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Krasikova YS, Rechkunova NI, Maltseva EA, Craescu CT, Petruseva IO, Lavrik OI. Influence of centrin 2 on the interaction of nucleotide excision repair factors with damaged DNA. Biochemistry (Mosc) 2012; 77:346-53. [PMID: 22809153 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912040050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have examined the influence of centrin 2 (Cen2) on the interaction of nucleotide excision repair factors (XPC-HR23b, RPA, and XPA) with 48-mer DNA duplexes bearing the dUMP derivative 5-{3-[6-(carboxyamidofluoresceinyl)amidocapromoyl]allyl}-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate. The fluorescein residue linked to the nucleotide base imitates a bulky lesion of DNA. Cen2 stimulated the binding and increased the yield of DNA adducts with XPC-HR23b, a protein recognizing bulky damages in DNA. Stimulation of the binding was most pronounced in the presence of Mg(2+) and demonstrated a bell-shaped dependence on Cen2 concentration. The addition of Cen2 changed the stoichiometry of RPA-DNA complexes and diminished the yield of RPA-DNA covalent crosslinks. We have shown that Cen2 influences the binding of RPA and XPA with DNA, which results in formation of additional DNA-protein complexes possibly including Cen2. We have also found some evidence of direct contacts between Cen2 and DNA. These results in concert with the literature data suggest that Cen2 can be a regulatory element in the nucleotide excision repair system.
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- Y S Krasikova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrentieva 8, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Gibrat G, Assairi L, Craescu CT, Hui Bon Hoa G, Loew D, Lombard B, Blouquit L, Bellissent-Funel MC. Use of SANS and biophysical techniques to reveal subtle conformational differences between native apo-calmodulin and its unfolded states. Biochim Biophys Acta 2012; 1824:1097-106. [PMID: 22709575 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2011] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Apo-calmodulin, a small, mainly α, soluble protein is a calcium-dependent protein activator. It is made of two N- and C-terminal domains having a sequence homology of 70%, an identical folding but different stabilities, and is thus an interesting system for unfolding studies. The use of small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and other biophysical techniques has permitted to reveal conformational difference between native and thermal denatured states of apo-calmodulin. The results show that secondary and tertiary structures of apo-calmodulin evolve in a synchronous way, indicating the absence in the unfolding pathway of molten-globule state sufficiently stable to affect transition curves. From SANS experiments, at 85 °C, apo-calmodulin adopts a polymer chain conformation with some residual local structures. After cooling down, apo-calmodulin recovers a compact state, with a secondary structure close to the native one but with a higher radius of gyration and a different tyrosine environment. In fact on a timescale of few minutes, heat denaturation of apo-calmodulin is partially reversible, but on a time scale of hours (for SANS experiments), the long exposure to heat may lead to a non-reversibility due to some chemical perturbation of the protein. In fact, from Mass Spectrometry measurements, we got evidence of dehydration and deamidation of heated apo-calmodulin.
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Soler N, Craescu CT, Gallay J, Frapart YM, Mansuy D, Raynal B, Baldacci G, Pastore A, Huang ME, Vernis L. A S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase-like domain within the essential, Fe-S-containing yeast protein Dre2. FEBS J 2012; 279:2108-19. [PMID: 22487307 PMCID: PMC3440578 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08597.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yeast Dre2 is an essential Fe-S cluster-containing protein that has been implicated in cytosolic Fe-S protein biogenesis and in cell death regulation in response to oxidative stress. Its absence in yeast can be complemented by the human homologous antiapoptotic protein cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor 1 (also known as anamorsin), suggesting at least one common function. Using complementary techniques, we have investigated the biochemical and biophysical properties of Dre2. We show that it contains an N-terminal domain whose structure in solution consists of a stable well-structured monomer with an overall typical S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase fold lacking two α-helices and a β-strand. The highly conserved C-terminus of Dre2, containing two Fe-S clusters, influences the flexibility of the N-terminal domain. We discuss the hypotheses that the activity of the N-terminal domain could be modulated by the redox activity of Fe-S clusters containing the C-terminus domain in vivo.
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Duband-Goulet I, Woerner S, Gasparini S, Attanda W, Kondé E, Tellier-Lebègue C, Craescu CT, Gombault A, Roussel P, Vadrot N, Vicart P, Ostlund C, Worman HJ, Zinn-Justin S, Buendia B. Subcellular localization of SREBP1 depends on its interaction with the C-terminal region of wild-type and disease related A-type lamins. Exp Cell Res 2011; 317:2800-13. [PMID: 21993218 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Revised: 09/02/2011] [Accepted: 09/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Lamins A and C are nuclear intermediate filament proteins expressed in most differentiated somatic cells. Previous data suggested that prelamin A, the lamin A precursor, accumulates in some lipodystrophy syndromes caused by mutations in the lamin A/C gene, and binds and inactivates the sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1). Here we show that, in vitro, the tail regions of prelamin A, lamin A and lamin C bind a polypeptide of SREBP1. Such interactions also occur in HeLa cells, since expression of lamin tail regions impedes nucleolar accumulation of the SREBP1 polypeptide fused to a nucleolar localization signal sequence. In addition, the tail regions of A-type lamin variants that occur in Dunnigan-type familial partial lipodystrophy of (R482W) and Hutchison Gilford progeria syndrome (∆607-656) bind to the SREBP1 polypeptide in vitro, and the corresponding FLAG-tagged full-length lamin variants co-immunoprecipitate the SREBP1 polypeptide in cells. Overexpression of wild-type A-type lamins and variants favors SREBP1 polypeptide localization at the intranuclear periphery, suggesting its sequestration. Our data support the hypothesis that variation of A-type lamin protein level and spatial organization, in particular due to disease-linked mutations, influences the sequestration of SREBP1 at the nuclear envelope and thus contributes to the regulation of SREBP1 function.
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- Isabelle Duband-Goulet
- Laboratoire du Stress et Pathologies du Cytosquelette, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, CNRS, Institut de Biologie Fonctionnelle et Adaptative, 4 rue M.A. Lagroua Weill Halle, 75205 Paris cedex 13, France
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Miron S, Durand D, Chilom C, Pérez J, Craescu CT. Binding of calcium, magnesium, and target peptides to Cdc31, the centrin of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6409-22. [PMID: 21714500 DOI: 10.1021/bi200518d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cdc31, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae centrin, is an EF-hand calcium-binding protein essential for the cell division and mRNA nuclear export. We used biophysical techniques to investigate its calcium, magnesium, and protein target binding properties as well as their conformations in solution. We show here that Cdc31 displays one Ca(2+)/Mg(2+) mixed site in the N-terminal domain and two low-affinity Ca(2+) sites in the C-terminal domain. The affinity of Cdc31 for different natural target peptides (from Kar1, Sfi1, Sac3) that we obtained by isothermal titration calorimetry shows weakly Ca(2+), but also Mg(2+) dependence. The characteristics of target surface binding were shown to be similar; we highlight that the 1-4 hydrophobic amino acid motif, in a stable amphipathic α-helix, is critical for binding. Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) binding increase the α-helix content and stabilize the structure. Analysis of small-angle X-ray scattering experiments revealed that N- and C-terminal domains are not individualized in apo-Cdc31; in contrast, they are separated in the Mg(2+) state, creating a groove in the middle of the molecule that is occupied by the target peptide in the liganded form. Consequently, Mg(2+) seems to have consequences on Cdc31's function and could be important to stimulate interactions in resting cells.
