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Lagrimini LM, Burkhart W, Moyer M, Rothstein S. Molecular cloning of complementary DNA encoding the lignin-forming peroxidase from tobacco: Molecular analysis and tissue-specific expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 84:7542-6. [PMID: 16593885 PMCID: PMC299335 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Plant peroxidases play a major role in lignin formation and wound healing and are believed to be involved in auxin catabolism and defense to pathogen attack. The function of the anionic peroxidase isozymes is best understood in tobacco. These isozymes catalyze the formation of the lignin polymer and form rigid cross-links between lignin, cellulose, and extensin in the secondary plant cell wall. We report the purification of the anionic peroxidase isozymes from tobacco and their partial amino acid sequence. An oligonucleotide probe deduced from the amino acid sequence was used to screen a tobacco leaf cDNA library and a 1200-base-pair cDNA clone was isolated and sequenced in its entirety. The predicted amino acid sequence revealed a 22-amino acid signal peptide and a 302-amino acid mature protein (M(r), 32,311). The amino acid sequence was compared to that of the cationic peroxidases from horseradish and turnip and was found to be 52% and 46% homologous, respectively. By RNA blot analysis, the messenger for the tobacco isozyme was found to be abundant in stem tissue while expressed at very low levels in leaf and root tissue. Four distinguishable copies of the gene were found on genomic DNA blots. The gene copy number may reflect the allotetraploid nature of Nicotiana tabacum.
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- L M Lagrimini
- Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Biotechnology Unit, P.O. Box 12257, Research Triangle Park, NC 27705
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Koc EC, Burkhart W, Blackburn K, Moyer MB, Schlatzer DM, Moseley A, Spremulli LL. The large subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. Analysis of the complement of ribosomal proteins present. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:43958-69. [PMID: 11551941 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106510200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Identification of all the protein components of the large subunit (39 S) of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome has been achieved by carrying out proteolytic digestions of whole 39 S subunits followed by analysis of the resultant peptides by liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Peptide sequence information was used to search the human EST data bases and complete coding sequences were assembled. The human mitochondrial 39 S subunit has 48 distinct proteins. Twenty eight of these are homologs of the Escherichia coli 50 S ribosomal proteins L1, L2, L3, L4, L7/L12, L9, L10, L11, L13, L14, L15, L16, L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L22, L23, L24, L27, L28, L30, L32, L33, L34, L35, and L36. Almost all of these proteins have homologs in Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial ribosomes. No mitochondrial homologs to prokaryotic ribosomal proteins L5, L6, L25, L29, and L31 could be found either in the peptides obtained or by analysis of the available data bases. The remaining 20 proteins present in the 39 S subunits are specific to mitochondrial ribosomes. Proteins in this group have no apparent homologs in bacterial, chloroplast, archaebacterial, or cytosolic ribosomes. All but two of the proteins has a clear homolog in D. melanogaster while all can be found in the genome of C. elegans. Ten of the 20 mitochondrial specific 39 S proteins have homologs in S. cerevisiae. Homologs of 2 of these new classes of ribosomal proteins could be identified in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome.
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- E C Koc
- Department of Chemistry and Campus Box 3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA
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Articular cartilage contains four distinct zones, extending from the surface to the subchondral bone. Freshly isolated chondrocytes from the superficial zone of articular cartilage retain a collagenase-P-resistant cell-associated matrix. In the studies described here, the protein Del1 was identified as a component of the cell-associated matrix of superficial zone chondrocytes from adult bovine articular cartilage. Very little Del1 was associated with freshly isolated deep zone chondrocytes. Western blot analysis of articular cartilage cell and tissue extracts using polyclonal antibodies specific for Del1 showed Del1 was present in an insoluble cell-associated fraction. Extracts of the superficial zone of articular cartilage were found to be enriched in Del1 compared to the deeper layers of the tissue. Immunohistochemical staining of full-thickness articular cartilage with anti-Del1 antibodies also showed an enrichment of Del1 in the superficial zone. These observations are the first to describe the protein Del1 in a nonendothelial, nonfetal tissue.
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- B E Pfister
- Department of Biochemistry, Rush Medical College at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612-3833, USA
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Cavdar Koc E, Burkhart W, Blackburn K, Moseley A, Spremulli LL. The small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. Identification of the full complement of ribosomal proteins present. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:19363-74. [PMID: 11279123 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100727200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Identification of all the protein components of the small subunit (28 S) of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome has been achieved by carrying out proteolytic digestions of whole 28 S subunits followed by analysis of the resultant peptides by liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). Peptide sequence information was used to search the human EST data bases and complete coding sequences of the proteins were assembled. The human mitochondrial ribosome has 29 distinct proteins in the small subunit. Fourteen of this group of proteins are homologs of the Escherichia coli 30 S ribosomal proteins S2, S5, S6, S7, S9, S10, S11, S12, S14, S15, S16, S17, S18, and S21. All of these proteins have homologs in Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial ribosomes. Surprisingly, three variants of ribosomal protein S18 are found in the mammalian and D. melanogaster mitochondrial ribosomes while C. elegans has two S18 homologs. The S18 homologs tend to be more closely related to chloroplast S18s than to prokaryotic S18s. No mitochondrial homologs to prokaryotic ribosomal proteins S1, S3, S4, S8, S13, S19, and S20 could be found in the peptides obtained from the whole 28 S subunit digests or by analysis of the available data bases. The remaining 15 proteins present in mammalian mitochondrial 28 S subunits (MRP-S22 through MRP-S36) are specific to mitochondrial ribosomes. Proteins in this group have no apparent homologs in bacterial, chloroplast, archaebacterial, or cytosolic ribosomes. All but two of these proteins have a clear homolog in D. melanogaster while all but three can be found in the genome of C. elegans. Five of the mitochondrial specific ribosomal proteins have homologs in S. cerevisiae.
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- E Cavdar Koc
- Department of Chemistry and Campus Box 3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-3290, USA
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Su JL, Schumacher BL, Lindley KM, Soloveychik V, Burkhart W, Triantafillou JA, Kuettner K, Schmid T. Detection of superficial zone protein in human and animal body fluids by cross-species monoclonal antibodies specific to superficial zone protein. Hybridoma (Larchmt) 2001; 20:149-57. [PMID: 11461663 DOI: 10.1089/027245701750293475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In this report we describe the purification of human superficial zone protein (SZP), the generation of cross-species monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and the detection of this protein in human and animal body fluids. Human SZPs, used as immunizing antigens, were purified either from culture media of human cartilage organ cultures or from human synovial fluids. The immunizing antigens were mixed with RIBI adjuvant in one of three forms: nonmodified SZP, superficial zone protein-keyhole limpet hemocyanin conjugate (SZP-KLH), or a mixture of superficial zone protein and hyaluronic acid (SZP-HA). A panel of MAbs including GW4.23, S6.79, S13.52, S13.233, and S17.109 were generated and characterized. Monoclonal antibody (MAb) S6.79, an IgG2b with K(D) 3.14 x 10(-9) M from SZP-KLH immunization, is of particular interest. It reacts strongly to a large molecular weight form of SZP in both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blotting. It stains the most superficial layer of articular cartilage in immunohistochemistry, whereas the middle and deep zones of cartilage are not stained. When MAb S6.79 was applied to Western blots of human body fluids, a strong 345-kDa band was detected in samples of synovial fluid and weaker bands of similar size were detected in samples of plasma and serum. MAb S6.79 also showed cross-species immunoreactivity with SZP in samples of synovial fluids harvested from bovine, dog, guinea pig, and rabbit, as demonstrated by Western blotting and antibody absorption experiments. This cross-species MAb will be a useful tool in human and animal model studies for monitoring SZP levels and tissue distribution. It may help define the roles of SZP in normal articular joints and may be of diagnostic or prognostic value for the measurement of SZP in pathological conditions such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and camptodactyly-arthropathy-coxa vara-pericarditis.
