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Leighton TL, Mok MC, Junop MS, Howell PL, Burrows LL. Conserved, unstructured regions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilO are important for type IVa pilus function. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2600. [PMID: 29422606 PMCID: PMC5805733 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20925-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses long, thin fibres called type IV pili (T4P) for adherence to surfaces, biofilm formation, and twitching motility. A conserved subcomplex of PilMNOP is required for extension and retraction of T4P. To better understand its function, we attempted to co-crystallize the soluble periplasmic portions of PilNOP, using reductive surface methylation to promote crystal formation. Only PilOΔ109 crystallized; its structure was determined to 1.7 Å resolution using molecular replacement. This new structure revealed two novel features: a shorter N-terminal α1-helix followed by a longer unstructured loop, and a discontinuous β-strand in the second αββ motif, mirroring that in the first motif. PISA analysis identified a potential dimer interface with striking similarity to that of the PilO homolog EpsM from the Vibrio cholerae type II secretion system. We identified highly conserved residues within predicted unstructured regions in PilO proteins from various Pseudomonads and performed site-directed mutagenesis to assess their role in T4P function. R169D and I170A substitutions decreased surface piliation and twitching motility without disrupting PilO homodimer formation. These residues could form important protein-protein interactions with PilN or PilP. This work furthers our understanding of residues critical for T4aP function.
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- T L Leighton
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Program in Molecular Structure & Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada. .,Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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Whitney JC, Howell PL. Synthase-dependent exopolysaccharide secretion in Gram-negative bacteria. Trends Microbiol 2012; 21:63-72. [PMID: 23117123 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2012.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Revised: 09/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The biosynthesis and export of bacterial cell-surface polysaccharides is known to occur through several distinct mechanisms. Recent advances in the biochemistry and structural biology of several proteins in synthase-dependent polysaccharide secretion systems have identified key conserved components of this pathway in Gram-negative bacteria. These components include an inner-membrane-embedded polysaccharide synthase, a periplasmic tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR)-containing scaffold protein, and an outer-membrane β-barrel porin. There is also increasing evidence that many synthase-dependent systems are post-translationally regulated by the bacterial second messenger bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP). Here, we compare these core proteins in the context of the alginate, cellulose, and poly-β-D-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG) secretion systems.
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- J C Whitney
- Program in Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
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Tammam S, Sampaleanu LM, Koo J, Sundaram P, Ayers M, Chong PA, Forman-Kay JD, Burrows LL, Howell PL. Characterization of the PilN, PilO and PilP type IVa pilus subcomplex. Mol Microbiol 2011; 82:1496-514. [PMID: 22053789 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07903.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Type IVa pili are bacterial nanomachines required for colonization of surfaces, but little is known about the organization of proteins in this system. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa pilMNOPQ operon encodes five key members of the transenvelope complex facilitating pilus function. While PilQ forms the outer membrane secretin pore, the functions of the inner membrane-associated proteins PilM/N/O/P are less well defined. Structural characterization of a stable C-terminal fragment of PilP (PilP(Δ71)) by NMR revealed a modified β-sandwich fold, similar to that of Neisseria meningitidis PilP, although complementation experiments showed that the two proteins are not interchangeable likely due to divergent surface properties. PilP is an inner membrane putative lipoprotein, but mutagenesis of the putative lipobox had no effect on the localization and function of PilP. A larger fragment, PilP(Δ18-6His), co-purified with a PilN(Δ44)/PilO(Δ51) heterodimer as a stable complex that eluted from a size exclusion chromatography column as a single peak with a molecular weight equivalent to two heterotrimers with 1:1:1 stoichiometry. Although PilO forms both homodimers and PilN-PilO heterodimers, PilP(Δ18-6His) did not interact stably with PilO(Δ51) alone. Together these data demonstrate that PilN/PilO/PilP interact directly to form a stable heterotrimeric complex, explaining the dispensability of PilP's lipid anchor for localization and function.
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- S Tammam
- Program in Molecular Structure and Function, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8, Canada
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Ayers M, Sampaleanu LM, Tammam S, Koo J, Harvey H, Howell PL, Burrows LL. PilM/N/O/P proteins form an inner membrane complex that affects the stability of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus secretin. J Mol Biol 2009; 394:128-42. [PMID: 19857645 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The highly conserved pilM/N/O/P/Q gene cluster is among the core set of genes required for cell surface expression of type IV pili and associated twitching motility. With the exception of the outer membrane secretin, a multimer of PilQ subunits, the specific functions of the products encoded by this gene cluster are poorly characterized. Orthologous proteins in the related bacterial type II secretion system have been shown to interact to form an inner membrane complex required for protein secretion. In this study, we provide evidence that the PilM/N/O/P proteins form a functionally equivalent type IVa pilus complex. Using Pseudomonas aeruginosa as model organism, we found that all four proteins, including the nominally cytoplasmic PilM, colocalized to the inner membrane. Stability studies via Western blot analyses revealed that loss of one component has a negative impact on the levels of other members of the putative complex. Furthermore, complementation studies revealed that the stoichiometry of the components is important for the correct formation of a stable complex in vivo. We provide evidence that an intact inner membrane complex is required for optimal formation of the outer membrane complex of the type IVa pilus system in P. aeruginosa, as PilQ stability is negatively affected in its absence. Finally, we show that, in the absence of the pilin subunit, the levels of membrane-bound components of the inner membrane complex are negatively regulated by the PilR/S two-component system, suggesting a role for PilR/S in sensing the piliation status of the cell.
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- M Ayers
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5
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Sampaleanu LM, Bonanno JB, Ayers M, Koo J, Tammam S, Burley SK, Almo SC, Burrows LL, Howell PL. Periplasmic domains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilN and PilO form a stable heterodimeric complex. J Mol Biol 2009; 394:143-59. [PMID: 19857646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Type IV pili (T4P) are bacterial virulence factors responsible for attachment to surfaces and for twitching motility, a motion that involves a succession of pilus extension and retraction cycles. In the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the PilM/N/O/P proteins are essential for T4P biogenesis, and genetic and biochemical analyses strongly suggest that they form an inner-membrane complex. Here, we show through co-expression and biochemical analysis that the periplasmic domains of PilN and PilO interact to form a heterodimer. The structure of residues 69-201 of the periplasmic domain of PilO was determined to 2.2 A resolution and reveals the presence of a homodimer in the asymmetric unit. Each monomer consists of two N-terminal coiled coils and a C-terminal ferredoxin-like domain. This structure was used to generate homology models of PilN and the PilN/O heterodimer. Our structural analysis suggests that in vivo PilN/O heterodimerization would require changes in the orientation of the first N-terminal coiled coil, which leads to two alternative models for the role of the transmembrane domains in the PilN/O interaction. Analysis of PilN/O orthologues in the type II secretion system EpsL/M revealed significant similarities in their secondary structures and the tertiary structures of PilO and EpsM, although the way these proteins interact to form inner-membrane complexes appears to be different in T4P and type II secretion. Our analysis suggests that PilN interacts directly, via its N-terminal tail, with the cytoplasmic protein PilM. This work shows a direct interaction between the periplasmic domains of PilN and PilO, with PilO playing a key role in the proper folding of PilN. Our results suggest that PilN/O heterodimers form the foundation of the inner-membrane PilM/N/O/P complex, which is critical for the assembly of a functional T4P complex.
