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Kuptawach K, Noitung S, Buakeaw A, Puthong S, Sawangkeaw R, Sangtanoo P, Srimongkol P, Reamtong O, Choowongkomon K, Karnchanatat A. Lemon basil seed-derived peptide: Hydrolysis, purification, and its role as a pancreatic lipase inhibitor that reduces adipogenesis by downregulating SREBP-1c and PPAR-γ in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301966. [PMID: 38776280 PMCID: PMC11111035 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/24/2024] Open
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The purpose of this study is to assess the bioactive peptides derived from the defatted lemon basil seeds hydrolysate (DLSH) for their ability to inhibit pancreatic lipase, decrease intracellular lipid accumulation, and reduce adipogenesis. Response surface methodology (RSM) was employed to optimize trypsin hydrolysis conditions for maximizing lipase inhibitory activity (LI). A hydrolysis time of 387.06 min, a temperature of 49.03°C, and an enzyme concentration of 1.61% w/v, resulted in the highest LI with an IC50 of 368.07 μg/mL. The ultrafiltration of the protein hydrolysate revealed that the fraction below 0.65kDa exhibited the greatest LI potential. Further purification via RP-HPLC identified the Gly-Arg-Ser-Pro-Asp-Thr-His-Ser-Gly (GRSPDTHSG) peptide in the HPLC fraction F1 using mass spectrometry. The peptide was synthesized and demonstrated LI with an IC50 of 0.255 mM through a non-competitive mechanism, with a constant (Ki) of 0.61 mM. Docking studies revealed its binding site with the pancreatic lipase-colipase complex. Additionally, GRSPDTHSG inhibited lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 cells in a dose-dependent manner without cytotoxic effects. Western blot analysis indicated downregulation of PPAR-γ and SREBP-1c levels under GRSPDTHSG treatment, while an increase in AMPK-α phosphorylation was observed, suggesting a role in regulating cellular lipid metabolism. Overall, GRSPDTHSG demonstrates potential in attenuating lipid absorption and adipogenesis, suggesting a prospective application in functional foods and nutraceuticals.
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- Kittisak Kuptawach
- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Molecular Tropical Medicine and Genetics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Bioconversion and Bioseparation for Platform Chemical Production, Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Evaluation of lipase access tunnels and analysis of substance transport in comparison with experimental data. Bioprocess Biosyst Eng 2022; 45:1149-1162. [PMID: 35585433 DOI: 10.1007/s00449-022-02731-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Lipases (E.C. 3.1.1.3) have buried active sites and used access tunnels in the transport of substrates and products for biotransformation processes. Computational methods are used to predict the trajectory and energy profile of ligands through these tunnels, and they complement the experimental methodologies because they filter data, optimizing laboratory time and experimental costs. Access tunnels of Burkholderia cepacia lipase (BCL), Candida rugosa lipase (CRL), and porcine pancreas lipase (PPL) and the transport of fatty acids, alcohols and esters through the tunnels were evaluated using the online server CaverWeb V1.0, and server calculation results were compared with experimental data (productivity). BCL showed higher productivity with palmitic acid-C16:0 (4029.95 µmol/h mg); CRL obtained productivity for oleic acid-C18:1 (380.80 µmol/h mg), and PPL achieved productivity for lauric acid-C12:0 (71.27 µmol/h mg). The highest probability of transport for BCL is through the tunnels 1 and 2, for CRL through the tunnel 1, and for PPL through the tunnels 1, 2, 3 and 4. Thus, the best in silico result was the transport of the substrates palmitic acid and ethanol and product ethyl palmitate in tunnel 1 of BCL. This result corroborates with the best result for the productivity data (higher productivity for BCL with palmitic acid-4029.95 µmol/h mg). The combination of in silico evaluation and experimental data gave similar results, demonstrating that in silico approaches are a promising alternative for reducing screening tests and minimizing laboratory time in the bio-catalysis area by identifying the lipases with the greatest reaction potential, as in the case of this proposal.
