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Kupriyanova E, Manakhov A, Ezhova T. PARG1 and EXA1 genes as possible components of the facultative epigenetic control of plant development. PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 2023; 175:e13959. [PMID: 37350155 DOI: 10.1111/ppl.13959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023]
Abstract
Plants are able to adjust their developmental program in response to incremental environmental changes by reprogramming the epigenomes of the cells. This process, known as facultative epigenetic developmental control, underlies plant developmental plasticity and the amazing diversity of morphotypes, which arises from the changes in cell fates. How plants determine when epigenome reprogramming should occur is largely unclear. Here, we show that the Arabidopsis PARG1 and EXA1 genes, encoding poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase and GYF domain protein involved in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, respectively, act synergistically in maintaining leaf cell identity. Loss of their function in Arabidopsis tae mutant triggers autoimmunity and wounding response, alters transcription of a number of epigenetic regulators, initiates the acquisition of pluripotency by cells of the developed leaf and ectopic outgrowths and buds formation. The dependence of the cell fate on the activity level of PARG1 and EXA1 genes indicates that these interacting genes may function as an important regulator of facultative epigenetic control of plant development.
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- Evgenia Kupriyanova
- Faculty of Biology, Department of Genetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Center for Genetics and Life Science, Sirius University of Science and Technology, Sochi, Russia
- Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics, Department of Genomics and Human Genetics, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Faculty of Biology, Centre for Genetics and Genetic Technologies, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Faculty of Biology, Department of Genetics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Christie M, Igreja C. eIF4E-homologous protein (4EHP): a multifarious cap-binding protein. FEBS J 2023; 290:266-285. [PMID: 34758096 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The cap-binding protein 4EHP/eIF4E2 has been a recent object of interest in the field of post-transcriptional gene regulation and translational control. From ribosome-associated quality control, to RNA decay and microRNA-mediated gene silencing, this member of the eIF4E protein family regulates gene expression through numerous pathways. Low in abundance but ubiquitously expressed, 4EHP interacts with different binding partners to form multiple protein complexes that regulate translation in a variety of biological contexts. Documented functions of 4EHP primarily relate to its role as a translational repressor, but recent findings indicate that it might also participate in the activation of translation in specific settings. In this review, we discuss the known functions, properties and mechanisms that involve 4EHP in the control of gene expression. We also discuss our current understanding of how 4EHP processes are regulated in eukaryotic cells, and the diseases implicated with dysregulation of 4EHP-mediated translational control.
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- Mary Christie
- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Department for Integrative Evolutionary Biology, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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Attia B, Serrano B, Bornet O, Guerlesquin F, My L, Castaing JP, Mignot T, Elantak L. 1H, 13C and 15N chemical shift assignments of the ZnR and GYF cytoplasmic domains of the GltJ protein from Myxococcus xanthus. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2022; 16:219-223. [PMID: 35445965 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-022-10083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
Bacterial cell motility is essential for a range of physiological phenomena such as nutrient sensing, predation, biofilm formation and pathogenesis. One of the most intriguing motilities is bacterial gliding, which is defined as the ability of some bacteria to move across surfaces without an external appendage. In Myxococcus xanthus, gliding motility depends on the assembly of focal adhesion complexes (FAC) which include the Glt mutiprotein complex and allow directional movement of individual cells (A-motility). Within the Glt multiprotein complex, GltJ is one of the key proteins involved in FAC assembly. In this work we report complete backbone and side chain 1H, 13C and 15N chemical shifts of the two cytoplasmic domains of GltJ, GltJ-ZnR (BMRB No. 51104) and GltJ-GYF (BMRB No. 51096). These data provide the first step toward the first high resolution structures of protein domains from the Glt machinery and the atomic level characterization of GltJ cytoplasmic activity during FAC assembly.
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- Bouchra Attia
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7255, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7255, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Microbiologie de La Méditerranée, FR3479, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7255, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7283, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7283, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7283, 13009, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie Des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Centre National de La Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix-Marseille Université, UMR7255, 13009, Marseille, France.
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James SW, Palmer J, Keller NP, Brown ML, Dunworth MR, Francisco SG, Watson KG, Titchen B, Achimovich A, Mahoney A, Artemiou JP, Buettner KG, Class M, Sydenstricker AL, Anglin SL. A reciprocal translocation involving Aspergillus nidulans snxAHrb1/Gbp2 and gyfA uncovers a new regulator of the G2-M transition and reveals a role in transcriptional repression for the setBSet2 histone H3-lysine-36 methyltransferase. Genetics 2022; 222:iyac130. [PMID: 36005881 PMCID: PMC9526064 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyac130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Aspergillus nidulans snxA, an ortholog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hrb1/Gbp2 messenger RNA shuttle proteins, is-in contrast to budding yeast-involved in cell cycle regulation, in which snxA1 and snxA2 mutations as well as a snxA deletion specifically suppress the heat sensitivity of mutations in regulators of the CDK1 mitotic induction pathway. snxA mutations are strongly cold sensitive, and at permissive temperature snxA mRNA and protein expression are strongly repressed. Initial attempts to identify the causative snxA mutations revealed no defects in the SNXA protein. Here, we show that snxA1/A2 mutations resulted from an identical chromosome I-II reciprocal translocation with breakpoints in the snxA first intron and the fourth exon of a GYF-domain gene, gyfA. Surprisingly, a gyfA deletion and a reconstructed gyfA translocation allele suppressed the heat sensitivity of CDK1 pathway mutants in a snxA+ background, demonstrating that 2 unrelated genes, snxA and gyfA, act through the CDK1-CyclinB axis to restrain the G2-M transition, and for the first time identifying a role in G2-M regulation for a GYF-domain protein. To better understand snxA1/A2-reduced expression, we generated suppressors of snxA cold sensitivity in 2 genes: (1) loss of the abundant nucleolar protein Nsr1/nucleolin bypassed the requirement for snxA and (2) loss of the Set2 histone H3 lysine36 (H3K36) methyltransferase or a nonmethylatable histone H3K36L mutant rescued hypomorphic snxA mutants by restoring full transcriptional proficiency, indicating that methylation of H3K36 acts normally to repress snxA transcription. These observations are in line with known Set2 functions in preventing excessive and cryptic transcription of active genes.
