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Nguyen DM, Rath DH, Devost D, Pétrin D, Rizk R, Ji AX, Narayanan N, Yong D, Zhai A, Kuntz DA, Mian MUQ, Pomroy NC, Keszei AFA, Benlekbir S, Mazhab-Jafari MT, Rubinstein JL, Hébert TE, Privé GG. Structure and dynamics of a pentameric KCTD5/CUL3/Gβγ E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2315018121. [PMID: 38625940 PMCID: PMC11047111 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2315018121] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
Abstract
Heterotrimeric G proteins can be regulated by posttranslational modifications, including ubiquitylation. KCTD5, a pentameric substrate receptor protein consisting of an N-terminal BTB domain and a C-terminal domain, engages CUL3 to form the central scaffold of a cullin-RING E3 ligase complex (CRL3KCTD5) that ubiquitylates Gβγ and reduces Gβγ protein levels in cells. The cryo-EM structure of a 5:5:5 KCTD5/CUL3NTD/Gβ1γ2 assembly reveals a highly dynamic complex with rotations of over 60° between the KCTD5BTB/CUL3NTD and KCTD5CTD/Gβγ moieties of the structure. CRL3KCTD5 engages the E3 ligase ARIH1 to ubiquitylate Gβγ in an E3-E3 superassembly, and extension of the structure to include full-length CUL3 with RBX1 and an ARIH1~ubiquitin conjugate reveals that some conformational states position the ARIH1~ubiquitin thioester bond to within 10 Å of lysine-23 of Gβ and likely represent priming complexes. Most previously described CRL/substrate structures have consisted of monovalent complexes and have involved flexible peptide substrates. The structure of the KCTD5/CUL3NTD/Gβγ complex shows that the oligomerization of a substrate receptor can generate a polyvalent E3 ligase complex and that the internal dynamics of the substrate receptor can position a structured target for ubiquitylation in a CRL3 complex.
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- Duc Minh Nguyen
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5S 1A8, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QCH3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QCH3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QCH3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5S 1A8, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
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- Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ONM5G 0A4, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5G 2M9, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5S 1A8, Canada
- Molecular Medicine Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ONM5G 0A4, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5G 2M9, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montréal, QCH3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ONM5G 1L7, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5S 1A8, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ONM5G 2M9, Canada
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De Jesús-Pérez JJ, Gabrielle M, Raheem S, Fluck EC, Rohacs T, Moiseenkova-Bell VY. Structural mechanism of TRPV5 inhibition by econazole. Structure 2024; 32:148-156.e5. [PMID: 38141613 PMCID: PMC10872542 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.11.012] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 11/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/25/2023]
Abstract
The calcium-selective TRPV5 channel activated by phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2] is involved in calcium homeostasis. Recently, cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) provided molecular details of TRPV5 modulation by exogenous and endogenous molecules. However, the details of TRPV5 inhibition by the antifungal agent econazole (ECN) remain elusive due to the low resolution of the currently available structure. In this study, we employ cryo-EM to comprehensively examine how the ECN inhibits TRPV5. By combining our structural findings with site-directed mutagenesis, calcium measurements, electrophysiology, and molecular dynamics simulations, we determined that residues F472 and L475 on the S4 helix, along with residue W495 on the S5 helix, collectively constitute the ECN-binding site. Additionally, the structure of TRPV5 in the presence of ECN and PI(4,5)P2, which does not show the bound activator, reveals a potential inhibition mechanism in which ECN competes with PI(4,5)P2, preventing the latter from binding, and ultimately pore closure.
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- José J De Jesús-Pérez
- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Vuillemot R, Harastani M, Hamitouche I, Jonic S. MDSPACE and MDTOMO Software for Extracting Continuous Conformational Landscapes from Datasets of Single Particle Images and Subtomograms Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Latest Developments in ContinuousFlex Software Package. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 25:20. [PMID: 38203192 PMCID: PMC10779004 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010020] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) instrumentation allows obtaining 3D reconstruction of the structure of biomolecular complexes in vitro (purified complexes studied by single particle analysis) and in situ (complexes studied in cells by cryo electron tomography). Standard cryo-EM approaches allow high-resolution reconstruction of only a few conformational states of a molecular complex, as they rely on data classification into a given number of classes to increase the resolution of the reconstruction from the most populated classes while discarding all other classes. Such discrete classification approaches result in a partial picture of the full conformational variability of the complex, due to continuous conformational transitions with many, uncountable intermediate states. In this article, we present the software with a user-friendly graphical interface for running two recently introduced methods, namely, MDSPACE and MDTOMO, to obtain continuous conformational landscapes of biomolecules by analyzing in vitro and in situ cryo-EM data (single particle images and subtomograms) based on molecular dynamics simulations of an available atomic model of one of the conformations. The MDSPACE and MDTOMO software is part of the open-source ContinuousFlex software package (starting from version 3.4.2 of ContinuousFlex), which can be run as a plugin of the Scipion software package (version 3.1 and later), broadly used in the cryo-EM field.
