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Valenti R, Jabłońska J, Tawfik DS. Characterization of ancestral Fe/Mn superoxide dismutases indicates their cambialistic origin. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4423. [PMID: 36173172 PMCID: PMC9490801 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are critical metalloenzymes mitigating the damages of the modern oxygenated world. However, the emergence of one family of SODs, the Fe/Mn SOD, has been recurrently proposed to predate the great oxygenation event (GOE). This ancient family lacks metal binding selectivity, but displays strong catalytic selectivity. Therefore, some homologues would only be active when bound to Fe or Mn, although others, dubbed cambialistic, would function when loaded with either ion. This posed the longstanding question about the identity of the cognate metal ion of the first SODs to emerge. In this work, we utilize ancestral sequence reconstruction techniques to infer the earliest SODs. We show that the "ancestors" are active in vivo and in vitro. Further, we test their metal specificity and demonstrate that they are cambialistic in nature. Our findings shed light on how the predicted Last Common Universal Ancestor was capable of dealing with decomposition of the superoxide anion, and the early relationship between life, oxygen, and metal ion availability.
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- Rosario Valenti
- Department of Biomolecular SciencesWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovotIsrael
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- Department of Biomolecular SciencesWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovotIsrael
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- Department of Biomolecular SciencesWeizmann Institute of ScienceRehovotIsrael
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Mendoza Rengifo E, Stelmastchuk Benassi Fontolan L, Ribamar Ferreira-Junior J, Bleicher L, Penner-Hahn J, Charles Garratt R. UNEXPECTED PLASTICITY OF THE QUATERNARY STRUCTURE OF IRON-MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASES. J Struct Biol 2022; 214:107855. [PMID: 35390463 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2022.107855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Protein 3D structure can be remarkably robust to the accumulation of mutations during evolution. On the other hand, sometimes a single amino acid substitution can be sufficient to generate dramatic and completely unpredictable structural consequences. In an attempt to rationally alter the preferences for the metal ion at the active site of a member of the Iron/Manganese superoxide dismutase family, two examples of the latter phenomenon were identified. Site directed mutants of SOD from Trichoderma reesei were generated and studied crystallographically together with the wild type enzyme. Despite being chosen for their potential impact on the redox potential of the metal, two of the mutations (D150G and G73A) in fact resulted in significant alterations to the protein quaternary structure. The D150G mutant presented alternative inter-subunit contacts leading to a loss of symmetry of the wild type tetramer, whereas the G73A mutation transformed the tetramer into an octamer despite not participating directly in any of the inter-subunit interfaces. We conclude that there is considerable intrinsic plasticity in the Fe/MnSOD fold that can be unpredictably affected by single amino acid substitutions. In much the same way as phenotypic defects at the organism level can reveal much about normal function, so too can such mutations teach us much about the subtleties of protein structure.
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- Emerita Mendoza Rengifo
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Sao Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Smethurst DGJ, Shcherbik N. Interchangeable utilization of metals: New perspectives on the impacts of metal ions employed in ancient and extant biomolecules. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101374. [PMID: 34732319 PMCID: PMC8633580 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Metal ions provide considerable functionality across biological systems, and their utilization within biomolecules has adapted through changes in the chemical environment to maintain the activity they facilitate. While ancient earth's atmosphere was rich in iron and manganese and low in oxygen, periods of atmospheric oxygenation significantly altered the availability of certain metal ions, resulting in ion replacement within biomolecules. This adaptation mechanism has given rise to the phenomenon of metal cofactor interchangeability, whereby contemporary proteins and nucleic acids interact with multiple metal ions interchangeably, with different coordinated metals influencing biological activity, stability, and toxic potential. The ability of extant organisms to adapt to fluctuating metal availability remains relevant in a number of crucial biomolecules, including the superoxide dismutases of the antioxidant defense systems and ribonucleotide reductases. These well-studied and ancient enzymes illustrate the potential for metal interchangeability and adaptive utilization. More recently, the ribosome has also been demonstrated to exhibit interchangeable interactions with metal ions with impacts on function, stability, and stress adaptation. Using these and other examples, here we review the biological significance of interchangeable metal ions from a new angle that combines both biochemical and evolutionary viewpoints. The geochemical pressures and chemical properties that underlie biological metal utilization are discussed in the context of their impact on modern disease states and treatments.