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Dully M, Bhattacharya S, Verma V, Murray D, Thompson D, Soulimane T, Hudson SP. Balanced lipase interactions for degradation-controlled paclitaxel release from lipid cubic phase formulations. J Colloid Interface Sci 2021; 607:978-991. [PMID: 34571316 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lipid cubic phase (LCP) formulations enhance the intestinal solubility and bioavailability of hydrophobic drugs by reducing precipitation and facilitating their mass transport to the intestinal surface for absorption. LCPs with an ester linkage connecting the acyl chain to the glycerol backbone (monoacylglycerols), are susceptible to chemical digestion by several lipolytic enzymes including lipases, accelerating the release of hydrophobic agents from the lipid bilayers of the matrix. Unlike regular enzymes that transform soluble substrates, lipolytic enzymes act at the interface of water and insoluble lipid. Therefore, compounds that bind to this interface can enhance or inhibit the activity of enzymes to varying extent. Here, we explore how the lipolysis rate can be tuned by the interfacial interaction of porcine pancreatic lipase with monoolein LCPs containing a known lipase inhibitor, tetrahydrolipstatin. Release of the Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) class IV drug, paclitaxel, from the inhibitor-modified LCP was examined in the presence of lipase and its effectors colipase and calcium. By combining experimental dynamic digestion studies, thermodynamic measurements and molecular dynamics simulations of the competitive inhibition of lipase by tetrahydrolipstatin, we reveal the role and mode of action of lipase effectors in creating a precisely-balanced degradation-controlled LCP release system for the poorly soluble paclitaxel drug.
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- Michele Dully
- Department of Chemical Sciences, SSPC the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, SSPC the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- COOK Ireland Limited, O'Halloran Rd, Castletroy, Co., Limerick, Ireland
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- Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, SSPC the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, SSPC the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals, Bernal Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland.
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Gallotannins are uncompetitive inhibitors of pancreatic lipase activity. Biophys Chem 2020; 264:106409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2020.106409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Hou XD, Guan XQ, Cao YF, Weng ZM, Hu Q, Liu HB, Jia SN, Zang SZ, Zhou Q, Yang L, Ge GB, Hou J. Inhibition of pancreatic lipase by the constituents in St. John's Wort: In vitro and in silico investigations. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 145:620-633. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2019] [Revised: 12/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Barbosa MS, Freire CCC, Almeida LC, Freitas LS, Souza RL, Pereira EB, Mendes AA, Pereira MM, Lima ÁS, Soares CMF. Optimization of the enzymatic hydrolysis ofMoringa oleiferaLam oil using molecular docking analysis for fatty acid specificity. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2019; 66:823-832. [DOI: 10.1002/bab.1793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Departamento de Química Universidade Federal de Sergipe São Cristóvão SE Brazil
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- Universidade Tiradentes Aracaju SE Brazil
- Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa Aracaju SE Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de Alfenas Alfenas MG Brazil
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- Instituto de Química Universidade Federal de Alfenas Alfenas MG Brazil
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- Universidade Tiradentes Aracaju SE Brazil
- Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa Aracaju SE Brazil
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- Universidade Tiradentes Aracaju SE Brazil
- Instituto de Tecnologia e Pesquisa Aracaju SE Brazil
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Lu X, Ding F, Lian Z, Chen L, Cao Z, Guan Y, Chen R, Cai D, Yu Y. An epididymis‐specific secretory protein Clpsl2 critically regulates sperm motility, acrosomal integrity, and male fertility. J Cell Biochem 2018; 119:4760-4774. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.26668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Xiaosheng Lu
- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Department of AnesthesiaThe First Affiliated HospitalJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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- Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (JNU‐CUHK), Ministry of Education, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, College of Life Science and TechnologiesJinan UniversityGuangzhouP.R. China
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Haque N, Prabhu NP. Lid closure dynamics of porcine pancreatic lipase in aqueous solution. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1860:2313-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2015] [Revised: 04/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Xiao X, Lowe ME. The β5-Loop and Lid Domain Contribute to the Substrate Specificity of Pancreatic Lipase-related Protein 2 (PNLIPRP2). J Biol Chem 2015; 290:28847-56. [PMID: 26494624 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.683375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pancreatic triglyceride lipase (PNLIP) is essential for dietary fat digestion in children and adults, whereas a homolog, pancreatic lipase-related protein 2 (PNLIPRP2), is critical in newborns. The two lipases are structurally similar, yet they have different substrate specificities. PNLIP only cleaves neutral fats. PNLIPRP2 cleaves neutral and polar fats. To test the hypothesis that the differences in activity between PNLIP and PNLIPRP2 are governed by surface loops around the active site, we created multiple chimeras of both lipases by exchanging the surface loops singly or in combination. The chimeras were expressed, purified, and tested for activity against various substrates. The structural determinants of PNLIPRP2 galactolipase activity were contained in the N-terminal domain. Of the surface loops tested, the lid domain and the β5-loop influenced activity against triglycerides and galactolipids. Any chimera on PNLIP with the PNLIPRP2 lid domain or β5-loop had decreased triglyceride lipase activity similar to that of PNLIPRP2. The corresponding chimeras of PNLIPRP2 did not increase activity against neutral lipids. Galactolipase activity was abolished by the PNLIP β5-loop and decreased by the PNLIP lid domain. The source of the β9-loop had minimal effect on activity. We conclude that the lid domain and β5-loop contribute to substrate specificity but do not completely account for the differing activities of PNLIP and PNLIPRP2. Other regions in the N-terminal domain must contribute to the galactolipase activity of PNLIPRP2 through direct interactions with the substrate or by altering the conformation of the residues surrounding the hydrophilic cavity in PNLIPRP2.
