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Schmidt N, Abendroth F, Vázquez O, Hantschel O. Synthesis of the l- and d-SH2 domain of the leukaemia oncogene Bcr-Abl. RSC Chem Biol 2022; 3:1008-1012. [PMID: 35975004 PMCID: PMC9347351 DOI: 10.1039/d2cb00108j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The d- and l-versions of the Bcr-Abl SH2 domain (12.7 kDa) were synthesized. Key optimizations included pseudoproline incorporation, N-terminal hydrophilic tail addition and mild N-acetoxy succinimide acetylation. Their folding and activity are as for the recombinant protein. Our results will enable engineering of mirror-image monobody antagonists of the central oncoprotein Bcr-Abl. The d- and l-versions of the Bcr-Abl SH2 domain (12.7 kDa) were synthesized successfully and show similar folding as compared to a recombinantly expressed version.![]()
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- Nina Schmidt
- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), University of Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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Sarkar R, Petrushenko ZM, Dawson DS, Rybenkov VV. Ycs4 Subunit of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Condensin Binds DNA and Modulates the Enzyme Turnover. Biochemistry 2021; 60:3385-3397. [PMID: 34723504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Condensins play a key role in higher order chromosome organization. In budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a condensin complex consists of five subunits: two conserved structural maintenance of chromosome subunits, Smc2 and Smc4, a kleisin Brn1, and two HEAT repeat subunits, Ycg1, which possesses a DNA binding activity, and Ycs4, which can transiently associate with Smc4 and thereby disrupt its association with the Smc2 head. We characterized here DNA binding activity of the non-SMC subunits using an agnostic, model-independent approach. To this end, we mapped the DNA interface of the complex using sulfo-NHS biotin labeling. Besides the known site on Ycg1, we found a patch of lysines at the C-terminal domain of Ycs4 that were protected from biotinylation in the presence of DNA. Point mutations at the predicted protein-DNA interface reduced both Ycs4 binding to DNA and the DNA stimulated ATPase activity of the reconstituted condensin, whereas overproduction of the mutant Ycs4 was detrimental for yeast viability. Notably, the DNA binding site on Ycs4 partially overlapped with its interface with SMC4, revealing an intricate interplay between DNA binding, engagement of the Smc2-Smc4 heads, and ATP hydrolysis and suggesting a mechanism for ATP-modulated loading and translocation of condensins on DNA.
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- Rupa Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 825 N.E. 13th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 101 Stephenson Parkway, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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Muraoka A, Matsuura Y, Naitow H, Ihara M, Kunishima N. Availability of NHS-biotin labeling to identify free protein lysine revealed by experiment and MD simulation. Anal Biochem 2018; 557:46-58. [PMID: 30025973 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2018] [Revised: 07/04/2018] [Accepted: 07/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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It is known that the crystallizability of protein molecules may be improved by replacing their surface lysine residues with other residue types. Here an experimental method to identify surface lysine residues by NHS-biotin chemical modification combined with MALDI-TOF MS was proposed and was evaluated using PH1033 protein from Pyrococcus horikoshii. Interestingly, the biotinylation experiment with a protein-reagent molar ratio of 1:1 revealed that only seven of twenty-two lysine residues in the protein comprising 144 residues were labeled. To investigate the result, we analyzed structures from a molecular-dynamics simulation mimicking the experiment. A logistic regression analysis revealed that the biotinylation was significantly correlated with four factors relevant to the local environment of lysine residues: the solvent accessibility, the electrostatic energy, the number of hydrogen bonds, and the estimated pKa value. This result is overall in agreement with that from the same analysis on the crystal structure. However, reflecting the flexibility of the protein molecule in solution state, the factors except for the electrostatic energy were highly variable in the MD structures depending upon the protonation state of Tyr87. The present procedure of biotin-labeling can avoid lysine residues with extensive intramolecular interactions that are incompatible with the rational design of protein crystals.
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- Aiichiro Muraoka
- Bio-Specimen Platform Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Bio-Specimen Platform Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Bio-Specimen Platform Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Bio-Specimen Platform Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, 3327-204 Nakamachi, Nara City, Nara 631-8505, Japan
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- Bio-Specimen Platform Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan; RIKEN RSC-Rigaku Collaboration Center, RIKEN SPring-8 Center, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo-cho, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan.
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Jhan SY, Huang LJ, Wang TF, Chou HH, Chen SH. Dimethyl Labeling Coupled with Mass Spectrometry for Topographical Characterization of Primary Amines on Monoclonal Antibodies. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4255-4263. [PMID: 28257187 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Site-specific solvent accessibility of the primary amines (mainly lysine or the N-termini) on proteins is of great interest in many research areas because amines are an important functional group for protein conjugation. In this study, we coupled dimethyl labeling via reductive amination with liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to fully characterize the solvent accessibility of lysine residues and the N-termini on human immunoglobulin G (IgG). Circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectroscopy revealed that dimethyl labeling did not alter the conformation of the native IgG molecule. Based on intact protein measurements, up to 28 (light chain) and 66 (heavy chain) dimethyl tags, covering all lysine residues and the N-termini, were sequentially incorporated into IgG molecules in 1000 s. All labeled sites were identified and quantified by a bottom-up proteomics approach. Some highly exposed hot-spots (for example, the N-termini of both the heavy and the light chains) and some buried sites (for example, K415 in the heavy chain and K39 in the light chain) were unambiguously revealed. This method was also used to characterize aggregation-induced structural changes in IgGs by increasing the temperature. Substantial changes in the labeling percentage of many lysine sites were observed, indicating a non-native aggregation triggered by thermal stress. Due to high labeling yields and the van der Waals surface of the labeling reagents being comparable to that of water, dimethyl labeling is a highly promising technique for probing the amine's surface topography of proteins. It can also be used as a complementary approach to other methods for resolving the higher-order structure of proteins by LC-MS.
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- Sin-Yi Jhan
- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University , No. 1 College Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University , No. 1 College Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University , No. 1 College Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University , No. 1 College Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University , No. 1 College Road, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Zhou Y, Wu Y, Yao M, Liu Z, Chen J, Chen J, Tian L, Han G, Shen JR, Wang F. Probing the Lysine Proximal Microenvironments within Membrane Protein Complexes by Active Dimethyl Labeling and Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2016; 88:12060-12065. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.6b02502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Ye Zhou
- Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean
Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian National Laboratory for Clean
Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Photobiology, Institute of Botany, The Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
- Photosynthesis
Research Center, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 1-1, Naka 3-chome, Tsushima, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
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- Key Laboratory of Separation Sciences for Analytical Chemistry, National Chromatographic R&A Center, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, China
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Methods to Study Long Noncoding RNA Biology in Cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2016; 927:69-107. [PMID: 27376732 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1498-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Thousands of long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been discovered in recent years. The functions of lncRNAs range broadly from regulating chromatin structure and gene expression in the nucleus to controlling messenger RNA (mRNA) processing, mRNA posttranscriptional regulation, cellular signaling, and protein activity in the cytoplasm. Experimental and computational techniques have been developed to characterize lncRNAs in high-throughput scale, to study the lncRNA function in vitro and in vivo, to map lncRNA binding sites on the genome, and to capture lncRNA-protein interactions with the identification of lncRNA-binding partners, binding sites, and interaction determinants. In this chapter, we will discuss these technologies and their applications in decoding the functions of lncRNAs. Understanding these techniques including their advantages and disadvantages and developing them in the future will be essential to elaborate the roles of lncRNAs in cancer and other diseases.
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Gautier V, Boumeester AJ, Lössl P, Heck AJR. Lysine conjugation properties in human IgGs studied by integrating high-resolution native mass spectrometry and bottom-up proteomics. Proteomics 2015; 15:2756-65. [PMID: 25641908 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201400462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a novel class of biopharmaceuticals several of which are now being investigated in clinical studies. In ADCs, potent cytotoxic drugs are coupled via a linker to reactive residues in IgG monoclonal antibodies. Linkage to lysine residues in the IgGs, using N-hydroxysuccinimide ester based chemistry, is one of the possible options. To control drug load and specificity, proper knowledge is required about which lysine residues are most accessible and reactive. Here, we combine native MS and bottom-up proteomics to monitor the overall drug load and site-specific lysine reactivity, using N-hydroxysuccinimide-based tandem mass tags. High-resolution Orbitrap native MS enables us to monitor and quantify, due to the achieved baseline resolution, the sequential incorporation of up to 69 tandem mass tag molecules into human IgGs. Complementary, bottom-up proteomics facilitates the identification of some very reactive "hot-spot" conjugation sites. However, we also identify lysine residues that are highly resistant to chemical labeling. Our integrated approach gives insight into the conjugation properties of IgGs at both the intact protein and residue levels, providing fundamental information for controlling drug load and specificity in lysine-linked ADCs.