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- L M Sampaleanu
- Program in Molecular Structure and Function, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X8
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Ku SY, Yip P, Cornell KA, Riscoe MK, Howell PL. Structures of 5-methylthioribose kinase: catalytic mechanism and drug design. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305089683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Tsai MYW, Koo J, Sampaleanu LM, Greene C, Creagh L, Haynes C, Howell PL. Recovery of argininosuccinate lyase activity in duck δ1 crystallin. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305092081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Turner MA, Dole K, Yuan CS, Hershfield MS, Borchardt RT, Howell PL. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human placental S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2005; 53:339-41. [PMID: 15299942 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444996014746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A recombinant form of human placental S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase expressed in E. coli, which was inactivated by a type-I mechanism-based inhibitor, has been crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique. The crystals grow as flat plates, with unit-cell dimensions a = 96.2, b = 173.6, c = 142.9 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group C222 and diffract to a minimum spacing of approximately 2.0 A resolution at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source. On the basis of density calculations two monomers of the tetrameric protein are estimated to be present in the asymmetric unit (V(m) = 2.99 A(3) Da(-l)). The self-rotation function clearly indicates the location of the non-crystallographic twofold axis.
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- M A Turner
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Sampaleanu LM, Howell PL. Insight into the enzymatic mechanism of argininosuccinate lyase. Acta Crystallogr A 2002. [DOI: 10.1107/s010876730208950x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) is a homotetrameric enzyme that catalyzes the reversible cleavage of argininosuccinate to arginine and fumarate. Deficiencies in the enzyme result in the autosomal, recessive disorder argininosuccinic aciduria. Considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity is associated with this disorder, which is thought to be a consequence of the extensive intragenic complementation identified in patient strains. Our ability to predict genotype-phenotype relationships is hampered by the current lack of understanding of the mechanisms by which complementation can occur. The 3-dimensional structure of wild-type ASL has enabled us to propose that the complementation between two ASL active site mutant subunits, Q286R and D87G, occurs through a regeneration of functional active sites in the heteromutant protein. We have reconstructed this complementation event, both in vivo and in vitro, using recombinant proteins and have confirmed this hypothesis. The complementation events between Q286R and two nonactive site mutants, M360T and A398D, have also been characterized. The M360T and A398D substitutions have adverse effects on the thermodynamic stability of the protein. Complementation between either the M360T or the A398D mutant and the stable Q286R mutant occurs through the formation of a more stable heteromeric protein with partial recovery of catalytic activity. The detection and characterization of a novel complementation event between the A398D and D87G mutants has shown how complementation in patients with argininosuccinic aciduria may correlate with the clinical phenotype.
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- B Yu
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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Sampaleanu LM, Vallée F, Thompson GD, Howell PL. Three-dimensional structure of the argininosuccinate lyase frequently complementing allele Q286R. Biochemistry 2001; 40:15570-80. [PMID: 11747432 DOI: 10.1021/bi011525m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) catalyzes the reversible breakdown of argininosuccinate to arginine and fumarate, a reaction involved in the biosynthesis of arginine in all species and in the production of urea in ureotelic species. In humans, mutations in the enzyme result in the autosomal recessive disorder argininosuccinic aciduria. Intragenic complementation has been demonstrated to occur at the ASL locus, with two distinct classes of ASL-deficient strains having been identified, the frequent and high-activity complementers. The frequent complementers participate in the majority of the complementation events observed and were found to be either homozygous or heterozygous for a glutamine to arginine mutation at residue 286. The three-dimensional structure of the frequently complementing allele Q286R has been determined at 2.65 A resolution. This is the first high-resolution structure of human ASL. Comparison of this structure with the structures of wild-type and mutant duck delta1 and delta2 crystallins suggests that the Q286R mutation may sterically and/or electrostatically hinder a conformational change in the 280's loop (residues 270-290) and domain 3 that is thought to be necessary for catalysis to occur. The comparison also suggests that residues other than R33, F333, and D337 play a role in maintaining the structural integrity of domain 1 and reinforces the suggestion that residues 74-89 require a particular conformation for catalysis. The electron density has enabled the structure of residues 6-18 to be modeled for the first time. Residues 7-9 and 15-18 are in type IV beta-turns and are connected by a loop. The conformation observed is stabilized, in part, by a salt bridge between the side chains of R12 and D18. Although the disease causing mutation R12Q would disrupt this salt bridge, it is unclear why this mutation has such a significant effect on the catalytic activity as residues 1-18 are disordered in all other delta-crystallin structures determined to date.
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- L M Sampaleanu
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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BACKGROUND Argininosuccinate synthetase (AS) is the rate-limiting enzyme of both the urea and arginine-citrulline cycles. In mammals, deficiency of AS leads to citrullinemia, a debilitating and often fatal autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder, whereas its overexpression for sustained nitric oxide production via the arginine-citrulline cycle leads to the potentially fatal hypotension associated with septic and cytokine-induced circulatory shock. RESULTS The crystal structure of E. coli AS (EAS) has been determined by the use of selenomethionine incorporation and MAD phasing. The structure has been refined at 1.6 A resolution in the absence of its substrates and at 2.0 A in the presence of aspartate and citrulline (EAS*CIT+ASP). Each monomer of this tetrameric protein has two structural domains: a nucleotide binding domain similar to that of the "N-type" ATP pyrophosphatase class of enzymes, and a novel catalytic/multimerization domain. The EAS*CIT+ASP structure clearly describes the binding of citrulline at the cleft between the two domains and of aspartate to a loop of the nucleotide binding domain, whereas homology modeling with the N-type ATP pyrophosphatases has provided the location of ATP binding. CONCLUSIONS The first three-dimensional structures of AS are reported. The fold of the nucleotide binding domain confirms AS as the fourth structurally defined member of the N-type ATP pyrophosphatases. The structures identify catalytically important residues and suggest the requirement for a conformational change during the catalytic cycle. Sequence similarity between the bacterial and human enzymes has been used for providing insight into the structural and functional effects of observed clinical mutations.
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- C T Lemke
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Lee JE, Cornell KA, Riscoe MK, Howell PL. Structure of E. coli 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase reveals similarity to the purine nucleoside phosphorylases. Structure 2001; 9:941-53. [PMID: 11591349 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(01)00656-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosyl-homocysteine (MTA/AdoHcy) nucleosidase catalyzes the irreversible cleavage of 5'-methylthioadenosine and S-adenosylhomocysteine to adenine and the corresponding thioribose, 5'-methylthioribose and S-ribosylhomocysteine, respectively. While this enzyme is crucial for the metabolism of AdoHcy and MTA nucleosides in many prokaryotic and lower eukaryotic organisms, it is absent in mammalian cells. This metabolic difference represents an exploitable target for rational drug design. RESULTS The crystal structure of E. coli MTA/AdoHcy nucleosidase was determined at 1.90 A resolution with the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) technique. Each monomer of the MTA/AdoHcy nucleosidase dimer consists of a mixed alpha/beta domain with a nine-stranded mixed beta sheet, flanked by six alpha helices and a small 3(10) helix. Intersubunit contacts between the two monomers present in the asymmetric unit are mediated primarily by helix-helix and helix-loop hydrophobic interactions. The unexpected presence of an adenine molecule in the active site of the enzyme has allowed the identification of both substrate binding and potential catalytic amino acid residues. CONCLUSIONS Although the sequence of E. coli MTA/AdoHcy nucleosidase has almost no identity with any known enzyme, its tertiary structure is similar to both the mammalian (trimeric) and prokaryotic (hexameric) purine nucleoside phosphorylases. The structure provides evidence that this protein is functional as a dimer and that the dual specificity for MTA and AdoHcy results from the truncation of a helix. The structure of MTA/AdoHcy nucleosidase is the first structure of a prokaryotic nucleoside N-ribohydrolase specific for 6-aminopurines.