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- Xunjun Xiao
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224
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Xiao X, Ross LE, Miller RA, Lowe ME. Kinetic properties of mouse pancreatic lipase-related protein-2 suggest the mouse may not model human fat digestion. J Lipid Res 2011; 52:982-90. [PMID: 21382969 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m014290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Genetically engineered mice have been employed to understand the role of lipases in dietary fat digestion with the expectation that the results can be extrapolated to humans. However, little is known about the properties of mouse pancreatic triglyceride lipase (mPTL) and pancreatic lipase-related protein-2 (mPLRP2). In this study, both lipases were expressed in Pichia Pastoris GS115, purified to near homogeneity, and their properties were characterized. Mouse PTL displayed the kinetics typical of PTL from other species. Like mPTL, mPLRP2 exhibited strong activity against various triglycerides. In contrast to mPTL, mPLRP2 was not inhibited by increasing bile salt concentration. Colipase stimulated mPLRP2 activity 2- to 4-fold. Additionally, mPTL absolutely required colipase for absorption to a lipid interface, whereas mPLRP2 absorbed fully without colipase. mPLRP2 had full activity in the presence of BSA, whereas BSA completely inhibited mPTL unless colipase was present. All of these properties of mPLRP2 differ from the properties of human PLRP2 (hPLRP2). Furthermore, mPLRP2 appears capable of compensating for mPTL deficiency. These findings suggest that the molecular mechanisms of dietary fat digestion may be different in humans and mice. Thus, extrapolation of dietary fat digestion in mice to humans should be done with care.
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- Xunjun Xiao
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Bourbon-Freie A, Dub RE, Xiao X, Lowe ME. Trp-107 and trp-253 account for the increased steady state fluorescence that accompanies the conformational change in human pancreatic triglyceride lipase induced by tetrahydrolipstatin and bile salt. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:14157-64. [PMID: 19346257 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m901154200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The conformation of a surface loop, the lid, controls activity of pancreatic triglyceride lipase (PTL) by moving from a position that sterically hinders substrate access to the active site into a new conformation that opens and configures the active site. Movement of the lid is accompanied by a large change in steady state tryptophan fluorescence. Although a change in the microenvironment of Trp-253, a lid residue, could account for the increased fluorescence, the mechanism and tryptophan residues have not been identified. To identify the tryptophan residues responsible for the increased fluorescence and to gain insight into the mechanism of lid opening and the structure of PTL in aqueous solution, we examined the effects of mutating individual tryptophan residues to tyrosine, alanine, or phenylalanine on lipase activity and steady state fluorescence. Substitution of tryptophans 86, 107, 253, and 403 reduced activity against tributyrin with the largest effects caused by substituting Trp-86 and Trp-107. Trp-107 and Trp-253 fluorescence accounts for the increased fluorescence emissions of PTL that is stimulated by tetrahydrolipstatin and sodium taurodeoxycholate. The largest contribution is from Trp-107. Contrary to the prediction from the crystal structure of PTL, Trp-107 is likely exposed to solvent. Both tetrahydrolipstatin and sodium taurodeoxycholate are required to produce the increased fluorescence in PTL. Alone, neither is sufficient. Colipase does not significantly influence the conformational changes leading to increased emission fluorescence. Thus, Trp-107 and Trp-253 contribute to the change in steady state fluorescence that is triggered by mixed micelles of inhibitor and bile salt. Furthermore, the results suggest that the conformation of PTL in solution differs significantly from the conformation in crystals.
