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Steiert B, Icardi CM, Faris R, McCaslin PN, Smith P, Klingelhutz AJ, Yau PM, Weber MM. The Chlamydia trachomatis type III-secreted effector protein CteG induces centrosome amplification through interactions with centrin-2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2303487120. [PMID: 37155906 PMCID: PMC10193975 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2303487120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
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The centrosome is the main microtubule organizing center of the cell and is crucial for mitotic spindle assembly, chromosome segregation, and cell division. Centrosome duplication is tightly controlled, yet several pathogens, most notably oncogenic viruses, perturb this process leading to increased centrosome numbers. Infection by the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis (C.t.) correlates with blocked cytokinesis, supernumerary centrosomes, and multipolar spindles; however, the mechanisms behind how C.t. induces these cellular abnormalities remain largely unknown. Here we show that the secreted effector protein, CteG, binds to centrin-2 (CETN2), a key structural component of centrosomes and regulator of centriole duplication. Our data indicate that both CteG and CETN2 are necessary for infection-induced centrosome amplification, in a manner that requires the C-terminus of CteG. Strikingly, CteG is important for in vivo infection and growth in primary cervical cells but is dispensable for growth in immortalized cells, highlighting the importance of this effector protein to chlamydial infection. These findings begin to provide mechanistic insight into how C.t. induces cellular abnormalities during infection, but also indicate that obligate intracellular bacteria may contribute to cellular transformation events. Centrosome amplification mediated by CteG-CETN2 interactions may explain why chlamydial infection leads to an increased risk of cervical or ovarian cancer.
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- Brianna Steiert
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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- Carver Biotechnology Center–Protein Sciences Facility, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Urbana, IL61801
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA52242
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Conformational Plasticity of Centrin 1 from Toxoplasma gondii in Binding to the Centrosomal Protein SFI1. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12081115. [PMID: 36009009 PMCID: PMC9406199 DOI: 10.3390/biom12081115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Centrins are calcium (Ca2+)-binding proteins that are involved in many cellular functions including centrosome regulation. A known cellular target of centrins is SFI1, a large centrosomal protein containing multiple repeats that represent centrin-binding motifs. Recently, a protein homologous to yeast and mammalian SFI1, denominated TgSFI1, which shares SFI1-repeat organization, was shown to colocalize at centrosomes with centrin 1 from Toxoplasma gondii (TgCEN1). However, the molecular details of the interaction between TgCEN1 and TgSFI1 remain largely unknown. Herein, combining different biophysical methods, including isothermal titration calorimetry, nuclear magnetic resonance, circular dichroism, and fluorescence spectroscopy, we determined the binding properties of TgCEN1 and its individual N- and C-terminal domains to synthetic peptides derived from distinct repeats of TgSFI1. Overall, our data indicate that the repeats in TgSFI1 constitute binding sites for TgCEN1, but the binding modes of TgCEN1 to the repeats differ appreciably in terms of binding affinity, Ca2+ sensitivity, and lobe-specific interaction. These results suggest that TgCEN1 displays remarkable conformational plasticity, allowing for the distinct repeats in TgSFI1 to possess precise modes of TgCEN1 binding and regulation during Ca2+ sensing, which appears to be crucial for the dynamic association of TgCEN1 with TgSFI1 in the centrosome architecture.
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Yang J, Zhao Y, Yang B. Phosphorylation promotes the endonuclease-like activity of human centrin 2. RSC Adv 2022; 12:21892-21903. [PMID: 36043059 PMCID: PMC9361469 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03402f] [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: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Centrin is a member of the EF-hand superfamily of calcium-binding proteins, which is involved in the nucleotide excision repair (NER). Reversible phosphorylation of centrin is an important regulatory mechanism in vivo and is closely related to many physiological processes. To explore the possible role of centrin in NER, the endonuclease-like activity of human centrin 2 (HsCen2) regulated by phosphorylation in the absence or presence of Tb3+ was investigated by spectroscopy techniques, gel electrophoresis, and molecular docking simulation in 10 mM Hepes, pH 7.4. The results showed that phosphorylation weakened the binding of Tb3+ to HsCen2 and enhanced the binding of DNA to HsCen2. Phosphorylation improves the endonuclease-like activity of HsCen2. In addition, Tb3+ is favorable for DNA binding and endonuclease-like activity of HsCen2 before and after phosphorylation. These results provide clear insights into the effects of phosphorylation on the properties of HsCen2 and offer important clues for further exploration of how phosphorylation affects protein-driven functions. Phosphorylation weakened the binding of Tb3+ to HsCen2, enhanced the binding of DNA to HsCen2; and improves the endonuclease-like activity of HsCen2; Additionally, the endonuclease-like activity of HsCen2 or HsCen2p is regulated up by Tb3+-binding.![]()
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- Jing Yang
- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China +86 351 7016358
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China +86 351 7016358
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular, Shanxi University Taiyuan 030006 China +86 351 7016358
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Lin Y, Gross ML. Mass Spectrometry-Based Structural Proteomics for Metal Ion/Protein Binding Studies. Biomolecules 2022; 12:135. [PMID: 35053283 PMCID: PMC8773722 DOI: 10.3390/biom12010135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Metal ions are critical for the biological and physiological functions of many proteins. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based structural proteomics is an ever-growing field that has been adopted to study protein and metal ion interactions. Native MS offers information on metal binding and its stoichiometry. Footprinting approaches coupled with MS, including hydrogen/deuterium exchange (HDX), "fast photochemical oxidation of proteins" (FPOP) and targeted amino-acid labeling, identify binding sites and regions undergoing conformational changes. MS-based titration methods, including "protein-ligand interactions by mass spectrometry, titration and HD exchange" (PLIMSTEX) and "ligand titration, fast photochemical oxidation of proteins and mass spectrometry" (LITPOMS), afford binding stoichiometry, binding affinity, and binding order. These MS-based structural proteomics approaches, their applications to answer questions regarding metal ion protein interactions, their limitations, and recent and potential improvements are discussed here. This review serves as a demonstration of the capabilities of these tools and as an introduction to wider applications to solve other questions.
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- Yanchun Lin
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Structural Basis for the Functional Diversity of Centrins: A Focus on Calcium Sensing Properties and Target Recognition. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212173. [PMID: 34830049 PMCID: PMC8622359 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Centrins are a family of small, EF hand-containing proteins that are found in all eukaryotes and are often complexed with centrosome-related structures. Since their discovery, centrins have attracted increasing interest due to their multiple, diverse cellular functions. Centrins are similar to calmodulin (CaM) in size, structure and domain organization, although in contrast to CaM, the majority of centrins possess at least one calcium (Ca2+) binding site that is non-functional, thus displaying large variance in Ca2+ sensing abilities that could support their functional versatility. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on centrins from both biophysical and structural perspectives with an emphasis on centrin-target interactions. In-depth analysis of the Ca2+ sensing properties of centrins and structures of centrins complexed with target proteins can provide useful insight into the mechanisms of the different functions of centrins and how these proteins contribute to the complexity of the Ca2+ signaling cascade. Moreover, it can help to better understand the functional redundancy of centrin isoforms and centrin-binding proteins.
