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Galyamina MA, Zubov AI, Ladygina VG, Li AV, Matyushkina DS, Pobeguts OV, Fisunov GY. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of the Mycoplasma gallisepticum Nucleoid Fraction before and after Infection. Bull Exp Biol Med 2022; 172:336-340. [PMID: 35001316 DOI: 10.1007/s10517-022-05388-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mycoplasma gallisepticum belongs to the class Mollicutes and induces severe chronic respiratory disease in chickens. It lacks the cell wall and contains a very small genome and, accordingly, a reduced set of regulatory proteins. It is assumed that one of the regulatory mechanisms in mycoplasmas may be the dynamics of the spatial organization of the chromosome. M. gallisepticum has only two known nucleoid-associated (NAP) histone-like proteins (Hup_1 and Hup_2). To search for new potential NAP that may play a role in the infection process, we isolated nucleoid fractions from M. gallisepticum cells before and after infection of HD3 chicken erythroblast cell line and performed a comparative proteomic analysis of these fractions. We identified several potential NAP that included the components of the terminal organelle and adhesion, VlhA antigen, NADH oxidase, and PykF pyruvate kinase.
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- M A Galyamina
- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia.
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, Federal Medical-Biological Agency of Russia, Moscow, Russia
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Khavnekar S, Dantu SC, Sedelnikova S, Ayora S, Rafferty J, Kale A. Structural insights into dynamics of RecU-HJ complex formation elucidates key role of NTR and stalk region toward formation of reactive state. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 45:975-986. [PMID: 27903910 PMCID: PMC5314769 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Holliday junction (HJ) resolving enzyme RecU is involved in DNA repair and recombination. We have determined the crystal structure of inactive mutant (D88N) of RecU from Bacillus subtilis in complex with a 12 base palindromic DNA fragment at a resolution of 3.2 Å. This structure shows the stalk region and the essential N-terminal region (NTR) previously unseen in our DNA unbound structure. The flexible nature of the NTR in solution was confirmed using SAXS. Thermofluor studies performed to assess the stability of RecU in complex with the arms of an HJ indicate that it confers stability. Further, we performed molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of wild type and an NTR deletion variant of RecU, with and without HJ. The NTR is observed to be highly flexible in simulations of the unbound RecU, in agreement with SAXS observations. These simulations revealed domain dynamics of RecU and their role in the formation of complex with HJ. The MD simulations also elucidate key roles of the NTR, stalk region, and breathing motion of RecU in the formation of the reactive state.
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- Sagar Khavnekar
- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Science, University of Mumbai, Vidhyanagari Campus, Mumbai 400098, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, IIT Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Science, University of Mumbai, Vidhyanagari Campus, Mumbai 400098, India
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Identification of amino acid residues critical for catalysis of Holliday junction resolution by Mycoplasma genitalium RecU. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:3941-8. [PMID: 21642467 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00247-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The RecU protein from Mycoplasma genitalium, RecU(Mge), is a 19.4-kDa Holliday junction (HJ) resolvase that binds in a nonspecific fashion to HJ substrates and, in the presence of Mn(2+), cleaves these substrates at a specific sequence (5'-G/TC↓C/TTA/GG-3'). To identify amino acid residues that are crucial for HJ binding and/or cleavage, we generated a series of 16 deletion mutants (9 N- and 7 C-terminal deletion mutants) and 31 point mutants of RecU(Mge). The point mutations were introduced at amino acid positions that are highly conserved among bacterial RecU-like sequences. All mutants were purified and tested for the ability to bind to, and cleave, HJ substrates. We found the five N-terminal and three C-terminal amino acid residues of RecU(Mge) to be dispensable for its catalytic activities. Among the 31 point mutants, 7 mutants were found to be inactive in both HJ binding and cleavage. Interestingly, in 12 other mutants, these two activities were uncoupled; while these proteins displayed HJ-binding characteristics similar to those of wild-type RecU(Mge), they were unable to cleave HJ substrates. Thus, 12 amino acid residues were identified (E11, K31, D57, Y58, Y66, D68, E70, K72, T74, K76, Q88, and L92) that may play either a direct or indirect role in the catalysis of HJ resolution.
