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Hollmann NM, Jagtap PKA, Linse JB, Ullmann P, Payr M, Murciano B, Simon B, Hub JS, Hennig J. Upstream of N-Ras C-terminal cold shock domains mediate poly(A) specificity in a novel RNA recognition mode and bind poly(A) binding protein. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:1895-1913. [PMID: 36688322 PMCID: PMC9976900 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
RNA binding proteins (RBPs) often engage multiple RNA binding domains (RBDs) to increase target specificity and affinity. However, the complexity of target recognition of multiple RBDs remains largely unexplored. Here we use Upstream of N-Ras (Unr), a multidomain RBP, to demonstrate how multiple RBDs orchestrate target specificity. A crystal structure of the three C-terminal RNA binding cold-shock domains (CSD) of Unr bound to a poly(A) sequence exemplifies how recognition goes beyond the classical ππ-stacking in CSDs. Further structural studies reveal several interaction surfaces between the N-terminal and C-terminal part of Unr with the poly(A)-binding protein (pAbp). All interactions are validated by mutational analyses and the high-resolution structures presented here will guide further studies to understand how both proteins act together in cellular processes.
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- Nele Merret Hollmann
- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Collaboration for joint PhD degree between EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Chair of Biochemistry IV, Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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- Theoretical Physics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.,Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Collaboration for joint PhD degree between EMBL and Heidelberg University, Faculty of Biosciences, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Theoretical Physics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany.,Center for Biophysics, Saarland University, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Structural and Computational Biology Unit, EMBL Heidelberg, Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.,Chair of Biochemistry IV, Biophysical Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstrasse 30, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany
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Soffer A, Eisdorfer SA, Ifrach M, Ilic S, Afek A, Schussheim H, Vilenchik D, Akabayov B. Inferring primase-DNA specific recognition using a data driven approach. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:11447-11458. [PMID: 34718733 PMCID: PMC8599759 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA–protein interactions play essential roles in all living cells. Understanding of how features embedded in the DNA sequence affect specific interactions with proteins is both challenging and important, since it may contribute to finding the means to regulate metabolic pathways involving DNA–protein interactions. Using a massive experimental benchmark dataset of binding scores for DNA sequences and a machine learning workflow, we describe the binding to DNA of T7 primase, as a model system for specific DNA–protein interactions. Effective binding of T7 primase to its specific DNA recognition sequences triggers the formation of RNA primers that serve as Okazaki fragment start sites during DNA replication.
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- Adam Soffer
- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Data Science Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,School of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Data Science Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,School of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.,Data Science Research Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Sulatskaya AI, Kosolapova AO, Bobylev AG, Belousov MV, Antonets KS, Sulatsky MI, Kuznetsova IM, Turoverov KK, Stepanenko OV, Nizhnikov AA. β-Barrels and Amyloids: Structural Transitions, Biological Functions, and Pathogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11316. [PMID: 34768745 PMCID: PMC8582884 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Insoluble protein aggregates with fibrillar morphology called amyloids and β-barrel proteins both share a β-sheet-rich structure. Correctly folded β-barrel proteins can not only function in monomeric (dimeric) form, but also tend to interact with one another-followed, in several cases, by formation of higher order oligomers or even aggregates. In recent years, findings proving that β-barrel proteins can adopt cross-β amyloid folds have emerged. Different β-barrel proteins were shown to form amyloid fibrils in vitro. The formation of functional amyloids in vivo by β-barrel proteins for which the amyloid state is native was also discovered. In particular, several prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins with β-barrel domains were demonstrated to form amyloids in vivo, where they participate in interspecies interactions and nutrient storage, respectively. According to recent observations, despite the variety of primary structures of amyloid-forming proteins, most of them can adopt a conformational state with the β-barrel topology. This state can be intermediate on the pathway of fibrillogenesis ("on-pathway state"), or can be formed as a result of an alternative assembly of partially unfolded monomers ("off-pathway state"). The β-barrel oligomers formed by amyloid proteins possess toxicity, and are likely to be involved in the development of amyloidoses, thus representing promising targets for potential therapy of these incurable diseases. Considering rapidly growing discoveries of the amyloid-forming β-barrels, we may suggest that their real number and diversity of functions are significantly higher than identified to date, and represent only "the tip of the iceberg". Here, we summarize the data on the amyloid-forming β-barrel proteins, their physicochemical properties, and their biological functions, and discuss probable means and consequences of the amyloidogenesis of these proteins, along with structural relationships between these two widespread types of β-folds.
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- Anna I. Sulatskaya
- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Institutskaya St., 142290 Moscow, Russia;
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Cell Morphology, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia;
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory of Structural Dynamics, Stability and Folding of Proteins, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 4 Tikhoretsky Av., 194064 St. Petersburg, Russia; (I.M.K.); (K.K.T.); (O.V.S.)
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- Laboratory for Proteomics of Supra-Organismal Systems, All-Russia Research Institute for Agricultural Microbiology, 3 Podbelskogo Sh., Pushkin, 196608 St. Petersburg, Russia; (A.I.S.); (A.O.K.); (M.V.B.); (K.S.A.)
- Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University, 7/9 Universitetskaya Emb., 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia
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Köhn B, Schwarz P, Wittung-Stafshede P, Kovermann M. Impact of crowded environments on binding between protein and single-stranded DNA. Sci Rep 2021; 11:17682. [PMID: 34480058 PMCID: PMC8417293 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-97219-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The concept of Molecular Crowding depicts the high density of diverse molecules present in the cellular interior. Here, we determine the impact of low molecular weight and larger molecules on binding capacity of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to the cold shock protein B (CspB). Whereas structural features of ssDNA-bound CspB are fully conserved in crowded environments as probed by high-resolution NMR spectroscopy, intrinsic fluorescence quenching experiments reveal subtle changes in equilibrium affinity. Kinetic stopped-flow data showed that DNA-to-protein association is significantly retarded independent of choice of the molecule that is added to the solution, but dissociation depends in a nontrivial way on its size and chemical characteristics. Thus, for this DNA-protein interaction, excluded volume effect does not play the dominant role but instead observed effects are dictated by the chemical properties of the crowder. We propose that surrounding molecules are capable of specific modification of the protein's hydration shell via soft interactions that, in turn, tune protein-ligand binding dynamics and affinity.
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- Birgit Köhn
- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.,Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology KoRS-CB, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 41296, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany. .,Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology KoRS-CB, University of Konstanz, Universitätsstrasse 10, 78457, Konstanz, Germany.
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Heinemann U, Roske Y. Cold-Shock Domains-Abundance, Structure, Properties, and Nucleic-Acid Binding. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13020190. [PMID: 33430354 PMCID: PMC7825780 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13020190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Proteins are composed of compact domains, often of known three-dimensional structure, and natively unstructured polypeptide regions. The abundant cold-shock domain is among the set of canonical nucleic acid-binding domains and conserved from bacteria to man. Proteins containing cold-shock domains serve a large variety of biological functions, which are mostly linked to DNA or RNA binding. These functions include the regulation of transcription, RNA splicing, translation, stability and sequestration. Cold-shock domains have a simple architecture with a conserved surface ideally suited to bind single-stranded nucleic acids. Because the binding is mostly by non-specific molecular interactions which do not involve the sugar-phosphate backbone, cold-shock domains are not strictly sequence-specific and do not discriminate reliably between DNA and RNA. Many, but not all functions of cold shock-domain proteins in health and disease can be understood based of the physical and structural properties of their cold-shock domains. Abstract The cold-shock domain has a deceptively simple architecture but supports a complex biology. It is conserved from bacteria to man and has representatives in all kingdoms of life. Bacterial cold-shock proteins consist of a single cold-shock domain and some, but not all are induced by cold shock. Cold-shock domains in human proteins are often associated with natively unfolded protein segments and more rarely with other folded domains. Cold-shock proteins and domains share a five-stranded all-antiparallel β-barrel structure and a conserved surface that binds single-stranded nucleic acids, predominantly by stacking interactions between nucleobases and aromatic protein sidechains. This conserved binding mode explains the cold-shock domains’ ability to associate with both DNA and RNA strands and their limited sequence selectivity. The promiscuous DNA and RNA binding provides a rationale for the ability of cold-shock domain-containing proteins to function in transcription regulation and DNA-damage repair as well as in regulating splicing, translation, mRNA stability and RNA sequestration.
