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Pastore A, Temussi PA. Unfolding under Pressure: An NMR Perspective. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300164. [PMID: 37154795 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300164] [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: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 05/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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This review aims to analyse the role of solution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in pressure-induced in vitro studies of protein unfolding. Although this transition has been neglected for many years because of technical difficulties, it provides important information about the forces that keep protein structure together. We first analyse what pressure unfolding is, then provide a critical overview of how NMR spectroscopy has contributed to the field and evaluate the observables used in these studies. Finally, we discuss the commonalities and differences between pressure-, cold- and heat-induced unfolding. We conclude that, despite specific peculiarities, in both cold and pressure denaturation the important contribution of the state of hydration of nonpolar side chains is a major factor that determines the pressure dependence of the conformational stability of proteins.
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- Annalisa Pastore
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facilities, 71 Ave des Martyrs, 38000, Grenoble, France
- The Wohl Institute, King's College London, 5 Cutcombe Rd, SE59RT, London, UK
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Narayanan SP, Nair DG, Schaal D, Barbosa de Aguiar M, Wenzel S, Kremer W, Schwarzinger S, Kalbitzer HR. Structural transitions in full-length human prion protein detected by xenon as probe and spin labeling of the N-terminal domain. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28419. [PMID: 27341298 PMCID: PMC4920026 DOI: 10.1038/srep28419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Fatal neurodegenerative disorders termed transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs) are associated with the accumulation of fibrils of misfolded prion protein PrP. The noble gas xenon accommodates into four transiently enlarged hydrophobic cavities located in the well-folded core of human PrP(23–230) as detected by [1H, 15N]-HSQC spectroscopy. In thermal equilibrium a fifth xenon binding site is formed transiently by amino acids A120 to L125 of the presumably disordered N-terminal domain and by amino acids K185 to T193 of the well-folded domain. Xenon bound PrP was modelled by restraint molecular dynamics. The individual microscopic and macroscopic dissociation constants could be derived by fitting the data to a model including a dynamic opening and closing of the cavities. As observed earlier by high pressure NMR spectroscopy xenon binding influences also other amino acids all over the N-terminal domain including residues of the AGAAAAGA motif indicating a structural coupling between the N-terminal domain and the core domain. This is in agreement with spin labelling experiments at positions 93 or 107 that show a transient interaction between the N-terminus and the start of helix 2 and the end of helix 3 of the core domain similar to that observed earlier by Zn2+-binding to the octarepeat motif.
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- Sunilkumar Puthenpurackal Narayanan
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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- Research Center for Bio-Macromolecules and Department of Biopolymers, NW1/BGI, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine (CMRCB), University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Collins MD, Kim CU, Gruner SM. High-pressure protein crystallography and NMR to explore protein conformations. Annu Rev Biophys 2011; 40:81-98. [PMID: 21275639 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-042910-155304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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High-pressure methods for solving protein structures by X-ray crystallography and NMR are maturing. These techniques are beginning to impact our understanding of thermodynamic and structural features that define not only the protein's native conformation, but also the higher free energy conformations. The ability of high-pressure methods to visualize these mostly unexplored conformations provides new insight into protein function and dynamics. In this review, we begin with a historical discussion of high-pressure structural studies, with an eye toward early results that paved the way to mapping the multiple conformations of proteins. This is followed by an examination of several recent studies that emphasize different strengths and uses of high-pressure structural studies, ranging from basic thermodynamics to the suggestion of high-pressure structural methods as a tool for protein engineering.
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- Marcus D Collins
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7290, USA
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Kremer W, Arnold M, Munte CE, Hartl R, Erlach MB, Koehler J, Meier A, Kalbitzer HR. Pulsed pressure perturbations, an extra dimension in NMR spectroscopy of proteins. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:13646-51. [PMID: 21774550 DOI: 10.1021/ja2050698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The introduction of multidimensional NMR spectroscopy was a breakthrough in biological NMR methodology because it allowed the unequivocal correlation of different spin states of the system. The introduction of large pressure perturbations in the corresponding radio frequency (RF) pulse sequences adds an extra structural dimension into these experiments. We have developed a microprocessor-controlled pressure jump unit that is able to introduce fast, strong pressure changes at any point in the pulse sequences. Repetitive pressure changes of 80 MPa in the sample tube are thus feasible in less than 30 ms. Two general forms of these experiments are proposed here, the pressure perturbation transient state spectroscopy (PPTSS) and the pressure perturbation state correlation spectroscopy (PPSCS). PPTSS can be used to measure the rate constants and the activation energies and activation volumes for the transition between different conformational states including the folded and unfolded state of proteins, for polymerization-depolymerization processes, and for ligand binding at atomic resolution. PPSCS spectroscopy correlates the NMR parameters of different pressure-induced states of the system, thus allowing the measurement of properties of a given pressure induced state such as a folding intermediate in a different state, for example, the folded state. Selected examples for PPTSS and PPSCS spectroscopy are presented in this Article.