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- Simona Miron
- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
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Renaud E, Miccoli L, Zacal N, Biard DS, Craescu CT, Rainbow AJ, Angulo JF. Differential contribution of XPC, RAD23A, RAD23B and CENTRIN 2 to the UV-response in human cells. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:835-47. [PMID: 21676658 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 05/09/2011] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Several genes in human cells are activated by physical genotoxic agents in order to regenerate cell homeostasis. Among the pathways contributing to this response, nucleotide excision repair (NER) is unique in restoring the nucleotide sequence of the DNA molecule without generating mutations. The first step of NER is mediated by a protein complex composed of XPC, RAD23B, an ubiquitin receptor and CENTRIN 2, an EF-hand calcium binding protein. These three proteins are multifunctional and participate in other important biochemical pathways. We silenced the XPC, RAD23A or RAD23B genes in HeLa cells for a long period of time by using Epstein Barr Virus-derived plasmids carrying sequences coding for small interfering RNA. XPC silencing confirms an essential role for XPC in DNA repair and cell survival after ultraviolet light irradiation. RAD23A and RAD23B participate in DNA repair and cell survival with diverging functions. Our data also indicate that CENTRIN 2 is recruited onto nuclear damaged areas quickly after irradiation and that XPC plays an important role during its internalization into the nucleus of human cells. Furthermore, the inhibition of XPC expression correlates with a decreased amount of CENTRIN 2 transcript and protein, indicating that XPC is required for the fine tuning of CENTRIN 2 gene expression. Moreover, XPC-silenced cells present a reduced concentration of CENTRIN 2 that affects both its centrosomal and nuclear localization suggesting that XPC deficiency may indirectly slow down cell division.
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- Emilie Renaud
- Laboratoire de Génétique de la Radiosensibilité, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, CEA, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, B.P. 6, 92265, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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Isvoran A, Badel A, Craescu CT, Miron S, Miteva MA. Exploring NMR ensembles of calcium binding proteins: perspectives to design inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. BMC Struct Biol 2011; 11:24. [PMID: 21569443 PMCID: PMC3116463 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-11-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Background Disrupting protein-protein interactions by small organic molecules is nowadays a promising strategy employed to block protein targets involved in different pathologies. However, structural changes occurring at the binding interfaces make difficult drug discovery processes using structure-based drug design/virtual screening approaches. Here we focused on two homologous calcium binding proteins, calmodulin and human centrin 2, involved in different cellular functions via protein-protein interactions, and known to undergo important conformational changes upon ligand binding. Results In order to find suitable protein conformations of calmodulin and centrin for further structure-based drug design/virtual screening, we performed in silico structural/energetic analysis and molecular docking of terphenyl (a mimicking alpha-helical molecule known to inhibit protein-protein interactions of calmodulin) into X-ray and NMR ensembles of calmodulin and centrin. We employed several scoring methods in order to find the best protein conformations. Our results show that docking on NMR structures of calmodulin and centrin can be very helpful to take into account conformational changes occurring at protein-protein interfaces. Conclusions NMR structures of protein-protein complexes nowadays available could efficiently be exploited for further structure-based drug design/virtual screening processes employed to design small molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.
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- Adriana Isvoran
- MTi, Inserm U973 - University Paris Diderot, 35 rue Helene Brion, Bat, Lamarck, 75013 Paris, France
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Radu L, Durussel I, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Miron S, Cox JA, Craescu CT. Scherffelia dubia Centrin Exhibits a Specific Mechanism for Ca2+-Controlled Target Binding. Biochemistry 2010; 49:4383-94. [DOI: 10.1021/bi901764m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Laura Radu
- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Tirone F, Radu L, Craescu CT, Cox JA. Identification of the binding site for the regulatory calcium-binding domain in the catalytic domain of NOX5. Biochemistry 2010; 49:761-71. [PMID: 20028137 DOI: 10.1021/bi901846y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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NADPH oxidases (NOX) are important superoxide producing enzymes that regulate a variety of physiological and pathological processes such as bacteria killing, angiogenesis, sperm-oocyte fusion, and oxygen sensing. NOX5 is a member of the NOX family but distinct from the others by the fact that it contains a long N-terminus with four EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding sites (NOX5-EF). NOX5 generates superoxide in response to intracellular Ca(2+) elevation in vivo and in a cell-free system. Previously, we have shown that the regulatory N-terminal EF-hand domain interacts directly and in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner with the catalytic C-terminal catalytic dehydrogenase domain (CDHD) of the enzyme, leading to its activation. Here we have characterized the interaction site for the regulatory NOX5-EF in the catalytic CDHD of NOX5 using cloned fragments and synthetic peptides of the CDHD. The interaction was monitored with pull-down techniques, cross-linking experiments, tryptophan fluorescence, hydrophobic exposure, isothermal titration calorimetry, and cell-free system enzymatic assays. This site is composed of two short segments: the 637-660 segment, referred to as the regulatory EF-hand-binding domain (REFBD), and the 489-505 segment, previously identified as the phosphorylation region (PhosR). NOX5-EF binds to these two segments in a Ca(2+)-dependent way, and the superoxide generation by NOX5 depends on this interaction. Controlled proteolysis suggests that the REFBD is autoinhibitory and inhibition is relieved by NOX5-EF.
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- Fabiana Tirone
- Departement of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland.
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Grandeury A, Martin C, Petit S, Craescu CT, Gouhier G. The first use of supramolecular recognition to extract and stabilize an enzymatic inhibitor of a coagulation process. NEW J CHEM 2010. [DOI: 10.1039/c0nj00147c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Martinez-Sanz J, Kateb F, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Bodenhausen G, Abergel D, Mouawad L, Craescu CT. Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Human Centrin 2/hSfi1 Complex. J Mol Biol 2010; 395:191-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Balasu MC, Spiridon LN, Miron S, Craescu CT, Scheidig AJ, Petrescu AJ, Szedlacsek SE. Interface analysis of the complex between ERK2 and PTP-SL. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5432. [PMID: 19424502 PMCID: PMC2675061 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The activity of ERK2, an essential component of MAP-kinase pathway, is under the strict control of various effector proteins. Despite numerous efforts, no crystal structure of ERK2 complexed with such partners has been obtained so far. PTP-SL is a major regulator of ERK2 activity. To investigate the ERK2–PTP-SL complex we used a combined method based on cross-linking, MALDI-TOF analysis, isothermal titration calorimetry, molecular modeling and docking. Hence, new insights into the stoichiometry, thermodynamics and interacting regions of the complex are obtained and a structural model of ERK2-PTP-SL complex in a state consistent with PTP-SL phosphatase activity is developed incorporating all the experimental constraints available at hand to date. According to this model, part of the N-terminal region of PTP-SL has propensity for intrinsic disorder and becomes structured within the complex with ERK2. The proposed model accounts for the structural basis of several experimental findings such as the complex-dissociating effect of ATP, or PTP-SL blocking effect on the ERK2 export to the nucleus. A general observation emerging from this model is that regions involved in substrate binding in PTP-SL and ERK2, respectively are interacting within the interface of the complex.