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- Violette Gautier
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,AbLab, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Netherlands Proteomics Center, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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XPA (xeroderma pigmentosum group A) protein is an essential factor for NER (nucleotide excision repair) which is believed to be involved in DNA damage recognition/verification, NER factor recruiting and stabilization of repair intermediates. Past studies on the structure of XPA have focused primarily on XPA interaction with damaged DNA. However, how XPA interacts with other DNA structures remains unknown though recent evidence suggest that these structures could be important for its roles in both NER and non-NER activities. Previously, we reported that XPA recognizes undamaged DNA ds/ssDNA (double-strand/single-strandDNA) junctions with a binding affinity much higher than its ability to bind bulky DNA damage. To understand how this interaction occurs biochemically we implemented a structural determination of the interaction using a MS-based protein footprinting method and limited proteolysis. By monitoring surface accessibility of XPA lysines to NHS-biotin modification in the free protein and the DNA junction-bound complex we show that XPA physically interacts with the DNA junctions via two lysines, K168 and K179, located in the previously known XPA(98–219) DBD (DNA-binding domain). Importantly, we also uncovered new lysine residues, outside of the known DBD, involved in the binding. We found that residues K221, K222, K224 and K236 in the C-terminal domain are involved in DNA binding. Limited proteolysis analysis of XPA–DNA interactions further confirmed this observation. Structural modelling with these data suggests a clamp-like DBD for the XPA binding to ds/ssDNA junctions. Our results provide a novel structure-function view of XPA–DNA junction interactions.
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Cantara WA, Olson ED, Musier-Forsyth K. Progress and outlook in structural biology of large viral RNAs. Virus Res 2014; 193:24-38. [PMID: 24956407 PMCID: PMC4252365 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2014.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2014] [Revised: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 06/12/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The field of viral molecular biology has reached a precipice for which pioneering studies on the structure of viral RNAs are beginning to bridge the gap. It has become clear that viral genomic RNAs are not simply carriers of hereditary information, but rather are active players in many critical stages during replication. Indeed, functions such as cap-independent translation initiation mechanisms are, in some cases, primarily driven by RNA structural determinants. Other stages including reverse transcription initiation in retroviruses, nuclear export and viral packaging are specifically dependent on the proper 3-dimensional folding of multiple RNA domains to recruit necessary viral and host factors required for activity. Furthermore, a large-scale conformational change within the 5'-untranslated region of HIV-1 has been proposed to regulate the temporal switch between viral protein synthesis and packaging. These RNA-dependent functions are necessary for replication of many human disease-causing viruses such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-associated coronavirus, West Nile virus, and HIV-1. The potential for antiviral development is currently hindered by a poor understanding of RNA-driven molecular mechanisms, resulting from a lack of structural information on large RNAs and ribonucleoprotein complexes. Herein, we describe the recent progress that has been made on characterizing these large RNAs and provide brief descriptions of the techniques that will be at the forefront of future advances. Ongoing and future work will contribute to a more complete understanding of the lifecycles of retroviruses and RNA viruses and potentially lead to novel antiviral strategies.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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Shuck SC, Wauchope OR, Rose KL, Kingsley PJ, Rouzer CA, Shell SM, Sugitani N, Chazin WJ, Zagol-Ikapitte I, Boutaud O, Oates JA, Galligan JJ, Beavers WN, Marnett LJ. Protein modification by adenine propenal. Chem Res Toxicol 2014; 27:1732-42. [PMID: 25211669 PMCID: PMC4203390 DOI: 10.1021/tx500218g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Base propenals are products of the
reaction of DNA with oxidants
such as peroxynitrite and bleomycin. The most reactive base propenal,
adenine propenal, is mutagenic in Escherichia coli and reacts with DNA to form covalent adducts; however, the reaction
of adenine propenal with protein has not yet been investigated. A
survey of the reaction of adenine propenal with amino acids revealed
that lysine and cysteine form adducts, whereas histidine and arginine
do not. Nε-Oxopropenyllysine, a
lysine–lysine cross-link, and S-oxopropenyl
cysteine are the major products. Comprehensive profiling of the reaction
of adenine propenal with human serum albumin and the DNA repair protein,
XPA, revealed that the only stable adduct is Nε-oxopropenyllysine. The most reactive sites for modification
in human albumin are K190 and K351. Three sites of modification of
XPA are in the DNA-binding domain, and two sites are subject to regulatory
acetylation. Modification by adenine propenal dramatically reduces
XPA’s ability to bind to a DNA substrate.
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- Sarah C Shuck
- A. B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Departments of Biochemistry, ‡Chemistry, and §Pharmacology, ∥Mass Spectrometry Research Center, ⊥Center in Molecular Toxicology, #Center for Structural Biology, ∇Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine , Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, United States
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Bec G, Meyer B, Gerard MA, Steger J, Fauster K, Wolff P, Burnouf D, Micura R, Dumas P, Ennifar E. Thermodynamics of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in action elucidates the mechanism of action of non-nucleoside inhibitors. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:9743-52. [PMID: 23742167 DOI: 10.1021/ja4018418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) is a heterodimeric enzyme that converts the genomic viral RNA into proviral DNA. Despite intensive biochemical and structural studies, direct thermodynamic data regarding RT interactions with its substrates are still lacking. Here we addressed the mechanism of action of RT and of non-nucleoside RT inhibitors (NNRTIs) by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Using a new incremental-ITC approach, a step-by-step thermodynamic dissection of the RT polymerization activity showed that most of the driving force for DNA synthesis is provided by initial dNTP binding. Surprisingly, thermodynamic and kinetic data led to a reinterpretation of the mechanism of inhibition of NNRTIs. Binding of NNRTIs to preformed RT/DNA complexes is hindered by a kinetic barrier and NNRTIs mostly interact with free RT. Once formed, RT/NNRTI complexes bind DNA either in a seemingly polymerase-competent orientation or form high-affinity dead-end complexes, both RT/NNRTI/DNA complexes being unable to bind the incoming nucleotide substrate.
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- Guillaume Bec
- Architecture et Réactivité des ARN, CNRS/Université de Strasbourg, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 15 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France
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Liao R, Wu H, Deng H, Yu Y, Hu M, Zhai H, Yang P, Zhou S, Yi W. Specific and efficient N-propionylation of histones with propionic acid N-hydroxysuccinimide ester for histone marks characterization by LC-MS. Anal Chem 2013; 85:2253-9. [PMID: 23339652 DOI: 10.1021/ac303171h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Histones participate in epigenetic regulation via a variety of dynamic posttranslational modifications (PTMs) on them. Mass spectrometry (MS) has become a powerful tool to investigate histone PTMs. With the bottom-up mass spectrometry approach, chemical derivatization of histones with propionic anhydride or deuterated acetic anhydride followed by trypsin digestion was widely used to block the hydrophilic lysine residues and generate compatible peptides for LC-MS analysis. However, certain severe side reactions (such as acylation on tyrosine or serine) caused by acid anhydrides will lead to a number of analytical issues such as reducing results accuracy and impairing the reproducibility and sensitivity of MS analysis. As an alternative approach, we report a novel derivatization method that utilizes N-hydroxysuccinimide ester to specifically and efficiently derivatize both free and monomethylated amine groups in histones. A competitive inhibiting strategy was implemented in our method to effectively prevent the side reactions. We demonstrated that our method can achieve excellent specificity and efficiency for histones derivatization in a reproducible manner. Using this derivatization method, we succeeded to quantitatively profile the histone PTMs in KMS11 cell line with selective knock out of translocated NSD2 allele (TKO) and the original parental KMS11 cell lines (PAR) (NSD2, a histone methyltransferase that catalyzes the histone H3 K36 methylation), which revealed a significant crosstalk between H3 protein K27 methylation and adjacent K36 methylation.
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- Rijing Liao
- China Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Co. Ltd., Building 8, lane 898 Halei road, Shanghai 201203, China
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Auclair JR, Somasundaran M, Green KM, Evans JE, Schiffer CA, Ringe D, Petsko GA, Agar JN. Mass spectrometry tools for analysis of intermolecular interactions. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2012; 896:387-98. [PMID: 22821539 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3704-8_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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The small quantities of protein required for mass spectrometry (MS) make it a powerful tool to detect binding (protein-protein, protein-small molecule, etc.) of proteins that are difficult to express in large quantities, as is the case for many intrinsically disordered proteins. Chemical cross-linking, proteolysis, and MS analysis, combined, are a powerful tool for the identification of binding domains. Here, we present a traditional approach to determine protein-protein interaction binding sites using heavy water ((18)O) as a label. This technique is relatively inexpensive and can be performed on any mass spectrometer without specialized software.
