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Gupta AK, Singh K, Patidar Y, Sharma R, Sardesai AA, Reddy G, Gopal B. Allosteric Determinants in High Temperature Requirement A Enzymes Are Conserved and Regulate the Population of Active Conformations. ACS Chem Biol 2023; 18:1487-1499. [PMID: 37319329 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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High temperature requirement A (HtrA) are allosterically regulated enzymes wherein effector binding to the PDZ domain triggers proteolytic activity. Yet, it remains unclear if the inter-residue network governing allostery is conserved across HtrA enzymes. Here, we investigated and identified the inter-residue interaction networks by molecular dynamics simulations on representative HtrA proteases, Escherichia coli DegS and Mycobacterium tuberculosis PepD, in effector-bound and free forms. This information was used to engineer mutations that could potentially perturb allostery and conformational sampling in a different homologue, M. tuberculosis HtrA. Mutations in HtrA perturbed allosteric regulation─a finding consistent with the hypothesis that the inter-residue interaction network is conserved across HtrA enzymes. Electron density from data collected on cryo-protected HtrA crystals revealed that mutations altered the topology of the active site. Ensemble models fitted into electron density calculated from room-temperature diffraction data showed that only a fraction of these models had a catalytically competent active site conformation alongside a functional oxyanion hole thus providing experimental evidence that these mutations influenced conformational sampling. Mutations at analogous positions in the catalytic domain of DegS perturbed the coupling between effector binding and proteolytic activity, thus confirming the role of these residues in the allosteric response. The finding that a perturbation in the conserved inter-residue network alters conformational sampling and the allosteric response suggests that an ensemble allosteric model best describes regulated proteolysis in HtrA enzymes.
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- Arvind Kumar Gupta
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500039, India
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- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500039, India
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- Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Inter-subunit crosstalk via PDZ synergistically governs allosteric activation of proapoptotic HtrA2. Structure 2022; 30:1307-1320.e5. [PMID: 35738282 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The mitochondrial serine protease High-temperature requirement A2 (HtrA2) is associated with various diseases including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. Despite availability of structural details, the reports on HtrA2's mechanistic regulation that varies with the type of activation signals still remain non-concordant. To expound the role of regulatory PDZ (Postsynaptic density-95/Discs large/Zonula occludens-1) domains in multimodal activation of HtrA2, we generated heterotrimeric HtrA2 variants comprising different numbers of PDZs and/or active-site mutations. Sequential deletion of PDZs from the trimeric ensemble significantly affected its residual activity in a way that proffered a hypothesis advocating inter-molecular allosteric crosstalk via PDZs in HtrA2. Furthermore, structural and computational snapshots affirmed the role of PDZs in secondary structural element formation around the regulatory loops and coordinated reorganization of the N-terminal region. Therefore, apart from providing cues for devising structure-guided therapeutic strategies, this study establishes a physiologically relevant working model of complex allosteric regulation through a trans-mediated cooperatively shared energy landscape.
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Merski M, Macedo-Ribeiro S, Wieczorek RM, Górna MW. The Repeating, Modular Architecture of the HtrA Proteases. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12060793. [PMID: 35740918 PMCID: PMC9221053 DOI: 10.3390/biom12060793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A conserved, 26-residue sequence [AA(X2)[A/G][G/L](X2)GDV[I/L](X2)[V/L]NGE(X1)V(X6)] and corresponding structure repeating module were identified within the HtrA protease family using a non-redundant set (N = 20) of publicly available structures. While the repeats themselves were far from sequence perfect, they had notable conservation to a statistically significant level. Three or more repetitions were identified within each protein despite being statistically expected to randomly occur only once per 1031 residues. This sequence repeat was associated with a six stranded antiparallel β-barrel module, two of which are present in the core of the structures of the PA clan of serine proteases, while a modified version of this module could be identified in the PDZ-like domains. Automated structural alignment methods had difficulties in superimposing these β-barrels, but the use of a target human HtrA2 structure showed that these modules had an average RMSD across the set of structures of less than 2 Å (mean and median). Our findings support Dayhoff’s hypothesis that complex proteins arose through duplication of simpler peptide motifs and domains.
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- Matthew Merski
- Structural Biology Group, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (M.W.G.); Tel.: +48-225-526-642 (M.M.)
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- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde and Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular (IBMC), Universidade do Porto, 4200-135 Porto, Portugal;
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Structural Biology Group, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
- Correspondence: (M.M.); (M.W.G.); Tel.: +48-225-526-642 (M.M.)
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Parui AL, Singh N, Dutta S, Bose K. Role of conserved regulatory loop residues in allosteric propagation of serine protease HtrA2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 594:63-68. [PMID: 35074587 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.01.042] [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: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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High temperature requirement protease A2 (HtrA2) is a mitochondrial serine protease that demonstrates multifaceted roles including protein quality control and proapoptotic properties in humans, making it a potential therapeutic target. Current literature suggests involvement of flexible regulatory loops in governing the allosteric propagation within the trimeric HtrA2 ensemble. Here, we have identified three important residues - R147, P148 (L3 loop) and F131 (LD loop) surrounding the catalytic-site that play crucial roles in stabilizing HtrA2 active conformation during its multimodal activation. Although mutagenesis of these residues does not affect the structural integrity, it renders the protease inactive by affecting the regulatory inter-subunit PDZ-protease crosstalk. This is further emphasized by the inactivity observed during N-terminal mediated activation of the HtrA2 loop mutants via BIR2 domain of the antiapoptotic protein XIAP. Overall, our results demonstrate the importance of L3 loop dynamics in mediating the inter-molecular allostery via R147-P148 residues. Understanding the on-off switch that regulates HtrA2 activation might help in designing HtrA2 modulators for therapeutic applications.