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- IMPMC-UMR 7590 CNRS, Sorbonne Université, MNHN, 75005 Paris, France
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Henderson R, Hasnain S. `Cryo-EM': electron cryomicroscopy, cryo electron microscopy or something else? IUCrJ 2023; 10:519-520. [PMID: 37668213 PMCID: PMC10478514 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252523006759] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/06/2023]
Abstract
Structural biology continues to benefit from an expanding toolkit, which is helping to gain unprecedented insight into the assembly and organization of multi-protein machineries, enzyme mechanisms and ligand/inhibitor binding. During the last ten years, cryoEM has become widely available and has provided a major boost to structure determination of membrane proteins and large multi-protein complexes. Many of the structures have now been made available at resolutions around 2 Å, where fundamental questions regarding enzyme mechanisms can be addressed. Over the years, the abbreviation cryoEM has been understood to stand for different things. We wish the wider community to engage and clarify the definition of cryoEM so that the expanding literature involving cryoEM is unified.
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- Richard Henderson
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemisty and Systems Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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Tippett DN, Breen C, Butler SJ, Sawicka M, Dutzler R. Structural and functional properties of the transporter SLC26A6 reveal mechanism of coupled anion exchange. eLife 2023; 12:RP87178. [PMID: 37351578 DOI: 10.7554/elife.87178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
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Members of the SLC26 family constitute a conserved class of anion transport proteins, which encompasses uncoupled transporters with channel-like properties, coupled exchangers and motor proteins. Among the 10 functional paralogs in humans, several participate in the secretion of bicarbonate in exchange with chloride and thus play an important role in maintaining pH homeostasis. Previously, we have elucidated the structure of murine SLC26A9 and defined its function as an uncoupled chloride transporter (Walter et al., 2019). Here we have determined the structure of the closely related human transporter SLC26A6 and characterized it as a coupled exchanger of chloride with bicarbonate and presumably also oxalate. The structure defines an inward-facing conformation of the protein that generally resembles known structures of SLC26A9. The altered anion selectivity between both paralogs is a consequence of a remodeled ion binding site located in the center of a mobile unit of the membrane-inserted domain, which also accounts for differences in the coupling mechanism.
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- David N Tippett
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Risi CM, Villanueva E, Belknap B, Sadler RL, Harris SP, White HD, Galkin VE. Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Cardiac Myosin Binding Protein-C M-Domain Interactions with the Thin Filament. J Mol Biol 2022; 434:167879. [PMID: 36370805 PMCID: PMC9771592 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167879] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 10/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Cardiac myosin binding protein C (cMyBP-C) modulates cardiac contraction via direct interactions with cardiac thick (myosin) and thin (actin) filaments (cTFs). While its C-terminal domains (e.g. C8-C10) anchor cMyBP-C to the backbone of the thick filament, its N-terminal domains (NTDs) (e.g. C0, C1, M, and C2) bind to both myosin and actin to accomplish its dual roles of inhibiting thick filaments and activating cTFs. While the positions of C0, C1 and C2 on cTF have been reported, the binding site of the M-domain on the surface of the cTF is unknown. Here, we used cryo-EM to reveal that the M-domain interacts with actin via helix 3 of its ordered tri-helix bundle region, while the unstructured part of the M-domain does not maintain extensive interactions with actin. We combined the recently obtained structure of the cTF with the positions of all the four NTDs on its surface to propose a complete model of the NTD binding to the cTF. The model predicts that the interactions of the NTDs with the cTF depend on the activation state of the cTF. At the peak of systole, when bound to the extensively activated cTF, NTDs would inhibit actomyosin interactions. In contrast, at falling Ca2+ levels, NTDs would not compete with the myosin heads for binding to the cTF, but would rather promote formation of active cross-bridges at the adjacent regulatory units located at the opposite cTF strand. Our structural data provides a testable model of the cTF regulation by the cMyBP-C.
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- Cristina M Risi
- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA
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- Department of Physiological Sciences, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA 23507, USA.