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- J L Su
- Department of Protein Sciences, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Cavdar Koc E, Ranasinghe A, Burkhart W, Blackburn K, Koc H, Moseley A, Spremulli LL. A new face on apoptosis: death-associated protein 3 and PDCD9 are mitochondrial ribosomal proteins. FEBS Lett 2001; 492:166-70. [PMID: 11248257 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02250-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Two proteins known to be involved in promoting apoptosis in mammalian cells have been identified as components of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome. Proteolytic digestion of whole mitochondrial ribosomal subunits followed by analysis of the peptides present using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry revealed that the proapoptotic proteins, death-associated protein 3 (DAP3) and the programmed cell death protein 9, are both components of the mitochondrial ribosome. DAP3 has motifs characteristic of guanine nucleotide binding proteins and is probably the protein that accounts for the nucleotide binding activity of mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes. The observations reported here implicate mitochondrial protein synthesis as a major component in cellular apoptotic signaling pathways.
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- E Cavdar Koc
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 27599-3290, USA
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Koc EC, Burkhart W, Blackburn K, Koc H, Moseley A, Spremulli LL. Identification of four proteins from the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome using a proteomics approach. Protein Sci 2001; 10:471-81. [PMID: 11344316 PMCID: PMC2374141 DOI: 10.1110/ps.35301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Proteins in the small subunit of the mammalian mitochondrial ribosome were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Four individual proteins were subjected to in-gel Endoprotease Lys-C digestion. The sequences of selected proteolytic peptides were obtained by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. Peptide sequences obtained from in-gel digestion of individual spots were used to screen human, mouse, and rat expressed sequence tag databases, and complete consensus cDNAs for these species were deduced in silico. The corresponding protein sequences were characterized by comparison to known ribosomal proteins in protein databases. Four different classes of mammalian mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins were identified. Only two of these proteins have significant sequence similarities to ribosomal proteins from prokaryotes. These proteins are homologs to Escherichia coli S9 and S5 proteins. The presence of these newly identified mitochondrial ribosomal proteins are also investigated in the Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans, and in the genomes of several fungi.
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- E C Koc
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Koc EC, Burkhart W, Blackburn K, Moseley A, Koc H, Spremulli LL. A proteomics approach to the identification of mammalian mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:32585-91. [PMID: 10938081 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m003596200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mammalian mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The proteins in six individual spots were subjected to in-gel tryptic digestion. Peptides were separated by capillary liquid chromatography, and the sequences of selected peptides were obtained by electrospray tandem mass spectrometry. The peptide sequences obtained were used to screen human expressed sequence tag data bases, and complete consensus cDNAs were assembled. Mammalian mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins from six different classes of ribosomal proteins were identified. Only two of these proteins have significant sequence similarities to ribosomal proteins from prokaryotes. These proteins correspond to Escherichia coli S10 and S14. Homologs of two human mitochondrial proteins not found in prokaryotes were observed in the genomes of Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans. A homolog of one of these proteins was observed in D. melanogaster but not in C. elegans, while a homolog of the other was present in C. elegans but not in D. melanogaster. A homolog of one of the ribosomal proteins not found in prokaryotes was tentatively identified in the yeast genome. This latter protein is the first reported example of a ribosomal protein that is shared by mitochondrial ribosomes from lower and higher eukaryotes that does not have a homolog in prokaryotes.
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- E C Koc
- Department of Chemistry and School of Public Health, Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3290, USA
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Bovine mitochondrial small subunit ribosomal proteins were separated by two-dimensional electrophoresis. The region containing the most basic protein(s) was excised and the protein(s) present subjected to in-gel digestion with trypsin. Electrospray tandem mass spectrometry was used to provide sequence information on some of the peptide products. Searches of the human EST database using the sequence of the longest peptide analyzed indicated that this peptide was from the mammalian mitochondrial homolog of prokaryotic ribosomal protein S7 (MRP S7(human)). MRP S7(human) is a 28-kDa protein with a pI of 10. Significant homology to bacterial S7 is observed especially in the C-terminal half of the protein. Surprisingly, MRP S7(human) shows less homology to the corresponding mitochondrial proteins from plants and fungi than to bacterial S7.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Cattle
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- Databases, Factual
- Expressed Sequence Tags
- Humans
- Isoelectric Point
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mitochondria/chemistry
- Mitochondria/metabolism
- Mitochondrial Proteins/chemistry
- Mitochondrial Proteins/genetics
- Mitochondrial Proteins/metabolism
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Molecular Weight
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Plant Proteins/chemistry
- Plant Proteins/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/genetics
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, Protein
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
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- E Cavdar Koc
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
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Jayawickreme CK, Sauls H, Bolio N, Ruan J, Moyer M, Burkhart W, Marron B, Rimele T, Shaffer J. Use of a cell-based, lawn format assay to rapidly screen a 442,368 bead-based peptide library. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 1999; 42:189-97. [PMID: 11033434 DOI: 10.1016/s1056-8719(00)00083-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [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: 11/18/2022]
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A cell-based, lawn format assay utilizing an in situ photocleavage method has been developed that allows the rapid examination of large bead-based compound libraries as discrete molecules. The format uses frog melanophore cells in a contiguous, adherent, confluent layer in small petri dishes covered with a 0.5-1-mm layer of agarose containing 130 micron diameter TentaGel beads at a density of 2-20 beads/mm2. Employing this technique a 9-mer, 442,368-member peptide library (designed around the 13 amino acid alpha-MSH peptide sequence) made up of 12 separate pools of 36,864 peptides/pool was assayed. Initially, a fraction (approximately 10%) of each pool was scanned (approximately 3700 beads from each pool) in 60-mm petri dishes to identify the most active pools. Upon direct photocleavage of the beads with UV light (365 nm), each petri dish was photographed over a 60-min period with a CCD camera to record changes in light intensity as an index of melanosome dispersion. Active beads were those that were surrounded by a localized decrease in light transmittance indicating melanosome dispersed cells. Upon examination with a dissecting microscope, single beads centrally located to a circular array of dispersed cells were identified and removed from the agarose and sequenced by Edman degradation to determine the peptide sequence. Re-synthesized peptides were re-examined against alpha-MSH receptor to confirm and quantify the activity. Several 9-mer peptides were identified with potencies similar to the natural 13-mer peptide. This method allows for the rapid screening of large bead-based photo-cleavable peptide libraries with the advantage that each compound is screened as a discrete molecule in a well-less format.