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- J E Lee
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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In mammals, S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase (AdoHcyase) is the only known enzyme to catalyze the breakdown of S-adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) to homocysteine and adenosine. AdoHcy is the product of all adenosylmethionine (AdoMet)-dependent biological transmethylations. These reactions have a wide range of products, and are common in all facets of biometabolism. As a product inhibitor, elevated levels of AdoHcy suppress AdoMet-dependent transmethylations. Thus, AdoHcyase is a regulator of biological transmethylation in general. The three-dimensional structure of AdoHcyase complexed with reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADH) and the inhibitor (1'R, 2'S, 3'R)-9-(2',3'-dihyroxycyclopenten-1-yl)adenine (DHCeA) was solved by a combination of the crystallographic direct methods program, SnB, to determine the selenium atom substructure and by treating the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction data as a special case of multiple isomorphous replacement. The enzyme architecture resembles that observed for NAD-dependent dehydrogenases, with the catalytic domain and the cofactor-binding domain each containing a modified Rossmann fold. The two domains form a deep active site cleft containing the cofactor and bound inhibitor molecule. A comparison of the inhibitor complex of the human enzyme and the structure of the rat enzyme, solved without inhibitor, suggests that a 17 degrees rigid body movement of the catalytic domain occurs upon inhibitor/substrate binding.
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- M A Turner
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Hospital for Sick Children,Toronto, ON, Canada
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Sampaleanu LM, Vallée F, Slingsby C, Howell PL. Structural studies of duck delta 1 and delta 2 crystallin suggest conformational changes occur during catalysis. Biochemistry 2001; 40:2732-42. [PMID: 11258884 DOI: 10.1021/bi002272k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Duck delta1 and delta2 crystallin are 94% identical in amino acid sequence, and while delta2 crystallin is the duck orthologue of argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) and catalyzes the reversible breakdown of argininosuccinate to arginine and fumarate, the delta1 isoform is enzymatically inactive. The crystal structures of wild type duck delta1 and delta2 crystallin have been solved at 2.2 and 2.3 A resolution, respectively, and the refinement of the turkey delta1 crystallin has been completed. These structures have been compared with two mutant duck delta2 crystallin structures. Conformational changes were observed in two regions of the N-terminal domain with intraspecies differences between the active and inactive isoforms localized to residues 23-32 and both intra- and interspecies differences localized to the loop of residues 74-89. As the residues implicated in the catalytic mechanism of delta2/ASL are all conserved in delta1, the amino acid substitutions in these two regions are hypothesized to be critical for substrate binding. A sulfate anion was found in the active site of duck delta1 crystallin. This anion, which appears to mimic the fumarate moiety of the argininosuccinate substrate, induces a rigid body movement in domain 3 and a conformational change in the loop of residues 280-290, which together would sequester the substrate from the solvent. The duck delta1 crystallin structure suggests that Ser 281, a residue strictly conserved in all members of the superfamily, could be the catalytic acid in the delta2 crystallin/ASL enzymatic mechanism.
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- L M Sampaleanu
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Lee JE, Cornell KA, Riscoe MK, Howell PL. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Escherichia coli 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2001; 57:150-2. [PMID: 11134941 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444900014669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2000] [Accepted: 10/18/2000] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A recombinant form of Escherichia coli 5'-methylthioadenosine/S-adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase (E.C. 3.2.2.9) has been purified to homogeneity and crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique. While several different crystallization conditions were obtained, only one set of conditions yielded crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis. These crystals grow as diamond-shaped wedges, with unit-cell parameters a = 50.92, b = 133.99, c = 70.88 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees. The crystals belong to space group P2(1)2(1)2 and diffract to a minimum d spacing of 2.3 A on a MAR345 image plate with a Rigaku RU-200 rotating-anode X-ray generator. On the basis of density calculations, two monomers are predicted per asymmetric unit (Matthews coefficient, V(M) = 2.37 A(3) Da(-1)), with a solvent content of 48%.
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- J E Lee
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Vallee F, Karaveg K, Herscovics A, Moremen KW, Howell PL. Structural basis for catalysis and inhibition of N-glycan processing class I alpha 1,2-mannosidases. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:41287-98. [PMID: 10995765 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006927200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) class I alpha1,2-mannosidase (also known as ER alpha-mannosidase I) is a critical enzyme in the maturation of N-linked oligosaccharides and ER-associated degradation. Trimming of a single mannose residue acts as a signal to target misfolded glycoproteins for degradation by the proteasome. Crystal structures of the catalytic domain of human ER class I alpha1,2-mannosidase have been determined both in the presence and absence of the potent inhibitors kifunensine and 1-deoxymannojirimycin. Both inhibitors bind to the protein at the bottom of the active-site cavity, with the essential calcium ion coordinating the O-2' and O-3' hydroxyls and stabilizing the six-membered rings of both inhibitors in a (1)C(4) conformation. This is the first direct evidence of the role of the calcium ion. The lack of major conformational changes upon inhibitor binding and structural comparisons with the yeast alpha1, 2-mannosidase enzyme-product complex suggest that this class of inverting enzymes has a novel catalytic mechanism. The structures also provide insight into the specificity of this class of enzymes and provide a blueprint for the future design of novel inhibitors that prevent degradation of misfolded proteins in genetic diseases.
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- F Vallee
- Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) catalyzes the reversible hydrolysis of argininosuccinate to arginine and fumarate, a reaction important for the detoxification of ammonia via the urea cycle and for arginine biosynthesis. ASL belongs to a superfamily of structurally related enzymes, all of which function as tetramers and catalyze similar reactions in which fumarate is one of the products. Genetic defects in the ASL gene result in the autosomal recessive disorder argininosuccinic aciduria. This disorder has considerable clinical and genetic heterogeneity and also exhibits extensive intragenic complementation. Intragenic complementation is a phenomenon that occurs when a multimeric protein is formed from subunits produced by different mutant alleles of a gene. The resulting hybrid protein exhibits greater enzymatic activity than is found in either of the homomeric mutant proteins. This review describes the structure and function of ASL and its homologue delta crystallin, the genetic defects associated with argininosuccinic aciduria and current theories regarding complementation in this protein.
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- B Yu
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Howell PL, Blessing RH, Smith GD, Weeks CM. Optimizing DREAR and SnB parameters for determining Se-atom substructures. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2000; 56:604-17. [PMID: 10771430 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444900002936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The determination of the anomalous scattering substructure is the first essential step in any successful macromolecular structure determination using the multiwavelength anomalous diffraction (MAD) technique. The diffE method of calculating difference Es in conjunction with SnB has had considerable success in determining large Se-atom substructures. An investigation of the parameters used in both the data-reduction and error-analysis routines (DREAR) as well as the SnB phasing process itself was undertaken to optimize these parameters for more efficient use of the procedure. Two sets of selenomethionyl S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase MAD data were used as test data. The elimination of all erroneously large differences prior to phasing was found to be critical and the best results were obtained from accurate highly redundant intensity measurements. The high-resolution data collected in the typical MAD experiment are sufficient, but the inclusion of low-resolution data below 20 A improved the success rate considerably. Although the best results have been obtained from single-wavelength peak anomalous diffraction data alone, independent SnB analysis of data measured at other wavelengths can provide confirmation for questionable sites.
