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Molecular Effects of Elongation Factor Ts and Trigger Factor on the Unfolding and Aggregation of Elongation Factor Tu Induced by the Prokaryotic Molecular Chaperone Hsp33. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:biology10111171. [PMID: 34827164 PMCID: PMC8614738 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Simple Summary Proteins are versatile biological macromolecules involved in most biological processes. However, because of the highly labile nature of protein structures, protein quality control (PQC) to ensure proteostasis (i.e., protein homeostasis)is difficult. Therefore, proteins of a specialized class (i.e., molecular chaperones) are required that assist in proper folding and prevent aberrant folding of other proteins. Hsp33 was originally discovered as a holding chaperone that is overexpressed upon heat shock and activated by oxidation to prevent the misfolding of client proteins. Recently, an unfoldase/aggregase activity of Hsp33 was identified in its reduced state against a specific substrate, EF-Tu, which plays a key role in protein biosynthesis in cells. The present study demonstrates that EF-Tu unfolding/aggregation by Hsp33 can be accelerated by another molecular chaperone trigger factor. Given that the unfolded/aggregated EF-Tu is finally degraded by another chaperone, Lon protease, it is likely that a chaperone network dysregulating EF-Tu operates in heat shock to attenuate protein biosynthesis, which is harmful to cell survival under stressed conditions. Therefore, the apparently contradictory chaperone function (i.e., promotion of client misfolding) of Hsp33 can also be associated with the PQC processes to ensure proteostasis in cells. Abstract Hsp33, a prokaryotic redox-regulated holding chaperone, has been recently identified to be able to exhibit an unfoldase and aggregase activity against elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) in its reduced state. In this study, we investigated the effect of elongation factor Ts (EF-Ts) and trigger factor (TF) on Hsp33-mediated EF-Tu unfolding and aggregation using gel filtration, light scattering, circular dichroism, and isothermal titration calorimetry. We found that EF-Tu unfolding and subsequent aggregation induced by Hsp33 were evident even in its complex state with EF-Ts, which enhanced EF-Tu stability. In addition, although TF alone had no substantial effect on the stability of EF-Tu, it markedly amplified the Hsp33-mediated EF-Tu unfolding and aggregation. Collectively, the present results constitute the first example of synergistic unfoldase/aggregase activity of molecular chaperones and suggest that the stability of EF-Tu is modulated by a sophisticated network of molecular chaperones to regulate protein biosynthesis in cells under stress conditions.
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Takalloo Z, Ardakani ZA, Maroufi B, Shahangian SS, Sajedi RH. Stress-dependent conformational changes of artemin: Effects of heat and oxidant. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0242206. [PMID: 33196673 PMCID: PMC7668597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Artemin is an abundant thermostable protein in Artemia embryos and it is considered as a highly efficient molecular chaperone against extreme environmental stress conditions. The conformational dynamics of artemin have been suggested to play a critical role in its biological functions. In this study, we have investigated the conformational and functional changes of artemin under heat and oxidative stresses to identify the relationship between its structure and function. The tertiary and quaternary structures of artemin were evaluated by fluorescence measurements, protein cross-linking analysis, and dynamic light scattering. Based on the structural analysis, artemin showed irreversible substantial conformational lability in responses to heat and oxidant, which was mainly mediated through the hydrophobic interactions and dimerization of the chaperone. In addition, the chaperone-like activity of heated and oxidized artemin was examined using lysozyme refolding assay and the results showed that although both factors, i.e. heat and oxidant, at specific levels improved artemin potency, simultaneous incubation with both stressors significantly triggered the chaperone activation. Moreover, the heat-induced dimerization of artemin was found to be the most critical factor for its activation. It was suggested that oxidation presumably acts through stabilizing the dimer structures of artemin through formation of disulfide bridges between the subunits and strengthens its chaperoning efficacy. Accordingly, it is proposed that artemin probably exists in a monomer–oligomer equilibrium in Artemia cysts and environmental stresses and intracellular portion of protein substrates may shift the equilibrium towards the active dimer forms of the chaperone.
