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Takemura S, Shimada N, Maruyama A. Malachite green-derivatized cationic comb-type copolymer acts as a photoresponsive artificial chaperone. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE. POLYMER EDITION 2023; 34:2463-2482. [PMID: 37787160 DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2023.2265127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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Molecular chaperones play vital roles in various physiological reactions by regulating the folding and assembly of biomacromolecules. We have demonstrated that cationic comb-type copolymers exhibit chaperone activity for anionic biomolecules including DNA and ionic peptide via the formation of soluble interpolyelectrolyte complexes. The development of smart artificial chaperones that can be spatiotemporally controlled by a remotely guided signal would expand the functions of artificial chaperones. Herein, to enable photocontrol of chaperone activity, a cationic comb-type copolymer bearing malachite green as a photoresponsive unit was designed. We first prepared a series of carboxylic acid derivatives of malachite green identified a derivative that could be quickly and quantitatively converted to the cationic form from the nonionic form by photoirradiation. This derivative was conjugated to the cationic comb-type copolymer, poly(allylamine)-graft-poly(ethylene glycol) through a condensation reaction. Upon photoirradiation, the copolymer bearing 9 mol% malachite green enhanced the membrane disruptive activity of acidic peptide E5 and induced morphological changes in liposomes. This demonstration of photoresponsive activation of chaperoning activity of a copolymer suggests that the installation of carboxyl derivatives of malachite green will impart photoresponsiveness to various materials including biopolymers.
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- Seiya Takemura
- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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Bäumer N, Castellanos E, Soberats B, Fernández G. Bioinspired crowding directs supramolecular polymerisation. Nat Commun 2023; 14:1084. [PMID: 36841784 PMCID: PMC9968348 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36540-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2023] Open
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Crowding effects are crucial to maintaining functionality in biological systems, but little is known about their role in analogous artificial counterparts. Within the growing field of supramolecular polymer science, crowding effects have hitherto remained underappreciated. Herein, we show that crowding effects exhibit strong and distinct control over the kinetics, accessible pathways and final outcomes of supramolecular polymerisation processes. In the presence of a pre-formed supramolecular polymer as crowding agent, a model supramolecular polymer dramatically changes its self-assembly behaviour and undergoes a morphological transformation from bundled fibres into flower-like hierarchical assemblies, despite no co-assembly taking place. Notably, this new pathway can only be accessed in crowded environments and when the crowding agent exhibits a one-dimensional morphology. These results allow accessing diverse morphologies and properties in supramolecular polymers and pave the way towards a better understanding of high-precision self-assembly in nature.
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- Nils Bäumer
- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster, Organisch Chemisches Institut, Corrensstraße 36, 48149 Münster, Germany
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- grid.9563.90000 0001 1940 4767Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122 Spain
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- grid.9563.90000 0001 1940 4767Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, Cra. Valldemossa, Km. 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, 07122 Spain
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- Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität Münster, Organisch Chemisches Institut, Corrensstraße 36, 48149, Münster, Germany.
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Multifunctional synthetic nano-chaperone for peptide folding and intracellular delivery. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4568. [PMID: 35931667 PMCID: PMC9356039 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32268-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Artificial, synthetic chaperones have attracted much attention in biomedical research due to their ability to control the folding of proteins and peptides. Here, we report bio-inspired multifunctional porous nanoparticles to modulate proper folding and intracellular delivery of therapeutic α-helical peptide. The Synthetic Nano-Chaperone for Peptide (SNCP) based on porous nanoparticles provides an internal hydrophobic environment which contributes in stabilizing secondary structure of encapsulated α-helical peptides due to the hydrophobic internal environments. In addition, SNCP with optimized inner surface modification not only improves thermal stability for α-helical peptide but also supports the peptide stapling methods in situ, serving as a nanoreactor. Then, SNCP subsequently delivers the stabilized therapeutic α-helical peptides into cancer cells, resulting in high therapeutic efficacy. SNCP improves cellular uptake and bioavailability of the anti-cancer peptide, so the cancer growth is effectively inhibited in vivo. These data indicate that the bio-inspired SNCP system combining nanoreactor and delivery carrier could provide a strategy to expedite the development of peptide therapeutics by overcoming existing drawbacks of α-helical peptides as drug candidates. Molecular chaperones play an important part in protein folding and delivery in nature. Here, the authors report on the creation of a synthetic chaperone to control the folding of therapeutic peptides from random coil to alpha helix and demonstrate enhanced therapeutic potential in an in vivo tumour model.
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Matavacas J, von Wachenfeldt C. Update on the Protein Homeostasis Network in Bacillus subtilis. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:865141. [PMID: 35350626 PMCID: PMC8957991 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.865141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Protein homeostasis is fundamental to cell function and survival. It relies on an interconnected network of processes involving protein synthesis, folding, post-translational modification and degradation as well as regulators of these processes. Here we provide an update on the roles, regulation and subcellular localization of the protein homeostasis machinery in the Gram-positive model organism Bacillus subtilis. We discuss emerging ideas and current research gaps in the field that, if tackled, increase our understanding of how Gram-positive bacteria, including several human pathogens, maintain protein homeostasis and cope with stressful conditions that challenge their survival.
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Dobrut A, Brzychczy-Włoch M. Immunogenic Proteins of Group B Streptococcus-Potential Antigens in Immunodiagnostic Assay for GBS Detection. Pathogens 2021; 11:43. [PMID: 35055991 PMCID: PMC8778278 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus, GBS) is an opportunistic pathogen, which asymptomatically colonizes the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract of up to one third of healthy adults. Nevertheless, GBS carriage in pregnant women may lead to several health issues in newborns causing life threatening infection, such as sepsis, pneumonia or meningitis. Recommended GBS screening in pregnant women significantly reduced morbidity and mortality in infants. Nevertheless, intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis, recommended following the detection of carriage or in case of lack of a carriage test result for pregnant women who demonstrate certain risk factors, led to the expansion of the adverse phenomenon of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. In our paper, we reviewed some immunogenic GBS proteins, i.e., Alp family proteins, β protein, Lmb, Sip, BibA, FsbA, ScpB, enolase, elongation factor Tu, IMPDH, and GroEL, which possess features characteristic of good candidates for immunodiagnostic assays for GBS carriage detection, such as immunoreactivity and specificity. We assume that they can be used as an alternative diagnostic method to the presently recommended bacteriological cultivation and MALDI.
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical College, Jagiellonian University, 31-121 Krakow, Poland;
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A general approach to protein folding using thermostable exoshells. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5720. [PMID: 34588451 PMCID: PMC8481291 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25996-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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In vitro protein folding is a complex process which often results in protein aggregation, low yields and low specific activity. Here we report the use of nanoscale exoshells (tES) to provide complementary nanoenvironments for the folding and release of 12 highly diverse protein substrates ranging from small protein toxins to human albumin, a dimeric protein (alkaline phosphatase), a trimeric ion channel (Omp2a) and the tetrameric tumor suppressor, p53. These proteins represent a unique diversity in size, volume, disulfide linkages, isoelectric point and multi versus monomeric nature of their functional units. Protein encapsulation within tES increased crude soluble yield (3-fold to >100-fold), functional yield (2-fold to >100-fold) and specific activity (3-fold to >100-fold) for all the proteins tested. The average soluble yield was 6.5 mg/100 mg of tES with charge complementation between the tES internal cavity and the protein substrate being the primary determinant of functional folding. Our results confirm the importance of nanoscale electrostatic effects and provide a solution for folding proteins in vitro.
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Malik JA, Lone R. Heat shock proteins with an emphasis on HSP 60. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 48:6959-6969. [PMID: 34498161 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06676-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Heat shock phenomenon is a process by which cells express a set of proteins called heat shock proteins (HSPs) against heat stress. HSPs include several families depending upon the molecular weight of the respective protein. Among the different HSPs, The HSP60 is one of the main components representing the framework of chaperone system. HSP60 plays a myriad number of roles like chaperoning, thermotolerance, apoptosis, cancer, immunology and embryonic development. In this review we discussed briefly the general knowledge and focussed on HSP60 in terms of structure, regulation and function in various physiological and pathological conditions.