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- Aasna L Parui
- Integrated Biophysics and Structural Biology Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, BARC Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Integrated Biophysics and Structural Biology Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Integrated Biophysics and Structural Biology Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India
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- Integrated Biophysics and Structural Biology Lab, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, 410210, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, BARC Training School Complex, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Tuan VP, Yahara K, Dung HDQ, Binh TT, Huu Tung P, Tri TD, Thuan NPM, Khien VV, Trang TTH, Phuc BH, Tshibangu-Kabamba E, Matsumoto T, Akada J, Suzuki R, Okimoto T, Kodama M, Murakami K, Yano H, Fukuyo M, Takahashi N, Kato M, Nishiumi S, Azuma T, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Toyoda A, Kobayashi I, Yamaoka Y. Genome-wide association study of gastric cancer- and duodenal ulcer-derived Helicobacter pylori strains reveals discriminatory genetic variations and novel oncoprotein candidates. Microb Genom 2021; 7. [PMID: 34846284 PMCID: PMC8743543 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) can reveal genetic variations associated with a phenotype in the absence of any hypothesis of candidate genes. The problem of false-positive sites linked with the responsible site might be bypassed in bacteria with a high homologous recombination rate, such as Helicobacter pylori, which causes gastric cancer. We conducted a small-sample GWAS (125 gastric cancer cases and 115 controls) followed by prediction of gastric cancer and control (duodenal ulcer) H. pylori strains. We identified 11 single nucleotide polymorphisms (eight amino acid changes) and three DNA motifs that, combined, allowed effective disease discrimination. They were often informative of the underlying molecular mechanisms, such as electric charge alteration at the ligand-binding pocket, alteration in subunit interaction, and mode-switching of DNA methylation. We also identified three novel virulence factors/oncoprotein candidates. These results provide both defined targets for further informatic and experimental analyses to gain insights into gastric cancer pathogenesis and a basis for identifying a set of biomarkers for distinguishing these H. pylori-related diseases.
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- Vo Phuoc Tuan
- Department of Endoscopy, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Antimicrobial Resistance ResearchCenter, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Koji Yahara,
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- Department of Endoscopy, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of Endoscopy, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of Endoscopy, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of GI Endoscopy, 108 Central Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
- Department of Microbiology, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Molecular Oncology, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Endoscopy, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Department of Gastroenterology, National Hospital Organization Hakodate Hospital, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
- Department of Omics Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Chuou-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Division of Microbiology, Department of Infectious Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Advanced GenomicsCenter, National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka City, Tokyo, Japan
- Research Center for Micro-Nano Technology, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Ichizo Kobayashi, ;
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Oita, Japan
- Department of Medicine, gastroenterology section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX, USA
- *Correspondence: Yoshio Yamaoka,
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A distinct concerted mechanism of structural dynamism defines activity of human serine protease HtrA3. Biochem J 2020; 477:407-429. [PMID: 31899476 PMCID: PMC6993860 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Human HtrA3 (high-temperature requirement protease A3) is a trimeric multitasking propapoptotic serine protease associated with critical cellular functions and pathogenicity. Implicated in diseases including cancer and pre-eclampsia, its role as a tumor suppressor and potential therapeutic target cannot be ignored. Therefore, elucidating its mode of activation and regulatory switch becomes indispensable towards modulating its functions with desired effects for disease intervention. Using computational, biochemical and biophysical tools, we delineated the role of all domains, their combinations and the critical phenylalanine residues in regulating HtrA3 activity, oligomerization and specificity. Our findings underline the crucial roles of the N-terminus as well as the PDZ domain in oligomerization and formation of a catalytically competent enzyme, thus providing new insights into its structure–function coordination. Our study also reports an intricate ligand-induced allosteric switch, which redefines the existing hypothesis of HtrA3 activation besides opening up avenues for modulating protease activity favorably through suitable effector molecules.
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Hooy RM, Massaccesi G, Rousseau KE, Chattergoon MA, Sohn J. Allosteric coupling between Mn2+ and dsDNA controls the catalytic efficiency and fidelity of cGAS. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4435-4447. [PMID: 32170294 PMCID: PMC7192592 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cyclic-G/AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) triggers host innate immune responses against cytosolic double-stranded (ds)DNA arising from genotoxic stress and pathogen invasion. The canonical activation mechanism of cGAS entails dsDNA-binding and dimerization. Here, we report an unexpected activation mechanism of cGAS in which Mn2+ activates monomeric cGAS without dsDNA. Importantly, the Mn2+-mediated activation positively couples with dsDNA-dependent activation in a concerted manner. Moreover, the positive coupling between Mn2+ and dsDNA length-dependent activation requires the cognate ATP/GTP substrate pair, while negative-cooperativity suppresses Mn2+ utilization by either ATP or GTP alone. Additionally, while Mn2+ accelerates the overall catalytic activity, dsDNA length-dependent dimerization specifically accelerates the cyclization of cGAMP. Together, we demonstrate how the intrinsic allostery of cGAS efficiently yet precisely tunes its activity.
