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Altangerel N, Neuman BW, Hemmer PR, Yakovlev VV, Sokolov AV, Scully MO. A Novel Non-Destructive Rapid Tool for Estimating Amino Acid Composition and Secondary Structures of Proteins in Solution. SMALL METHODS 2024; 8:e2301191. [PMID: 38485686 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202301191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Amino-acid protein composition plays an important role in biology, medicine, and nutrition. Here, a groundbreaking protein analysis technique that quickly estimates amino acid composition and secondary structure across various protein sizes, while maintaining their natural states is introduced and validated. This method combines multivariate statistics and the thermostable Raman interaction profiling (TRIP) technique, eliminating the need for complex preparations. In order to validate the approach, the Raman spectra are constructed of seven proteins of varying sizes by utilizing their amino acid frequencies and the Raman spectra of individual amino acids. These constructed spectra exhibit a close resemblance to the actual measured Raman spectra. Specific vibrational modes tied to free amino and carboxyl termini of the amino acids disappear as signals linked to secondary structures emerged under TRIP conditions. Furthermore, the technique is used inversely to successfully estimate amino acid compositions and secondary structures of unknown proteins across a range of sizes, achieving impressive accuracy ranging between 1.47% and 5.77% of root mean square errors (RMSE). These results extend the uses for TRIP beyond interaction profiling, to probe amino acid composition and structure.
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- Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 77843, USA
- Baylor University, Waco, TX, 76798, USA
- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
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Fajardo D, Saint Jean R, Lyons PJ. Acquisition of new function through gene duplication in the metallocarboxypeptidase family. Sci Rep 2023; 13:2512. [PMID: 36781897 PMCID: PMC9925722 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-29800-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/15/2023] Open
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Gene duplication is a key first step in the process of expanding the functionality of a multigene family. In order to better understand the process of gene duplication and its role in the formation of new enzymes, we investigated recent duplication events in the M14 family of proteolytic enzymes. Within vertebrates, four of 23 M14 genes were frequently found in duplicate form. While AEBP1, CPXM1, and CPZ genes were duplicated once through a large-scale, likely whole-genome duplication event, the CPO gene underwent many duplication events within fish and Xenopus lineages. Bioinformatic analyses of enzyme specificity and conservation suggested a greater amount of neofunctionalization and purifying selection in CPO paralogs compared with other CPA/B enzymes. To examine the functional consequences of evolutionary changes on CPO paralogs, the four CPO paralogs from Xenopus tropicalis were expressed in Sf9 and HEK293T cells. Immunocytochemistry showed subcellular distribution of Xenopus CPO paralogs to be similar to that of human CPO. Upon activation with trypsin, the enzymes demonstrated differential activity against three substrates, suggesting an acquisition of new function following duplication and subsequent mutagenesis. Characteristics such as gene size and enzyme activation mechanisms are possible contributors to the evolutionary capacity of the CPO gene.
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- Daniel Fajardo
- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 49104, USA
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 49104, USA
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, 49104, USA.
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Yang BY, Sakharkar MK. Alterations in Gene Pair Correlations as Potential Diagnostic Markers for Colon Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012463. [PMID: 36293321 PMCID: PMC9604343 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of death from cancer in Canada. Early detection of CRC remains crucial in managing disease prognosis and improving patient survival. It can also facilitate prevention, screening, and treatment before the disease progresses to a chronic stage. In this study, we developed a strategy for identifying colon cancer biomarkers from both gene expression and gene pair correlation. Using the RNA-Seq dataset TCGA-COAD, a panel of 71 genes, including the 20 most upregulated genes, 20 most downregulated genes and 31 genes involved in the most significantly altered gene pairs, were selected as potential biomarkers for colon cancer. This signature set of genes could be used for early diagnosis. Furthermore, this strategy could be applied to other types of cancer.