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Kao WC, Hunte C. Quinone binding sites of cyt bc complexes analysed by X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy. Biochem Soc Trans 2022:BST20190963. [PMID: 35356963 DOI: 10.1042/BST20190963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 03/06/2022] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cytochrome (cyt) bc1, bcc and b6f complexes, collectively referred to as cyt bc complexes, are homologous isoprenoid quinol oxidising enzymes present in diverse phylogenetic lineages. Cyt bc1 and bcc complexes are constituents of the electron transport chain (ETC) of cellular respiration, and cyt b6f complex is a component of the photosynthetic ETC. Cyt bc complexes share in general the same Mitchellian Q cycle mechanism, with which they accomplish proton translocation and thus contribute to the generation of proton motive force which drives ATP synthesis. They therefore require a quinol oxidation (Qo) and a quinone reduction (Qi) site. Yet, cyt bc complexes evolved to adapt to specific electrochemical properties of different quinone species and exhibit structural diversity. This review summarises structural information on native quinones and quinone-like inhibitors bound in cyt bc complexes resolved by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM structures. Although the Qi site architecture of cyt bc1 complex and cyt bcc complex differs considerably, quinone molecules were resolved at the respective Qi sites in very similar distance to haem bH. In contrast, more diverse positions of native quinone molecules were resolved at Qo sites, suggesting multiple quinone binding positions or captured snapshots of trajectories toward the catalytic site. A wide spectrum of inhibitors resolved at Qo or Qi site covers fungicides, antimalarial and antituberculosis medications and drug candidates. The impact of these structures for characterising the Q cycle mechanism, as well as their relevance for the development of medications and agrochemicals are discussed.
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Javed A, Villanueva H, Shataer S, Vasciaveo S, Savva R, Orlova EV. Cryo-EM Structures of Two Bacteriophage Portal Proteins Provide Insights for Antimicrobial Phage Engineering. Viruses 2021; 13:2532. [PMID: 34960800 DOI: 10.3390/v13122532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Widespread antibiotic resistance has returned attention to bacteriophages as a means of managing bacterial pathogenesis. Synthetic biology approaches to engineer phages have demonstrated genomic editing to broaden natural host ranges, or to optimise microbicidal action. Gram positive pathogens cause serious pastoral animal and human infections that are especially lethal in newborns. Such pathogens are targeted by the obligate lytic phages of the Salasmaviridae and Guelinviridae families. These phages have relatively small ~20 kb linear protein-capped genomes and their compact organisation, relatively few structural elements, and broad host range, are appealing from a phage-engineering standpoint. In this study, we focus on portal proteins, which are core elements for the assembly of such tailed phages. The structures of dodecameric portal complexes from Salasmaviridae phage GA1, which targets Bacillus pumilus, and Guelinviridae phage phiCPV4 that infects Clostridium perfringens, were determined at resolutions of 3.3 Å and 2.9 Å, respectively. Both are found to closely resemble the related phi29 portal protein fold. However, the portal protein of phiCPV4 exhibits interesting differences in the clip domain. These structures provide new insights on structural diversity in Caudovirales portal proteins and will be essential for considerations in phage structural engineering.
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"Would it be possible to analyze molecular mechanisms and structural organisation of polyribosome assemblies using cryo electron tomography?" - we asked through a longstanding collaboration between my research group and that of Alexander S. Spirin. Indeed, it was: we found that double-row polyribosomes can have both circular and linear arrangements of their mRNA [Afonina, Z. A., et al. (2013) Biochemistry (Moscow)], we figured out how eukaryotic ribosomes assemble on an mRNA to form supramolecular left-handed helices [Myasnikov, A. G., et al. (2014) Nat. Commun.], that the circularization of polyribosomes is poly-A and cap-independent [Afonina, Z. A., et al. (2014) Nucleic Acids Res.], and that intermediary polyribosomes with open structures exist after a transition from a juvenile phase to strongly translating polysomes of medium size [Afonina, Z. A., et al. (2015) Nucleic Acids Res.] until they form densely packed helical structures with reduced activity. Our joint fruitful exchanges, hence, led to major advances in the field, which are reviewed here from a personal and historical perspective in memory of Alexander S. Spirin.