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- Richard M Hooy
- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Identification of a distal allosteric ligand binding pocket in HtrA3. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 516:1130-1136. [PMID: 31280864 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human HtrA3 (High temperature requirement protease A3) is a trimeric PDZ bearing propapoptotic serine protease, which is involved in various diseases including cancer and pre-eclampsia. Proposed to be a tumor suppressor, its role as a potential therapeutic target is strongly advocated. Therefore, it becomes imperative to gain insights into its mechanism of action and regulation. Allostery is a well-known mechanism of catalytic activation for many HtrA3 homologs, which opens up avenues for manipulating enzyme functions for therapeutic intervention. In our study, through in silico and biochemical approaches, we have reported for the first time that HtrA3 shows allosteric behaviour. We identified a novel selective binding pocket, which triggers conformational reorientations through signal propagation to the distantly situated active-site pocket via the functionally important loop regions. Using molecular docking, simulation studies and biochemical studies we have identified the regulatory movements at and around the active site pocket. Our study is the first one to report a non-classical binding site for HtrA3, which is instrumental for formation of a catalytically efficient orthosteric pocket upon substrate binding.
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Cabrera AC, Melo E, Roth D, Topp A, Delobel F, Stucki C, Chen CY, Jakob P, Banfai B, Dunkley T, Schilling O, Huber S, Iacone R, Petrone P. HtrA1 activation is driven by an allosteric mechanism of inter-monomer communication. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14804. [PMID: 29093542 PMCID: PMC5666011 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14208-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The human protease family HtrA is responsible for preventing protein misfolding and mislocalization, and a key player in several cellular processes. Among these, HtrA1 is implicated in several cancers, cerebrovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration. Currently, HtrA1 activation is not fully characterized and relevant for drug-targeting this protease. Our work provides a mechanistic step-by-step description of HtrA1 activation and regulation. We report that the HtrA1 trimer is regulated by an allosteric mechanism by which monomers relay the activation signal to each other, in a PDZ-domain independent fashion. Notably, we show that inhibitor binding is precluded if HtrA1 monomers cannot communicate with each other. Our study establishes how HtrA1 trimerization plays a fundamental role in proteolytic activity. Moreover, it offers a structural explanation for HtrA1-defective pathologies as well as mechanistic insights into the degradation of complex extracellular fibrils such as tubulin, amyloid beta and tau that belong to the repertoire of HtrA1.
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- Alvaro Cortes Cabrera
- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Soladis GmbH, 4052, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine and Cell Research, University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, University of Freiburg, D-79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Pharma Research & Early Development (pRED). Roche Innovation Center Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
- Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center, Fundacion Pascual Maragall. Carrer de Wellington, 30, 08005, Barcelona, Spain.
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Molecular motion regulates the activity of the Mitochondrial Serine Protease HtrA2. Cell Death Dis 2017; 8:e3119. [PMID: 29022916 PMCID: PMC5759095 DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2017.487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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HtrA2 (high-temperature requirement 2) is a human mitochondrial protease that has a role in apoptosis and Parkinson's disease. The structure of HtrA2 with an intact catalytic triad was determined, revealing a conformational change in the active site loops, involving mainly the regulatory LD loop, which resulted in burial of the catalytic serine relative to the previously reported structure of the proteolytically inactive mutant. Mutations in the loops surrounding the active site that significantly restricted their mobility, reduced proteolytic activity both in vitro and in cells, suggesting that regulation of HtrA2 activity cannot be explained by a simple transition to an activated conformational state with enhanced active site accessibility. Manipulation of solvent viscosity highlighted an unusual bi-phasic behavior of the enzymatic activity, which together with MD calculations supports the importance of motion in the regulation of the activity of HtrA2. HtrA2 is an unusually thermostable enzyme (TM=97.3 °C), a trait often associated with structural rigidity, not dynamic motion. We suggest that this thermostability functions to provide a stable scaffold for the observed loop motions, allowing them a relatively free conformational search within a rather restricted volume.
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Distinct 3D Architecture and Dynamics of the Human HtrA2(Omi) Protease and Its Mutated Variants. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161526. [PMID: 27571206 PMCID: PMC5003398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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HtrA2(Omi) protease controls protein quality in mitochondria and plays a major role in apoptosis. Its HtrA2S306A mutant (with the catalytic serine routinely disabled for an X-ray study to avoid self-degradation) is a homotrimer whose subunits contain the serine protease domain (PD) and the regulatory PDZ domain. In the inactive state, a tight interdomain interface limits penetration of both PDZ-activating ligands and PD substrates into their respective target sites. We successfully crystalized HtrA2V226K/S306A, whose active counterpart HtrA2V226K has had higher proteolytic activity, suggesting higher propensity to opening the PD-PDZ interface than that of the wild type HtrA2. Yet, the crystal structure revealed the HtrA2V226K/S306A architecture typical of the inactive protein. To get a consistent interpretation of crystallographic data in the light of kinetic results, we employed molecular dynamics (MD). V325D inactivating mutant was used as a reference. Our simulations demonstrated that upon binding of a specific peptide ligand NH2-GWTMFWV-COOH, the PDZ domains open more dynamically in the wild type protease compared to the V226K mutant, whereas the movement is not observed in the V325D mutant. The movement relies on a PDZ vs. PD rotation which opens the PD-PDZ interface in a lid-like (budding flower-like in trimer) fashion. The noncovalent hinges A and B are provided by two clusters of interfacing residues, harboring V325D and V226K in the C- and N-terminal PD barrels, respectively. The opening of the subunit interfaces progresses in a sequential manner during the 50 ns MD simulation. In the systems without the ligand only minor PDZ shifts relative to PD are observed, but the interface does not open. Further activation-associated events, e.g. PDZ-L3 positional swap seen in any active HtrA protein (vs. HtrA2), were not observed. In summary, this study provides hints on the mechanism of activation of wtHtrA2, the dynamics of the inactive HtrA2V325D, but does not allow to explain an increased activity of HtrA2V226K.
