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Emwas AH, Szczepski K, Poulson BG, Chandra K, McKay RT, Dhahri M, Alahmari F, Jaremko L, Lachowicz JI, Jaremko M. NMR as a "Gold Standard" Method in Drug Design and Discovery. Molecules 2020; 25:E4597. [PMID: 33050240 PMCID: PMC7594251 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25204597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Studying disease models at the molecular level is vital for drug development in order to improve treatment and prevent a wide range of human pathologies. Microbial infections are still a major challenge because pathogens rapidly and continually evolve developing drug resistance. Cancer cells also change genetically, and current therapeutic techniques may be (or may become) ineffective in many cases. The pathology of many neurological diseases remains an enigma, and the exact etiology and underlying mechanisms are still largely unknown. Viral infections spread and develop much more quickly than does the corresponding research needed to prevent and combat these infections; the present and most relevant outbreak of SARS-CoV-2, which originated in Wuhan, China, illustrates the critical and immediate need to improve drug design and development techniques. Modern day drug discovery is a time-consuming, expensive process. Each new drug takes in excess of 10 years to develop and costs on average more than a billion US dollars. This demonstrates the need of a complete redesign or novel strategies. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) has played a critical role in drug discovery ever since its introduction several decades ago. In just three decades, NMR has become a "gold standard" platform technology in medical and pharmacology studies. In this review, we present the major applications of NMR spectroscopy in medical drug discovery and development. The basic concepts, theories, and applications of the most commonly used NMR techniques are presented. We also summarize the advantages and limitations of the primary NMR methods in drug development.
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- Abdul-Hamid Emwas
- Core Labs, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (K.S.); (B.G.P.); (K.C.); (L.J.)
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (K.S.); (B.G.P.); (K.C.); (L.J.)
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (K.S.); (B.G.P.); (K.C.); (L.J.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2W2, Canada;
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Taibah University, Yanbu El-Bahr 46423, Saudi Arabia;
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- Nanomedicine Department, Institute for Research and Medical, Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU), Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia;
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (K.S.); (B.G.P.); (K.C.); (L.J.)
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- Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, Università di Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences & Engineering Division (BESE), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia; (K.S.); (B.G.P.); (K.C.); (L.J.)
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2D Saturation Transfer Difference NMR for Determination of Protein Binding Sites on RNA Guanine Quadruplexes. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 32681509 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0680-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR is a technique that provides information on the intermolecular interfaces of heterogenous complexes by cross-saturation from one molecule to the other. In this case, selective saturation of protein protons is applied, and the cross-relaxation to the RNA sample results in a reduction of the peak intensities in the measured H1-H1 NOESY spectrum. This allows for a relatively rapid and simple method of identifying the protein binding interface of an RNA with assigned chemical shift data.
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McRae EKS, Davidson DE, Dupas SJ, McKenna SA. Insights into the RNA quadruplex binding specificity of DDX21. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2018; 1862:1973-1979. [PMID: 29906500 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 05/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Guanine quadruplexes can form in both DNA and RNA and influence many biological processes through various protein interactions. The DEAD-box RNA helicase protein DDX21 has been shown to bind and remodel RNA quadruplexes but little is known about its specificity for different quadruplex species. Previous reports have suggested DDX21 may interact with telomeric repeat containing RNA quadruplex (TERRA), an integral component of the telomere that contributes to telomeric heterochromatin formation and telomere length regulation. Here we report that the C-terminus of DDX21 directly interacts with TERRA. We use, for the first time, 2D saturation transfer difference NMR to map the protein binding site on a ribonucleic acid species and show that the quadruplex binding domain of DDX21 interacts primarily with the phosphoribose backbone of quadruplexes. Furthermore, by mutating the 2'OH of loop nucleotides we can drastically reduce DDX21's affinity for quadruplex, indicating that the recognition of quadruplex and specificity for TERRA is mediated by interactions with the 2'OH of loop nucleotides.
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- Ewan K S McRae
- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Manitoba Institute for Materials, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Rodrigues RMM, de-Carvalho J, Henriques SF, Mira NP, Sá-Correia I, Ferreira GNM. Transmission line model analysis of transcription factors binding to oligoduplexes - differentiation of the effect of single nucleotide modifications. Analyst 2015; 139:3871-4. [PMID: 24955439 DOI: 10.1039/c4an00709c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Advanced impedance spectroscopy analysis based on the transmission line model (TLM) is explored as a novel QCM acoustic biosensing platform for the detection of the single point mutation effect on the binding of the transcription factors (TFs) to immobilized DNA oligoduplexes and the characterization of the protein-DNA mechanical properties.