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- Jared R Auclair
- Department of Biochemistry and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
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Ditzler MA, Bose D, Shkriabai N, Marchand B, Sarafianos SG, Kvaratskhelia M, Burke DH. Broad-spectrum aptamer inhibitors of HIV reverse transcriptase closely mimic natural substrates. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:8237-47. [PMID: 21727088 PMCID: PMC3185408 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A detailed understanding of how aptamers recognize biological binding partners is of considerable importance in the development of oligonucleotide therapeutics. For antiviral nucleic acid aptamers, current models predict a correlation between broad-spectrum inhibition of viral proteins and suppression of emerging viral resistance, but there is little understanding of how aptamer structures contribute to recognition specificity. We previously established that two independent single-stranded DNA aptamers, R1T and RT1t49(−5), are potent inhibitors of reverse transcriptases (RTs) from diverse branches of the primate lentiviral family, including HIV-1, HIV-2 and SIV(cpz). In contrast, class 1 RNA pseudoknots, such as aptamer T1.1, are specific for RTs from only a few viral clades. Here, we map the binding interfaces of complexes formed between RT and aptamers R1T, RT1t49(−5) and T1.1, using mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting of RT and hydroxyl radical footprinting of the aptamers. These complementary methods reveal that the broad-spectrum aptamers make contacts throughout the primer-template binding cleft of RT. The double-stranded stems of these aptamers closely mimic natural substrates near the RNase H domain, while their binding within the polymerase domain significantly differs from RT substrates. These results inform our perspective on how sustained, broad-spectrum inhibition of RT can be achieved by aptamers.
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- Mark A Ditzler
- Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Underbakke ES, Zhu Y, Kiessling LL. Protein footprinting in a complex milieu: identifying the interaction surfaces of the chemotaxis adaptor protein CheW. J Mol Biol 2011; 409:483-95. [PMID: 21463637 PMCID: PMC3179904 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2011] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Characterizing protein-protein interactions in a biologically relevant context is important for understanding the mechanisms of signal transduction. Most signal transduction systems are membrane associated and consist of large multiprotein complexes that undergo rapid reorganization--circumstances that present challenges to traditional structure determination methods. To study protein-protein interactions in a biologically relevant complex milieu, we employed a protein footprinting strategy based on isotope-coded affinity tag (ICAT) reagents. ICAT reagents are valuable tools for proteomics. Here, we show their utility in an alternative application--they are ideal for protein footprinting in complex backgrounds because the affinity tag moiety allows for enrichment of alkylated species prior to analysis. We employed a water-soluble ICAT reagent to monitor cysteine accessibility and thereby to identify residues involved in two different protein-protein interactions in the Escherichia coli chemotaxis signaling system. The chemotaxis system is an archetypal transmembrane signaling pathway in which a complex protein superstructure underlies sophisticated sensory performance. The formation of this superstructure depends on the adaptor protein CheW, which mediates a functionally important bridging interaction between transmembrane receptors and histidine kinase. ICAT footprinting was used to map the surfaces of CheW that interact with the large multidomain histidine kinase CheA, as well as with the transmembrane chemoreceptor Tsr in native E. coli membranes. By leveraging the affinity tag, we successfully identified CheW surfaces responsible for CheA-Tsr interaction. The proximity of the CheA and Tsr binding sites on CheW suggests the formation of a composite CheW-Tsr surface for the recruitment of the signaling kinase to the chemoreceptor complex.
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- Eric S Underbakke
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Hnízda A, Spiwok V, Jurga V, Kožich V, Kodíček M, Kraus JP. Cross-talk between the catalytic core and the regulatory domain in cystathionine β-synthase: study by differential covalent labeling and computational modeling. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10526-34. [PMID: 21062078 PMCID: PMC3146298 DOI: 10.1021/bi101384m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cystathionine β-synthase (CBS) is a modular enzyme which catalyzes condensation of serine with homocysteine. Cross-talk between the catalytic core and the C-terminal regulatory domain modulates the enzyme activity. The regulatory domain imposes an autoinhibition action that is alleviated by S-adenosyl-l-methionine (AdoMet) binding, by deletion of the C-terminal regulatory module, or by thermal activation. The atomic mechanisms of the CBS allostery have not yet been sufficiently explained. Using pulse proteolysis in urea gradient and proteolytic kinetics with thermolysin under native conditions, we demonstrated that autoinhibition is associated with changes in conformational stability and with sterical hindrance of the catalytic core. To determine the contact area between the catalytic core and the autoinhibitory module of the CBS protein, we compared side-chain reactivity of the truncated CBS lacking the regulatory domain (45CBS) and of the full-length enzyme (wtCBS) using covalent labeling by six different modification agents and subsequent mass spectrometry. Fifty modification sites were identified in 45CBS, and four of them were not labeled in wtCBS. One differentially reactive site (cluster W408/W409/W410) is a part of the linker between the domains. The other three residues (K172 and/or K177, R336, and K384) are located in the same region of the 45CBS crystal structure; computational modeling showed that these amino acid side chains potentially form a regulatory interface in CBS protein. Subtle differences at CBS surface indicate that enzyme activity is not regulated by conformational conversions but more likely by different allosteric mechanisms.
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- Aleš Hnízda
- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, Prague 2, 128 00 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28 Czech Republic
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- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, First Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Ke Karlovu 2, Prague 2, 128 00 Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Technická 5, Prague 6, 166 28 Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, United States
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García-Murria MJ, Valero ML, Sánchez del Pino MM. Simple chemical tools to expand the range of proteomics applications. J Proteomics 2010; 74:137-50. [PMID: 21074642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Revised: 10/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/03/2010] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Proteomics is an expanding technology with potential applications in many research fields. Even though many research groups do not have direct access to its main analytical technique, mass spectrometry, they can interact with proteomics core facilities to incorporate this technology into their projects. Protein identification is the analysis most frequently performed in core facilities and is, probably, the most robust procedure. Here we discuss a few chemical reactions that are easily implemented within the conventional protein identification workflow. Chemical modification of proteins with N-hydroxysuccinimide esters, 4-sulfophenyl isothiocyanate, O-methylisourea or through β-elimination/Michael addition can be easily performed in any laboratory. The reactions are quite specific with almost no side reactions. These chemical tools increase considerably the number of applications and have been applied to characterize protein-protein interactions, to determine the N-terminal residues of proteins, to identify proteins with non-sequenced genomes or to locate phosphorylated and O-glycosylated.
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- María Jesús García-Murria
- Laboratorio de Proteómica, Centro de Investigación Príncipe Felipe, Avda, Autopista del Saler 16, 46012 Valencia, Spain
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Fabris D, Yu ET. Elucidating the higher-order structure of biopolymers by structural probing and mass spectrometry: MS3D. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2010; 45:841-60. [PMID: 20648672 PMCID: PMC3432860 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Chemical probing represents a very versatile alternative for studying the structure and dynamics of substrates that are intractable by established high-resolution techniques. The implementation of MS-based strategies for the characterization of probing products has not only extended the range of applicability to virtually all types of biopolymers but has also paved the way for the introduction of new reagents that would not have been viable with traditional analytical platforms. As the availability of probing data is steadily increasing on the wings of the development of dedicated interpretation aids, powerful computational approaches have been explored to enable the effective utilization of such information to generate valid molecular models. This combination of factors has contributed to making the possibility of obtaining actual 3D structures by MS-based technologies (MS3D) a reality. Although approaches for achieving structure determination of unknown targets or assessing the dynamics of known structures may share similar reagents and development trajectories, they clearly involve distinctive experimental strategies, analytical concerns and interpretation paradigms. This Perspective offers a commentary on methods aimed at obtaining distance constraints for the modeling of full-fledged structures while highlighting common elements, salient distinctions and complementary capabilities exhibited by methods used in dynamics studies. We discuss critical factors to be addressed for completing effective structural determinations and expose possible pitfalls of chemical methods. We survey programs developed for facilitating the interpretation of experimental data and discuss possible computational strategies for translating sparse spatial constraints into all-atom models. Examples are provided to illustrate how the concerted application of very diverse probing techniques can lead to the solution of actual biological systems.