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Morgenroth R, Reichardt C, Steffen J, Busse S, Frank R, Heidecke H, Mertens PR. Autoantibody Formation and Mapping of Immunogenic Epitopes against Cold-Shock-Protein YB-1 in Cancer Patients and Healthy Controls. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12123507. [PMID: 33255653 PMCID: PMC7759818 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12123507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2020] [Revised: 11/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Cold shock Y-box binding protein-1 plays a crucial role in cancerous cell transformation and proliferation. Experimental evidence links autoantibody formation with cancer diseases as well as YB 1 protein levels. Hence, we investigated autoantibody formation targeting YB-1 in cancer patients. Using recombinant proteins and specific peptide arrays, we mapped linear epitopes, which localize in the cold shock and C-terminal domain of the protein, in cancer patients that differ from healthy controls. Furthermore, cancer sera containing autoantibodies that target YB-1 extend the half-life of the YB-1 protein. Since extracellular YB-1 serves as a ligand for receptor Notch3 as well as TNFR1, this may contribute to aberrant signaling that promotes tumor development. In the clinical setting, we envision setting up detection assays for the immune response against YB-1, which may aid in screening for cancer. Abstract Cold shock Y-box binding protein-1 participates in cancer cell transformation and mediates invasive cell growth. It is unknown whether an autoimmune response against cancerous human YB-1 with posttranslational protein modifications or processing develops. We performed a systematic analysis for autoantibody formation directed against conformational and linear epitopes within the protein. Full-length and truncated recombinant proteins from prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells were generated. Characterization revealed a pattern of spontaneous protein cleavage, predominantly with the prokaryotic protein. Autoantibodies against prokaryotic, but not eukaryotic full-length and cleaved human YB-1 protein fragments were detected in both, healthy volunteers and cancer patients. A mapping of immunogenic epitopes performed with truncated E. coli-derived GST-hYB-1 proteins yielded distinct residues in the protein N- and C-terminus. A peptide array with consecutive overlapping 15mers revealed six distinct antigenic regions in cancer patients, however to a lesser extent in healthy controls. Finally, a protein cleavage assay was set up with recombinant pro- and eukaryotic-derived tagged hYB-1 proteins. A distinct cleavage pattern developed, that is retarded by sera from cancer patients. Taken together, a specific autoimmune response against hYB-1 protein develops in cancer patients with autoantibodies targeting linear epitopes.
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- Ronnie Morgenroth
- Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 40, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (R.M.); (C.R.); (J.S.)
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- Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 40, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (R.M.); (C.R.); (J.S.)
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- Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 40, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (R.M.); (C.R.); (J.S.)
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- Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 40, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany;
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- AIMS Scientific Products GmbH, Galenusstr. 60, 13187 Berlin, Germany;
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- CellTrend GmbH, im Biotechnologiepark 3, 14943 Luckenwalde, Germany;
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- Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 40, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany; (R.M.); (C.R.); (J.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-391-6713236
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Catalan-Moreno A, Caballero CJ, Irurzun N, Cuesta S, López-Sagaseta J, Toledo-Arana A. One evolutionarily selected amino acid variation is sufficient to provide functional specificity in the cold shock protein paralogs of Staphylococcus aureus. Mol Microbiol 2020; 113:826-840. [PMID: 31876031 PMCID: PMC7216892 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bacterial genomes encode several families of protein paralogs. Discrimination between functional divergence and redundancy among paralogs is challenging due to their sequence conservation. Here, we investigated whether the amino acid differences present in the cold shock protein (CSP) paralogs of Staphylococcus aureus were responsible for functional specificity. Since deletion of cspA reduces the synthesis of staphyloxanthin (STX), we used it as an in vivo reporter of CSP functionality. Complementation of a ΔcspA strain with the different S. aureus CSP variants showed that only CspA could specifically restore STX production by controlling the activity of the stress‐associated sigma B factor (σB). To determine the amino acid residues responsible for CspA specificity, we created several chimeric CSPs that interchanged the amino acid differences between CspA and CspC, which shared the highest identity. We demonstrated that CspA Pro58 was responsible for the specific control of σB activity and its associated phenotypes. Interestingly, CspC gained the biological function of CspA when the E58P substitution was introduced. This study highlights how just one evolutionarily selected amino acid change may be sufficient to modify the specific functionality of CSP paralogs.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IDAB), CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra, Mutilva, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IDAB), CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra, Mutilva, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (IDAB), CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra, Mutilva, Spain
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- Laboratory of Protein Crystallography, Navarrabiomed, Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN)-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain
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Heinemann U, Schuetz A. Structural Features of Tight-Junction Proteins. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E6020. [PMID: 31795346 PMCID: PMC6928914 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20236020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2019] [Revised: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Tight junctions are complex supramolecular entities composed of integral membrane proteins, membrane-associated and soluble cytoplasmic proteins engaging in an intricate and dynamic system of protein-protein interactions. Three-dimensional structures of several tight-junction proteins or their isolated domains have been determined by X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and cryo-electron microscopy. These structures provide direct insight into molecular interactions that contribute to the formation, integrity, or function of tight junctions. In addition, the known experimental structures have allowed the modeling of ligand-binding events involving tight-junction proteins. Here, we review the published structures of tight-junction proteins. We show that these proteins are composed of a limited set of structural motifs and highlight common types of interactions between tight-junction proteins and their ligands involving these motifs.
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- Udo Heinemann
- Macromolecular Structure and Interaction Laboratory, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Protein Production & Characterization Platform, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Yang XJ, Zhu H, Mu SR, Wei WJ, Yuan X, Wang M, Liu Y, Hui J, Huang Y. Crystal structure of a Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1)-RNA complex reveals key features and residues interacting with RNA. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:10998-11010. [PMID: 31160337 PMCID: PMC6635445 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.007545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) is a member of the cold shock domain (CSD) protein family and is recognized as an oncogenic factor in several solid tumors. By binding to RNA, YB-1 participates in several steps of posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression, including mRNA splicing, stability, and translation; microRNA processing; and stress granule assembly. However, the mechanisms in YB-1-mediated regulation of RNAs are unclear. Previously, we used both systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) and individual-nucleotide resolution UV cross-linking and immunoprecipitation coupled RNA-Seq (iCLIP-Seq) analyses, which defined the RNA-binding consensus sequence of YB-1 as CA(U/C)C. We also reported that through binding to its core motif CAUC in primary transcripts, YB-1 regulates the alternative splicing of a CD44 variable exon and the biogenesis of miR-29b-2 during both Drosha and Dicer steps. To elucidate the molecular basis of the YB-1-RNA interactions, we report high-resolution crystal structures of the YB-1 CSD in complex with different RNA oligos at 1.7 Å resolution. The structure revealed that CSD interacts with RNA mainly through π-π stacking interactions assembled by four highly conserved aromatic residues. Interestingly, YB-1 CSD forms a homodimer in solution, and we observed that two residues, Tyr-99 and Asp-105, at the dimer interface are important for YB-1 CSD dimerization. Substituting these two residues with Ala reduced CSD's RNA-binding activity and abrogated the splicing activation of YB-1 targets. The YB-1 CSD-RNA structures presented here at atomic resolution provide mechanistic insights into gene expression regulated by CSD-containing proteins.
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- Xiao-Juan Yang
- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and ,the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and
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- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and
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- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and
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- the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and ,the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and
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- the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and ,the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai 200031, China
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- From the CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai 200031, China, ,the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and , To whom correspondence may be addressed:
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. Tel.:
86-21-54921354; E-mail:
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- the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China, and ,the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Andrology, Shanghai 200031, China, To whom correspondence may be addressed:
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. Tel.:
86-21-20778200; E-mail:
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Caballero CJ, Menendez-Gil P, Catalan-Moreno A, Vergara-Irigaray M, García B, Segura V, Irurzun N, Villanueva M, Ruiz de Los Mozos I, Solano C, Lasa I, Toledo-Arana A. The regulon of the RNA chaperone CspA and its auto-regulation in Staphylococcus aureus. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:1345-1361. [PMID: 29309682 PMCID: PMC5815144 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) are essential to fine-tune gene expression. RBPs containing the cold-shock domain are RNA chaperones that have been extensively studied. However, the RNA targets and specific functions for many of them remain elusive. Here, combining comparative proteomics and RBP-immunoprecipitation-microarray profiling, we have determined the regulon of the RNA chaperone CspA of Staphylococcus aureus. Functional analysis revealed that proteins involved in carbohydrate and ribonucleotide metabolism, stress response and virulence gene expression were affected by cspA deletion. Stress-associated phenotypes such as increased bacterial aggregation and diminished resistance to oxidative-stress stood out. Integration of the proteome and targetome showed that CspA post-transcriptionally modulates both positively and negatively the expression of its targets, denoting additional functions to the previously proposed translation enhancement. One of these repressed targets was its own mRNA, indicating the presence of a negative post-transcriptional feedback loop. CspA bound the 5′UTR of its own mRNA disrupting a hairpin, which was previously described as an RNase III target. Thus, deletion of the cspA 5′UTR abrogated mRNA processing and auto-regulation. We propose that CspA interacts through a U-rich motif, which is located at the RNase III cleavage site, portraying CspA as a putative RNase III-antagonist.