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- Steven W James
- Department of Biology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
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- Data Analytics, Genencor Technology Center, IFF, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Medicine, Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine, Provo, UT 84606, USA
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- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA 17325, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- School of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19144, USA
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- School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA
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Zinshteyn B, Sinha NK, Enam SU, Koleske B, Green R. Translational repression of NMD targets by GIGYF2 and EIF4E2. PLoS Genet 2021; 17:e1009813. [PMID: 34665823 PMCID: PMC8555832 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) with premature termination codons produces truncated proteins with potentially deleterious effects. This is prevented by nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) of these mRNAs. NMD is triggered by ribosomes terminating upstream of a splice site marked by an exon-junction complex (EJC), but also acts on many mRNAs lacking a splice junction after their termination codon. We developed a genome-wide CRISPR flow cytometry screen to identify regulators of mRNAs with premature termination codons in K562 cells. This screen recovered essentially all core NMD factors and suggested a role for EJC factors in degradation of PTCs without downstream splicing. Among the strongest hits were the translational repressors GIGYF2 and EIF4E2. GIGYF2 and EIF4E2 mediate translational repression but not mRNA decay of a subset of NMD targets and interact with NMD factors genetically and physically. Our results suggest a model wherein recognition of a stop codon as premature can lead to its translational repression through GIGYF2 and EIF4E2.
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- Boris Zinshteyn
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America
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Scheer H, de Almeida C, Ferrier E, Simonnot Q, Poirier L, Pflieger D, Sement FM, Koechler S, Piermaria C, Krawczyk P, Mroczek S, Chicher J, Kuhn L, Dziembowski A, Hammann P, Zuber H, Gagliardi D. The TUTase URT1 connects decapping activators and prevents the accumulation of excessively deadenylated mRNAs to avoid siRNA biogenesis. Nat Commun 2021; 12:1298. [PMID: 33637717 PMCID: PMC7910438 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21382-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Uridylation is a widespread modification destabilizing eukaryotic mRNAs. Yet, molecular mechanisms underlying TUTase-mediated mRNA degradation remain mostly unresolved. Here, we report that the Arabidopsis TUTase URT1 participates in a molecular network connecting several translational repressors/decapping activators. URT1 directly interacts with DECAPPING 5 (DCP5), the Arabidopsis ortholog of human LSM14 and yeast Scd6, and this interaction connects URT1 to additional decay factors like DDX6/Dhh1-like RNA helicases. Nanopore direct RNA sequencing reveals a global role of URT1 in shaping poly(A) tail length, notably by preventing the accumulation of excessively deadenylated mRNAs. Based on in vitro and in planta data, we propose a model that explains how URT1 could reduce the accumulation of oligo(A)-tailed mRNAs both by favoring their degradation and because 3' terminal uridines intrinsically hinder deadenylation. Importantly, preventing the accumulation of excessively deadenylated mRNAs avoids the biogenesis of illegitimate siRNAs that silence endogenous mRNAs and perturb Arabidopsis growth and development.
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- Hélène Scheer
- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratory of RNA Biology, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, Poland
- Faculty of Biology, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Plateforme Protéomique Strasbourg Esplanade du CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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- Institut de biologie moléculaire des plantes, CNRS, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
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Teyra J, Kelil A, Jain S, Helmy M, Jajodia R, Hooda Y, Gu J, D’Cruz AA, Nicholson SE, Min J, Sudol M, Kim PM, Bader GD, Sidhu SS. Large-scale survey and database of high affinity ligands for peptide recognition modules. Mol Syst Biol 2020; 16:e9310. [PMID: 33438817 PMCID: PMC7724964 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20199310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Many proteins involved in signal transduction contain peptide recognition modules (PRMs) that recognize short linear motifs (SLiMs) within their interaction partners. Here, we used large-scale peptide-phage display methods to derive optimal ligands for 163 unique PRMs representing 79 distinct structural families. We combined the new data with previous data that we collected for the large SH3, PDZ, and WW domain families to assemble a database containing 7,984 unique peptide ligands for 500 PRMs representing 82 structural families. For 74 PRMs, we acquired enough new data to map the specificity profiles in detail and derived position weight matrices and binding specificity logos based on multiple peptide ligands. These analyses showed that optimal peptide ligands resembled peptides observed in existing structures of PRM-ligand complexes, indicating that a large majority of the phage-derived peptides are likely to target natural peptide-binding sites and could thus act as inhibitors of natural protein-protein interactions. The complete dataset has been assembled in an online database (http://www.prm-db.org) that will enable many structural, functional, and biological studies of PRMs and SLiMs.
