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Norrild RK, Mason TO, Boyens-Thiele L, Ray S, Mortensen JB, Fritsch AW, Iglesias-Artola JM, Klausen LK, Stender EGP, Jensen H, Buell AK. Taylor Dispersion-Induced Phase Separation for the Efficient Characterisation of Protein Condensate Formation. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2024:e202404018. [PMID: 38593269 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202404018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2024] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/08/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
Abstract
Biomolecular condensates have emerged as important structures in cellular function and disease, and are thought to form through liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). Thorough and efficient in vitro experiments are therefore needed to elucidate the driving forces of protein LLPS and the possibility to modulate it with drugs. Here we present Taylor dispersion-induced phase separation (TDIPS), a method to robustly measure condensation phenomena using a commercially available microfluidic platform. It uses only nanoliters of sample, does not require extrinsic fluorescent labels, and is straightforward to implement. We demonstrate TDIPS by screening the phase behaviour of two proteins that form biomolecular condensates in vivo, PGL-3 and Ddx4. Uniquely accessible to this method, we find an unexpected re-entrant behaviour at very low ionic strength, where LLPS is inhibited for both proteins. TDIPS can also probe the reversibility of assemblies, which was shown for both α-synuclein and for lysozyme, relevant for health and biotechnology, respectively. Finally, we highlight how effective inhibition concentrations and partitioning of LLPS-modifying compounds can be screened highly efficiently.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rasmus K Norrild
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- FIDA Biosystems Aps, Generatorvej 6 A+B, 2860, Søborg, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 227, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Petersen AB, Christensen IA, Rønne ME, Stender EGP, Teze D, Svensson B, Aachmann FL. 1H, 13C, 15N resonance assignment of the enzyme KdgF from Bacteroides eggerthii. Biomol NMR Assign 2022; 16:343-347. [PMID: 36042150 PMCID: PMC9510102 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-022-10102-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
To fully utilize carbohydrates from seaweed biomass, the degradation of the family of polysaccharides known as alginates must be understood. A step in the degradation of alginate is the conversion of 4,5-unsaturated monouronates to 4-deoxy-L-erythro-5-hexoseulose catalysed by the enzyme KdgF. In this study BeKdgF from Bacteroides eggerthii from the human gut microbiota has been produced isotopically labelled in Escherichia coli. Here the 1H, 13C, and 15N NMR chemical shift assignment for BeKdgF is reported.
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- Agnes Beenfeldt Petersen
- Department of Chemistry, DTU Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, DTU Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, DTU Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, DTU Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, DTU Technical University of Denmark, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- NOBIPOL, Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
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Birch J, Khan S, Madsen M, Kjeldsen C, Møller MS, Stender EGP, Peters GJ, Duus JØ, Kragelund BB, Svensson B. Binding Sites for Oligosaccharide Repeats from Lactic Acid Bacteria Exopolysaccharides on Bovine β-Lactoglobulin Identified by NMR Spectroscopy. ACS Omega 2021; 6:9039-9052. [PMID: 33842774 PMCID: PMC8028130 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
Lactic acid bacterial exopolysaccharides (EPS) are used in the food industry to improve the stability and rheological properties of fermented dairy products. β-Lactoglobulin (BLG), the dominant whey protein in bovine milk, is well known to bind small molecules such as fatty acids, vitamins, and flavors, and to interact with neutral and anionic polysaccharides used in food and pharmaceuticals. While sparse data are available on the affinity of EPS-milk protein interactions, structural information on BLG-EPS complexes, including the EPS binding sites, is completely lacking. Here, binding sites on BLG variant A (BLGA), for oligosaccharides prepared by mild acid hydrolysis of two EPS produced by Streptococcus thermophilus LY03 and Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus CNRZ 1187, respectively, are identified by NMR spectroscopy and supplemented by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and molecular docking of complexes. Evidence of two binding sites (site 1 and site 2) on the surface of BLGA is achieved for both oligosaccharides (LY03-OS and 1187-OS) through NMR chemical shift perturbations, revealing multivalency of BLGA for EPS. The affinities of LY03-OS and 1187-OS for BLGA gave K D values in the mM range obtained by both NMR (pH 2.65) and ITC (pH 4.0). Molecular docking suggested that the BLGA and EPS complexes depend on hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions. The findings provide insights into how BLGA engages structurally different EPS-derived oligosaccharides, which may facilitate the design of BLG-EPS complexation, of relevance for formulation of dairy products and improve understanding of BLGA coacervation.
