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Tsilafakis K, Mavroidis M. Are the Head and Tail Domains of Intermediate Filaments Really Unstructured Regions? Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:633. [PMID: 38790262 PMCID: PMC11121635 DOI: 10.3390/genes15050633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2024] [Revised: 05/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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Intermediate filaments (IFs) are integral components of the cytoskeleton which provide cells with tissue-specific mechanical properties and are involved in a plethora of cellular processes. Unfortunately, due to their intricate architecture, the 3D structure of the complete molecule of IFs has remained unresolved. Even though most of the rod domain structure has been revealed by means of crystallographic analyses, the flanked head and tail domains are still mostly unknown. Only recently have studies shed light on head or tail domains of IFs, revealing certainsecondary structures and conformational changes during IF assembly. Thus, a deeper understanding of their structure could provide insights into their function.
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- Konstantinos Tsilafakis
- Center of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece;
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Biopolis, 41500 Larissa, Greece
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- Center of Basic Research, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece;
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Gao S, Wu F, Gurcha SS, Batt SM, Besra GS, Rao Z, Zhang L. Structural analysis of phosphoribosyltransferase-mediated cell wall precursor synthesis in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Microbiol 2024; 9:976-987. [PMID: 38491273 PMCID: PMC10994848 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-024-01643-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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In Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rv3806c is a membrane-bound phosphoribosyltransferase (PRTase) involved in cell wall precursor production. It catalyses pentosyl phosphate transfer from phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate to decaprenyl phosphate, to generate 5-phospho-β-ribosyl-1-phosphoryldecaprenol. Despite Rv3806c being an attractive drug target, structural and molecular mechanistic insight into this PRTase is lacking. Here we report cryogenic electron microscopy structures for Rv3806c in the donor- and acceptor-bound states. In a lipidic environment, Rv3806c is trimeric, creating a UbiA-like fold. Each protomer forms two helical bundles, which, alongside the bound lipids, are required for PRTase activity in vitro. Mutational and functional analyses reveal that decaprenyl phosphate and phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate bind the intramembrane and extramembrane cavities of Rv3806c, respectively, in a distinct manner to that of UbiA superfamily enzymes. Our data suggest a model for Rv3806c-catalysed phosphoribose transfer through an inverting mechanism. These findings provide a structural basis for cell wall precursor biosynthesis that could have potential for anti-tuberculosis drug development.
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- Shan Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, College of Life Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai, China.
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Meleties M, Katyal P, Lin B, Britton D, Montclare JK. Self-assembly of stimuli-responsive coiled-coil fibrous hydrogels. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:6470-6476. [PMID: 34137426 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00780g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Owing to their tunable properties, hydrogels comprised of stimuli-sensitive polymers are one of the most appealing scaffolds with applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery and other biomedical fields. We previously reported a thermoresponsive hydrogel formed using a coiled-coil protein, Q. Here, we expand our studies to identify the gelation of Q protein at distinct pH conditions, creating a protein hydrogel system that is sensitive to temperature and pH. Through secondary structure analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and rheology, we observed that Q self-assembles and forms fiber-based hydrogels exhibiting upper critical solution temperature behavior with increased elastic properties at pH 7.4 and pH 10. At pH 6, however, Q forms polydisperse nanoparticles, which do not further self-assemble and undergo gelation. The high net positive charge of Q at pH 6 creates significant electrostatic repulsion, preventing its gelation. This study will potentially guide the development of novel scaffolds and functional biomaterials that are sensitive towards biologically relevant stimuli.
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- Michael Meleties
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA. and Department of Radiology, New York University Langone Health, New York, New York 10016, USA and Department of Biomaterials, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York 10010, USA and Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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Laidou S, Alanis-Lobato G, Pribyl J, Raskó T, Tichy B, Mikulasek K, Tsagiopoulou M, Oppelt J, Kastrinaki G, Lefaki M, Singh M, Zink A, Chondrogianni N, Psomopoulos F, Prigione A, Ivics Z, Pospisilova S, Skladal P, Izsvák Z, Andrade-Navarro MA, Petrakis S. Nuclear inclusions of pathogenic ataxin-1 induce oxidative stress and perturb the protein synthesis machinery. Redox Biol 2020; 32:101458. [PMID: 32145456 PMCID: PMC7058924 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Spinocerebellar ataxia type-1 (SCA1) is caused by an abnormally expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tract in ataxin-1. These expansions are responsible for protein misfolding and self-assembly into intranuclear inclusion bodies (IIBs) that are somehow linked to neuronal death. However, owing to lack of a suitable cellular model, the downstream consequences of IIB formation are yet to be resolved. Here, we describe a nuclear protein aggregation model of pathogenic human ataxin-1 and characterize IIB effects. Using an inducible Sleeping Beauty transposon system, we overexpressed the ATXN1(Q82) gene in human mesenchymal stem cells that are resistant to the early cytotoxic effects caused by the expression of the mutant protein. We characterized the structure and the protein composition of insoluble polyQ IIBs which gradually occupy the nuclei and are responsible for the generation of reactive oxygen species. In response to their formation, our transcriptome analysis reveals a cerebellum-specific perturbed protein interaction network, primarily affecting protein synthesis. We propose that insoluble polyQ IIBs cause oxidative and nucleolar stress and affect the assembly of the ribosome by capturing or down-regulating essential components. The inducible cell system can be utilized to decipher the cellular consequences of polyQ protein aggregation. Our strategy provides a broadly applicable methodology for studying polyQ diseases.
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- Stamatia Laidou
- Institute of Applied Biosciences/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Faculty of Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 55122, Mainz, Germany; Human Embryo and Stem Cell Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, NW1 1AT, London, UK
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, 13125, Germany
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic; National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory/Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry & Biotechnology/National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11365, Athens, Greece
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, 13125, Germany
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, 13125, Germany; Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Medicinal Chemistry & Biotechnology/National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11365, Athens, Greece
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 17177, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, 13125, Germany; Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Division of Medical Biotechnology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, 63225, Langen, Germany
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, 62500, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association, Berlin, 13125, Germany.
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- Institute of Applied Biosciences/Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, 57001, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Lambert M, Claeyssen C, Bastide B, Cieniewski‐Bernard C. O-GlcNAcylation as a regulator of the functional and structural properties of the sarcomere in skeletal muscle: An update review. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2020; 228:e13301. [PMID: 31108020 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although the O-GlcNAcylation process was discovered in 1984, its potential role in the physiology and physiopathology of skeletal muscle only emerged 20 years later. An increasing number of publications strongly support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the modulation of important cellular processes which are essential for skeletal muscle functions. Indeed, over a thousand of O-GlcNAcylated proteins have been identified within skeletal muscle since 2004, which belong to various classes of proteins, including sarcomeric proteins. In this review, we focused on these myofibrillar proteins, including contractile and structural proteins. Because of the modification of motor and regulatory proteins, the regulatory myosin light chain (MLC2) is related to several reports that support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the fine modulation of calcium activation parameters of skeletal muscle fibres, depending on muscle phenotype and muscle work. In addition, another key function of O-GlcNAcylation has recently emerged in the regulation of organization and reorganization of the sarcomere. Altogether, this data support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the homeostasis of sarcomeric cytoskeleton, known to be disturbed in many related muscle disorders.
