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Rao L, Gennerich A. Structure and Function of Dynein's Non-Catalytic Subunits. Cells 2024; 13:330. [PMID: 38391943 PMCID: PMC10886578 DOI: 10.3390/cells13040330] [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: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Dynein, an ancient microtubule-based motor protein, performs diverse cellular functions in nearly all eukaryotic cells, with the exception of land plants. It has evolved into three subfamilies-cytoplasmic dynein-1, cytoplasmic dynein-2, and axonemal dyneins-each differentiated by their cellular functions. These megadalton complexes consist of multiple subunits, with the heavy chain being the largest subunit that generates motion and force along microtubules by converting the chemical energy of ATP hydrolysis into mechanical work. Beyond this catalytic core, the functionality of dynein is significantly enhanced by numerous non-catalytic subunits. These subunits are integral to the complex, contributing to its stability, regulating its enzymatic activities, targeting it to specific cellular locations, and mediating its interactions with other cofactors. The diversity of non-catalytic subunits expands dynein's cellular roles, enabling it to perform critical tasks despite the conservation of its heavy chains. In this review, we discuss recent findings and insights regarding these non-catalytic subunits.
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- Lu Rao
- Department of Biochemistry and Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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Nakahari T, Suzuki C, Kawaguchi K, Hosogi S, Tanaka S, Asano S, Inui T, Marunaka Y. Ambroxol-Enhanced Frequency and Amplitude of Beating Cilia Controlled by a Voltage-Gated Ca 2+ Channel, Cav1.2, via pH i Increase and [Cl -] i Decrease in the Lung Airway Epithelial Cells of Mice. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16976. [PMID: 38069298 PMCID: PMC10707002 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242316976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2023] [Revised: 11/25/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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Ambroxol (ABX), a frequently prescribed secretolytic agent which enhances the ciliary beat frequency (CBF) and ciliary bend angle (CBA, an index of amplitude) by 30%, activates a voltage-dependent Ca2+ channel (CaV1.2) and a small transient Ca2+ release in the ciliated lung airway epithelial cells (c-LAECs) of mice. The activation of CaV1.2 alone enhanced the CBF and CBA by 20%, mediated by a pHi increasei and a [Cl-]i decrease in the c-LAECs. The increase in pHi, which was induced by the activation of the Na+-HCO3- cotransporter (NBC), enhanced the CBF (by 30%) and CBA (by 15-20%), and a decrease in [Cl-]i, which was induced by the Cl- release via anoctamine 1 (ANO1), enhanced the CBA (by 10-15%). While a Ca2+-free solution or nifedipine (an inhibitor of CaV1.2) inhibited 70% of the CBF and CBA enhancement using ABX, CaV1.2 enhanced most of the CBF and CBA increases using ABX. The activation of the CaV1.2 existing in the cilia stimulates the NBC to increase pHi and ANO1 to decrease the [Cl-]i in the c-LAECs. In conclusion, the pHi increase and the [Cl-]i decrease enhanced the CBF and CBA in the ABX-stimulated c-LAECs.
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- Takashi Nakahari
- Research Unit for Epithelial Physiology, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan;
- Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-1094, Japan; (C.S.); (S.T.)
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.K.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Clinical and Translational Physiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan;
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- Laboratory of Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Takatsuki 569-1094, Japan; (C.S.); (S.T.)
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- Department of Molecular Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan; (K.K.); (S.A.)
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- Saisei Mirai Clinics, Moriguchi 570-0012, Japan;
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- Research Unit for Epithelial Physiology, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu 525-8577, Japan;
- Medical Research Institute, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Kyoto 604-8472, Japan
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The interaction between LC8 and LCA5 reveals a novel oligomerization function of LC8 in the ciliary-centrosome system. Sci Rep 2022; 12:15623. [PMID: 36114230 PMCID: PMC9481538 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-19454-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Dynein light chain LC8 is a small dimeric hub protein that recognizes its partners through short linear motifs and is commonly assumed to drive their dimerization. It has more than 100 known binding partners involved in a wide range of cellular processes. Recent large-scale interaction studies suggested that LC8 could also play a role in the ciliary/centrosome system. However, the cellular function of LC8 in this system remains elusive. In this work, we characterized the interaction of LC8 with the centrosomal protein lebercilin (LCA5), which is associated with a specific form of ciliopathy. We showed that LCA5 binds LC8 through two linear motifs. In contrast to the commonly accepted model, LCA5 forms dimers through extensive coiled coil formation in a LC8-independent manner. However, LC8 enhances the oligomerization ability of LCA5 that requires a finely balanced interplay of coiled coil segments and both binding motifs. Based on our results, we propose that LC8 acts as an oligomerization engine that is responsible for the higher order oligomer formation of LCA5. As LCA5 shares several common features with other centrosomal proteins, the presented LC8 driven oligomerization could be widespread among centrosomal proteins, highlighting an important novel cellular function of LC8.
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West KL, Kelliher JL, Xu Z, An L, Reed MR, Eoff RL, Wang J, Huen MSY, Leung JWC. LC8/DYNLL1 is a 53BP1 effector and regulates checkpoint activation. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:6236-6249. [PMID: 30982887 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The tumor suppressor protein 53BP1 plays key roles in response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by serving as a master scaffold at the damaged chromatin. Current evidence indicates that 53BP1 assembles a cohort of DNA damage response (DDR) factors to distinctly execute its repertoire of DSB responses, including checkpoint activation and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair. Here, we have uncovered LC8 (a.k.a. DYNLL1) as an important 53BP1 effector. We found that LC8 accumulates at laser-induced DNA damage tracks in a 53BP1-dependent manner and requires the canonical H2AX-MDC1-RNF8-RNF168 signal transduction cascade. Accordingly, genetic inactivation of LC8 or its interaction with 53BP1 resulted in checkpoint defects. Importantly, loss of LC8 alleviated the hypersensitivity of BRCA1-depleted cells to ionizing radiation and PARP inhibition, highlighting the 53BP1-LC8 module in counteracting BRCA1-dependent functions in the DDR. Together, these data establish LC8 as an important mediator of a subset of 53BP1-dependent DSB responses.
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- Kirk L West
- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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Jespersen N, Estelle A, Waugh N, Davey NE, Blikstad C, Ammon YC, Akhmanova A, Ivarsson Y, Hendrix DA, Barbar E. Systematic identification of recognition motifs for the hub protein LC8. Life Sci Alliance 2019; 2:2/4/e201900366. [PMID: 31266884 PMCID: PMC6607443 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.201900366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 06/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
LC8 is a eukaryotic hub protein that interacts with multifarious partners; analysis of more than 100 binding/nonbinding sequences led to an algorithm that predicts LC8 partners with 78% accuracy. Hub proteins participate in cellular regulation by dynamic binding of multiple proteins within interaction networks. The hub protein LC8 reversibly interacts with more than 100 partners through a flexible pocket at its dimer interface. To explore the diversity of the LC8 partner pool, we screened for LC8 binding partners using a proteomic phage display library composed of peptides from the human proteome, which had no bias toward a known LC8 motif. Of the identified hits, we validated binding of 29 peptides using isothermal titration calorimetry. Of the 29 peptides, 19 were entirely novel, and all had the canonical TQT motif anchor. A striking observation is that numerous peptides containing the TQT anchor do not bind LC8, indicating that residues outside of the anchor facilitate LC8 interactions. Using both LC8-binding and nonbinding peptides containing the motif anchor, we developed the “LC8Pred” algorithm that identifies critical residues flanking the anchor and parses random sequences to predict LC8-binding motifs with ∼78% accuracy. Our findings significantly expand the scope of the LC8 hub interactome.
