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Sulatskaya AI, Kosolapova AO, Bobylev AG, Belousov MV, Antonets KS, Sulatsky MI, Kuznetsova IM, Turoverov KK, Stepanenko OV, Nizhnikov AA. β-Barrels and Amyloids: Structural Transitions, Biological Functions, and Pathogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11316. [PMID: 34768745 PMCID: PMC8582884 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Insoluble protein aggregates with fibrillar morphology called amyloids and β-barrel proteins both share a β-sheet-rich structure. Correctly folded β-barrel proteins can not only function in monomeric (dimeric) form, but also tend to interact with one another-followed, in several cases, by formation of higher order oligomers or even aggregates. In recent years, findings proving that β-barrel proteins can adopt cross-β amyloid folds have emerged. Different β-barrel proteins were shown to form amyloid fibrils in vitro. The formation of functional amyloids in vivo by β-barrel proteins for which the amyloid state is native was also discovered. In particular, several prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins with β-barrel domains were demonstrated to form amyloids in vivo, where they participate in interspecies interactions and nutrient storage, respectively. According to recent observations, despite the variety of primary structures of amyloid-forming proteins, most of them can adopt a conformational state with the β-barrel topology. This state can be intermediate on the pathway of fibrillogenesis ("on-pathway state"), or can be formed as a result of an alternative assembly of partially unfolded monomers ("off-pathway state"). The β-barrel oligomers formed by amyloid proteins possess toxicity, and are likely to be involved in the development of amyloidoses, thus representing promising targets for potential therapy of these incurable diseases. Considering rapidly growing discoveries of the amyloid-forming β-barrels, we may suggest that their real number and diversity of functions are significantly higher than identified to date, and represent only "the tip of the iceberg". Here, we summarize the data on the amyloid-forming β-barrel proteins, their physicochemical properties, and their biological functions, and discuss probable means and consequences of the amyloidogenesis of these proteins, along with structural relationships between these two widespread types of β-folds.
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- Anna I. Sulatskaya
- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Moscow, Russia;
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Xu J, Li Q, Zhang J, Li X, Sun T. In Silico Structural and Functional Analysis of Cold Shock Proteins in Pseudomonas fluorescens PF08 from Marine Fish. J Food Prot 2021; 84:1446-1454. [PMID: 33852731 DOI: 10.4315/jfp-21-044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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ABSTRACT Pseudomonas fluorescens is a specific spoilage microorganism of refrigerated marine fish, and is highly adapted to low temperature. Cold shock proteins (CSPs) play an important role in cold adaptation of bacteria. In this study, CSP genes were identified from the genome of P. fluorescens PF08 by search of the conserved domain of CSPs with HMMER software, and the CSP physicochemical properties, structures, and functions were analyzed through bioinformatics. Five typical CSPs were identified in the P. fluorescens PF08 genome (PfCSPs). All five PfCSPs are small hydrophilic acidic proteins with a molecular mass of ca. 7.4 kDa. They are located in the cytoplasm and are nonsecretory and nontransmembrane proteins. Multiple sequence alignment analysis indicated that the CSPs are highly conserved between species, especially in DNA-binding sites and RNA-binding motifs that can bind to single-stranded DNA and RNA. The five PfCSPs clustered with CspD from Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium, which suggests a close homology and high functional similarity among the five PfCSPs and CspD. The secondary and tertiary structures of the PfCSPs are in accordance with the characteristics of the CSP family, and ligand binding sites with higher likelihood were found in PfCSPs. The five PfCSPs were predicted to interact with some of the same proteins that are involved in virulence, stress responses (including to low temperature), cell growth, ribosome assembly, and RNA degradation. The results provide further elucidation of the function of CSPs in adaptation to low temperatures by P. fluorescens. HIGHLIGHTS
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- Jinxiu Xu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121013, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121013, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121013, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121013, People's Republic of China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Bohai University, National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Storage, Processing and Safety Control Technology for Fresh Agricultural and Aquatic Products, Jinzhou, Liaoning 121013, People's Republic of China
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Ray S, Da Costa R, Thakur S, Nandi D. Salmonella Typhimurium encoded cold shock protein E is essential for motility and biofilm formation. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2021; 166:460-473. [PMID: 32159509 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The ability of bacteria to form biofilms increases their survival under adverse environmental conditions. Biofilms have enormous medical and environmental impact; consequently, the factors that influence biofilm formation are an important area of study. In this investigation, the roles of two cold shock proteins (CSP) during biofilm formation were investigated in Salmonella Typhimurium, which is a major foodborne pathogen. Among all CSP transcripts studied, the expression of cspE (STM14_0732) was higher during biofilm growth. The cspE deletion strain (ΔcspE) did not form biofilms on a cholesterol coated glass surface; however, complementation with WT cspE, but not the F30V mutant, was able to rescue this phenotype. Transcript levels of other CSPs demonstrated up-regulation of cspA (STM14_4399) in ΔcspE. The cspA deletion strain (ΔcspA) did not affect biofilm formation; however, ΔcspEΔcspA exhibited higher biofilm formation compared to ΔcspE. Most likely, the higher cspA amounts in ΔcspE reduced biofilm formation, which was corroborated using cspA over-expression studies. Further functional studies revealed that ΔcspE and ΔcspEΔcspA exhibited slow swimming but no swarming motility. Although cspA over-expression did not affect motility, cspE complementation restored the swarming motility of ΔcspE. The transcript levels of the major genes involved in motility in ΔcspE demonstrated lower expression of the class III (fliC, motA, cheY), but not class I (flhD) or class II (fliA, fliL), flagellar regulon genes. Overall, this study has identified the interplay of two CSPs in regulating two biological processes: CspE is essential for motility in a CspA-independent manner whereas biofilm formation is CspA-dependent.
