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Tawfeeq C, Song J, Khaniya U, Madej T, Wang J, Youkharibache P, Abrol R. Towards a structural and functional analysis of the immunoglobulin-fold proteome. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2024; 138:135-178. [PMID: 38220423 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2023.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2024]
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The immunoglobulin fold (Ig fold) domain is a super-secondary structural motif consisting of a sandwich with two layers of β-sheets that is present in many proteins with very diverse biological functions covering a wide range of physiological processes. This domain presents a modular architecture built with β strands connected by variable length loops that has a highly conserved structural core of four β-strands and quite variable β-sheet extensions in the two sandwich layers that enable both divergent and convergent evolutionary mechanisms in the known Ig fold proteome. The central role of this Ig fold's structural plasticity in the evolutionary success of antibodies in our immune system is well established. Nature has also utilized this Ig fold in all domains of life in many different physiological contexts that go way beyond the immune system. Here we will present a structural and functional overview of the utilization of the Ig fold in different biological processes and in different cellular contexts to highlight some of the innumerable ways that this structural motif can interact in multidomain proteins to enable their diversity of functions. This includes shareable specific protein structure visualizations behind those functions that serve as starting points for further explorations of the biomolecular interactions spanning the Ig fold proteome. This overview also highlights how this Ig fold is being utilized through natural adaptation, engineering, and even building from scratch for a range of biotechnological applications.
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- Caesar Tawfeeq
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, United States
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Cancer Data Science Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Cancer Data Science Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, United States.
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Ozhelvaci F, Steczkiewicz K. Identification and Classification of Papain-like Cysteine Proteinases. J Biol Chem 2023:104801. [PMID: 37164157 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 04/11/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023] Open
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Papain-like cysteine peptidases form a big and highly diverse superfamily of proteins involved in many important biological functions, such as protein turnover, deubiquitination, tissue remodeling, blood clotting, virulence, defense, and cell wall remodeling. High sequence and structure diversity observed within these proteins hinders their comprehensive classification as well as the identification of new representatives. Moreover, in general protein databases, many families already classified as papain-like lack details regarding their mechanism of action or biological function. Here, we use transitive remote homology searches and 3D modeling to newly classify 21 families to the papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily. We attempt to predict their biological function, and provide structural chacterization of 89 protein clusters defined based on sequence similarity altogether spanning 106 papain-like families. Moreover, we systematically discuss observed diversity in sequences, structures, and catalytic sites. Eventually, we expand the list of human papain-related proteins by seven representatives, including dopamine receptor-interacting protein (DRIP1) as potential deubiquitinase, and centriole duplication regulating CEP76 as retaining catalytically active peptidase-like domain. The presented results not only provide structure-based rationales to already existing peptidase databases but also may inspire further experimental research focused on peptidase-related biological processes.
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- Fatih Ozhelvaci
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Sannigrahi A, Chattopadhyay K. Pore formation by pore forming membrane proteins towards infections. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2021; 128:79-111. [PMID: 35034727 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2021.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Over the last 25 years, the biology of membrane proteins, including the PFPs-membranes interactions is seeking attention for the development of successful drug molecules against a number of infectious diseases. Pore forming toxins (PFTs), the largest family of PFPs are considered as a group of virulence factors produced in a large number of pathogenic systems which include streptococcus, pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, group A and B streptococci, Corynebacterium diphtheria and many more. PFTs are generally utilized by the disease causing pathogens to disrupt the host first line of defense i.e. host cell membranes through pore formation strategy. Although, pore formation is the principal mode of action of the PFTs but they can have additional adverse effects on the hosts including immune evasion. Recently, structural investigation of different PFTs have imparted the molecular mechanistic insights into how PFTs get transformed from its inactive state to active toxic state. On the basis of their structural entity, PFTs have been classified in different types and their mode of actions alters in terms of pore formation and corresponding cellular toxicity. Although pathogen genome analysis can identify the probable PFTs depending upon their structural diversity, there are so many PFTs which utilize the local environmental conditions to generate their pore forming ability using a novel strategy which is known as "conformational switch" of a protein. This conformational switch is considered as characteristics of the phase shifting proteins which were often utilized by many pathogenic systems to protect them from the invaders through allosteric communication between distant regions of the protein. In this chapter, we discuss the structure function relationships of PFTs and how activity of PFTs varies with the change in the environmental conditions has been explored. Finally, we demonstrate these structural insights to develop therapeutic potential to treat the infections caused by multidrug resistant pathogens.
