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Pavlakis E, Neumann M, Merle N, Wieboldt R, Wanzel M, Ponath V, Pogge von Strandmann E, Elmshäuser S, Stiewe T. Mutant p53-ENTPD5 control of the calnexin/calreticulin cycle: a druggable target for inhibiting integrin-α5-driven metastasis. J Exp Clin Cancer Res 2023; 42:203. [PMID: 37563605 PMCID: PMC10413714 DOI: 10.1186/s13046-023-02785-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND TP53, encoding the tumor suppressor p53, is frequently mutated in various cancers, producing mutant p53 proteins (mutp53) which can exhibit neomorphic, gain-of-function properties. The latter transform p53 into an oncoprotein that promotes metastatic tumor progression via downstream effectors such as ENTPD5, an endoplasmic reticulum UDPase involved in the calnexin/calreticulin cycle of N-glycoprotein biosynthesis. Elucidating the mechanisms underlying the pro-metastatic functions of the mutp53-ENTPD5 axis is crucial for developing targeted therapies for aggressive metastatic cancer. METHODS We analyzed pancreatic, lung, and breast adenocarcinoma cells with p53 missense mutations to study the impact of mutp53 and ENTPD5 on the N-glycoproteins integrin-α5 (ITGA5) and integrin-β1 (ITGB1), which heterodimerize to form the key fibronectin receptor. We assessed the role of the mutp53-ENTPD5 axis in integrin-dependent tumor-stroma interactions and tumor cell motility using adhesion, migration, and invasion assays, identifying and validating therapeutic intervention targets. We employed an orthotopic xenograft model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to examine in vivo targeting of mutp53-ENTPD5-mediated ITGA5 regulation for cancer therapy. RESULTS Mutp53 depletion diminished ITGA5 and ITGB1 expression and impaired tumor cell adhesion, migration, and invasion, rescued by ENTPD5. The mutp53-ENTPD5 axis maintained ITGA5 expression and function via the calnexin/calreticulin cycle. Targeting this axis using ITGA5-blocking antibodies, α-glucosidase inhibitors, or pharmacological degradation of mutp53 by HSP90 inhibitors, such as Ganetespib, effectively inhibited ITGA5-mediated cancer cell motility in vitro. In the orthotopic xenograft model, Ganetespib reduced ITGA5 expression and metastasis in an ENTPD5-dependent manner. CONCLUSIONS The mutp53-ENTPD5 axis fosters ITGA5 and ITGB1 expression and tumor cell motility through the calnexin/calreticulin cycle, contributing to cancer metastasis. ITGA5-blocking antibodies or α-glucosidase inhibitors target this axis and represent potential therapeutic options worth exploring in preclinical models. The pharmacologic degradation of mutp53 by HSP90 inhibitors effectively blocks ENTPD5-ITGA5-mediated cancer cell motility and metastasis in vivo, warranting further clinical evaluation in p53-mutant cancers. This research underscores the significance of understanding the complex interplay between mutp53, ENTPD5, and the calnexin/calreticulin cycle in integrin-mediated metastatic tumor progression, offering valuable insights for the development of potential therapeutic strategies.
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- Evangelos Pavlakis
- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
- Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, 35043, Germany
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- Institute for Tumor Immunology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Oncology, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
- Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, 35043, Germany.