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Feltes BC. Every protagonist has a sidekick: Structural aspects of human xeroderma pigmentosum-binding proteins in nucleotide excision repair. Protein Sci 2021; 30:2187-2205. [PMID: 34420242 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The seven xeroderma pigmentosum proteins (XPps), XPA-XPG, coordinate the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway, promoting the excision of DNA lesions caused by exposition to ionizing radiation, majorly from ultraviolet light. Significant efforts are made to investigate NER since mutations in any of the seven XPps may cause the xeroderma pigmentosum and trichothiodystrophy diseases. However, these proteins collaborate with other pivotal players in all known NER steps to accurately exert their purposes. Therefore, in the old and ever-evolving field of DNA repair, it is imperative to reexamine and describe their structures to understand NER properly. This work provides an up-to-date review of the protein structural aspects of the closest partners that directly interact and influence XPps: RAD23B, CETN2, DDB1, RPA (RPA70, 32, and 14), p8 (GTF2H5), and ERCC1. Structurally and functionally vital domains, regions, and critical residues are reexamined, providing structural lessons and perspectives about these indispensable proteins in the NER and other DNA repair pathways. By gathering all data related to the major human xeroderma pigmentosum-interacting proteins, this review will aid newcomers on the subject and guide structural and functional future studies.
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- Bruno César Feltes
- Department of Theoretical Informatics, Institute of Informatics, Department of Theoretical Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Bioscience, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Bioscience, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Gatin A, Billault I, Duchambon P, Van der Rest G, Sicard-Roselli C. Oxidative radicals (HO • or N 3•) induce several di-tyrosine bridge isomers at the protein scale. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 162:461-470. [PMID: 33217505 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2020.10.324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Revised: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Among protein oxidative damages, di-tyrosine bridges formation has been evidenced in many neuropathological diseases. Combining oxidative radical production by gamma radiolysis with very performant chromatographic separation coupled to mass spectrometry detection, we brought into light new insights of tyrosine dimerization. Hydroxyl and azide radical tyrosine oxidation leading to di-tyrosine bridges formation was studied for different biological compounds: a full-length protein (Δ25-centrin 2), a five amino acid peptide (KTSLY) and free tyrosine. We highlighted that both radicals generate high proportion of dimers even for low doses. Surprisingly, no less than five different di-tyrosine isomers were evidenced for the protein and the peptide. For tyrosine alone, at least four distinct dimers were evidenced. These results raise some questions about their respective role in vivo and hence their relative toxicity. Also, as di-tyrosine is often used as a biomarker, a better knowledge of the type of dimer detected in vivo is now required.
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- Anouchka Gatin
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique UMR 8000, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique UMR 8000, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- CNRS UMR9187, INSERM U1196, Institut Curie, Université Paris Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique UMR 8000, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Institut de Chimie Physique UMR 8000, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France.
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Millana Fañanás E, Todesca S, Sicorello A, Masino L, Pompach P, Magnani F, Pastore A, Mattevi A. On the mechanism of calcium-dependent activation of NADPH oxidase 5 (NOX5). FEBS J 2020; 287:2486-2503. [PMID: 31785178 PMCID: PMC7317449 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
It is now accepted that reactive oxygen species (ROS) are not only dangerous oxidative agents but also chemical mediators of the redox cell signaling and innate immune response. A central role in ROS-controlled production is played by the NADPH oxidases (NOXs), a group of seven membrane-bound enzymes (NOX1-5 and DUOX1-2) whose unique function is to produce ROS. Here, we describe the regulation of NOX5, a widespread family member present in cyanobacteria, protists, plants, fungi, and the animal kingdom. We show that the calmodulin-like regulatory EF-domain of NOX5 is partially unfolded and detached from the rest of the protein in the absence of calcium. In the presence of calcium, the C-terminal lobe of the EF-domain acquires an ordered and more compact structure that enables its binding to the enzyme dehydrogenase (DH) domain. Our spectroscopic and mutagenesis studies further identified a set of conserved aspartate residues in the DH domain that are essential for NOX5 activation. Altogether, our work shows that calcium induces an unfolded-to-folded transition of the EF-domain that promotes direct interaction with a conserved regulatory region, resulting in NOX5 activation.
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- Elisa Millana Fañanás
- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani”University of PaviaItaly
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani”University of PaviaItaly
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at King's College LondonUK
- The Wohl Institute at King's College LondonUK
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- Institute of BiotechnologyCzech Academy of SciencesVestecCzech Republic
- Institute of MicrobiologyCzech Academy of SciencesPragueCzech Republic
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani”University of PaviaItaly
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at King's College LondonUK
- The Wohl Institute at King's College LondonUK
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- Department of Biology and Biotechnology “Lazzaro Spallanzani”University of PaviaItaly
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Khouj EM, Prosser SL, Tada H, Chong WM, Liao JC, Sugasawa K, Morrison CG. Differential requirements for the EF-hand domains of human centrin 2 in primary ciliogenesis and nucleotide excision repair. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.228486. [PMID: 31492759 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.228486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Centrin 2 is a small conserved calcium-binding protein that localizes to the centriolar distal lumen in human cells. It is required for efficient primary ciliogenesis and nucleotide excision repair (NER). Centrin 2 forms part of the xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein complex. To explore how centrin 2 contributes to these distinct processes, we mutated the four calcium-binding EF-hand domains of human centrin 2. Centrin 2 in which all four EF-hands had been mutated to ablate calcium binding (4DA mutant) was capable of supporting in vitro NER and was as effective as the wild-type protein in rescuing the UV sensitivity of centrin 2-null cells. However, we found that mutation of any of the EF-hand domains impaired primary ciliogenesis in human TERT-RPE1 cells to the same extent as deletion of centrin 2. Phenotypic analysis of the 4DA mutant revealed defects in centrosome localization, centriole satellite assembly, ciliary assembly and function and in interactions with POC5 and SFI1. These observations indicate that centrin 2 requires calcium-binding capacity for its primary ciliogenesis functions, but not for NER, and suggest that these functions require centrin 2 to be capable of forming complexes with partner proteins.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Ebtissal M Khouj
- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
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- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Biosignal Research Center, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.,Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- IAMS Academia Sinica, No 1 Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, 10617 Taipei City, Taiwan
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- IAMS Academia Sinica, No 1 Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, 10617 Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Biosignal Research Center, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan.,Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
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- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 W2TY, Ireland
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Chen L, Bian S, Li H, Madura K. A role for Saccharomyces cerevisiae Centrin (Cdc31) in mitochondrial function and biogenesis. Mol Microbiol 2018; 110:831-846. [PMID: 30251372 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 08/24/2018] [Accepted: 09/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Centrins belong to a family of proteins containing calcium-binding EF-hand motifs that perform well-established roles in centrosome and spindle pole body (SPB) duplication. Yeast encodes a single Centrin protein (Cdc31) that binds components in the SPB. However, further studies revealed a role for Centrins in mRNA export, and interactions with contractile filaments and photoreceptors. In addition, human Centrin-2 can bind the DNA-lesion recognition factor XPC, and improve the efficiency of nucleotide excision repair. Similarly, we reported that yeast Cdc31 binds Rad4, a functional counterpart of the XPC DNA repair protein. We also found that Cdc31 is involved in the ubiquitin/proteasome system, and mutations interfere with intracellular protein turnover. In this report, we describe new findings that indicate a role for Cdc31 in the energy metabolism pathway. Cdc31 and cdc31 mutant proteins showed distinct interactions with proteins in energy metabolism, and mutants showed sensitivity to oxidative stress and poor growth on non-fermentable carbon. Significant alteration in mitochondrial morphology was also detected. Although it is unclear how Cdc31 contributes to so many unrelated mechanisms, we propose that by controlling SPB duplication Centrin proteins might link the cellular responses to DNA damage, oxidative load and proteotoxic stresses to growth control.
