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Folding and Stability of Ankyrin Repeats Control Biological Protein Function. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11060840. [PMID: 34198779 PMCID: PMC8229355 DOI: 10.3390/biom11060840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Ankyrin repeat proteins are found in all three kingdoms of life. Fundamentally, these proteins are involved in protein-protein interaction in order to activate or suppress biological processes. The basic architecture of these proteins comprises repeating modules forming elongated structures. Due to the lack of long-range interactions, a graded stability among the repeats is the generic properties of this protein family determining both protein folding and biological function. Protein folding intermediates were frequently found to be key for the biological functions of repeat proteins. In this review, we discuss most recent findings addressing this close relation for ankyrin repeat proteins including DARPins, Notch receptor ankyrin repeat domain, IκBα inhibitor of NFκB, and CDK inhibitor p19INK4d. The role of local folding and unfolding and gradual stability of individual repeats will be discussed during protein folding, protein-protein interactions, and post-translational modifications. The conformational changes of these repeats function as molecular switches for biological regulation, a versatile property for modern drug discovery.
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Studying protein folding in health and disease using biophysical approaches. Emerg Top Life Sci 2021; 5:29-38. [PMID: 33660767 PMCID: PMC8138949 DOI: 10.1042/etls20200317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Protein folding is crucial for normal physiology including development and healthy aging, and failure of this process is related to the pathology of diseases including neurodegeneration and cancer. Early thermodynamic and kinetic studies based on the unfolding and refolding equilibrium of individual proteins in the test tube have provided insight into the fundamental principles of protein folding, although the problem of predicting how any given protein will fold remains unsolved. Protein folding within cells is a more complex issue than folding of purified protein in isolation, due to the complex interactions within the cellular environment, including post-translational modifications of proteins, the presence of macromolecular crowding in cells, and variations in the cellular environment, for example in cancer versus normal cells. Development of biophysical approaches including fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques and cellular manipulations including microinjection and insertion of noncanonical amino acids has allowed the study of protein folding in living cells. Furthermore, biophysical techniques such as single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and optical tweezers allows studies of simplified systems at the single molecular level. Combining in-cell techniques with the powerful detail that can be achieved from single-molecule studies allows the effects of different cellular components including molecular chaperones to be monitored, providing us with comprehensive understanding of the protein folding process. The application of biophysical techniques to the study of protein folding is arming us with knowledge that is fundamental to the battle against cancer and other diseases related to protein conformation or protein–protein interactions.
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Ziegler SJ, Mallinson SJ, St. John PC, Bomble YJ. Advances in integrative structural biology: Towards understanding protein complexes in their cellular context. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2020; 19:214-225. [PMID: 33425253 PMCID: PMC7772369 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Microorganisms rely on protein interactions to transmit signals, react to stimuli, and grow. One of the best ways to understand these protein interactions is through structural characterization. However, in the past, structural knowledge was limited to stable, high-affinity complexes that could be crystallized. Recent developments in structural biology have revolutionized how protein interactions are characterized. The combination of multiple techniques, known as integrative structural biology, has provided insight into how large protein complexes interact in their native environment. In this mini-review, we describe the past, present, and potential future of integrative structural biology as a tool for characterizing protein interactions in their cellular context.
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Key Words
- CLEM, correlated light and electron microscopy
- Crosslinking mass spectrometry
- Cryo-electron microscopy
- Cryo-electron tomography
- EPR, electron paramagnetic resonance
- FRET, Forster resonance energy transfer
- ISB, Integrative structural biology
- Integrative structural biology
- ML, machine learning
- MR, molecular replacement
- MSAs, multiple sequence alignments
- MX, macromolecular crystallography
- NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance
- PDB, Protein Data Bank
- Protein docking
- Protein structure prediction
- Quinary interactions
- SAD, single-wavelength anomalous dispersion
- SANS, small angle neutron scattering
- SAXS, small angle X-ray scattering
- X-ray crystallography
- XL-MS, cross-linking mass spectrometry
- cryo-EM SPA, cryo-EM single particle analysis
- cryo-EM, cryo-electron microscopy
- cryo-ET, cryo-electron tomography
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- Samantha J. Ziegler
- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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- Biosciences Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 15013 Denver West Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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Geisler M, Hegedűs T. A twist in the ABC: regulation of ABC transporter trafficking and transport by FK506-binding proteins. FEBS Lett 2020; 594:3986-4000. [PMID: 33125703 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Post-transcriptional regulation of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins has been so far shown to encompass protein phosphorylation, maturation, and ubiquitination. Yet, recent accumulating evidence implicates FK506-binding proteins (FKBPs), a type of peptidylprolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) proteins, in ABC transporter regulation. In this perspective article, we summarize current knowledge on ABC transporter regulation by FKBPs, which seems to be conserved over kingdoms and ABC subfamilies. We uncover striking functional similarities but also differences between regulatory FKBP-ABC modules in plants and mammals. We dissect a PPIase- and HSP90-dependent and independent impact of FKBPs on ABC biogenesis and transport activity. We propose and discuss a putative new mode of transient ABC transporter regulation by cis-trans isomerization of X-prolyl bonds.
