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Dyrda-Terniuk T, Pomastowski P. The Multifaceted Roles of Bovine Lactoferrin: Molecular Structure, Isolation Methods, Analytical Characteristics, and Biological Properties. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:20500-20531. [PMID: 38091520 PMCID: PMC10755757 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c06887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
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Bovine lactoferrin (bLF) is widely known as an iron-binding glycoprotein from the transferrin family. The bLF molecule exhibits a broad spectrum of biological activity, including iron delivery, antimicrobial, antiviral, immunomodulatory, antioxidant, antitumor, and prebiotic functions, thereby making it one of the most valuable representatives for biomedical applications. Remarkably, LF functionality might completely differ in dependence on the iron saturation state and glycosylation patterns. Recently, a violently growing demand for bLF production has been observed, mostly for infant formulas, dietary supplements, and functional food formulations. Unfortunately, one of the reasons that inhibit the development of the bLF market and widespread protein implementation is related to its negligible amount in both major sources─colostrum and mature milk. This study provides a comprehensive overview of the significance of bLF research by delineating the key structural characteristics of the protein and elucidating their impact on its physicochemical and biological properties. Progress in the development of optimal isolation techniques for bLF is critically assessed, alongside the challenges that arise during its production. Furthermore, this paper presents a curated list of the most relevant instrumental techniques for the characterization of bLF. Lastly, it discusses the prospective applications and future directions for bLF-based formulations, highlighting their potential in various fields.
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- Tetiana Dyrda-Terniuk
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary
Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University
in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary
Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University
in Toruń, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Kumar R, Sharma D, Kumar N, Kumari B, Kumar S, Kumar R. Substitution of carbonate by non-physiological synergistic anion modulates the stability and iron release kinetics of serum transferrin. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2023; 1871:140856. [PMID: 36252939 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2022.140856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Serum transferrin (sTf) is a bi-lobal protein. Each lobe of sTf binds one Fe3+ ion in the presence of a synergistic anion. Physiologically, carbonate is the main synergistic anion but other anions such as oxalate, malonate, glycolate, maleate, glycine, etc. can substitute for carbonate in vitro. The present work provides the possible pathways by which the substitution of carbonate with oxalate affects the structural, kinetic, thermodynamic, and functional properties of blood plasma sTf. Analysis of equilibrium experiments measuring iron release and structural unfolding of carbonate and oxalate bound diferric-sTf (Fe2sTf) as a function of pH, urea concentration, and temperature reveal that the structural and iron-centers stability of Fe2sTf increase by substitution of carbonate with oxalate. Analysis of isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) scans showed that the affinity of Fe3+ with apo-sTf is enhanced by substituting carbonate with oxalate. Analysis of kinetic and thermodynamic parameters measured for the iron release from the carbonate and oxalate bound monoferric-N-lobe of sTf (FeNsTf) and Fe2sTf at pH 7.4 and pH 5.6 reveals that the substitution of carbonate with oxalate inhibits/retards the iron release via increasing the enthalpic barriers.
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- Rajesh Kumar
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala 147004, India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh, India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh, India
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- Deparment of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda 151401, India
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- Deparment of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda 151401, India
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- Deparment of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, Central University of Punjab, Ghudda, Bathinda 151401, India; School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala 147004, India.
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Singh S, Kalra S, Bubber P, Datta TK, Mohanty AK, Kaushik JK. Functional analysis of recombinant buffalo lactoferrin and monoferric lobes and their cytotoxic effect on buffalo mammary epithelial cells. Biometals 2019; 32:771-783. [PMID: 31555927 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-019-00209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lactoferrin (Lf) has been involved in diverse type of cellular activities and its biochemical properties are species specific. Lf is a bilobal molecule in which each lobe binds with one Fe2+/Fe3+ ion. A lot of physiological effects of Lf are regulated by its iron binding and release properties; however these properties are species-specific. To understand the iron-binding, thermal stability and cytotoxic effect of buffalo Lf (buLf) and contribution of individual N- and C-terminal lobes therein, buLf and the truncated monoferric lobes were expressed in Kluyveromyces lactis or Pichia pastoris yeast expression systems. The iron-uptake/release behavior and thermal stability of recombinant buLf was observed similar to the Lf purified from buffalo milk. Supplementation of recombinant buLf to the buffalo mammary epithelial cells (BuMEC) culture decreased their proliferation and the cell viability in a dose dependent manner. The cell growth decreased by 37% at 1.0 mg/ml Lf. C-lobe decreased the viability of BuMEC by 15% at 1 mg/ml. The C-lobe showed greater cytotoxic effect against BuMEC in comparison to N-lobe. buLf caused a reduced expression of the casein in BuMEC. At 1.0 mg/ml of buLf, CSN2 transcript level was reduced by 74% and 78% in the normal and hormone free media, respectively. The expression of IL-1β gene in BuMEC increased by 4-5 fold in the presence of 1.0 mg/ml of Lf. The effect was similar to that observed in the involutory mammary gland, suggesting the role of elevated level of Lf in remodeling of buffalo mammary tissue during involution.
