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Narayan M. The Non-native Disulfide-Bond-Containing Landscape Orthogonal to the Oxidative Protein-Folding Trajectory: A Necessary Evil? J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:10273-10284. [PMID: 36472840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Oxidative protein folding describes the process by which disulfide-bond-containing proteins mature from their ribosomal, fully reduced and unfolded, origins. Over the past 40 years, a number of exemplar proteins including bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNaseA), bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI), and hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL), among others, have provided rich insight into the nature of the intermolecular interactions that drive the formation of the native, biologically active fold. In this Review Article, we revisit the oxidative folding process of RNase A with a focus on reconciling the role of non-native disulfide-bond-containing species that populate the oxidative folding landscape. Toward gaining such an understanding, we project the regeneration pathway onto a Cartesian coordinate system. This helps not only to recognize the magnitude of the seemingly "fruitless", non-native disulfide-bond-containing species that lie orthogonal to the "native-protein-forming" reaction progress but also to reconcile a role for their existence in the regenerative trajectory. Finally, we superimpose the folding funnel onto the regeneration trajectory to draw parallels between oxidative folders and conformational folders (proteins that lack disulfide bonds). The overall objective is to provide the reader with a semi-quantitative description of oxidative protein folding and the barriers to successful regeneration while underscoring a role of seemingly fruitless intermediates.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, United States
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Smardz P, Sieradzan AK, Krupa P. Mechanical Stability of Ribonuclease A Heavily Depends on the Redox Environment. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:6240-6249. [PMID: 35975925 PMCID: PMC9421896 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c04718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Disulfide bonds are covalent bonds that connect nonlocal fragments of proteins, and they are unique post-translational modifications of proteins. They require the oxidizing environment to be stable, which occurs for example during oxidative stress; however, in a cell the reductive environment is maintained, lowering their stability. Despite many years of research on disulfide bonds, their role in the protein life cycle is not fully understood and seems to strictly depend on a system or process in which they are involved. In this article, coarse-grained UNited RESidue (UNRES), and all-atom Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement (AMBER) force fields were applied to run a series of steered molecular dynamics (SMD) simulations of one of the most studied, but still not fully understood, proteins─ribonuclease A (RNase A). SMD simulations were performed to study the mechanical stability of RNase A in different oxidative-reductive environments. As disulfide bonds (and any other covalent bonds) cannot break/form in any classical all-atom force field, we applied additional restraints between sulfur atoms of reduced cysteines which were able to mimic the breaking of the disulfide bonds. On the other hand, the coarse-grained UNRES force field enables us to study the breaking/formation of the disulfide bonds and control the reducing/oxidizing environment owing to the presence of the designed distance/orientation-dependent potential. This study reveals that disulfide bonds have a strong influence on the mechanical stability of RNase A only in a highly oxidative environment. However, the local stability of the secondary structure seems to play a major factor in the overall stability of the protein. Both our thermal unfolding and mechanical stretching studies show that the most stable disulfide bond is Cys65-Cys72. The breaking of disulfide bonds Cys26-Cys84 and Cys58-Cys110 is associated with large force peaks. They are structural bridges, which are mostly responsible for stabilizing the RNase A conformation, while the presence of the remaining two bonds (Cys65-Cys72 and Cys40-Cys95) is most likely connected with the enzymatic activity rather than the structural stability of RNase A in the cytoplasm. Our results prove that disulfide bonds are indeed stabilizing fragments of the proteins, but their role is strongly redox environment-dependent.
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- Pamela Smardz
- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland
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Narayan M. Securing Native Disulfide Bonds in Disulfide-Coupled Protein Folding Reactions: The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Elements vis-à-vis Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:31404-31410. [PMID: 34869967 PMCID: PMC8637583 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c05269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Disulfide bonds play an important role in physiology and are the mainstay of proteins that reside in the plasma membrane and of those that are secreted outside the cell. Disulfide-bond-containing proteins comprise ∼30% of all eukaryotic proteins. Using bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) as an exemplar, we review the regeneration (oxidative folding) of disulfide-bond-containing proteins from their fully reduced state to the biologically active form. We discuss the key aspects of the oxidative folding landscape w.r.t. the acquisition and retention of native disulfide bonds which is an essential requirement for the polypeptide to be biologically functional. By re-examining the regeneration trajectory in light of the symbiotic relationship between native disulfide bonds and a protective structure, we describe the elements that compete with the processes that secure native disulfide bonds in disulfide-coupled protein folding. The impact of native-disulfide-bond formation on protein stability, trafficking, protein misfolding, and neurodegenerative onset is elaborated upon.