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- Nathan Jespersen
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Chemistry - Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry - Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA.,School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Ikeuchi Y, Kogiso H, Hosogi S, Tanaka S, Shimamoto C, Matsumura H, Inui T, Marunaka Y, Nakahari T. Carbocisteine stimulated an increase in ciliary bend angle via a decrease in [Cl -] i in mouse airway cilia. Pflugers Arch 2018; 471:365-380. [PMID: 30291431 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-018-2212-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Carbocisteine (CCis), a mucoactive agent, is widely used to improve respiratory diseases. This study demonstrated that CCis increases ciliary bend angle (CBA) by 30% and ciliary beat frequency (CBF) by 10% in mouse airway ciliary cells. These increases were induced by an elevation in intracellular pH (pHi; the pHi pathway) and a decrease in the intracellular Cl- concentration ([Cl-]i; the Cl- pathway) stimulated by CCis. The Cl- pathway, which is independent of CO2/HCO3-, increased CBA by 20%. This pathway activated Cl- release via activation of Cl- channels, leading to a decrease in [Cl-]i, and was inhibited by Cl- channel blockers (5-nitro-2-(3-phenylpropylamino) benzoic acid and CFTR(inh)-172). Under the CO2/HCO3--free condition, the CBA increase stimulated by CCis was mimicked by the Cl--free NO3- solution. The pHi pathway, which depends on CO2/HCO3-, increased CBF and CBA by 10%. This pathway activated HCO3- entry via Na+/HCO3- cotransport (NBC), leading to a pHi elevation, and was inhibited by 4,4'-diisothiocyano-2,2'-stilbenedisulfonic acid. The effects of CCis were not affected by a protein kinase A inhibitor (1 μM PKI-A) or Ca2+-free solution. Thus, CCis decreased [Cl-]i via activation of Cl- channels including CFTR, increasing CBA by 20%, and elevated pHi via NBC activation, increasing CBF and CBA by 10%.
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- Yukiko Ikeuchi
- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.,Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.,Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacotherapy, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacotherapy, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Pharmacotherapy, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Takatsuki, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.,Saisei Mirai Clinics, Moriguchi, 570-0012, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Physiology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan.,Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.,Research Institute for Clinical Physiology, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Kyoto, 604-8472, Japan
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- Research Center for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Development Science, Research Organization of Science and Technology, BKC, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Nojihigashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan.
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Clark S, Myers JB, King A, Fiala R, Novacek J, Pearce G, Heierhorst J, Reichow SL, Barbar EJ. Multivalency regulates activity in an intrinsically disordered transcription factor. eLife 2018; 7:36258. [PMID: 29714690 PMCID: PMC5963919 DOI: 10.7554/elife.36258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 04/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The transcription factor ASCIZ (ATMIN, ZNF822) has an unusually high number of recognition motifs for the product of its main target gene, the hub protein LC8 (DYNLL1). Using a combination of biophysical methods, structural analysis by NMR and electron microscopy, and cellular transcription assays, we developed a model that proposes a concerted role of intrinsic disorder and multiple LC8 binding events in regulating LC8 transcription. We demonstrate that the long intrinsically disordered C-terminal domain of ASCIZ binds LC8 to form a dynamic ensemble of complexes with a gradient of transcriptional activity that is inversely proportional to LC8 occupancy. The preference for low occupancy complexes at saturating LC8 concentrations with both human and Drosophila ASCIZ indicates that negative cooperativity is an important feature of ASCIZ-LC8 interactions. The prevalence of intrinsic disorder and multivalency among transcription factors suggests that formation of heterogeneous, dynamic complexes is a widespread mechanism for tuning transcriptional regulation.
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- Sarah Clark
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Oregon, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Oregon, United States
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine, St. Vincent's Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Oregon, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Oregon, United States
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A mysterious family of calcium-binding proteins from parasitic worms. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 44:1005-10. [PMID: 27528745 DOI: 10.1042/bst20150270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There is a family of proteins from parasitic worms which combine N-terminal EF-hand domains with C-terminal dynein light chain-like domains. Data are accumulating on the biochemistry and cell biology of these proteins. However, little is known about their functions in vivo Schistosoma mansoni expresses 13 family members (SmTAL1-SmTAL13). Three of these (SmTAL1, SmTAL2 and SmTAL3) have been subjected to biochemical analysis which demonstrated that they have different molecular properties. Although their overall folds are predicted to be similar, small changes in the EF-hand domains result in differences in their ion binding properties. Whereas SmTAL1 and SmTAL2 are able to bind calcium (and some other) ions, SmTAL3 appears to be unable to bind any divalent cations. Similar biochemical diversity has been seen in the CaBP proteins from Fasciola hepatica Four family members are known (FhCaBP1-4). All of these bind to calcium ions. However, FhCaBP4 dimerizes in the presence of calcium ions, FhCaBP3 dimerizes in the absence of calcium ions and FhCaBP2 dimerizes regardless of the prevailing calcium ion concentration. In both the SmTAL and FhCaBP families, the proteins also differ in their ability to bind calmodulin antagonists and related drugs. Interestingly, SmTAL1 interacts with praziquantel (the drug of choice for treating schistosomiasis). The pharmacological significance (if any) of this finding is unknown.
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Clark S, Nyarko A, Löhr F, Karplus PA, Barbar E. The Anchored Flexibility Model in LC8 Motif Recognition: Insights from the Chica Complex. Biochemistry 2015; 55:199-209. [PMID: 26652654 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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LC8 is a dimeric hub protein involved in a large number of interactions central to cell function. It binds short linear motifs--usually containing a Thr-Gln-Thr (TQT) triplet--in intrinsically disordered regions of its binding partners, some of which have several LC8 recognition motifs in tandem. Hallmarks of the 7-10 amino acid motif are a high variability of LC8 binding affinity and extensive sequence permutation outside the TQT triplet. To elucidate the molecular basis of motif recognition, we use a 69-residue segment of the human Chica spindle adaptor protein that contains four putative TQT recognition motifs in tandem. NMR-derived secondary chemical shifts and relaxation properties show that the Chica LC8 binding domain is essentially disordered with a dynamically restricted segment in one linker between motifs. Calorimetry of LC8 binding to synthetic motif-mimicking peptides shows that the first motif dominates LC8 recruitment. Crystal structures of the complexes of LC8 bound to each of two motif peptides show highly ordered and invariant TQT-LC8 interactions and more flexible and conformationally variable non-TQT-LC8 interactions. These data highlight rigidity in both LC8 residues that bind TQT and in the TQT portion of the motif as an important new characteristic of LC8 recognition. On the basis of these data and others in the literature, we propose that LC8 recognition is based on rigidly fixed interactions between LC8 and TQT residues that act as an anchor, coupled with inherently flexible interactions between LC8 and non-TQT residues. The "anchored flexibility" model explains the requirement for the TQT triplet and the ability of LC8 to accommodate a large variety of motif sequences and affinities.
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- Sarah Clark
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Institute of Biophysical Chemistry, Goethe-University , D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University , Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States
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Dynein Light Chain LC8 Is Required for RNA Polymerase I-Mediated Transcription in Trypanosoma brucei, Facilitating Assembly and Promoter Binding of Class I Transcription Factor A. Mol Cell Biol 2015; 36:95-107. [PMID: 26459761 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00705-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Dynein light chain LC8 is highly conserved among eukaryotes and has both dynein-dependent and dynein-independent functions. Interestingly, LC8 was identified as a subunit of the class I transcription factor A (CITFA), which is essential for transcription by RNA polymerase I (Pol I) in the parasite Trypanosoma brucei. Given that LC8 has never been identified with a basal transcription factor and that T. brucei relies on RNA Pol I for expressing the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG), the key protein in antigenic variation, we investigated the CITFA-specific role of LC8. Depletion of LC8 from mammalian-infective bloodstream trypanosomes affected cell cycle progression, reduced the abundances of rRNA and VSG mRNA, and resulted in rapid cell death. Sedimentation analysis, coimmunoprecipitation of recombinant proteins, and bioinformatic analysis revealed an LC8 binding site near the N terminus of the subunit CITFA2. Mutation of this site prevented the formation of a CITFA2-LC8 heterotetramer and, in vivo, was lethal, affecting assembly of a functional CITFA complex. Gel shift assays and UV cross-linking experiments identified CITFA2 as a promoter-binding CITFA subunit. Accordingly, silencing of LC8 or CITFA2 resulted in a loss of CITFA from RNA Pol I promoters. Hence, we discovered an LC8 interaction that, unprecedentedly, has a basal function in transcription.