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- Werner Kremer
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Centre of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry and Biomedicine, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, D-93047 Regensburg, Germany
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Liebold C, List F, Kalbitzer HR, Sterner R, Brunner E. The interaction of ammonia and xenon with the imidazole glycerol phosphate synthase from Thermotoga maritima as detected by NMR spectroscopy. Protein Sci 2011; 19:1774-82. [PMID: 20665694 DOI: 10.1002/pro.463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The imidazole glycerol phosphate (ImGP) synthase from the hyperthermophilic bacterium Thermotoga maritima is a 1:1 complex of the glutaminase subunit HisH and the cyclase subunit HisF. It has been proposed that ammonia generated by HisH is transported through a channel to the active site of HisF, which generates intermediates of histidine (ImGP) and de novo biosynthesis of 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamideribotide. Solution NMR spectroscopy of ammonium chloride-titrated samples was used to study the interaction of NH(3) with amino acids inside this channel. Although numerous residues showed (15)N chemical shift changes, most of these changes were caused by nonspecific ionic strength effects. However, several interactions appeared to be specific. Remarkably, the amino acid residue Thr 78-which is located in the central channel-shows a large chemical shift change upon titration with ammonium chloride. This result and the reduced catalytic activity of the Thr78Met mutant indicate a special role of this residue in ammonia channeling. To detect and further characterize internal cavities in HisF, which might for example contribute to ammonia channeling, the interaction of HisF with the noble gas xenon was analyzed by solution NMR spectroscopy using (1)H-(15)N HSQC experiments. The results indicate that HisF contains three distinct internal cavities, which could be identified by xenon-induced chemical shift changes of the neighboring amino acid residues. Two of these cavities are located at the active site at opposite ends of the substrate N'-[(5'-phosphoribulosyl)formimino]-5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-ribonucleotide (PRFAR) binding groove. The third cavity is located in the interior of the central β-barrel of HisF and overlaps with the putative ammonia transport channel.
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- Christoph Liebold
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Homeyer N, Essigke T, Ullmann GM, Sticht H. Effects of Histidine Protonation and Phosphorylation on Histidine-Containing Phosphocarrier Protein Structure, Dynamics, and Physicochemical Properties. Biochemistry 2007; 46:12314-26. [DOI: 10.1021/bi701228g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Nadine Homeyer
- Abteilung für Bioinformatik, Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, and Structural Biology/Bioinformatics, Lehrstuhl Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Abteilung für Bioinformatik, Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, and Structural Biology/Bioinformatics, Lehrstuhl Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Abteilung für Bioinformatik, Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, and Structural Biology/Bioinformatics, Lehrstuhl Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Abteilung für Bioinformatik, Institut für Biochemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Fahrstrasse 17, 91054 Erlangen, Germany, and Structural Biology/Bioinformatics, Lehrstuhl Biopolymere, Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Mura A, Anedda R, Pintus F, Casu M, Padiglia A, Floris G, Medda R. An important lysine residue in copper/quinone-containing amine oxidases. FEBS J 2007; 274:2585-95. [PMID: 17433047 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05793.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The interaction of xenon with copper/6-hydroxydopa (2,4,5-trihydroxyphenethylamine) quinone (TPQ) amine oxidases from the plant pulses lentil (Lens esculenta) and pea (Pisum sativum) (seedlings), the perennial Mediterranean shrub Euphorbia characias (latex), and the mammals cattle (serum) and pigs (kidney), were investigated by NMR and optical spectroscopy of the aqueous solutions of the enzymes. (129)Xe chemical shift provided evidence of xenon binding to one or more cavities of all these enzymes, and optical spectroscopy showed that under 10 atm of xenon gas, and in the absence of a substrate, the plant enzyme cofactor (TPQ), is converted into its reduced semiquinolamine radical. The kinetic parameters of the analyzed plant amine oxidases showed that the k(c) value of the xenon-treated enzymes was reduced by 40%. Moreover, whereas the measured K(m) value for oxygen and for the aromatic monoamine benzylamine was shown to be unchanged, the K(m) value for the diamine putrescine increased remarkably after the addition of xenon. Under the same experimental conditions, the TPQ of bovine serum amine oxidase maintained its oxidized form, whereas in pig kidney, the reduced aminoquinol species was formed without the radical species. Moreover the k(c) value of the xenon-treated pig enzyme in the presence of both benzylamine and cadaverine was shown to be dramatically reduced. It is proposed that the lysine residue at the active site of amine oxidase could be involved both in the formation of the reduced TPQ and in controlling catalytic activity.