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- Semanti Ray
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Undergraduate Studies, Indian Insitute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Heinemann U, Roske Y. Cold-Shock Domains-Abundance, Structure, Properties, and Nucleic-Acid Binding. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13020190. [PMID: 33430354 PMCID: PMC7825780 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13020190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Proteins are composed of compact domains, often of known three-dimensional structure, and natively unstructured polypeptide regions. The abundant cold-shock domain is among the set of canonical nucleic acid-binding domains and conserved from bacteria to man. Proteins containing cold-shock domains serve a large variety of biological functions, which are mostly linked to DNA or RNA binding. These functions include the regulation of transcription, RNA splicing, translation, stability and sequestration. Cold-shock domains have a simple architecture with a conserved surface ideally suited to bind single-stranded nucleic acids. Because the binding is mostly by non-specific molecular interactions which do not involve the sugar-phosphate backbone, cold-shock domains are not strictly sequence-specific and do not discriminate reliably between DNA and RNA. Many, but not all functions of cold shock-domain proteins in health and disease can be understood based of the physical and structural properties of their cold-shock domains. Abstract The cold-shock domain has a deceptively simple architecture but supports a complex biology. It is conserved from bacteria to man and has representatives in all kingdoms of life. Bacterial cold-shock proteins consist of a single cold-shock domain and some, but not all are induced by cold shock. Cold-shock domains in human proteins are often associated with natively unfolded protein segments and more rarely with other folded domains. Cold-shock proteins and domains share a five-stranded all-antiparallel β-barrel structure and a conserved surface that binds single-stranded nucleic acids, predominantly by stacking interactions between nucleobases and aromatic protein sidechains. This conserved binding mode explains the cold-shock domains’ ability to associate with both DNA and RNA strands and their limited sequence selectivity. The promiscuous DNA and RNA binding provides a rationale for the ability of cold-shock domain-containing proteins to function in transcription regulation and DNA-damage repair as well as in regulating splicing, translation, mRNA stability and RNA sequestration.