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- Rogério M M Rodrigues
- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centro de Biomedicina Molecular e Estrutural, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
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Rodrigues RMM, de-Carvalho J, Ferreira GNM. Kinetic characterization of the retinoic X receptor binding to specific and unspecific DNA oligoduplexes with a quartz crystal microbalance. Analyst 2014; 139:3434-40. [PMID: 24824382 DOI: 10.1039/c4an00286e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) biosensor technology was used to study the interaction of the DNA-binding domain (DBD) of the transcription factor RXRα with immobilized specific (DR1) and unspecific (DR1neg) DNA oligoduplexes. We identify the QCM sensor frequency at the susceptance minimum (fBmin) as a better measuring parameter, and we show that fBmin is proportional to the mass adsorbed at the sensor surface and is not influenced by interferences coming from viscoelastic variations of the adsorbed layers or buffers. This parameter was used to study the binding of RXRα to DNA and to calculate the association and dissociation kinetic constants of RXRαDBD-DR1 interaction. We show that RXRαDBD binds to DNA both as a monomer and as a homodimer, and that the mechanism of binding is salt dependent and occurs in two steps. The QCM biosensor data reveal that a high ionic strength buffer prevents the unspecific interactions and at a lower ionic strength the dissociation of RXRαDBD-DR1 occurs in two phases.
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- Rogério M M Rodrigues
- IBB-Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centro de Biomedicina Molecular e Estrutural, Universidade do Algarve, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal.
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Competitive and cooperative interactions mediate RNA transfer from herpesvirus saimiri ORF57 to the mammalian export adaptor ALYREF. PLoS Pathog 2014; 10:e1003907. [PMID: 24550725 PMCID: PMC3923783 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The essential herpesvirus adaptor protein HVS ORF57, which has homologs in all other herpesviruses, promotes viral mRNA export by utilizing the cellular mRNA export machinery. ORF57 protein specifically recognizes viral mRNA transcripts, and binds to proteins of the cellular transcription-export (TREX) complex, in particular ALYREF. This interaction introduces viral mRNA to the NXF1 pathway, subsequently directing it to the nuclear pore for export to the cytoplasm. Here we have used a range of techniques to reveal the sites for direct contact between RNA and ORF57 in the absence and presence of ALYREF. A binding site within ORF57 was characterized which recognizes specific viral mRNA motifs. When ALYREF is present, part of this ORF57 RNA binding site, composed of an α-helix, binds preferentially to ALYREF. This competitively displaces viral RNA from the α-helix, but contact with RNA is still maintained by a flanking region. At the same time, the flexible N-terminal domain of ALYREF comes into contact with the viral RNA, which becomes engaged in an extensive network of synergistic interactions with both ALYREF and ORF57. Transfer of RNA to ALYREF in the ternary complex, and involvement of individual ORF57 residues in RNA recognition, were confirmed by UV cross-linking and mutagenesis. The atomic-resolution structure of the ORF57-ALYREF interface was determined, which noticeably differed from the homologous ICP27-ALYREF structure. Together, the data provides the first site-specific description of how viral mRNA is locked by a herpes viral adaptor protein in complex with cellular ALYREF, giving herpesvirus access to the cellular mRNA export machinery. The NMR strategy used may be more generally applicable to the study of fuzzy protein-protein-RNA complexes which involve flexible polypeptide regions.