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Thomas CM, Fitzsimmons CM, Dunne DW, Timson DJ. Comparative biochemical analysis of three members of the Schistosoma mansoni TAL family: Differences in ion and drug binding properties. Biochimie 2014; 108:40-7. [PMID: 25447146 PMCID: PMC4300400 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The tegumental allergen-like (TAL) proteins from Schistosoma mansoni are part of a family of calcium binding proteins found only in parasitic flatworms. These proteins have attracted interest as potential drug or vaccine targets, yet comparatively little is known about their biochemistry. Here, we compared the biochemical properties of three members of this family: SmTAL1 (Sm22.6), SmTAL2 (Sm21.7) and SmTAL3 (Sm20.8). Molecular modelling suggested that, despite similarities in domain organisation, there are differences in the three proteins’ structures. SmTAL1 was predicted to have two functional calcium binding sites and SmTAL2 was predicted to have one. Despite the presence of two EF-hand-like structures in SmTAL3, neither was predicted to be functional. These predictions were confirmed by native gel electrophoresis, intrinsic fluorescence and differential scanning fluorimetry: both SmTAL1 and SmTAL2 are able to bind calcium ions reversibly, but SmTAL3 is not. SmTAL1 is also able to interact with manganese, strontium, iron(II) and nickel ions. SmTAL2 has a different ion binding profile interacting with cadmium, manganese, magnesium, strontium and barium ions in addition to calcium. All three proteins form dimers and, in contrast to some Fasciola hepatica proteins from the same family; dimerization is not affected by calcium ions. SmTAL1 interacts with the anti-schistosomal drug praziquantel and the calmodulin antagonists trifluoperazine, chlorpromazine and W7. SmTAL2 interacts only with W7. SmTAL3 interacts with the aforementioned calmodulin antagonists and thiamylal, but not praziquantel. Overall, these data suggest that the proteins have different biochemical properties and thus, most likely, different in vivo functions. SmTAL1, SmTAL2 and SmTAL3 have different predicted structures. SmTAL1 and SmTAL2, but not SmTAL3 reversibly bind calcium ions. SmTAL1 and SmTAL2 bind an overlapping but different range of other cations. All three proteins form dimers; calcium ions have no effect on the dimerization. SmTAL1 binds to praziquantel; SmTAL1 and SmTAL3 bind calmodulin antagonists.
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- Charlotte M Thomas
- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK; Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, 18-30 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5BN, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK; Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, 18-30 Malone Road, Belfast, BT9 5BN, UK.
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Bodor A, Radnai L, Hetényi C, Rapali P, Láng A, Kövér KE, Perczel A, Wahlgren WY, Katona G, Nyitray L. DYNLL2 dynein light chain binds to an extended linear motif of myosin 5a tail that has structural plasticity. Biochemistry 2014; 53:7107-22. [PMID: 25312846 DOI: 10.1021/bi500574z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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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LC8 dynein light chains (DYNLL) are conserved homodimeric eukaryotic hub proteins that participate in diverse cellular processes. Among the binding partners of DYNLL2, myosin 5a (myo5a) is a motor protein involved in cargo transport. Here we provide a profound characterization of the DYNLL2 binding motif of myo5a in free and DYNLL2-bound form by using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and molecular dynamics simulations. In the free form, the DYNLL2 binding region, located in an intrinsically disordered domain of the myo5a tail, has a nascent helical character. The motif becomes structured and folds into a β-strand upon binding to DYNLL2. Despite differences of the myo5a sequence from the consensus binding motif, one peptide is accommodated in each of the parallel DYNLL2 binding grooves, as for all other known partners. Interestingly, while the core motif shows a similar interaction pattern in the binding groove as seen in other complexes, the flanking residues make several additional contacts, thereby lengthening the binding motif. The N-terminal extension folds back and partially blocks the free edge of the β-sheet formed by the binding motif itself. The C-terminal extension contacts the dimer interface and interacts with symmetry-related residues of the second myo5a peptide. The involvement of flanking residues of the core binding site of myo5a could modify the quaternary structure of the full-length myo5a and affect its biological functions. Our results deepen the knowledge of the diverse partner recognition of DYNLL proteins and provide an example of a Janus-faced linear motif.
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- Andrea Bodor
- Laboratory of Structural Chemistry and Biology, Institute of Chemistry, and ‡Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University , Budapest, 1117 Hungary
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Liu J, Zhang Q, Chang Q, Wang Q, Han L, Liu J, Li M, Zhuang H, Kang Z. Cloning and characterization of a dynein light chain gene from Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. J Basic Microbiol 2014; 54 Suppl 1:S32-41. [PMID: 24470306 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201300645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Stripe rust is one of the most serious wheat diseases worldwide. The fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), the causal agent of this disease, is an obligate biotrophic basidiomycete fungus. Numerous studies have shown that dyneins play important roles during fungal growth and propagation. However, knowledge is limited regarding the function of dyneins in Pst. In this study, we cloned the dynein light chain gene PsDLC1 from Pst and characterized its expression. The function of PsDLC1 was determined by heterologous mutant complementation. Expression of PsDLC1 in Aspergillus nidulans partially complemented the defects of the ΔnudG mutant, indicating that PsDLC1 belongs to the dynein light chain LC8 family. In addition, PsDLC1 was identified in Pst using virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS). Knockdown of PsDLC1 produces no significant effect on Pst growth and development, indicating that PsDLC1 is unnecessary for Pst infection of wheat.
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- Jie Liu
- College of Life Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Crop Stress Biology for Arid Areas, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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Favaro MTP, de Toledo MAS, Alves RF, Santos CA, Beloti LL, Janissen R, de la Torre LG, Souza AP, Azzoni AR. Development of a non-viral gene delivery vector based on the dynein light chain Rp3 and the TAT peptide. J Biotechnol 2014; 173:10-8. [PMID: 24417903 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2014.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 01/02/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Gene therapy and DNA vaccination trials are limited by the lack of gene delivery vectors that combine efficiency and safety. Hence, the development of modular recombinant proteins able to mimic mechanisms used by viruses for intracellular trafficking and nuclear delivery is an important strategy. We designed a modular protein (named T-Rp3) composed of the recombinant human dynein light chain Rp3 fused to an N-terminal DNA-binding domain and a C-terminal membrane active peptide, TAT. The T-Rp3 protein was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and interacted with the dynein intermediate chain in vitro. It was also proven to efficiently interact and condense plasmid DNA, forming a stable, small (∼100nm) and positively charged (+28.6mV) complex. Transfection of HeLa cells using T-Rp3 revealed that the vector is highly dependent on microtubule polarization, being 400 times more efficient than protamine, and only 13 times less efficient than Lipofectamine 2000™, but with a lower cytotoxicity. Confocal laser scanning microcopy studies revealed perinuclear accumulation of the vector, most likely as a result of transport via microtubules. This study contributes to the development of more efficient and less cytotoxic proteins for non-viral gene delivery.
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- M T P Favaro
- Laboratório de Análise Genética e Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Análise Genética e Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Análise Genética e Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Análise Genética e Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física Aplicada "Gleb Wataghin", Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Engenharia Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Análise Genética e Molecular, Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Química, Escola Politécnica, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Toledo MAS, Favaro MTP, Alves RF, Santos CA, Beloti LL, Crucello A, Santiago AS, Mendes JS, Horta MAC, Aparicio R, Souza AP, Azzoni AR. Characterization of the human dynein light chain Rp3 and its use as a non-viral gene delivery vector. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2013; 98:3591-602. [PMID: 24077724 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-013-5239-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2013] [Revised: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Dynein light chains mediate the interaction between the cargo and the dynein motor complex during retrograde microtubule-mediated transport in eukaryotic cells. In this study, we expressed and characterized the recombinant human dynein light chain Rp3 and developed a modified variant harboring an N-terminal DNA-binding domain (Rp3-Db). Our approach aimed to explore the retrograde cell machinery based on dynein to enhance plasmid DNA (pDNA) traffic along the cytosol toward the nucleus. In the context of non-viral gene delivery, Rp3-Db is expected to simultaneously interact with DNA and dynein, thereby enabling a more rapid and efficient transport of the genetic material across the cytoplasm. We successfully purified recombinant Rp3 and obtained a low-resolution structural model using small-angle X-ray scattering. Additionally, we observed that Rp3 is a homodimer under reducing conditions and remains stable over a broad pH range. The ability of Rp3 to interact with the dynein intermediate chain in vitro was also observed, indicating that the recombinant Rp3 is correctly folded and functional. Finally, Rp3-Db was successfully expressed and purified and exhibited the ability to interact with pDNA and mediate the transfection of cultured HeLa cells. Rp3-Db was also capable of interacting in vitro with dynein intermediate chains, indicating that the addition of the N-terminal DNA-binding domain does not compromise its function. The transfection level observed for Rp3-Db is far superior than that reported for protamine and is comparable to that of the cationic lipid Lipofectamine™. This report presents an initial characterization of a non-viral delivery vector based on the dynein light chain Rp3 and demonstrates the potential use of modified human light chains as gene delivery vectors.
