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Kavalchuk M, Jomaa A, Müller AU, Weber-Ban E. Structural basis of prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein engagement and translocation by the mycobacterial Mpa-proteasome complex. Nat Commun 2022; 13:276. [PMID: 35022401 PMCID: PMC8755798 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27787-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Proteasomes are present in eukaryotes, archaea and Actinobacteria, including the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, where proteasomal degradation supports persistence inside the host. In mycobacteria and other members of Actinobacteria, prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) serves as a degradation tag post-translationally conjugated to target proteins for their recruitment to the mycobacterial proteasome ATPase (Mpa). Here, we use single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structure of Mpa in complex with the 20S core particle at an early stage of pupylated substrate recruitment, shedding light on the mechanism of substrate translocation. Two conformational states of Mpa show how substrate is translocated stepwise towards the degradation chamber of the proteasome core particle. We also demonstrate, in vitro and in vivo, the importance of a structural feature in Mpa that allows formation of alternating charge-complementary interactions with the proteasome resulting in radial, rail-guided movements during the ATPase conformational cycle. Pup is the bacterial analog of ubiquitin for targeting proteins to the proteasome. Here, the authors use cryoEM to visualize structures of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome translocating a Pup-tagged substrate.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mikhail Kavalchuk
- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, CH-8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Proteasomes are compartmentalized, ATP-dependent, N-terminal nucleophile hydrolases that play essentials roles in intracellular protein turnover. They are present in all 3 kingdoms. Pharmacological inhibition of proteasomes is detrimental to cell viability. Proteasome inhibitor rugs revolutionize the treatment of multiple myeloma. Proteasomes in pathogenic microbes such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), Plasmodium falciparum (Pf), and other parasites and worms have been validated as therapeutic targets. Starting with Mtb proteasome, efforts in developing inhibitors selective for microbial proteasomes have made great progress lately. In this review, we describe the strategies and pharmacophores that have been used in developing proteasome inhibitors with potency and selectivity that spare human proteasomes and highlight the development of clinical proteasome inhibitor candidates for treatment of leishmaniasis and Chagas disease. Finally, we discuss the future challenges and therapeutical potentials of the microbial proteasome inhibitors.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Zerbib E, Schlussel S, Hecht N, Bagdadi N, Eichler J, Gur E. The prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein presents poor cleavage sites for proteasomal degradation. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109428. [PMID: 34320347 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In an event reminiscent of eukaryotic ubiquitination, the bacterial prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup)-proteasome system (PPS) marks target proteins for proteasomal degradation by covalently attaching Pup, the bacterial tagging molecule. Yet, ubiquitin is released from its conjugated target following proteasome binding, whereas Pup enters the proteasome and remains conjugated to the target. Here, we report that although Pup can be degraded by the bacterial proteasome, it lacks favorable 20S core particle (CP) cleavage sites and is thus a very poor 20S CP substrate. Reconstituting the PPS in vitro, we demonstrate that during pupylated protein degradation, Pup can escape unharmed and remain conjugated to a target-derived degradation fragment. Removal of this degradation fragment by Dop, a depupylase, facilitates Pup recycling and re-conjugation to a new target. This study thus offers a mechanistic model for Pup recycling and demonstrates how a lack of protein susceptibility to proteasome-mediated cleavage can play a mechanistic role in a biological system.
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- Erez Zerbib
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel; The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel.
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von Rosen T, Keller LM, Weber-Ban E. Survival in Hostile Conditions: Pupylation and the Proteasome in Actinobacterial Stress Response Pathways. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:685757. [PMID: 34179091 PMCID: PMC8223512 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.685757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Bacteria employ a multitude of strategies to cope with the challenges they face in their natural surroundings, be it as pathogens, commensals or free-living species in rapidly changing environments like soil. Mycobacteria and other Actinobacteria acquired proteasomal genes and evolved a post-translational, ubiquitin-like modification pathway called pupylation to support their survival under rapidly changing conditions and under stress. The proteasomal 20S core particle (20S CP) interacts with ring-shaped activators like the hexameric ATPase Mpa that recruits pupylated substrates. The proteasomal subunits, Mpa and pupylation enzymes are encoded in the so-called Pup-proteasome system (PPS) gene locus. Genes in this locus become vital for bacteria to survive during periods of stress. In the successful human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the 20S CP is essential for survival in host macrophages. Other members of the PPS and proteasomal interactors are crucial for cellular homeostasis, for example during the DNA damage response, iron and copper regulation, and heat shock. The multiple pathways that the proteasome is involved in during different stress responses suggest that the PPS plays a vital role in bacterial protein quality control and adaptation to diverse challenging environments.
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- Tatjana von Rosen
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Zhang H, Hsu HC, Kahne SC, Hara R, Zhan W, Jiang X, Burns-Huang K, Ouellette T, Imaeda T, Okamoto R, Kawasaki M, Michino M, Wong TT, Toita A, Yukawa T, Moraca F, Vendome J, Saha P, Sato K, Aso K, Ginn J, Meinke PT, Foley M, Nathan CF, Darwin KH, Li H, Lin G. Macrocyclic Peptides that Selectively Inhibit the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome. J Med Chem 2021; 64:6262-6272. [PMID: 33949190 PMCID: PMC8194371 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.1c00296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Treatment of tuberculosis (TB) currently takes at least 6 months. Latent Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is phenotypically tolerant to most anti-TB drugs. A key hypothesis is that drugs that kill nonreplicating (NR) Mtb may shorten treatment when used in combination with conventional drugs. The Mtb proteasome (Mtb20S) could be such a target because its pharmacological inhibition kills NR Mtb and its genetic deletion renders Mtb unable to persist in mice. Here, we report a series of macrocyclic peptides that potently and selectively target the Mtb20S over human proteasomes, including macrocycle 6. The cocrystal structure of macrocycle 6 with Mtb20S revealed structural bases for the species selectivity. Inhibition of 20S within Mtb by 6 dose dependently led to the accumulation of Pup-tagged GFP that is degradable but resistant to depupylation and death of nonreplicating Mtb under nitrosative stress. These results suggest that compounds of this class have the potential to develop as anti-TB therapeutics.
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- Hao Zhang
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, 333 Bostwick Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, 413 E. 69th St, New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, 333 Bostwick Ave. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Ave., New York, NY 10065
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Yin Y, Kovach A, Hsu HC, Darwin KH, Li H. The mycobacterial proteasomal ATPase Mpa forms a gapped ring to engage the 20S proteasome. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100713. [PMID: 33930464 PMCID: PMC8142254 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 04/17/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Although many bacterial species do not possess proteasome systems, the actinobacteria, including the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, use proteasome systems for targeted protein removal. Previous structural analyses of the mycobacterial proteasome ATPase Mpa revealed a general structural conservation with the archaeal proteasome-activating nucleotidase and eukaryotic proteasomal Rpt1–6 ATPases, such as the N-terminal coiled-coil domain, oligosaccharide-/oligonucleotide-binding domain, and ATPase domain. However, Mpa has a unique β-grasp domain that in the ADP-bound crystal structure appears to interfere with the docking to the 20S proteasome core particle (CP). Thus, it is unclear how Mpa binds to proteasome CPs. In this report, we show by cryo-EM that the Mpa hexamer in the presence of a degradation substrate and ATP forms a gapped ring, with two of its six ATPase domains being highly flexible. We found that the linkers between the oligonucleotide-binding and ATPase domains undergo conformational changes that are important for function, revealing a previously unappreciated role of the linker region in ATP hydrolysis–driven protein unfolding. We propose that this gapped ring configuration is an intermediate state that helps rearrange its β-grasp domains and activating C termini to facilitate engagement with proteasome CPs. This work provides new insights into the crucial process of how an ATPase interacts with a bacterial proteasome protease.
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- Yanting Yin
- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA.
