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Diculescu VC, Enache TA. Voltammetric and mass spectrometry investigation of methionine oxidation. J Electroanal Chem (Lausanne) 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2018.12.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Nyathi Y, Pool MR. Analysis of the interplay of protein biogenesis factors at the ribosome exit site reveals new role for NAC. J Cell Biol 2016. [PMID: 26195668 PMCID: PMC4508901 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201410086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The protein biogenesis factor NAC regulates the access of the enzyme MetAP and the signal recognition particle (SRP) to the ribosome, functions in SRP-dependent targeting, and can act to protect substrates from aggregation before translocation The ribosome exit site is a focal point for the interaction of protein-biogenesis factors that guide the fate of nascent polypeptides. These factors include chaperones such as NAC, N-terminal-modifying enzymes like Methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP), and the signal recognition particle (SRP), which targets secretory and membrane proteins to the ER. These factors potentially compete with one another in the short time-window when the nascent chain first emerges at the exit site, suggesting a need for regulation. Here, we show that MetAP contacts the ribosome at the universal adaptor site where it is adjacent to the α subunit of NAC. SRP is also known to contact the ribosome at this site. In the absence of NAC, MetAP and SRP antagonize each other, indicating a novel role for NAC in regulating the access of MetAP and SRP to the ribosome. NAC also functions in SRP-dependent targeting and helps to protect substrates from aggregation before translocation.
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- Yvonne Nyathi
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, England, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, England, UK
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Giglione C, Fieulaine S, Meinnel T. N-terminal protein modifications: Bringing back into play the ribosome. Biochimie 2015; 114:134-46. [PMID: 25450248 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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N-terminal protein modifications correspond to the first modifications which in principle any protein may undergo, before translation is completed by the ribosome. This class of essential modifications can have different nature or function and be catalyzed by a variety of dedicated enzymes. Here, we review the current state of the major N-terminal co-translational modifications, with a particular emphasis to their catalysts, which belong to metalloprotease and acyltransferase clans. The earliest of these modifications corresponds to the N-terminal methionine excision, an ubiquitous and essential process leading to the removal of the first methionine. N-alpha acetylation occurs also in all Kingdoms although its extent appears to be significantly increased in higher eukaryotes. Finally, N-myristoylation is a crucial pathway existing only in eukaryotes. Recent studies dealing on how some of these co-translational modifiers might work in close vicinity of the ribosome is starting to provide new information on when these modifications exactly take place on the elongating nascent chain and the interplay with other ribosome biogenesis factors taking in charge the nascent chains. Here a comprehensive overview of the recent advances in the field of N-terminal protein modifications is given.
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- Carmela Giglione
- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, Bât 23A, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette, France; Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, Bât 23A, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette, France; Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- CNRS, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, Bât 23A, F-91198 Gif sur Yvette, France; Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France.
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Varland S, Osberg C, Arnesen T. N-terminal modifications of cellular proteins: The enzymes involved, their substrate specificities and biological effects. Proteomics 2015; 15:2385-401. [PMID: 25914051 PMCID: PMC4692089 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2014] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 04/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The vast majority of eukaryotic proteins are N-terminally modified by one or more processing enzymes. Enzymes acting on the very first amino acid of a polypeptide include different peptidases, transferases, and ligases. Methionine aminopeptidases excise the initiator methionine leaving the nascent polypeptide with a newly exposed amino acid that may be further modified. N-terminal acetyl-, methyl-, myristoyl-, and palmitoyltransferases may attach an acetyl, methyl, myristoyl, or palmitoyl group, respectively, to the α-amino group of the target protein N-terminus. With the action of ubiquitin ligases, one or several ubiquitin molecules are transferred, and hence, constitute the N-terminal modification. Modifications at protein N-termini represent an important contribution to proteomic diversity and complexity, and are essential for protein regulation and cellular signaling. Consequently, dysregulation of the N-terminal modifying enzymes is implicated in human diseases. We here review the different protein N-terminal modifications occurring co- or post-translationally with emphasis on the responsible enzymes and their substrate specificities.
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- Sylvia Varland
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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1,3,4-Oxadiazoles: An emerging scaffold to target growth factors, enzymes and kinases as anticancer agents. Eur J Med Chem 2015; 97:124-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2015.04.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Revised: 04/23/2015] [Accepted: 04/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Roh SG, Carroll JA, Kim SW. Effects of fermented soybean meal on innate immunity-related gene expressions in nursery pigs acutely challenged with lipopolysaccharides. Anim Sci J 2015; 86:508-16. [PMID: 25440755 DOI: 10.1111/asj.12319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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This experiment was to determine if replacing soybean meal with fermented soybean meal (FSBM) would reduce the innate immune response after lipopolysaccharide challenge and the changes of gene expression profiles associated with this response. Forty-eight 21 day-old pigs were housed individually and fed three diets for 15 days: CON (a diet without FSBM or spray-dried plasma protein; SDPP), PP7 (a diet with 7% SDPP), and FS10 (a diet with 10% FSBM). Pigs were fitted with a jugular vein catheters receiving lipopolysaccharide challenge (25 μg/kg body weight (BW)) on day 15. Blood was collected for 5 h at 30-min intervals to measure cortisol. Expressions of gene transcripts in total RNA from leukocytes were compared using an oligonucleotide microarray at 210 min after lipopolysaccharides injection. Cortisol of FS10 was lower (P < 0.05) than CON after lipopolysaccharides challenge. The expression levels of 17 transcripts, including cytosolic glutathione peroxidase and glutathione S-transferase A4-4 were increased (P < 0.05), whereas 23 genes including adiponectin, neonatal Fc receptor and tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 5 were decreased (P < 0.05) in FS10. This study suggests that FSBM-fed pigs can modulate expression of genes related to inflammatory response and anti-oxidant activity which can be a potential reason for reduced serum cortisol.