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- P L Howell
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada.
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Romero PA, Vallée F, Howell PL, Herscovics A. Mutation of Arg(273) to Leu alters the specificity of the yeast N-glycan processing class I alpha1,2-mannosidase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:11071-4. [PMID: 10753911 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.15.11071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Class I alpha1,2-mannosidases (glycosyl hydrolase family 47) involved in the processing of N-glycans during glycoprotein maturation have different specificities. Enzymes in the endoplasmic reticulum of yeast and mammalian cells remove a single mannose from Man(9)GlcNAc(2) to form Man(8)GlcNAc(2) isomer B (lacking the alpha1, 2-mannose residue of the middle alpha1, 3-arm), whereas other alpha1,2-mannosidases, including Golgi alpha1,2-mannosidases IA and IB, can convert Man(9)GlcNAc(2) to Man(5)GlcNAc(2). In the present work, it is demonstrated that with a single mutation in its catalytic domain (Arg(273) --> Leu) the yeast endoplasmic reticulum alpha1,2-mannosidase acquires the ability to transform Man(9)GlcNAc to Man(5)GlcNAc. High resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of the products shows that the order of removal of mannose from Man(9)GlcNAc is different from that of other alpha1, 2-mannosidases that remove four mannose from Man(9)GlcNAc. These results demonstrate that Arg(273) is in part responsible for the specificity of the endoplasmic reticulum alpha1,2-mannosidase and that small differences in non-conserved amino acids interacting with the oligosaccharide substrate in the active site of class I alpha1, 2-mannosidases are responsible for the different specificities of these enzymes.
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- P A Romero
- McGill Cancer Centre, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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Vallée F, Lipari F, Yip P, Sleno B, Herscovics A, Howell PL. Crystal structure of a class I alpha1,2-mannosidase involved in N-glycan processing and endoplasmic reticulum quality control. EMBO J 2000; 19:581-8. [PMID: 10675327 PMCID: PMC305596 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mannose trimming is not only essential for N-glycan maturation in mammalian cells but also triggers degradation of misfolded glycoproteins. The crystal structure of the class I alpha1, 2-mannosidase that trims Man(9)GlcNAc(2) to Man(8)GlcNAc(2 )isomer B in the endoplasmic reticulum of Saccharomyces cerevisiae reveals a novel (alphaalpha)(7)-barrel in which an N-glycan from one molecule extends into the barrel of an adjacent molecule, interacting with the essential acidic residues and calcium ion. The observed protein-carbohydrate interactions provide the first insight into the catalytic mechanism and specificity of this eukaryotic enzyme family and may be used to design inhibitors that prevent degradation of misfolded glycoproteins in genetic diseases.
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- F Vallée
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario
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Lemke C, Yeung M, Howell PL. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of Escherichia coli argininosuccinate synthetase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 1999; 55:2028-30. [PMID: 10666579 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444999011816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A recombinant form of Escherichia coli argininosuccinate synthetase with a C-terminal polyhistidine affinity tag has been expressed, purified and subsequently crystallized using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique. The crystals grow as large rectangular chunks with unit-cell dimensions a = 79.70, b = 105.84, c = 127.33 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group I222 and diffract to a minimum d-spacing of 1.6 A at station X8C of the National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory. On the basis of density calculations, one monomer of this homotetrameric protein is predicted per asymmetric unit (Matthews coefficient V(m) = 2.69 A(3) Da(-1)).
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- C Lemke
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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Sampaleanu LM, Davidson AR, Graham C, Wistow GJ, Howell PL. Domain exchange experiments in duck delta-crystallins: functional and evolutionary implications. Protein Sci 1999; 8:529-37. [PMID: 10091655 PMCID: PMC2144284 DOI: 10.1110/ps.8.3.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Delta-crystallin, the major soluble protein component of the avian and reptilian eye lens, is homologous to the urea cycle enzyme argininosuccinate lyase (ASL). In duck lenses there are two delta crystallins, denoted delta1 and delta2. Duck delta2 is both a major structural protein of the lens and also the duck orthologue of ASL, an example of gene recruitment. Although 94% identical to delta2/ASL in the amino acid sequence, delta1 is enzymatically inactive. A series of hybrid proteins have been constructed to assess the role of each structural domain in the enzymatic mechanism. Five chimeras--221, 122, 121, 211, and 112, where the three numbers correspond to the three structural domains and the value of 1 or 2 represents the protein of origin, delta1 or delta2, respectively--were constructed and thermodynamically and kinetically analyzed. The kinetic analysis indicates that only domain 1 is crucial for restoring ASL activity to delta1 crystallin, and that amino acid substitutions in domain 2 may play a role in substrate binding. These results confirm the hypothesis that only one domain, domain 1, is responsible for the loss of catalytic activity in delta1. The thermodynamic characterization of human ASL (hASL) and duck delta1 and delta2 indicate that delta crystallins are slightly less stable than hASL, with the delta1 being the least stable. The deltaGs of unfolding are 57.25, 63.13, and 70.71 kcal mol(-1) for delta1, delta2, and hASL, respectively. This result was unexpected, and we speculate that delta crystallins have adapted to their structural role by adopting a slightly less stable conformation that might allow for enhanced protein-protein and protein-solvent interactions.
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- L M Sampaleanu
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Chakraborty AR, Davidson A, Howell PL. Mutational analysis of amino acid residues involved in argininosuccinate lyase activity in duck delta II crystallin. Biochemistry 1999; 38:2435-43. [PMID: 10029537 DOI: 10.1021/bi982150g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Delta-crystallins are the major structural eye lens proteins of most birds and reptiles and are direct homologues of the urea cycle enzyme argininosuccinate lyase. There are two isoforms of delta-crystallin, delta Iota and delta IotaIota, but only delta IotaIota crystallin exhibits argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) activity. At the onset of this study, the structure of argininosuccinate lyase/delta IotaIota crystallin with bound inhibitor or substrate analogue was not available. Biochemical and X-ray crystallographic studies had suggested that H162 may function as the catalytic base in the argininosuccinate lyase/delta IotaIota crystallin reaction mechanism, either directly or indirectly through the activation of a water molecule. The identity of the catalytic acid was unknown. In this study, the argininosuccinate substrate was modeled into the active site of duck delta IotaIota crystallin, using the coordinates of an inhibitor-bound Escherichia coli fumarase C structure to orient the fumarate moiety of the substrate. The model served as a means of identifying active site residues which are positioned to potentially participate in substrate binding and/or catalysis. On the basis of the results of the modeling, site-directed mutagenesis was performed on several amino acids, and the kinetic and thermodynamic properties of each mutant were determined. Kinetic studies reveal that five residues, R115, N116, T161, S283, and E296, are essential for catalytic activity. Determination of the free energy of unfolding/refolding of wild-type and mutant delta II crystallins revealed that all constructs exhibit similar thermodynamic stabilities. During the course of this work, the structure of an inactive delta IotaIota crystallin mutant with bound substrate was solved [Vallee et al. (1999) Biochemistry 38, 2425-2434], which has allowed the kinetic data to be interpreted on a structural basis.