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Harris KA, Shekhtman A, Agris PF. Specific RNA-protein interactions detected with saturation transfer difference NMR. RNA Biol 2013; 10:1307-11. [PMID: 23949611 DOI: 10.4161/rna.25948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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RNA, at the forefront of biochemical research due to its central role in biology, is recognized by proteins through various mechanisms. Analysis of the RNA-protein interface provides insight into the recognition determinants and function. As such, there is a demand for developing new methods to characterize RNA-protein interactions. Saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR can identify binding ligands for proteins in a rather short period of time, with data acquisitions of just a few hours. Two RNA-protein systems involved in RNA modification were studied using STD NMR. The N (6)-threonylcarbamoyltransferase, YrdC, with nucleoside-specific recognition, was shown to bind the anticodon stem-loop of tRNA(Lys)UUU. The points of contact on the RNA were assigned and a binding interface was identified. STD NMR was also applied to the interaction of the archaeal ribosomal protein, L7Ae, with the box C/D K-turn RNA. The distinctiveness of the two RNA-protein interfaces was evident. Both RNAs exhibited strong STD signals indicative of direct contact with the respective protein, but reflected the nature of recognition. Characterization of nucleic acid recognition determinants traditionally involves cost and time prohibitive methods. This approach offers significant insight into interaction interfaces fairly rapidly, and complements existing structural methods.
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- Kimberly A Harris
- The RNA Institute; University at Albany; Albany, NY USA; Department of Biological Sciences; University at Albany; Albany, NY USA
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Dey B, Thukral S, Krishnan S, Chakrobarty M, Gupta S, Manghani C, Rani V. DNA-protein interactions: methods for detection and analysis. Mol Cell Biochem 2012; 365:279-99. [PMID: 22399265 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-012-1269-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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DNA-binding proteins control various cellular processes such as recombination, replication and transcription. This review is aimed to summarize some of the most commonly used techniques to determine DNA-protein interactions. In vitro techniques such as footprinting assays, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, southwestern blotting, yeast one-hybrid assay, phage display and proximity ligation assay have been discussed. The highly versatile in vivo techniques such as chromatin immunoprecipitation and its variants, DNA adenine methyl transferase identification as well as 3C and chip-loop assay have also been summarized. In addition, some in silico tools have been reviewed to provide computational basis for determining DNA-protein interactions. Biophysical techniques like fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) techniques, FRET-FLIM, circular dichroism, atomic force microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance, surface plasmon resonance, etc. have also been highlighted.
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- Bipasha Dey
- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, A-10 Sector-62, Noida 201307, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Campagne S, Gervais V, Milon A. Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of protein-DNA interactions. J R Soc Interface 2011; 8:1065-78. [PMID: 21389020 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Recent methodological and instrumental advances in solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance have opened up the way to investigating challenging problems in structural biology such as large macromolecular complexes. This review focuses on the experimental strategies currently employed to solve structures of protein-DNA complexes and to analyse their dynamics. It highlights how these approaches can help in understanding detailed molecular mechanisms of target recognition.
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- S Campagne
- Université de Toulouse, UPS, Department of Structural Biology and Biophysics, F-31077 Toulouse, France
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Chernatynskaya AV, Deleeuw L, Trent JO, Brown T, Lane AN. Structural analysis of the DNA target site and its interaction with Mbp1. Org Biomol Chem 2009; 7:4981-91. [PMID: 19907790 DOI: 10.1039/b912309a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The solution structure of a 14 base-pair non-self complementary DNA duplex containing the consensus-binding site of the yeast transcription factor Mbp1 has been determined by NMR using a combination of scalar coupling analysis, time-dependent NOEs, residual dipolar couplings and 13C-edited NMR spectroscopy of a duplex prepared with one strand uniformly labeled with 13C-nucleotides. As expected, the free DNA duplex is within the B-family of structures, and within experimental limits is straight. However, there are clear local structural variations associated with the consensus CGCG element in the binding sequence that are important for sequence recognition. In the complex, the DNA bends around the protein, which also undergoes some conformational rearrangement in the C-terminal region. Structural constraints derived from paramagnetic perturbation experiments with spin-labeled DNA, chemical shift perturbation experiments of the DNA, previous cross-saturation, chemical shift perturbation experiments on the protein, information from mutational analysis, and electrostatics calculations have been used to produce a detailed docked structure using the known solution conformation of the free protein and other spectroscopic information about the Mbp1:DNA complex. A Monte Carlo-based docking procedure with restrained MD in a fully solvated system subjected to available experimental constraints produced models that account for the available structural data, and can rationalize the extensive thermodynamic data about the Mbp1:DNA complex. The protein:DNA interface is closely packed and is associated with a small number of specific contacts. The structure shows an extensive positively charged surface that accounts for the high polyelectrolyte contribution to binding.