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- Li Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane, SPH-383, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Center for Advanced Proteomics Research, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 185 S. Orange Ave., Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Center for Advanced Proteomics Research, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, 185 S. Orange Ave., Newark, NJ, 07103, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, 683 Hoes Lane, SPH-383, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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La Verde V, Trande M, D'Onofrio M, Dominici P, Astegno A. Binding of calcium and target peptide to calmodulin-like protein CML19, the centrin 2 of Arabidopsis thaliana. Int J Biol Macromol 2017; 108:1289-1299. [PMID: 29129631 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2017] [Revised: 11/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Calmodulin-like protein 19 (CML19) is an Arabidopsis centrin that modulates nucleotide excision repair (NER) by binding to RAD4 protein, the Arabidopsis homolog of human Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C protein. Although the necessity of CML19 as a part of the RAD4 plant recognition complex for functional NER is known at a cellular level, little is known at a molecular level. Herein, we used a combination of biophysical and biochemical approaches to investigate the structural and ion and target-peptide binding properties of CML19. We found that CML19 possesses four Ca2+-specific binding sites, two of high affinity in the N-terminal domain and two of low affinity in the C-terminal domain. Binding of Ca2+ to CML19 increases its alpha-helix content, stabilizes the tertiary structure, and triggers a conformational change, resulting in the exposure of a hydrophobic patch instrumental for target protein recognition. Using bioinformatics tools we identified a CML19-binding site at the C-terminus of RAD4, and through in vitro binding experiments we analyzed the interaction between a 17-mer peptide representing this site and CML19. We found that the peptide shows a high affinity for CML19 in the presence of Ca2+ (stoichiometry 1:1) and the interaction primarily involves the C-terminal half of CML19.
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- Valentina La Verde
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, Strada Le Grazie 15, 37134, Italy.
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Shi E, Zhang W, Zhao Y, Yang B. Modulation of XPC peptide on binding Tb 3+ to Euplotes octocarinatus centrin. Metallomics 2017; 9:1796-1808. [PMID: 29114686 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00263g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Centrins are Ca2+-binding proteins found throughout eukaryotic organisms. Xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein (XPC), a dominant component of the nuclear excision repair (NER) pathway, is a critical target protein of centrins. A 22-residue peptide (K842-R863) from XPC was used to investigate the effect of metal ions (Ca2+ and Tb3+) on the peptide binding of Euplotes octocarinatus centrin (EoCen) by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and fluorescence spectroscopy. ITC and tryptophan spectrofluorimetric titrations revealed that metal ions (Ca2+ and Tb3+) could enhance the affinity between EoCen and the XPC peptide, and the enhanced effects were closely related to the ion potential of metal ions. Since the ion potential of Tb3+ (e/r = 0.0325) is larger than that of Ca2+ (e/r = 0.0202), the conformational change in the protein induced by Tb3+ is larger than that induced by Ca2+, and the enhanced affinity of Tb3+ is stronger than that of Ca2+. This interaction was driven by enthalpy in the presence of EDTA and enthalpy and entropy in the presence of Ca2+ or Tb3+. Similar to that observed in the presence of EDTA, the N-terminal domain did not participate in the interaction with the XPC peptide even in the presence of metal ions. Resonance light scattering (RLS) and the band shift in native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) suggested that peptide binding resulted in the dissociation of EoCen aggregates and complex formation via the monomer-peptide form. Tb3+-Sensitized emission suggested that peptide binding in turn also had an impact on the Tb3+ binding of the protein: the C-terminal domain was slightly strengthened and the N-terminal domain was weakened about 225 fold. RLS and native PAGE indicated that the self-assembly induced by Tb3+ binding to the N-terminal domain of EoCen was inhibited in the presence of the XPC peptide. This study elucidates the molecular mechanism of EoCen function in the cellular context.
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- Enxian Shi
- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P. R. China. and Department of Pharmacy, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001, P. R. China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P. R. China.
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, P. R. China.
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Kim SY, Kim DS, Hong JE, Park JH. Crystal structure of wild-type centrin 1 from Mus musculus occupied by Ca2+. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2017; 82:1129-1139. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297917100054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Rong Z, Zhao Y, Shi E, Zhang W, Yang B. Comparative Electrochemical Study of N-, C-terminal and Integral Centrin on Adsorption and Metal-Binding Properties. ELECTROANAL 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/elan.201600698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Zhijiang Rong
- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry; Shanxi University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
- School of Environment and Safety; Taiyuan University of Science and Technology; Taiyuan 030024 PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry; Shanxi University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry; Shanxi University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
- College of Pharmacy; Shanxi Medical University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry; Shanxi University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry; Shanxi University; Taiyuan 030006 PR China
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Shi E, Zhang W, Zhao Y, Yang B. Binding of Euplotes octocarinatus centrin to peptide from xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein (XPC). RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra03079g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Trp is buried in the hydrophobic cavity, the peptide folds into an α-helix, and the interaction is enthalpically driven from ITC.
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- Enxian Shi
- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- PR China
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- Institute of Molecular Science
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology of Molecular Engineering of Education Ministry
- Shanxi University
- Taiyuan 030006
- PR China
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Grecu D, Assairi L. CK2 phosphorylation of human centrins 1 and 2 regulates their binding to the DNA repair protein XPC, the centrosomal protein Sfi1 and the phototransduction protein transducin β. FEBS Open Bio 2014; 4:407-19. [PMID: 24918055 PMCID: PMC4050191 DOI: 10.1016/j.fob.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Revised: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Centrins are calcium-binding proteins that can interact with several cellular targets (Sfi1, XPC, Sac3 and transducin β) through the same hydrophobic triad. However, two different orientations of the centrin-binding motif have been observed: W(1)xxL(4)xxxL(8) for XPC (xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein) and the opposite orientation L(8)xxxL(4)xxW(1) for Sfi1 (suppressor of fermentation-induced loss of stress resistance protein 1), Sac3 and transducin β. Centrins are also phosphorylated by several protein kinases, among which is CK2. The purpose of this study was to determine the binding mechanism of human centrins to three targets (transducin β, Sfi1 and XPC), and the effects of in vitro phosphorylation by CK2 of centrins 1 and 2 with regard to this binding mechanism. We identified the centrin-binding motif at the COOH extremity of transducin β. Human centrin 1 binds to transducin β only in the presence of calcium with a binding constant lower than the binding constant observed for Sfi1 and for XPC. The affinity constants of centrin 1 were 0.10 10(6) M(-1), 249 10(6) M(-1) and 52.5 10(6) M(-1) for Trd, R17-Sfi1 and P17-XPC respectively. CK2 phosphorylates human centrin 1 at residue T138 and human centrin 2 at residues T138 and S158. Consequently CK2 phosphorylation abolished the binding of centrin 1 to transducin β and reduced the binding to Sfi1 and XPC. CK2 phosphorylation of centrin 2 at T138 and S158 abolished the binding to Sfi1 as assessed using a C-HsCen2 T138D-S158D phosphomimetic form of centrin 2.
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- Dora Grecu
- Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, F-91405 Orsay Cédex, France
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- Institut Curie-Centre de Recherche, F-91405 Orsay Cédex, France
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Et Taouil A, Brun E, Duchambon P, Blouquit Y, Gilles M, Maisonhaute E, Sicard-Roselli C. How protein structure affects redox reactivity: example of Human centrin 2. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2014; 16:24493-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp03536d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Human centrin 2 is a protein very sensitive to oxidative stress. Protein reactivity is unraveled by gamma radiolysis and electrochemical techniques.