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von König K, Kachel N, Kalbitzer HR, Kremer W. RNA and DNA Binding Epitopes of the Cold Shock Protein TmCsp from the Hyperthermophile Thermotoga maritima. Protein J 2020; 39:487-500. [PMID: 33094361 PMCID: PMC7704496 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-020-09929-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Prokaryotic cold shock proteins (CSPs) are considered to play an important role in the transcriptional and translational regulation of gene expression, possibly by acting as transcription anti-terminators and “RNA chaperones”. They bind with high affinity to single-stranded nucleic acids. Here we report the binding epitope of TmCsp from Thermotoga maritima for both single-stranded DNA and RNA, using heteronuclear 2D NMR spectroscopy. At “physiological” growth temperatures of TmCsp (≥ 343 K), all oligonucleotides studied have dissociation constants between 1.6 ((dT)7) and 25.2 ((dA)7) μM as determined by tryptophan fluorescence quenching. Reduction of the temperature to 303 K leads to a pronounced increase of affinity for thymidylate (dT)7 and uridylate (rU)7 heptamers with dissociation constants of 4.0 and 10.8 nM, respectively, whereas the weak binding of TmCsp to cytidylate, adenylate, and guanylate heptamers (dC)7, (dA)7, and (dT)7 is almost unaffected by temperature. The change of affinities of TmCsp for (dT)7 and (rU)7 by approximately 3 orders of magnitude shows that it represents a cold chock sensor that switches on the cold shock reaction of the cell. A temperature dependent conformational switch of the protein is required for this action. The binding epitope on TmCsp for the ssDNA and RNA heptamers is very similar and comprises β-strands 1 and 2, the loop β1–β2 as well as the loops connecting β3 with β4 and β4 with β5. Besides the loop regions, surprisingly, mainly the RNA-binding motif RNP1 is involved in ssDNA and RNA binding, while only two amino acids, H28 and W29, of the postulated RNA-binding motif RNP2 interact with the uridylate and thymidylate homonucleotides, although a high affinity in the nanomolar range is achieved. This is in contrast to the binding properties of other CSPs or cold shock domains, where RNP1 as well as RNP2 are involved in binding. TmCsp takes up a unique position since it is the only one which possesses a tryptophan residue instead of a usually highly conserved phenylalanine or tyrosine residue at the end of RNP2. NMR titrations suggest that neither (dT)7 nor (rU)7 represent the full binding motif and that non-optimal intercalation of W29 into these oligonucleotides blocks the access of the RNP2 site to the DNA or RNA. NMR-experiments with (dA)7 suggest an interaction of W29 with the adenine ring. Full binding seems to require at least one single purine base well-positioned within a thymine- or uracil-rich stretch of nucleic acids.
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- Konstanze von König
- Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, 93040, Regensburg, Germany.
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Ray S, Da Costa R, Das M, Nandi D. Interplay of cold shock protein E with an uncharacterized protein, YciF, lowers porin expression and enhances bile resistance in Salmonella Typhimurium. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:9084-9099. [PMID: 30992363 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial cold shock proteins (CSPs) function as RNA chaperones. To assess CSP's roles in the intracellular human pathogen Salmonella Typhimurium, we analyzed their expression in varied stress conditions. We found that cold shock protein E (cspE or STM14_0732) is up-regulated during bile salt-induced stress and that an S. Typhimurium strain lacking cspE (ΔcspE) displays dose-dependent sensitivity to bile salts, specifically to deoxycholate. We also found that an uncharacterized gene, yciF (STM14_2092), is up-regulated in response to bile stress in WT but not in the ΔcspE strain. Complementation with WT CspE, but not with a F30V CspE variant, abrogated the bile sensitivity of ΔcspE as did multicopy overexpression of yciF. Northern blotting experiments with rifampicin disclosed that the regulation of yciF expression is, most likely, due to the RNA-stabilizing activity of CspE. Importantly, electrophoretic mobility shift assays indicated that purified CspE, but not the F30V variant, directly binds yciF mRNA. We also observed that the extra-cytoplasmic stress-response (ESR) pathway is augmented in the bile-treated ΔcspE strain, as judged by induction of RpoE regulon genes (rpoE, degP, and rybB) and downstream ESR genes (hfq, rne, and PNPase). Moreover, the transcript levels of the porin genes, ompD, ompF, and ompC, were higher in bile salts-stressed ΔcspE and correlated with higher intracellular accumulation of the fluorescent DNA stain bisBenzimide H 33258, indicating greater cell permeability. In conclusion, our study has identified YciF, a CspE target involved in the regulation of porins and in countering bile stress in S. Typhimurium.
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, .,Center for Infectious Diseases Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India
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Ricke SC, Dawoud TM, Kim SA, Park SH, Kwon YM. Salmonella Cold Stress Response: Mechanisms and Occurrence in Foods. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2018; 104:1-38. [PMID: 30143250 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Since bacteria in foods often encounter various cold environments during food processing, such as chilling, cold chain distribution, and cold storage, lower temperatures can become a major stress environment for foodborne pathogens. Bacterial responses in stressful environments have been considered in the past, but now the importance of stress responses at the molecular level is becoming recognized. Documenting how bacterial changes occur at the molecular level may help to achieve the in-depth understanding of stress responses, to predict microbial fate when they encounter cold temperatures, and to design and develop more effective strategies to control pathogens in food for ensuring food safety. Microorganisms differ in responding to a sudden downshift in temperature and this, in turn, impacts their metabolic processes and can cause various structural modifications. In this review, the fundamental aspects of bacterial cold stress responses focused on cell membrane modification, DNA supercoiling modification, transcriptional and translational responses, cold-induced protein synthesis including CspA, CsdA, NusA, DnaA, RecA, RbfA, PNPase, KsgA, SrmB, trigger factors, and initiation factors are discussed. In this context, specific Salmonella responses to cold temperature including growth, injury, and survival and their physiological and genetic responses to cold environments with a focus on cross-protection, different gene expression levels, and virulence factors will be discussed.
