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Chi HW, Chien YC, Liu CY, Tseng CJ, Lee YJ, Chan JL, Chu YR, Chin DH. Role of Steric Effects in Protein-Directed Enediyne Cycloaromatization of Neocarzinostatin. Chemistry 2010; 17:1493-506. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201002330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Caddick S, Muskett FW, Stoneman RG, Woolfson DN. Synthetic Ligands for Apo-Neocarzinostatin. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:4204-5. [PMID: 16568976 DOI: 10.1021/ja058419i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neocarzinostatin (NCS) is a 1:1 complex of an enediyne chromophore (NCSChrom), non-covalently bound to an 11 kDa protein (apoNCS). We are exploring apoNCS as a generic protein system for sequestering small molecules for therapeutic applications. Here, we disclose a new flavone ligand 1 for apoNCS and present a high-resolution NMR structure of this ligand bound to apoNCS. This is the first high-resolution structure of a completely non-cognate ligand bound to the apoNCS protein. This work provides unambiguous evidence that a completely new class of ligand can bind specifically to apoNCS. Furthermore, the mode of binding is different than that of the naphthoate-based ligands, and for such a simple hydrophobic compound, the new ligand surprisingly binds specifically. This work indicates that apo-Neocarzinostatin has multiple selective and distinct binding modes for small-molecule cargo.
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Jayachithra K, Kumar TKS, Lu TJ, Yu C, Chin DH. Cold instability of aponeocarzinostatin and its stabilization by labile chromophore. Biophys J 2005; 88:4252-61. [PMID: 15821162 PMCID: PMC1305655 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.051722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2004] [Accepted: 03/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The conformational stability of aponeocarzinostatin, an all-beta-sheet protein with 113 amino-acid residues, is investigated by thermal-induced equilibrium unfolding between pH 2.0 and 10.0 with and without urea. At room temperature, the protein is stable in a pH range of 4.0-10.0, whereas the stability of the protein drastically decreases below pH 4.0. The thermal unfolding of aponeocarzinostatin is reversible and follows a two-state mechanism. By two-dimensional unfolding studies, the enthalpy change, heat capacity change, and free energy change for unfolding of the protein are estimated. Circular dichroism profiles suggest that this protein undergoes both heat- and cold-induced unfolding. The ellipticity changes at far- and near-UV circular dichroism suggest that the tertiary structure is disrupted but the secondary structure remains folded at low temperatures. Interestingly, the labile enediyne chromophore, which is highly stabilized by the protein, is able to protect the protein against cold-induced unfolding, but not the heat-induced unfolding.
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- Kandaswamy Jayachithra
- Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sudhahar GC, Balamurugan K, Chin DH. Release of the neocarzinostatin chromophore from the holoprotein does not require major conformational change of the tertiary and secondary structures induced by trifluoroethanol. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:39900-6. [PMID: 10982812 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006837200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Neocarzinostatin is a potent enediyne antitumor antibiotic complex in which a chromophore is noncovalently bound to a carrier protein. The protein regulates availability of the drug by proper release of the biologically active chromophore. To understand the physiological mechanism of the drug delivery system, we have examined the trifluoroethanol (TFE)-induced conformational changes of the protein with special emphasis on their relation to the release of the chromophore from holoneocarzinostatin. The effect of the alpha helix-inducing agent, TFE, on all the beta-sheet neocarzinostatin proteins was studied by circular dichroism, fluorescence, and (1)H NMR studies. By using binding of anilinonaphthalene sulfonic acid as a probe, we observed that the protein exists in a stable, partially structured intermediate state around 45-50% TFE, which is consistent with the results from tryptophan fluorescence and circular dichroism studies. The native state is stable until 20% TFE and is half-converted into the intermediate state at 30% TFE, which starts to collapse beyond 50%. High pressure liquid chromatographic analysis of the release of the chromophore caused by TFE treatment at 0 degrees C suggests that the release process, which occurs below 20% TFE, does not result from an observable conformational change in the protein. Kinetic measurements of the release of chromophore at 25 degrees C reveal that TFE does stimulate the rate of release, which increases sharply at 15% and reaches a maximum at 20% TFE, although no major secondary or tertiary structural change of the carrier protein is observed under these same conditions. Our data suggest that chromophore release results from a fluctuation of the protein structure that is stimulated by TFE. Complete release of the chromophore occurs at TFE concentrations where no overall observable unfolding of the apoprotein is seen. Thus, the results suggest that denaturation of the protein by TFE is not a necessary step for release of the tightly bound chromophore.