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- Matthias Lambert
- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy has become one of the major techniques of structural characterization of proteins, peptides, and protein-membrane interactions. While the method does not have the capability of providing the precise, atomic-resolution molecular structure, it is exquisitely sensitive to conformational changes occurring in proteins upon functional transitions or intermolecular interactions. The sensitivity of vibrational frequencies to atomic masses has led to development of "isotope-edited" FTIR spectroscopy, where structural effects in two proteins, one unlabeled and the other labeled with a heavier stable isotope, such as 13C, are resolved simultaneously based on spectral downshift (separation) of the amide I band of the labeled protein. The same isotope effect is used to identify site-specific conformational changes in proteins by site-directed or segmental isotope labeling. Negligible light scattering in the infrared region provides an opportunity to study intermolecular interactions between large protein complexes, interactions of proteins and peptides with lipid vesicles, or protein-nucleic acid interactions without light scattering problems often encountered in ultraviolet spectroscopy. Attenuated total reflection FTIR (ATR-FTIR) is a surface-sensitive version of infrared spectroscopy that has proved useful in studying membrane proteins and lipids, protein-membrane interactions, mechanisms of interfacial enzymes, the structural features of membrane pore forming proteins and peptides, and much more. The purpose of this chapter was to provide a practical guide to analyze protein structure and protein-membrane interactions by FTIR and ATR-FTIR techniques, including procedures of sample preparation, measurements, and data analysis. Basic background information on FTIR spectroscopy, as well as some relatively new developments in structural and functional characterization of proteins and peptides in lipid membranes, is also presented.
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- Suren A Tatulian
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
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Deracinois B, Camoin L, Lambert M, Boyer JB, Dupont E, Bastide B, Cieniewski-Bernard C. O-GlcNAcylation site mapping by (azide-alkyne) click chemistry and mass spectrometry following intensive fractionation of skeletal muscle cells proteins. J Proteomics 2018; 186:83-97. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2018.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Woodhead AL, Church AT, Rapson TD, Trueman HE, Church JS, Sutherland TD. Confirmation of Bioinformatics Predictions of the Structural Domains in Honeybee Silk. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E776. [PMID: 30960701 PMCID: PMC6403662 DOI: 10.3390/polym10070776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 07/11/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Honeybee larvae produce a silk made up of proteins in predominantly a coiled coil molecular structure. These proteins can be produced in recombinant systems, making them desirable templates for the design of advanced materials. However, the atomic level structure of these proteins is proving difficult to determine: firstly, because coiled coils are difficult to crystalize; and secondly, fibrous proteins crystalize as fibres rather than as discrete protein units. In this study, we synthesised peptides from the central structural domain, as well as the N- and C-terminal domains, of the honeybee silk. We used circular dichroism spectroscopy, infrared spectroscopy, and molecular dynamics to investigate the folding behaviour of the central domain peptides. We found that they folded as predicted by bioinformatics analysis, giving the protein engineer confidence in bioinformatics predictions to guide the design of new functionality into these protein templates. These results, along with the infrared structural analysis of the N- and C-terminal domain peptides and the comparison of peptide film properties with those of the full-length AmelF3 protein, provided significant insight into the structural elements required for honeybee silk protein to form into stable materials.
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- CSIRO Manufacturing, Pigdons Rd, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, Australia.
- JPA Scientific, P.O. Box 2573, Chino Hills, CA 91709, USA.
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- CSIRO Health and Biosecurity, Clunies Ross St, Black Mountain, ACT 2601, Australia.
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Nagarkar RP, Miller SE, Zhong S, Pochan DJ, Schneider JP. Dynamic protein folding at the surface of stimuli-responsive peptide fibrils. Protein Sci 2018; 27:1243-1251. [PMID: 29493033 PMCID: PMC6032354 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
The repetitive self-assembled structure of amyloid can serve as inspiration to design functional materials. Herein, we describe the design of α/β6, a peptide that contains distinct α-helical and β-structure forming domains. The folding and association state of each domain can be controlled by temperature. At low temperatures, the α-domain favors a coiled-coil state while the β-domain is unstructured. Irreversible fibril formation via self-assembly of the β-domain is triggered at high temperatures where the α-domain is unfolded. Resultant fibrils serve as templates upon which reversible coiled coil formation of the α-domain can be thermally controlled. At concentrations of α/β6 ≥ 2.5 wt%, the peptide forms a mechanically defined hydrogel highlighting the possibility of designing materials whose function can be actively modulated by controlling the folded state of proteins displayed from the surface of fibrils that constitute the gel.
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- Radhika P. Nagarkar
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware19716
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- Chemical Biology LaboratoryNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of HealthFrederickMaryland21702
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware19716
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- Department of Materials Science and EngineeringUniversity of DelawareNewarkDelaware19716
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- Chemical Biology LaboratoryNational Cancer Institute, National Institutes of HealthFrederickMaryland21702
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Lu R, Li WW, Katzir A, Raichlin Y, Mizaikoff B, Yu HQ. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy on external perturbations inducing secondary structure changes of hemoglobin. Analyst 2016; 141:6061-6067. [DOI: 10.1039/c6an01477a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
The secondary structure of proteins and their conformation are intimately related to their biological functions.
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- Rui Lu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Chemical Pollution Control and Resources Reuse
- School of Environmental and Biological Engineering
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology
- Nanjing
- China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230026
- P.R. China
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- School of Physics
- Tel-Aviv University
- Tel-Aviv 69978
- Israel
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- Department of Applied Physics
- Ariel University Center of Samaria
- Ariel
- Israel
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- Institute of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
- Ulm University
- 89081 Ulm
- Germany
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Science and Technology of China
- Hefei 230026
- P.R. China
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Rabe M, Zope HR, Kros A. Interplay between Lipid Interaction and Homo-coiling of Membrane-Tethered Coiled-Coil Peptides. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:9953-9964. [PMID: 26302087 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The designed coiled-coil-forming peptides E [(EIAALEK)3] and K [(KIAALKE)3] are known to trigger efficient membrane fusion when they are tethered to lipid vesicles in the form of lipopeptides. Knowledge of their secondary structure is a key element in understanding their role in membrane fusion. Special conditions can be found at the interface of the membrane, where the peptides are confined in close proximity to other peptide molecules as well as to the lipid interface. Consequently, different structural states were proposed for the peptides when tethered to this interface. Due to the multitude of possible states, determining the structure solely on the basis of circular dichroism (CD) spectra at a single temperature can be misleading. In addition, it has not yet been possible to unambiguously distinguish between the membrane-bound and the coiled-coil states of these peptides by means of infrared (IR) spectroscopy due to their very similar amide I' bands. Here, the molecular basis of this similarity is investigated by means of site-specific (13)C-labeled FTIR spectroscopy. Structural similarities between the membrane-interacting helix of K and the homo-coiled-coil-forming helix of E are shown to cause the similar spectroscopic properties. Furthermore, the peptide structure is investigated using temperature-dependent CD and IR spectroscopy, and it is shown that the different states can be distinguished on the basis of their thermal behavior. It is shown that the two peptides behave fundamentaly differently when tethered to the lipid membrane, which implies that their role during membrane fusion is different and the mechanism of this process is asymmetric.
