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Payá G, Bautista V, Pastor-Soler S, Camacho M, Esclapez J, Bonete MJ. Analysis of Lsm Protein-Mediated Regulation in the Haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:580. [PMID: 38203750 PMCID: PMC10779274 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25010580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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The Sm protein superfamily includes Sm, like-Sm (Lsm), and Hfq found in the Eukarya, Archaea, and Bacteria domains. Archaeal Lsm proteins have been shown to bind sRNAs and are probably involved in various cellular processes, suggesting a similar function in regulating sRNAs by Hfq in bacteria. Moreover, archaeal Lsm proteins probably represent the ancestral Lsm domain from which eukaryotic Sm proteins have evolved. In this work, Haloferax mediterranei was used as a model organism because it has been widely used to investigate the nitrogen cycle and its regulation in Haloarchaea. Predicting this protein's secondary and tertiary structures has resulted in a three-dimensional model like the solved Lsm protein structure of Archaeoglobus fulgidus. To obtain information on the oligomerization state of the protein, homologous overexpression and purification by means of molecular exclusion chromatography have been performed. The results show that this protein can form hexameric complexes, which can aggregate into 6 or 12 hexameric rings depending on the NaCl concentration and without RNA. In addition, the study of transcriptional expression via microarrays has allowed us to obtain the target genes regulated by the Lsm protein under nutritional stress conditions: nitrogen or carbon starvation. Microarray analysis has shown the first universal stress proteins (USP) in this microorganism that mediate survival in situations of nitrogen deficiency.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Alicante, Ap 99, 03080 Alicante, Spain; (G.P.); (V.B.); (S.P.-S.); (M.C.); (J.E.)
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Nucleic acid recognition and antiviral activity of 1,4-substituted terphenyl compounds mimicking all faces of the HIV-1 Rev protein positively-charged α-helix. Sci Rep 2020; 10:7190. [PMID: 32346097 PMCID: PMC7188855 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64120-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Small synthetic molecules mimicking the three-dimensional structure of α-helices may find applications as inhibitors of therapeutically relevant protein-protein and protein-nucleic acid interactions. However, the design and use of multi-facial helix mimetics remains in its infancy. Here we describe the synthesis and application of novel bilaterally substituted p-terphenyl compounds containing positively-charged aminoalkyl groups in relative 1,4 positions across the aromatic scaffold. These compounds were specifically designed to mimic all faces of the arginine-rich α-helix of the HIV-1 protein Rev, which forms deeply embedded RNA complexes and plays key roles in the virus replication cycle. Two of these molecules recognized the Rev site in the viral RNA and inhibited the formation of the RRE-Rev ribonucleoprotein complex, a currently unexploited target in HIV chemotherapy. Cellular assays revealed that the most active compounds blocked HIV-1 replication with little toxicity, and likely exerted this effect through a multi-target mechanism involving inhibition of viral LTR promoter-dependent transcription and Rev function. Further development of this scaffold may open new avenues for targeting nucleic acids and may complement current HIV therapies, none of which involve inhibitors interfering with the gene regulation processes of the virus.
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Intrinsically disordered proteins of viruses: Involvement in the mechanism of cell regulation and pathogenesis. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE 2020; 174:1-78. [PMID: 32828463 PMCID: PMC7129803 DOI: 10.1016/bs.pmbts.2020.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) possess the property of inherent flexibility and can be distinguished from other proteins in terms of lack of any fixed structure. Such dynamic behavior of IDPs earned the name "Dancing Proteins." The exploration of these dancing proteins in viruses has just started and crucial details such as correlation of rapid evolution, high rate of mutation and accumulation of disordered contents in viral proteome at least understood partially. In order to gain a complete understanding of this correlation, there is a need to decipher the complexity of viral mediated cell hijacking and pathogenesis in the host organism. Further there is necessity to identify the specific patterns within viral and host IDPs such as aggregation; Molecular recognition features (MoRFs) and their association to virulence, host range and rate of evolution of viruses in order to tackle the viral-mediated diseases. The current book chapter summarizes the aforementioned details and suggests the novel opportunities for further research of IDPs senses in viruses.
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Hess S. A Universal HPLC-MS Method to Determine the Stereochemistry of Common and Unusual Amino Acids. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2030:263-275. [PMID: 31347124 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-9639-1_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The determination of the stereochemistry of common and unusual amino acids is important in food chemistry, archeology, medicine, and life sciences including such diverse areas as marine biology and extraterrestrial chemistry and has greatly contributed to our current knowledge in these fields.To determine the stereochemistry of amino acids, many chromatographic methods have been developed and refined over the last decades. Here we describe a state-of-the-art indirect chromatography-based LC-MS method. Diastereomers were formed from amino acids that were reacted with chiral derivatizing agents such as Marfey's reagent (FDAA), GITC, S-NIFE, and OPA-IBLC and separated on a reversed phase column using mass spectrometry compatible buffers.
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- Sonja Hess
- PEL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. .,Dynamic Omics, Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering, AstraZeneca, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
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Prado S, Beltrán M, Moreno Á, Bedoya LM, Alcamí J, Gallego J. A small-molecule inhibitor of HIV-1 Rev function detected by a diversity screen based on RRE-Rev interference. Biochem Pharmacol 2018; 156:68-77. [PMID: 30071201 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2018.07.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Rev protein of HIV-1 binds to the Rev Recognition Element (RRE) in the virus RNA to promote nuclear export of unspliced and partially spliced transcripts, an essential step in the virus transmission cycle. Here, we describe the screening of a library of chemically diverse compounds with an assay based on monitoring the interaction between the RNA-binding α-helix of Rev and its high-affinity binding site in the RRE. This screen allowed the identification of a benzofluorenone compound that inhibited the formation of the full-length RRE-Rev ribonucleoprotein by associating to the RRE, and blocked HIV-1 transcription and Rev action in cells. This molecule, previously studied as a cytostatic agent, had substantial antiretroviral activity. Together with other screening hits, it provides a new chemical scaffold for the development of antiretroviral agents based on blockage of HIV-1 RNA biogenesis.