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- Daniele Fabris
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Yu E, Gaucher SP, Hadi MZ. Probing conformational changes in Ape1 during the progression of base excision repair. Biochemistry 2010; 49:3786-96. [PMID: 20377204 DOI: 10.1021/bi901828t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Abasic (AP) sites are the most common lesions arising in genomic DNA. Repair of this potentially mutagenic DNA damage is initiated by the major apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease Ape1, which specifically recognizes and cleaves the DNA backbone 5' to the AP site. Ape1 is one of the major proteins in the base excision repair pathway (BER), and deletions in any of the BER proteins result in embryonic lethality. In this study, we employed fluorescence spectroscopy and in vitro mass spectrometric protein footprinting to investigate Ape1 conformational changes during various nucleoprotein interactions along its reaction pathway. Differences in intrinsic fluorescence emission spectra were observed during Ape1 protein's processing of the substrate, indicating possible conformational changes of the nucleoprotein complexes. To determine the protein domains that are involved in the putative conformational change, full-length Ape1 protein was probed with a lysine-reactive reagent (NHS-biotin) in the context of free protein and DNA-bound complexes. Protection patterns between pre- and postincision complexes revealed an increased susceptibility of lysine residues localized on the Ape1 surface that contacts the 3' end of the incised duplex (downstream of the incision site). We propose that the decreased protection results from Ape1 having a more relaxed grip on this section of the incised duplex to facilitate the handoff to the downstream BER enzyme. Protection of lysines (residues 24-35) in the N-terminal region was also observed in the intact AP-DNA-bound complex. These residues are part of the Ref1 domain which functions to regulate the activity of several transcription factors but to date has not been ascribed a DNA binding function. The reactivity of these Ref1 lysines was restored in the postincision complex. The differential protection patterns of lysines in the flexible N-terminal domain suggest a novel Ref1 conformational change concomitant with DNA binding and catalysis. It is likely that Ape1 employs this structural switch to mediate redox and nuclease activities. The ability of the Ape1-AP-DNA complex to recruit other BER proteins was also investigated by probing ternary complexes comprised of Ape1, DNA polymerase beta (Polbeta), and different BER DNA intermediates (abasic or gapped DNA). Our results suggest that Polbeta approaches the Ape1-DNA complex downstream of the incision site, displaces Ape1 DNA binding contacts (K227, K228, and K276), and in the process makes minimal interactions with lysine residues in the Ref1 domain.
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- Eizadora Yu
- Biosystems Research Department, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551-0969, USA
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Blair LP, Tackett AJ, Raney KD. Development and evaluation of a structural model for SF1B helicase Dda. Biochemistry 2010; 48:2321-9. [PMID: 19256528 DOI: 10.1021/bi801919s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Helicases are proteins that unwind double-stranded nucleic acids. Dda helicase from bacteriophage T4 has served as an excellent model for understanding the molecular mechanism of this class of enzymes. Study of the structure of Dda may reveal why some helicases translocate in a 5' to 3' direction on DNA, while others translocate in a 3' to 5' direction. Attaining a structure of Dda has proven difficult because the protein fails to readily form crystals and is too large for current NMR technologies. We have developed a homology model of the enzyme which will serve to guide studies that examine the structural and functional significance of the interaction between Dda and DNA and how this interaction affects translocation and unwinding of DNA. We have tested the structural model by using methods for mapping protein domains and for examining protein surfaces that interact with DNA.
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- Lauren P Blair
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas 72205, USA
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Warrilow D, Tachedjian G, Harrich D. Maturation of the HIV reverse transcription complex: putting the jigsaw together. Rev Med Virol 2010; 19:324-37. [PMID: 19750561 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Upon HIV attachment, fusion and entry into the host cell cytoplasm, the viral core undergoes rearrangement to become the mature reverse transcription complex (RTC). Reduced infectivity of viral deletion mutants of the core proteins, capsid and negative factor (Nef), can be complemented by vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) pseudotyping suggesting a role for these viral proteins in a common event immediately post-entry. This event may be necessary for correct trafficking of the early complex. Enzymatic activation of the complex occurs either before or during RTC maturation, and may be dependent on the presence of deoxynucleotides in the host cell. The RTC initially becomes enlarged immediately after entry, which is followed by a decrease in its sedimentation rate consistent with core uncoating. Several HIV proteins associated with the RTC and recently identified host-cell proteins are important for reverse transcription while genome-wide siRNA knockdown studies have identified additional host cell factors that may be required for reverse transcription. Determining precisely how these proteins assist the RTC function needs to be addressed.
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- David Warrilow
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland 4006, Australia.
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Warren K, Warrilow D, Meredith L, Harrich D. Reverse Transcriptase and Cellular Factors: Regulators of HIV-1 Reverse Transcription. Viruses 2009; 1:873-94. [PMID: 21994574 PMCID: PMC3185528 DOI: 10.3390/v1030873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2009] [Revised: 11/06/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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There is ample evidence that synthesis of HIV-1 proviral DNA from the viral RNA genome during reverse transcription requires host factors. However, only a few cellular proteins have been described in detail that affect reverse transcription and interact with reverse transcriptase (RT). HIV-1 integrase is an RT binding protein and a number of IN-binding proteins including INI1, components of the Sin3a complex, and Gemin2 affect reverse transcription. In addition, recent studies implicate the cellular proteins HuR, AKAP149, and DNA topoisomerase I in reverse transcription through an interaction with RT. In this review we will consider interactions of reverse transcription complex with viral and cellular factors and how they affect the reverse transcription process.
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- Kylie Warren
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; E-Mails: (K.W.); (D.W.); (L.M.)
- School of Natural Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; E-Mails: (K.W.); (D.W.); (L.M.)
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; E-Mails: (K.W.); (D.W.); (L.M.)
- Griffith Medical Research College, a joint program of Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, QIMR, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, QLD, Australia; E-Mails: (K.W.); (D.W.); (L.M.)
- Griffith Medical Research College, a joint program of Griffith University and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research, QIMR, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +61-7-3845-36791; Fax: +61-7-3362-0107
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Dreger M, Leung BW, Brownlee GG, Deng T. A quantitative strategy to detect changes in accessibility of protein regions to chemical modification on heterodimerization. Protein Sci 2009; 18:1448-58. [PMID: 19517532 DOI: 10.1002/pro.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We describe a method for studying quantitative changes in accessibility of surface lysine residues of the PB1 subunit of the influenza RNA polymerase as a result of association with the PA subunit to form a PB1-PA heterodimer. Our method combines two established methods: (i) the chemical modification of surface lysine residues of native proteins by N-hydroxysuccinimidobiotin (NHS-biotin) and (ii) the stable isotope labeling of amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) followed by tryptic digestion and mass spectrometry. By linking the chemical modification with the SILAC methodology for the first time, we obtain quantitative data on chemical modification allowing subtle changes in accessibility to be described. Five regions in the PB1 monomer showed altered reactivity to NHS-biotin when compared with the [PB1-PA] heterodimer. Mutational analysis of residues in two such regions-at K265 and K481 of PB1, which were about three- and twofold, respectively, less accessible to biotinylation in the PB1-PA heterodimer compared with the PB1 monomer, demonstrated that both K265 and K481 were crucial for polymerase function. This novel assay of quantitative profiling of biotinylation patterns (Q-POP assay) highlights likely conformational changes at important functional sites, as observed here for PB1, and may provide information on protein-protein interaction interfaces. The Q-POP assay should be a generally applicable approach and may detect novel functional sites suitable for targeting by drugs.
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- Mathias Dreger
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PT, United Kingdom
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Mendoza VL, Vachet RW. Probing protein structure by amino acid-specific covalent labeling and mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2009; 28:785-815. [PMID: 19016300 PMCID: PMC2768138 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 270] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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For many years, amino acid-specific covalent labeling has been a valuable tool to study protein structure and protein interactions, especially for systems that are difficult to study by other means. These covalent labeling methods typically map protein structure and interactions by measuring the differential reactivity of amino acid side chains. The reactivity of amino acids in proteins generally depends on the accessibility of the side chain to the reagent, the inherent reactivity of the label and the reactivity of the amino acid side chain. Peptide mass mapping with ESI- or MALDI-MS and peptide sequencing with tandem MS are typically employed to identify modification sites to provide site-specific structural information. In this review, we describe the reagents that are most commonly used in these residue-specific modification reactions, details about the proper use of these covalent labeling reagents, and information about the specific biochemical problems that have been addressed with covalent labeling strategies.