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- Sang-Gun Roh
- Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA; Lab of Animal Physiology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Protein translation is initiated with methionine in eukaryotes, and the majority of proteins have their N-terminal methionine removed by methionine aminopeptidases (MetAP1 and MetAP2) prior to action. Methionine removal can be important for protein function, localization, or stability. No mechanism of regulation of MetAP activity has been identified. MetAP2, but not MetAP1, contains a single Cys(228)-Cys(448) disulfide bond that has an -RHStaple configuration and links two β-loop structures, which are hallmarks of allosteric disulfide bonds. From analysis of crystal structures and using mass spectrometry and activity assays, we found that the disulfide bond exists in oxidized and reduced states in the recombinant enzyme. The disulfide has a standard redox potential of -261 mV and is efficiently reduced by the protein reductant, thioredoxin, with a rate constant of 16,180 m(-1) s(-1). The MetAP2 disulfide bond also exists in oxidized and reduced states in glioblastoma tumor cells, and stressing the cells by oxygen or glucose deprivation results in more oxidized enzyme. The Cys(228)-Cys(448) disulfide is at the rim of the active site and is only three residues distant from the catalytic His(231), which suggested that cleavage of the bond would influence substrate hydrolysis. Indeed, oxidized and reduced isoforms have different catalytic efficiencies for hydrolysis of MetAP2 peptide substrates. These findings indicate that MetAP2 is post-translationally regulated by an allosteric disulfide bond, which controls substrate specificity and catalytic efficiency.
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- Joyce Chiu
- From the Lowy Cancer Research Centre and Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- From the Lowy Cancer Research Centre and Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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- From the Lowy Cancer Research Centre and Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Joharapurkar AA, Dhanesha NA, Jain MR. Inhibition of the methionine aminopeptidase 2 enzyme for the treatment of obesity. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes 2014; 7:73-84. [PMID: 24611021 PMCID: PMC3944999 DOI: 10.2147/dmso.s56924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980. Obesity is the result of interactions among the environmental factors, genetic predisposition, and human behavior. Even modest weight reduction in obese patients provides beneficial health outcomes. For effective weight reduction, a drug should either increase energy expenditure or decrease energy intake without causing serious adverse effects. To overcome lack of efficacy and central nervous system related side effects, exploitation of the peripheral mechanism of anti-obesity action is needed. Inhibition of pathological angiogenesis in adipose tissue is one such peripheral mechanism that has attracted the attention of researchers in this area. Although originally developed as anti-cancer agents, methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP2) inhibitors induce significant and sustained weight reduction. Here, we review preclinical and clinical pharmacology of MetAP2 inhibitors. Beloranib is a prototype MetAP2 inhibitor, and currently in advanced clinical trials for the treatment of obesity. Clinical data of beloranib indicate that MetAP2 inhibitors could be a future treatment option for weight reduction without serious adverse effects. Further clinical data from Phase III trials will add to our growing knowledge of MetAP2 inhibitor potential for anti-obesity therapy.
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- Amit A Joharapurkar
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zydus Research Centre, Cadila Healthcare Limited, Ahmedabad, India
- Correspondence: Amit A Joharapurkar, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zydus Research Centre, Cadila Healthcare Limited, Sarkhej Bavla NH 8A, Moraiya, Ahmedabad 382210, India, Tel + 91 271 766 5555, Fax + 91 271 766 5155, Email
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zydus Research Centre, Cadila Healthcare Limited, Ahmedabad, India
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Zydus Research Centre, Cadila Healthcare Limited, Ahmedabad, India
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Bonissone S, Gupta N, Romine M, Bradshaw RA, Pevzner PA. N-terminal protein processing: a comparative proteogenomic analysis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2012; 12:14-28. [PMID: 23001859 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m112.019075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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N-terminal methionine excision (NME) and N-terminal acetylation (NTA) are two of the most common protein post-translational modifications. NME is a universally conserved activity and a highly specific mechanism across all life forms. NTA is very common in eukaryotes but occurs rarely in prokaryotes. By analyzing data sets from yeast, mammals and bacteria (including 112 million spectra from 57 bacterial species), the largest comparative proteogenomics study to date, it is shown that previous assumptions/perceptions about the specificity and purposes of NME are not entirely correct. Although NME, through the universal enzymatic specificity of the methionine aminopeptidases, results in the removal of the initiator Met in proteins when the second residue is Gly, Ala, Ser, Cys, Thr, Pro, or Val, the comparative genomic analyses suggest that this specificity may vary modestly in some organisms. In addition, the functional role of NME may be primarily to expose Ala and Ser rather than all seven of these residues. Although any of this group provide "stabilizing" N termini in the N-end rule, and de facto leave the remaining 13 amino acid types that are classed as "destabilizing" (in higher eukaryotes) protected by the initiator Met, the conservation of NME-substrate proteins through evolution suggests that the other five are not crucially important for proteins with these residues in the second position. They are apparently merely inconsequential players (their function is not affected by NME) that become exposed because their side chains are smaller or comparable to those of Ala and Ser. The importance of exposing mainly two amino acids at the N terminus, i.e. Ala and Ser, is unclear but may be related to NTA or other post-translational modifications. In this regard, these analyses also reveal that NTA is more prevalent in some prokaryotes than previously appreciated.
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- Stefano Bonissone
- Bioinformatics Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.
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Tsiatsiani L, Gevaert K, Van Breusegem F. Natural substrates of plant proteases: how can protease degradomics extend our knowledge? PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2012; 145:28-40. [PMID: 22008056 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01534.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Despite the key role of proteolysis in various intensively studied biological processes, such as plant immunity, seed development and abiotic stress responses, our knowledge on the identity of natural protease substrates in plants remains scarce. In the genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, for instance, approximately 700 genes code for proteases. However, only a few natural substrates have been identified, mainly because of the previous lack of sensitive proteomics technologies enabling the identification of low abundant proteins, together with a delay in the implementation of these technologies in the field of plant research. Here, we review the current knowledge on the identity of natural plant protease substrates and describe recently established degradomics technologies that should allow proteome-wide studies of plant proteases in the near future.