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- Surender Singh
- Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132 001, India
- Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Vanasthali, Rajasthan, India
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- Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132 001, India
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- Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Banasthali Vidyapith, Vanasthali, Rajasthan, India
- School of Life Sciences, Biochemistry Discipline, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, India
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- Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132 001, India
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- Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132 001, India
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- Animal Biotechnology Centre, ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, 132 001, India.
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Tripathy DR, Pandey NK, Dinda AK, Ghosh S, Singha Roy A, Dasgupta S. An insight into the ribonucleolytic and antiangiogenic activity of buffalo lactoferrin. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2015; 33:184-95. [DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2013.865564] [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]
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C-lobe of lactoferrin: the whole story of the half-molecule. Biochem Res Int 2013; 2013:271641. [PMID: 23762557 PMCID: PMC3671519 DOI: 10.1155/2013/271641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lactoferrin is an iron-binding diferric glycoprotein present in most of the exocrine secretions. The major role of lactoferrin, which is found abundantly in colostrum, is antimicrobial action for the defense of mammary gland and the neonates. Lactoferrin consists of two equal halves, designated as N-lobe and C-lobe, each of which contains one iron-binding site. While the N-lobe of lactoferrin has been extensively studied and is known for its enhanced antimicrobial effect, the C-lobe of lactoferrin mediates various therapeutic functions which are still being discovered. The potential of the C-lobe in the treatment of gastropathy, diabetes, and corneal wounds and injuries has been indicated. This review provides the details of the proteolytic preparation of C-lobe, and interspecies comparisons of its sequence and structure, as well as the scope of its therapeutic applications.
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Baker HM, Baker EN. A structural perspective on lactoferrin function1This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Lactoferrin and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process. Biochem Cell Biol 2012; 90:320-8. [PMID: 22292559 DOI: 10.1139/o11-071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The 3-D structure of human lactoferrin was first solved in atomic detail in 1987. Since that time, a variety of proven and postulated activities have been added to the original annotation of lactoferrin as an iron-binding protein. Structural studies have also expanded to include iron-bound and iron-free (apo) forms, mutants, and the lactoferrins of different species. In this review, we take the current information on both structure and function and show that the 3-D structure provides a useful framework for understanding some activities and also points to productive research directions that could help elucidate other reported functions. Some functions relate to iron binding where the role of lactoferrin is to scavenge and retain iron across a wide pH range. We specifically focus on functions that depend on the surface structure of the molecule, identifying features that may determine the many other protective properties of this multifunctional protein.
