration confirms the monomeric state of solubilized H(+),K(+)-ATPase. Thus, α,β H(+),K(+)-ATPase is active at least in detergent and may plausibly function as a monomer, as has been established for other P-type ATPases, Ca(2+)-ATPase and Na(+),K(+)-ATPase.
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- Ingrid Dach
- Center for Membrane Pumps in Cells and Diseases, Danish Research Foundation, DK-8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Korepanova A, Matayoshi ED. HPLC-SEC characterization of membrane protein-detergent complexes. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN PROTEIN SCIENCE 2012; Chapter 29:29.5.1-29.5.12. [PMID: 22470129 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps2905s68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Determination of the oligomeric state of integral membrane proteins in detergent solutions is a challenging task because the amount of detergent associated with the protein is typically unknown and unpredictable. Methods that estimate the molecular weight of proteins from their hydrodynamic properties in solution are not suitable for detergent-solubilized membrane proteins. However, size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) performed in combination with analyses of static light scattering (SLS), ultraviolet absorbance (UV), and refractive index (RI) provides a universal method for determination of the molar masses of biopolymers and protein-detergent complexes. The light scattered by a protein is directly proportional to its molecular mass, irrespective of shape, and any additional contributions due to bound detergent molecules can be quantitatively accounted for by the additional combined analysis of ultraviolet absorbance and refractive index information. The primary intention of this unit is to describe how to apply the combination of high-performance liquid chromatography SEC and SLS-UV-RI to evaluate molecular mass and the physicochemical heterogeneity of purified membrane protein-detergent complexes.
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- Alla Korepanova
- Department of Biochemistry, Advanced Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois
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- Department of Structural Biology, Advanced Technologies, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois
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Doran J, Mohanty A, Fox T. Resolving the Challenge of Measuring Ligand Binding to Membrane Proteins by Combining Analytical Ultracentrifugation and Light Scattering Photometry. J Pharm Sci 2012; 101:92-101. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.22755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2011] [Revised: 06/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Kang DC, Venkataraman PA, Dumont ME, Maloney PC. Oligomeric state of the oxalate transporter, OxlT. Biochemistry 2011; 50:8445-53. [PMID: 21866906 DOI: 10.1021/bi201175y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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OxlT, the oxalate transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes, was studied to determine its oligomeric state in solution and in the membrane. Three independent approaches were used. First, we used triple-detector (SEC-LS) size exclusion chromatography to analyze purified OxlT in detergent/lipid micelles. These measurements evaluate protein mass in a manner independent of contributions from detergent and lipid; such work shows an average OxlT mass near 47 kDa for detergent-solubilized material, consistent with that expected for monomeric OxlT (46 kDa). A disulfide-linked OxlT mutant was used to verify that it was possible detect dimers under these conditions. A second approach used amino-reactive cross-linkers of varying spacer lengths to study OxlT in detergent/lipid micelles and in natural or artificial membranes, followed by analysis via sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. These tests, performed under conditions where the presence of dimers can be documented for either of two known dimeric transporters (AdiC or TetL), indicate that OxlT exists as a monomer in the membrane and retains this status upon detergent solubilization. In a final test, we showed that reconstitution of OxlT into lipid vesicles at variable protein/lipid ratios has no effect on the specific activity of subsequent oxalate transport, as the OxlT content varies between 0.027 and 5.4 OxlT monomers/proteoliposome. We conclude that OxlT is a functional monomer in the membrane and in detergent/lipid micelles.
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- Di-Cody Kang
- Department of Physiology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, United States
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Voltage-gated sodium channel (NaV) protein dissection creates a set of functional pore-only proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:12313-8. [PMID: 21746903 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106811108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Many voltage-gated ion channel (VGIC) superfamily members contain six-transmembrane segments in which the first four form a voltage-sensing domain (VSD) and the last two form the pore domain (PD). Studies of potassium channels from the VGIC superfamily together with identification of voltage-sensor only proteins have suggested that the VSD and the PD can fold independently. Whether such transmembrane modularity is common to other VGIC superfamily members has remained untested. Here we show, using protein dissection, that the Silicibacter pomeroyi voltage-gated sodium channel (Na(V)Sp1) PD forms a stand-alone, ion selective pore (Na(V)Sp1p) that is tetrameric, α-helical, and that forms functional, sodium-selective channels when reconstituted into lipid bilayers. Mutation of the Na(V)Sp1p selectivity filter from LESWSM to LDDWSD, a change similar to that previously shown to alter ion selectivity of the bacterial sodium channel Na(V)Bh1 (NaChBac), creates a calcium-selective pore-only channel, Ca(V)Sp1p. We further show that production of PDs can be generalized by making pore-only proteins from two other extremophile Na(V)s: one from the hydrocarbon degrader Alcanivorax borkumensis (Na(V)Ab1p), and one from the arsenite oxidizer Alkalilimnicola ehrlichei (Na(V)Ae1p). Together, our data establish a family of active pore-only ion channels that should be excellent model systems for study of the factors that govern both sodium and calcium selectivity and permeability. Further, our findings suggest that similar dissection approaches may be applicable to a wide range of VGICs and, thus, serve as a means to simplify and accelerate biophysical, structural, and drug development efforts.
