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Engberg O, Ulbricht D, Döbel V, Siebert V, Frie C, Penk A, Lemberg MK, Huster D. Rhomboid-catalyzed intramembrane proteolysis requires hydrophobic matching with the surrounding lipid bilayer. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2022; 8:eabq8303. [PMID: 36149963 PMCID: PMC9506719 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq8303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Membrane thinning by rhomboid proteins has been proposed to reduce hydrophobic mismatch, providing a unique environment for important functions ranging from intramembrane proteolysis to retrotranslocation in protein degradation. We show by in vitro reconstitution and solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance that the lipid environment of the Escherichia coli rhomboid protease GlpG influences its activity with an optimal hydrophobic membrane thickness between 24 and 26 Å. While phosphatidylcholine membranes are only negligibly altered by GlpG, in an E. coli-relevant lipid mix of phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol, a thinning by 1.1 Å per leaflet is observed. Protease activity is strongly correlated with membrane thickness and shows no lipid headgroup specificity. We infer from these results that, by adjusting the thickness of specific membrane domains, membrane proteins shape the bilayer for their specific needs.
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- Oskar Engberg
- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Biochemistry and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 52, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Biochemistry and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 52, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Center for Biochemistry and Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 52, D-50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Physics and Biophysics, University of Leipzig, Härtelstr. 16/18, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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Lazaratos M, Siemers M, Brown LS, Bondar AN. Conserved hydrogen-bond motifs of membrane transporters and receptors. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183896. [PMID: 35217000 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Membrane transporters and receptors often rely on conserved hydrogen bonds to assemble transient paths for ion transfer or long-distance conformational couplings. For transporters and receptors that use proton binding and proton transfer for function, inter-helical hydrogen bonds of titratable protein sidechains that could change protonation are of central interest to formulate hypotheses about reaction mechanisms. Knowledge of hydrogen bonds common at sites of potential interest for proton binding could thus inform and guide studies on functional mechanisms of protonation-coupled membrane proteins. Here we apply graph-theory approaches to identify hydrogen-bond motifs of carboxylate and histidine sidechains in a large data set of static membrane protein structures. We find that carboxylate-hydroxyl hydrogen bonds are present in numerous structures of the dataset, and can be part of more extended H-bond clusters that could be relevant to conformational coupling. Carboxylate-carboxyamide and imidazole-imidazole hydrogen bonds are represented in comparably fewer protein structures of the dataset. Atomistic simulations on two membrane transporters in lipid membranes suggest that many of the hydrogen bond motifs present in static protein structures tend to be robust, and can be part of larger hydrogen-bond clusters that recruit additional hydrogen bonds.
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- Michalis Lazaratos
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany
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- University of Guelph, Department of Physics, 50 Stone Road E., Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Arnimallee 14, D14195 Berlin, Germany; University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Atomiștilor 405, Măgurele 077125, Romania; Forschungszentrum Jülich, Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine and Institute for Advanced Simulations (IAS-5/INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Wilhelm-Johnen Straße, 52428 Jülich, Germany.
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Karathanou K, Bondar AN. Algorithm to catalogue topologies of dynamic lipid hydrogen-bond networks. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2022; 1864:183859. [PMID: 34999081 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.183859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lipid membrane interfaces host reactions essential for the functioning of cells. The hydrogen-bonding environment at the membrane interface is particularly important for binding of proteins, drug molecules, and ions. We present here the implementation and applications of a depth-first search algorithm that analyzes dynamic lipid interaction networks. Lipid hydrogen-bond networks sampled transiently during simulations of lipid bilayers are clustered according to main types of topologies that characterize three-dimensional arrangements of lipids connected to each other via short water bridges. We characterize the dynamics of hydrogen-bonded lipid clusters in simulations of model POPE and POPE:POPG membranes that are often used for bacterial membrane proteins, in a model of the Escherichia coli membrane with six different lipid types, and in POPS membranes. We find that all lipids sample dynamic hydrogen-bonded networks with linear, star, or circular arrangements of the lipid headgroups, and larger networks with combinations of these three types of topologies. Overall, linear lipid-water bridges tend to be short. Water-mediated lipid clusters in all membranes with PE lipids tend to be somewhat small, with about four lipids in all membranes studied here. POPS membranes allow circular arrangements of three POPS lipids to be sampled frequently, and complex arrangements of linear, star, and circular paths may also be sampled. These findings suggest a molecular picture of the membrane interface whereby lipid molecules transiently connect in clusters with somewhat small spatial extension.