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- Heather M. Baker
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Kumar R, Mauk AG. Protonation and Anion Binding Control the Kinetics of Iron Release from Human Transferrin. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:3795-807. [DOI: 10.1021/jp205879h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Rajesh Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and the Centre for
Blood Research, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences
Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
- School of Chemistry
and Biochemistry, Thapar University, Patiala 147004, India
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- Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology and the Centre for
Blood Research, Life Sciences Centre, 2350 Health Sciences
Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
BC V6T 1Z3 Canada
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Kumar R, Mauk AG. Atypical Effects of Salts on the Stability and Iron Release Kinetics of Human Transferrin. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:12400-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp903257c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Rajesh Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the Centre for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3 Canada
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Yamniuk AP, Burling H, Vogel HJ. Thermodynamic characterization of the interactions between the immunoregulatory proteins osteopontin and lactoferrin. Mol Immunol 2009; 46:2395-402. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cheng Y, Zak O, Aisen P, Harrison SC, Walz T. Single particle reconstruction of the human apo-transferrin-transferrin receptor complex. J Struct Biol 2005; 152:204-10. [PMID: 16343946 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2005] [Revised: 10/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Most organisms depend on iron as a co-factor for proteins catalyzing redox reactions. Iron is, however, a difficult element for cells to deal with, as it is insoluble in its ferric (Fe3+) form and potentially toxic in its ferrous (Fe2+) form. Thus, in vertebrates iron is transported through the circulation bound to transferrin (Tf) and delivered to cells through an endocytotic cycle involving the transferrin receptor (TfR). We have previously presented a model for the Tf-TfR complex in its iron-bearing form, the diferric transferrin (dTf)-TfR complex [Cheng, Y., Zak, O., Aisen, P., Harrison, S.C., Walz, T., 2004. Structure of the human transferrin receptor-transferrin complex. Cell 116, 565-576]. We have now calculated a single particle reconstruction for the complex in its iron-free form, the apo-transferrin (apoTf)-TfR complex. The same density map was obtained by aligning raw particle images or class averages of the vitrified apoTf-TfR complex to reference models derived from the structures of the dTf-TfR or apoTf-TfR complex. We were unable to improve the resolution of the apoTf-TfR density map beyond 16A, most likely because of significant structural variability of Tf in its iron-free state. The density map does, however, support the model for the apoTf-TfR we previously proposed based on the dTf-TfR complex structure, and it suggests that receptor-bound apoTf prefers to adopt an open conformation.
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- Yifan Cheng
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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Rinaldo D, Field MJ. A computational study of the open and closed forms of the N-lobe human serum transferrin apoprotein. Biophys J 2004; 85:3485-501. [PMID: 14645044 PMCID: PMC1303656 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(03)74769-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Human serum transferrin tightly binds ferric ions in the blood stream but is able to release them in cells by a process involving receptor-mediated endocytosis and decrease in pH. Iron binding and release are accompanied by a large conformation change. In this study, we investigate theoretically the open and closed forms of the N-lobe human serum transferrin apoprotein by performing pKa calculations and molecular dynamics and free-energy simulations. In agreement with the hypothesis based on the x-ray crystal structures, our calculations show that there is a shift in the pKa values of the lysines forming the dilysine trigger when the conformation changes. We argue, however, that simple electrostatic repulsion between the lysines is not sufficient to trigger domain opening and, instead, propose an alternative explanation for the dilysine-trigger effect. Analysis of the molecular dynamics and free-energy results indicate that the open form is more mobile than the closed form and is much more stable at pH 5.3, in large part due to entropic effects. Despite a lower free energy, the dynamics simulation of the open form shows that it is flexible enough to sample conformations that are consistent with iron binding.
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- David Rinaldo
- Laboratoire de Dynamique Moléculaire, Institut de Biologie Structurale Jean-Pierre Ebel, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, and the Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, Grenoble, France
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Thakurta PG, Choudhury D, Dasgupta R, Dattagupta JK. Tertiary structural changes associated with iron binding and release in hen serum transferrin: a crystallographic and spectroscopic study. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 316:1124-31. [PMID: 15044101 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.02.165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The iron binding and release of serum transferrin are pH-dependent and accompanied by a conformational change between the iron-bound (holo-) and iron-free (apo-) forms. We have determined the crystal structure of apo-hen serum transferrin (hAST) at 3.5A resolution, which is the first reported structure to date of any full molecule of an apo-serum transferrin and studied its pH-dependent iron release by UV-vis absorption and near UV-CD spectroscopy. The crystal structure of hAST shows that both the lobes adopt an open conformation and the relative orientations of the domains are different from those of apo-human serum transferrin and human apolactoferrin but similar to that of hen apo-ovotransferrin. Spectroscopic analysis reveals that in hen serum transferrin, release of the first iron starts at a pH approximately 6.5 and continues over a broad pH range (6.5-5.2). The complete release of the iron, however, occurs at pH approximately 4.0. The near UV-CD spectra show alterations in the microenvironment of the aromatic residues surrounding the iron-binding sites.