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- Vanessa Leah Mendoza
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Probing conformational changes of human DNA polymerase lambda using mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting. J Mol Biol 2009; 390:368-79. [PMID: 19467241 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 05/12/2009] [Accepted: 05/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Crystallographic studies of the C-terminal DNA polymerase-beta-like domain of full-length human DNA polymerase lambda (fPollambda) suggested that the catalytic cycle might not involve a large protein domain rearrangement as observed with several replicative DNA polymerases and DNA polymerase beta. To examine solution-phase protein conformational changes in fPollambda, which also contains a breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 C-terminal domain and a proline-rich domain at its N-terminus, we used a mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting approach. In parallel experiments, surface accessibility maps for Arg residues were compared for the free fPollambda versus the binary complex of enzyme*gapped DNA and the ternary complex of enzyme*gapped DNA*dNTP (2'-deoxynucleotide triphosphate). These experiments suggested that fPollambda does not undergo major conformational changes during the catalysis in the solution phase. Furthermore, the mass spectrometry-based protein footprinting experiments revealed that active site residue R386 was shielded from the surface only in the presence of both a gapped DNA substrate and an incoming nucleotide. Site-directed mutagenesis and pre-steady-state kinetic studies confirmed the importance of R386 for the enzyme activity and indicated the key role for its guanidino group in stabilizing the negative charges of an incoming nucleotide and the leaving pyrophosphate product. We suggest that such interactions could be shared by and important for catalytic functions of other DNA polymerases.
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Engelman A. Mechanistic and pharmacological analyses of HIV-1 integration. Methods 2009; 47:225-8. [PMID: 19389610 PMCID: PMC2709961 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2009.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Accepted: 03/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Significant advances have transpired in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integration field in recent years. Considering its essential nature, integrase has long been a target of interest for antiviral drug development. The most significant advance was the approval of the Merck compound raltegravir, the first licensed integrase inhibitor, in October 2007. Another milestone was the identification and characterization of specific nucleoprotein complexes that mediate integrase 3' processing and DNA strand transfer activities in vitro. Genome-wide distribution analyses have furthermore revealed that different retroviruses differentially target distinctive regions of chromatin during integration. For examples, lentiviruses favor actively transcribed genes whereas gammaretroviruses such as Moloney murine leukemia virus prefer transcriptional start sites. Though the underlying mechanisms are unknown for most retroviruses, the lentiviral preference is in large part guided through the interaction with the integrase binding protein lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75. Experimental methods that formed the foundations for each of these advances, as well as other techniques topical to the study of HIV-1 integration, are described in this issue of Methods.
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- Alan Engelman
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, CLSB-1010, Boston, MA 02115, USA, Email address: , Tel: +1 617 632 4361, Fax: +1 617 632 4338
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We present a high-resolution mass spectrometric footprinting approach enabling the identification of amino acids in the protein of interest interacting with cognate RNA. This approach is particularly attractive for studying large nucleoprotein complexes that are less amenable to crystallographic or nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. Importantly, our methodology allows examination of protein-RNA interactions under biologically relevant conditions using limited amounts of protein and nucleic acid samples.
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McKee CJ, Kessl JJ, Norris JO, Shkriabai N, Kvaratskhelia M. Mass spectrometry-based footprinting of protein-protein interactions. Methods 2008; 47:304-7. [PMID: 19015031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2008.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2008] [Revised: 10/21/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We present a high-resolution mass spectrometric (MS) footprinting method enabling identification of contact amino acids in protein-protein complexes. The method is based on comparing surface topologies of a free protein versus its complex with the binding partner using differential accessibility of small chemical group selective modifying reagents. Subsequent MS analysis reveals the individual amino acids selectively shielded from modification in the protein-protein complex. The current report focuses on probing interactions between full-length HIV-1 integrase and its principal cellular partner lens epithelium-derived growth factor. This method has a generic application and is particularly attractive for studying large protein-protein interactions that are less amenable for crystallographic or NMR analysis.
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- Christopher J McKee
- Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 W. 12th Ave., 238 L.M. Parks Hall, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Michalowski D, Chitima-Matsiga R, Held DM, Burke DH. Novel bimodular DNA aptamers with guanosine quadruplexes inhibit phylogenetically diverse HIV-1 reverse transcriptases. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:7124-35. [PMID: 18996899 PMCID: PMC2602765 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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DNA aptamers RT5, RT6 and RT47 form a group of related sequences that inhibit HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT). The essential inhibitory structure is identified here as bimodular, with a 5' stem-loop module physically connected to a 3'-guanosine quadruplex module. The stem-loop tolerates considerable sequence plasticity. Connections between the guanosine triplets in the quadruplex could be simplified to a single nucleotide or a nonnucleic acid linker, such as hexaethylene glycol. All 12 quadruplex guanosines are required in an aptamer retaining most of the original loop sequence from RT6; only 11 are required for aptamer R1T (single T residue in intra-quadruplex loops). Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy gave ellipticity minima and maxima at 240 nm and 264 nm, indicating a parallel arrangement of the quadruplex strands. The simplified aptamers displayed increased overall stability. An aptamer carrying the original intra-quadruplex loops from RT6 inhibited RT in K(+) buffers but not in Na(+) buffers and displayed significant CD spectral broadening in Na(+) buffers, while R1T inhibited RT in both buffers and displayed less broadening in Na(+) buffers. The bimodular ssDNA aptamers inhibited RT from diverse primate lentiviruses with low nM IC(50) values. These data provide insight into the requirements for broad-spectrum RT inhibition by nucleic acid aptamers.
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- Daniel Michalowski
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Abello N, Geurink PP, Toorn MVD, Oosterhout AJMV, Lugtenburg J, Marel GAVD, Kerstjens HAM, Postma DS, Overkleeft HS, Bischoff R. Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Stable Isotope Labeling Reagents for the Quantitative Analysis of Low Molecular Weight Metabolites by LC−MS. Anal Chem 2008; 80:9171-80. [DOI: 10.1021/ac801215c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Nicolas Abello
- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Bio-organic Synthesis, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands, and Laboratory of Allergology and Pulmonary Diseases, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Wendeler M, Lee HF, Bermingham A, Miller JT, Chertov O, Bona MK, Baichoo NS, Ehteshami M, Beutler J, O’Keefe BR, Götte M, Kvaratskhelia M, Le Grice S. Vinylogous ureas as a novel class of inhibitors of reverse transcriptase-associated ribonuclease H activity. ACS Chem Biol 2008; 3:635-44. [PMID: 18831589 DOI: 10.1021/cb8001039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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High-throughput screening of National Cancer Institute libraries of synthetic and natural compounds identified the vinylogous ureas 2-amino-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4 H-cyclohepta[ b]thiophene-3-carboxamide (NSC727447) and N-[3-(aminocarbonyl)-4,5-dimethyl-2-thienyl]-2-furancarboxamide (NSC727448) as inhibitors of the ribonuclease H (RNase H) activity of HIV-1 and HIV-2 reverse transcriptase (RT). A Yonetani-Theorell analysis demonstrated that NSC727447, and the active-site hydroxytropolone RNase H inhibitor beta-thujaplicinol were mutually exclusive in their interaction with the RNase H domain. Mass spectrometric protein footprinting of the NSC727447 binding site indicated that residues Cys280 and Lys281 in helix I of the thumb subdomain of p51 were affected by ligand binding. Although DNA polymerase and pyrophosphorolysis activities of HIV-1 RT were less sensitive to inhibition by NSC727447, protein footprinting indicated that NSC727447 occupied the equivalent region of the p66 thumb. Site-directed mutagenesis using reconstituted p66/p51 heterodimers substituted with natural or non-natural amino acids indicates that altering the p66 RNase H primer grip significantly affects inhibitor sensitivity. NSC727447 thus represents a novel class of RNase H antagonists with a mechanism of action differing from active site, divalent metal-chelating inhibitors that have been reported.
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- Michaela Wendeler
- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- College of Pharmacy, Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Molecular Targets Development Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
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- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
- Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland
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- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Molecular Targets Development Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- Molecular Targets Development Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- College of Pharmacy, Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland
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McKee CJ, Kessl JJ, Shkriabai N, Dar MJ, Engelman A, Kvaratskhelia M. Dynamic modulation of HIV-1 integrase structure and function by cellular lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF) protein. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:31802-12. [PMID: 18801737 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m805843200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The mandatory integration of the reverse-transcribed HIV-1 genome into host chromatin is catalyzed by the viral protein integrase (IN), and IN activity can be regulated by numerous viral and cellular proteins. Among these, LEDGF has been identified as a cellular cofactor critical for effective HIV-1 integration. The x-ray crystal structure of the catalytic core domain (CCD) of IN in complex with the IN binding domain (IBD) of LEDGF has furthermore revealed essential protein-protein contacts. However, mutagenic studies indicated that interactions between the full-length proteins were more extensive than the contacts observed in the co-crystal structure of the isolated domains. Therefore, we have conducted detailed biochemical characterization of the interactions between full-length IN and LEDGF. Our results reveal a highly dynamic nature of IN subunit-subunit interactions. LEDGF strongly stabilized these interactions and promoted IN tetramerization. Mass spectrometric protein footprinting and molecular modeling experiments uncovered novel intra- and inter-protein-protein contacts in the full-length IN-LEDGF complex that lay outside of the observable IBD-CCD structure. In particular, our studies defined the IN tetramer interface important for enzymatic activities and high affinity LEDGF binding. These findings provide new insight into how LEDGF modulates HIV-1 IN structure and function, and highlight the potential for exploiting the highly dynamic structure of multimeric IN as a novel therapeutic target.