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- Liana Tsiatsiani
- Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
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N-terminal acetylation inhibits protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum. PLoS Biol 2011; 9:e1001073. [PMID: 21655302 PMCID: PMC3104963 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Amino-terminal acetylation is probably the most common protein modification in eukaryotes with as many as 50%-80% of proteins reportedly altered in this way. Here we report a systematic analysis of the predicted N-terminal processing of cytosolic proteins versus those destined to be sorted to the secretory pathway. While cytosolic proteins were profoundly biased in favour of processing, we found an equal and opposite bias against such modification for secretory proteins. Mutations in secretory signal sequences that led to their acetylation resulted in mis-sorting to the cytosol in a manner that was dependent upon the N-terminal processing machinery. Hence N-terminal acetylation represents an early determining step in the cellular sorting of nascent polypeptides that appears to be conserved across a wide range of species.
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Briand JP, Keith G, Guilley H. Nucleotide sequence at the 5' extremity of turnip yellow mosaic virus genome RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 75:3168-72. [PMID: 16592542 PMCID: PMC392735 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.75.7.3168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The sequence of the first 110 nucleotides at the 5' extremity of turnip yellow mosaic virus genome RNA has been determined. The sequence is blocked at its 5' terminus with the group pppm(7)G and contains two AUG triplets. The determined sequence bears a strong resemblance to the 5' noncoding region of rabbit beta-globin mRNA. Region 95-103 of the sequence can base-pair with part of the 3' extremity of either the genome RNA or the coat protein mRNA.
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- J P Briand
- Laboratoire de Virologie, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Louis Pasteur, 15, rue Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Selvakumar P, Lakshmikuttyamma A, Das U, Pati HN, Dimmock JR, Sharma RK. NC2213: a novel methionine aminopeptidase 2 inhibitor in human colon cancer HT29 cells. Mol Cancer 2009; 8:65. [PMID: 19703310 PMCID: PMC2740849 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-8-65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) is a bifunctional protein that plays a critical role in the regulation of post-translational processing and protein synthesis. MetAP2 is overexpressed in human colon cancer. In this report we screened various MetAP2 inhibitors and treated HT29 cells with various concentrations of compounds. We evaluated the expression of MetAP2 and pp60c-src expressions in HT29 cells. In addition we also carried out the cell proliferation and cell cycle analysis in the MetAP2 inhibitor-treated HT29 cells. The cell cycle analysis of HT29 treated with 1.0 microM of NC2213 showed an arrest in the G2 phase followed by an induction in the percentage of cells undergoing apoptosis in the sub-G1 phase. Western blot analysis revealed that the MetAP2 expression was dose-dependently decreased when the HT29 cells were treated with the 3,5-bis(benzylidene)-4-piperidone derivative (NC2213). In addition, phosphorylation of Src, a myristoylated oncoprotein was significantly decreased by 1.0 microM of NC2213 as revealed by Western blot analysis. Furthermore, NC2213 also inhibits the expression of pp60c-src in HT29 cells. Interestingly, this compound also inhibits the phosphorylation at Tyr416 of pp60c-src while increasing the phosphorylation at Tyr527 of pp60c-src. NC2213 inhibits the growth of HT29 cells by inducing apoptosis and might be useful for the treatment of human colon cancer.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N4H4, Canada.
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Sawanyawisuth K, Wongkham C, Pairojkul C, Saeseow OT, Riggins GJ, Araki N, Wongkham S. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 over-expressed in cholangiocarcinoma: potential for drug target. Acta Oncol 2009; 46:378-85. [PMID: 17450475 DOI: 10.1080/02841860600871061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Methionine aminopeptidases (MetAP) are proteases which remove the N-terminal methionine from newly synthesized proteins. Associations of MetAP2 with tumor progression of different cancers have been repeatedly reported. We aim to determine if MetAP2 is expressed in cholangiocarcinomas (CCA) and investigate to see if it would be a useful therapeutic target. We evaluated MetAP2 expression by immunohistochemistry in 82 patients of intrahepatic CCA. MetAP2 was expressed in bile ducts to various degrees. It was occasionally expressed with weak staining in normal bile duct epithelium but was strikingly over-expressed in dysplastic bile duct epithelia, primary and metastatic CCA tissues (p < 0.001). The increased expression of MetAP2 in proliferating bile duct was evident. All metastatic tumors had stronger expression of MetAP2 than the corresponding primary tumors. Fumagillin, a MetAP2 specific inhibitor, significantly inhibited cell proliferation in dose dependent manner and the degree of growth inhibition was dependent on the amount of cellular enzyme. The present study highlights the involvement of MetAP2 in an early event of carcinogenesis of CCA. The findings represent the first description of increased MetAP2 expression in CCA. The inhibition of enzyme activity using MetAP2 inhibitors may be a potential strategy for long-term control of tumor development and progression in CCA patients.
