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Grenács Á, Bodnár N, Pálinkás DC, Lihi N, Várnagy K. The effect of side chains on the complex formation processes of N-terminally free hexapeptides containing C-terminal cysteinyl functions. NEW J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1039/d1nj05383c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ratio of isomers of 1 to 1 nickel-ligand complexes formed in equimolar systems at pH 11 (left) and pH 7 (right) showing the influence of an internal coordinating side chain.
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- Ágnes Grenács
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
- MTA-DE Redox and Homogeneous Catalytic Reaction Mechanisms Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1., Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Debrecen, H-4032 Debrecen, Hungary
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Catapano MC, Parsons DS, Kotuniak R, Mladěnka P, Bal W, Maret W. Probing the Structure and Function of the Cytosolic Domain of the Human Zinc Transporter ZnT8 with Nickel(II) Ions. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2940. [PMID: 33799326 PMCID: PMC8000985 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The human zinc transporter ZnT8 provides the granules of pancreatic β-cells with zinc (II) ions for assembly of insulin hexamers for storage. Until recently, the structure and function of human ZnTs have been modelled on the basis of the 3D structures of bacterial zinc exporters, which form homodimers with each monomer having six transmembrane α-helices harbouring the zinc transport site and a cytosolic domain with an α,β structure and additional zinc-binding sites. However, there are important differences in function as the bacterial proteins export an excess of zinc ions from the bacterial cytoplasm, whereas ZnT8 exports zinc ions into subcellular vesicles when there is no apparent excess of cytosolic zinc ions. Indeed, recent structural investigations of human ZnT8 show differences in metal binding in the cytosolic domain when compared to the bacterial proteins. Two common variants, one with tryptophan (W) and the other with arginine (R) at position 325, have generated considerable interest as the R-variant is associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Since the mutation is at the apex of the cytosolic domain facing towards the cytosol, it is not clear how it can affect zinc transport through the transmembrane domain. We expressed the cytosolic domain of both variants of human ZnT8 and have begun structural and functional studies. We found that (i) the metal binding of the human protein is different from that of the bacterial proteins, (ii) the human protein has a C-terminal extension with three cysteine residues that bind a zinc(II) ion, and (iii) there are small differences in stability between the two variants. In this investigation, we employed nickel(II) ions as a probe for the spectroscopically silent Zn(II) ions and utilised colorimetric and fluorimetric indicators for Ni(II) ions to investigate metal binding. We established Ni(II) coordination to the C-terminal cysteines and found differences in metal affinity and coordination in the two ZnT8 variants. These structural differences are thought to be critical for the functional differences regarding the diabetes risk. Further insight into the assembly of the metal centres in the cytosolic domain was gained from potentiometric investigations of zinc binding to synthetic peptides corresponding to N-terminal and C-terminal sequences of ZnT8 bearing the metal-coordinating ligands. Our work suggests the involvement of the C-terminal cysteines, which are part of the cytosolic domain, in a metal chelation and/or acquisition mechanism and, as now supported by the high-resolution structural work, provides the first example of metal-thiolate coordination chemistry in zinc transporters.
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- Maria Carmen Catapano
- Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg, 150 Stamford St., London SE1 9NH, UK; (M.C.C.); (D.S.P.)
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg, 150 Stamford St., London SE1 9NH, UK; (M.C.C.); (D.S.P.)
- Department of Radiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 670 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (R.K.); (W.B.)
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Králové, Charles University, Heyrovského 1203, 500 05 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic;
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; (R.K.); (W.B.)
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Nutritional Sciences, School of Life Course Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine, King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Bldg, 150 Stamford St., London SE1 9NH, UK; (M.C.C.); (D.S.P.)
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Evaluation of the roles of the cytosolic N-terminus and His-rich loop of ZNT proteins using ZNT2 and ZNT3 chimeric mutants. Sci Rep 2018; 8:14084. [PMID: 30237557 PMCID: PMC6147782 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32372-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The physiological roles of Zn transporter (ZNT) proteins are being increasingly recognized, and three dimensional structures of ZNT bacterial homologs have facilitated our understanding of their biochemical characteristics at the molecular level. However, the biological role of the unique structural features of vertebrate ZNTs, which are absent in their bacterial homologues, is not completely understood. These ZNT sequences include a cytosolic His-rich loop between transmembrane helices IV and V and the cytosolic N-terminus. This study investigated the contribution of these features to zinc transport by ZNT proteins. The importance of the His residues in the cytosolic His-rich loop was investigated using ZNT2 Ala substitution and deletion mutants. The presence of His residues was not essential for zinc transport, even though they possibly participate in modulation of zinc transport activity. Furthermore, we determined the role of the N-terminus by characterizing ZNT2 and ZNT3 domain-swapped and deletion mutants. Unexpectedly, the N-terminus was also not essential for zinc transport by ZNT2 and the domain-swapped ZNT2 mutant, in which the cytosolic His-rich loop was substituted with that of ZNT3. These results provide molecular insights into understanding the roles of the cytosolic parts of ZNT2, ZNT3, and probably other members of their subgroup.