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- Javid Ahmad Malik
- Pharmacology and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Botany, Central University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
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Alagbe BD, Gibb BC, Ashbaugh HS. Evolution of the Free Energy Landscapes of n-Alkane Guests Bound within Supramolecular Complexes. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7299-7310. [PMID: 34170690 PMCID: PMC8279555 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Confinement within nanoscale spaces can dramatically alter the ensemble of conformations flexible species explore. For example, chaperone complexes take advantage of confinement to fold misfolded proteins, while viral capsids transport genomic materials in tight packings. Here we examine the free energy landscapes of n-alkanes confined within supramolecular dimeric complexes of deep-cavity cavitand octa-acid, which have been experimentally demonstrated to force these chains with increasing length to adopt extended, helical, hairpin, and spinning top conformational motifs, using molecular simulations. Alkanes up to n-docosane in both vacuum and water predominantly exhibit a free energy minimum for elongated conformations with a majority of trans dihedrals. Within harmonically sealed cavitand dimers, however, the free energy landscapes as a function of the end-to-end distance between their terminal methyl units exhibit minima that evolve with the length of the alkane. Distinct free energy basins are observed between the helical and hairpin motifs and between the hairpin and chicane motifs whose relative stability changes with the number of carbons in the bound guest. These changes are reminiscent of two state-like protein folding, although the observed alkane conformations confined are more insensitive to temperature perturbation than proteins are. While the chicane motif within the harmonically sealed dimers has not been observed experimentally, this conformation relaxes to the observed spinning top motif once the harmonic restraints are released for the complexes in aqueous solution, indicating that these motifs are related to one another. We do not observe distinct minima between the confined extended and helical motifs, suggesting these conformers are part of a larger linear motif family whose population of gauche dihedral angles grows in proportion to the number of carbons in the chain to ultimately form a helix that fits the alkane within the complex.
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- Busayo D Alagbe
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Mayer MP. The Hsp70-Chaperone Machines in Bacteria. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:694012. [PMID: 34164436 PMCID: PMC8215388 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.694012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The ATP-dependent Hsp70s are evolutionary conserved molecular chaperones that constitute central hubs of the cellular protein quality surveillance network. None of the other main chaperone families (Tig, GroELS, HtpG, IbpA/B, ClpB) have been assigned with a comparable range of functions. Through a multitude of functions Hsp70s are involved in many cellular control circuits for maintaining protein homeostasis and have been recognized as key factors for cell survival. Three mechanistic properties of Hsp70s are the basis for their high versatility. First, Hsp70s bind to short degenerate sequence motifs within their client proteins. Second, Hsp70 chaperones switch in a nucleotide-controlled manner between a state of low affinity for client proteins and a state of high affinity for clients. Third, Hsp70s are targeted to their clients by a large number of cochaperones of the J-domain protein (JDP) family and the lifetime of the Hsp70-client complex is regulated by nucleotide exchange factors (NEF). In this review I will discuss advances in the understanding of the molecular mechanism of the Hsp70 chaperone machinery focusing mostly on the bacterial Hsp70 DnaK and will compare the two other prokaryotic Hsp70s HscA and HscC with DnaK.
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- Matthias P Mayer
- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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Kumar A, Singh NK, Ghosh D, Radhakrishna M. Understanding the role of hydrophobic patches in protein disaggregation. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:12620-12629. [PMID: 34075973 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00954k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Protein folding is a very complex process and, so far, the mechanism of folding still intrigues the research community. Despite a large conformational space available (O(1047) for a 100 amino acid residue), most proteins fold into their native state within a very short time. While small proteins fold relatively fast (a few microseconds) large globular proteins may take as long as several milliseconds to fold. During the folding process, the protein synthesized in the ribosome is exposed to the crowded environment of the cell and is easily prone to misfolding and aggregation due to interactions with other proteins or biomacromolecules present within the cell. These large proteins, therefore, rely on chaperones for their folding and repair. Chaperones are known to have hydrophobic patchy domains that play a crucial role in shielding the protein against misfolding and disaggregation of aggregated proteins. In the current article, Monte Carlo simulations carried out in the framework of the hydrophobic-polar (H-P) lattice model indicate that hydrophobic patchy domains drastically reduce the inter-protein interactions and are efficient in disaggregating proteins. The effectiveness of the disaggregation depends on the size and distribution of these patches on the surface and also on the strength of the interaction between the protein and the surface. Further, our results indicate that when the patch is complementary to the exposed hydrophobic patch of the protein, protein disaggregation is accompanied by stabilization of the protein even relative to its bulk behavior due to favorable protein-surface interactions. We believe that these findings shed light on the role of the class of chaperones known as heat shock proteins (Hsps) on protein disaggregation and refolding.
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- Avishek Kumar
- Discipline of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat-382355, India.
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Kameta N, Ding W. Stacking of nanorings to generate nanotubes for acceleration of protein refolding. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:1629-1638. [PMID: 33331384 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr07660k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Self-assembly and photoisomerization of azobenzene-based amphiphilic molecules produced nanorings with an inner diameter of 25 nm and lengths of <40 nm. The nanorings, which consisted of a single bilayer membrane of the amphiphiles, retained their morphology in the presence of a stacking inhibitor; whereas in the absence of the inhibitor, the nanorings stacked into short nanotubes (<500 nm). When subjected to mild heat treatment, these nanotubes joined end-to-end to form nanotubes with lengths of several tens of micrometers. The nanorings and the short and long nanotubes were able to encapsulate proteins and thereby suppress aggregation induced by thermal denaturation. In addition, the nanotubes accelerated refolding of denatured proteins by encapsulating them and then releasing them into the bulk solution; refolding occurred simultaneously with release. In contrast, the nanorings did not accelerate protein refolding. Refolding efficiency increased with increasing nanotube length, indicating that the re-aggregation of the proteins was strictly inhibited by lowering the concentration of the proteins in the bulk solution as the result of the slow release from the longer nanotubes. The migration of the proteins through the long, narrow nanochannels during the release process will also contribute to refolding.
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- N Kameta
- Nanomaterials Research Institute, Department of Materials and Chemistry, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8565, Japan.
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Weber AAT, Hugall AF, O’Hara TD. Convergent Evolution and Structural Adaptation to the Deep Ocean in the Protein-Folding Chaperonin CCTα. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:1929-1942. [PMID: 32780796 PMCID: PMC7643608 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The deep ocean is the largest biome on Earth and yet it is among the least studied environments of our planet. Life at great depths requires several specific adaptations; however, their molecular mechanisms remain understudied. We examined patterns of positive selection in 416 genes from four brittle star (Ophiuroidea) families displaying replicated events of deep-sea colonization (288 individuals from 216 species). We found consistent signatures of molecular convergence in functions related to protein biogenesis, including protein folding and translation. Five genes were recurrently positively selected, including chaperonin-containing TCP-1 subunit α (CCTα), which is essential for protein folding. Molecular convergence was detected at the functional and gene levels but not at the amino-acid level. Pressure-adapted proteins are expected to display higher stability to counteract the effects of denaturation. We thus examined in silico local protein stability of CCTα across the ophiuroid tree of life (967 individuals from 725 species) in a phylogenetically corrected context and found that deep-sea-adapted proteins display higher stability within and next to the substrate-binding region, which was confirmed by in silico global protein stability analyses. This suggests that CCTα displays not only structural but also functional adaptations to deep-water conditions. The CCT complex is involved in the folding of ∼10% of newly synthesized proteins and has previously been categorized as a "cold-shock" protein in numerous eukaryotes. We thus propose that adaptation mechanisms to cold and deep-sea environments may be linked and highlight that efficient protein biogenesis, including protein folding and translation, is a key metabolic deep-sea adaptation.