- Genomics Core Facility, Philipps-University, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
- Institute for Lung Health (ILH), Justus Liebig University, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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Modenutti CP, Blanco Capurro JI, Ibba R, Alonzi DS, Song MN, Vasiljević S, Kumar A, Chandran AV, Tax G, Marti L, Hill JC, Lia A, Hensen M, Waksman T, Rushton J, Rubichi S, Santino A, Martí MA, Zitzmann N, Roversi P. Clamping, bending, and twisting inter-domain motions in the misfold-recognizing portion of UDP-glucose: Glycoprotein glucosyltransferase. Structure 2021; 29:357-370.e9. [PMID: 33352114 PMCID: PMC8024514 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2020.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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UDP-glucose:glycoprotein glucosyltransferase (UGGT) flags misfolded glycoproteins for ER retention. We report crystal structures of full-length Chaetomium thermophilum UGGT (CtUGGT), two CtUGGT double-cysteine mutants, and its TRXL2 domain truncation (CtUGGT-ΔTRXL2). CtUGGT molecular dynamics (MD) simulations capture extended conformations and reveal clamping, bending, and twisting inter-domain movements. We name "Parodi limit" the maximum distance on the same glycoprotein between a site of misfolding and an N-linked glycan that can be reglucosylated by monomeric UGGT in vitro, in response to recognition of misfold at that site. Based on the MD simulations, we estimate the Parodi limit as around 70-80 Å. Frequency distributions of distances between glycoprotein residues and their closest N-linked glycosylation sites in glycoprotein crystal structures suggests relevance of the Parodi limit to UGGT activity in vivo. Our data support a "one-size-fits-all adjustable spanner" UGGT substrate recognition model, with an essential role for the UGGT TRXL2 domain.
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- Carlos P Modenutti
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET. Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET. Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Dipartimento di Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Via Muroni 23A, 07100 Sassari, SS, Italy
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET. Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Henry Wellcome Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH,, UK
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Henry Wellcome Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH,, UK; Institute of Sciences of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Institute of Sciences of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, C.N.R. Unit of Lecce, via Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto de Química Biológica de la Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (IQUIBICEN) CONICET. Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. II (CE1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
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- Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK; Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Henry Wellcome Building, Lancaster Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH,, UK.
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Pavlakis E, Stiewe T. p53's Extended Reach: The Mutant p53 Secretome. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10020307. [PMID: 32075247 PMCID: PMC7072272 DOI: 10.3390/biom10020307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
p53 suppresses tumorigenesis by activating a plethora of effector pathways. While most of these operate primarily inside of cells to limit proliferation and survival of incipient cancer cells, many extend to the extracellular space. In particular, p53 controls expression and secretion of numerous extracellular factors that are either soluble or contained within extracellular vesicles such as exosomes. As part of the cellular secretome, they execute key roles in cell-cell communication and extracellular matrix remodeling. Mutations in the p53-encoding TP53 gene are the most frequent genetic alterations in cancer cells, and therefore, have profound impact on the composition of the tumor cell secretome. In this review, we discuss how the loss or dominant-negative inhibition of wild-type p53 in concert with a gain of neomorphic properties observed for many mutant p53 proteins, shapes a tumor cell secretome that creates a supportive microenvironment at the primary tumor site and primes niches in distant organs for future metastatic colonization.
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Complex carbohydrates are ubiquitous in nature, and together with proteins and nucleic acids they comprise the building blocks of life. But unlike proteins and nucleic acids, carbohydrates form nonlinear polymers, and they are not characterized by robust secondary or tertiary structures but rather by distributions of well-defined conformational states. Their molecular flexibility means that oligosaccharides are often refractory to crystallization, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy augmented by molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is the leading method for their characterization in solution. The biological importance of carbohydrate-protein interactions, in organismal development as well as in disease, places urgency on the creation of innovative experimental and theoretical methods that can predict the specificity of such interactions and quantify their strengths. Additionally, the emerging realization that protein glycosylation impacts protein function and immunogenicity places the ability to define the mechanisms by which glycosylation impacts these features at the forefront of carbohydrate modeling. This review will discuss the relevant theoretical approaches to studying the three-dimensional structures of this fascinating class of molecules and interactions, with reference to the relevant experimental data and techniques that are key for validation of the theoretical predictions.
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- Robert J Woods
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , University of Georgia , 315 Riverbend Road , Athens , Georgia 30602 , United States
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Iminosugar antivirals: the therapeutic sweet spot. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 45:571-582. [PMID: 28408497 PMCID: PMC5390498 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 02/16/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Many viruses require the host endoplasmic reticulum protein-folding machinery in order to correctly fold one or more of their glycoproteins. Iminosugars with glucose stereochemistry target the glucosidases which are key for entry into the glycoprotein folding cycle. Viral glycoproteins are thus prevented from interacting with the protein-folding machinery leading to misfolding and an antiviral effect against a wide range of different viral families. As iminosugars target host enzymes, they should be refractory to mutations in the virus. Iminosugars therefore have great potential for development as broad-spectrum antiviral therapeutics. We outline the mechanism giving rise to the antiviral activity of iminosugars, the current progress in the development of iminosugar antivirals and future prospects for this field.
