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Raibaut L, Vasseur W, Shimberg GD, Saint-Pierre C, Ravanat JL, Michel SLJ, Sénèque O. Design of a synthetic luminescent probe from a biomolecule binding domain: selective detection of AU-rich mRNA sequences. Chem Sci 2016; 8:1658-1664. [PMID: 28451295 PMCID: PMC5364516 DOI: 10.1039/c6sc04086a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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We report the design of a luminescent sensor based upon the zinc finger protein TIS11d, that allows for the selective time-resolved detection of the UUAUUUAUU sequence of the 3′-untranslated region of messenger RNA.
We report the design of a luminescent sensor based upon the zinc finger (ZF) protein TIS11d, that allows for the selective time-resolved detection of the UUAUUUAUU sequence of the 3′-untranslated region of messenger RNA. This sensor is composed of the tandem ZF RNA binding domain of TIS11d functionalized with a luminescent Tb3+ complex on one of the ZFs and a sensitizing antenna on the other. This work provides the proof of principle that an RNA binding protein can be re-engineered as an RNA sensor and, more generally, that tunable synthetic luminescent probes for biomolecules can be obtained by modifying biomolecule-binding domains.
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- Laurent Raibaut
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , LCBM/PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CNRS , LCBM/PMB , UMR 5249 , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , BIG-CBM , PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France .
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , LCBM/PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CNRS , LCBM/PMB , UMR 5249 , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , BIG-CBM , PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France .
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , School of Pharmacy , University of Maryland , Baltimore , Maryland 21201-1180 , USA .
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , INAC-SyMMES , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , INAC-SyMMES , F-38000 Grenoble , France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , INAC-SyMMES , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , INAC-SyMMES , F-38000 Grenoble , France
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , School of Pharmacy , University of Maryland , Baltimore , Maryland 21201-1180 , USA .
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes , LCBM/PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CNRS , LCBM/PMB , UMR 5249 , F-38000 Grenoble , France.,CEA , BIG-CBM , PMB , F-38000 Grenoble , France .
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Advanced electron paramagnetic resonance on the catalytic iron–sulfur cluster bound to the CCG domain of heterodisulfide reductase and succinate: quinone reductase. J Biol Inorg Chem 2013; 18:905-15. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-013-1037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Accepted: 08/21/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Coenzyme M (2-mercaptoethanesulfonate; CoM) is one of several atypical cofactors discovered in methanogenic archaea which participate in the biological reduction of CO(2) to methane. Elegantly simple, CoM, so named for its role as a methyl carrier in all methanogenic archaea, is the smallest known organic cofactor. It was thought that this cofactor was used exclusively in methanogenesis until it was recently discovered that CoM is a key cofactor in the pathway of propylene metabolism in the gram-negative soil microorganism Xanthobacter autotrophicus Py2. A four-step pathway requiring CoM converts propylene and CO(2) to acetoacetate, which feeds into central metabolism. In this process, CoM is used to activate and convert highly electrophilic epoxypropane, formed from propylene epoxidation, into a nucleophilic species that undergoes carboxylation. The unique properties of CoM provide a chemical handle for orienting compounds for site-specific redox chemistry and stereospecific catalysis. The three-dimensional structures of several of the enzymes in the pathway of propylene metabolism in defined states have been determined, providing significant insights into both the enzyme mechanisms and the role of CoM in this pathway. These studies provide the structural basis for understanding the efficacy of CoM as a handle to direct organic substrate transformations at the active sites of enzymes.
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Myers WK, Duesler EN, Tierney DL. Integrated paramagnetic resonance of high-spin Co(II) in axial symmetry: chemical separation of dipolar and contact electron-nuclear couplings. Inorg Chem 2008; 47:6701-10. [PMID: 18605690 DOI: 10.1021/ic800245k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Integrated paramagnetic resonance, utilizing electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR), NMR, and electron-nuclear double resonance (ENDOR), of a series of cobalt bis-trispyrazolylborates, Co(Tp ( x )) 2, are reported. Systematic substitutions at the ring carbons and on the apical boron provide a unique opportunity to separate through-bond and through-space contributions to the NMR hyperfine shifts for the parent, unsubstituted Tp complex. A simple relationship between the chemical shift difference (delta H - delta Me) and the contact shift of the proton in that position is developed. This approach allows independent extraction of the isotropic hyperfine coupling, A iso, for each proton in the molecule. The Co..H contact coupling energies derived from the NMR, together with the known metrics of the compounds, were used to predict the ENDOR couplings at g perpendicular. Proton ENDOR data is presented that shows good agreement with the NMR-derived model. ENDOR signals from all other magnetic nuclei in the complex ( (14)N, coordinating and noncoordinating, (11)B and (13)C) are also reported.