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- Zeinab Takalloo
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Nava Ramírez T, Hansberg W. Características comunes de las chaperonas pequeñas y diméricas. TIP REVISTA ESPECIALIZADA EN CIENCIAS QUÍMICO-BIOLÓGICAS 2020. [DOI: 10.22201/fesz.23958723e.2020.0.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Las chaperonas moleculares constituyen un mecanismo importante para evitar la muerte celular provocada por la agregación de proteínas. Las chaperonas independientes del ATP son un grupo de proteínas de bajo peso molecular que pueden proteger y ayudar a alcanzar la estructura nativa de las proteínas desplegadas o mal plegadas sin necesidad de un gasto energético. Hemos encontrado que el dominio C-terminal de las catalasas de subunidad grande tiene actividad de chaperona. Por ello, en esta revisión analizamos las características más comunes de las chaperonas pequeñas y más estudiadas como: αB-cristalina, Hsp20, Spy, Hsp33 y Hsp31. En particular, se examina la participación de los aminoácidos hidrofóbicos y de los aminoácidos con carga en el reconocimiento de las proteínas sustrato, así como el papel que tiene la forma dimérica y su oligomerización en la actividad de chaperona. En cada una de esas chaperonas revisaremos la estructura de la proteína, su función, localización celular e importancia para la célula.
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Lee YS, Lee J, Ryu KS, Lee Y, Jung TG, Jang JH, Sim DW, Kim EH, Seo MD, Lee KW, Won HS. Semi-Empirical Structure Determination of Escherichia coli Hsp33 and Identification of Dynamic Regulatory Elements for the Activation Process. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:3850-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lee EM, Lee SS, Tripathi BN, Jung HS, Cao GP, Lee Y, Singh S, Hong SH, Lee KW, Lee SY, Cho JY, Chung BY. Site-directed mutagenesis substituting cysteine for serine in 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (2-Cys Prx A) of Arabidopsis thaliana effectively improves its peroxidase and chaperone functions. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2015; 116:713-25. [PMID: 26141131 PMCID: PMC4577999 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS The 2-Cys peroxiredoxin (Prx) A protein of Arabidopsis thaliana performs the dual functions of a peroxidase and a molecular chaperone depending on its conformation and the metabolic conditions. However, the precise mechanism responsible for the functional switching of 2-Cys Prx A is poorly known. This study examines various serine-to-cysteine substitutions on α-helix regions of 2-Cys Prx A in Arabidopsis mutants and the effects they have on the dual function of the protein. METHODS Various mutants of 2-Cys Prx A were generated by replacing serine (Ser) with cysteine (Cys) at different locations by site-directed mutagenesis. The mutants were then over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified protein was further analysed by size exclusion chromatography, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, circular dichroism spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and image analysis. Peroxidase activity, molecular chaperone activity and hydrophobicity of the proteins were also determined. Molecular modelling analysis was performed in order to demonstrate the relationship between mutation positions and switching of 2-Cys Prx A activity. KEY RESULTS Replacement of Ser(150) with Cys(150) led to a marked increase in holdase chaperone and peroxidase activities of 2-Cys Prx A, which was associated with a change in the structure of an important domain of the protein. Molecular modelling demonstrated the relationship between mutation positions and the switching of 2-Cys Prx A activity. Examination of the α2 helix, dimer-dimer interface and C-term loop indicated that the peroxidase function is associated with a fully folded α2 helix and easy formation of a stable reduced decamer, while a more flexible C-term loop makes the chaperone function less likely. CONCLUSIONS Substitution of Cys for Ser at amino acid location 150 of the α-helix of 2-Cys Prx A regulates/enhances the dual enzymatic functions of the 2-Cys Prx A protein. If confirmed in planta, this leads to the potential for it to be used to maximize the functional utility of 2-Cys Prx A protein for improved metabolic functions and stress resistance in plants.