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- Angela Bourbon-Freie
- Department of Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Ben Bacha A, Frikha F, Djemal I, Fendri A, Miled N, Gargouri Y, Mejdoub H. Biochemical and structural comparative study between bird and mammal pancreatic colipases. J Lipid Res 2006; 47:2701-11. [PMID: 16957180 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m600242-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Three colipases were purified from pancreas of two birds (ostrich and turkey) and one mammal (dromedary). After acidic and/or heat treatment and precipitation by sulfate ammonium and then ethanol, cofactors were purified by Sephadex G-50 gel filtration followed by ion-exchange chromatography first on Mono S and then on Mono Q. One molecular form was obtained from each species with a molecular mass of approximately 10 kDa. Cofactors were not glycosylated. The N-terminal sequences of the three purified cofactors showed high sequence homology. A 90 amino acid sequence of the ostrich cofactor was established based on peptide sequences from four different digests of the denaturated protein using trypsin, chymotrypsin, thermolysin, or staphylococcal protease. This sequence exhibited a high degree of homology with chicken and mammal cofactors. Bile salt-inhibited pancreatic lipases from five species were activated to variable extents by colipases from bird and mammal origins. The bird pancreatic lipase-colipase system appears to be functionally similar to homologous lipolytic systems from higher mammals. Our comparative study showed that mammal colipase presents a lower activation level toward bird lipases than the bird counterpart. Three-dimensional modeling of ostrich colipase suggested a structural explanation of this fact.
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- Abir Ben Bacha
- Laboratoire de Biochimie et de Génie Enzymatique des Lipases, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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York DA, Lin L, Thomas SR, Braymer HD, Park M. Procolipase gene expression in the rat brain: source of endogenous enterostatin production in the brain. Brain Res 2006; 1087:52-9. [PMID: 16624258 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2006.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2005] [Revised: 02/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Enterostatin is a pentapeptide released from its precursor protein procolipase, which is synthesized in the exocrine pancreas and gastric mucosa. As central injection of enterostatin has potent effects on feeding, we hypothesized that the procolipase may also be expressed in the brain. We confirmed the presence of preprocolipase gene expression in amygdala by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Northern blot analysis and of protein expression by Western blots. Immunohistochemical analysis using antibodies for procolipase and enterostatin identified their immunoreactivity (IR) in rat brain. Procolipase IR was present in the cytoplasm of paraventricular, amygdala, and the dorsal thalamus nucleus. Enterostatin IR was evident in the fibers of the dorsal thalamus and arcuate nucleus. In vivo injection of enterostatin antibody into rat amygdala increased food intake. These data suggest that procolipase and enterostatin are synthesized within specific regions of the brain that function in the regulation of food intake centrally.
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- David A York
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center, 6400 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.
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The metal binding properties of peptides corresponding to metal-binding sites spanning regions that normally function as linkers in tandem arrays of metal-binding domain-containing proteins were examined. For a peptide with two His residues from one TFIIIA-like zinc finger domain, a canonical TFIIIA-like linker, and two Cys residues from an adjacent zinc domain, the dissociation constant for the 1:1 peptide to cobalt(II) was found to be 15 +/- 10 microM, compared with 60 nM for the corresponding zinc finger domains themselves. Peptides overlapping two sets of metal-binding domains from human TRAF (tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor) proteins were examined. In one case, the affinity of the presumed metal-binding domain and that for the linker region were comparable, while in the second case, the affinity of the linker peptide was higher than that for the corresponding presumed metal-binding domain peptide. These studies revealed that cobalt(II) affinities in the micromolar range can occur even for peptides that do not correspond to natural zinc-binding domains and that the degree of distinction between authentic metal-binding domains and the corresponding linker-spanning peptides may be modest, at least for single domain peptide models.