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- C K Jayawickreme
- Department of Receptor Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Milla ME, Leesnitzer MA, Moss ML, Clay WC, Carter HL, Miller AB, Su JL, Lambert MH, Willard DH, Sheeley DM, Kost TA, Burkhart W, Moyer M, Blackburn RK, Pahel GL, Mitchell JL, Hoffman CR, Becherer JD. Specific sequence elements are required for the expression of functional tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE). J Biol Chem 1999; 274:30563-70. [PMID: 10521439 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.43.30563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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The tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE) is a membrane-anchored zinc metalloprotease involved in precursor tumor necrosis factor-alpha secretion. We designed a series of constructs containing full-length human TACE and several truncate forms for overexpression in insect cells. Here, we demonstrate that full-length TACE is expressed in insect cells inefficiently: only minor amounts of this enzyme are converted from an inactive precursor to the mature, functional form. Removal of the cytoplasmic and transmembrane domains resulted in the efficient secretion of mature, active TACE. Further removal of the cysteine-rich domain located between the catalytic and transmembrane domains resulted in the secretion of mature catalytic domain in association with the precursor (pro) domain. This complex was inactive and function was only restored after dissociation of the complex by dilution or treatment with 4-aminophenylmercuric acetate. Therefore, the pro domain of TACE is an inhibitor of the catalytic domain, and the cysteine-rich domain appears to play a role in the release of the pro domain. Insect cells failed to secrete a deletion mutant encoding the catalytic domain but lacking the inhibitory pro domain. This truncate was inactive and extensively degraded intracellularly, suggesting that the pro domain is required for the secretion of functional TACE.
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- M E Milla
- Department of Biochemistry, Johnson Research Foundation, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Craxton A, Caffrey JJ, Burkhart W, Safrany ST, Shears SB. Molecular cloning and expression of a rat hepatic multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase. Biochem J 1997; 328 ( Pt 1):75-81. [PMID: 9359836 PMCID: PMC1218889 DOI: 10.1042/bj3280075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [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: 02/05/2023]
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The characterization of the multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase (MIPP) is fundamental to our understanding of how cells control the signalling activities of 'higher' inositol polyphosphates. We now describe our isolation of a 2.3 kb cDNA clone of a rat hepatic form of MIPP. The predicted amino acid sequence of MIPP includes an 18 amino acid region that aligned with approximately 60% identity with the catalytic domain of a fungal inositol hexakisphosphate phosphatase (phytase A); the similarity encompassed conservation of the RHGXRXP signature of the histidine acid phosphatase family. A histidine-tagged, truncated form of MIPP was expressed in Escherichia coli and the enzymic specificity of the recombinant protein was characterized: Ins(1,3,4,5,6)P5 was hydrolysed, first to Ins(1,4,5,6)P4 and then to Ins(1,4,5)P3, by consecutive 3- and 6-phosphatase activities. Inositol hexakisphosphate was catabolized without specificity towards a particular phosphate group, but in contrast, MIPP only removed the beta-phosphate from the 5-diphosphate group of diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate. These data, which are consistent with the substrate specificities of native (but not homogeneous) MIPP isolated from rat liver, provide the first demonstration that a single enzyme is responsible for this diverse range of specific catalytic activities. A 2.5 kb transcript of MIPP mRNA was present in all rat tissues that were examined, but was most highly expressed in kidney and liver. The predicted C-terminus of MIPP is comprised of the tetrapeptide SDEL, which is considered a signal for retaining soluble proteins in the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum; the presence of this sequence provides a molecular explanation for our earlier biochemical demonstration that the endoplasmic reticulum contains substantial MIPP activity [Ali, Craxton and Shears (1993) J. Biol. Chem. 268, 6161-6167].
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- A Craxton
- Laboratory of Signal Transduction, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Moss ML, Jin SL, Milla ME, Bickett DM, Burkhart W, Carter HL, Chen WJ, Clay WC, Didsbury JR, Hassler D, Hoffman CR, Kost TA, Lambert MH, Leesnitzer MA, McCauley P, McGeehan G, Mitchell J, Moyer M, Pahel G, Rocque W, Overton LK, Schoenen F, Seaton T, Su JL, Becherer JD. Cloning of a disintegrin metalloproteinase that processes precursor tumour-necrosis factor-alpha. Nature 1997; 385:733-6. [PMID: 9034191 DOI: 10.1038/385733a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1258] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.6] [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: 02/03/2023]
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Tumour-necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is a cytokine that contributes to a variety of inflammatory disease states. The protein exists as a membrane-bound precursor of relative molecular mass 26K which can be processed by a TNF-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE), to generate secreted 17K mature TNF-alpha. We have purified TACE and cloned its complementary DNA. TACE is a membrane-bound disintegrin metalloproteinase. Structural comparisons with other disintegrin-containing enzymes indicate that TACE is unique, with noteable sequence identity to MADM, an enzyme implicated in myelin degradation, and to KUZ, a Drosophila homologue of MADM important for neuronal development. The expression of recombinant TACE (rTACE) results in the production of functional enzyme that correctly processes precursor TNF-alpha to the mature form. The rTACE provides a readily available source of enzyme to help in the search for new anti-inflammatory agents that target the final processing stage of TNF-alpha production.
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- M L Moss
- Department of Molecular Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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The occurrence of NADH --> NAD transhydrogenation and lipoamide dehydrogenase activities was demonstrated for cysticercoids of the intestinal cestode, Hymenolepis diminuta. In addition, both activities were catalyzed by the mitochondria of 6-, 10-, and 14-day H. diminuta and by the mitochondria from immature, mature, and pregravid/gravid regions of the adult cestode. A developmentally related increase in NADH --> NAD activity was suggested and the levels of both activities in the immature region of the helminth were consistent with it being a region of high metabolic activity. Adult H. diminuta mitochondrial lipoamide dehydrogenase was purified to homogeneity. The native enzyme was a homodimer with a monomeric and dimeric molecular mass of 47 and 93 kDa, respectively. Spectral analyses revealed that the enzyme contained flavin. More importantly, the purified enzyme catalyzed appreciable NADH --> NAD transhydrogenation activity, a premier finding for the phylum Platyhelminthes. The ratio of NADH --> NAD transhydrogenation to lipoamide reduction was 1:5. Both activities were inhibited by Cu2+ and Cd2+ with the NADH --> NAD activity being more resistant to inhibition. Interestingly, aside from NADH diaphorase activity, the cestode enzyme displayed NADH-ferricyanide reductase and, to a lesser degree, NADPH --> NAD transhydrogenation activities. The partial amino acid sequence of H. diminuta lipoamide dehydrogenase indicated that this enzyme was most similar to the corresponding enzymes of other parasitic helminths. Moreover, the phenylalanine for leucine substitution found in the redox-active disulfide site of the lipoamide dehydrogenases of some anaerobic systems was noted for the H. diminuta enzyme.