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The Pup-Proteasome System Protects Mycobacteria from Antimicrobial Antifolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:AAC.01967-20. [PMID: 33468462 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01967-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Protein turnover via the Pup-proteasome system (PPS) is essential for nitric oxide resistance and virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. Our study revealed components of PPS as novel determinants of intrinsic antifolate resistance in both M. tuberculosis and nonpathogenic M. smegmatis The lack of expression of the prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) or the ligase, PafA, responsible for ligating Pup to its protein targets, enhanced antifolate susceptibility in M. smegmatis Cross-species expression of M. tuberculosis homologs restored wild-type resistance to M. smegmatis proteasomal mutants. Targeted deletion of prcA and prcB, encoding the structural components of the PPS proteolytic core, similarly resulted in reduced antifolate resistance. Furthermore, sulfonamides were synergistic with acidified nitrite, and the synergy against mycobacteria was enhanced in the absence of proteasomal activity. In M. tuberculosis, targeted mutagenesis followed by genetic complementation of mpa, encoding the regulatory subunit responsible for translocating pupylated proteins to the proteolytic core, demonstrated a similar function of PPS in antifolate resistance. The overexpression of dihydrofolate reductase, responsible for the reduction of dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate, or disruption of the Lonely Guy gene, responsible for PPS-controlled production of cytokinins, abolished PPS-mediated antifolate sensitivity. Together, our results show that PPS protects mycobacteria from antimicrobial antifolates via regulating both folate reduction and cytokinin production.
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Tyagi R, Srivastava M, Jain P, Pandey RP, Asthana S, Kumar D, Raj VS. Development of potential proteasome inhibitors against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2020; 40:2189-2203. [PMID: 33074049 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2020.1835722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB) has been recently declared as a health emergency because of sporadic increase in Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) problem throughout the world. TB causing bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis has become resistant to the first line of treatment along with second line of treatment and drugs, which are accessible to us. Thus, there is an urgent need of identification of key targets and development of potential therapeutic approach(s), which can overcome the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complications. In the present study, Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome has been taken as a potential target as it is one of the key regulatory proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis propagation. Further, a library of 400 compounds (small molecule) from Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) were screened against the target (proteasome) using molecular docking and simulation approach, and selected lead compounds were validated in in vitro model. In this study, we have identified two potent small molecules from the MMV Pathogen Box library, MMV019838 and MMV687146 with -9.8 kcal/mol and -8.7 kcal/mol binding energy respectively, which actively interact with the catalytic domain/active domain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome and inhibit the Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in in vitro culture. Furthermore, the molecular docking and simulation study of MMV019838 and MMV687146 with proteasome show strong and stable interaction with Mycobacterium tuberculosis compared to human proteasome and show no cytotoxicity effect. A better understanding of proteasome inhibition in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in in vitro and in vivo model would eventually allow us to understand the molecular mechanism(s) and discover a novel and potent therapeutic agent against Tuberculosis. Active efflux of drugs mediated by efflux pumps that confer drug resistance is one of the mechanisms developed by bacteria to counter the adverse effects of antibiotics and chemicals. Efflux pump activity was tested for a specific compound MMV019838 which was showing good in silico results than MIC values.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Rashmi Tyagi
- Centre for Drug Design Discovery and Development (C4D), SRM University, Delhi, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Centre for Drug Design Discovery and Development (C4D), SRM University, Delhi, Haryana, India
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- Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, Faridabad, India
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- Amity Institute of Molecular Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Noida, India
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- Centre for Drug Design Discovery and Development (C4D), SRM University, Delhi, Haryana, India
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Cao Y, Zhu H, He R, Kong L, Shao J, Zhuang R, Xi J, Zhang J. Proteasome, a Promising Therapeutic Target for Multiple Diseases Beyond Cancer. DRUG DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND THERAPY 2020; 14:4327-4342. [PMID: 33116419 PMCID: PMC7585272 DOI: 10.2147/dddt.s265793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Proteasome is vital for intracellular protein homeostasis as it eliminates misfolded and damaged protein. Inhibition of proteasome has been validated as a powerful strategy for anti-cancer therapy, and several drugs have been approved for treatment of multiple myeloma. Recent studies indicate that proteasome has potent therapeutic effects on a variety of diseases besides cancer, including parasite infectious diseases, bacterial/fungal infections diseases, neurodegenerative diseases and autoimmune diseases. In this review, recent developments of proteasome inhibitors for various diseases and related structure activity relationships are going to be summarized.
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- Yu Cao
- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Preparation, Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310023 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310003, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Preparation, Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310023 People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Preparation, Hangzhou Xixi Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310023 People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, 310015, People's Republic of China
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Rožman K, Alexander EM, Ogorevc E, Bozovičar K, Sosič I, Aldrich CC, Gobec S. Psoralen Derivatives as Inhibitors of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome. Molecules 2020; 25:E1305. [PMID: 32178473 PMCID: PMC7144120 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25061305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Protein degradation is a fundamental process in all living organisms. An important part of this system is a multisubunit, barrel-shaped protease complex called the proteasome. This enzyme is directly responsible for the proteolysis of ubiquitin- or pup-tagged proteins to smaller peptides. In this study, we present a series of 92 psoralen derivatives, of which 15 displayed inhibitory potency against the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome in low micromolar concentrations. The best inhibitors, i.e., 8, 11, 13 and 15, exhibited a mixed type of inhibition and overall good inhibitory potency in biochemical assays. N-(cyanomethyl)acetamide 8 (Ki = 5.6 µM) and carboxaldehyde-based derivative 15 (Ki = 14.9 µM) were shown to be reversible inhibitors of the enzyme. On the other hand, pyrrolidine-2,5-dione esters 11 and 13 irreversibly inhibited the enzyme with Ki values of 4.2 µM and 1.1 µM, respectively. In addition, we showed that an established immunoproteasome inhibitor, PR-957, is a noncompetitive irreversible inhibitor of the mycobacterial proteasome (Ki = 5.2 ± 1.9 µM, kinact/Ki = 96 ± 41 M-1·s-1). These compounds represent interesting hit compounds for further optimization in the development of new drugs for the treatment of tuberculosis.
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- Kaja Rožman
- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (K.R.); (E.O.); (K.B.); (I.S.)
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (E.M.A.); (C.C.A.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (E.M.A.); (C.C.A.)
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (K.R.); (E.O.); (K.B.); (I.S.)
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (K.R.); (E.O.); (K.B.); (I.S.)
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (K.R.); (E.O.); (K.B.); (I.S.)
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 308 Harvard Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; (E.M.A.); (C.C.A.)
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- University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Aškerčeva 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; (K.R.); (E.O.); (K.B.); (I.S.)
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Proteasome Inhibitors: Harnessing Proteostasis to Combat Disease. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25030671. [PMID: 32033280 PMCID: PMC7037493 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25030671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The proteasome is the central component of the main cellular protein degradation pathway. During the past four decades, the critical function of the proteasome in numerous physiological processes has been revealed, and proteasome activity has been linked to various human diseases. The proteasome prevents the accumulation of misfolded proteins, controls the cell cycle, and regulates the immune response, to name a few important roles for this macromolecular "machine." As a therapeutic target, proteasome inhibitors have been approved for the treatment of multiple myeloma and mantle cell lymphoma. However, inability to sufficiently inhibit proteasome activity at tolerated doses has hampered efforts to expand the scope of proteasome inhibitor-based therapies. With emerging new modalities in myeloma, it might seem challenging to develop additional proteasome-based therapies. However, the constant development of new applications for proteasome inhibitors and deeper insights into the intricacies of protein homeostasis suggest that proteasome inhibitors might have novel therapeutic applications. Herein, we summarize the latest advances in proteasome inhibitor development and discuss the future of proteasome inhibitors and other proteasome-based therapies in combating human diseases.