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- Daniel G J Smethurst
- Department for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, New Jersey, USA.
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- Department for Cell Biology and Neuroscience, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Rowan University, Stratford, New Jersey, USA.
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Poghosyan L, Koch H, Lavy A, Frank J, van Kessel MA, Jetten MS, Banfield JF, Lücker S. Metagenomic recovery of two distinct comammox Nitrospira from the terrestrial subsurface. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:3627-3637. [PMID: 31107587 PMCID: PMC6852473 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The recently discovered comammox process encompasses both nitrification steps, the aerobic oxidation of ammonia and nitrite, in a single organism. All known comammox bacteria are affiliated with Nitrospira sublineage II and can be grouped into two distinct clades, referred to as A and B, based on ammonia monooxygenase phylogeny. In this study, we report high-quality draft genomes of two novel comammox Nitrospira from the terrestrial subsurface, representing one clade A and one clade B comammox organism. The two metagenome-assembled genomes were compared with other representatives of Nitrospira sublineage II, including both canonical and comammox Nitrospira. Phylogenomic analyses confirmed the affiliation of the two novel Nitrospira with comammox clades A and B respectively. Based on phylogenetic distance and pairwise average nucleotide identity values, both comammox Nitrospira were classified as novel species. Genomic comparison revealed high conservation of key metabolic features in sublineage II Nitrospira, including respiratory complexes I-V and the machineries for nitrite oxidation and carbon fixation via the reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle. In addition, the presence of the enzymatic repertoire for formate and hydrogen oxidation in the Rifle clades A and B comammox genomes, respectively, suggest a broader distribution of these metabolic features than previously anticipated.
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- Lianna Poghosyan
- Department of MicrobiologyRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJNijmegenthe Netherlands
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- Department of MicrobiologyRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJNijmegenthe Netherlands
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- Earth and Planetary Sciences DepartmentUniversity of California, 2151 Berkeley WayBerkleyCA94720USA
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- Department of MicrobiologyRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJNijmegenthe Netherlands
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- Department of MicrobiologyRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJNijmegenthe Netherlands
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- Earth and Planetary Sciences DepartmentUniversity of California, 2151 Berkeley WayBerkleyCA94720USA
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- Department of MicrobiologyRadboud UniversityHeyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJNijmegenthe Netherlands
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Buhmann MT, Schulze B, Förderer A, Schleheck D, Kroth PG. Bacteria may induce the secretion of mucin-like proteins by the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2016; 52:463-74. [PMID: 26993172 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2016] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Benthic diatoms live in photoautotrophic/heterotrophic biofilm communities embedded in a matrix of secreted extracellular polymeric substances. Closely associated bacteria influence their growth, aggregation, and secretion of exopolymers. We have studied a diatom/bacteria model community, in which a marine Roseobacter strain is able to grow with secreted diatom exopolymers as a sole source of carbon. The strain influences the aggregation of Phaeodactylum tricornutum by inducing a morphotypic transition from planktonic, fusiform cells to benthic, oval cells. Analysis of the extracellular soluble proteome of P. tricornutum in the presence and absence of bacteria revealed constitutively expressed newly identified proteins with mucin-like domains that appear to be typical for extracellular diatom proteins. In contrast to mucins, the proline-, serine-, threonine-rich (PST) domains in these proteins were also found in combination with protease-, glucosidase- and leucine-rich repeat-domains. Bioinformatic functional predictions indicate that several of these newly identified diatom-specific proteins may be involved in algal defense, intercellular signaling, and aggregation.
