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Baliga C, Varadarajan R, Aghera N. Homodimeric Escherichia coli Toxin CcdB (Controller of Cell Division or Death B Protein) Folds via Parallel Pathways. Biochemistry 2016; 55:6019-6031. [PMID: 27696818 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The existence of parallel pathways in the folding of proteins seems intuitive, yet remains controversial. We explore the folding kinetics of the homodimeric Escherichia coli toxin CcdB (Controller of Cell Division or Death B protein) using multiple optical probes and approaches. Kinetic studies performed as a function of protein and denaturant concentrations demonstrate that the folding of CcdB is a four-state process. The two intermediates populated during folding are present on parallel pathways. Both form by rapid association of the monomers in a diffusion limited manner and appear to be largely unstructured, as they are silent to the optical probes employed in the current study. The existence of parallel pathways is supported by the insensitivity of the amplitudes of the refolding kinetic phases to the different probes used in the study. More importantly, interrupted refolding studies and ligand binding studies clearly demonstrate that the native state forms in a biexponential manner, implying the presence of at least two pathways. Our studies indicate that the CcdA antitoxin binds only to the folded CcdB dimer and not to any earlier folding intermediates. Thus, despite being part of the same operon, the antitoxin does not appear to modulate the folding pathway of the toxin encoded by the downstream cistron. This study highlights the utility of ligand binding in distinguishing between sequential and parallel pathways in protein folding studies, while also providing insights into molecular interactions during folding in Type II toxin-antitoxin systems.
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- Chetana Baliga
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India.,Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research , Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560 004, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560 012, India
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Shieh YW, Minguez P, Bork P, Auburger JJ, Guilbride DL, Kramer G, Bukau B. Operon structure and cotranslational subunit association direct protein assembly in bacteria. Science 2015; 350:678-80. [PMID: 26405228 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac8171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Assembly of protein complexes is considered a posttranslational process involving random collision of subunits. We show that within the Escherichia coli cytosol, bacterial luciferase subunits LuxA and LuxB assemble into complexes close to the site of subunit synthesis. Assembly efficiency decreases markedly if subunits are synthesized on separate messenger RNAs from genes integrated at distant chromosomal sites. Subunit assembly initiates cotranslationally on nascent LuxB in vivo. The ribosome-associated chaperone trigger factor delays the onset of cotranslational interactions until the LuxB dimer interface is fully exposed. Protein assembly is thus directly coupled to the translation process and involves spatially confined, actively chaperoned cotranslational subunit interactions. Bacterial gene organization into operons therefore reflects a fundamental cotranslational mechanism for spatial and temporal regulation that is vital to effective assembly of protein complexes.
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- Yu-Wei Shieh
- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstrasse 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany. Max-Delbrück-Centre for Molecular Medicine, Robert-Rössle-Strasse 10, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany. Malaria Research Foundation, Post Office Box 10420, Aspen, CO 81612, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.
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- Center for Molecular Biology of the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg D-69120, Germany.
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MacKenzie SH, Clark AC. Slow Folding and Assembly of a Procaspase-3 Interface Variant. Biochemistry 2013; 52:3415-27. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400115n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Sarah H. MacKenzie
- Department
of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United
States
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- Department
of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, United
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Ramot R, Kishore Inampudi K, Wilson CJ. Lactose Repressor Experimental Folding Landscape: Fundamental Functional Unit and Tetramer Folding Mechanisms. Biochemistry 2012; 51:7569-79. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300545f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Roee Ramot
- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
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- Department
of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United
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Kirillova TN, Gerasimova MA, Nemtseva EV, Kudryasheva NS. Effect of halogenated fluorescent compounds on bioluminescent reactions. Anal Bioanal Chem 2011; 400:343-51. [DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-4716-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2010] [Revised: 01/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Caspases are vital to apoptosis and exist in the cell as inactive zymogens. Dimerization is central to procaspase activation because the active sites are comprised of loops from both monomers. Although initiator procaspases are stable monomers until activated on cell death scaffolds, the effector caspases, such as procaspase-3, are stable dimers. The activation mechanisms are reasonably well understood in terms of polypeptide chain cleavage and subsequent active site rearrangements in the dimer, but the mechanisms that govern dimer assembly are not known. To further understand procaspase dimerization, we examined the folding and assembly of procaspase-3 by fluorescence emission, circular dichroism, differential quenching by acrylamide, anisotropy, and enzyme activity assays. Single-mixing stopped-flow refolding studies showed a complex burst phase in which multiple monomeric species form rapidly. At longer times, the monomer folds through several intermediates, some of which appear to be off-pathway or misfolded, before eventually forming a dimerization-competent species. Enzyme activity studies demonstrated a slow rate of dimerization (approximately 70 M(-1) s(-1)). In addition, single-mixing stopped-flow unfolding studies revealed a complex unfolding process with a slow rate of dimer dissociation. Interestingly, multiple dimeric species were observed in the burst phase for unfolding, suggesting that the native ensemble consists of at least two major conformations. Collectively, these results demonstrate complex folding and unfolding behavior for procaspase-3 and suggest that slow dimerization results from the lack of stabilizing native contacts in the initial encounter complex.
