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Krishnan B, Srivastava SS, Sankeshi V, Garg R, Srivastava S, Sankaranarayanan R, Sharma Y. βγ-Crystallination Endows a Novel Bacterial Glycoside Hydrolase 64 with Ca 2+-Dependent Activity Modulation. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:e00392-19. [PMID: 31527113 PMCID: PMC6832075 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00392-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [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: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The prokaryotic βγ-crystallins are a large group of uncharacterized domains with Ca2+-binding motifs. We have observed that a vast number of these domains are found appended to other domains, in particular, the carbohydrate-active enzyme (CAZy) domains. To elucidate the functional significance of these prospective Ca2+ sensors in bacteria and this widespread domain association, we have studied one typical example from Clostridium beijerinckii, a bacterium known for its ability to produce acetone, butanol, and ethanol through fermentation of several carbohydrates. This novel glycoside hydrolase of family 64 (GH64), which we named glucanallin, is composed of a βγ-crystallin domain, a GH64 domain, and a carbohydrate-binding module 56 (CBM56). The substrates of GH64, β-1,3-glucans, are the targets for industrial biofuel production due to their plenitude. We have examined the Ca2+-binding properties of this protein, assayed its enzymatic activity, and analyzed the structural features of the β-1,3-glucanase domain through its high-resolution crystal structure. The reaction products resulting from the enzyme reaction of glucanallin reinforce the mixed nature of GH64 enzymes, in contrast to the prevailing notion of them being an exotype. Upon disabling Ca2+ binding and comparing different domain combinations, we demonstrate that the βγ-crystallin domain in glucanallin acts as a Ca2+ sensor and enhances the glycolytic activity of glucanallin through Ca2+ binding. We also compare the structural peculiarities of this new member of the GH64 family to two previously studied members.IMPORTANCE We have biochemically and structurally characterized a novel glucanase from the less studied GH64 family in a bacterium significant for fermentation of carbohydrates into biofuels. This enzyme displays a peculiar property of being distally modulated by Ca2+ via assistance from a neighboring βγ-crystallin domain, likely through changes in the domain interface. In addition, this enzyme is found to be optimized for functioning in an acidic environment, which is in line with the possibility of its involvement in biofuel production. Multiple occurrences of a similar domain architecture suggest that such a "βγ-crystallination"-mediated Ca2+ sensitivity may be widespread among bacterial proteins.
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- Bal Krishnan
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Odisha, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
- Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur, Odisha, India
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Sagar V, Chaturvedi SK, Schuck P, Wistow G. Crystal Structure of Chicken γS-Crystallin Reveals Lattice Contacts with Implications for Function in the Lens and the Evolution of the βγ-Crystallins. Structure 2017. [PMID: 28648607 PMCID: PMC5518705 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Previous attempts to crystallize mammalian γS-crystallin were unsuccessful. Native L16 chicken γS crystallized avidly while the Q16 mutant did not. The x-ray structure for chicken γS at 2.3Å resolution shows the canonical structure of the superfamily plus a well-ordered N-arm aligned with a β-sheet of a neighboring N-domain. L16 is also in a lattice contact, partially shielded from solvent. Unexpectedly, the major lattice contact matches a conserved interface (QR) in the multimeric β-crystallins. QR shows little conservation of residue contacts, except for one between symmetry-related tyrosines, but molecular dipoles for the proteins with QR show striking similarities while other γ-crystallins differ. In γS, QR has few hydrophobic contacts and features a thin layer of tightly bound water. The free energy of QR is slightly repulsive and AUC confirms no dimerization in solution. The lattice contacts suggest how γcrystallins allow close packing without aggregation in the crowded environment of the lens.