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- Eun Mi Lee
- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center (SSAC), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea and
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center (SSAC), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea and
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center (SSAC), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea and
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- Division of Applied Life Science (BK21 Program), Systems and Synthetic Agrobiotech Center (SSAC), Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Research Center (PMBBRC), Research Institute of Natural Science (RINS), Gyeongsang National University, 501 Jinju-daero, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea and
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- Department of Bioenvironmental Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Jeonju 561-756, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea,
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Park CH, Lee SS, Kim KR, Jung MH, Lee SY, Cho EJ, Singh S, Chung BY. Optimized enzymatic dual functions of PaPrx protein by proton irradiation. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2014; 55:17-24. [PMID: 23753570 PMCID: PMC3885114 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrt081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We investigated the effects of proton irradiation on the function and structure of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa peroxiredoxin (PaPrx). Polyacrylamide gel demonstrated that PaPrx proteins exposed to proton irradiation at several doses exhibited simultaneous formation of high molecular weight (HMW) complexes and fragmentation. Size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) analysis revealed that the number of fragments and very low molecular weight (LMW) structures increased as the proton irradiation dose increased. The peroxidase activity of irradiated PaPrx was preserved, and its chaperone activity was significantly increased by increasing the proton irradiation dose. The chaperone activity increased about 3-4 fold after 2.5 kGy proton irradiation, compared with that of non-irradiated PaPrx, and increased to almost the maximum activity after 10 kGy proton irradiation. We previously obtained functional switching in PaPrx proteins, by using gamma rays and electron beams as radiation sources, and found that the proteins exhibited increased chaperone activity but decreased peroxidase activity. Interestingly, in this study we newly found that proton irradiation could enhance both peroxidase and chaperone activities. Therefore, we can suggest proton irradiation as a novel protocol for conserved 2-Cys protein engineering.
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- Chul-Hong Park
- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
- School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Proton Engineering Frontier Project, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Gyeongju 780-904, Republic of Korea
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- Proton Engineering Frontier Project, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Gyeongju 780-904, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK21 Program), Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea
- Corresponding author. Division for Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 29 Geumgu-gil, Jeongeup 580-185, Republic of Korea. Tel: +82-63-570-3331; Fax: +82-63-570-3339;
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Bruel N, Castanié-Cornet MP, Cirinesi AM, Koningstein G, Georgopoulos C, Luirink J, Genevaux P. Hsp33 controls elongation factor-Tu stability and allows Escherichia coli growth in the absence of the major DnaK and trigger factor chaperones. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:44435-46. [PMID: 23148222 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.418525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Intracellular de novo protein folding is assisted by cellular networks of molecular chaperones. In Escherichia coli, cooperation between the chaperones trigger factor (TF) and DnaK is central to this process. Accordingly, the simultaneous deletion of both chaperone-encoding genes leads to severe growth and protein folding defects. Herein, we took advantage of such defective phenotypes to further elucidate the interactions of chaperone networks in vivo. We show that disruption of the TF/DnaK chaperone pathway is efficiently rescued by overexpression of the redox-regulated chaperone Hsp33. Consistent with this observation, the deletion of hslO, the Hsp33 structural gene, is no longer tolerated in the absence of the TF/DnaK pathway. However, in contrast with other chaperones like GroEL or SecB, suppression by Hsp33 was not attributed to its potential overlapping general chaperone function(s). Instead, we show that overexpressed Hsp33 specifically binds to elongation factor-Tu (EF-Tu) and targets it for degradation by the protease Lon. This synergistic action of Hsp33 and Lon was responsible for the rescue of bacterial growth in the absence of TF and DnaK, by presumably restoring the coupling between translation and the downstream folding capacity of the cell. In support of this hypothesis, we show that overexpression of the stress-responsive toxin HipA, which inhibits EF-Tu, also rescues bacterial growth and protein folding in the absence of TF and DnaK. The relevance for such a convergence of networks of chaperones and proteases acting directly on EF-Tu to modulate the intracellular rate of protein synthesis in response to protein aggregation is discussed.