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Kern NR, Lee HS, Wu EL, Park S, Vanommeslaeghe K, MacKerell AD, Klauda JB, Jo S, Im W. Lipid-linked oligosaccharides in membranes sample conformations that facilitate binding to oligosaccharyltransferase. Biophys J 2015; 107:1885-1895. [PMID: 25418169 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Lipid-linked oligosaccharides (LLOs) are the substrates of oligosaccharyltransferase (OST), the enzyme that catalyzes the en bloc transfer of the oligosaccharide onto the acceptor asparagine of nascent proteins during the process of N-glycosylation. To explore LLOs' preferred location, orientation, structure, and dynamics in membrane bilayers of three different lipid types (dilauroylphosphatidylcholine, dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine, and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine), we have modeled and simulated both eukaryotic (Glc3-Man9-GlcNAc2-PP-Dolichol) and bacterial (Glc1-GalNAc5-Bac1-PP-Undecaprenol) LLOs, which are composed of an isoprenoid moiety and an oligosaccharide, linked by pyrophosphate. The simulations show no strong impact of different bilayer hydrophobic thicknesses on the overall orientation, structure, and dynamics of the isoprenoid moiety and the oligosaccharide. The pyrophosphate group stays in the bilayer head group region. The isoprenoid moiety shows high flexibility inside the bilayer hydrophobic core, suggesting its potential role as a tentacle to search for OST. The oligosaccharide conformation and dynamics are similar to those in solution, but there are preferred interactions between the oligosaccharide and the bilayer interface, which leads to LLO sugar orientations parallel to the bilayer surface. Molecular docking of the bacterial LLO to a bacterial OST suggests that such orientations can enhance binding of LLOs to OST.
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- Nathan R Kern
- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biophysics Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences and Center for Bioinformatics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.
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Harvey DJ. Analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry: an update for 2009-2010. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2015; 34:268-422. [PMID: 24863367 PMCID: PMC7168572 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This review is the sixth update of the original article published in 1999 on the application of MALDI mass spectrometry to the analysis of carbohydrates and glycoconjugates and brings coverage of the literature to the end of 2010. General aspects such as theory of the MALDI process, matrices, derivatization, MALDI imaging, arrays and fragmentation are covered in the first part of the review and applications to various structural typed constitutes the remainder. The main groups of compound that are discussed in this section are oligo and polysaccharides, glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycosides and biopharmaceuticals. Many of these applications are presented in tabular form. Also discussed are medical and industrial applications of the technique, studies of enzyme reactions and applications to chemical synthesis.
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- David J. Harvey
- Department of BiochemistryOxford Glycobiology InstituteUniversity of OxfordOxfordOX1 3QUUK
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Protein structure validation and identification from unassigned residual dipolar coupling data using 2D-PDPA. Molecules 2013; 18:10162-88. [PMID: 23973992 PMCID: PMC4090686 DOI: 10.3390/molecules180910162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Revised: 08/10/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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More than 90% of protein structures submitted to the PDB each year are homologous to some previously characterized protein structure. The extensive resources that are required for structural characterization of proteins can be justified for the 10% of the novel structures, but not for the remaining 90%. This report presents the 2D-PDPA method, which utilizes unassigned residual dipolar coupling in order to address the economics of structure determination of routine proteins by reducing the data acquisition and processing time. 2D-PDPA has been demonstrated to successfully identify the correct structure of an array of proteins that range from 46 to 445 residues in size from a library of 619 decoy structures by using unassigned simulated RDC data. When using experimental data, 2D-PDPA successfully identified the correct NMR structures from the same library of decoy structures. In addition, the most homologous X-ray structure was also identified as the second best structural candidate. Finally, success of 2D-PDPA in identifying and evaluating the most appropriate structure from a set of computationally predicted structures in the case of a previously uncharacterized protein Pf2048.1 has been demonstrated. This protein exhibits less than 20% sequence identity to any protein with known structure and therefore presents a compelling and practical application of our proposed work.