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- Kanlayanee Sawanyawisuth
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen 40002, Thailand
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Lakshmikuttyamma A, Selvakumar P, Tuchek J, Sharma RK. Myristoyltransferase and calcineurin: Novel molecular therapeutic target for epilepsy. Prog Neurobiol 2008; 84:77-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2007.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 08/08/2007] [Accepted: 09/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Selvakumar P, Sharma RK. Phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of human myristoyltransferase type 1. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2007; 84:707-12. [PMID: 16998534 DOI: 10.1139/y06-004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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N-Myristoyltransferase (NMT) is an essential eukaryotic enzyme that catalyzes the co-translational and (or) post-translational transfer of myristate to the amino terminal glycine residue of a number of important proteins, especially the non-receptor tyrosine kinases whose activity is important for tumorigenesis. Human NMT was found to be phosphorylated by non-receptor tyrosine kinase family members of Lyn, Fyn, and Lck and dephosphorylated by the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin. In this review, we discuss the cross-talk that exists between NMT and their N-myristoylated protein substrates. The cross-talk among NMT, tyrosine kinases, and phosphatases may be determined by their subcellular localization and by the physiological state of the cell.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Cancer Research Unit, Health Research Division, SK Cancer Agency, University of Saskatchewan, 20 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 4H4, Canada
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Selvakumar P, Smith-Windsor E, Bonham K, Sharma RK. N-myristoyltransferase 2 expression in human colon cancer: cross-talk between the calpain and caspase system. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:2021-6. [PMID: 16530191 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.02.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2005] [Revised: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A number of viral and eukaryotic proteins which undergo a lipophilic modification by the enzyme N-myristoyltransferase (NMT: NMT1 and NMT2) are required for signal transduction and regulatory functions. To investigate whether NMT2 contributes to the pathogenesis of colorectal carcinoma, we observed a higher expression of NMT2 in most of the cases of cancerous tissues compared to normal tissues (84.6% of cases; P < 0.05) by Western blot analysis. Furthermore, protein-protein interaction of NMTs revealed that m-calpain interacts with NMT1 while caspase-3 interacts with NMT2. Our findings provide the first evidence of higher expression of NMT2 in human colorectal adenocarcinomas and the interaction of both forms of NMT with various signaling molecules.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory of Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5E5
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Selvakumar P, Lakshmikuttyamma A, Dimmock JR, Sharma RK. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 and cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2005; 1765:148-54. [PMID: 16386852 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2005.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2005] [Revised: 10/21/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP) is a bifunctional protein that plays a critical role in the regulation of post-translational processing and protein synthesis. In yeasts and humans, two proteins are known to possess MetAP activity, which are known as MetAP1 and MetAP2. MetAP2 has attracted much more attention than MetAP1 due to the discovery of MetAP2 as a target molecule of the anti-angiogenic compounds, fumallin and ovalicin. MetAP2 plays an important role in the development of different types of cancer. Recently, we observed a high expression of MetAP2 in human colorectal cancer tissues and colon cancer cell lines. In addition, pp60(c-src) expression was correlated with the expression of MetAP2 and N-myristoyltransferase. In this review, we discuss the recent developments of MetAP2 and its inhibitors. Future detailed studies related to MetAP2 and apoptosis will shed light on the involvement of this enzyme in the regulation of various apoptotic factors.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Research Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, University of Saskatchewan, 20 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK, Canada S7N 4H4
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You C, Lu H, Sekowska A, Fang G, Wang Y, Gilles AM, Danchin A. The two authentic methionine aminopeptidase genes are differentially expressed in Bacillus subtilis. BMC Microbiol 2005; 5:57. [PMID: 16207374 PMCID: PMC1266368 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-5-57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2005] [Accepted: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Two putative methionine aminopeptidase genes, map (essential) and yflG (non-essential), were identified in the genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis. We investigated whether they can function as methionine aminopeptidases and further explored possible reasons for their essentiality or dispensability in B. subtilis. RESULTS In silico analysis of MAP evolution uncovered a coordinated pattern of MAP and deformylase that did not correlate with the pattern of 16S RNA evolution. Biochemical assays showed that both MAP (MAP_Bs) and YflG (YflG_Bs) from B. subtilis overproduced in Escherichia coli and obtained as pure proteins exhibited a methionine aminopeptidase activity in vitro. Compared with MAP_Bs, YflG_Bs was approximately two orders of magnitude more efficient when assayed on synthetic peptide substrates. Both map and yflG genes expressed in multi-copy plasmids could complement the function of a defective map gene in the chromosomes of both E. coli and B. subtilis. In contrast, lacZ gene transcriptional fusions showed that the promoter activity of map was 50 to 100-fold higher than that of yflG. Primer extension analysis detected the transcription start site of the yflG promoter. Further work identified that YvoA acted as a possible weak repressor of yflG expression in B. subtilis in vivo. CONCLUSION Both MAP_Bs and YflG_Bs are functional methionine aminopeptidases in vitro and in vivo. The high expression level of map and low expression level of yflG may account for their essentiality and dispensality in B. subtilis, respectively, when cells are grown under laboratory conditions. Their difference in activity on synthetic substrates suggests that they have different protein targets in vivo.
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- CongHui You
- National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, The College of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Centre, Dexter H. C. Man Building, 8 Sassoon Road Pokfulam, Hong Kong, S.A.R., P.R. China
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- CEA Saclay, Laboratoire Stress Oxydants et Cancer, DSV/DBJC/SBMS, Bat 142, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- National Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Plant Genetic Engineering, The College of Life Sciences, Peking University, 100871, Beijing, P.R. China
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Génomes Bactériens, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Selvakumar P, Lakshmikuttyamma A, Charavaryamath C, Singh B, Tuchek J, Sharma RK. Expression of myristoyltransferase and its interacting proteins in epilepsy. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 335:1132-9. [PMID: 16129091 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2005] [Accepted: 07/21/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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N-Myristoylation is a co-translational, irreversible addition of a fatty acyl moiety to the amino terminus of many eukaryotic cellular proteins. This modification is catalyzed by N-myristoyltransferase (NMT) and is recognized to be a widespread and functionally important modification of proteins. The myristoylated Src family kinases are involved in various signaling cascades, including the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor functions. We examined the expression of NMT and its interacting proteins to gain further insight into the mechanisms in epileptic fowl. Higher expression of NMT1 and NMT2 was observed in carrier and epileptic fowl whereas expression of heat shock cognate protein 70, an inhibitor of NMT, was lower. Furthermore, protein-protein interaction of NMT with m-calpain, caspase-3, and p53 was established. The interaction of NMT2 with caspase-3 and p53 was weak in epileptic fowl compared with normal chicks while the interaction of NMT1 with m-calpain was weak in epileptics. Understanding the regulation of NMT by specific inhibitors may help us to control the action of this enzyme on its specific substrates and may lead to improvements in the management of various neurological disorders like Alzheimer's disease, ischemia, and epilepsy.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Research Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 4H4
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Selvakumar P, Lakshmikuttyamma A, Kanthan R, Kanthan SC, Dimmock JR, Sharma RK. High expression of methionine aminopeptidase 2 in human colorectal adenocarcinomas. Clin Cancer Res 2004; 10:2771-5. [PMID: 15102683 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-03-0218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Several viral and eukaryotic proteins required for signal transduction and regulatory functions undergo lipophilic modification by the enzyme N-myristoyltransferase. Previously we reported that N-myristoyltransferase activity is higher in colon and gallbladder carcinoma than in the corresponding normal tissues. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MetAP2) is a bifunctional protein that plays a critical role in the regulation of post-translational processing and protein synthesis. To investigate whether MetAP2 contributes to the pathogenesis of colon carcinoma, we investigated the expression of MetAP2 in both normal and invasive tumor components of human samples. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN We evaluated 50 cases of colon carcinoma for this study. In this report we analyzed 15 cases for MetAP2 activity and 13 cases for the expression of MetAP2 by Western blot in both the normal and in invasive tumor components of human samples. In addition, immunohistochemistry analysis was also carried out on samples from all patients. RESULTS MetAP activity was elevated in all cancerous tissues compared with normal tissues. Western blot analysis also showed the higher expression of MetAP2 in all cases of cancerous tissues. In addition, immunohistochemistry analysis revealed that all cases of colorectal adenocarcinoma showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity for MetAP2 with increased intensity in the invasive component. CONCLUSIONS Elevated MetAP protein expression is associated with metastatic tumor progression and appears to be a strong molecular marker for clinical prognosis. MetAP2 inhibition may represent a potential target for therapeutic intervention in colorectal carcinoma.