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- Vatsala Sagar
- Section on Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 6, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly Section, LCIMB, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Dynamics of Macromolecular Assembly Section, LCIMB, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Section on Molecular Structure and Functional Genomics, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 6, Room 106, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Suman SK, Ravindra D, Sharma Y, Mishra A. Association properties and unfolding of a βγ-crystallin domain of a Vibrio-specific protein. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53610. [PMID: 23349723 PMCID: PMC3551895 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The βγ-crystallin superfamily possesses a large number of versatile members, of which only a few members other than lens βγ-crystallins have been studied. Understanding the non-crystallin functions as well as origin of crystallin-like properties of such proteins is possible by exploring novel members from diverse sources. We describe a novel βγ-crystallin domain with S-type (Spherulin 3a type) Greek key motifs in protein vibrillin from a pathogenic bacterium Vibrio cholerae. This domain is a part of a large Vibrio-specific protein prevalent in Vibrio species (found in at least fourteen different strains sequenced so far). The domain contains two canonical N/D-N/D-X-X-S/T-S Ca2+-binding motifs, and bind Ca2+. Unlike spherulin 3a and other microbial homologues studied so far, βγ-crystallin domain of vibrillin self-associates forming oligomers of various sizes including dimers. The fractionated dimers readily form octamers in concentration-dependent manner, suggesting an association between these two major forms. The domain associates/dissociates forming dimers at the cost of monomeric populations in the presence of Ca2+. No such effect of Ca2+ has been observed in oligomeric species. The equilibrium unfolding of both forms follows a similar pattern, with the formation of an unfolding intermediate at sub-molar concentrations of denaturant. These properties exhibited by this βγ-crystallin domain are not shown by any other domain studied so far, demonstrating the diversity in domain properties.
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- Shashi Kumar Suman
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
- * E-mail: (YS); (AM)
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Uppal Road, Hyderabad, India
- * E-mail: (YS); (AM)
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Xu J, Wang S, Zhao WJ, Xi YB, Yan YB, Yao K. The congenital cataract-linked A2V mutation impairs tetramer formation and promotes aggregation of βB2-crystallin. PLoS One 2012; 7:e51200. [PMID: 23236454 PMCID: PMC3516508 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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β/γ-Crystallins, the major structural proteins in human lens, are highly conserved in their tertiary structures but distinct in the quaternary structures. The N- and C-terminal extensions have been proposed to play a crucial role in mediating the size of β-crystallin assembly. In this research, we investigated the molecular mechanism underlying the congenital hereditary cataract caused by the recently characterized A2V mutation in βB2-crystallin. Spectroscopic experiments indicated that the mutation did not affect the secondary and tertiary structures of βB2-crystallin. The mutation did not affect the formation of βB2/βA3-crystallin heteromer as well as the stability and folding of the heteromer, suggesting that the mutation might not interfere with the protein interacting network in the lens. However, the tetramerization of βB2-crystallin at high protein concentrations was retarded by the A2V mutation. The mutation slightly decreased the thermal stability and promoted the thermal aggregation of βB2-crystallin. Although it did not influence the stability of βB2-crystallin against denaturation induced by chemical denaturants and UV irradiation, the A2V mutant was more prone to be trapped in the off-pathway aggregation process during kinetic refolding. Our results suggested that the A2V mutation might lead to injury of lens optical properties by decreasing βB2-crystallin stability against heat treatment and by impairing βB2-crystallin assembly into high-order homo-oligomers.