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Asthana J, Kuchibhatla A, Jana SC, Ray K, Panda D. Dynein light chain 1 (LC8) association enhances microtubule stability and promotes microtubule bundling. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:40793-805. [PMID: 23038268 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.394353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Dynein Light Chain 1 (LC8) has been shown to pull down tubulin subunits, suggesting that it interacts with microtubules. RESULTS LC8 decorates microtubules in vitro and in Drosophila embryos, promotes microtubule assembly, and stabilizes microtubules both in vitro and in tissue-cultured cells. CONCLUSION LC8 stabilizes microtubules. SIGNIFICANCE Data provide the first evidence of a novel MAP-like function of LC8. Dynein light chain 1 (LC8), a highly conserved protein, is known to bind to a variety of different polypeptides. It functions as a dimer, which is inactivated through phosphorylation at the Ser-88 residue. A loss of LC8 function causes apoptosis in Drosophila embryos, and its overexpression induces malignant transformation of breast cancer cells. Here we show that LC8 binds to tubulin, promotes microtubule assembly, and induces the bundling of reconstituted microtubules in vitro. Furthermore, LC8 decorates microtubules both in Drosophila embryos and in HeLa cells, increases the microtubule stability, and promotes microtubule bundling in these cells. Microtubule stability influences a number of different cellular functions including mitosis and cell differentiation. The LC8 overexpression reduces the susceptibility of microtubules to cold and nocodazole-induced depolymerization in tissue-cultured cells and increases microtubule acetylation, suggesting that LC8 stabilizes microtubules. We also show that LC8 knockdown or transfection with inhibitory peptides destabilizes microtubules and inhibits bipolar spindle assembly in HeLa cells. In addition, LC8 knockdown leads to the mitotic block in HeLa cells. Furthermore, molecular docking analysis using the crystal structures of tubulin and LC8 dimer indicated that the latter may bind at α-β tubulin junction in a protofilament at sites distinct from the kinesin and dynein binding sites. Together, we provide the first evidence of a novel microtubule-associated protein-like function of LC8 that could explain its reported roles in cellular metastasis and differentiation.
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- Jayant Asthana
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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Orr R, Kinkead R, Newman R, Anderson L, Hoey EM, Trudgett A, Timson DJ. FhCaBP4: a Fasciola hepatica calcium-binding protein with EF-hand and dynein light chain domains. Parasitol Res 2012; 111:1707-13. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3010-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Toledo MA, Janissen R, Favaro MT, Cotta MA, Monteiro GA, Prazeres DMF, Souza AP, Azzoni AR. Development of a recombinant fusion protein based on the dynein light chain LC8 for non-viral gene delivery. J Control Release 2012; 159:222-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2012.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2011] [Revised: 01/10/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Muresan V, Muresan Z. Unconventional functions of microtubule motors. Arch Biochem Biophys 2012; 520:17-29. [PMID: 22306515 PMCID: PMC3307959 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2011.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 12/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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With the functional characterization of proteins advancing at fast pace, the notion that one protein performs different functions - often with no relation to each other - emerges as a novel principle of how cells work. Molecular motors are no exception to this new development. Here, we provide an account on recent findings revealing that microtubule motors are multifunctional proteins that regulate many cellular processes, in addition to their main function in transport. Some of these functions rely on their motor activity, but others are independent of it. Of the first category, we focus on the role of microtubule motors in organelle biogenesis, and in the remodeling of the cytoskeleton, especially through the regulation of microtubule dynamics. Of the second category, we discuss the function of microtubule motors as static anchors of the cargo at the destination, and their participation in regulating signaling cascades by modulating interactions between signaling proteins, including transcription factors. We also review atypical forms of transport, such as the cytoplasmic streaming in the oocyte, and the movement of cargo by microtubule fluctuations. Our goal is to provide an overview of these unexpected functions of microtubule motors, and to incite future research in this expanding field.
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- Virgil Muresan
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, U.S.A
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- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103, U.S.A
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Chakraborty S, Krishna Mohan P, Hosur RV. Residual structure and dynamics in DMSO-d6 denatured Dynein Light Chain protein. Biochimie 2012; 94:231-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2011] [Accepted: 10/25/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Morgan JL, Song Y, Barbar E. Structural dynamics and multiregion interactions in dynein-dynactin recognition. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:39349-59. [PMID: 21931160 PMCID: PMC3234759 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.296277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2011] [Revised: 09/19/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic dynein is a 1.2-MDa multisubunit motor protein complex that, together with its activator dynactin, is responsible for the majority of minus end microtubule-based motility. Dynactin targets dynein to specific cellular locations, links dynein to cargo, and increases dynein processivity. These two macromolecular complexes are connected by a direct interaction between dynactin's largest subunit, p150(Glued), and dynein intermediate chain (IC) subunit. Here, we demonstrate using NMR spectroscopy and isothermal titration calorimetry that the binding footprint of p150(Glued) on IC involves two noncontiguous recognition regions, and both are required for full binding affinity. In apo-IC, the helical structure of region 1, the nascent helix of region 2, and the disorder in the rest of the chain are determined from coupling constants, amide-amide sequential NOEs, secondary chemical shifts, and various dynamics measurements. When bound to p150(Glued), different patterns of spectral exchange broadening suggest that region 1 forms a coiled-coil and region 2 a packed stable helix, with the intervening residues remaining disordered. In the 150-kDa complex of p150(Glued), IC, and two light chains, the noninterface segments remain disordered. The multiregion IC binding interface, the partial disorder of region 2 and its potential for post-translational modification, and the modulation of the length of the longer linker by alternative splicing may provide a basis for elegant and multifaceted regulation of binding between IC and p150(Glued). The long disordered linker between the p150(Glued) binding segments and the dynein light chain consensus sequences could also provide an attractive recognition platform for diverse cargoes.
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- Jessica L. Morgan
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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Rapali P, Szenes Á, Radnai L, Bakos A, Pál G, Nyitray L. DYNLL/LC8: a light chain subunit of the dynein motor complex and beyond. FEBS J 2011; 278:2980-96. [PMID: 21777386 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The LC8 family members of dynein light chains (DYNLL1 and DYNLL2 in vertebrates) are highly conserved ubiquitous eukaryotic homodimer proteins that interact, besides dynein and myosin 5a motor proteins, with a large (and still incomplete) number of proteins involved in diverse biological functions. Despite an earlier suggestion that LC8 light chains function as cargo adapters of the above molecular motors, they are now recognized as regulatory hub proteins that interact with short linear motifs located in intrinsically disordered protein segments. The most prominent LC8 function is to promote dimerization of their binding partners that are often scaffold proteins of various complexes, including the intermediate chains of the dynein motor complex. Structural and functional aspects of this intriguing hub protein will be highlighted in this minireview.
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- Péter Rapali
- Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
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Sun S, Butterworth AH, Paramasivam S, Yan S, Lightcap CM, Williams JC, Polenova T. Resonance Assignments and Secondary Structure Analysis of Dynein Light Chain 8 by Magic Angle Spinning NMR Spectroscopy. CAN J CHEM 2011; 89:909-918. [PMID: 23243318 DOI: 10.1139/v11-030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Dynein light chain LC8 is the smallest subunit of the dynein motor complex and has been shown to play important roles in both dynein dependent and dynein independent physiological functions via its interaction with a number of its binding partners. It has also been linked to pathogenesis including roles in viral infections and tumorigenesis. Structural information for LC8-target proteins is critical to understanding the underlying function of LC8 in these complexes. However, some LC8-target interactions are not amenable for structural characterization by conventional structural biology techniques due to their large size, low solubility and crystallization difficulties. Here, we report magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR studies of the homodimeric apo-LC8 protein as a first effort in addressing more complex, multi-partner LC8-based protein assemblies. We have established site-specific backbone and side chain resonance assignments for the majority of the residues of LC8, and show TALOS+ predicted torsion angles ϕ and ψ in close agreement with most residues in the published LC8 crystal structure. Data obtained through these studies will provide the first step toward using MAS NMR to examine the LC8 structure, which will eventually be used to investigate protein-protein interactions in larger systems, which cannot be determined by conventional structural studies.