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- Bruno P Klaholz
- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, 67404, France. .,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, 67404, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, 67404, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, 67081, France
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Schimpf J, Oppermann S, Gerasimova T, Santos Seica AF, Hellwig P, Grishkovskaya I, Wohlwend D, Haselbach D, Friedrich T. Structure of the peripheral arm of a minimalistic respiratory complex I. Structure 2021; 30:80-94.e4. [PMID: 34562374 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2021.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Respiratory complex I drives proton translocation across energy-transducing membranes by NADH oxidation coupled with (ubi)quinone reduction. In humans, its dysfunction is associated with neurodegenerative diseases. The Escherichia coli complex represents the structural minimal form of an energy-converting NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase. Here, we report the structure of the peripheral arm of the E. coli complex I consisting of six subunits, the FMN cofactor, and nine iron-sulfur clusters at 2.7 Å resolution obtained by cryo electron microscopy. While the cofactors are in equivalent positions as in the complex from other species, individual subunits are adapted to the absence of supernumerary proteins to guarantee structural stability. The catalytically important subunits NuoC and D are fused resulting in a specific architecture of functional importance. Striking features of the E. coli complex are scrutinized by mutagenesis and biochemical characterization of the variants. Moreover, the arrangement of the subunits sheds light on the unknown assembly of the complex.
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- Johannes Schimpf
- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, UMR 7140, CMC, Université de Strasbourg CNRS, 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, UMR 7140, CMC, Université de Strasbourg CNRS, 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire de Bioélectrochimie et Spectroscopie, UMR 7140, CMC, Université de Strasbourg CNRS, 4 Rue Blaise Pascal, 67081 Strasbourg, France; University of Strasbourg, Institute for Advanced Studies (USIAS), 5 Allée du Général Rouvillois, 67083 Strasbourg, France
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Institut für Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Lövestam S, Schweighauser M, Matsubara T, Murayama S, Tomita T, Ando T, Hasegawa K, Yoshida M, Tarutani A, Hasegawa M, Goedert M, Scheres SHW. Seeded assembly in vitro does not replicate the structures of α-synuclein filaments from multiple system atrophy. FEBS Open Bio 2021; 11:999-1013. [PMID: 33548114 PMCID: PMC8016116 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The propagation of conformational strains by templated seeding is central to the prion concept. Seeded assembly of α‐synuclein into filaments is believed to underlie the prion‐like spreading of protein inclusions in a number of human neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). We previously determined the atomic structures of α‐synuclein filaments from the putamen of five individuals with MSA. Here, we used filament preparations from three of these brains for the in vitro seeded assembly of recombinant human α‐synuclein. We find that the structures of the seeded assemblies differ from those of the seeds, suggesting that additional, as yet unknown, factors play a role in the propagation of the seeds. Identification of these factors will be essential for understanding the prion‐like spreading of α‐synuclein proteinopathies.
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- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
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- Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan
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- Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan
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Kumar Bharathkar S, Parker BW, Malyutin AG, Haloi N, Huey-Tubman KE, Tajkhorshid E, Stadtmueller BM. The structures of secretory and dimeric immunoglobulin A. eLife 2020; 9:56098. [PMID: 33107820 PMCID: PMC7707832 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [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: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Secretory (S) Immunoglobulin (Ig) A is the predominant mucosal antibody, which binds pathogens and commensal microbes. SIgA is a polymeric antibody, typically containing two copies of IgA that assemble with one joining-chain (JC) to form dimeric (d) IgA that is bound by the polymeric Ig-receptor ectodomain, called secretory component (SC). Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of murine SIgA and dIgA. Structures reveal two IgAs conjoined through four heavy-chain tailpieces and the JC that together form a β-sandwich-like fold. The two IgAs are bent and tilted with respect to each other, forming distinct concave and convex surfaces. In SIgA, SC is bound to one face, asymmetrically contacting both IgAs and JC. The bent and tilted arrangement of complex components limits the possible positions of both sets of antigen-binding fragments (Fabs) and preserves steric accessibility to receptor-binding sites, likely influencing antigen binding and effector functions.
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- Sonya Kumar Bharathkar
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States.,Beckman Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.,NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, United States
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.,Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States.,NIH Center for Macromolecular Modeling and Bioinformatics, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, United States
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Hillen HS, Bartuli J, Grimm C, Dienemann C, Bedenk K, Szalay AA, Fischer U, Cramer P. Structural Basis of Poxvirus Transcription: Transcribing and Capping Vaccinia Complexes. Cell 2020; 179:1525-1536.e12. [PMID: 31835031 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Poxviruses use virus-encoded multisubunit RNA polymerases (vRNAPs) and RNA-processing factors to generate m7G-capped mRNAs in the host cytoplasm. In the accompanying paper, we report structures of core and complete vRNAP complexes of the prototypic Vaccinia poxvirus (Grimm et al., 2019; in this issue of Cell). Here, we present the cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of Vaccinia vRNAP in the form of a transcribing elongation complex and in the form of a co-transcriptional capping complex that contains the viral capping enzyme (CE). The trifunctional CE forms two mobile modules that bind the polymerase surface around the RNA exit tunnel. RNA extends from the vRNAP active site through this tunnel and into the active site of the CE triphosphatase. Structural comparisons suggest that growing RNA triggers large-scale rearrangements on the surface of the transcription machinery during the transition from transcription initiation to RNA capping and elongation. Our structures unravel the basis for synthesis and co-transcriptional modification of poxvirus RNA.