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- Karen R Thickman
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Singh S, Powell DW, Rane MJ, Millard TH, Trent JO, Pierce WM, Klein JB, Machesky LM, McLeish KR. Identification of the p16-Arc subunit of the Arp 2/3 complex as a substrate of MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 by proteomic analysis. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:36410-7. [PMID: 12829704 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m306428200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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 p38 MAPK pathway regulates multiple neutrophil functional responses via activation of the serine-threonine kinase MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 (MAPKAPK2). To identify substrates of MAPKAPK2 that mediate these responses, a proteomic approach was used in which in vitro phosphorylation of neutrophil lysates by exogenously added active recombinant MAPKAPK2 was followed by protein separation using two-dimensional electrophoresis. Peptide mass fingerprinting of peptides defined by MALDI-MS was then utilized to identify phosphorylated proteins detected by autoradiography. Six candidate substrates were identified, including the p16 subunit of the seven-member Arp2/3 complex (p16-Arc). In vitro studies confirmed that MAPKAPK2 interacts with and phosphorylates the A isoform, but not the B isoform, of p16-Arc with a stoichiometry of 0.6 to 0.7. MAPKAPK2 also phosphorylated p16-Arc in intact Arp2/3 complexes precipitated from neutrophil lysates. Mutation of serine-77 to alanine on the A isoform prevented phosphorylation by MAPKAPK2. The ability of MAPKAPK2 to phosphorylate one isoform of p16-Arc suggests a possible mechanism by which the p38 MAPK cascade regulates remodeling of the actin cytoskeleton.
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- Saurabh Singh
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medicine, and Pharmacology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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[reaction: see text] Truncated ethanolamine phospholipids containing aldehyde functionality, e.g. OVPE, and the corresponding acids, are generated by oxidative cleavage of polyunsaturated phospholipids. To confirm their identities and facilitate studies of the chemistry and biological actions of these analogues of biologically active phosphatidylcholines, e.g. OVPC, total syntheses were developed. An efficient general strategy was used that features selective N-protection of 2-lysophosphatidylethanolamine, and generation of the target compounds by mild deprotection of stable precursors.
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- Bogdan G Gugiu
- Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7078, USA
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Bañó MC, González-Navarro H, Abad C. Long-chain fatty acyl-CoA esters induce lipase activation in the absence of a water-lipid interface. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1632:55-61. [PMID: 12782151 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(03)00061-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In most lipases a mobile element or lid domain covers the catalytic site of the enzyme and the lid opening event, which usually proceed at a lipid-water interface, is required to form the catalytically competent lipase. We report here a noticeable increase in activity of two fungal lipases assayed in aqueous solution in absence of any interface when adding submicellar concentrations of amphipathic physiological molecules like long-chain acyl-CoAs. The catalytic activity was dramatically dependent on the acyl chain length of the amphiphile and could be related with a lid-opening process. Our data support that lipase activation can be triggered in the absence of a well-defined interface, and stresses the notion that other non-aggregated amphipathic constituents of the local microenvironment can act as putative regulators of lipase activity.
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- M Carmen Bañó
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de València, E-46100 Burjassot, València, Spain
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Protein kinases are key participants in signal transduction pathways. A direct assessment of the relationship between the activity of any given protein kinase and the corresponding cellular phenotype has proven challenging. This is due to the large number of protein kinases encoded by the human genome coupled with intracellular temporal and spatial constraints that appear to further regulate the ultimate response of a cell to a stimulus. Our work has focused on the development of chemical probes to address the complexities associated with protein kinase-mediated cell signaling. These include the acquisition of highly selective substrates and inhibitors for specific members of the protein kinase family, the design and synthesis of light-activated signaling proteins and their corresponding inhibitors, and the preparation of fluorescent reporters of intracellular protein kinase action.
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Affiliation(s)
- David S Lawrence
- Department of Biochemistry, The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Pancreatic triglyceride lipase (PTL) and its protein cofactor, colipase, are required for efficient dietary triglyceride digestion. In addition to PTL, pancreatic acinar cells synthesize two pancreatic lipase related proteins (PLRP1 and PLRP2), which have a high degree of sequence and structural homology with PTL. PLRP1 has no known activity. PTL and PLRP2 differ in substrate specificity, behavior in bile salts and dependence on colipase. Each protein has a globular amino-terminal (N-terminal) domain, which contains the catalytic site for PTL and PLRP2, and a beta-sandwich carboxyl-terminal (C-terminal) domain, which includes the predominant colipase-binding site for PTL. Inactive and active conformations of PTL have been described. They differ in the position of a surface loop, the lid domain, and of the beta5-loop. In the inactive conformation, the lid covers the active site and, upon activation by bile salt micelles and colipase or by lipid-water interfaces, the lid moves dramatically to open and configure the active site. After the lid movement, PTL and colipase create a large hydrophobic plateau that can interact with the lipid-water interface. A hydrophobic surface loop in the C-terminal domain, the beta5' loop, may also contribute to the interfacial-binding domain of the PTL-colipase complex.
