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Shahsavani MB, Hoshino M, Kumar A, Yousefi R. Charge manipulation of the human insulin B chain C-terminal to shed light on the complex mechanism of insulin fibrillation. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2024; 1868:130578. [PMID: 38278307 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2024.130578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/13/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Insulin fibrillation poses a significant challenge in the development and treatment of diabetes. Current efforts to unravel its mechanisms have thus far remained incomplete. To shed light on the intricate processes behind insulin fibrillation, we employed mutagenesis techniques to introduce additional positive charge residues into the C-terminal region of the insulin B chain which plays an important role in insulin dimerization. We employed our investigation with various spectroscopic methods, electron microscopy, and molecular dynamics simulations. These methods allowed us to explore the structure and fibrillation behavior of the engineered B chains following their expression in a bacterial host and successful purification. This manipulation had a pronounced impact on the oligomerization behavior of the insulin B chain. It appears that these mutations delay the formation of the dimeric state in the process of transitioning to larger oligomers, consequently, leading to an alteration in the kinetics of fibrillation. Our findings also indicated that the mutant insulin B chains (Di-R, Di-K, and Di-H) displayed resistance to the initiation of fibrillation. This resistance can be attributed to the repulsive forces generated by the introduced positive charges, which disrupt the attractive interactions favoring nucleation. Notably, the mutant B chains formed shorter and less abundant oligomers and fibrils, which can be ascribed to the alterations induced by repulsion. Our engineered mutant B chains exhibited enhanced stability against stress-induced fibrillation, hinting at their potential utility in the development of new insulin analogs. This study underscores the significance of the C-terminal region in the initial stages of insulin B chain fibrillation, providing valuable insights into the intricate mechanisms involved and their potential pharmaceutical applications.
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- Mohammad Bagher Shahsavani
- Protein Chemistry Laboratory (PCL), Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Protein Chemistry Laboratory (PCL), Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran; Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Deiana M, Chand K, Jamroskovic J, Obi I, Chorell E, Sabouri N. A Light‐up Logic Platform for Selective Recognition of Parallel G‐Quadruplex Structures via Disaggregation‐Induced Emission. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:896-902. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201912027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Marco Deiana
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of ChemistryUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of ChemistryUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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Deiana M, Chand K, Jamroskovic J, Obi I, Chorell E, Sabouri N. A Light‐up Logic Platform for Selective Recognition of Parallel G‐Quadruplex Structures via Disaggregation‐Induced Emission. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201912027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Marco Deiana
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of ChemistryUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of ChemistryUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and BiophysicsUmeå University 90187 Umeå Sweden
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Modulating Insulin Fibrillation Using Engineered B-Chains with Mutated C-Termini. Biophys J 2019; 117:1626-1641. [PMID: 31607389 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2019.09.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Stress-induced unfolding and fibrillation of insulin represent serious medical and biotechnological problems. Despite many attempts to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of insulin fibrillation, there is no general agreement on how this process takes place. Several previous studies suggested the importance of the C-terminal region of B-chain in this pathway. Therefore, we generated the T30R and K29R/T30R mutants of insulin B-chain. Recombinantly produced wild-type A-chain and mutant B-chains were combined efficiently in the presence of chaperone αB-crystallin. The mutant B-chains along with the control wild-type insulin were used in a wide range of parallel experiments to compare their fibrillation kinetics, morphology of fibrils, and forces driving the fibril formation. The mutant insulins and their B-chains displayed significant resistance against stress-induced fibrillation, particularly at the nucleation stage, suggesting that the B-chain might be influencing the insulin fibrillation. The fact that the different mature insulins formed larger fibrillar bundles compared to those formed by their B-chains alone suggested the role of A-chain in the lateral association of the insulin fibrils. Overall, in addition to the N-terminal region of the B-chain, which was shown to serve as an important regulator of insulin fibrillation, the C-terminal region of this peptide is also crucial for the control of fibrillation, likely serving as an attachment site engaged in the formation of the nucleus and protofibril. Finally, two mutated insulin variants examined in this study might be of interest to the pharmaceutical sector as, to our knowledge, novel intermediate-acting insulin analogs because of their suitable biological activity and improved stability against stress-induced fibrillation.