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- Hauke S Hillen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC), Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC), Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC), Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC), Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany; Genelux Corporation, 3030 Bunker Hill Street, San Diego, CA 92109, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Therapy Research Center (CTRC), Theodor Boveri-Institute, University of Würzburg, 97074 Würzburg, Germany; Genelux Corporation, 3030 Bunker Hill Street, San Diego, CA 92109, USA; Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), 97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Ahn J, Lee D, Jo I, Jeong H, Hyun JK, Woo JS, Choi SH, Ha NC. Real-Time Measurement of the Liquid Amount in Cryo-Electron Microscopy Grids Using Laser Diffraction of Regular 2-D Holes of the Grids. Mol Cells 2020; 43:298-303. [PMID: 32150795 PMCID: PMC7103880 DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2020.2238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is now the first choice to determine the high-resolution structures of huge protein complexes. Grids with two-dimensional arrays of holes covered with a carbon film are typically used in cryo-EM. Although semi-automatic plungers are available, notable trial-and-error is still required to obtain a suitable grid specimen. Herein, we introduce a new method to obtain thin ice specimens using real-time measurement of the liquid amounts in cryo-EM grids. The grids for cryo-EM strongly diffracted laser light, and the diffraction intensity of each spot was measurable in real-time. The measured diffraction patterns represented the states of the liquid in the holes due to the curvature of the liquid around them. Using the diffraction patterns, the optimal time point for freezing the grids for cryo-EM was obtained in real-time. This development will help researchers rapidly determine highresolution protein structures using the limited resource of cryo-EM instrument access.
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- Jinsook Ahn
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Korea Basic Science Institute, Daejeon 8119, Korea
- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Center for Food Safety and Toxicology, Center for Food and Bioconvergence, and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, CALS, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Klaholz BP. Deriving and refining atomic models in crystallography and cryo-EM: the latest Phenix tools to facilitate structure analysis. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2019; 75:878-881. [PMID: 31588919 PMCID: PMC6778849 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798319013391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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In structural biology, deriving and refining atomic models into maps obtained from X-ray crystallography or cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is essential for the detailed interpretation of a structure and its functional implications through interactions so that for example hydrogen bonds, drug specificity and associated molecular mechanisms can be analysed. This commentary summarizes the latest features of the Phenix software and also highlights the fact that cryo-EM increasingly contributes to data depositions in the PDB and EMDB.
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- Bruno P. Klaholz
- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC, CNRS, Inserm, Université de Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch 67404, France
- Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), 1 rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch, France
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), UMR 7104, Illkirch, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Inserm), U964, Illkirch, France
- Université de Strasbourg, Illkirch, France
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Richert-Pöggeler KR, Franzke K, Hipp K, Kleespies RG. Electron Microscopy Methods for Virus Diagnosis and High Resolution Analysis of Viruses. Front Microbiol 2019; 9:3255. [PMID: 30666247 PMCID: PMC6330349 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [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: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The term "virosphere" describes both the space where viruses are found and the space they influence, and can extend to their impact on the environment, highlighting the complexity of the interactions involved. Studying the biology of viruses and the etiology of virus disease is crucial to the prevention of viral disease, efficient and reliable virus diagnosis, and virus control. Electron microscopy (EM) is an essential tool in the detection and analysis of virus replication. New EM methods and ongoing technical improvements offer a broad spectrum of applications, allowing in-depth investigation of viral impact on not only the host but also the environment. Indeed, using the most up-to-date electron cryomicroscopy methods, such investigations are now close to atomic resolution. In combination with bioinformatics, the transition from 2D imaging to 3D remodeling allows structural and functional analyses that extend and augment our knowledge of the astonishing diversity in virus structure and lifestyle. In combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy, EM enables live imaging of cells and tissues with high-resolution analysis. Here, we describe the pivotal role played by EM in the study of viruses, from structural analysis to the biological relevance of the viral metagenome (virome).