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- William K Myers
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Hamann N, Mander GJ, Shokes JE, Scott RA, Bennati M, Hedderich R. A cysteine-rich CCG domain contains a novel [4Fe-4S] cluster binding motif as deduced from studies with subunit B of heterodisulfide reductase from Methanothermobacter marburgensis. Biochemistry 2007; 46:12875-85. [PMID: 17929940 PMCID: PMC3543786 DOI: 10.1021/bi700679u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Heterodisulfide reductase (HDR) of methanogenic archaea with its active-site [4Fe-4S] cluster catalyzes the reversible reduction of the heterodisulfide (CoM-S-S-CoB) of the methanogenic coenzyme M (CoM-SH) and coenzyme B (CoB-SH). CoM-HDR, a mechanistic-based paramagnetic intermediate generated upon half-reaction of the oxidized enzyme with CoM-SH, is a novel type of [4Fe-4S]3+ cluster with CoM-SH as a ligand. Subunit HdrB of the Methanothermobacter marburgensis HdrABC holoenzyme contains two cysteine-rich sequence motifs (CX31-39CCX35-36CXXC), designated as CCG domain in the Pfam database and conserved in many proteins. Here we present experimental evidence that the C-terminal CCG domain of HdrB binds this unusual [4Fe-4S] cluster. HdrB was produced in Escherichia coli, and an iron-sulfur cluster was subsequently inserted by in vitro reconstitution. In the oxidized state the cluster without the substrate exhibited a rhombic EPR signal (gzyx = 2.015, 1.995, and 1.950) reminiscent of the CoM-HDR signal. 57Fe ENDOR spectroscopy revealed that this paramagnetic species is a [4Fe-4S] cluster with 57Fe hyperfine couplings very similar to that of CoM-HDR. CoM-33SH resulted in a broadening of the EPR signal, and upon addition of CoM-SH the midpoint potential of the cluster was shifted to values observed for CoM-HDR, both indicating binding of CoM-SH to the cluster. Site-directed mutagenesis of all 12 cysteine residues in HdrB identified four cysteines of the C-terminal CCG domain as cluster ligands. Combined with the previous detection of CoM-HDR-like EPR signals in other CCG domain-containing proteins our data indicate a general role of the C-terminal CCG domain in coordination of this novel [4Fe-4S] cluster. In addition, Zn K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy identified an isolated Zn site with an S3(O/N)1 geometry in HdrB and the HDR holoenzyme. The N-terminal CCG domain is suggested to provide ligands to the Zn site.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Phone: +49-(0)-6421-178-230. Fax: +49-(0)6421-178-299.
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Penner-Hahn J. Zinc-promoted alkyl transfer: a new role for zinc. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2007; 11:166-71. [PMID: 17376731 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2007] [Accepted: 02/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The roles of zinc in biology are often thought to be limited to activating water, as in hydrolytic enzymes, and conferring structure, as in the zinc finger proteins. Over the past 15 years, it has been shown that there are many zinc-containing proteins that have 'structural-like' zinc sites with multiple cysteine ligands but in which the site promotes the alkylation of a zinc-bound thiolate. Recent work continues to extend the range of proteins showing zinc-promoted alkytransfer activity, and has refined the structural details of these sites. Of particular interest are recent crystal structures suggesting that in most cases the endogenous ligand that is displaced when the substrate thiol bind is an endogenous amino acid and not water, as had been previously thought. Despite extensive study, it remains unclear whether these enzymes function via an associative mechanism (direct alkylation of a zinc-bound thiolate) or a dissociate mechanism (nucleophilic attack by a free thiolate that has dissociated from the zinc).
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- James Penner-Hahn
- Department of Chemistry and Biophysics Research Division, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055 USA.
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