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- Sara L Milam
- Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA
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Campbell ZT, Weichsel A, Montfort WR, Baldwin TO. Crystal structure of the bacterial luciferase/flavin complex provides insight into the function of the beta subunit. Biochemistry 2009; 48:6085-94. [PMID: 19435287 PMCID: PMC6481928 DOI: 10.1021/bi900003t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacterial luciferase from Vibrio harveyi is a heterodimer composed of a catalytic alpha subunit and a homologous but noncatalytic beta subunit. Despite decades of enzymological investigation, structural evidence defining the active center has been elusive. We report here the crystal structure of V. harveyi luciferase bound to flavin mononucleotide (FMN) at 2.3 A. The isoalloxazine ring is coordinated by an unusual cis-Ala-Ala peptide bond. The reactive sulfhydryl group of Cys106 projects toward position C-4a, the site of flavin oxygenation. This structure also provides the first data specifying the conformations of a mobile loop that is crystallographically disordered in both prior crystal structures [(1995) Biochemistry 34, 6581-6586; (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 21956 21968]. This loop appears to be a boundary between solvent and the active center. Within this portion of the protein, a single contact was observed between Phe272 of the alpha subunit, not seen in the previous structures, and Tyr151 of the beta subunit. Substitutions at position 151 on the beta subunit caused reductions in activity and total quantum yield. Several of these mutants were found to have decreased affinity for reduced flavin mononucleotide (FMNH(2)). These findings partially address the long-standing question of how the beta subunit stabilizes the active conformation of the alpha subunit, thereby participating in the catalytic mechanism.
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- Zachary T. Campbell
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Biological Sciences West, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0088
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Biological Sciences West, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0088
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Biological Sciences West, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0088
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, University of Arizona, 1041 East Lowell Street, Biological Sciences West, Tucson, Arizona 85721-0088
- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521
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Ge M, Mao YJ, Pan XM. Refolding of the hyperthermophilic protein Ssh10b involves a kinetic dimeric intermediate. Extremophiles 2008; 13:131-7. [PMID: 19002648 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-008-0204-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Accepted: 10/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The alpha/beta-mixed dimeric protein Ssh10b from the hyperthermophile Sulfolobus shibatae is a member of the Sac10b family that is thought to be involved in chromosomal organization or DNA repair/recombination. The equilibrium unfolding/refolding of Ssh10b induced by denaturants and heat was fully reversible, suggesting that Ssh10b could serve as a good model for folding/unfolding studies of protein dimers. Here, we investigate the folding/unfolding kinetics of Ssh10b in detail by stopped-flow circular dichroism (SF-CD) and using GdnHCl as denaturant. In unfolding reactions, the native Ssh10b turned rapidly into fully unfolded monomers within the stopped-flow dead time with no detectable kinetic intermediate, agreeing well with the results of equilibrium unfolding experiments. In refolding reactions, two unfolded monomers associate in the burst phase to form a dimeric intermediate that undergoes a further, slower, first-order folding process to form the native dimer. Our results demonstrate that the dimerization is essential for maintaining the native tertiary interactions of the protein Ssh10b. In addition, folding mechanisms of Ssh10b and several other alpha/beta-mixed or pure beta-sheet proteins are compared.