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- Alexandra A -T Weber
- Sciences, Museums Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre de Bretagne, REM/EEP, Ifremer, Laboratoire Environnement Profond, Plouzané, France
- Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland
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Mitochondria are essential organelles in eukaryotes. Most mitochondrial proteins are encoded by the nuclear genome and translated in the cytosol. Nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins need to be imported, processed, folded, and assembled into their functional states. To maintain protein homeostasis (proteostasis), mitochondria are equipped with a distinct set of quality control machineries. Deficiencies in such systems lead to mitochondrial dysfunction, which is a hallmark of aging and many human diseases, such as neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. In this review, we discuss the unique challenges and solutions of proteostasis in mitochondria. The import machinery coordinates with mitochondrial proteases and chaperones to maintain the mitochondrial proteome. Moreover, mitochondrial proteostasis depends on cytosolic protein quality control mechanisms during crises. In turn, mitochondria facilitate cytosolic proteostasis. Increasing evidence suggests that enhancing mitochondrial proteostasis may hold therapeutic potential to protect against protein aggregation-associated cellular defects.
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- Linhao Ruan
- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB) Graduate Program, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Center for Cell Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA; , , , , ,
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Bracher A, Paul SS, Wang H, Wischnewski N, Hartl FU, Hayer-Hartl M. Structure and conformational cycle of a bacteriophage-encoded chaperonin. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0230090. [PMID: 32339190 PMCID: PMC7185714 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chaperonins are ubiquitous molecular chaperones found in all domains of life. They form ring-shaped complexes that assist in the folding of substrate proteins in an ATP-dependent reaction cycle. Key to the folding cycle is the transient encapsulation of substrate proteins by the chaperonin. Here we present a structural and functional characterization of the chaperonin gp146 (ɸEL) from the phage EL of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ɸEL, an evolutionarily distant homolog of bacterial GroEL, is active in ATP hydrolysis and prevents the aggregation of denatured protein in a nucleotide-dependent manner. However, ɸEL failed to refold the encapsulation-dependent model substrate rhodanese and did not interact with E. coli GroES, the lid-shaped co-chaperone of GroEL. ɸEL forms tetradecameric double-ring complexes, which dissociate into single rings in the presence of ATP. Crystal structures of ɸEL (at 3.54 and 4.03 Å) in presence of ATP•BeFx revealed two distinct single-ring conformational states, both with open access to the ring cavity. One state showed uniform ATP-bound subunit conformations (symmetric state), whereas the second combined distinct ATP- and ADP-bound subunit conformations (asymmetric state). Cryo-electron microscopy of apo-ɸEL revealed a double-ring structure composed of rings in the asymmetric state (3.45 Å resolution). We propose that the phage chaperonin undergoes nucleotide-dependent conformational switching between double- and single rings and functions in aggregation prevention without substrate protein encapsulation. Thus, ɸEL may represent an evolutionarily more ancient chaperonin prior to acquisition of the encapsulation mechanism.
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- Andreas Bracher
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- * E-mail: (AB); (MH-H)
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- * E-mail: (AB); (MH-H)
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Nishimura T, Akiyoshi K. Artificial Molecular Chaperone Systems for Proteins, Nucleic Acids, and Synthetic Molecules. Bioconjug Chem 2020; 31:1259-1267. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.0c00133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Tomoki Nishimura
- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Polymer Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Bayfield OW, Steven AC, Antson AA. Cryo-EM structure in situ reveals a molecular switch that safeguards virus against genome loss. eLife 2020; 9:55517. [PMID: 32286226 PMCID: PMC7234808 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The portal protein is a key component of many double-stranded DNA viruses, governing capsid assembly and genome packaging. Twelve subunits of the portal protein define a tunnel, through which DNA is translocated into the capsid. It is unknown how the portal protein functions as a gatekeeper, preventing DNA slippage, whilst allowing its passage into the capsid, and how these processes are controlled. A cryo-EM structure of the portal protein of thermostable virus P23-45, determined in situ in its procapsid-bound state, indicates a mechanism that naturally safeguards the virus against genome loss. This occurs via an inversion of the conformation of the loops that define the constriction in the central tunnel, accompanied by a hydrophilic–hydrophobic switch. The structure also shows how translocation of DNA into the capsid could be modulated by a changing mode of protein–protein interactions between portal and capsid, across a symmetry-mismatched interface.
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- Oliver W Bayfield
- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom.,Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology Research, National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- York Structural Biology Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, United Kingdom
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This chronologue seeks to document the discovery and development of an understanding of oligomeric ring protein assemblies known as chaperonins that assist protein folding in the cell. It provides detail regarding genetic, physiologic, biochemical, and biophysical studies of these ATP-utilizing machines from both in vivo and in vitro observations. The chronologue is organized into various topics of physiology and mechanism, for each of which a chronologic order is generally followed. The text is liberally illustrated to provide firsthand inspection of the key pieces of experimental data that propelled this field. Because of the length and depth of this piece, the use of the outline as a guide for selected reading is encouraged, but it should also be of help in pursuing the text in direct order.
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Back to GroEL-Assisted Protein Folding: GroES Binding-Induced Displacement of Denatured Proteins from GroEL to Bulk Solution. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10010162. [PMID: 31968530 PMCID: PMC7022901 DOI: 10.3390/biom10010162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The main events in chaperone-assisted protein folding are the binding and ligand-induced release of substrate proteins. Here, we studied the location of denatured proteins previously bound to the GroEL chaperonin resulting from the action of the GroES co-chaperonin in the presence of Mg-ATP. Fluorescein-labeled denatured proteins (α-lactalbumin, lysozyme, serum albumin, and pepsin in the presence of thiol reagents at neutral pH, as well as an early refolding intermediate of malate dehydrogenase) were used to reveal the effect of GroES on their interaction with GroEL. Native electrophoresis has demonstrated that these proteins tend to be released from the GroEL-GroES complex. With the use of biotin- and fluorescein-labeled denatured proteins and streptavidin fused with luciferase aequorin (the so-called streptavidin trap), the presence of denatured proteins in bulk solution after GroES and Mg-ATP addition has been confirmed. The time of GroES-induced dissociation of a denatured protein from the GroEL surface was estimated using the stopped-flow technique and found to be much shorter than the proposed time of the GroEL ATPase cycle.
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Perego C, Potestio R. Computational methods in the study of self-entangled proteins: a critical appraisal. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2019; 31:443001. [PMID: 31269476 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ab2f19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The existence of self-entangled proteins, the native structure of which features a complex topology, unveils puzzling, and thus fascinating, aspects of protein biology and evolution. The discovery that a polypeptide chain can encode the capability to self-entangle in an efficient and reproducible way during folding, has raised many questions, regarding the possible function of these knots, their conservation along evolution, and their role in the folding paradigm. Understanding the function and origin of these entanglements would lead to deep implications in protein science, and this has stimulated the scientific community to investigate self-entangled proteins for decades by now. In this endeavour, advanced experimental techniques are more and more supported by computational approaches, that can provide theoretical guidelines for the interpretation of experimental results, and for the effective design of new experiments. In this review we provide an introduction to the computational study of self-entangled proteins, focusing in particular on the methodological developments related to this research field. A comprehensive collection of techniques is gathered, ranging from knot theory algorithms, that allow detection and classification of protein topology, to Monte Carlo or molecular dynamics strategies, that constitute crucial instruments for investigating thermodynamics and kinetics of this class of proteins.
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- Claudio Perego
- Max Panck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, Mainz 55128, Germany
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Song N, Li Z, Cui Z, Chen L, Cui Y, Dang G, Li Z, Li H, Liu S. The prominent alteration in transcriptome and metabolome of Mycobacterium bovis BCG str. Tokyo 172 induced by vitamin B 1. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:104. [PMID: 31117936 PMCID: PMC6530141 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1492-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Vitamin B1 (VB1) is a crucial dietary nutrient and essential cofactor for several key enzymes in the regulation of cellular and metabolic processes, and more importantly in the activation of immune system. To date, the precise role of VB1 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains to be fully understood. RESULTS In this study, the transcriptional and metabolic profiles of VB1-treated Mycobacterium. bovis BCG were analyzed by RNA-sequencing and LC-MS (Liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry). The selection of BCG strain was based on its common physiological features shared with M. tuberculosis. The results of cell growth assays demonstrated that VB1 inhibited the BCG growth rate in vitro. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that the expression levels of genes related to fatty acid metabolism, cholesterol metabolism, glycolipid catabolism, DNA replication, protein translation, cell division and cell wall formation were significantly downregulated in M. bovis BCG treated with VB1. In addition, the metabolomics LC-MS data indicated that most of the amino acids and adenosine diphosphate (ADP) were decreased in M. bovis BCG strain after VB1 treatment. CONCLUSIONS This study provides the molecular and metabolic bases to understand the impacts of VB1 on M.bovis BCG.