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- Mark E Lowe
- Departments of Pediatrics and of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Bauer VW, Squire TL, Lowe ME, Andrews MT. Expression of a chimeric retroviral-lipase mRNA confers enhanced lipolysis in a hibernating mammal. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2001; 281:R1186-92. [PMID: 11557627 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.2001.281.4.r1186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hibernating mammals can survive several months without feeding by limiting their carbohydrate catabolism and using triacylglycerols stored in white adipose tissue (WAT) as their primary source of fuel. Here we show that a lipolytic enzyme normally found in the gut, pancreatic triacylglycerol lipase (PTL), is expressed in WAT of hibernating 13-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus). PTL expressed in WAT is encoded by an unusual chimeric retroviral-PTL mRNA approximately 500 bases longer than the predominant PTL message found in other ground squirrel tissues. Seasonal measurements detect the chimeric mRNA and PTL enzymatic activity in WAT before and during hibernation, with both showing their lowest observed levels 1 wk after hibernation concludes in mid-March. PTL is expressed in addition to hormone-sensitive lipase, the enzyme typically responsible for hydrolysis of triacylglycerols in WAT. Because of the distinct catalytic and regulatory properties of both enzymes, this dual-triacylglycerol lipase system provides a means by which the fuel requirements of hibernating 13-lined ground squirrels can be met without interruption.
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- V W Bauer
- Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7614, USA
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Leslie NR, Biondi RM, Alessi DR. Phosphoinositide-regulated kinases and phosphoinositide phosphatases. Chem Rev 2001; 101:2365-80. [PMID: 11749378 DOI: 10.1021/cr000091i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- N R Leslie
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit and Division of Signal Transduction Therapy, Department of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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Jaitovich-Groisman I, Benlimame N, Slagle BL, Perez MH, Alpert L, Song DJ, Fotouhi-Ardakani N, Galipeau J, Alaoui-Jamali MA. Transcriptional regulation of the TFIIH transcription repair components XPB and XPD by the hepatitis B virus x protein in liver cells and transgenic liver tissue. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:14124-32. [PMID: 11278765 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010852200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Human hepatitis B virus is a risk factor for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. The hepatitis B virus x protein (HBx) has been shown to inactivate the p53 tumor suppressor protein and impair DNA repair, cell cycle, and apoptosis mechanisms. Herein we report that HBx represses two components of the transcription-repair factor TFIIH, XPB (p89), and XPD (p80), both in p53-proficient and p53-deficient liver cells. This inhibition is observed while HBx maintains its transactivation function. Expression of HBx in liver cells results in down-regulation of endogenous XPB and XPD mRNAs and proteins; this inhibition is not observed with other TFIIH subunits, XPA or PCNA. In liver tissue from HBx transgenics, XPB and XPD proteins are down-regulated in comparison to matched normal liver tissue. HBx has been shown to interact with Sp1 transcription factor and affects its DNA binding activity. Sp1 is essential for the basal promoter activity of XPB in liver cells and Drosophila SL2 cells. In the Sp1-deficient SL2 cells, HBx-induced XPB and XPD inhibition is Sp1-dependent. In summary, our results provide evidence that HBx represses the expression of key TFIIH proteins at least in part through Sp1 elements; this repression may impair TFIIH function in DNA repair mechanisms.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Apoptosis
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Line
- Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism
- DNA Helicases
- DNA Repair/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Down-Regulation
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Flow Cytometry
- Gene Expression Regulation, Viral
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Liver/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Genetic
- Plasmids/metabolism
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sp1 Transcription Factor/metabolism
- TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Transcription Factor TFIID
- Transcription Factor TFIIH
- Transcription Factors/genetics
- Transcription Factors, TFII
- Transcription, Genetic
- Transcriptional Activation
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Viral Regulatory and Accessory Proteins
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group D Protein
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Affiliation(s)
- I Jaitovich-Groisman
- Lady Davis Institute of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Pathology, and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal H3T 1E2, Canada