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- Nicolas Bruel
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire (LMGM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France
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Lee YS, Ryu KS, Kim SJ, Ko HS, Sim DW, Jeon YH, Kim EH, Choi WS, Won HS. Verification of the interdomain contact site in the inactive monomer, and the domain-swapped fold in the active dimer of Hsp33 in solution. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:411-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2011] [Revised: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Sanz-Barrio R, Fernández-San Millán A, Carballeda J, Corral-Martínez P, Seguí-Simarro JM, Farran I. Chaperone-like properties of tobacco plastid thioredoxins f and m. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2012; 63:365-79. [PMID: 21948853 PMCID: PMC3245471 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Revised: 06/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Thioredoxins (Trxs) are ubiquitous disulphide reductases that play important roles in the redox regulation of many cellular processes. However, some redox-independent functions, such as chaperone activity, have also been attributed to Trxs in recent years. The focus of our study is on the putative chaperone function of the well-described plastid Trxs f and m. To that end, the cDNA of both Trxs, designated as NtTrxf and NtTrxm, was isolated from Nicotiana tabacum plants. It was found that bacterially expressed tobacco Trx f and Trx m, in addition to their disulphide reductase activity, possessed chaperone-like properties. In vitro, Trx f and Trx m could both facilitate the reactivation of the cysteine-free form of chemically denatured glucose-6 phosphate dehydrogenase (foldase chaperone activity) and prevent heat-induced malate dehydrogenase aggregation (holdase chaperone activity). Our results led us to infer that the disulphide reductase and foldase chaperone functions prevail when the proteins occur as monomers and the well-conserved non-active cysteine present in Trx f is critical for both functions. By contrast, the holdase chaperone activity of both Trxs depended on their oligomeric status: the proteins were functional only when they were associated with high molecular mass protein complexes. Because the oligomeric status of both Trxs was induced by salt and temperature, our data suggest that plastid Trxs could operate as molecular holdase chaperones upon oxidative stress, acting as a type of small stress protein.
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- Ruth Sanz-Barrio
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-CSIC-Gobierno de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-CSIC-Gobierno de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-CSIC-Gobierno de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto para la Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana (COMAV), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E - Escalera I, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto para la Conservación y Mejora de la Agrodiversidad Valenciana (COMAV), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Edificio 8E - Escalera I, Camino de Vera s/n, E-46022 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología, Universidad Pública de Navarra-CSIC-Gobierno de Navarra, Campus Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain
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Lee YS, Ryu KS, Lee Y, Kim SM, Lee KW, Won HS. Oxidation-Induced Conformational Change of a Prokaryotic Molecular Chaperone, Hsp33, Monitored by Selective Isotope Labeling. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOCIETY 2011. [DOI: 10.6564/jkmrs.2011.15.2.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Crystal structure of constitutively monomeric E. coli Hsp33 mutant with chaperone activity. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:664-70. [PMID: 21266175 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Heat shock protein 33 (Hsp33) from Escherichia coli is a redox-regulated molecular chaperone that protects cells from oxidative stress. To understand the molecular basis for the monomer-dimer switch in the functional regulation of E. coli Hsp33, we generated a constitutively monomeric Hsp33 by introducing the Q151E mutation in the dimeric interface and determined its crystal structure. The overall scaffold of the monomeric Hsp33(1-235) (Q151E) mutant is virtually the same as that of the dimeric form, except that there is no domain swapping. The measurement of chaperone activity to thermally denatured luciferase showed that the constitutively monomeric Hsp33 mutant still retains chaperone activity similar to that of wild-type Hsp33(1-235), suggesting that a Hsp33 monomer is sufficient to interact with slowly unfolded substrate.