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- Silvia Prado
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain; Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain.
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Wickner RB, Kryndushkin D, Shewmaker F, McGlinchey R, Edskes HK. Study of Amyloids Using Yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2018; 1779:313-339. [PMID: 29886541 PMCID: PMC7337124 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7816-8_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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We detail some of the genetic, biochemical, and physical methods useful in studying amyloids in yeast, particularly the yeast prions. These methods include cytoduction (cytoplasmic mixing), infection of cells with prion amyloids, use of green fluorescent protein fusions with amyloid-forming proteins for cytology, protein purification and amyloid formation, and electron microscopy of filaments.
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- Reed B. Wickner
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830,Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Dept. of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Insititutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830
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Habenstein B, Loquet A. Solid-state NMR: An emerging technique in structural biology of self-assemblies. Biophys Chem 2016; 210:14-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2015.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Prado S, Beltrán M, Coiras M, Bedoya LM, Alcamí J, Gallego J. Bioavailable inhibitors of HIV-1 RNA biogenesis identified through a Rev-based screen. Biochem Pharmacol 2016; 107:14-28. [PMID: 26896646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2016.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2015] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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New antiretroviral agents with alternative mechanisms are needed to complement the combination therapies used to treat HIV-1 infections. Here we report the identification of bioavailable molecules that interfere with the gene expression processes of HIV-1. The compounds were detected by screening a small library of FDA-approved drugs with an assay based on measuring the displacement of Rev, and essential virus-encoded protein, from its high-affinity RNA binding site. The antiretroviral activity of two hits was based on interference with post-integration steps of the HIV-1 cycle. Both hits inhibited RRE-Rev complex formation in vitro, and blocked LTR-dependent gene expression and viral transcription in cellular assays. The best compound altered the splicing pattern of HIV-1 transcripts in a manner consistent with Rev inhibition. This mechanism of action is different from those used by current antiretroviral agents. The screening hits recognized the Rev binding site in the viral RNA, and the best compound did so with substantial selectivity, allowing the identification of a new RNA-binding scaffold. These results may be used for developing novel antiretroviral drugs.
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- Silvia Prado
- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain; Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Plaza Ramón y Cajal s/n, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo km 2, 28220 Majadahonda, Spain.
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Católica de Valencia, C/Quevedo 2, 46001 Valencia, Spain.
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Faust O, Bigman L, Friedler A. A role of disordered domains in regulating protein oligomerization and stability. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 50:10797-800. [PMID: 25054624 DOI: 10.1039/c4cc03863k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) or regions (IDRs) in proteins hold many functions but their biological roles are still not fully understood. Here we describe a new role of such regions. Using the HIV-1 Rev protein, we show that disordered domains have a role in maintaining the correct oligomeric state and the thermodynamic stability of proteins.
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- Ofrah Faust
- Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram 91904, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Quinn CM, Lu M, Suiter CL, Hou G, Zhang H, Polenova T. Magic angle spinning NMR of viruses. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2015; 86-87:21-40. [PMID: 25919197 PMCID: PMC4413014 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/08/2015] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Viruses, relatively simple pathogens, are able to replicate in many living organisms and to adapt to various environments. Conventional atomic-resolution structural biology techniques, X-ray crystallography and solution NMR spectroscopy provided abundant information on the structures of individual proteins and nucleic acids comprising viruses; however, viral assemblies are not amenable to analysis by these techniques because of their large size, insolubility, and inherent lack of long-range order. In this article, we review the recent advances in magic angle spinning NMR spectroscopy that enabled atomic-resolution analysis of structure and dynamics of large viral systems and give examples of several exciting case studies.
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- Caitlin M Quinn
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States; Pittsburgh Center for HIV Protein Interactions, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1051 Biomedical Science Tower 3, 3501 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, United States.
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Wang S, Ladizhansky V. Recent advances in magic angle spinning solid state NMR of membrane proteins. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2014; 82:1-26. [PMID: 25444696 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2014.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2014] [Revised: 07/16/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Membrane proteins mediate many critical functions in cells. Determining their three-dimensional structures in the native lipid environment has been one of the main objectives in structural biology. There are two major NMR methodologies that allow this objective to be accomplished. Oriented sample NMR, which can be applied to membrane proteins that are uniformly aligned in the magnetic field, has been successful in determining the backbone structures of a handful of membrane proteins. Owing to methodological and technological developments, Magic Angle Spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy has emerged as another major technique for the complete characterization of the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins. First developed on peptides and small microcrystalline proteins, MAS ssNMR has recently been successfully applied to large membrane proteins. In this review we describe recent progress in MAS ssNMR methodologies, which are now available for studies of membrane protein structure determination, and outline a few examples, which highlight the broad capability of ssNMR spectroscopy.
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- Shenlin Wang
- Beijing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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- Department of Physics, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada; Biophysics Interdepartmental Group, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road East, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Xue B, Blocquel D, Habchi J, Uversky AV, Kurgan L, Uversky VN, Longhi S. Structural disorder in viral proteins. Chem Rev 2014; 114:6880-911. [PMID: 24823319 DOI: 10.1021/cr4005692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Bin Xue
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, College of Fine Arts and Sciences, and ‡Department of Molecular Medicine and USF Health Byrd Alzheimer's Research Institute, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Solid-state NMR spectroscopy proved to be a versatile tool for characterization of structure and dynamics of complex biochemical systems. In particular, magic angle spinning (MAS) solid-state NMR came to maturity for application towards structural elucidation of biological macromolecules. Current challenges in applying solid-state NMR as well as progress achieved recently will be discussed in the following chapter focusing on conceptual aspects important for structural elucidation of proteins.