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- Carlos J Caballero
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain.,Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IDISNA. 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain.,Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IDISNA. 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Unit. Center for Applied Medical Research. University of Navarra. 31008 Pamplona, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain.,Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IDISNA. 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain.,Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IDISNA. 31008 Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología. IDAB, CSIC-UPNA-Gobierno de Navarra. 31192-Mutilva, Navarra, Spain
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Jády BE, Ketele A, Kiss T. Dynamic association of human mRNP proteins with mitochondrial tRNAs in the cytosol. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2018; 24:1706-1720. [PMID: 30139801 PMCID: PMC6239184 DOI: 10.1261/rna.066738.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Cytoplasmic localization, stability, and translation of mRNAs are controlled by their dynamic association of numerous mRNA-binding (mRNP) proteins, including cold shock domain (CSD)-containing proteins, heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs), and serine/arginine-rich (SR) proteins. Here, we demonstrate that the most abundant human mRNP protein, the CSD-containing Y-box-binding protein 1 (YBX1), the closely related YBX3 protein, and other mRNP proteins, such as SRSF1, SRSF2, SRSF3, hnRNP A1, and H, specifically and efficiently interact with overlapping sets of mitochondrial tRNAs (mt tRNAs). In vitro reconstitution and in vivo binding experiments show that YBX1 recognizes the D- and/or T-stem-loop regions of mt tRNAs through relying on the RNA-binding capacity of its CSD. Cell fractionation and in vivo RNA-protein cross-linking experiments demonstrate that YBX1 and YBX3 interact with mt tRNAs in the cytosol outside of mitochondria. Cell fractionation and fluorescence in situ hybridization experiments provide evidence that mitochondrial autophagy promotes the release of mt tRNAs from the mitochondria into the cytoplasm. Association of mRNP proteins with mt tRNAs is highly dynamic; it is rapidly increased upon transcription inhibition and decreased during apoptosis. Although the cytoplasmic function of mt tRNAs remains elusive, their dynamic interactions with key mRNA-binding proteins may influence cytoplasmic mRNA stability and/or translation.
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- Beáta E Jády
- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote du CNRS, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote du CNRS, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire Eucaryote du CNRS, Centre de Biologie Intégrative, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
- Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6726 Hungary
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Lee Y, Kwak C, Jeong KW, Durai P, Ryu KS, Kim EH, Cheong C, Ahn HC, Kim HJ, Kim Y. Tyr51: Key Determinant of the Low Thermostability of the Colwellia psychrerythraea Cold-Shock Protein. Biochemistry 2018; 57:3625-3640. [PMID: 29737840 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
Cold-shock proteins (Csps) are expressed at lower-than-optimum temperatures, and they function as RNA chaperones; however, no structural studies on psychrophilic Csps have been reported. Here, we aimed to investigate the structure and dynamics of the Csp of psychrophile Colwellia psychrerythraea 34H, ( Cp-Csp). Although Cp-Csp shares sequence homology, common folding patterns, and motifs, including a five β-stranded barrel, with its thermophilic counterparts, its thermostability (37 °C) was markedly lower than those of other Csps. Cp-Csp binds heptathymidine with an affinity of 10-7 M, thereby increasing its thermostability to 50 °C. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic analysis of the Cp-Csp structure and backbone dynamics revealed a flexible structure with only one salt bridge and 10 residues in the hydrophobic cavity. Notably, Cp-Csp contains Tyr51 instead of the conserved Phe in the hydrophobic core, and its phenolic hydroxyl group projects toward the surface. The Y51F mutation increased the stability of hydrophobic packing and may have allowed for the formation of a K3-E21 salt bridge, thereby increasing its thermostability to 43 °C. Cp-Csp exhibited conformational exchanges in its ribonucleoprotein motifs 1 and 2 (754 and 642 s-1), and heptathymidine binding markedly decreased these motions. Cp-Csp lacks salt bridges and has longer flexible loops and a less compact hydrophobic cavity resulting from Tyr51 compared to mesophilic and thermophilic Csps. These might explain the low thermostability of Cp-Csp. The conformational flexibility of Cp-Csp facilitates its accommodation of nucleic acids at low temperatures in polar oceans and its function as an RNA chaperone for cold adaptation.
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- Yeongjoon Lee
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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- Division of Magnetic Resonance , KBSI , Chungbuk 28119 , Republic of Korea
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- Division of Magnetic Resonance , KBSI , Chungbuk 28119 , Republic of Korea
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- Division of Magnetic Resonance , KBSI , Chungbuk 28119 , Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy , Dongguk University , Goyang , Gyeonggi-do 410-820 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry , Pukyong National University , Busan 48547 , Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology , Konkuk University , Seoul 05029 , Republic of Korea
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Caruso IP, Panwalkar V, Coronado MA, Dingley AJ, Cornélio ML, Willbold D, Arni RK, Eberle RJ. Structure and interaction of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis cold shock protein A with Y-box single-stranded DNA fragment. FEBS J 2017; 285:372-390. [PMID: 29197185 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14350] [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: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Cold shock proteins (Csps) function to preserve cell viability at low temperatures by binding to nucleic acids and consequently control gene expression. The mesophilic bacterium Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is the causative agent of caseous lymphadenitis in animals, and infection in livestock is a considerable economic burden worldwide. In this report, the structure of cold shock protein A from Cp (Cp-CspA) and biochemical analysis of its temperature-dependent interaction with a Y-box ssDNA motif is presented. The Cp-CspA structure contains five β-strands making up a β-barrel fold with 11 hydrophobic core residues and two salt bridges that confers it with a melting temperature of ~ 54 °C that is similar to mesophilic Bs-CspB. Chemical shift perturbations analysis revealed that residues in the nucleic acid-binding motifs (RNP 1 and 2) and loop 3 are involved in binding to the Y-box fragment either by direct interaction or by conformational rearrangements remote from the binding region. Fluorescence quenching experiments of Cp-CspA showed that the dissociation constants for Y-box ssDNA binding is nanomolar and the binding affinity decreased as the temperature increased, indicating that the interaction is enthalpically driven and the hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces are important contributions for complex stabilization. The Y31 of Cp-CspA is a particular occurrence among Csps from mesophilic bacteria that provide a possible explanation for the higher binding affinity to ssDNA than that observed for Bs-CspB. Anisotropy measurements indicated that the reduction in molecular mobility of Cp-CspA upon Y-box binding is characterized by a cooperative process. DATABASE Resonance assignment and structural data are available in the Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank and Protein Data Bank under accession number 26802 and 5O6F, respectively.