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- Konstantina Karathanou
- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, Arnimallee 14, D-14195 Berlin, Germany; University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, Str. Atomiştilor 405, Bucharest-Măgurele 077125, Romania; Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine and Institute for Advanced Simulations (IAS-5/INM-9), Computational Biomedicine, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany.
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Phosphatidylglyerol Lipid Binding at the Active Site of an Intramembrane Protease. J Membr Biol 2020; 253:563-576. [PMID: 33210155 PMCID: PMC7688093 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-020-00152-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transmembrane substrate cleavage by the small Escherichia coli rhomboid protease GlpG informs on mechanisms by which lipid interactions shape reaction coordinates of membrane-embedded enzymes. Here, I review and discuss new work on the molecular picture of protein-lipid interactions that might govern the formation of the substrate-enzyme complex in fluid lipid membranes. Negatively charged PG-type lipids are of particular interest, because they are a major component of bacterial membranes. Atomistic computer simulations indicate POPG and DOPG lipids bridge remote parts of GlpG and might pre-occupy the substrate-docking site. Inhibition of catalytic activity by PG lipids could arise from ligand-like lipid binding at the active site, which could delay or prevent substrate docking. Dynamic protein-lipid H-bond networks, water access to the active site, and fluctuations in the orientation of GlpG suggest that GlpG has lipid-coupled dynamics that could shape the energy landscape of transmembrane substrate docking.
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Lazaratos M, Karathanou K, Bondar AN. Graphs of dynamic H-bond networks: from model proteins to protein complexes in cell signaling. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2020; 64:79-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2020.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mihaljević L, Urban S. Decoding the Functional Evolution of an Intramembrane Protease Superfamily by Statistical Coupling Analysis. Structure 2020; 28:1329-1336.e4. [PMID: 32795403 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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How evolution endowed membrane enzymes with specific abilities, and then tuned them to the needs of different cells, is poorly understood. We examined whether statistical coupling analysis (SCA) can be applied to rhomboid proteases, the most widely distributed membrane proteins, to identify amino acid "sectors" that evolved independently to acquire a specific function. SCA revealed three coevolving residue networks that form two sectors. Sector 1 determines substrate specificity, but is paradoxically scattered across the protein, consistent with dynamics driving rhomboid-substrate interactions. Sector 2 is hierarchically composed of a subgroup that maintains the catalytic site, and another that maintains the overall fold, forecasting evolution of rhomboid pseudoproteases. Changing only sector 1 residues of a "recipient" rhomboid converted its substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency to that of the "donor." While used only twice over a decade ago, SCA should be generally applicable to membrane proteins, and our sector grafting approach provides an efficient strategy for designing enzymes.
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- Ljubica Mihaljević
- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Room 507 PCTB, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Room 507 PCTB, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
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Stix R, Lee CJ, Faraldo-Gómez JD, Banerjee A. Structure and Mechanism of DHHC Protein Acyltransferases. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:4983-4998. [PMID: 32522557 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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S-acylation, whereby a fatty acid chain is covalently linked to a cysteine residue by a thioester linkage, is the most prevalent kind of lipid modification of proteins. Thousands of proteins are targets of this post-translational modification, which is catalyzed by a family of eukaryotic integral membrane enzymes known as DHHC protein acyltransferases (DHHC-PATs). Our knowledge of the repertoire of S-acylated proteins has been rapidly expanding owing to development of the chemoproteomic techniques. There has also been an increasing number of reports in the literature documenting the importance of S-acylation in human physiology and disease. Recently, the first atomic structures of two different DHHC-PATs were determined using X-ray crystallography. This review will focus on the insights gained into the molecular mechanism of DHHC-PATs from these structures and highlight representative data from the biochemical literature that they help explain.