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- Achinta Sannigrahi
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
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Riaz SM, Bjune GA, Wiker HG, Sviland L, Mustafa T. Mycobacterial antigens accumulation in foamy macrophages in murine pulmonary tuberculosis lesions: Association with necrosis and making of cavities. Scand J Immunol 2020; 91:e12866. [PMID: 31960452 DOI: 10.1111/sji.12866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Understanding mechanisms of cavitation in tuberculosis (TB) is the missing link that could advance the field towards better control of the infection. Descriptions of human TB suggest that postprimary TB begins as lipid pneumonia of foamy macrophages that undergoes caseating necrosis and fragmentation to produce cavities. This study aimed to investigate the various mycobacterial antigens accumulating in foamy macrophages and their relation to tissue destruction and necrosis. Pulmonary tissues from mice with slowly progressive TB were studied for histopathology, acid-fast bacilli (AFB) and presence of mycobacterial antigens. Digital quantification using Aperio ImageScope was done. Until week 12 postinfection, mice were healthy, and lesions were small with scarce AFB and mycobacterial antigens. Colony-forming units (CFUs) increased exponentially. At week 16-33, mice were sick, macrophages attained foamy appearance with an increase in antigens (P < .05), 1.5 log increase in CFUs and an approximately onefold increase in AFB. At week 37-41, mice started dying with a shift in morphology towards necrosis. A >20-fold increase in mycobacterial antigens was observed with only less than one log increase in CFUs and sevenfold increase in AFB. Secreted antigens were significantly (P < .05) higher compared to cell-wall antigens throughout infection. Focal areas of necrosis were associated with an approximately 40-fold increase in antigen MPT46, functionally active thioredoxin, and a significant increase in all secreted antigens. In conclusion, mycobacterial antigens accumulate in the foamy macrophages in TB lesions during slowly progressive murine pulmonary TB. Secreted antigens and MPT46 correlated with necrosis, thereby implying that they might trigger the formation of cavities.
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- Syeda Mariam Riaz
- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Health and Society, The Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Thoracic Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Sannigrahi A, Nandi I, Chall S, Jawed JJ, Halder A, Majumdar S, Karmakar S, Chattopadhyay K. Conformational Switch Driven Membrane Pore Formation by Mycobacterium Secretory Protein MPT63 Induces Macrophage Cell Death. ACS Chem Biol 2019; 14:1601-1610. [PMID: 31241303 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) strains cause cell death of macrophages (Mϕ) inside TB granuloma using a mechanism which is not well understood. Many bacterial systems utilize toxins to induce host cell damage, which occurs along with immune evasion. These toxins often use chameleon sequences to generate an environment-sensitive conformational switch, facilitating the process of infection. The presence of toxins is not yet known for MTB. Here, we show that MTB-secreted immunogenic MPT63 protein undergoes a switch from β-sheet to helix in response to mutational and environmental stresses. MPT63 in its helical form creates pores in both synthetic and Mϕ membranes, while the native β-sheet protein remains inert toward membrane interactions. Using fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, we show further that the helical form undergoes self-association to produce toxic oligomers of different morphology. Trypan blue and flow cytometry analyses reveal that the helical state can be utilized by MTB for killing Mϕ cells. Collectively, our study emphasizes for the first time a toxin-like behavior of MPT63 induced by an environment-dependent conformational switch, resulting in membrane pore formation by toxic oligomers and Mϕ cell death.
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- Achinta Sannigrahi
- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Bose Institute, Kolkata 700054, India
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- Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, 188, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Dedrick RM, Guerrero Bustamante CA, Garlena RA, Pinches RS, Cornely K, Hatfull GF. Mycobacteriophage ZoeJ: A broad host-range close relative of mycobacteriophage TM4. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2019; 115:14-23. [PMID: 30948168 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A collection of over 1600 sequenced bacteriophages isolated on a single host strain, Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155, can be grouped into over two dozen types that have little or no nucleotide sequence similarity to each other. One group, Cluster K, can be divided into several subclusters, and the well-characterized and much exploited phage TM4 lies in Subcluster K2. Many of the Cluster K phages have broad host ranges and infect both fast- and slow-growing mycobacterial strains. Here we describe phage ZoeJ, a new Subcluster K2 member, which infects a broad spectrum of mycobacterial hosts including M. smegmatis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and Mycobacterium avium. ZoeJ has extensive sequence similarity to TM4, and comparative analysis reveals the precise deletion conferring the lytic phenotype of TM4. The ZoeJ immunity repressor was identified as gene 45, which is prophage-expressed, is required for lysogeny, and is sufficient to confer superinfection immunity to ZoeJ. ZoeJ gp45 also confers immunity to Subcluster K2 phage Milly, and Subcluster K1 phages Adephagia and CrimD, but surprisingly not to TM4. RNAseq analysis reveals the temporal pattern of early and late gene expressions in ZoeJ lytic growth and suggests a role for the ESAS motifs for gene regulation.