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- Shangjin Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, United States
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Stuchell-Brereton MD, Siglin A, Li J, Moore JK, Ahmed S, Williams JC, Cooper JA. Functional interaction between dynein light chain and intermediate chain is required for mitotic spindle positioning. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:2690-701. [PMID: 21633107 PMCID: PMC3145545 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-01-0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cytoplasmic dynein is a large multisubunit complex involved in retrograde transport and the positioning of various organelles. Dynein light chain (LC) subunits are conserved across species; however, the molecular contribution of LCs to dynein function remains controversial. One model suggests that LCs act as cargo-binding scaffolds. Alternatively, LCs are proposed to stabilize the intermediate chains (ICs) of the dynein complex. To examine the role of LCs in dynein function, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in which the sole function of dynein is to position the spindle during mitosis. We report that the LC8 homologue, Dyn2, localizes with the dynein complex at microtubule ends and interacts directly with the yeast IC, Pac11. We identify two Dyn2-binding sites in Pac11 that exert differential effects on Dyn2-binding and dynein function. Mutations disrupting Dyn2 elicit a partial loss-of-dynein phenotype and impair the recruitment of the dynein activator complex, dynactin. Together these results indicate that the dynein-based function of Dyn2 is via its interaction with the dynein IC and that this interaction is important for the interaction of dynein and dynactin. In addition, these data provide the first direct evidence that LC occupancy in the dynein motor complex is important for function.
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- Melissa D Stuchell-Brereton
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Nyarko A, Barbar E. Light chain-dependent self-association of dynein intermediate chain. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:1556-66. [PMID: 20974845 PMCID: PMC3020764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.171686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dynein light chains are bivalent dimers that bind two copies of dynein intermediate chain IC to form a cargo attachment subcomplex. The interaction of light chain LC8 with the natively disordered N-terminal domain of IC induces helix formation at distant IC sites in or near a region predicted to form a coiled-coil. This fostered the hypothesis that LC8 binding promotes IC self-association to form a coiled-coil or other interchain helical structure. However, recent studies show that the predicted coiled-coil sequence partially overlaps the light chain LC7 recognition sequence on IC, raising questions about the apparently contradictory effects of LC8 and LC7. Here, we use NMR and fluorescence quenching to localize IC self-association to residues within the predicted coiled-coil that also correspond to helix 1 of the LC7 recognition sequence. LC8 binding promotes IC self-association of helix 1 from each of two IC chains, whereas LC7 binding reverses self-association by incorporating the same residues into two symmetrical, but distant, helices of the LC7-IC complex. Isothermal titration experiments confirm the distinction of LC8 enhancement of IC self-association and LC7 binding effects. When all three light chains are bound, IC self-association is shifted to another region. Such flexibility in association modes may function in maintaining a stable and versatile light chain-intermediate chain assembly under changing cellular conditions.
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- Afua Nyarko
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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Mohan PK, Chakraborty S, Hosur RV. Hierarchy of local structural and dynamics perturbations due to subdenaturing urea in the native state ensemble of DLC8 dimer. Biophys Chem 2010; 153:17-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 09/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Xiao F, Weng J, Fan K, Wang W. Mechanism of Ser88 phosphorylation-induced dimer dissociation in dynein light chain LC8. J Phys Chem B 2010; 114:15663-72. [PMID: 21062069 DOI: 10.1021/jp1048869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dynein light chain LC8 is a highly conserved, dimeric protein involved in a variety of essential cellular events. Phosphorylation at Ser88 was found to promote mammalian cell survival and regulate the dimer to monomer transition at physiological pH. Combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulation and free energy calculation methods, we explored the atomistic mechanism of the phosphorylation-induced dimer dissociation. The MD simulation revealed that phosphorylation/phosphomimetic mutation at Ser88 opens an entrance into the dimer interface for water molecules, which disturb the hydrogen bond network around His55 and is expected to raise the pK(a) value and protonation ratio of His55 as well. The free energy calculations showed that the S88E mutation destabilized the dimer by 6.6 kcal/mol, in good agreement with the experimental value of 8.1 kcal/mol. The calculated destabilization upon phosphorylation is 50.8 kcal/mol, showing that phosphorylation definitely prevents dimer formation under physiological conditions. Further analysis of the calculated free energy changes demonstrated that the electrostatic contribution dominates the impact of phosphorylation on dimer dissociation.
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- Fei Xiao
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Catalysis and Innovative Materials, Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Dey S, Pal A, Chakrabarti P, Janin J. The subunit interfaces of weakly associated homodimeric proteins. J Mol Biol 2010; 398:146-60. [PMID: 20156457 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2009] [Revised: 02/10/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We analyzed subunit interfaces in 315 homodimers with an X-ray structure in the Protein Data Bank, validated by checking the literature for data that indicate that the proteins are dimeric in solution and that, in the case of the "weak" dimers, the homodimer is in equilibrium with the monomer. The interfaces of the 42 weak dimers, which are smaller by a factor of 2.4 on average than in the remainder of the set, are comparable in size with antibody-antigen or protease-inhibitor interfaces. Nevertheless, they are more hydrophobic than in the average transient protein-protein complex and similar in amino acid composition to the other homodimer interfaces. The mean numbers of interface hydrogen bonds and hydration water molecules per unit area are also similar in homodimers and transient complexes. Parameters related to the atomic packing suggest that many of the weak dimer interfaces are loosely packed, and we suggest that this contributes to their low stability. To evaluate the evolutionary selection pressure on interface residues, we calculated the Shannon entropy of homologous amino acid sequences at 60% sequence identity. In 93% of the homodimers, the interface residues are better conserved than the residues on the protein surface. The weak dimers display the same high degree of interface conservation as other homodimers, but their homologs may be heterodimers as well as homodimers. Their interfaces may be good models in terms of their size, composition, and evolutionary conservation for the labile subunit contacts that allow protein assemblies to share and exchange components, allosteric proteins to undergo quaternary structure transitions, and molecular machines to operate in the cell.
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- Sucharita Dey
- Bioinformatics Centre, Bose Institute, P-1/12 CIT Scheme VIIM, Calcutta 700 054, India
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Benison G, Chiodo M, Karplus PA, Barbar E. Structural, thermodynamic, and kinetic effects of a phosphomimetic mutation in dynein light chain LC8. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11381-9. [PMID: 19863079 PMCID: PMC2821902 DOI: 10.1021/bi901589w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Dynein light chain LC8 is a small, dimeric, very highly conserved globular protein first identified as an integral part of the dynein and myosin molecular motors but now recognized as a dimerization hub with wider significance. Phosphorylation at Ser88 is thought to be involved in regulating LC8 in the apoptotic pathway. The phosphomimetic Ser88Glu mutation weakens dimerization of LC8 and thus its overall ligand-binding affinity, because only the dimer binds ligands. The 1.9 A resolution crystal structure of dimeric LC8(S88E) bound to a fragment of the ligand Swallow (Swa) presented here shows that the tertiary structure is identical to that of wild-type LC8/Swa, with Glu88 well accommodated sterically at the dimer interface. NMR longitudinal magnetization exchange spectroscopy reveals remarkably slow association kinetics (k(on) approximately 1 s(-1) mM(-1)) in the monomer-dimer equilibrium of both wild-type LC8 and LC8(S88E), possibly due to the strand-swapped architecture of the dimer. The Ser88Glu mutation raises the dimer dissociation constant (K(D)) through a combination of a higher k(off) and lower k(on). Using a minimal model of titration linked to dimerization, we dissect the thermodynamics of dimerization of wild-type LC8 and LC8(S88E) in their various protonation states. When both Glu88 residues are protonated, the LC8(S88E) dimer is nearly as stable as the wild-type dimer, but deprotonation of one Glu88 residue raises K(D) by a factor of 400. We infer that phosphorylation of one subunit of wild-type LC8 raises K(D) by at least as much to prevent dimerization of LC8 at physiological concentrations. Some LC8 binding partners may bind tightly enough to promote dimerization even when one subunit is phosphorylated; thus linkage between phosphorylation and dimerization provides a mechanism for differential regulation of binding of LC8 to its diverse partners.