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- Icaro P Caruso
- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Complex System, Structural Biochemistry (ICS-6), Forchungszentrum Jülich, Germany.,Institut für Physikalische Biologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Physics, Multiuser Center for Biomolecular Innovation (CMIB), IBILCE/UNESP, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Uppalapati CK, Gutierrez KD, Buss-Valley G, Katzif S. Growth-dependent activity of the cold shock cspA promoter + 5' UTR and production of the protein CspA in Staphylococcus aureus Newman. BMC Res Notes 2017; 10:232. [PMID: 28655334 PMCID: PMC5488409 DOI: 10.1186/s13104-017-2557-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Research involving the cold shock gene cspA of the medically important bacterium Staphylococcus aureus is steadily increasing as the relationships between the activity of this gene at 37 °C and a spectrum of virulence factors (e.g., biofilm formation, capsule production) as well as stress-related genes (e.g., alkaline shock protein, asp-23 and the alternative sigma factor, sigB) are distinguished. Fundamental to each of these discoveries is defining the regulation of cspA and the production of its protein product CspA. RESULTS In this paper, primer extension analysis was used to identify a transcriptional start point at 112 bp upstream of the initiation codon of the cspA coding sequence from S. aureus Newman RNA collected at 37 °C. Based on the location of the putative -10 and -35 sites as well as putative cold shock protein binding sites, a 192 bp sequence containing an 80 bp promoter + a 112 bp 5' UTR was generated by polymerase chain reaction. The activity of this 192 bp sequence was confirmed in a pLL38 promoter::xylE reporter gene construct. In addition, Western blots were used to confirm the production of CspA at 37 °C and demonstrated that production of the protein was not constitutive but showed growth-dependent production with a significant increase at the 6 h time point. CONCLUSIONS The results presented identify another regulatory region for the cold shock gene cspA of S. aureus and show growth-dependent activity of both this cspA regulatory sequence, presented as a 192 bp sequence of promoter + 5' UTR and the production of the CspA protein at 37 °C. The presence of two active transcription start points, a -112 bp sequence defined in this work and a second previously defined at -514 bp upstream of the cspA initiation codon, suggests the possibility of interactions between these two regions in the regulation of cspA. The growth-dependent production of the cold shock protein CspA supports the availability of this protein to be a modulator of virulence and stress factor genes at 37 °C.
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- Chandana K Uppalapati
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ, 85308, USA.
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Carvajal AI, Vallejos G, Komives EA, Castro-Fernández V, Leonardo DA, Garratt RC, Ramírez-Sarmiento CA, Babul J. Unusual dimerization of a BcCsp mutant leads to reduced conformational dynamics. FEBS J 2017; 284:1882-1896. [PMID: 28457014 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Revised: 04/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Cold shock proteins (Csp) constitute a family of ubiquitous small proteins that act as RNA-chaperones to avoid cold-induced termination of translation. All members contain two subdomains composed of 2 and 3 β-strands, respectively, which are connected by a hinge loop and fold into a β-barrel. Bacillus caldolyticus Csp (BcCsp) is one of the most studied members of the family in terms of its folding, function, and structure. This protein has been described as a monomer in solution, although a recent crystal structure showed dimerization via domain swapping (DS). In contrast, other cold shock proteins of the same fold are known to dimerize in a nonswapped arrangement. Hypothesizing that reducing the size of the hinge loop may promote swapping as in several other DS proteins with different folds we deleted two residues from these region (BcCsp∆36-37), leading to a protein in monomer-dimer equilibrium with similar folding stability to that of the wild-type. Strikingly, the crystal structure of BcCsp∆36-37 revealed a nonswapped dimer with its interface located at the nucleic acid-binding surface, showing that the deletion led to structural consequences far from the perturbation site. Concomitantly, circular dichroism experiments on BcCsp∆36-37 demonstrated that binding of the oligonucleotide hexathymidine disrupts the dimer. Additionally, HDXMS shows a protective effect on the protein structure upon dimerization, where the resulting interactions between ligand-binding surfaces in the dimer reduced the extent of exchange throughout the whole protein. Our work provides evidence of the complex interplay between conformational dynamics, deletions, and oligomerization within the Csp protein family. DATABASES Structural data are available in the Protein Data Bank under accession number 5JX4.
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- Alonso I Carvajal
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Wang W, Liu J, Sun L. Surface shapes and surrounding environment analysis of single- and double-stranded DNA-binding proteins in protein-DNA interface. Proteins 2016; 84:979-89. [PMID: 27038080 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Revised: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Protein-DNA bindings are critical to many biological processes. However, the structural mechanisms underlying these interactions are not fully understood. Here, we analyzed the residues shape (peak, flat, or valley) and the surrounding environment of double-stranded DNA-binding proteins (DSBs) and single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) in protein-DNA interfaces. In the results, we found that the interface shapes, hydrogen bonds, and the surrounding environment present significant differences between the two kinds of proteins. Built on the investigation results, we constructed a random forest (RF) classifier to distinguish DSBs and SSBs with satisfying performance. In conclusion, we present a novel methodology to characterize protein interfaces, which will deepen our understanding of the specificity of proteins binding to ssDNA (single-stranded DNA) or dsDNA (double-stranded DNA). Proteins 2016; 84:979-989. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Wei Wang
- Department of Computer Science and Technology, College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.,Laboratory of Computation Intelligence and Information Processing, Engineering Technology Research Center for Computing Intelligence and Data Mining, Henan Province, China
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- Institute of Computer Software, School of Computer, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Department of Computer Science and Technology, College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.,Laboratory of Computation Intelligence and Information Processing, Engineering Technology Research Center for Computing Intelligence and Data Mining, Henan Province, China
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Kljashtorny V, Nikonov S, Ovchinnikov L, Lyabin D, Vodovar N, Curmi P, Manivet P. The Cold Shock Domain of YB-1 Segregates RNA from DNA by Non-Bonded Interactions. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0130318. [PMID: 26147853 PMCID: PMC4493011 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
The human YB-1 protein plays multiple cellular roles, of which many are dictated by its binding to RNA and DNA through its Cold Shock Domain (CSD). Using molecular dynamics simulation approaches validated by experimental assays, the YB1 CSD was found to interact with nucleic acids in a sequence-dependent manner and with a higher affinity for RNA than DNA. The binding properties of the YB1 CSD were close to those observed for the related bacterial Cold Shock Proteins (CSP), albeit some differences in sequence specificity. The results provide insights in the molecular mechanisms whereby YB-1 interacts with nucleic acids.
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- Vladislav Kljashtorny
- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 829, Laboratoire Structure-Activité des Biomolécules Normales et Pathologiques, Bd François Mitterrand, 91025 Evry Cedex, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMRS 942, Hôpital Lariboisière, 41 boulevard de la Chapelle, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de paris (APHP), Hôpital Lariboisière, Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Paris, France
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russia
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMRS 942, Hôpital Lariboisière, 41 boulevard de la Chapelle, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMR 829, Laboratoire Structure-Activité des Biomolécules Normales et Pathologiques, Bd François Mitterrand, 91025 Evry Cedex, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), UMRS 942, Hôpital Lariboisière, 41 boulevard de la Chapelle, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France
- Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de paris (APHP), Hôpital Lariboisière, Service de Biochimie et de Biologie Moléculaire, Paris, France
- UBCS (Unité de Biologie Clinique Structurale)-Centre de Ressources Biologiques BB-0033-00064, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75475 Paris cedex 10, France
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Solution structure of the RNA-binding cold-shock domain of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii NAB1 protein and insights into RNA recognition. Biochem J 2015; 469:97-106. [PMID: 25919092 DOI: 10.1042/bj20150217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Light-harvesting complex (LHC) proteins are among the most abundant proteins on Earth and play critical roles in photosynthesis, both in light capture and in photoprotective mechanisms. The Chlamydomonas reinhardtii nucleic acid-binding protein 1 (NAB1) is a negative regulator of LHC protein translation. Its N-terminal cold-shock domain (CSD) binds to a 13-nt element [CSD consensus sequence (CSDCS)] found in the mRNA of specific LHC proteins associated with Photosystem II (PSII), an interaction which regulates LHC expression and, consequently, PSII-associated antenna size, structure and function. In the present study, we elucidated the solution structure of the NAB1 CSD as determined by heteronuclear NMR. The CSD adopts a characteristic five-stranded anti parallel β-barrel fold. Upon addition of CSDCS RNA, a large number of NMR chemical shift perturbations were observed, corresponding primarily to surface-exposed residues within the highly conserved β2- and β3-strands in the canonical RNA-binding region, but also to residues on β-strand 5 extending the positive surface patch and the overall RNA-binding site. Additional chemical shift perturbations that accompanied RNA binding involved buried residues, suggesting that transcript recognition is accompanied by conformational change. Our results indicate that NAB1 associates with RNA transcripts through a mechanism involving its CSD that is conserved with mechanisms of sequence-specific nucleic acid recognition employed by ancestrally related bacterial cold-shock proteins (CSPs).