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- Martin Rabe
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry-Supramolecular and Biomaterial Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry-Supramolecular and Biomaterial Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden Institute of Chemistry-Supramolecular and Biomaterial Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Cheong JL, Lim J, Toh JKC, Jee JE, Wong LL, Venkataraman S, Lee SS, Lee SG. Effects of incorporation of azido moieties into the hydrophobic core of coiled coil peptides. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:3793-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cc09089f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Controlled peptide folding via the variation of azido content.
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology
- Singapore 138669
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Sutherland TD, Sriskantha A, Church JS, Strive T, Trueman HE, Kameda T. Stabilization of viruses by encapsulation in silk proteins. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2014; 6:18189-18196. [PMID: 25229876 DOI: 10.1021/am5051873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Viruses are important for a range of modern day applications. However, their utility is limited by their susceptibility to temperature degradation. In this study, we report a simple system to compare the ability of different dried protein films to stabilize viruses against exposure to elevated temperatures. Films from each of three different silks, silkworm, honeybee silk and hornet silk, stabilized entrapped viruses at 37 °C better than films of albumin from bovine serum (BSA) and all four proteins provided substantially more stabilization than no protein controls. A comparison of the molecular structure of the silks and BSA films showed no correlation between the ability of the proteins to stabilize the virus and the secondary structure of the protein in the films. The mechanism of stabilization is discussed and a hypothesis is suggested to explain the superior performance of the silk proteins.
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- Tara D Sutherland
- Ecosystem Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) , Clunies Ross Street, Acton, Australian Capital Territory 2601, Australia
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Li C, Kumar S, Montigny C, le Maire M, Barth A. Quality assessment of recombinant proteins by infrared spectroscopy. Characterisation of a protein aggregation related band of the Ca2+-ATPase. Analyst 2014; 139:4231-40. [DOI: 10.1039/c4an00483c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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FTIR spectroscopy detects aggregates of recombinantly produced protein and can therefore be used for quality control.
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- Chenge Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Arrhenius Laboratories
- Stockholm University
- SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Arrhenius Laboratories
- Stockholm University
- SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Arrhenius Laboratories
- Stockholm University
- SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Duce C, Bramanti E, Ghezzi L, Bernazzani L, Bonaduce I, Colombini MP, Spepi A, Biagi S, Tine MR. Interactions between inorganic pigments and proteinaceous binders in reference paint reconstructions. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:5975-84. [PMID: 23263363 DOI: 10.1039/c2dt32203j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The degradation of the proteinaceous binders, ovalbumin (OVA) and casein, and their interactions with azurite (Cu(3)(CO(3))(2)(OH)(2)), calcium carbonate (CaCO(3)), hematite (Fe(2)O(3)) and red lead (Pb(3)O(4)) pigments were studied. A multi-analytical approach based on Thermogravimetric Analysis (TG), Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) and Size Exclusion Chromatography (SEC) was used. The research was carried out on a set of paint reconstructions, which were analysed before and after artificial light ageing. We highlighted that in most cases the inorganic pigments interact with both proteins by decreasing their thermal stability and their intermolecular β-sheet content, and that ageing induces aggregation. We hypothesized that pigments intercalate between protein molecules, producing a partial disruption to the protein-protein intermolecular interaction. In the case of casein, these phenomena continued during ageing. In fact, we observed a complete disappearance of intermolecular β-sheets and an increase in intramolecular β-sheets and random coil during ageing. This result is in agreement with the structural properties of casein, whose aggregation is known to be induced by hydrophobic interactions. On the other hand, in aged OVA paint replicas, we observed the formation of new intermolecular β-sheets and an increase in thermostability. In addition FTIR showed oxidation of the side chains of the aged OVA/hematite sample and aged casein pigment samples, and SEC highlighted hydrolysis phenomena in aged carbonate, azurite and red lead/OVA complexes and in aged casein/calcium carbonate and casein/azurite samples.
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- Celia Duce
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Chimica Industriale, Via Risorgimento 35, 56127 Pisa, Italy
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Cetin N, Balci-Hayta B, Gundesli H, Korkusuz P, Purali N, Talim B, Tan E, Selcen D, Erdem-Ozdamar S, Dincer P. A novel desmin mutation leading to autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: distinct histopathological outcomes compared with desminopathies. J Med Genet 2013; 50:437-43. [DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-101487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Sgarbossa A, Monti S, Lenci F, Bramanti E, Bizzarri R, Barone V. The effects of ferulic acid on β-amyloid fibrillar structures investigated through experimental and computational techniques. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2013; 1830:2924-37. [PMID: 23291428 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2012] [Revised: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Current research has indicated that small natural compounds could interfere with β-amyloid fibril growth and have the ability to disassemble preformed folded structures. Ferulic acid (FA), which possesses both hydrophilic and hydrophobic moieties and binds to peptides/proteins, is a potential candidate against amyloidogenesis. The molecular mechanisms connected to this action have not been elucidated in detail yet. METHODS Here the effects of FA on preformed fibrils are investigated by means of a concerted experimental-computational approach. Spectroscopic techniques, such as FTIR, fluorescence, size exclusion chromatography and confocal microscopy in combination with molecular dynamics simulations are used to identify those features which play a key role in the destabilization of the aggregates. RESULTS Experimental findings highlight that FA has disruptive effects on the fibrils. The computational analysis suggests that dissociation of peptides from the amyloid superstructures could take place along the fibril axis and be primarily determined by the cooperative rupture of the backbone hydrogen bonds and of the Asp-Lys salt bridges. CONCLUSION FA clusters could induce a sort of stabilization and tightening of the fibril structure in the short term and its disruption in the long term, inhibiting further fibril re-assembly through FA screening effects. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The combination of experimental and computational techniques could be successfully used to identify the disrupting action of FA on preformed Aβ fibrils in water solution.
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- Antonella Sgarbossa
- Biophysics Institute, National Research Council, Area della Ricerca, via G. Moruzzi 1, I-56124 Pisa, Italy
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Tatulian SA. Structural characterization of membrane proteins and peptides by FTIR and ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 974:177-218. [PMID: 23404277 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-275-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is widely used in structural characterization of proteins or peptides. While the method does not have the capability of providing the precise, atomic-resolution molecular structure, it is exquisitely sensitive to conformational changes occurring in proteins upon functional transitions or upon intermolecular interactions. Sensitivity of vibrational frequencies to atomic masses has led to development of "isotope-edited" FTIR spectroscopy, where structural effects in two proteins, one unlabeled and the other labeled with a heavier stable isotope, such as (13)C, are resolved simultaneously based on spectral downshift (separation) of the amide I band of the labeled protein. The same isotope effect is used to identify site-specific conformational changes in proteins by site-directed or segmental isotope labeling. Negligible light scattering in the infrared region provides an opportunity to study intermolecular interactions between large protein complexes, interactions of proteins and peptides with lipid vesicles, or protein-nucleic acid interactions without light scattering problems often encountered in ultraviolet spectroscopy. Attenuated total reflection FTIR (ATR-FTIR) is a surface-sensitive version of infrared spectroscopy that has proved useful in studying membrane proteins and lipids, protein-membrane interactions, mechanisms of interfacial enzymes, and molecular architecture of membrane pore or channel forming proteins and peptides. The purpose of this article was to provide a practical guide to analyze protein structure and protein-membrane interactions by FTIR and ATR-FTIR techniques, including procedures of sample preparation, measurements, and data analysis. Basic background information on FTIR spectroscopy, as well as some relatively new developments in structural and functional characterization of proteins and peptides in lipid membranes, are also presented.