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Narayan M. The Formation of Native Disulfide Bonds: Treading a Fine Line in Protein Folding. Protein J 2021; 40:134-139. [PMID: 33765253 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-021-09976-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The folding of proteins that contain disulfide bonds is termed oxidative protein folding. It involves a chemical reaction resulting in the formation of disulfide bonds and a physical conformational folding reaction that promotes the formation of the native structure. While the presence of disulfide bonds significantly increases the complexity of the folding landscape, it is generally recognized that native disulfide bonds help funnel the trajectory towards the final folded form. Here, we review the role of disulfide bonds in oxidative protein folding and argue that even structure-inducing native disulfide bond formation treads a fine line in the regeneration of disulfide-bond-containing proteins. The translation of this observation to protein misfolding related disorders is discussed.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), 500 W. University Ave., El Paso, TX, 79968, USA.
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Narayan M. Revisiting the Formation of a Native Disulfide Bond: Consequences for Protein Regeneration and Beyond. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25225337. [PMID: 33207635 PMCID: PMC7697891 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25225337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Oxidative protein folding involves the formation of disulfide bonds and the regeneration of native structure (N) from the fully reduced and unfolded protein (R). Oxidative protein folding studies have provided a wealth of information on underlying physico-chemical reactions by which disulfide-bond-containing proteins acquire their catalytically active form. Initially, we review key events underlying oxidative protein folding using bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A), bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) and hen-egg white lysozyme (HEWL) as model disulfide bond-containing folders and discuss consequential outcomes with regard to their folding trajectories. We re-examine the findings from the same studies to underscore the importance of forming native disulfide bonds and generating a “native-like” structure early on in the oxidative folding pathway. The impact of both these features on the regeneration landscape are highlighted by comparing ideal, albeit hypothetical, regeneration scenarios with those wherein a native-like structure is formed relatively “late” in the R→N trajectory. A special case where the desired characteristics of oxidative folding trajectories can, nevertheless, stall folding is also discussed. The importance of these data from oxidative protein folding studies is projected onto outcomes, including their impact on the regeneration rate, yield, misfolding, misfolded-flux trafficking from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the cytoplasm, and the onset of neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas as El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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Krupa P, Sieradzan AK, Mozolewska MA, Li H, Liwo A, Scheraga HA. Dynamics of Disulfide-Bond Disruption and Formation in the Thermal Unfolding of Ribonuclease A. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:5721-5730. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Paweł Krupa
- Baker
Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Baker
Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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- Baker
Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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- Faculty
of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Baker
Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, United States
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Narayan M. The Structure-Forming Juncture in Oxidative Protein Folding: What Happens in the ER? ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 966:163-179. [PMID: 28815511 PMCID: PMC5881899 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2017_88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The folding of disulfide bond containing proteins proceeds in a biphasic manner. Initially, cysteines are oxidized to form disulfide bonds. Structure is largely absent during this phase. Next, when a minimally correct number of native linkages of disulfide bonds have been acquired, the biopolymer conformationally folds into the native, or a native-like, state. Thus, at the end of this "oxidative folding" process, a stable and biologically active protein is formed. This review focuses on dissecting the "structure-forming step" in oxidative protein folding. The ability to follow this pivotal step in protein maturation in somewhat detail is uniquely facilitated in "oxidative" folding scenarios. We review this step using bovine pancreatic Ribonuclease A as a model while recognizing the impact that this step has in subcellular trafficking and protein aggregation.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 W. University Ave, El Paso, TX, USA, 79968.
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Anand U, Ray S, Ghosh S, Banerjee R, Mukherjee S. Structural aspects of a protein-surfactant assembly: native and reduced States of human serum albumin. Protein J 2016; 34:147-57. [PMID: 25821118 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-015-9606-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The inherently present seventeen disulfide bonds of the circulatory protein, human serum albumin (HSA) provide the necessary structural stability. Various spectroscopic approaches were used to investigate the effect of reduction of these disulfide bonds and its binding with the anionic surfactant, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). Based on several spectroscopic analyses, our investigations highlight the following interesting aspects: (1) HSA on reduction loses not only its tertiary structure but also a significant amount of secondary structure as well. However, the reduced state of the protein is not like the molten-globule, (2) this structural loss of the protein due to reduction is more prominent than that caused by higher SDS concentrations alone and can certainly be attributed to the role of disulfide bonds, (3) lower surfactant concentrations provide marginal structural rigidity to the native state of the protein, whereas, higher concentrations of SDS induces secondary structure to the reduced state of HSA, (4) the binding of SDS with both the native and reduced states of HSA, occurred in three distinct stages which was followed by a saturation stage. However, the nature of such binding is different for both the states as investigated by using the Stern-Volmer equations and estimating the thermodynamic parameters. Besides, in contrast to the native state, the reduced state of HSA shows that the lone tryptophan residue gets more buried. However, there occurs a sudden decrement in the lifetime of the tryptophan and the hydrodynamic diameter increases by twofold.