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- Henrik Müller
- Institute of Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-University of Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Hoffmann D, Schwarck D, Banning C, Brenner M, Mariyanna L, Krepstakies M, Schindler M, Millar DP, Hauber J. Formation of trans-activation competent HIV-1 Rev:RRE complexes requires the recruitment of multiple protein activation domains. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38305. [PMID: 22675540 PMCID: PMC3366918 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 Rev trans-activator is a nucleocytoplasmic shuttle protein that is essential for virus replication. Rev directly binds to unspliced and incompletely spliced viral RNA via the cis-acting Rev Response Element (RRE) sequence. Subsequently, Rev oligomerizes cooperatively and interacts with the cellular nuclear export receptor CRM1. In addition to mediating nuclear RNA export, Rev also affects the stability, translation and packaging of Rev-bound viral transcripts. Although it is established that Rev function requires the multimeric assembly of Rev molecules on the RRE, relatively little is known about how many Rev monomers are sufficient to form a trans-activation competent Rev:RRE complex, or which specific activity of Rev is affected by its oligomerization. We here analyzed by functional studies how homooligomer formation of Rev affects the trans-activation capacity of this essential HIV-1 regulatory protein. In a gain-of-function approach, we fused various heterologous dimerization domains to an otherwise oligomerization-defective Rev mutant and were able to demonstrate that oligomerization of Rev is not required per se for the nuclear export of this viral trans-activator. In contrast, however, the formation of Rev oligomers on the RRE is a precondition to trans-activation by directly affecting the nuclear export of Rev-regulated mRNA. Moreover, experimental evidence is provided showing that at least two protein activation domains are required for the formation of trans-activation competent Rev:RRE complexes. The presented data further refine the model of Rev trans-activation by directly demonstrating that Rev oligomerization on the RRE, thereby recruiting at least two protein activation domains, is required for nuclear export of unspliced and incompletely spliced viral RNA.
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- Dirk Hoffmann
- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical and Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Heinrich Pette Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany
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Hess S. A universal HPLC-MS method to determine the stereochemistry of common and unusual amino acids. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 828:63-75. [PMID: 22125137 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-445-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The determination of the stereochemistry of common and unusual amino acids is important in food chemistry, archeology, medicine, and life sciences, including such diverse areas as marine biology and extraterrestrial chemistry and has greatly contributed to our current knowledge in these fields.To determine the stereochemistry of amino acids, many chromatographic methods have been developed and refined over the last decades. Here, we describe a state-of-the-art indirect chromatography-based LC-MS method. Diastereomers were formed from amino acids that were reacted with chiral derivatizing agents, such as Marfey's reagent (FDAA), GITC, S-NIFE, and OPA-IBLC and separated on a reversed phase column using mass spectrometry compatible buffers.
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- Sonja Hess
- Proteome Exploration Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, BI 211, MC139-74, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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We detail some of the genetic, biochemical, and physical methods useful in studying amyloids in yeast, particularly the yeast prions. These methods include cytoduction (cytoplasmic mixing), infection of cells with prion amyloids, use of green fluorescent protein fusions with amyloid-forming proteins for cytology, protein purification and amyloid formation, and electron microscopy of filaments.
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Edgcomb SP, Carmel AB, Naji S, Ambrus-Aikelin G, Reyes JR, Saphire ACS, Gerace L, Williamson JR. DDX1 is an RNA-dependent ATPase involved in HIV-1 Rev function and virus replication. J Mol Biol 2011; 415:61-74. [PMID: 22051512 PMCID: PMC3249508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Revised: 10/18/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Rev protein is essential for the virus because it promotes nuclear export of alternatively processed mRNAs, and Rev is also linked to translation of viral mRNAs and genome encapsidation. Previously, the human DEAD-box helicase DDX1 was suggested to be involved in Rev functions, but this relationship is not well understood. Biochemical studies of DDX1 and its interactions with Rev and model RNA oligonucleotides were carried out to investigate the molecular basis for association of these components. A combination of gel-filtration chromatography and circular dichroism spectroscopy demonstrated that recombinant DDX1 expressed in Escherichia coli is a well-behaved folded protein. Binding assays using fluorescently labeled Rev and cell-based immunoprecipitation analysis confirmed a specific RNA-independent DDX1–Rev interaction. Additionally, DDX1 was shown to be an RNA-activated ATPase, wherein Rev-bound RNA was equally effective at stimulating ATPase activity as protein-free RNA. Gel mobility shift assays further demonstrated that DDX1 forms complexes with Rev-bound RNA. RNA silencing of DDX1 provided strong evidence that DDX1 is required for both Rev activity and HIV production from infected cells. Collectively, these studies demonstrate a clear link between DDX1 and HIV-1 Rev in cell-based assays of HIV-1 production and provide the first demonstration that recombinant DDX1 binds Rev and RNA and has RNA-dependent catalytic activity.