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- Ponniah Selvakumar
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine and Health Research Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, Canada
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Lowther WT, Matthews BW. Metalloaminopeptidases: common functional themes in disparate structural surroundings. Chem Rev 2002; 102:4581-608. [PMID: 12475202 DOI: 10.1021/cr0101757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- W Todd Lowther
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Physics, 1229 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1229, USA
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Vetro JA, Chang YH. Yeast methionine aminopeptidase type 1 is ribosome-associated and requires its N-terminal zinc finger domain for normal function in vivo. J Cell Biochem 2002; 85:678-88. [PMID: 11968008 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.10161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Methionine aminopeptidase type 1 (MetAP1) cotranslationally removes N-terminal methionine from nascent polypeptides, when the second residue in the primary structure is small and uncharged. Eukaryotic MetAP1 has an N-terminal zinc finger domain not found in prokaryotic MetAPs. We hypothesized that the zinc finger domain mediates the association of MetAP1 with the ribosomes and have reported genetic evidence that it is important for the normal function of MetAP1 in vivo. In this study, the intracellular role of the zinc finger domain in yeast MetAP1 function was examined. Wild-type MetAP1 expressed in a yeast map1 null strain removed 100% of N-terminal methionine from a reporter protein, while zinc finger mutants removed only 31-35%. Ribosome profiles of map1 null expressing wild-type MetAP1 or one of three zinc finger mutants were compared. Wild-type MetAP1 was found to be an 80S translational complex-associated protein that primarily associates with the 60S subunit. Deletion of the zinc finger domain did not significantly alter the ribosome profile distribution of MetAP1. In contrast, single point mutations in the first or second zinc finger motif disrupted association of MetAP1 with the 60S subunit and the 80S translational complex. Together, these results indicate that the zinc finger domain is essential for the normal processing function of MetAP1 in vivo and suggest that it may be important for the proper functional alignment of MetAP1 on the ribosomes.
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- Joseph A Vetro
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University Health Sciences Center, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Kanno T, Endo H, Takeuchi K, Morishita Y, Fukayama M, Mori S. High expression of methionine aminopeptidase type 2 in germinal center B cells and their neoplastic counterparts. J Transl Med 2002; 82:893-901. [PMID: 12118091 DOI: 10.1097/01.lab.0000020419.25365.c4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Methionine aminopeptidase type 2 (MetAP2) is a bifunctional protein that plays critical roles in the regulation of protein synthesis and post-translational processing by (a) protecting the alpha subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 from inhibitory phosphorylation by eukaryotic initiation factor 2 kinases and (b) removing the amino-terminal methionine residue from nascent protein. MetAP2 is also known as the molecular target of the angiogenesis inhibitor TNP-470. In addition, it has been recently suggested that MetAP2 has an antiapoptotic function in mesothelioma. To know the pattern of expression of MetAP2 in normal and neoplastic tissues, we raised two specific rabbit polyclonal Abs and examined the pattern of MetAP2 expression in various normal and pathologic specimens. Unexpectedly, we found a very high and selective expression of MetAP2 in germinal center B cells. In the germinal center, dark zone B cells tended to express more MetAP2 than light zone B cells. When 200 malignant lymphomas of various subtypes were studied, a high level of MetAP2 expression, equivalent to that observed in germinal center B cells, was noted exclusively on B-cell lymphoma subtypes that are currently regarded as the neoplastic counterparts of germinal center B cells. The expression of MetAP2 in diffuse large B-cell lymphomas correlated well with that of BCL6 (p < 0.05) but not with that of either CD10 or BCL2. These data suggest that MetAP2 has specific function(s) in germinal center B cells and that the function is shared by neoplastic counterparts of germinal center B cells.
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- Takayuki Kanno
- Division of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Chen S, Vetro JA, Chang YH. The specificity in vivo of two distinct methionine aminopeptidases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch Biochem Biophys 2002; 398:87-93. [PMID: 11811952 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the essential function of amino-terminal methionine removal is provided cotranslationally by two methionine aminopeptidases (MetAP1 and MetAP2). To examine the individual processing efficiency of each MetAP in vivo, we measured the degree of N-terminal methionine cleavage from a series of mutated glutathione-S-transferase (GST) proteins isolated from yeast wild-type, a map1 deletion strain, a map2 deletion strain, and a map1 deletion strain overexpressing the MAP2 gene. We found that MetAP1 plays the major role in N-terminal methionine removal in yeast. Both MetAPs were less efficient when the second residue was Val, and MetAP2 was less efficient than MetAP1 when the second residue was Gly, Cys, or Thr. These findings indicate that MetAP1 and MetAP2 exhibit different cleavage efficiencies against the same substrates in vivo. Interestingly, although methionine is considered a stabilizing N-terminal residue, we found that retention of the initiator methionine on the Met-Ala-GST mutant protein drastically reduced its half-life in vivo.