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Meysman P, Zhou C, Cule B, Goethals B, Laukens K. Mining the entire Protein DataBank for frequent spatially cohesive amino acid patterns. BioData Min 2015; 8:4. [PMID: 25657820 PMCID: PMC4318390 DOI: 10.1186/s13040-015-0038-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The three-dimensional structure of a protein is an essential aspect of its functionality. Despite the large diversity in protein structures and functionality, it is known that there are common patterns and preferences in the contacts between amino acid residues, or between residues and other biomolecules, such as DNA. The discovery and characterization of these patterns is an important research topic within structural biology as it can give fundamental insight into protein structures and can aid in the prediction of unknown structures. RESULTS Here we apply an efficient spatial pattern miner to search for sets of amino acids that occur frequently in close spatial proximity in the protein structures of the Protein DataBank. This allowed us to mine for a new class of amino acid patterns, that we term FreSCOs (Frequent Spatially Cohesive Component sets), which feature synergetic combinations. To demonstrate the relevance of these FreSCOs, they were compared in relation to the thermostability of the protein structure and the interaction preferences of DNA-protein complexes. In both cases, the results matched well with prior investigations using more complex methods on smaller data sets. CONCLUSIONS The currently characterized protein structures feature a diverse set of frequent amino acid patterns that can be related to the stability of the protein molecular structure and that are independent from protein function or specific conserved domains.
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- Pieter Meysman
- Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp (biomina), University of Antwerp/Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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- Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Advanced Database Research and Modelling (ADReM), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
- Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp (biomina), University of Antwerp/Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium
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Oany AR, Ahmad SAI, Kibria KK, Hossain MU, Jyoti TP. A Hypothetical Protein of Alteromonas macleodii AltDE1 (amad1_06475) Predicted to be a Cold-Shock Protein with RNA Chaperone Activity. GENE REGULATION AND SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2015; 8:141-7. [PMID: 25574135 PMCID: PMC4271719 DOI: 10.4137/grsb.s20802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Revised: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Alteromonas macleodii AltDE1 is a deep sea protobacteria that is distinct from the surface isolates of the same species. This study was designed to elucidate the biological function of amad1_06475, a hypothetical protein of A. macleodii AltDE1. The 70 residues protein sequence showed considerable homology with cold-shock proteins (CSPs) and RNA chaperones from different organisms. Multiple sequence alignment further supported the presence of conserved csp domain on the protein sequence. The three-dimensional structure of the protein was also determined, and verified by PROCHECK, Verify3D, and QMEAN programs. The predicted structure contained five anti-parallel β-strands and RNA-binding motifs, which are characteristic features of prokaryotic CSPs. Finally, the binding of a thymidine-rich oligonucleotide and a single uracil molecule in the active site of the protein further strengthens our prediction about the function of amad1_06475 as a CSP and thereby acting as a RNA chaperone. The binding was performed by molecular docking tools and was compared with similar binding of 3PF5 (PDB) and 2HAX (PDB), major CSPs of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus caldolyticus, respectively.
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- Arafat Rahman Oany
- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Life Science, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail, Bangladesh
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- Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
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Jin B, Jeong KW, Kim Y. Structure and flexibility of the thermophilic cold-shock protein of Thermus aquaticus. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2014; 451:402-7. [PMID: 25101648 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The thermophilic bacterium Thermus aquaticus is a well-known source of Taq polymerase. Here, we studied the structure and dynamics of the T. aquaticus cold-shock protein (Ta-Csp) to better understand its thermostability using NMR spectroscopy. We found that Ta-Csp has a five-stranded β-barrel structure with five salt bridges which are important for more rigid structure and a higher melting temperature (76 °C) of Ta-Csp compared to mesophilic and psychrophilic Csps. Microsecond to millisecond time scale exchange processes occur only at the β1-β2 surface region of the nucleic acid binding site with an average conformational exchange rate constant of 674 s(-1). The results imply that thermophilic Ta-Csp has a more rigid structure and may not need high structural flexibility to accommodate nucleic acids upon cold shock compared to its mesophile and psychrophile counterparts.
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- Bonghwan Jin
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, BMIC, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
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Dickey TH, Altschuler SE, Wuttke DS. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins: multiple domains for multiple functions. Structure 2014; 21:1074-84. [PMID: 23823326 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2013.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Revised: 05/15/2013] [Accepted: 05/20/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The recognition of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is integral to myriad cellular functions. In eukaryotes, ssDNA is present stably at the ends of chromosomes and at some promoter elements. Furthermore, it is formed transiently by several cellular processes including telomere synthesis, transcription, and DNA replication, recombination, and repair. To coordinate these diverse activities, a variety of proteins have evolved to bind ssDNA in a manner specific to their function. Here, we review the recognition of ssDNA through the analysis of high-resolution structures of proteins in complex with ssDNA. This functionally diverse set of proteins arises from a limited set of structural motifs that can be modified and arranged to achieve distinct activities, including a range of ligand specificities. We also investigate the ways in which these domains interact in the context of large multidomain proteins/complexes. These comparisons reveal the structural features that define the range of functions exhibited by these proteins.
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- Thayne H Dickey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Wang W, Ding J, Zhang Y, Hu Y, Wang DC. Structural insights into the unique single-stranded DNA-binding mode of Helicobacter pylori DprA. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 42:3478-91. [PMID: 24369431 PMCID: PMC3950713 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Natural transformation (NT) in bacteria is a complex process, including binding, uptake, transport and recombination of exogenous DNA into the chromosome, consequently generating genetic diversity and driving evolution. DNA processing protein A (DprA), which is distributed among virtually all bacterial species, is involved in binding to the internalized single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and promoting the loading of RecA on ssDNA during NTs. Here we present the structures of DNA_processg_A (DprA) domain of the Helicobacter pylori DprA (HpDprA) and its complex with an ssDNA at 2.20 and 1.80 Å resolutions, respectively. The complex structure revealed for the first time how the conserved DprA domain binds to ssDNA. Based on structural comparisons and binding assays, a unique ssDNA-binding mode is proposed: the dimer of HpDprA binds to ssDNA through two small, positively charged binding pockets of the DprA domains with classical Rossmann folds and the key residue Arg52 is re-oriented to ‘open’ the pocket in order to accommodate one of the bases of ssDNA, thus enabling HpDprA to grasp substrate with high affinity. This mode is consistent with the oligomeric composition of the complex as shown by electrophoretic mobility-shift assays and static light scattering measurements, but differs from the direct polymeric complex of Streptococcus pneumoniae DprA–ssDNA.
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- Wei Wang
- The National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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Mayr F, Heinemann U. Mechanisms of Lin28-mediated miRNA and mRNA regulation--a structural and functional perspective. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:16532-53. [PMID: 23939427 PMCID: PMC3759924 DOI: 10.3390/ijms140816532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2013] [Revised: 07/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Lin28 is an essential RNA-binding protein that is ubiquitously expressed in embryonic stem cells. Its physiological function has been linked to the regulation of differentiation, development, and oncogenesis as well as glucose metabolism. Lin28 mediates these pleiotropic functions by inhibiting let-7 miRNA biogenesis and by modulating the translation of target mRNAs. Both activities strongly depend on Lin28’s RNA-binding domains (RBDs), an N-terminal cold-shock domain (CSD) and a C-terminal Zn-knuckle domain (ZKD). Recent biochemical and structural studies revealed the mechanisms of how Lin28 controls let-7 biogenesis. Lin28 binds to the terminal loop of pri- and pre-let-7 miRNA and represses their processing by Drosha and Dicer. Several biochemical and structural studies showed that the specificity of this interaction is mainly mediated by the ZKD with a conserved GGAGA or GGAGA-like motif. Further RNA crosslinking and immunoprecipitation coupled to high-throughput sequencing (CLIP-seq) studies confirmed this binding motif and uncovered a large number of new mRNA binding sites. Here we review exciting recent progress in our understanding of how Lin28 binds structurally diverse RNAs and fulfills its pleiotropic functions.