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- Suren A Tatulian
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
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Furuki T, Shimizu T, Kikawada T, Okuda T, Sakurai M. Salt Effects on the Structural and Thermodynamic Properties of a Group 3 LEA Protein Model Peptide. Biochemistry 2011; 50:7093-103. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200719s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Takao Furuki
- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho,
Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho,
Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba, 305-8634, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho,
Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8501, Japan
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Fulara A, Dzwolak W. Bifurcated hydrogen bonds stabilize fibrils of poly(L-glutamic) acid. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:8278-83. [PMID: 20509699 DOI: 10.1021/jp102440n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Model fibrillating homopolypeptides have been providing many insightful analogies to the clinically important phenomena of protein misfolding and amyloidogenesis. Here we show that the beta(2) structural variant of poly(l-glutamic) acid forms fibrils with an amyloid-like morphology, ability to enhance fluorescence of thioflavin T, and seeding properties. The beta(2) fibrils are formed upon heating of aqueous solutions of alpha-helical poly(l-glutamic) acid, which leads to a significant increase of pD (pH) of unbuffered samples and a concomitant precipitation of fibrils with unusual infrared traits: amide I' band being dramatically red-shifted to 1596 cm(-1), and the -COOD stretching band split into two peaks around 1730 and 1719 cm(-1). We are proposing that formation of three-center hydrogen bonds involving bifurcated peptide carbonyl acceptors (>C=O) and main chains' NH, as well as side chains' -COOH proton donors is likely to underlie the observed infrared characteristics of beta(2) fibrils. Such bonds provide additional conformational constraints in a tightly packed environment around glutamate side chains resulting in the decreased overall acidity of the polypeptide. The presence of bifurcated hydrogen bonds in amyloid fibrils may be an overlooked factor in fibrils' robustness, thermodynamic stability and the ability to propagate their own growth.
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- Aleksandra Fulara
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Shimizu T, Kanamori Y, Furuki T, Kikawada T, Okuda T, Takahashi T, Mihara H, Sakurai M. Desiccation-Induced Structuralization and Glass Formation of Group 3 Late Embryogenesis Abundant Protein Model Peptides. Biochemistry 2010; 49:1093-104. [DOI: 10.1021/bi901745f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Tempei Shimizu
- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba 305-8634, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba 305-8634, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-40, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- Department of Bioengineering, Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-40, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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- National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences (NIAS), 1-2, Ohwashi, Tsukuba 305-8634, Japan
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- Center for Biological Resources and Informatics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259-B-62, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan
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Imamura H, Isogai Y, Takekiyo T, Kato M. Effect of pressure on the secondary structure of coiled coil peptide GCN4-p1. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2010; 1804:193-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2009] [Revised: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 10/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Markham AP, Jaafar ZA, Kemege KE, Middaugh CR, Hefty PS. Biophysical characterization of Chlamydia trachomatis CT584 supports its potential role as a type III secretion needle tip protein. Biochemistry 2009; 48:10353-61. [PMID: 19769366 DOI: 10.1021/bi901200y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens that cause a variety of diseases. Like many Gram-negative bacteria, they employ type III secretion systems (T3SS) for invasion, establishing and maintaining their unique intracellular niche, and possibly cellular exit. Computational structure prediction indicated that ORF CT584 is homologous to other T3SS needle tip proteins. Tip proteins have been shown to be localized to the extracellular end of the T3SS needle and play a key role in controlling secretion of effector proteins. We have previously demonstrated that T3SS needle tip proteins from different bacteria share many biophysical characteristics. To support the hypothesis that CT584 is a T3SS needle tip protein, biophysical properties of CT584 were explored as a function of pH and temperature, using spectroscopic techniques. Far-UV circular dichroism, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, UV absorbance spectroscopy, ANS extrinsic fluorescence, turbidity, right angle static light scattering, and analytical ultracentrifugation were all employed to monitor the secondary, tertiary, quaternary, and aggregation behavior of this protein. An empirical phase diagram approach is also employed to facilitate such comparisons. These analyses demonstrate that CT584 shares many biophysical characteristics with other T3SS needle tip proteins. These data support the hypothesis that CT584 is a member of the same functional family, although future biologic analyses are required.
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- Aaron P Markham
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, USA
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Schuy S, Schäfer E, Yoder NC, Kumar K, Vogel R, Janshoff A. Lipopeptides derived from HIV and SIV mimicking the prehairpin intermediate of gp41 on solid supported lipid bilayers. J Struct Biol 2009; 168:125-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2008] [Revised: 04/17/2009] [Accepted: 04/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Maréchal A, Kido Y, Kita K, Moore AL, Rich PR. Three redox states of Trypanosoma brucei alternative oxidase identified by infrared spectroscopy and electrochemistry. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:31827-33. [PMID: 19767647 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.059980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Electrochemistry coupled with Fourier transform infrared (IR) spectroscopy was used to investigate the redox properties of recombinant alternative ubiquinol oxidase from Trypanosoma brucei, the organism responsible for African sleeping sickness. Stepwise reduction of the fully oxidized resting state of recombinant alternative ubiquinol oxidase revealed two distinct IR redox difference spectra. The first of these, signal 1, titrates in the reductive direction as an n = 2 Nernstian component with an apparent midpoint potential of 80 mV at pH 7.0. However, reoxidation of signal 1 in the same potential range under anaerobic conditions did not occur and only began with potentials in excess of 500 mV. Reoxidation by introduction of oxygen was also unsuccessful. Signal 1 contained clear features that can be assigned to protonation of at least one carboxylate group, further perturbations of carboxylic and histidine residues, bound ubiquinone, and a negative band at 1554 cm(-1) that might arise from a radical in the fully oxidized protein. A second distinct IR redox difference spectrum, signal 2, appeared more slowly once signal 1 had been reduced. This component could be reoxidized with potentials above 100 mV. In addition, when both signals 1 and 2 were reduced, introduction of oxygen caused rapid oxidation of both components. These data are interpreted in terms of the possible active site structure and mechanism of oxygen reduction to water.
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- Amandine Maréchal
- Glynn Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Goldfarb LG, Dalakas MC. Tragedy in a heartbeat: malfunctioning desmin causes skeletal and cardiac muscle disease. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:1806-13. [PMID: 19587455 PMCID: PMC2701871 DOI: 10.1172/jci38027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Muscle fiber deterioration resulting in progressive skeletal muscle weakness, heart failure, and respiratory distress occurs in more than 20 inherited myopathies. As discussed in this Review, one of the newly identified myopathies is desminopathy, a disease caused by dysfunctional mutations in desmin, a type III intermediate filament protein, or alphaB-crystallin, a chaperone for desmin. The range of clinical manifestations in patients with desminopathy is wide and may overlap with those observed in individuals with other myopathies. Awareness of this disease needs to be heightened, diagnostic criteria reliably outlined, and molecular testing readily available; this would ensure prevention of sudden death from cardiac arrhythmias and other complications.
