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Santos RCM, Lucena DMS, Loponte HFBR, Alisson-Silva F, Dias WB, Lins RD, Todeschini AR. GM2/GM3 controls the organizational status of CD82/Met microdomains: further studies in GM2/GM3 complexation. Glycoconj J 2022; 39:653-661. [PMID: 35536494 DOI: 10.1007/s10719-022-10061-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
At cell surface gangliosides might associate with signal transducers proteins, grown factor receptors, integrins, small G-proteins and tetraspanins establishing microdomains, which play important role in cell adhesion, cell activation, motility, and growth. Previously, we reported that GM2 and GM3 form a heterodimer that interacts with the tetraspanin CD82, controlling epithelial cell mobility by inhibiting integrin-hepatocyte growth factor-induced cMet tyrosine kinase signaling. By using molecular dynamics simulations to study the molecular basis of GM2/GM3 interaction we demonstrate, here, that intracellular levels of Ca2+ mediate GM2/GM3 complexation via electrostatic interaction with their carboxyl groups, while hydrogen bonds between the ceramide groups likely aid stabilizing the complex. The presence of GM2/GM3 complex alters localization of CD82 on cell surface and therefore downstream signalization. These data contribute for the knowledge of how glycosylation may control signal transduction and phenotypic changes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ronan C M Santos
- Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics' Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics' Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics' Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Paulo de Goes Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-902, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics' Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Aggeu Magalhães Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Recife, Pernambuco, 50740-465, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics' Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Oliveira IA, Allonso D, Fernandes TVA, Lucena DMS, Ventura GT, Dias WB, Mohana-Borges RS, Pascutti PG, Todeschini AR. Enzymatic and structural properties of human glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase 2 (hGFAT2). J Biol Chem 2020; 296:100180. [PMID: 33303629 PMCID: PMC7948480 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.015189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycoconjugates play a central role in several cellular processes, and alteration in their composition is associated with numerous human pathologies. Substrates for cellular glycosylation are synthesized in the hexosamine biosynthetic pathway, which is controlled by the glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate amidotransfera-se (GFAT). Human isoform 2 GFAT (hGFAT2) has been implicated in diabetes and cancer; however, there is no information about structural and enzymatic properties of this enzyme. Here, we report a successful expression and purification of a catalytically active recombinant hGFAT2 (rhGFAT2) in Escherichia coli cells fused or not to a HisTag at the C-terminal end. Our enzyme kinetics data suggest that hGFAT2 does not follow the expected ordered bi–bi mechanism, and performs the glucosamine-6-phosphate synthesis much more slowly than previously reported for other GFATs. In addition, hGFAT2 is able to isomerize fructose-6-phosphate into glucose-6-phosphate even in the presence of equimolar amounts of glutamine, which results in unproductive glutamine hydrolysis. Structural analysis of a three-dimensional model of rhGFAT2, corroborated by circular dichroism data, indicated the presence of a partially structured loop in the glutaminase domain, whose sequence is present in eukaryotic enzymes but absent in the E. coli homolog. Molecular dynamics simulations suggest that this loop is the most flexible portion of the protein and plays a key role on conformational states of hGFAT2. Thus, our study provides the first comprehensive set of data on the structure, kinetics, and mechanics of hGFAT2, which will certainly contribute to further studies on the (patho)physiology of hGFAT2.
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- Isadora A Oliveira
- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Departamento de Biotecnologia Farmacêutica, Faculdade de Farmácia, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Modelagem e Dinâmica Molecular, IBCCF, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Macromoléculas, Diretoria de Metrologia Aplicada às Ciências da Vida, Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Qualidade e Tecnologia (INMETRO), Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Modelagem e Dinâmica Molecular, IBCCF, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Glicobiologia Estrutural e Funcional, Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho (IBCCF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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