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- D J Walker
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Ohio 43403, USA
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Moss ML, Jin SL, Becherer JD, Bickett DM, Burkhart W, Chen WJ, Hassler D, Leesnitzer MT, McGeehan G, Milla M, Moyer M, Rocque W, Seaton T, Schoenen F, Warner J, Willard D. Structural features and biochemical properties of TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE). J Neuroimmunol 1997; 72:127-9. [PMID: 9042103 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(96)00180-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 02/03/2023]
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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha is a potent cytokine, secreted primarily by activated monocytes and macrophages, that possesses a broad range of immunomodulating properties. Involvement of this cytokine has been validated in disease states such as arthritis and Crohn's disease and implicated in diverse neuroimmunological pathologies such as multiple sclerosis, Alzheimers and stroke. TNF-alpha is initially synthesized as a 26 kDa precursor molecule that is subsequently processed to the mature form by cleavage of the Ala76 Val77 bond. The 17 kDa carboxy-terminal protein is then secreted to function in a paracrine manner. The enzyme that processes precursor TNF-alpha has previously been identified as a microsomal metalloprotease called TNF-alpha converting enzyme (TACE). We have now purified and partially cloned the enzyme. TACE represents a novel target for therapeutic intervention in a variety of inflammatory and neuroimmunological diseases.
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- M L Moss
- Department of Molecular Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Woriax VL, Burkhart W, Spremulli LL. Cloning, sequence analysis and expression of mammalian mitochondrial protein synthesis elongation factor Tu. Biochim Biophys Acta 1995; 1264:347-56. [PMID: 8547323 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4781(95)00176-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The bovine liver mitochondrial protein synthesis elongation factor Tu.Ts complex (EF-TU.Tsmt) has been purified and partial peptide sequence information has been obtained for EF-Tumt. A complete cDNA has been obtained encoding bovine EF-Tumt and a nearly complete cDNA has been obtained for human EF-Tumt. The bovine cDNA has a 5' untranslated leader, an open reading frame of 1356 nucleotides and a 3' untranslated region of 189 base pairs. NH2-terminal sequencing of the mature protein indicates that the transit peptide for the mitochondrial localization of this protein is 43 amino acids in length. The human and bovine factors are 95% identical. The deduced protein sequences show considerable identity to bacterial and organellar EF-Tu sequences. At least two genes for EF-Tumt are present in the bovine system. Northern analysis indicates that EF-Tumt is synthesized in all tissues but that the level of expression varies over a wide range. EF-TUmt has been expressed in E. coli as a His-tagged protein and purified to near homogeneity. The expressed form of the factor is active in the poly(U)-directed polymerization of phenylalanine although it is less active than the native EF-Tu.Tsmt complex.
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- V L Woriax
- Department of Chemistry CB #3290, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3290, USA
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Willard DH, Bodnar W, Harris C, Kiefer L, Nichols JS, Blanchard S, Hoffman C, Moyer M, Burkhart W, Weiel J. Agouti structure and function: characterization of a potent alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone receptor antagonist. Biochemistry 1995; 34:12341-6. [PMID: 7547977 DOI: 10.1021/bi00038a030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [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] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The murine agouti gene encodes for a novel 131 amino acid protein. The sequence includes a 22 residue putative secretion signal, an internal basic region, and a C-terminal domain containing 10 cysteines. Agouti has been found to antagonize the binding of certain pro-opiomelanocortin peptides, such as alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), to the murine melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1-R). We report the purification of a secreted murine agouti to homogeneity by a two-step procedure from baculovirus-infected Trichoplusia ni (T. ni). The protein is glycosylated and exhibits competitive, high-affinity antagonism (Ki = 0.8 nM) versus alpha-MSH in cell-based assays employing B16F10 cells. Association state analysis by analytical ultracentrifugation reveals that agouti exists in a monomer--dimer plus aggregate equilibrium at low micromolar concentrations. Data from secondary structure studies indicate that the protein is highly stable to thermal denaturation. Enzymatic digestion to probe disulfide bond arrangement yielded a discrete C-terminal (Val 83-Cys 131) domain. The isolated highly cysteine-rich C-terminal domain retains alpha-MSH antagonism equipotent with mature agouti. This bioactive domain contains all 10 cysteines which exhibit sequence homology when aligned with several conotoxins.
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- D H Willard
- Department of Biochemistry, Glaxo Wellcome, Inc., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Xin H, Woriax V, Burkhart W, Spremulli LL. Cloning and expression of mitochondrial translational elongation factor Ts from bovine and human liver. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:17243-9. [PMID: 7615523 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.29.17243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The sequences of the cDNAs for the mitochondrial translational elongation factor Ts (EF-Tsmt) from bovine and human liver have been obtained. The deduced amino acid sequence of bovine liver EF-Tsmt is 338 residues in length and includes a 55-amino acid signal peptide and a mature protein of 283 residues. The sequence of the mature form of bovine EF-Tsmt is 91% identical to that of human EF-Tsmt and 29% identical to Escherichia coli EF-Ts. Southern analysis indicates that there are two genes for EF-Tsmt in bovine liver chromosomal DNA. A 224-base pair intron is located near the 5'-end of at least one of these genes. Northern analysis using a human multiple tissue blot indicates that EF-Tsmt is expressed in all tissues, with the highest levels of expression in skeletal muscle, liver, and kidney. Both the mature and precursor forms of bovine liver EF-Tsmt have been expressed in E. coli as histidine-tagged proteins. The mature form of EF-Tsmt forms a complex with E. coli elongation factor Tu. This complex is active in poly(U)-directed polymerization of phenylalanine. The precursor form is expressed as a 42-kDa protein, which is rapidly degraded in the cell.
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- H Xin
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-3290, USA
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Peña MM, Burkhart W, Bullerjahn GS. Purification and characterization of a Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 polypeptide structurally similar to the stress-induced Dps/PexB protein of Escherichia coli. Arch Microbiol 1995; 163:337-44. [PMID: 7794101 DOI: 10.1007/bf00404206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A stable DNA/protein complex having an apparent molecular mass of approximately 150 kDa was purified from nitrate-limited cultures of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942. Amino-terminal peptide sequencing indicated that the polypeptide was structurally similar to the Dps protein of Escherichia coli; Dps is also known as the product of the starvation- and stationary-phase-inducible gene, pexB. The 150-kDa complex dissociated into a 22-kDa protein monomer after boiling in 2% SDS. The 150-kDa complex preparation had approximately a 10% nucleic acid content and upon dissociation released DNA fragments that were sensitive to S1 nuclease digestion. Immunoblot data indicated that the complex accumulates during stationary phase and during nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus limitation. DNA-binding assays indicated that the protein nonspecifically binds both linear and supercoiled DNA. Circular dichroism spectroscopy revealed that the Synechococcus sp. Dps-like protein contains extensive regions of alpha-helical secondary structure. We propose that the 150-kDa complex represents a hexameric aggregate of the Dps-like protein complexed with single-stranded DNA and serves to bind a portion of the chromosomal DNA under nutrient-limited conditions.