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- Lev G. Goldfarb
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom
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Structural changes in the catalytic cycle of the Na+,K+-ATPase studied by infrared spectroscopy. Biophys J 2009; 96:3433-42. [PMID: 19383486 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2008] [Revised: 12/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pig kidney Na(+),K(+)-ATPase was studied by means of reaction-induced infrared difference spectroscopy. The reaction from E1Na(3)(+) to an E2P state was initiated by photolysis of P(3)-1-(2-nitrophenyl)ethyl ATP (NPE caged ATP) in samples that contained 3 mM free Mg(2+) and 130 mM NaCl at pH 7.5. Release of ATP from caged ATP produced highly detailed infrared difference spectra indicating structural changes of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase. The observed transient state of the enzyme accumulated within seconds after ATP release and decayed on a timescale of minutes at 15 degrees C. Several controls ensured that the observed difference signals were due to structural changes of the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase. Samples that additionally contained 20 mM KCl showed similar spectra but less intense difference bands. The absorbance changes observed in the amide I region, reflecting conformational changes of the protein backbone, corresponded to only 0.3% of the maximum absorbance. Thus the net change of secondary structure was concluded to be very small, which is in line with movement of rigid protein segments during the catalytic cycle. Despite their small amplitude, the amide I signals unambiguously reveal the involvement of several secondary structure elements in the conformational change. Similarities and dissimilarities to corresponding spectra of the Ca(2+)-ATPase and H(+),K(+)-ATPase are discussed, and suggest characteristic bands for the E1 and E2 conformations at 1641 and 1661 cm(-1), respectively, for alphabeta heterodimeric ATPases. The spectra further indicate the participation of protonated carboxyl groups or lipid carbonyl groups in the reaction from E1Na(3)(+) to an E2P state. A negative band at 1730 cm(-1) is in line with the presence of a protonated Asp or Glu residue that coordinates Na(+) in E1Na(3)(+). Infrared signals were also detected in the absorption regions of ionized carboxyl groups.
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Guan J, Li J, Guo Y, Yang W. Cooperative dual-stimuli-triggered aggregation of poly-L-histidine-functionalized au nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:2679-2683. [PMID: 19437690 DOI: 10.1021/la803414c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Nanoparticles that are responsive to multiple stimuli allow more precise control over the aggregation process and thus the structures and properties of the resulting aggregates. Au nanoparticles functionalized by poly-L-histidine (PLH), a simple polypeptide with a pK(a) value (approximately 6.2) around the physiological pH, are sensitive to pH and temperature simultaneously. The dual stimuli, pH and temperature, must act in a cooperative way to switch the hydrophobic beta-sheet structure of PLH and thus trigger the assembly/disassembly of the Au nanoparticles. The aggregation process and thus the conformation change of PLH can be well recognized by the color change of the Au nanoparticles by naked eyes.
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- Jian Guan
- State Key Laboratory for Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, and Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, PR China
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Schuy S, Schäfer E, Yoder NC, Hobe S, Kumar K, Vogel R, Janshoff A. Coiled-coil lipopeptides mimicking the prehairpin intermediate of glycoprotein gp41. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009; 48:751-4. [PMID: 19090512 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200803080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Steffen Schuy
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Schuy S, Schäfer E, Yoder N, Hobe S, Kumar K, Vogel R, Janshoff A. Coiled-Coil Lipopeptides Mimicking the Prehairpin Intermediate of Glycoprotein gp41. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2009. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200803080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Goldfarb LG, Olivé M, Vicart P, Goebel HH. Intermediate filament diseases: desminopathy. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2008; 642:131-64. [PMID: 19181099 PMCID: PMC2776705 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-84847-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Desminopathy is one of the most common intermediate filament human disorders associated with mutations in closely interacting proteins, desmin and alphaB-crystallin. The inheritance pattern in familial desminopathy is characterized as autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive, but many cases have no family history. At least some and likely most sporadic desminopathy cases are associated with de novo DES mutations. The age of disease onset and rate of progression may vary depending on the type of inheritance and location of the causative mutation. Typically, the illness presents with lower and later upper limb muscle weakness slowly spreading to involve truncal, neck-flexor, facial and bulbar muscles. Skeletal myopathy is often combined with cardiomyopathy manifested by conduction blocks, arrhythmias and chronic heart failure resulting in premature sudden death. Respiratory muscle weakness is a major complication in some patients. Sections of the affected skeletal and cardiac muscles show abnormal fibre areas containing chimeric aggregates consisting of desmin and other cytoskeletal proteins. Various DES gene mutations: point mutations, an insertion, small in-frame deletions and a larger exon-skipping deletion, have been identified in desminopathy patients. The majority of these mutations are located in conserved alpha-helical segments, but additional mutations have recently been identified in the tail domain. Filament and network assembly studies indicate that most but not all disease-causing mutations make desmin assembly-incompetent and able to disrupt a pre-existing filamentous network in dominant-negative fashion. AlphaB-crystallin serves as a chaperone for desmin preventing its aggregation under various forms of stress; mutant CRYAB causes cardiac and skeletal myopathies identical to those resulting from DES mutations.
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- Lev G Goldfarb
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-9404, USA.
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Horgan CP, Oleksy A, Zhdanov AV, Lall PY, White IJ, Khan AR, Futter CE, McCaffrey JG, McCaffrey MW. Rab11-FIP3 is critical for the structural integrity of the endosomal recycling compartment. Traffic 2007; 8:414-30. [PMID: 17394487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2007.00543.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Rab11-FIP3 is an endosomal recycling compartment (ERC) protein that is implicated in the process of membrane delivery from the ERC to sites of membrane insertion during cell division. Here we report that Rab11-FIP3 is critical for the structural integrity of the ERC during interphase. We demonstrate that knockdown of Rab11-FIP3 and expression of a mutant of Rab11-FIP3 that is Rab11-binding deficient cause loss of all ERC-marker protein staining from the pericentrosomal region of A431 cells. Furthermore, we find that fluorophore-labelled transferrin cannot access the pericentrosomal region of cells in which Rab11-FIP3 function has been perturbed. We find that this Rab11-FIP3 function appears to be specific because expression of the equivalent Rab11-binding deficient mutant of Rab-coupling protein does not perturb ERC morphology. In addition, we find that other organelles such as sorting and late endosomes are unaffected by loss of Rab11-FIP3 function. Finally, we demonstrate the presence of an extensive coiled-coil region between residues 463 and 692 of Rab11-FIP3, which exists as a dimer in solution and is critical to support its function on the ERC. Together, these data indicate that Rab11-FIP3 is necessary for the structural integrity of the pericentrosomal ERC.
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- Conor P Horgan
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Barth A. Infrared spectroscopy of proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2007; 1767:1073-101. [PMID: 17692815 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2007.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2836] [Impact Index Per Article: 166.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Revised: 06/18/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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This review discusses the application of infrared spectroscopy to the study of proteins. The focus is on the mid-infrared spectral region and the study of protein reactions by reaction-induced infrared difference spectroscopy.