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Lee YS, Ko HS, Ryu KS, Jeon YH, Won HS. Triple isotope-[13C,15N,2H] labeling and NMR measurements of the inactive, reduced monomer form of Escherichia coli Hsp33. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOCIETY 2010. [DOI: 10.6564/jkmrs.2010.14.2.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shin JS, Jeong WJ, Chi SW. NMR Characterization of Oxidized Form of Human 8-kDa Dynein Light Chain. JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN MAGNETIC RESONANCE SOCIETY 2010. [DOI: 10.6564/jkmrs.2010.14.2.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cremers CM, Reichmann D, Hausmann J, Ilbert M, Jakob U. Unfolding of metastable linker region is at the core of Hsp33 activation as a redox-regulated chaperone. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:11243-51. [PMID: 20139072 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.084350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Hsp33, a molecular chaperone specifically activated by oxidative stress conditions that lead to protein unfolding, protects cells against oxidative protein aggregation. Stress sensing in Hsp33 occurs via its C-terminal redox switch domain, which consists of a zinc center that responds to the presence of oxidants and an adjacent metastable linker region, which responds to unfolding conditions. Here we show that single mutations in the N terminus of Hsp33 are sufficient to either partially (Hsp33-M172S) or completely (Hsp33-Y12E) abolish this post-translational regulation of Hsp33 chaperone function. Both mutations appear to work predominantly via the destabilization of the Hsp33 linker region without affecting zinc coordination, redox sensitivity, or substrate binding of Hsp33. We found that the M172S substitution causes moderate destabilization of the Hsp33 linker region, which seems sufficient to convert the redox-regulated Hsp33 into a temperature-controlled chaperone. The Y12E mutation leads to the constitutive unfolding of the Hsp33 linker region thereby turning Hsp33 into a constitutively active chaperone. These results demonstrate that the redox-controlled unfolding of the Hsp33 linker region plays the central role in the activation process of Hsp33. The zinc center of Hsp33 appears to act as the redox-sensitive toggle that adjusts the thermostability of the linker region to the cell redox status. In vivo studies confirmed that even mild overexpression of the Hsp33-Y12E mutant protein inhibits bacterial growth, providing important evidence that the tight functional regulation of Hsp33 chaperone activity plays a vital role in bacterial survival.
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- Claudia M Cremers
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
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Barranco-Medina S, Lázaro JJ, Dietz KJ. The oligomeric conformation of peroxiredoxins links redox state to function. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1809-16. [PMID: 19464293 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2009] [Revised: 05/08/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2009] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Protein-protein associations, i.e. formation of permanent or transient protein complexes, are essential for protein functionality and regulation within the cellular context. Peroxiredoxins (Prx) undergo major redox-dependent conformational changes and the dynamics are linked to functional switches. While a large number of investigations have addressed the principles and functions of Prx oligomerization, understanding of the diverse in vivo roles of this conserved redox-dependent feature of Prx is slowly emerging. The review summarizes studies on Prx oligomerization, its tight connection to the redox state, and the knowledge and hypotheses on its physiological function in the cell as peroxidase, chaperone, binding partner, enzyme activator and/or redox sensor.
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Winter J, Ilbert M, Graf PCF, Ozcelik D, Jakob U. Bleach activates a redox-regulated chaperone by oxidative protein unfolding. Cell 2008; 135:691-701. [PMID: 19013278 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 272] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 07/26/2008] [Accepted: 09/12/2008] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hypochlorous acid (HOCl), the active ingredient in household bleach, is an effective antimicrobial produced by the mammalian host defense to kill invading microorganisms. Despite the widespread use of HOCl, surprisingly little is known about its mode of action. In this study, we demonstrate that low molar ratios of HOCl to protein cause oxidative protein unfolding in vitro and target thermolabile proteins for irreversible aggregation in vivo. As a defense mechanism, bacteria use the redox-regulated chaperone Hsp33, which responds to bleach treatment with the reversible oxidative unfolding of its C-terminal redox switch domain. HOCl-mediated unfolding turns inactive Hsp33 into a highly active chaperone holdase, which protects essential Escherichia coli proteins against HOCl-induced aggregation and increases bacterial HOCl resistance. Our results substantially improve our molecular understanding about HOCl's functional mechanism. They suggest that the antimicrobial effects of bleach are largely based on HOCl's ability to cause aggregation of essential bacterial proteins.