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- Markus Geisler
- Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Gołowicz D, Kasprzak P, Orekhov V, Kazimierczuk K. Fast time-resolved NMR with non-uniform sampling. PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 2020; 116:40-55. [PMID: 32130958 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnmrs.2019.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 09/19/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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NMR spectroscopy is a versatile tool for studying time-dependent processes: chemical reactions, phase transitions or macromolecular structure changes. However, time-resolved NMR is usually based on the simplest among available techniques - one-dimensional spectra serving as "snapshots" of the studied process. One of the reasons is that multidimensional experiments are very time-expensive due to costly sampling of evolution time space. In this review we summarize efforts to alleviate the problem of limited applicability of multidimensional NMR in time-resolved studies. We focus on techniques based on sparse or non-uniform sampling (NUS), which lead to experimental time reduction by omitting a significant part of the data during measurement and reconstructing it mathematically, adopting certain assumptions about the spectrum. NUS spectra are faster to acquire than conventional ones and thus better suited to the role of "snapshots", but still suffer from non-stationarity of the signal i.e. amplitude and frequency variations within a dataset. We discuss in detail how these instabilities affect the spectra, and what are the optimal ways of sampling the non-stationary FID signal. Finally, we discuss related areas of NMR where serial experiments are exploited and how they can benefit from the same NUS-based approaches.
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- Dariusz Gołowicz
- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, Warsaw 02-097, Poland; Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, Warsaw 02-093, Poland.
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- Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Banacha 2C, Warsaw 02-097, Poland; Department of Mathematical Methods in Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Chemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Box 462, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Exploration of the Misfolding Mechanism of Transthyretin Monomer: Insights from Hybrid-Resolution Simulations and Markov State Model Analysis. Biomolecules 2019; 9:biom9120889. [PMID: 31861226 PMCID: PMC6995605 DOI: 10.3390/biom9120889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Revised: 12/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Misfolding and aggregation of transthyretin (TTR) is widely known to be responsible for a progressive systemic disorder called amyloid transthyretin (ATTR) amyloidosis. Studies suggest that TTR aggregation is initiated by a rate-limiting dissociation of the homo-tetramer into its monomers, which can rapidly misfold and self-assemble into amyloid fibril. Thus, exploring conformational change involved in TTR monomer misfolding is of vital importance for understanding the pathogenesis of ATTR amyloidosis. In this work, microsecond timescale hybrid-resolution molecular dynamics (MD) simulations combined with Markov state model (MSM) analysis were performed to investigate the misfolding mechanism of the TTR monomer. The results indicate that a macrostate with partially unfolded conformations may serve as the misfolded state of the TTR monomer. This misfolded state was extremely stable with a very large equilibrium probability of about 85.28%. With secondary structure analysis, we found the DAGH sheet in this state to be significantly destroyed. The CBEF sheet was relatively stable and sheet structure was maintained. However, the F-strand in this sheet was likely to move away from E-strand and reform a new β-sheet with the H-strand. This observation is consistent with experimental finding that F and H strands in the outer edge drive the misfolding of TTR. Finally, transition pathways from a near native state to this misfolded macrostate showed that the conformational transition can occur either through a native-like β-sheet intermediates or through partially unfolded intermediates, while the later appears to be the main pathway. As a whole, we identified a potential misfolded state of the TTR monomer and elucidated the misfolding pathway for its conformational transition. This work can provide a valuable theoretical basis for understanding of TTR aggregation and the pathogenesis of ATTR amyloidosis at the atomic level.