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- Andreas Barth
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Arrhenius Laboratories for Natural Sciences, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Mukherjee S, Chowdhury P, Gai F. Infrared Study of the Effect of Hydration on the Amide I Band and Aggregation Properties of Helical Peptides. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:4596-602. [PMID: 17419612 DOI: 10.1021/jp0689060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The amide I' band of a polypeptide is sensitive not only to its secondary structure content but also to its environment. In this study we show how degrees of hydration affect the underlying spectral features of the amide I' band of two alanine-based helical peptides. This is achieved by solubilizing these peptides in the water pool of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate reverse micelles with different water contents or w0 values. In agreement with several earlier studies, our results show that the amide I' band arising from a group of dehydrated helical amides is centered at approximately 1650 cm-1, whereas hydration shifts this frequency toward lower wavenumbers. More importantly, temperature-dependent infrared studies further show that these helical peptides undergo a thermally induced conformational transition in reverse micelles of low w0 values (e.g., w0=6), resulting in soluble peptide aggregates rich in antiparallel beta-sheets. Interestingly, however, increasing w0 or water content leads to an increase in the onset temperature at which such beta-aggregates begin to form. Therefore, these results provide strong evidence suggesting that dehydration facilitates aggregate formation and that removal of water imposes a free energy barrier to peptide association and aggregation, a feature that has been suggested in recent simulation studies focusing on the mechanism of beta-amyloid formation.
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- Smita Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Espina M, Ausar SF, Middaugh CR, Baxter MA, Picking WD, Picking WL. Conformational stability and differential structural analysis of LcrV, PcrV, BipD, and SipD from type III secretion systems. Protein Sci 2007; 16:704-14. [PMID: 17327391 PMCID: PMC2203334 DOI: 10.1110/ps.062645007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Diverse Gram-negative bacteria use type III secretion systems (T3SS) to translocate effector proteins into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. The type III secretion apparatus (T3SA) consists of a basal body spanning both bacterial membranes and an external needle. A sensor protein lies at the needle tip to detect environmental signals that trigger type III secretion. The Shigella flexneri T3SA needle tip protein, invasion plasmid antigen D (IpaD), possesses two independently folding domains in vitro. In this study, the solution behavior and thermal unfolding properties of IpaD's functional homologs SipD (Salmonella spp.), BipD (Burkholderia pseudomallei), LcrV (Yersinia spp.), and PcrV (Pseudomonas aeruginosa) were examined to identify common features within this protein family. CD and FTIR data indicate that all members within this group are alpha-helical with properties consistent with an intramolecular coiled-coil. SipD showed the most complex unfolding profile consisting of two thermal transitions, suggesting the presence of two independently folding domains. No evidence of multiple folding domains was seen, however, for BipD, LcrV, or PcrV. Thermal studies, including DSC, revealed significant destabilization of LcrV, PcrV, and BipD after N-terminal deletions. This contrasted with SipD and IpaD, which behaved like two-domain proteins. The results suggest that needle tip proteins share significant core structural similarity and thermal stability that may be the basis for their common function. Moreover, IpaD and SipD possess properties that distinguish them from the other tip proteins.
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- Marianela Espina
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA
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Qin S, Pande AH, Nemec KN, He X, Tatulian SA. Evidence for the Regulatory Role of the N-terminal Helix of Secretory Phospholipase A2 from Studies on Native and Chimeric Proteins. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:36773-83. [PMID: 16103116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506789200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The phospholipase A(2) (PLA(2)) enzymes are activated by binding to phospholipid membranes. Although the N-terminal alpha-helix of group I/II PLA(2)s plays an important role in the productive mode membrane binding of the enzymes, its role in the structural aspects of membrane-induced activation of PLA(2)s is not well understood. In order to elucidate membrane-induced conformational changes in the N-terminal helix and in the rest of the PLA(2), we have created semisynthetic human group IB PLA(2) in which the N-terminal decapeptide is joined with the (13)C-labeled fragment, as well as a chimeric protein containing the N-terminal decapeptide from human group IIA PLA(2) joined with a (13)C-labeled fragment of group IB PLA(2). Infrared spectral resolution of the unlabeled and (13)C-labeled segments suggests that the N-terminal helix of membrane-bound IB PLA(2) has a more rigid structure than the other helices. On the other hand, the overall structure of the chimeric PLA(2) is more rigid than that of the IB PLA(2), but the N-terminal helix is more flexible. A combination of homology modeling and polarized infrared spectroscopy provides the structure of membrane-bound chimeric PLA(2), which demonstrates remarkable similarity but also distinct differences compared with that of IB PLA(2). Correlation is delineated between structural and membrane binding properties of PLA(2)s and their N-terminal helices. Altogether, the data provide evidence that the N-terminal helix of group I/II PLA(2)s acts as a regulatory domain that mediates interfacial activation of these enzymes.
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- Shan Qin
- Biomolecular Science Center, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA
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Ryadnov MG, Woolfson DN. MaP Peptides: Programming the Self-Assembly of Peptide-Based Mesoscopic Matrices. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:12407-15. [PMID: 16131223 DOI: 10.1021/ja052972i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We describe an approach that utilizes nonlinear peptides to direct the assembly of previously reported Self-Assembling Fibers (SAFs). The SAF system comprises two complementary linear peptides, SAF-p1 and SAF-p2a, which combine to form exclusively linear, nonbranched fibers. The Matrix-Programming (MaP) peptides described herein are based on these peptides: they comprise two or three half-peptide blocks derived from the SAF peptides, which are conjugated via dendritic hubs. Different MaP peptides coassembled with the standard SAF peptides to form specific structures, such as hyperbranched networks, polygonal matrices, and regularly segmented and terminated fibers. The role of each half-peptide block in dictating the different features has been elucidated. This provides a strong basis for designing new peptide-based nanostructured materials from the bottom up.
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- Maxim G Ryadnov
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Tolstonog GV, Li G, Shoeman RL, Traub P. Interaction in vitro of type III intermediate filament proteins with higher order structures of single-stranded DNA, particularly with G-quadruplex DNA. DNA Cell Biol 2005; 24:85-110. [PMID: 15699629 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2005.24.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic intermediate filament (cIF) proteins interact strongly with single-stranded (ss) DNAs and RNAs, particularly with G-rich sequences. To test the hypothesis that this interaction depends on special nucleotide sequences and, possibly, higher order structures of ssDNA, a random mixture of mouse genomic ssDNA fragments generated by a novel "whole ssDNA genome PCR" technique via RNA intermediates was subjected to three rounds of affinity binding to in vitro reconstituted vimentin IFs at physiological ionic strength with intermediate PCR amplification of the bound ssDNA segments. Nucleotide sequence and computer folding analysis of the vimentin-selected fragments revealed an enrichment in microsatellites, predominantly of the (GT)n type, telomere DNA, and C/T-rich sequences, most of which, however, were incapable of folding into stable stem-loop structures. Because G-rich sequences were underrepresented in the vimentin-bound fraction, it had to be assumed that such sequences require intramolecular folding or lateral assembly into multistrand structures to be able to stably interact with vimentin, but that this requirement was inadequately fulfilled under the conditions of the selection experiment. For that reason, the few vimentin-selected G-rich ssDNA fragments and a number of telomere models were analyzed for their capacity to form inter- and intramolecular Gquadruplexes (G4 DNAs) under optimized conditions and to interact as such with vimentin and its type III relatives, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and desmin. Band shift assays indeed demonstrated differential binding of the cIF proteins to parallel four-stranded G4 DNAs and, with lower affinity, to bimolecular G'2 and unimolecular G'4 DNA configurations, whereby the transition regions from four- to single-strandedness played an additional role in the binding reaction. In this respect, the binding activity of cIF proteins was comparable with that toward other noncanonical DNA structures, like ds/ss DNA forks, triplex DNA, four-way junction DNA and Z-DNA, which also involve configurational transitions in their interaction with the filament proteins. Association of the cIF proteins with the corresponding nonfolded G-rich ssDNAs was negligible. Considering the almost universal involvement of ssDNA regions and G-quadruplexes in nuclear processes, including DNA transcription and recombination as well as telomere maintenance and dynamics, it is plausible to presume that cIF proteins as complementary constituents of the nuclear matrix participate in the cell- and tissue-specific regulation of these processes.
