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Torres-Rodríguez MD, González-Segura L, Rodríguez-Sotres R, Juárez-DíaZ JA, Cruz-Zamora Y, Cruz-García F. High resolution crystal structure of NaTrxh from Nicotiana alata and its interaction with the S-RNase. J Struct Biol 2020; 212:107578. [PMID: 32682729 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2020.107578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2020] [Revised: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Thioredoxins are regulatory proteins that reduce disulfide bonds on target proteins. NaTrxh, which belongs to the plant thioredoxin family h subgroup 2, interacts and reduces the S-RNase enhancing its ribonuclease activity seven-fold, resulting an essential protein for pollen rejection inNicotiana.Here, the crystal structure of NaTrxh at 1.7 Å by X-ray diffraction is reported. NaTrxh conserves the typical fold observed in other thioredoxins from prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but it contains extensions towards both N- and C-termini.The NaTrxh N-terminal extension participates in the reduction of S-RNase, and in the structure reported here, this is orientated towards the reactive site. The interaction between SF11-RNase and the NaTrxh N-terminal was simulated and the short-lived complex observed lasted for a tenth of ns. Moreover, we identified certain amino acids as SF11-RNase-E155 and NaTrxh-M104 as good candidates to contribute to the stability of the complex. Furthermore, we simulated the reduction of the C153-C186 SF11-RNase disulfide bond and observed subtle changes that affect the entire core, which might explain the increase in the ribonuclease activity of S-RNase when it is reduced by NaTrxh.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx 04510, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Mx 04510, Mexico.
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Ávila-Castañeda A, Juárez-Díaz JA, Rodríguez-Sotres R, Bravo-Alberto CE, Ibarra-Sánchez CP, Zavala-Castillo A, Cruz-Zamora Y, Martínez-Castilla LP, Márquez-Guzmán J, Cruz-García F. A novel motif in the NaTrxh N-terminus promotes its secretion, whereas the C-terminus participates in its interaction with S-RNase in vitro. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY 2014; 14:147. [PMID: 24886483 PMCID: PMC4065587 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND NaTrxh, a thioredoxin type h, shows differential expression between self-incompatible and self-compatible Nicotiana species. NaTrxh interacts in vitro with S-RNase and co-localizes with it in the extracellular matrix of the stylar transmitting tissue. NaTrxh contains N- and C-terminal extensions, a feature shared by thioredoxin h proteins of subgroup 2. To ascertain the function of these extensions in NaTrxh secretion and protein-protein interaction, we performed a deletion analysis on NaTrxh and fused the resulting variants to GFP. RESULTS We found an internal domain in the N-terminal extension, called Nβ, that is essential for NaTrxh secretion but is not hydrophobic, a canonical feature of a signal peptide. The lack of hydrophobicity as well as the location of the secretion signal within the NaTrxh primary structure, suggest an unorthodox secretion route for NaTrxh. Notably, we found that the fusion protein NaTrxh-GFP(KDEL) is retained in the endoplasmic reticulum and that treatment of NaTrxh-GFP-expressing cells with Brefeldin A leads to its retention in the Golgi, which indicates that NaTrxh uses, to some extent, the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus for secretion. Furthermore, we found that Nβ contributes to NaTrxh tertiary structure stabilization and that the C-terminus functions in the protein-protein interaction with S-RNase. CONCLUSIONS The extensions contained in NaTrxh sequence have specific functions on the protein. While the C-terminus directly participates in protein-protein interaction, particularly on its interaction with S-RNase in vitro; the N-terminal extension contains two structurally different motifs: Nα and Nβ. Nβ, the inner domain (Ala-17 to Pro-27), is essential and enough to target NaTrxh towards the apoplast. Interestingly, when it was fused to GFP, this protein was also found in the cell wall of the onion cells. Although the biochemical features of the N-terminus suggested a non-classical secretion pathway, our results provided evidence that NaTrxh at least uses the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus and also vesicles for secretion. Therefore, the Nβ domain sequence is suggested to be a novel signal peptide.