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- A R Chakraborty
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Delta-crystallin, the major soluble protein component of avian and reptilian eye lenses, is highly homologous to the urea cycle enzyme, argininosuccinate lyase (ASL). In duck lenses, there are two highly homologous delta crystallins, delta I and delta II, that are 94% identical in amino acid sequence. While delta II crystallin has been shown to exhibit ASL activity in vitro, delta I is enzymatically inactive. The X-ray structure of a His to Asn mutant of duck delta II crystallin (H162N) with bound argininosuccinate has been determined to 2.3 A resolution using the molecular replacement technique. The overall fold of the protein is similar to other members of the superfamily to which this protein belongs, with the active site located in a cleft formed by three different monomers in the tetramer. The active site of the H162N mutant structure reveals that the side chain of Glu 296 has a different orientation relative to the homologous residue in the H91N mutant structure [Abu-Abed et al. (1997) Biochemistry 36, 14012-14022]. This shift results in the loss of the hydrogen bond between His 162 and Glu 296 seen in the H91N and turkey delta I crystallin structures; this H-bond is believed to be crucial for the catalytic mechanism of ASL/delta II crystallin. Argininosuccinate was found to be bound to residues in each of the three monomers that form the active site. The fumarate moiety is oriented toward active site residues His 162 and Glu 296 and other residues that are part of two of the three highly conserved regions of amino acid sequence in the superfamily, while the arginine moiety of the substrate is oriented toward residues which belong to either domain 1 or domain 2. The analysis of the structure reveals that significant conformational changes occur on substrate binding. The comparison of this structure with the inactive turkey delta I crystallin reveals that the conformation of domain 1 is crucial for substrate affinity and that the delta I protein is almost certainly inactive because it can no longer bind the substrate.
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- F Vallée
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Vallée F, Lal A, Moremen KW, Howell PL. Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of recombinant murine Golgi mannosidase IA, a class I alpha-mannosidase involved in Asn-linked oligosaccharide maturation. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 1999; 55:571-3. [PMID: 10089383 DOI: 10.1107/s090744499801244x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Golgi mannosidase IA is a class I alpha-mannosidase which catalyzes the conversion of Man9GlcNAc2 or Man8GlcNAc2 oligosaccharide substrates to Man5GlcNAc2 during the maturation of Asn-linked oligosaccharides. The enzyme is a type II membrane protein, and a recombinant form of mannosidase IA from mouse, lacking the transmembrane domain, has been expressed in Pichia pastoris, purified to homogeneity and crystallized by the hanging-drop vapor-diffusion method. The crystals grow as thin rods, with unit-cell dimensions a = 54.9, b = 135.01, c = 69.9 A. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group P2221 and diffract to 2.8 A resolution. The asymmetric unit contains one monomer ( approximately 53 kDa) and has a solvent content of 59%.
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- F Vallée
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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Turner MA, Yuan CS, Borchardt RT, Hershfield MS, Smith GD, Howell PL. Structure determination of selenomethionyl S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase using data at a single wavelength. Nat Struct Biol 1998; 5:369-76. [PMID: 9586999 DOI: 10.1038/nsb0598-369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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S-Adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) hydrolase regulates all adenosylmethionine-(AdoMet) dependent transmethylations by hydrolyzing the potent feedback inhibitor AdoHcy to homocysteine and adenosine. The crystallographic structure determination of a selenomethionyl-incorporated AdoHcy hydrolase inhibitor complex was accomplished using single wavelength anomalous diffraction data and the direct methods program, Snb v2.0, which produced the positions of all 30 crystallographically distinct selenium atoms. The mode of enzyme-cofactor binding is unique, requiring interactions from two protein monomers. An unusual dual role for a catalytic water molecule in the active site is revealed in the complex with the adenosine analog 2'-hydroxy, 3'-ketocyclopent-4'-enyladenine.
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- M A Turner
- Structural Biology and Biochemistry, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Howell PL, Turner MA, Christodoulou J, Walker DC, Craig HJ, Simard LR, Ploder L, McInnes RR. Intragenic complementation at the argininosuccinate lyase locus: reconstruction of the active site. J Inherit Metab Dis 1998; 21 Suppl 1:72-85. [PMID: 9686346 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005361724967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Intragenic complementation has been observed at the argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) locus and the ASL alleles in the ASL-deficient cell strains of two complementation phenotypes have been identified. The frequent complementers, strains that participate in the majority of the complementation events, were found to be either homozygous or heterozygous for the Q286R allele, while the high-activity complementers, those strains in which complementation is associated with a high restoration of activity, were found to be either homozygous or heterozygous for the D87G allele. Direct proof of the intragenic complementation observed at the ASL locus has been obtained with the co-expression of the D87G and Q286R alleles in COS cells. A significant increase in the ASL activity was observed when the two alleles were co-expressed relative to the expression of each mutant allele alone. The increase in activity was comparable to that observed previously in the fibroblast complementation studies. The structure determinations of ASL and the homologous eye lens protein, duck delta II crystallin, have revealed that the active site of ASL is made up of residues from three different monomers. The structural mapping of the Q286 and D87 residues shows that both are located near the active site but that, in any one active site, each is contributed by a different monomer. The molecular symmetry of the ASL protein is such that when mutant monomers combine randomly, one active site will contain both mutations and at least one active site will contain no mutations at all. It is these 'native' active sites in the hybrid Q286R/D87G proteins that give rise to the partial recovery of enzymatic activity observed during intragenic complementation.
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- P L Howell
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Abu-Abed M, Turner MA, Vallée F, Simpson A, Slingsby C, Howell PL. Structural comparison of the enzymatically active and inactive forms of delta crystallin and the role of histidine 91. Biochemistry 1997; 36:14012-22. [PMID: 9369472 DOI: 10.1021/bi971407s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The major soluble protein component of avian and reptilian eye lenses, delta crystallin, is highly homologous to the urea cycle enzyme, argininosuccinate lyase (ASL). In duck lenses there are two highly homologous delta crystallins, termed delta I and delta II, that are 94% identical in amino acid sequence. While delta II crystallin has been shown to exhibit ASL activity in vitro, delta I crystallin is inactive. The X-ray structure of a His to Asn mutant of duck delta II crystallin (H91N) has been determined to 2.5 A resolution using the molecular replacement technique. The overall fold of the protein is similar to other members of the superfamily to which this protein belongs, with the active site located in a cleft between three different monomers of the tetrameric protein. A reexamination of the kinetic properties of the H91N mutant reveals that the mutant has 10% wild-type activity. The Vmax of the mutant protein is identical to that of the wild-type protein, but a 10-fold increase in the Michaelis constant is seen, suggesting that His 91 is involved in binding the substrate. In an effort to determine the reasons for the loss of enzymatic activity in delta I crystallin, a structural comparison of the H91N mutant with the enzymatically inactive turkey delta I crystallin has been performed. This study revealed a remarkable similarity in the overall structures of the two proteins. Three regions of secondary structure do differ significantly between the two models; these include the N-terminal tail, a loop containing residues 76-91, and a cis versus trans peptide linkage at residue Thr 322. The cis to trans peptide variation appears to be an interspecies difference between turkey and duck and is therefore not directly involved in the loss of enzymatic activity. All the residues implicated in the catalytic mechanism are conserved in both the active and inactive proteins, and given the linearity of the relationship between the enzymatic activity of duck delta I/delta II heterotetramers and their delta II content (Piatigorsky & Horwitz, 1996), it is evident from the structure that only one of the three domains that contributes to the active site is responsible for the loss of activity in the delta I protein. Given the structural differences found in domain 1 (N-terminal tail and 76-91 loop), we postulate that these differences are responsible for the loss of catalytic activity in the delta I crystallin protein and that the delta I protein is inactive because it no longer binds the substrate.