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Akbarian M, Yousefi R. Human αB-crystallin as fusion protein and molecular chaperone increases the expression and folding efficiency of recombinant insulin. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0206169. [PMID: 30339677 PMCID: PMC6195290 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Low expression and instability are significant challenges in the recombinant production of therapeutic peptides. The current study introduces a novel expression and purification system for human insulin production using the molecular chaperone αB-crystallin (αB-Cry) as a fusion partner protein. Insulin is composed of A- and B-chain containing three disulfide bonds (one intarchain and two interchains). We have constructed two plasmids harboring the A- or B-chain of insulin joined with human αB-Cry. This system is suitable for cloning of the genes and for directing the synthesis of large amounts of the fusion proteins αB-Cry/A-chain (αB-AC) and αB-Cry/B-chain (αB-BC). The construction of vectors, their efficient expression in Escherichia coli and simple purification of the fusion proteins and two insulin chains are described. A large amount of the recombinant fusion proteins with high purity was obtained by applying a single step anion exchange chromatography or metal chelate affinity. The insulin A- and B-chain were released from the fusion proteins using cyanogen bromide cleavage. The insulin peptides were obtained with an appreciable yield and high purity using one-step gel filtration chromatography. To increase efficiency of chain combination to produce insulin, αB-Cry was used under oxidative conditions. The purification of natively folded insulin was performed by phenyl sepharose hydrophobic interaction chromatography. Finally, using an insulin tolerance test in mice and various biophysical methods, the structure and function of purified human recombinant insulin was compared with authentic insulin, to verify folding of insulin to its native state. Overall, the novel expression system using αB-Cry is highly demanding for producing human insulin and functional protein. The procedure for αB-Cry-mediated insulin folding could be also applicable for the large-scale production of this highly important therapeutic peptide hormone.
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- Mohsen Akbarian
- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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- Protein Chemistry Laboratory, Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Crane JM, Randall LL. The Sec System: Protein Export in Escherichia coli. EcoSal Plus 2017; 7:10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0002-2017. [PMID: 29165233 PMCID: PMC5807066 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0002-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, proteins found in the periplasm or the outer membrane are exported from the cytoplasm by the general secretory, Sec, system before they acquire stably folded structure. This dynamic process involves intricate interactions among cytoplasmic and membrane proteins, both peripheral and integral, as well as lipids. In vivo, both ATP hydrolysis and proton motive force are required. Here, we review the Sec system from the inception of the field through early 2016, including biochemical, genetic, and structural data.
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- Jennine M. Crane
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Glaser S, van Dooren GG, Agrawal S, Brooks CF, McFadden GI, Striepen B, Higgins MK. Tic22 is an essential chaperone required for protein import into the apicoplast. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:39505-12. [PMID: 23027875 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.405100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most plastids proteins are post-translationally imported into organelles through multisubunit translocons. The TIC and TOC complexes perform this role in the two membranes of the plant chloroplast and in the inner two membranes of the apicoplasts of the apicomplexan parasites, Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum. Tic22 is a ubiquitous intermembrane translocon component that interacts with translocating proteins. Here, we demonstrate that T. gondii Tic22 is an apicoplast-localized protein, essential for parasite survival and protein import into the apicoplast stroma. The structure of Tic22 from P. falciparum reveals a fold conserved from cyanobacteria to plants, which displays a non-polar groove on each side of the molecule. We show that these grooves allow Tic22 to act as a chaperone. General chaperones are common components of protein translocation systems where they maintain cargo proteins in an unfolded conformation during transit. Such a chaperone had not been identified in the intermembrane space of plastids and we propose that Tic22 fulfills this role.