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Kelly SJ, Li J, Setlow P, Jedrzejas MJ. Structure, flexibility, and mechanism of the Bacillus stearothermophilus RecU Holliday junction resolvase. Proteins 2007; 68:961-71. [PMID: 17557334 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Here we report a high resolution structure of RecU-Holliday junction resolvase from Bacillus stearothermophilus. The functional unit of RecU is a homodimer that contains a "mushroom" like structure with a rigid cap and two highly flexible loops extending outwards. These loops appear to be highly flexible/dynamic, and presumably are directly involved in DNA binding and holding it for catalysis. Structural modifications of both the protein and DNA upon their interaction are essential for catalysis. An Mg2+ ion is present in each of the two active sites in this homodimeric enzyme, and two water molecules are coordinated with each Mg2+ ion. Our data are consistent with one of these water molecules acting as a nucleophile and the other as a general acid. The identities of the general base and general acid involved in catalysis and the Lewis acid that stabilizes the pentacovalent transition state phosphate ion are proposed. A model for the RecU-Holliday junction DNA complex is also proposed and discussed in the context of DNA binding and cleavage.
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- Stephen J Kelly
- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
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- Robert Stern
- Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0511, USA
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- Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, CA 94609, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, 5700 Martin Luther King, Jr. Way, Oakland, California 94609, USA, Phone: +1 510-450-7932, Fax +1 510-450-7914, e-mail: , Web: www.chori.org/investigators/jedrzejas.html
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Jedrzejas MJ, Stern R. Structures of vertebrate hyaluronidases and their unique enzymatic mechanism of hydrolysis. Proteins 2006; 61:227-38. [PMID: 16104017 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Human hyaluronidases (Hyals) are a group of five endo-beta-acetyl-hexosaminidase enzymes, Hyal-1, -2, -3, -4, and PH-20, which degrade hyaluronan using a hydrolytic mechanism of action. Catalysis by these Hyals has been shown to follow a double-displacement scheme. This involves a single Glu residue within the enzyme, the only catalytic residue, as the proton donor (acid). Also involved is a carbonyl group of the hyaluronan (HA) N-acetyl-D-glucosamine as a unique type of nucleophile. Thus the substrate participates in the mechanism of action of its own catalysis. An oxocarbonium ion transition state is postulated, but there is no formation of a covalent enzyme-glycan intermediate, as found in most such reactions. The major domain is catalytic and has a distorted (beta/alpha)8 triose phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel fold. The C-terminal domain is separated by a peptide linker. Each Hyal has a different C-terminal sequence and structure, the function of which is unknown. These unique C-termini may participate in the additional function(s) associated with these multifunctional enzymes.
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- Mark J Jedrzejas
- Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California 94609, USA
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Takeuchi H, Rigden DJ, Ebrahimi B, Turner PC, Rees HH. Regulation of ecdysteroid signalling during Drosophila development: identification, characterization and modelling of ecdysone oxidase, an enzyme involved in control of ligand concentration. Biochem J 2005; 389:637-45. [PMID: 15813704 PMCID: PMC1180713 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The steroidal moulting hormones (ecdysteroids) mediate developmental transitions in insects, and their regulation is mainly controlled by the production and inactivation of these steroid hormones at the appropriate developmental times. One route of metabolism of ecdysteroids in insects involves EO (ecdysone oxidase)-catalysed conversion into 3-dehydroecdysteroid, which undergoes reduction to the corresponding 3-epiecdysteroid. By a twin-stranded bioinformatics approach, employing both phylogenomics and model structure-based analysis, we first predicted that DmEO (the EO of Drosophila melanogaster) corresponds to the protein product of gene CG9504. When CG9504 was expressed in COS7 cells, significant conversion of ecdysone into 3-dehydroecdysone was observed. Quantitative PCR and enzyme assay showed that DmEO was mainly expressed in the midgut during the late instars at a time corresponding to a hormone titre peak. DmEO shares only 27% amino acid sequence identity with Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera) EO, yet key substrate-binding residues are well conserved. A model of DmEO is consistent with an inability to catalyse reaction of cholesterol derivatives. The significance of DmEO in ligand activation is discussed in relation to new evidence suggesting that 3-dehydro- and 3-epiecdysteroids may be functionally active as ligands in a novel, atypical ecdysteroid signalling pathway involving the Drosophila orphan nuclear receptor, DHR38, rather than being merely hormone inactivation products.