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Zhan W, Hsu HC, Morgan T, Ouellette T, Burns-Huang K, Hara R, Wright AG, Imaeda T, Okamoto R, Sato K, Michino M, Ramjee M, Aso K, Meinke PT, Foley M, Nathan CF, Li H, Lin G. Selective Phenylimidazole-Based Inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome. J Med Chem 2019; 62:9246-9253. [PMID: 31560200 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.9b01187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Proteasomes of pathogenic microbes have become attractive targets for anti-infectives. Coevolving with its human host, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has developed mechanisms to resist host-imposed nitrosative and oxidative stresses. Genetic deletion or pharmacological inhibition of the Mtb proteasome (Mtb20S) renders nonreplicating Mtb susceptible to reactive nitrogen species in vitro and unable to survive in the lungs of mice, validating the Mtb proteasome as a promising target for anti-Mtb agents. Using a structure-guided and flow chemistry-enabled study of structure-activity relationships, we developed phenylimidazole-based peptidomimetics that are highly potent for Mtb20S. X-ray structures of selected compounds with Mtb20S shed light on their selectivity for mycobacterial over human proteasomes.
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- Wenhu Zhan
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology , Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Structural Biology Program , Van Andel Institute , 333 Bostwick Avenue Northeast , Grand Rapids , Michigan 49503 , United States
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- Cyclofluidic Limited , Biopark Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City AL7 3AX , U.K
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology , Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology , Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Cyclofluidic Limited , Biopark Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City AL7 3AX , U.K
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Cyclofluidic Limited , Biopark Broadwater Road , Welwyn Garden City AL7 3AX , U.K
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute , 413 East 69th Street , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology , Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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- Structural Biology Program , Van Andel Institute , 333 Bostwick Avenue Northeast , Grand Rapids , Michigan 49503 , United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology , Weill Cornell Medicine , 1300 York Avenue , New York , New York 10065 , United States
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Pupylated proteins are subject to broad proteasomal degradation specificity and differential depupylation. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0215439. [PMID: 31009487 PMCID: PMC6476560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In actinobacteria, post-translational modification of proteins with prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein Pup targets them for degradation by a bacterial proteasome assembly consisting of the 20S core particle (CP) and the mycobacterial proteasomal ATPase (Mpa). Modification of hundreds of cellular proteins with Pup at specific surface lysines is carried out by a single Pup-ligase (PafA, proteasome accessory factor A). Pupylated substrates are recruited to the degradative pathway by binding of Pup to the N-terminal coiled-coil domains of Mpa. Alternatively, pupylation can be reversed by the enzyme Dop (deamidase of Pup). Although pupylated substrates outcompete free Pup in proteasomal degradation, potential discrimination of the degradation complex between the various pupylated substrates has not been investigated. Here we show that Mpa binds stably to an open-gate variant of the proteasome (oCP) and associates with bona fide substrates with highly similar affinities. The proteasomal degradation of substrates differing in size, structure and assembly state was recorded in real-time, showing that the pupylated substrates are processed by the Mpa-oCP complex with comparable kinetic parameters. Furthermore, the members of a complex, pupylated proteome (pupylome) purified from Mycobacterium smegmatis are degraded evenly as followed by western blotting. In contrast, analysis of the depupylation behavior of several pupylome members suggests substrate-specific differences in enzymatic turnover, leading to the conclusion that largely indiscriminate degradation competes with differentiated depupylation to control the ultimate fate of pupylated substrates.
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Müller AU, Weber-Ban E. The Bacterial Proteasome at the Core of Diverse Degradation Pathways. Front Mol Biosci 2019; 6:23. [PMID: 31024929 PMCID: PMC6466877 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2019.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Proteasomal protein degradation exists in mycobacteria and other actinobacteria, and expands their repertoire of compartmentalizing protein degradation pathways beyond the usual bacterial types. A product of horizontal gene transfer, bacterial proteasomes have evolved to support the organism's survival under challenging environmental conditions like nutrient starvation and physical or chemical stresses. Like the eukaryotic 20S proteasome, the bacterial core particle is gated and must associate with a regulator complex to form a fully active protease capable of recruiting and internalizing substrate proteins. By association with diverse regulator complexes that employ different recruitment strategies, the bacterial 20S core particle is able to act in different cellular degradation pathways. In association with the mycobacterial proteasomal ATPase Mpa, the proteasome degrades substrates post-translationally modified with prokaryotic, ubiquitin-like protein Pup in a process called pupylation. Upon interaction with the ATP-independent bacterial proteasome activator Bpa, poorly structured substrates are recruited for proteasomal degradation. A potential third degradation route might employ a Cdc48-like protein of actinobacteria (Cpa), for which interaction with the 20S core was recently demonstrated but no degradation substrates have been identified yet. The alternative interaction partners and wide range of substrate proteins suggest that the bacterial proteasome is a modular, functionally flexible and conditionally regulated degradation machine in bacteria that encounter rapidly changing and challenging conditions.
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- Andreas U Müller
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pup-proteasome system regulates nitrate metabolism through an essential protein quality control pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:3202-3210. [PMID: 30723150 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1819468116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes a proteasome that carries out regulated degradation of bacterial proteins. It has been proposed that the proteasome contributes to nitrogen metabolism in M. tuberculosis, although this hypothesis had not been tested. Upon assessing M. tuberculosis growth in several nitrogen sources, we found that a mutant strain lacking the Mycobacterium proteasomal activator Mpa was unable to use nitrate as a sole nitrogen source due to a specific failure in the pathway of nitrate reduction to ammonium. We found that the robust activity of the nitrite reductase complex NirBD depended on expression of the groEL/groES chaperonin genes, which are regulated by the repressor HrcA. We identified HrcA as a likely proteasome substrate, and propose that the degradation of HrcA is required for the full expression of chaperonin genes. Furthermore, our data suggest that degradation of HrcA, along with numerous other proteasome substrates, is enhanced during growth in nitrate to facilitate the derepression of the chaperonin genes. Importantly, growth in nitrate is an example of a specific condition that reduces the steady-state levels of numerous proteasome substrates in M. tuberculosis.
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Proteasomes are a class of protease that carry out the degradation of a specific set of cellular proteins. While essential for eukaryotic life, proteasomes are found only in a small subset of bacterial species. In this chapter, we present the current knowledge of bacterial proteasomes, detailing the structural features and catalytic activities required to achieve proteasomal proteolysis. We describe the known mechanisms by which substrates are doomed for degradation, and highlight potential non-degradative roles for components of bacterial proteasome systems. Additionally, we highlight several pathways of microbial physiology that rely on proteasome activity. Lastly, we explain the various gaps in our understanding of bacterial proteasome function and emphasize several opportunities for further study.
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- Samuel H Becker
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, Room 312, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Van Andel Research Institute, Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, 333 Bostwick Ave, NE, Grand Rapids, MI, 4950, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, 430 E. 29th Street, Room 312, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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Njomen E, Osmulski PA, Jones CL, Gaczynska M, Tepe JJ. Small Molecule Modulation of Proteasome Assembly. Biochemistry 2018; 57:4214-4224. [PMID: 29897236 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The 20S proteasome is the main protease that directly targets intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) for proteolytic degradation. Mutations, oxidative stress, or aging can induce the buildup of IDPs resulting in incorrect signaling or aggregation, associated with the pathogenesis of many cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Drugs that facilitate 20S-mediated proteolysis therefore have many potential therapeutic applications. We report herein the modulation of proteasome assembly by the small molecule TCH-165, resulting in an increase in 20S levels. The increase in the level of free 20S corresponds to enhanced proteolysis of IDPs, including α-synuclein, tau, ornithine decarboxylase, and c-Fos, but not structured proteins. Clearance of ubiquitinated protein was largely maintained by single capped proteasome complexes (19S-20S), but accumulation occurs when all 19S capped proteasome complexes are depleted. This study illustrates the first example of a small molecule capable of targeting disordered proteins for degradation by regulating the dynamic equilibrium between different proteasome complexes.