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- Joan Teyra
- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Present address:
Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation (SIFBI)Agency for ScienceTechnology and Research (A*STAR)Singapore CitySingapore
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- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and TechnologyShibpurIndia
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Present address:
MRC Laboratory of Molecular BiologyCambridgeUK
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleVic.Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical ResearchParkvilleVic.Australia
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- Structural Genomics ConsortiumUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of PhysiologyUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- Department of MedicineIcahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew YorkNYUSA
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Molecular GeneticsUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Molecular GeneticsUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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- The Donnelly CentreUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
- Department of Molecular GeneticsUniversity of TorontoTorontoONCanada
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Ergüden B. Dhh1 is a member of the SESA network. Yeast 2018; 36:99-105. [PMID: 30346046 DOI: 10.1002/yea.3363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2018] [Revised: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
The correct separation of chromosomes during mitosis is necessary to prevent genetic instability and aneuploidy, which are responsible for cancer and other diseases, and it depends on proper centrosome duplication. In a recent study, we found that Smy2 can suppress the essential role of Mps2 in the insertion of yeast centrosome into the nuclear membrane by interacting with Eap1, Scp160, and Asc1 and designated this network as SESA (Smy2, Eap1, Scp160, Asc1). Detailed analysis showed that the SESA network is part of a mechanism which regulates translation of POM34 mRNA. Thus, SESA is a system that suppresses spindle pole body duplication defects by repressing the translation of POM34 mRNA. In this study, we performed a genome-wide screening in order to identify new members of the SESA network and confirmed Dhh1 as a putative member. Dhh1 is a cytoplasmic DEAD-box helicase known to regulate translation. Therefore, we hypothesized that Dhh1 is responsible for the highly selective inhibition of POM34 mRNA by SESA.
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- Bengü Ergüden
- Department of Bioengineering, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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Varland S, Aksnes H, Kryuchkov F, Impens F, Van Haver D, Jonckheere V, Ziegler M, Gevaert K, Van Damme P, Arnesen T. N-terminal Acetylation Levels Are Maintained During Acetyl-CoA Deficiency in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Proteomics 2018; 17:2309-2323. [PMID: 30150368 PMCID: PMC6283290 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.ra118.000982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Nt-acetylation is a prevalent protein modification catalyzed by N-terminal acetyltransferases using acetyl-CoA as acetyl donor. Here, we performed a global analysis of Nt-acetylation in yeast following nutrient starvation. Contrary to histone acetylation, which is sensitive to acetyl-CoA levels, we demonstrate that Nt-acetylation remains largely unaffected to changes in cellular metabolism. We did, however, identify two protein groups that were differentially Nt-acetylated, one showing the same sensitivity to acetyl-CoA as histones. We propose that specific, rather than global, Nt-acetylation events are subject to metabolic regulation. N-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) is a highly abundant protein modification in eukaryotes and impacts a wide range of cellular processes, including protein quality control and stress tolerance. Despite its prevalence, the mechanisms regulating Nt-acetylation are still nebulous. Here, we present the first global study of Nt-acetylation in yeast cells as they progress to stationary phase in response to nutrient starvation. Surprisingly, we found that yeast cells maintain their global Nt-acetylation levels upon nutrient depletion, despite a marked decrease in acetyl-CoA levels. We further observed two distinct sets of protein N termini that display differential and opposing Nt-acetylation behavior upon nutrient starvation, indicating a dynamic process. The first protein cluster was enriched for annotated N termini showing increased Nt-acetylation in stationary phase compared with exponential growth phase. The second protein cluster was conversely enriched for alternative nonannotated N termini (i.e. N termini indicative of shorter N-terminal proteoforms) and, like histones, showed reduced acetylation levels in stationary phase when acetyl-CoA levels were low. Notably, the degree of Nt-acetylation of Pcl8, a negative regulator of glycogen biosynthesis and two components of the pre-ribosome complex (Rsa3 and Rpl7a) increased during starvation. Moreover, the steady-state levels of these proteins were regulated both by starvation and NatA activity. In summary, this study represents the first comprehensive analysis of metabolic regulation of Nt-acetylation and reveals that specific, rather than global, Nt-acetylation events are subject to metabolic regulation.
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- Sylvia Varland
- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Donnelly Center for Cellular and Bio‡molecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 3E1, Canada.
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; VIB Proteomics Core, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway
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- VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Department of Surgery, Haukeland University Hospital, N-5021 Bergen, Norway
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Matsui H, Nomura Y, Egusa M, Hamada T, Hyon GS, Kaminaka H, Watanabe Y, Ueda T, Trujillo M, Shirasu K, Nakagami H. The GYF domain protein PSIG1 dampens the induction of cell death during plant-pathogen interactions. PLoS Genet 2017; 13:e1007037. [PMID: 29073135 PMCID: PMC5657617 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The induction of rapid cell death is an effective strategy for plants to restrict biotrophic and hemi-biotrophic pathogens at the infection site. However, activation of cell death comes at a high cost, as dead cells will no longer be available for defense responses nor general metabolic processes. In addition, necrotrophic pathogens that thrive on dead tissue, take advantage of cell death-triggering mechanisms. Mechanisms by which plants solve this conundrum remain described. Here, we identify PLANT SMY2-TYPE ILE-GYF DOMAIN-CONTAINING PROTEIN 1 (PSIG1) and show that PSIG1 helps to restrict cell death induction during pathogen infection. Inactivation of PSIG1 does not result in spontaneous lesions, and enhanced cell death in psig1 mutants is independent of salicylic acid (SA) biosynthesis or reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Moreover, PSIG1 interacts with SMG7, which plays a role in nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD), and the smg7-4 mutant allele mimics the cell death phenotype of the psig1 mutants. Intriguingly, the psig1 mutants display enhanced susceptibility to the hemi-biotrophic bacterial pathogen. These findings point to the existence and importance of the SA- and ROS-independent cell death constraining mechanism as a part of the plant immune system. Programmed cell death (PCD) has crucial roles in development and immunity in multicellular organisms. In plants, rapid PCD induction, so-called hypersensitive response (HR) cell death, can be triggered as a part of immune system, and plays an important role in restricting pathogen growth. Despite its importance, cell death induction can backfire on plants because of the diversified infection strategies of plant pathogens. It is therefore assumed that plants have mechanisms by which they are able to minimize PCD induction during plant-pathogen interactions. However, their existence and biological significance are not clear yet. Here, we demonstrate that PSIG1, which has the GYF domain that is highly conserved among diverse eukaryotic species, restricts cell death induction during pathogen invasions. Importantly, psig1 mutants do not display autoimmune phenotypes, and are more susceptible to the virulent bacterial pathogen. Our findings suggest that the restriction of cell death can have benefits for plants to defend themselves against hemi-biotrophic bacterial pathogen infections. We further provide evidence suggesting a mechanism by which PSIG1 may contain cell death by regulating the RNA metabolism machinery.