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Klammt C, Perrin MH, Maslennikov I, Renault L, Krupa M, Kwiatkowski W, Stahlberg H, Vale W, Choe S. Polymer-based cell-free expression of ligand-binding family B G-protein coupled receptors without detergents. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1030-41. [PMID: 21465615 DOI: 10.1002/pro.636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2011] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute the largest family of intercellular signaling molecules and are estimated to be the target of more than 50% of all modern drugs. As with most integral membrane proteins (IMPs), a major bottleneck in the structural and biochemical analysis of GPCRs is their expression by conventional expression systems. Cell-free (CF) expression provides a relatively new and powerful tool for obtaining preparative amounts of IMPs. However, in the case of GPCRs, insufficient homogeneity of the targeted protein is a problem as the in vitro expression is mainly done with detergents, in which aggregation and solubilization difficulties, as well as problems with proper folding of hydrophilic domains, are common. Here, we report that using CF expression with the help of a fructose-based polymer, NV10 polymer (NVoy), we obtained preparative amounts of homogeneous GPCRs from the three GPCR families. We demonstrate that two GPCR B family members, corticotrophin-releasing factor receptors 1 and 2β are not only solubilized in NVoy but also have functional ligand-binding characteristics with different agonists and antagonists in a detergent-free environment as well. Our findings open new possibilities for functional and structural studies of GPCRs and IMPs in general.
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- Christian Klammt
- Structural Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Ebel C. Sedimentation velocity to characterize surfactants and solubilized membrane proteins. Methods 2011; 54:56-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2010] [Revised: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/19/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Wang C, Protasevich I, Yang Z, Seehausen D, Skalak T, Zhao X, Atwell S, Spencer Emtage J, Wetmore DR, Brouillette CG, Hunt JF. Integrated biophysical studies implicate partial unfolding of NBD1 of CFTR in the molecular pathogenesis of F508del cystic fibrosis. Protein Sci 2011; 19:1932-47. [PMID: 20687163 DOI: 10.1002/pro.480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The lethal genetic disease cystic fibrosis is caused predominantly by in-frame deletion of phenylalanine 508 in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). F508 is located in the first nucleotide-binding domain (NBD1) of CFTR, which functions as an ATP-gated chloride channel on the cell surface. The F508del mutation blocks CFTR export to the surface due to aberrant retention in the endoplasmic reticulum. While it was assumed that F508del interferes with NBD1 folding, biophysical studies of purified NBD1 have given conflicting results concerning the mutation's influence on domain folding and stability. We have conducted isothermal (this paper) and thermal (accompanying paper) denaturation studies of human NBD1 using a variety of biophysical techniques, including simultaneous circular dichroism, intrinsic fluorescence, and static light-scattering measurements. These studies show that, in the absence of ATP, NBD1 unfolds via two sequential conformational transitions. The first, which is strongly influenced by F508del, involves partial unfolding and leads to aggregation accompanied by an increase in tryptophan fluorescence. The second, which is not significantly influenced by F508del, involves full unfolding of NBD1. Mg-ATP binding delays the first transition, thereby offsetting the effect of F508del on domain stability. Evidence suggests that the initial partial unfolding transition is partially responsible for the poor in vitro solubility of human NBD1. Second-site mutations that increase the solubility of isolated F508del-NBD1 in vitro and suppress the trafficking defect of intact F508del-CFTR in vivo also stabilize the protein against this transition, supporting the hypothesize that it is responsible for the pathological trafficking of F508del-CFTR.