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- Uttam Anand
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, ITI Campus (Gas Rahat) Building, Govindpura, Bhopal, 462 023, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Arai K, Kumakura F, Iwaoka M. Characterization of kinetic and thermodynamic phases in the prefolding process of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A coupled with fast SS formation and SS reshuffling. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10535-42. [PMID: 21062079 DOI: 10.1021/bi101392w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the redox-coupled oxidative folding of a protein having several SS bonds, two folding phases are usually observed, corresponding to SS formation (oxidation) with generation of weakly stabilized heterogeneous structures (a chain-entropy losing phase) and the subsequent intramolecular SS rearrangement to search for the native SS linkages (a conformational folding phase). By taking advantage of DHS(ox) as a highly strong and selective oxidant, the former SS formation phase was investigated in detail in the oxidative folding of RNase A. The folding intermediates obtained at 25 °C and pH 4.0 within 1 min (1S°-4S°) showed different profiles in the HPLC chromatograms from those of the intermediates obtained at pH 7.0 and 10.0 (1S-4S). However, upon prolonged incubation at pH 4.0 the profiles of 1S°-3S° transformed slowly to those similar to 1S-3S intermediate ensembles via intramolecular SS reshuffling, accompanying significant changes in the UV and fluorescence spectra but not in the CD spectrum. Similar conversion of the intermediates was observed by pH jump from 4.0 to 8.0, while the opposite conversion from 1S-4S was observed by addition of guanidine hydrochloride to the folding solution at pH 8.0. The results demonstrated that the preconformational folding phase coupled with SS formation can be divided into two distinct subphases, a kinetic (or stochastic) SS formation phase and a thermodynamic SS reshuffling phase. The transition from kinetically formed to thermodynamically stabilized SS intermediates would be induced by hydrophobic nucleation as well as generation of the native interactions.
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- Kenta Arai
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan
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Morlon-Guyot J, Méré J, Bonhoure A, Beaumelle B. Processing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa exotoxin A is dispensable for cell intoxication. Infect Immun 2009; 77:3090-9. [PMID: 19380469 PMCID: PMC2708563 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01390-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2008] [Revised: 01/07/2009] [Accepted: 04/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Exotoxin A is a major virulence factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This toxin binds to a specific receptor on animal cells, allowing endocytosis of the toxin. Once in endosomes, the exotoxin can be processed by furin to generate a C-terminal toxin fragment that lacks the receptor binding domain and is retrogradely transported to the endoplasmic reticulum for retrotranslocation to the cytosol through the Sec61 channel. The toxin then blocks protein synthesis by ADP ribosylation of elongation factor 2, thereby triggering cell death. A shorter intracellular route has also been described for this toxin. It involves direct translocation of the entire toxin from endosomes to the cytosol and therefore does not rely on furin-mediated cleavage. To examine the implications of endosomal translocation in the intoxication process, we investigated whether the toxin required furin-mediated processing in order to kill cells. We used three different approaches. We first fused to the N terminus of the toxin proteins with different unfolding abilities so that they inhibited or did not inhibit endosomal translocation of the chimera. We then assayed the amount of toxin fragments delivered to the cytosol during cell intoxication. Finally we used furin inhibitors and examined the fate and intracellular localization of the toxin and its receptor. The results showed that exotoxin cytotoxicity results largely from endosomal translocation of the entire toxin. We found that the C-terminal fragment was unstable in the cytosol.
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Determining the mechanism by which proteins attain their native structure is an important but difficult problem in basic biology. The study of protein folding is difficult because it involves the identification and characterization of folding intermediates that are only very transiently present. Disulfide bond formation is thermodynamically linked to protein folding. The availability of thiol trapping reagents and the relatively slow kinetics of disulfide bond formation have facilitated the isolation, purification, and characterization of disulfide-linked folding intermediates. As a result, the folding pathways of several disulfide-rich proteins are among the best known of any protein. This review discusses disulfide bond formation and its relationship to protein folding in vitro and in vivo.
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Wang YH, Narayan M. pH dependence of the isomerase activity of protein disulfide isomerase: insights into its functional relevance. Protein J 2008; 27:181-5. [PMID: 18074210 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-007-9121-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The isomerase efficacy of the oxidoreductase, protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), has been examined by a simple method. Using this technique, the pH-dependence of relative efficiency of isomerization reactions by PDI has been evaluated and its impact on a key structure-forming step in the oxidative folding pathway of a model protein determined. Results reveal that PDI has a greater relative impact on thiol-disulfide reshuffling (isomerization) reactions and consequently the structure-forming step in oxidative folding at pH 7, as opposed to pH's 8 and 9. These results suggest that PDI, which possesses an anomalously low thiol pKa, is fine-tuned to catalyze oxidative folding in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum where the ambient pH of approximately 7 would otherwise retard thioldisulfide exchange reactions and hinder acquisition of the native fold. The pH-dependent impact on isomerization catalysis has important implications for the development of synthetic chaperones for in vivo and in vitro applications.