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- Evert Njomen
- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Institute of Biotechnology , University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , 15355 Lambda Drive , San Antonio , Texas 78245 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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- Institute of Biotechnology , University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio , 15355 Lambda Drive , San Antonio , Texas 78245 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Michigan State University , East Lansing , Michigan 48824 , United States
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Lupoli TJ, Vaubourgeix J, Burns-Huang K, Gold B. Targeting the Proteostasis Network for Mycobacterial Drug Discovery. ACS Infect Dis 2018; 4:478-498. [PMID: 29465983 PMCID: PMC5902792 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.7b00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains one of the world's deadliest infectious diseases and urgently requires new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant strains and to decrease the duration of therapy. During infection, Mtb encounters numerous stresses associated with host immunity, including hypoxia, reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, mild acidity, nutrient starvation, and metal sequestration and intoxication. The Mtb proteostasis network, composed of chaperones, proteases, and a eukaryotic-like proteasome, provides protection from stresses and chemistries of host immunity by maintaining the integrity of the mycobacterial proteome. In this Review, we explore the proteostasis network as a noncanonical target for antibacterial drug discovery.
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- Tania J. Lupoli
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, United States
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Hu K, Jastrab JB, Zhang S, Kovach A, Zhao G, Darwin KH, Li H. Proteasome substrate capture and gate opening by the accessory factor PafE from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:4713-4723. [PMID: 29414791 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.001471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In all domains of life, proteasomes are gated, chambered proteases that require opening by activators to facilitate protein degradation. Twelve proteasome accessory factor E (PafE) monomers assemble into a single dodecameric ring that promotes proteolysis required for the full virulence of the human bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis Whereas the best characterized proteasome activators use ATP to deliver proteins into a proteasome, PafE does not require ATP. Here, to unravel the mechanism of PafE-mediated protein targeting and proteasome activation, we studied the interactions of PafE with native substrates, including a newly identified proteasome substrate, the ParA-like protein, Rv3213c, and with proteasome core particles. We characterized the function of a highly conserved feature in bacterial proteasome activator proteins: a glycine-glutamine-tyrosine-leucine (GQYL) motif at their C termini that is essential for stimulating proteolysis. Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), we found that the GQYL motif of PafE interacts with specific residues in the α subunits of the proteasome core particle to trigger gate opening and degradation. Finally, we also found that PafE rings have 40-Å openings lined with hydrophobic residues that form a chamber for capturing substrates before they are degraded, suggesting PafE has a previously unrecognized chaperone activity. In summary, we have identified the interactions between PafE and the proteasome core particle that cause conformational changes leading to the opening of the proteasome gate and have uncovered a mechanism of PafE-mediated substrate degradation. Collectively, our results provide detailed insights into the mechanism of ATP-independent proteasome degradation in bacteria.
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- Kuan Hu
- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016.
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503.
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Alhuwaider AAH, Truscott KN, Dougan DA. Pupylation of PafA or Pup inhibits components of the Pup-Proteasome System. FEBS Lett 2017; 592:15-23. [PMID: 29197082 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The pupylation of cellular proteins plays a crucial role in the degradation cascade via the Pup-Proteasome system (PPS). It is essential for the survival of Mycobacterium smegmatis under nutrient starvation and, as such, the activity of many components of the pathway is tightly regulated. Here, we show that Pup, like ubiquitin, can form polyPup chains primarily through K61 and that this form of Pup inhibits the ATPase-mediated turnover of pupylated substrates by the 20S proteasome. Similarly, the autopupylation of PafA (the sole Pup ligase found in mycobacteria) inhibits its own enzyme activity; hence, pupylation of PafA may act as a negative feedback mechanism to prevent substrate pupylation under specific cellular conditions.
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- Adnan Ali H Alhuwaider
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
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The Y. bercovieri Anbu crystal structure sheds light on the evolution of highly (pseudo)symmetric multimers. J Mol Biol 2017; 430:611-627. [PMID: 29258816 PMCID: PMC6376114 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Ancestral β-subunit (Anbu) is homologous to HslV and 20S proteasomes. Based on its phylogenetic distribution and sequence clustering, Anbu has been proposed as the “ancestral” form of proteasomes. Here, we report biochemical data, small-angle X-ray scattering results, negative-stain electron microscopy micrographs and a crystal structure of the Anbu particle from Yersinia bercovieri (YbAnbu). All data are consistent with YbAnbu forming defined 12–14 subunit multimers that differ in shape from both HslV and 20S proteasomes. The crystal structure reveals that YbAnbu subunits form tight dimers, held together in part by the Anbu specific C-terminal helices. These dimers (“protomers”) further assemble into a low-rise left-handed staircase. The lock-washer shape of YbAnbu is consistent with the presence of defined multimers, X-ray diffraction data in solution and negative-stain electron microscopy images. The presented structure suggests a possible evolutionary pathway from helical filaments to highly symmetric or pseudosymmetric multimer structures. YbAnbu subunits have the Ntn-hydrolase fold, a putative S1 pocket and conserved candidate catalytic residues Thr1, Asp17 and Lys32(33). Nevertheless, we did not detect any YbAnbu peptidase or amidase activity. However, we could document orthophosphate production from ATP catalyzed by the ATP-grasp protein encoded in the Y. bercovieri Anbu operon.
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Santos RDLA, Bai L, Singh PK, Murakami N, Fan H, Zhan W, Zhu Y, Jiang X, Zhang K, Assker JP, Nathan CF, Li H, Azzi J, Lin G. Structure of human immunoproteasome with a reversible and noncompetitive inhibitor that selectively inhibits activated lymphocytes. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1692. [PMID: 29167449 PMCID: PMC5700161 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01760-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 10/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Proteasome inhibitors benefit patients with multiple myeloma and B cell-dependent autoimmune disorders but exert toxicity from inhibition of proteasomes in other cells. Toxicity should be minimized by reversible inhibition of the immunoproteasome β5i subunit while sparing the constitutive β5c subunit. Here we report β5i-selective inhibition by asparagine-ethylenediamine (AsnEDA)-based compounds and present the high-resolution cryo-EM structural analysis of the human immunoproteasome. Despite inhibiting noncompetitively, an AsnEDA inhibitor binds the active site. Hydrophobic interactions are accompanied by hydrogen bonding with β5i and β6 subunits. The inhibitors are far more cytotoxic for myeloma and lymphoma cell lines than for hepatocarcinoma or non-activated lymphocytes. They block human B-cell proliferation and promote apoptotic cell death selectively in antibody-secreting B cells, and to a lesser extent in activated human T cells. Reversible, β5i-selective inhibitors may be useful for treatment of diseases involving activated or neoplastic B cells or activated T cells.
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Milstein Chemistry Core Facility, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- National Center for Macromolecular Imaging and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Cryo-EM Structural Biology Laboratory, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, USA.
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- Transplantation Research Center, Renal Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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Alhuwaider AAH, Dougan DA. AAA+ Machines of Protein Destruction in Mycobacteria. Front Mol Biosci 2017; 4:49. [PMID: 28770209 PMCID: PMC5515868 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2017.00049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The bacterial cytosol is a complex mixture of macromolecules (proteins, DNA, and RNA), which collectively are responsible for an enormous array of cellular tasks. Proteins are central to most, if not all, of these tasks and as such their maintenance (commonly referred to as protein homeostasis or proteostasis) is vital for cell survival during normal and stressful conditions. The two key aspects of protein homeostasis are, (i) the correct folding and assembly of proteins (coupled with their delivery to the correct cellular location) and (ii) the timely removal of unwanted or damaged proteins from the cell, which are performed by molecular chaperones and proteases, respectively. A major class of proteins that contribute to both of these tasks are the AAA+ (ATPases associated with a variety of cellular activities) protein superfamily. Although much is known about the structure of these machines and how they function in the model Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, we are only just beginning to discover the molecular details of these machines and how they function in mycobacteria. Here we review the different AAA+ machines, that contribute to proteostasis in mycobacteria. Primarily we will focus on the recent advances in the structure and function of AAA+ proteases, the substrates they recognize and the cellular pathways they control. Finally, we will discuss the recent developments related to these machines as novel drug targets.