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- Hajime Takeuchi
- Cellular Regulation and Signalling Division, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown Street, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK.
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McGregor N, Ayora S, Sedelnikova S, Carrasco B, Alonso JC, Thaw P, Rafferty J. The Structure of Bacillus subtilis RecU Holliday Junction Resolvase and Its Role in Substrate Selection and Sequence-Specific Cleavage. Structure 2005; 13:1341-51. [PMID: 16154091 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2005.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Revised: 05/19/2005] [Accepted: 05/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have determined the structure of the enzyme RecU from Bacillus subtilis, that is the general Holliday junction resolving enzyme in Gram-positive bacteria. The enzyme fold reveals a striking similarity to a class of resolvase enzymes found in archaeal sources and members of the type II restriction endonuclease family to which they are related. The structure confirms the presence of active sites formed around clusters of acidic residues that we have also shown to bind divalent cations. Mutagenesis data presented here support the key role of certain residues. The RecU structure suggests a basis for Holliday junction selectivity and suggests how sequence-specific cleavage might be achieved. Models for a resolvase-DNA complex address how the enzyme might organize junctions into an approximately 4-fold symmetric form.
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- Natalie McGregor
- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Pawlak SD, Radlinska M, Chmiel AA, Bujnicki JM, Skowronek KJ. Inference of relationships in the 'twilight zone' of homology using a combination of bioinformatics and site-directed mutagenesis: a case study of restriction endonucleases Bsp6I and PvuII. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:661-71. [PMID: 15684412 PMCID: PMC548357 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Thus far, identification of functionally important residues in Type II restriction endonucleases (REases) has been difficult using conventional methods. Even though known REase structures share a fold and marginally recognizable active site, the overall sequence similarities are statistically insignificant, unless compared among proteins that recognize identical or very similar sequences. Bsp6I is a Type II REase, which recognizes the palindromic DNA sequence 5′GCNGC and cleaves between the cytosine and the unspecified nucleotide in both strands, generating a double-strand break with 5′-protruding single nucleotides. There are no solved structures of REases that recognize similar DNA targets or generate cleavage products with similar characteristics. In straightforward comparisons, the Bsp6I sequence shows no significant similarity to REases with known structures. However, using a fold-recognition approach, we have identified a remote relationship between Bsp6I and the structure of PvuII. Starting from the sequence–structure alignment between Bsp6I and PvuII, we constructed a homology model of Bsp6I and used it to predict functionally significant regions in Bsp6I. The homology model was supported by site-directed mutagenesis of residues predicted to be important for dimerization, DNA binding and catalysis. Completing the picture of sequence–structure–function relationships in protein superfamilies becomes an essential task in the age of structural genomics and our study may serve as a paradigm for future analyses of superfamilies comprising strongly diverged members with little or no sequence similarity.
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- Institute of Microbiology, Warsaw Universityul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warsaw, Poland
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +48 22 668 5384; Fax: +48 22 668 5288;
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Duez C, Hallut S, Rhazi N, Hubert S, Amoroso A, Bouillenne F, Piette A, Coyette J. The ponA gene of Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 codes for a low-affinity class A penicillin-binding protein. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:4412-6. [PMID: 15205448 PMCID: PMC421628 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.13.4412-4416.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2003] [Accepted: 03/29/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A soluble derivative of the Enterococcus faecalis JH2-2 class A PBP1 (*PBP1) was overproduced and purified. It exhibited a glycosyltransferase activity on the Escherichia coli 14C-labeled lipid II precursor. As a DD- peptidase, it could hydrolyze thiolester substrates with efficiencies similar to those of other class A penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) and bind beta-lactams, but with k2/K (a parameter accounting for the acylation step efficiency) values characteristic of penicillin-resistant PBPs.
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- Colette Duez
- Centre d'Ingénierie des Protéines, Institut de Chimie, B6, Université de Liege, B-4000 Sart Tilman, Belgium.