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- Yu-Hsiang Wang
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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An evolution of procedures to simulate protein structure and folding pathways is described. From an initial focus on the helix-coil transition and on hydrogen-bonding and hydrophobic interactions, our original attempts to determine protein structure and folding pathways were based on an experimental approach. Experiments on the oxidative folding of reduced bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) led to a mechanism by which the molecule folded to the native structure by a minimum of four different pathways. The experiments with RNase A were followed by development of a molecular mechanics approach, first, making use of global optimization procedures and then with molecular dynamics (MD), evolving from an all-atom to a united-residue model. This hierarchical MD approach facilitated probing of the folding trajectory to longer time scales than with all-atom MD, and hence led to the determination of complete folding trajectories, thus far for a protein containing as many as 75 amino acid residues. With increasing refinement of the computational procedures, the computed results are coming closer to experimental observations, providing an understanding as to how physics directs the folding process.
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- Harold A Scheraga
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA.
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Iwaoka M, Kumakura F, Yoneda M, Nakahara T, Henmi K, Aonuma H, Nakatani H, Tomoda S. Direct observation of conformational folding coupled with disulphide rearrangement by using a water-soluble selenoxide reagent--a case of oxidative regeneration of ribonuclease A under weakly basic conditions. J Biochem 2008; 144:121-30. [PMID: 18407938 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvn049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Oxidative regeneration pathways of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A), which has four SS linkages, were studied at 25 degrees C and pH 8.0 by using trans-3,4-dihydroxy-1-selenolane oxide (DHS(ox)), a new selenoxide reagent with strong oxidation power. The short-term folding study using a quench-flow instrument ( approximately 1 min) revealed that early intermediates (1S, 2S, 3S and 4S) are formed stochastically and irreversibly from the reduced protein (R) and do not have any stable structures. In the long-term folding study ( approximately 300 min), on the other hand, slow generation of the key intermediates (des[65-72] and des[40-95]) through SS rearrangement from the 3S intermediate ensemble was observed, followed by slight formation of native RNase A (N). The parallel UV and CD measurements demonstrated that formation of the key intermediates is accompanied with the formation of the native-like structures. Thus, DHS(ox) allowed facile identification of the conformational folding steps coupled with SS rearrangement on the major oxidative folding pathways.
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- Michio Iwaoka
- Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokai University, Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292, Japan.
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Non-redox-active small-molecules can accelerate oxidative protein folding by novel mechanisms. Biophys Chem 2008; 132:104-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2007.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2007] [Revised: 10/30/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Gahl RF, Narayan M, Xu G, Scheraga HA. Dissimilarity in the oxidative folding of onconase and ribonuclease A, two structural homologues. Protein Eng Des Sel 2008; 21:223-31. [PMID: 18245105 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzm093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The oxidative folding of frog onconase (ONC), a member of the ribonuclease A family, was examined and shows markedly different behavior compared to its structural homologue bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) under similar conditions. Application of a reduction pulse (using a small amount of reduced dithiothreitol) during the oxidative regeneration of ONC indicated the survival of the native protein along with three other (structured) species, I(1), I(2) and I(3), with the rest of the unstructured species being converted to fully reduced protein. Mass spectrometry indicates that I(1) has two disulfide bonds, whereas I(2) and I(3) have three disulfide bonds each. A disulfide mapping method, based on cyanylation, was used to identify I(2) and I(3) as des-[30-75] and des-[19-68], respectively. On enzymatic digestion using trypsin, I(1) was identified as des-[19-68, 30-75]. Differences in the intermediates that are generated during the oxidative folding of the two structural homologues, RNase A and ONC, demonstrate that regenerative pathways are not necessarily influenced by tertiary structure. This indicates that the lack of a disulfide bond in ONC, analogous to the (65-72) disulfide bond in RNase A which plays an important role in its oxidative regeneration, does not adversely affect the oxidative folding of ONC.