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- Abdeslam Et Taouil
- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC Univ Paris 06
- UMR 8235
- Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques
- Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
- CNRS UMR 8000
- Université Paris-Sud
- Bât. 350
- 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Plateforme Production Protéines Recombinantes
- Institut Curie-INSERM U759
- Université Paris-Sud
- 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie-INSERM U759
- Université Paris-Sud
- 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
- CNRS UMR 8000
- Université Paris-Sud
- Bât. 350
- 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Sorbonne Universités
- UPMC Univ Paris 06
- UMR 8235
- Laboratoire Interfaces et Systèmes Electrochimiques
- Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique
- CNRS UMR 8000
- Université Paris-Sud
- Bât. 350
- 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Cox JA. Divers models of divalent cation interaction to calcium-binding proteins: techniques and anthology. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 963:15-35. [PMID: 23296602 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-230-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Intracellular Ca(2+)-binding proteins (CaBPs) are sensors of the calcium signal and several of them even shape the signal. Most of them are equipped with at least two EF-hand motifs designed to bind Ca(2+). Their affinities are very variable, can display cooperative effects, and can be modulated by physiological Mg(2+) concentrations. These binding phenomena are monitored by four major techniques: equilibrium dialysis, fluorimetry with fluorescent Ca(2+) indicators, flow dialysis, and isothermal titration calorimetry. In the last quarter of the twentieth century reports on the ion-binding characteristics of several abundant wild-type CaBPs were published. With the advent of recombinant CaBPs it became possible to determine these properties on previously inaccessible proteins. Here I report on studies by our group carried out in the last decade on eight families of recombinant CaBPs, their mutants, or truncated domains. Moreover this chapter deals with the currently used methods for quantifying the binding of Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) to CaBPs.
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- Jos A Cox
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Sperry JB, Ryan ZC, Kumar R, Gross ML. Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Reflects Binding of Human Centrin 2 to Ca(2+) and Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Peptide: An Example of EX1 Kinetics. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY 2012; 330-332:302-309. [PMID: 23439742 PMCID: PMC3578700 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijms.2012.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genetic disease affecting 1 in 10,000-100,000 and predisposes people to early-age skin cancer, a disease that is increasing. Those with XP have decreased ability to repair UV-induced DNA damage, leading to increased susceptibility of cancerous non-melanomas and melanomas. A vital, heterotrimeric protein complex is linked to the nucleotide excision repair pathway for the damaged DNA. The complex consists of XPC protein, human centrin 2, and RAD23B. One of the members, human centrin 2, is a ubiquitous, acidic, Ca(2+)-binding protein belonging to the calmodulin superfamily. The XPC protein contains a sequence motif specific for binding to human centrin 2. We report here the Ca(2+)-binding properties of human centrin 2 and its interaction with the XPC peptide motif. We utilized a region-specific H/D exchange protocol to localize the interaction of the XPC peptide with the C-terminal domain of centrin, the binding of which is different than that of calmodulin complexes. The binding dynamics of human centrin 2 to the XPC peptide in the absence and presence of Ca(2+) are revealed by the observation of EX1 H/D exchange regime, indicating that a locally unfolded population exists in solution and undergoes fast H/D exchange.
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- Justin B Sperry
- Analytical Research and Development, Pfizer Inc., Chesterfield, MO 63017 ; Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130
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Herbert-Pucheta JE, Chan-Huot M, Duma L, Abergel D, Bodenhausen G, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Charbonnier JB, Tekely P. Probing Structural and Motional Features of the C-Terminal Part of the Human Centrin 2/P17-XPC Microcrystalline Complex by Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2012. [DOI: 10.1021/jp3099472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Jose-Enrique Herbert-Pucheta
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
- Institut Curie - Centre de Recherche, 91405 Orsay, France
- INSERM U759, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie - Centre de Recherche, 91405 Orsay, France
- INSERM U759, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie - Centre de Recherche, 91405 Orsay, France
- INSERM U759, 91405 Orsay, France
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- UMR 8221,
Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale
et Radiobiologie, iBiTec-S, CEA, 91191
Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure, Département
de Chimie, 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris, France
- Université Pierre-et-Marie Curie, Paris, France
- UMR 7203, Laboratoire des Biomolécules, CNRS/UPMC/ENS, Paris, France
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Zhao YQ, Yan J, Chao JB, Liang AH, Yang BS. The biochemical effect of Ser166 phosphorylation on Euplotes octocarinatus centrin. J Biol Inorg Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-012-0957-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Krasikova YS, Rechkunova NI, Maltseva EA, Craescu CT, Petruseva IO, Lavrik OI. Influence of centrin 2 on the interaction of nucleotide excision repair factors with damaged DNA. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:346-53. [PMID: 22809153 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912040050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We have examined the influence of centrin 2 (Cen2) on the interaction of nucleotide excision repair factors (XPC-HR23b, RPA, and XPA) with 48-mer DNA duplexes bearing the dUMP derivative 5-{3-[6-(carboxyamidofluoresceinyl)amidocapromoyl]allyl}-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate. The fluorescein residue linked to the nucleotide base imitates a bulky lesion of DNA. Cen2 stimulated the binding and increased the yield of DNA adducts with XPC-HR23b, a protein recognizing bulky damages in DNA. Stimulation of the binding was most pronounced in the presence of Mg(2+) and demonstrated a bell-shaped dependence on Cen2 concentration. The addition of Cen2 changed the stoichiometry of RPA-DNA complexes and diminished the yield of RPA-DNA covalent crosslinks. We have shown that Cen2 influences the binding of RPA and XPA with DNA, which results in formation of additional DNA-protein complexes possibly including Cen2. We have also found some evidence of direct contacts between Cen2 and DNA. These results in concert with the literature data suggest that Cen2 can be a regulatory element in the nucleotide excision repair system.
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- Y S Krasikova
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Lavrentieva 8, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Vonderfecht T, Cookson MW, Giddings TH, Clarissa C, Winey M. The two human centrin homologues have similar but distinct functions at Tetrahymena basal bodies. Mol Biol Cell 2012; 23:4766-77. [PMID: 23087207 PMCID: PMC3521684 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e12-06-0454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Centrins are a ubiquitous family of small Ca(2+)-binding proteins found at basal bodies that are placed into two groups based on sequence similarity to the human centrins 2 and 3. Analyses of basal body composition in different species suggest that they contain a centrin isoform from each group. We used the ciliate protist Tetrahymena thermophila to gain a better understanding of the functions of the two centrin groups and to determine their potential redundancy. We have previously shown that the Tetrahymena centrin 1 (Cen1), a human centrin 2 homologue, is required for proper basal body function. In this paper, we show that the Tetrahymena centrin 2 (Cen2), a human centrin 3 homologue, has functions similar to Cen1 in basal body orientation, maintenance, and separation. The two are, however, not redundant. A further examination of human centrin 3 homologues shows that they function in a manner distinct from human centrin 2 homologues. Our data suggest that basal bodies require a centrin from both groups in order to function correctly.
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- Tyson Vonderfecht
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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Dantas TJ, Daly OM, Morrison CG. Such small hands: the roles of centrins/caltractins in the centriole and in genome maintenance. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:2979-97. [PMID: 22460578 PMCID: PMC11114748 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-0961-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Centrins are small, highly conserved members of the EF-hand superfamily of calcium-binding proteins that are found throughout eukaryotes. They play a major role in ensuring the duplication and appropriate functioning of the ciliary basal bodies in ciliated cells. They have also been localised to the centrosome, which is the major microtubule organising centre in animal somatic cells. We describe the identification, cloning and characterisation of centrins in multiple eukaryotic species. Although centrins have been implicated in centriole biogenesis, recent results have indicated that centrosome duplication can, in fact, occur in the absence of centrins. We discuss these data and the non-centrosomal functions that are emerging for the centrins. In particular, we discuss the involvement of centrins in nucleotide excision repair, a process that repairs the DNA lesions that are induced primarily by ultraviolet irradiation. We discuss how centrin may be involved in these diverse processes and contribute to nuclear and cytoplasmic events.