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Deleeuw L, Tchernatynskaia AV, Lane AN. Thermodynamics and Specificity of the Mbp1−DNA Interaction. Biochemistry 2008; 47:6378-85. [DOI: 10.1021/bi702339q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Lynn Deleeuw
- J. G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208
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- J. G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208
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- J. G. Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40202, and Department of Chemistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40208
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Allen MD, Grummitt CG, Hilcenko C, Min SY, Tonkin LM, Johnson CM, Freund SM, Bycroft M, Warren AJ. Solution structure of the nonmethyl-CpG-binding CXXC domain of the leukaemia-associated MLL histone methyltransferase. EMBO J 2006; 25:4503-12. [PMID: 16990798 PMCID: PMC1589984 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2006] [Accepted: 08/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Methylation of CpG dinucleotides is the major epigenetic modification of mammalian genomes, critical for regulating chromatin structure and gene activity. The mixed-lineage leukaemia (MLL) CXXC domain selectively binds nonmethyl-CpG DNA, and is required for transformation by MLL fusion proteins that commonly arise from recurrent chromosomal translocations in infant and secondary treatment-related acute leukaemias. To elucidate the molecular basis of nonmethyl-CpG DNA recognition, we determined the structure of the human MLL CXXC domain by multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. The CXXC domain has a novel fold in which two zinc ions are each coordinated tetrahedrally by four conserved cysteine ligands provided by two CGXCXXC motifs and two distal cysteine residues. We have identified the CXXC domain DNA binding interface by means of chemical shift perturbation analysis, cross-saturation transfer and site-directed mutagenesis. In particular, we have shown that residues in an extended surface loop are in close contact with the DNA. These data provide a template for the design of specifically targeted therapeutics for poor prognosis MLL-associated leukaemias.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. Tel: +44 1223 252 937; Fax: +44 1223 412 178; E-mail:
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Prazeres VFV, Sánchez-Sixto C, Castedo L, Canales A, Cañada FJ, Jiménez-Barbero J, Lamb H, Hawkins AR, González-Bello C. Determination of the Bound Conformation of a Competitive Nanomolar Inhibitor ofMycobacterium tuberculosis Type II Dehydroquinase by NMR Spectroscopy. ChemMedChem 2006; 1:990-6. [PMID: 16952136 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.200600100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The synergy between tuberculosis and the AIDS epidemic, along with the surge of multidrug-resistant isolates of M. tuberculosis, has reaffirmed tuberculosis as a primary public health threat. It is therefore necessary to discover new, safe, and more efficient antibiotics against this disease. On the other hand, mapping the dynamic interactions of inhibitors of a target protein can provide information for the development of more potent inhibitors and consequently, more potent potential drugs. In this context, the conformational binding of our previously reported nanomolar inhibitor of M. tuberculosis type II dehydroquinase, the 3-nitrophenyl derivative 1, was studied using saturation transfer difference (STD) and transferred NOESY experiments. These studies have shown that in the bound state, one conformation of those present in solution of the competitive nanomolar inhibitor 3-nitrophenyl derivative 1 is selected. In the bound conformation, the aromatic ring is slightly shifted from coplanarity, with the double bond and the nitro group of 1 oriented towards the double bond side.
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- Verónica F V Prazeres
- Laboratorio de Química Orgánica, CSIC and Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Avenida de las Ciencias s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Takahashi H, Miyazawa M, Ina Y, Fukunishi Y, Mizukoshi Y, Nakamura H, Shimada I. Utilization of methyl proton resonances in cross-saturation measurement for determining the interfaces of large protein-protein complexes. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2006; 34:167-77. [PMID: 16604425 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-006-0008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2005] [Accepted: 01/17/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Cross-saturation experiments allow the identification of the contact residues of large protein complexes (MW>50 K) more rigorously than conventional NMR approaches which involve chemical shift perturbations and hydrogen-deuterium exchange experiments [Takahashi et al. (2000) Nat. Struct. Biol., 7, 220-223]. In the amide proton-based cross-saturation experiment, the combined use of high deuteration levels for non-exchangeable protons of the ligand protein and a solvent with a low concentration of (1)H(2)O greatly enhanced the selectivity of the intermolecular cross-saturation phenomenon. Unfortunately, experimental limitations caused losses in sensitivity. Furthermore, since main chain amide protons are not generally exposed to solvent, the efficiency of the saturation transfer directed to the main chain amide protons is not very high. Here we propose an alternative cross-saturation experiment which utilizes the methyl protons of the side chains of the ligand protein. Owing to the fast internal rotation along the methyl axis, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrated the enhanced efficiency of this approach. The methyl-utilizing cross-saturation experiment has clear advantages in sensitivity and saturation transfer efficiency over the amide proton-based approach.
