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Fraga H, Arnaud CA, Gauto DF, Audin M, Kurauskas V, Macek P, Krichel C, Guan JY, Boisbouvier J, Sprangers R, Breyton C, Schanda P. Solid-State NMR H-N-(C)-H and H-N-C-C 3D/4D Correlation Experiments for Resonance Assignment of Large Proteins. Chemphyschem 2017; 18:2697-2703. [PMID: 28792111 PMCID: PMC5632560 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201700572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Solid-state NMR spectroscopy can provide insight into protein structure and dynamics at the atomic level without inherent protein size limitations. However, a major hurdle to studying large proteins by solid-state NMR spectroscopy is related to spectral complexity and resonance overlap, which increase with molecular weight and severely hamper the assignment process. Here the use of two sets of experiments is shown to expand the tool kit of 1 H-detected assignment approaches, which correlate a given amide pair either to the two adjacent CO-CA pairs (4D hCOCANH/hCOCAcoNH), or to the amide 1 H of the neighboring residue (3D HcocaNH/HcacoNH, which can be extended to 5D). The experiments are based on efficient coherence transfers between backbone atoms using INEPT transfers between carbons and cross-polarization for heteronuclear transfers. The utility of these experiments is exemplified with application to assemblies of deuterated, fully amide-protonated proteins from approximately 20 to 60 kDa monomer, at magic-angle spinning (MAS) frequencies from approximately 40 to 55 kHz. These experiments will also be applicable to protonated proteins at higher MAS frequencies. The resonance assignment of a domain within the 50.4 kDa bacteriophage T5 tube protein pb6 is reported, and this is compared to NMR assignments of the isolated domain in solution. This comparison reveals contacts of this domain to the core of the polymeric tail tube assembly.
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- Hugo Fraga
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
- Departamento de Bioquimica, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen (Germany)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Spemannstrasse 35, 72076 Tübingen (Germany)
- Department of Biophysics I, University of Regensburg, 93053, Regensburg (Germany)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 71 avenue des martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble (France)
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Villar-Piqué A, Ventura S. Protein aggregation propensity is a crucial determinant of intracellular inclusion formation and quality control degradation. Biochim Biophys Acta 2013; 1833:2714-2724. [PMID: 23856334 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 06/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Protein aggregation is linked to many pathological conditions, including several neurodegenerative diseases. The aggregation propensities of proteins are thought to be controlled to a large extent by the physicochemical properties encoded in the primary sequence. We have previously exploited a set of amyloid β peptide (Aβ42) variants exhibiting a continuous gradient of intrinsic aggregation propensities to demonstrate that this rule applies in vivo in bacteria. In the present work we have characterized the behavior of these Aβ42 mutants when expressed in yeast. In contrast to bacteria, the intrinsic aggregation propensity is gated by yeast, in such a way that this property correlates with the formation of intracellular inclusions only above a specific aggregation threshold. Proteins displaying solubility levels above this threshold escape the inclusion formation pathway. In addition, the most aggregation-prone variants are selectively cleared by the yeast quality control degradation machinery. Thus, both inclusion formation and proteolysis target the same aggregation-prone variants and cooperate to minimize the presence of these potentially dangerous species in the cytosol. The demonstration that sorting to these pathways in eukaryotes is strongly influenced by protein primary sequence should facilitate the development of rational approaches to predict and hopefully prevent in vivo protein deposition.
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- Anna Villar-Piqué
- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain; Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain
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- Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain; Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, E-08193 Bellaterra, Spain.
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