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- Piyali Guha Thakurta
- Crystallography and Molecular Biology Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700 064, India
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Sharma S, Jasti J, Kumar J, Mohanty AK, Singh TP. Crystal structure of a proteolytically generated functional monoferric C-lobe of bovine lactoferrin at 1.9A resolution. J Mol Biol 2003; 331:485-96. [PMID: 12888354 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(03)00717-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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This is the first crystal structure of a proteolytically generated functional C-lobe of lactoferrin. The purified samples of iron-saturated C-lobe were crystallized in 0.1 M Mes buffer (pH 6.5) containing 25% (v/v) polyethyleneglycol monomethyl ether 550 M and 0.1 M zinc sulphate heptahydrate. The X-ray intensity data were collected with 300 mm imaging plate scanner mounted on a rotating anode generator. The structure was determined by the molecular replacement method using the coordinates of the C-terminal half of bovine lactoferrin as a search model and refined to an R-factor of 0.193 for all data to 1.9A resolution. The final model comprises 2593 protein atoms (residues 342-676 and 681-685), 124 carbohydrate atoms (from ten monosaccharide units, in three glycan chains), one Fe(3+), one CO(3)(2-), two Zn(2+) and 230 water molecules. The overall folding of the C-lobe is essentially the same as that of C-terminal half of bovine lactoferrin but differs slightly in conformations of some of the loops and reveals a number of new interactions. There are 20 Cys residues in the C-lobe forming ten disulphide links. Out of these, one involving Cys481-Cys675 provides an inter-domain link at 2.01A while another Cys405-Cys684 is formed between the main C-lobe 342-676 and the hydrolyzed pentapeptide 681-685 fragment. Six inter-domain hydrogen bonds have been observed in the structure whereas only four were reported in the structure of intact lactoferrin, although domain orientations have been found similar in the two structures. The good quality of electron density has also revealed all the ten oligosaccharide units in the structure. The observation of two metal ions at sites other than the iron-binding cleft is another novel feature of the present structure. These zinc ions stabilize the crystal packing. This structure is also notable for extensive inter-molecular hydrogen bonding in the crystals. Therefore, the present structure appears to be one of the best packed crystal structures among the proteins of the transferrin superfamily.
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- Sujata Sharma
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110029, India
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Baker HM, Anderson BF, Baker EN. Dealing with iron: common structural principles in proteins that transport iron and heme. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:3579-83. [PMID: 12642662 PMCID: PMC152964 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0637295100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Iron is essential to life, but poses severe problems because of its toxicity and the insolubility of hydrated ferric ions at neutral pH. In animals, a family of proteins called transferrins are responsible for the sequestration, transport, and distribution of free iron. Comparison of the structure and function of transferrins with a completely unrelated protein hemopexin, which carries out the same function for heme, identifies molecular features that contribute to a successful protein system for iron acquisition, transport, and release. These include a two-domain protein structure with flexible hinges that allow these domains to enclose the bound ligand and provide suitable chemistry for stable binding and an appropriate trigger for release.
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- Heather M Baker
- School of Biological Sciences and Department of Chemistry, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92-019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Baker EN, Baker HM, Kidd RD. Lactoferrin and transferrin: functional variations on a common structural framework. Biochem Cell Biol 2002; 80:27-34. [PMID: 11908640 DOI: 10.1139/o01-153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Lactoferrin shares many structural and functional features with serum transferrin, including an ability to bind iron very tightly, but reversibly, a highly-conserved three-dimensional structure, and essentially identical iron-binding sites. Nevertheless, lactoferrin has some unique properties that differentiate it: an ability to retain iron to much lower pH, a positively charged surface, and other surface features that give it additional functions. Here, we review the structural basis for these similarities and differences, including the importance of dynamics and conformational change, and specific interactions that regulate iron binding and release.
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- Edward N Baker
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Paramasivam M, Saravanan K, Uma K, Sharma S, Singh TP, Srinivasan A. Expression, purification, and characterization of equine lactoferrin in Pichia pastoris. Protein Expr Purif 2002; 26:28-34. [PMID: 12356467 DOI: 10.1016/s1046-5928(02)00528-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Lactoferrin is an 80kDa iron-binding glycoprotein. It is secreted by exocrine glands. Many functions such as iron sequestering, anti-bacterial activity, regulation of gene expression, and immunomodulation are attributed to it. In the present study, we report the production of recombinant equine lactoferrin (ELF) in the methylotropic yeast Pichia pastoris using pPIC9K vector. The recombinant protein was purified by one-step affinity chromatography using heparin-Sepharose column. The purified protein has a molecular weight of 80kDa and reacted with antibody raised against the native equine lactoferrin. Its N-terminal sequence was identical to that of the native ELF. The iron-binding behavior and circular dichroism studies of the purified protein indicate that it has folded properly. The recombinant protein appears to be hyperglycosylated by the host strain, GS115. This is the first heterologous expression of equine lactoferrin and also the first report of intact lactoferrin expression using P. pastoris system. An yield of 40mg/l obtained in shake-flask cultures with this system, which is higher than the reported values for other systems.