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- Stephanie Glaser
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1GA, England
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Jaru-Ampornpan P, Shen K, Lam VQ, Ali M, Doniach S, Jia TZ, Shan SO. ATP-independent reversal of a membrane protein aggregate by a chloroplast SRP subunit. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010; 17:696-702. [PMID: 20424608 PMCID: PMC2917185 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2010] [Accepted: 04/20/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Membrane proteins impose enormous challenges to cellular protein homeostasis during their post-translational targeting, and they require chaperones to keep them soluble and translocation competent. Here we show that a novel targeting factor in the chloroplast signal recognition particle (cpSRP), cpSRP43, is a highly specific molecular chaperone that efficiently reverses the aggregation of its substrate proteins. In contrast to 'ATPases associated with various cellular activities' (AAA(+)) chaperones, cpSRP43 uses specific binding interactions with its substrate to mediate its 'disaggregase' activity. This disaggregase capability can allow targeting machineries to more effectively capture their protein substrates and emphasizes a close connection between protein folding and trafficking processes. Moreover, cpSRP43 provides the first example to our knowledge of an ATP-independent disaggregase and shows that efficient reversal of protein aggregation can be attained by specific binding interactions between a chaperone and its substrate.
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- Peera Jaru-Ampornpan
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA
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Bechtluft P, Nouwen N, Tans SJ, Driessen AJM. SecB--a chaperone dedicated to protein translocation. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2009; 6:620-7. [PMID: 20237639 DOI: 10.1039/b915435c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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SecB is a molecular chaperone in Gram-negative bacteria dedicated to the post-translational translocation of proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. The entire surface of this chaperone is used for both of its native functions in protein targeting and unfolding. Single molecule studies revealed how SecB affects the folding pathway of proteins and how it prevents the tertiary structure formation and aggregation to support protein translocation.
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- Philipp Bechtluft
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.
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Badraghi J, Moosavi-Movahedi AA, Saboury AA, Yousefi R, Sharifzadeh A, Hong J, Haertlé T, Niasari-Naslaji A, Sheibani N. Dual behavior of sodium dodecyl sulfate as enhancer or suppressor of insulin aggregation and chaperone-like activity of camel alphaS(1)-casein. Int J Biol Macromol 2009; 45:511-7. [PMID: 19723533 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2009.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2009] [Revised: 08/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) at low concentrations considerably enhanced insulin aggregation and reduced the chaperone-like activity of purified camel alphaS(1)-casein (alphaS(1)-CN). These observed changes were the result of repulsive electrostatic interactions between both negative charged head groups of SDS and alphaS(1)-CN, and the net negative charge of insulin molecules, resulting in the greater exposure of hydrophobic patches of insulin and its enhanced aggregation. In contrast, enhanced hydrophobic interactions were primarily responsible for the conformational changes observed in insulin and alphaS(1)-CN at high SDS concentrations, resulting in increased binding of SDS and alphaS(1)-CN to insulin and its reduced aggregation.
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- Jalil Badraghi
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Badraghi J, Yousefi R, Saboury AA, Sharifzadeh A, Haertlé T, Ahmad F, Moosavi-Movahedi AA. Effect of salts and sodium dodecyl sulfate on chaperone activity of camel αS1-CN: Insulin as the target protein. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2009; 71:300-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2009.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2008] [Revised: 03/11/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Krishnan B, Kulothungan SR, Patra AK, Udgaonkar JB, Varadarajan R. SecB-mediated protein export need not occur via kinetic partitioning. J Mol Biol 2008; 385:1243-56. [PMID: 19028503 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, the cytosolic chaperone SecB is responsible for the selective entry of a subset of precursor proteins into the Sec pathway. In vitro, SecB binds to a variety of unfolded substrates without apparent sequence specificity, but not native proteins. Selectivity has therefore been suggested to occur by kinetic partitioning of substrates between protein folding and SecB association. Evidence for kinetic partitioning is based on earlier observations that SecB blocks the refolding of the precursor form of maltose-binding protein (preMBP)(5) and slow-folding maltose-binding protein (MBP) mutants, but not faster-folding mature wild-type MBP. In order to quantitatively validate the kinetic partitioning model, we have independently measured each of the rate constants involved in the interaction of SecB with refolding preMBP (a physiological substrate of SecB) and mature MBP. The measured rate constants correctly predict substrate folding kinetics over a wide range of SecB, MBP, and preMBP concentrations. Analysis of the data reveals that, for many substrates, kinetic partitioning is unlikely to be responsible for SecB-mediated protein export. Instead, the ability of SecB-bound substrates to continue folding while bound to SecB and their ability to interact with other components of the secretory machinery such as SecA may be key opposing determinants that inhibit and promote protein export, respectively.