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- Stephen P Edgcomb
- Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Kryndushkin DS, Wickner RB, Tycko R. The core of Ure2p prion fibrils is formed by the N-terminal segment in a parallel cross-β structure: evidence from solid-state NMR. J Mol Biol 2011; 409:263-77. [PMID: 21497604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2010] [Revised: 03/25/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Intracellular fibril formation by Ure2p produces the non-Mendelian genetic element [URE3] in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, making Ure2p a prion protein. We show that solid-state NMR spectra of full-length Ure2p fibrils, seeded with infectious prions from a specific [URE3] strain and labeled with uniformly (15)N-(13)C-enriched Ile, include strong, sharp signals from Ile residues in the globular C-terminal domain (CTD) with both helical and nonhelical (13)C chemical shifts. Treatment with proteinase K eliminates these CTD signals, leaving only nonhelical signals from the Gln-rich and Asn-rich N-terminal segment, which are also observed in the solid-state NMR spectra of Ile-labeled fibrils formed by residues 1-89 of Ure2p. Thus, the N-terminal segment, or "prion domain" (PD), forms the fibril core, while CTD units are located outside the core. We additionally show that, after proteinase K treatment, Ile-labeled Ure2p fibrils formed without prion seeding exhibit a broader set of solid-state NMR signals than do prion-seeded fibrils, consistent with the idea that structural variations within the PD core account for prion strains. Measurements of (13)C-(13)C magnetic dipole-dipole couplings among (13)C-labeled Ile carbonyl sites in full-length Ure2p fibrils support an in-register parallel β-sheet structure for the PD core of Ure2p fibrils. Finally, we show that a model in which CTD units are attached rigidly to the parallel β-sheet core is consistent with steric constraints.
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- Dmitry S Kryndushkin
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Vercruysse T, Pawar S, De Borggraeve W, Pardon E, Pavlakis GN, Pannecouque C, Steyaert J, Balzarini J, Daelemans D. Measuring cooperative Rev protein-protein interactions on Rev responsive RNA by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. RNA Biol 2011; 8:316-24. [PMID: 21358282 DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.2.13782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The export of viral RNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm of the cellular host is a crucial step in the life cycle of HIV-1 that is mediated by the viral Rev protein. One aspect of the Rev function, its multimerization, is still unexplored as a target for antiviral therapy. This is partly due to the lack of a fast and solid system to measure Rev multimerization. We have developed a high throughput in vitro Rev multimerization assay based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in which real-time Rev-Rev interactions can be measured both in the absence and the presence of Rev specific RRE RNA. Well-characterized Rev multimerization deficient mutants showed reduced FRET as well as unlabeled Rev molecules were able to inhibit the FRET signal demonstrating the specificity of the assay. Upon multimerization along RRE RNA the FRET signal significantly increased but dropped again at equimolar Rev/RRE ratios suggesting that in this condition most Rev molecules are bound as monomers to the RRE. Furthermore, using this assay, we demonstrate that a previously selected llama heavy-chain only antibody was shown to not only prevent the development of Rev multimers but also disassemble the already formed complexes confirming the dynamic nature of the Rev-Rev interactions. The in vitro FRET based multimerization assay facilitates the further study of the basic mechanism of cooperative Rev multimerization along the RRE and is also widely applicable to study the assembly of other functional complexes involving protein homo-multimerization or cooperative protein-protein interactions on RNA or DNA.
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- Thomas Vercruysse
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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HIV Rev response element (RRE) directs assembly of the Rev homooligomer into discrete asymmetric complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:12481-6. [PMID: 20616058 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007022107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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RNA is a crucial structural component of many ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes, including the ribosome, spliceosome, and signal recognition particle, but the role of RNA in guiding complex formation is only beginning to be explored. In the case of HIV, viral replication requires assembly of an RNP composed of the Rev protein homooligomer and the Rev response element (RRE) RNA to mediate nuclear export of unspliced viral mRNAs. Assembly of the functional Rev-RRE complex proceeds by cooperative oligomerization of Rev on the RRE scaffold and utilizes both protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions to organize complexes with high specificity. The structures of the Rev protein and a peptide-RNA complex are known, but the complete RNP is not, making it unclear to what extent RNA defines the composition and architecture of Rev-RNA complexes. Here we show that the RRE controls the oligomeric state and solubility of Rev and guides its assembly into discrete Rev-RNA complexes. SAXS and EM data were used to derive a structural model of a Rev dimer bound to an essential RRE hairpin and to visualize the complete Rev-RRE RNP, demonstrating that RRE binding drives assembly of Rev homooligomers into asymmetric particles, reminiscent of the role of RNA in organizing more complex RNP machines, such as the ribosome, composed of many different protein subunits. Thus, the RRE is not simply a passive scaffold onto which proteins bind but instead actively defines the protein composition and organization of the RNP.
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Thurber KR, Yau WM, Tycko R. Low-temperature dynamic nuclear polarization at 9.4 T with a 30 mW microwave source. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2010; 204:303-13. [PMID: 20392658 PMCID: PMC2874615 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2010.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/18/2010] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) can provide large signal enhancements in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) by transfer of polarization from electron spins to nuclear spins. We discuss several aspects of DNP experiments at 9.4 T (400 MHz resonant frequency for (1)H, 264 GHz for electron spins in organic radicals) in the 7-80K temperature range, using a 30 mW, frequency-tunable microwave source and a quasi-optical microwave bridge for polarization control and low-loss microwave transmission. In experiments on frozen glycerol/water doped with nitroxide radicals, DNP signal enhancements up to a factor of 80 are observed (relative to (1)H NMR signals with thermal equilibrium spin polarization). The largest sensitivity enhancements are observed with a new triradical dopant, DOTOPA-TEMPO. Field modulation with a 10 G root-mean-squared amplitude during DNP increases the nuclear spin polarizations by up to 135%. Dependencies of (1)H NMR signal amplitudes, nuclear spin relaxation times, and DNP build-up times on the dopant and its concentration, temperature, microwave power, and modulation frequency are reported and discussed. The benefits of low-temperature DNP can be dramatic: the (1)H spin polarization is increased approximately 1000-fold at 7 K with DNP, relative to thermal polarization at 80K.