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Hershey DM, Browne PJ, Iavarone AT, Teyra J, Lee EH, Sidhu SS, Komeili A. Magnetite Biomineralization in Magnetospirillum magneticum Is Regulated by a Switch-like Behavior in the HtrA Protease MamE. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:17941-52. [PMID: 27302060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.731000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Magnetotactic bacteria are aquatic organisms that produce subcellular magnetic particles in order to orient in the earth's geomagnetic field. MamE, a predicted HtrA protease required to produce magnetite crystals in the magnetotactic bacterium Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1, was recently shown to promote the proteolytic processing of itself and two other biomineralization factors in vivo Here, we have analyzed the in vivo processing patterns of three proteolytic targets and used this information to reconstitute proteolysis with a purified form of MamE. MamE cleaves a custom peptide substrate with positive cooperativity, and its autoproteolysis can be stimulated with exogenous substrates or peptides that bind to either of its PDZ domains. A misregulated form of the protease that circumvents specific genetic requirements for proteolysis causes biomineralization defects, showing that proper regulation of its activity is required during magnetite biosynthesis in vivo Our results represent the first reconstitution of the proteolytic activity of MamE and show that its behavior is consistent with the previously proposed checkpoint model for biomineralization.
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- the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, and the QB3/Chemistry Mass Spectrometry Facility, and the University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 and
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- the Department of Molecular Genetics, Terrance Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- the Department of Molecular Genetics, Terrance Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomedical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E1, Canada
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- From the Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, and Molecular and Cell Biology,
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Hershey DM, Ren X, Melnyk RA, Browne PJ, Ozyamak E, Jones SR, Chang MCY, Hurley JH, Komeili A. MamO Is a Repurposed Serine Protease that Promotes Magnetite Biomineralization through Direct Transition Metal Binding in Magnetotactic Bacteria. PLoS Biol 2016; 14:e1002402. [PMID: 26981620 PMCID: PMC4794232 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Many living organisms transform inorganic atoms into highly ordered crystalline materials. An elegant example of such biomineralization processes is the production of nano-scale magnetic crystals in magnetotactic bacteria. Previous studies implicated the involvement of two putative serine proteases, MamE and MamO, during the early stages of magnetite formation in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1. Here, using genetic analysis and X-ray crystallography, we show that MamO has a degenerate active site, rendering it incapable of protease activity. Instead, MamO promotes magnetosome formation through two genetically distinct, noncatalytic activities: activation of MamE-dependent proteolysis of biomineralization factors and direct binding to transition metal ions. By solving the structure of the protease domain bound to a metal ion, we identify a surface-exposed di-histidine motif in MamO that contributes to metal binding and show that it is required to initiate biomineralization in vivo. Finally, we find that pseudoproteases are widespread in magnetotactic bacteria and that they have evolved independently in three separate taxa. Our results highlight the versatility of protein scaffolds in accommodating new biochemical activities and provide unprecedented insight into the earliest stages of biomineralization.
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- David M. Hershey
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- A. Subha Mahadevi
- Centre for Molecular Modelling, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India 500607
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- Centre for Molecular Modelling, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Tarnaka, Hyderabad, India 500607
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Jarzab M, Wenta T, Zurawa-Janicka D, Polit A, Gieldon AJ, Wysocka M, Glaza P, Skorko-Glonek J, Ciarkowski J, Lesner A, Lipinska B. Intra- and intersubunit changes accompanying thermal activation of the HtrA2(Omi) protease homotrimer. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2015; 1864:283-296. [PMID: 26702898 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2015.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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HtrA2(Omi) protease is involved in the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis and stimulation of apoptosis as well as in development of cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The protein is a homotrimer whose subunits comprise serine protease domain (PD) and PDZ regulatory domain. In the basal, inactive state, a tight interdomain interface limits access both to the PDZ peptide (carboxylate) binding site and to the PD catalytic center. The molecular mechanism of activation is not well understood. To further the knowledge of HtrA2 thermal activation we monitored the dynamics of the PDZ-PD interactions during temperature increase using tryptophan-induced quenching (TrIQ) method. The TrIQ results suggested that during activation the PDZ domain changed its position versus PD inside a subunit, including a prominent change affecting the L3 regulatory loop of PD, and also changed its interactions with the PD of the adjacent subunit (PD*), specifically with its L1* regulatory loop containing the active site serine. The α5 helix of PDZ was involved in both, the intra- and intersubunit changes of interactions and thus seems to play an important role in HtrA2 activation. The amino acid substitutions designed to decrease the PDZ interactions with the PD or PD* promoted protease activity at a wide range of temperatures, which supports the conclusions based on the TrIQ analysis. The model presented in this work describes PDZ movement in relation to PD and PD*, resulting in an increased access to the peptide binding and active sites, and conformational changes of the L3 and L1* loops.