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- Robert F Gahl
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA
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Gomez G, Mansouraty G, Gardea J, Narayan M. Acceleration of oxidative protein folding by curcumin through novel non-redox chemistry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 364:561-6. [PMID: 17959149 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Curcumin, the major constituent of turmeric is a known antioxidant. We have examined the oxidative folding of the model four-disulfide-bond-containing protein bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) in its presence; results indicate that RNase A regeneration rate increases in a curcumin-dependent manner. Examination of the native tendency of the fully-reduced polypeptide and the stability of key folding intermediates suggests that the increased oxidative folding rate can be attributed to native-like elements induced within the fully-reduced polypeptide and the stabilization of native-like species by this non-redox-active natural product. Our results provide a template for the design of curcuminoid-based synthetic small-molecule fold catalysts that accelerate the folding of ER-processed proteins; this assumes significance given that nitrosative stress and dysfunction of the ER-resident oxidoreductase protein disulfide isomerise due to S-nitrosylation are factors associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
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- Gabriel Gomez
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, USA
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Narayan M, Xu G, Ripoll DR, Zhai H, Breuker K, Wanjalla C, Leung HJ, Navon A, Welker E, McLafferty FW, Scheraga HA. Dissimilarity in the Reductive Unfolding Pathways of Two Ribonuclease Homologues. J Mol Biol 2004; 338:795-809. [PMID: 15099746 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2003] [Revised: 02/27/2004] [Accepted: 03/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Using DTT(red) as the reducing agent, the kinetics of the reductive unfolding of onconase, a frog ribonuclease, has been examined. An intermediate containing three disulfides, Ir, that is formed rapidly in the reductive pathway, is more resistant to further reduction than the parent molecule, indicating that the remaining disulfides in onconase are less accessible to DTT(red). Disulfide-bond mapping of Ir indicated that it is a single species lacking the (30-75) disulfide bond. The reductive unfolding pattern of onconase is consistent with an analysis of the exposed surface area of the cysteine sulfur atoms in the (30-75) disulfide bond, which reveals that these atoms are about four- and sevenfold, respectively, more exposed than those in the next two maximally exposed disulfides. By contrast, in the reductive unfolding of the homologue, RNase A, there are two intermediates, arising from the reduction of the (40-95) and (65-72) disulfide bonds, which takes place in parallel, and on a much longer time-scale, compared to the initial reduction of onconase; this behavior is consistent with the almost equally exposed surface areas of the cysteine sulfur atoms that form the (40-95) and (65-72) disulfide bonds in RNase A and the fourfold more exposed cysteine sulfur atoms of the (30-75) disulfide bond in onconase. Analysis and in silico mutation of the residues around the (40-95) disulfide bond in RNase A, which is analogous to the (30-75) disulfide bond of onconase, reveal that the side-chain of tyrosine 92 of RNase A, a highly conserved residue among mammalian pancreatic ribonucleases, lies atop the (40-95) disulfide bond, resulting in a shielding of the corresponding sulfur atoms from the solvent; such burial of the (30-75) sulfur atoms is absent from onconase, due to the replacement of Tyr92 by Arg73, which is situated away from the (30-75) disulfide bond and into the solvent, resulting in the large exposed surface-area of the cysteine sulfur atoms forming this bond. Removal of Tyr92 from RNase A resulted in the relatively rapid reduction of the mutant to form a single intermediate (des [40-95] Y92A), i.e. it resulted in an onconase-like reductive unfolding behavior. The reduction of the P93A mutant of RNase A proceeds through a single intermediate, the des [40-95] P93A species, as in onconase. Although mutation of Pro93 to Ala does not increase the exposed surface area of the (40-95) cysteine sulfur atoms, structural analysis of the mutant reveals that there is greater flexibility in the (40-95) disulfide bond compared to the (65-72) disulfide bond that may make the (40-95) disulfide bond much easier to expose, consistent with the reductive unfolding pathway and kinetics of P93A. Mutation of Tyr92 to Phe92 in RNase A has no effect on its reductive unfolding pathway, suggesting that the hydrogen bond between the hydroxyl group of Tyr92 and the carbonyl group of Lys37 has no impact on the local unfolding free energy required to expose the (40-95) disulfide bond. Thus, these data shed light on the differences between the reductive unfolding pathways of the two homologous proteins and provide a structural basis for the origin of this difference.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA
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Xu G, Zhai H, Narayan M, McLafferty FW, Scheraga HA. Simultaneous Characterization of the Reductive Unfolding Pathways of RNase B Isoforms by Top-Down Mass Spectrometry. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 11:517-24. [PMID: 15123246 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2004.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2003] [Revised: 01/14/2004] [Accepted: 01/21/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A novel method for characterization of the simultaneous reductive unfolding pathways of five isoforms of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease B (RNase B) is demonstrated. The results indicate that each isoform unfolds reductively through two three-disulfide-containing structured intermediates before proceeding to the fully reduced form, as in the reductive unfolding pathways of the A variant lacking the carbohydrate chain. The rates of reduction of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) and RNase B and the formation and consumption of their reductive intermediates are identical, indicating that the unfolding events necessary to expose disulfide bonds for reduction are not affected by the oligosaccharide. The method utilizes top-down mass spectrometry and a naturally occurring tag on the protein, viz. the carbohydrate moiety, to obtain unfolding information of an ensemble of protein isoforms and is a generally applicable methodological advance for conducting folding studies on mixtures of different proteins.