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- Mihaela C. Balasu
- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Organic Chemistry , University POLITEHNICA, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Orsay, France
- INSERM U759, Orsay, France
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- Zoologisches Institut, Strukturbiologie/ZBM, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Structural Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Enzymology, Institute of Biochemistry, Bucharest, Romania
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Zhang G, Keita B, Craescu CT, Miron S, de Oliveira P, Nadjo L. Molecular Interactions between Wells−Dawson Type Polyoxometalates and Human Serum Albumin. Biomacromolecules 2008; 9:812-7. [DOI: 10.1021/bm701120j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Guangjin Zhang
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d’Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, and INSERM, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Miron S, Duchambon P, Blouquit Y, Durand D, Craescu CT. The carboxy-terminal domain of xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C protein, involved in TFIIH and centrin binding, is highly disordered. Biochemistry 2008; 47:1403-13. [PMID: 18177054 DOI: 10.1021/bi701863u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Xeroderma pigmentousum group C protein (XPC) is involved in the first step of nucleotide excision repair, with multiple functional roles including DNA damage recognition and recruitment of the repair machinery. This human protein of 940 residues forms a strong heterotrimeric complex with Rad23B and centrin 2. The structure of XPC is actually not known, and lack of significant sequence homology with proteins from structural data bases precludes any relevant prediction. Here, we present the molecular and structural characterization of a C-terminal fragment of XPC (C-XPC: 126 residues, 815-940), which was shown to be involved in centrin 2 and TFIIH binding. C-XPC may be highly expressed in E. coli, but because of its limited solubility it was purified under 6 M urea. Using bioinformatics tools, and a combination of several experimental methods (circular dichroism, fluorescence, nuclear magnetic resonance, and small-angle X-ray scattering), we show that C-XPC has a highly flexible structure under native physiological conditions, with a propensity to form helical secondary structures. Isothermal titration calorimetry experiments show that the C-XPC fragment binds human centrin 2 with high affinity and a 1:1 stoichiometry. NMR analysis indicates that the physical interaction between C-XPC and centrin 2 induces only minor conformational changes into XPC, localized around the 17-mer segment (847-863), showed to be critically involved in the centrin binding.
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- Simona Miron
- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Charbonnier JB, Renaud E, Miron S, Le Du MH, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Christova P, Shosheva A, Rose T, Angulo JF, Craescu CT. Structural, Thermodynamic, and Cellular Characterization of Human Centrin 2 Interaction with Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Protein. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:1032-46. [PMID: 17897675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human centrin 2 (HsCen2), an EF-hand calcium binding protein, plays a regulatory role in the DNA damage recognition during the first steps of the nucleotide excision repair. This biological action is mediated by the binding to a short fragment (N847-R863) from the C-terminal region of xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) protein. This work presents a detailed structural and energetic characterization of the HsCen2/XPC interaction. Using a truncated form of HsCen2 we obtained a high resolution (1.8 A) X-ray structure of the complex with the peptide N847-R863 from XPC. Structural and thermodynamic analysis of the interface revealed the existence of both electrostatic and apolar inter-molecular interactions, but the binding energy is mainly determined by the burial of apolar bulky side-chains into the hydrophobic pocket of the HsCen2 C-terminal domain. Binding studies with various peptide variants showed that XPC residues W848 and L851 constitute the critical anchoring side-chains. This enabled us to define a minimal centrin binding peptide variant of five residues, which accounts for about 75% of the total free energy of interaction between the two proteins. Immunofluorescence imaging in HeLa cells demonstrated that HsCen2 binding to the integral XPC protein may be observed in living cells, and is determined by the same interface residues identified in the X-ray structure of the complex. Overexpression of XPC perturbs the cellular distribution of HsCen2, by inducing a translocation of centrin molecules from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. The present data confirm that the in vitro structural features of the centrin/XPC peptide complex are highly relevant to the cellular context.
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- Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier
- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, iBiTec-S, CEA, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Zhang G, Keita B, Craescu CT, Miron S, de Oliveira P, Nadjo L. Polyoxometalate Binding to Human Serum Albumin: A Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Approach. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:11253-9. [PMID: 17784743 DOI: 10.1021/jp072947u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The molecular recognition of polyoxometalates by human serum albumin is studied using two different polyoxometalates (POMs) at pH 7.5. The results are compared with those obtained at pH 3.5 and 9.0. At pH 7.5, both POMs strongly interact with the protein with different binding behaviors. The Keggin shaped POM, [H(2)W(12)O(40)](6-) (H2W12), specifically binds the protein, forming a complex with a 1:1 stoichiometry with Ka = 2.9 x 10(6) M(-1). The binding constant decreased dramatically with the increase of the ionic strength, thus indicating a mostly electrostatic binding process. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) experiments show that the binding is an enthalpically driven exothermic process. For the wheel shaped POM [NaP(5)W(30)O(110)](14-) (P5W30), there are up to five binding sites on the protein. Increasing the ionic strength changes the binding behavior significantly, leading to a simple exothermic process, with several binding sites. Competitive binding experiments indicate that the two POMs share one common binding site. In addition, they show the existence of another important binding site for P5W30. The two POMs exhibit different binding dependences on the pH. The combination of the experimental results with the knowledge of the surface map of the protein in its N-B conformation transition domain leads to the proposal for the probable binding site of POMs. The present work reveals a protein conformation change upon P5W30 binding, a new feature not explicitly documented in previous studies.
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- Guangjin Zhang
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d'Electrochimie et Photoélectrochimie, UMR 8000, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud 11, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Lancelot N, Charier G, Couprie J, Duband-Goulet I, Alpha-Bazin B, Quémeneur E, Ma E, Marsolier-Kergoat MC, Ropars V, Charbonnier JB, Miron S, Craescu CT, Callebaut I, Gilquin B, Zinn-Justin S. The checkpoint Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad9 protein contains a tandem tudor domain that recognizes DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:5898-912. [PMID: 17726056 PMCID: PMC2034471 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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DNA damage checkpoints are signal transduction pathways that are activated after genotoxic insults to protect genomic integrity. At the site of DNA damage, ‘mediator’ proteins are in charge of recruiting ‘signal transducers’ to molecules ‘sensing’ the damage. Budding yeast Rad9, fission yeast Crb2 and metazoan 53BP1 are presented as mediators involved in the activation of checkpoint kinases. Here we show that, despite low sequence conservation, Rad9 exhibits a tandem tudor domain structurally close to those found in human/mouse 53BP1 and fission yeast Crb2. Moreover, this region is important for the resistance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to different genotoxic stresses. It does not mediate direct binding to a histone H3 peptide dimethylated on K79, nor to a histone H4 peptide dimethylated on lysine 20, as was demonstrated for 53BP1. However, the tandem tudor region of Rad9 directly interacts with single-stranded DNA and double-stranded DNAs of various lengths and sequences through a positively charged region absent from 53BP1 and Crb2 but present in several yeast Rad9 homologs. Our results argue that the tandem tudor domains of Rad9, Crb2 and 53BP1 mediate chromatin binding next to double-strand breaks. However, their modes of chromatin recognition are different, suggesting that the corresponding interactions are differently regulated.
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- Nathalie Lancelot
- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS et Université Paris 7, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, Institut de Biologie Environnementale et de Biotechnologie, CEA VALRHO, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Ceze, CNRS, UMR5048, Centre de Biochimie Structurale, 34090 Montpellier; INSERM, U554, 34090 Montpellier; Université Montpellier 1 et 2, 34090 Montpellier, INSERM U759 & Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay and IMPMC, UMR 7590 Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +33 169083026+33 169084712
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Isvoran A, Craescu CT, Alexov E. Electrostatic control of the overall shape of calmodulin: numerical calculations. Eur Biophys J 2007; 36:225-37. [PMID: 17285296 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-006-0123-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2006] [Revised: 11/20/2006] [Accepted: 11/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The paper reports the results of numerical calculations of the pKa's of the ionizable groups and the electrostatic interactions between calmodulin lobes in three different states of calmodulin: calcium-free, peptide-free; calcium-loaded, peptide-free; and calcium-loaded, peptide-bound. NMR and X-ray studies revealed that in these states the overall structure of calmodulin adopts various conformations referred as: disordered semi-compact, extended and compact conformations, respectively. In addition, a new X-ray structure was recently reported (Structure, 2003, 11, 1303) showing that calcium-loaded, peptide-free calmodulin can also adopt a compact conformation in addition to the well known extended conformation. The calculated energy changes of calcium-loaded, peptide-free calmodulin along the pathway connecting these two conformations provide a possible explanation for this structural plasticity. The effect of pH and organic compounds in the solution phase on the preference of calmodulin to adopt compact or extended conformations may be thus rationalized. Analysis of the contribution of the ionization changes to the energy of association of calmodulin lobes suggested that the formation of the compact forms requires protonation of several acidic residues. However, two different protonation scenarios are revealed: a protonation due to internal lobe organization and thus independent of the lobes association, and a protonation induced by the lobes association resulting to a proton uptake. In addition, the role of the individual residues on the energy of association of calmodulin lobes is calculated in two compact conformations (peptide-free and peptide-bound) and is shown that a set of residues always plays a dominant role in inter-domain interactions.