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- Gregory Benison
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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Hall J, Karplus PA, Barbar E. Multivalency in the assembly of intrinsically disordered Dynein intermediate chain. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:33115-21. [PMID: 19759397 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.048587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Dynein light chains are thought to increase binding efficiency of dynein intermediate chain to both dynein heavy chain and dynactin, but their exact role is not clear. Isothermal titration calorimetry and x-ray crystallography reported herein indicate that multivalency effects underlie efficient dynein assembly and regulation. For a ternary complex of a 60-amino acid segment of dynein intermediate chain (IC) bound to two homodimeric dynein light chains Tctex1 and LC8, there is a 50-fold affinity enhancement for the second light chain binding. For a designed IC construct containing two LC8 sites, observed the 1000-fold enhancement reflects a remarkably pure entropic chelate effect of a magnitude commensurate with theoretical predictions. The lower enhancement in wild-type IC is attributed to unfavorable free energy changes associated with incremental interactions of IC with Tctex1. Our results show assembled dynein IC as an elongated, flexible polybivalent duplex, and suggest that polybivalency is an important general mechanism for constructing stable yet reversible and functionally versatile complexes.
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- Justin Hall
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Krishna Mohan PM, Hosur RV. Structure-function-folding relationships and native energy landscape of dynein light chain protein: nuclear magnetic resonance insights. J Biosci 2009; 34:465-79. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-009-0052-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mitochondria in the cell bodies of neurons are transported down neuronal processes in response to changes in local energy and metabolic states. Because of their extreme polarity, neurons require specialized mechanisms to regulate mitochondrial transport and retention in axons. Our previous studies using syntaphilin (snph) knock-out mice provided evidence that SNPH targets to axonal mitochondria and controls their mobility through its static interaction with microtubules (MTs). However, the mechanisms regulating SNPH-mediated mitochondrial docking remain elusive. Here, we report an unexpected role for dynein light chain LC8. Using proteomic biochemical and cell biological assays combined with time-lapse imaging in live snph wild-type and mutant neurons, we reveal that LC8 regulates axonal mitochondrial mobility by binding to SNPH, thus enhancing the SNPH-MT docking interaction. Using mutagenesis assays, we mapped a seven-residue LC8-binding motif. Through this specific interaction, SNPH recruits LC8 to axonal mitochondria; such colocalization is abolished when neurons express SNPH mutants lacking the LC8-binding motif. Transient LC8 expression reduces mitochondrial mobility in snph (+/+) but not (-/-) neurons, suggesting that the observed effect of LC8 depends on the SNPH-mediated docking mechanism. In contrast, deleting the LC8-binding motif impairs the ability of SNPH to immobilize axonal mitochondria. Furthermore, circular dichroism spectrum analysis shows that LC8 stabilizes an alpha-helical coiled-coil within the MT-binding domain of SNPH against thermal unfolding. Thus, our study provides new mechanistic insights into controlling mitochondrial mobility through a dynamic interaction between the mitochondrial docking receptor and axonal cytoskeleton.
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NMR is a powerful tool for quantitative measurement of the thermodynamic properties of biological systems. In this review, we discuss the role NMR has played in understanding the various coupled equilibria in dimerization of dynein light chain LC8 and in its interactions with its ligands. LC8, a very highly conserved 89-residue homodimer also known as DYNLL, is an essential component of the dynein and Myosin V molecular motors and is also found in various other complexes. LC8 binds to disordered segments of its partners, promoting them to dimerize and form more ordered structures, often coiled coils. The monomer-dimer equilibrium is controlled by electrostatic interactions at the dimer interface, such as by phosphorylation of residue Ser88, which is a regulatory mechanism for LC8 in vivo. NMR experiments have uncovered several subtle interactions--weak dimerization of a phosphomimetic mutant, and allosteric interaction between the LC8 binding sites--that have been overlooked by other methods. NMR has also provided a residue-specific view of the titration of histidine residues at the LC8 dimer interface, and of a nascent helix in one of the binding partners, the primarily disordered dynein intermediate chain IC74. We give special attention to methods for quantitative interpretation of NMR spectra, an important consideration when using NMR to measure equilibria.
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Mohan PMK, Chakraborty S, Hosur RV. NMR investigations on residue level unfolding thermodynamics in DLC8 dimer by temperature dependent native state hydrogen exchange. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2009; 44:1-11. [PMID: 19308329 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-009-9311-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 02/26/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Understanding protein stability at residue level detail in the native state ensemble of a protein is crucial to understanding its biological function. At the same time, deriving thermodynamic parameters using conventional spectroscopic and calorimetric techniques remains a major challenge for some proteins due to protein aggregation and irreversibility of denaturation at higher temperature values. In this regard, we describe here the NMR investigations on the conformational stabilities and related thermodynamic parameters such as local unfolding enthalpies, heat capacities and transition midpoints in DLC8 dimer, by using temperature dependent native state hydrogen exchange; this protein aggregates at high (>65 degrees C) temperatures. The stability (free energy) of the native state was found to vary substantially with temperature at every residue. Significant differences were found in the thermodynamic parameters at individual residue sites indicating that the local environments in the protein structure would respond differently to external perturbations; this reflects on plasticity differences in different regions of the protein. Further, comparison of this data with similar data obtained from GdnHCl dependent native state hydrogen exchange indicated many similarities at residue level, suggesting that local unfolding transitions may be similar in both the cases. This has implications for the folding/unfolding mechanisms of the protein.
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- P M Krishna Mohan
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai, 400 005, India
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Mohan PK, Joshi MV, Hosur RV. Hierarchy in guanidine unfolding of DLC8 dimer: Regulatory functional implications. Biochimie 2009; 91:401-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2008.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Wei J, Liu Y, Bose K, Henry GD, Baleja JD. Disorder and structure in the Rab11 binding domain of Rab11 family interacting protein 2. Biochemistry 2009; 48:549-57. [PMID: 19119858 DOI: 10.1021/bi8020197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Rab11 plays a central role in plasma membrane recycling which returns cellular receptors for reuse at the cell surface. A recently identified family of Rab11 interacting proteins (FIP) includes FIP2. The C-terminal region of FIP2 is essential for colocalization with Rab11 on early endosomes and for enabling formation of higher-order oligomers. Rab11 binding and oligomerization of FIP2 are separable. Here we have determined the three-dimensional structure of the 40-residue coiled-coil oligomerization domain of FIP2 in the absence of Rab11 using NMR methods. The N-terminal half showed strong NOE cross-peaks and well-dispersed NMR resonances, whereas the C-terminal half had fewer NOE cross-peaks and less chemical shift dispersion. The 10 C-terminal residues were mostly disordered. The final structures of the dimer had favorable Ramachandran angles and a root-mean-square deviation of 0.59 +/- 0.13 A over superimposed backbone residues. The structure allows a comparison to a structure of FIP2 in complex with Rab11 that was determined crystallographically. In complex with Rab11, the C-terminal residues are not disordered but have a helical structure that predicts residual dipolar coupling constants that are incompatible with those measured on the unbound FIP2. In both structures, a histidine residue is found at the normally hydrophobic position of the heptad repeat of the coiled coil, and here we show its ionization destabilizes the coiled-coil structure. Together, these data allow us to build a model in which the binding of FIP family proteins to Rab11 can be described in terms of conformational changes and that suggests new modes of regulation.