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- Ningning Song
- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, China
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Noshiro D, Ando T. Substrate protein dependence of GroEL-GroES interaction cycle revealed by high-speed atomic force microscopy imaging. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2019; 373:rstb.2017.0180. [PMID: 29735734 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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A double-ring-shaped tetradecameric GroEL complex assists proper protein folding in cooperation with the cochaperonin GroES. The dynamic GroEL-GroES interaction reflects the allosteric intra- and inter-ring communications and the chaperonin reaction. Therefore, revealing this dynamic interaction is essential to understanding the allosteric communications and the operation mechanism of GroEL. Nevertheless, how this interaction proceeds in the chaperonin cycle has long been controversial. Here, we directly image the dynamic GroEL-GroES interaction under conditions with and without foldable substrate protein using high-speed atomic force microscopy. Then, the imaging results obtained under these conditions and our previous results in the presence of unfoldable substrate are compared. The molecular movies reveal that the entire reaction pathway is highly complicated but basically identical irrespective of the substrate condition. A prominent (but moderate) difference is in the population distribution of intermediate species: symmetric GroEL : GroES2 and asymmetric GroEL : GroES1 complexes, and GroES-unbound GroEL. This difference is mainly attributed to the longer lifetime of GroEL : GroES1 complexes in the presence of foldable substrate. Moreover, the inter-ring communication, which is the basis for the alternating action of the two rings, occurs at two distinct (GroES association and dissociation) steps in the main reaction pathway, irrespective of the substrate condition.This article is part of a discussion meeting issue 'Allostery and molecular machines'.
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- Daisuke Noshiro
- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.,CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan .,CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Tokyo 102-0076, Japan
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Windiasti G, Feng J, Ma L, Hu Y, Hakeem MJ, Amoako K, Delaquis P, Lu X. Investigating the synergistic antimicrobial effect of carvacrol and zinc oxide nanoparticles against Campylobacter jejuni. Food Control 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2018.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Hsu YW, Juan CT, Wang CM, Jauh GY. Mitochondrial Heat Shock Protein 60s Interact with What's This Factor 9 to Regulate RNA Splicing of ccmFC and rpl2. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2019; 60:116-125. [PMID: 30289547 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcy199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Accepted: 09/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Mitochondrial intron splicing is a plant-specific feature that was acquired during the co-evolution of eukaryotic host cells and a-proteobacteria. The elimination of these introns is facilitated by mitochondrial-targeted proteins encoded by its host, nucleus. What's this factor 9 (WTF9), a nuclear-encoded plant organelle RNA recognition (PORR) protein, is involved in the splicing of the mitochondrial group II introns rpl2 and ccmFC. Disruption of WTF9 causes developmental defects associated with the loss of Cyt c and Cyt c1 in Arabidopsis. In the present study, using a co-immunoprecipitation assay, we found that HSP60s interacted with WTF9, which was further confirmed by a pull-down assay. HSP60s are molecular chaperones that assist with protein folding in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. However, accumulating evidence suggests that HSP60s also participate in other biological functions such as RNA metabolism and RNA protection. In this study, we found that consistently with their interaction with WTF9, HSP60s interacted with 48 nucleotides of the ccmFC intron. In mutant studies, the double mutant hsp60-3a1hsp60-3b1 exhibited a small stature phenotype and reduced splicing efficiency for rpl2 and ccmFC. These observations were similar to those in wtf9 mutants and suggest that HSP60s are involved in the RNA splicing of rpl2 and ccmFC introns in mitochondria. Our findings suggest that HSP60s participate in mitochondrial RNA splicing through their RNA-binding ability.
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- Ya-Wen Hsu
- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology,Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology,Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology,Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology,Academia Sinica, 128 Sec. 2, Academia Rd, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
- Biotechnology Center, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, ROC
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Dahiya V, Buchner J. Functional principles and regulation of molecular chaperones. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2018; 114:1-60. [PMID: 30635079 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2018.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To be able to perform their biological function, a protein needs to be correctly folded into its three dimensional structure. The protein folding process is spontaneous and does not require the input of energy. However, in the crowded cellular environment where there is high risk of inter-molecular interactions that may lead to protein molecules sticking to each other, hence forming aggregates, protein folding is assisted. Cells have evolved robust machinery called molecular chaperones to deal with the protein folding problem and to maintain proteins in their functional state. Molecular chaperones promote efficient folding of newly synthesized proteins, prevent their aggregation and ensure protein homeostasis in cells. There are different classes of molecular chaperones functioning in a complex interplay. In this review, we discuss the principal characteristics of different classes of molecular chaperones, their structure-function relationships, their mode of regulation and their involvement in human disorders.
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- Vinay Dahiya
- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich CIPSM at the Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science Munich CIPSM at the Department Chemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
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Piana S, Shaw DE. Atomic-Level Description of Protein Folding inside the GroEL Cavity. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:11440-11449. [PMID: 30277396 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b07366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Chaperonins (ubiquitous facilitators of protein folding) sequester misfolded proteins within an internal cavity, thus preventing protein aggregation during the process of refolding. GroEL, a tetradecameric bacterial chaperonin, is one of the most studied chaperonins, but the role of the internal cavity in the refolding process is still unclear. It has been suggested that rather than simply isolating proteins while they refold, the GroEL cavity actively promotes protein folding. A detailed characterization of the folding dynamics and thermodynamics of protein substrates encapsulated within the cavity, however, has been difficult to obtain by experimental means, due to the system's complexity and the many steps in the folding cycle. Here, we examine the influence of the GroEL cavity on protein folding based on the results of unbiased, atomistic molecular dynamics simulations. We first verified that the computational setup, which uses a recently developed state-of-the-art force field that more accurately reproduces the aggregation propensity of unfolded states, could recapitulate the essential structural dynamics of GroEL. In these simulations, the GroEL tetradecamer was highly dynamic, transitioning among states corresponding to most of the structures that have been observed experimentally. We then simulated a small, unfolded protein both in the GroEL cavity and in bulk solution and compared the protein's folding process within these two environments. Inside the GroEL cavity, the unfolded protein interacted strongly with the disordered residues in GroEL's C-terminal tails. These interactions stabilized the protein's unfolded states relative to its compact states and increased the roughness of its folding free-energy surface, resulting in slower folding compared to the rate in solution. For larger proteins, which are more typical GroEL substrates, we speculate that these interactions may allow substrates to more quickly escape kinetic traps associated with compact, misfolded states, thereby actively promoting folding.
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- Stefano Piana
- D. E. Shaw Research , New York , New York 10036 , United States
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- D. E. Shaw Research , New York , New York 10036 , United States.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics , Columbia University , New York , New York 10032 , United States
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Dobrut A, Brzozowska E, Górska S, Pyclik M, Gamian A, Bulanda M, Majewska E, Brzychczy-Włoch M. Epitopes of Immunoreactive Proteins of Streptococcus Agalactiae: Enolase, Inosine 5'-Monophosphate Dehydrogenase and Molecular Chaperone GroEL. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:349. [PMID: 30333963 PMCID: PMC6176014 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Three Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococci, GBS) immunoreactive proteins: enolase (47.4 kDa), inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) (53 kDa) and molecular chaperone GroEL (57 kDa) were subjected to investigation. Enolase protein was described in our previous paper, whereas IMPDH and GroEL were presented for the first time. The aim of our paper was to provide mapping of specific epitopes, highly reactive with umbilical cord blood serum. Bioinformatic analyses allowed to select 32 most likely epitopes for enolase, 36 peptides for IMPDH and 41 immunoreactive peptides for molecular chaperone GroEL, which were synthesized by PEPSCAN. Ten peptides: two in enolase, one in IMPDH and seven in molecular chaperone GroEL have been identified as potentially highly selective epitopes that can be used as markers in rapid immunological diagnostic tests or constitute a component of an innovative vaccine against GBS infections.