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- Guoqiang Xu
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Narayan M, Xu G, Schultz SK, Scheraga HA. Assessing the magnitude of folding forces along the oxidative folding pathway of multi-disulfide-containing proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2004; 125:16184-5. [PMID: 14692748 DOI: 10.1021/ja0305398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Oxidative folding involves the acquisition of the native set of disulfide bonds and native structure of a protein from its reduced, unfolded form. Two major factors that influence the distribution of disulfide bonds (over their entropically favored probability of formation) during the regeneration, eventually favoring and sustaining the native set of disulfide bonds, are enthalpic interactions that lead to conformational ordering among intermediates and conformational folding, resulting in native (or nativelike) structure which protects the native disulfide bonds from reduction and intramolecular thiol-disulfide exchange reactions. Here, we report a novel technique to provide a quantitative description of the enthalpic and conformational folding forces present at any stage of the oxidative folding process of multi-disulfide-containing proteins which is made feasible by assessing their ability to form "structures" that are able to protect disulfide bonds from reduction.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Narayan M, Welker E, Scheraga HA. Native conformational tendencies in unfolded polypeptides: development of a novel method to assess native conformational tendencies in the reduced forms of multiple disulfide-bonded proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:2036-7. [PMID: 12590517 DOI: 10.1021/ja021252y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Oxidative folding is the concomitant formation of the native disulfide bonds and the native tertiary structure from the reduced and unfolded polypeptide. Of interest is the inherent conformational tendency (bias) present in the reduced polypeptide to dictate the formation of the full set of native disulfide bonds. Here, by application of a novel tool, we have been able to assess this "native conformational tendency" present in reduced and unfolded bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A). The essence of this method lies in the ability of the oxidant [Pt(en)(2)Cl(2)](2+) (where "en" is ethylenediamine) to oxidize disulfide bonds under conditions in which both reduction and disulfide reshuffling, which are essential for rearranging non-native disulfide bonds, are extremely slow. When applied to RNase A, the method revealed little or no bias toward formation of the full native set of disulfide bonds in the fully reduced protein.
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- Mahesh Narayan
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Schnaible V, Wefing S, Bücker A, Wolf-Kümmeth S, Hoffmann D. Partial reduction and two-step modification of proteins for identification of disulfide bonds. Anal Chem 2002; 74:2386-93. [PMID: 12038765 DOI: 10.1021/ac015719j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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An experimental protocol was established to combine partial reduction, cyanylation, and a second modification step for the assignment of disulfide bonds in proteins that are resistant to proteolysis under native conditions. After proteolysis, disulfide bonds were assigned via MALDI mass spectrometry with subsequent semiautomatic interpretation using the program SearchXLinks, which enumerates all possible combinations of proteolytic fragments for all observed monoisotopic masses. The putative assignment of disulfide bonds was confirmed by ISD and PSD fragmentation of the corresponding protonated molecules.
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- Volker Schnaible
- Center of Advanced European Studies and Research, Stiftung caesar, Bonn, Germany.
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English BP, Welker E, Narayan M, Scheraga HA. Development of a novel method to populate native disulfide-bonded intermediates for structural characterization of proteins: implications for the mechanism of oxidative folding of RNase A. J Am Chem Soc 2002; 124:4995-9. [PMID: 11982363 DOI: 10.1021/ja012634r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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RNase A, a model protein for oxidative folding studies, has four native disulfide bonds. The roles of des [40-95] and des [65-72], the two native-like structured three-disulfide-bonded intermediates populated between 8 and 25 degrees C during the oxidative folding of RNase A, are well characterized. Recent work focuses on both the formation of these structured disulfide intermediates from their unstructured precursors and on the subsequent oxidation of the structured species to form the native protein. The major obstacles in this work are the very low concentration of the precursor species and the difficulty of isolating some of the structured intermediates. Here, we demonstrate a novel method that enables the native disulfide-bonded intermediates to be populated and studied regardless of whether they have stable structure and/or are present at low concentrations during the oxidative folding or reductive unfolding process. The application of this method enabled us to populate and, in turn, study the key intermediates with two native disulfide bonds on the oxidative folding pathway of RNase A; it also facilitated the isolation of des [58-110] and des [26-84], the other two native-like structured des species whose isolation had thus far not been possible.
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- Brian P English
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Scheraga HA, Wedemeyer WJ, Welker E. Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A: oxidative and conformational folding studies. Methods Enzymol 2002; 341:189-221. [PMID: 11582778 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(01)41153-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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- H A Scheraga
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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Tachibana H, Oka T, Akasaka K. Native-like tertiary structure formation in the alpha-domain of a hen lysozyme two-disulfide variant. J Mol Biol 2001; 314:311-20. [PMID: 11718564 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Structure formation in two species of the two-disulfide variant of hen lysozyme was investigated by means of CD spectroscopy, disulfide exchange measurement, and 1H-NMR spectroscopy. One species, 2SS [6-127, 30-115], which contained the two disulfide bonds found in the alpha-domain of authentic lysozyme, had amounts of secondary and tertiary structures, and bacteriolytic activity comparable to those of authentic lysozyme, and showed a cooperative thermal unfolding. By contrast, the other species, 2SS [64-80, 76-94], which contained the beta-domain disulfide bond as well as the inter-domain one, had a limited amount of secondary structure and little tertiary structure. Disulfide-exchange did not occur for 2SS [6-127, 30-115], whereas it occurred for 2SS [64-80, 76-94], indicating that the protein main-chain fold coupled with the formation of two disulfide bonds is relatively stable for the former variant, while unstable for the latter. 1H-NMR spectra of 2SS [6-127, 30-115] showed that native-like local environment is present within the region that corresponds to the alpha-domain, while it is absent within the region that corresponds to the beta or inter-domain. These results indicate that the alpha-domain of hen lysozyme can be an independent folding domain at equilibrium. Although the bipartite nature in the structure formation of hen lysozyme is similar to that reported for alpha-lactalbumin, differences exist between the disulfide-intermediates of the two proteins in terms of the structural domain that accomplishes tertiary structure.