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- Alejandra Ávila-Castañeda
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Biología Comparada, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México 04510, Distrito Federal, México
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MacIntosh GC. RNase T2 Family: Enzymatic Properties, Functional Diversity, and Evolution of Ancient Ribonucleases. NUCLEIC ACIDS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21078-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hua Z, Kao TH. Identification and characterization of components of a putative petunia S-locus F-box-containing E3 ligase complex involved in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility. THE PLANT CELL 2006; 18:2531-53. [PMID: 17028207 PMCID: PMC1626602 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.041061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Petunia inflata S-locus F-box (Pi SLF) is thought to function as a typical F-box protein in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation and, along with Skp1, Cullin-1, and Rbx1, could compose an SCF complex mediating the degradation of nonself S-RNase but not self S-RNase. We isolated three P. inflata Skp1s (Pi SK1, -2, and -3), two Cullin-1s (Pi CUL1-C and -G), and an Rbx1 (Pi RBX1) cDNAs and found that Pi CUL1-G did not interact with Pi RBX1 and that none of the three Pi SKs interacted with Pi SLF(2). We also isolated a RING-HC protein, S-RNase Binding Protein1 (Pi SBP1), almost identical to Petunia hybrida SBP1, which interacts with Pi SLFs, S-RNases, Pi CUL1-G, and an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, suggesting that Pi CUL1-G, SBP1, and SLF may be components of a novel E3 ligase complex, with Pi SBP1 playing the roles of Skp1 and Rbx1. S-RNases interact more with nonself Pi SLFs than with self Pi SLFs, and Pi SLFs also interact more with nonself S-RNases than with self S-RNases. Bacterially expressed S(1)-, S(2)-, and S(3)-RNases are degraded by the 26S proteasomal pathway in a cell-free system, albeit not in an S-allele-specific manner. Native glycosylated S(3)-RNase is not degraded to any significant extent; however, deglycosylated S(3)-RNase is degraded as efficiently as the bacterially expressed S-RNases. Finally, S-RNases are ubiquitinated in pollen tube extracts, but whether this is mediated by the Pi SLF-containing E3 complex is unknown.
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- Zhihua Hua
- Intercollege Graduate Degree Program in Plant Biology, Pensylvania State University, University Park, Pensylvania 16802, USA
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Juárez-Díaz JA, McClure B, Vázquez-Santana S, Guevara-García A, León-Mejía P, Márquez-Guzmán J, Cruz-García F. A novel thioredoxin h is secreted in Nicotiana alata and reduces S-RNase in vitro. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:3418-24. [PMID: 16354655 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m511687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Thioredoxins type h are classified into three subgroups. The subgroup II includes thioredoxins containing an N-terminal extension, the role of which is still unclear. Although thioredoxin secretion has been observed in animal cells, there is no evidence suggesting that any thioredoxin h is secreted in plants. In this study, we report that a thioredoxin h, subgroup II, from Nicotiana alata (NaTrxh) is secreted into the extracellular matrix of the stylar transmitting tract tissue. Fractionation studies showed that NaTrxh is extracted along with well characterized secretion proteins such as S-RNases and NaTTS (N. alata transmitting tissue-specific protein). Moreover, an NaTrxh-green fluorescent fusion protein transiently expressed in Nicotiana benthamiana and Arabidopsis thaliana leaves was also secreted, showing that NaTrxh has the required information for its secretion. We performed reduction assays in vitro to identify potential extracellular targets of NaTrxh. We found that S-RNase is one of the several potential substrates of the NaTrxh in the extracellular matrix. In addition, we proved by affinity chromatography that NaTrxh specifically interacts with S-RNase. Our findings showed that NaTrxh is a new thioredoxin h in Nicotiana that is secreted as well as in animal systems. Because NaTrxh is localized in the extracellular matrix of the stylar transmitting tract and its specific interaction with S-RNase to reduce it in vitro, we suggest that this thioredoxin h may be involved either in general pollen-pistil interaction processes or particularly in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Arabidopsis/enzymology