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- Meng Ge
- The Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Ministry of Education, Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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Mutational analysis of the stability of the H2A and H2B histone monomers. J Mol Biol 2008; 384:1369-83. [PMID: 18976667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The eukaryotic histone heterodimer H2A-H2B folds through an obligatory dimeric intermediate that forms in a nearly diffusion-limited association reaction in the stopped-flow dead time. It is unclear whether there is partial folding of the isolated monomers before association. To address the possible contributions of structure in the monomers to the rapid association, we characterized H2A and H2B monomers in the absence of their heterodimeric partner. By far-UV circular dichroism, the H2A and H2B monomers are 15% and 31% helical, respectively--significantly less than observed in X-ray crystal structures. Acrylamide quenching of the intrinsic Tyr fluorescence was indicative of tertiary structure. The H2A and H2B monomers exhibit free energies of unfolding of 2.5 and 2.9 kcal mol(-1), respectively; at 10 microM, the sum of the stability of the monomers is approximately 60% of the stability of the native dimer. The helical content, stability, and m values indicate that H2B has a more stable, compact structure than H2A. The monomer m values are larger than expected for the extended histone fold motif, suggesting that the monomers adopt an overly collapsed structure. Stopped-flow refolding-initiated from urea-denatured monomers or the partially folded monomers populated at low denaturant concentrations-yielded essentially identical rates, indicating that monomer folding is productive in the rapid association and folding of the heterodimer. A series of Ala and Gly mutations were introduced into H2A and H2B to probe the importance of helix propensity on the structure and stability of the monomers. The mutational studies show that the central alpha-helix of the histone fold, which makes extensive intermonomer contacts, is structured in H2B but only partially folded in H2A.
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Rumfeldt JAO, Galvagnion C, Vassall KA, Meiering EM. Conformational stability and folding mechanisms of dimeric proteins. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2008; 98:61-84. [PMID: 18602415 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2008.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The folding of multisubunit proteins is of tremendous biological significance since the large majority of proteins exist as protein-protein complexes. Extensive experimental and computational studies have provided fundamental insights into the principles of folding of small monomeric proteins. Recently, important advances have been made in extending folding studies to multisubunit proteins, in particular homodimeric proteins. This review summarizes the equilibrium and kinetic theory and models underlying the quantitative analysis of dimeric protein folding using chemical denaturation, as well as the experimental results that have been obtained. Although various principles identified for monomer folding also apply to the folding of dimeric proteins, the effects of subunit association can manifest in complex ways, and are frequently overlooked. Changes in molecularity typically give rise to very different overall folding behaviour than is observed for monomeric proteins. The results obtained for dimers have provided key insights pertinent to understanding biological assembly and regulation of multisubunit proteins. These advances have set the stage for future advances in folding involving protein-protein interactions for natural multisubunit proteins and unnatural assemblies involved in disease.
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- Jessica A O Rumfeldt
- Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Freire E, Oddo C, Frappier L, de Prat-Gay G. Kinetically driven refolding of the hyperstable EBNA1 origin DNA-binding dimeric beta-barrel domain into amyloid-like spherical oligomers. Proteins 2008; 70:450-61. [PMID: 17680697 DOI: 10.1002/prot.21580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA1) is essential for DNA replication and episome segregation of the viral genome, and participates in other gene regulatory processes of the Epstein-Barr virus in benign and malignant diseases related to this virus. Despite the participation of other regions of the protein in evading immune response, its DNA binding, dimeric beta-barrel domain (residues 452-641) is necessary and sufficient for the main functions. This domain has an unusual topology only shared by another viral origin binding protein (OBP), the E2 DNA binding domain of papillomaviruses. Both the amino acid and DNA target sequences are completely different for these two proteins, indicating a link between fold conservation and function. In this work we investigated the folding and stability of the DNA binding domain of EBNA1 OBP and found it is extremely resistant to chemical, temperature, and pH denaturation. The thiocyanate salt of guanidine is required for obtaining a complete transition to a monomeric unfolded state. The unfolding reaction is extremely slow and shows a marked uncoupling between tertiary and secondary structure, indicating the presence of intermediate species. The Gdm.SCN unfolded protein refolds to fully soluble and spherical oligomeric species of 1.2 MDa molecular weight, with identical fluorescence centre of spectral mass but different intensity and different secondary structure. The refolded spherical oligomers are substantially less stable than the native recombinant dimer. In keeping with the substantial structural rearrangement in the oligomers, the spherical oligomers do not bind DNA, indicating that the DNA binding site is either disrupted or participates in the oligomerization interface. The puzzling extreme stability of a dimeric DNA binding domain from a protein from a human infecting virus in addition to a remarkable kinetically driven folding where all molecules do not return to the most stable original species suggests a co-translational and directional folding of EBNA1 in vivo, possibly assisted by folding accessory proteins. Finally, the oligomers bind Congo red and thioflavin-T, both characteristic of repetitive beta-sheet elements of structure found in amyloids and their soluble precursors. The stable nature of the "kinetically trapped" oligomers suggest their value as models for understanding amyloid intermediates, their toxic nature, and the progress to amyloid fibers in misfolding diseases. The possible role of the EBNA1 spherical oligomers in the virus biology is discussed.