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- Anna Dobrut
- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Obstetrics and Perinatology, University Hospital, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Medical Microbiology, Chair of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Evolutionarily Related Dihydrofolate Reductases Perform Coequal Functions Yet Show Divergence in Their Trajectories. Protein J 2018; 37:301-310. [PMID: 30019321 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-018-9784-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The enzyme dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) catalyzes NADPH dependent reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate. It plays a crucial role in the DNA synthesis. The investigation of evolution of DHFR generates immense curiosity. It aids in predicting how the enzyme has adapted to the surroundings of various cell types. In spite of great similarity in the structure of E. coli DHFR and human DHFR, their primary sequences are divergent to a great extent, which is evident in variations in the kinetics mechanism of their catalysis. In presence of physiological levels of ligands, they possess distinct kinetics and different rate limiting steps. We have reviewed the process of their unfolding and refolding, their behaviour in denaturing conditions and in presence of various chaperones. Although there is structural similarity between these two homologous enzymes yet they have established distinct mechanisms to accomplish the coequal functions.
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Barnett JW, Tang D, Gibb BC, Ashbaugh HS. Alkane guest packing drives switching between multimeric deep-cavity cavitand assembly states. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:2639-2642. [PMID: 29469155 DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00036k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Alkane guest transfer into aqueous dimeric, tetrameric, hexameric, and octameric assemblies of the deep-cavity cavitand TEMOA is examined using molecular simulations. The experimental transitions between aggregation states strongly correlate with calculated alkane transfer free energy minima, demonstrating the guiding role of guest packing on stabilizing multimeric complexes. The predictive simulation approach described affords a salient rationale as to why octameric assemblies have yet to be experimentally observed.
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- J Wesley Barnett
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
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Protein folding in the cell was originally assumed to be a spontaneous process, based on Anfinsen's discovery that purified proteins can fold on their own after removal from denaturant. Consequently cell biologists showed little interest in the protein folding process. This changed only in the mid and late 1980s, when the chaperone story began to unfold. As a result, we now know that in vivo, protein folding requires assistance by a complex machinery of molecular chaperones. To ensure efficient folding, members of different chaperone classes receive the nascent protein chain emerging from the ribosome and guide it along an ordered pathway toward the native state. I was fortunate to contribute to these developments early on. In this short essay, I will describe some of the critical steps leading to the current concept of protein folding as a highly organized cellular process.
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- F Ulrich Hartl
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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GroEL Ring Separation and Exchange in the Chaperonin Reaction. Cell 2018; 172:605-617.e11. [PMID: 29336887 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The bacterial chaperonin GroEL and its cofactor, GroES, form a nano-cage for a single molecule of substrate protein (SP) to fold in isolation. GroEL and GroES undergo an ATP-regulated interaction cycle to close and open the folding cage. GroEL consists of two heptameric rings stacked back to back. Here, we show that GroEL undergoes transient ring separation, resulting in ring exchange between complexes. Ring separation occurs upon ATP-binding to the trans ring of the asymmetric GroEL:7ADP:GroES complex in the presence or absence of SP and is a consequence of inter-ring negative allostery. We find that a GroEL mutant unable to perform ring separation is folding active but populates symmetric GroEL:GroES2 complexes, where both GroEL rings function simultaneously rather than sequentially. As a consequence, SP binding and release from the folding chamber is inefficient, and E. coli growth is impaired. We suggest that transient ring separation is an integral part of the chaperonin mechanism.
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Mizobata T, Kawata Y. The versatile mutational "repertoire" of Escherichia coli GroEL, a multidomain chaperonin nanomachine. Biophys Rev 2017; 10:631-640. [PMID: 29181744 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-017-0332-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 11/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The bacterial chaperonins are highly sophisticated molecular nanomachines, controlled by the hydrolysis of ATP to dynamically trap and remove from the environment unstable protein molecules that are susceptible to denaturation and aggregation. Chaperonins also act to assist in the refolding of these unstable proteins, providing a means by which these proteins may return in active form to the complex environment of the cell. The Escherichia coli GroE chaperonin system is one of the largest protein supramolecular complexes known, whose quaternary structure is required for segregating aggregation-prone proteins. Over the course of more than two decades of research on GroE, it has become accepted that GroE, more specifically the GroEL subunit, is a "high-tolerance" molecular system, capable of accommodating numerous mutations, while retaining its molecular integrity. In some cases, a given site of mutation was revealed to be absolutely required for GroEL function, providing hints regarding the network of signals and triggers that propel this unique system. In other instances, however, a mutation has produced a more delicate response, altering only part of, or in some cases, only a single facet of, the molecular mechanism, and these mutants have often provided invaluable hints on the extent of the complexity underlying chaperonin-assisted protein folding. In this review, we highlight some examples of the latter type of GroEL mutants which compose the unique "mutational repertoire" of GroEL and touch upon the important clues that each mutant provided to the overall effort to elucidate the details of GroE action.
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- Tomohiro Mizobata
- Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8552, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Engineering and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Tottori University, Tottori, 680-8552, Japan.
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Wruck F, Avellaneda MJ, Koers EJ, Minde DP, Mayer MP, Kramer G, Mashaghi A, Tans SJ. Protein Folding Mediated by Trigger Factor and Hsp70: New Insights from Single-Molecule Approaches. J Mol Biol 2017; 430:438-449. [PMID: 28911846 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 08/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Chaperones assist in protein folding, but what this common phrase means in concrete terms has remained surprisingly poorly understood. We can readily measure chaperone binding to unfolded proteins, but how they bind and affect proteins along folding trajectories has remained obscure. Here we review recent efforts by our labs and others that are beginning to pry into this issue, with a focus on the chaperones trigger factor and Hsp70. Single-molecule methods are central, as they allow the stepwise process of folding to be followed directly. First results have already revealed contrasts with long-standing paradigms: rather than acting only "early" by stabilizing unfolded chain segments, these chaperones can bind and stabilize partially folded structures as they grow to their native state. The findings suggest a fundamental redefinition of the protein folding problem and a more extensive functional repertoire of chaperones than previously assumed.
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- Florian Wruck
- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Mamipour M, Yousefi M, Hasanzadeh M. An overview on molecular chaperones enhancing solubility of expressed recombinant proteins with correct folding. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 102:367-375. [PMID: 28412337 PMCID: PMC7185796 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.04.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 03/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The majority of research topics declared that most of the recombinant proteins have been expressed by Escherichia coli in basic investigations. But the majority of high expressed proteins formed as inactive recombinant proteins that are called inclusion body. To overcome this problem, several methods have been used including suitable promoter, environmental factors, ladder tag to secretion of proteins into the periplasm, gene protein optimization, chemical chaperones and molecular chaperones sets. Co-expression of the interest protein with molecular chaperones is one of the common methods The chaperones are a group of proteins, which are involved in making correct folding of recombinant proteins. Chaperones are divided two groups including; cytoplasmic and periplasmic chaperones. Moreover, periplasmic chaperones and proteases can be manipulated to increase the yields of secreted proteins. In this article, we attempted to review cytoplasmic chaperones such as Hsp families and periplasmic chaperones including; generic chaperones, specialized chaperones, PPIases, and proteins involved in disulfide bond formation.
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- Mina Mamipour
- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran; Department of Biotechnology, Higher Education Institute of Rab-Rashid, Tabriz, Iran
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- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Weaver J, Jiang M, Roth A, Puchalla J, Zhang J, Rye HS. GroEL actively stimulates folding of the endogenous substrate protein PepQ. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15934. [PMID: 28665408 PMCID: PMC5497066 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2016] [Accepted: 05/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Many essential proteins cannot fold without help from chaperonins, like the GroELS system of Escherichia coli. How chaperonins accelerate protein folding remains controversial. Here we test key predictions of both passive and active models of GroELS-stimulated folding, using the endogenous E. coli metalloprotease PepQ. While GroELS increases the folding rate of PepQ by over 15-fold, we demonstrate that slow spontaneous folding of PepQ is not caused by aggregation. Fluorescence measurements suggest that, when folding inside the GroEL-GroES cavity, PepQ populates conformations not observed during spontaneous folding in free solution. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we show that the GroEL C-termini make physical contact with the PepQ folding intermediate and help retain it deep within the GroEL cavity, resulting in reduced compactness of the PepQ monomer. Our findings strongly support an active model of chaperonin-mediated protein folding, where partial unfolding of misfolded intermediates plays a key role. In the prevailing model for assisted protein folding, chaperonins act passively by preventing protein aggregation. Here, the authors use single-molecule fluorescence measurements and cryo-electron microscopy and show that the E. coli GroELS chaperonin system also has an active role in folding the endogenous bacterial protein PepQ.