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Tavagnacco L, Engström O, Schnupf U, Saboungi ML, Himmel M, Widmalm G, Cesàro A, Brady JW. Caffeine and sugars interact in aqueous solutions: a simulation and NMR study. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:11701-11. [PMID: 22897449 PMCID: PMC3477616 DOI: 10.1021/jp303910u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out on several systems of caffeine interacting with simple sugars. These included a single caffeine molecule in a 3 m solution of α-D-glucopyranose, at a caffeine concentration of 0.083 m, a single caffeine in a 3 m solution of β-D-glucopyranose, and a single caffeine molecule in a 1.08 m solution of sucrose (table sugar). Parallel nuclear magnetic resonance titration experiments were carried out on the same solutions under similar conditions. Consistent with previous thermodynamic experiments, the sugars were found to have an affinity for the caffeine molecules in both the simulations and experiments, and the binding in these complexes occurs by face-to-face stacking of the hydrophobic triad of protons of the pyranose rings against the caffeine face, rather than by hydrogen bonding. For the disaccharide, the binding occurs via stacking of the glucose ring against the caffeine, with a lesser affinity for the fructose observed. These findings are consistent with the association being driven by hydrophobic hydration and are similar to the previously observed binding of glucose rings to various other planar molecules, including indole, serotonin, and phenol.
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, SWEDEN
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Centre de Recherche sur la Matière Divisée, 1 bis rue de la Férollerie, 45071 Orléans, FRANCE
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- National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691 Stockholm, SWEDEN
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- Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, ITALY
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- Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Foley BL, Tessier MB, Woods RJ. Carbohydrate force fields. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS. COMPUTATIONAL MOLECULAR SCIENCE 2012; 2:652-697. [PMID: 25530813 PMCID: PMC4270206 DOI: 10.1002/wcms.89] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Carbohydrates present a special set of challenges to the generation of force fields. First, the tertiary structures of monosaccharides are complex merely by virtue of their exceptionally high number of chiral centers. In addition, their electronic characteristics lead to molecular geometries and electrostatic landscapes that can be challenging to predict and model. The monosaccharide units can also interconnect in many ways, resulting in a large number of possible oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, both linear and branched. These larger structures contain a number of rotatable bonds, meaning they potentially sample an enormous conformational space. This article briefly reviews the history of carbohydrate force fields, examining and comparing their challenges, forms, philosophies, and development strategies. Then it presents a survey of recent uses of these force fields, noting trends, strengths, deficiencies, and possible directions for future expansion.
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- B. Lachele Foley
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
- School of Chemistry, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Lu D, Yang C, Liu Z. How hydrophobicity and the glycosylation site of glycans affect protein folding and stability: a molecular dynamics simulation. J Phys Chem B 2011; 116:390-400. [PMID: 22118044 DOI: 10.1021/jp203926r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Glycosylation is one of the most common post-translational modifications in the biosynthesis of protein, but its effect on the protein conformational transitions underpinning folding and stabilization is poorly understood. In this study, we present a coarse-grained off-lattice 46-β barrel model protein glycosylated by glycans with different hydrophobicity and glycosylation sites to examine the effect of glycans on protein folding and stabilization using a Langevin dynamics simulation, in which an H term was proposed as the index of the hydrophobicity of glycan. Compared with its native counterpart, introducing glycans of suitable hydrophobicity (0.1 < H < 0.4) at flexible peptide residues of this model protein not only facilitated folding of the protein but also increased its conformation stability significantly. On the contrary, when glycans were introduced at the restricted peptide residues of the protein, only those hydrophilic (H = 0) or very weak hydrophobic (H < 0.2) ones contributed slightly to protein stability but hindered protein folding due to increased free energy barriers. The glycosylated protein retained the two-step folding mechanism in terms of hydrophobic collapse and structural rearrangement. Glycan chains located in a suitable site with an appropriate hydrophobicity facilitated both collapse and rearrangement, whereas others, though accelerating collapse, hindered rearrangement. In addition to entropy effects, that is, narrowing the space of the conformations of the unfolded state, the presence of glycans with suitable hydrophobicity at suitable glycosylation site strengthened the folded state via hydrophobic interaction, that is, the enthalpy effect. The simulations have shown both the stabilization and the destabilization effects of glycosylation, as experimentally reported in the literature, and provided molecular insight into glycosylated proteins. The understanding of the effects of glycans with different hydrophobicities on the folding and stability of protein, as attempted by the present work, is helpful not only to explain the stabilization and destabilization effect of real glycoproteins but also to design protein-polymer conjugates for biotechnological purposes.