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- Chi Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, 702A Fairchild Center, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Noinaj N, Fairman JW, Buchanan SK. The crystal structure of BamB suggests interactions with BamA and its role within the BAM complex. J Mol Biol 2011; 407:248-60. [PMID: 21277859 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2011] [Revised: 01/14/2011] [Accepted: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Escherichia coli BamB is the largest of four lipoproteins in the β-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex. It interacts with the periplasmic domain of BamA, an integral outer membrane protein (OMP) essential for OMP biogenesis. Although BamB is not essential, it serves an important function in the BAM complex, significantly increasing the folding efficiency of some OMPs in vivo and in vitro. To learn more about the BAM complex, we solved structures of BamB in three different crystal forms. BamB crystallized in space groups P2(1)3, I222, and P2(1)2(1)2(1), with one molecule per asymmetric unit in each case. Crystals from the space group I222 diffracted to 1. 65-Å resolution. BamB forms an eight-bladed β-propeller with a central pore and is shaped like a doughnut. A DALI search revealed that BamB shares structural homology to several eukaryotic proteins containing WD40 repeat domains, which commonly have β-propeller folds and often serve as scaffolding proteins within larger multi-protein complexes that carry out signal transduction, cell division, and chemotaxis. Using mutagenesis data from previous studies, we docked BamB onto a BamA structural model and assessed known and possible interactions between these two proteins. Our data suggest that BamB serves as a scaffolding protein within the BAM complex by optimally orienting the flexible periplasmic domain of BamA for interaction with other BAM components and chaperones. This may facilitate integration of newly synthesized OMPs into the outer membrane.
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- Nicholas Noinaj
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-8030, USA
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Huc-Brandt S, Marcellin D, Graslin F, Averseng O, Bellanger L, Hivin P, Quemeneur E, Basquin C, Navarro V, Pourcher T, Darrouzet E. Characterisation of the purified human sodium/iodide symporter reveals that the protein is mainly present in a dimeric form and permits the detailed study of a native C-terminal fragment. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1808:65-77. [PMID: 20797386 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2010] [Revised: 08/16/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The sodium/iodide symporter is an intrinsic membrane protein that actively transports iodide into thyroid follicular cells. It is a key element in thyroid hormone biosynthesis and in the radiotherapy of thyroid tumours and their metastases. Sodium/iodide symporter is a very hydrophobic protein that belongs to the family of sodium/solute symporters. As for many other membrane proteins, particularly mammalian ones, little is known about its biochemistry and structure. It is predicted to contain 13 transmembrane helices, with an N-terminus oriented extracellularly. The C-terminal, cytosolic domain contains approximately one hundred amino acid residues and bears most of the transporter's putative regulatory sites (phosphorylation, sumoylation, di-acide, di-leucine or PDZ-binding motifs). In this study, we report the establishment of eukaryotic cell lines stably expressing various human sodium/iodide symporter recombinant proteins, and the development of a purification protocol which allowed us to purify milligram quantities of the human transporter. The quaternary structure of membrane transporters is considered to be essential for their function and regulation. Here, the oligomeric state of human sodium/iodide symporter was analysed for the first time using purified protein, by size exclusion chromatography and light scattering spectroscopy, revealing that the protein exists mainly as a dimer which is stabilised by a disulfide bridge. In addition, the existence of a sodium/iodide symporter C-terminal fragment interacting with the protein was also highlighted. We have shown that this fragment exists in various species and cell types, and demonstrated that it contains the amino-acids [512-643] from the human sodium/iodide symporter protein and, therefore, the last predicted transmembrane helix. Expression of either the [1-512] truncated domain or the [512-643] domain alone, as well as co-expression of the two fragments, was performed, and revealed that co-expression of [1-512] with [512-643] allowed the reconstitution of a functional protein. These findings constitute an important step towards an understanding of some of the post-translational mechanisms that finely tune iodide accumulation through human sodium/iodide symporter regulation.
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- Sylvaine Huc-Brandt
- CEA, iBEB, SBTN, Centre de Marcoule, Bat 170, BP17171, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze, CEDEX, France.