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Conlon KA, Zharkov DO, Berrios M. Cell cycle regulation of the murine 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (mOGG1): mOGG1 associates with microtubules during interphase and mitosis. DNA Repair (Amst) 2004; 3:1601-15. [PMID: 15474421 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2004] [Revised: 06/14/2004] [Accepted: 06/15/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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8-Oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) is a major DNA repair enzyme in mammalian cells. OGG1 participates in the repair of 8-oxoG, the most abundant known DNA lesion induced by endogenous reactive oxygen species in aerobic organisms. In this study, antibodies directed against purified recombinant human OGG1 (hOGG1) or murine (mOGG1) protein were chemically conjugated to either the photosensitizer Rose Bengal or the fluorescent dye Texas red. These dye-protein conjugates, in combination with binding assays, were used to identify associations between mOGG1 and the cytoskeleton of NIH3T3 fibroblasts. Results from these binding studies showed that mOGG1 associates with the cytoskeleton by specifically binding to the centriole and microtubules radiating from the centrosome at interphase and the spindle assembly at mitosis. Similar results were obtained with hOGG1. Together results reported in this study suggest that OGG1 is a microtubule-associated protein itself or that OGG1 utilizes yet to be identified motor proteins to ride on microtubules as tracks facilitating the movement and redistribution of cytoplasmic OGG1 pools during interphase and mitosis and in response to oxidative DNA damage.
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- Kimberly A Conlon
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, School of Medicine, University Hospital and Medical Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8651, USA
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Dalakas MC, Dagvadorj A, Goudeau B, Park KY, Takeda K, Simon-Casteras M, Vasconcelos O, Sambuughin N, Shatunov A, Nagle JW, Sivakumar K, Vicart P, Goldfarb LG. Progressive skeletal myopathy, a phenotypic variant of desmin myopathy associated with desmin mutations. Neuromuscul Disord 2003; 13:252-8. [PMID: 12609507 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(02)00271-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Desmin myopathy is a familial or sporadic disorder characterized by the presence of desmin mutations that cause skeletal muscle weakness associated with cardiac conduction block, arrhythmia and heart failure. Distinctive histopathologic features include intracytoplasmic accumulation of desmin-reactive deposits and electron-dense granular aggregates in skeletal and cardiac muscle cells. We describe two families with features of adult-onset slowly progressive skeletal myopathy without cardiomyopathy. N342D point mutation was present in the desmin helical rod domain in patients of family 1, and I451M mutation was found in the non-helical tail domain in patients of family 2. Of interest, the same I451M mutation has previously been reported in patients with cardiomyopathy and no signs of skeletal myopathy. Some carriers of the I451M mutation did not develop any disease, suggesting incomplete penetrance. Expression studies demonstrated inability of the N342D mutant desmin to form cellular filamentous network, confirming the pathogenic role of this mutation, but the network was not affected by the tail-domain I451M mutation. Progressive skeletal myopathy is a rare phenotypic variant of desmin myopathy allelic to the more frequent cardio-skeletal form.
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- Marinos C Dalakas
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Room 4B37, 10 Central Drive, MSC 1361, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Li G, Tolstonog GV, Traub P. Interaction in vitro of type III intermediate filament proteins with Z-DNA and B-Z-DNA junctions. DNA Cell Biol 2003; 22:141-69. [PMID: 12804114 DOI: 10.1089/104454903321655783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The selection of DNA fragments containing simple d(GT)(n) and composite d(GT)(m). d(GA)(n) microsatellites during affinity binding of mouse genomic DNA to type III cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (cIFs) in vitro, and the detection of such repeats, often as parts of nuclear matrix attachment region (MAR)-like DNA, in SDS-stable DNA-vimentin crosslinkage products isolated from intact fibroblasts, prompted a detailed study of the interaction of type III cIF proteins with left-handed Z-DNA formed from d(GT)(17) and d(CG)(17) repeats under the topological tension of negatively supercoiled plasmids. Although d(GT)(n) tracts possess a distinctly lower Z-DNA-forming potential than d(CG)(n) tracts, the filament proteins produced a stronger electrophoretic mobility shift with a plasmid carrying a d(GT)(17) insert than with plasmids containing different d(CG)(n) inserts, consistent with the facts that the B-Z transition of d(GT)(n) repeats requires a higher negative superhelical density than that of d(CG)(n) repeats and the affinity of cIF proteins for plasmid DNA increases with its superhelical tension. That both types of dinucleotide repeat had indeed undergone B-Z transition was confirmed by S1 nuclease and chemical footprinting analysis of the plasmids, which also demonstrated efficient protection by cIF proteins from nucleolytic and chemical attack of the Z-DNA helices as such, as well as of the flanking B-Z junctions. The analysis also revealed sensibilization of nucleotides in the center of one of the two strands of a perfect d(CG)(17) insert toward S1 nuclease, indicating cIF protein-induced bending of the repeat. In all these assays, vimentin and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) showed comparable activities, versus desmin, which was almost inactive. In addition, vimentin and GFAP exhibited much higher affinities for the Z-DNA conformation of brominated, linear d(CG)(25) repeats than for the B-DNA configuration of the unmodified oligonucleotides. While double-stranded DNA was incapable of chasing the Z-DNA from its protein complexes, and Holliday junction and single-stranded (ss)DNA were distinguished by reasonable competitiveness, phosphatidylinositol (PI) and, particularly, phosphatidylinositol 4,5-diphosphate (PIP(2)) turned out to be extremely potent competitors. Because PIP(2) is an important member of the nuclear PI signal transduction cascade, it might exert a regulatory influence on the binding of cIF proteins to Z- and other DNA conformations. From this interaction of cIF proteins with Z- and bent DNA and their previously detected affinities for MAR-like, ss, triple helical, and four-way junction DNA, it may be concluded that the filament proteins play a general role in such nuclear matrix-associated processes as DNA replication, recombination, repair, and transcription.
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- Guohong Li
- Max-Planck Institut für Zellbiologie, Rosenhof, 68526 Ladenburg, Germany
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Shah SB, Lieber RL. Simultaneous imaging and functional assessment of cytoskeletal protein connections in passively loaded single muscle cells. J Histochem Cytochem 2003; 51:19-29. [PMID: 12502751 DOI: 10.1177/002215540305100104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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We describe a novel system that permits simultaneous confocal imaging of protein interactions and measurement of cell mechanical properties during passive loading. A mechanical apparatus was designed to replace the stage of a confocal microscope, enabling cell manipulation, force transduction, and imaging. In addition, image processing algorithms were developed to quantify the degree of connectivity between subcellular structures. Using this system, we examined the interactions among three cellular structures thought to be linked by the muscle's intermediate filament system: Z-disks, nuclei, and the costamere protein complexes located at the muscle cell surface. Fast Fourier transforms (FFTs) and autocorrelations (ACs) were implemented to quantify image periodicity and relative phase shifts among structures. We demonstrated in sample wild-type muscle cells that there was significant connectivity among Z-disks in the same fiber at various sarcomere lengths, as well as between Z-disks and the costamere complexes. This approach can be applied to any cell system in which structural periodicity and mechanical connectivity are of interest.