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- Katja R. Richert-Pöggeler
- Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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Zhang Z, He M, Bai S, Zhang F, Jiang J, Zheng Q, Gao S, Yan X, Li S, Gu Y, Xia N. T = 4 Icosahedral HIV-1 Capsid As an Immunogenic Vector for HIV-1 V3 Loop Epitope Display. Viruses 2018; 10:v10120667. [PMID: 30486318 PMCID: PMC6316451 DOI: 10.3390/v10120667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 mature capsid (CA) assumes an amorphous, fullerene conical configuration due to its high flexibility. How native CA self-assembles is still unclear despite having well-defined structures of its pentamer and hexamer building blocks. Here we explored the self-assembly of an engineered capsid protein built through artificial disulfide bonding (CA N21C/A22C) and determined the structure of one fraction of the globular particles. CA N21C/A22C was found to self-assemble into particles in relatively high ionic solutions. These particles contained disulfide-bonding hexamers as determined via non-reducing SDS-PAGE, and exhibited two major components of 57.3 S and 80.5 S in the sedimentation velocity assay. Particles had a globular morphology, approximately 40 nm in diameter, in negative-staining TEM. Through cryo-EM 3-D reconstruction, we determined a novel T = 4 icosahedral structure of CA, comprising 12 pentamers and 30 hexamers at 25 Å resolution. We engineered the HIV-1 V3 loop to the CA particles, and found the resultant particles resembled the morphology of their parental particles in TEM, had a positive reaction with V3-specific neutralizing antibodies, and conferred neutralization immunogenicity in mice. Our results shed light on HIV CA assembly and provide a particulate CA for epitope display.
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- Zhiqing Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Disease, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Disease, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Division of Biological Sciences, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093-0378, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Disease, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Disease, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Vaccinology and Molecular Diagnostics, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
- National Institute of Diagnostics and Vaccine Development in Infectious Disease, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China.
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Böttcher B, Nassal M. Structure of Mutant Hepatitis B Core Protein Capsids with Premature Secretion Phenotype. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:4941-54. [PMID: 30539760 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 10/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Hepatitis B virus is a major human pathogen that consists of a viral genome surrounded by an icosahedrally ordered core protein and a polymorphic, lipidic envelope that is densely packed with surface proteins. A point mutation in the core protein in which a phenylalanine at position 97 is exchanged for a smaller leucine leads to premature envelopment of the capsid before the genome maturation is fully completed. We have used electron cryo-microscopy and image processing to investigate how the point mutation affects the structure of the capsid at 2.6- to 2.8 Å-resolution. We found that in the mutant the smaller side chain at position 97 is displaced, increasing the size of an adjacent pocket in the center of the spikes of the capsid. In the mutant, this pocket is filled with an unknown density. Phosphorylation of serine residues in the unresolved C-terminal domain of the mutant leaves the structure of the ordered capsid largely unchanged. However, we were able to resolve several previously unresolved residues downstream of proline 144 that precede the phosphorylation-sites. These residues pack against the neighboring subunits and increase the inter-dimer contact suggesting that the C-termini play an important role in capsid stabilization and provide a much larger interaction interface than previously observed.
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The term "virosphere" describes both the space where viruses are found and the space they influence, and can extend to their impact on the environment, highlighting the complexity of the interactions involved. Studying the biology of viruses and the etiology of virus disease is crucial to the prevention of viral disease, efficient and reliable virus diagnosis, and virus control. Electron microscopy (EM) is an essential tool in the detection and analysis of virus replication. New EM methods and ongoing technical improvements offer a broad spectrum of applications, allowing in-depth investigation of viral impact on not only the host but also the environment. Indeed, using the most up-to-date electron cryomicroscopy methods, such investigations are now close to atomic resolution. In combination with bioinformatics, the transition from 2D imaging to 3D remodeling allows structural and functional analyses that extend and augment our knowledge of the astonishing diversity in virus structure and lifestyle. In combination with confocal laser scanning microscopy, EM enables live imaging of cells and tissues with high-resolution analysis. Here, we describe the pivotal role played by EM in the study of viruses, from structural analysis to the biological relevance of the viral metagenome (virome).