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Homonuclear and Heteronuclear Hartmann—Hahn Transfer in Isotropic Liquids. ADVANCES IN MAGNETIC AND OPTICAL RESONANCE 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s1057-2732(96)80018-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Imajo S, Ishiguro M, Tanaka T, Hirama M, Teplyakov A. On the conformation of Phe78 of a chromoprotein antibiotic, neocarzinostatin. Bioorg Med Chem 1995; 3:429-36. [PMID: 8581426 DOI: 10.1016/0968-0896(95)00032-c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A structure of neocarzinostatin, an antitumor chromoprotein antibiotic, has been built using X-ray crystallographic data and NMR data, particularly NOE data observed between the apoprotein and the chromophore. Chemical shift changes of protons of the chromophore upon binding to the apoprotein indicated that the aromatic plane of Phe52 has the conformation almost perpendicular to the C-2-C-3 triple bond of the core of the chromophore while Phe78 takes multiple conformations in solution although one of the stable conformations has been assigned for Phe78 in a crystal structure.
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- S Imajo
- Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Osaka, Japan
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Lefevre C, Adjadj E, Quiniou E, Mispelter J. Assignment of the protonated 13C resonances of apo-neocarzinostatin by 2D heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy at natural abundance. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 1994; 4:689-702. [PMID: 7919954 DOI: 10.1007/bf00404278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Nearly complete assignment of the protonated carbon resonances of apo-neocarzinostatin, a 113-amino acid antitumor antibiotic carrier protein, has been achieved at natural 13C abundance using heteronuclear 2D experiments. Most of the cross peaks in the proton-carbon correlation map were identified by the combined use of HMQC, HMQC-RELAY and HMQC-NOESY spectra, using already published proton chemical shifts. However, double-DEPT and triple-quantum experiments had to be performed for the edition of CH and CH2 side-chain groups, respectively, which were hardly visible on HMQC-type maps. The triple-quantum pulse sequence was adapted from its original scheme to be applicable to a natural abundance sample. The correlation between carbon chemical shifts and the apo-neocarzinostatin structure is discussed. In particular, 13C alpha secondary shifts correlate well with the backbone conformation. These shifts also yield information about the main-chain flexibility of the protein. Assignments reported herein will be used further for interpretation of carbon relaxation times in a study of the internal dynamics of apo-neocarzinostatin.
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- C Lefevre
- U350 INSERM, Institut Curie Biologie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Kim KH, Kwon BM, Myers AG, Rees DC. Crystal structure of neocarzinostatin, an antitumor protein-chromophore complex. Science 1993; 262:1042-6. [PMID: 8235619 DOI: 10.1126/science.8235619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Structures of the protein-chromophore complex and the apoprotein form of neocarzinostatin were determined at 1.8 angstrom resolution. Neocarzinostatin is composed of a labile chromophore with DNA-cleaving activity and a stabilizing protein. The chromophore displays marked nonlinearity of the triple bonds and is bound noncovalently in a pocket formed by the two protein domains. The chromophore pi-face interacts with the phenyl ring edges of Phe52 and Phe78. The amino sugar and carbonate groups of the chromophore are solvent exposed, whereas the epoxide, acetylene groups, and carbon C-12, the site of nucleophilic thiol addition during chromophore activation, are unexposed. The position of the amino group of the chromophore carbohydrate relative to C-12 supports the idea that the amino group plays a role in thiol activation.
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- K H Kim
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125
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Teplyakov A, Obmolova G, Wilson K, Kuromizu K. Crystal structure of apo-neocarzinostatin at 0.15-nm resolution. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1993; 213:737-41. [PMID: 8477746 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1993.tb17814.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The three-dimensional structure of apo-neocarzinostatin, an antitumour antibiotic protein isolated from Streptomyces carzinostaticus, has been determined by X-ray diffraction at 0.15-nm resolution and refined to R = 17.2%. The crystal structure of neocarzinostatin is similar to that of the related proteins actinoxanthin and macromomycin. It is also in good agreement with the solution structure determined by NMR spectroscopy. The protein molecule consists of a seven-stranded antiparallel beta-sandwich and a smaller lobe formed by two beta-ribbons. A deep cleft between the two lobes is a putative chromophore binding site. Side chains of Trp39, Leu45, Phe52, Phe78 and the disulphide Cys37-Cys47 aligning the binding cleft in neocarzinostatin suggest the importance of hydrophobic interactions in stabilizing the chromophore molecule. Comparison of the atomic models of neocarzinostatin, actinoxanthin and macromomycin reveals functional residues which might determine specificity towards different chromophores.