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- A Isvoran
- Department of Chemistry, West University of Timisoara, Pestallozi 16, 300115 Timisoara, Romania
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Zhang G, Keita B, Brochon JC, de Oliveira P, Nadjo L, Craescu CT, Miron S. Molecular interaction and energy transfer between human serum albumin and polyoxometalates. J Phys Chem B 2007; 111:1809-14. [PMID: 17256886 DOI: 10.1021/jp063758z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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As a step toward the elucidation of the mechanistic pathways governing the known bioactivity of polyoxometalates (POMs), two representative molecules of this class of chemicals, the wheel-shaped [NaP(5)W(30)O(110)]14- (P(5)W(30)) and the Keggin-type anion [H(2)W(12)O(40)]6- (H(2)W(12)), are shown, by two independent techniques, to interact with the fatty-acid-free human serum albumin (HSA). The excited-state lifetime of the single tryptophan molecule of this protein is dramatically decreased by the binding. The quenching mechanism is found to constitute the first example of energy transfer between HSA and POMs. Such molecular recognition is believed to be a key step for subsequent evolution of the systems. Circular dichroism (CD) was used to assess the structural effects of POM binding on HSA and to confirm the interaction revealed by fluorescence studies. CD experiments showed that the two POMs have different effects on the secondary structure of the protein. Binding P(5)W(30) partially unfolds the protein whereas H(2)W(12) has no remarkable effect on the structure of the protein.
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- Guangjin Zhang
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, Equipe d'Electrochimie et Photoelectrochimie, UMR 8000 CNRS, Universite Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 350, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Kateb F, Abergel D, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Craescu CT, Bodenhausen G. Slow Backbone Dynamics of the C-Terminal Fragment of Human Centrin 2 in Complex with a Target Peptide Probed by Cross-Correlated Relaxation in Multiple-Quantum NMR Spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2006; 45:15011-9. [PMID: 17154538 DOI: 10.1021/bi061469v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The C-terminal domain of human centrin 2 (C-HsCen2) strongly binds to P1-XPC, a peptide comprising 17 amino acids with a NWKLLAKGLLIRERLKR sequence. This peptide corresponds to residues N847-R863 of XPC, a protein involved in the recognition of damaged DNA during the initial step of the nucleotide excision repair pathway. The slow internal dynamics of the protein backbone in the C-HsCen-P1-XPC complex was studied by measuring the relaxation rates of zero- and double-quantum coherences involving neighboring pairs of carbonyl 13C and amide 15N nuclei. These relaxation rates, which reflect dynamics on time scales in the range of micro- to milliseconds, vary significantly along the protein backbone. Analysis of the relaxation rates at different CaCl2 concentrations and ionic strengths shows that these slow motions are mainly affected by the binding of a Ca2+ ion to the lower-affinity EF-hand III. Moreover, we discuss the possible functional role of residues that undergo differential exchange in the formation of HsCen homodimers.
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- Fatiha Kateb
- Département de Chimie, associé au CNRS, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 24 Rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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hSfi1, a human centrosomal protein with homologs in other eukaryotic organisms, includes 23 repeats, each of 23 amino acids, separated by 10 residue linkers. The main molecular partner in the centrosome is a small, calcium-binding EF-hand protein, the human centrin 2. Using isothermal titration calorimetry experiments, we characterized the centrin-binding capacity of three isolated hSfi1 repeats, two exhibiting the general consensus motif and the third being the unique Pro-containing human repeat. The two standard peptides bind human centrin 2 and its isolated C-terminal domain with high affinity (approximately 10(7) M(-1)) by an enthalpy-driven mechanism, with a moderate Ca2+ dependence. The Pro-containing repeat shows a binding affinity that is two orders of magnitude lower. The target binding site is localized within the C-terminal domain of human centrin 2. Fluorescence titration and NMR spectroscopy show that the well-conserved Trp residue situated in the C-terminus of each repeat is deeply embedded in a protein hydrophobic cavity, indicating that the peptide direction is reversed relative to previously studied centrin targets. The present results suggest that almost all of the repeats of the Sfi1 protein may independently bind centrin molecules. On the basis of this hypothesis and previous studies on centrin self-assembly, we propose a working model for the role of centrin-Sfi1 interactions in the dynamic structure of centrosome-associated contractile fibers.
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- Juan Martinez-Sanz
- The Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France
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Pina DG, Gómez J, England P, Craescu CT, Johannes L, Shnyrov VL. Characterization of the non-native trifluoroethanol-induced intermediate conformational state of the Shiga toxin B-subunit. Biochimie 2006; 88:1199-207. [PMID: 16697101 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The effect of increasing concentrations of 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol (TFE) on the conformational stability of the Shiga toxin B-subunit (STxB), a bacterial homopentameric protein involved in cell-surface binding and intracellular transport, has been studied by far-, near-UV circular dichroism (CD), intrinsic fluorescence, analytical ultracentrifugation, and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) under equilibrium conditions. Our data show that the native structure of STxB is highly perturbed by the presence of TFE. In fact, at concentrations of TFE above 20% (v/v), the native pentameric conformation of the protein is cooperatively transformed into a helix-rich monomeric and partially folded conformational state with no significant tertiary structure. Additionally, no cooperative transition was detected upon a further increase in the TFE concentration (above 40% (v/v)). The thermal stability of STxB was investigated at several different TFE concentrations using DSC and CD spectroscopy. Thermal transitions at TFE concentrations of up to 20% (v/v) were successfully fitted to the two-state folding/unfolding coupled to oligomerization model consistent with the transition between a pentameric folded conformation to a monomeric state of the protein, which the presence of TFE stabilizes as a partially folded conformation.
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- David G Pina
- Laboratoire trafic et signalisation, UMR 144 CNRS, Institut Curie, 75248 Paris cedex 05, France
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Charbonnier JB, Christova P, Shosheva A, Stura E, Le Du MH, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Miron S, Craescu CT. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction data of the complex between human centrin 2 and a peptide from the protein XPC. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:649-51. [PMID: 16820684 PMCID: PMC2242955 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106019415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Centrins are highly conserved calcium-binding proteins involved in the nucleotide-excision repair pathway as a subunit of the heterotrimer including the XPC and hHR23B proteins. A complex formed by a Ca2+-bound human centrin 2 construct (the wild type lacking the first 25 amino acids) with a 17-mer peptide derived from the XPC sequence (residues Asn847-Arg863) was crystallized. Data were collected to 1.65 angstroms resolution from crystals grown in 30% monomethyl polyethylene glycol (MPEG) 500, 100 mM NaCl and 100 mM Bicine pH 9.0. Crystals are monoclinic and belong to space group C2, with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The unit-cell parameters are a = 60.28, b = 59.42, c = 105.14 angstroms, alpha = gamma = 90, beta = 94.67 degrees. A heavy-atom derivative was obtained by co-crystallization with Sr2+. The substitution was rationalized by calorimetry experiments, which indicate a binding constant for Sr2+ of 4.0 x 10(4) M(-1).