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- Hidenori Matsui
- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Graduate School of Environmental and Life Science, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Okazaki, Japan
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), PRESTO, Kawaguchi, Japan
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
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- RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Yokohama, Japan
- Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
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Wu Z, Huang S, Zhang X, Wu D, Xia S, Li X. Regulation of plant immune receptor accumulation through translational repression by a glycine-tyrosine-phenylalanine (GYF) domain protein. eLife 2017; 6:e23684. [PMID: 28362261 PMCID: PMC5403212 DOI: 10.7554/elife.23684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Plant immunity is tightly regulated to ensure proper defense against surrounding microbial pathogens without triggering autoimmunity, which negatively impacts plant growth and development. Immune receptor levels are intricately controlled by RNA processing and post-translational modification events, such as ubiquitination. It remains unknown whether, and if yes, how, plant immune receptor homeostasis is regulated at the translational level. From a mutant, snc1-enhancing (muse) forward genetic screen, we identified MUSE11/EXA1, which negatively regulates nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat (NLR) receptor mediated defence. EXA1 contains an evolutionarily conserved glycine-tyrosine-phenylalanine (GYF) domain that binds proline-rich sequences. Genetic and biochemical analysis revealed that loss of EXA1 leads to heightened NLR accumulation and enhanced resistance against virulent pathogens. EXA1 also associates with eIF4E initiation factors and the ribosome complex, likely contributing to the proper translation of target proteins. In summary, our study reveals a previously unknown mechanism of regulating NLR homeostasis through translational repression by a GYF protein.
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- Zhongshou Wu
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Phytohormones, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, China
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Davey NE, Seo MH, Yadav VK, Jeon J, Nim S, Krystkowiak I, Blikstad C, Dong D, Markova N, Kim PM, Ivarsson Y. Discovery of short linear motif-mediated interactions through phage display of intrinsically disordered regions of the human proteome. FEBS J 2017; 284:485-498. [PMID: 28002650 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Revised: 12/04/2016] [Accepted: 12/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The intrinsically disordered regions of eukaryotic proteomes are enriched in short linear motifs (SLiMs), which are of crucial relevance for cellular signaling and protein regulation; many mediate interactions by providing binding sites for peptide-binding domains. The vast majority of SLiMs remain to be discovered highlighting the need for experimental methods for their large-scale identification. We present a novel proteomic peptide phage display (ProP-PD) library that displays peptides representing the disordered regions of the human proteome, allowing direct large-scale interrogation of most potential binding SLiMs in the proteome. The performance of the ProP-PD library was validated through selections against SLiM-binding bait domains with distinct folds and binding preferences. The vast majority of identified binding peptides contained sequences that matched the known SLiM-binding specificities of the bait proteins. For SHANK1 PDZ, we establish a novel consensus TxF motif for its non-C-terminal ligands. The binding peptides mostly represented novel target proteins, however, several previously validated protein-protein interactions (PPIs) were also discovered. We determined the affinities between the VHS domain of GGA1 and three identified ligands to 40-130 μm through isothermal titration calorimetry, and confirmed interactions through coimmunoprecipitation using full-length proteins. Taken together, we outline a general pipeline for the design and construction of ProP-PD libraries and the analysis of ProP-PD-derived, SLiM-based PPIs. We demonstrated the methods potential to identify low affinity motif-mediated interactions for modular domains with distinct binding preferences. The approach is a highly useful complement to the current toolbox of methods for PPI discovery.
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- Norman E Davey
- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics and Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Sweden
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Hashimoto M, Neriya Y, Keima T, Iwabuchi N, Koinuma H, Hagiwara-Komoda Y, Ishikawa K, Himeno M, Maejima K, Yamaji Y, Namba S. EXA1, a GYF domain protein, is responsible for loss-of-susceptibility to plantago asiatica mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 88:120-131. [PMID: 27402258 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.13265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2016] [Revised: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One of the plant host resistance machineries to viruses is attributed to recessive alleles of genes encoding critical host factors for virus infection. This type of resistance, also referred to as recessive resistance, is useful for revealing plant-virus interactions and for breeding antivirus resistance in crop plants. Therefore, it is important to identify a novel host factor responsible for robust recessive resistance to plant viruses. Here, we identified a mutant from an ethylmethane sulfonate (EMS)-mutagenized Arabidopsis population which confers resistance to plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV, genus Potexvirus). Based on map-based cloning and single nucleotide polymorphism analysis, we identified a premature termination codon in a functionally unknown gene containing a GYF domain, which binds to proline-rich sequences in eukaryotes. Complementation analyses and robust resistance to PlAMV in a T-DNA mutant demonstrated that this gene, named Essential for poteXvirus Accumulation 1 (EXA1), is indispensable for PlAMV infection. EXA1 contains a GYF domain and a conserved motif for interaction with eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E (eIF4E), and is highly conserved among monocot and dicot species. Analysis using qRT-PCR and immunoblotting revealed that EXA1 was expressed in all tissues, and was not transcriptionally responsive to PlAMV infection in Arabidopsis plants. Moreover, accumulation of PlAMV and a PlAMV-derived replicon was drastically diminished in the initially infected cells by the EXA1 deficiency. Accumulation of two other potexviruses also decreased in exa1-1 mutant plants. Our results provided a functional annotation to GYF domain-containing proteins by revealing the function of the highly conserved EXA1 gene in plant-virus interactions.