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- Robyn Stix
- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Neurosciences and Cellular and Structural Biology Division, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Neurosciences and Cellular and Structural Biology Division, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Del Val C, Bondar AN. Diversity and sequence motifs of the bacterial SecA protein motor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183319. [PMID: 32335021 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 04/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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SecA is an essential component of the Sec protein secretion pathway in bacteria. Secretory proteins targeted to the Sec pathway by their N-terminal signal peptide bind to SecA, which couples binding and hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate with movement of the secretory protein across the membrane-embedded SecYEG protein translocon. The phylogenetic diversity of bacteria raises the important question as to whether the region of SecA where the pre-protein binds has conserved sequence features that might impact the reaction mechanism of SecA. To address this question we established a large data set of SecA protein sequences and implemented a protocol to cluster and analyze these sequences according to features of two of the SecA functional domains, the protein binding domain and the nucleotide-binding domain 1. We identify remarkable sequence diversity of the protein binding domain, but also conserved motifs with potential role in protein binding. The N-terminus of SecA has sequence motifs that could help anchor SecA to the membrane. The overall sequence length and net estimated charge of SecA sequences depend on the organism.
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- Coral Del Val
- University of Granada, Departmrent of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, E-18071 Granada, Spain; University of Granada, Andalusian Research Institute in Data Science and Computational Intelligence, E-18071 Granada, Spain.
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Physics, Theoretical Molecular Biophysics, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Stix R, Song J, Banerjee A, Faraldo-Gómez JD. DHHC20 Palmitoyl-Transferase Reshapes the Membrane to Foster Catalysis. Biophys J 2019; 118:980-988. [PMID: 31858978 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 10/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cysteine palmitoylation, a form of S-acylation, is a key posttranslational modification in cellular signaling. This type of reversible lipidation occurs in both plasma and organellar membranes, and is catalyzed by a family of integral membrane proteins known as DHHC acyltransferases. The first step in the S-acylation process is the recognition of free acyl coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) from the lipid bilayer. The DHHC enzyme then becomes autoacylated at a site defined by a conserved Asp-His-His-Cys motif. This reaction entails ionization of the catalytic Cys. Intriguingly, in known DHHC structures, this catalytic Cys appears to be exposed to the hydrophobic interior of the lipid membrane, which would be highly unfavorable for a negatively charged nucleophile, thus hindering autoacylation. Here, we use biochemical and computational methods to reconcile these seemingly contradictory facts. First, we experimentally demonstrate that human DHHC20 is active when reconstituted in POPC nanodiscs. Microsecond-long all-atom molecular dynamics simulations are then calculated for human DHHC20 and for different acyl-CoA forms, also in a POPC membrane. Strikingly, we observe that human DHHC20 induces a drastic deformation in the membrane, particularly on the cytoplasmic side, where autoacylation occurs. As a result, the catalytic Cys becomes hydrated and optimally positioned to encounter the cleavage site in acyl-CoA. In summary, we hypothesize that DHHC enzymes locally reshape the membrane to foster a morphology that is specifically adapted for acyl-CoA recognition and autoacylation.
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- Robyn Stix
- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Unit on Structural and Chemical Biology of Membrane Proteins, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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- Theoretical Molecular Biophysics Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Almeida-Hernandez Y, Tidow H. Soluble Regions of GlpG Influence Protein–Lipid Interactions and Lipid Distribution. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7852-7858. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b06943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Yasser Almeida-Hernandez
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, Hamburg D-20146, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg D-22761, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, Hamburg D-20146, Germany
- The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging, University of Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, Hamburg D-22761, Germany
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