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Two and three-dimensional solution nuclear magnetic resonance studies of the 11K apoprotein from natural antitumor agent neocarzinostatin (NCS) were extended to elucidation of the high-resolution structure by the use of restrained molecular dynamics computations. The refined structures attained convergency upon three steps of iterative calculations, in which more distance restraints were extracted from experimental data, and the existing distance bounds were optimized on the basis of computed structures. The solution structures of apo-NCS contain seven antiparallel beta-strands, which form two closely located beta-sheets and a short beta-segment. This protein lacks any alpha-helical component. The alignment of the seven beta-strands gives rise to a beta-barrel with an elongated diameter in one direction. The global structure of apo-NCS resembles that of the Ig-fold domain found in immunoglobulins and other structurally related beta-proteins. Residues responsible for side-chain packing and the possible salt-bridge formation important for protein folding were identified. Neocarzinostatin and the analogous proteins are known to exert their biological activity through the interaction of DNA with a chromophoric molecule, which is non-covalently bound to the apo-proteins. This molecular chromophore-binding site in apo-NCS is made of a cavity consisting of residues from the four-beta-stranded sheet and the short beta-segment. Although the solution structures of apo-NCS are similar to that of the analogous apoauromomycin in the crystalline state, difference in the shape of the binding cavities between the two was found. This study provides a structural basis for characterization of the specific recognition and molecular mechanism of the antitumor NCS chromophore binding to its host protein.
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- X Gao
- Structural and Biophysical Chemistry, Glaxo Inc. Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Adjadj E, Quiniou E, Mispelter J, Favaudon V, Lhoste JM. Three-dimensional solution structure of apo-neocarzinostatin from Streptomyces carzinostaticus determined by NMR spectroscopy. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1992; 203:505-11. [PMID: 1531194 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16576.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The three-dimensional solution structure of apo-neocarzinostatin has been resolved from nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy data. Up to 1034 constraints were used to generate an initial set of 45 structures using a distance geometry algorithm (DSPACE). From this set, ten structures were subjected to refinement by restrained energy minimization and molecular dynamics. The average atomic root mean square deviations between the final ten structures and the mean structure obtained by averaging their coordinates run from 0.085 nm for the best defined beta-sheet regions of the protein to 0.227 nm for the side chains of the most flexible loops. The solution structure of apo-neocarzinostatin is closely similar to that of the related proteins, macromomycin and actinoxanthin. It contains a seven-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel which forms, together with two external loops, a deep cavity that is the chromophore binding site. It is noteworthy that aromatic side chains extend into the binding cleft. They may be responsible for the stabilization of the holo-protein complex and for the chromophore specificity within the antitumoral family.
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- E Adjadj
- U 219 INSERM, Institut Curie, Biologie, Centre universitaire, Orsay, France
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Neocarzinostatin (NCS) is an antitumor protein from Streptomyces carzinostaticus that is identical in apo-protein sequence with mitomalcin (MMC) from Streptomyces malayensis. We describe the use of apo-NCS as a model system for applying combined two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) proton NMR spectroscopy to the structure determination of proteins (Mr greater than 10K) without isotope labeling. Strategies aimed at accurately assigning overlapped 2D cross-peaks by using semiautomated combined 2D and 3D data analysis are developed. Using this approach, we have assigned 99% of the protons, including those of the side chains, and identified about 1270 intra- and interresidue proton-proton interactions (fixed distances are not included) in apo-NCS. Comparing our results with those reported recently on 2D NMR studies of apo-NCS [Adjadj, E., Mispelter, J., Quiniou, E., Dimicoli, J.-L., Favadon, V., & Lhoste, J.-M. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 190, 263-271; Remerowski M. L., Glaser, S. J., Sieker, L., Samy, T. S. A., & Drobny, G. P. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 8401-8409] demonstrated advantages of proton 3D NMR spectroscopy in protein spectral assignments. We are able to obtain more complete proton resonance and secondary structural assignments and find several misassignments in the earlier report. Strategies utilized in this work should be useful for developing automation procedures for spectral assignments.
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- X L Gao
- Glaxo Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Tanaka T, Hirama M, Ueno M, Imajo S, Ishisuro M, Mizugaki M, Edo K, Komatsu H. Proton NMR studies on the chromophore binding structure in neocarzinostatin complex. Tetrahedron Lett 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0040-4039(00)79715-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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