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Mollusc Crystallins: Physical and Chemical Properties and Phylogenetic Analysis. DIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/d14100827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The purpose of the present study was to perform bioinformatic analysis of crystallin diversity in aquatic molluscs based on the sequences in the NCBI Protein database. The objectives were as follows: (1) analysis of some physical and chemical properties of mollusc crystallins, (2) comparison of mollusc crystallins with zebrafish and cubomedusa Tripedalia cystophora crystallins, and (3) determination of the most probable candidates for the role of gastropod eye crystallins. The calculated average GRAVY values revealed that the majority of the seven crystallin groups, except for μ- and ζ-crystallins, were hydrophilic proteins. The predominant predicted secondary structures of the crystallins in most cases were α-helices and coils. The highest values of refractive index increment (dn/dc) were typical for crystallins of aquatic organisms with known lens protein composition (zebrafish, cubomedusa, and octopuses) and for S-crystallin of Pomacea canaliculata. The evolutionary relationships between the studied crystallins, obtained from multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega and MUSCLE, and the normalized conservation index, calculated by Mirny, showed that the most conservative proteins were Ω-crystallins but the most diverse were S-crystallins. The phylogenetic analysis of crystallin was generally consistent with modern mollusc taxonomy. Thus, α- and S-, and, possibly, J1A-crystallins, can be assumed to be the most likely candidates for the role of gastropod lens crystallins.
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Bandyopadhyay A, Van Eps N, Eger BT, Rauscher S, Yedidi RS, Moroni T, West GM, Robinson KA, Griffin PR, Mitchell J, Ernst OP. A Novel Polar Core and Weakly Fixed C-Tail in Squid Arrestin Provide New Insight into Interaction with Rhodopsin. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:4102-4118. [PMID: 30120952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Revised: 08/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Photoreceptors of the squid Loligo pealei contain a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling system that activates phospholipase C in response to light. Analogous to the mammalian visual system, signaling of the photoactivated GPCR rhodopsin is terminated by binding of squid arrestin (sArr). sArr forms a light-dependent, high-affinity complex with squid rhodopsin, which does not require prior receptor phosphorylation for interaction. This is at odds with classical mammalian GPCR desensitization where an agonist-bound phosphorylated receptor is needed to break stabilizing constraints within arrestins, the so-called "three-element interaction" and "polar core" network, before a stable receptor-arrestin complex can be established. Biophysical and mass spectrometric analysis of the squid rhodopsin-arrestin complex indicates that in contrast to mammalian arrestins, the sArr C-tail is not involved in a stable three-element interaction. We determined the crystal structure of C-terminally truncated sArr that adopts a basal conformation common to arrestins and is stabilized by a series of weak but novel polar core interactions. Unlike mammalian arrestin-1, deletion of the sArr C-tail does not influence kinetic properties of complex formation of sArr with the receptor. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange studies revealed the footprint of the light-activated rhodopsin on sArr. Furthermore, double electron-electron resonance spectroscopy experiments provide evidence that receptor-bound sArr adopts a conformation different from the one known for arrestin-1 and molecular dynamics simulations reveal the residues that account for the weak three-element interaction. Insights gleaned from studying this system add to our general understanding of GPCR-arrestin interaction.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Physical Sciences, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, Jupiter, FL 33458, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Matsuo R, Takatori Y, Hamada S, Koyanagi M, Matsuo Y. Expression and light-dependent translocation of β-arrestin in the visual system of the terrestrial slug Limax valentianus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 220:3301-3314. [PMID: 28687596 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.162701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Vertebrates, cephalopods and arthropods are equipped with eyes that have the highest spatiotemporal resolution among the animal phyla. In parallel, only animals in these three phyla have visual arrestin specialized for the termination of visual signaling triggered by opsin, in addition to ubiquitously expressed β-arrestin that serves in terminating general G protein-coupled receptor signaling. Indeed, visual arrestin in Drosophila and rodents translocates to the opsin-rich subcellular region in response to light to reduce the overall sensitivity of photoreceptors in an illuminated environment (i.e. light adaptation). We thus hypothesized that, during evolution, visual arrestin has taken over the role of β-arrestin in those animals with eyes of high spatiotemporal resolution. If this is true, it is expected that β-arrestin plays a role similar to visual arrestin in those animals with low-resolution eyes. In the present study, we focused on the terrestrial mollusk Limax valentianus, a species related to cephalopods but that has only β-arrestin, and generated antibodies against β-arrestin. We found that β-arrestin is highly expressed in photosensory neurons, and translocates into the microvilli of the rhabdomere within 30 min in response to short wavelength light (400 nm), to which the Limax eye exhibits a robust response. These observations suggest that β-arrestin functions in the visual system of those animals that do not have visual arrestin. We also exploited anti-β-arrestin antibody to visualize the optic nerve projecting to the brain, and demonstrated its usefulness for tracing a visual ascending pathway.
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- Ryota Matsuo
- Department of Environmental Sciences, International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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- Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biology and Geosciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, International College of Arts and Sciences, Fukuoka Women's University, Fukuoka 813-8529, Japan
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Robinson KA, Ou WL, Guan X, Sugamori KS, Bandyopadhyay A, Ernst OP, Mitchell J. The effect of phosphorylation on arrestin-rhodopsin interaction in the squid visual system. J Neurochem 2015; 135:1129-39. [PMID: 26375013 DOI: 10.1111/jnc.13366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Revised: 08/07/2015] [Accepted: 09/02/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Invertebrate visual opsins are G protein-coupled receptors coupled to retinoid chromophores that isomerize reversibly between inactive rhodopsin and active metarhodopsin upon absorption of photons of light. The squid visual system has an arrestin protein that binds to metarhodopsin to block signaling to Gq and activation of phospholipase C. Squid rhodopsin kinase (SQRK) can phosphorylate both metarhodopsin and arrestin, a dual role that is unique among the G protein-coupled receptor kinases. The sites and role of arrestin phosphorylation by SQRK were investigated here using recombinant proteins. Arrestin was phosphorylated on serine 392 and serine 397 in the C-terminus. Unphosphorylated arrestin bound to metarhodopsin and phosphorylated metarhodopsin with similar high affinities (Kd 33 and 21 nM respectively), while phosphorylation of arrestin reduced the affinity 3- to 5-fold (Kd 104 nM). Phosphorylation of metarhodopsin slightly increased the dissociation of arrestin observed during a 1 hour incubation. Together these studies suggest a unique role for SQRK in phosphorylating both receptor and arrestin and inhibiting the binding of these two proteins in the squid visual system. Invertebrate visual systems are inactivated by arrestin binding to metarhodopsin that does not require receptor phosphorylation. Here we show that squid rhodopsin kinase phosphorylates arrestin on two serines (S392,S397) in the C-terminus and phosphorylation decreases the affinity of arrestin for squid metarhodopsin. Metarhodopsin phosphorylation has very little effect on arrestin binding but does increase arrestin dissociation.
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- Kelly A Robinson
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Here we show that bioluminescent organs of the squid Euprymna scolopes possess the molecular, biochemical, and physiological capability for light detection. Transcriptome analyses revealed expression of genes encoding key visual transduction proteins in light-organ tissues, including the same isoform of opsin that occurs in the retina. Electroretinograms demonstrated that the organ responds physiologically to light, and immunocytochemistry experiments localized multiple proteins of visual transduction cascades to tissues housing light-producing bacterial symbionts. These data provide evidence that the light-organ tissues harboring the symbionts serve as extraocular photoreceptors, with the potential to perceive directly the bioluminescence produced by their bacterial partners.
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