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- Adnan Ali H Alhuwaider
- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe UniversityMelbourne, VIC, Australia
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Akhter Y, Thakur S. Targets of ubiquitin like system in mycobacteria and related actinobacterial species. Microbiol Res 2017; 204:9-29. [PMID: 28870295 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Protein turnover and recycling is a prerequisite in all living organisms to maintain normal cellular physiology. Many bacteria are proteasome deficient but they possess typical protease enzymes for carrying out protein turnover. However, several groups of actinobacteria such as mycobacteria harbor both proteasome and proteases. In these bacteria, for cellular protein turnover the target proteins undergo post-translational modification referred as pupylation in which a small protein Pup (prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein) is tagged to the specific lysine residues of the target proteins and after that those target proteins undergo proteasomal degradation. Thus, Pup serves as a degradation signal, helps in directing proteins toward the bacterial proteasome for a turnover. Although the Pup-proteasome system has a multifaceted role in environmental stresses, pathogenicity and regulation of cellular signaling, but the fate of all types of pupylation such as mono and polypupylation on the proteins is still not completely understood. In this review, we present the mechanisms involved in the activation and conjugation of Pup to the target proteins, describing the structural sketch of pupylation and fundamental differences between the eukaryotic ubiquitin-proteasome and bacterial Pup-proteasome systems. We are also presenting a concise classification and cataloging of the complete battery of experimentally identified Pup-substrates from various species of actinobacteria.
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- Yusuf Akhter
- School of Life Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shahpur, District-Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, 176206, India.
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- School of Life Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Shahpur, District-Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, 176206, India
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Budenholzer L, Cheng CL, Li Y, Hochstrasser M. Proteasome Structure and Assembly. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:3500-3524. [PMID: 28583440 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2017] [Revised: 05/22/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The eukaryotic 26S proteasome is a large multisubunit complex that degrades the majority of proteins in the cell under normal conditions. The 26S proteasome can be divided into two subcomplexes: the 19S regulatory particle and the 20S core particle. Most substrates are first covalently modified by ubiquitin, which then directs them to the proteasome. The function of the regulatory particle is to recognize, unfold, deubiquitylate, and translocate substrates into the core particle, which contains the proteolytic sites of the proteasome. Given the abundance and subunit complexity of the proteasome, the assembly of this ~2.5MDa complex must be carefully orchestrated to ensure its correct formation. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the understanding of proteasome assembly, structure, and function. Technical advances in cryo-electron microscopy have resulted in a series of atomic cryo-electron microscopy structures of both human and yeast 26S proteasomes. These structures have illuminated new intricacies and dynamics of the proteasome. In this review, we focus on the mechanisms of proteasome assembly, particularly in light of recent structural information.
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- Lauren Budenholzer
- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Delley CL, Müller AU, Ziemski M, Weber-Ban E. Prokaryotic Ubiquitin-Like Protein and Its Ligase/Deligase Enyzmes. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:3486-3499. [PMID: 28478282 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2017] [Revised: 04/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) and the modification enzymes involved in attaching Pup to or removing it from target proteins present a fascinating example of convergent evolution with respect to eukaryotic ubiquitination. Like ubiquitin (Ub), Pup is a small protein that can be covalently attached to lysine side chains of cellular proteins, and like Ub, it can serve to recruit tagged proteins for proteasomal degradation. However, unlike Ub, Pup is conformationally highly dynamic, exhibits a different linkage connectivity to its target lysines, and its ligase belongs to a different class of enzymes than the E1/E2/E3 cascade of ubiquitination. A specific feature of actinobacteria (aside from sporadic cases in a few other lineages), pupylation appears to have evolved to provide an advantage to the bacteria under certain environmental stresses rather than act as a constitutive modification. For Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pupylation and the recruitment of pupylated substrates to the proteasome support persistence inside host macrophages during pathogenesis, rendering the Pup-proteasome system an attractive drug target. In this review, we consider the dynamic nature of Pup in relation to its function, discuss the reaction mechanisms of ligation to substrates and cleavage from pupylated substrates, and put them in context of the evolutionary history of this post-translational modification.
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- Cyrille L Delley
- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- ETH Zurich, Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Moreira W, Santhanakrishnan S, Dymock BW, Dick T. Bortezomib Warhead-Switch Confers Dual Activity against Mycobacterial Caseinolytic Protease and Proteasome and Selectivity against Human Proteasome. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:746. [PMID: 28496439 PMCID: PMC5406460 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mycobacteria harbor two main degradative proteolytic machineries, the caseinolytic protease ClpP1P2 and a proteasome. We recently showed that Bortezomib inhibits ClpP1P2 and exhibits whole cell activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bortezomib, a dipeptide with a boronic acid warhead, is a human proteasome inhibitor approved for cancer therapy. The boronic acid warhead of the compound has been shown to drive potency against both the human proteasome and ClpP1P2 protease. Selectivity for the bacterial ClpP1P2 protease over the human proteasome is lacking but needs to be achieved to move this new anti-tuberculosis lead forward. In this study we explored whether an alternative warhead could influence Bortezomib's selectivity. We synthesized an analog containing a chloromethyl ketone instead of the boronic acid warhead and determined potencies against the bacterial and human enzymes. Surprisingly, the analog retained activity against mycobacterial ClpP1P2 and was active against the mycobacterial proteasome, but was devoid of activity against the human proteasome. Interrogation of a set of chloromethyl ketone peptides identified three additional compounds similarly inhibiting both ClpP1P2 and the proteasome in the bacteria while leaving the human proteasome untouched. Finally, we showed that these compounds display bactericidal activity against M. tuberculosis with cytotoxicity ranging from acceptable to undetectable. These results suggest that selectivity over the human proteasome is achievable. Selectivity, together with dual-targeting of mycobacterial ClpP1P2 and proteasome makes this new scaffold an attractive starting point for optimization.
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- Wilfried Moreira
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacy, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeSingapore, Singapore.,Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyNewark, NJ, USA
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Structural Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Homologues of the Eukaryotic Proteasome Assembly Chaperone 2 (PAC2). J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00846-16. [PMID: 28193903 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00846-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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A previous bioinformatics analysis identified the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins Rv2125 and Rv2714 as orthologs of the eukaryotic proteasome assembly chaperone 2 (PAC2). We set out to investigate whether Rv2125 or Rv2714 can function in proteasome assembly. We solved the crystal structure of Rv2125 at a resolution of 3.0 Å, which showed an overall fold similar to that of the PAC2 family proteins that include the archaeal PbaB and the yeast Pba1. However, Rv2125 and Rv2714 formed trimers, whereas PbaB forms tetramers and Pba1 dimerizes with Pba2. We also found that purified Rv2125 and Rv2714 could not bind to M. tuberculosis 20S core particles. Finally, proteomic analysis showed that the levels of known proteasome components and substrate proteins were not affected by disruption of Rv2125 in M. tuberculosis Our work suggests that Rv2125 does not participate in bacterial proteasome assembly or function.IMPORTANCE Although many bacteria do not encode proteasomes, M. tuberculosis not only uses proteasomes but also has evolved a posttranslational modification system called pupylation to deliver proteins to the proteasome. Proteasomes are essential for M. tuberculosis to cause lethal infections in animals; thus, determining how proteasomes are assembled may help identify new ways to combat tuberculosis. We solved the structure of a predicted proteasome assembly factor, Rv2125, and isolated a genetic Rv2125 mutant of M. tuberculosis Our structural, biochemical, and genetic studies indicate that Rv2125 and Rv2714 do not function as proteasome assembly chaperones and are unlikely to have roles in proteasome biology in mycobacteria.
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Bibo-Verdugo B, Jiang Z, Caffrey CR, O'Donoghue AJ. Targeting proteasomes in infectious organisms to combat disease. FEBS J 2017; 284:1503-1517. [PMID: 28122162 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Proteasomes are multisubunit, energy-dependent, proteolytic complexes that play an essential role in intracellular protein turnover. They are present in eukaryotes, archaea, and in some actinobacteria species. Inhibition of proteasome activity has emerged as a powerful strategy for anticancer therapy and three drugs have been approved for treatment of multiple myeloma. These compounds react covalently with a threonine residue located in the active site of a proteasome subunit to block protein degradation. Proteasomes in pathogenic organisms such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Plasmodium falciparum also have a nucleophilic threonine residue in the proteasome active site and are therefore sensitive to these anticancer drugs. This review summarizes efforts to validate the proteasome in pathogenic organisms as a therapeutic target. We describe several strategies that have been used to develop inhibitors with increased potency and selectivity for the pathogen proteasome relative to the human proteasome. In addition, we highlight a cell-based chemical screening approach that identified a potent, allosteric inhibitor of proteasomes found in Leishmania and Trypanosoma species. Finally, we discuss the development of proteasome inhibitors as anti-infective agents.