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, 78457, Konstanz, Germany
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Ślesak I, Ślesak H, Zimak-Piekarczyk P, Rozpądek P. Enzymatic Antioxidant Systems in Early Anaerobes: Theoretical Considerations. ASTROBIOLOGY 2016; 16:348-58. [PMID: 27176812 PMCID: PMC4876498 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2015.1328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Accepted: 12/01/2015] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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UNLABELLED It is widely accepted that cyanobacteria-dependent oxygen that was released into Earth's atmosphere ca. 2.5 billion years ago sparked the evolution of the aerobic metabolism and the antioxidant system. In modern aerobes, enzymes such as superoxide dismutases (SODs), peroxiredoxins (PXs), and catalases (CATs) constitute the core of the enzymatic antioxidant system (EAS) directed against reactive oxygen species (ROS). In many anaerobic prokaryotes, the superoxide reductases (SORs) have been identified as the main force in counteracting ROS toxicity. We found that 93% of the analyzed strict anaerobes possess at least one antioxidant enzyme, and 50% have a functional EAS, that is, consisting of at least two antioxidant enzymes: one for superoxide anion radical detoxification and another for hydrogen peroxide decomposition. The results presented here suggest that the last universal common ancestor (LUCA) was not a strict anaerobe. O2 could have been available for the first microorganisms before oxygenic photosynthesis evolved, however, from the intrinsic activity of EAS, not solely from abiotic sources. KEY WORDS Archaea-Atmospheric gases-Evolution-H2O2 resistance-Oxygenic photosynthesis. Astrobiology 16, 348-358.
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- Ireneusz Ślesak
- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Botany, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków, Poland
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Expanded metabolic versatility of ubiquitous nitrite-oxidizing bacteria from the genus Nitrospira. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:11371-6. [PMID: 26305944 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506533112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 273] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Nitrospira are a diverse group of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria and among the environmentally most widespread nitrifiers. However, they remain scarcely studied and mostly uncultured. Based on genomic and experimental data from Nitrospira moscoviensis representing the ubiquitous Nitrospira lineage II, we identified ecophysiological traits that contribute to the ecological success of Nitrospira. Unexpectedly, N. moscoviensis possesses genes coding for a urease and cleaves urea to ammonia and CO2. Ureolysis was not observed yet in nitrite oxidizers and enables N. moscoviensis to supply ammonia oxidizers lacking urease with ammonia from urea, which is fully nitrified by this consortium through reciprocal feeding. The presence of highly similar urease genes in Nitrospira lenta from activated sludge, in metagenomes from soils and freshwater habitats, and of other ureases in marine nitrite oxidizers, suggests a wide distribution of this extended interaction between ammonia and nitrite oxidizers, which enables nitrite-oxidizing bacteria to indirectly use urea as a source of energy. A soluble formate dehydrogenase lends additional ecophysiological flexibility and allows N. moscoviensis to use formate, with or without concomitant nitrite oxidation, using oxygen, nitrate, or both compounds as terminal electron acceptors. Compared with Nitrospira defluvii from lineage I, N. moscoviensis shares the Nitrospira core metabolism but shows substantial genomic dissimilarity including genes for adaptations to elevated oxygen concentrations. Reciprocal feeding and metabolic versatility, including the participation in different nitrogen cycling processes, likely are key factors for the niche partitioning, the ubiquity, and the high diversity of Nitrospira in natural and engineered ecosystems.
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Homology modeling and comparative profiling of superoxide dismutase among extremophiles: exiguobacterium as a model organism. Indian J Microbiol 2014; 54:450-8. [PMID: 25320445 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-014-0482-8] [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: 03/27/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Superoxide dismutase (SOD), a well known antioxidant enzyme, is known to exert its presence across bacteria to humans. Apart from their well-known antioxidant defense mechanisms, their association with various extremophiles in response to various stress conditions is poorly understood. Here, we have discussed the conservation and the prevalence of SODs among 21 representative extremophiles. A systematic investigation of aligned amino acid sequences of SOD from all the selected extremophiles revealed a consensus motif D-[VLE]-[FW]-E-H-[AS]-Y-[YM]. To computationally predict the correlation of SOD with the various stress conditions encountered by these extremophiles, Exiguobacterium was selected as a model organism which is known to survive under various adverse extremophilic conditions. Interestingly, our phylogenetic study based on SOD homology revealed that Exiguobacterium sibiricum was one of the closest neighbors of Deinococcus radiodurans and Thermus thermophilus. Next, we sought to predict 3-D model structure of SOD for E. sibiricum (PMDB ID: 0078260), which showed >95 % similarity with D. radiodurans R1 SOD. The reliability of the predicted SOD model was checked by using various validation metrics, including Ramachandran plot, Z-score and normalized qualitative model energy analysis score. Further, various physicochemical properties of E. sibiricum SOD were calculated using different prominent resources.