- Base Sequence
- Chromatography, Affinity
- DNA, Complementary/metabolism
- Disulfides/chemistry
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Extracellular Matrix/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
- Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
- Genes, Plant
- Glutathione Transferase/metabolism
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Immunoblotting
- In Vitro Techniques
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Plant Proteins/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Interaction Mapping
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Ribonucleases/metabolism
- Subcellular Fractions/metabolism
- Thioredoxin h
- Thioredoxins/biosynthesis
- Thioredoxins/chemistry
- Thioredoxins/metabolism
- Nicotiana/enzymology
- Nicotiana/metabolism
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- Javier Andrés Juárez-Díaz
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), DF 04510, México
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Chen Z, Ling J, Gallie DR. RNase activity requires formation of disulfide bonds and is regulated by the redox state. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 55:83-96. [PMID: 15604666 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0438-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The activity of many RNases requires the formation of one or more disulfide bonds which can contribute to their stability. In this study, we show that RNase activity and, to a much lesser extent, nuclease activity, are redox regulated. Intracellular RNase activity was altered in vitro by changes in the glutathione redox state. Moreover, RNase activity was abolished following exposure to reducing agents such as beta-ME or DTT. Following reduction with glutathione (GSH), RNase activity could be fully reactivated with oxidized glutathione (GSSG). In contrast, RNase activity could not be reactivated when reduced with DTT. Decreasing the level of glutathione in vivo in wheat increased RNase activity. Tobacco engineered to have an increased glutathione redox state exhibited substantially lower RNase activity during dark-induced senescence. These results suggest that RNase activity requires the presence of one or more disulfide bonds that are regulated by glutathione and demonstrate for the first time that RNase activity can be altered with an alteration in cellular redox state.
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- Zhong Chen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, CA, USA
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- S Abel
- Institut für Biochemie Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg D-06099 Halle, Germany
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Matsuura T, Sakai H, Unno M, Ida K, Sato M, Sakiyama F, Norioka S. Crystal structure at 1.5-A resolution of Pyrus pyrifolia pistil ribonuclease responsible for gametophytic self-incompatibility. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:45261-9. [PMID: 11577107 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m107617200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of the Pyrus pyrifolia pistil ribonuclease (S(3)-RNase) responsible for gametophytic self-incompatibility was determined at 1.5-A resolution. It consists of eight helices and seven beta-strands, and its folding topology is typical of RNase T(2) family enzymes. Based on a structural comparison of S(3)-RNase with RNase Rh, a fungal RNase T(2) family enzyme, the active site residues of S(3)-RNase assigned were His(33) and His(88) as catalysts and Glu(84) and Lys(87) as stabilizers of an intermediate in the transition state. Moreover, amino acid residues that constitute substrate binding sites of the two RNases could be superimposed geometrically. A hypervariable (HV) region that has an S-allele-specific sequence comprises a long loop and short alpha-helix. This region is far from the active site cleft, exposed on the molecule's surface, and positively charged. Four positively selected (PS) regions, in which the number of nonsynonymous substitutions exceeds that of synonymous ones, are located on either side of the active site cleft, and accessible to solvent. These structural features suggest that the HV or PS regions may interact with a pollen S-gene product(s) to recognize self and non-self pollen.