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- Beena Krishnan
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Structure of the cytosolic part of the subunit b-dimer of Escherichia coli F0F1-ATP synthase. Biophys J 2008; 94:5053-64. [PMID: 18326647 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.121038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The structure of the external stalk and its function in the catalytic mechanism of the F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase remains one of the important questions in bioenergetics. The external stalk has been proposed to be either a rigid stator that binds F(1) or an elastic structural element that transmits energy from the small rotational steps of subunits c to the F(1) sector during catalysis. We employed proteomics, sequence-based structure prediction, molecular modeling, and electron spin resonance spectroscopy using site-directed spin labeling to understand the structure and interfacial packing of the Escherichia coli b-subunit homodimer external stalk. Comparisons of bacterial, cyanobacterial, and plant b-subunits demonstrated little sequence similarity. Supersecondary structure predictions, however, show that all compared b-sequences have extensive heptad repeats, suggesting that the proteins all are capable of packing as left-handed coiled-coils. Molecular modeling subsequently indicated that b(2) from the E. coli ATP synthase could pack into stable left-handed coiled-coils. Thirty-eight substitutions to cysteine in soluble b-constructs allowed the introduction of spin labels and the determination of intersubunit distances by ESR. These distances correlated well with molecular modeling results and strongly suggest that the E. coli subunit b-dimer can stably exist as a left-handed coiled-coil.
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Human insulin, which consists of disulfide cross-linked A and B polypeptide chains, readily forms amyloid fibrils under slightly destabilizing conditions. We examined whether the isolated A and B chain peptides of human insulin would form fibrils at neutral and acidic pH. Although insulin exhibits a pH-dependent lag phase in fibrillation, the A chain formed fibrils without a lag at both pHs. In contrast, the B chain exhibited complex concentration-dependent fibrillation behavior at acidic pH. At higher concentrations, e.g., >0.2 mg/mL, the B chains preferentially and rapidly formed stable protofilaments rather than mature fibrils upon incubation at 37 degrees C. Surprisingly, these protofilaments did not convert into mature fibrils. At lower B chain concentrations, however, mature fibrils were formed. The explanation for the concentration dependence of B chain fibrillation is as follows. The B chains exist as soluble oligomers at acidic pH, have a beta-sheet rich conformation as determined by CD, and bind ANS strongly, and these oligomers rapidly form dead-end protofilaments. However, under conditions in which the B chain monomer is present, such as low B chain concentration (<0.2 mg/mL) or in the presence of low concentrations of GuHCl, which dissociates the soluble oligomers, mature fibrils were formed. Thus, both A and B chain peptides can form amyloid fibrils, and both are likely to be involved in the interactions leading to the fibrillation of intact insulin.
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- Dong-Pyo Hong
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Motz C, Hornung T, Kersten M, McLachlin DT, Dunn SD, Wise JG, Vogel PD. The subunit b dimer of the FOF1-ATP synthase: interaction with F1-ATPase as deduced by site-specific spin-labeling. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:49074-81. [PMID: 15339903 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m404543200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have used site-specific spin-labeling of single cysteine mutations within a water-soluble mutant of subunit b of the ATP synthase and employed electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy to obtain information about the binding interactions of the b dimer with F1-ATPase. Interaction of b2 with a delta-depleted F1 (F1-delta) was also studied. The cysteine mutations used for spin-labeling were distributed throughout the cytosolic domain of the b subunit. In addition, each position between residues 101 and 114 of b was individually mutated to cysteine. All mutants were modified with a cysteine-reactive spin label. The room temperature ESR spectra of spin-labeled b2 in the presence of F1 or F1-delta when compared with the spectra of free b2 indicate a tight binding interaction between b2 and F1. The data suggest that b2 packs tightly to F1 between residues 80 and the C terminus but that there are segments of b2 within that region where packing interactions are quite loose. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis confirmed binding of the modified b mutants to F1-ATPase as well as to F1-delta. Subsequent addition of delta to F1-delta.b2 complex resulted in changes in the ESR spectra, indicating different binding interactions of b to F1 in the presence or absence of delta. The data also suggest that the reconstitution of the ATP synthase is not ordered with respect to these subunits. Additional spectral components observed in b preparations that were spin-labeled between amino acid position 101 and 114 are indicative of either two populations of b subunits with different packing interactions or to helical bending within this region.