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- Bonnie Yang Yang
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Drug Discovery and Development Research Group, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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Enhanced Production of ECM Proteins for Pharmaceutical Applications Using Mammalian Cells and Sodium Heparin Supplementation. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14102138. [PMID: 36297573 PMCID: PMC9609459 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14102138] [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: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The yields of soluble ECM proteins recombinantly produced with mammalian cells can be significantly enhanced by exploiting the stabilizing properties of heparin. Here, we propose a simple and straightforward scalable protocol for the mammalian cell production of ECM proteins with affinity for heparin, using heparin as a supplement. As proof of concept, we have demonstrated the high-level expression of four biomedically relevant human enzymes such as carboxypeptidase Z (CPZ), carboxypeptidase A6 (CPA6), beta-galactoside alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 2 (ST6GAL1) and thrombin-activable fibrinolysis inhibitor (TAFI). We found a strong linear correlation between the isoelectric point (pI) of a protein and the improvement in protein expression levels upon heparin addition, providing a reference for selecting novel protein targets that would benefit from heparin supplementation. Finally, we demonstrated the compatibility of this approach with a three-step purification strategy that includes an initial heparin affinity purification step. Using CPZ as a representative example, we performed a preparative purification of this enzyme. The purified protein is enzymatically active and can be used for pharmaceutical applications as well as for high-throughput functional and structural studies.
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Akula S, Hellman L, Avilés FX, Wernersson S. Analysis of the mast cell expressed carboxypeptidase A3 and its structural and evolutionary relationship to other vertebrate carboxypeptidases. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2022; 127:104273. [PMID: 34619175 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2021.104273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Metallo-carboxypeptidases are exopeptidases with diverse expression and function, found in all kingdoms of life from bacteria to mammals. One of them, the carboxypeptidase A3 (CPA3), has become an important component of the mammalian immune system by its expression in mast cells. Mast cells (MCs) are highly specialized sentinel cells, which store large amounts of bioactive mediators, including CPA3, in very abundant cytoplasmic granules. Clinical studies have found an increased CPA3 expression in asthma but the physiological role as well as the evolutionary origin of CPA3 remains largely unexplored. CPA3 belongs to the M14A subfamily of metallo-carboxypeptidases, which among others also includes the digestive enzymes CPA1, CPA2, CPB1 and CPO. To study the appearance of CPA3 during vertebrate evolution, we here performed bioinformatic analyses of homologous genes and gene loci from a broad panel of metazoan animals from invertebrates to mammals. The phylogenetic analysis indicated that CPA3 appeared at the base of tetrapod evolution in a branch closer to CPB1 than to other CPAs. Indeed, CPA3 and CPB1 are also located in the same locus, on chromosome 3 in humans. The presence of CPA3 only in tetrapods and not in fishes, suggested that CPA3 could have appeared by a gene duplication from CPB1 during early tetrapod evolution. However, the apparent loss of CPA3 in several tetrapod lineages, e.g. in birds and monotremes, indicates a complex evolution of the CPA3 gene. Interestingly, in the lack of CPA3 in fishes, zebrafish MCs express instead CPA5 for which the most closely related human carboxypeptidase is CPA1, which has a similar cleavage specificity as CPA3. Collectively, these findings clarify and add to our understanding of the evolution of hematopoietic proteases expressed by mast cells.