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- Miroslaw Jarzab
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308 Gdansk, Poland.
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Glaza P, Osipiuk J, Wenta T, Zurawa-Janicka D, Jarzab M, Lesner A, Banecki B, Skorko-Glonek J, Joachimiak A, Lipinska B. Structural and Functional Analysis of Human HtrA3 Protease and Its Subdomains. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131142. [PMID: 26110759 PMCID: PMC4481513 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human HtrA3 protease, which induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis, can be a tumor suppressor and a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of cancer. However, there is little information about its structure and biochemical properties. HtrA3 is composed of an N-terminal domain not required for proteolytic activity, a central serine protease domain and a C-terminal PDZ domain. HtrA3S, its short natural isoform, lacks the PDZ domain which is substituted by a stretch of 7 C-terminal amino acid residues, unique for this isoform. This paper presents the crystal structure of the HtrA3 protease domain together with the PDZ domain (ΔN-HtrA3), showing that the protein forms a trimer whose protease domains are similar to those of human HtrA1 and HtrA2. The ΔN-HtrA3 PDZ domains are placed in a position intermediate between that in the flat saucer-like HtrA1 SAXS structure and the compact pyramidal HtrA2 X-ray structure. The PDZ domain interacts closely with the LB loop of the protease domain in a way not found in other human HtrAs. ΔN-HtrA3 with the PDZ removed (ΔN-HtrA3-ΔPDZ) and an N-terminally truncated HtrA3S (ΔN-HtrA3S) were fully active at a wide range of temperatures and their substrate affinity was not impaired. This indicates that the PDZ domain is dispensable for HtrA3 activity. As determined by size exclusion chromatography, ΔN-HtrA3 formed stable trimers while both ΔN-HtrA3-ΔPDZ and ΔN-HtrA3S were monomeric. This suggests that the presence of the PDZ domain, unlike in HtrA1 and HtrA2, influences HtrA3 trimer formation. The unique C-terminal sequence of ΔN-HtrA3S appeared to have little effect on activity and oligomerization. Additionally, we examined the cleavage specificity of ΔN-HtrA3. Results reported in this paper provide new insights into the structure and function of ΔN-HtrA3, which seems to have a unique combination of features among human HtrA proteases.
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- Przemyslaw Glaza
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, IL 60439, United States of America
- Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of the University of Gdansk and the Medical University of Gdansk, 80–822 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, IL 60439, United States of America
- Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, IL 60439, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdansk, 80–308 Gdansk, Poland
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Steric clashes with bound OMP peptides activate the DegS stress-response protease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:3326-31. [PMID: 25733864 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1502372112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli senses envelope stress using a signaling cascade initiated when DegS cleaves a transmembrane inhibitor of a transcriptional activator for response genes. Each subunit of the DegS trimer contains a protease domain and a PDZ domain. During stress, unassembled outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) accumulate in the periplasm and their C-terminal peptides activate DegS by binding to its PDZ domains. In the absence of stress, autoinhibitory interactions, mediated by the L3 loop, stabilize inactive DegS, but it is not known how this autoinhibition is reversed during activation. Here, we show that OMP peptides initiate a steric clash between the PDZ domain and the L3 loop that results in a structural rearrangement of the loop and breaking of autoinhibitory interactions. Many different L3-loop sequences are compatible with activation but those that relieve the steric clash reduce OMP activation dramatically. Our results provide a compelling molecular mechanism for allosteric activation of DegS by OMP-peptide binding.
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de Regt AK, Kim S, Sohn J, Grant RA, Baker TA, Sauer RT. A conserved activation cluster is required for allosteric communication in HtrA-family proteases. Structure 2015; 23:517-526. [PMID: 25703375 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2015.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In E. coli, outer-membrane stress causes a transcriptional response through a signaling cascade initiated by DegS cleavage of a transmembrane antisigma factor. Each subunit of DegS, an HtrA-family protease, contains a protease domain and a PDZ domain. The trimeric protease domain is autoinhibited by the unliganded PDZ domains. Allosteric activation requires binding of unassembled outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) to the PDZ domains and protein substrate binding. Here, we identify a set of DegS residues that cluster together at subunit-subunit interfaces in the trimer, link the active sites and substrate binding sites, and are crucial for stabilizing the active enzyme conformation in response to OMP signaling. These residues are conserved across the HtrA-protease family, including orthologs linked to human disease, supporting a common mechanism of allosteric activation. Indeed, mutation of residues at homologous positions in the DegP quality-control protease also eliminates allosteric activation.