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Chen JL, Wang X, Xiao YH, Su XC. Resonance Assignments of Lowly Populated and Unstable Enzyme Intermediate Complex under Real-Time Conditions. Chembiochem 2019; 20:2738-2742. [PMID: 31136055 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900240] [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] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Unstable and low-abundance protein complexes represent a large family of transient protein complexes that are difficult to characterize, even by means of high-resolution NMR spectroscopy. A method to assign the NMR signals of these unstable complexes through a combination of selective isotope labeling of amino acids in a protein and site-specific labeling the protein with a paramagnetic tag is presented herein. By using this method, the resonances of unstable thioester intermediate complex (lifetime <5 h and highest concentration ≈20 μm) generated by Staphylococcus aureus sortase A and its peptide substrate under a real-time reaction have been assigned.
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- Jia-Liang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P.R. China
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Klamt A, Nagarathinam K, Tanabe M, Kumar A, Balbach J. Hyperbolic Pressure-Temperature Phase Diagram of the Zinc-Finger Protein apoKti11 Detected by NMR Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:792-801. [PMID: 30608169 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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For a comprehensive understanding of the thermodynamic state functions describing the stability of a protein, the influence of the intensive properties of temperature and pressure has to be known. With the zinc-finger-containing Kti11, we found a suitable protein for this purpose because folding and unfolding transitions occur at an experimentally accessible temperature (280-330 °K) and pressure (0.1-240 MPa) range. We solved the crystal structure of the apo form of Kti11 to reveal two disulfide bonds at the metal-binding site, which seals off a cavity in the β-barrel part of the protein. From a generally applicable proton NMR approach, we could determine the populations of folded and unfolded chains under all conditions, leading to a hyperbolic pressure-temperature phase diagram rarely observed for proteins. A global fit of a two-state model to all derived populations disclosed reliable values for the change in Gibbs free energy, volume, entropy, heat capacity, compressibility, and thermal expansion upon unfolding. The unfolded state of apoKti11 has a lower compressibility compared to the native state and a smaller volume at ambient pressure. Therefore, a pressure increase up to 200 MPa reduces the population of the native state, and above this value, the native population increases again. Pressure-induced chemical-shift changes in two-dimensional 1H-15N NMR spectra could be employed for a molecular interpretation of the thermodynamic properties of apoKti11.
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- Andi Klamt
- Institute of Physics, Biophysics , Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Betty-Heimann Street 7 , 06120 Halle , Germany
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- HALOmem, Membrane Protein Biochemistry , Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg , Kurt-Mothes-Street 3 , 06120 Halle (Saale) , Germany.,Institute of Virology , Hannover Medical School , Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1 , D-30625 Hannover , Germany
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- HALOmem, Membrane Protein Biochemistry , Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg , Kurt-Mothes-Street 3 , 06120 Halle (Saale) , Germany.,Structural Biology Research Center, Institute of Materials Structure Science , KEK/High Energy Accelerator Research Organization , 1-1 Oho , Tsukuba , Ibaraki , 305-0801 , Japan
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- Institute of Physics, Biophysics , Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Betty-Heimann Street 7 , 06120 Halle , Germany.,Department of Diabetes, Faculty of Lifesciences and Medicine , King's College London , Great Maze Pond , London SE1 1UL , U.K
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- Institute of Physics, Biophysics , Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , Betty-Heimann Street 7 , 06120 Halle , Germany.,HALOmem, Membrane Protein Biochemistry , Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg , Kurt-Mothes-Street 3 , 06120 Halle (Saale) , Germany
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Franck JM, Han S. Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization for the Study of Hydration Dynamics, Explained. Methods Enzymol 2018; 615:131-175. [PMID: 30638529 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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We outline the physical properties of hydration water that are captured by Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (ODNP) relaxometry and explore the insights that ODNP yields about the water and the surface that this water is coupled to. As ODNP relies on the pairwise cross-relaxation between the electron spin of a spin probe and a proton nuclear spin of water, it captures the dynamics of single-particle diffusion of an ensemble of water molecules moving near the spin probe. ODNP principally utilizes the same physics as other nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) relaxometry (i.e., relaxation measurement) techniques. However, in ODNP, electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) excites the electron spins probes and their high net polarization acts as a signal amplifier. Furthermore, it renders ODNP parameters highly sensitive to water moving at rates commensurate with the EPR frequency of the spin probe (typically 10GHz). Also, ODNP selectively enhances the NMR signal contributions of water moving within close proximity to the spin label. As a result, ODNP can capture ps-ns movements of hydration waters with high sensitivity and locality, even in samples with protein concentrations as dilute as 10 µM. To date, the utility of the ODNP technique has been demonstrated for two major applications: the characterization of the spatial variation in the properties of the hydration layer of proteins or other surfaces displaying topological diversity, and the identification of structural properties emerging from highly disordered proteins and protein domains. The former has been shown to correlate well with the properties of hydration water predicted by MD simulations and has been shown capable of evaluating the hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity of a surface. The latter has been demonstrated for studies of an interhelical loop of proteorhodopsin, the partial structure of α-synuclein embedded at the lipid membrane surface, incipient structures adopted by tau proteins en route to fibrils, and the structure and hydration profile of a transmembrane peptide. This chapter focuses on offering a mechanistic understanding of the ODNP measurement and the molecular dynamics encoded in the ODNP parameters. In particular, it clarifies how the electron-nuclear dipolar coupling encodes information about the molecular dynamics in the nuclear spin self-relaxation and, more importantly, the electron-nuclear spin cross-relaxation rates. The clarification of the molecular dynamics underlying ODNP should assist in establishing a connection to theory and computer simulation that will offer far richer interpretations of ODNP results in future studies.