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- Srinivas Akula
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BOX 7011, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, The Biomedical Center, Box 596, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, The Biomedical Center, Box 596, SE-751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB) and Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, BOX 7011, SE-75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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O'Reilly EL, Horvatić A, Kuleš J, Gelemanović A, Mrljak V, Huang Y, Brady N, Chadwick CC, Eckersall PD, Ridyard A. Faecal proteomics in the identification of biomarkers to differentiate canine chronic enteropathies. J Proteomics 2021; 254:104452. [PMID: 34958965 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2021.104452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Canine chronic enteropathy (CCE) is a collective term used to describe a group of idiopathic enteropathies of dogs that result in a variety of clinical manifestations of intestinal dysfunction. Clinical stratification into food-responsive enteropathy (FRE) or non-food responsive chronic inflammatory enteropathy (CIE), is made retrospectively based on response to treatments. Faecal extracts from those with a FRE (n = 5) and those with non-food responsive chronic inflammatory enteropathies (CIE) (n = 6) were compared to a healthy control group (n = 14) by applying TMT-based quantitative proteomic approach. Many of the proteins with significant differential abundance between groups were pancreatic or intestinal enzymes with pancreatitis-associated protein (identified as REG3α) and pancreatic M14 metallocarboxypeptidase proteins carboxypeptidase A1 and B identified as being of significantly increased abundance in the CCE group. The reactome analysis revealed the recycling of bile acids and salts and their metabolism to be present in the FRE group, suggesting a possible dysbiotic aetiology. Several acute phase proteins were significantly more abundant in the CCE group with the significant increase in haptoglobin in the CIE group especially notable. Further research of these proteins is needed to fully assess their clinical utility as faecal biomarkers for differentiating CCE cases. SIGNIFICANCE: The identification and characterisation of biomarkers that differentiate FRE from other forms of CIE would prove invaluable in streamlining clinical decision-making and would avoid costly and invasive investigations and delays in implementing effective treatment. Many of the proteins described here, as canine faecal proteins for the first time, have been highlighted in previous human and murine inflammatory bowl disease (IBD) studies initiating a new chapter in canine faecal biomarker research, where early and non-invasive biomarkers for early clinical stratification of CCE cases are needed. Pancreatitis-associated protein, pancreatic M14 metallocarboxypeptidase along with carboxypeptidase A1 and B are identified as being of significantly increased abundance in the CCE groups. Several acute phase proteins, were significantly more abundant in the CCE group notably haptoglobin in dogs with inflammatory enteropathy. The recognition of altered bile acid metabolism in the reactome analysis in the FRE group is significant in CCE which is a complex condition incorporating of immunological, dysbiotic and faecal bile acid dysmetabolism. Both proteomics and immunoassays will enable the characterisation of faecal APPs as well as other inflammatory and immune mediators, and the utilisation of assays, validated for use in analysis of faeces of veterinary species will enable clinical utilisation of faecal matrix to be fully realised.
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- Emily L O'Reilly
- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK. Emily.O'
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- Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Pierottijeva 6, Zagreb, Croatia; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences (MedILS), 21000 Split, Croatia
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK.
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK.
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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- School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Bearsden Rd, Glasgow G61 1QH, Scotland, UK.
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Gavor E, Choong YK, Tulsian NK, Nayak D, Idris F, Sivaraman H, Ting DHR, Sylvie A, Mok YK, Kini RM, Sivaraman J. Structure of Aedes aegypti procarboxypeptidase B1 and its binding with Dengue virus for controlling infection. Life Sci Alliance 2021; 5:5/1/e202101211. [PMID: 34750241 PMCID: PMC8605224 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101211] [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] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Using high-resolution structure, we have characterized the substrate specificity of Aedes aegypti procarboxypeptidase B1 and provided mechanistic insights into the binding and inhibition of DENV Metallocarboxypeptidases play critical roles in the development of mosquitoes and influence pathogen/parasite infection of the mosquito midgut. Here, we report the crystal structure of Aedes aegypti procarboxypeptidase B1 (PCPBAe1), characterized its substrate specificity and mechanism of binding to and inhibiting Dengue virus (DENV). We show that the activated PCPBAe1 (CPBAe1) hydrolyzes both Arg- and Lys-substrates, which is modulated by residues Asp251 and Ser239. Notably, these residues are conserved in CPBs across mosquito species, possibly required for efficient digestion of basic dietary residues that are necessary for mosquito reproduction and development. Importantly, we characterized the interaction between PCPBAe1 and DENV envelope (E) protein, virus-like particles, and infectious virions. We identified residues Asp18A, Glu19A, Glu85, Arg87, and Arg89 of PCPBAe1 are essential for interaction with DENV. PCPBAe1 maps to the dimeric interface of the E protein domains I/II (Lys64–Glu84, Val238–Val252, and Leu278–Leu287). Overall, our studies provide general insights into how the substrate-binding property of mosquito carboxypeptidases could be targeted to potentially control mosquito populations or proposes a mechanism by which PCPBAe1 binds to and inhibits DENV.