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- Anna K de Regt
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 31 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Kim S, Sauer RT. Distinct regulatory mechanisms balance DegP proteolysis to maintain cellular fitness during heat stress. Genes Dev 2014; 28:902-11. [PMID: 24736846 PMCID: PMC4003281 DOI: 10.1101/gad.238394.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Intracellular proteases combat proteotoxic stress by degrading damaged proteins, but their activity must be controlled to maintain cellular fitness. DegP is a conserved periplasmic protease essential for E. coli growth at high temperatures. Kim and Sauer investigate how allosteric activation and polyhedral cage formation contribute to DegP function and cellular fitness. The results suggest that allosteric control of active and inactive conformations is the primary mechanism regulating DegP proteolysis and cellular fitness, with cage assembly providing an additional layer of protection against excessive protease activity. Intracellular proteases combat proteotoxic stress by degrading damaged proteins, but their activity must be carefully controlled to maintain cellular fitness. The activity of Escherichia coli DegP, a highly conserved periplasmic protease, is regulated by substrate-dependent allosteric transformations between inactive and active trimer conformations and by the formation of polyhedral cages that confine the active sites within a proteolytic chamber. Here, we investigate how these distinct control mechanisms contribute to bacterial fitness under heat stress. We found that mutations that increase or decrease the equilibrium population of active DegP trimers reduce high-temperature fitness, that a mutation that blocks cage formation causes a mild fitness decrease, and that combining mutations that stabilize active DegP and block cage formation generates a lethal rogue protease. This lethality is suppressed by an extragenic mutation that prevents covalent attachment of an abundant outer-membrane lipoprotein to peptidoglycan and makes this protein an inhibitor of the rogue protease. Lethality is also suppressed by intragenic mutations that stabilize inactive DegP trimers. In combination, our results suggest that allosteric control of active and inactive conformations is the primary mechanism that regulates DegP proteolysis and fitness, with cage formation providing an additional layer of cellular protection against excessive protease activity.
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- Seokhee Kim
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Singh N, D'Souza A, Cholleti A, Sastry GM, Bose K. Dual regulatory switch confers tighter control on HtrA2 proteolytic activity. FEBS J 2014; 281:2456-70. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.12799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2014] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- Nitu Singh
- Advanced Centre for Treatment; Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC); Tata Memorial Centre; Kharghar Navi Mumbai India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment; Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC); Tata Memorial Centre; Kharghar Navi Mumbai India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment; Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC); Tata Memorial Centre; Kharghar Navi Mumbai India
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Hansen G, Hilgenfeld R. Architecture and regulation of HtrA-family proteins involved in protein quality control and stress response. Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:761-75. [PMID: 22806565 PMCID: PMC11113883 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1076-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Revised: 06/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Protein quality control is vital for all living cells and sophisticated molecular mechanisms have evolved to prevent the excessive accumulation of unfolded proteins. High-temperature requirement A (HtrA) proteases have been identified as important ATP-independent quality-control factors in most species. HtrA proteins harbor a serine-protease domain and at least one peptide-binding PDZ domain to ensure efficient removal of misfolded or damaged proteins. One distinctive property of HtrAs is their ability to assemble into complex oligomers. Whereas all examined HtrAs are capable of forming pyramidal 3-mers, higher-order complexes consisting of up to 24 molecules have been reported. Tight control of chaperone and protease function is of pivotal importance in preventing deleterious HtrA-protease activity. In recent years, structural biology provided detailed insights into the molecular basis of the regulatory mechanisms, which include unique intramolecular allosteric signaling cascades and the dynamic switching of oligomeric states of HtrA proteins. Based on these results, functional models for many family members have been developed. The HtrA protein family represents a remarkable example of how structural and functional diversity is attained from the assembly of simple molecular building blocks.
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- Guido Hansen
- Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Structural and Cell Biology in Medicine, University of Lübeck, 23538, Lübeck, Germany.
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Bejugam PR, Kuppili RR, Singh N, Gadewal N, Chaganti LK, Sastry GM, Bose K. Allosteric regulation of serine protease HtrA2 through novel non-canonical substrate binding pocket. PLoS One 2013; 8:e55416. [PMID: 23457469 PMCID: PMC3573033 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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HtrA2, a trimeric proapoptotic serine protease is involved in several diseases including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Its unique ability to mediate apoptosis via multiple pathways makes it an important therapeutic target. In HtrA2, C-terminal PDZ domain upon substrate binding regulates its functions through coordinated conformational changes the mechanism of which is yet to be elucidated. Although allostery has been found in some of its homologs, it has not been characterized in HtrA2 so far. Here, with an in silico and biochemical approach we have shown that allostery does regulate HtrA2 activity. Our studies identified a novel non-canonical selective binding pocket in HtrA2 which initiates signal propagation to the distal active site through a complex allosteric mechanism. This non-classical binding pocket is unique among HtrA family proteins and thus unfolds a novel mechanism of regulation of HtrA2 activity and hence apoptosis.