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Vergis JM, Purdy MD, Wiener MC. A high-throughput differential filtration assay to screen and select detergents for membrane proteins. Anal Biochem 2010; 407:1-11. [PMID: 20667442 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Revised: 07/19/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Structural studies on integral membrane proteins are routinely performed on protein-detergent complexes (PDCs) consisting of purified protein solubilized in a particular detergent. Of all the membrane protein crystal structures solved to date, a subset of only four detergents has been used in more than half of these structures. Unfortunately, many membrane proteins are not well behaved in these four detergents and/or fail to yield well-diffracting crystals. Identification of detergents that maintain the solubility and stability of a membrane protein is a critical step and can be a lengthy and "protein-expensive" process. We have developed an assay that characterizes the stability and size of membrane proteins exchanged into a panel of 94 commercially available and chemically diverse detergents. This differential filtration assay (DFA), using a set of filtered microplates, requires sub-milligram quantities of purified protein and small quantities of detergents and other reagents and is performed in its entirety in several hours.
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- James M Vergis
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Mancia F, Love J. High-throughput expression and purification of membrane proteins. J Struct Biol 2010; 172:85-93. [PMID: 20394823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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High-throughput (HT) methodologies have had a tremendous impact on structural biology of soluble proteins. High-resolution structure determination relies on the ability of the macromolecule to form ordered crystals that diffract X-rays. While crystallization remains somewhat empirical, for a given protein, success is proportional to the number of conditions screened and to the number of variants trialed. HT techniques have greatly increased the number of targets that can be trialed and the rate at which these can be produced. In terms of number of structures solved, membrane proteins appear to be lagging many years behind their soluble counterparts. Likewise, HT methodologies for production and characterization of these hydrophobic macromolecules are only now emerging. Presented here is an HT platform designed exclusively for membrane proteins that has processed over 5000 targets.
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- Filippo Mancia
- Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Purification of transmembrane proteins from Saccharomyces cerevisiae for X-ray crystallography. Protein Expr Purif 2010; 71:207-23. [PMID: 20045057 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2009] [Revised: 12/23/2009] [Accepted: 12/26/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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To enhance the quantity and quality of eukaryotic transmembrane proteins (TMPs) available for structure determination by X-ray crystallography, we have optimized protocols for purification of TMPs expressed in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We focused on a set of the highest-expressing endogenous yeast TMPs for which there are established biochemical assays. Genes encoding the target TMPs are transferred via ligation-independent cloning to a series of vectors that allow expression of reading frames fused to C-terminal His10 and ZZ (IgG-binding) domains that are separated from the reading frame by a cleavage site for rhinovirus 3C protease. Several TMP targets expressed from these vectors have been purified via affinity chromatography and gel filtration chromatography at levels and purities sufficient for ongoing crystallization trials. Initial purifications were based on expression of the genes under control of a galactose-inducible promoter, but higher cell densities and improved expression have been obtained through use of the yeast ADH2 promoter. Wide variations have been observed in the behavior of different TMP targets during purification; some can be readily purified, while others do not bind efficiently to affinity matrices, are not efficiently cleaved from the matrices, or remain tightly associated with the matrices even after cleavage of the affinity tags. The size, oligomeric state, and composition of purified protein-detergent complexes purified under different conditions were analyzed using a colorimetric assay of detergent concentrations and by analytical size-exclusion chromatography using static light scattering, refractive index, and UV absorption detection to monitor the elution profiles. Effective procedures were developed for obtaining high concentrations of purified TMPs without excessively concentrating detergents.
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Dvir H, Choe S. Bacterial expression of a eukaryotic membrane protein in fusion to various Mistic orthologs. Protein Expr Purif 2009; 68:28-33. [PMID: 19524676 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2009.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2009] [Revised: 05/27/2009] [Accepted: 06/08/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mistic, a bacterial membrane-associating protein family, uniquely found in Bacillus species. It enhances expression of eukaryotic membrane proteins at the bacterial membrane. Mistic from B. subtilis (M110), expresses at the Escherichia coli membrane, however its shorter orthologs have been recently shown to be mainly cytoplasmic with varying membrane affinities. Based on that, we hypothesized that the expression level of membrane proteins fused to Mistic is correlated with the degree of membrane association of the particular Mistic protein. We compared expression levels by various Mistic proteins as fusion partners for the Aplysia californica Kv1.1 (aKv1.1) channel as a cargo membrane protein. Mistic from B. atrophaeus (M4), which has the highest membrane association among the shorter orthologs, enhanced expression of the transmembrane domain of aKv1.1 to the highest extent. In contrast, M1, which consists of the 84 C-terminal amino acids of M110 is the most soluble protein and showed the least capacity to express the channel. A chimeric Mistic, constructed with the first alpha-helix (H1) of M110 N-terminally fused to M4, did not increase the level of expression of aKv1.1 beyond those of either the M110 or the M4 fusions. The channel fused to M110, M4 or the aforementioned H1-M4 chimera, expresses in the highest quantity and quality among Mistic proteins, providing suitable sample for structural studies. Our data support the concept that expression levels of 'Misticated' membrane proteins are related to the independent chaperoning character of Mistic via direct membrane association, rather than related to specific sequence-dependent interaction with the E. coli translocon machinery.