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- Sameer B Shah
- Department of Bioengineering, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Group, University of California and Veterans Administration Medical Centers, San Diego, California 92161, USA
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Taneva SG, Goñi FM, Tuparev NP, Petkanchin I, Dér A, Muga A. Effect of Asp85 replacement by Thr on the conformation, surface electric properties and stability of bacteriorhodopsin. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s0927-7757(02)00180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Huang CY, Getahun Z, Zhu Y, Klemke JW, DeGrado WF, Gai F. Helix formation via conformation diffusion search. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:2788-93. [PMID: 11867741 PMCID: PMC122426 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.052700099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The helix-coil transition kinetics of an alpha-helical peptide were investigated by time-resolved infrared spectroscopy coupled with laser-induced temperature-jump initiation method. Specific isotope labeling of the amide carbonyl groups with 13C at selected residues was used to obtain site-specific information. The relaxation kinetics following a temperature jump, obtained by probing the amide I' band of the peptide backbone, exhibit nonexponential behavior and are sensitive to both initial and final temperatures. These data are consistent with a conformation diffusion process on the folding energy landscape, in accord with a recent molecular dynamics simulation study.
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- Cheng-Yen Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Wang Q, Tolstonog GV, Shoeman R, Traub P. Sites of nucleic acid binding in type I-IV intermediate filament subunit proteins. Biochemistry 2001; 40:10342-9. [PMID: 11513613 DOI: 10.1021/bi0108305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A combination of enzymatic and chemical ladder sequencing of photo-cross-linked protein-single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotide complexes and analysis by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry was employed to identify the amino acid residues responsible for the stable binding of nucleic acids in several intermediate filament (IF) subunit proteins. The IF proteins studied included the type I and type II cytokeratins K8, K18, and K19; the type III proteins desmin, glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP), peripherin, and vimentin; and the type IV neurofilament triplet protein L (NF-L). The site of nucleic acid binding was localized to the non-alpha-helical, amino-terminal head domain of all of the IF proteins tested. GFAP, which has the shortest head domain of the proteins tested, cross-linked via only two amino acid residues. One of these residues was located within a conserved nonapeptide domain that has been shown to be required for filament formation. One or more cross-linked residues were found in a similar location in the other proteins studied. The major binding site for nucleic acids for most of the proteins appears to be localized within the middle of the head domain. The two exceptions to this generalization are GFAP, which lacks these residues, and NF-L, in which a large number of cross-linked residues were found scattered throughout the first half of the head domain. Control experiments were also done with two bacteriophage ssDNA-binding proteins, as well as actin and tubulin. The single sites of cross-linkage observed with the bacteriophage proteins, Phe(183) for the T4 gene 32 protein and Phe(73) for the M13 gene 5 protein, were in good agreement with literature data. Actin and tubulin could not be cross-linked to the oligonucleotide. Aside from the insight into the biological activity of IF proteins that these data provide, they also demonstrate that this analytical method can be employed to study a variety of protein-nucleic acid interactions.
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- Q Wang
- Max-Planck-Institut für Zellbiologie, Rosenhof, 68526 Ladenburg, Germany
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Schirmer EC, Guan T, Gerace L. Involvement of the lamin rod domain in heterotypic lamin interactions important for nuclear organization. J Cell Biol 2001; 153:479-89. [PMID: 11331300 PMCID: PMC2190570 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.153.3.479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2000] [Accepted: 03/20/2001] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The nuclear lamina is a meshwork of intermediate-type filament proteins (lamins) that lines the inner nuclear membrane. The lamina is proposed to be an important determinant of nuclear structure, but there has been little direct testing of this idea. To investigate lamina functions, we have characterized a novel lamin B1 mutant lacking the middle approximately 4/5 of its alpha-helical rod domain. Though retaining only 10 heptads of the rod, this mutant assembles into intermediate filament-like structures in vitro. When expressed in cultured cells, it concentrates in patches at the nuclear envelope. Concurrently, endogenous lamins shift from a uniform to a patchy distribution and lose their complete colocalization, and nuclei become highly lobulated. In vitro binding studies suggest that the internal rod region is important for heterotypic associations of lamin B1, which in turn are required for proper organization of the lamina. Accompanying the changes in lamina structure induced by expression of the mutant, nuclear pore complexes and integral membrane proteins of the inner membrane cluster, principally at the patches of endogenous lamins. Considered together, these data indicate that lamins play a major role in organizing other proteins in the nuclear envelope and in determining nuclear shape.
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- Eric C. Schirmer
- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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- Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. How Macromolecules Associate. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50010-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Manas ES, Getahun Z, Wright WW, DeGrado WF, Vanderkooi JM. Infrared Spectra of Amide Groups in α-Helical Proteins: Evidence for Hydrogen Bonding between Helices and Water. J Am Chem Soc 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/ja001782z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 197] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Gray C, Tamm LK. pH-induced conformational changes of membrane-bound influenza hemagglutinin and its effect on target lipid bilayers. Protein Sci 1998; 7:2359-73. [PMID: 9828002 PMCID: PMC2143864 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Influenza virus hemagglutinin (HA) has served as a paradigm for both pH-dependent and -independent viral membrane fusion. Although large conformational changes were observed by X-ray crystallography when soluble fragments of HA were subjected to fusion-pH conditions, it is not clear whether the same changes occur in membrane-bound HA, what the spatial relationship is between the conformationally changed HA and the target and viral membranes, and in what way HA perturbs the target membrane at low pH. We have taken a spectroscopic approach using an array of recently developed FTIR techniques to address these questions. Difference attenuated total reflection FTIR spectroscopy was employed to reveal reversible and irreversible components of the pH-induced conformational change of the membrane-bound bromelain fragment of HA, BHA. Additional proteolytic fragments of BHA were produced which permitted a tentative assignment of the observed changes to the HA1 and HA2 subunits, respectively. The membrane-bound HA1 subunit undergoes a reversible conformational change, which most likely involves the loss of a small proportion of beta-sheet at low pH. BHA was found to undergo a partially reversible tilting motion relative to the target membrane upon exposure to pH 5, indicating a previously undescribed hinge near the anchoring point to the target membrane. Time-resolved amide H/D exchange experiments revealed a more dynamic (tertiary) structure of membrane-bound BHA and its HA2, but not its HA1, subunit. Finally BHA and, to a lesser degree, HA1 perturbed the lipid bilayer of the target membrane at the interface, as assessed by spectral changes of the lipid ester carbonyl groups. These results are discussed in the context of a complementary study of HA that was bound to viral membranes through its transmembrane peptide (Gray C, Tamm LK, 1997, Protein Sci 6:1993-2006). A distinctive role for the HA1 subunit in the conformational change of HA becomes apparent from these combined studies.
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- C Gray
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville 22906-0011, USA
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Dyer RB, Gai F, Woodruff WH, Gilmanshin R, Callender RH. Infrared Studies of Fast Events in Protein Folding. Acc Chem Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1021/ar970343a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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