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- Betsaida Bibo-Verdugo
- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Chemistry & Biochemistry Graduate Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Totaro KA, Barthelme D, Simpson PT, Jiang X, Lin G, Nathan CF, Sauer RT, Sello JK. Rational Design of Selective and Bioactive Inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome. ACS Infect Dis 2017; 3:176-181. [PMID: 28183185 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.6b00172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The 20S core particle of the proteasome in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is a promising, yet unconventional, drug target. This multimeric peptidase is not essential, yet degrades proteins that have become damaged and toxic via reactions with nitric oxide (and/or the associated reactive nitrogen intermediates) produced during the host immune response. Proteasome inhibitors could render Mtb susceptible to the immune system, but they would only be therapeutically viable if they do not inhibit the essential 20S counterpart in humans. Selective inhibitors of the Mtb 20S were designed and synthesized on the bases of both its unique substrate preferences and the structures of substrate-mimicking covalent inhibitors of eukaryotic proteasomes called syringolins. Unlike the parent syringolins, the designed analogues weakly inhibit the human 20S (Hs 20S) proteasome and preferentially inhibit Mtb 20S over the human counterpart by as much as 74-fold. Moreover, they can penetrate the mycobacterial cell envelope and render Mtb susceptible to nitric oxide-mediated stress. Importantly, they do not inhibit the growth of human cell lines in vitro and thus may be starting points for tuberculosis drug development.
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- Kyle A. Totaro
- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box H, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 68-571A, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box H, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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- Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of
Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 68-571A, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Brown University, 324 Brook Street, Box H, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, United States
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Hsu HC, Singh PK, Fan H, Wang R, Sukenick G, Nathan C, Lin G, Li H. Structural Basis for the Species-Selective Binding of N,C-Capped Dipeptides to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome. Biochemistry 2016; 56:324-333. [PMID: 27976853 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b01107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) 20S proteasome is vital for the pathogen to survive under nitrosative stress in vitro and to persist in mice. To qualify for drug development, inhibitors targeting Mtb 20S must spare both the human constitutive proteasome (c-20S) and immunoproteasome (i-20S). We recently reported members of a family of noncovalently binding dipeptide proteasome inhibitors that are highly potent and selective for Mtb 20S over human c-20S and i-20S. To understand the structural basis of their potency and selectivity, we have studied the structure-activity relationship of six derivatives and solved their cocrystal structures with Mtb 20S. The dipeptide inhibitors form an antiparallel β-strand with the active site β-strands. Selectivity is conferred by several features of Mtb 20S relative to its mouse counterparts, including a larger S1 pocket, additional hydrogen bonds in the S3 pocket, and hydrophobic interactions in the S4 pocket. Serine-20 and glutamine-22 of Mtb 20S interact with the dipeptides and confer Mtb-specific inhibition over c-20S and i-20S. The Mtb 20S and mammalian i-20S have a serine-27 that interacts strongly with the dipeptides, potentially explaining the higher inhibitory activity of the dipeptides toward i-20S over c-20S. This detailed structural knowledge will aid in optimizing the dipeptides as anti-tuberculosis drugs.
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- Hao-Chi Hsu
- Van Andel Research Institute , Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, United States
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- NMR Analytical Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, New York 10065, United States
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- NMR Analytical Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Van Andel Research Institute , Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503, United States
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Bacterial Proteasomes: Mechanistic and Functional Insights. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 81:81/1/e00036-16. [PMID: 27974513 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00036-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Regulated proteolysis is essential for the normal physiology of all organisms. While all eukaryotes and archaea use proteasomes for protein degradation, only certain orders of bacteria have proteasomes, whose functions are likely as diverse as the species that use them. In this review, we discuss the most recent developments in the understanding of how proteins are targeted to proteasomes for degradation, including ATP-dependent and -independent mechanisms, and the roles of proteasome-dependent degradation in protein quality control and the regulation of cellular physiology. Furthermore, we explore newly established functions of proteasome system accessory factors that function independently of proteolysis.
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Singh PK, Fan H, Jiang X, Shi L, Nathan CF, Lin G. Immunoproteasome β5i-Selective Dipeptidomimetic Inhibitors. ChemMedChem 2016; 11:2127-2131. [PMID: 27561172 PMCID: PMC5760267 DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201600384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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N,C-capped dipeptides belong to a class of noncovalent proteasome inhibitors. Herein we report that the insertion of a β-amino acid into N,C-capped dipeptides markedly decreases their inhibitory potency against human constitutive proteasome β5c, while maintaining potent inhibitory activity against human immunoproteasome β5i, thereby achieving thousands-fold selectivity for β5i over β5c. Structure-activity relationship studies revealed that β5c does not tolerate the β-amino acid based dipeptidomimetics as does β5i. In vitro, one such compound was found to inhibit human T cell proliferation. Compounds of this class may have potential as therapeutics for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases with less mechanism-based cytotoxicity than agents that also inhibit the constitutive proteasome.
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- Pradeep K Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, The Abby and Howard Milstein Synthetic Chemistry Core Facility, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Box 62, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Box 62, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Box 62, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Box 62, New York, NY, 10065, USA.
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Interest in bacterial proteasomes was sparked by the discovery that proteasomal degradation is required for the pathogenesis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, one of the world's deadliest pathogens. Although bacterial proteasomes are structurally similar to their eukaryotic and archaeal homologs, there are key differences in their mechanisms of assembly, activation, and substrate targeting for degradation. In this article, we compare and contrast bacterial proteasomes with their archaeal and eukaryotic counterparts, and we discuss recent advances in our understanding of how bacterial proteasomes function to influence microbial physiology.
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
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This chapter describes the identification of the first prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein modifier, Pup, which covalently attaches to proteins to target them for destruction by a bacterial proteasome in a manner akin to ubiquitin in eukaryotes. Despite using a proteasome as the end point for proteolysis, Pup and ubiquitin differ in sequence, structure and method of activation and conjugation to protein substrates. Pup is so far the only known posttranslational protein modifier in prokaryotes and its discovery opens the door to the possibility that others are present not only for proteolysis, but also to regulate protein function or localization. Here, we discuss the putative mechanism of activation and conjugation of Pup (termed "pupylation") to target proteins. In addition, because it is unclear whether or not Pup, like ubiquitin, is recycled or degraded during substrate targeting to the proteasome, we propose methods that may identify Pup deconjugation enzymes ("depupylases"). Finally, we outline future directions for Pup research and anti-tuberculosis drug discovery.
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Structural analysis of the dodecameric proteasome activator PafE in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E1983-92. [PMID: 27001842 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1512094113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) requires a proteasome system to cause lethal infections in mice. We recently found that proteasome accessory factor E (PafE, Rv3780) activates proteolysis by the Mtb proteasome independently of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Moreover, PafE contributes to the heat-shock response and virulence of Mtb Here, we show that PafE subunits formed four-helix bundles similar to those of the eukaryotic ATP-independent proteasome activator subunits of PA26 and PA28. However, unlike any other known proteasome activator, PafE formed dodecamers with 12-fold symmetry, which required a glycine-XXX-glycine-XXX-glycine motif that is not found in previously described activators. Intriguingly, the truncation of the PafE carboxyl-terminus resulted in the robust binding of PafE rings to native proteasome core particles and substantially increased proteasomal activity, suggesting that the extended carboxyl-terminus of this cofactor confers suboptimal binding to the proteasome core particle. Collectively, our data show that proteasomal activation is not limited to hexameric ATPases in bacteria.