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- Hideo Takahashi
- Biological Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Aomi 2-41-6, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0064, Japan.
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Structure determination of protein?RNA complexes in solution provides unique insights into factors that are involved in protein/RNA recognition. Here, we review the methodology used in our laboratory to overcome the challenges of protein?RNA structure determination by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). We use as two examples complexes recently solved in our laboratory, the nucleolin RBD12/b2NRE and Rnt1p dsRBD/snR47h complexes. Topics covered are protein and RNA preparation, complex formation, identification of the protein/RNA interface, protein and RNA resonance assignment, intermolecular NOE assignment, and structure calculation and analysis.
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- Haihong Wu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles 90095, USA
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NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool for studying proteins and nucleic acids in solution. This is illustrated by the fact that nearly half of all current RNA structures were determined by using NMR techniques. Information about the structure, dynamics, and interactions with other RNA molecules, proteins, ions, and small ligands can be obtained for RNA molecules up to 100 nucleotides. This review provides insight into the resonance assignment methods that are the first and crucial step of all NMR studies, into the determination of base-pair geometry, into the examination of local and global RNA conformation, and into the detection of interaction sites of RNA. Examples of NMR investigations of RNA are given by using several different RNA molecules to illustrate the information content obtainable by NMR spectroscopy and the applicability of NMR techniques to a wide range of biologically interesting RNA molecules.
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- Boris Fürtig
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Center for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Marie-Curie-Strasse 11, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Yuan X, Simpson P, Mckeown C, Kondo H, Uchiyama K, Wallis R, Dreveny I, Keetch C, Zhang X, Robinson C, Freemont P, Matthews S. Structure, dynamics and interactions of p47, a major adaptor of the AAA ATPase, p97. EMBO J 2004; 23:1463-73. [PMID: 15029246 PMCID: PMC391063 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2003] [Accepted: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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p47 is a major adaptor molecule of the cytosolic AAA ATPase p97. The principal role of the p97-p47 complex is in regulation of membrane fusion events. Mono-ubiquitin recognition by p47 has also been shown to be crucial in the p97-p47-mediated Golgi membrane fusion events. Here, we describe the high-resolution solution structures of the N-terminal UBA domain and the central domain (SEP) from p47. The p47 UBA domain has the characteristic three-helix bundle fold and forms a highly stable complex with ubiquitin. We report the interaction surfaces of the two proteins and present a structure for the p47 UBA-ubiquitin complex. The p47 SEP domain adopts a novel fold with a betabetabetaalphaalphabeta secondary structure arrangement, where beta4 pairs in a parallel fashion to beta1. Based on biophysical studies, we demonstrate a clear propensity for the self-association of p47. Furthermore, p97 N binding abolishes p47 self-association, revealing the potential interaction surfaces for recognition of other domains within p97 or the substrate.
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- Xuemei Yuan
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Glycobiology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Wolfson Laboratories, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
- Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, UK
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Benie AJ, Moser R, Bäuml E, Blaas D, Peters T. Virus-ligand interactions: identification and characterization of ligand binding by NMR spectroscopy. J Am Chem Soc 2003; 125:14-5. [PMID: 12515488 DOI: 10.1021/ja027691e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We demonstrate the detection and characterization of ligand binding to viruses via NMR. To illustrate the methodology, the interaction of an antiviral compound with human rhinovirus serotype 2 (HRV2) was investigated. Specific interaction of a capsid-binding inhibitor and native HRV2 was monitored utilizing saturation transfer difference (STD) NMR. STD NMR experiments at atomic resolution allowed those regions of the ligand that are involved in the interaction with the virus to be determined. The approach allows for (i) the fast and robust assessment of binding, (ii) the determination of the ligand binding epitope at atomic resolution without the necessity to crystallize virus-ligand complexes, and (iii) the reuse of the virus in subsequent assays. This methodology enables one to easily identify binding of drugs, peptides, and receptor or antibody fragments to the viral capsid.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrew J Benie
- Institute for Chemistry, University of Luebeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23568 Luebeck, Germany
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