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- Johnny Birch
- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- NMR
Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Technical
University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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H. J. Peters
- Biophysical
and Biomedicinal Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 206, DK-2800
Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- NMR
Spectroscopy, Department of Chemistry, Technical
University of Denmark, Kemitorvet 207, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Structural
Biology and NMR Laboratory, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Enzyme
and Protein Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Building 224, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Teze D, Shuoker B, Chaberski EK, Kunstmann S, Fredslund F, Nielsen TS, Stender EGP, Peters GHJ, Karlsson EN, Welner DH, Hachem MA. The Catalytic Acid–Base in GH109 Resides in a Conserved GGHGG Loop and Allows for Comparable α-Retaining and β-Inverting Activity in an N-Acetylgalactosaminidase from Akkermansia muciniphila. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- David Teze
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Enzyme Engineering and Structural Biology, The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Kemitorvet, Building 220, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry (KILU), Lund University, Post Office Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Enzyme Engineering and Structural Biology, The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Kemitorvet, Building 220, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme Engineering and Structural Biology, The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Kemitorvet, Building 220, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Biotechnology, Department of Chemistry (KILU), Lund University, Post Office Box 124, 221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Enzyme Engineering and Structural Biology, The Novo Nordisk Center for Biosustainability, Kemitorvet, Building 220, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Stender EGP, Dybdahl Andersen C, Fredslund F, Holck J, Solberg A, Teze D, Peters GHJ, Christensen BE, Aachmann FL, Welner DH, Svensson B. Structural and functional aspects of mannuronic acid-specific PL6 alginate lyase from the human gut microbe Bacteroides cellulosilyticus. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:17915-17930. [PMID: 31530640 PMCID: PMC6879350 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2019] [Revised: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Alginate is a linear polysaccharide from brown algae consisting of 1,4-linked β-d-mannuronic acid (M) and α-l-guluronic acid (G) arranged in M, G, and mixed MG blocks. Alginate was assumed to be indigestible in humans, but bacteria isolated from fecal samples can utilize alginate. Moreover, genomes of some human gut microbiome-associated bacteria encode putative alginate-degrading enzymes. Here, we genome-mined a polysaccharide lyase family 6 alginate lyase from the gut bacterium Bacteroides cellulosilyticus (BcelPL6). The structure of recombinant BcelPL6 was solved by X-ray crystallography to 1.3 Å resolution, revealing a single-domain, monomeric parallel β-helix containing a 10-step asparagine ladder characteristic of alginate-converting parallel β-helix enzymes. Substitutions of the conserved catalytic site residues Lys-249, Arg-270, and His-271 resulted in activity loss. However, imidazole restored the activity of BcelPL6-H271N to 2.5% that of the native enzyme. Molecular docking oriented tetra-mannuronic acid for syn attack correlated with M specificity. Using biochemical analyses, we found that BcelPL6 initially releases unsaturated oligosaccharides of a degree of polymerization of 2-7 from alginate and polyM, which were further degraded to di- and trisaccharides. Unlike other PL6 members, BcelPL6 had low activity on polyMG and none on polyG. Surprisingly, polyG increased BcelPL6 activity on alginate 7-fold. LC-electrospray ionization-MS quantification of products and lack of activity on NaBH4-reduced octa-mannuronic acid indicated that BcelPL6 is an endolyase that further degrades the oligosaccharide products with an intact reducing end. We anticipate that our results advance predictions of the specificity and mode of action of PL6 enzymes.
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- Emil G P Stender
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biotechnology and Food Science, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Stender EGP, Koutina G, Almdal K, Hassenkam T, Mackie A, Ipsen R, Svensson B. Isoenergic modification of whey protein structure by denaturation and crosslinking using transglutaminase. Food Funct 2018; 9:797-805. [DOI: 10.1039/c7fo01451a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
The structural effect of denaturation of whey protein by heat or pH and subsequent crosslinking by transglutaminase.
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Affiliation(s)
- Emil G. P. Stender
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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- Department of Food Science
- University of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Institute of Food Research
- Norwich Research Park
- Colney
- UK
- School of Food Science and Nutrition
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- Department of Food Science
- University of Copenhagen
- Copenhagen
- Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine
- Technical University of Denmark
- Denmark
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