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- Anna Mura
- Department of Applied Sciences in Biosystems, University of Cagliari, Monserrato, CA, Italy
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Nisius L, Stadler M, Kalbitzer HR, Brunner E. NMR Spectroscopic Study of Noble Gas Binding into the Engineered Cavity of HPr(I14A) from Staphylococcus carnosus. J Phys Chem B 2005; 109:17795-8. [PMID: 16853281 DOI: 10.1021/jp0539371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Xenon binding into preexisting cavities in proteins is a well-known phenomenon. Here we investigate the interaction of helium, neon, and argon with hydrophobic cavities in proteins by NMR spectroscopy. 1H and 15N chemical shifts of the I14A mutant of the histidine-containing phosphocarrier protein (HPr(I14A)) from Staphylococcus carnosus are analyzed by chemical shift mapping. Total noble gas induced chemical shifts, Delta, are calculated and compared with the corresponding values obtained using xenon as a probe atom. This comparison reveals that the same cavity is detected with both argon and xenon. Measurements using the smaller noble gases helium and neon as probe atoms do not result in comparable effects. The dependence of amide proton and nitrogen chemical shifts on the argon concentration is investigated in the range from 10 mM up to 158 mM. The average dissociation constant for argon binding into the engineered cavity is determined to be about 90 mM.
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- Lydia Nisius
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, University of Regensburg, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany
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Möglich A, Weinfurtner D, Maurer T, Gronwald W, Kalbitzer HR. A restraint molecular dynamics and simulated annealing approach for protein homology modeling utilizing mean angles. BMC Bioinformatics 2005; 6:91. [PMID: 15819976 PMCID: PMC1127110 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-6-91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2004] [Accepted: 04/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We have developed the program PERMOL for semi-automated homology modeling of proteins. It is based on restrained molecular dynamics using a simulated annealing protocol in torsion angle space. As main restraints defining the optimal local geometry of the structure weighted mean dihedral angles and their standard deviations are used which are calculated with an algorithm described earlier by Doker et al. (1999, BBRC, 257, 348-350). The overall long-range contacts are established via a small number of distance restraints between atoms involved in hydrogen bonds and backbone atoms of conserved residues. Employing the restraints generated by PERMOL three-dimensional structures are obtained using standard molecular dynamics programs such as DYANA or CNS. RESULTS To test this modeling approach it has been used for predicting the structure of the histidine-containing phosphocarrier protein HPr from E. coli and the structure of the human peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (Ppar gamma). The divergence between the modeled HPr and the previously determined X-ray structure was comparable to the divergence between the X-ray structure and the published NMR structure. The modeled structure of Ppar gamma was also very close to the previously solved X-ray structure with an RMSD of 0.262 nm for the backbone atoms. CONCLUSION In summary, we present a new method for homology modeling capable of producing high-quality structure models. An advantage of the method is that it can be used in combination with incomplete NMR data to obtain reasonable structure models in accordance with the experimental data.
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- Andreas Möglich
- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstr. 70, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Lichtenbergstr. 4, D-85747 Garching, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
- Department of Lead Discovery, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH, Birkendorfer Str. 65, D-88397 Biberach, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Universitätsstr. 31, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Möglich A, Weinfurtner D, Gronwald W, Maurer T, Kalbitzer HR. PERMOL: restraint-based protein homology modeling using DYANA or CNS. Bioinformatics 2005; 21:2110-1. [PMID: 15671120 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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SUMMARY PERMOL is a new restraint-based program for homology modeling of proteins. Restraints are generated from the information contained in structures of homologous template proteins. Employing the restraints generated by PERMOL, three-dimensional structures are obtained using MD programs such as DYANA or CNS. In contrast to other programs PERMOL is mainly based on the use of dihedral angle information which is optimally suited to preserve the local secondary structure. The global arrangement of these elements is then facilitated by a small number of distance restraints. Using PERMOL homology, models of high quality are obtained. A key advantage of the proposed method is its flexibility, which allows the inclusion of data from other sources, such as experimental restraints and the use of modern molecular dynamics programs to calculate structures. AVAILABILITY The software and a detailed manual are available free of charge (http://www.biologie.uni-regensburg.de/Biophysik/Kalbitzer/permol/permol.html)
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- Andreas Möglich
- Institut für Biophysik und physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Germany
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