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- Christian Motz
- Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas 75275, USA
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The chaperone SecB from Escherichia coli is primarily involved in passing precursor proteins into the Sec system via specific interactions with SecA. The crystal structure of SecB from E. coli has been solved to 2.35 A resolution. The structure shows flexibility in the crossover loop and the helix-connecting loop, regions that have been implicated to be part of the SecB substrate-binding site. Moreover conformational variability of Trp36 is observed as well as different loop conformations for the different monomers. Based on this, we speculate that SecB can regulate the access or extent of its hydrophobic substrate-binding site, by modulating the conformation of the crossover loop and the helix-connecting loop. The structure also clearly explains why the tetrameric equilibrium is shifted towards the dimeric state in the mutant SecBCys76Tyr. The buried cysteine residue is crucial for tight packing, and mutations are likely to disrupt the tetramer formation but not the dimer formation.
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- Carien Dekker
- National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, England, NW7 1AA, UK.
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Leliveld SR, Noteborn MHM, Abrahams JP. Prevalent conformations and subunit exchange in the biologically active apoptin protein multimer. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:3619-27. [PMID: 12919326 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03750.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Recombinant, bacterially expressed apoptin protein induces apoptosis in human tumour cell lines but not in normal cells, mimicking the behaviour of ectopically expressed apoptin. Recombinant apoptin is isolated exclusively as a highly stable multimeric complex of 30-40 monomers, with little, if any, alpha-helical and beta-sheet structure. Despite its apparent disorder, multimeric apoptin is biologically active. Here, we present evidence that most of the apoptin moieties within the complex may well share a similar conformation. Furthermore, the multimer has extensive and uniform hydrophobic patches and conformationally stable domains. Only a small fraction of apoptin subunits can exchange between multimers under physiologically relevant conditions. These results prompt a model in which the apoptin multimer has a highly stable core of nonexchangeable subunits to which exchangeable subunits are attached through hydrophobic interactions. In combination with previous findings, our results lead us to propose that the stable core of apoptin is the biologically relevant structure.
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Ackerman SH. Atp11p and Atp12p are chaperones for F(1)-ATPase biogenesis in mitochondria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2002; 1555:101-5. [PMID: 12206899 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(02)00262-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The bioenergetic needs of aerobic cells are met principally through the action of the F(1)F(0) ATP synthase, which catalyzes ATP synthesis during oxidative phosphorylation. The catalytic unit of the enzyme (F(1)) is a multimeric protein of the subunit composition alpha(3)beta(3)(gamma)(delta) epsilon. Our work, which employs the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system for studies of mitochondrial function, has provided evidence that assembly of the mitochondrial alpha and beta subunits into the F(1) oligomer requires two molecular chaperone proteins called Atp11p and Atp12p. Comprehensive knowledge of Atp11p and Atp12p activities in mitochondria bears relevance to human physiology and disease as these chaperone actions are now known to exist in mitochondria of human cells.