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- Masayoshi Hashimoto
- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
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Uslan V, Seker H. Binding affinity prediction of S. cerevisiae 14-3-3 and GYF peptide-recognition domains using support vector regression. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2016; 2016:3445-3448. [PMID: 28269042 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2016.7591469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Proteins interact with other proteins and bio-molecules to carry out biological processes in a cell. Computational models help understanding complex biochemical processes that happens throughout the life of a cell. Domain-mediated protein interaction to peptides one such complex problem in bioinformatics that requires computational predictive models to identify meaningful bindings. In this study, domain-peptide binding affinity prediction models are proposed based on support vector regression. Proposed models are applied to yeast bmh 14-3-3 and syh GYF peptide-recognition domains. The cross validated results of the domain-peptide binding affinity data sets show that predictive performance of the support vector based models are efficient.
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Fu R, Olsen MT, Webb K, Bennett EJ, Lykke-Andersen J. Recruitment of the 4EHP-GYF2 cap-binding complex to tetraproline motifs of tristetraprolin promotes repression and degradation of mRNAs with AU-rich elements. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2016; 22:373-382. [PMID: 26763119 PMCID: PMC4748815 DOI: 10.1261/rna.054833.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The zinc finger protein tristetraprolin (TTP) promotes translation repression and degradation of mRNAs containing AU-rich elements (AREs). Although much attention has been directed toward understanding the decay process and machinery involved, the translation repression role of TTP has remained poorly understood. Here we identify the cap-binding translation repression 4EHP-GYF2 complex as a cofactor of TTP. Immunoprecipitation and in vitro pull-down assays demonstrate that TTP associates with the 4EHP-GYF2 complex via direct interaction with GYF2, and mutational analyses show that this interaction occurs via conserved tetraproline motifs of TTP. Mutant TTP with diminished 4EHP-GYF2 binding is impaired in its ability to repress a luciferase reporter ARE-mRNA. 4EHP knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) display increased induction and slower turnover of TTP-target mRNAs as compared to wild-type MEFs. Our work highlights the function of the conserved tetraproline motifs of TTP and identifies 4EHP-GYF2 as a cofactor in translational repression and mRNA decay by TTP.
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- Rui Fu
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Okano A, Wan K, Kanda K, Yabuki Y, Funato K, Mizuta K. SMY2 and SYH1 suppress defects in ribosome biogenesis caused by ebp2 mutations. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2015; 79:1481-3. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2015.1031077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Ebp2 is an assembly factor of the 60S ribosomal subunit in yeast. We demonstrate that overexpression of SMY2 or SYH1 partially suppresses defects in growth and ribosome biogenesis of ebp2 mutants, and that smy2Δ and syh1Δ exhibit synthetic growth defects with the ebp2 allele. These results suggest that Smy2 and Syh1 may be involved in ribosome biogenesis in relation to Ebp2.
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- Akira Okano
- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Biofunctional Science and Technology, Graduate School of Biosphere Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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Tian F, Tan R, Guo T, Zhou P, Yang L. Fast and reliable prediction of domain–peptide binding affinity using coarse-grained structure models. Biosystems 2013; 113:40-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2013] [Accepted: 04/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Coelho Ribeiro MDL, Espinosa J, Islam S, Martinez O, Thanki JJ, Mazariegos S, Nguyen T, Larina M, Xue B, Uversky VN. Malleable ribonucleoprotein machine: protein intrinsic disorder in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae spliceosome. PeerJ 2013; 1:e2. [PMID: 23638354 PMCID: PMC3628832 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Recent studies revealed that a significant fraction of any given proteome is presented by proteins that do not have unique 3D structures as a whole or in significant parts. These intrinsically disordered proteins possess dramatic structural and functional variability, being especially enriched in signaling and regulatory functions since their lack of fixed structure defines their ability to be involved in interaction with several proteins and allows them to be re-used in multiple pathways. Among recognized disorder-based protein functions are interactions with nucleic acids and multi-target binding; i.e., the functions ascribed to many spliceosomal proteins. Therefore, the spliceosome, a multimegadalton ribonucleoprotein machine catalyzing the excision of introns from eukaryotic pre-mRNAs, represents an attractive target for the focused analysis of the abundance and functionality of intrinsic disorder in its proteinaceous components. In yeast cells, spliceosome consists of five small nuclear RNAs (U1, U2, U4, U5, and U6) and a range of associated proteins. Some of these proteins constitute cores of the corresponding snRNA-protein complexes known as small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Other spliceosomal proteins have various auxiliary functions. To gain better understanding of the functional roles of intrinsic disorder, we have studied the prevalence of intrinsically disordered proteins in the yeast spliceosome using a wide array of bioinformatics methods. Our study revealed that similar to the proteins associated with human spliceosomes (Korneta & Bujnicki, 2012), proteins found in the yeast spliceosome are enriched in intrinsic disorder.