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Nonaka K, Yoon KS, Ogo S. Biochemical characterization of psychrophilic Mn-superoxide dismutase from newly isolated Exiguobacterium sp. OS-77. Extremophiles 2014; 18:363-73. [PMID: 24414928 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0621-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/29/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Many types of superoxide dismutases have been purified and characterized from various bacteria, however, a psychrophilic Mn-superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) has not yet been reported. Here, we describe the purification and the biochemical characterization of the psychrophilic MnSOD from Exiguobacterium sp. strain OS-77 (EgMnSOD). According to 16S rRNA sequence analysis, a newly isolated bacterium strain OS-77 belongs to the genus Exiguobacterium. The optimum growth temperature of the strain OS-77 is 20 °C. The EgMnSOD is a homodimer of 23.5 kDa polypeptides determined by SDS-PAGE and gel filtration analysis. UV-Vis spectrum and ICP-MS analysis clearly indicated that the homogeneously purified enzyme contains only a Mn ion as a metal cofactor. The optimal reaction pH and temperature of the enzyme were pH 9.0 and 5 °C, respectively. Notably, the purified EgMnSOD was thermostable up to 45 °C and retained 50% activity after 21.2 min at 60 °C. The differential scanning calorimetry also indicated that the EgMnSOD is thermostable, exhibiting two protein denaturation peaks at 65 and 84 °C. The statistical analysis of amino acid sequence and composition of the EgMnSOD suggests that the enzyme retains psychrophilic characteristics.
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- Kyoshiro Nonaka
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (WPI-I2CNER), Kyushu University, 744 Moto-oka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan
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Detection and Characterisation of Mutations Responsible for Allele-Specific Protein Thermostabilities at the Mn-Superoxide Dismutase Gene in the Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Alvinella pompejana. J Mol Evol 2013; 76:295-310. [DOI: 10.1007/s00239-013-9559-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Molecular cloning, purification, and characterization of a superoxide dismutase from a fast-growing Mycobacterium sp. Strain JC1 DSM 3803. J Microbiol 2011; 49:399-406. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-1046-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2011] [Accepted: 02/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Crowther GJ, Napuli AJ, Thomas AP, Chung DJ, Kovzun KV, Leibly DJ, Castaneda LJ, Bhandari J, Damman CJ, Hui R, Hol WGJ, Buckner FS, Verlinde CLMJ, Zhang Z, Fan E, van Voorhis WC. Buffer optimization of thermal melt assays of Plasmodium proteins for detection of small-molecule ligands. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 14:700-7. [PMID: 19470714 DOI: 10.1177/1087057109335749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In the past decade, thermal melt/thermal shift assays have become a common tool for identifying ligands and other factors that stabilize specific proteins. Increased stability is indicated by an increase in the protein's melting temperature (Tm). In optimizing the assays for subsequent screening of compound libraries, it is important to minimize the variability of Tm measurements so as to maximize the assay's ability to detect potential ligands. The authors present an investigation of Tm variability in recombinant proteins from Plasmodium parasites. Ligands of Plasmodium proteins are particularly interesting as potential starting points for drugs for malaria, and new drugs are urgently needed. A single standard buffer (100 mM HEPES [pH 7.5], 150 mM NaCl) permitted estimation of Tm for 58 of 61 Plasmodium proteins tested. However, with several proteins, Tm could not be measured with a consistency suitable for high-throughput screening unless alternative protein-specific buffers were employed. The authors conclude that buffer optimization to minimize variability in Tm measurements increases the success of thermal melt screens involving proteins for which a standard buffer is suboptimal.
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- Gregory J Crowther
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7185, USA.
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