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- Sharon H Ackerman
- Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Sheluho D, Ackerman SH. An accessible hydrophobic surface is a key element of the molecular chaperone action of Atp11p. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:39945-9. [PMID: 11522798 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107252200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Atp11p is a soluble protein of mitochondria that binds unassembled beta subunits of the F(1)-ATPase and prevents them from aggregating in the matrix. In this report, we show that Atp11p protects the insulin B chain from aggregating in vitro and therefore acts as a molecular chaperone. The chaperone action of Atp11p is mediated by hydrophobic interactions. An accessible hydrophobic surface in Atp11p was identified with the environment-sensitive fluorescent probe 1,1'-bis(4-anilino-5-napththalenesulfonic acid (bis-ANS). The spectral changes of bis-ANS in the presence of Atp11p indicate that the probe binds to a nonpolar region of the protein. Furthermore, the dye quenches the fluorescence of Atp11p tryptophan residues in a concentration-dependent manner. Although up to three molecules of bis-ANS can bind cooperatively to Atp11p, the binding of only one dye molecule is sufficient to virtually eliminate the chaperone activity of the protein.
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- D Sheluho
- Department of Surgery, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 1225 Ellman Bldg., 421 E. Canfield Ave., Detroit, MI 48201, USA
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Panse VG, Beena K, Philipp R, Trommer WE, Vogel PD, Varadarajan R. Electron spin resonance and fluorescence studies of the bound-state conformation of a model protein substrate to the chaperone SecB. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:33681-8. [PMID: 11435433 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104466200] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
SecB is a homotetrameric, cytosolic chaperone that forms part of the protein translocation machinery in Escherichia coli. We have investigated the bound-state conformation of a model protein substrate of SecB, bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) as well as the conformation of SecB itself by using proximity relationships based on site-directed spin-labeling and pyrene fluorescence methods. BPTI is a 58-residue protein and contains three disulfide groups between residues 5 and 55, 14 and 38, as well as 30 and 51. Mutants of BPTI that contained only a single disulfide were reduced, and the free cysteines were labeled with either thiol-specific spin labels or pyrene maleimide. The relative proximity of the labeled residues was studied using either electron spin resonance spectroscopy or fluorescence spectroscopy. The data suggest that SecB binds a collapsed coil of reduced unfolded BPTI, which then undergoes a structural rearrangement to a more extended state upon binding to SecB. Binding occurs at multiple sites on the substrate, and the binding site on each SecB monomer accommodates less than 21 substrate residues. In addition, we have labeled four solvent-accessible cysteine residues in the SecB tetramer and have investigated their relative spatial arrangement in the presence and absence of the substrate protein. The electron spin resonance data suggest that these cysteine residues are in close proximity (15 A) when no substrate protein is bound but move away to a distance of greater than 20 A when SecB binds substrate. This is the first direct evidence of a conformational change in SecB upon binding of a substrate protein.
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Affiliation(s)
- V G Panse
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Ben-Zvi AP, Goloubinoff P. Review: mechanisms of disaggregation and refolding of stable protein aggregates by molecular chaperones. J Struct Biol 2001; 135:84-93. [PMID: 11580258 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.2001.4352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Molecular chaperones are essential for the correct folding of proteins in the cell under physiological and stress conditions. Two activities have been traditionally attributed to molecular chaperones: (1) preventing aggregation of unfolded polypeptides and (2) assisting in the correct refolding of chaperone-bound denatured polypeptides. We discuss here a novel function of molecular chaperones: catalytic solubilization and refolding of stable protein aggregates. In Escherichia coli, disaggregation is carried out by a network of ATPase chaperones consisting of a DnaK core, assisted by the cochaperones DnaJ, GrpE, ClpB, and GroEL-GroES. We suggest a sequential mechanism in which (a) ClpB exposes new DnaK-binding sites on the surface of the stable protein aggregates; (b) DnaK binds the aggregate surfaces and, by doing so, melts the incorrect hydrophobic associations between aggregated polypeptides; (c) ATP hydrolysis and DnaK release allow local intramolecular refolding of native domains, leading to a gradual weakening of improper intermolecular links; (d) DnaK and GroEL complete refolding of solubilized polypeptide chains into native proteins. Thus, active disaggregation by the chaperone network can serve as a central cellular tool for the recovery of native proteins from stress-induced aggregates and actively remove disease-causing toxic aggregates, such as polyglutamine-rich proteins, amyloid plaques, and prions.
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- A P Ben-Zvi
- Department of Plant Sciences, A Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
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