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Naeeminejad S, Assaran Darban R, Beigoli S, Saberi MR, Chamani J. Studying the interaction between three synthesized heterocyclic sulfonamide compounds with hemoglobin by spectroscopy and molecular modeling techniques. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2016; 35:3250-3267. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2016.1252283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Samane Naeeminejad
- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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- Medical Chemistry Department, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Mashhad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad, Iran
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Pang M, Su JT, Feng S, Tang ZW, Gu F, Zhang M, Ma X, Yan YB. Effects of congenital cataract mutation R116H on αA-crystallin structure, function and stability. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1804:948-56. [PMID: 20079887 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2010.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 12/11/2009] [Accepted: 01/07/2010] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhang X, Dudek EJ, Liu B, Ding L, Fernandes AF, Liang JJ, Horwitz J, Taylor A, Shang F. Degradation of C-terminal truncated alpha A-crystallins by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2007; 48:4200-8. [PMID: 17724207 PMCID: PMC2098745 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Calpain-mediated C-terminal cleavage of alpha A-crystallins occurs during aging and cataractogenesis. The objective of the present study was to explore the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway (UPP) in degrading C-terminal truncated alpha A-crystallins. METHODS Recombinant wild-type (wt) alpha A-crystallin and C-terminal truncated alpha A(1-168)-, alpha A(1-163)-, and alpha A(1-162)-crystallins were expressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity. The wt and truncated alpha A-crystallins were labeled with (125)I, and proteolytic degradation was determined using both lens fiber lysate and reticulocyte lysate as sources of ubiquitinating and proteolytic enzymes. Far UV circular dichroism, tryptophan fluorescence intensity, and binding to the hydrophobic fluorescence probe Bis-ANS were used to characterize the wt and truncated alpha A-crystallins. Oligomer sizes of these crystallins were determined by multiangle light-scattering. RESULTS Whereas wt alpha A-crystallin was degraded moderately in both lens fiber and reticulocyte lysates, alpha A(1-168)-crystallin was resistant to degradation. The susceptibility of alpha A(1-163)-crystallin to degradation was comparable to that of wt alpha A-crystallin. However, alpha A(1-162)-crystallin was much more susceptible than wt alpha A-crystallin to degradation in both lens fiber and reticulocyte lysates. The degradation of both wt and C-terminal truncated alpha A(1-162)-crystallins requires adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and was stimulated by addition of a ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, Ubc4. The degradation was substantially inhibited by the proteasome inhibitor MG132 and a dominant negative mutant of ubiquitin, K6W-Ub, indicating that at least part of the proteolysis was mediated by the UPP. Spectroscopic analyses of wt and C-terminal truncated alpha A-crystallins revealed that C-terminal truncation of alpha A-crystallin resulted in only subtle changes in secondary structures. However, C-terminal truncations resulted in significant changes in surface hydrophobicity and thermal stability. Thus, these conformational changes may reveal or mask the signals for the ubiquitin-dependent degradation. CONCLUSIONS The present data demonstrate that C-terminal cleavage of alpha A-crystallin not only alters its conformation and thermal stability, but also its susceptibility to degradation by the UPP. The rapid degradation of alpha A(1-162) by the UPP may prevent its accumulation in the lens.