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- M M Peña
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403-0212, USA
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Okpodu CM, Gross W, Burkhart W, Boss WF. Purification and Characterization of a Soluble Phosphatidylinositol 4-Kinase from Carrot Suspension Culture Cells. Plant Physiol 1995; 107:491-500. [PMID: 12228376 PMCID: PMC157152 DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.2.491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Previously we reported the presence of a soluble phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase (PI 4-Kinase) in carrot (Daucus carota L.) suspension culture cells (C.M. Okpodu, W. Gross, W.F. Boss [1990] Plant Physiol 93: S-63). We have purified the enzyme over 1000-fold using Q-Sepharose ion exchange, hydroxylapatite, and G-100 gel filtration column chromatography. The Mr of the enzyme was estimated to be 83,000 by gel filtration. PI 4-kinase activity was recovered after renaturation of the 80-kD region of polyacrylamide gels, and an 80-kD peptide cross-reacted with antibodies to the yeast 55-kD membrane-associated PI 4-kinase on western blots. The isolated lipid kinase phosphorylated PI but not lysophosphatidylinositol or phosphatidylinositol monophosphate. Maximal PI kinase activity occurred when the substrate was added as Triton X-100/PI mixed micelles at pH 8. The enzyme required divalent cations. At low concentrations (1-5 mM), Mn2+ was more effective than Mg2+ in increasing enzyme activity; however, maximal activity occurred at 25 to 40 mM Mg2+. Calcium from 0.01 [mu]M to 1 mM had no effect on the enzyme activity. The Km of the enzyme for ATP was estimated to be between 400 and 463 [mu]M. The enzyme was inhibited by adenosine (100 [mu]M); however, ADP (up to 100 [mu]M) had no effect on the activity. The biochemical characteristics of the carrot soluble PI 4-kinase are compared with the previously reported PI 4-kinases from animals and yeast.
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- C. M. Okpodu
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7612 (C.M.O., W.B., W.F.B.)
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Arudchandran A, Seeburg D, Burkhart W, Bullerjahn GS. Nucleotide sequence of the petE gene encoding plastocyanin from the photosynthetic prokaryote, Prochlorothrix hollandica. Biochim Biophys Acta 1994; 1188:447-9. [PMID: 7803460 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2728(94)90069-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the petE gene encoding plastocyanin from the chlorophyll a/b-containing photosynthetic prokaryote, Prochlorothrix hollandica. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence encoded by the gene with the N-terminal sequence of the purified protein revealed that plastocyanin is synthesized as a precursor bearing an N-terminal domain of 34 amino acids having some structural similarity to thylakoid lumenal transit peptides identified in other organisms. The mature protein has an apparent isoelectric point of 8.37 and a molecular mass of 10,236 Da.
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- A Arudchandran
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403
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Ferrie BJ, Beaudoin N, Burkhart W, Bowsher CG, Rothstein SJ. The cloning of two tomato lipoxygenase genes and their differential expression during fruit ripening. Plant Physiol 1994; 106:109-18. [PMID: 7972514 PMCID: PMC159505 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.1.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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A membrane-associated lipoxygenase from breaker-stage fruit of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) was purified and partially sequenced. Using degenerate oligonucleotides corresponding to portions of this sequence, a cDNA was amplified by PCR and used to screen a breaker fruit cDNA library. Two clones, tomloxA and tomloxB, were isolated and one of these (tomloxA) corresponded to the isolated protein. Genomic clones were isolated and sequence data from these were used to obtain the 5' ends of the cDNAs. The 2.8-kb cDNAs encode proteins that are similar in size and sequence to each other and to other plant lipoxygenases. DNA blot analysis indicated that tomato contains three or more genes that encode lipoxygenase. RNA blot analysis showed that tomloxA is expressed in germinating seeds as well as in ripening fruit, where it reached its peak during breaker stage. tomloxB appears to be fruit specific and is at its highest level in ripe fruit.
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- B J Ferrie
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Lin Q, Ma L, Burkhart W, Spremulli LL. Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for chloroplast translational initiation factor-3 from Euglena gracilis. J Biol Chem 1994; 269:16984. [PMID: 8207023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Lin Q, Ma L, Burkhart W, Spremulli L. Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for chloroplast translational initiation factor-3 from Euglena gracilis. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36900-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Lin Q, Ma L, Burkhart W, Spremulli LL. Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones for chloroplast translational initiation factor-3 from Euglena gracilis. J Biol Chem 1994; 269:9436-44. [PMID: 8144528] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A complete cDNA clone encoding Euglena gracilis chloroplast translational initiation factor 3 (IF-3chl) has been obtained. Analysis of the sequence indicates that the IF-3chl mRNA contains the spliced leader found at the 5' end of nuclear encoded mRNAs in E. gracilis. The open reading frame for IF-3chl encodes a 537-amino acid protein. IF-3chl appears to be divided into four domains. The first 140 amino acids correspond to a transit peptide required for the import of IF-3chl into the chloroplast. The mature form of IF-3chl encompasses domains 2-4 and is about twice the size of Escherichia coli IF-3. The second domain has no homology to other known proteins. It begins with a stretch of 35 residues, of which about 30% are proline. Downstream from this region is a stretch of about 25 amino acids with a repeating (GX)n motif followed by a very acidic region. The third domain comprises a region of about 175 residues and has between 31 and 37% homology to the IF-3s found in other organisms. The IF-3 homology domain is followed by an acidic region which has no detectable homology to other sequences. Analysis of E. gracilis genomic DNA suggests that there are about four copies of the IF-3chl gene, one of which is probably a pseudogene. The activity of IF-3chl is inducible by light. However, the IF-3chl mRNA is present in approximately equal amounts in both dark- and light-grown cells, suggesting that the light-dependent induction of IF-3chl activity is post-transcriptional.
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- Q Lin
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599
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Hassell AM, Anderegg RJ, Weigl D, Milburn MV, Burkhart W, Smith GF, Graber P, Wells TN, Luther MA, Jordan SR. Preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of recombinant 19 kDa human fibroblast collagenase. J Mol Biol 1994; 236:1410-2. [PMID: 8126730 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(94)90068-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [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: 01/28/2023]
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Crystals of the catalytic domain of human fibroblast collagenase have been grown in the presence and absence of an inhibitor. Crystals of the inhibitor complex grew from 0.2 M ammonium sulfate and 15 to 30% PEG 8000 at 22 degrees C as bipyramids in the space group P6(2) or P6(4). Crystals of the unligated enzyme grew as rods in the space group P4(1)2(1)2 or P4(3)2(1)2 from 1.0 to 2.0 M sodium formate at 4 degrees C. Both crystal forms grew quite slowly over a period of months, but ultimately yielded crystals that diffracted beyond 2.5 A. The collagenase samples used in these studies were heterogeneous at the amino terminus. Three major species (full length, N-1 and N-2) were identified by mass spectrometry and Edman sequencing. Analysis of dissolved crystals revealed the native crystal form selectively crystallized as the N-2 species; however, no selectivity of N-terminal forms was observed for crystals of the inhibitor complex.