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Crandall WV, Lowe ME. Colipase residues Glu64 and Arg65 are essential for normal lipase-mediated fat digestion in the presence of bile salt micelles. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:12505-12. [PMID: 11278590 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m009986200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pancreatic triglyceride lipase (PTL) requires colipase for activity. Various constituents in meals and in bile, particularly bile acids, inhibit PTL. Colipase restores activity to lipase in the presence of inhibitory substances like bile acids. Presumably, colipase functions by anchoring and orienting PTL at the oil-water interface. The x-ray structure of the colipase.PTL complex supports this model. In the x-ray structure, colipase has a hydrophobic surface positioned to bind substrate and a hydrophilic surface, lying opposite the hydrophobic surface, with two putative lipase-binding domains, Glu(45)/Asp(89) and Glu(64)/Arg(65). To determine whether the hydrophilic surface interacts with PTL in solution, we introduced mutations into the putative PTL binding domains of human colipase. Each mutant was expressed, purified, and assessed for activity against various substrates. Most of the mutants showed impaired ability to reactivate PTL, with mutations in the Glu(64)/Arg(65) binding site causing the greatest effect. Analysis indicated that the mutations decreased the affinity of the colipase mutants for PTL and prevented the formation of PTL.colipase complexes. The impaired function of the mutants was most apparent when assayed in micellar bile salt solutions. Most mutants stimulated PTL activity normally in monomeric bile salt solutions. We also tested the mutants for their ability to bind substrate and anchor lipase to tributyrin. Even though the ability of the mutants to anchor PTL to an interface decreased in proportion to their activity, each mutant colipase bound to tributyrin to the same extent as wild type colipase. These results demonstrate that the hydrophilic surface of colipase interacts with PTL in solution to form active colipase.PTL complexes, that bile salt micelles influence that binding, and that the proper interaction of colipase with PTL requires the Glu(64)/Arg(65) binding site.
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- W V Crandall
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Kumar S, Ma B, Tsai CJ, Wolfson H, Nussinov R. Folding funnels and conformational transitions via hinge-bending motions. Cell Biochem Biophys 1999; 31:141-64. [PMID: 10593256 DOI: 10.1007/bf02738169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this article we focus on presenting a broad range of examples illustrating low-energy transitions via hinge-bending motions. The examples are divided according to the type of hinge-bending involved; namely, motions involving fragments of the protein chains, hinge-bending motions involving protein domains, and hinge-bending motions between the covalently unconnected subunits. We further make a distinction between allosterically and nonallosterically regulated proteins. These transitions are discussed within the general framework of folding and binding funnels. We propose that the conformers manifesting such swiveling motions are not the outcome of "induced fit" binding mechanism; instead, molecules exist in an ensemble of conformations that are in equilibrium in solution. These ensembles, which populate the bottoms of the funnels, a priori contain both the "open" and the "closed" conformational isomers. Furthermore, we argue that there are no fundamental differences among the physical principles behind the folding and binding funnels. Hence, there is no basic difference between funnels depicting ensembles of conformers of single molecules with fragment, or domain motions, as compared to subunits in multimeric quaternary structures, also showing such conformational transitions. The difference relates only to the size and complexity of the system. The larger the system, the more complex its corresponding fused funnel(s). In particular, funnels associated with allosterically regulated proteins are expected to be more complicated, because allostery is frequently involved with movements between subunits, and consequently is often observed in multichain and multimolecular complexes. This review centers on the critical role played by flexibility and conformational fluctuations in enzyme activity. Internal motions that extend over different time scales and with different amplitudes are known to be essential for the catalytic cycle. The conformational change observed in enzyme-substrate complexes as compared to the unbound enzyme state, and in particular the hinge-bending motions observed in enzymes with two domains, have a substantial effect on the enzymatic catalytic activity. The examples we review span the lipolytic enzymes that are particularly interesting, owing to their activation at the water-oil interface; an allosterically controlled dehydrogenase (lactate dehydrogenase); a DNA methyltransferase, with a covalently-bound intermediate; large-scale flexible loop motions in a glycolytic enzyme (TIM); domain motion in PGK, an enzyme which is essential in most cells, both for ATP generation in aerobes and for fermentation in anaerobes; adenylate kinase, showing large conformational changes, owing to their need to shield their catalytic centers from water; a calcium-binding protein (calmodulin), involved in a wide range of cellular calcium-dependent signaling; diphtheria toxin, whose large domain motion has been shown to yield "domain swapping;" the hexameric glutamate dehydrogenase, which has been studied both in a thermophile and in a mesophile; an allosteric enzyme, showing subunit motion between the R and the T states (aspartate transcarbamoylase), and the historically well-studied lac repressor. Nonallosteric subunit transitions are also addressed, with some examples (aspartate receptor and BamHI endonuclease). Hence, using this enzyme-catalysis-centered discussion, we address energy funnel landscapes of large-scale conformational transitions, rather than the faster, quasi-harmonic, thermal fluctuations.