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- Katja R Richert-Pöggeler
- Federal Research Center for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Julius Kühn Institute, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Infectiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany
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- Electron Microscopy Facility, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Biological Control, Julius Kühn Institute, Darmstadt, Germany
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Kim DN, Sanbonmatsu KY. Tools for the cryo-EM gold rush: going from the cryo-EM map to the atomistic model. Biosci Rep 2017; 37:BSR20170072. [PMID: 28963369 DOI: 10.1042/BSR20170072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2017] [Revised: 09/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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As cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) enters mainstream structural biology, the demand for fitting methods is high. Here, we review existing flexible fitting methods for cryo-EM. We discuss their importance, potential concerns and assessment strategies. We aim to give readers concrete descriptions of cryo-EM flexible fitting methods with corresponding examples.
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Protein complexes of the Type II AAA+ (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities) family are typically hexamers of 80–150 kDa protomers that harbor two AAA+ ATPase domains. They form double ring assemblies flanked by associated domains, which can be N-terminal, intercalated or C-terminal to the ATPase domains. Most prominent members of this family include NSF (N-ethyl-maleimide sensitive factor), p97/VCP (valosin-containing protein), the Pex1/Pex6 complex and Hsp104 in eukaryotes and ClpB in bacteria. Tremendous efforts have been undertaken to understand the conformational dynamics of protein remodeling type II AAA+ complexes. A uniform mode of action has not been derived from these works. This review focuses on p97/VCP and the Pex1/6 complex, which both structurally remodel ubiquitinated substrate proteins. P97/VCP plays a role in many processes, including ER- associated protein degradation, and the Pex1/Pex6 complex dislocates and recycles the transport receptor Pex5 from the peroxisomal membrane during peroxisomal protein import. We give an introduction into existing knowledge about the biochemical and cellular activities of the complexes before discussing structural information. We particularly emphasize recent electron microscopy structures of the two AAA+ complexes and summarize their structural differences.
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- Paul Saffert
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of PotsdamPotsdam, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of TorontoToronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of PotsdamPotsdam, Germany
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Oot RA, Couoh-Cardel S, Sharma S, Stam NJ, Wilkens S. Breaking up and making up: The secret life of the vacuolar H + -ATPase. Protein Sci 2017; 26:896-909. [PMID: 28247968 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase; V1 Vo -ATPase) is a large multisubunit proton pump found in the endomembrane system of all eukaryotic cells where it acidifies the lumen of subcellular organelles including lysosomes, endosomes, the Golgi apparatus, and clathrin-coated vesicles. V-ATPase function is essential for pH and ion homeostasis, protein trafficking, endocytosis, mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR), and Notch signaling, as well as hormone secretion and neurotransmitter release. V-ATPase can also be found in the plasma membrane of polarized animal cells where its proton pumping function is involved in bone remodeling, urine acidification, and sperm maturation. Aberrant (hypo or hyper) activity has been associated with numerous human diseases and the V-ATPase has therefore been recognized as a potential drug target. Recent progress with moderate to high-resolution structure determination by cryo electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography together with sophisticated single-molecule and biochemical experiments have provided a detailed picture of the structure and unique mode of regulation of the V-ATPase. This review summarizes the recent advances, focusing on the structural and biophysical aspects of the field.
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- Rebecca A Oot
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, 13210
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Orlov I, Myasnikov AG, Andronov L, Natchiar SK, Khatter H, Beinsteiner B, Ménétret JF, Hazemann I, Mohideen K, Tazibt K, Tabaroni R, Kratzat H, Djabeur N, Bruxelles T, Raivoniaina F, Pompeo LD, Torchy M, Billas I, Urzhumtsev A, Klaholz BP. The integrative role of cryo electron microscopy in molecular and cellular structural biology. Biol Cell 2016; 109:81-93. [PMID: 27730650 DOI: 10.1111/boc.201600042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 10/04/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
After gradually moving away from preparation methods prone to artefacts such as plastic embedding and negative staining for cell sections and single particles, the field of cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is now heading off at unprecedented speed towards high-resolution analysis of biological objects of various sizes. This 'revolution in resolution' is happening largely thanks to new developments of new-generation cameras used for recording the images in the cryo electron microscope which have much increased sensitivity being based on complementary metal oxide semiconductor devices. Combined with advanced image processing and 3D reconstruction, the cryo-EM analysis of nucleoprotein complexes can provide unprecedented insights at molecular and atomic levels and address regulatory mechanisms in the cell. These advances reinforce the integrative role of cryo-EM in synergy with other methods such as X-ray crystallography, fluorescence imaging or focussed-ion beam milling as exemplified here by some recent studies from our laboratory on ribosomes, viruses, chromatin and nuclear receptors. Such multi-scale and multi-resolution approaches allow integrating molecular and cellular levels when applied to purified or in situ macromolecular complexes, thus illustrating the trend of the field towards cellular structural biology.