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- M Paramasivam
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, 110 029, New Delhi, India
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Mizutani K, Mikami B, Hirose M. Domain closure mechanism in transferrins: new viewpoints about the hinge structure and motion as deduced from high resolution crystal structures of ovotransferrin N-lobe. J Mol Biol 2001; 309:937-47. [PMID: 11399070 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The crystal structure of holo hen ovotransferrin N-lobe refined at 1.65 A resolution has been obtained. The final model gave an R-factor of 0.173 in the resolution range between 10.0 and 1.65 A. The comparison of the structure with previous high-resolution apo and Fe(3+)-loaded, domain-opened intermediate structures provides new viewpoints on the domain closure mechanism upon Fe(3+) uptake in ovotransferrin N-lobe. Overall, conformational transition follows the common mechanism that has been first demonstrated for lactoferrin N-lobe; the domains 1 and 2 rotate 49.7 degrees as rigid bodies with a translation of 2.1 A around a screw-axis that passes through the two interdomain beta-strands (89-94 and 244-249). It is generally believed that the two strands display a hinge-like motion. Here, the latter strand indeed displays an ideal hinge nature: the segments 244-246 and 248-249 behave as a part of the rigid body of domain 2 and that of domain 1, respectively, and a sharp bend upon the domain closure is largely accounted for by the changes in the torsion angles phi and psi of Val247. We find, however, that the mode of the conformational change in the first beta-strand is much more complex. Two of the five inter beta-strand hydrogen bonds undergo crucial exchanges: from Ser91-N...Val247-O and Thr89-O...Ala249-N in the open apo and intermediate structures into Tyr92-N...Val247-O and Thr90-O...Ala249-N in the closed holo structure. These exchanges, which may be triggered in the intermediate state by modulation in the topological relation between the Fe(3+)-ligated hinge residue Tyr92-OH and the anion anchor residues of helix 5, are accompanied by a large conformational change and extensive hydrogen bonding rearrangements in a long stretch of segment of Glu82 to Tyr92. Such structural transition would work as a driving force for the domain closure, which highlights a "door closer"-like role, in addition to the canonical-hinge role, for the interdomain polypeptide segment pair. As an alternative hinge that secures the correct domain motion by being placed on a significant distance from the beta-strand hinge, we point out the participation of the van der Waals contacts formed between domain 1 residue of Met331 and domain 2 residues of Trp125, Ile129 and Trp140.
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- K Mizutani
- The Research Institute for Food Science, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 6110011, Japan
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Khan JA, Kumar P, Paramasivam M, Yadav RS, Sahani MS, Sharma S, Srinivasan A, Singh TP. Camel lactoferrin, a transferrin-cum-lactoferrin: crystal structure of camel apolactoferrin at 2.6 A resolution and structural basis of its dual role. J Mol Biol 2001; 309:751-61. [PMID: 11397094 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Camel lactoferrin is the first protein from the transferrin superfamily that has been found to display the characteristic functions of iron binding and release of lactoferrin as well as transferrin simultaneously. It was remarkable to observe a wide pH demarcation in the release of iron from two lobes. It loses 50 % iron at pH 6.5 and the remaining 50 % iron is released only at pH values between 4.0 and 2.0. Furthermore, proteolytically generated N and C-lobes of camel lactoferrin showed that the C-lobe lost iron at pH 6.5, while the N-lobe lost it only at pH less than 4.0. In order to establish the structural basis of this striking observation, the purified camel apolactoferrin was crystallized. The crystals belong to monoclinic space group C2 with unit cell dimensions a=175.8 A, b=80.9 A, c=56.4 A, beta=92.4 degrees and Z=4. The structure has been determined by the molecular replacement method and refined to an R-factor of 0.198 (R-free=0.268) using all the data in the resolution range of 20.0-2.6 A. The overall structure of camel apolactoferrin folds into two lobes which contain four distinct domains. Both lobes adopt open conformations indicating wide distances between the iron binding residues in the native iron-free form of lactoferrin. The dispositions of various residues of the iron binding pocket of the N-lobe of camel apolactoferrin are similar to those of the N-lobe in human apolactoferrin, while the corresponding residues in the C-lobe show a striking similarity with those in the C-lobes of duck and hen apo-ovotransferrins. These observations indicate that the N-lobe of camel apolactoferrin is structurally very similar to the N-lobe of human apolactoferrin and the structure of the C-lobe of camel apolactoferrin matches closely with those of the hen and duck apo-ovotransferrins. These observations suggest that the iron binding and releasing behaviour of the N-lobe of camel lactoferrin is similar to that of the N-lobe of human lactoferrin, whereas that of the C-lobe resembles those of the C-lobes of duck and hen apo-ovotransferrins. Hence, it correlates with the observation of the N-lobe of camel lactoferrin losing iron at a low pH (4.0-2.0) as in other lactoferrins. On the other hand, the C-lobe of camel lactoferrin loses iron at higher pH (7.0-6.0) like transferrins suggesting its functional similarity to that of transferrins. Thus, camel lactoferrin can be termed as half lactoferrin and half transferrin.