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- Maria de Lourdes Coelho Ribeiro
- Cancer Imaging Metabolism, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute , United States ; Department of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida , United States
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Piotukh K, Freund C. A novel hSH3 domain scaffold engineered to bind folded domains in CD2BP2 and HIV capsid protein. Protein Eng Des Sel 2012; 25:649-56. [DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzs062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Guo Z, Song E, Ma S, Wang X, Gao S, Shao C, Hu S, Jia L, Tian R, Xu T, Gao Y. Proteomics strategy to identify substrates of LNX, a PDZ domain-containing E3 ubiquitin ligase. J Proteome Res 2012; 11:4847-62. [PMID: 22889411 DOI: 10.1021/pr300674c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Ubiquitin ligases (E3s) confer specificity to ubiquitination by recognizing target substrates. However, the substrates of most E3s have not been extensively discovered, and new methods are needed to efficiently and comprehensively identify these substrates. Mostly, E3s specifically recognize substrates via their protein interaction domains. We developed a novel integrated strategy to identify substrates of E3s containing protein interaction domains on a proteomic scale. The binding properties of the protein interaction domains were characterized by screening a random peptide library using a yeast two-hybrid system. Artificial degrons, consisting of a preferential ubiquitination sequence and particular interaction domain-binding motifs, were tested as potential substrates by in vitro ubiquitination assays. Using this strategy, not only substrates but also nonsubstrate regulators can be discovered. The detailed substrate recognition mechanisms, which are useful for drug discovery, can also be characterized. We used the Ligand of Numb protein X (LNX) family of E3s, a group of PDZ domain-containing RING-type E3 ubiquitin ligases, to demonstrate the feasibility of this strategy. Many potential substrates of LNX E3s were identified. Eight of the nine selected candidates were ubiquitinated in vitro, and two novel endogenous substrates, PDZ-binding kinase (PBK) and breakpoint cluster region protein (BCR), were confirmed in vivo. We further revealed that the LNX1-mediated ubiquitination and degradation of PBK inhibited cell proliferation and enhanced sensitivity to doxorubicin-induced apoptosis. The substrate recognition mechanism of LNX E3s was also characterized; this process involves the recognition of substrates via their specific PDZ domains by binding to the C-termini of the target proteins. This strategy can potentially be extended to a variety of E3s that contain protein interaction domain(s), thereby serving as a powerful tool for the comprehensive identification of their substrates on a proteomic scale.
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- Zhengguang Guo
- National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/School of Basic Medicine, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100005, China
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Andujar-Sanchez M, Cobos ES, Luque I, Martinez JC. Thermodynamic impact of embedded water molecules in the unfolding of human CD2BP2-GYF domain. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:7168-75. [PMID: 22624583 DOI: 10.1021/jp303495b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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GYF domains are small polyproline-recognition modules adopting a structural arrangement consisting of a single α-helix packed against a small β-sheet. Although most families of proline-rich recognition modules have been extensively characterized in terms of function, structure, or conformational flexibility, little is known about GYF domain functionality and folding. We have undertaken the thermodynamic characterization of the unfolding of CD2BP2-GYF domain by combining differential scanning calorimetry and circular dichroism under different pH conditions. The experimental data can be well-described in terms of a two-state equilibrium, although an unusually high heat capacity of the native state reflects a considerable conformational flexibility and dynamics of CD2BP2-GYF domain. In addition, the normalized thermodynamic parameters of unfolding (enthalpy, entropy and heat capacity) are roughly a factor of two greater than expected. In contrast, stability curves reveal an ordinary unfolding behavior of CD2BP2-GYF domain in terms of Gibbs energies, incurring thus unusually strong enthalpy-entropy compensation. This phenomenon, previously described as "thermodynamic homeostasis", has been associated in different examples to the contribution of occluded water (solvent) molecules into the protein structure. By means of CASTp server, we have found seven cavities/pockets scattered throughout of the CD2BP2-GYF structure, each able to harbor at least one water molecule. This structural feature provides rationalization for the atypical enthalpy values observed for CD2BP2-GYF because each water molecule is able to organize an extra amount of hydrogen bonds in the native state. In addition, these bound waters increase the vibrational entropy of the protein, which could also be responsible for an increase in protein flexibility and may thus fully explain the homeostatic behavior experimentally observed.
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- Montserrat Andujar-Sanchez
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry and Inorganic Chemistry, University of Almeria, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3), Carretera de Sacramento, 04120 Almeria, Spain
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Notch signaling is antagonized by SAO-1, a novel GYF-domain protein that interacts with the E3 ubiquitin ligase SEL-10 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 2012; 190:1043-57. [PMID: 22209900 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.136804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Notch signaling pathways can be regulated through a variety of cellular mechanisms, and genetically compromised systems provide useful platforms from which to search for the responsible modulators. The Caenorhabditis elegans gene aph-1 encodes a component of γ-secretase, which is essential for Notch signaling events throughout development. By looking for suppressors of the incompletely penetrant aph-1(zu147) mutation, we identify a new gene, sao-1 (suppressor of aph-one), that negatively regulates aph-1(zu147) activity in the early embryo. The sao-1 gene encodes a novel protein that contains a GYF protein-protein interaction domain and interacts specifically with SEL-10, an Fbw7 component of SCF E3 ubiquitin ligases. We demonstrate that the embryonic lethality of aph-1(zu147) mutants can be suppressed by removing sao-1 activity or by mutations that disrupt the SAO-1-SEL-10 protein interaction. Decreased sao-1 activity also influences Notch signaling events when they are compromised at different molecular steps of the pathway, such as at the level of the Notch receptor GLP-1 or the downstream transcription factor LAG-1. Combined analysis of the SAO-1-SEL-10 protein interaction and comparisons of sao-1 and sel-10 genetic interactions suggest a possible role for SAO-1 as an accessory protein that participates with SEL-10 in downregulation of Notch signaling. This work provides the first mutant analysis of a GYF-domain protein in either C. elegans or Drosophila and introduces a new type of Fbw7-interacting protein that acts in a subset of Fbw7 functions.