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- Hay Dvir
- Structural Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Veesler D, Blangy S, Siponen M, Vincentelli R, Cambillau C, Sciara G. Production and biophysical characterization of the CorA transporter from Methanosarcina mazei. Anal Biochem 2009; 388:115-21. [PMID: 19233118 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2009.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Revised: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 02/13/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We report here a general strategy to overproduce and characterize membrane transporters. To illustrate our approach, we selected one member of the CorA transporter family among four tested that belonged to different species. This approach is transposable to other membrane proteins and involves the following steps: (i) cloning by homologous recombination, (ii) high-throughput expression screening, (iii) fermenter-based large-scale production, (iv) high-throughput detergent solubilization screening, (v) protein purification, (vi) multiangle static light scattering/refractometry characterization of purified proteins, (vii) circular dichroism spectroscopy, and (viii) detergent concentration measurements by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. Methanosarcina mazei CorA was expressed in milligram quantities and purified (> 95% pure). n-Dodecyl-beta-D-maltopyranoside (DDM) retained the pentameric native structure of this transporter; thus, we selected it as working detergent. Furthermore, we measured the detergent concentration in our purified and concentrated protein sample by FT-IR to maintain it as low as possible. Our strategy can be adapted to many structural biology approaches as well as for study of single membrane proteins in a variety of conditions.
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- David Veesler
- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS and Universités d'Aix-Marseille I and II, UMR 6098, 13288 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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Characterization of protein detergent complexes by NMR, light scattering, and analytical ultracentrifugation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 10:25-35. [PMID: 19214777 DOI: 10.1007/s10969-009-9061-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2008] [Accepted: 01/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bottlenecks in expression, solubilization, purification and crystallization hamper the structural study of integral membrane proteins (IMPs). Successful crystallization is critically dependent on the purity, stability and oligomeric homogeneity of an IMP sample. These characteristics are in turn strongly influenced by the type and concentration of the detergents used in IMP preparation. By utilizing the techniques and analytical tools we earlier developed for the characterization of protein-detergent complexes (PDCs) [21], we demonstrate that for successful protein extraction from E. coli membrane fractions, the solubilizing detergent associates preferentially to IMPs rather than to membrane lipids. Notably, this result is contrary to the generally accepted mechanism of detergent-mediated IMP solubilization. We find that for one particular member of the family of proteins studied (E. coli receptor kinases, which is purified in mixed multimeric states and oligomerizes through its transmembrane region), the protein oligomeric composition is largely unaffected by a 10-fold increase in protein concentration, by alteration of micelle properties through addition of other detergents to the PDC sample, or by a 20-fold variation in the detergent concentration used for solubilization of the IMP from the membrane. We observed that the conditions used for expression of the IMP, which impact protein density in the membrane, has the greatest influence on the IMP oligomeric structure. Finally, we argue that for concentrating PDCs smaller than 30 kDa, stirred concentration cells are less prone to over-concentration of detergent and are therefore more effective than centrifugal ultrafiltration devices.
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le Maire M, Arnou B, Olesen C, Georgin D, Ebel C, Møller JV. Gel chromatography and analytical ultracentrifugation to determine the extent of detergent binding and aggregation, and Stokes radius of membrane proteins using sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase as an example. Nat Protoc 2009; 3:1782-95. [PMID: 18974737 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2008.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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For structural studies of integral membrane proteins, including their 3D crystallization, the judicious use of detergent for solubilization and purification is required. Detergent binding by the solubilized protein is an important parameter to determine the hydrodynamic properties in terms of size and aggregational (monomeric/oligo(proto)meric) state of the protein. Detergent binding can be measured by gel filtration chromatography under equilibrium conditions and after separation from mixed micelles of solubilized lipid and detergent. Using sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase as an example, we demonstrate in this protocol complete procedures for measurement of detergent binding using (i) radiolabeled n-dodecyl-beta-D-maltoside (DM) or (ii) from measurements of the increase in refractive index due to the presence of bound detergent on the protein. The latter measurement can also be performed by sedimentation velocity (SV) analysis in the analytical ultracentrifuge which in addition allows determination of the sedimentation coefficient. In combination with estimation of Stokes radius by gel filtration calibration, the molecular mass and asymmetry of the solubilized protein can be calculated. In the proposed protocols, the gel chromatographic procedures require 1 d; SV experiments are performed just after size exclusion. The whole time for these experiments is 24 h. Data analysis of analytical ultracentrifugation requires a couple of days.