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- Kent R. Thurber
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520
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Vercruysse T, Pardon E, Vanstreels E, Steyaert J, Daelemans D. An intrabody based on a llama single-domain antibody targeting the N-terminal alpha-helical multimerization domain of HIV-1 rev prevents viral production. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:21768-80. [PMID: 20406803 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.112490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1)-encoded Rev protein is essential for the expression of late viral mRNAs. Rev forms a large organized multimeric protein-protein complex on the Rev response element of these viral mRNA species and transports them from the nucleus to the cytoplasm, exploiting the CRM1-mediated cellular machinery. Here we report the selection of a nanobody, derived from a llama heavy-chain only antibody, that efficiently blocks the assembly of Rev multimers. The nanobody inhibits HIV-1 replication in cells and specifically suppresses the Rev-dependent expression of partially spliced and unspliced HIV-1 RNA. In HIV-susceptible cells, this nanobody thus has potential as an effective anti-HIV agent using genetic immunization strategies. Its binding site was mapped to Rev residues Lys-20 and Tyr-23 located in the N-terminal alpha-helical multimerization domain. In the presence of this nanobody, we observed an accumulation of dimeric Rev species, supporting a head-to-head/tail-to-tail molecular model for Rev assembly. The results indicate that the oligomeric assembly of Rev follows an ordered stepwise process and identify a new epitope within Rev that could guide strategies for the development of novel HIV inhibitors.
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- Thomas Vercruysse
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Implications of the HIV-1 Rev dimer structure at 3.2 A resolution for multimeric binding to the Rev response element. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:5810-4. [PMID: 20231488 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914946107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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HIV-1 Rev is a small regulatory protein that mediates the nuclear export of viral mRNAs, an essential step in the HIV replication cycle. In this process Rev oligomerizes in association with a highly structured RNA motif, the Rev response element. Crystallographic studies of Rev have been hampered by the protein's tendency to aggregate, but Rev has now been found to form a stable soluble equimolar complex with a specifically engineered monoclonal Fab fragment. We have determined the structure of this complex at 3.2 A resolution. It reveals a molecular dimer of Rev, bound on either side by a Fab, where the ordered portion of each Rev monomer (residues 9-65) contains two coplanar alpha-helices arranged in hairpin fashion. Subunits dimerize through overlapping of the hairpin prongs. Mating of hydrophobic patches on the outer surface of the dimer is likely to promote higher order interactions, suggesting a model for Rev oligomerization onto the viral RNA.
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Hu KN, Havlin RH, Yau WM, Tycko R. Quantitative determination of site-specific conformational distributions in an unfolded protein by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance. J Mol Biol 2009; 392:1055-73. [PMID: 19647001 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.07.073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2009] [Revised: 06/27/2009] [Accepted: 07/25/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques are used to investigate the structure of the 35-residue villin headpiece subdomain (HP35) in folded, partially denatured, and fully denatured states. Experiments are carried out in frozen glycerol/water solutions, with chemical denaturation by guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl). Without GdnHCl, two-dimensional solid-state (13)C NMR spectra of samples prepared with uniform (13)C labeling of selected residues show relatively sharp cross-peaks at chemical shifts that are consistent with the known three-helix bundle structure of folded HP35. At high GdnHCl concentrations, most cross-peaks broaden and shift, qualitatively indicating disruption of the folded structure and development of static conformational disorder in the frozen denatured state. Conformational distributions at one residue in each helical segment are probed quantitatively with three solid-state NMR techniques that provide independent constraints on backbone varphi and psi torsion angles in samples with sequential pairs of carbonyl (13)C labels. Without GdnHCl, the combined data are well fit by alpha-helical conformations. At [GdnHCl]=4.5 M, corresponding to the approximate denaturation midpoint, the combined data are well fit by a combination of alpha-helical and partially extended conformations at each site, but with a site-dependent population ratio. At [GdnHCl]=7.0 M, corresponding to the fully denatured state, the combined data are well fit by a combination of partially extended and polyproline II conformations, again with a site-dependent population ratio. Two entirely different models for conformational distributions lead to nearly the same best-fit distributions, demonstrating the robustness of these conclusions. This work represents the first quantitative investigation of site-specific conformational distributions in partially folded and unfolded states of a protein by solid-state NMR.
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- Kan-Nian Hu
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 5, Room 112, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520, USA
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Pallesen J, Dong M, Besenbacher F, Kjems J. Structure of the HIV-1 Rev response element alone and in complex with regulator of virion (Rev) studied by atomic force microscopy. FEBS J 2009; 276:4223-32. [PMID: 19583776 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07130.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The interaction of multiple HIV-1 regulator of virion (Rev) proteins with the viral RNA target, the Rev response element (RRE), is critical for nuclear export of incompletely spliced and unspliced viral RNA, and for the onset of the late phase in the viral replication cycle. The heterogeneity of the Rev-RRE complex has made it difficult to study using conventional structural methods. In the present study, atomic force microscopy is applied to directly visualize the tertiary structure of the RRE RNA alone and in complex with Rev proteins. The appearance of the RRE is compatible with the earlier proposed RRE secondary structure in dimensions and overall shape, including a stalk and a head interpreted as stem I, and stem-loops II-V in the secondary structure model, respectively. Atomic force microscopy imaging of the Rev-RRE complex revealed an increased height of the structure both in the stalk and head regions, which is in accordance with a binding model in which Rev binding to a high affinity site in stem IIB triggers oligomerization of Rev proteins through cooperative binding along stem I in RRE. The present study demonstrates that atomic force microscopy comprises a useful technique to study complex biological structures of nucleic acids at high resolution.