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- Tiago J. Dantas
- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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- Centre for Chromosome Biology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland
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Zhang Y, He CY. Centrins in unicellular organisms: functional diversity and specialization. PROTOPLASMA 2012; 249:459-467. [PMID: 21786168 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-011-0305-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Centrins (also known as caltractins) are conserved, EF hand-containing proteins ubiquitously found in eukaryotes. Similar to calmodulins, the calcium-binding EF hands in centrins fold into two structurally similar domains separated by an alpha-helical linker region, shaping like a dumbbell. The small size (15-22 kDa) and domain organization of centrins and their functional diversity/specialization make them an ideal system to study protein structure-function relationship. Here, we review the work on centrins with a focus on their structures and functions characterized in unicellular organisms.
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- Yu Zhang
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore, 117543, Singapore
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Zhao Y, Yan J, Feng Y, Liang A, Yang B. Analysis of the role of Mg²⁺ on conformational change and target recognition by ciliate Euplotes octocarinatus centrin. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2011; 105:60-68. [PMID: 21788140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2011.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Revised: 06/29/2011] [Accepted: 06/30/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The binding of Mg(2+) with the Euplotes octocarinatus centrin (EoCen) and the effect of Mg(2+) on the binding of EoCen with the peptide melittin were examined by spectroscopic methods. In this study, it was found that Mg(2+) may bind with Ca(2+)-binding sites, at least partly, on EoCen, which displays ∼10-fold weaker affinity than Ca(2+). In the presence of Mg(2+), Ca(2+)-saturated EoCen undergoes significant conformational changes resulting in decreased exposure of hydrophobic surfaces on the protein. Additionally, excess Mg(2+) did not change the stoichiometry, but rather reduced the affinity of EoCen to melittin. The Mg(2+)-dependent decrease in the affinities of EoCen to melittin is an intrinsic property of Mg(2+), rather than a nonspecific ionic effect. The inhibitory effect of Mg(2+) on the formation of complexes between EoCen and melittin may contribute to the specificity of EoCen in target activation in response to cellular Ca(2+) concentration fluctuations.
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- Yaqin Zhao
- Institute of Biotechnology, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Sosa LDV, Alfaro E, Santiago J, Narváez D, Rosado MC, Rodríguez A, Gómez AM, Schreiter ER, Pastrana-Ríos B. The structure, molecular dynamics, and energetics of centrin-melittin complex. Proteins 2011; 79:3132-43. [PMID: 21989934 DOI: 10.1002/prot.23142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2011] [Revised: 06/25/2011] [Accepted: 07/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Centrin is a calcium binding protein (CaBP) belonging to the EF-hand superfamily. As with other proteins within this family, centrin is a calcium sensor with multiple biological target proteins. We chose to study Chlamydomonas reinhardtii centrin (Crcen) and its interaction with melittin (MLT) as a model for CaBP complexes due to its amphipathic properties. Our goal was to determine the molecular interactions that lead to centrin-MLT complex formation, their relative stability, and the conformational changes associated with the interaction, when compared to the single components. For this, we determined the thermodynamic parameters that define Crcen-MLT complex formation. Two-dimensional infrared (2D IR) correlation spectroscopy were used to study the amide I', I'*, and side chain bands for (13)C-Crcen, MLT, and the (13)C-Crcen-MLT complex. This approach resulted in the determination of MLT's increased helicity, while centrin was stabilized within the complex. Herein we provide the first complete molecular description of centrin-MLT complex formation and the dissociation process. Also, discussed is the first structure of a CaBP-MLT complex by X-ray crystallography, which shows that MLT has a different binding orientation than previously characterized centrin-bound peptides. Finally, all of the experimental results presented herein are consistent with centrin maintaining an extended conformation while interacting with MLT. The molecular implications of these results are: (1) the recognition of hydrophobic contacts as requirements for initial binding, (2) minimum electrostatic interactions within the C-terminal end of the peptide, and (3) van der Waals interactions within MLTs N-terminal end are required for complex formation.
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Vonderfecht T, Stemm-Wolf AJ, Hendershott M, Giddings TH, Meehl JB, Winey M. The two domains of centrin have distinct basal body functions in Tetrahymena. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:2221-34. [PMID: 21562224 PMCID: PMC3128525 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 04/15/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The basal body is a microtubule-organizing center responsible for organizing the cilium, a structure important for cell locomotion and sensing of the surrounding environment. A widely conserved basal body component is the Ca(2+)-binding protein centrin. Analyses of centrin function suggest a role in basal body assembly and stability; however, its molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here we describe a mutagenic strategy to study the function and essential nature of the various structural features of Cen1 in the ciliate Tetrahymena. We find that the two domains of Cen1 are both essential, and examination of strains containing mutant CEN1 alleles indicates that there are two predominant basal body phenotypes: misorientation of newly assembled basal bodies and stability defects. The results also show that the two domains of Cen1 are able to bind Ca(2+) and that perturbation of Ca(2+) binding affects Cen1 function. In all, the data suggest that the two domains of Cen1 have distinct functions.
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- Tyson Vonderfecht
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado–Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309
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Isvoran A, Badel A, Craescu CT, Miron S, Miteva MA. Exploring NMR ensembles of calcium binding proteins: perspectives to design inhibitors of protein-protein interactions. BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2011; 11:24. [PMID: 21569443 PMCID: PMC3116463 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6807-11-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2011] [Accepted: 05/12/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Background Disrupting protein-protein interactions by small organic molecules is nowadays a promising strategy employed to block protein targets involved in different pathologies. However, structural changes occurring at the binding interfaces make difficult drug discovery processes using structure-based drug design/virtual screening approaches. Here we focused on two homologous calcium binding proteins, calmodulin and human centrin 2, involved in different cellular functions via protein-protein interactions, and known to undergo important conformational changes upon ligand binding. Results In order to find suitable protein conformations of calmodulin and centrin for further structure-based drug design/virtual screening, we performed in silico structural/energetic analysis and molecular docking of terphenyl (a mimicking alpha-helical molecule known to inhibit protein-protein interactions of calmodulin) into X-ray and NMR ensembles of calmodulin and centrin. We employed several scoring methods in order to find the best protein conformations. Our results show that docking on NMR structures of calmodulin and centrin can be very helpful to take into account conformational changes occurring at protein-protein interfaces. Conclusions NMR structures of protein-protein complexes nowadays available could efficiently be exploited for further structure-based drug design/virtual screening processes employed to design small molecule inhibitors of protein-protein interactions.
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- Adriana Isvoran
- MTi, Inserm U973 - University Paris Diderot, 35 rue Helene Brion, Bat, Lamarck, 75013 Paris, France
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Radu L, Durussel I, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Miron S, Cox JA, Craescu CT. Scherffelia dubia Centrin Exhibits a Specific Mechanism for Ca2+-Controlled Target Binding. Biochemistry 2010; 49:4383-94. [DOI: 10.1021/bi901764m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Laura Radu
- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva 4, Switzerland
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- Institut Curie Centre de Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
- INSERM U759, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Martinez-Sanz J, Kateb F, Assairi L, Blouquit Y, Bodenhausen G, Abergel D, Mouawad L, Craescu CT. Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamics of the Human Centrin 2/hSfi1 Complex. J Mol Biol 2010; 395:191-204. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2009] [Revised: 10/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/17/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Zhao Y, Song L, Liang A, Yang B. Characterization of self-assembly of Euplotes octocarinatus centrin. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2009; 95:26-32. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 12/12/2008] [Accepted: 12/12/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Li H, Zhao Y, Zhen X, Yang B. Fluorescence spectra study the perturbations of CopC native fold by 2-p-toluidinynaphthalene-6-sulfonate. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 72:56-60. [PMID: 19019726 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2008] [Revised: 07/04/2008] [Accepted: 07/17/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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2-p-Toluidinynaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) was discovered to perturb native fold of CopC protein and to induce loss of biological activity to some extent which was dependent on TNS concentration. Hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions were revealed to account for the perturbation by comparison with some analogy. TNS, with far low concentration of 10(-5) to 10(-4)M, is presented as a denaturant. So TNS should be deliberated in detecting macromolecular conformation change as single evidence at higher concentration.