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- M Abu-Abed
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto M5G 1X8, Ontario, Canada
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Dole K, Lipari F, Herscovics A, Howell PL. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the class 1 alpha 1,2-mannosidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Struct Biol 1997; 120:69-72. [PMID: 9356293 DOI: 10.1006/jsbi.1997.3903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The alpha 1,2-mannosidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae catalyzes the conversion of Man9GlcNAc2 to Man8GlcNAc2 during the formation of N-linked oligosaccharides and is a member of the Class 1 alpha 1,2-mannosidases conserved from yeast to mammals. The enzyme is a type II membrane protein and a recombinant form of the alpha 1,2-mannosidase from S. cerevisiae, lacking the transmembrane domain, has been expressed in Pichia pastoris and crystallized using the hanging drop vapor diffusion technique. The crystals grow as flat plates, with unit cell dimensions a = 57.5 A, b = 84.1 A, c = 107.1 A, alpha = beta = gamma = 90 degrees. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) and diffract to a minimum d-spacing of 3.5 A resolution. On the basis of density calculations one monomer is estimated to be present in the asymmetric unit (Vm = 2.08 A3 Da-1). This is the first report of the crystallization of any glycosidase involved in N-glycan biosynthesis.
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- K Dole
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Turner MA, Simpson A, McInnes RR, Howell PL. Human argininosuccinate lyase: a structural basis for intragenic complementation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:9063-8. [PMID: 9256435 PMCID: PMC23030 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.17.9063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/1996] [Accepted: 06/17/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Intragenic complementation has been observed at the argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) locus. Intragenic complementation is a phenomenon that occurs when a multimeric protein is formed from subunits produced by different mutant alleles of a gene. The resulting hybrid protein exhibits enzymatic activity that is greater than that found in the oligomeric proteins produced by each mutant allele alone. The mutations involved in the most successful complementation event observed in ASL deficiency were found to be an aspartate to glycine mutation at codon 87 of one allele (D87G) coupled with a glutamine to arginine mutation at codon 286 of the other (Q286R). To understand the structural basis of the Q286R:D87G intragenic complementation event at the ASL locus, we have determined the x-ray crystal structure of recombinant human ASL at 4. 0 A resolution. The structure has been refined to an R factor of 18. 8%. Two monomers related by a noncrystallographic 2-fold axis comprise the asymmetric unit, and a crystallographic 2-fold axis of space group P3121 completes the tetramer. Each of the four active sites is composed of residues from three monomers. Structural mapping of the Q286R and D87G mutations indicate that both are near the active site and each is contributed by a different monomer. Thus when mutant monomers combine randomly such that one active site contains both mutations, it is required by molecular symmetry that another active site exists with no mutations. These "native" active sites give rise to the observed partial recovery of enzymatic activity.
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- M A Turner
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Walker DC, Christodoulou J, Craig HJ, Simard LR, Ploder L, Howell PL, McInnes RR. Intragenic complementation at the human argininosuccinate lyase locus. Identification of the major complementing alleles. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:6777-83. [PMID: 9045711 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.10.6777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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To determine the molecular and biochemical basis of intragenic complementation observed at the human argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) locus, we identified the ASL alleles in ASL-deficient cell strains with two unique complementation phenotypes: (i) frequent complementers, strains that participated in the majority of complementation events, and (ii) high activity complementers, strains in which complementation was associated with a relatively high level of restoration of ASL activity. Four mutations (Q286R, D87G, A398D, and a deletion of exon 13) were identified in the four strains examined. One of the two frequent complementers was homozygous, and the other heterozygous, for the Q286R allele. Similarly, one of the two high activity complementers was homozygous, and the other heterozygous, for the D87G allele. When the Q286R and D87G mutations were introduced by site-directed mutagenesis into wild-type ASL cDNA, each conferred loss of ASL activity in COS cell transfection assays. To test directly the hypothesis that intragenic complementation occurs at the ASL locus, one of the major complementation events observed previously, between strains carrying the Q286R and D87G alleles, was reconstructed in COS cell transfection assays. A partial restoration of ASL activity, comparable with the increase seen in the fibroblast complementation analysis, was observed on joint cotransfection of these two alleles. The results provide molecular confirmation of the major features of the ASL mutant complementation map, identify the Q286R and D87D alleles as the frequent and high activity complementing alleles, respectively, and provide direct proof of intragenic complementation at the ASL locus.
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- D C Walker
- Department of Genetics, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada
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Howell PL, Miller BB. Sources of funding for schools. Future Child 1997; 7:39-50. [PMID: 10892464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Public school finance mechanisms differ from state to state, and they are often extremely complex. Most commonly, the federal government contributes about 7% of the total school budget, and the remainder is split fairly evenly between local contributions (primarily raised through local property taxes) and state contributions (primarily raised through state income taxes and sales taxes). The average amount of money provided per pupil varies greatly from one state to another. The method of distributing the state contribution to school districts is equally complex, often involving some combination of basic funding (which guarantees a minimum level of general purpose support per student), power equalization (which guarantees that a certain level of local taxation will yield a given level of per-pupil funding), local option (higher levels of taxation approved in some school districts, not equalized by the state), and categorical funding (supplemental state and federal funds, earmarked for specific needs such as special education or compensatory services to schools with a concentration of poverty, or to meet state-dictated priorities, such as reducing class size or purchasing state-approved textbooks). This complexity often leads to significant variation from district to district in the percentage of funding received from federal, state, and local sources and wide disparities in the level of support for the educational program. Typically, wealthier districts provide more of their funding from local taxes, while lower-income districts are more heavily dependent on state and federal sources.
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Croteau N, Vedadi M, Delarge M, Meighen E, Abu-Abed M, Howell PL, Vrielink A. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of aldehyde dehydrogenase from Vibrio harveyi. Protein Sci 1996; 5:2130-2. [PMID: 8897616 PMCID: PMC2143257 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560051022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Aldehyde dehydrogenase from Vibrio harveyi catalyzes the oxidation of long-chain aliphatic aldehydes to acids. The enzyme is unique among the family of aldehyde dehydrogenases in that it exhibits much higher specificity for the cofactor NADP+ than for NAD+. The sequence of this form of the enzyme varies significantly from the NAD+ dependent forms, suggesting differences in the three-dimensional structure that may be correlated to cofactor specificity. Crystals of the enzyme have been grown both in the presence and absence of NADP+ using the hanging drop vapor diffusion technique. In order to improve crystal size and quality, iterative seeding techniques were employed. The crystals belong to space group P2(1), with unit cell dimensions a = 79.4 A, b = 131.1 A, c = 92.2 A, and beta = 92.4 degrees. Freezing the crystal to 100 K has enabled a complete set of data to be collected using a rotating anode source (lambda = 1.5418 A). The crystals diffract to a minimum d-spacing of 2.6 A resolution. Based on density calculations, two homodimers of molecular weight 110 kDa are estimated to be present in the asymmetric unit. Self-rotation functions show the presence of 3 noncrystallographic twofold symmetry axes.