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- Eleonora Freire
- Instituto Leloir, Patricias Argentinas 435, (1405) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Jelesarov I, Karshikoff A. Meet to Fold: The Peculiar Folding of Oligomeric Protens. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2008. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2008.10817519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Placek BJ, Gloss LM. Three-state kinetic folding mechanism of the H2A/H2B histone heterodimer: the N-terminal tails affect the transition state between a dimeric intermediate and the native dimer. J Mol Biol 2005; 345:827-36. [PMID: 15588829 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2004] [Revised: 11/02/2004] [Accepted: 11/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The H2A/H2B heterodimer is a component of the nucleosome core particle, the fundamental repeating unit of chromatin in all eukaryotic cells. The kinetic folding mechanism for the H2A/H2B dimer has been determined from unfolding and refolding kinetics as a function of urea using stopped-flow, circular dichroism and fluorescence methods. The kinetic data are consistent with a three-state mechanism: two unfolded monomers associate to form a dimeric intermediate in the dead-time of the SF instrument (approximately 5 ms); this intermediate is then converted to the native dimer by a slower, first-order reaction. Analysis of the burst-phase amplitudes as a function of denaturant indicates that the dimeric kinetic intermediate possesses approximately 50% of the secondary structure and approximately 60% of the surface area burial of the native dimer. The stability of the dimeric intermediate is approximately 30% of that of the native dimer at the monomer concentrations employed in the SF experiments. Folding-to-unfolding double-jump experiments were performed to monitor the formation of the native dimer as a function of folding delay times. The double-jump data demonstrate that the dimeric intermediate is on-pathway and obligatory. Formation of a transient dimeric burst-phase intermediate has been observed in the kinetic mechanism of other intertwined, segment-swapped, alpha-helical, DNA-binding dimers, such as the H3-H4 histone dimer, Escherichia coli factor for inversion stimulation and E.coli Trp repressor. The common feature of a dimeric intermediate in these folding mechanisms suggests that this intermediate may accelerate protein folding, when compared to the folding of archael histones, which do not populate a transient dimeric species and fold more slowly.
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- Brandon J Placek
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4660, USA
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Banks DD, Gloss LM. Folding mechanism of the (H3-H4)2 histone tetramer of the core nucleosome. Protein Sci 2004; 13:1304-16. [PMID: 15096635 PMCID: PMC2286770 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03535504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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To further understand oligomeric protein assembly, the folding and unfolding kinetics of the H3-H4 histone tetramer have been examined. The tetramer is the central protein component of the core nucleosome, which is the basic unit of DNA compaction into chromatin in the eukaryotic nucleus. This report provides the first kinetic folding studies of a protein containing the histone fold dimerization motif, a motif observed in several protein-DNA complexes. Previous equilibrium unfolding studies have demonstrated that, under physiological conditions, there is a dynamic equilibrium between the H3-H4 dimer and tetramer species. This equilibrium is shifted predominantly toward the tetramer in the presence of the organic osmolyte trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO). Stopped-flow methods, monitoring intrinsic tyrosine fluorescence and far-UV circular dichroism, have been used to measure folding and unfolding kinetics as a function of guanidinium hydrochloride (GdnHCl) and monomer concentrations, in 0 and 1 M TMAO. The assignment of the kinetic phases was aided by the study of an obligate H3-H4 dimer, using the H3 mutant, C110E, which destabilizes the H3-H3' hydrophobic four-helix bundle tetramer interface. The proposed kinetic folding mechanism of the H3-H4 system is a sequential process. Unfolded H3 and H4 monomers associate in a burst phase reaction to form a dimeric intermediate that undergoes a further, first-order folding process to form the native dimer in the rate-limiting step of the folding pathway. H3-H4 dimers then rapidly associate with a rate constant of > or =10(7) M(-1)sec(-1) to establish a dynamic equilibrium between the fully assembled tetramer and folded H3-H4 dimers.