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- Florian Mayr
- Crystallography, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, Berlin 13125, Germany; E-Mail:
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 6, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Crystallography, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, Berlin 13125, Germany; E-Mail:
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustraße 6, Berlin 14195, Germany
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +49-30-9406-3420; Fax: +49-30-9406-2548
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Lee J, Jeong KW, Jin B, Ryu KS, Kim EH, Ahn JH, Kim Y. Structural and dynamic features of cold-shock proteins of Listeria monocytogenes, a psychrophilic bacterium. Biochemistry 2013; 52:2492-504. [PMID: 23506337 DOI: 10.1021/bi301641b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cold-shock proteins (Csps), proteins expressed when the ambient temperature drops below the growth-supporting temperature, bind to single-stranded nucleic acids and act as RNA chaperones to regulate translation. Listeria monocytogenes is a psychrophilic food-borne pathogen that is problematic for the food industry. Structures of Csps from psychrophilic bacteria have not yet been studied. Despite dramatic differences in the thermostability of Csps of various thermophilic microorganisms, these proteins share a high degree of primary sequence homology and a high degree of three-dimensional structural similarity. Here, we investigated the structural and dynamic features as well as the thermostability of L. monocytogenes CspA (Lm-CspA). Lm-CspA has a five-stranded β-barrel structure with hydrophobic core packing and two salt bridges. When heptathymidine (dT(7)) binds, values for the heteronuclear nuclear Overhauser effect and order parameters of residues in surface loop regions near nucleic acid binding sites increase dramatically. Moreover, Carr-Purcell-Meiboom-Gill experiments showed that slow motions observed for the nucleic acid binding residues K7, W8, F15, F27, and R56 disappeared in Lm-CspA-dT(7). Lm-CspA is less thermostable than mesophilic and thermophilic Csps, with a lower melting temperature (40 °C). The structural flexibility that accompanies longer surface loops and less hydrophobic core packing and a number of salt bridges and unfavorable electrostatic repulsion are likely key factors in the low thermostability of Lm-CspA. This implies that the large conformational flexibility of psychrophilic Lm-CspA, which more easily accommodates nucleic acids at low temperature, is required for RNA chaperone function under cold-shock conditions and for the cold adaptation of L. monocytogenes.
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- Juho Lee
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Bio/Molecular Informatics Center, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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Lee JH, Jeong KW, Kim YM. Purification and Structural Characterization of Cold Shock Protein from Listeria monocytogenes. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2012. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2012.33.8.2508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mayr F, Schütz A, Döge N, Heinemann U. The Lin28 cold-shock domain remodels pre-let-7 microRNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:7492-506. [PMID: 22570413 PMCID: PMC3424542 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The RNA-binding protein Lin28 regulates the processing of a developmentally important group of microRNAs, the let-7 family. Lin28 blocks the biogenesis of let-7 in embryonic stem cells and thereby prevents differentiation. It was shown that both RNA-binding domains (RBDs) of this protein, the cold-shock domain (CSD) and the zinc-knuckle domain (ZKD) are indispensable for pri- or pre-let-7 binding and blocking its maturation. Here, we systematically examined the nucleic acid-binding preferences of the Lin28 RBDs and determined the crystal structure of the Lin28 CSD in the absence and presence of nucleic acids. Both RNA-binding domains bind to single-stranded nucleic acids with the ZKD mediating specific binding to a conserved GGAG motif and the CSD showing only limited sequence specificity. However, only the isolated Lin28 CSD, but not the ZKD, can bind with a reasonable affinity to pre-let-7 and thus is able to remodel the terminal loop of pre-let-7 including the Dicer cleavage site. Further mutagenesis studies reveal that the Lin28 CSD induces a conformational change in the terminal loop of pre-let-7 and thereby facilitates a subsequent specific binding of the Lin28 ZKD to the conserved GGAG motif.
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- Florian Mayr
- Crystallography, Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle Straße 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Guryanov SG, Selivanova OM, Nikulin AD, Enin GA, Melnik BS, Kretov DA, Serdyuk IN, Ovchinnikov LP. Formation of amyloid-like fibrils by Y-box binding protein 1 (YB-1) is mediated by its cold shock domain and modulated by disordered terminal domains. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36969. [PMID: 22590640 PMCID: PMC3348147 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 04/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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YB-1, a multifunctional DNA- and RNA-binding nucleocytoplasmic protein, is involved in the majority of DNA- and mRNA-dependent events in the cell. It consists of three structurally different domains: its central cold shock domain has the structure of a β-barrel, while the flanking domains are predicted to be intrinsically disordered. Recently, we showed that YB-1 is capable of forming elongated fibrils under high ionic strength conditions. Here we report that it is the cold shock domain that is responsible for formation of YB-1 fibrils, while the terminal domains differentially modulate this process depending on salt conditions. We demonstrate that YB-1 fibrils have amyloid-like features, including affinity for specific dyes and a typical X-ray diffraction pattern, and that in contrast to most of amyloids, they disassemble under nearly physiological conditions.
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- Sergey G. Guryanov
- Group of Protein Biosynthesis Regulation, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group of Nucleoprotein Physics, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group for Structural Studies of Ribosomal Proteins, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group of Nucleoprotein Physics, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Laboratory of Protein Physics, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group of Protein Biosynthesis Regulation, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group of Nucleoprotein Physics, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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- Group of Protein Biosynthesis Regulation, Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia
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Tanaka T, Mega R, Kim K, Shinkai A, Masui R, Kuramitsu S, Nakagawa N. A non-cold-inducible cold shock protein homolog mainly contributes to translational control under optimal growth conditions. FEBS J 2012; 279:1014-29. [PMID: 22251463 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08492.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cold shock proteins (Csps) include both cold-induced and non-cold-induced proteins, contrary to their name. Cold-induced Csps are well studied; they function in cold acclimation by controlling transcription and translation. Some Csps have been reported to contribute to other cellular processes. However, the functions of non-cold-induced Csps under optimal growth conditions remain unknown. To elucidate these functions, we used transcriptome and proteome analyses as comprehensive approaches and have compared the outputs of wild-type and non-cold-induced Csp-deletion mutant cells. As a model organism, we selected Thermus thermophilus HB8 because it has only two csp genes (ttcsp1 and ttcsp2); ttCsp1 is the only non-cold-induced Csp. Surprisingly, the amount of transcripts and proteins upon deletion of the ttcsp1 gene was quite different. DNA microarray analysis revealed that the deletion of ttcsp1 did not affect the amount of transcripts, although the ttcsp1 gene was constantly expressed in the wild-type cell. Nonetheless, proteomic analysis revealed that the expression levels of many proteins were significantly altered when ttcsp1 was deleted. These results suggest that ttCsp1 functions in translation independent of transcription. Furthermore, ttCsp1 is involved in both the stimulation and inhibition of translation of specific proteins. Here, we have determined the crystal structure of ttCsp1 at 1.65 Å. This is the first report to present the structure of a non-cold-inducible cold shock protein. We also report the nucleotide binding affinity of ttCsp1. Finally, we discuss the functions of non-cold-induced Csps and propose how they modulate the levels of specific proteins to suit the prevailing environmental conditions.
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- Toshiko Tanaka
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan
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Among thousands of homo-oligomeric protein structures, there is a small but growing subset of ‘domain-swapped’ proteins. The term ‘domain swapping,’ originally coined by D. Eisenberg, describes a scenario in which two or more polypeptide chains exchange identical units for oligomerization. This type of assembly could play a role in disease-related aggregation and amyloid formation or as a specific mechanism for regulating function. This chapter introduces terms and features concerning domain swapping, summarizes ideas about its putative mechanisms, reports on domain-swapped structures collected from the literature, and describes a few notable examples in detail.
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Sachs R, Max KE, Heinemann U, Balbach J. RNA single strands bind to a conserved surface of the major cold shock protein in crystals and solution. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 18:65-76. [PMID: 22128343 PMCID: PMC3261745 DOI: 10.1261/rna.02809212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2011] [Accepted: 08/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bacterial cold shock proteins (CSPs) regulate the cellular response to temperature downshift. Their general principle of function involves RNA chaperoning and transcriptional antitermination. Here we present two crystal structures of cold shock protein B from Bacillus subtilis (Bs-CspB) in complex with either a hexanucleotide (5'-UUUUUU-3') or heptanucleotide (5'-GUCUUUA-3') single-stranded RNA (ssRNA). Hydrogen bonds and stacking interactions between RNA bases and aromatic sidechains characterize individual binding subsites. Additional binding subsites which are not occupied by the ligand in the crystal structure were revealed by NMR spectroscopy in solution on Bs-CspB·RNA complexes. Binding studies demonstrate that Bs-CspB associates with ssDNA as well as ssRNA with moderate sequence specificity. Varying affinities of oligonucleotides are reflected mainly in changes of the dissociation rates. The generally lower binding affinity of ssRNA compared to its ssDNA analog is attributed solely to the substitution of thymine by uracil bases in RNA.