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- A M Hassell
- Glaxo Research Institute, Department of Bioanalytical, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Ding J, Burkhart W, Kassel DB. Identification of phosphorylated peptides from complex mixtures using negative-ion orifice-potential stepping and capillary liquid chromatography/electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 1994; 8:94-98. [PMID: 8118063 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.1290080118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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A rapid method for identifying and characterizing sites of phosphorylation of peptides and proteins is described. High-performance capillary liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is used to distinguish non-phosphorylated and phosphorylated peptides originating from mixtures as complex as enzyme digests. The method relies on the ability to produce a fragment ion characteristic and unique to phosphopeptides (m/z 79, PO3) by stepping the orifice potential of the mass spectrometer as a function of mass. At low m/z values, a high orifice potential is applied to induce extensive fragmentation of the peptide, leading to the formation of the m/z 79 phosphate-derived ion. This method is analogous to that described by Carr et al. for the identification of glycopeptides from enzymatic digestion of glycoproteins (S.A. Carr, M.J. Huddleston, M.F. Bean, Protein Science 2, 183 (1993)). The method was first evaluated and validated for a mixture of non-, mono- and di-phosphorylated synthetic peptides. Both mono- and di-phosphorylated peptides were found to generate fragment ions characteristic of PO3 whereas the non-phosphorylated peptide did not. Application of the method was extended to identifying phosphopeptides generated from an endoprotease Lys-C digestion of beta-casein. Both the expected mono- and tetra-phosphorylated Lys-C peptides were observed and identified rapidly in the LC/SEI-MS analysis. The procedure was used additionally to identify the site(s) of phosphorylation of the cytosolic non-receptor tyrosine kinase, pp60(c-src).
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- J Ding
- Glaxo Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Diehn SH, Burkhart W, Graham JS. Purification and partial amino acid sequence of a wound-inducible, developmentally regulated anionic peroxidase from soybean leaves. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1993; 195:928-34. [PMID: 8396932 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1993.2133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [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] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have isolated a peroxidase activity to electrophoretic homogeneity from the leaves of the soybean plant, Glycine max. The highly anionic peroxidase isozyme has an isoelectric point of 3.7 and a molecular mass of 32 kilodaltons. Partial amino acid sequence information confirms the identity of the enzyme as a peroxidase but shows significant deviation from other plant peroxidases in the distal histidine box. The enzyme is developmentally regulated as it begins to accumulate in 8-10 day old leaves and its level remains fairly constant thereafter. The expression of this isozyme is also responsive to environmental cues in that it accumulates in young (less than 8 day old) leaves as a consequence of mechanical wounding. The appearance of the isozyme begins approximately 8 hr post-wounding and continues to accumulate for 48 hr.
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- S H Diehn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, OH 43403
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Hassell AM, Wells TN, Graber P, Proudfoot AE, Anderegg RJ, Burkhart W, Jordan SR, Milburn MV. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of recombinant human interleukin-5. J Mol Biol 1993; 229:1150-2. [PMID: 8445640 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1993.1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Recombinant human interleukin-5 (rhIL-5) has been crystallized by the hanging drop vapor diffusion method using 0.1 M-Tris.HCl buffer (pH 8.5) containing 0.2 to 0.25 M-sodium acetate and 26 to 30% PEG 4000 at 22 degrees C. The parallel-piped crystals belong to the space group C2 with unit cell dimensions of a = 122.1 A, b = 36.11 A, c = 56.42 A, beta = 98.59 degrees. They diffract to at least 2.0 A resolution on a rotating anode X-ray source. The molecular mass weight of the protein and the volume of the unit cell suggest that the asymmetric unit contains one intermolecular disulfide-bonded homodimer.
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- A M Hassell
- Glaxo Research Institute, Department of Structural and Biophysical Chemistry, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Yang W, Burkhart W, Cavallius J, Merrick WC, Boss WF. Purification and characterization of a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase activator in carrot cells. J Biol Chem 1993; 268:392-8. [PMID: 8380160] [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: 01/30/2023] Open
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A phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase activator (PIK-A49) has been purified from carrot cells grown in suspension culture. The activator was purified from a soluble fraction using DEAE-Sepharose CL-6B and S-Sepharose chromatography columns. PIK-A49 has a relative molecular mass of 49 kDa determined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The A50 for the activation of the Triton X-100-solubilized phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase fraction was 0.1 microM. Maximal activation was 3-4-fold. The analysis of the sequences of seven peptide fragments containing a total of 142 amino acid residues indicated that PIK-A49 was 69% identical to an actin-binding protein (ABP-50) from Dictyostelium and > 90% identical to elongation factor-1 alpha (EF-1 alpha) from carrot, tomato, and Arabidopsis. PIK-A49 bound actin and facilitated actin polymerization. Poly(U)-directed polyphenylalanine synthesis assays indicated that PIK-A49 had EF-1 alpha activity. The EF-1 alpha activity was enhanced by rabbit EF-1 beta gamma. Activation of phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase by a protein that binds actin and that has EF-1 alpha activity provides additional complexity to the signal transduction mechanisms involving inositol phospholipid metabolism.
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- W Yang
- Department of Botany, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7612
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Yang W, Burkhart W, Cavallius J, Merrick W, Boss W. Purification and characterization of a phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase activator in carrot cells. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54163-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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McGeehan G, Burkhart W, Anderegg R, Becherer JD, Gillikin JW, Graham JS. Sequencing and characterization of the soybean leaf metalloproteinase : structural and functional similarity to the matrix metalloproteinase family. Plant Physiol 1992; 99:1179-83. [PMID: 16668986 PMCID: PMC1080600 DOI: 10.1104/pp.99.3.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [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: 05/09/2023]
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A novel zinc endoproteinase has been sequenced and characterized from soybean leaves (Glycine max var Williams 82) and has been designated as Protein Identification Resource accession No. A41820 SMEP1 (soybean metalloendoproteinase 1). Comparison of the primary amino acid sequence with other zinc proteinases revealed the enzyme to be a new member of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family of enzymes. SMEP was found to have MMP cleavage specificity toward peptide substrates and the enzyme is specifically inhibited by naturally occurring tissue inhibitors of MMPs through a high-affinity interaction (inhibitor concentration resulting in an approximate 50% decrease in enzyme activity = 23 x 10(-9) molar). Together, these results suggest that the origin of the MMP family of enzymes and their cognate inhibitors predates the divergence of plants and animals.
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- G McGeehan
- Department of Biochemistry, Glaxo Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Cobb JE, Kassel DB, Sugg EE, Burkhart W, Geddie N, Steele A, Anderegg RJ. Mercury in a commercial preparation of rat amylin. Pept Res 1992; 5:161-4. [PMID: 1421804] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The biological activity of amylin is reported to vary widely depending on the source and purity of the material. Three commercial samples of rat amylin were compared for structural differences. The samples were nearly identical using most of the available analytical measures--amino acid analysis, HPLC retention, even Edman sequencing data. When the samples were compared by ion spray ionization mass spectrometry, the molecular mass of one sample was 200 daltons higher than anticipated. Careful analysis of the sample, including atomic emission spectrometry, revealed that a mercury atom was associated with the polypeptide. The mercury presumably resulted from a deprotection step in the synthesis, involving the removal of an acetamidomethyl group from cysteine.