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- Douglas D Banks
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-4660, USA
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Topping TB, Hoch DA, Gloss LM. Folding mechanism of FIS, the intertwined, dimeric factor for inversion stimulation. J Mol Biol 2004; 335:1065-81. [PMID: 14698300 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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FIS, the factor for inversion stimulation, from Escherichia coli and other enteric bacteria, is an interwined alpha-helical homodimer. Size exclusion chromatography and static light scattering measurements demonstrated that FIS is predominately a stable dimer at the concentrations (1-10 microM monomer) and buffer conditions employed in this study. The folding and unfolding of FIS were studied with both equilibrium and kinetic methods by circular dichroism using urea and guanidinium chloride (GdmCl) as the perturbants. The equilibrium folding is reversible and well-described by a two-state folding model, with stabilities at 10 degrees C of 15.2 kcal mol(-1) in urea and 13.5 kcal mol(-1) in GdmCl. The kinetic data are consistent with a two-step folding reaction where the two unfolded monomers associate to a dimeric intermediate within the mixing time for the stopped-flow instrument (<5 ms), and a slower, subsequent folding of the dimeric intermediate to the native dimer. Fits of the burst phase amplitudes as a function of denaturant showed that the free energy for the formation of the dimeric intermediate constitutes the majority of the stability of the folding (9.6 kcal mol(-1) in urea and 10.5 kcal mol(-1) in GdmCl). Folding-to-unfolding double jump kinetic experiments were also performed to monitor the formation of native dimer as a function of folding delay times. The data here demonstrate that the dimeric intermediate is obligatory and on-pathway. The folding mechanism of FIS, when compared to other intertwined, alpha-helical, homodimers, suggests that a transient kinetic dimeric intermediate may be a common feature of the folding of intertwined, segment-swapped, alpha-helical dimers.
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- Traci B Topping
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Box 644660, Pullman, WA 99164-4660, USA
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Wallace LA, Matthews CR. Sequential vs. parallel protein-folding mechanisms: experimental tests for complex folding reactions. Biophys Chem 2002; 101-102:113-31. [PMID: 12487994 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4622(02)00155-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The recent emphasis on rough energy landscapes for protein folding reactions by theoreticians, and the many observations of complex folding kinetics by experimentalists provide a rationale for a brief literature survey of various empirical approaches for validating the underlying mechanisms. The determination of the folding mechanism is a key step in defining the energy surface on which the folding reactions occurs and in interpreting the effects of amino acid replacements on this reaction. Case studies that illustrate methods for differentiating between sequential and parallel channel folding mechanisms are presented. The ultimate goal of such efforts is to understand how the one-dimensional information contained in the amino acid sequence is rapidly and efficiently translated into three-dimensional structure.
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- Louise A Wallace
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 364 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Ishii Y, Ishijima A, Yanagid T. Coupling between chemical and mechanical events and conformation of single protein molecules. Results Probl Cell Differ 2002; 36:87-105. [PMID: 11892287 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-46558-4_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
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- Yoshiharu Ishii
- Dept. of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusaku, Nagoya 464, Japan
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Munier-Lehmann H, Chaffotte A, Pochet S, Labesse G. Thymidylate kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a chimera sharing properties common to eukaryotic and bacterial enzymes. Protein Sci 2001; 10:1195-205. [PMID: 11369858 PMCID: PMC2374024 DOI: 10.1110/ps.45701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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We have overexpressed in Escherichia coli the thymidylate kinase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TMPKmt). Biochemical and physico-chemical characterization of TMPKmt revealed distinct structural and catalytic features when compared to its counterpart from yeast (TMPKy) or E. coli (TMPKec). Denaturation of the dimeric TMPKmt by urea under equilibrium conditions was studied by intrinsic fluorescence and circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. It suggested a three-state unfolding mechanism with a monomeric intermediate. On the other hand, 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine monophosphate (AZT-MP), which is substrate for TMPKy and TMPKec acts as a potent competitive inhibitor for TMPKMT: We propose a structural model of TMPKmt in which the overall fold described in TMPKy and TMPKec is conserved and slight differences at the level of primary and 3D-structure explain strong variations in the phosphorylation rate of substrate analogs. According to the model, we synthesized dTMP analogs acting either as substrates or specific inhibitors of TMPKMT: This approach based on slight structural differences among similar proteins could be applied to other essential enzymes for the design of new species-specific antimicrobials.