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- Jie Wei
- Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Mohan PK, Hosur RV. pH dependent unfolding characteristics of DLC8 dimer: Residue level details from NMR. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2008; 1784:1795-803. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2008] [Revised: 06/30/2008] [Accepted: 07/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Hall J, Hall A, Pursifull N, Barbar E. Differences in Dynamic Structure of LC8 Monomer, Dimer, and Dimer−Peptide Complexes. Biochemistry 2008; 47:11940-52. [DOI: 10.1021/bi801093k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Justin Hall
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331
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The interplay of ligand binding and quaternary structure in the diverse interactions of dynein light chain LC8. J Mol Biol 2008; 384:954-66. [PMID: 18948118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.09.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2008] [Revised: 09/27/2008] [Accepted: 09/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dynein light chain LC8 is a small, dimeric, and very highly conserved globular protein that is an integral part of the dynein and myosin molecular motors but appears to have a broader role in multiple protein complexes unrelated to molecular motors. LC8 binds to two families of targets: those having a KXTQT sequence fingerprint and those having a GIQVD fingerprint. All known LC8 binding partners containing these fingerprints share a common binding site on LC8 that raises the question of what determines binding specificity. Here, we present the crystal structure of apo-LC8 at 1.7-A resolution, which, when compared with the crystal structures of several LC8 complexes, gives insight into the mechanism underlying the binding diversity of LC8. Peptide binding is associated with a shift in quaternary structure that expands the hydrophobic binding surface available to the ligand, in addition to changes in tertiary structure and ordering of LC8 around the binding groove. The observed quaternary shift suggests a mechanism by which binding at one of the two identical sites can influence binding at the other. NMR spectra of titrations with peptides from each fingerprint family show evidence of allosteric interaction between the two binding sites, to a differing degree in the two ligand families. Allosteric interaction between the binding sites may be a mechanism to promote simultaneous binding of ligands from the same family, providing a physiological role for the two fingerprints.
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Lightcap CM, Sun S, Lear JD, Rodeck U, Polenova T, Williams JC. Biochemical and structural characterization of the Pak1-LC8 interaction. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:27314-24. [PMID: 18650427 PMCID: PMC2556000 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m800758200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2008] [Revised: 07/02/2008] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Pak1 (p21-activated kinase-1) and the dynein light chain, LC8, are overexpressed in breast cancer, and their direct interaction has been proposed to regulate tumor cell survival. These effects have been attributed in part to Pak1-mediated phosphorylation of LC8 at serine 88. However, LC8 is homodimeric, which renders Ser(88) inaccessible. Moreover, Pak1 does not contain a canonical LC8 binding sequence compared with other characterized LC8 binding sequences. Together, these observations raise the question whether the Pak1/LC8 interaction is distinct (i.e. enabled by a unique interface independent of LC8 dimerization). Herein, we present results from biochemical, NMR, and crystallographic studies that show that Pak1 (residues 212-222) binds to LC8 along the same groove as canonical LC8 interaction partners (e.g. nNOS and BimL). Using LC8 point mutants K36P and T67A, we were able to differentiate Pak1 from canonical LC8 binding sequences and identify a key hydrogen bond network that compensates for the loss of the conserved glutamine in the consensus sequence. We also show that the target binding interface formed through LC8 dimerization is required to bind to Pak1 and precludes phosphorylation of LC8 at Ser(88). Consistent with this observation, in vitro phosphorylation assays using activated Pak1 fail to phosphorylate LC8. Although these results define structural details of the Pak1/LC8 interaction and suggest a hierarchy of target binding affinities, they do not support the current model whereby Pak1 binds to and subsequently phosphorylates LC8 to promote anchorage-independent growth. Rather, they suggest that LC8 binding modulates Pak1 activity and/or nuclear localization.
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- Christine M Lightcap
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Mohan PMK, Chakraborty S, Hosur RV. Residue-wise conformational stability of DLC8 dimer from native-state hydrogen exchange. Proteins 2008; 75:40-52. [PMID: 18767155 DOI: 10.1002/prot.22219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Dynein light chain (DLC8) is the smallest subunit of the dynein motor complex, which is known to act as a cargo adaptor in intracellular trafficking. The protein exists as a pure dimer at physiological pH and a completely folded monomer below pH 4. Here, we have determined the energy landscape of the dimeric protein using a combination of optical techniques and native-state hydrogen exchange of amide groups, the former giving the global features and the latter yielding the residue level details. The data indicated the presence of intermediates along the equilibrium unfolding transition. The hydrogen exchange data suggested that the molecule has differential stability in its various segments. We deduce from the free energy data that the antiparallel beta-sheets (beta4 and beta5) that form the hydrophobic core of the protein and the alpha2 helix, all of which are highly protected with regard to hydrogen exchange, contribute significantly to the initial step of the protein folding mechanism. Denaturant-dependent hydrogen exchange indicated further that some amides exchange via local fluctuations, whereas there are others which exchange via global unfolding events. Implications of these to cargo adaptability of the dimer are discussed.
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- P M Krishna Mohan
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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Rumfeldt JAO, Galvagnion C, Vassall KA, Meiering EM. Conformational stability and folding mechanisms of dimeric proteins. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 98:61-84. [PMID: 18602415 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The folding of multisubunit proteins is of tremendous biological significance since the large majority of proteins exist as protein-protein complexes. Extensive experimental and computational studies have provided fundamental insights into the principles of folding of small monomeric proteins. Recently, important advances have been made in extending folding studies to multisubunit proteins, in particular homodimeric proteins. This review summarizes the equilibrium and kinetic theory and models underlying the quantitative analysis of dimeric protein folding using chemical denaturation, as well as the experimental results that have been obtained. Although various principles identified for monomer folding also apply to the folding of dimeric proteins, the effects of subunit association can manifest in complex ways, and are frequently overlooked. Changes in molecularity typically give rise to very different overall folding behaviour than is observed for monomeric proteins. The results obtained for dimers have provided key insights pertinent to understanding biological assembly and regulation of multisubunit proteins. These advances have set the stage for future advances in folding involving protein-protein interactions for natural multisubunit proteins and unnatural assemblies involved in disease.
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- Jessica A O Rumfeldt
- Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Mohan PMK, Hosur RV. NMR Characterization of Structural and Dynamics Perturbations Due to a Single Point Mutation in Drosophila DLC8 Dimer: Functional Implications. Biochemistry 2008; 47:6251-9. [DOI: 10.1021/bi800531g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- P. M. Krishna Mohan
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India
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Benison G, Karplus PA, Barbar E. Structure and Dynamics of LC8 Complexes with KXTQT-Motif Peptides: Swallow and Dynein Intermediate Chain Compete for a Common Site. J Mol Biol 2007; 371:457-68. [PMID: 17570393 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2007] [Revised: 05/08/2007] [Accepted: 05/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The dynein light chain LC8 is an integral subunit of the cytoplasmic dynein motor complex that binds directly to and promotes assembly of the dynein intermediate chain (IC). LC8 interacts also with a variety of putative dynein cargo molecules such as Bim, a proapoptotic Bcl2 family protein, which have the KXTQT recognition sequence and neuronal nitric oxide synthase (nNOS), which has the GIQVD fingerprint but shares the same binding grooves at the LC8 dimer interface. The work reported here investigates the interaction of LC8 with IC and a putative cargo, Swallow, which share the KXTQT recognition sequence, and addresses the apparent paradox of how LC8, as part of dynein, mediates binding to cargo. The structures of Drosophila LC8 bound to peptides from IC and Swallow solved by X-ray diffraction show that the IC and Swallow peptides bind in the same grooves at the dimer interface. Differences in flexibility between bound and free LC8 were evaluated from hydrogen isotope exchange experiments using heteronuclear NMR spectroscopy. Peptide binding causes an increase in protection from exchange primarily in residues that interact directly with the peptide, such as the beta-strand intertwined at the interface and the N-terminal end of helix alpha2. There is considerably more protection upon Swallow binding, consistent with tighter binding relative to IC. Comparison with the LC8/nNOS complex shows how both the GIQVD and KXTQT fingerprints are recognized in the same groove. The similar structures of LC8/IC and LC8/Swa and the tighter binding of Swallow call into question the role for LC8 as a cargo adaptor protein, and suggest that binding of LC8 to Swallow serves another function, possibly that of a dimerization engine, which is independent of its role in dynein.
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- Gregory Benison
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Williams JC, Roulhac PL, Roy AG, Vallee RB, Fitzgerald MC, Hendrickson WA. Structural and thermodynamic characterization of a cytoplasmic dynein light chain-intermediate chain complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:10028-33. [PMID: 17551010 PMCID: PMC1885999 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0703614104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Cytoplasmic dynein is a microtubule-based motor protein complex that plays important roles in a wide range of fundamental cellular processes, including vesicular transport, mitosis, and cell migration. A single major form of cytoplasmic dynein associates with membranous organelles, mitotic kinetochores, the mitotic and migratory cell cortex, centrosomes, and mRNA complexes. The ability of cytoplasmic dynein to recognize such diverse forms of cargo is thought to be associated with its several accessory subunits, which reside at the base of the molecule. The dynein light chains (LCs) LC8 and TcTex1 form a subcomplex with dynein intermediate chains, and they also interact with numerous protein and ribonucleoprotein partners. This observation has led to the hypothesis that these subunits serve to tether cargo to the dynein motor. Here, we present the structure and a thermodynamic analysis of a complex of LC8 and TcTex1 associated with their intermediate chain scaffold. The intermediate chains effectively block the major putative cargo binding sites within the light chains. These data suggest that, in the dynein complex, the LCs do not bind cargo, in apparent disagreement with a role for LCs in dynein cargo binding interactions.