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- Rebekah M Dedrick
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Providence College, Providence, RI 02918, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Sannigrahi A, Chall S, Jawed JJ, Kundu A, Majumdar S, Chattopadhyay K. Nanoparticle Induced Conformational Switch Between α-Helix and β-Sheet Attenuates Immunogenic Response of MPT63. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:8807-8817. [PMID: 29986589 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Although significant efforts have been devoted to develop nanoparticle-based biopharmaceuticals, it is not understood how protein conformation and nanoparticle surface modulate each other in optimizing the activity and/or toxicity of the biological molecules. This is particularly important for a protein, which can adopt different conformational states separated by a relatively small energy barrier. In this paper, we have studied nanoparticle binding-induced conformational switch from β-sheet to α-helix of MPT63, a small major secreted protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a drug target against Tuberculosis. The binding of magnetite nanoparticles to MPT63 results in a β-sheet to α-helix switch near the sequence stretch between the 19th and 30th amino acids. As a consequence, the immunogenic response of the protein becomes compromised, which could be restored by protein engineering. This study emphasizes that conformational stability toward NP surface binding may require optimization involving genetic engineering for development of a nanoparticle conjugated pharmaceutical.
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- Achinta Sannigrahi
- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- Department of Molecular Medicine , Bose Institute , Kolkata 700054 , India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division , CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road , Kolkata 700032 , India
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Chall S, Mati SS, Das I, Kundu A, De G, Chattopadhyay K. Understanding the Effect of Single Cysteine Mutations on Gold Nanoclusters as Studied by Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Modeling. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:12120-12129. [PMID: 28985680 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b01789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Fluorescent metal nanoclusters have generated considerable excitement in nanobiotechnology, particularly in the applications of biolabeling, targeted delivery, and biological sensing. The present work is an experimental and computational study that aims to understand the effects of protein environment on the synthesis and electronic properties of gold nanoclusters. MPT63, a drug target of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, was used as the template protein to synthesize, for the first time, gold nanoclusters at a low micromolar concentration of the protein. Two single cysteine mutants of MPT63, namely, MPT63Gly20Cys (mutant I) and MPT63Gly40Cys (mutant II) were employed for this study. The experimental results show that cysteine residues positioned in two different regions of the protein induce varying electronic states of the nanoclusters depending on the surrounding amino acids. A mixture of five-atom and eight-atom clusters was generated for each mutant, and the former was found to be predominant in both cases. Computational studies, including density functional theory (DFT), frontier molecular orbital (FMO), and natural bond orbital (NBO) calculations, validated the experimental observations. The as-prepared protein-stabilized nanoclusters were found to have applications in the imaging of live cells.
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- Sayantani Chall
- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Government General Degree College, Keshiary , Paschim Medinipur 721135, India
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- CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute , 196, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute , 196, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , 4, Raja S. C. Mallick Road, Kolkata 700032, India
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Yruela I, Contreras-Moreira B, Magalhães C, Osório NS, Gonzalo-Asensio J. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Exhibits Lineage-Specific Variations Affecting Protein Ductility and Epitope Recognition. Genome Biol Evol 2017; 8:3751-3764. [PMID: 28062754 PMCID: PMC5521731 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The advent of whole-genome sequencing has provided an unprecedented detail about the evolution and genetic significance of species-specific variations across the whole Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex. However, little attention has been focused on understanding the functional roles of these variations in the protein coding sequences. In this work, we compare the coding sequences from 74 sequenced mycobacterial species including M. africanum, M. bovis, M. canettii, M. caprae, M. orygis, and M. tuberculosis. Results show that albeit protein variations affect all functional classes, those proteins involved in lipid and intermediary metabolism and respiration have accumulated mutations during evolution. To understand the impact of these mutations on protein functionality, we explored their implications on protein ductility/disorder, a yet unexplored feature of mycobacterial proteomes. In agreement with previous studies, we found that a Gly71Ile substitution in the PhoPR virulence system severely affects the ductility of its nearby region in M. africanum and animal-adapted species. In the same line of evidence, the SmtB transcriptional regulator shows amino acid variations specific to the Beijing lineage, which affects the flexibility of the N-terminal trans-activation domain. Furthermore, despite the fact that MTBC epitopes are evolutionary hyperconserved, we identify strain- and lineage-specific amino acid mutations affecting previously known T-cell epitopes such as EsxH and FbpA (Ag85A). Interestingly, in silico studies reveal that these variations result in differential interaction of epitopes with the main HLA haplogroups.