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- Rolf Sachs
- Fachgruppe Biophysik Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Berlin-Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin Berlin-Buch, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Chemie und Biochemie, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fachgruppe Biophysik Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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Nam Y, Chen C, Gregory RI, Chou JJ, Sliz P. Molecular basis for interaction of let-7 microRNAs with Lin28. Cell 2011; 147:1080-91. [PMID: 22078496 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2011.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2011] [Revised: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression. Among these, members of the let-7 miRNA family control many cell-fate determination genes to influence pluripotency, differentiation, and transformation. Lin28 is a specific, posttranscriptional inhibitor of let-7 biogenesis. We report crystal structures of mouse Lin28 in complex with sequences from let-7d, let-7-f1, and let-7 g precursors. The two folded domains of Lin28 recognize two distinct regions of the RNA and are sufficient for inhibition of let-7 in vivo. We also show by NMR spectroscopy that the linker connecting the two folded domains is flexible, accommodating Lin28 binding to diverse let-7 family members. Protein-RNA complex formation imposes specific conformations on both components that could affect downstream recognition by other processing factors. Our data provide a molecular explanation for Lin28 specificity and a model for how it regulates let-7.
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- Yunsun Nam
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Roterman I, Konieczny L, Jurkowski W, Prymula K, Banach M. Two-intermediate model to characterize the structure of fast-folding proteins. J Theor Biol 2011; 283:60-70. [PMID: 21635900 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2010] [Revised: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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This paper introduces a new model that enables researchers to conduct protein folding simulations. A two-step in silico process is used in the course of structural analysis of a set of fast-folding proteins. The model assumes an early stage (ES) that depends solely on the backbone conformation, as described by its geometrical properties--specifically, by the V-angle between two sequential peptide bond planes (which determines the radius of curvature, also called R-radius, according to a second-degree polynomial form). The agreement between the structure under consideration and the assumed model is measured in terms of the magnitude of dispersion of both parameters with respect to idealized values. The second step, called late-stage folding (LS), is based on the "fuzzy oil drop" model, which involves an external hydrophobic force field described by a three-dimensional Gauss function. The degree of conformance between the structure under consideration and its idealized model is expressed quantitatively by means of the Kullback-Leibler entropy, which is a measure of disparity between the observed and expected hydrophobicity distributions. A set of proteins, representative of the fast-folding group - specifically, cold shock proteins - is shown to agree with the proposed model.
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- I Roterman
- Department of Bioinformatics and Telemedicine, Jagiellonian University-Medical College, Lazarza 16, 31-530 Krakow, Poland.
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Mojib N, Andersen DT, Bej AK. Structure and function of a cold shock domain fold protein, CspD, in Janthinobacterium sp. Ant5-2 from East Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011; 319:106-14. [PMID: 21426380 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02269.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A cold shock domain (CSD)-containing protein, CspD, of molecular mass ~7.28 kDa in a psychrotolerant Antarctic Janthinobacterium sp. Ant5-2 (ATCC BAA-2154) exhibited constitutive expression at 37, 22, 15, 4 and -1°C. The cspD gene encoding the CspD protein of Ant5-2 was cloned, sequenced and analyzed. The deduced protein sequence was highly similar to the conserved domains of the cold shock proteins (Csps) from bacteria belonging to the class Betaproteobacteria. Its expression was both time- and growth phase-dependent and increased when exposed to 37°C and UV radiation (UVC, dose: 1.8 and 2.8 mJ cm(-2)). The results from the electrophoretic mobility shift and subcellular localization study confirmed its single-stranded DNA-binding property. In silico analysis of the deduced tertiary structure of CspD from Ant5-2 showed a highly stable domain-swapped dimer, forming two similar monomeric Csp folds. This study established an overall framework of the structure, function and phylogenetic analysis of CspD from an Antarctic Janthinobacterium sp. Ant5-2, which may facilitate and stimulate the study of CSD fold proteins in the class Betaproteobacteria.
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- Nazia Mojib
- Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35294-1170, USA
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Stewart AL, Park JH, Waters ML. Redesign of a WW domain peptide for selective recognition of single-stranded DNA. Biochemistry 2011; 50:2575-84. [PMID: 21332166 DOI: 10.1021/bi101116a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A β-sheet miniprotein based on the FBP11 WW1 domain sequence has been redesigned for the molecular recognition of ssDNA. A previous report showed that a β-hairpin peptide dimer, (WKWK)(2), binds ssDNA with low micromolar affinity but with little selectivity over duplex DNA. This report extends those studies to a three-stranded β-sheet miniprotein designed to mimic the OB-fold. The new peptide binds ssDNA with low micromolar affinity and shows about 10-fold selectivity for ssDNA over duplex DNA. The redesigned peptide no longer binds its native ligand, the polyproline helix, confirming that the peptide has been redesigned for the function of binding ssDNA. Structural studies provide evidence that this peptide consists of a well-structured β-hairpin made of strands 2 and 3 with a less structured first strand that provides affinity for ssDNA but does not improve the stability of the full peptide. These studies provide insight into protein-DNA interactions as well as a novel example of protein redesign.
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- Amanda L Stewart
- Department of Chemistry, CB 3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States
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CspC and CspD are essential for Caulobacter crescentus stationary phase survival. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:747-58. [PMID: 20607520 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0602-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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The cold shock response in bacteria involves the expression of low-molecular weight cold shock proteins (CSPs) containing a nucleic acid-binding cold shock domain (CSD), which are known to destabilize secondary structures on mRNAs, facilitating translation at low temperatures. Caulobacter crescentus cspA and cspB are induced upon cold shock, while cspC and cspD are induced during stationary phase. In this work, we determined a new coding sequence for the cspC gene, revealing that it encodes a protein containing two CSDs. The phenotypes of C. crescentus csp mutants were analyzed, and we found that cspC is important for cells to maintain viability during extended periods in stationary phase. Also, cspC and cspCD strains presented altered morphology, with frequent non-viable filamentous cells, and cspCD also showed a pronounced cell death at late stationary phase. In contrast, the cspAB mutant presented increased viability in this phase, which is accompanied by an altered expression of both cspC and cspD, but the triple cspABD mutant loses this characteristic. Taken together, our results suggest that there is a hierarchy of importance among the csp genes regarding stationary phase viability, which is probably achieved by a fine tune balance of the levels of these proteins.
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Rohs R, Jin X, West SM, Joshi R, Honig B, Mann RS. Origins of specificity in protein-DNA recognition. Annu Rev Biochem 2010; 79:233-69. [PMID: 20334529 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biochem-060408-091030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 656] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Specific interactions between proteins and DNA are fundamental to many biological processes. In this review, we provide a revised view of protein-DNA interactions that emphasizes the importance of the three-dimensional structures of both macromolecules. We divide protein-DNA interactions into two categories: those when the protein recognizes the unique chemical signatures of the DNA bases (base readout) and those when the protein recognizes a sequence-dependent DNA shape (shape readout). We further divide base readout into those interactions that occur in the major groove from those that occur in the minor groove. Analogously, the readout of the DNA shape is subdivided into global shape recognition (for example, when the DNA helix exhibits an overall bend) and local shape recognition (for example, when a base pair step is kinked or a region of the minor groove is narrow). Based on the >1500 structures of protein-DNA complexes now available in the Protein Data Bank, we argue that individual DNA-binding proteins combine multiple readout mechanisms to achieve DNA-binding specificity. Specificity that distinguishes between families frequently involves base readout in the major groove, whereas shape readout is often exploited for higher resolution specificity, to distinguish between members within the same DNA-binding protein family.