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- H Munier-Lehmann
- Laboratoire de Chimie Structurale des Macromolécules, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Gloss LM, Simler BR, Matthews CR. Rough energy landscapes in protein folding: dimeric E. coli Trp repressor folds through three parallel channels. J Mol Biol 2001; 312:1121-34. [PMID: 11580254 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The folding mechanism of the dimeric Escherichia coli Trp repressor (TR) is a kinetically complex process that involves three distinguishable stages of development. Following the formation of a partially folded, monomeric ensemble of species, within 5 ms, folding to the native dimer is controlled by three kinetic phases. The rate-limiting step in each phase is either a non-proline isomerization reaction or a dimerization reaction, depending on the final denaturant concentration. Two approaches have been employed to test the previously proposed folding mechanism of TR through three parallel channels: (1) unfolding double-jump experiments demonstrate that all three folding channels lead directly to native dimer; and (2) the differential stabilization of the transition state for the final step in folding and the native dimer, by the addition of salt, shows that all three channels involve isomerization of a dimeric species. A refined model for the folding of Trp repressor is presented, in which all three channels involve a rapid dimerization reaction between partially folded monomers followed by the isomerization of the dimeric intermediates to yield native dimer. The ensemble of partially folded monomers can be captured at equilibrium by low pH; one-dimensional proton NMR spectra at pH 2.5 demonstrate that monomers exist in two distinct, slowly interconverting conformations. These data provide a potential structural explanation for the three-channel folding mechanism of TR: random association of two different monomeric forms, which are distinguished by alternative packing modes of the core dimerization domain and the DNA-binding, helix-turn-helix, domain. One, perhaps both, of these packing modes contains non-native contacts.
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- L M Gloss
- School of Molecular Biosciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4460, USA
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Kristl S, Zhao S, Falsone SF, Somerville RL, Kungl AJ. The influence of ATP on the association and unfolding of the tyrosine repressor ligand response domain of Haemophilus influenzae. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 280:81-4. [PMID: 11162481 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.4076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The secondary structure of the ligand response domain of the Haemophilus influenzae tyrosine repressor, TyrR(lrd), was investigated using CD spectroscopy which revealed 42.5% alpha-helix, 17.6% beta-sheet, and 39.9% loops. Quaternary structure analysis by fluorescence anisotropy showed that TyrR(lrd) is monomeric at a concentration of 100 nM to 2 microM but that the protein readily dimerizes in the presence of its natural ligand ATP. Equilibrium unfolding studies of TyrR(lrd) using guanidinium hydrochloride suggested a two-state model with no detectable stable intermediates. The unfolding transition monitored by CD spectroscopy was responsive to tyrosine and ATP resulting in a shift to higher denaturant concentrations in the presence of these ligands. Differential scanning calorimetry yielded melting temperatures, T(m), of 51.15 and 58.07 degrees C for the unliganded and for the ATP-liganded protein, respectively. ATP is thus proposed to be a major structural cofactor for the molecular architecture of TyrR(lrd).
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- S Kristl
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 1, Graz, A-8010, Austria
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Clark AC, Noland BW, Baldwin TO. A rapid chromatographic method to separate the subunits of bacterial luciferase in urea-containing buffer. Methods Enzymol 2000; 305:157-64. [PMID: 10812598 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)05485-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- A C Clark
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7622, USA
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Tyedmers J, Kruse M, Lerner M, Demand J, Höhfeld J, Solsbacher J, Volkmer J, Zimmermann R. Assembly of heterodimeric luciferase after de novo synthesis of subunits in rabbit reticulocyte lysate involves hsc70 and hsp40 at a post-translational stage. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:3575-82. [PMID: 10848974 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01386.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heterodimeric luciferase from Vibrio harveyi had been established as a unique model enzyme for direct measurements of the effects of molecular chaperones and folding catalysts on protein folding and subunit assembly after de novo synthesis of subunits in rabbit reticulocyte lysate. It was observed that luciferase assembly can be separated in time from synthesis of the two subunits and that under these post-translational conditions assembly was inhibited by either ATP depletion or inhibition of peptidylprolyl cis/trans isomerases, that is, by addition of cyclosporin A or FK506. Furthermore, it was observed that the inhibitory effect of FK506 on luciferase assembly can be suppressed by addition of purified cyclophilin, thereby providing the first direct evidence for the involvement of peptidylprolyl cis/trans isomerases in protein biogenesis in the eukaryotic cytosol. Here the ATP requirement in luciferase assembly has been characterized. Depletion of either Hsp90 or CCT from reticulocyte lysate did not interfere with luciferase assembly. However, addition of purified Hsc70 stimulated luciferase assembly. While addition of purified Hsp40 did not have any effect on luciferase assembly, the stimulatory effect of Hsc70 was further increased by Hsp40. Thus, after synthesis of the two subunits in reticulocyte lysate assembly of heterodimeric luciferase involves Hsc70 and its co-chaperone Hsp40. Therefore, Hsc70 aids protein biogenesis in the eukaryotic cytosol not only at the levels of nascent polypeptide chains and precursor proteins that have to be kept competent for transport into cell organelles, but also at the level of subunits that have to be kept competent for assembly.