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- Inmaculada Yruela
- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.,Grupo de Bioquímica, Biofísica y Biología Computacional (BIFI, UNIZAR), Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Estación Experimental de Aula Dei-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), Zaragoza, Spain.,Grupo de Bioquímica, Biofísica y Biología Computacional (BIFI, UNIZAR), Unidad Asociada I+D+i al CSIC, Zaragoza, Spain.,Fundación ARAID, Aragón, Spain
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Medicine, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.,ICVS/3B's - PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
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- Grupo de Genética de Micobacterias, Departamento de Microbiología y Medicina Preventiva, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain.,CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.,Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI-UNIZAR), Zaragoza, Spain.,Servicio de Microbiología Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, ISS Aragón, Zaragoza, Spain
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Kundu A, Kundu S, Chattopadhyay K. The presence of non-native helical structure in the unfolding of a beta-sheet protein MPT63. Protein Sci 2017; 26:536-549. [PMID: 27997710 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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MPT63, a major secreted protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, has been shown to have immunogenic properties and has been implicated in virulence. MPT63 is a β-sandwich protein containing 11 β strands and a very short stretch of 310 helix. The detailed experimental and computational study reported here investigates the equilibrium unfolding transition of MPT63. It is shown that in spite of being a complete β-sheet protein, MPT63 has a strong propensity toward helix structures in its early intermediates. Far UV-CD and FTIR spectra clearly suggest that the low-pH intermediate of MTP63 has enhanced helical content, while fluorescence correlation spectroscopy suggests a significant contraction. Molecular dynamics simulation complements the experimental results indicating that the unfolded state of MPT63 traverses through intermediate forms with increased helical characteristics. It is found that this early intermediate contains exposed hydrophobic surface, and is aggregation prone. Although MPT63 is a complete β-sheet protein in its native form, the present findings suggest that the secondary structure preferences of the local interactions in early folding pathway may not always follow the native conformation. Furthermore, the Gly25Ala mutant supports the proposed hypothesis by increasing the non-native helical propensity of the protein structure.
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- Amrita Kundu
- Protein Folding and Dynamics Laboratory, Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Protein Folding and Dynamics Laboratory, Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Protein Folding and Dynamics Laboratory, Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Siromolot AA, Oliinyk OS, Kolibo DV, Komisarenko SV. Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens MPT63 and MPT83 increase phagocytic activity of murine peritoneal macrophages. UKRAINIAN BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2016; 88:62-70. [PMID: 29235811 DOI: 10.15407/ubj88.05.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Macrophages (MΦ) are the most described and characterized target and host of mycobacteria. Like other cells of innate immunity MΦ have a wide range of receptor molecules which interact with different pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Immunodominant proteins MPT63 and MPT83 that are synthesized in abundance by Mycobacterium bovis or Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains could be involved in development of tuberculosis infection. The aim of this study was to search for effects of these mycobacterial antigens on target cells. For this aim full-sized sequences of MPT83 (rMPT83full) and MPT63 antigens were cloned into plasmid pET24a(+). The increase of phagocytic activity of murine peritoneal macrophages was demonstrated, but not of macrophage-like cells from J774 cell line, which were treated by rMPT63 and rMPT83full proteins for 24 h. This effect of such antigens can be considered as a way to facilitate the consumption of mycobacterial cells by macrophages to avoid other effector mechanisms of innate and adaptive immunity.
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Mukherjee M, Ghosh R, Chattopadhyay K, Ghosh S. Stepwise unfolding of a multi-tryptophan protein MPT63 with immunoglobulin-like fold: detection of zone-wise perturbation during guanidine hydrochloride-induced unfolding using phosphorescence spectroscopy. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra06545g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The present article highlights the simple inexpensive and rapid technique of phosphorescence spectroscopy at 77 K that reveals the environment of all the four tryptophan residues of a protein MPT63 during guanidine hydrochloride induced unfolding.
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- Manini Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry
- Presidency University
- Kolkata 700 073
- India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division
- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata 700 032
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Presidency University
- Kolkata 700 073
- India
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Mukherjee M, Ghosh R, Chattopadhyay K, Ghosh S. pH-induced structural change of a multi-tryptophan protein MPT63 with immunoglobulin-like fold: identification of perturbed tryptophan residue/residues. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 33:2145-60. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2014.992043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Manini Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry, Presidency University , Kolkata 700 073, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware , Newark, DE, USA
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology , Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Presidency University , Kolkata 700 073, India
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Koumandou VL, Wickstead B, Ginger ML, van der Giezen M, Dacks JB, Field MC. Molecular paleontology and complexity in the last eukaryotic common ancestor. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2014; 48:373-96. [PMID: 23895660 PMCID: PMC3791482 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2013.821444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Eukaryogenesis, the origin of the eukaryotic cell, represents one of the fundamental evolutionary transitions in the history of life on earth. This event, which is estimated to have occurred over one billion years ago, remains rather poorly understood. While some well-validated examples of fossil microbial eukaryotes for this time frame have been described, these can provide only basic morphology and the molecular machinery present in these organisms has remained unknown. Complete and partial genomic information has begun to fill this gap, and is being used to trace proteins and cellular traits to their roots and to provide unprecedented levels of resolution of structures, metabolic pathways and capabilities of organisms at these earliest points within the eukaryotic lineage. This is essentially allowing a molecular paleontology. What has emerged from these studies is spectacular cellular complexity prior to expansion of the eukaryotic lineages. Multiple reconstructed cellular systems indicate a very sophisticated biology, which by implication arose following the initial eukaryogenesis event but prior to eukaryotic radiation and provides a challenge in terms of explaining how these early eukaryotes arose and in understanding how they lived. Here, we provide brief overviews of several cellular systems and the major emerging conclusions, together with predictions for subsequent directions in evolution leading to extant taxa. We also consider what these reconstructions suggest about the life styles and capabilities of these earliest eukaryotes and the period of evolution between the radiation of eukaryotes and the eukaryogenesis event itself.