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- J A Khan
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India
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Sharma S, Kumar P, Betzel C, Singh TP. Structure and function of proteins involved in milk allergies. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY. B, BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES AND APPLICATIONS 2001; 756:183-7. [PMID: 11419710 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4347(01)00107-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Allergy to milk proteins has been defined as any adverse reaction mediated by immunological mechanisms to one or several of proteins found in milk. The milk allergy has been classified according to the onset of symptoms as immediate or delayed type. The milk allergy seems to be manifested by three major proteins found in milk: alpha-lactalbumin, beta-lactoglobulin and caseins. The structural comparison of allergenic sites in alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin with the structure of lactoferrin has clearly shown that yet another major milk protein lactoferrin also possesses allergenic sites and thus may qualify to be an allergen. The heat treatment of milk proteins considerably reduces their allergenicity.
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- S Sharma
- Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
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Iron loss in vitro by the iron scavenger bovine lactoferrin was investigated in acidic media in the presence of three different monoanions (NO(3)(-), Cl(-) and Br(-)) and one dianion (SO(4)(2-)). Holo and monoferric C-site lactoferrins lose iron in acidic media (pH< or =3.5) by a four-step mechanism. The first two steps describe modifications in the conformation affecting the whole protein, which occur also with apolactoferrin. These two processes are independent of iron load and are followed by a third step consisting of the gain of two protons. This third step is kinetically controlled by the interaction with two Cl(-), Br(-) and NO(3)(-) or one SO(4)(2-). In the fourth step, iron loss is under the kinetic control of a slow gain of two protons; third-order rate-constants k(2), 4.3(+/-0.2)x10(3), 3.4(+/-0.5)x10(3), 3.3(+/-0.5)x10(3) and 1.5(+/-0.5)x10(3) M(-2) s(-1) when the protein is in interaction with SO(4)(2-), NO(3)(-), Cl(-) or Br(-), respectively. This step is accompanied by the loss of the interaction with the anions; equilibrium constant K(2), 20+/-5 mM, 1.0(+/-0.2)x10(-1), 1.5(+/-0.5)x10(-1) and 1.0(+/-0.3)x10(-1) M(2), for SO(4)(-), NO(3)(-), Cl(-) and Br(-), respectively. This mechanism is very different from that determined in mildly acidic media at low ionic strength (micro<0.5) for the iron transport proteins, serum transferrin and ovotransferrin, with which no prior change in conformation or interaction with anions is required. These differences may result from the fact that in the transport proteins, the interdomain hydrogen bonds that consolidate the closed conformation of the iron-binding cleft occur between amino acid side-chain residues that can protonate in mildly acidic media. With bovine lactoferrin, most of the interdomain hydrogen bonds involved in the C-site and one of those involved in the N-site occur between amino acid side-chain residues that cannot protonate. The breaking of the interdomain H-bond upon protonation can trigger the opening of the iron cleft, facilitating iron loss in serum transferrin and ovotransferrin. This situation is, however, different in lactoferrin, where iron loss requires a prior change in conformation. This can explain why lactoferrin does not lose its iron load in acidic media and why it is not involved in iron transport in acidic endosomes.
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- F B Abdallah
- Institut de Topologie et de Dynamique des Systèmes de l'Université Denis Diderot Paris 7, associé au CNRS, 1 rue Guy de la Brosse, 75005 Paris, France
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