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Ash MR, Faelber K, Kosslick D, Albert GI, Roske Y, Kofler M, Schuemann M, Krause E, Freund C. Conserved β-Hairpin Recognition by the GYF Domains of Smy2 and GIGYF2 in mRNA Surveillance and Vesicular Transport Complexes. Structure 2010; 18:944-54. [PMID: 20696395 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2009] [Revised: 04/09/2010] [Accepted: 04/28/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Miriam-Rose Ash
- Protein Engineering, Leibniz-Institut fuer Molekulare Pharmakologie, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Sezen B, Seedorf M, Schiebel E. The SESA network links duplication of the yeast centrosome with the protein translation machinery. Genes Dev 2009; 23:1559-70. [PMID: 19571182 DOI: 10.1101/gad.524209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The yeast spindle pole body (SPB), the functional equivalent of mammalian centrosome, duplicates in G1/S phase of the cell cycle and then becomes inserted into the nuclear envelope. Here we describe a link between SPB duplication and targeted translation control. When insertion of the newly formed SPB into the nuclear envelope fails, the SESA network comprising the GYF domain protein Smy2, the translation inhibitor Eap1, the mRNA-binding protein Scp160 and the Asc1 protein, specifically inhibits initiation of translation of POM34 mRNA that encodes an integral membrane protein of the nuclear pore complex, while having no impact on other mRNAs. In response to SESA, POM34 mRNA accumulates in the cytoplasm and is not targeted to the ER for cotranslational translocation of the protein. Reduced level of Pom34 is sufficient to restore viability of mutants with defects in SPB duplication. We suggest that the SESA network provides a mechanism by which cells can regulate the translation of specific mRNAs. This regulation is used to coordinate competing events in the nuclear envelope.
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- Bengü Sezen
- Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH), Heidelberg, Germany
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Kofler M, Schuemann M, Merz C, Kosslick D, Schlundt A, Tannert A, Schaefer M, Lührmann R, Krause E, Freund C. Proline-rich sequence recognition: I. Marking GYF and WW domain assembly sites in early spliceosomal complexes. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 8:2461-73. [PMID: 19483244 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m900191-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Proline-rich sequences (PRS) and their recognition domains have emerged as transposable protein interaction modules during eukaryotic evolution. They are especially abundant in proteins associated with pre-mRNA splicing and likely assist in the formation of the spliceosome by binding to GYF and WW domains. Here we profile PRS-mediated interactions of the CD2BP2/52K GYF domain by a site-specific peptide inhibitor and stable isotope labeling/mass spectrometry analysis. Several PRS hubs with multiple proline-rich motifs exist that can recruit GYF and/or WW domains. Saturating the PRS sites by an isolated GYF domain inhibited splicing at the level of A complex formation. The interactions mediated by PRS are therefore important to the early phases of spliceosomal assembly.
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- Michael Kofler
- Protein Engineering Group, Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology and Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Uryga-Polowy V, Kosslick D, Freund C, Rademann J. Resin-bound aminofluorescein for C-terminal labeling of peptides: high-affinity polarization probes binding to polyproline-specific GYF domains. Chembiochem 2008; 9:2452-62. [PMID: 18803191 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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A polymer support for the solid-phase synthesis of C-terminally labeled carboxylic acids has been developed. Fluorophore-labeled peptides were constructed directly on the amino group of resin-bound aminofluorescein. Fmoc-protected aminofluorescein was coupled onto tritylpolystyrene, and the free phenolic hydroxyl positions of the fluorescein were blocked with suitable protecting groups. The mode of attachment was analyzed and found to be selective for the phenoxy ether linkage. The conditions for peptide synthesis on the labeling resin were investigated, and a small library of C-terminally labeled peptides was prepared. The fluorescence quantum yields of C-terminally labeled peptides were determined and indicated the suitability of the compounds for imaging and binding experiments. The obtained peptides were therefore investigated as fluorescence polarization probes. Two different proline-rich binding domains of the GYF family-CD2BP2 and PERQ2-were targeted by peptides labeled either C- or N-terminally. Reversible binding constants were determined by fluorescence polarization measurements and were verified by competition experiments with the corresponding unlabeled peptide. As a second control, the binding constants were measured by NMR titration experiments, recording the HSQC NMR spectra of (15)N-labeled proteins in the presence of the peptide polarization probes. Ligands with higher affinities than all others known previously were identified for both GYF domains. The competition assay with the developed fluorescent probe has a high statistical reliability and can thus be used for screening of GYF domain inhibitors.
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- Viviane Uryga-Polowy
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology FMP, Berlin, Germany
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Georgiev A, Leipus A, Olsson I, Berrez JM, Mutvei A. Characterization of MYR1, a dosage suppressor of YPT6 and RIC1 deficient mutants. Curr Genet 2008; 53:235-47. [PMID: 18327588 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-008-0183-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2007] [Revised: 02/20/2008] [Accepted: 02/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Freund C, Schmalz HG, Sticht J, Kühne R. Proline-rich sequence recognition domains (PRD): ligands, function and inhibition. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2008:407-29. [PMID: 18491062 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72843-6_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Low-affinity protein-protein interactions (PPI) between domains of modular proteins and short, solvent-exposed peptide sequences within their binding partners play an essential role in intracellular signaling. An important class of PPIs comprises proline-rich motifs (PRM) that are specifically recognized by PRM-binding domains (PRD). Aromatic side chains of the PRDs define the binding pockets that often recognize individual proline residues, while flanking sequences mediate specificity. Several of these PRM:PRD interactions are associated with cellular malfunction, cancer or infectious diseases. Thus, the design of PRM:PRD inhibitors by using structure-based molecular modeling as well as peptidomimetic approaches and high-throughput screening strategies is of great pharmacological interest. In this chapter we describe the molecular basis of PRM:PRD interactions, highlight their functional role in certain cellular processes and give an overview of recent strategies of inhibitor design.