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- Shaoping Chen
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1402 S. Grand Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
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Bradshaw RA, Hope CJ, Yi E, Walker KW. Co- and Posttranslational Processing: The Removal of Methionine. CO- AND POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROTEOLYSIS OF PROTEINS 2002. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-6047(02)80015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Blouquit Y, Arous N, Lena D, Delanoe-Garin J, Lacombe C, Bardakdjian J, Vovan L, Orsini A, Rosa J, Galacteros F. Hb Marseille [α2β2N methionyl - 2 (NA2) His → Pro]: a new β chain variant having an extended N-terminus. FEBS Lett 2001; 178:315-8. [PMID: 6548977 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(84)80624-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A new abnormal hemoglobin was found in a diabetic Maltese woman by citrate agar electrophoresis. This variant was undetectable by isoelectric focusing. No hematological abnormalities were observed. The structural analysis included isolation of the abnormal beta chain, high pressure liquid chromatography of the corresponding tryptic peptides and then microsequencing of the abnormal T1. These procedures revealed a double abnormality: the presence of a methionyl residue extending the NH2 terminus and a histidine to proline substitution in position NA2.
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Hanes J, Jermutus L, Plückthun A. Selecting and evolving functional proteins in vitro by ribosome display. Methods Enzymol 2001; 328:404-30. [PMID: 11075357 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)28409-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- J Hanes
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Switzerland
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Methionine aminopeptidases (MAPs) play important roles in protein processing. MAPs from various organisms, for example E. coli, S. typhimurium, P. furiosus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and porcine have been purified to homogeneity and their MAP activities have been tested in vitro and in vivo. The DNA sequence analyses of MAP genes from the above organisms reveal sequence homologies with other prokaryotic MAPs as well as with various eukaryotic homologues of rat p67. The cellular glycoprotein, p67 protects the alpha-subunit of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (eIF2) from phosphorylation by its kinases. We call this POEP (protection of eIF2alpha phosphorylation) activity of p67. The POEP activity of p67 is observed in different stress-related situations such as during heme-deficiency of reticulocytes, serum starvation and heat-shock of mammalian cells, vaccinia virus infection of mammalian cells, baculovirus infection of insect cells, mitosis, apoptosis, and possibly during normal cell growth. The POEP activity of p67 is regulated by an enzyme, called p67-deglycosylase (p67-DG). When active, p67-DG inactivates p67 by removing its carbohydrate moieties. Remarkable amino acid sequence similarities at the C-terminus of rat p67 with its eukaryotic and prokaryotic homologues which have MAP activities, raise several important questions: i) does rat p67 have MAP activity?; and ii) if it does have MAP activity, how the two activities (POEP and MAP) of p67 are used by mammalian cells during their growth and differentiation. In this review, discussions have been made to evaluate both POEP and MAP activities of p67 and their possible involvement during normal growth and cancerous growth of mammalian cells.
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- B Datta
- Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
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Schaffitzel C, Hanes J, Jermutus L, Plückthun A. Ribosome display: an in vitro method for selection and evolution of antibodies from libraries. J Immunol Methods 1999; 231:119-35. [PMID: 10648932 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-1759(99)00149-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Combinatorial approaches in biology require appropriate screening methods for very large libraries. The library size, however, is almost always limited by the initial transformation steps following its assembly and ligation, as other all screening methods use cells or phages and viruses derived from them. Ribosome display is the first method for screening and selection of functional proteins performed completely in vitro and thus circumventing many drawbacks of in vivo systems. We review here the principle and applications of ribosome display for generating high-affinity antibodies from complex libraries. In ribosome display, the physical link between genotype and phenotype is accomplished by a mRNA-ribosome-protein complex that is used for selection. As this complex is stable for several days under appropriate conditions, very stringent selections can be performed. Ribosome display allows protein evolution through a built-in diversification of the initial library during selection cycles. Thus, the initial library size no longer limits the sequence space sampled. By this method, scFv fragments of antibodies with affinities in the low picomolar range have been obtained. As all steps of ribosome display are carried out entirely in vitro, reaction conditions of individual steps can be tailored to the requirements of the protein species investigated and the objectives of the selection or evolution experiment.
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- C Schaffitzel
- Biochemisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Wintherthurerstr. 190, Zürich, Switzerland
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Globin synthesis in a wheat germ cell-free translation system was performed in the presence of [3H]hemin and [35S]methionine to determine the minimal length of the nascent ribosome-bound globin chain capable of heme binding. Nascent polypeptides of predetermined size were synthesized on ribosomes by translation of truncated mRNA molecules. Analysis with the use of sucrose gradient centrifugation and puromycin reaction revealed that the ribosome-bound N-terminal alpha-globin fragments of 140, 100, and 86 amino acid residues are capable of an efficient heme binding, whereas those of 75, 65, and 34 amino acid residues display a significantly weaker, or just nonspecific, affinity to heme. This indicates that the ribosome-bound nascent chain of 86 amino acid residues has already acquired a spatial structure that allows its interaction with the heme group or that heme attachment promotes the formation of the proper tertiary structure in the ribosome-bound nascent peptide. In any case the cotranslational folding of globin is suggested.
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- A A Komar
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, 119899 Moscow, Russia
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AbstractDevelopmental switching of hemoglobins (Hbs) occurs in most vertebrates, yet the cellular and molecular basis for this process remains elusive. The zebrafish is a new genetic and developmental system that can be used to study embryogenesis, and mutants with a variety of defects in hematopoiesis have recently been derived. To initiate our studies on Hb switching in this organism, we have characterized the globins expressed in the adult. Reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometric analyses of adult peripheral blood hemolysates showed that there are three major α globins and two β globins in circulating erythroid cells. In addition, we have isolated and characterized zebrafish adult α- and β-globin cDNA clones that encode some of these globins. High levels of α- and β-globin gene expression were detected in adult erythroid cells, whereas embryonic erythroid cells expressed little, if any, of these RNAs. We have also shown that the α- and β-globin genes are tightly linked on the same chromosome and are arrayed in a 3′-5′ to 5′-3′ configuration, respectively. The characterization of these genes and regulatory elements in this globin locus will provide insight into the process of globin gene transcription. With these reagents, future studies of Hb switching in zebrafish mutants with defective hematopoiesis will be possible.