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- Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier
- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Yang A, Miron S, Mouawad L, Duchambon P, Blouquit Y, Craescu CT. Flexibility and Plasticity of Human Centrin 2 Binding to the Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Protein (XPC) from Nuclear Excision Repair,. Biochemistry 2006; 45:3653-63. [PMID: 16533048 DOI: 10.1021/bi0524868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human centrin 2 is a component of the nucleotide excision repair system, as a subunit of the heterotrimer including xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein (XPC) and hHR23B. The C-terminal domain of centrin (C-HsCen2) binds strongly a peptide from the XPC protein (P1-XPC: N(847)-R(863)). Here, we characterize the solution Ca(2+)-dependent structural and molecular features of the C-HsCen2 in complex with P1-XPC, mainly using NMR spectroscopy and molecular modeling. The N-terminal half of the peptide, organized as an alpha helix is anchored into a deep hydrophobic cavity of the protein, because of three bulky hydrophobic residues in position 1-4-8 and electrostatic contacts with the centrin helix E. Investigation of the whole centrin interactions shows that the N-terminal domain of the protein is not involved in the complex formation and is structurally independent from the peptide-bound C-terminal domain. The complex may exist in three different binding conformations corresponding to zero, one, and two Ca(2+)-bound states, which may exchange with various rates and have distinct structural stability. The various features of the intermolecular interaction presented here constitute a centrin-specific mode for the target binding.
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- Ao Yang
- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Yang A, Miron S, Duchambon P, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Craescu CT. The N-Terminal Domain of Human Centrin 2 Has a Closed Structure, Binds Calcium with a Very Low Affinity, and Plays a Role in the Protein Self-Assembly†,‡. Biochemistry 2006; 45:880-9. [PMID: 16411764 DOI: 10.1021/bi051397s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Centrins are well-conserved calcium binding proteins from the EF-hand superfamily implicated in various cellular functions, such as centrosome duplication, DNA repair, and nuclear mRNA export. The intrinsic molecular flexibility and the self-association tendency make difficult the structural characterization of the integral protein. In this paper we report the solution structure, the Ca2+ binding properties, and the intermolecular interactions of the N-terminal domain of two human centrin isoforms, HsCen1 and HsCen2. In the absence of Ca2+, the N-terminal construct of HsCen2 revealed a compact core conformation including four almost antiparallel alpha-helices and a short antiparallel beta-sheet, very similar to the apo state structure of other calcium regulatory EF-hand domains. The first 25 residues show a highly irregular and dynamic structure. The three-dimensional model for the N-terminal domain of HsCen1, based on the high sequence conservation and NMR spectroscopic data, shows very close structural properties. Ca2+ titration of the apo-N-terminal domain of HsCen1 and HsCen2, monitored by NMR spectroscopy, revealed a very weak affinity (10(2)-10(3) M(-1)), suggesting that the cellular role of this domain is not calcium dependent. Isothermal calorimetric titrations showed that an 18-residue peptide, derived from the N-terminal unstructured fragment, has a significant affinity (approximately 10(5) M(-1)) for the isolated C-terminal domain, suggesting an active role in the self-assembly of centrin molecules.
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- Ao Yang
- INSERM/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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The solution structure of Nereis diversicolor sarcoplasmic calcium-binding protein (NSCP) in the calcium-bound form was determined by NMR spectroscopy, distance geometry and simulated annealing. Based on 1859 NOE restraints and 262 angular restraints, 17 structures were generated with a rmsd of 0.87 A from the mean structure. The solution structure, which is highly similar to the structure obtained by X-ray crystallography, includes two open EF-hand domains, which are in close contact through their hydrophobic surfaces. The internal dynamics of the protein backbone were determined by studying amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange rates and 15N nuclear relaxation. The two methods revealed a highly compact and rigid structure, with greatly restricted mobility at the two termini. For most of the amide protons, the free energy of exchange-compatible structural opening is similar to the free energy of structural stability, suggesting that isotope exchange of these protons takes place through global unfolding of the protein. Enhanced conformational flexibility was noted in the unoccupied Ca2+-binding site II, as well as the neighbouring helices. Analysis of the experimental nuclear relaxation and the molecular dynamics simulations give very similar profiles for the backbone generalized order parameter (S2), a parameter related to the amplitude of fast (picosecond to nanosecond) movements of N(H)-H vectors. We also noted a significant correlation between this parameter, the exchange rate, and the crystallographic B factor along the sequence.
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- Ghada Rabah
- INSERM & Institut Curie, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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Cox JA, Tirone F, Durussel I, Firanescu C, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Craescu CT. Calcium and Magnesium Binding to Human Centrin 3 and Interaction with Target Peptides. Biochemistry 2004; 44:840-50. [PMID: 15654740 DOI: 10.1021/bi048294e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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There are four isoforms of centrin in mammals, with variable sequence, tissue expression, and functional properties. We have recently characterized a number of structural, ion, and target binding properties of human centrin isoform HsCen2. This paper reports a similar characterization of HsCen3, overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified by phase-reversed chromatography. Equilibrium and dynamic binding studies revealed that HsCen3 has one mixed Ca(2+)/Mg(2+) binding site of high affinity (K(d) = 3 and 10 microM for Ca(2+) and Mg(2+), respectively) and two Ca(2+)-specific sites of low affinity (K(d) = 140 microM). The metal-free protein is fragmented by an unidentified protease into a polypeptide segment of 11 kDa, which was purified by HPLC, and identified by mass spectrometry as the segment of residues 21-112. Similarly, controlled trypsinolysis on Ca(2+)-bound HsCen3 yielded a mixture of segments of residues 1-124 and 1-125. The Ca(2+)/Mg(2+) site could be assigned to this segment and thus resides in the N-terminal half of HsCen3. Temperature denaturation experiments, circular dichroism, and utilization of fluorescence hydrophobic probes allowed us to propose that the metal-free protein has molten globule characteristics and that the dication-bound forms are compact with a polar surface for the Mg(2+) form and a hydrophobic exposed surface for the Ca(2+) form. Thus, HsCen3 could be classified as a Ca(2+) sensor protein. In addition, it is able to bind strongly to a model target peptide (melittin), as well as to peptides derived from the protein XPC and Kar1p, with a moderate Ca(2+) dependence.
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- Jos A Cox
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Moncoq K, Broutin I, Craescu CT, Vachette P, Ducruix A, Durand D. SAXS study of the PIR domain from the Grb14 molecular adaptor: a natively unfolded protein with a transient structure primer? Biophys J 2004; 87:4056-64. [PMID: 15465854 PMCID: PMC1304914 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.048645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Grb14 belongs to the Grb7 family of adapters and was identified as a negative regulator of insulin signal transduction. Between the PH (pleckstrin homology) and SH2 (Src homology 2) domains is a new binding domain implicated in the interaction with receptor tyrosine kinases called PIR (phosphorylated insulin receptor interaction region). Both PIR and SH2 domains interact with the insulin receptor, but their relative role varies considering the member of the Grb7 family and the tyrosine kinase receptor. In the case of Grb14, PIR is the main binding domain and is sufficient to inhibit the insulin receptor kinase activity. We have proposed, on the basis of NMR measurements, that PIR lacks ordered structure and presents a high flexibility, although remaining fully active. To complement this first study, we have used small-angle x-ray scattering in solution together with a modeling approach representing the PIR domain as a chain of pseudo residues. Circular dichroism experiments were also performed in the presence of variable amounts of trifluoroethanol. These observations, together with an ensemble of sequence analyses and previous NMR results, all support the view of PIR as essentially unstructured but with a potentially structured short stretch encompassing residues 399-407. This stretch, which may be only structured transiently in the isolated molecule, could play a major role in Grb14 PIR binding to a biological partner by undergoing a structural transition.