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- J E Cobb
- Division of Chemistry, Glaxo, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Burkhart W, Smith GF, Su JL, Parikh I, LeVine H. Amino acid sequence determination of ancrod, the thrombin-like alpha-fibrinogenase from the venom of Akistrodon rhodostoma. FEBS Lett 1992; 297:297-301. [PMID: 1544412 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(92)80559-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The thrombin-like serine protease and antithrombotic agent, Ancrod, was rapidly purified from the crude venom of Akistrodon rhodostoma by agmatine-Sepharose affinity chromatography followed by MonoQ anion exchange chromatography. N-Terminal sequencing and analysis of overlapping proteolytic fragments of purified Ancrod by automated Edman degradation in combination with tandem mass spectroscopy allowed the determination of the 234 amino acid sequence of the protease. Glycosylation sites at all five canonical N-linked glycosylation sites were inferred from the appearance of blank sequencer cycles in the amino acid sequence and were confirmed by mass spectroscopic analysis of the N-glycanase-treated peptides. Monoclonal antibodies raised against the denatured protein and HF-deglycosylated protein recognized Ancrod on Western blots. Sequence comparison to other thrombin-like serine proteases and reptilian fibrinogenases revealed a number of similarities, most notably the catalytic triad and many conserved cysteine positions.
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- W Burkhart
- Department of Structural and Biophysical Chemistry, Glaxo Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Graham JS, Burkhart W, Xiong J, Gillikin JW. Complete amino Acid sequence of soybean leaf p21 : similarity to the thaumatin-like polypeptides. Plant Physiol 1992; 98:163-5. [PMID: 16668608 PMCID: PMC1080164 DOI: 10.1104/pp.98.1.163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A polypeptide structurally related to the thaumatin family of proteins has been purified from soybean (Glycine max) leaves and the complete amino acid sequence has been determined. The mature protein, which we have termed P21, has a calculated molecular weight of 21,461 and an isoelectric point of 4.6. The soybean protein shows 64% amino acid identity with thaumatin, a sweet-tasting protein found in the West African shrub Thaumatococcus danielli, and as much as 71% identity with thaumatin-like polypeptides present in tobacco and maize.
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- J S Graham
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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Amarant T, Burkhart W, LeVine H, Arocha-Pinango CL, Parikh I. Isolation and complete amino acid sequence of two fibrinolytic proteinases from the toxic Saturnid caterpillar Lonomia achelous. Biochim Biophys Acta 1991; 1079:214-21. [PMID: 1911844 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4838(91)90128-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The major toxic and fibrinolytic activity of the saliva and hemolymph of the larval form of Lonomia achelous was purified to homogeneity by a combination of metal chelate and affinity chromatography. Two apparent isozymes, Achelase I (213 amino acids, pIcalc = 10.55) and Achelase II (214 amino acids, pIcalc = 8.51), were sequenced by automated Edman degradation, and their C-termini confirmed by Fourier-transform mass spectrometry. The calculated molecular weights (22,473 and 22,727) correspond well to Mr estimates of 24,000 by SDS-PAGE. No carbohydrate was detected during sequencing. The enzymes degraded all three chains of fibrin, alpha greater than beta much greater than gamma, yielding a fragmentation pattern indistinguishable from that produced by trypsin. Chromogenic peptides S-2222 (Factor Xa and trypsin), S-2251 (plasmin), S-2302 (kallikrein) and S-2444 (urokinase) were substrates while S-2288 (broad range of serine proteinases including thrombin) was not hydrolyzed. Among a range of inhibitors Hg+2, aminophenylmercuriacetate, leupeptin, antipain and E-64 but not N-ethylmaleimide or iodoacetate abolished the activity of the purified isozymes against S-2444. Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride, soybean trypsin inhibitor and aprotinin were less effective. The presence of the classic catalytic triad (histidine-41, aspartate-86 and serine-189) suggests that Achelases I and II may be serine proteinases, but with a potentially free cysteine-185 which could react with thiol proteinase-directed reagents.
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- T Amarant
- Department of Molecular Biology, Glaxo Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, NC
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Neocarzinostatin (NCS) is an antitumor protein from Streptomyces carzinostaticus that is identical in apo-protein sequence with mitomalcin (MMC) from Streptomyces malayensis. We describe the use of apo-NCS as a model system for applying combined two- and three-dimensional (2D and 3D) proton NMR spectroscopy to the structure determination of proteins (Mr greater than 10K) without isotope labeling. Strategies aimed at accurately assigning overlapped 2D cross-peaks by using semiautomated combined 2D and 3D data analysis are developed. Using this approach, we have assigned 99% of the protons, including those of the side chains, and identified about 1270 intra- and interresidue proton-proton interactions (fixed distances are not included) in apo-NCS. Comparing our results with those reported recently on 2D NMR studies of apo-NCS [Adjadj, E., Mispelter, J., Quiniou, E., Dimicoli, J.-L., Favadon, V., & Lhoste, J.-M. (1990) Eur. J. Biochem. 190, 263-271; Remerowski M. L., Glaser, S. J., Sieker, L., Samy, T. S. A., & Drobny, G. P. (1990) Biochemistry 29, 8401-8409] demonstrated advantages of proton 3D NMR spectroscopy in protein spectral assignments. We are able to obtain more complete proton resonance and secondary structural assignments and find several misassignments in the earlier report. Strategies utilized in this work should be useful for developing automation procedures for spectral assignments.
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- X L Gao
- Glaxo Research Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
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Gillikin JW, Burkhart W, Graham JS. Complete Amino Acid Sequence of a Polypeptide from Zea mays Similar to the Pathogenesis-Related-1 Family. Plant Physiol 1991; 96:1372-5. [PMID: 16668344 PMCID: PMC1080940 DOI: 10.1104/pp.96.4.1372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A polypeptide serologically related to the tobacco pathogenesis-related-1 family of proteins has been purified from the root tissue of maize (Zea mays L.), and the complete amino acid sequence has been determined. The mature protein has a calculated molecular weight of 14,970 and isoelectric point of 4.2. The maize protein shows 66 to 68% amino acid identity with the tobacco pathogenesis-related-1 family and 55% identity with the tomato p14 protein.