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- Xinyu Zhang
- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Ophthalmic Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Ophthalmic Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory for Nutrition and Vision Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts
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Takata T, Oxford JT, Lampi KJ. Deamidation alters the structure and decreases the stability of human lens betaA3-crystallin. Biochemistry 2007; 46:8861-71. [PMID: 17616172 PMCID: PMC2597435 DOI: 10.1021/bi700487q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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According to the World Health Organization, cataracts account for half of the blindness in the world, with the majority occurring in developing countries. A cataract is a clouding of the lens of the eye due to light scattering of precipitated lens proteins or aberrant cellular debris. The major proteins in the lens are crystallins, and they are extensively deamidated during aging and cataracts. Deamidation has been detected at the domain and monomer interfaces of several crystallins during aging. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of two potential deamidation sites at the predicted interface of the betaA3-crystallin dimer on its structure and stability. The glutamine residues at the reported in vivo deamidation sites of Q180 in the C-terminal domain and at the homologous site Q85 in the N-terminal domain were substituted with glutamic acid residues by site-directed mutagenesis. Far-UV and near-UV circular dichroism spectroscopy indicated that there were subtle differences in the secondary structure and more notable differences in the tertiary structure of the mutant proteins compared to that of the wild type betaA3-crystallin. The Q85E/Q180E mutant also was more susceptible to enzymatic digestion, suggesting increased solvent accessibility. These structural changes in the deamidated mutants led to decreased stability during unfolding in urea and increased precipitation during heat denaturation. When simulating deamidation at both residues, there was a further decrease in stability and loss of cooperativity. However, multiangle-light scattering and quasi-elastic light scattering experiments showed that dimer formation was not disrupted, nor did higher-order oligomers form. These results suggest that introducing charges at the predicted domain interface in the betaA3 homodimer may contribute to the insolubilization of lens crystallins or favor other, more stable, crystallin subunit interactions.
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- Takumi Takata
- Department of Integrative Biosciences, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, 611 SW Campus Dr., Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, Phone (503) 494 - 8620, Fax (503) 494 - 8554
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- Boise State University, Department of Biology, 1910 University Dr., Boise, Idaho 83725
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- Department of Integrative Biosciences, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health & Science University, 611 SW Campus Dr., Portland, Oregon 97239-3098, Phone (503) 494 - 8620, Fax (503) 494 - 8554
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Ghosh JG, Estrada MR, Clark JI. Interactive Domains for Chaperone Activity in the Small Heat Shock Protein, Human αB Crystallin. Biochemistry 2005; 44:14854-69. [PMID: 16274233 DOI: 10.1021/bi0503910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Protein pin arrays identified seven interactive sequences for chaperone activity in human alphaB crystallin using natural lens proteins, beta(H) crystallin and gammaD crystallin, and in vitro chaperone target proteins, alcohol dehydrogenase and citrate synthase. The N-terminal domain contained two interactive sequences, (9)WIRRPFFPFHSP(20) and (43)SLSPFYLRPPSFLRAP(58). The alpha crystallin core domain contained four interactive sequences, (75)FSVNLDVK(82) (beta3), (113)FISREFHR(120), (131)LTITSSLS(138) (beta8), and (141)GVLTVNGP(148) (beta9). The C-terminal domain contained one interactive sequence, (157)RTIPITRE(164), that included the highly conserved I-X-I/V motif. Two interactive sequences, (73)DRFSVNLDVKHFS(85) and (131)LTITSSLSDGV(141), belonging to the alpha crystallin core domain were synthesized as peptides and assayed for chaperone activity in vitro. Both synthesized peptides inhibited the thermal aggregation of beta(H) crystallin, alcohol dehydrogenase, and citrate synthase in vitro. Five of the seven chaperone sequences identified by the pin arrays overlapped with sequences identified previously as sequences for subunit-subunit interactions in human alphaB crystallin. The results suggested that interactive sequences in human alphaB crystallin have dual roles in subunit-subunit assembly and chaperone activity.
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- Joy G Ghosh
- Biomolecular Structure and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7420, USA
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Yu CM, Chang GG, Chang HC, Chiou SH. Cloning and characterization of a thermostable catfish alphaB-crystallin with chaperone-like activity at high temperatures. Exp Eye Res 2004; 79:249-61. [PMID: 15325572 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have cloned, expressed and characterized catfish alphaB-crystallin (FalphaB). Genomic sequence comparison has revealed conservation of intron splicing sites and coding regions, however, the two intron sequences, 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of FalphaB gene are shorter than those reported for other vertebrates. In contrast to mammalian homologues with a subunit association ratio (alphaA-crystallin/alphaB-crystallin) of 3:1, alpha-crystallin from catfish lens showed a ratio of 19:1. The biophysical properties and chaperone-like activity of recombinant FalphaB and porcine alphaB-crystallin (PalphaB) were studied and compared by heat denaturation, circular dichroism, intrinsic and dye-binding fluorescence, gel-filtration, and analytical ultracentrifugation. FalphaB shows 50% precipitation occurring at 72 degrees C that is higher than PalphaB at 66 degrees C. Even though FalphaB also possesses more surface hydrophilic regions than PalphaB, FalphaB still possesses higher chaperone activity to prevent aggregation of alcohol dehydrogenase at 60 degrees C. The molecular mass of FalphaB showed a smaller size (450 kDa) than PalphaB (550 kDa), which is also confirmed by analytical ultracentrifugation. In addition, FalphaB possesses better refolding potential after preheating treatment than PalphaB. FalphaB also exhibits higher chaperone-like activity than PalphaB to prevent insulin aggregation induced by dithiothreitol. In contrast to the prevalent notion that fish crystallins generally denature easily, FalphaB with chaperone-like activity appears to be more stable than mammalian homologues towards thermal and chemical denaturation.