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- Jeremy Weaver
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA.,State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Science, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
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Niewieczerzal S, Sulkowska JI. Knotting and unknotting proteins in the chaperonin cage: Effects of the excluded volume. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0176744. [PMID: 28489858 PMCID: PMC5425179 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Molecular dynamics simulations are used to explore the effects of chaperonin-like cages on knotted proteins with very low sequence similarity, different depths of a knot but with a similar fold, and the same type of topology. The investigated proteins are VirC2, DndE and MJ0366 with two depths of a knot. A comprehensive picture how encapsulation influences folding rates is provided based on the analysis of different cage sizes and temperature conditions. Neither of these two effects with regard to knotted proteins has been studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations with coarse-grained structure-based models before. We show that encapsulation in a chaperonin is sufficient to self-tie and untie small knotted proteins (VirC2, DndE), for which the equilibrium process is not accessible in the bulk solvent. Furthermore, we find that encapsulation reduces backtracking that arises from the destabilisation of nucleation sites, smoothing the free energy landscape. However, this effect can also be coupled with temperature rise. Encapsulation facilitates knotting at the early stage of folding and can enhance an alternative folding route. Comparison to unknotted proteins with the same fold shows directly how encapsulation influences the free energy landscape. In addition, we find that as the size of the cage decreases, folding times increase almost exponentially in a certain range of cage sizes, in accordance with confinement theory and experimental data for unknotted proteins.
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- Szymon Niewieczerzal
- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2c, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
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Loto F, Coyle JF, Padgett KA, Pagliai FA, Gardner CL, Lorca GL, Gonzalez CF. Functional characterization of LotP from Liberibacter asiaticus. Microb Biotechnol 2017; 10:642-656. [PMID: 28378385 PMCID: PMC5404198 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.12706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2017] [Revised: 02/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Liberibacter asiaticus is an unculturable parasitic bacterium of the alphaproteobacteria group hosted by both citrus plants and a psyllid insect vector (Diaphorina citri). In the citrus tree, the bacteria thrive only inside the phloem, causing a systemically incurable and deadly plant disease named citrus greening or Huanglongbing. Currently, all commercial citrus cultivars in production are susceptible to L. asiaticus, representing a serious threat to the citrus industry worldwide. The technical inability to isolate and culture L. asiaticus has hindered progress in understanding the biology of this bacterium directly. Consequently, a deep understanding of the biological pathways involved in the regulation of host–pathogen interactions becomes critical to rationally design future and necessary strategies of control. In this work, we used surrogate strains to evaluate the biochemical characteristics and biological significance of CLIBASIA_03135. This gene, highly induced during early stages of plant infection, encodes a 23 kDa protein and was renamed in this work as LotP. This protein belongs to an uncharacterized family of proteins with an overall structure resembling the LON protease N‐terminus. Co‐immunoprecipitation assays allowed us to identify the Liberibacter chaperonin GroEL as the main LotP‐interacting protein. The specific interaction between LotP and GroEL was reconstructed and confirmed using a two‐hybrid system in Escherichia coli. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that LotP has a native molecular weight of 44 kDa, corresponding to a dimer in solution with ATPase activity in vitro. In Liberibacter crescens, LotP is strongly induced in response to conditions with high osmolarity but repressed at high temperatures. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) results suggest that LotP is a member of the LdtR regulon and could play an important role in tolerance to osmotic stress.
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- Flavia Loto
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA.,PROIMI Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos, CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Undergraduate Research Program, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Genetics Institute, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, 2033 Mowry road, PO Box 103610, Gainesville, FL 32610-3610, USA
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Vargas-Romero F, Mendoza-Hernández G, Suárez-Güemes F, Hernández-Pando R, Castañón-Arreola M. Secretome profiling of highly virulent Mycobacterium bovis 04-303 strain reveals higher abundance of virulence-associated proteins. Microb Pathog 2016; 100:305-311. [PMID: 27769937 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2016.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 09/28/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Mycobacterium bovis is the causative agent of tuberculosis in farms, wildlife and causes sporadic disease in humans. Despite the high similitude in genome sequence between M. bovis strains, some strains like the wild boar 04-303 isolate show a highly virulent phenotype in animal models. Comparative studies will contribute to link protein expression with the virulence phenotype. In vitro, the 04-303 strain was more phagocytized by J774A.1 macrophages in comparison with 444 strain (a cow isolate with the same genotype) and BCG. The secretome of these strains showed a significant proportion of shared proteins (368 spots). Among the proteins only visualized in the secretome of the 04-303 strain, we identify the nine most abundant proteins by LC-MS/MS. The most relevant were EsxA and EsxB proteins, which are encoded in the RD1 region, deleted in BCG strains. These proteins are the major virulence factor of M. tuberculosis. The other proteins identified belong to functional categories of virulence, detoxification, and adaptation; lipid metabolism; and cell wall and cell processes. The relatively high proportion of proteins involved in the cell wall and cell process is consistent with the previously described variation among M. bovis genomes.
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- Fernando Vargas-Romero
- Genomic Sciences Program, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, San Lorenzo 290, Colonia Del Valle, Delegación Benito Juárez, CP 03100, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, Copilco Universidad, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Escolar S/N, Coyoacán, Copilco Universidad, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Experimental Pathology Department, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Av. Vasco de Quiroga 15, Tlalpan, Belisario Domínguez Sección XVI, 14080 Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Genomic Sciences Program, Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México, San Lorenzo 290, Colonia Del Valle, Delegación Benito Juárez, CP 03100, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Barnett JW, Gibb BC, Ashbaugh HS. Succession of Alkane Conformational Motifs Bound within Hydrophobic Supramolecular Capsular Assemblies. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:10394-10402. [PMID: 27603416 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b06496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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n-Alkane encapsulation experiments within dimeric octa-acid cavitand capsules in water reveal a succession of packing motifs from extended, to helical, to hairpin, to spinning top structures with increasing chain length. Here, we report a molecular simulation study of alkane conformational preferences within these host-guest assemblies to uncover the factors stabilizing distinct conformers. The simulated alkane conformers follow the trends inferred from 1H NMR experiments, while guest proton chemical shifts evaluated from Gauge Invariant Atomic Orbital calculations provide further evidence our simulations capture guest packing within these assemblies. Analysis of chain length and dihedral distributions indicates that packing under confinement to minimize nonpolar guest and host interior contact with water largely drives the transitions. Mean intramolecular distance maps and transfer free energy differences suggest the extended and helical motifs are members of a larger family of linear guest structures, for which the guest gauche population increases with increasing chain length to accommodate the chains within the complex. Breaks observed between the helical/hairpin and hairpin/spinning top motifs, on the other hand, indicate the hairpin and spinning top conformations are distinct from the linear family. Our results represent the first bridging of empirical and simulation data for flexible guests encapsulated within confined nanospaces, and constitute an effective strategy by which guest packing motifs within artificial or natural compartments can be rationalized and/or predicted a priori.