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- Jesper Pallesen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), University of Aarhus, Denmark
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- Henrike Heise
- Institute for Physical Biology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Edgcomb SP, Aschrafi A, Kompfner E, Williamson JR, Gerace L, Hennig M. Protein structure and oligomerization are important for the formation of export-competent HIV-1 Rev-RRE complexes. Protein Sci 2008; 17:420-30. [PMID: 18218716 DOI: 10.1110/ps.073246608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The translation of the unspliced and partially spliced viral mRNAs that encode the late, structural proteins of HIV-1 depends on the viral-protein Rev. Oligomeric binding of Rev to the Rev response element (RRE) in these mRNAs promotes their export from the nucleus and thus controls their expression. Here, we compared the effects of hydrophobic to hydrophilic mutations within the oligomerization domain of Rev using assays for oligomeric RNA binding, protein structure, and export from the nucleus. Oligomeric RNA binding alone does not correlate well with RNA transport activity in the subset of mutants. However, protein structure as judged by CD spectroscopy does correlate well with Rev function. The oligomeric assembly of Rev-L18T is impaired but exhibits minor defects in structure and retains a basal level of activity in vivo. The prevalence of L18T in infected individuals suggests a positive selection mechanism for L18T modulation of Rev activity that may delay the onset of AIDS.
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- Stephen P Edgcomb
- Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Baxa U, Wickner RB, Steven AC, Anderson DE, Marekov LN, Yau WM, Tycko R. Characterization of β-Sheet Structure in Ure2p1-89 Yeast Prion Fibrils by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. Biochemistry 2007; 46:13149-62. [DOI: 10.1021/bi700826b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ulrich Baxa
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-8025, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0830, Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0810, and
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Havlin RH, Blanco FJ, Tycko R. Constraints on protein structure in HIV-1 Rev and Rev-RNA supramolecular assemblies from two-dimensional solid state nuclear magnetic resonance. Biochemistry 2007; 46:3586-93. [PMID: 17311419 DOI: 10.1021/bi0622928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The HIV-1 Rev protein is required for export of partially spliced and unspliced viral mRNA from nuclei of infected cells, and ultimately for viral replication. Rev is highly prone to aggregation, both in the absence and in the presence of the Rev responsive element (RRE) RNA to which it binds. As a result, the full molecular structures of Rev and Rev-RRE complexes are not known. We describe the results of transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) experiments on pure Rev filaments and coassemblies of Rev with a 45-base RNA sequence representing the high-affinity stem-loop IIB segment of the RRE. The morphologies of Rev filaments and Rev-RNA coassemblies are qualitatively different. Nonetheless, two-dimensional (2D) solid state 13C-13C NMR spectra of Rev filament and Rev-RNA coassembly samples, in which all Ile, Val, and Ala residues are uniformly labeled with 13C, are nearly indistinguishable, indicating that the protein conformation is essentially the same in the two types of supramolecular assemblies. Analysis of cross-peak patterns in the 2D spectra supports a previously developed helix-loop-helix structural model for the N-terminal half of Rev and shows that this model applies to both Rev filaments and Rev-RNA coassemblies. In addition, the 2D spectra suggest the presence of additional helix content at Ile and Val sites in the C-terminal half of Rev.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Gene Products, rev/chemistry
- Genes, env/genetics
- Microscopy, Atomic Force
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- RNA, Viral/chemistry
- rev Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
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- Robert H Havlin
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, USA
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Shewmaker F, Wickner RB, Tycko R. Amyloid of the prion domain of Sup35p has an in-register parallel beta-sheet structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:19754-9. [PMID: 17170131 PMCID: PMC1750918 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609638103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 260] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The [PSI(+)] prion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a self-propagating amyloid form of Sup35p, a subunit of the translation termination factor. Using solid-state NMR we have examined the structure of amyloid fibrils formed in vitro from purified recombinant Sup35(1-253), consisting of the glutamine- and asparagine-rich N-terminal 123-residue prion domain (N) and the adjacent 130-residue highly charged M domain. Measurements of magnetic dipole-dipole couplings among (13)C nuclei in a series of Sup35NM fibril samples, (13)C-labeled at backbone carbonyl sites of Tyr, Leu, or Phe residues or at side-chain methyl sites of Ala residues, indicate intermolecular (13)C-(13)C distances of approximately 0.5 nm for nearly all sites in the N domain. Certain sites in the M domain also exhibit intermolecular distances of approximately 0.5 nm. These results indicate that an in-register parallel beta-sheet structure underlies the [PSI(+)] prion phenomenon.
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- *Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics and
- To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
Laboratory of Biochemistry and Genetics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 8, Room 225, Bethesda, MD 20892-0830. E-mail:
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- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
- To whom correspondence may be addressed at:
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 5, Room 112, Bethesda, MD 20892-0520. E-mail:
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Bu Z, Shi Y, Callaway DJE, Tycko R. Molecular alignment within beta-sheets in Abeta(14-23) fibrils: solid-state NMR experiments and theoretical predictions. Biophys J 2006; 92:594-602. [PMID: 17056725 PMCID: PMC1751388 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.106.091017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report investigations of the molecular structure of amyloid fibrils formed by residues 14-23 of the beta-amyloid peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease (Abeta(14-23)), using solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques in conjunction with electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. The NMR measurements, which include two-dimensional proton-mediated (13)C-(13)C exchange and two-dimensional relayed proton-mediated (13)C-(13)C exchange spectra, show that Abeta(14-23) fibrils contain antiparallel beta-sheets with a registry of backbone hydrogen bonds that aligns residue 17+k of each peptide molecule with residue 22-k of neighboring molecules in the same beta-sheet. We compare these results, as well as previously reported experimental results for fibrils formed by other beta-amyloid fragments, with theoretical predictions of molecular alignment based on databases of residue-specific alignments in antiparallel beta-sheets in known protein structures. While the theoretical predictions are not in exact agreement with the experimental results, they facilitate the design of experiments by suggesting a small number of plausible alignments that are readily distinguished by solid-state NMR.