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- Steven C Ricke
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States.
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Center for Food Safety, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States; Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States
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Caruso IP, Panwalkar V, Coronado MA, Dingley AJ, Cornélio ML, Willbold D, Arni RK, Eberle RJ. Structure and interaction of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis cold shock protein A with Y-box single-stranded DNA fragment. FEBS J 2017; 285:372-390. [PMID: 29197185 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cold shock proteins (Csps) function to preserve cell viability at low temperatures by binding to nucleic acids and consequently control gene expression. The mesophilic bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the causative agent of caseous lymphadenitis in animals, and infection in livestock is a considerable economic burden worldwide. In this report, the structure of cold shock protein A from Cp (Cp-CspA) and biochemical analysis of its temperature-dependent interaction with a Y-box ssDNA motif is presented. The Cp-CspA structure contains five β-strands making up a β-barrel fold with 11 hydrophobic core residues and two salt bridges that confers it with a melting temperature of ~ 54 °C that is similar to mesophilic Bs-CspB. Chemical shift perturbations analysis revealed that residues in the nucleic acid-binding motifs (RNP 1 and 2) and loop 3 are involved in binding to the Y-box fragment either by direct interaction or by conformational rearrangements remote from the binding region. Fluorescence quenching experiments of Cp-CspA showed that the dissociation constants for Y-box ssDNA binding is nanomolar and the binding affinity decreased as the temperature increased, indicating that the interaction is enthalpically driven and the hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces are important contributions for complex stabilization. The Y31 of Cp-CspA is a particular occurrence among Csps from mesophilic bacteria that provide a possible explanation for the higher binding affinity to ssDNA than that observed for Bs-CspB. Anisotropy measurements indicated that the reduction in molecular mobility of Cp-CspA upon Y-box binding is characterized by a cooperative process. DATABASE Resonance assignment and structural data are available in the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank and Protein Data Bank under accession number 26802 and 5O6F, respectively.
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- Icaro P Caruso
- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Carvajal AI, Vallejos G, Komives EA, Castro-Fernández V, Leonardo DA, Garratt RC, Ramírez-Sarmiento CA, Babul J. Unusual dimerization of a BcCsp mutant leads to reduced conformational dynamics. FEBS J 2017; 284:1882-1896. [PMID: 28457014 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14093] [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: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Cold shock proteins (Csp) constitute a family of ubiquitous small proteins that act as RNA-chaperones to avoid cold-induced termination of translation. All members contain two subdomains composed of 2 and 3 β-strands, respectively, which are connected by a hinge loop and fold into a β-barrel. Bacillus caldolyticus Csp (BcCsp) is one of the most studied members of the family in terms of its folding, function, and structure. This protein has been described as a monomer in solution, although a recent crystal structure showed dimerization via domain swapping (DS). In contrast, other cold shock proteins of the same fold are known to dimerize in a nonswapped arrangement. Hypothesizing that reducing the size of the hinge loop may promote swapping as in several other DS proteins with different folds we deleted two residues from these region (BcCsp∆36-37), leading to a protein in monomer-dimer equilibrium with similar folding stability to that of the wild-type. Strikingly, the crystal structure of BcCsp∆36-37 revealed a nonswapped dimer with its interface located at the nucleic acid-binding surface, showing that the deletion led to structural consequences far from the perturbation site. Concomitantly, circular dichroism experiments on BcCsp∆36-37 demonstrated that binding of the oligonucleotide hexathymidine disrupts the dimer. Additionally, HDXMS shows a protective effect on the protein structure upon dimerization, where the resulting interactions between ligand-binding surfaces in the dimer reduced the extent of exchange throughout the whole protein. Our work provides evidence of the complex interplay between conformational dynamics, deletions, and oligomerization within the Csp protein family. DATABASES Structural data are available in the Protein Data Bank under accession number 5JX4.