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- H Tachibana
- Department of Biology, Kobe University, Japan.
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Zhu Y, Cheng G, Dong S. The electrochemically induced conformational transition of disulfides in bovine serum albumin studied by thin layer circular dichroism spectroelectrochemistry. Biophys Chem 2001; 90:1-8. [PMID: 11321671 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(00)00238-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The conformational transition of disulfides in bovine serum albumin (BSA) induced by electrochemical redox reaction of disulfides were monitored by in-situ circular dichroism (CD) spectroelectrochemistry, with a long optical path thin layer cell and analyzed by a singular value decomposition least square (SVDLS) method. Electrochemical reduction of disulfides drives the left-handed conformation of disulfides changed into the right-handed. At open circuit, eight of the 17 disulfides were of left-handed conformation. Four of the 17 disulfides took part in the electrochemical reduction with an EC mechanism. Only one-fourth of the reduced disulfides returned to left-handed conformation in the re-oxidation process. Some parameters of the electrochemical reduction process, i.e. the number of electrons transferred and electron transfer coefficient, n = 8, alpha n = 0.15, apparent formal potential, E1(0') = -0.65(+/-0.01) V, standard heterogeneous electron transfer rate constant, k1(0) = (2.84 +/- 0.14) x 10(-5) cm s(-1) and chemical reaction equilibrium constant, Kc = (5.13 +/- 0.12) x 10(-2), were also obtained by double logarithmic analysis based on the near-UV absorption spectra with applied potentials.
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- Y Zhu
- Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
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Welker E, Narayan M, Wedemeyer WJ, Scheraga HA. Structural determinants of oxidative folding in proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2312-6. [PMID: 11226236 PMCID: PMC30135 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.041615798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A method for determining the kinetic fate of structured disulfide species (i.e., whether they are preferentially oxidized or reshuffle back to an unstructured disulfide species) is introduced. The method relies on the sensitivity of unstructured disulfide species to low concentrations of reducing agents. Because a structured des species that preferentially reshuffles generally first rearranges to an unstructured species, a small concentration of reduced DTT (e.g., 260 microM) suffices to distinguish on-pathway intermediates from dead-end species. We apply this method to the oxidative folding of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A) and show that des[40-95] and des[65-72] are productive intermediates, whereas des[26-84] and des[58-110] are metastable dead-end species that preferentially reshuffle. The key factor in determining the kinetic fate of these des species is the relative accessibility of both their thiol groups and disulfide bonds. Productive intermediates tend to be disulfide-secure, meaning that their structural fluctuations preferentially expose their thiol groups, while keeping their disulfide bonds buried. By contrast, dead-end species tend to be disulfide-insecure, in that their structural fluctuations expose their disulfide bonds in concert with their thiol groups. This distinction leads to four generic types of oxidative folding pathways. We combine these results with those of earlier studies to suggest a general three-stage model of oxidative folding of RNase A and other single-domain proteins with multiple disulfide bonds.
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- E Welker
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA
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Chatani E, Hayashi R. Functional and structural roles of constituent amino acid residues of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A. J Biosci Bioeng 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1389-1723(01)80208-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Orrù S, Vitagliano L, Esposito L, Mazzarella L, Marino G, Ruoppolo M. Effect of deamidation on folding of ribonuclease A. Protein Sci 2000; 9:2577-82. [PMID: 11206080 PMCID: PMC2144509 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.12.2577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The folding of ribonuclease A (RNase A) has been extensively studied by characterizing the disulfide containing intermediates using different experimental conditions and analytical techniques. So far, some aspects still remain unclear such as the role of the loop 65-72 in the folding pathway. We have studied the oxidative folding of a RNase A derivative containing at position 67 the substitution Asn --> isoAsp where the local structure of the loop 65-72 has been modified keeping intact the C65-C72 disulfide bond. By comparing the folding behavior of this mutant to that of the wild-type protein, we found that the deamidation significantly decreases the folding rate and alters the folding pathway of RNase A. Results presented here shed light on the role of the 65-72 region in the folding process of RNase A and also clarifies the effect of the deamidation on the folding/unfolding processes. On a more general ground, this study represents the first characterization of the intermediates produced along the folding of a deamidated protein.
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- S Orrù
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy
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The oxidative folding of proteins is reviewed and illustrated with bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A). The mutual effects of conformational folding and disulfide bond regeneration are emphasized, particularly the "locking in" of native disulfide bonds by stable tertiary structure in disulfide intermediates. Two types of structured metastable disulfide species are discerned, depending on the relative protection of their disulfide bonds and thiol groups. Four generic pathways for oxidative folding are identified and characterized.