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- S Kumar
- Intramural Research Support Program-SAIC, Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, NCI-FCRDC, Frederick, MD, 21702, USA
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van Tilbeurgh H, Bezzine S, Cambillau C, Verger R, Carrière F. Colipase: structure and interaction with pancreatic lipase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1441:173-84. [PMID: 10570245 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(99)00149-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Colipase is a small protein cofactor needed by pancreatic lipase for the efficient dietary lipid hydrolysis. It binds to the C-terminal, non-catalytic domain of lipase, thereby stabilising an active conformation and considerably increasing the overall hydrophobic binding site. Structural studies of the complex and of colipase alone have clearly revealed the functionality of its architecture. Interestingly, a structural analogy has recently been discovered between colipase and a domain in a developmental protein (Dickkopf), based on sequence analogy and homology modeling. Whether this structural analogy implies a common function (lipid interaction) remains to be clarified. Structural analogies have also been recognised between the pancreatic lipase C-terminal domain, the N-terminal domains of lipoxygenases and the C-terminal domain of alpha-toxin. These non-catalytic domains in the latter enzymes are important for interaction with membranes. It has not been established if these domains are also involved in eventual protein cofactor binding as is the case for pancreatic lipase.
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- H van Tilbeurgh
- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS-IFR1 UPR9039, GBMA, 163 Avenue de Luminy Case 925, 13288, Marseille,
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Ayvazian L, Crenon I, Hermoso J, Pignol D, Chapus C, Kerfelec B. Ion pairing between lipase and colipase plays a critical role in catalysis. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:33604-9. [PMID: 9837944 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.50.33604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Among the polar interactions occurring in pancreatic lipase/colipase binding, only one ion pair involving lysine 400 on lipase and glutamic acid 45 on colipase has been described. These residues are strictly conserved among species, suggesting that the ion pair is likely to play an important role. Therefore, in order to prevent this interaction, mutations intended to neutralize or inverse the charge of these residues have been introduced in the cDNAs encoding horse lipase and colipase. The recombinant proteins have been expressed in insect cells, and their catalytic properties have been investigated. In all cases, preventing the formation of the correct ion pair Lys400/Glu45 leads to lipase-colipase complexes of reduced affinity unable to perform an efficient catalysis, notably in the presence of bile salt micelles. Diethyl p-nitrophenyl phosphate inhibition experiments with either mutant lipase or mutant colipase indicate a poor stabilization of the lipase flap. These results suggest that the ion pair plays a critical role in the active conformation of the lipase-colipase-micelle ternary complex by contributing to a correct orientation of colipase relative to lipase resulting in a proper opening of the flap.
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- L Ayvazian
- Unité de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, UPR 9036 CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 9, France
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Boisbouvier J, Albrand JP, Blackledge M, Jaquinod M, Schweitz H, Lazdunski M, Marion D. A structural homologue of colipase in black mamba venom revealed by NMR floating disulphide bridge analysis. J Mol Biol 1998; 283:205-19. [PMID: 9761684 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The solution structure of mamba intestinal toxin 1 (MIT1), isolated from Dendroaspis polylepis polylepis venom, has been determined. This molecule is a cysteine-rich polypeptide exhibiting no recognised family membership. Resistance to MIT1 to classical specific endoproteases produced contradictory NMR and biochemical information concerning disulphide-bridge topology. We have used distance restraints allowing ambiguous partners between S atoms in combination with NMR-derived structural information, to correctly determine the disulphide-bridge topology. The resultant solution structure of MIT1, determined to a resolution of 0.5 A, reveals an unexpectedly similar global fold with respect to colipase, a protein involved in fatty acid digestion. Colipase exhibits an analogous resistance to endoprotease activity, indicating for the first time the possible topological origins of this biochemical property. The biochemical and structural homology permitted us to propose a mechanically related digestive function for MIT1 and provides novel information concerning snake venom protein evolution.
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- J Boisbouvier
- Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel (CEA-CNRS), 41 Av. des Martyrs, 38027 Grenoble, France
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Cordle RA, Lowe ME. The hydrophobic surface of colipase influences lipase activity at an oil–water interface. J Lipid Res 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)32163-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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