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- Edem Gavor
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Immunology Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Immunology Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Infectious Diseases Translational Research Programme, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Immunology Programme, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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Akparov VK, Konstantinova GE, Timofeev VI, Khaliullin IG, Kuranova IP. Structure of the microbial carboxypeptidase T complexed with the transition state analog N-sulfamoyl-l-lysine. Biophys Chem 2020; 270:106535. [PMID: 33412495 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Carboxypeptidase T (CPT) from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris (EC 3.4.17.18) has a broad substrate specificity, the mechanism of which remains unclear. It cleaves off arginine residues by 10, and lysine residues by 100 times worse than hydrophobic leucine residues despite the presence of negatively charged Asp260 at the bottom of the primary specificity pocket. To study the relationship between the structure and specificity the 3D structure of CPT in complex with the stable transition state analog N-sulfamoyl-l-lysine (SLys) was determined in which the S-atom imitates the sp3-hybridized carbon in the scissile-bond. Crystals grown in microgravity has the symmetry of space group P6322. The present complex structure was compared with the previously reported complex structure of CPT and N-sulfamoyl-L-arginine (SArg). The location/binding of SLys in the active site of CPT very closely resembled that of SArg, and the positively charged N-atom of SLys was at the same position as the corresponding positively charged N-atom of SArg. The SLys complex is stabilized by the hydrogen bond between the nitrogen atom and OH-group of Thr257. The contact areas of the residues Tyr255, Leu211, and Thr262 with SLys were reduced in comparison with the same of SArg. This difference in bonding of SArg and SLys side chains in the primary specificity pocket induces shifts differences within the catalytic center (especially Tyr255-O20 and S18-Arg129 N1 gap) that may influence the enzyme's catalytic reaction. Therefore, this information may be useful for the design of carboxypeptidases with improved selectivity towards Arg/Lys for biotechnological applications.
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- Valery Kh Akparov
- National Research Center "Kurchatov institute", Ak. Kurchatova square 1, Moscow 123182, Russian Federation.
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- National Research Center "Kurchatov institute", Ak. Kurchatova square 1, Moscow 123182, Russian Federation
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- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii Prospect 59, Moscow 119333, Russian Federation
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- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 9 Institutsky per. Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141700, Russian Federation
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- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of Federal Scientific Research Centre "Crystallography and Photonics" Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii Prospect 59, Moscow 119333, Russian Federation
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McDonald RC, Schott MJ, Idowu TA, Lyons PJ. Biochemical and genetic analysis of Ecm14, a conserved fungal pseudopeptidase. BMC Mol Cell Biol 2020; 21:86. [PMID: 33256608 PMCID: PMC7706225 DOI: 10.1186/s12860-020-00330-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Like most major enzyme families, the M14 family of metallocarboxypeptidases (MCPs) contains a number of pseudoenzymes predicted to lack enzyme activity and with poorly characterized molecular function. The genome of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes one member of the M14 MCP family, a pseudoenzyme named Ecm14 proposed to function in the extracellular matrix. In order to better understand the function of such pseudoenzymes, we studied the structure and function of Ecm14 in S. cerevisiae. Results A phylogenetic analysis of Ecm14 in fungi found it to be conserved throughout the ascomycete phylum, with a group of related pseudoenzymes found in basidiomycetes. To investigate the structure and function of this conserved protein, His6-tagged Ecm14 was overexpressed in Sf9 cells and purified. The prodomain of Ecm14 was cleaved in vivo and in vitro by endopeptidases, suggesting an activation mechanism; however, no activity was detectable using standard carboxypeptidase substrates. In order to determine the function of Ecm14 using an unbiased screen, we undertook a synthetic lethal assay. Upon screening approximately 27,000 yeast colonies, twenty-two putative synthetic lethal clones were identified. Further analysis showed many to be synthetic lethal with auxotrophic marker genes and requiring multiple mutations, suggesting that there are few, if any, single S. cerevisiae genes that present synthetic lethal interactions with ecm14Δ. Conclusions We show in this study that Ecm14, although lacking detectable enzyme activity, is a conserved carboxypeptidase-like protein that is secreted from cells and is processed to a mature form by the action of an endopeptidase. Our study and datasets from other recent large-scale screens suggest a role for Ecm14 in processes such as vesicle-mediated transport and aggregate invasion, a fungal process that has been selected against in modern laboratory strains of S. cerevisiae. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12860-020-00330-w.