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- Huiqing Li
- Institute of Molecular Science, Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, PR China
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Yaqin Z, Jiuying F, Aihua L, Binsheng Y. The characterization for the binding of calcium and terbium to Euplotes octocarinatus centrin. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2009; 71:1756-1761. [PMID: 18757233 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2008] [Revised: 06/11/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Centrin is a member of the EF-hand superfamily that plays critical role in the centrosome duplication and separation. In the present paper, we characterized properties of metal ions binding to Euplotes octocarinatus centrin (EoCen) by fluorescence spectra and circular dichroism (CD) spectra. Changes of fluorescence spectra and alpha-helix contents of EoCen proved that Tb(3+) and Ca(2+) induced great conformational changes of EoCen resulting in exposing hydrophobic surfaces. At pH 7.4, Ca(2+) (and Tb(3+)) bond with EoCen at the ratio of 4:1. Equilibrium experiment indicated that Ca(2+) and Tb(3+) exhibited different binding capabilities for C- and N-terminal domains of protein. C-terminal domain bond with Ca(2+) or Tb(3+) approximately 100-fold more strongly than N-terminal. Aromatic residue-sensitized Tb(3+) energy transfer suggested that site IV bond to Tb(3+) or Ca(2+) more strongly than site III. Based on fluorescence titration curves, we reckoned the conditional binding constants of EoCen site IV quantitatively to be K(IV)=(1.23+/-0.51)x10(8)M(-1) and K(IV)=(6.82+/-0.33)x10(5)M(-1) with Tb(3+) and Ca(2+), respectively. Metal ions bond to EoCen in the order of IV>III>II, I.
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- Zhao Yaqin
- Key Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Engineering of Ministry of Education, Institute of Molecular Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Wang ZJ, Ren LX, Zhao YQ, Li GT, Duan L, Liang AH, Yang BS. Investigation on the binding of TNS to centrin, an EF-hand protein. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2008; 70:892-897. [PMID: 18054271 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2007.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 09/21/2007] [Accepted: 10/04/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The interaction between 2-p-toluidinylnaphthalene-6-sulfonate (TNS) and ciliate Euplotes Octocarinatus centrin (Cen) has been studied by fluorescence spectroscopy. The binding constants of TNS with Cen were measured at different temperature in the 0.01M Hepes, pH 7.4. The binding process is exothermic and involves a positive entropy change. The negative value of enthalpy predominately contributes to the negative free energy of binding between TNS and Cen. The salt (KCl) increases the association constant of TNS and Cen. These results and resonance light scattering experiment suggest that the binding force between TNS and Cen is hydrophobic. The distance (r) between TNS and tryptophan of mutant G115W, which sheds more insight into the binding of TNS to Cen, was determined as 4.85nm based on Förster non-radiative energy transfer theory.
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- Zhi-Jun Wang
- Chemical Department, Changzhi University, Changzhi 046011, China
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Trojan P, Krauss N, Choe HW, Giessl A, Pulvermüller A, Wolfrum U. Centrins in retinal photoreceptor cells: regulators in the connecting cilium. Prog Retin Eye Res 2008; 27:237-59. [PMID: 18329314 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Changes in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration regulate the visual signal transduction cascade directly or more often indirectly through Ca2+-binding proteins. Here we focus on centrins, which are members of a highly conserved subgroup of the EF-hand superfamily of Ca2+-binding proteins in photoreceptor cells of the vertebrate retina. Centrins are commonly associated with centrosome-related structures. In mammalian retinal photoreceptor cells, four centrin isoforms are expressed as prominent components in the connecting cilium linking the light-sensitive outer segment compartment with the metabolically active inner segment compartment. Our data indicate that Ca2+-activated centrin isoforms assemble into protein complexes with the visual heterotrimeric G-protein transducin. This interaction of centrins with transducin is mediated by binding to the betagamma-dimer of the heterotrimeric G-protein. More recent findings show that these interactions of centrins with transducin are reciprocally regulated via site-specific phosphorylations mediated by the protein kinase CK2. The assembly of centrin/G-protein complexes is a novel aspect of translocation regulation of signalling proteins in sensory cells, and represents a potential link between molecular trafficking and signal transduction in general.
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- Philipp Trojan
- Institut für Zoologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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Centrin 2 localizes to the vertebrate nuclear pore and plays a role in mRNA and protein export. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:1755-69. [PMID: 18172010 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01697-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Centrins in vertebrates have traditionally been associated with microtubule-nucleating centers such as the centrosome. Unexpectedly, we found centrin 2 to associate biochemically with nucleoporins, including the Xenopus laevis Nup107-160 complex, a critical subunit of the vertebrate nuclear pore in interphase and of the kinetochores and spindle poles in mitosis. Immunofluorescence of Xenopus cells and in vitro reconstituted nuclei indeed revealed centrin 2 localized at the nuclear pores. Use of the mild detergent digitonin in immunofluorescence also allowed centrin 2 to be clearly visualized at the nuclear pores of human cells. Disruption of nuclear pores using RNA interference of the pore assembly protein ELYS/MEL-28 resulted in a specific decrease of centrin 2 at the nuclear rim of HeLa cells. Functionally, excess expression of either the N- or C-terminal calcium-binding domains of human centrin 2 caused a dominant-negative effect on both mRNA and protein export, leaving protein import intact. The mRNA effect mirrors that found for the Saccharomyes cerevisiae centrin Cdc31p at the yeast nuclear pore, a role until now thought to be unique to yeast. We conclude that in vertebrates, centrin 2 interacts with major subunits of the nuclear pore, exhibits nuclear pore localization, and plays a functional role in multiple nuclear export pathways.
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Charbonnier JB, Renaud E, Miron S, Le Du MH, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Christova P, Shosheva A, Rose T, Angulo JF, Craescu CT. Structural, Thermodynamic, and Cellular Characterization of Human Centrin 2 Interaction with Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group C Protein. J Mol Biol 2007; 373:1032-46. [PMID: 17897675 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 08/20/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Human centrin 2 (HsCen2), an EF-hand calcium binding protein, plays a regulatory role in the DNA damage recognition during the first steps of the nucleotide excision repair. This biological action is mediated by the binding to a short fragment (N847-R863) from the C-terminal region of xeroderma pigmentosum group C (XPC) protein. This work presents a detailed structural and energetic characterization of the HsCen2/XPC interaction. Using a truncated form of HsCen2 we obtained a high resolution (1.8 A) X-ray structure of the complex with the peptide N847-R863 from XPC. Structural and thermodynamic analysis of the interface revealed the existence of both electrostatic and apolar inter-molecular interactions, but the binding energy is mainly determined by the burial of apolar bulky side-chains into the hydrophobic pocket of the HsCen2 C-terminal domain. Binding studies with various peptide variants showed that XPC residues W848 and L851 constitute the critical anchoring side-chains. This enabled us to define a minimal centrin binding peptide variant of five residues, which accounts for about 75% of the total free energy of interaction between the two proteins. Immunofluorescence imaging in HeLa cells demonstrated that HsCen2 binding to the integral XPC protein may be observed in living cells, and is determined by the same interface residues identified in the X-ray structure of the complex. Overexpression of XPC perturbs the cellular distribution of HsCen2, by inducing a translocation of centrin molecules from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. The present data confirm that the in vitro structural features of the centrin/XPC peptide complex are highly relevant to the cellular context.