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- J Winter
- Department of Molecular, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Sela D, Shlomai J. Regulation of UMSBP activities through redox-sensitive protein domains. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 37:279-88. [PMID: 19039000 PMCID: PMC2615610 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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UMSBP is a CCHC-type zinc finger protein, which functions during replication initiation of kinetoplast DNA minicircles and the segregation of kinetoplast DNA networks. Interactions of UMSBP with origin sequences, as well as the protein oligomerization, are affected by its redox state. Reduction yields UMSBP monomers and activates its binding to DNA, while oxidation drives UMSBP oligomerization and impairs its DNA-binding activity. Kinetics analyses of UMSBP-DNA interactions revealed that redox affects the association of free UMSBP with the DNA, but has little effect on its dissociation from the nucleoprotein complex. A previously proposed model, suggesting that binding of DNA is regulated via the reversible interconversions of active UMSBP monomers and inactive oligomers, was challenged here, revealing that the two redox-driven processes are not interrelated. No correlation could be observed between DNA-binding inhibition and UMSBP oligomerization, upon oxidation of UMSBP. Moreover, while the presence of zinc ions was found to be essential for the interaction of UMSBP with DNA, UMSBP oligomerization occurred through zinc-depleted, unfolded zinc finger domains. Site directed mutagenesis analysis of UMSBP suggested that its unique methionine residue, which can be oxidized into methionine sulfoxide, is not involved in the redox-mediated regulation of UMSBP-DNA interactions.
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- Dotan Sela
- Department of Parasitology, Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Sela D, Yaffe N, Shlomai J. Enzymatic Mechanism Controls Redox-mediated Protein-DNA Interactions at the Replication Origin of Kinetoplast DNA Minicircles. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:32034-44. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804417200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Valas RE, Bourne PE. Rethinking proteasome evolution: two novel bacterial proteasomes. J Mol Evol 2008; 66:494-504. [PMID: 18389302 PMCID: PMC3235984 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9075-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 01/25/2008] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The proteasome is a multisubunit structure that degrades proteins. Protein degradation is an essential component of regulation because proteins can become misfolded, damaged, or unnecessary. Proteasomes and their homologues vary greatly in complexity: from HslV (heat shock locus v), which is encoded by 1 gene in bacteria, to the eukaryotic 20S proteasome, which is encoded by more than 14 genes. Despite this variation in complexity, all the proteasomes are composed of homologous subunits. We searched 238 complete bacterial genomes for structures related to the proteasome and found evidence of two novel groups of bacterial proteasomes. The first, which we name Anbu, is sparsely distributed among cyanobacteria and proteobacteria. We hypothesize that Anbu must be very ancient because of its distribution within the cyanobacteria, and that it has been lost in many more recent species. We also present evidence for a fourth type of bacterial proteasome found in a few beta-proteobacteria, which we call beta-proteobacteria proteasome homologue (BPH). Sequence and structural analyses show that Anbu and BPH are both distinct from known bacterial proteasomes but have homologous structures. Anbu is encoded by one gene, so we postulate a duplication of Anbu created the 20S proteasome. Anbu's function appears to be related to transglutaminase activity, not the general stress response associated with HslV. We have found different combinations of Anbu, BPH, and HslV within these bacterial genomes, which raises questions about specialized protein degradation systems.
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- Ruben E. Valas
- Bioinformatics Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0743, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA
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Auxilien S, El Khadali F, Rasmussen A, Douthwaite S, Grosjean H. Archease from Pyrococcus abyssi improves substrate specificity and solubility of a tRNA m5C methyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:18711-21. [PMID: 17470432 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607459200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Members of the archease superfamily of proteins are represented in all three domains of life. Archease genes are generally located adjacent to genes encoding proteins involved in DNA or RNA processing. Archease have therefore been predicted to play a modulator or chaperone role in selected steps of DNA or RNA metabolism, although the roles of archeases remain to be established experimentally. Here we report the function of one of these archeases from the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus abyssi. The corresponding gene (PAB1946) is located in a bicistronic operon immediately upstream from a second open reading frame (PAB1947), which is shown here to encode a tRNA m(5)C methyltransferase. In vitro, the purified recombinant methyltransferase catalyzes m(5)C formation at several cytosines within tRNAs with preference for C49. The specificity of the methyltransferase is increased by the archease. In solution, the archease exists as a monomer, trimer, and hexamer. Only the oligomeric states bind the methyltransferase and prevent its aggregation, in addition to hindering dimerization of the methyltransferase-tRNA complex. This P. abyssi system possibly reflects the general function of archeases in preventing protein aggregation and modulating the function of their accompanying proteins.