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- K Moncoq
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et RMN Biologiques, CNRS UMR 8015, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Paris 5, 75270 Paris Cédex 06, France
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Human centrin 2 (HsCen2) is a member of the EF-hand superfamily of calcium-binding proteins, often associated with the centrosomes and basal bodies. These organelles exhibit different morphological aspects, including a variety of centrin-containing fibers that connect the two centrioles or other structural elements of the pericentriolar space. The molecular basis of the Ca(2+)-sensitive fibers and their precise role in centrosome duplication are not known. To explore the possible structural role of HsCen2, we initiated a physicochemical study of the self-assembly properties of the purified protein in vitro. Using light scattering experiments, we investigated the temporal evolution of the assembly process and characterized the dependence on various chemical and physical factors, including temperature, di-cation concentration, ionic strength, protein concentration, and pH. The reversible self-assembly revealed many features of a large-size protein polymerization, with nucleation and elongation steps. Kinetic and equilibrium experiments show that a hydrophobic fluorescent probe (ANS) inhibits the polymerization by interfering with the nucleation step, probably through interactions with the apolar exposed sites on the protein surface. A truncated form of HsCen2, lacking the first 25 residues (Delta25HsCen2), shows no detectable self-assembly, pointing to the critical role played by the N-terminal fragment in the supermolecular organization of HsCen2. As revealed by isothermal titration experiments, the isolated N-terminal domains bind with a significant affinity (2 x 10(5) m(-1)) to preformed oligomers of Delta25HsCen2 through an entropy-driven mechanism.
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- Martine Tourbez
- INSERM and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Miron S, Munier-Lehmann H, Craescu CT. Structural and dynamic studies on ligand-free adenylate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis revealed a closed conformation that can be related to the reduced catalytic activity. Biochemistry 2004; 43:67-77. [PMID: 14705932 DOI: 10.1021/bi0355995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Tuberculosis is the leading cause of death worldwide from a single infectious disease. Search of new therapeutic tools requires the discovery and biochemical characterization of new potential targets among the bacterial proteins essential for the survival and virulence. Among them are the nucleoside monophosphate kinases, involved in the nucleotide biosynthesis. In this work, we determined the solution structure of adenylate kinase (AK) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (AKmt), a protein of 181 residues that was found to be essential for bacterial survival. The structure was calculated by a simulated annealing protocol and energy minimization using experimental restraints, collected by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The final, well-defined 20 NMR structures show an average root-mean-square deviation of 0.77 A for the backbone atoms in regular secondary structure segments. The protein has a central CORE domain, composed of a five-stranded parallel beta-sheet surrounded by seven alpha-helices, and two peripheral domains, AMPbd and LID. As compared to other crystallographic structures of free form AKs, AKmt is more compact, with the AMP(bd) domain closer to the CORE of the protein. Analysis of the (15)N relaxation data enabled us to obtain the global rotational correlation time (9.19 ns) and the generalized order parameters (S(2)) of amide vectors along the polypeptide sequence. The protein exhibits restricted movements on a picosecond to nanosecond time scale in the secondary structural regions with amplitudes characterized by an average S(2)() value of 0.87. The loops beta1/alpha1, beta2/alpha2, alpha2/alpha3, alpha3/alpha4, alpha4/beta3, beta3/alpha5, alpha6/alpha7 (LID), alpha7/alpha8, and beta5/alpha9 exhibit rapid fluctuations with enhanced amplitudes. These structural and dynamic features of AKmt may be related to its low catalytic activity that is 10-fold lower than in their eukaryote counterparts.
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- Simona Miron
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U350 et Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Assairi L, Bertrand T, Ferdinand J, Slavova-Azmanova N, Christensen M, Briozzo P, Schaeffer F, Craescu CT, Neuhard J, Bârzu O, Gilles AM. Deciphering the function of an ORF: Salmonella enterica DeoM protein is a new mutarotase specific for deoxyribose. Protein Sci 2004; 13:1295-303. [PMID: 15075407 PMCID: PMC2286760 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03566004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We identified in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi a cluster of four genes encoding a deoxyribokinase (DeoK), a putative permease (DeoP), a repressor (DeoQ), and an open reading frame encoding a 337 amino acid residues protein of unknown function. We show that the latter protein, called DeoM, is a hexamer whose synthesis is increased by a factor over 5 after induction with deoxyribose. The CD spectrum of the purified recombinant protein indicated a dominant contribution of betatype secondary structure and a small content of alpha-helix. Temperature and guanidinium hydrochloride induced denaturation of DeoM indicated that the hexamer dissociation and monomer unfolding are coupled processes. DeoM exhibits 12.5% and 15% sequence identity with galactose mutarotase from Lactococcus lactis and respectively Escherichia coli, which suggested that these three proteins share similar functions. Polarimetric experiments demonstrated that DeoM is a mutarotase with high specificity for deoxyribose. Site-directed mutagenesis of His183 in DeoM, corresponding to a catalytically active residue in GalM, yielded an almost inactive deoxyribose mutarotase. DeoM was crystallized and diffraction data collected for two crystal systems, confirmed its hexameric state. The possible role of the protein and of the entire gene cluster is discussed in connection with the energy metabolism of S. enterica under particular growth conditions.
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- Liliane Assairi
- Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale des Macromolécules, Unité de Recherche Associeé 2185 du Cantre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris 15, France
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Popescu A, Miron S, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Christova P, Craescu CT. Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein possesses a high affinity binding site to human centrin 2 and calmodulin. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:40252-61. [PMID: 12890685 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302546200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human centrin 2 (HsCen2), a member of the EF-hand superfamily of Ca2+-binding proteins, is commonly associated with centrosome-related structures. The protein is organized in two domains, each containing two EF-hand motifs, but only the C-terminal half exhibits Ca2+ sensor properties. A significant fraction of HsCen2 is localized in the nucleus, where it was recently found associated with the xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein (XPC), a component of the nuclear excision repair pathway. Analysis of the XPC sequence (940 residues), using a calmodulin target recognition software, enabled us to predict two putative binding sites. The binding properties of the two corresponding peptides were investigated by isothermal titration calorimetry. Only one of the peptides (P1-XPC) interacts strongly (Ka = 2.2 x 10(8) m-1, stoichiometry 1:1) with HsCen2 in a Ca2+-dependent manner. This peptide also binds, with a similar affinity (Ka = 1.1 x 10(8) m-1) to a C-terminal construct of HsCen2, indicating that the interaction with the integral protein is mainly the result of the contribution of the C-terminal half. The second peptide (P2-XPC) failed to show any detectable binding either to HsCen2 or to its C-terminal lobe. The two peptides interact with different affinities and mechanisms with calmodulin. Circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance were used to structurally characterize the complex formed by the C-terminal domain of HsCen2 with P1-XPC.
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- Aurel Popescu
- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Batiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Matei E, Miron S, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Durussel I, Cox JA, Craescu CT. C-terminal half of human centrin 2 behaves like a regulatory EF-hand domain. Biochemistry 2003; 42:1439-50. [PMID: 12578356 DOI: 10.1021/bi0269714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Human centrin 2 (HsCen2) is an EF-hand protein that plays a critical role in the centrosome duplication and separation during cell division. We studied the structural and Ca(2+)-binding properties of two C-terminal fragments of this protein: SC-HsCen2 (T94-Y172), covering two EF-hands, and LC-HsCen2 (M84-Y172), having 10 additional residues. Both fragments are highly disordered in the apo state but become better structured (although not conformationally homogeneous) in the presence of Ca(2+) and depending on the nature of the cations (K(+) or Na(+)) in the buffer. Only the longer C-terminal domain, in the Ca(2+)-saturated state and in the presence of Na(+) ions, was amenable to structure determination by nuclear magnetic resonance. The solution structure of LC-HsCen2 reveals an open two EF-hand structure, similar to the conformation of related Ca(2+)-saturated regulatory domains. Unexpectedly, the N-terminal helix segment (F86-T94) lies over the exposed hydrophobic cavity. This unusual intramolecular interaction increases considerably the Ca(2+) affinity and constitutes a useful model for the target binding.