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- J Tyedmers
- Medizinische Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg, Germany
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The use of thermal denaturation of proteins prior to in-solution digestion and mass spectral peptide mass mapping is reported. Thermal denaturation is preferred over chemical denaturation because it does not require purification/concentration prior to mass spectral analysis. Enzymatic digestions of proteins that are resistant to proteolysis are significantly enhanced by thermal denaturation. Native proteins that are sensitive to proteolysis show similar or slightly lower digestion yields following thermal denaturation. Proteins that are resistant to digestion become more susceptible to digestion, independent of protein size, following thermal denaturation. For example, amino acid sequence coverage from digest fragments increases from 15 to 86% in myoglobin and from 0 to 43% in ovalbumin. This leads to more rapid and reliable protein identification by MALDI peptide mass mapping. Although some proteins aggregate upon thermal denaturation, the protein aggregates are easily digested by trypsin and generate sufficient numbers of digest fragments for protein identification.
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- Z Y Park
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77842-3012, USA
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Ishii Y, Kimura Y, Kitamura K, Tanaka H, Wazawa T, Yanagida T. Imaging and nano-manipulation of single actomyosin motors at work. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2000; 27:229-37. [PMID: 10744353 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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1. Muscle contraction is achieved by the sliding movement of myosin and actin using the energy of ATPase. 2. Our research has focused on the question of how chemical energy is used to perform mechanical work. Recent developments of single molecule imaging and manipulation techniques have allowed us to study the chemical and mechanical events at a molecular level. 3. There are many lines of evidence that show that the energy liberated from ATPase is stored in the actomyosin molecules for later use. 4. The displacement produced by a single ATP molecule is made up of several steps, each of 5.3 nm. Sometimes the mechanical event is delayed after the ADP is released from myosin. 5. This storage of energy may be explained by a slow conformational transition between the metastable states of the proteins. This suggestion has been supported by results obtained using single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy.
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- Y Ishii
- Single Molecule Processes Project, International Cooperative Research Project, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka, Japan.
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Shinde U, Inouye M. Intramolecular chaperones: polypeptide extensions that modulate protein folding. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2000; 11:35-44. [PMID: 10736262 DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1999.0349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Several prokaryotic and eukaryotic proteins are synthesized as precursors in the form of pre-pro-proteins. While the pre-regions function as signal peptides that are involved in transport, the propeptides can often catalyze correct folding of their associated proteins. Such propeptides have been termed intramolecular chaperones. In cases where propeptides may not directly catalyze the folding reaction, it appears that they can facilitate processes such as structural organization and oligomerization, localization, sorting and modulation of enzymatic activity and stability of proteins. Based on the available literature it appears that propeptides may actually function as 'post-translational modulators' of protein structure and function. Propeptides can be classified into two broad categories: Class I propeptides that function as intramolecular chaperones and directly catalyze the folding reaction; and Class II propeptides that are not directly involved in folding.
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- U Shinde
- Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-RWJMS, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Fedorov AN, Baldwin TO. Process of biosynthetic protein folding determines the rapid formation of native structure. J Mol Biol 1999; 294:579-86. [PMID: 10610781 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Biosynthetic folding, beginning with the growing nascent chain and leading to the biologically active structure within its proper cellular context, is one function shared by all proteins. We show that the bacterial luciferase beta subunit reaches its final native form in the alphabeta heterodimer much more rapidly during biosynthetic folding than during refolding from urea. The rate of formation of active enzyme is determined by a short-lived folding intermediate, which is able to associate with the alpha subunit very rapidly following release from the ribosome. This intermediate appears to involve a transient interaction of the C-terminal region of the beta subunit, a region distant from the subunit interface, but intimately involved in heterodimerization. Refolding of the beta subunit under similar conditions proceeds much more slowly. We have characterized both pathways and show that the basic difference between biosynthetic folding and refolding from urea is that the newly synthesized beta subunit enters the folding pathway at a point beyond the slow, rate-determining step that limits the rate of the renaturation process and constitutes a kinetic trap. This mechanism embodies a major strategy, the avoidance of slow-folding intermediates and kinetic traps, that may be employed by many proteins to achieve fast and efficient biosynthetic folding.