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- Alonso I Carvajal
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Lindae A, Eberle RJ, Caruso IP, Coronado MA, de Moraes FR, Azevedo V, Arni RK. Expression, purification and characterization of cold shock protein A of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Protein Expr Purif 2015; 112:15-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2015.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2015] [Revised: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Jin B, Jeong KW, Kim Y. Structure and flexibility of the thermophilic cold-shock protein of Thermus aquaticus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 451:402-7. [PMID: 25101648 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus is a well-known source of Taq polymerase. Here, we studied the structure and dynamics of the T. aquaticus cold-shock protein (Ta-Csp) to better understand its thermostability using NMR spectroscopy. We found that Ta-Csp has a five-stranded β-barrel structure with five salt bridges which are important for more rigid structure and a higher melting temperature (76 °C) of Ta-Csp compared to mesophilic and psychrophilic Csps. Microsecond to millisecond time scale exchange processes occur only at the β1-β2 surface region of the nucleic acid binding site with an average conformational exchange rate constant of 674 s(-1). The results imply that thermophilic Ta-Csp has a more rigid structure and may not need high structural flexibility to accommodate nucleic acids upon cold shock compared to its mesophile and psychrophile counterparts.
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- Bonghwan Jin
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
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Mani A, Gupta DK. Single-stranded nucleic acid binding in Arabidopsis thaliana cold shock protein is cold shock domain dependent. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2014; 33:861-8. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2014.907747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Ashutosh Mani
- Center of Bioinformatics, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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- Center of Bioinformatics, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002, India
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Tanaka T, Mega R, Kim K, Shinkai A, Masui R, Kuramitsu S, Nakagawa N. A non-cold-inducible cold shock protein homolog mainly contributes to translational control under optimal growth conditions. FEBS J 2012; 279:1014-29. [PMID: 22251463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cold shock proteins (Csps) include both cold-induced and non-cold-induced proteins, contrary to their name. Cold-induced Csps are well studied; they function in cold acclimation by controlling transcription and translation. Some Csps have been reported to contribute to other cellular processes. However, the functions of non-cold-induced Csps under optimal growth conditions remain unknown. To elucidate these functions, we used transcriptome and proteome analyses as comprehensive approaches and have compared the outputs of wild-type and non-cold-induced Csp-deletion mutant cells. As a model organism, we selected Thermus thermophilus HB8 because it has only two csp genes (ttcsp1 and ttcsp2); ttCsp1 is the only non-cold-induced Csp. Surprisingly, the amount of transcripts and proteins upon deletion of the ttcsp1 gene was quite different. DNA microarray analysis revealed that the deletion of ttcsp1 did not affect the amount of transcripts, although the ttcsp1 gene was constantly expressed in the wild-type cell. Nonetheless, proteomic analysis revealed that the expression levels of many proteins were significantly altered when ttcsp1 was deleted. These results suggest that ttCsp1 functions in translation independent of transcription. Furthermore, ttCsp1 is involved in both the stimulation and inhibition of translation of specific proteins. Here, we have determined the crystal structure of ttCsp1 at 1.65 Å. This is the first report to present the structure of a non-cold-inducible cold shock protein. We also report the nucleotide binding affinity of ttCsp1. Finally, we discuss the functions of non-cold-induced Csps and propose how they modulate the levels of specific proteins to suit the prevailing environmental conditions.
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- Toshiko Tanaka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
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Sachs R, Max KE, Heinemann U, Balbach J. RNA single strands bind to a conserved surface of the major cold shock protein in crystals and solution. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:65-76. [PMID: 22128343 PMCID: PMC3261745 DOI: 10.1261/rna.02809212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bacterial cold shock proteins (CSPs) regulate the cellular response to temperature downshift. Their general principle of function involves RNA chaperoning and transcriptional antitermination. Here we present two crystal structures of cold shock protein B from Bacillus subtilis (Bs-CspB) in complex with either a hexanucleotide (5'-UUUUUU-3') or heptanucleotide (5'-GUCUUUA-3') single-stranded RNA (ssRNA). Hydrogen bonds and stacking interactions between RNA bases and aromatic sidechains characterize individual binding subsites. Additional binding subsites which are not occupied by the ligand in the crystal structure were revealed by NMR spectroscopy in solution on Bs-CspB·RNA complexes. Binding studies demonstrate that Bs-CspB associates with ssDNA as well as ssRNA with moderate sequence specificity. Varying affinities of oligonucleotides are reflected mainly in changes of the dissociation rates. The generally lower binding affinity of ssRNA compared to its ssDNA analog is attributed solely to the substitution of thymine by uracil bases in RNA.
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- Rolf Sachs
- Fachgruppe Biophysik Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Berlin-Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Berlin-Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgruppe Biophysik Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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