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- V Lila Koumandou
- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Soranou Efesiou 4, Athens 115 27, Greece
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Paramanik B, Kundu A, Chattopadhyay K, Patra A. Study of binding interactions between MPT63 protein and Au nanocluster. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra03708a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Binding between AuNC andMycobacterium tuberculosisderived protein.
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- Bipattaran Paramanik
- Department of Materials Science
- Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Protein Folding and Dynamics Laboratory
- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata, India
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- Protein Folding and Dynamics Laboratory
- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division
- CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
- Kolkata, India
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- Department of Materials Science
- Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science
- Kolkata 700 032, India
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Structural basis of toxicity and immunity in contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:21480-5. [PMID: 23236156 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216238110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) systems encode polymorphic toxin/immunity proteins that mediate competition between neighboring bacterial cells. We present crystal structures of CDI toxin/immunity complexes from Escherichia coli EC869 and Burkholderia pseudomallei 1026b. Despite sharing little sequence identity, the toxin domains are structurally similar and have homology to endonucleases. The EC869 toxin is a Zn(2+)-dependent DNase capable of completely degrading the genomes of target cells, whereas the Bp1026b toxin cleaves the aminoacyl acceptor stems of tRNA molecules. Each immunity protein binds and inactivates its cognate toxin in a unique manner. The EC869 toxin/immunity complex is stabilized through an unusual β-augmentation interaction. In contrast, the Bp1026b immunity protein exploits shape and charge complementarity to occlude the toxin active site. These structures represent the initial glimpse into the CDI toxin/immunity network, illustrating how sequence-diverse toxins adopt convergent folds yet retain distinct binding interactions with cognate immunity proteins. Moreover, we present visual demonstration of CDI toxin delivery into a target cell.
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Czekster CM, Blanchard JS. One substrate, five products: reactions catalyzed by the dihydroneopterin aldolase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:19758-71. [PMID: 23150985 DOI: 10.1021/ja308350f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Tetrahydrofolate cofactors are required for one carbon transfer reaction involved in the synthesis of purines, amino acids, and thymidine. Inhibition of tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis is a powerful therapeutic strategy in the treatment of several diseases, and the possibility of using antifolates to inhibit enzymes from Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been explored. This work focuses on the study of the first enzyme in tetrahydrofolate biosynthesis that is unique to bacteria, dihydroneopterin aldolase (MtDHNA). This enzyme requires no metals or cofactors and does not form a protein-mediated Schiff base with the substrate, unlike most aldolases. Here, we were able to demonstrate that the reaction catalyzed by MtDHNA generates three different pterin products, one of which is not produced by other wild-type DHNAs. The enzyme-substrate complex partitions 51% in the first turnover to form the aldolase products, 24% to the epimerase product and 25% to the oxygenase products. The aldolase reaction is strongly pH dependent, and apparent pK(a) values were obtained for the first time for this class of enzyme. Furthermore, chemistry is rate limiting for the aldolase reaction, and the analysis of solvent kinetic isotope effects in steady-state and pre-steady-state conditions, combined with proton inventory studies, revealed that two protons and a likely solvent contribution are involved in formation and breakage of a common intermediate. This study provides information about the plasticity required from a catalyst that possesses high substrate specificity while being capable of utilizing two distinct epimers with the same efficiency to generate five distinct products.