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- Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier
- Laboratoire de Biologie Structurale et Radiobiologie, iBiTec-S, CEA, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Brun E, Marco S, Rusconi F, Sicard-Roselli C. High sensitivity of human centrin 2 toward radiolytical oxidation: C-terminal tyrosinyl residue as the main target. Free Radic Biol Med 2007; 43:216-28. [PMID: 17603931 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2006] [Revised: 03/27/2007] [Accepted: 04/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Centrins are calcium-binding proteins that play a significant role in the maintenance of the centrosomal organization, mainly in the continuity between centrosome and microtubular network. Recent data showed that centrosome duplication abnormalities, like overduplication for example, could be due to hydrogen peroxide, suggesting an important impact of oxidative stress. To challenge this hypothesis, we performed one-electron oxidation experiments with human centrin 2, starting from azide radicals. Our results first revealed several intermolecular cross-links generating dimers, tetramers, hexamers, and higher molecular mass species. Dimers result from covalent bond linking the C-terminal tyrosines of each monomer. Second, the methionyl residue at position 19 was oxidized on the monomeric centrin. Further, electron microscopy experiments on centrin 2 showed a preexisting hexameric organization that was stabilized by covalent bonds as a result of irradiation. Overall, these results show that centrin 2 is highly sensitive to ionizing radiation, which could have important consequences on its biological functions.
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- Yves Blouquit
- INSERM U759, Imagerie Intégrative, Campus Universitaire d'Orsay, Bât. 112, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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Zheng XY, Pang EG, Li HQ, Zhao YQ, Yang BS. Spectral Studies on the Interaction between Mercuric Ion and ApoCopC. CHINESE J CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.200790117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Zheng X, Pang E, Li H, Zhao Y, Yang B. The role of cupric in maintaining the structure of CopC. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0089-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Park JH, Pulvermüller A, Scheerer P, Rausch S, Giessl A, Höhne W, Wolfrum U, Hofmann KP, Ernst OP, Choe HW, Krauss N. Insights into functional aspects of centrins from the structure of N-terminally extended mouse centrin 1. Vision Res 2006; 46:4568-74. [PMID: 17027898 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2006.07.034] [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: 06/27/2006] [Revised: 07/28/2006] [Accepted: 07/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Centrins are members of the family of Ca(2+)-binding EF-hand proteins. In photoreceptor cells, centrin isoform 1 is specifically localized in the non-motile cilium. This connecting cilium links the light-sensitive outer segment with the biosynthetic active inner segment of the photoreceptor cell. All intracellular exchanges between these compartments have to occur through this cilium. Three-dimensional structures of centrins from diverse organisms are known, showing that the EF-hand motifs of the N-terminal domains adopt closed conformations, while the C-terminal EF-hand motifs have open conformations. The crystal structure of an N-terminally extended mouse centrin 1 (MmCen1-L) resembles the overall structure of troponin C in its two Ca(2+) bound form. Within the N-terminal extension in MmCen1-L, residues W24 and R25 bind to the C-terminal domain of centrin 1 in a target-protein-like geometry. Here, we discuss this binding mode in connection with putative interaction sites of the target-protein transducin and the self-assembly of centrins.
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- Jung Hee Park
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Ziegelstr. 5-9, D-10098 Berlin, Germany
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Martinez-Sanz J, Yang A, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Assairi L, Craescu CT. Binding of human centrin 2 to the centrosomal protein hSfi1. FEBS J 2006; 273:4504-15. [PMID: 16956364 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05456.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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hSfi1, a human centrosomal protein with homologs in other eukaryotic organisms, includes 23 repeats, each of 23 amino acids, separated by 10 residue linkers. The main molecular partner in the centrosome is a small, calcium-binding EF-hand protein, the human centrin 2. Using isothermal titration calorimetry experiments, we characterized the centrin-binding capacity of three isolated hSfi1 repeats, two exhibiting the general consensus motif and the third being the unique Pro-containing human repeat. The two standard peptides bind human centrin 2 and its isolated C-terminal domain with high affinity (approximately 10(7) M(-1)) by an enthalpy-driven mechanism, with a moderate Ca2+ dependence. The Pro-containing repeat shows a binding affinity that is two orders of magnitude lower. The target binding site is localized within the C-terminal domain of human centrin 2. Fluorescence titration and NMR spectroscopy show that the well-conserved Trp residue situated in the C-terminus of each repeat is deeply embedded in a protein hydrophobic cavity, indicating that the peptide direction is reversed relative to previously studied centrin targets. The present results suggest that almost all of the repeats of the Sfi1 protein may independently bind centrin molecules. On the basis of this hypothesis and previous studies on centrin self-assembly, we propose a working model for the role of centrin-Sfi1 interactions in the dynamic structure of centrosome-associated contractile fibers.
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- Juan Martinez-Sanz
- The Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France
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Craig TA, Benson LM, Bergen HR, Venyaminov SY, Salisbury JL, Ryan ZC, Thompson JR, Sperry J, Gross ML, Kumar R. Metal-binding properties of human centrin-2 determined by micro-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and UV spectroscopy. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2006; 17:1158-71. [PMID: 16750384 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2006] [Revised: 04/03/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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We analyzed the metal-binding properties of human centrin-2 (HsCen-2) and followed the changes in HsCen-2 structure upon metal-binding using micro-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (muESI-MS). Apo-HsCen-2 is mostly monomeric. The ESI spectra of HsCen-2 show two charge-state distributions, representing two conformations of the protein. HsCen-2 binds four moles calcium/mol protein: one mol of calcium with high affinity, one additional mol of calcium with lower affinity, and two moles of calcium at low affinity sites. HsCen-2 binds four moles of magnesium/mol protein. The conformation giving the lower charge-state HsCen-2 by ESI, binds calcium and magnesium more readily than does the higher charge-state HsCen-2. Both conformations of HsCen-2 bind calcium more readily than magnesium. Calcium was more effective in displacing magnesium bound to HsCen-2 than vice versa. Binding of a peptide from a known binding partner, the xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group protein C (XPC), to apo-HsCen-2, occurs in the presence or the absence of calcium. Near and far-UV CD spectra of HsCen-2 show little difference with addition of calcium or magnesium. Minor changes in secondary structure are noted. Melting curves derived from temperature dependence of molar ellipticity at 222 nm for HsCen-2 show that calcium increases protein stability whereas magnesium does not. Delta 25 HsCen-2 behaves similarly to HsCen-2. We conclude that HsCen-2 binds calcium and magnesium and that calcium modulates HsCen-2 structure and function by increasing its stability without undergoing significant changes in secondary or tertiary structure.
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- Theodore A Craig
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Charbonnier JB, Christova P, Shosheva A, Stura E, Le Du MH, Blouquit Y, Duchambon P, Miron S, Craescu CT. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction data of the complex between human centrin 2 and a peptide from the protein XPC. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:649-51. [PMID: 16820684 PMCID: PMC2242955 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106019415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2006] [Accepted: 05/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Centrins are highly conserved calcium-binding proteins involved in the nucleotide-excision repair pathway as a subunit of the heterotrimer including the XPC and hHR23B proteins. A complex formed by a Ca2+-bound human centrin 2 construct (the wild type lacking the first 25 amino acids) with a 17-mer peptide derived from the XPC sequence (residues Asn847-Arg863) was crystallized. Data were collected to 1.65 angstroms resolution from crystals grown in 30% monomethyl polyethylene glycol (MPEG) 500, 100 mM NaCl and 100 mM Bicine pH 9.0. Crystals are monoclinic and belong to space group C2, with two molecules in the asymmetric unit. The unit-cell parameters are a = 60.28, b = 59.42, c = 105.14 angstroms, alpha = gamma = 90, beta = 94.67 degrees. A heavy-atom derivative was obtained by co-crystallization with Sr2+. The substitution was rationalized by calorimetry experiments, which indicate a binding constant for Sr2+ of 4.0 x 10(4) M(-1).