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- Sylvie Auxilien
- Laboratoire d'Enzymologie et Biochimie Structurales, CNRS, Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Jacob C, Knight I, Winyard PG. Aspects of the biological redox chemistry of cysteine: from simple redox responses to sophisticated signalling pathways. Biol Chem 2006; 387:1385-97. [PMID: 17081111 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2006.174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The last decade has witnessed an increased interest in cysteine modifications such as sulfenic and sulfinic acids, thiyl radicals, sulfenyl-amides and thiosulfinates, which come together to enable redox sensing, activation, catalysis, switching and cellular signalling. While glutathionylation, sulfenyl-amide formation and disulfide activation are examples of relatively simple redox responses, the sulfinic acid switch in peroxiredoxin enzymes is part of a complex signalling system that involves sulfenic and sulfinic acids and interacts with kinases and sulfiredoxin. Although the in vivo evaluation of sulfur species is still complicated by a lack of appropriate analytical techniques, research into biological sulfur species has gained considerable momentum and promises further excitement in the future.
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- Claus Jacob
- School of Pharmacy, Saarland University, P.O. Box 151150, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany.
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Oxidative stress affects a wide variety of different cellular processes. Now, an increasing number of proteins have been identified that use the presence of reactive oxygen species or alterations in the cellular thiol-disulfide state as regulators of their protein function. This review focuses on two members of this growing group of redox-regulated proteins that utilize a cysteine-containing zinc center as the redox switch: Hsp33, the first molecular chaperone, whose ability to protect cells against stress-induced protein unfolding depends on the presence of reactive oxygen species and RsrA, the first anti-sigma factor that uses a cysteine-containing zinc center to sense and respond to cellular disulfide stress.
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- Marianne Ilbert
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109-1048, USA
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Lelj-Garolla B, Mauk AG. Self-association and chaperone activity of Hsp27 are thermally activated. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:8169-74. [PMID: 16436384 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512553200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The small heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is an oligomeric, molecular chaperone in vitro. This chaperone activity and other physiological roles attributed to Hsp27 have been reported to depend on the state of self-association. In the present work, we have used sedimentation velocity experiments to demonstrate that the self-association of Hsp27 is independent of pH and ionic strength but increases significantly as the temperature is increased from 10 to 40 degrees C. The largest oligomers formed at 10 degrees C are approximately 8-12 mer, whereas at 40 degrees C oligomers as large as 22-30 mer are observed. Similarly, the chaperone activity of Hsp27 as indicated by its ability to inhibit dithiothreitol-induced insulin aggregation also increases with increased temperature, with a particularly sharp increase in activity as temperature is increased from 34 to 43 degrees C. Similar studies of an Hsp27 triple variant that mimics the behavior of the phosphorylated protein establish that this protein has greatly diminished chaperone activity that responds minimally to increased temperature. We conclude that Hsp27 can exploit a large number of oligomerization states and that the range of oligomer size and the magnitude of chaperone activity increase significantly as temperature is increased over the range that is relevant to the physiological heat shock response.