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- Clarissa M Czekster
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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Ghosh R, Mukherjee M, Chattopadhyay K, Ghosh S. Unusual Optical Resolution of All Four Tryptophan Residues in MPT63 Protein by Phosphorescence Spectroscopy: Assignment and Significance. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:12489-500. [DOI: 10.1021/jp307526f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ranendu Ghosh
- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata-700 032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Presidency University, Kolkata 700 073, India
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- Structural Biology & Bio-Informatics Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata-700 032, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Presidency University, Kolkata 700 073, India
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Expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins MPT63 and MPT83 as a fusion: purification, refolding and immunological characterization. J Appl Biomed 2012. [DOI: 10.2478/v10136-012-0013-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Discovery and characterization of a unique mycobacterial heme acquisition system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:5051-6. [PMID: 21383189 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009516108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis must import iron from its host for survival, and its siderophore-dependent iron acquisition pathways are well established. Here we demonstrate a newly characterized pathway, whereby M. tuberculosis can use free heme and heme from hemoglobin as an iron source. Significantly, we identified the genomic region, Rv0202c-Rv0207c, responsible for the passage of heme iron across the mycobacterial membrane. Key players of this heme uptake system were characterized including a secreted protein and two transmembrane proteins, all three specific to mycobacteria. Furthermore, the crystal structure of the key heme carrier protein Rv0203 was found to have a unique fold. The discovery of a unique mycobacterial heme acquisition pathway opens new avenues of exploration into mycobacterial therapeutics.
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Sixholo J, Van Wyngaardt W, Mashau C, Frischmuth J, Du Plessis DH, Fehrsen J. Improving the characteristics of a mycobacterial 16 kDa-specific chicken scFv. Biologicals 2011; 39:110-6. [PMID: 21349739 DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2011.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Revised: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Recombinant antibodies can be engineered to improve their binding or other characteristics. A chicken single chain variable fragment (scFv) phage display library was panned against the mycobacterial 16 kDa antigen. Three fusion phages which bound specifically to the antigen were selected, each of which produced low signals in ELISA when secreted as a soluble scFv. One scFv was therefore chosen to be modified in an attempt to improve its binding. Firstly, a mutant sublibrary was created by random mutagenesis. High stringency panning of this sublibrary yielded binders which produced ELISA signals up to eleven times higher than the parent scFv. An increase in the intrinsic affinity was confirmed by surface plasmon resonance. Secondly, the flexible linker between the heavy and light chains of the parent scFv was either shortened to one glycine residue or deleted entirely. No ELISA signal was obtained when the linker was absent, but the glycine-linked scFv showed enhanced binding. Size exclusion chromatography revealed that the enhanced binder had aggregated to form tetramers. This study confirms that the strategies used to improve the binding of human and mouse scFvs can also enhance chicken scFvs.
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- Joy Sixholo
- Immunology Section, Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Private Bag x5, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa
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Siew N, Fischer D. Unravelling the ORFan Puzzle. Comp Funct Genomics 2010; 4:432-41. [PMID: 18629076 PMCID: PMC2447361 DOI: 10.1002/cfg.311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2003] [Revised: 06/05/2003] [Accepted: 06/05/2003] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ORFans are open reading frames (ORFs) with no detectable sequence similarity
to any other sequence in the databases. Each newly sequenced genome contains a
significant number of ORFans. Therefore, ORFans entail interesting evolutionary
puzzles. However, little can be learned about them using bioinformatics tools, and
their study seems to have been underemphasized. Here we present some of the
questions that the existence of so many ORFans have raised and review some of
the studies aimed at understanding ORFans, their functions and their origins. These
works have demonstrated that ORFans are an untapped source of research, requiring
further computational and experimental studies.
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- Naomi Siew
- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Design of novel antituberculosis compounds using graph-theoretical and substructural approaches. Mol Divers 2009; 13:445-58. [PMID: 19340599 DOI: 10.1007/s11030-009-9129-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2008] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The increasing resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to the existing drugs has alarmed the worldwide scientific community. In an attempt to overcome this problem, two models for the design and prediction of new antituberculosis agents were obtained. The first used a mixed approach, containing descriptors based on fragments and the topological substructural molecular design approach (TOPS-MODE) descriptors. The other model used a combination of two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) descriptors. A data set of 167 compounds with great structural variability, 72 of them antituberculosis agents and 95 compounds belonging to other pharmaceutical categories, was analyzed. The first model showed sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy values above 80% and the second one showed values higher than 75% for these statistical indices. Subsequently, 12 structures of imidazoles not included in this study were designed, taking into account the two models. In both cases accuracy was 100%, showing that the methodology in silico developed by us is promising for the rational design of antituberculosis drugs.
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Arcus VL, Lott JS, Johnston JM, Baker EN. The potential impact of structural genomics on tuberculosis drug discovery. Drug Discov Today 2006; 11:28-34. [PMID: 16478688 DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6446(05)03667-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) in humans, is a devastating infectious organism that kills approximately two million people annually. The current suite of antibiotics used to treat TB faces two main difficulties: (i) the emergence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains of M. tuberculosis, and (ii) the persistent state of the bacterium, which is less susceptible to antibiotics and causes very long antibiotic treatment regimes. The complete genome sequences of a laboratory strain (H37Rv) and a clinical strain (CDC1551) of M. tuberculosis and the concurrent identification of all the open reading frames that encode proteins within this organism, present structural biologists with a wide array of protein targets for structure determination. Comparative genomics of the species that make up the M. tuberculosis complex has also added an array of genomic information to our understanding of these organisms. In response to this, structural genomics consortia have been established for targeting proteins from M. tuberculosis. This review looks at the progress of these major initiatives and the potential impact of large scale structure determination efforts on the development of inhibitors to many proteins. Increasing sophistication in structure-based drug design approaches, in combination with increasing numbers of protein structures and inhibitors for TB proteins, will have a significant impact on the downstream development of TB antibiotics.