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- Diannan Lu
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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Frank M, Schloissnig S. Bioinformatics and molecular modeling in glycobiology. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:2749-72. [PMID: 20364395 PMCID: PMC2912727 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0352-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/11/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The field of glycobiology is concerned with the study of the structure, properties, and biological functions of the family of biomolecules called carbohydrates. Bioinformatics for glycobiology is a particularly challenging field, because carbohydrates exhibit a high structural diversity and their chains are often branched. Significant improvements in experimental analytical methods over recent years have led to a tremendous increase in the amount of carbohydrate structure data generated. Consequently, the availability of databases and tools to store, retrieve and analyze these data in an efficient way is of fundamental importance to progress in glycobiology. In this review, the various graphical representations and sequence formats of carbohydrates are introduced, and an overview of newly developed databases, the latest developments in sequence alignment and data mining, and tools to support experimental glycan analysis are presented. Finally, the field of structural glycoinformatics and molecular modeling of carbohydrates, glycoproteins, and protein-carbohydrate interaction are reviewed.
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- Martin Frank
- Molecular Structure Analysis Core Facility-W160, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research Centre), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Tamura T, Sunryd JC, Hebert DN. Sorting things out through endoplasmic reticulum quality control. Mol Membr Biol 2010; 27:412-27. [PMID: 20553226 DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2010.495354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a highly organized and specialized organelle optimized for the production of proteins. It is comprised of a highly interconnected network of tubules that contain a large set of resident proteins dedicated to the maturation and processing of proteins that traverse the eukaryotic secretory pathway. As protein maturation is an imperfect process, frequently resulting in misfolding and/or the formation of aggregates, proteins are subjected to a series of evaluation processes within the ER. Proteins deemed native are sorted for anterograde trafficking, while immature or non-native proteins are initially retained in the ER in an attempt to rescue the aberrant products. Terminally misfolded substrates are eventually targeted for turnover through the ER-associated degradation or ERAD pathway to protect the cell from the release of a defective product. A clearer picture of the identity of the machinery involved in these quality control evaluation processes and their mechanisms of actions has emerged over the past decade.
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- Taku Tamura
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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Schallus T, Fehér K, Sternberg U, Rybin V, Muhle-Goll C. Analysis of the specific interactions between the lectin domain of malectin and diglucosides. Glycobiology 2010; 20:1010-20. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Artemenko NV, Campbell MP, Rudd PM. GlycoExtractor: A Web-Based Interface for High Throughput Processing of HPLC-Glycan Data. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:2037-41. [DOI: 10.1021/pr901213u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Natalia V. Artemenko
- Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Dublin-Oxford Glycobiology Laboratory, National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT), Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Pearse BR, Hebert DN. Lectin chaperones help direct the maturation of glycoproteins in the endoplasmic reticulum. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1803:684-93. [PMID: 19891995 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2009] [Revised: 10/09/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Eukaryotic secretory pathway cargo fold to their native structures within the confines of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). To ensure a high degree of folding fidelity, a multitude of covalent and noncovalent constraints are imparted upon nascent proteins. These constraints come in the form of topological restrictions or membrane tethers, covalent modifications, and interactions with a series of molecular chaperones. N-linked glycosylation provides inherent benefits to proper folding and creates a platform for interactions with specific chaperones and Cys modifying enzymes. Recent insights into this timeline of protein maturation have revealed mechanisms for protein glycosylation and iterative targeting of incomplete folding intermediates, which provides nurturing interactions with molecular chaperones that assist in the efficient maturation of proteins in the eukaryotic secretory pathway.
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- Bradley R Pearse
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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