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- John M Franck
- Department of Chemistry, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States; Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
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Boswell ZK, Latham MP. Methyl-Based NMR Spectroscopy Methods for Uncovering Structural Dynamics in Large Proteins and Protein Complexes. Biochemistry 2018; 58:144-155. [PMID: 30336000 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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NMR spectroscopy is particularly adept at site-specifically monitoring dynamic processes in proteins, such as protein folding, domain movements, ligand binding, and side-chain rotations. By coupling the favorable spectroscopic properties of highly dynamic side-chain methyl groups with transverse-relaxation-optimized spectroscopy (TROSY), it is now possible to routinely study such dynamic processes in high-molecular-weight proteins and complexes approaching 1 MDa. In this Perspective, we describe many elegant methyl-based NMR experiments that probe slow (second) to fast (picosecond) dynamics in large systems. To demonstrate the power of these methods, we also provide interesting examples of studies that utilized each methyl-based NMR technique to uncover functionally important dynamics. In many cases, the NMR experiments are paired with site-directed mutagenesis and/or other biochemical assays to put the dynamics and function into context. Our vision of the future of structural biology involves pairing methyl-based NMR spectroscopy with biochemical studies to advance our knowledge of the motions large proteins and macromolecular complexes use to choreograph complex functions. Such studies will be essential in elucidating the critical structural dynamics that underlie function and characterizing alterations in these processes that can lead to human disease.
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- Zachary K Boswell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas 79423 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , Texas Tech University , Lubbock , Texas 79423 , United States
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Rahamim G, Amir D, Haas E. Simultaneous Determination of Two Subdomain Folding Rates Using the "Transfer-Quench" Method. Biophys J 2017; 112:1786-1796. [PMID: 28494950 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.01.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 12/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The investigation of the mechanism of protein folding is complicated by the context dependence of the rates of intramolecular contact formation. Methods based on site-specific labeling and ultrafast spectroscopic detection of fluorescence signals were developed for monitoring the rates of individual subdomain folding transitions in situ, in the context of the whole molecule. However, each site-specific labeling modification might affect rates of folding of near-neighbor structural elements, and thus limit the ability to resolve fine differences in rates of folding of these elements. Therefore, it is highly desirable to be able to study the rates of folding of two or more neighboring subdomain structures using a single mutant to facilitate resolution of the order and interdependence of such steps. Here, we report the development of the "Transfer-Quench" method for measuring the rate of formation of two structural elements using a single triple-labeled mutant. This method is based on Förster resonance energy transfer combined with fluorescence quenching. We placed the donor and acceptor at the loop ends, and a quencher at an α-helical element involved in the node forming the loop. The folding of the triple-labeled mutant is monitored by the acceptor emission. The formation of nonlocal contact (loop closure) increases the time-dependent acceptor emission, while the closure of the labeled helix turn reduces this emission. The method was applied in a study of the folding mechanism of the common model protein, the B domain of staphylococcal protein A. Only natural amino acids were used as probes, and thus possible structural perturbations were minimized. Tyr and Trp residues served as donor and acceptor at the ends of a long loop between helices I and II, and a Cys residue as a quencher for the acceptor. We found that the closure of the loop (segment 14-33) occurs with the same rate constant as the nucleation of helix HII (segment 33-29), in line with the nucleation-condensation model.