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Proteasomes are ATP-dependent, barrel-shaped proteases found in all three domains of life. In eukaryotes, proteins are typically targeted for degradation by posttranslational modification with the small protein ubiquitin. In 2008, the first bacterial protein modifier, Pup (prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein), was identified in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Functionally analogous to ubiquitin, conjugation with Pup serves as a signal for degradation by the mycobacterial proteasome. Proteolysis-dependent and -independent functions of the M. tuberculosis proteasome are essential for virulence of this successful pathogen. In this article we describe the discovery of the proteasome as a key player in tuberculosis pathogenesis and the biology and biochemistry of the Pup-proteasome system.
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Śledź P, Baumeister W. Structure-Driven Developments of 26S Proteasome Inhibitors. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 2016; 56:191-209. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-pharmtox-010814-124727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Paweł Śledź
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany;
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany;
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Alpha-ring Independent Assembly of the 20S Proteasome. Sci Rep 2015; 5:13130. [PMID: 26286114 PMCID: PMC4541365 DOI: 10.1038/srep13130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Archaeal proteasomes share many features with their eukaryotic counterparts and serve as important models for assembly. Proteasomes are also found in certain bacterial lineages yet their assembly mechanism is thought to be fundamentally different. Here we investigate α-ring formation using recombinant proteasomes from the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. Through an engineered disulfide cross-linking strategy, we demonstrate that double α-rings are structurally analogous to half-proteasomes and can form independently of single α-rings. More importantly, via targeted mutagenesis, we show that single α-rings are not required for the efficient assembly of 20S proteasomes. Our data support updating the currently held "α-ring first" view of assembly, initially proposed in studies of archaeal proteasomes, and present a way to reconcile the seemingly separate bacterial assembly mechanism with the rest of the proteasome realm. We suggest that a common assembly network underpins the absolutely conserved architecture of proteasomes across all domains of life.
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Ganapathy U, Marrero J, Calhoun S, Eoh H, de Carvalho LPS, Rhee K, Ehrt S. Two enzymes with redundant fructose bisphosphatase activity sustain gluconeogenesis and virulence in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7912. [PMID: 26258286 PMCID: PMC4535450 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) likely utilizes host fatty acids as a carbon source during infection. Gluconeogenesis is essential for the conversion of fatty acids into biomass. A rate-limiting step in gluconeogenesis is the conversion of fructose 1,6-bisphosphate to fructose 6-phosphate by a fructose bisphosphatase (FBPase). The Mtb genome contains only one annotated FBPase gene, glpX. Here we show that, unexpectedly, an Mtb mutant lacking GLPX grows on gluconeogenic carbon sources and has detectable FBPase activity. We demonstrate that the Mtb genome encodes an alternative FBPase (GPM2, Rv3214) that can maintain gluconeogenesis in the absence of GLPX. Consequently, deletion of both GLPX and GPM2 is required for disruption of gluconeogenesis and attenuation of Mtb in a mouse model of infection. Our work affirms a role for gluconeogenesis in Mtb virulence and reveals previously unidentified metabolic redundancy at the FBPase-catalysed reaction step of the pathway. Mycobacterium tuberculosis feeds on host fatty acids during infection, a process that requires a fructose bisphosphatase (FBPase) enzyme for gluconeogenesis. Here, Ganapathy et al. show that the bacterium has two different FBPases and that this enzymatic activity is required for full virulence.
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- Uday Ganapathy
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 413 East 69th Street, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Russo F, Gising J, Åkerbladh L, Roos AK, Naworyta A, Mowbray SL, Sokolowski A, Henderson I, Alling T, Bailey MA, Files M, Parish T, Karlén A, Larhed M. Optimization and Evaluation of 5-Styryl-Oxathiazol-2-one Mycobacterium tuberculosis Proteasome Inhibitors as Potential Antitubercular Agents. ChemistryOpen 2015; 4:342-62. [PMID: 26246997 PMCID: PMC4522185 DOI: 10.1002/open.201500001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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This is the first report of 5-styryl-oxathiazol-2-ones as inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) proteasome. As part of the study, the structure-activity relationship of oxathiazolones as Mtb proteasome inhibitors has been investigated. Furthermore, the prepared compounds displayed a good selectivity profile for Mtb compared to the human proteasome. The 5-styryl-oxathiazol-2-one inhibitors identified showed little activity against replicating Mtb, but were rapidly bactericidal against nonreplicating bacteria. (E)-5-(4-Chlorostyryl)-1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one) was most effective, reducing the colony-forming units (CFU)/mL below the detection limit in only seven days at all concentrations tested. The results suggest that this new class of Mtb proteasome inhibitors has the potential to be further developed into novel antitubercular agents for synergistic combination therapies with existing drugs.
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- Francesco Russo
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 596, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 596, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 596, 751 24, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research InstituteSeattle, WA, 98102, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research InstituteSeattle, WA, 98102, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research InstituteSeattle, WA, 98102, USA
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- TB Discovery Research, Infectious Disease Research InstituteSeattle, WA, 98102, USA
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Organic Pharmaceutical Chemistry, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Science for Life Laboratory, BMC, Uppsala UniversityBox 574, 751 23, Uppsala, Sweden
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Jastrab JB, Wang T, Murphy JP, Bai L, Hu K, Merkx R, Huang J, Chatterjee C, Ovaa H, Gygi SP, Li H, Darwin KH. An adenosine triphosphate-independent proteasome activator contributes to the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E1763-72. [PMID: 25831519 PMCID: PMC4394314 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423319112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes a proteasome that is highly similar to eukaryotic proteasomes and is required to cause lethal infections in animals. The only pathway known to target proteins for proteasomal degradation in bacteria is pupylation, which is functionally analogous to eukaryotic ubiquitylation. However, evidence suggests that the M. tuberculosis proteasome contributes to pupylation-independent pathways as well. To identify new proteasome cofactors that might contribute to such pathways, we isolated proteins that bound to proteasomes overproduced in M. tuberculosis and found a previously uncharacterized protein, Rv3780, which formed rings and capped M. tuberculosis proteasome core particles. Rv3780 enhanced peptide and protein degradation by proteasomes in an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-independent manner. We identified putative Rv3780-dependent proteasome substrates and found that Rv3780 promoted robust degradation of the heat shock protein repressor, HspR. Importantly, an M. tuberculosis Rv3780 mutant had a general growth defect, was sensitive to heat stress, and was attenuated for growth in mice. Collectively, these data demonstrate that ATP-independent proteasome activators are not confined to eukaryotes and can contribute to the virulence of one the world's most devastating pathogens.
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- Jordan B Jastrab
- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973
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- Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Division of Cell Biology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Biosciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973; Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794
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- Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016;
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Zheng Y, Jiang X, Gao F, Song J, Sun J, Wang L, Sun X, Lu Z, Zhang H. Identification of plant-derived natural products as potential inhibitors of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome. BMC COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2014; 14:400. [PMID: 25315519 PMCID: PMC4203866 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-14-400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Background The Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) proteasome has been established as a viable target for the development of anti-tuberculosis agents. In this study, the inhibitory activities of 100 plant-derived natural products on the Mtb proteasome were analyzed to identify novel potential inhibitors. Methods The fluorescent substrate Suc-Leu-Leu-Val-Tyr-AMC can be hydrolyzed by the proteasome to release free AMC, the fluorescence of which is proportional to the proteasome activity. The inhibitory activities of 100 natural products (each at a final concentration of 200 μM) were detected by this method using MG132 as a positive control. Results Twelve of these natural products (10 of which were flavonoids) inhibited the activity of the Mtb proteasome by more than 65%. Comparison of the structural differences between the flavonoids with good inhibitory activity and those without inhibitory activity revealed that the hydroxyl at the flavonoid C ring C-3 or the hydroxyl/methoxyl at the flavonoid A ring C-6 were critical for the inhibition of proteasomal activity. Conclusions These data indicate that flavonoids represent a basis for rational structural design in the process of novel anti-tuberculosis drug discovery.