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- Elena Matei
- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Saveanu C, Miron S, Borza T, Craescu CT, Labesse G, Gagyi C, Popescu A, Schaeffer F, Namane A, Laurent-Winter C, Bârzu O, Gilles AM. Structural and nucleotide-binding properties of YajQ and YnaF, two Escherichia coli proteins of unknown function. Protein Sci 2002; 11:2551-60. [PMID: 12381839 PMCID: PMC2373726 DOI: 10.1110/ps.0217502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Structural genomics is a new approach in functional assignment of proteins identified via whole-genome sequencing programs. Its rationale is that nonhomologous proteins performing similar or related biological functions might have similar tertiary structure. We used dye pseudoaffinity chromatography, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry to identify two novel Escherichia coli nucleotide-binding proteins, YnaF and YajQ. YnaF exhibited significant sequence identity with MJ0577, an ATP-binding protein from a hyperthermophile (Methanococcus jannaschii), and with UspA, a protein from Haemophilus influenzae that belongs to the Universal Stress Protein family. YnaF conserves the ATP-binding site and the dimeric structure observed in the crystal of MJ0577. The protein YajQ, present in many bacterial genomes, is missing in eukaryotes. In the absence of significant similarities of YajQ to any solved structure, we determined its structural and ligand-binding properties by NMR and isothermal titration calorimetry. We demonstrate that YajQ is composed of two domains, each centered on a beta-sheet, that are connected by two helical segments. NMR studies, corroborated with local sequence conservation among YajQ homologs in various bacteria, indicate that one of the beta-sheets is mostly involved in biological activity.
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- Cosmin Saveanu
- Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale des Macromolécules, (CNRS URA 2185) Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cédex 15, France
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Théret I, Baladi S, Cox JA, Gallay J, Sakamoto H, Craescu CT. Solution structure and backbone dynamics of the defunct domain of calcium vector protein. Biochemistry 2001; 40:13888-97. [PMID: 11705378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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CaVP (calcium vector protein) is a Ca(2+) sensor of the EF-hand protein family which is highly abundant in the muscle of Amphioxus. Its three-dimensional structure is not known, but according to the sequence analysis, the protein is composed of two domains, each containing a pair of EF-hand motifs. We determined recently the solution structure of the C-terminal domain (Trp81-Ser161) and characterized the large conformational and dynamic changes induced by Ca(2+) binding. In contrast, the N-terminal domain (Ala1-Asp86) has lost the capacity to bind the metal ion due to critical mutations and insertions in the two calcium loops. In this paper, we report the solution structure of the N-terminal domain and its backbone dynamics based on NMR spectroscopy, nuclear relaxation, and molecular modeling. The well-resolved three-dimensional structure is typical of a pair of EF-hand motifs, joined together by a short antiparallel beta-sheet. The tertiary arrangement of the two EF-hands results in a closed-type conformation, with near-antiparallel alpha-helices, similar to other EF-hand pairs in the absence of calcium ions. To characterize the internal dynamics of the protein, we measured the (15)N nuclear relaxation rates and the heteronuclear NOE effect in (15)N-labeled N-CaVP at a magnetic field of 11.74 T and 298 K. The domain is mainly monomeric in solution and undergoes an isotropic Brownian rotational diffusion with a correlation time of 7.1 ns, in good agreement with the fluorescence anisotropy decay measurements. Data analysis using a model-free procedure showed that the amide backbone groups in the alpha-helices and beta-strands undergo highly restricted movements on a picosecond to nanosecond time scale. The amide groups in Ca(2+) binding loops and in the linker fragment also display rapid fluctuations with slightly increased amplitudes.
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- I Théret
- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Théret I, Baladi S, Cox JA, Gallay J, Sakamoto H, Craescu CT. Solution Structure and Backbone Dynamics of the Defunct Domain of Calcium Vector Protein. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/bi011444q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Isabelle Théret
- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- INSERM U350 and Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France, Département de Biochimie, Université de Genève, Genève, Switzerland, LURE, Orsay, France, and Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Miron S, Borza T, Saveanu C, Gilles AM, Bârzu O, Craescu CT. 1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignment of YajQ, a protein of unknown structure and function from Escherichia coli. J Biomol NMR 2001; 20:287-288. [PMID: 11519751 DOI: 10.1023/a:1011234905675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Théret I, Cox JA, Mispelter J, Craescu CT. Backbone dynamics of the regulatory domain of calcium vector protein, studied by (15)N relaxation at four fields, reveals unique mobility characteristics of the intermotif linker. Protein Sci 2001; 10:1393-402. [PMID: 11420441 PMCID: PMC2374103 DOI: 10.1110/ps.190101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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UNLABELLED CaVP is a calcium-binding protein from amphioxus. It has a modular composition with two domains, but only the two EF-hand motifs localized in the C-terminal domain are functional. We recently determined the solution structure of this regulatory half (C-CaVP) in the Ca(2+)-saturated form and characterized the stepwise ion binding. This paper reports the (15)N nuclear relaxation rates of the Ca(2+)-saturated C-CaVP, measured at four different NMR fields (9.39, 11.74, 14.1, and 18.7 T), which were used to map the spectral density function for the majority of the amide H(N)-N vectors. Fitting the spectral density values at eight frequencies by a model-free approach, we obtained the microdynamic parameters characterizing the global and internal movements of the polypeptide backbone. The two EF-hand motifs, including the ion binding loops, behave like compact structural units with restricted mobility as reflected in the quite uniform order parameter and short internal correlation time (< 20 nsec). Comparative analysis of the two Ca(2+) binding sites shows that site III, having a larger affinity for the metal ion, is generally more rigid, and the amide vector in the second residue of each loop is significantly less restricted. The linker fragment is animated simultaneously by a larger amplitude fast motion and a slow conformational exchange on a microsecond to millisecond time scale. The backbone dynamics of C-CaVP characterized here is discussed in relation with other well-characterized Ca(2+)-binding proteins. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL See www.proteinscience.org
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- I Théret
- INSERM U350 & Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Miron S, Munier-Lehmann H, Craescu CT. 1H, 13C and 15N resonance assignment and secondary structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis adenylate kinase. J Biomol NMR 2001; 19:89-90. [PMID: 11246863 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008392515781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Nereis sarcoplasmic Ca(2+)-binding protein (NSCP) is a calcium buffer protein that binds Ca(2+) ions with high affinity but is also able to bind Mg(2+) ions with high positive cooperativity. We investigated the conformational and stability changes induced by the two metal ions. The thermal reversible unfolding, monitored by circular dichroism spectroscopy, shows that the thermal stability is maximum at neutral pH and increases in the order apo < Mg(2+) < Ca(2+). The stability against chemical denaturation (urea, guanidinium chloride) studied by circular dichroism or intrinsic fluorescence was found to have a similar ion dependence. To explore in more detail the structural basis of stability, we used the fluorescent probes to evaluate the hydrophobic surface exposure in the different ligation states. The apo-NSCP exhibits accessible hydrophobic surfaces, able to bind fluorescent probes, in clear contrast with denatured or Ca(2+)/Mg(2+)-bound states. Gel filtration experiments showed that, although the metal-bound NSCP has a hydrodynamic volume in agreement with the molecular mass, the volume of the apo form is considerably larger. The present results demonstrate that the apo state has many properties in common with the molten globule. The possible factors of the metal-dependent structural changes and stability are discussed.