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- Vickery L Arcus
- AgResearch Structural Biology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Siew N, Saini HK, Fischer D. A putative novel alpha/beta hydrolase ORFan family in Bacillus. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3175-82. [PMID: 15922334 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.04.030] [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: 12/30/2004] [Revised: 03/25/2005] [Accepted: 04/11/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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A large number of sequences in each newly sequenced genome correspond to lineage and species-specific proteins, also known as ORFans. Amongst these ORFans, a large number are sequences with unknown structures and functions. We have identified a family of sequences, annotated as hypothetical proteins, which are specific to Bacillus and have carried out a computational study aimed at characterizing this family. Fold-recognition methods predict that these sequences belong to the alpha/beta hydrolase fold. We suggest possible catalytic triads for the ORFans and propose a hypothesis regarding the possible families within the alpha/beta hydrolase superfamily to which they may belong.
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- Naomi Siew
- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Goulding CW, Apostol MI, Sawaya MR, Phillips M, Parseghian A, Eisenberg D. Regulation by oligomerization in a mycobacterial folate biosynthetic enzyme. J Mol Biol 2005; 349:61-72. [PMID: 15876368 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2004] [Revised: 02/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Folate derivatives are essential cofactors in the biosynthesis of purines, pyrimidines and amino acids across all forms of life. Mammals uptake folate from their diets, whereas most bacteria must synthesize folate de novo. Therefore, the enzymes in the folate biosynthetic pathway are attractive drug targets against bacterial pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of the world's most deadly infectious disease, tuberculosis (TB). M.tuberculosis 7,8-dihydroneopterin aldolase (Mtb FolB, DHNA) is the second enzyme in the folate biosynthetic pathway, which catalyzes the conversion of 7,8-dihydroneopterin to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin and glycoaldehyde. The 1.6A X-ray crystal structure of Mtb FolB complexed with its product, 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin, reveals an octameric assembly similar to that seen in crystal structures of other FolB homologs. However, the 2.5A crystal structure of unliganded Mtb FolB reveals a novel tetrameric oligomerization state, with only partially formed active sites. A substrate induced conformational change appears to be necessary to convert the inactive tetramer to the active octamer. Ultracentrifugation confirmed that in solution unliganded Mtb FolB is mainly tetrameric and upon addition of substrate FolB is predominantly octameric. Kinetic analysis of substrate binding gives a Hill coefficient of 2.0, indicating positive cooperativity. We hypothesize that Mtb FolB displays cooperativity in substrate binding to regulate the cellular concentration of 7,8-dihydroneopterin, so that it may function not only as a precursor to folate but also as an antioxidant for the survival of M.tuberculosis against host defenses.
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- Celia W Goulding
- Molecular Biology Institute UCLA-DOE Institute of Genomics and Proteomics, P.O. Box 951570, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA
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Choudhary RK, Pullakhandam R, Ehtesham NZ, Hasnain SE. Expression and characterization of Rv2430c, a novel immunodominant antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein Expr Purif 2004; 36:249-53. [PMID: 15249047 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2004.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2004] [Revised: 03/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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About 10% of the coding sequence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis corresponds to hitherto unknown members of the PE and PPE protein families which display significant sequence and length variation at their C-terminal region. It has been suggested that this could possibly represent a rich source of antigenic variation within the pathogen. We describe the purification and biophysical characterization of the recombinant PPE protein coded by hypothetical ORF Rv2430c, a member of the PPE gene family that was earlier shown to induce a strong B cell response. Expression of the recombinant PPE protein in Escherichia coli led to its localization in inclusion bodies and subsequent refolding using dialysis after its extraction from the same resulted in extensive precipitation. Therefore, an on-column refolding strategy was used, after which the protein was found to be in the soluble form. CD spectrum of the recombinant protein displayed predominantly alpha helical content (81%) which matched significantly with in silico and web-based secondary structure predictions. Furthermore, fluorescence emission spectra revealed that aromatic amino acids are buried inside the protein, which are exposed to aqueous environment under 8M urea. These results, for the first time, provide evidence on the structural features of PPE family protein which, viewed with its reported immunodominant characteristics, have implications for other proteins of the PE/PPE family.