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- Marc le Maire
- CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Nury H, Manon F, Arnou B, le Maire M, Pebay-Peyroula E, Ebel C. Mitochondrial Bovine ADP/ATP Carrier in Detergent Is Predominantly Monomeric but Also Forms Multimeric Species. Biochemistry 2008; 47:12319-31. [DOI: 10.1021/bi801053m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Hugues Nury
- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- CEA, DSV, and CNRS and Université Joseph Fourier, Institut de Biologie Structurale, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, F-38027, Grenoble, France, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, CNRS UMR 5095, Université Bordeaux 2, F-33077 Bordeaux Cedex, France, and CEA, Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, and CNRS URA 2096 and Université Paris-Sud 11, LRA 17V, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Kunji ERS, Harding M, Butler PJG, Akamine P. Determination of the molecular mass and dimensions of membrane proteins by size exclusion chromatography. Methods 2008; 46:62-72. [PMID: 18952172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Size exclusion chromatography is an established technique for the determination of hydrodynamic volumes of proteins or protein complexes. When applied to membrane proteins, the contribution of the detergent micelle, which is required to keep the protein soluble in the aqueous phase, needs to be determined to obtain accurate measurements for the protein. In a detergent series, in which the detergents differ only by the length of the alkyl chain, the contribution of the detergent micelle to the hydrodynamic volume is variable, whereas the contribution of the protein is constant. By using this approach, several parameters of membrane proteins can be estimated by extrapolation, such as the radius at the midpoint of the membrane, the average radius, the Stokes radius, and the excluded volume. The molecular mass of the protein can be determined by two independent measurements that arise from the behaviour of the free detergent micelle and protein-detergent micelle during size exclusion chromatography and the determination of the detergent-protein ratio. Determining the dimensions of protein-detergent micelles may facilitate membrane protein purification and crystallization by defining the accessibility of the protein surface.
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- Edmund R S Kunji
- The Medical Research Council, Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
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Static light scattering to characterize membrane proteins in detergent solution. Methods 2008; 46:73-82. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2008] [Revised: 06/02/2008] [Accepted: 06/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Mimura K, Tahara Y, Shinji N, Tokuda E, Takenaka H, Hayashi Y. Isolation of stable (alphabeta)4-Tetraprotomer from Na+/K+-ATPase solubilized in the presence of short-chain fatty acids. Biochemistry 2008; 47:6039-51. [PMID: 18465843 DOI: 10.1021/bi800445f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Previously, it was demonstrated that acetate anions increase the higher oligomer (H), consuming (alphabeta) 2-diprotomer (D) and alphabeta-protomer (P) of solubilized dog kidney Na (+)/K (+)-ATPase [ Kobayashi, T. et al. (2007) J. Biochem. 142, 157-173 ]. Presently, short-chain fatty acids, such as propionate (Prop) and butyrate, have been substituted effectively for acetate. The molecular weight of 6.01 x 10 (5) for H and quantitative Na (+)/K (+)-dependent interconversion among H, D, and P showed that H was an (alphabeta) 4-tetraprotomer (T). T was optimally isolated from the enzyme solubilized in aqueous 40 mM K (+)Prop at pH 5.6 by gel chromatography performed at 0 degrees C with elution buffer containing synthetic dioleoyl phosphatidylserine (PS). K 0.5 values of K (+)-congeners constituting K (+)Prop for the maximal amount of T were NH 4 (+) >> Rb (+) congruent with K (+) > Tl (+), while Na (+) had no effect. The oligomers of T, D, and P were simultaneously assayed for ATPase upon elution from the gel column, resulting in a specific activity ratio of 1:2:2. The activity of the chromatographically isolated T increased with an increasing dioleoyl PS, giving a saturated activity of 2.38 units/mg at pH 5.6 and 25 degrees C, and the active enzyme chromatography of T showed 34% dissociation into D by exposing it at 25 degrees C. On the basis of these data, the specific ATPase activities of T, D, and P were concluded to be 32, 65, and 65 units/mg, respectively, under the conventionally optimal conditions of pH 7.3 and 37 degrees C, suggesting an equivalence to a fully active enzyme for D and P but half activity for T. The physiological significance of the stable form of T remains to be investigated.