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- P Christova
- INSERM U350 & Institut Curie-Recherche, Orsay, France
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Théret I, Baladi S, Cox JA, Sakamoto H, Craescu CT. Sequential calcium binding to the regulatory domain of calcium vector protein reveals functional asymmetry and a novel mode of structural rearrangement. Biochemistry 2000; 39:7920-6. [PMID: 10891072 DOI: 10.1021/bi000360z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Calcium vector protein (CaVP) from amphioxus is a two-domain, calcium-binding protein (18.3 kDa) of the calmodulin superfamily. Only two of the four EF-hand motifs (sites III and IV) have a significant binding affinity for calcium ions. We determined the solution structure of the domain containing these active sites (C-CaVP: W81-S161), in the Ca(2+)-saturated state, using NMR spectroscopy and restrained molecular dynamics. The tertiary structure is similar to other Ca(2+)-binding domains containing a pair of EF-hand motifs. The apo state has spectroscopic and thermodynamic characteristics of a molten globule, with conserved secondary structure but highly fluctuating tertiary organization. Titration of C-CaVP with Ca(2+) revealed a stepwise ion binding, with a stable equilibrium intermediate in which only site III binds a calcium ion. Despite a highly fluctuating structure of the free site IV, the calcium-bound site III has a persistent structure, with similar secondary elements but different interhelix angle and hydrophobic packing relative to the fully calcium-saturated state.
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- I Théret
- INSERM U350, Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, Bâtiments 110-112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Valentin C, Birgens H, Craescu CT, Brødum-Nielsen K, Cohen-Solal M. A phosphoglycerate kinase mutant (PGK Herlev; D285V) in a Danish patient with isolated chronic hemolytic anemia: mechanism of mutation and structure-function relationships. Hum Mutat 2000; 12:280-7. [PMID: 9744480 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-1004(1998)12:4<280::aid-humu10>3.0.co;2-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) is a X-linked enzyme that plays a key role in the glycolytic pathway. Twelve different variants have already been reported. We describe a new PGK variant, PGK Herlev (Asp 285-->Val), in a 69-year-old Danish patient with isolated chronic hemolysis but who had no neurological or muscular disorders. The description of the mutation is based upon PCR amplification of specific regions of the PGK gene, followed by direct sequencing. Although observed in a male patient, this mutated X-linked gene is expressed partially, i.e., both normal and substituted nucleotides are present at the same position in a ratio of approximately 1:9. The most likely explanation for this observation is based on the occurrence of a somatic mutation of the PGK gene. The relationship of structure to function in PGK Herlev, as well as in all known variants, was examined by the use of a computer model based on the known spatial structure of the yeast and horse enzymes. Such an approach can be generalized to any other protein that has been crystallized and for which x-ray diffraction data are available in a species closely related to man.
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- C Valentin
- Unité INSERM U.474, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Créteil, France
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Centrin and calmodulin (CaM) are closely related four-EF-hand Ca(2+)-binding proteins. While CaM is monomeric, centrin 2 is dimeric and binds only two Ca(2+) per dimer, likely to site IV in each monomer. Ca(2+) binding to centrin 2 displays pronounced negative cooperativity and a [Ca(2+)](0.5) of 30 microM. As in CaM, Ca(2+) binding leads to the exposure of a hydrophobic probe-accessible patch on the surface of centrin 2. Provided Ca(2+) is present, centrin 2 forms a 1:1 peptide:monomer complex with melittin with an affinity of 100 nM. The complex binds four instead of two Ca(2+). Our data point to surprising differences in the mode of activation of these homologous proteins.
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- I Durussel
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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Burlacu-Miron S, Gilles AM, Popescu A, Bârzu O, Craescu CT. Multinuclear magnetic resonance studies of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase in free and bound forms. Resonance assignment, secondary structure and ligand binding. Eur J Biochem 1999; 264:765-74. [PMID: 10491122 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00633.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The crystal structure of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase (AKe) revealed three main components: a CORE domain, composed of a five-stranded parallel beta-sheet surrounded by alpha-helices, and two peripheral domains involved in covering the ATP in the active site (LID) and binding of the AMP (NMPbind). We initiated a long-term NMR study aiming to characterize the solution structure, binding mechanism and internal dynamics of the various domains. Using single (15N) and double-labeled (13C and 15N) samples and double- and triple-resonance NMR experiments we assigned 97% of the 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonances, and proton and 13Cbeta resonances for more than 40% of the side chains in the free protein. Analysis of a 15N-labeled enzyme in complex with the bi-substrate analogue [P1,P5-bis(5'-adenosine)-pentaphosphate] (Ap5A) resulted in the assignment of 90% of the backbone 1H and 15N resonances and 42% of the side chain resonances. Based on short-range NOEs and 1H and 13C secondary chemical shifts, we identified the elements of secondary structure and the topology of the beta-strands in the unliganded form. The alpha-helices and the beta-strands of the parallel beta-sheet in solution have the same limits (+/- 1 residue) as those observed in the crystal. The first helix (alpha1) appears to have a frayed N-terminal side. Significant differences relative to the crystal were noticed in the LID domain, which in solution exhibits four antiparallel beta-strands. The secondary structure of the nucleoside-bound form, as deduced from intramolecular NOEs and the 1Halpha chemical shifts, is similar to that of the free enzyme. The largest chemical shift differences allowed us to map the regions of protein-ligand contacts. 1H/2H exchange experiments performed on free and Ap5A-bound enzymes showed a general decrease of the structural flexibility in the complex which is accompanied by a local increased flexibility on the N-side of the parallel beta-sheet.
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Munier-Lehmann H, Burlacu-Miron S, Craescu CT, Mantsch HH, Schultz CP. A new subfamily of short bacterial adenylate kinases with the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzyme as a model: A predictive and experimental study. Proteins 1999; 36:238-48. [PMID: 10398370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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The adk gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis codes for an enzyme of 181 amino acids. A sequence comparison with 52 different forms of adenylate kinases (AK) suggests that the enzyme from M. tuberculosis belongs to a new subfamily of "short" bacterial AKs. The recombinant protein, overexpressed in Escherichia coli, exhibits a low catalytic activity and an unexpectedly high thermal stability (Tm = 64.8 degrees C). Based on various spectroscopic data, on the known three-dimensional structure of the AK from E. coli and on secondary structure predictions for various sequenced AKs, we propose a structural model for AK from M. tuberculosis (AKmt). Proteins 1999;36:238-248.
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- H Munier-Lehmann
- Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale des Macromolécules, Institut Pasteur, France.
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Munier-Lehmann H, Burlacu-Miron S, Craescu CT, Mantsch HH, Schultz CP. A new subfamily of short bacterial adenylate kinases with theMycobacteriumtuberculosis enzyme as a model: A predictive and experimental study. Proteins 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0134(19990801)36:2<238::aid-prot9>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Burlacu-Miron S, Perrier V, Gilles AM, Mispelter J, B Arzu O, Craescu CT. Letter to the Editor: 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonance assignment of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase, a 23.6 kDa protein. J Biomol NMR 1999; 13:93-94. [PMID: 21080268 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008342615045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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- S Burlacu-Miron
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U350 & Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire, B^atiments 110-112, F-91405, Orsay, France
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Burlacu-Miron S, Perrier V, Gilles AM, Mispelter J, Bârzu O, Craescu CT. 1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonance assignment of Escherichia coli adenylate kinase, a 23.6 kDa protein. J Biomol NMR 1999; 13:93-94. [PMID: 10070751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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