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Louie DF, Resing KA, Lewis TS, Ahn NG. Mass spectrometric analysis of 40 S ribosomal proteins from Rat-1 fibroblasts. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:28189-98. [PMID: 8910435 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.45.28189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Although sequences of most mammalian ribosomal proteins are available, little is known about the post-translational processing of ribosomal proteins. To examine their post-translational modifications, 40 S subunit proteins purified from Rat-1 fibroblasts and their peptides were analyzed by liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray mass spectrometry. Of 41 proteins observed, 36 corresponded to the 32 rat 40 S ribosomal proteins with known sequences (S3, S5, S7, and S24 presented in two forms). The observed masses of S4, S6-S8, S13, S15a, S16, S17, S19, S27a, S29, and S30 matched those predicted. Sa, S3a, S5, S11, S15, S18, S20, S21, S24, S26-S28, and an S7 variant showed changes in mass that were consistent with N-terminal demethionylation and/or acetylation (S5 and S27 also appeared to be internally formylated and acetylated, respectively). S23 appeared to be internally hydroxylated or methylated. S2, S3, S9, S10, S12, S14, and S25 showed changes in mass inconsistent with known covalent modifications (+220, -75, +86, +56, -100, -117, and -103 Da, respectively), possibly representing novel post-translational modifications or allelic sequence variation. Five unidentified proteins (12,084, 13,706, 13,741, 13,884, and 34, 987 Da) were observed; for one, a sequence tag (PPGPPP), absent in any known ribosomal proteins, was determined, suggesting that it is a previously undescribed ribosome-associated protein. This study establishes a powerful method to rapidly analyze protein components of large biological complexes and their covalent modifications.
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- D F Louie
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
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Wang S, Sakai H, Wiedmann M. NAC covers ribosome-associated nascent chains thereby forming a protective environment for regions of nascent chains just emerging from the peptidyl transferase center. J Cell Biol 1995; 130:519-28. [PMID: 7622554 PMCID: PMC2120527 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.130.3.519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We demonstrate that nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC) is one of the first cytosolic factors that newly synthesized nascent chains encounter. When NAC is present, nascent chains are segregated from the cytosol until approximately 30 amino acids in length, a finding consistent with the well-documented protease resistance of short ribosome-associated nascent chains. When NAC is removed, the normally protected nascent chains are susceptible to proteolysis. Therefore NAC, by covering COOH-terminal segments of nascent chains on the ribosome, perhaps together with ribosomal proteins, forms a protective environment for regions of nascent chains just emerging from the peptidyl transferase center. Since NAC is not a core ribosomal protein, the emergence of nascent chains from the ribosome may be more dynamic than previously thought.
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- S Wang
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York 10021, USA
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Komar AA, Kommer A, Krasheninnikov IA, Spirin AS. Cotranslational heme binding to nascent globin chains. FEBS Lett 1993; 326:261-3. [PMID: 8325375 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81803-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Globin synthesis in cell-free extracts of rabbit reticulocytes was carried out in the presence of 3H-labeled hemin. Sucrose gradient centrifugation analysis revealed [3H]hemin in the polyribosome fraction. The addition of puromycin resulted in the release of both [3H]hemin- and [14C]leucine-labeled polypeptide from the polyribosomes. The data suggest cotranslational folding of the globin molecule on the ribosome and cotranslational heme binding to the nascent globin chain.
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- A A Komar
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Russian Federation
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Friguet B, Fedorov AN, Djavadi-Ohaniance L. In vitro gene expression for the localization of antigenic determinants: application to the E. coli tryptophan synthase beta 2 subunit. J Immunol Methods 1993; 158:243-9. [PMID: 7679134 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(93)90220-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Gene expression of the beta subunit of E. coli tryptophan synthase in an E. coli cell-free transcription-translation system proceeds by pauses and produces a discrete but quite continuous pattern of nascent chains starting from the N terminus and ranging in size up to the 44 kDa end product corresponding to the completed beta chains. Using specific immunoadsorption of [35S]Met radiolabelled nascent chains by different monoclonal antibodies directed against the beta 2 subunit of E. coli tryptophan synthase, the size of the smallest N-terminal fragment reacting with each antibody has been determined by SDS electrophoretic analysis of the immunoadsorbed polypeptides. The immunoadsorption assay is performed in solution under conditions avoiding the usual drawbacks of solid phase immunoassay. This approach, in combination with the results obtained with a DNA fragment library permitted us to localize the antigenic determinants recognized by the monoclonal antibodies. The proposed method could help to localize rapidly the C-terminal boundary of an epitope, before starting systematic and precise mapping by other approaches. Moreover, the method described may be of general interest for the rapid production of a large set of C-terminal truncated polypeptides for studies of antigen-antibody recognition.
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- B Friguet
- Unité de Biochimie Cellulaire (C.N.R.S. U.R.A. 1129), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Kendall R, Bradshaw R. Isolation and characterization of the methionine aminopeptidase from porcine liver responsible for the co-translational processing of proteins. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36737-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Scaloni A, Jones W, Barra D, Pospischil M, Sassa S, Popowicz A, Manning L, Schneewind O, Manning J. Acylpeptide hydrolase: inhibitors and some active site residues of the human enzyme. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50598-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Termignoni C, Freitas Júnior JO, Guimarães JA. Methionyl aminopeptidase from rat liver: distribution of the membrane-bound subcellular enzyme. Mol Cell Biochem 1991; 102:101-13. [PMID: 1881386 DOI: 10.1007/bf00234568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The selective distribution of methionyl aminopeptidase (MAP) among rat liver mitochondria (heavy and light) and microsomes is reported. Several properties of MAP from the three subcellular fractions showed that the enzyme is a typical aminopeptidase able to remove N-terminal methionine from oligopeptides and methionyl-2-naphthylamide but not from Met-Ala-Ser. MAP is a membrane-bound enzyme sensitive to SH-group oxidants and inhibitable by L-methionine but not by usual arylaminopeptidase inhibitors. It is suggested that, MAP may play an important role during protein synthesis in rat liver.
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- C Termignoni
- Department of Biochemistry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Dasso MC, Jackson RJ. Efficient initiation of mammalian mRNA translation at a CUG codon. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:6485-97. [PMID: 2780285 PMCID: PMC318343 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.16.6485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Nucleotide substitutions were made at the initiation codon of an influenza virus NS cDNA clone in a vector carrying the bacteriophage T7 promoter. When capped mRNA transcripts of these constructs were translated in the rabbit reticulocyte lysate, a change in the initiation codon from...AUAAUGG...to...AUACUGG...reduced the in vitro translational efficiency by only 50-60%, and resulted in only a small increase in the yield of short products presumed to be initiated at downstream sites. Synthesis of the full-length product was initiated exclusively at the mutated codon, with negligible use either of in-frame upstream CUG or GUG codons, or of an in-frame downstream GUG codon. We conclude that CUG has the potential to function as an efficient initiation codon in mammalian systems, at least in certain contexts.