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- Chung-Ming Yu
- Graduate Institute of Life Sciences, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kim YH, Kapfer DM, Boekhorst J, Lubsen NH, Bächinger HP, Shearer TR, David LL, Feix JB, Lampi KJ. Deamidation, but not truncation, decreases the urea stability of a lens structural protein, betaB1-crystallin. Biochemistry 2002; 41:14076-84. [PMID: 12437365 DOI: 10.1021/bi026288h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Crystallins, the major structural proteins in the lens of the eye, are maintained with little turnover throughout the lifetime of the host. With time, lens crystallins undergo post-translational modifications that may play an important role in loss of vision during aging and cataract formation. Specific modifications include deamidation and truncation. Urea-induced denaturation was studied for recombinantly expressed wild-type betaB1 (WT), the deamidated mutant (Q204E), an N-terminally truncated mutant (betaB1(DeltaN41)), and other truncated versions of these proteins generated by calpain II digestion. Tryptophan fluorescence was used to monitor loss of global tertiary structure. Loss of secondary structure was followed by circular dichroism, and electron paramagnetic resonance site-directed spin labeling was used to monitor loss of tertiary structure selectively in the N-terminal domain. Our results indicated that the deamidated mutant was significantly destabilized relative to WT. Q204E showed a two-step denaturation curve with transitions at 4.1 and 7.2 M urea, whereas denaturation of WT occurred in a cooperative single step with a transition midpoint of 5.9 M urea. Unfolding of WT was completely reversible, whereas Q204E failed to fully refold. Prolonged incubation under denaturing conditions led to aggregation, which was also more pronounced for Q204E dimers than for WT. Truncation of 41 residues from the N-terminus or 47 and 5 residues from the N- and C-termini did not affect stability. These studies indicated that a single-site deamidation could significantly diminish the stability of lens betaB1-crystallin, supporting the idea that such modifications may play an important role in age-related cataract formation.
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- Yung Hae Kim
- Department of Animal Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Liao JH, Lee JS, Chiou SH. C-terminal lysine truncation increases thermostability and enhances chaperone-like function of porcine alphaB-crystallin. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 297:309-16. [PMID: 12237119 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)02185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The carboxyl-terminal segment of alpha-crystallin, a major lens protein of all vertebrates, has a short and flexible peptide extension of about 20 amino acid residues that are very susceptible to proteolytic truncation and modifications under physiological conditions. To investigate its role in crystallin aggregation and chaperone-like activity, we constructed a mutant of porcine alphaB-crystallin with C-terminal lysine truncated end, which unexpectedly showed better chaperone-like function than wild-type alphaB-crystallin. From circular dichroism (CD) spectra, we show that the mutant possesses similar secondary and tertiary structures to those of native purified and recombinant alphaB-crystallins. Analytical ultracentrifugation revealed that the truncated mutant was smaller than wild-type alphaB-crystallin in aggregation size and mass. The observed higher thermostability and anti-thermal aggregation propensity of the truncated alphaB-crystallin mutant than wild-type alphaB-crystallin are in contrast to the prevailing notion that mutations at the C-terminal lysines of alphaB-crystallin result in substantial loss of chaperone-like activity, despite the overall preservation of secondary structure. The detailed characterization of the C-terminal deletion mutants may provide some deeper insight into the chaperoning mechanism of the structurally related small heat-shock protein family.