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Phosphorylation regulates mycobacterial proteasome. J Microbiol 2014; 52:743-54. [PMID: 25224505 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-014-4416-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis possesses a proteasome system that is required for the microbe to resist elimination by the host immune system. Despite the importance of the proteasome in the pathogenesis of tuberculosis, the molecular mechanisms by which proteasome activity is controlled remain largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that the α-subunit (PrcA) of the M. tuberculosis proteasome is phosphorylated by the PknB kinase at three threonine residues (T84, T202, and T178) in a sequential manner. Furthermore, the proteasome with phosphorylated PrcA enhances the degradation of Ino1, a known proteasomal substrate, suggesting that PknB regulates the proteolytic activity of the proteasome. Previous studies showed that depletion of the proteasome and the proteasome-associated proteins decreases resistance to reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNIs) but increases resistance to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Here we show that PknA phosphorylation of unprocessed proteasome β-subunit (pre-PrcB) and α-subunit reduces the assembly of the proteasome complex and thereby enhances the mycobacterial resistance to H2O2 and that H2O2 stress diminishes the formation of the proteasome complex in a PknA-dependent manner. These findings indicate that phosphorylation of the M. tuberculosis proteasome not only modulates proteolytic activity of the proteasome, but also affects the proteasome complex formation contributing to the survival of M. tuberculosis under oxidative stress conditions.
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Maldonado AY, Burz DS, Reverdatto S, Shekhtman A. Fate of pup inside the Mycobacterium proteasome studied by in-cell NMR. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74576. [PMID: 24040288 PMCID: PMC3769308 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome is required for maximum virulence and to resist killing by the host immune system. The prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein, Pup-GGE, targets proteins for proteasome-mediated degradation. We demonstrate that Pup-GGQ, a precursor of Pup-GGE, is not a substrate for proteasomal degradation. Using STINT-NMR, an in-cell NMR technique, we studied the interactions between Pup-GGQ, mycobacterial proteasomal ATPase, Mpa, and Mtb proteasome core particle (CP) inside a living cell at amino acid residue resolution. We showed that under in-cell conditions, in the absence of the proteasome CP, Pup-GGQ interacts with Mpa only weakly, primarily through its C-terminal region. When Mpa and non-stoichiometric amounts of proteasome CP are present, both the N-terminal and C-terminal regions of Pup-GGQ bind strongly to Mpa. This suggests a mechanism by which transient binding of Mpa to the proteasome CP controls the fate of Pup.
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- Andres Y. Maldonado
- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Humbard MA, Maupin-Furlow JA. Prokaryotic proteasomes: nanocompartments of degradation. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 23:321-34. [PMID: 23920495 DOI: 10.1159/000351348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Proteasomes are self-compartmentalized energy-dependent proteolytic machines found in Archaea, Actinobacteria species of bacteria and eukaryotes. Proteasomes consist of two separate protein complexes, the core particle that hydrolyzes peptide bonds and an AAA+ ATPase domain responsible for the binding, unfolding and translocation of protein substrates into the core particle for degradation. Similarly to eukaryotes, proteasomes play a central role in protein degradation and can be essential in Archaea. Core particles associate with and utilize a variety of ATPase complexes to carry out protein degradation in Archaea. In actinobacterial species, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, proteasome-mediated degradation is associated with pathogenesis and does not appear to be essential. Interestingly, both actinobacterial species and Archaea use small proteins to covalently modify proteins, prokaryotic ubiquitin-like proteins (Pup) in Actinobacteria and ubiquitin-like small archaeal modifier proteins (SAMP) in Archaea. These modifications may play a role in proteasome targeting similar to the ubiquitin-proteasome system in eukaryotes.
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- Matthew A Humbard
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., USA
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Lin G, Chidawanyika T, Tsu C, Warrier T, Vaubourgeix J, Blackburn C, Gigstad K, Sintchak M, Dick L, Nathan C. N,C-Capped dipeptides with selectivity for mycobacterial proteasome over human proteasomes: role of S3 and S1 binding pockets. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:9968-71. [PMID: 23782398 DOI: 10.1021/ja400021x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We identified N,C-capped dipeptides that are selective for the Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteasome over human constitutive and immunoproteasomes. Differences in the S3 and S1 binding pockets appeared to account for the species selectivity. The inhibitors can penetrate mycobacteria and kill nonreplicating M. tuberculosis under nitrosative stress.
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- Gang Lin
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA.
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Striebel F, Imkamp F, Özcelik D, Weber-Ban E. Pupylation as a signal for proteasomal degradation in bacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:103-13. [PMID: 23557784 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2012] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Posttranslational modifications in the form of covalently attached proteins like ubiquitin (Ub), were long considered an exclusive feature of eukaryotic organisms. The discovery of pupylation, the modification of lysine residues with a prokaryotic, ubiquitin-like protein (Pup), demonstrated that certain bacteria use a tagging pathway functionally related to ubiquitination in order to target proteins for proteasomal degradation. However, functional analogies do not translate into structural or mechanistic relatedness. Bacterial Pup, unlike eukaryotic Ub, does not adopt a β-grasp fold, but is intrinsically disordered. Furthermore, isopeptide bond formation in the pupylation process is carried out by enzymes evolutionary descendent from glutamine synthetases. While in eukaryotes, the proteasome is the main energy-dependent protein degradation machine, bacterial proteasomes exist in addition to other architecturally related degradation complexes, and their specific role along with the role of pupylation is still poorly understood. In Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the Pup-proteasome system contributes to pathogenicity by supporting the bacterium's persistence within host macrophages. Here, we describe the mechanism and structural framework of pupylation and the targeting of pupylated proteins to the proteasome complex. Particular attention is given to the comparison of the bacterial Pup-proteasome system and the eukaryotic ubiquitin-proteasome system. Furthermore, the involvement of pupylation and proteasomal degradation in Mtb pathogenesis is discussed together with efforts to establish the Pup-proteasome system as a drug target. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Guest Editors: Thomas Sommer and Dieter H. Wolf.
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- Frank Striebel
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Kunjappu MJ, Hochstrasser M. Assembly of the 20S proteasome. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:2-12. [PMID: 23507199 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2012] [Revised: 03/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The proteasome is a cellular protease responsible for the selective degradation of the majority of the intracellular proteome. It recognizes, unfolds, and cleaves proteins that are destined for removal, usually by prior attachment to polymers of ubiquitin. This macromolecular machine is composed of two subcomplexes, the 19S regulatory particle (RP) and the 20S core particle (CP), which together contain at least 33 different and precisely positioned subunits. How these subunits assemble into functional complexes is an area of active exploration. Here we describe the current status of studies on the assembly of the 20S proteasome (CP). The 28-subunit CP is found in all three domains of life and its cylindrical stack of four heptameric rings is well conserved. Though several CP subunits possess self-assembly properties, a consistent theme in recent years has been the need for dedicated assembly chaperones that promote on-pathway assembly. To date, a minimum of three accessory factors have been implicated in aiding the construction of the 20S proteasome. These chaperones interact with different assembling proteasomal precursors and usher subunits into specific slots in the growing structure. This review will focus largely on chaperone-dependent CP assembly and its regulation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. Guest Editors: Thomas Sommer and Dieter H. Wolf.
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- Mary J Kunjappu
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, 266 Whitney Avenue P.O. Box 208114, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA
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Archaea contain, both a functional proteasome and an ubiquitin-like protein conjugation system (termed sampylation) that is related to the ubiquitin proteasome system (UPS) of eukaryotes. Archaeal proteasomes have served as excellent models for understanding how proteins are degraded by the central energy-dependent proteolytic machine of eukaryotes, the 26S proteasome. While sampylation has only recently been discovered, it is thought to be linked to proteasome-mediated degradation in archaea. Unlike eukaryotes, sampylation only requires an E1 enzyme homolog of the E1-E2-E3 ubiquitylation cascade to mediate protein conjugation. Furthermore, recent evidence suggests that archaeal and eurkaryotic E1 enzyme homologs can serve dual roles in mediating protein conjugation and activating sulfur for incorporation into biomolecules. The focus of this book chapter is the energy-dependent proteasome and sampylation systems of Archaea.
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- Julie A Maupin-Furlow
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0700, USA,
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