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- Pruthvi Raj Bejugam
- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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- Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India
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Barchinger SE, Ades SE. Regulated proteolysis: control of the Escherichia coli σ(E)-dependent cell envelope stress response. Subcell Biochem 2013; 66:129-60. [PMID: 23479440 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5940-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Over the past decade, regulatory proteolysis has emerged as a paradigm for transmembrane signal transduction in all organisms, from bacteria to humans. These conserved proteolytic pathways share a common design that involves the sequential proteolysis of a membrane-bound regulatory protein by two proteases. Proteolysis releases the regulator, which is inactive in its membrane-bound form, into the cytoplasm where it performs its cellular function. One of the best-characterized examples of signal transduction via regulatory proteolysis is the pathway governing the σ(E)-dependent cell envelope stress response in Escherichia coli. In unstressed cells, σ(E) is sequestered at the membrane by the transmembrane anti-sigma factor, RseA. Stresses that compromise the cell envelope and interfere with the proper folding of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) activate the proteolytic pathway. The C-terminal residues of unfolded OMPs bind to the inner membrane protease, DegS, to initiate the proteolytic cascade. DegS removes the periplasmic domain of RseA creating a substrate for the next protease in the pathway, RseP. RseP cleaves RseA in the periplasmic region in a process called regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP). The remaining fragment of RseA is released into the cytoplasm and fully degraded by the ATP-dependent protease, ClpXP, with the assistance of the adaptor protein, SspB, thereby freeing σ(E) to reprogram gene expression. A growing body of evidence indicates that the overall proteolytic framework that governs the σ(E) response is used to regulate similar anti-sigma factor/sigma factor pairs throughout the bacterial world and has been adapted to recognize a wide variety of signals and control systems as diverse as envelope stress responses, sporulation, virulence, and iron-siderophore uptake. In this chapter, we review the extensive physiological, biochemical, and structural studies on the σ(E) system that provide remarkable insights into the mechanistic underpinnings of this regulated proteolytic signal transduction pathway. These studies reveal design principles that are applicable to related proteases and regulatory proteolytic pathways in all domains of life.
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- Sarah E Barchinger
- Graduate Program in BMMB, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA
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Zurawa-Janicka D, Jarzab M, Polit A, Skorko-Glonek J, Lesner A, Gitlin A, Gieldon A, Ciarkowski J, Glaza P, Lubomska A, Lipinska B. Temperature-induced changes of HtrA2(Omi) protease activity and structure. Cell Stress Chaperones 2013; 18:35-51. [PMID: 22851136 PMCID: PMC3508124 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-012-0355-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Revised: 07/12/2012] [Accepted: 07/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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HtrA2(Omi), belonging to the high-temperature requirement A (HtrA) family of stress proteins, is involved in the maintenance of mitochondrial homeostasis and in the stimulation of apoptosis, as well as in cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. The protein comprises a serine protease domain and a postsynaptic density of 95 kDa, disk large, and zonula occludens 1 (PDZ) regulatory domain and functions both as a protease and a chaperone. Based on the crystal structure of the HtrA2 inactive trimer, it has been proposed that PDZ domains restrict substrate access to the protease domain and that during protease activation there is a significant conformational change at the PDZ-protease interface, which removes the inhibitory effect of PDZ from the active site. The crystal structure of the HtrA2 active form is not available yet. HtrA2 activity markedly increases with temperature. To understand the molecular basis of this increase in activity, we monitored the temperature-induced structural changes using a set of single-Trp HtrA2 mutants with Trps located at the PDZ-protease interface. The accessibility of each Trp to aqueous medium was assessed by fluorescence quenching, and these results, in combination with mean fluorescence lifetimes and wavelength emission maxima, indicate that upon an increase in temperature the HtrA2 structure relaxes, the PDZ-protease interface becomes more exposed to the solvent, and significant conformational changes involving both domains occur at and above 30 °C. This conclusion correlates well with temperature-dependent changes of HtrA2 proteolytic activity and the effect of amino acid substitutions (V226K and R432L) located at the domain interface, on HtrA2 activity. Our results experimentally support the model of HtrA2 activation and provide an insight into the mechanism of temperature-induced changes in HtrA2 structure.
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- Dorota Zurawa-Janicka
- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18/19, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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- Present Address: Department of Biochemistry, University of Gdansk, Kladki 24, 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
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The PDZ domains of the trimeric DegS protease bind unassembled outer-membrane proteins (OMPs) that accumulate in the E. coli periplasm. This cooperative binding reaction triggers a proteolytic cascade that activates a transcriptional stress response. To dissect the mechanism of allosteric activation, we generated hybrid DegS trimers with different numbers of PDZ domains and/or protease-domain mutations. By studying the chemical reactivity and enzymatic properties of these hybrids, we show that all subunits experience a strongly coupled energetic landscape. For example, OMP-peptide binding to a single PDZ domain stimulates active-site chemical modification and proteolytic cleavage in the attached and neighboring protease domains. OMP-peptide binding relieves inhibitory PDZ interactions, whereas the interfaces between protease domains in the trimeric DegS core mediate positively cooperative activation driven both by substrate binding and inhibition relief.
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Membrane proteases in the bacterial protein secretion and quality control pathway. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 76:311-30. [PMID: 22688815 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.05019-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Proteolytic cleavage of proteins that are permanently or transiently associated with the cytoplasmic membrane is crucially important for a wide range of essential processes in bacteria. This applies in particular to the secretion of proteins and to membrane protein quality control. Major progress has been made in elucidating the structure-function relationships of many of the responsible membrane proteases, including signal peptidases, signal peptide hydrolases, FtsH, the rhomboid protease GlpG, and the site 1 protease DegS. These enzymes employ very different mechanisms to cleave substrates at the cytoplasmic and extracytoplasmic membrane surfaces or within the plane of the membrane. This review highlights the different ways that bacterial membrane proteases degrade their substrates, with special emphasis on catalytic mechanisms and substrate delivery to the respective active sites.