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- C Freund
- Protein Engineering, Molecular Modeling Group, FU and FMP Berlin, Robert-Rössle-Str. 10, Berlin, Germany.
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A-kinase-anchoring proteins (AKAPs) are a diverse family of about 50 scaffolding proteins. They are defined by the presence of a structurally conserved protein kinase A (PKA)-binding domain. AKAPs tether PKA and other signalling proteins such as further protein kinases, protein phosphatases and phosphodiesterases by direct protein-protein interactions to cellular compartments. Thus, AKAPs form the basis of signalling modules that integrate cellular signalling processes and limit these to defined sites. Disruption of AKAP functions by gene targeting, knockdown approaches and, in particular, pharmacological disruption of defined AKAP-dependent protein-protein interactions has revealed key roles of AKAPs in numerous processes, including the regulation of cardiac myocyte contractility and vasopressin-mediated water reabsorption in the kidney. Dysregulation of such processes causes diseases, including cardiovascular and renal disorders. In this review, we discuss AKAP functions elucidated by gene targeting and knockdown approaches, but mainly focus on studies utilizing peptides for disruption of direct AKAP-mediated protein-protein interactions. The latter studies point to direct AKAP-mediated protein-protein interactions as targets for novel drugs.
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Balaji S, Aravind L. The RAGNYA fold: a novel fold with multiple topological variants found in functionally diverse nucleic acid, nucleotide and peptide-binding proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:5658-71. [PMID: 17715145 PMCID: PMC2034487 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Using sensitive structure similarity searches, we identify a shared α+β fold, RAGNYA, principally involved in nucleic acid, nucleotide or peptide interactions in a diverse group of proteins. These include the Ribosomal proteins L3 and L1, ATP-grasp modules, the GYF domain, DNA-recombination proteins of the NinB family from caudate bacteriophages, the C-terminal DNA-interacting domain of the Y-family DNA polymerases, the uncharacterized enzyme AMMECR1, the siRNA silencing repressor of tombusviruses, tRNA Wybutosine biosynthesis enzyme Tyw3p, DNA/RNA ligases and related nucleotidyltransferases and the Enhancer of rudimentary proteins. This fold exhibits three distinct circularly permuted versions and is composed of an internal repeat of a unit with two-strands and a helix. We show that despite considerable structural diversity in the fold, its representatives show a common mode of nucleic acid or nucleotide interaction via the exposed face of the sheet. Using this information and sensitive profile-based sequence searches: (1) we predict the active site, and mode of substrate interaction of the Wybutosine biosynthesis enzyme, Tyw3p, and a potential catalytic role for AMMECR1. (2) We provide insights regarding the mode of nucleic acid interaction of the NinB proteins, and the evolution of the active site of classical ATP-grasp enzymes and DNA/RNA ligases. (3) We also present evidence for a bacterial origin of the GYF domain and propose how this version of the fold might have been utilized in peptide interactions in the context of nucleoprotein complexes.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Song E, Gao S, Tian R, Ma S, Huang H, Guo J, Li Y, Zhang L, Gao Y. A high efficiency strategy for binding property characterization of peptide-binding domains. Mol Cell Proteomics 2006; 5:1368-81. [PMID: 16635984 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m600072-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A large proportion of protein-protein interactions is mediated by families of peptide-binding domains. Comprehensive characterization of each of these domains is critical for understanding the mechanisms and networks of protein interaction at the domain level. However, existing methods are all based on large scale screenings for each domain that are inefficient to deal with hundreds of members in major domain families. We developed a systematic strategy for efficient binding property characterization of peptide-binding domains based on high throughput validation screening of a specialized candidate ligand library using yeast two-hybrid mating array. Its outstanding feature is that the overall efficiency is dramatically improved compared with that of traditional screening, and it will be higher as the system cycles. PDZ domain family was first used to test the strategy. Five PDZ domains were rapidly characterized. Broader binding properties were identified compared with other methods, including novel recognition specificities that provided the basis for major revision of conventional PDZ classification. Several novel interactions were discovered, serving as significant clues for further functional investigation. This strategy can be easily extended to a variety of peptide-binding domains as a powerful tool for comprehensive analysis of domain binding property in proteomic scale.
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- Eli Song
- Proteomics Research Center, National Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College, 100005 Beijing, China
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GYF domains are small, versatile adaptor domains that recognize proline-rich sequences (PRS). They are present in most eukaryotic species sequenced so far, but in contrast to other PRS-recognition domains (PRD), GYF domains have not experienced the same amplification in metazoa during evolution. Mutational and structural analysis has shown the conserved signature W-X-Y-X(6-11)-GPF-X(4)-M-X(2)-W-X(3)-GYF to be the site of interaction with proline-rich peptides. In contrast, composition and length of the C-terminal half of GYF domains are not conserved. Similar to other PRD, GYF domains bind to many different PRS that converge on a minimal consensus sequence. All GYF domains analyzed so far selected for the core motif PPG, whereas amino-acid preferences adjacent to this motif vary. As a result of this analysis, two subfamilies have been identified: CD2BP2-type and SMY2-type GYF domains. The latter subfamily comprises most GYF domains and is characterized by a shorter beta(1)-beta(2) loop and an aspartate instead of the tryptophan found at position 8 in CD2BP2-type GYF domains. Recent analysis of binding specificities for GYF domains allowed identification of novel interaction partners. Thereby proteomics has contributed to a functional understanding of GYF domain-containing proteins and sets the stage for a more systematic investigation of their functions in vivo.
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- Michael M Kofler
- Protein Engineering Group, Free University and FMP Berlin, Germany.
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