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- M Narayan
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Shin HC, Scheraga HA. Catalysis of the oxidative folding of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A by protein disulfide isomerase. J Mol Biol 2000; 300:995-1003. [PMID: 10891284 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The major oxidative folding pathways of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A at pH 8.0 and 25 degrees C involve a pre-equilibrium steady state among ensembles of intermediates with zero, one, two, three and four disulfide bonds. The rate-determining steps are the reshuffling of the unstructured three-disulfide ensemble to two native-like three-disulfide species, des-[65-72] and des-[40-95], that convert to the native structure during oxidative formation of the fourth disulfide bond. Under the same regeneration conditions, with oxidized and reduced DTT, used previously for kinetic oxidative-folding studies of this protein, the addition of 4 microM protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) was found to lead to catalysis of each disulfide-formation step, including the rate-limiting rearrangement steps in which the native-like intermediates des-[65-72] and des-[40-95] are formed. The changes in the distribution of intermediates were also determined in the presence and absence of PDI at three different temperatures (with the DTT redox system) as well as at 25 degrees C (with the glutathione redox system). The results indicate that the acceleration of the formation of native protein by PDI, which we observed earlier, is due to PDI catalysis of each of the intermediate steps without changing the overall pathways or folding mechanism.
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- H C Shin
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Ithaca, NY, 14853-1301, USA
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Chang JY, Ballatore A. Structure and heterogeneity of the one- and two-disulfide folding intermediates of tick anticoagulant peptide. JOURNAL OF PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 2000; 19:299-310. [PMID: 11043935 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007099430211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tick anticoagulant peptide (TAP) is a factor Xa-specific inhibitor and is structurally homologous to bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI). The fully reduced TAP refolds spontaneously to form the native structure under a wide variation of redox buffers. The folding intermediates of TAP consist of at least 22 fractions of one-disulfide, two-disulfide, and three-disulfide scrambled isomers. Three species of well-populated one- and two-disulfide intermediates were isolated and structurally characterized. The predominant one-disulfide species contains TAP-(Cys33-Cys55). Two major two-disulfide isomers were TAP-(Cys33-Cys55, Cys15-Cys39) and TAP-(Cys33-Cys55, Cys5-Cys39). Both Cys33-Cys55 and Cys15-Cys39 are native disulfides of TAP. These three species are structural counterparts of BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51), BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51, Cys14-Cys38), and BPTI-(Cys30-Cys51,Cys5-Cys38), which have been shown to be the major intermediates of BPTI folding. In addition, time-course-trapped folding intermediates of TAP, consisting of about 47% one-disulfide species and 30% two-disulfide species, were collectively digested with thermolysin, and fragmented peptides were analyzed by Edman sequencing and mass spectrometry in order to characterize the disulfide-containing peptides. Among the 15 possible single-disulfide pairings of TAP, 10 (2 native and 8 nonnative) were found as structural components of its one- and two-disulfide folding intermediates. The results demonstrate that the major folding intermediates of TAP bear structural homology to those of BPTI. However, the folding pathway of TAP differs from that of BPTI by (a) a higher degree of heterogeneity of one- and two-disulfide intermediates and (b) the presence of three-disulfide scrambled isomers as folding intermediates. Mechanism(s) that may account for these diversities are proposed and discussed.
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- J Y Chang
- Research Center for Protein Chemistry, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas, Houston 77030, USA.
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The applications of disulfide-bond chemistry to studies of protein folding, structure, and stability are reviewed and illustrated with bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A (RNase A). After surveying the general properties and advantages of disulfide-bond studies, we illustrate the mechanism of reductive unfolding with RNase A, and discuss its application to probing structural fluctuations in folded proteins. The oxidative folding of RNase A is then described, focusing on the role of structure formation in the regeneration of the native disulfide bonds. The development of structure and conformational order in the disulfide intermediates during oxidative folding is characterized. Partially folded disulfide species are not observed, indicating that disulfide-coupled folding is highly cooperative. Contrary to the predictions of "rugged funnel" models of protein folding, misfolded disulfide species are also not observed despite the potentially stabilizing effect of many nonnative disulfide bonds. The mechanism of regenerating the native disulfide bonds suggests an analogous scenario for conformational folding. Finally, engineered covalent cross-links may be used to assay for the association of protein segments in the folding transition state, as illustrated with RNase A.
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- W J Wedemeyer
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-1301, USA
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Welker E, Narayan M, Volles MJ, Scheraga HA. Two new structured intermediates in the oxidative folding of RNase A. FEBS Lett 1999; 460:477-9. [PMID: 10556520 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01391-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two new three-disulfide intermediates have been found to be populated in the oxidative folding pathway of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A at a low temperature (15 degrees C). These intermediates, des-[26-84] and des-[58-110], possess all but one of the four native disulfide bonds and have a stable tertiary structure, similar to the two previously observed intermediates, des-[65-72] and des-[40-95]. While the latter two des species each lack one surface-exposed disulfide bond, the newly discovered intermediates each lack one buried disulfide bond. The possible involvement of these species in the rate-determining steps during the oxidative folding of RNase A is discussed and a specific role for such species during oxidative folding is suggested.
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- E Welker
- Baker Laboratory of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-1301, USA
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