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- T Matsuura
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Tanaka N, Arai J, Inokuchi N, Koyama T, Ohgi K, Irie M, Nakamura KT. Crystal structure of a plant ribonuclease, RNase LE. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:859-73. [PMID: 10801354 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Ribonuclease LE (RNase LE) from cultured tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) cells is a member of the RNase T(2) family showing broad base specificity. The crystal structure of RNase LE has been determined at 1.65 A resolution. The structure consists of seven alpha-helices and seven beta-strands, belonging to an alpha+beta type structure. Comparison of the structure of RNase LE with that of RNase Rh, a microbial RNase belonging to the RNase T(2) family, reveals that while the overall folding topologies are similar to each other, major insertions and deletions are found at the N-terminal regions. The structural comparison, an amino acid sequence alignment of the RNase T(2) enzymes, and comparison of the disulfide-bonding pattern of these enzymes show that the structure of RNase LE shown here is the basic framework of the animal/plant subfamily of RNase T(2) enzymes (including a self-incompatibility protein called S-RNase), and the structure of RNase Rh is that of the fungal subfamily of RNase T(2) enzymes (including RNase T(2)). Subsequently, we superposed the active-site of the RNase LE with that of RNase Rh and found that (1) His39, Trp42, His92, Glu93, Lys96, and His97 of RNase LE coincided exactly with His46, Trp49, His104, Glu105, Lys108, and His109, respectively, of RNase Rh, and (2) two conserved water molecules were found at the putative P(1) sites of both enzymes. These facts suggest that plant RNase LE has a very similar hydrolysis mechanism to that of fungal RNase Rh, and almost all the RNase T(2) enzymes widely distributed in various species share a common catalytic mechanism. A cluster of hydrophobic residues was found on the active-site face of the RNase LE molecule and two large hydrophobic pockets exist. These hydrophobic pockets appear to be base binding sites mainly by hydrophobic interactions and are responsible for the base non-specificity of RNase LE.
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- N Tanaka
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Showa University, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Tokyo, Shinagawa-ku, 142-8555, Japan
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Irie M. Structure-function relationships of acid ribonucleases: lysosomal, vacuolar, and periplasmic enzymes. Pharmacol Ther 1999; 81:77-89. [PMID: 10190580 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-7258(98)00035-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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It is surprising that only relatively recently has attention been directed to the characterization of the properties of acid ribonucleases (RNases), leading to some understanding of their biochemistry and their functional roles. The present review summarizes current progress in this field under the following general topics: (1) the wide distribution of acid RNases in organisms from viruses to animals; (2) recent findings concerning their primary and three-dimensional structure; (3) the structure-function relationship of acid RNases, with a fungal RNase from Rhizopus niveus as a model enzyme; (4) the unique localization of acid RNases in the periplasm of bacteria, vacuoles in plants, and lysosomes of animals and protozoa; and (5) the diversity of physiological roles, depending on the organism, such as self-incompatibility factors and defense proteins in some plants, the surface protein of an animal virus related to pathogenicity, and possible relationship to human cancer.
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- M Irie
- Department of Microbiology, Hoshi College of Pharmacy, Tokyo, Japan
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Parry S, Newbigin E, Craik D, Nakamura KT, Bacic A, Oxley D. Structural analysis and molecular model of a self-incompatibility RNase from wild tomato. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1998; 116:463-469. [PMID: 9489006 PMCID: PMC35102 DOI: 10.1104/pp.116.2.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/1997] [Accepted: 10/14/1997] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Self-incompatibility RNases (S-RNases) are an allelic series of style glycoproteins associated with rejection of self-pollen in solanaceous plants. The nucleotide sequences of S-RNase alleles from several genera have been determined, but the structure of the gene products has only been described for those from Nicotiana alata. We report on the N-glycan structures and the disulfide bonding of the S3-RNase from wild tomato (Lycopersicon peruvianum) and use this and other information to construct a model of this molecule. The S3-RNase has a single N-glycosylation site (Asn-28) to which one of three N-glycans is attached. S3-RNase has seven Cys residues; six are involved in disulfide linkages (Cys-16-Cys-21, Cys-46-Cys-91, and Cys-166-Cys-177), and one has a free thiol group (Cys-150). The disulfide-bonding pattern is consistent with that observed in RNase Rh, a related RNase for which radiographic-crystallographic information is available. A molecular model of the S3-RNase shows that four of the most variable regions of the S-RNases are clustered on one surface of the molecule. This is discussed in the context of recent experiments that set out to determine the regions of the S-RNase important for recognition during the self-incompatibility response.
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- S Parry
- Plant Cell Biology Research Centre, School of Botany, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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