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- N Croteau
- Biochemistry Department, Montréal Joint Center for Structural Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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Howell PL, Turner MA, Abed MA, McInnes RR. Argininosuccinate lyase and δ II crystallin: intragenic complementation and catalysis. Acta Crystallogr A 1996. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767396095256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Howell PL, Pangborn WA, Marshall GR, Zabrocki J, Smith GD. A thyrotropin-releasing hormone analogue: pGlu-Phe-D-Pro-psi [CN4]-NMe at 293 and 107 K. Acta Crystallogr C 1995; 51 ( Pt 12):2575-9. [PMID: 8588858 DOI: 10.1107/s0108270194014952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Data have been measured at two temperatures, 293 K and 107 K, for a crystal of a thyrotropin-releasing hormone analogue, pGlu-Phe-D-Pro-psi [CN4]-NMe, C20H25N7O3, and the structures solved and refined. The tripeptide contains a tetrazole ring which mimics a cis-peptide bond at the C terminus. An intermolecular hydrogen bond exists between two molecules related by the twofold screw axis, resulting in infinite chains of hydrogen-bonded peptide molecules. Because of the folding and packing of the molecules, there are no intermolecular contacts of less than 4 A to the N atom of the phenylalanine residue.
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- P L Howell
- Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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Santisteban I, Arredondo-Vega FX, Kelly S, Loubser M, Meydan N, Roifman C, Howell PL, Bowen T, Weinberg KI, Schroeder ML. Three new adenosine deaminase mutations that define a splicing enhancer and cause severe and partial phenotypes: implications for evolution of a CpG hotspot and expression of a transduced ADA cDNA. Hum Mol Genet 1995; 4:2081-7. [PMID: 8589684 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/4.11.2081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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We report three novel adenosine deaminase (ADA) mutations with interesting implications. A Somali child with severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) had reduced ADA mRNA in T cells and was homozygous for the nonsense mutation Q3X. Unexpectedly, her healthy father was a compound ADA heterozygote whose second allele carried a 'partial' mutation, R142Q, due to a G-->A transition of a CpG dinucleotide. A C-->T transition of the same CpG produced a nonsense mutation, R142X, in two homozygous Canadian Mennonite infants with SCID. The severe and healthy phenotypes associated with R142X and R142Q, the high frequency of 'partial' ADA mutations arising from CpGs in healthy individuals of African descent and the presence of CAA (glutamine) at codon 142 in murine ADA, suggest selection for replacement of this CpG hotspot by CpA during ADA evolution. R142X, located within a purine-rich segment at nt 62/116 of exon 5, caused skipping of the exon, possibly by disrupting a splicing enhancer. Absence of exon 5 in T cell ADA mRNA and low ADA activity in T cells and erythrocytes obtained at age 18-22 months from one of the Mennonite children, indicate limited expression of a normal ADA cDNA from retrovirally transduced CD34+ umbilical cord leukocytes infused shortly after birth in an attempt at stem cell gene therapy.
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- I Santisteban
- Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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The structure of hexagonal turkey egg-white lysozyme (TEWL) has been determined and refined at 1.65 A resolution. The crystals were grown from a 150 mM potassium thiocyanate solution at pH 4.5 and belong to space group P6(1)22 with unit-cell dimensions a = b = 70.96, c = 83.01 A alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees. The crystals were isomorphous with those of hexagonal pH 8.0 TEWL. The coordinates of PDB entry code 3LZ2 were therefore used as the initial model and subjected to rigid-body refinement, simulated annealing and least-squares refinement to a final residual of 0.20. The root-mean-square deviations from the ideal bond distances and angles were 0.016 A and 2.2 degrees, respectively. During the refinement, 86 water molecules and one thiocyanate ion were located in the structure. The thiocyanate ion lies close to the interface between two symmetry-related molecules. The S atom of the ion forms two direct intermolecular contacts with Argl4 and interacts indirectly via a network of water molecules to Arg5 of a symmetry-related molecule. The structure provides direct evidence for the mode of thiocyanate binding to arginine residues and suggests a possible mechanism for the efficiency of thiocyanate in crystallizing basic proteins.
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- P L Howell
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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The three-dimensional structures of native partridge egg-white lysozyme (PEWL) and PEWL complexed with tri-N-acetylchitotriose inhibitor have been determined crystallographically and refined at 1.9 A resolution. Crystals of native and complexed protein are isomorphous and have space group and cell dimensions that are identical to those of hen egg-white lysozyme (HEWL) under similar crystallization conditions. Full occupancy of the trisaccharide in the inhibitor complex has allowed definitive modeling and refinement of all three sugar residues, located at subsites A, B, and C in the PEWL active site. A comparison has been made with HEWL/inhibitor complexes in which coordinates were either not refined (Blake CCF, et al., 1967, Proc R Soc B 167:378-388) or were refined at partial occupancy (Cheetham JC, Artymiuk PJ, Phillips DC, 1992, J Mol Biol 224:613-628). Although the loop comprising residues 70-75 is located on the surface of the protein and not near the active site, it appears to be affected indirectly by trisaccharide binding such that the loop shifts toward the active site and becomes relatively immobilized. The source of this loop movement appears to be the anchoring of Trp62, located in the active site cleft, as it forms a hydrogen bond with O6 of the N-acetylglucosamine at site C. Good electron density for the trisaccharide in the PEWL complex structure shows that Asp 101 is involved in hydrogen bonding interactions with the terminal sugar residue.
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- M A Turner
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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A duck delta II crystallin mutant, where histidine 178 has been replaced by an aspartic acid residue, has been purified from a bacterial expression system and subsequently crystallized. The crystals grow as flat plates, with unit cell dimensions a = 94.1 A, b = 99.9 A, c = 108.7 A and beta = 102 degrees. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group P2(1) and diffract to a minimum d-spacing of 2.8 A resolution. On the basis of density calculation four monomers (one tetramer) are estimated to be present in the asymmetric unit (Vm = 2.5 A3/Da). Self-rotation functions clearly show the presence of 222 non-crystallographic symmetry.
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- M Abu-Abed
- Division of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Turner MA, Achyuthan AM, Hershfield MS, McInnes RR, Howell PL. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of human argininosuccinic acid lyase. J Mol Biol 1994; 239:336-8. [PMID: 8196062 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1994.1372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Human argininosuccinic acid lyase (ASAL) has been expressed, purified and crystallized in several distinct crystal morphologies. At present only one form is suitable for X-ray diffraction analysis. These crystals grow as hexagonal prisms, with unit cell dimensions a = b = 104.6 A, c = 185.3 A and alpha = beta = 90 degrees, gamma = 120 degrees. The crystals exhibit the symmetry of space group P3(1)21 or its enantiomorph, P3(2)21 (indistinguishable crystallographically) and diffract to a minimum d-spacing of approximately 3.5 A.
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- M A Turner
- Department of Biochemistry Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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el-Jammal A, Howell PL, Turner MA, Li N, Templeton DM. Copper complexation by 3-hydroxypyridin-4-one iron chelators: structural and iron competition studies. J Med Chem 1994; 37:461-6. [PMID: 7509878 DOI: 10.1021/jm00030a005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Clinical trials of 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyridine-4-one (1) as an orally available iron chelator are presently underway in several centers. Discrepant reports of toxicity in human and animal studies have stimulated debate on the role of iron status and the availability of iron for chelation relative to other essential elements like copper in determining the clinical effects of 1. Therefore, we investigated the ability of 1, its 1,2-diethyl analog 2, and their iron chelates to complex copper. Both compounds formed tetracoordinate 2:1 Cu(II) complexes which X-ray structure analysis showed to be planar and coordinated through the oxygen atoms of the hydroxy ketone functionality. Potentiometric analysis revealed that these complexes dominated at physiological pH, although between pH 6 and 7 approximately equal amounts of the mono and bis complexes of Cu with 1 were present at equilibrium. Comparing the stepwise formation constants deduced from the stability constants of these complexes (log beta 2 = 21.7 +/- 0.8 (1) and 20.2 +/- 2.0 (2)) with those of their Fe(III) complexes (Motekaitis,R.J.;Martell,A.E.Inorg.Chim.Acta 1991, 183,71-80) leads to a prediction of insignificant copper complexation when equimolar iron is present and dissociation products are thermodynamically unimportant. However, displacement of Fe3+ occurred from both complexes with stoichiometric amounts of Cu2+, implicating the participation of metal hydrolysis products in the equilibria. We conclude that Cu(II) complexes of the 3-hydroxypyridin-4-one chelators are stable under physiological conditions and that copper can effect displacement of iron by these agents under circumstances where hydrolysis of the metals is important.