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- Zimei Bu
- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Tycko R. Characterization of amyloid structures at the molecular level by solid state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Methods Enzymol 2006; 413:103-22. [PMID: 17046393 PMCID: PMC1633711 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)13006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Solid state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is particularly useful in structural studies of amyloid fibrils because solid state NMR techniques have unique capabilities as site-specific, molecular-level structural probes of noncrystalline materials. These techniques provide experimental data that strongly constrain the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures of amyloid fibrils, permitting the development of experimentally based structural models. Examples of techniques that are applicable to amyloid samples prepared with isotopic labeling of specific sites and to samples prepared with uniform isotopic labeling of selected residues are presented, illustrating the utility of the various techniques and labeling schemes. Information regarding the preparation of amyloid samples for solid state NMR measurements is also included.
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- Robert Tycko
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 5, Room 112, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0520, e-mail: , phone: 301-402-8272, fax: 301-496-0825
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Arluison V, Mura C, Guzmán MR, Liquier J, Pellegrini O, Gingery M, Régnier P, Marco S. Three-dimensional structures of fibrillar Sm proteins: Hfq and other Sm-like proteins. J Mol Biol 2005; 356:86-96. [PMID: 16337963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2005] [Revised: 11/02/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hfq is a nucleic acid-binding protein that functions as a global regulator of gene expression by virtue of its interactions with several small, non-coding RNA species. Originally identified as an Escherichia coli host factor required for RNA phage Qbeta replication, Hfq is now known to post-transcriptionally regulate bacterial gene expression by modulating both mRNA stability and translational activity. Recently shown to be a member of the diverse Sm protein family, Hfq adopts the OB-like fold typical of other Sm and Sm-like (Lsm) proteins, and also assembles into toroidal homo-oligomers that bind single-stranded RNA. Similarities between the structures, functions, and evolution of Sm/Lsm proteins and Hfq are continually being discovered, and we now report an additional, unexpected biophysical property that is shared by Hfq and other Sm proteins: E.coli Hfq polymerizes into well-ordered fibres whose morphologies closely resemble those found for Sm-like archaeal proteins (SmAPs). However, the hierarchical assembly of these fibres is dissimilar: whereas SmAPs polymerize into polar tubes (and striated bundles of such tubes) by head-to-tail stacking of individual homo-heptamers, helical Hfq fibres are formed by cylindrical slab-like layers that consist of 36 subunits arranged as a hexamer of Hfq homo-hexamers (i.e. protofilaments in a 6 x 6 arrangement). The different fibrillar ultrastructures formed by Hfq and SmAP are presented and examined herein, with the overall goal of elucidating another similarity amongst the diverse members of the Sm protein family.
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- Véronique Arluison
- Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, CNRS UPR 9073 conventionnée avec l'université Paris 7, 13 rue P. et M. Curie, 75005 Paris, France.
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Castellani F, van Rossum BJ, Diehl A, Rehbein K, Oschkinat H. Determination of solid-state NMR structures of proteins by means of three-dimensional 15N-13C-13C dipolar correlation spectroscopy and chemical shift analysis. Biochemistry 2003; 42:11476-83. [PMID: 14516199 DOI: 10.1021/bi034903r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper, a three-dimensional (3D) NMR-based approach for the determination of the fold of moderately sized proteins by solid-state magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR is presented and applied to the alpha-spectrin SH3 domain. This methodology includes the measurement of multiple (13)C-(13)C distance restraints on biosynthetically site-directed (13)C-enriched samples, obtained by growing bacteria on [2-(13)C]glycerol and [1,3-(13)C]glycerol. 3D (15)N-(13)C-(13)C dipolar correlation experiments were applied to resolve overlap of signals, in particular in the region where backbone carbon-carbon correlations of the C(alpha)-C(alpha), CO-CO, C(alpha)-CO, and CO-C(alpha) type appear. Additional restraints for confining the structure were obtained from phi and psi backbone torsion angles of 29 residues derived from C(alpha), C(beta), CO, NH, and H(alpha) chemical shifts. Using both distance and angular restraints, a refined structure was calculated with a backbone root-mean-square deviation of 0.7 A with respect to the average structure.
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- Federica Castellani
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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Matsuki Y, Akutsu H, Fujiwara T. Band-selective recoupling of homonuclear double-quantum dipolar interaction with a generalized composite 0 degrees pulse: application to 13C aliphatic region-selective magnetization transfer in solids. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2003; 162:54-66. [PMID: 12762983 DOI: 10.1016/s1090-7807(02)00191-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Recoupling of homonuclear double quantum (DQ)-dipolar interactions is a useful technique for the structural analysis of molecules in solids. We have designed a series of elemental 0 degrees pulses for the recoupling sequences with the rf phase rotation about the z-axis, known as CN. The proposed 0 degrees pulses whose total flip angle >/=360 degrees provide spin rotation vectors in the xy-plane. Thus, the residual spin rotation can be canceled by rf phase rotation about the z-axis. An analysis by the coherent averaging theory showed that effective bandwidths of the recoupling sequences are limited not by the reduction in the dipolar scaling factor but by the increase in the residual spin rotation due to offset. A CN sequence with these elemental pulses provides an effective bandwidth of DQ-dipolar recoupling from ca. 0.5nu(R) to 4nu(R) for numerical simulations. Here, nu(R) is the sample spinning frequency. The 0 degrees pulses were applied to band-selective recoupling for the magnetization transfer in uniformly 13C-labeled molecules. Narrow-band recoupling enhances the magnetization transfer between spins within the effective range by decoupling the dipolar interactions between spins one of which is outside the range. The narrow band operation reduces rf field strength, which improves the CH decoupling. Increases in signal intensities by the use of the proposed 0 degrees pulses are experimentally shown for 13C-labeled amino acids.