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- Jiahn-Haur Liao
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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Liao JH, Lee JS, Chiou SH. Distinct roles of alphaA- and alphaB-crystallins under thermal and UV stresses. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002; 295:854-61. [PMID: 12127973 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(02)00784-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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alpha-Crystallin, a major protein of all vertebrate lenses, consists of two subunits, alphaA and alphaB, which form polymeric aggregates with an average molecular mass of about 800kDa. In this study, we have employed various biophysical methods to study aggregate sizes and conformational properties of purified alphaA, alphaB subunits, and cloned recombinant alphaB subunit. From far- and near-UV CD spectra, native alpha-, alphaA-, alphaB-, and recombinant alphaB-crystallins from porcine lenses all show similar beta-sheet conformation to that from bovine and human lenses as reported previously. By means of gel-filtration chromatography and dynamic light scattering, we have found that the molecular sizes of all four crystallin aggregates are polydispersedly distributed in the following order of aggregate sizes, i.e., native alpha>alphaA>alphaB approximately recombinant alphaB. To investigate the structural and functional relationships, we have also compared the chaperone activities of all four alpha-crystallin aggregates at different temperatures. From the results of chaperone-activity assays, ANS (8-anilinonaphthalene-1-sulfonic acid) binding and thermal stability studies, there appeared to be at least two factors playing major roles in the chaperone-like activity of these lens proteins: one is the hydrophobicity of the exposed protein surface and the other is the structural stability associated with each protein. We showed that alphaA-crystallin is a better chaperone to protect gamma-crystallin against UV irradiation than alphaB-crystallin, in contrast to the observation that alphaB is generally a better chaperoning protein than alphaA for enzyme protective assays at physiological temperatures.
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- Jiahn Haur Liao
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Narberhaus F. Alpha-crystallin-type heat shock proteins: socializing minichaperones in the context of a multichaperone network. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2002; 66:64-93; table of contents. [PMID: 11875128 PMCID: PMC120782 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.66.1.64-93.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 399] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Alpha-crystallins were originally recognized as proteins contributing to the transparency of the mammalian eye lens. Subsequently, they have been found in many, but not all, members of the Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. Most members of the diverse alpha-crystallin family have four common structural and functional features: (i) a small monomeric molecular mass between 12 and 43 kDa; (ii) the formation of large oligomeric complexes; (iii) the presence of a moderately conserved central region, the so-called alpha-crystallin domain; and (iv) molecular chaperone activity. Since alpha-crystallins are induced by a temperature upshift in many organisms, they are often referred to as small heat shock proteins (sHsps) or, more accurately, alpha-Hsps. Alpha-crystallins are integrated into a highly flexible and synergistic multichaperone network evolved to secure protein quality control in the cell. Their chaperone activity is limited to the binding of unfolding intermediates in order to protect them from irreversible aggregation. Productive release and refolding of captured proteins into the native state requires close cooperation with other cellular chaperones. In addition, alpha-Hsps seem to play an important role in membrane stabilization. The review compiles information on the abundance, sequence conservation, regulation, structure, and function of alpha-Hsps with an emphasis on the microbial members of this chaperone family.
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- Franz Narberhaus
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Srinivas V, Santhoshkumar P, Sharma KK. Effect of trifluoroethanol on the structural and functional properties of alpha-crystallin. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2002; 21:87-95. [PMID: 11934279 DOI: 10.1023/a:1014572110926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Alpha crystallin is an eye lens protein with a molecular weight of approximately 800 kDa. It belongs to the class of small heat shock proteins. Besides its structural role, it is known to prevent the aggregation of beta- and gamma-crystallins and several other proteins under denaturing conditions and is thus believed to play an important role in maintaining lens transparency. In this communication, we have investigated the effect of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) on the structural and functional features of the native alpha-crystallin and its two constituent subunits. A conformational change occurs from the characteristic beta-sheet to the alpha-helix structure in both native alpha-crystallin and its subunits with the increase in TFE levels. Among the two subunits, alphaA-crystallin is relatively stable and upon preincubation prevents the characteristic aggregation of alphaB-crystallin at 20% and 30% (v/v) TFE. The hydrophobicity and chaperone-like activity of the crystallin subunits decrease on TFE treatment. The ability of alphaA-crystallin to bind and prevent the aggregation of alphaB-crystallin, despite a conformational change, could be important in protecting the lens from external stress. The loss in chaperone activity of alphaA-crystallin exposed to TFE and the inability of peptide chaperone--the functional site of alphaA-crystallin--to stabilize alphaB-crystallin at 20-30% TFE suggest that the site(s) involved in subunit interaction and chaperone-like function are quite distinct.