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- Christopher J McKee
- Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Lehman JA, Hoelz DJ, Turchi JJ. DNA-dependent conformational changes in the Ku heterodimer. Biochemistry 2008; 47:4359-68. [PMID: 18355052 DOI: 10.1021/bi702284c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ionizing radiation induces DNA double-strand breaks which are repaired by the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway. NHEJ is initiated upon Ku binding to the DNA ends and facilitating an interaction with the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs). This heterotrimeric DNA-PK complex is then active as a serine/threonine protein kinase. The molecular mechanisms involved in DNA-PK activation are unknown. Considering the crucial role of Ku in this process, we therefore determined the influence of DNA binding on the structure of the Ku heterodimer. Chemical modification with NHS-biotin and mass spectrometry were used to identify sites of modification. Biotinylation of free Ku revealed several reactive lysines on Ku70 and Ku80 which were reduced or eliminated upon DNA binding. Interestingly, in the predicted C-terminal SAP domain of Ku70, biotinylation patterns were observed which suggest a structural change in this region of the protein induced by DNA binding. Limited proteolytic digests of free and DNA-bound Ku revealed a series of unique peptides, again, indicative of a change in the accessibility of the Ku70 and Ku80 C-terminal domains. A 10 kDa peptide was also identified which was preferentially generated under non-DNA-bound conditions and mapped to the C-terminus of Ku70. These results indicate a DNA-dependent movement or structural change in the C-terminal domains of Ku70 and Ku80 that may contribute to DNA-PKcs binding and activation. These results represent the first demonstration of DNA-induced changes in Ku structure and provide a framework for analysis of DNA-PKcs and the mechanism of DNA-PK activation.
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- Jason A Lehman
- Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435, USA
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Gabant G, Augier J, Armengaud J. Assessment of solvent residues accessibility using three Sulfo-NHS-biotin reagents in parallel: application to footprint changes of a methyltransferase upon binding its substrate. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2008; 43:360-370. [PMID: 17968972 DOI: 10.1002/jms.1328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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NHS-biotin modification as a specific lysine probe coupled to mass spectrometry detection is increasingly used over the past years for assessing amino acid accessibility of proteins or complexes as an alternative when well-established methods are challenged. We present a strategy based on usage in parallel of three commercially available reagents (Sulfo-NHS-biotin, Sulfo-NHS-LC-biotin, and Sulfo-NHS-LC-LC-biotin) to efficiently assess the solvent accessibility of amino acids using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. The same qualitative pattern of reactivity was observed for these three reagents on the THUMPalpha protein at four reagent/polypeptide molar ratios (2 : 1, 6 : 1, 13 : 1, and 26 : 1). Peptide assignment of the detected ions gains in accuracy because of the triple redundancy due to specific increments of monoisotopic mass. These reagents are a good alternative to isotope labeling when using only a single MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer. We observed that hydroxyl groups of serine and tyrosine residues were also modified by these Sulfo-NHS-biotin reagents. The low amount of protein required and the method's simplicity make this procedure accessible and affordable in order to obtain topological information on proteins difficult to purify. This method was used to identify two lysine residues of the TrmG10 methyltransferase from Pyrococcus abyssi that were differentially reactive, modified in the protein but not in the tRNA-protein complex.
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- Guillaume Gabant
- CEA VALRHO, DSV, iBEB, SBTN, LBSP, Institut de Biologie environnementale et Biotechnologie, Service de Biochimie et Toxicologie Nucléaire, Laboratoire de Biochimie des Systèmes Perturbés, F-30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Sperry JB, Shi X, Rempel DL, Nishimura Y, Akashi S, Gross ML. A mass spectrometric approach to the study of DNA-binding proteins: interaction of human TRF2 with telomeric DNA. Biochemistry 2008; 47:1797-807. [PMID: 18197706 DOI: 10.1021/bi702037p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Human telomeric repeat binding factor 2 (hTRF2) is a protein that plays an important role in capping human telomeres to protect them from DNA damage repair systems. The ineffectiveness of hTRF2 may be linked to aging and cancer. We report the use of PLIMSTEX (protein-ligand interactions by mass spectrometry, titration, and H/D exchange) and selective acetylation of lysine residues to study the interaction of the DNA-binding domain and double-stranded telomeric DNA (repeats of TTAGGG). By increasing the resolution of PLIMSTEX to the peptide level, we localized the changes in deuterium uptake of hTRF2 as a function of varying amounts of a model oligodeoxynucleotide. From these experiments, we determined the affinity constant for binding to DNA, which is within a factor of 3 of the previously reported value. Amide H/D exchange revealed portions of the protein that have contacts with the phosphate backbone of DNA, whereas acetylation disclosed the decrease in solvent accessibility of regions containing Lys 447 and 488, which must be involved in interactions with the DNA major and minor grooves. These complementary approaches of amide H/D exchange and selective side chain modification can be employed effectively to pinpoint and quantify protein-ligand, in particular protein-DNA, interactions.
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- Justin B Sperry
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Chen H, Schuster MC, Sfyroera G, Geisbrecht BV, Lambris JD. Solution insights into the structure of the Efb/C3 complement inhibitory complex as revealed by lysine acetylation and mass spectrometry. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2008; 19:55-65. [PMID: 18293486 PMCID: PMC2775528 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2007.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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The extracellular fibrinogen-binding protein (Efb), an immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory protein secreted by Staphylococcus aureus, has been identified as a potent inhibitor of complement-mediated innate immunity. Efb functions by binding to and disrupting the function of complement component 3 (C3). In a recent study, we presented a high-resolution co-crystal structure of the complement inhibitory domain of Efb (Efb-C) bound to its cognate domain (C3d) from human C3 and employed a series of structure/function analyses that provided evidence for an entirely new, conformational change-based mechanism of complement inhibition. To better understand the Efb/C3 complex and its downstream effects on C3 inhibition, we investigated the solvent-accessibility and protein interface of Efb(-C)/C3d using a method of lysine acetylation, proteolytic digestion, and mass spectrometric analysis. Lysine modification in Efb was monitored by the mass increment of lysine-containing fragments. Besides confirming the binding sites observed in co-crystal structure study, the in-solution data presented here suggest additional contacting point(s) between the proteins that were not revealed by crystallography. The results of this study demonstrate that solution-based analysis of protein-protein interactions can provide important complementary information on the nature of protein-protein interactions.
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- Hui Chen
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
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- Division of Cell Biology and Biophysics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 5100 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 USA
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Zhao Z, McKee CJ, Kessl JJ, Santos WL, Daigle JE, Engelman A, Verdine G, Kvaratskhelia M. Subunit-specific protein footprinting reveals significant structural rearrangements and a role for N-terminal Lys-14 of HIV-1 Integrase during viral DNA binding. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:5632-41. [PMID: 18093980 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705241200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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To identify functional contacts between HIV-1 integrase (IN) and its viral DNA substrate, we devised a new experimental strategy combining the following two methodologies. First, disulfide-mediated cross-linking was used to site-specifically link select core and C-terminal domain amino acids to respective positions in viral DNA. Next, surface topologies of free IN and IN-DNA complexes were compared using Lys- and Arg-selective small chemical modifiers and mass spectrometric analysis. This approach enabled us to dissect specific contacts made by different monomers within the multimeric complex. The foot-printing studies for the first time revealed the importance of a specific N-terminal domain residue, Lys-14, in viral DNA binding. In addition, a DNA-induced conformational change involving the connection between the core and C-terminal domains was observed. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments confirmed the importance of the identified contacts for recombinant IN activities and virus infection. These new findings provided major constraints, enabling us to identify the viral DNA binding channel in the active full-length IN multimer. The experimental approach described here has general application to mapping interactions within functional nucleoprotein complexes.