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- Yoh Matsuki
- Division of Molecular Biophysics, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, 3-2 Yamadaoka, 565-0871, Suita, Japan
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Antzutkin ON, Balbach JJ, Tycko R. Site-specific identification of non-beta-strand conformations in Alzheimer's beta-amyloid fibrils by solid-state NMR. Biophys J 2003; 84:3326-35. [PMID: 12719262 PMCID: PMC1302893 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)70057-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The most well-established structural feature of amyloid fibrils is the cross-beta motif, an extended beta-sheet structure formed by beta-strands oriented perpendicular to the long fibril axis. Direct experimental identification of non-beta-strand conformations in amyloid fibrils has not been reported previously. Here we report the results of solid-state NMR measurements on amyloid fibrils formed by the 40-residue beta-amyloid peptide associated with Alzheimer's disease (Abeta(1-40)), prepared synthetically with pairs of (13)C labels at consecutive backbone carbonyl sites. The measurements probe the peptide backbone conformation in residues 24-30, a segment where a non-beta-strand conformation has been suggested by earlier sequence analysis, cross-linking experiments, and molecular modeling. Data obtained with the fpRFDR-CT, DQCSA, and 2D MAS exchange solid-state NMR techniques, which provide independent constraints on the phi and psi backbone torsion angles between the labeled carbonyl sites, indicate non-beta-strand conformations at G25, S26, and G29. These results represent the first site-specific identification and characterization of non-beta-strand peptide conformations in an amyloid fibril.
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- Oleg N Antzutkin
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
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Hess S, van Beek J, Pannell LK. Acid hydrolysis of silk fibroins and determination of the enrichment of isotopically labeled amino acids using precolumn derivatization and high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry. Anal Biochem 2002; 311:19-26. [PMID: 12441148 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-2697(02)00402-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Silk fibroins from moth larvae and spiders are composed of highly repetitive Ala- and Gly-rich blocks that determine their structure, properties, and function. To investigate the metabolic integration of isotopically labeled amino acids in the excreted silk, the enrichment of ingested tracers was determined after acid hydrolysis of the fibroins. Thus, spiders and moth larvae were fed with stable isotope tracers such as [1-13C]Ala or [1-13C]Gly and silked. After hydrolysis of the silk proteins, the corresponding amino acids were derivatized with Nalpha-(2,4-dinitro-5-fluorophenyl)-L-alaninamide (Marfey's reagent) and separated by liquid chromatography. The isotopical enrichment of the amino acids was determined by online electrospray mass spectrometry and calculated by newly developed software. Depending on the feeding protocol, enrichments of up to 58% in Gly and 31% in Ala were found in the investigated silks. The highly enriched silk fibroins are suitable for further structural investigation such as solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance.
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- Sonja Hess
- Structural Mass Spectrometry Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 8, Rm B2A27, Bethesda, MD 20892-0805, USA.
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Fang J, Kubota S, Pomerantz RJ. A trans-dominant negative HIV type 1 Rev with intact domains of NLS/NOS and NES. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2002; 18:705-9. [PMID: 12167277 DOI: 10.1089/088922202760072320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The nuclear diffusion inhibitory signal (NIS) is a 15-amino acid peptide motif (10-24; EDLLKAVRLIKFLYQ) in the N-terminus of the HIV-1 Rev protein. NIS appears to be involved in maintaining the proper nucleocytoplasmic trafficking and intracellular stability of HIV-1 Rev. Deletion in NIS leads to Rev functional inactivity, and these data led to further investigation of its possible inhibitory effects on Rev function. An HIV-1 proviral rescue assay was utilized to evaluate Rev function. The association between wild-type Rev molecules, or wild-type Rev with Revd23, an NIS mutant, plus Rev-responsive element (RRE) interactions in cultured cells were also evaluated. Revd23 showed a potent trans-dominant negative phenotype, while multimerization with wild-type Rev and Revd23-RRE binding in cells were found to reveal no significant changes from wildtype. These results suggest that the potential trans-dominance mechanism of Revd23 may differ from that of a Rev construct, RevM10, with mutations in the C-terminus nuclear export signal (NES). As such, these data will be useful in the rational design of novel antiretroviral approaches targeting HIV-1 Rev.
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- Jianhua Fang
- Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, The Dorrance H. Hamilton Laboratories, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Petkova AT, Tycko R. Sensitivity enhancement in structural measurements by solid state NMR through pulsed spin locking. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2002; 155:293-299. [PMID: 12036340 DOI: 10.1006/jmre.2002.2519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Free induction decay (FID) signals in solid state NMR measurements performed with magic angle spinning can often be extended in time by factors on the order of 10 by a simple pulsed spin locking technique. The sensitivity of a structural measurement in which the structural information is contained in the dependence of the integrated FID amplitude on a preceding evolution period can therefore be enhanced substantially by pulsed spin locking in the signal detection period. We demonstrate sensitivity enhancements in a variety of solid state NMR techniques that are applicable to selectively isotopically labeled samples, including 13C-15N rotational echo double resonance (REDOR), 13C-13C dipolar recoupling measurements using the constant-time finite-pulse radio-frequency-driven recoupling (fpRFDR-CT) and constant-time double-quantum-filtered dipolar recoupling (CTDQFD) techniques, and torsion angle measurements using the double quantum chemical shift anisotropy (DQCSA) technique. Further, we demonstrate that the structural information in the solid state NMR data is not distorted by pulsed spin locking in the detection period.
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- Aneta T Petkova
- Laboratory of Chemical Physics, National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892-0520, USA
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