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- J W Gillikin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403
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Zlotkin E, Eitan M, Bindokas VP, Adams ME, Moyer M, Burkhart W, Fowler E. Functional duality and structural uniqueness of depressant insect-selective neurotoxins. Biochemistry 1991; 30:4814-21. [PMID: 2029523 DOI: 10.1021/bi00233a025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [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: 12/29/2022]
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Depressant insect-selective neurotoxins derived from scorpion venoms (a) induce in blowfly larvae a short, transient phase of contraction similar to that induced by excitatory neurotoxins followed by a prolonged flaccid paralysis and (b) displace excitatory toxins from their binding sites on insect neuronal membranes. The present study was undertaken in order to examine the basis of these similarities by comparing the primary structures and neuromuscular effects of depressant and excitatory toxins. A new depressant toxin (LqhIT2) was purified from the venom of the Israeli yellow scorpion. The effects of this toxin on a prepupal housefly neuromuscular preparation mimic the effects on the intact animal; i.e., a brief period of repetitive bursts of junction potentials is followed by suppression of their amplitude and finally by a block of neuromuscular transmission. Loose patch clamp recordings indicate that the repetitive activity has a presynaptic origin in the motor nerve and closely resembles the effect of the excitatory toxin AaIT. The final synaptic block is attributed to neuronal membrane depolarization, which results in an increase in spontaneous transmitter release; this effect is not induced by excitatory toxin. The amino acid sequences of three depressant toxins were determined by automatic Edman degradation. The depressant toxins comprise a well-defined family of polypeptides with a high degree of sequence conservation. This group differs considerably in primary structure from the excitatory toxin, with which it shares identical or related binding sites, and from the two groups of scorpion toxins that affect sodium conductance in mammals. The two opposing pharmacological effects of depressant toxins are discussed in light of the above data.
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- E Zlotkin
- Department of Zoology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
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LeVine H, Smith DP, Whitney M, Malicki DM, Dolph PJ, Smith GF, Burkhart W, Zuker CS. Isolation of a novel visual-system-specific arrestin: an in vivo substrate for light-dependent phosphorylation. Mech Dev 1990; 33:19-25. [PMID: 2129011 DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(90)90131-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Absorption of a photon of light by rhodopsin triggers mechanisms responsible for excitation as well as regulation of the phototransduction cascade. Arrestins are a family of proteins that appear to be responsible for terminating the active state of G-protein-coupled receptors. One of the major substrates of light-dependent phosphorylation in the visual cascade of Drosophila was purified and partially sequenced. The complete primary structure of the protein was determined by isolating the corresponding gene, which revealed it to be a new isoform of arrestin, Arr2. Arr2 is 401 residues in length, and shares 47% sequence identity with the Drosophila Arr1 protein and 42% with human arrestin. We show that the two Drosophila arrestin genes are differentially regulated, and that Arr2 is a specific substrate for a calcium-dependent protein kinase. This is the first demonstration of in vivo regulation of arrestins in a transduction cascade, and provides a new level of modulation in the function of G-protein-coupled receptors.
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- H LeVine
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093
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A prohormone (P1) of locust adipokinetic hormone I (AKH I) is shown here to be a homodimer of a 41 residue subunit called the A-chain. The A-chain, from the N terminal, consists of AKH I (10 amino acids starting with pyroglutamate) followed by a Gly-Lys-Arg processing site and then a 28 residues called the alpha chain containing a single cysteine and a potential Arg-Lys processing site. When processed each molecule of the homodimer precursor yields two copies of AKH I and one alpha chain homodimer. We call the alpha-alpha homodimer product of P1 processing AKH precursor related peptide 1 or APRP 1. The Arg-Lys dibasic pair found within the alpha chain is not cleaved in vivo. Our results show that neuropeptide precursors can be dimers and that dimer products can be synthesized by processing of a preformed dimer precursor rather than by dimerization of independent subunits.
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- S Hekimi
- University of Geneva, Laboratoire de Neurobiologie, Switzerland
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Metraux JP, Burkhart W, Moyer M, Dincher S, Middlesteadt W, Williams S, Payne G, Carnes M, Ryals J. Isolation of a complementary DNA encoding a chitinase with structural homology to a bifunctional lysozyme/chitinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1989; 86:896-900. [PMID: 2915985 PMCID: PMC286585 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.86.3.896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [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: 01/03/2023] Open
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An extracellular, acidic chitinase was purified to homogeneity from tobacco necrosis virus-infected leaves of Cucumis sativis. The amino acid sequences of the intact protein and of peptides isolated following endoproteinase Lys-C digestion, cyanogen bromide cleavage, and trypsin digestion were determined. Oligonucleotide probes derived from this sequence were used to isolate a cDNA clone encoding this protein. No significant homology was found between this chitinase and either the basic chitinase isolated from bean or tobacco or the chitinase isolated from Serratia marcescens; however, strong homology was found between the cucumber chitinase and a lysozyme/chitinase from Parthenocissus quinquifolia. The induction of the protein by tobacco necrosis virus infection or salicylate was found to be at the level of RNA accumulation. Genomic Southern analysis indicates that a single gene in the cucumber genome encodes this protein.
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- J P Metraux
- Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Agricultural Division, Basle, Switzerland
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Back E, Burkhart W, Moyer M, Privalle L, Rothstein S. Isolation of cDNA clones coding for spinach nitrite reductase: complete sequence and nitrate induction. Mol Gen Genet 1988; 212:20-6. [PMID: 3163766 DOI: 10.1007/bf00322440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The main nitrogen source for most higher plants is soil nitrate. Prior to its incorporation into amino acids, plants reduce nitrate to ammonia in two enzymatic steps. Nitrate is reduced by nitrate reductase to nitrite, which is further reduced to ammonia by nitrite reductase. In this paper, the complete primary sequence of the precursor protein for spinach nitrite reductase has been deduced from cloned cDNAs. The cDNA clones were isolated from a nitrate-induced cDNA library in two ways: through the use of oligonucleotide probes based on partial amino acid sequences of nitrite reductase and through the use of antibodies raised against purified nitrite reductase. The precursor protein for nitrite reductase is 594 amino acids long and has a 32 amino acid extension at the N-terminal end of the mature protein. These 32 amino acids most likely serve as a transit peptide involved in directing this nuclear-encoded protein into the chloroplast. The cDNA hybridizes to a 2.3 kb RNA whose steady-state level is markedly increased upon induction with nitrate.
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- E Back
- CIBA-GEIGY Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Burkhart W. Nursing care plans: burden or blessing? Okla Nurse 1988; 33:10-1. [PMID: 3368205] [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: 01/05/2023]
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Payne G, Parks TD, Burkhart W, Dincher S, Ahl P, Metraux JP, Ryals J. Isolation of the genomic clone for pathogenesis-related protein 1a from Nicotiana tabacum cv. Xanthi-nc. Plant Mol Biol 1988; 11:89-94. [PMID: 24272252 DOI: 10.1007/bf00015662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [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: 01/25/1988] [Accepted: 04/11/1988] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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We describe the isolation of the chromosomal gene for pathogenesis-related protein 1a from Nicotiana tabacum. A 2 kb fragment containing the PR-1a gene as well as 5' and 3' flanking DNA has been sequenced and the transcriptional start site has been determined by primer extension and S1 nuclease mapping. 80% of the protein sequence from purified PR-1a and 20% of the sequence of purified PR-1b has also been determined and used to verify the nomenclature established for the PR-1 cDNAs.
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- G Payne
- Ciba-Geigy Agricultural Biotechnology Unit, P.O. Box 12257, 27709, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Burkhart W. [Many an advancement has grown from annoying sensationalism]. Zahnarztl Mitt 1978; 68:1051-2. [PMID: 281071] [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: 12/14/2022]
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