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- Kunihiro Mimura
- Department of Environment System Science, Faculty of Risk and Crisis Management, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Chiba 288-0025, Japan
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Salvay AG, Santamaria M, le Maire M, Ebel C. Analytical ultracentrifugation sedimentation velocity for the characterization of detergent-solubilized membrane proteins Ca++-ATPase and ExbB. J Biol Phys 2008; 33:399-419. [PMID: 19669527 DOI: 10.1007/s10867-008-9058-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2007] [Accepted: 01/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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We have investigated the potential of new methods of analysis of sedimentation velocity (SV) analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC) for the characterization of detergent-solubilized membrane proteins. We analyze the membrane proteins Ca(++)-ATPase and ExbB solubilized with DDM (dodecyl-beta-D: -maltoside). SV is extremely well suited for characterizing sample heterogeneity. DDM micelles (s(20w) = 3.1 S) and complexes (Ca(++)-ATPase: s(20w) = 7.3 S; ExbB: s(20w) = 4 S) are easily distinguished. Using different detergent and protein concentrations, SV does not detect any evidence of self-association for the two proteins. An estimate of bound detergent of 0.9 g/g for Ca(++)-ATPase and 1.5 g/g for ExbB is obtained from the combined analysis of SV profiles obtained using absorbance and interference optics. Combining s(20w) with values of the hydrodynamic radius, R(s) = 5.5 nm for Ca(++)-ATPase or R(s) = 3.4 nm for ExbB, allows the determination of buoyant molar masses, M(b). In view of their M(b) and composition, Ca(++)-ATPase and ExbB are monomers in our experimental conditions. We conclude that one of the main advantages of SV versus other techniques is the possibility to ascertain the homogeneity of the samples and to focus on a given complex even in the presence of other impurities or aggregates. The relative rapidity of SV measurements also allows experiments on unstable samples.
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- Andrés G Salvay
- CNRS, IBS, Laboratoire de Biophysique Moléculaire, Grenoble 38027, France
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Synapses are asymmetric cell junctions with precisely juxtaposed presynaptic and postsynaptic sides. Transsynaptic adhesion complexes are thought to organize developing synapses. The molecular composition of these complexes, however, remains incompletely understood, precluding us from understanding how adhesion across the synaptic cleft guides synapse development. Here, we define two immunoglobulin superfamily members, SynCAM 1 and 2, that are expressed in neurons in the developing brain and localize to excitatory and inhibitory synapses. They function as cell adhesion molecules and assemble with each other across the synaptic cleft into a specific, transsynaptic SynCAM 1/2 complex. Additionally, SynCAM 1 and 2 promote functional synapses as they increase the number of active presynaptic terminals and enhance excitatory neurotransmission. The interaction of SynCAM 1 and 2 is affected by glycosylation, indicating regulation of this adhesion complex by posttranslational modification. The SynCAM 1/2 complex is representative for the highly defined adhesive patterns of this protein family, the four members of which are expressed in neurons in divergent expression profiles. SynCAMs 1, 2, and 3 each can bind themselves, yet preferentially assemble into specific, heterophilic complexes as shown for the synaptic SynCAM 1/2 interaction and a second complex comprising SynCAM 3 and 4. Our results define SynCAM proteins as components of novel heterophilic transsynaptic adhesion complexes that set up asymmetric interactions, with SynCAM proteins contributing to synapse organization and function.
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Purification and characterization of serine racemase from a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Pyrobaculum islandicum. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:1359-65. [PMID: 17965169 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01184-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyrobaculum islandicum is an anaerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon that is most active at 100 degrees C. A pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent serine racemase called Srr was purified from the organism. The corresponding srr gene was cloned, and recombinant Srr was purified from Escherichia coli. It showed the highest racemase activity toward L-serine, followed by L-threonine, D-serine, and D-threonine. Like rodent and plant serine racemases, Srr is bifunctional, showing high L-serine/L-threonine dehydratase activity. The sequence of Srr is 87% similar to that of Pyrobaculum aerophilum IlvA (a putative threonine dehydratase) but less than 32% similar to any other serine racemases and threonine dehydratases. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and gel filtration analyses revealed that Srr is a homotrimer of a 44,000-molecular-weight subunit. Both racemase and dehydratase activities were highest at 95 degrees C, while racemization and dehydration were maximum at pH 8.2 and 7.8, respectively. Unlike other, related Ilv enzymes, Srr showed no allosteric properties: neither of these enzymatic activities was affected by either L-amino acids (isoleucine and valine) or most of the metal ions. Only Fe2+ and Cu2+ caused 20 to 30% inhibition and 30 to 40% stimulation of both enzyme activities, respectively. ATP inhibited racemase activity by 10 to 20%. The Km and Vmax values of the racemase activity of Srr for L-serine were 185 mM and 20.1 micromol/min/mg, respectively, while the corresponding values of the dehydratase activity of L-serine were 2.2 mM and 80.4 micromol/min/mg, respectively.