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- J Wesley Barnett
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University , New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Tulane University , New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University , New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, United States
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Montagu A, Joly-Guillou ML, Rossines E, Cayon J, Kempf M, Saulnier P. Stress Conditions Induced by Carvacrol and Cinnamaldehyde on Acinetobacter baumannii. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1133. [PMID: 27486453 PMCID: PMC4949268 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as a major cause of nosocomial infections. The ability of A. baumannii to display various resistance mechanisms against antibiotics has transformed it into a successful nosocomial pathogen. The limited number of antibiotics in development and the disengagement of the pharmaceutical industry have prompted the development of innovative strategies. One of these strategies is the use of essential oils, especially aromatic compounds that are potent antibacterial molecules. Among them, the combination of carvacrol and cinnamaldehyde has already demonstrated antibacterial efficacy against A. baumannii. The aim of this study was to determine the biological effects of these two compounds in A. baumannii, describing their effect on the rRNA and gene regulation under environmental stress conditions. Results demonstrated rRNA degradation by the carvacrol/cinnamaldehyde mixture, and this effect was due to carvacrol. Degradation was conserved after encapsulation of the mixture in lipid nanocapsules. Results showed an upregulation of the genes coding for heat shock proteins, such as groES, groEL, dnaK, clpB, and the catalase katE, after exposure to carvacrol/cinnamaldehyde mixture. The catalase was upregulated after carvacrol exposure wich is related to an oxidative stress. The combination of thiourea (hydroxyl radical scavenger) and carvacrol demonstrated a potent bactericidal effect. These results underline the development of defense strategies of the bacteria by synthesis of reactive oxygen species in response to environmental stress conditions, such as carvacrol.
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- Angélique Montagu
- LUNAM UniversitéAngers, France
- INSERM U1066, Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques, Institut de Biologie en Santé – Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireAngers, France
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- ATOMycA, INSERM Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of AngersAngers, France
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé – Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireAngers, France
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- Plateforme d’Analyse Cellulaire Et Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie en Santé – Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireAngers, France
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- ATOMycA, INSERM Atip-Avenir Team, CRCNA, Inserm U892, 6299 CNRS, University of AngersAngers, France
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Institut de Biologie en Santé – Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireAngers, France
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- LUNAM UniversitéAngers, France
- INSERM U1066, Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques, Institut de Biologie en Santé – Centre Hospitalier UniversitaireAngers, France
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Chaperonin GroEL–GroES Functions as both Alternating and Non-Alternating Engines. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:3090-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Revised: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Kameta N, Akiyama H, Masuda M, Shimizu T. Effect of Photoinduced Size Changes on Protein Refolding and Transport Abilities of Soft Nanotubes. Chemistry 2016; 22:7198-205. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201504613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- Naohiro Kameta
- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8565 Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Chemistry; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8565 Japan
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- AIST Fellow; National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST); Tsukuba Central 5, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba Ibaraki 305-8565 Japan
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Scoma A, Barbato M, Hernandez-Sanabria E, Mapelli F, Daffonchio D, Borin S, Boon N. Microbial oil-degradation under mild hydrostatic pressure (10 MPa): which pathways are impacted in piezosensitive hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria? Sci Rep 2016; 6:23526. [PMID: 27020120 PMCID: PMC4810429 DOI: 10.1038/srep23526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Oil spills represent an overwhelming carbon input to the marine environment that immediately impacts the sea surface ecosystem. Microbial communities degrading the oil fraction that eventually sinks to the seafloor must also deal with hydrostatic pressure, which linearly increases with depth. Piezosensitive hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria are ideal candidates to elucidate impaired pathways following oil spills at low depth. In the present paper, we tested two strains of the ubiquitous Alcanivorax genus, namely A. jadensis KS_339 and A. dieselolei KS_293, which is known to rapidly grow after oil spills. Strains were subjected to atmospheric and mild pressure (0.1, 5 and 10 MPa, corresponding to a depth of 0, 500 and 1000 m, respectively) providing n-dodecane as sole carbon source. Pressures equal to 5 and 10 MPa significantly lowered growth yields of both strains. However, in strain KS_293 grown at 10 MPa CO2 production per cell was not affected, cell integrity was preserved and PO4(3-) uptake increased. Analysis of its transcriptome revealed that 95% of its genes were downregulated. Increased transcription involved protein synthesis, energy generation and respiration pathways. Interplay between these factors may play a key role in shaping the structure of microbial communities developed after oil spills at low depth and limit their bioremediation potential.
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- Alberto Scoma
- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.,Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Food, Environmental and Nutritional Sciences (DeFENS), University of Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), University of Gent, Coupure Links 653, B 9000 Gent, Belgium
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Schmoll M, Dattenböck C, Carreras-Villaseñor N, Mendoza-Mendoza A, Tisch D, Alemán MI, Baker SE, Brown C, Cervantes-Badillo MG, Cetz-Chel J, Cristobal-Mondragon GR, Delaye L, Esquivel-Naranjo EU, Frischmann A, Gallardo-Negrete JDJ, García-Esquivel M, Gomez-Rodriguez EY, Greenwood DR, Hernández-Oñate M, Kruszewska JS, Lawry R, Mora-Montes HM, Muñoz-Centeno T, Nieto-Jacobo MF, Nogueira Lopez G, Olmedo-Monfil V, Osorio-Concepcion M, Piłsyk S, Pomraning KR, Rodriguez-Iglesias A, Rosales-Saavedra MT, Sánchez-Arreguín JA, Seidl-Seiboth V, Stewart A, Uresti-Rivera EE, Wang CL, Wang TF, Zeilinger S, Casas-Flores S, Herrera-Estrella A. The Genomes of Three Uneven Siblings: Footprints of the Lifestyles of Three Trichoderma Species. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 80:205-327. [PMID: 26864432 PMCID: PMC4771370 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00040-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The genus Trichoderma contains fungi with high relevance for humans, with applications in enzyme production for plant cell wall degradation and use in biocontrol. Here, we provide a broad, comprehensive overview of the genomic content of these species for "hot topic" research aspects, including CAZymes, transport, transcription factors, and development, along with a detailed analysis and annotation of less-studied topics, such as signal transduction, genome integrity, chromatin, photobiology, or lipid, sulfur, and nitrogen metabolism in T. reesei, T. atroviride, and T. virens, and we open up new perspectives to those topics discussed previously. In total, we covered more than 2,000 of the predicted 9,000 to 11,000 genes of each Trichoderma species discussed, which is >20% of the respective gene content. Additionally, we considered available transcriptome data for the annotated genes. Highlights of our analyses include overall carbohydrate cleavage preferences due to the different genomic contents and regulation of the respective genes. We found light regulation of many sulfur metabolic genes. Additionally, a new Golgi 1,2-mannosidase likely involved in N-linked glycosylation was detected, as were indications for the ability of Trichoderma spp. to generate hybrid galactose-containing N-linked glycans. The genomic inventory of effector proteins revealed numerous compounds unique to Trichoderma, and these warrant further investigation. We found interesting expansions in the Trichoderma genus in several signaling pathways, such as G-protein-coupled receptors, RAS GTPases, and casein kinases. A particularly interesting feature absolutely unique to T. atroviride is the duplication of the alternative sulfur amino acid synthesis pathway.
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- Monika Schmoll
- Austrian Institute of Technology, Department Health and Environment, Bioresources Unit, Tulln, Austria
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- Austrian Institute of Technology, Department Health and Environment, Bioresources Unit, Tulln, Austria
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- Research Division Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- Cinvestav, Department of Genetic Engineering, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- University of Otago, Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, Dunedin, New Zealand
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- LANGEBIO, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Cinvestav, Department of Genetic Engineering, Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Research Division Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- LANGEBIO, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- The University of Auckland, School of Biological Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand
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- LANGEBIO, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Laboratory of Fungal Glycobiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Lincoln University, Bio-Protection Research Centre, Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand
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- Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Laboratory of Fungal Glycobiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
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- Austrian Institute of Technology, Department Health and Environment, Bioresources Unit, Tulln, Austria
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- Research Division Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
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- National Chung-Hsing University, Department of Plant Pathology, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Academia Sinica, Institute of Molecular Biology, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Research Division Biotechnology and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Engineering, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria University of Innsbruck, Institute of Microbiology, Innsbruck, Austria
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- LANGEBIO, National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity, Cinvestav-Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
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Huang F, Shen L, Wang J, Qu A, Yang H, Zhang Z, An Y, Shi L. Effect of the Surface Charge of Artificial Chaperones on the Refolding of Thermally Denatured Lysozymes. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:3669-3678. [PMID: 26570996 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Artificial chaperones are of great interest in fighting protein misfolding and aggregation for the protection of protein bioactivity. A comprehensive understanding of the interaction between artificial chaperones and proteins is critical for the effective utilization of these materials in biomedicine. In this work, we fabricated three kinds of artificial chaperones with different surface charges based on mixed-shell polymeric micelles (MSPMs), and investigated their protective effect for lysozymes under thermal stress. It was found that MSPMs with different surface charges showed distinct chaperone-like behavior, and the neutral MSPM with PEG shell and PMEO2MA hydrophobic domain at high temperature is superior to the negatively and positively charged one, because of the excessive electrostatic interactions between the protein and charged MSPMs. The results may benefit to optimize this kind of artificial chaperone with enhanced properties and expand their application in the future.