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Ayora S, Carrasco B, Doncel-Perez E, Doncel E, Lurz R, Alonso JC. Bacillus subtilis RecU protein cleaves Holliday junctions and anneals single-stranded DNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 101:452-7. [PMID: 14701911 PMCID: PMC327168 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2533829100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacillus subtilis RecU protein is involved in homologous recombination, DNA repair, and chromosome segregation. Purified RecU binds preferentially to three- and four-strand junctions when compared to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) ( approximately 10- and approximately 40-fold lower efficiency, respectively). RecU cleaves mobile four-way junctions but fails to cleave a linear dsDNA with a putative cognate site, a finding consistent with a similar genetic defect observed for genes classified within the epsilon epistatic group (namely ruvA, recD, and recU). In the presence of Mg(2+), RecU also anneals a circular ssDNA and a homologous linear dsDNA with a ssDNA tail and a linear ssDNA and a homologous supercoiled dsDNA substrate. These results suggest that RecU, which cleaves recombination intermediates with high specificity, might also help in their assembly.
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- Silvia Ayora
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Rodrigues JCM, Cabral GB, Dusi DMA, de Mello LV, Rigden DJ, Carneiro VTC. Identification of differentially expressed cDNA sequences in ovaries of sexual and apomictic plants of Brachiaria brizantha. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2003; 53:745-57. [PMID: 15082923 DOI: 10.1023/b:plan.0000023664.21910.bd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The isolation of genes associated with apomixis would improve understanding of the molecular mechanism of this mode of reproduction in plants as well as open the possibility of transfer of apomixis to sexual plants, enabling cloning of crops through seeds. Brachiaria brizantha is a highly apomictic grass species with 274 tetraploid apomicts accessions and only one diploid sexual. In this study we have compared gene expression in ovaries at megasporogenesis and megagametogenesis of sexual and apomictic accessions of B. brizantha by differential display (DD-PCR), with 60 primer combinations. Specificity of 65 cloned fragments, checked by reverse northern blot analysis, showed that 11 clones were differentially expressed, 6 in apomictic ovaries, 2 in sexual and 3 in apomictic and sexual, but at different stages. Of the 6 sequences isolated that were preferentially expressed in the apomictic accession: one sequence was from ovaries at megasporogenesis stage; three were from megagametogenesis stage; two were from both stages. Of the two sequences isolated from the sexual accessions, one showed expression in ovaries at megagametogenesis, while the other sequence was shown to be specific to both stages. Three sequences were from megasporogenesis stage in apomicts but were also detected at megagametogenesis in sexual plants. Sequence analysis showed that 5 of the 11 clones had no apparent homologues in the protein database. Some of the clones identified as apomictic-specific shared homology with known genes enabling their functional annotation. The relationships of these functions to the generation of the apomictic trait are discussed.
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- Júlio C M Rodrigues
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, CP: 02372, CEP: 70770-900 Brasilia-DF, Brazil
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Rigden DJ, Jedrzejas MJ. Genome-based identification of a carbohydrate binding module in Streptococcus pneumoniae hyaluronate lyase. Proteins 2003; 52:203-11. [PMID: 12833544 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Hyaluronate lyase enzymes degrade hyaluronan, the main polysaccharide component of the connective tissues of higher animals, thereby destroying the normal connective tissue structure and exposing the host tissue cells to various endo- and exogenous factors, including bacterial toxins. The 3D crystal structures of functionally active but truncated Streptococcus pneumoniae and S. agalactiae hyaluronate lyases, along with their substrate and product complexes, have been determined. The enzymes are multidomain proteins with helical barrel-like catalytic domains and two types of beta-sheet domains. Here, through genome-based bioinformatics studies we identify an additional beta-sheet domain present in the most N-terminal part of streptococcal hyaluronate lyases. Fold recognition and modeling studies show that the domain is structurally similar to carbohydrate binding modules and is therefore likely to be directly involved in hyaluronan binding. Likely carbohydrate binding residues were identified and electrostatic complementarity of the hyaluronate lyase domain with hyaluronan demonstrated. The newly identified presumed hyaluronan binding domain likely improves catalytic efficiency by colocalizing the enzyme and its substrate. Other possible functions are discussed. Two contacting aromatic residues are conserved in the hydrophobic core of the hyaluronate lyase domain and in many, perhaps all, families in the superfamily in which they may be placed. This observation may help the identification and classification of other carbohydrate binding modules.
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- Daniel J Rigden
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Cenargen/Embrapa, Brasilia-DF, Brazil.
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