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Terwilliger TC, Park MS, Waldo GS, Berendzen J, Hung LW, Kim CY, Smith CV, Sacchettini JC, Bellinzoni M, Bossi R, De Rossi E, Mattevi A, Milano A, Riccardi G, Rizzi M, Roberts MM, Coker AR, Fossati G, Mascagni P, Coates ARM, Wood SP, Goulding CW, Apostol MI, Anderson DH, Gill HS, Eisenberg DS, Taneja B, Mande S, Pohl E, Lamzin V, Tucker P, Wilmanns M, Colovos C, Meyer-Klaucke W, Munro AW, McLean KJ, Marshall KR, Leys D, Yang JK, Yoon HJ, Lee BI, Lee MG, Kwak JE, Han BW, Lee JY, Baek SH, Suh SW, Komen MM, Arcus VL, Baker EN, Lott JS, Jacobs W, Alber T, Rupp B. The TB structural genomics consortium: a resource for Mycobacterium tuberculosis biology. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2004; 83:223-49. [PMID: 12906835 DOI: 10.1016/s1472-9792(03)00051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The TB Structural Genomics Consortium is an organization devoted to encouraging, coordinating, and facilitating the determination and analysis of structures of proteins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The Consortium members hope to work together with other M. tuberculosis researchers to identify M. tuberculosis proteins for which structural information could provide important biological information, to analyze and interpret structures of M. tuberculosis proteins, and to work collaboratively to test ideas about M. tuberculosis protein function that are suggested by structure or related to structural information. This review describes the TB Structural Genomics Consortium and some of the proteins for which the Consortium is in the progress of determining three-dimensional structures.
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- T C Terwilliger
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Mail Stop M888, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
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Smith CV, Sacchettini JC. Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a model system for structural genomics. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2003; 13:658-64. [PMID: 14675542 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2003.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Over the past five years, genomics has had a major impact on Mycobacterium tuberculosis research. With the publication of the sequences of two virulent strains (H37Rv and CDC1551) and three closely related sequences, M. tuberculosis is becoming a model system for proteomics and structural genomics initiatives. Together with the promise of structures of proteins with novel folds, high-resolution structures of drug targets are providing the basis for rational inhibitor design, with the goal of the development of novel anti-tuberculars. In addition, this work is aiding scientists in the quest for an effective vaccine against this persistent pathogen.
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- Clare V Smith
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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Singleton sequence ORFans are orphan ORFs (open reading frames) that have no detectable sequence similarity to any other sequence in the databases. ORFans are of particular interest not only as evolutionary puzzles but also because we can learn little about them using bioinformatics tools. Here, we present a first systematic analysis of singleton ORFans in the first 60 fully sequenced microbial genomes. We show that although ORFans have been underemphasized, the number of ORFans is steadily growing, currently accounting for 23,634 sequences. At the same time, the percentage of ORFans as a fraction of all sequences is slowly diminishing, and is currently about 14%. Short ORFans comprise about 61% of all ORFans. The abundance of short ORFans may be due to a yet unexplained artifact. The data also suggest that the number of longer ORFans may soon diminish as more genomes of closely related organisms become available. To better address the questions about the functions and origins of ORFans, we propose to focus further studies on the longer ORFans, with emphasis on three new types of ORFans: ORFan modules, paralogous ORFans, and orthologous ORFans. We conclude that the large number of ORFans reflects an intrinsic property of the genetic material not yet fully understood. Further computational and experimental studies aimed at understanding Nature's protein diversity should also include ORFans.
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- Naomi Siew
- Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Bellinzoni M, Riccardi G. Techniques and applications: The heterologous expression of Mycobacterium tuberculosis genes is an uphill road. Trends Microbiol 2003; 11:351-8. [PMID: 12915092 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(03)00180-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Marco Bellinzoni
- Dipartimento di Genetica e Microbiologia, Università di Pavia, via Ferrata, 1, 27100, Pavia, Italy
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Goulding CW, Perry LJ. Protein production in Escherichia coli for structural studies by X-ray crystallography. J Struct Biol 2003; 142:133-43. [PMID: 12718925 DOI: 10.1016/s1047-8477(03)00044-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The arrival of genomic sequences to the database has provided a seemingly unlimited supply of targets for protein structure determination and the possibility of solving the structure of an entire proteome. Based on our experience with the proteomes of Pyrobaculum aerophilum and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, we have developed a simple strategy for the production of proteins for structural studies by X-ray crystallography. Our scheme demonstrates a strong protein target commitment and includes the expression of genes from these organisms in Escherichia coli. These proteins are expressed with affinity tags and purified for characterization and crystallization. We have identified protein solubility and crystallization as the two major bottlenecks in the process toward the determination of protein structures by X-ray diffraction. Strategies to overcome these bottlenecks are discussed.
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- Celia W Goulding
- UCLA-DOE Center for Genomics and Proteomics, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1570, USA
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