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA.
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Substrate Specificity and Structural Modeling of Human Carboxypeptidase Z: A Unique Protease with a Frizzled-Like Domain. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21228687. [PMID: 33217972 PMCID: PMC7698808 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21228687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Metallocarboxypeptidase Z (CPZ) is a secreted enzyme that is distinguished from all other members of the M14 metallocarboxypeptidase family by the presence of an N-terminal cysteine-rich Frizzled-like (Fz) domain that binds Wnt proteins. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis of the enzymatic properties and substrate specificity of human CPZ. To investigate the enzymatic properties, we employed dansylated peptide substrates. For substrate specificity profiling, we generated two different large peptide libraries and employed isotopic labeling and quantitative mass spectrometry to study the substrate preference of this enzyme. Our findings revealed that CPZ has a strict requirement for substrates with C-terminal Arg or Lys at the P1′ position. For the P1 position, CPZ was found to display specificity towards substrates with basic, small hydrophobic, or polar uncharged side chains. Deletion of the Fz domain did not affect CPZ activity as a carboxypeptidase. Finally, we modeled the structure of the Fz and catalytic domains of CPZ. Taken together, these studies provide the molecular elucidation of substrate recognition and specificity of the CPZ catalytic domain, as well as important insights into how the Fz domain binds Wnt proteins to modulate their functions.
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Akparov VK, Konstantinova GE, Timofeev VI, Kuranova IP, Khaliullin IG. Preparation, Crystallization, and Preliminary X-Ray Diffraction Study of Mutant Carboxypeptidase T Bearing the Primary Specificity Pocket and the Active-Site Loop of Carboxypeptidase B. CRYSTALLOGR REP+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s106377452006005x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Burke LC, Ezeribe HO, Kwon AY, Dockery D, Lyons PJ. Carboxypeptidase O is a lipid droplet-associated enzyme able to cleave both acidic and polar C-terminal amino acids. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206824. [PMID: 30388170 PMCID: PMC6214572 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Carboxypeptidase O (CPO) is a member of the M14 family of metallocarboxypeptidases with a preference for the cleavage of C-terminal acidic amino acids. CPO is largely expressed in the small intestine, although it has been detected in other tissues such as the brain and ovaries. CPO does not contain a prodomain, nor is it strongly regulated by pH, and hence appears to exist as a constitutively active enzyme. The goal of this study was to investigate the intracellular distribution and activity of CPO in order to predict physiological substrates and function. The distribution of CPO, when expressed in MDCK cells, was analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy. Soon after addition of nutrient-rich media, CPO was found to associate with lipid droplets, causing an increase in lipid droplet quantity. As media became depleted, CPO moved to a broader ER distribution, no longer impacting lipid droplet numbers. Membrane cholesterol levels played a role in the distribution and in vitro enzymatic activity of CPO, with cholesterol enrichment leading to decreased lipid droplet association and enzymatic activity. The ability of CPO to cleave C-terminal amino acids within the early secretory pathway (in vivo) was examined using Gaussia luciferase as a substrate, C-terminally tagged with variants of an ER retention signal. While no effect of cholesterol was observed, these data show that CPO does function as an active enzyme within the ER where it removes C-terminal glutamates and aspartates, as well as a number of polar amino acids.
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- Linnea C. Burke
- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan, United States of America
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