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- Remo Rohs
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Morgan HP, Wear MA, McNae I, Gallagher MP, Walkinshaw MD. Crystallization and X-ray structure of cold-shock protein E from Salmonella typhimurium. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2009; 65:1240-5. [PMID: 20054119 PMCID: PMC2802871 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309109033788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Accepted: 08/24/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In prokaryotic organisms, cold shock triggers the production of a small highly conserved family of cold-shock proteins (CSPs). CSPs have been well studied structurally and functionally in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, but Salmonella typhimurium CSPs remain relatively uncharacterized. In S. typhimurium, six homologous CSPs have been identified: StCspA-E and StCspH. The crystal structure of cold-shock protein E from S. typhimurium (StCspE) has been determined at 1.1 A resolution and has an R factor of 0.203 after refinement. The three-dimensional structure is similar to those of previously determined CSPs and is composed of five antiparallel beta-strands forming a classic OB fold/five-stranded beta-barrel. This first structure of a CSP from S. typhimurium provides new insight into the cold-shock response of this bacterium.
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- Hugh P. Morgan
- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
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- Centre for Translational and Chemical Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, Scotland
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Recombinant Expression, Isotope Labeling, and Purification of Cold shock Protein from Colwellia psychrerythraea for NMR Study. B KOREAN CHEM SOC 2009. [DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2009.30.11.2647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Batta G, Barna T, Gáspári Z, Sándor S, Kövér KE, Binder U, Sarg B, Kaiserer L, Chhillar AK, Eigentler A, Leiter E, Hegedüs N, Pócsi I, Lindner H, Marx F. Functional aspects of the solution structure and dynamics of PAF--a highly-stable antifungal protein from Penicillium chrysogenum. FEBS J 2009; 276:2875-90. [PMID: 19459942 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Penicillium antifungal protein (PAF) is a promising antimycotic without toxic effects on mammalian cells and therefore may represent a drug candidate against the often lethal Aspergillus infections that occur in humans. The pathogenesis of PAF on sensitive fungi involves G-protein coupled signalling followed by apoptosis. In the present study, the solution structure of this small, cationic, antifungal protein from Penicillium chrysogenum is determined by NMR. We demonstrate that PAF belongs to the structural classification of proteins fold class of its closest homologue antifungal protein from Aspergillus giganteus. PAF comprises five beta-strands forming two orthogonally packed beta-sheets that share a common interface. The ambiguity in the assignment of two disulfide bonds out of three was investigated by NMR dynamics, together with restrained molecular dynamics calculations. The clue could not be resolved: the two ensembles with different disulfide patterns and the one with no S-S bond exhibit essentially the same fold. (15)N relaxation dispersion and interference experiments did not reveal disulfide bond rearrangements via slow exchange. The measured order parameters and the 3.0 ns correlation time are appropriate for a compact monomeric protein of this size. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we demonstrate that the highly-conserved and positively-charged lysine-rich surface region enhances the toxicity of PAF. However, the binding capability of the oligosaccharide/oligonucleotide binding fold is reduced in PAF compared to antifungal protein as a result of less solvent-exposed aromatic regions, thus explaining the absence of chitobiose binding. The present study lends further support to the understanding of the documented substantial differences between the mode of action of two highly homologous antifungal proteins.
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- Gyula Batta
- Department of Biochemistry, Centre of Arts, Humanities and Sciences, University of Debrecen, Hungary.
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Relative stabilities of conserved and non-conserved structures in the OB-fold superfamily. Int J Mol Sci 2009; 10:2412-2430. [PMID: 19564956 PMCID: PMC2695284 DOI: 10.3390/ijms10052412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 05/16/2009] [Accepted: 05/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The OB-fold is a diverse structure superfamily based on a beta-barrel motif that is often supplemented with additional non-conserved secondary structures. Previous deletion mutagenesis and NMR hydrogen exchange studies of three OB-fold proteins showed that the structural stabilities of sites within the conserved beta-barrels were larger than sites in non-conserved segments. In this work we examined a database of 80 representative domain structures currently classified as OB-folds, to establish the basis of this effect. Residue-specific values were obtained for the number of Calpha-Calpha distance contacts, sequence hydrophobicities, crystallographic B-factors, and theoretical B-factors calculated from a Gaussian Network Model. All four parameters point to a larger average flexibility for the non-conserved structures compared to the conserved beta-barrels. The theoretical B-factors and contact densities show the highest sensitivity. Our results suggest a model of protein structure evolution in which novel structural features develop at the periphery of conserved motifs. Core residues are more resistant to structural changes during evolution since their substitution would disrupt a larger number of interactions. Similar factors are likely to account for the differences in stability to unfolding between conserved and non-conserved structures.
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Stewart AL, Waters ML. Structural Effects on ss- and dsDNA Recognition by a β-Hairpin Peptide. Chembiochem 2009; 10:539-44. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200800524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Ren J, Nettleship JE, Sainsbury S, Saunders NJ, Owens RJ. Structure of the cold-shock domain protein from Neisseria meningitidis reveals a strand-exchanged dimer. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2008; 64:247-51. [PMID: 18391418 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309108005411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 02/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The structure of the cold-shock domain protein from Neisseria meningitidis has been solved to 2.6 A resolution and shown to comprise a dimer formed by the exchange of two beta-strands between protein monomers. The overall fold of the monomer closely resembles those of other bacterial cold-shock proteins. The neisserial protein behaved as a monomer in solution and was shown to bind to a hexathymidine oligonucleotide with a stoichiometry of 1:1 and a K(d) of 1.25 microM.
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- Jingshan Ren
- The Oxford Protein Production Facility, Henry Wellcome Building for Genomic Medicine, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, England
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Watson E, Matousek WM, Irimies EL, Alexandrescu AT. Partially folded states of staphylococcal nuclease highlight the conserved structural hierarchy of OB-fold proteins. Biochemistry 2007; 46:9484-94. [PMID: 17661445 PMCID: PMC2128864 DOI: 10.1021/bi700532j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have been interested in whether three proteins that share a five-stranded beta-barrel "OB-fold" structural motif but no detectable sequence homology fold by similar mechanisms. Here we describe native-state hydrogen exchange experiments as a function of urea for SN (staphylococcal nuclease), a protein with an OB-fold motif and additional nonconserved elements of structure. The regions of structure with the largest stability and unfolding cooperativity are contained within the conserved OB-fold portion of SN, consistent with previous results for CspA (cold shock protein A) and LysN (anticodon binding domain of lysyl tRNA synthetase). The OB-fold also has the subset of residues with the slowest unfolding rates in the three proteins, as determined by hydrogen exchange experiments in the EX1 limit. Although the protein folding hierarchy is maintained at the level of supersecondary structure, it is not evident for individual residues as might be expected if folding depended on obligatory nucleation sites. Rather, the site-specific stability profiles appear to be linked to sequence hydrophobicity and to the density of long-range contacts at each site in the three-dimensional structures of the proteins. We discuss the implications of the correlation between stability to unfolding and conservation of structure for mechanisms of protein structure evolution.
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- * To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, 91 N,. Eagleville Rd., U-3125, Storrs, CT 06269–3125., Telephone: (860) 486–4414., Fax: (860) 486–4331., E-mail:
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Max KEA, Wunderlich M, Roske Y, Schmid FX, Heinemann U. Optimized variants of the cold shock protein from in vitro selection: structural basis of their high thermostability. J Mol Biol 2007; 369:1087-97. [PMID: 17481655 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2007] [Revised: 04/03/2007] [Accepted: 04/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The bacterial cold shock proteins (Csp) are widely used as models for the experimental and computational analysis of protein stability. In a previous study, in vitro evolution was employed to identify strongly stabilizing mutations in Bs-CspB from Bacillus subtilis. The best variant found by this approach contained the mutations M1R, E3K and K65I, which raised the midpoint of thermal unfolding of Bs-CspB from 53.8 degrees C to 83.7 degrees C, and increased the Gibbs free energy of stabilization by 20.9 kJ mol(-1). Another selected variant with the two mutations A46K and S48R was stabilized by 11.1 kJ mol(-1). To elucidate the molecular basis of these stabilizations, we determined the crystal structures of these two Bs-CspB variants. The mutated residues are generally well ordered and provide additional stabilizing interactions, such as charge interactions, additional hydrogen bonds and improved side-chain packing. Several mutations improve the electrostatic interactions, either by the removal of unfavorable charges (E3K) or by compensating their destabilizing interactions (A46K, S48R). The stabilizing mutations are clustered at a contiguous surface area of Bs-CspB, which apparently is critically important for the stability of the beta-barrel structure but not well optimized in the wild-type protein.
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- Klaas E A Max
- Makromolekulare Strukturen und Interaktionen, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Germany
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