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- V Srinivas
- Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri, Columbia 65212, USA
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Lampi KJ, Oxford JT, Bachinger HP, Shearer TR, David LL, Kapfer DM. Deamidation of human beta B1 alters the elongated structure of the dimer. Exp Eye Res 2001; 72:279-88. [PMID: 11180977 DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The purpose of these experiments was to determine if truncation and deamidation alter the structure of a human lens protein, beta B1-crystallin. Recombinant wild type and a deamidated form of recombinant beta B1 were expressed in Escherichia coli. Wild type beta B1 was also enzymatically cleaved to generate a physiologically-relevant truncated beta B1. Purity and size of the expressed proteins were confirmed by SDS-PAGE and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Size exclusion chromatography and light scattering were used to determine aggregation states of beta B1. Protein conformations were predicted from sedimentation velocity analysis. Molecular weights of 49,000 and 54,000 Da were obtained for wild type beta B1 by sedimentation equilibrium and light scattering, respectively. A sedimentation coefficient of 2.7 S was determined for wild type beta B1. Molecular weights of 54,000 and 60,000 Da were determined for deamidated beta B1 by sedimentation equilibrium and light scattering, respectively. However, deamidated beta B1 eluted earlier than wild type beta B1 on size exclusion chromatography, with an estimated molecular weight between 78,000 and 116,000 Da. Loss of the extensions of beta B1 caused abnormal association of the protein with the stationary phase during size exclusion chromatography. Wild type beta B1 was predicted to form a dimer with an elongated structure. The earlier elution of the deamidated beta B1 dimer on size exclusion chromatography suggested the dimer was less compact. Truncation caused abnormal column interactions suggesting an altered conformation. These changes are important because truncation and deamidation occur extensively in aging human lenses and may be important for senile cataract formation.
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- K J Lampi
- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
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Sharma KK, Kumar RS, Kumar GS, Quinn PT. Synthesis and characterization of a peptide identified as a functional element in alphaA-crystallin. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:3767-71. [PMID: 10660525 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.6.3767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Eye lens alpha-crystallin is a member of the small heat shock protein (sHSP) family and forms large multimeric structures. Earlier studies have shown that it can act like a molecular chaperone and form a stable complex with partially unfolded proteins. We have observed that prior binding of the hydrophobic protein melittin to alpha-crystallin diminishes its chaperone-like activity toward denaturing alcohol dehydrogenase, suggesting the presence of mutually exclusive sites for these proteins in alpha-crystallin. To investigate the mechanism of the interaction between alpha-crystallin and substrate proteins, we determined the melittin-binding sites in alpha-crystallin by cross-linking studies. Localization of melittin-binding sites in alpha-crystallin resulted in the identification of RTLGPFYPSR and FVIFLDVKHFSPEDLTVK of alphaA-crystallin and FSVNLDVK of alphaB-crystallin as the chaperone sites. Of these sites, FVIFLDVKHFSPEDLTVK and FSVNLDVK were identified earlier as 1,1'-bi(4-anilino) naphthalene-5,5'-disulfonic acid (bis-ANS)-binding hydrophobic sites. Here we also report the synthesis and characterization of the peptide, KFVIFLDVKHFSPEDLTVK, having the melittin as well as bis-ANS-binding sequence of alphaA-crystallin. We show that this peptide has characteristics similar to that of alphaA-crystallin by in vitro thermal aggregation assay, gel filtration study, CD spectroscopy, and bis-ANS interaction studies. The peptide sequence corresponds to the beta3 and beta4 region present in the alpha-crystallin domain of sHSP 16.5. We hypothesize that the alpha-crystallin domain in other sHSPs may have a similar function and would likely possess the anti-aggregation property even when separated from the native protein.
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- K K Sharma
- Mason Eye Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, 65212, USA.
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