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- M C Dasso
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Medvedev ZA, Medvedeva MN. Identification of minor tightly bound H1 histone subfractions which fail to cleave their initiator methionine. Mol Biol Rep 1989; 13:145-9. [PMID: 3255050 DOI: 10.1007/bf00444310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Groups of CBA mice were administered [35S] methionine (1 mCi/mouse). Non-histone proteins, H1 and H1(0) histones and nucleosomal core histones were isolated from different issues by selective extractions. The measurements of radioactivity of individual bands and autoradiography of dry gels were used to identify methionine-containing and methionine-free histone variants. H1A and H1B histone variants extracted with 5% perchloric acid were methionine-free. However, minor sub-fractions of these histones which are more tightly bound to DNA (and which can be extracted only with 0.25 N HCl) contained [35S] methionine and did show a higher specific activity than methionine-containing nucleosomal hitones. Cyanogen Bromide reaction which destroys non-histone proteins and methionine-containing nucleosomal histones removes radioactivity but does not alter the position of methionine-containing H1 minor bands. This indicates that the radioactive methionine occupies only the N-terminus of the H1 molecules. It is suggested that this methionine is an uncleaved initiator methionine. The presence of these methionine-containing minor H1 subfractions varies in different tissues.
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- Z A Medvedev
- Genetics Division, National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK
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Arfin SM, Bradshaw RA. Cotranslational processing and protein turnover in eukaryotic cells. Biochemistry 1988; 27:7979-84. [PMID: 3069123 DOI: 10.1021/bi00421a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- S M Arfin
- Department of Biological Chemistry, California College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine 92717
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Cotranslational amino-terminal processing of cytosolic proteins. Cell-free expression of site-directed mutants of human hemoglobin. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68497-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Hann SR, King MW, Bentley DL, Anderson CW, Eisenman RN. A non-AUG translational initiation in c-myc exon 1 generates an N-terminally distinct protein whose synthesis is disrupted in Burkitt's lymphomas. Cell 1988; 52:185-95. [PMID: 3277717 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(88)90507-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The c-myc gene comprises three exons with a single large AUG-initiated open reading frame extending from exon 2 through exon 3. Exon 1 lacks any AUG codons. Cells from a wide range of species produce two c-myc proteins that, while highly related, do not appear to arise from posttranslational interconversion. To understand the origin of the two proteins, we mapped them and analyzed the in vitro protein-coding capacity of c-myc cDNAs. Our findings show that the two proteins are derived from alternative translational initiations at the exon 2 AUG and at a non-AUG codon near the 3' end of exon 1, resulting in the production of proteins with distinct N termini. In Burkitt's lymphomas, the removal or specific mutation of exon 1 in c-myc translocations correlates with suppression of synthesis of the larger protein, and thus may contribute to the oncogenic activation of c-myc.
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- S R Hann
- Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98104
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Ryabova LA, Selivanova OM, Baranov VI, Vasiliev VD, Spirin AS. Does the channel for nascent peptide exist inside the ribosome? Immune electron microscopy study. FEBS Lett 1988; 226:255-60. [PMID: 3276553 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)81434-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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MS2 phage RNA-directed synthesis of an N-terminal polypeptide of the phage coat protein on Escherichia coli 70 S ribosomes was initiated in a cell-free system with the N-dinitrophenyl derivative of methionyl-tRNAFMet) and performed in the absence of tyrosine, lysine, cysteine and methionine. As a result, the translating ribosomes carried peptides up to 42 amino acid residues in length with the dinitrophenyl hapten at the N-ends. Using the immune electron microscopy technique the positions of the nascent peptide N-ends on the 70 S ribosomes have been visualized. It has been found that (i) the N-ends of nascent peptides of these lengths are accessible to antibodies, (ii) the exit site of a nascent peptide is the pocket between the base of the central protuberance and the L1 ridge on the 50 S subunit, i.e. presumably its peptidyl transferase center, and (iii) the further pathway of a nascent peptide seems to proceed along the groove on the external surface of the 50 S subunit.
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- L A Ryabova
- Institute of Protein Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Pushchino, Moscow Region
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Huang S, Elliott RC, Liu PS, Koduri RK, Weickmann JL, Lee JH, Blair LC, Ghosh-Dastidar P, Bradshaw RA, Bryan KM. Specificity of cotranslational amino-terminal processing of proteins in yeast. Biochemistry 1987; 26:8242-6. [PMID: 3327521 DOI: 10.1021/bi00399a033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Polypeptides synthesized in the cytoplasm of eukaryotes are generally initiated with methionine, but N-terminal methionine is absent from most mature proteins. Many proteins are also N alpha-acetylated. The removal of N-terminal methionine and N alpha-acetylation are catalyzed by two enzymes during translation. The substrate preferences of the methionine aminopeptidase (EC 3.4.11.x) and N alpha-acetyltransferase (EC 2.3.1.x) have been partially inferred from the distribution of amino-terminal residues and/or mutations found for appropriate mature proteins, but with some contradictions. In this study, a synthetic gene corresponding to the mature amino acid sequence of the plant protein thaumatin, expressed in yeast as a nonexported protein, i.e., lacking a signal peptide, has been used to delineate the specificities of these enzymes with respect to the penultimate amino acid. Site-directed mutagenesis, employing synthetic oligonucleotides, was utilized to construct genes encoding each of the 20 amino acids following the initiation methionine codon, and each protein derivative was isolated and characterized with respect to its amino-terminal structure. All four possible N-terminal variants--those with and without methionine and those with and without N alpha-acetylation--were obtained. These results define the specificity of these enzymes in situ and suggest that the nature of the penultimate amino-terminal residue is the major determinant of their selectivity.
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- S Huang
- INGENE, Inc., Santa Monica, California 90404
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