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- Barbara Lelj-Garolla
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Jang HH, Kim SY, Park SK, Jeon HS, Lee YM, Jung JH, Lee SY, Chae HB, Jung YJ, Lee KO, Lim CO, Chung WS, Bahk JD, Yun DJ, Cho MJ, Lee SY. Phosphorylation and concomitant structural changes in human 2-Cys peroxiredoxin isotype I differentially regulate its peroxidase and molecular chaperone functions. FEBS Lett 2005; 580:351-5. [PMID: 16376335 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2005] [Accepted: 12/08/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The H2O2-catabolizing peroxidase activity of human peroxiredoxin I (hPrxI) was previously shown to be regulated by phosphorylation of Thr90. Here, we show that hPrxI forms multiple oligomers with distinct secondary structures. HPrxI is a dual function protein, since it can behave either as a peroxidase or as a molecular chaperone. The effects of phosphorylation of hPrxI on its protein structure and dual functions were determined using site-directed mutagenesis, in which the phosphorylation site was substituted with aspartate to mimic the phosphorylated status of the protein (T90D-hPrxI). Phosphorylation of the protein induces significant changes in its protein structure from low molecular weight (MW) protein species to high MW protein complexes as well as its dual functions. In contrast to the wild type (WT)- and T90A-hPrxI, the T90D-hPrxI exhibited a markedly reduced peroxidase activity, but showed about sixfold higher chaperone activity than WT-hPrxI.
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- Ho Hee Jang
- Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea
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Moon JC, Hah YS, Kim WY, Jung BG, Jang HH, Lee JR, Kim SY, Lee YM, Jeon MG, Kim CW, Cho MJ, Lee SY. Oxidative Stress-dependent Structural and Functional Switching of a Human 2-Cys Peroxiredoxin Isotype II That Enhances HeLa Cell Resistance to H2O2-induced Cell Death. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:28775-84. [PMID: 15941719 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505362200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although biochemical properties of 2-Cys peroxiredoxins (Prxs) have been extensively studied, their real physiological functions in higher eukaryotic cells remain obscure and certainly warrant further study. Here we demonstrated that human (h) PrxII, a cytosolic isotype of human 2-Cys Prx, has dual functions as a peroxidase and a molecular chaperone, and that these different functions are closely associated with its adoption of distinct protein structures. Upon exposure to oxidative stress, hPrxII assumes a high molecular weight complex structure that has a highly efficient chaperone function. However, the subsequent removal of stressors induces the dissociation of this protein structure into low molecular weight proteins and triggers a chaperone-to-peroxidase functional switch. The formation of a high molecular weight hPrxII complex depends on the hyperoxidation of its N-terminal peroxidatic Cys residue as well as on its C-terminal domain, which contains a "YF motif" that is exclusively found in eukaryotic 2-Cys Prxs. A C-terminally truncated hPrxII exists as low and oligomeric protein species and does not respond to oxidative stress. Moreover, this C-terminal deletion of hPrxII converted it from an oxidation-sensitive to a hyperoxidation-resistant form of peroxidase. When functioning as a chaperone, hPrxII protects HeLa cells from H(2)O(2)-induced cell death, as measured by a terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling assay and fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis.
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- Jeong Chan Moon
- Environmental Biotechnology National Core Research Center, Division of Applied Life Sciences (BK21 Program), Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Korea
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Overview of the most commonly used methods in allergen characterization. JOURNAL OF THE SERBIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY 2005. [DOI: 10.2298/jsc0503347c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The characterization of an allergen is a troublesome and difficult process, as it requires both the precise biochemical characterization of a (glyco)protein molecule and the establishment of its susceptibility to IgE antibodies, as they are the main link to histamine release in some hypersensitivity states (type I allergies). As the characterization of an allergen includes molecular weight determination of the allergenic molecule, its structure determination, physicochemical properties, IgE binding properties of the allergen molecule, and its allergenicity, an overall review of which biochemical and immunochemical methods are used in achieving this goal are presented in this paper. The information on the molecular level on the structures of allergens indicates that allergens are considerably heterogeneous protein structures, and that there is no particular aminoacid sequence which is responsible for the allergenicity. Therefore, information gained from detailed structural, functional and immunochemical studies of these intriguing molecules, which nowadays modulate a variety of pathophysiological conditions, would greatly improve our understanding of the underlying disease mechanisms, and the way to handle them.
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