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- Zhuojun Zhao
- Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Abello N, Kerstjens HAM, Postma DS, Bischoff R. Selective Acylation of Primary Amines in Peptides and Proteins. J Proteome Res 2007; 6:4770-6. [DOI: 10.1021/pr070154e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Nicolas Abello
- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Analytical Biochemistry, Center for Pharmacy, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands, and Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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Deval J, D'Abramo CM, Zhao Z, McCormick S, Coutsinos D, Hess S, Kvaratskhelia M, Götte M. High resolution footprinting of the hepatitis C virus polymerase NS5B in complex with RNA. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:16907-16. [PMID: 17449464 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701973200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nucleic acid binding channel of the hepatitis C virus RNA polymerase remains to be defined. Here we employed complementary footprinting techniques and show that the enzyme binds to a newly synthesized duplex of approximately seven to eight base pairs. Comparative analysis of surface topologies of free enzyme versus the nucleoprotein complex revealed certain lysines and arginines that are protected from chemical modification upon RNA binding. The protection pattern helps to define the trajectory of the nucleic acid substrate. Lys(81), Lys(98), Lys(100), Lys(106), Arg(158), Arg(386), and Arg(394) probably interact with the bound RNA. The selective protection of amino acids of the arginine-rich region in helix T points to RNA-induced conformational rearrangements. Together, these findings suggest that RNA-protein interaction through the entire substrate binding channel can modulate intradomain contacts at the C terminus.
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- Jérôme Deval
- Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada
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Marchand C, Krajewski K, Lee HF, Antony S, Johnson AA, Amin R, Roller P, Kvaratskhelia M, Pommier Y. Covalent binding of the natural antimicrobial peptide indolicidin to DNA abasic sites. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:5157-65. [PMID: 16998183 PMCID: PMC1636436 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Indolicidin is a host defense tridecapeptide that inhibits the catalytic activity of HIV-1 integrase in vitro. Here we have elucidated its mechanism of integrase inhibition. Using crosslinking and mass spectrometric footprinting approaches, we found that indolicidin interferes with formation of the catalytic integrase-DNA complex by directly binding DNA. Further characterization revealed that the peptide forms covalent links with abasic sites. Indolicidin crosslinks single- or double-stranded DNAs and various positions of the viral cDNA with comparable efficiency. Using truncated and chemically modified peptides, we show that abasic site crosslinking is independent of the PWWP motif but involves the indolicidin unique lysine residue and the N- and C- terminal NH2 groups. Because indolicidin can also inhibit topoisomerase I, we believe that multiple actions at the level of DNA might be a common property of antimicrobial peptides.
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer ResearchNational Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Laboratory of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Cancer ResearchNational Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- College of Pharmacy, Center for Retrovirus Research and Comprehensive Cancer CenterThe Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 301 496 5944; Fax: +1 301 402 0752;
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Wu Z, Xing X, Bohl CE, Wisler JW, Dalton JT, Bell CE. Domain structure and DNA binding regions of beta protein from bacteriophage lambda. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:25205-14. [PMID: 16820360 PMCID: PMC1950251 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512450200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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beta protein from bacteriophage lambda promotes a single-strand annealing reaction that is central to Red-mediated recombination at double-strand DNA breaks and chromosomal ends. beta protein binds most tightly to an intermediate of annealing formed by the sequential addition of two complementary oligonucleotides. Here we have characterized the domain structure of beta protein in the presence and absence of DNA using limited proteolysis. Residues 1-130 form an N-terminal "core" domain that is resistant to proteases in the absence of DNA, residues 131-177 form a central region with enhanced resistance to proteases upon DNA complex formation, and the C-terminal residues 178-261 of beta protein are sensitive to proteases in both the presence and absence of DNA. We probed the DNA binding regions of beta protein further using biotinylation of lysine residues and mass spectrometry. Several lysine residues within the first 177 residues of beta protein are protected from biotinylation in the DNA complex, whereas none of the lysine residues in the C-terminal portion are protected. The results lead to a model for the domain structure and DNA binding of beta protein in which a stable N-terminal core and a more flexible central domain come together to bind DNA, whereas a C-terminal tail remains disordered. A fragment consisting of residues 1-177 of beta protein maintains normal binding to sequentially added complementary oligonucleotides and has significantly enhanced binding to single-strand DNA.
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- Zengru Wu
- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
- To whom correspondence may be addressed: Division of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, 500 West 12th Ave., Columbus OH 43210. Tel.: 614-688-3797; Fax: 614-292-7766; E-Mail:
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Scholten A, Visser NFC, van den Heuvel RHH, Heck AJR. Analysis of protein-protein interaction surfaces using a combination of efficient lysine acetylation and nanoLC-MALDI-MS/MS applied to the E9:Im9 bacteriotoxin--immunity protein complex. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:983-994. [PMID: 16713291 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2005] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 03/13/2006] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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To understand how proteins perform their function, knowledge about their structure and dynamics is essential. Here we use a combination of an efficient chemical lysine acetylation reaction and nanoLC-MALDI tandem mass spectrometry to probe the accessibility of every lysine residue in a protein complex. To demonstrate the applicability of this approach, we studied the interaction between the DNase domain of Colicin E9 (E9) and its immunity protein Im9. Free E9 and E9 in complex with Im9 were rapidly acetylated, followed by proteolytic digestion and analysis by LC-MALDI-TOF/TOF MS/MS. Acetylated peptides could be filtered out of the complex peptide mixtures using selective ion chromatograms of the specific immonium marker ions. Additionally, isobaric acetylated peptides, acetylated at different sites, could be separated by their LC retention times. The combination of LC and MALDI-TOF/TOF MS/MS provided information about the amount of acetylation on each individual lysine even for peptides containing several lysine residues. In general, our data agree well with those derived from the crystal structure of E9 and the E9:Im9 complex. Interestingly, next to in the binding interface expected lysines, K89 and K97, two from the crystal structure data unexpected lysines, K81 and K76, were observed to become less exposed upon Im9 binding. Moreover, K55 and K63, positioned in the predicted DNA binding region, were also found to be less accessible upon Im9 binding. These findings may illustrate some of the described differences in the solution-phase structure of the E9:Im9 complex compared with the crystal structure.
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- Arjen Scholten
- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Sorbonnelaan 16, 3584 CA, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Akinsiku OT, Yu ET, Fabris D. Mass spectrometric investigation of protein alkylation by the RNA footprinting probe kethoxal. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2005; 40:1372-81. [PMID: 16237662 DOI: 10.1002/jms.932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The reactivity of the RNA footprinting reagent kethoxal (KT) toward proteins was investigated by electrospray ionization-Fourier transform mass spectrometry. Using standard peptides, KT was shown to selectively modify the guanidino group of arginine side chains at neutral pH, while primary amino groups of lysine and N-terminus were found to be unreactive under these conditions. Gas-phase fragmentation of KT adducts provided evidence for a cyclic 1,2-diol structure. Esterification of the 1,2-diol product was obtained in borate buffer, and its structure was also investigated by tandem mass spectrometry. When model proteins were probed with this RNA footprinting reagent, the adducts proved to be sufficiently stable to allow for the application of different peptide-mapping procedures to identify the location of modified arginines. Probing of proteins under native folding conditions provided modification patterns that very closely matched the structural context of arginines in the global protein structure. A strong correlation was demonstrated between the susceptibility to modification and residue accessibility calculated from the known 3D structure. When the complexes formed by HIV-1 nucleocapsid (NC) protein and RNA stemloops SL2 and SL3 were investigated, KT footprinting provided accurate information regarding the involvement of individual arginines in binding RNA and showed different reactivity according to their mode of interaction.
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- Olusimidele T Akinsiku
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
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Borch J, Jørgensen TJD, Roepstorff P. Mass spectrometric analysis of protein interactions. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2005; 9:509-16. [PMID: 16125435 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2005] [Accepted: 08/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mass spectrometry is a powerful tool for identification of interaction partners and structural characterization of protein interactions because of its high sensitivity, mass accuracy and tolerance towards sample heterogeneity. Several tools that allow studies of protein interaction are now available and recent developments that increase the confidence of studies of protein interaction by mass spectrometry include quantification of affinity-purified proteins by stable isotope labeling and reagents for surface topology studies that can be identified by mass-contributing reporters (e.g. isotope labels, cleavable cross-linkers or fragment ions. The use of mass spectrometers to study protein interactions using deuterium exchange and for analysis of intact protein complexes recently has progressed considerably.