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- Fan Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials, Ministry of Education, Institute of Polymer Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin) Nankai University , Tianjin 300071, China
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Liu H, Zhang L, Li M, Yan M, Xue M, Zhang Y, Su M, Yu J, Ge S. Electrochemiluminescent molecular logic gates based on MCNTs for the multiplexed analysis of mercury(ii) and silver(i) ions. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra02531e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In this paper, logic gates with electrochemiluminescence (ECL) signal as outputs were constructed based on the use of the thymine (T)-rich (S1) or cytosine (C)-rich (S2) oligonucleotides for the selective analysis of mercury ions (Hg2+) or silver ions (Ag+).
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- Haiyun Liu
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Preparation and Measurement of Building Materials
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Shandong Normal University
- Jinan
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Chemical Sensing & Analysis in Universities of Shandong
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- University of Jinan
- Jinan 250022
- P. R. China
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Kumar CMS, Mande SC, Mahajan G. Multiple chaperonins in bacteria--novel functions and non-canonical behaviors. Cell Stress Chaperones 2015; 20:555-74. [PMID: 25986150 PMCID: PMC4463927 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-015-0598-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Revised: 04/29/2015] [Accepted: 04/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Chaperonins are a class of molecular chaperones that assemble into a large double ring architecture with each ring constituting seven to nine subunits and enclosing a cavity for substrate encapsulation. The well-studied Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL binds non-native substrates and encapsulates them in the cavity thereby sequestering the substrates from unfavorable conditions and allowing the substrates to fold. Using this mechanism, GroEL assists folding of about 10-15 % of cellular proteins. Surprisingly, about 30 % of the bacteria express multiple chaperonin genes. The presence of multiple chaperonins raises questions on whether they increase general chaperoning ability in the cell or have developed specific novel cellular roles. Although the latter view is widely supported, evidence for the former is beginning to appear. Some of these chaperonins can functionally replace GroEL in E. coli and are generally indispensable, while others are ineffective and likewise are dispensable. Additionally, moonlighting functions for several chaperonins have been demonstrated, indicating a functional diversity among the chaperonins. Furthermore, proteomic studies have identified diverse substrate pools for multiple chaperonins. We review the current perception on multiple chaperonins and their physiological and functional specificities.
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- C M Santosh Kumar
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Centre for Cell Science, Pune, 411007, India,
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Takihara H, Ogihara J, Yoshida T, Okuda S, Nakajima M, Iwabuchi N, Sunairi M. Enhanced translocation and growth of Rhodococcus erythropolis PR4 in the alkane phase of aqueous-alkane two phase cultures were mediated by GroEL2 overexpression. Microbes Environ 2014; 29:346-52. [PMID: 25311591 PMCID: PMC4262357 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me13158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We previously reported that R. erythropolis PR4 translocated from the aqueous to the alkane phase, and then grew in two phase cultures to which long-chain alkanes had been added. This was considered to be beneficial for bioremediation. In the present study, we investigated the proteins involved in the translocation of R. erythropolis PR4. The results of our proteogenomic analysis suggested that GroEL2 was upregulated more in cells that translocated inside of the pristane (C19) phase than in those located at the aqueous-alkane interface attached to the n-dodecane (C12) surface. PR4 (pK4-EL2-1) and PR4 (pK4-ΔEL2-1) strains were constructed to confirm the effects of the upregulation of GroEL2 in translocated cells. The expression of GroEL2 in PR4 (pK4-EL2-1) was 15.5-fold higher than that in PR4 (pK4-ΔEL2-1) in two phase cultures containing C12. The growth and cell surface lipophilicity of PR4 were enhanced by the introduction of pK4-EL2-1. These results suggested that the plasmid overexpression of groEL2 in PR4 (pK4-EL2-1) led to changes in cell localization, enhanced growth, and increased cell surface lipophilicity. Thus, we concluded that the overexpression of GroEL2 may play an important role in increasing the organic solvent tolerance of R. erythropolis PR4 in aqueous-alkane two phase cultures.
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- Hayato Takihara
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Department of Applied Biological Science, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University
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Gupta AJ, Haldar S, Miličić G, Hartl FU, Hayer-Hartl M. Active Cage Mechanism of Chaperonin-Assisted Protein Folding Demonstrated at Single-Molecule Level. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:2739-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Weaver J, Rye HS. The C-terminal tails of the bacterial chaperonin GroEL stimulate protein folding by directly altering the conformation of a substrate protein. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:23219-23232. [PMID: 24970895 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.577205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many essential cellular proteins fold only with the assistance of chaperonin machines like the GroEL-GroES system of Escherichia coli. However, the mechanistic details of assisted protein folding by GroEL-GroES remain the subject of ongoing debate. We previously demonstrated that GroEL-GroES enhances the productive folding of a kinetically trapped substrate protein through unfolding, where both binding energy and the energy of ATP hydrolysis are used to disrupt the inhibitory misfolded states. Here, we show that the intrinsically disordered yet highly conserved C-terminal sequence of the GroEL subunits directly contributes to substrate protein unfolding. Interactions between the C terminus and the non-native substrate protein alter the binding position of the substrate protein on the GroEL apical surface. The C-terminal tails also impact the conformational state of the substrate protein during capture and encapsulation on the GroEL ring. Importantly, removal of the C termini results in slower overall folding, reducing the fraction of the substrate protein that commits quickly to a productive folding pathway and slowing several kinetically distinct folding transitions that occur inside the GroEL-GroES cavity. The conserved C-terminal tails of GroEL are thus important for protein folding from the beginning to the end of the chaperonin reaction cycle.
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- Jeremy Weaver
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
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Ferrara F, Di Niro R, D'Angelo S, Busetti M, Marzari R, Not T, Sblattero D. Development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Bartonella henselae infection detection. Lett Appl Microbiol 2014; 59:253-62. [PMID: 24834970 DOI: 10.1111/lam.12286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2014] [Revised: 05/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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UNLABELLED Several serological diagnostics rely on enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect bacterial infections. However, for some pathogens, including Bartonella henselae, diagnosis still depends on manually intensive, time-consuming assays including micro-immunofluorescence, Western blotting or indirect immunofluorescence. For such pathogens, there is obviously still a need to identify antigens to establish a reliable, fast and high-throughput assay (Dupon et al. ). We evaluated two B. henselae proteins to develop a novel serological ELISA: a well-known antigen, the 17-kDa protein, and GroEL, identified during this study by a proteomic approach. When serum IgG were tested, the specificity and sensitivity were 76 and 65·7% for 17-kDa, respectively, and 82 and 42·9% for GroEL, respectively. IgM were found to be more sensitive and specific for both proteins: 17-kDa protein, specificity 86·2% and sensitivity 75%; GroEL, specificity 97·7% and sensitivity 45·3%. IgM antibodies were also measured in lymphoma patients and patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection to assess the usefulness of our ELISA to distinguish them from B. henselae infected patients. The resulting specificities were 89·1 and 93·5% for 17-kDa protein and GroEL, respectively. Combining the results from the two tests, we obtained a sensitivity of 82·8% and a specificity of 83·9%. Our work described and validated a proteomic approach suitable to identify immunogenic proteins useful for developing a serological test of B. henselae infection. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY A reliable serological assay for the diagnosis of Cat Scratch Disease (CSD) - a pathological condition caused by Bartonella henselae infection - has not yet been developed. Such an assay would be extremely useful to discriminate between CSD and other pathologies with similar symptoms but different aetiologies, for example lymphoma or tuberculosis. We investigate the use of two B. henselae proteins - GroEL and 17-kDa - to develop a serological-based ELISA, showing promising results with the potential for further development as an effective tool for the differential diagnosing of B. henselae infection.
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- F Ferrara
- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, NM, USA
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