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- Jean-Baptiste Charbonnier
- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire de Structure des Protéines, Département d’Ingénierie et d’Étude des Protéines, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique CEA, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Integrative Imaging Unit, INSERM U759/Institut Curie-Recherche, Centre Universitaire Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 112, 91405 Orsay, France
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Pavlik P, Konduri V, Massa E, Simonette R, Beckingham KM. A dicistronic gene pair within a cluster of "EF-hand" protein genes in the genomes of Drosophila species. Genomics 2006; 88:347-59. [PMID: 16750900 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2006.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Revised: 03/13/2006] [Accepted: 04/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Androcam is a Drosophila melanogaster calmodulin-related protein that functions specifically in the testis. We show that the Acam gene is part of a cluster of three intronless genes arranged in a head-to-tail manner. The additional genes also encode calmodulin-related proteins with testis-specific transcription. Acam and the 5'-most gene (gene1) generate monocistronic transcripts. Surprisingly, the central gene (gene2) is transcribed only as a dicistronic transcript with Acam. A similar cluster is found in D. yakuba. In D. pseudoobscura, the cluster contains four genes: two Acam-type genes downstream of a single gene related to both gene1 and gene2 and a fourth weakly related gene. Nevertheless, the D. pseudoobscura cluster also generates a dicistronic transcript from a gene pair analogous to the gene2-Acam pair. A cotranscribed gene1/2-Acam gene pair may be the founding feature of this locus. Although Acam protein is present in D. melanogaster and D. pseudoobscura testes, cognate proteins for the gene1/2-type ORFs are not detectable by immunoblotting and mass spectrometry techniques.
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- Paige Pavlik
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Liang L, Flury S, Kalck V, Hohn B, Molinier J. CENTRIN2 interacts with the Arabidopsis homolog of the human XPC protein (AtRAD4) and contributes to efficient synthesis-dependent repair of bulky DNA lesions. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2006; 61:345-56. [PMID: 16786311 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2005] [Accepted: 01/25/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Arabidopsis thaliana CENTRIN2 (AtCEN2) has been shown to modulate Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and Homologous Recombination (HR). The present study provides evidence that AtCEN2 interacts with the Arabidopsis homolog of human XPC, AtRAD4 and that the distal EF-hand Ca(2+) binding domain is essential for this interaction. In addition, the synthesis-dependent repair efficiency of bulky DNA lesions was enhanced in cell extracts prepared from Arabidopsis plants overexpressing the full length AtCEN2 but not in those overexpressing a truncated AtCEN2 form, suggesting a role for the distal EF-hand Ca(2+) binding domain in the early step of the NER process. Upon UV-C treatment the AtCEN2 protein was shown to be increased in concentration and to be localised in the nucleus rapidly. Taken together these data suggest that AtCEN2 is a part of the AtRAD4 recognition complex and that this interaction is required for efficient NER. In addition, NER and HR appear to be differentially modulated upon exposure of plants to DNA damaging agents. This suggests in plants, that processing of bulky DNA lesions highly depends on the excision repair efficiency, especially the recognition step, thus influencing the recombinational repair pathway.
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- Lu Liang
- Plant Biochemistry Physiology Group, Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Lindau, Switzerland
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Thompson JR, Ryan ZC, Salisbury JL, Kumar R. The structure of the human centrin 2-xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein complex. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:18746-52. [PMID: 16627479 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513667200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human centrin-2 plays a key role in centrosome function and stimulates nucleotide excision repair by binding to the xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein. To determine the structure of human centrin-2 and to develop an understanding of molecular interactions between centrin and xeroderma pigmentosum group C protein, we characterized the crystal structure of calcium-loaded full-length centrin-2 complexed with a xeroderma pigmentosum group C peptide. Our structure shows that the carboxyl-terminal domain of centrin-2 binds this peptide and two calcium atoms, whereas the amino-terminal lobe is in a closed conformation positioned distantly by an ordered alpha-helical linker. A stretch of the amino-terminal domain unique to centrins appears disordered. Two xeroderma pigmentosum group C peptides both bound to centrin-2 also interact to form an alpha-helical coiled-coil. The interface between centrin-2 and each peptide is predominantly nonpolar, and key hydrophobic residues of XPC have been identified that lead us to propose a novel binding motif for centrin.
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- James R Thompson
- Department of Physiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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Sheehan JH, Bunick CG, Hu H, Fagan PA, Meyn SM, Chazin WJ. Structure of the N-terminal Calcium Sensor Domain of Centrin Reveals the Biochemical Basis for Domain-specific Function. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:2876-81. [PMID: 16317001 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509886200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Centrin is an essential component of microtubule-organizing centers in organisms ranging from algae and yeast to humans. It is an EF-hand calcium-binding protein with homology to calmodulin but distinct calcium binding properties. In a previously proposed model, the C-terminal domain of centrin serves as a constitutive anchor to target proteins, and the N-terminal domain serves as the sensor of calcium signals. The three-dimensional structure of the N-terminal domain of Chlamydomonas rheinhardtii centrin has been determined in the presence of calcium by solution NMR spectroscopy. The domain is found to occupy an open conformation typical of EF-hand calcium sensors. Comparison of the N- and C-terminal domains of centrin reveals a structural and biochemical basis for the domain specificity of interactions with its cellular targets and the distinct nature of centrin relative to other EF-hand proteins. An NMR titration of the centrin N-terminal domain with a fragment of the known centrin target Sfi1 reveals binding of the peptide to a discrete site on the protein, which supports the proposal that the N-terminal domain serves as a calcium sensor in centrin.
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- Jonathan H Sheehan
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-8725, USA
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Chandran V, Stollar EJ, Lindorff-Larsen K, Harper JF, Chazin WJ, Dobson CM, Luisi BF, Christodoulou J. Structure of the regulatory apparatus of a calcium-dependent protein kinase (CDPK): a novel mode of calmodulin-target recognition. J Mol Biol 2005; 357:400-10. [PMID: 16430916 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.11.093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2005] [Revised: 11/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Calcium-dependent protein kinases (CDPKs) are a class of calcium-binding sensory proteins that are found in plants and certain protozoa, including the causative agent of malaria, Plasmodium falciparum. CDPKs have diverse regulatory functions, including involvement in the triggering of the lytic cycle of malarial infection. CDPKs contain an autoinhibitory junction (J) region whose calcium-dependent interaction with the tethered regulatory calmodulin-like domain (CaM-LD) activates the catalytic kinase domain. We report here the X-ray crystal structure of the J-CaM-LD region of CDPK from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtCPK1), determined to 2.0 A resolution using multiple-wavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD). The structure reveals a symmetric dimer of calcium-bound J-CaM-LD with domain-swap interactions, in which the J region of one protomer interacts extensively with the carboxy-terminal EF-hand domain (C-lobe) of the partner protomer. However, as the J-CaM-LD is monomeric in solution, the activated monomer was modelled to account for the intra-molecular recognition of the two domains. While the J-CaM-LD segment mimics certain aspects of target motif recognition by CaM other features are specific to CDPKs, in particular the combination of the strong interaction between the N and C-lobes of the CaM-LD and the exclusive use of only the C-lobe in the recognition of the covalently tethered target region. Combined with our previous observations showing that there is likely to be strong interactions between this tethered J region and the CaM-LD even at basal Ca(2+) concentrations, the new structural data indicate that the response to calcium of CDPKs is clearly unique among the CaM family.
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- Vidya Chandran
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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