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- John C. Williams
- *Department of Biochemistry and
- Molecular Biology and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107
- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and
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- Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032; and
- **To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Song Y, Benison G, Nyarko A, Hays TS, Barbar E. Potential role for phosphorylation in differential regulation of the assembly of dynein light chains. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:17272-9. [PMID: 17428790 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The homodimeric light chains LC8 and Tctex-1 are integral parts of the microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein, as they directly associate with dynein intermediate chain IC and various cellular cargoes. These light chains appear to regulate assembly of the dynein complex by binding to and promoting dimerization of IC. In addition, both LC8 and Tctex-1 play roles in signaling, apoptosis, and neuronal development that are independent of their function in dynein, but it is unclear how these various activities are modulated. Both light chains undergo specific phosphorylation, and here we present biochemical and NMR analyses of phosphomimetic mutants that indicate how phosphorylation may regulate light chain function. For both LC8 and Tctex-1, phosphorylation promotes dissociation from IC while retaining their binding activity with other non-dynein proteins. Although LC8 and Tctex-1 are homologs having a common fold, their reduced affinity for IC upon phosphorylation arises by different mechanisms. In the case of Tctex-1, phosphorylation directly masks the IC binding site at the dimer interface, whereas for LC8, phosphorylation dissociates the dimer and indirectly eliminates the binding site. This modulation of the monomer-dimer equilibrium by phosphorylation provides a novel mechanism for discrimination among LC8 binding partners.
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- Yujuan Song
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, USA
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Krishna Mohan PM, Hosur RV. NMR insights into dynamics regulated target binding of DLC8 dimer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 355:950-5. [PMID: 17336265 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.02.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Conformational dynamics play a crucial role in biological function. Dynein light chain protein (DLC8) acts as a cargo adaptor, and exists as a dimer under physiological conditions and dissociates into monomer below pH 4. In the present NMR study, we identified some dynamic residues in the dimer using chemical shift perturbation approach by applying small pH change. As evidenced by gel filtration and CD studies, this small pH change does not alter the globular structural features of the protein. In fact, these changes result in small local stability perturbations as monitored using temperature dependence of amide proton chemical shifts, and influence the dynamics of the dimer substantially. Further, interaction studies of the protein with a peptide containing the recognition motif of cargo indicated that the efficacy of peptide binding decreases when the pH is reduced from 7 to 6. These observations taken together support the conception that dynamics can regulate cargo binding/trafficking by the DLC8 dimer.
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- P M Krishna Mohan
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, India
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Chatterjee A, Krishna Mohan PM, Prabhu A, Ghosh-Roy A, Hosur RV. Equilibrium unfolding of DLC8 monomer by urea and guanidine hydrochloride: Distinctive global and residue level features. Biochimie 2007; 89:117-34. [PMID: 17029744 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2006] [Accepted: 09/05/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We present circular dichroism (CD), steady state fluorescence and multidimensional NMR investigations on the equilibrium unfolding of monomeric dynein light chain protein (DLC8) by urea and guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl). Quantitative analysis of the CD and fluorescence denaturation curves reveals that urea unfolding is a two-state process, whereas guanidine unfolding is more complex. NMR investigations in the native state and in the near native states created by low denaturant concentrations enabled residue level characterization of the early structural and dynamic perturbations by the two denaturants. Firstly, (15)N transverse relaxation rates in the native state indicate that the regions around N10, Q27, the loop between beta2 and beta4 strands, and K87 at the C-terminal are potential unfolding initiation sites in the protein. Amide and (15)N chemical shift perturbations indicate different accessibilities of the residues along the chain and help identify locations of the early perturbations by the two denaturants. Guanidine and urea are seen to interact at several sites some of which are different in the two cases. Notable among the common interaction site is that around K87 which is in close proximity to W54 on the protein structure, but the interaction modes of the two denaturants are different. The secondary chemical shifts indicate that the structural perturbation by 1M urea is small, compared to that by guanidine which is more encompassing over the length of the chain. The probable (phi, psi) changes at the individual residues have been calculated using the TALOS algorithm. It appears that the helices in the protein are significantly perturbed by guanidine. Further, comparison of the spectral density functions of the native and the two near native states in the two denaturants implicate greater loosening of the structure by guanidine as compared to that by urea, even though the structures are still in the native state ensemble. These differences in the early perturbations of the native state structure and dynamics by the two denaturants might direct the protein along different pathways, as the unfolding progresses on further increasing the denaturant concentration.
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Affiliation(s)
- Amarnath Chatterjee
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400 005, Maharashtra, India
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Benison G, Nyarko A, Barbar E. Heteronuclear NMR Identifies a Nascent Helix in Intrinsically Disordered Dynein Intermediate Chain: Implications for Folding and Dimerization. J Mol Biol 2006; 362:1082-93. [PMID: 16949604 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2006] [Revised: 07/29/2006] [Accepted: 08/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
The intermediate chain of dynein forms a tight subcomplex with dimeric light chains LC8 and Tctex-1, and together they constitute the cargo attachment complex. There is considerable interest in identifying the role of these light chains in the assembly of the two copies of the intermediate chain. The N-terminal domain of the intermediate chain, IC1-289, contains the binding sites for the light chains, and is a highly disordered monomer but gains helical structure upon binding to light chains LC8 and Tctex-1. To provide insights into the structural and dynamic changes that occur in the intermediate chain upon light chains binding, we have used NMR spectroscopy to compare the properties of two distinct sub-domains of IC1-289: IC84-143 which is the light chains binding domain, and IC198-237, which contains a predicted coiled coil necessary for the increase in ordered structure upon light chain binding. Neither construct has stable secondary structure when probed by circular dichroism and amide chemical shift dispersion. Specific residues of IC84-143 involved in binding to the light chains were identified by their increase in resonance line broadening and the corresponding large intensity reduction in 1H-15N HSQC spectra. Interestingly, IC84-143 shows no sign of structure formation after binding to either LC8 or Tctex-1 or to both. IC198-237, on the other hand, contains a population of a nascent helix at low temperature as identified by heteronuclear NMR relaxation measurements, secondary chemical shifts, and sequential amide-amide connectivities. These data are consistent with a model for light chain binding coupled to intermediate chain dimerization through forming a coiled coil distant from the binding site.
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- Gregory Benison
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA
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Talbott M, Hare M, Nyarko A, Hays TS, Barbar E. Folding is coupled to dimerization of Tctex-1 dynein light chain. Biochemistry 2006; 45:6793-800. [PMID: 16734416 PMCID: PMC2570205 DOI: 10.1021/bi0600345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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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Equilibrium analyses have been performed to elucidate the role of dimerization in folding and stability of dynein light chain Tctex-1. The equilibrium unfolding transition was monitored by intrinsic fluorescence intensity, fluorescence anisotropy, and circular dichroism and was modeled as a two-state mechanism where a folded dimer dissociates to two unfolded monomers without populating thermodynamically stable monomeric or dimeric intermediates. Sedimentation equilibrium and chemical cross-linking experiments performed at increasing concentrations of denaturants show no change in the association state before the unfolding transition and are consistent with the two-state model of dissociation coupled to unfolding. A linear dependence on denaturant concentration is observed by fluorescence intensity and anisotropy before unfolding in the 0-2 M GdnCl, and 0-4 M urea concentration range. This change is not protein concentration-dependent and possibly reflects relief of quenching associated with premelting conformational disorder in the vicinity of Trp 83. The data clearly show that the dissociation-coupled unfolding mechanism of Tctex-1 is different from the three-state denaturation mechanism of its structural homologue light chain LC8. The absence of a stable monomer in Tctex-1 offers insight into its functional differences from LC8.
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- Matthew Talbott
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331
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