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- Igor Orlov
- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre for Integrative Biology (CBI), Department of Integrated Structural Biology, IGBMC (Institute of Genetics and of Molecular and Cellular Biology), Illkirch, France.,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7104, Illkirch, France.,Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U964, Illkirch, France.,Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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Samsó M. A guide to the 3D structure of the ryanodine receptor type 1 by cryoEM. Protein Sci 2016; 26:52-68. [PMID: 27671094 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2016] [Revised: 09/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Signal transduction by the ryanodine receptor (RyR) is essential in many excitable cells including all striated contractile cells and some types of neurons. While its transmembrane domain is a classic tetrameric, six-transmembrane cation channel, the cytoplasmic domain is uniquely large and complex, hosting a multiplicity of specialized domains. The overall outline and substructure readily recognizable by electron microscopy make RyR a geometrically well-behaved specimen. Hence, for the last two decades, the 3D structural study of the RyR has tracked closely the technological advances in electron microscopy, cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), and computerized 3D reconstruction. This review summarizes the progress in the structural determination of RyR by cryoEM and, bearing in mind the leap in resolution provided by the recent implementation of direct electron detection, analyzes the first near-atomic structures of RyR. These reveal a complex orchestration of domains controlling the channel's function, and help to understand how this could break down as a consequence of disease-causing mutations.
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- Montserrat Samsó
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
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Lee S, Doerschuk PC, Johnson JE. Multiclass maximum-likelihood symmetry determination and motif reconstruction of 3-D helical objects from projection images for electron microscopy. IEEE Trans Image Process 2011; 20:1962-1976. [PMID: 21335314 PMCID: PMC3142268 DOI: 10.1109/tip.2011.2107329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
Abstract
Many micro- to nano-scale 3-D biological objects have a helical symmetry. Cryo electron microscopy provides 2-D projection images where, however, the images have low SNR and unknown projection directions. The object is described as a helical array of identical motifs, where both the parameters of the helical symmetry and the motif are unknown. Using a detailed image formation model, a maximum-likelihood estimator for the parameters of the symmetry and the 3-D motif based on images of many objects and algorithms for computing the estimate are described. The possibility that the objects are not identical but rather come from a small set of homogeneous classes is included. The first example is based on 316 128 × 100 pixel experimental images of Tobacco Mosaic Virus, has one class, and achieves 12.40-Å spatial resolution in the reconstruction. The second example is based on 400 128 × 128 pixel synthetic images of helical objects constructed from NaK ion channel pore macromolecular complexes, has two classes differing in helical symmetry, and achieves 7.84- and 7.90-Å spatial resolution in the reconstructions for the two classes.
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- Seunghee Lee
- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
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Beck M, Topf M, Frazier Z, Tjong H, Xu M, Zhang S, Alber F. Exploring the spatial and temporal organization of a cell's proteome. J Struct Biol 2011; 173:483-96. [PMID: 21094684 PMCID: PMC3784337 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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] [Received: 06/06/2010] [Revised: 11/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
To increase our current understanding of cellular processes, such as cell signaling and division, knowledge is needed about the spatial and temporal organization of the proteome at different organizational levels. These levels cover a wide range of length and time scales: from the atomic structures of macromolecules for inferring their molecular function, to the quantitative description of their abundance, and spatial distribution in the cell. Emerging new experimental technologies are greatly increasing the availability of such spatial information on the molecular organization in living cells. This review addresses three fields that have significantly contributed to our understanding of the proteome's spatial and temporal organization: first, methods for the structure determination of individual macromolecular assemblies, specifically the fitting of atomic structures into density maps generated from electron microscopy techniques; second, research that visualizes the spatial distributions of these complexes within the cellular context using cryo electron tomography techniques combined with computational image processing; and third, methods for the spatial modeling of the dynamic organization of the proteome, specifically those methods for simulating reaction and diffusion of proteins and complexes in crowded intracellular fluids. The long-term goal is to integrate the varied data about a proteome's organization into a spatially explicit, predictive model of cellular processes.
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- Martin Beck
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Meyerhofstr. 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology, Crystallography, Department of Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK
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- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, 1050 Childs Way, RRI 413E, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, 1050 Childs Way, RRI 413E, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, 1050 Childs Way, RRI 413E, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, 1050 Childs Way, RRI 413E, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, 1050 Childs Way, RRI 413E, Los Angeles, CA 90068, USA
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