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- Gil Rahamim
- The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
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Narayanan C, Bafna K, Roux LD, Agarwal PK, Doucet N. Applications of NMR and computational methodologies to study protein dynamics. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 628:71-80. [PMID: 28483383 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2017] [Revised: 05/03/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Overwhelming evidence now illustrates the defining role of atomic-scale protein flexibility in biological events such as allostery, cell signaling, and enzyme catalysis. Over the years, spin relaxation nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) has provided significant insights on the structural motions occurring on multiple time frames over the course of a protein life span. The present review article aims to illustrate to the broader community how this technique continues to shape many areas of protein science and engineering, in addition to being an indispensable tool for studying atomic-scale motions and functional characterization. Continuing developments in underlying NMR technology alongside software and hardware developments for complementary computational approaches now enable methodologies to routinely provide spatial directionality and structural representations traditionally harder to achieve solely using NMR spectroscopy. In addition to its well-established role in structural elucidation, we present recent examples that illustrate the combined power of selective isotope labeling, relaxation dispersion experiments, chemical shift analyses, and computational approaches for the characterization of conformational sub-states in proteins and enzymes.
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- Chitra Narayanan
- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
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- Genome Science and Technology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA; Computational Biology Institute and Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Road, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USA
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- INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Université du Québec, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Laval, QC H7V 1B7, Canada; PROTEO, The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Structure, and Engineering, 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; GRASP, The Groupe de Recherche Axé sur la Structure des Protéines, 3649 Promenade Sir William Osler, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 0B1, Canada.
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It is well-established that dynamics are central to protein function; their importance is implicitly acknowledged in the principles of the Monod, Wyman and Changeux model of binding cooperativity, which was originally proposed in 1965. Nowadays the concept of protein dynamics is formulated in terms of the energy landscape theory, which can be used to understand protein folding and conformational changes in proteins. Because protein dynamics are so important, a key to understanding protein function at the molecular level is to design experiments that allow their quantitative analysis. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is uniquely suited for this purpose because major advances in theory, hardware, and experimental methods have made it possible to characterize protein dynamics at an unprecedented level of detail. Unique features of NMR include the ability to quantify dynamics (i) under equilibrium conditions without external perturbations, (ii) using many probes simultaneously, and (iii) over large time intervals. Here we review NMR techniques for quantifying protein dynamics on fast (ps-ns), slow (μs-ms), and very slow (s-min) time scales. These techniques are discussed with reference to some major discoveries in protein science that have been made possible by NMR spectroscopy.
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Németh E, Balogh RK, Borsos K, Czene A, Thulstrup PW, Gyurcsik B. Intrinsic protein disorder could be overlooked in cocrystallization conditions: An SRCD case study. Protein Sci 2016; 25:1977-1988. [PMID: 27508941 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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X-ray diffractometry dominates protein studies, as it can provide 3D structures of these diverse macromolecules or their molecular complexes with interacting partners: substrates, inhibitors, and/or cofactors. Here, we show that under cocrystallization conditions the results could reflect induced protein folds instead of the (partially) disordered original structures. The analysis of synchrotron radiation circular dichroism spectra revealed that the Im7 immunity protein stabilizes the native-like solution structure of unfolded NColE7 nuclease mutants via complex formation. This is consistent with the fact that among the several available crystal structures with its inhibitor or substrate, all NColE7 structures are virtually the same. Our results draw attention to the possible structural consequence of protein modifications, which is often hidden by compensational effects of intermolecular interactions. The growing evidence on the importance of protein intrinsic disorder thus, demands more extensive complementary experiments in solution phase with the unligated form of the protein of interest.
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- Eszter Németh
- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary.,MTA-SZTE, Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- MTA-SZTE, Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6720, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, 6720, Hungary. .,MTA-SZTE, Bioinorganic Chemistry Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, 6720, Hungary.
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Schmid F. Preface. Special Issue on Proline-directed Foldases: Cell Signaling Catalysts and Drug Targets. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1963-4. [PMID: 25999160 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Franz Schmid
- Laboratorium für Biochemie und Bayreuther Zentrum für Molekulare Biowissenschaften, Universität Bayreuth, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany
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