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- Jonas Borch
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Liu Y, Kvaratskhelia M, Hess S, Qu Y, Zou Y. Modulation of replication protein A function by its hyperphosphorylation-induced conformational change involving DNA binding domain B. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32775-83. [PMID: 16006651 PMCID: PMC1450107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505705200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human replication protein A (RPA), composed of RPA70, RPA32, and RPA14 subunits, undergoes hyperphosphorylation in cells in response to DNA damage. Hyperphosphorylation that occurs predominately in the N-terminal region of RPA32 is believed to play a role in modulating the cellular activities of RPA essential for almost all DNA metabolic pathways. To understand how the hyperphosphorylation modulates the functions of RPA, we compared the structural characteristics of full-length native and hyperphosphorylated RPAs using mass spectrometric protein footprinting, fluorescence spectroscopy, and limited proteolysis. Our mass spectrometric data showed that of 24 lysines and 18 arginines readily susceptible to small chemical reagent modification in native RPA, the three residues Lys-343, Arg-335, and Arg-382, located in DNA binding domain B (DBD-B) of RPA70, were significantly shielded in the hyperphosphorylated protein. Tryptophan fluorescence studies indicated significant quenching of Trp-361, located in the DBD-B domain, induced by hyperphosphorylation of RPA. Consistently, DBD-B became more resistant to the limited proteolysis by chymotrypsin after RPA hyperphosphorylation. Taken together, our results indicate that upon hyperphosphorylation of RPA32 N terminus (RPA32N), RPA undergoes a conformational change involving the single-stranded DNA binding cleft of DBD-B. Comparison of the interactions of native and hyperphosphorylated RPAs with short single-stranded oligonucleotides or partial DNA duplexes with a short 5' or 3' single-stranded DNA tails showed reduced affinity for the latter protein. We propose that the hyperphosphorylation may play a role in modulating the cellular pathways by altering the DBD-B-mediated RPA-DNA and RPA-protein interactions, hypothetically via the interaction of hyperphosphorylated RPA32N with DBD-B.
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- Yiyong Liu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614, USA
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Shell SM, Hess S, Kvaratskhelia M, Zou Y. Mass spectrometric identification of lysines involved in the interaction of human replication protein a with single-stranded DNA. Biochemistry 2005; 44:971-8. [PMID: 15654753 PMCID: PMC1450108 DOI: 10.1021/bi048208a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human replication protein A (hRPA), a heterotrimeric single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein, is required for many cellular pathways including DNA damage repair, recombination, and replication as well as the ATR-mediated DNA damage response. While extensive effort has been devoted to understanding the structural relationships between RPA and ssDNA, information is currently limited to the RPA domains, the trimerization core, and a partial cocrystal structure. In this work, we employed a mass spectrometric protein footprinting method of single amino acid resolution to investigate the interactions of the entire heterotrimeric hRPA with ssDNA. In particular, we monitored surface accessibility of RPA lysines with NHS-biotin modification in the contexts of the free protein and the nucleoprotein complex. Our results not only indicated excellent agreement with the available crystal structure data for RPA70 DBD-AB-ssDNA complex but also revealed new protein contacts in the nucleoprotein complex. In addition to two residues, K263 and K343 of p70, previously identified by cocrystallography as direct DNA contacts, we observed protection of five additional lysines (K183, K259, K489, K577, and K588 of p70) upon ssDNA binding to RPA. Three residues, K489, K577, and K588, are located in ssDNA binding domain C and are likely to establish the direct contacts with cognate DNA. In contrast, no ssDNA-contacting lysines were identified in DBD-D. In addition, two lysines, K183 and K259, are positioned outside the putative ssDNA binding cleft. We propose that the protection of these lysines could result from the RPA interdomain structural reorganization induced by ssDNA binding.
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- Steven M Shell
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37614, USA
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Che MM, Boja ES, Yoon HY, Gruschus J, Jaffe H, Stauffer S, Schuck P, Fales HM, Randazzo PA. Regulation of ASAP1 by phospholipids is dependent on the interface between the PH and Arf GAP domains. Cell Signal 2005; 17:1276-88. [PMID: 16038802 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2005.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 01/16/2005] [Accepted: 01/19/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ASAP1 is an Arf GAP with a PH domain immediately N-terminal to the catalytic Arf GAP domain. PH domains are thought to regulate enzymes by binding to specific phosphoinositide lipids in membranes, thereby recruiting the enzyme to a site of action. Here, we have examined the functional relationship between the PH and Arf GAP domains. We found that GAP activity requires the cognate PH domain of ASAP1, leading us to hypothesize that the Arf GAP and PH domains directly interact to form the substrate binding site. This hypothesis was supported by the combined results of protection and hydrodynamic studies. We then examined the role of the PH domain in the regulation of Arf GAP activity. The results of saturation kinetics, limited proteolysis, FRET and fluorescence spectrometry support a model in which regulation of the GAP activity of ASAP1 involves a conformational change coincident with recruitment to a membrane surface, and a second conformational change following the specific binding of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate.
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- Magnus M Che
- Laboratory of Cellular Oncology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, United States
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Kellersberger KA, Yu E, Kruppa GH, Young MM, Fabris D. Top-down characterization of nucleic acids modified by structural probes using high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry and automated data interpretation. Anal Chem 2005; 76:2438-45. [PMID: 15117181 DOI: 10.1021/ac0355045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A top-down approach based on sustained off-resonance irradiation collision-induced dissociation (SORI-CID) has been implemented on an electrospray ionization (ESI) Fourier transform mass spectrometer (FTMS) to characterize nucleic acid substrates modified by structural probes. Solvent accessibility reagents, such as dimethyl sulfate (DMS), 1-cyclohexyl-3-(2-morpholinoethyl)carbodiimide metho-p-toluenesulfonate (CMCT), and beta-ethoxy-alpha-ketobutyraldehyde (kethoxal, KT) are widely employed to reveal the position of single- vs double-stranded regions and obtain the footprint of bound proteins onto nucleic acids structures. Established methods require end-labeling of the nucleic acid constructs, probe-specific chemistry to produce strand cleavage at the modified nucleotides, and analysis by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to determine the position of the susceptible sites. However, these labor-intensive procedures can be avoided when mass spectrometry is used to identify the probe-induced modifications from their characteristic mass signatures. In particular, ESI-FTMS can be directly employed to monitor the conditions of probe application to avoid excessive alkylation, which could induce unwanted distortion or defolding of the substrate of interest. The sequence position of the covalent modifications can be subsequently obtained from classic tandem techniques, which allow for the analysis of individual target adducts present in complex reaction mixtures with no need for separation techniques. Selection and activation by SORI-CID has been employed to reveal the position of adducts in nucleic acid substrates in excess of 6 kDa. The stability of the different covalent modifications under SORI-CID conditions was investigated. Multiple stages of isolation and activation were employed in MS(n)() experiments to obtain the desired sequence information whenever the adduct stability was not particularly favorable, and SORI-CID induced the facile loss of the modified base. A new program called MS2Links was developed for the automated reduction and interpretation of fragmentation data obtained from modified nucleic acids. Based on an algorithm that searches for plausible isotopic patterns, the data reduction module is capable of discriminating legitimate signals from noise spikes of comparable intensity. The fragment identification module calculates the monoisotopic mass of ion products expected from a certain sequence and user-defined covalent modifications, which are finally matched with the signals selected by the data reduction program. Considering that MS2Links can generate similar fragment libraries for peptides and their covalent conjugates with other peptides or nucleic acids, this program provides an integrated platform for the structural investigation of protein-nucleic acid complexes based on cross-linking strategies and top-down ESI-FTMS.
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- Katherine A Kellersberger
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
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Santrůcek J, Strohalm M, Kadlcík V, Hynek R, Kodícek M. Tyrosine residues modification studied by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 323:1151-6. [PMID: 15451417 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Amino acid residue-specific reactivity in proteins is of great current interest in structural biology as it provides information about solvent accessibility and reactivity of the residue and, consequently, about protein structure and possible interactions. In the work presented tyrosine residues of three model proteins with known spatial structure are modified with two tyrosine-specific reagents: tetranitromethane and iodine. Modified proteins were specifically digested by proteases and the mass of resulting peptide fragments was determined using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Our results show that there are only small differences in the extent of tyrosine residues modification by tetranitromethane and iodine. However, data dealing with accessibility of reactive residues obtained by chemical modifications are not completely identical with those obtained by nuclear magnetic resonance and X-ray crystallography. These interesting discrepancies can be caused by local molecular dynamics and/or by specific chemical structure of the residues surrounding.
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- Jirí Santrůcek
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Technická 5, 16628 Prague 6, Czech Republic.
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The minutiae of subtle changes that occur in response to ligand binding in multiprotein complexes are often difficult to assess without resource to high resolution X-ray analysis. Recent developments in mass spectrometry, however, are providing insight into dynamic changes within components. In this article we review recent applications of MS for selection of ligands and definition of their binding characteristics for individual protein targets through to macromolecular complexes such as ribosomes.
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- Margaret G McCammon
- Cambridge University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK
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