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Steiner S, Caflisch A. Peptide binding to the PDZ3 domain by conformational selection. Proteins 2012; 80:2562-72. [PMID: 22753014 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2012] [Revised: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The PDZ domains, a large family of peptide recognition proteins, bind to the C-terminal segment of membrane ion channels and receptors thereby mediating their localization. The peptide binding process is not known in detail and seems to differ among different PDZ domains. For the third PDZ domain of the synaptic protein PSD-95 (PDZ3), a lock-and-key mechanism was postulated on the basis of the almost perfect overlap of the crystal structures in the presence and absence of its peptide ligand. Here, peptide binding to PDZ3 is investigated by explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulations (for a total of 1.3 μs) and the cut-based free energy profile method for determining free energy barriers and basins. The free energy landscape of apo PDZ3 indicates that there are multiple basins within the native state. These basins differ by the relative orientation of the α2 helix and β2 strand, the two secondary structure elements that make up the peptide binding site. Only the structure with the smallest aperture of the binding site is populated in the MD simulations of the complex whose analysis reveals that the peptide ligand binds to PDZ3 by selecting one of three conformations. Thus, the dynamical information obtained by the atomistic simulations increment the static, that is, partial, picture of the PDZ3 binding mechanism based on the X-ray crystallography data. Importantly, the simulation results show for the first time that conformational selection is a possible mechanism of peptide binding by PDZ domains in general.
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- Sandra Steiner
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Eigenbrot C, Ultsch M, Lipari MT, Moran P, Lin SJ, Ganesan R, Quan C, Tom J, Sandoval W, van Lookeren Campagne M, Kirchhofer D. Structural and functional analysis of HtrA1 and its subdomains. Structure 2012; 20:1040-50. [PMID: 22578544 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.03.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2011] [Revised: 03/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The homotrimeric human serine protease HtrA1 is homologous to bacterial HtrA proteases regarding the trypsin-like catalytic and PDZ domains but differs by the presence of an N-terminal domain with IGFBP and Kazal homology. The crystal structures and SAXS analysis presented herein reveal the rare tandem of IGFBP- and Kazal-like modules, a protease active site that adopts a competent conformation in the absence of substrate or inhibitor and a model for the intact protein in solution. Highly sensitive enzymatic assays and binding studies demonstrate that the N-terminal tandem has no apparent effect on protease activity, and in accordance with the structure-based predictions, neither the IGFBP- nor Kazal-like module retains the function of their prototype proteins. Our structures of the unliganded HtrA1 active site suggest two-state equilibrium and a "conformational selection" model, in which substrate binds to the active conformer.
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- Charles Eigenbrot
- Department of Structural Biology, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA
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Lefurgy ST, Leyh TS. Analytical expressions for the homotropic binding of ligand to protein dimers and trimers. Anal Biochem 2011; 421:433-8. [PMID: 22230282 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cooperative binding of a ligand to multiple subsites on a protein is a common theme among enzymes and receptors. The analysis of cooperative binding data (either positive or negative) often relies on the assumption that free ligand concentration, L, can be approximated by the total ligand concentration, L(T). When this approximation does not hold, such analyses result in inaccurate estimates of dissociation constants. Presented here are exact analytical expressions for equilibrium concentrations of all enzyme and ligand species (in terms of K(d) values and total concentrations of protein and ligand) for homotropic dimeric and trimeric protein-ligand systems. These equations circumvent the need to approximate L and are provided in Excel worksheets suitable for simulation and least-squares fitting. The equations and worksheets are expanded to treat cases where binding signals vary with distinct site occupancy.
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- Scott T Lefurgy
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Signal integration by DegS and RseB governs the σ E-mediated envelope stress response in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:2106-11. [PMID: 21245315 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019277108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the σ(E) transcription factor monitors and maintains outer membrane (OM) integrity by activating genes required for assembly of its two key components, outer membrane proteins (OMPs) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and by transcribing small RNAs to down-regulate excess unassembled OMPs. σ(E) activity is governed by the rate of degradation of its membrane-spanning anti-σ factor, RseA. Importantly, the DegS protease can initiate RseA cleavage only when activated by binding to unassembled OMPs. The prevalent paradigm has been that the σ(E) response is controlled by the amount of activated DegS. Here we demonstrate that inactivation of a second negative regulator, the periplasmic protein RseB, is also required for σ(E) induction in vivo. Moreover, OMPs, previously known only to activate DegS, also generate a signal to antagonize RseB inhibition. This signal may be lipid related, as RseB is structurally similar to proteins that bind lipids. We propose that the use of an AND gate enables σ(E) to sense and integrate multivariate signals from the envelope.
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Kaneko T, Sidhu SS, Li SSC. Evolving specificity from variability for protein interaction domains. Trends Biochem Sci 2011; 36:183-90. [PMID: 21227701 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2010.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2010] [Revised: 12/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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An important question in modular domain-peptide interactions, which play crucial roles in many biological processes, is how the diverse specificities exhibited by different members of a domain family are encoded in a common scaffold. Analysis of the Src homology (SH) 2 family has revealed that its specificity is determined, in large part, by the configuration of surface loops that regulate ligand access to binding pockets. In a distinct manner, SH3 domains employ loops for ligand recognition. The PDZ domain, in contrast, achieves specificity by co-evolution of binding-site residues. Thus, the conformational and sequence variability afforded by surface loops and binding sites provides a general mechanism by which to encode the wide spectrum of specificities observed for modular protein interaction domains.
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- Tomonori Kaneko
- Department of Biochemistry and the Siebens-Drake Research Institute, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C1, Canada
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