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Ferranco A, Sun K, Udaipaul T, Kraatz H. Metal Coordination to Unsymmetric 1,
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‐Disubstituted Ferrocene Histidine Peptides. Eur J Inorg Chem 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.201800455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Annaleizle Ferranco
- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences University of Toronto 1265 Military Trail M1C 1A4 Toronto Canada
- Department of Chemistry University of Toronto Scarborough 80 St. George Street M5S 3H6 Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of Toronto Scarborough 80 St. George Street M5S 3H6 Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Chemistry University of Toronto Scarborough 80 St. George Street M5S 3H6 Toronto Ontario Canada
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- Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences University of Toronto 1265 Military Trail M1C 1A4 Toronto Canada
- Department of Chemistry University of Toronto Scarborough 80 St. George Street M5S 3H6 Toronto Ontario Canada
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Landaeta VR, Barrera Y, del Carpio E, Nóbrega A, Rodríguez-Lugo RE, Coll-Gómez DS, Lubes V. Ternary complex formation in the system Ni(II) with picolinic acid and selected amino acids: Solution studies, isolation and computational calculations. Inorganica Chim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2017.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Catechol Oxidase and SOD Mimicking by Copper(II) Complexes of Multihistidine Peptides. Int J Pept Res Ther 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-017-9645-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The crystal structure of the regulatory domain of the human sodium-driven chloride/bicarbonate exchanger. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12131. [PMID: 28935959 PMCID: PMC5608694 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12409-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The sodium-driven chloride/bicarbonate exchanger (NDCBE) is essential for maintaining homeostatic pH in neurons. The crystal structure at 2.8 Å resolution of the regulatory N-terminal domain of human NDCBE represents the first crystal structure of an electroneutral sodium-bicarbonate cotransporter. The crystal structure forms an equivalent dimeric interface as observed for the cytoplasmic domain of Band 3, and thus establishes that the consensus motif VTVLP is the key minimal dimerization motif. The VTVLP motif is highly conserved and likely to be the physiologically relevant interface for all other members of the SLC4 family. A novel conserved Zn2+-binding motif present in the N-terminal domain of NDCBE is identified and characterized in vitro. Cellular studies confirm the Zn2+ dependent transport of two electroneutral bicarbonate transporters, NCBE and NBCn1. The Zn2+ site is mapped to a cluster of histidines close to the conserved ETARWLKFEE motif and likely plays a role in the regulation of this important motif. The combined structural and bioinformatics analysis provides a model that predicts with additional confidence the physiologically relevant interface between the cytoplasmic domain and the transmembrane domain.
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The zinc paradigm for metalloneurochemistry. Essays Biochem 2017; 61:225-235. [DOI: 10.1042/ebc20160073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Neurotransmission and sensory perception are shaped through metal ion–protein interactions in various brain regions. The term "metalloneurochemistry" defines the unique field of bioinorganic chemistry focusing on these processes, and zinc has been the leading target of metalloneurochemists in the almost 15 years since the definition was introduced. Zinc in the hippocampus interacts with receptors that dictate ion flow and neurotransmitter release. Understanding the intricacies of these interactions is crucial to uncovering the role that zinc plays in learning and memory. Based on receptor similarities and zinc-enriched neurons (ZENs) in areas of the brain responsible for sensory perception, such as the olfactory bulb (OB), and dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), zinc participates in odor and sound perception. Development and improvement of methods which allow for precise detection and immediate manipulation of zinc ions in neuronal cells and in brain slices will be critical in uncovering the synaptic action of zinc and, more broadly, the bioinorganic chemistry of cognition.
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Lihi N, Sanna D, Bányai I, Várnagy K, Sóvágó I. Unusual binding modes in the copper(ii) and palladium(ii) complexes of peptides containing both histidyl and cysteinyl residues. NEW J CHEM 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj03735f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The change of the histidine in the peptide chain provides unusual binding behavior of albumin related peptides.
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- Norbert Lihi
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Istituto CNR di Chimica Biomolecolare
- I-07040 Sassari
- Italy
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- Department of Physical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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Sóvágó I, Várnagy K, Lihi N, Grenács Á. Coordinating properties of peptides containing histidyl residues. Coord Chem Rev 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Raics M, Lihi N, Laskai A, Kállay C, Várnagy K, Sóvágó I. Nickel(ii), zinc(ii) and cadmium(ii) complexes of hexapeptides containing separate histidyl and cysteinyl binding sites. NEW J CHEM 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6nj00081a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hexapeptides containing separate histidyl and cysteinyl residues have outstanding metal binding ability but the binding sites of peptides reveal a significant specificity.
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- Mária Raics
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- MTA-DE Homogeneous Catalysis and Reaction Mechanisms Research Group
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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Kambe T, Tsuji T, Hashimoto A, Itsumura N. The Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Roles of Zinc Transporters in Zinc Homeostasis and Metabolism. Physiol Rev 2015; 95:749-84. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00035.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 556] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Zinc is involved in a variety of biological processes, as a structural, catalytic, and intracellular and intercellular signaling component. Thus zinc homeostasis is tightly controlled at the whole body, tissue, cellular, and subcellular levels by a number of proteins, with zinc transporters being particularly important. In metazoan, two zinc transporter families, Zn transporters (ZnT) and Zrt-, Irt-related proteins (ZIP) function in zinc mobilization of influx, efflux, and compartmentalization/sequestration across biological membranes. During the last two decades, significant progress has been made in understanding the molecular properties, expression, regulation, and cellular and physiological roles of ZnT and ZIP transporters, which underpin the multifarious functions of zinc. Moreover, growing evidence indicates that malfunctioning zinc homeostasis due to zinc transporter dysfunction results in the onset and progression of a variety of diseases. This review summarizes current progress in our understanding of each ZnT and ZIP transporter from the perspective of zinc physiology and pathogenesis, discussing challenging issues in their structure and zinc transport mechanisms.
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- Taiho Kambe
- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Lihi N, Grenács Á, Timári S, Turi I, Bányai I, Sóvágó I, Várnagy K. Zinc(ii) and cadmium(ii) complexes of N-terminally free peptides containing two separate cysteinyl binding sites. NEW J CHEM 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5nj01677k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The novel synthesized cysteine peptides form stable zinc(ii) and cadmium(ii) complexes; the specific sequence makes possible metal induced amide deprotonation.
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- Norbert Lihi
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Colloid and Environmental Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
- University of Debrecen
- Debrecen
- Hungary
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