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- A el-Jammal
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Canada
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Howell PL. Time-resolved macromolecular crystallographyedited by D. W. J. Cruickshank, J. R. Helliwell and L. N. Johnson. Acta Cryst D 1993. [DOI: 10.1107/s0907444993008789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Howell PL, Almo SC, Parsons MR, Hajdu J, Petsko GA. Structure determination of turkey egg-white lysozyme using Laue diffraction data. Acta Crystallogr B 1992; 48 ( Pt 2):200-7. [PMID: 1515108 DOI: 10.1107/s0108768191012466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The three-dimensional structure of turkey egg-white lysozyme (TEWL) has been solved and refined at 2.5 A resolution using X-ray data collected by the Laue method. This is the first protein structure determination undertaken using Laue diffraction data. A re-examination of the existing structure of TEWL was necessary when attempts to refine an atomic model based on the C alpha positions in the Protein Data Bank (entry 1LZ2) failed. The correct orientation and position of the turkey lysozyme molecules within the crystallographic unit cell were determined by molecular replacement using a refined model of the homologous hen egg-white lysozyme crystal structure. After modification of the model to reflect the differences in amino-acid sequence between the chicken and turkey enzymes, the structure was subjected to crystallographic refinement using the simulated-annealing refinement technique and conventional least-squares refinement. This yielded a final residual of R = 20.7%. This crystal form is of potential interest for time-resolved crystallographic studies since the amino-acid residues involved in catalysis (Asp52 and Glu35) are accessible to solvent and not blocked by crystal contacts.
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- P L Howell
- Chemistry Department, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Hexagonal crystals of turkey egg white lysozyme have been examined for activity in order to evaluate their potential for use in time-resolved X-ray crystallographic experiments. Substrates used in this study were hexa-N-acetylglucosamine (hexa-GlcNAc) and a modified analogue of hexa-GlcNAc where the terminal sugar ring was opened by reduction with tritiated sodium borohydride. This gave a labeled beta-N-acetylglucosaminitol unit at the sixth position of the sugar chain and allowed easy quantitation of enzymatic cleavage on TLC plates. Using these substrates, it has been shown that turkey egg white lysozyme is enzymatically active in the crystal. Enzyme dispersed in the buffer surrounding the crystal does not show detectable activity under conditions relevant to an X-ray experiment. Unmodified hexa-GlcNAc is hydrolyzed into di-, tri-, and tetrasaccharides in the crystal. This cleavage pattern is different from that obtained with hen egg white lysozyme in solution and likely causes of the differences are discussed. The reduced radiolabeled oligosaccharide has a unique cleavage pattern with trisaccharides as the products. The specific activity of the enzyme with the radiolabelled analogue was 9.8 (+/- 1.0) x 10(-7) mmol/min/mg protein at 22 degrees C in the crystal.
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- P L Howell
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Neidhart DJ, Howell PL, Petsko GA, Powers VM, Li RS, Kenyon GL, Gerlt JA. Mechanism of the reaction catalyzed by mandelate racemase. 2. Crystal structure of mandelate racemase at 2.5-A resolution: identification of the active site and possible catalytic residues. Biochemistry 1991; 30:9264-73. [PMID: 1892834 DOI: 10.1021/bi00102a019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The crystal structure of mandelate racemase (MR) has been solved at 3.0-A resolution by multiple isomorphous replacement and subsequently refined against X-ray diffraction data to 2.5-A resolution by use of both molecular dynamics refinement (XPLOR) and restrained least-squares refinement (PROLSQ). The current crystallographic R-factor for this structure is 18.3%. MR is composed of two major structural domains and a third, smaller, C-terminal domain. The N-terminal domain has an alpha + beta topology consisting of a three-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet followed by an antiparallel four alpha-helix bundle. The central domain is a singly wound parallel alpha/beta-barrel composed of eight central strands of beta-sheet and seven alpha-helices. The C-terminal domain consists of an irregular L-shaped loop with several short sections of antiparallel beta-sheet and two short alpha-helices. This C-terminal domain partially covers the junction between the major domains and occupies a region of the central domain that is filled by an eight alpha-helix in all other known parallel alpha/beta-barrels except for the barrel domain in muconate lactonizing enzyme (MLE) [Goldman, A., Ollis, D. L., & Steitz, T. A. (1987) J. Mol. Biol. 194, 143] whose overall polypeptide fold and amino acid sequence are strikingly similar to those of MR [Neidhart, D. J., Kenyon, G. L., Gerlt, J. A., & Petsko, G. A. (1990) Nature 347, 692]. In addition, the crystal structure reveals that, like MLE, MR is tightly packed as an octamer of identical subunits. The active site of MR is located between the two major domains, at the C-terminal ends of the beta-strands in the alpha/beta-barrel domain. The catalytically essential divalent metal ion is ligated by three side-chain carboxyl groups contributed by residues of the central beta-sheet. A model of a productive substrate complex of MR has been constructed on the basis of difference Fourier analysis at 3.5-A resolution of a complex between MR and (R,S)-p-iodomandelate, permitting identification of residues that may participate in substrate binding and catalysis. The ionizable groups of both Lys 166 and His 297 are positioned to interact with the chiral center of substrate, suggesting that both of these residues may function as acid/base catalysts.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- D J Neidhart
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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The 2.1-A resolution crystal structure of native uncomplexed iron superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) from Pseudomonas ovalis was solved and refined to a final R factor of 24%. The dimeric structure contains one catalytic iron center per monomer with an asymmetric trigonal-bipyramidal coordination of protein ligands to the metal. Each monomer contains two domains, with the trigonal ligands (histidines 74 and 160; aspartate 156) contributed by the large domain and stabilized by an extended hydrogen-bonded network, including residues from opposing monomers. The axial ligand (histidine 26) is found on the small domain and does not participate extensively in the stabilizing H-bond network. The open axial coordination position of the iron is devoid of bound water molecules or anions. The metal is located 0.5 A out of the plane of the trigonal ligands toward histidine 26, providing a slightly skewed coordination away from the iron binding site. The molecule contains a glutamine residue in the active site which is conserved between all iron enzymes sequenced to data but which is conserved among all manganese SODs at a separate position in the sequence. This residue shows the same structural interactions in both cases, implying that iron and manganese SODs are second-site revertants of one another.
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- B L Stoddard
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139
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Computer simulation techniques are increasingly being used to predict structural and thermodynamic properties of large heterogeneous macromolecule and solvent assemblies. We discuss, with examples from our own studies, some problems we and others have experienced in using these techniques, which were originally devised for simple liquids. In particular, we consider the problems which arise from the large size and heterogeneity of macromolecule water systems, comparisons with experimental data and equilibrium and sampling procedures.
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- J L Finney
- Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College, London, UK
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Goodfellow JM, Howell PL. Solvent interactions in nucleotide crystal hydrates. Acta Crystallogr A 1984. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767384098123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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