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- A N Fedorov
- College Station, Texas A&M University, TX 77843-2128, USA.
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Denninger JW, Marletta MA. Guanylate cyclase and the .NO/cGMP signaling pathway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1411:334-50. [PMID: 10320667 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2728(99)00024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 726] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Signal transduction with the diatomic radical nitric oxide (NO) is involved in a number of important physiological processes, including smooth muscle relaxation and neurotransmission. Soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC), a heterodimeric enzyme that converts guanosine triphosphate to cyclic guanosine monophosphate, is a critical component of this signaling pathway. sGC is a hemoprotein; it is through the specific interaction of NO with the sGC heme that sGC is activated. Over the last decade, much has been learned about the unique heme environment of sGC and its interaction with ligands like NO and carbon monoxide. This review will focus on the role of sGC in signaling, its relationship to the other nucleotide cyclases, and on what is known about sGC genetics, heme environment and catalysis. The latest understanding in regard to sGC will be incorporated to build a model of sGC structure, activation, catalytic mechanism and deactivation.
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- J W Denninger
- 5315A Medical Sciences I, Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0606, USA
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Sohl JL, Jaswal SS, Agard DA. Unfolded conformations of alpha-lytic protease are more stable than its native state. Nature 1998; 395:817-9. [PMID: 9796818 DOI: 10.1038/27470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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alpha-Lytic protease (alphaLP), an extracellular bacterial protease, is synthesized with a large amino-terminal pro-region that is essential for its folding in vivo and in vitro. In the absence of the pro-region, the protease folds to an inactive, partially folded state, designated 'I'. The pro-region catalyses protease folding by directly stabilizing the folding transition state (>26kcal mol(-1)) which separates the native state 'N' from I. Although a basic tenet of protein folding is that the native state of a protein is at the minimum free energy, we show here that both the I and fully unfolded states of alphaLP are lower in free energy than the native state. Native alphaLP is thus metastable: its apparent stability derives from a large barrier to unfolding. Consequently, the evolution of alphaLP has been distinct from most other proteins: it has not been constrained by the free-energy difference between the native and unfolded states, but instead by the size of its unfolding barrier.
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- J L Sohl
- Graduate Group in Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0448, USA
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Miller S, Schuler B, Seckler R. Phage P22 tailspike protein: removal of head-binding domain unmasks effects of folding mutations on native-state thermal stability. Protein Sci 1998; 7:2223-32. [PMID: 9792111 PMCID: PMC2143837 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560071021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A shortened, recombinant protein comprising residues 109-666 of the tailspike endorhamnosidase of Salmonella phage P22 was purified from Escherichia coli and crystallized. Like the full-length tailspike, the protein lacking the amino-terminal head-binding domain is an SDS-resistant, thermostable trimer. Its fluorescence and circular dichroism spectra indicate native structure. Oligosaccharide binding and endoglycosidase activities of both proteins are identical. A number of tailspike folding mutants have been obtained previously in a genetic approach to protein folding. Two temperature-sensitive-folding (tsf) mutations and the four known global second-site suppressor (su) mutations were introduced into the shortened protein and found to reduce or increase folding yields at high temperature. The mutational effects on folding yields and subunit folding kinetics parallel those observed with the full-length protein. They mirror the in vivo phenotypes and are consistent with the substitutions altering the stability of thermolabile folding intermediates. Because full-length and shortened tailspikes aggregate upon thermal denaturation, and their denaturant-induced unfolding displays hysteresis, kinetics of thermal unfolding were measured to assess the stability of the native proteins. Unfolding of the shortened wild-type protein in the presence of 2% SDS at 71 degrees C occurs at a rate of 9.2 x 10(-4) s(-1). It reflects the second kinetic phase of unfolding of the full-length protein. All six mutations were found to affect the thermal stability of the native protein. Both tsf mutations accelerate thermal unfolding about 10-fold. Two of the su mutations retard thermal unfolding up to 5-fold, while the remaining two mutations accelerate unfolding up to 5-fold. The mutational effects can be rationalized on the background of the recently determined crystal structure of the protein.
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- S Miller
- Institut für Biophysik und Physikalische Biochemie, Universität Regensburg, Germany
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