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Albright RA, Joh K, Morais-Cabral JH. Probing the structure of the dimeric KtrB membrane protein. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:35046-55. [PMID: 17932047 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704260200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The KtrAB ion transporter is a complex of two proteins, KtrB and KtrA. The integral membrane protein KtrB is expected to adopt the structural architecture typified by the pore domain of potassium channels. Here we show that homo-dimerization of KtrB proteins is most likely a general property of this family of transporters. Using cysteine mutants and bifunctional cross-linkers we define regions of the Bacillus subtilis KtrB molecule that are close to the molecular 2-fold axis and to the dimer interface. Fitting of the cross-linking data to a potassium channel-like model suggests structural similarities between potassium channels and KtrB proteins in the extracellular half of the molecule and differences in the cytoplasmic regions.
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- Ronald A Albright
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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White JF, Grodnitzky J, Louis JM, Trinh LB, Shiloach J, Gutierrez J, Northup JK, Grisshammer R. Dimerization of the class A G protein-coupled neurotensin receptor NTS1 alters G protein interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:12199-204. [PMID: 17620610 PMCID: PMC1913548 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705312104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) have been found as monomers but also as dimers or higher-order oligomers in cells. The relevance of the monomeric or dimeric receptor state for G protein activation is currently under debate for class A rhodopsin-like GPCRs. Clarification of this issue requires the availability of well defined receptor preparations as monomers or dimers and an assessment of their ligand-binding and G protein-coupling properties. We show by pharmacological and hydrodynamic experiments that purified neurotensin receptor NTS1, a class A GPCR, dimerizes in detergent solution in a concentration-dependent manner, with an apparent affinity in the low nanomolar range. At low receptor concentrations, NTS1 binds the agonist neurotensin with a Hill slope of approximately 1; at higher receptor concentrations, neurotensin binding displays positive cooperativity with a Hill slope of approximately 2. NTS1 monomers activate G alpha q beta(1)gamma(2), whereas receptor dimers catalyze nucleotide exchange with lower affinity. Our results demonstrate that NTS1 dimerization per se is not a prerequisite for G protein activation.
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- Jim F. White
- *Membrane Protein Structure and Function Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and
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- *Membrane Protein Structure and Function Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and
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- Biotechnology Unit, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892; and
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- Biotechnology Unit, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892; and
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- Laboratory of Cellular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20850
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- Laboratory of Cellular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD 20850
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- *Membrane Protein Structure and Function Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed at:
NINDS, NIH, 5625 Fishers Lane, Room 4S-12, Rockville, MD 20852. E-mail:
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- Michael C Wiener
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0736, USA.
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Albright RA, Ibar JLV, Kim CU, Gruner SM, Morais-Cabral JH. The RCK Domain of the KtrAB K+ Transporter: Multiple Conformations of an Octameric Ring. Cell 2006; 126:1147-59. [PMID: 16990138 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 08/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The KtrAB ion transporter is a complex of the KtrB membrane protein and KtrA, an RCK domain. RCK domains regulate eukaryotic and prokaryotic membrane proteins involved in K(+) transport. Conflicting functional models have proposed two different oligomeric arrangements for RCK domains, tetramer versus octamer. Our results for the KtrAB RCK domain clearly show an octamer in solution and in the crystal. We determined the structure of this protein in three different octameric ring conformations that resemble the RCK-domain octamer observed in the MthK potassium channel but show striking differences in size and symmetry. We present experimental evidence for the association between one RCK octameric ring and two KtrB membrane proteins. These results provide insights into the quaternary organization of the KtrAB transporter and its mechanism of activation and show that the RCK-domain octameric ring model is generally applicable to other ion-transport systems.
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- Ronald A Albright
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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