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- Jia Xu
- Eye Center of the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Institute of Biophysics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- * E-mail: (Y-BY); (KY)
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- Eye Center of the 2nd Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- * E-mail: (Y-BY); (KY)
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Raman R, Rajanikanth V, Palaniappan RUM, Lin YP, He H, McDonough SP, Sharma Y, Chang YF. Big domains are novel Ca²+-binding modules: evidences from big domains of Leptospira immunoglobulin-like (Lig) proteins. PLoS One 2010; 5:e14377. [PMID: 21206924 PMCID: PMC3012076 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many bacterial surface exposed proteins mediate the host-pathogen interaction more effectively in the presence of Ca²+. Leptospiral immunoglobulin-like (Lig) proteins, LigA and LigB, are surface exposed proteins containing Bacterial immunoglobulin like (Big) domains. The function of proteins which contain Big fold is not known. Based on the possible similarities of immunoglobulin and βγ-crystallin folds, we here explore the important question whether Ca²+ binds to a Big domains, which would provide a novel functional role of the proteins containing Big fold. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS We selected six individual Big domains for this study (three from the conserved part of LigA and LigB, denoted as Lig A3, Lig A4, and LigBCon5; two from the variable region of LigA, i.e., 9(th) (Lig A9) and 10(th) repeats (Lig A10); and one from the variable region of LigB, i.e., LigBCen2. We have also studied the conserved region covering the three and six repeats (LigBCon1-3 and LigCon). All these proteins bind the calcium-mimic dye Stains-all. All the selected four domains bind Ca²+ with dissociation constants of 2-4 µM. Lig A9 and Lig A10 domains fold well with moderate thermal stability, have β-sheet conformation and form homodimers. Fluorescence spectra of Big domains show a specific doublet (at 317 and 330 nm), probably due to Trp interaction with a Phe residue. Equilibrium unfolding of selected Big domains is similar and follows a two-state model, suggesting the similarity in their fold. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate that the Lig are Ca²+-binding proteins, with Big domains harbouring the binding motif. We conclude that despite differences in sequence, a Big motif binds Ca²+. This work thus sets up a strong possibility for classifying the proteins containing Big domains as a novel family of Ca²+-binding proteins. Since Big domain is a part of many proteins in bacterial kingdom, we suggest a possible function these proteins via Ca²+ binding.
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- Rajeev Raman
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biomedical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
- * E-mail: (YS); (YC)
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Muranov KO, Maloletkina OI, Poliansky NB, Markossian KA, Kleymenov SY, Rozhkov SP, Goryunov AS, Ostrovsky MA, Kurganov BI. Mechanism of aggregation of UV-irradiated β(L)-crystallin. Exp Eye Res 2010; 92:76-86. [PMID: 21093434 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [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: 04/07/2010] [Revised: 11/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Thermal denaturation and aggregation of UV-irradiated β(L)-crystallin from eye lenses of steers have been studied. The data on size-exclusion chromatography and SDS-PAGE indicated that UV irradiation of β(L)-crystallin at 10 °С resulted in fragmentation of the protein molecule and formation of cross-linked aggregates. Fluorescence data showed that tryptophan fluorescence in the irradiated protein decreased exponentially with the UV dose. Decrease in tryptophan fluorescence is a result of photochemical destruction, but not of conformational changes of protein, because there is no red shift in the fluorescence maximum. The differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) profiles of the samples of UV-irradiated and wild type β(L)-crystallin were registered. The area under curves, which is proportional to the amount of the native protein, decreased exponentially with increasing the irradiation dose. The shape of the DSC profiles for the samples of UV-irradiated β(L)-crystallin was identical to that for wild type β(L)-crystallin. The DSC data allowed estimating the portion of UV-denatured β(L)-crystallin, which is not registered by DSC, and the portion of the combined fraction consisting of native and UV-damaged molecules retaining the native structure. A conclusion has been made that UV-induced denaturation of β(L)-crystallin follows the one-hit model. The study of the kinetics of thermal aggregation of UV-irradiated β(L)-crystallin at 37 °С using dynamic light scattering showed that the initial stage of aggregation was that of formation of the start aggregates with the hydrodynamic radius of 20 nm. Further sticking of the start aggregates proceeded in the regime of reaction-limited cluster-cluster aggregation. Splitting of the aggregate population into two components occurred above a definite point in time.
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- Konstantin O Muranov
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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Chelnokov E, Soustov L, Sapogova N, Ostrovsky M, Bityurin N. Nonreciprocal XeCl laser-induced aggregation of beta-crystallins in water solution. Opt Express 2008; 16:18798-18803. [PMID: 19581968 DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.018798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 05/28/2023]
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The aggregation of a beta-crystallin water solution exposed to XeCl laser radiation demonstrates the dependence of scattering-exposure curve (scattering versus exposure) on laser intensity. The main features of this dependence can be understood by the relaxation of a partly denaturated state of a protein within some finite relaxation time. These photoactivated states originate from the absorption of UV photons. Two partly denaturated (photoactivated) monomers, as well as other aggregates, can aggregate, giving rise to sharply increasing probe light scattering after some lag time of irradiation.
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- Evgeny Chelnokov
- Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Crystallins are the major proteins of a mammalian eye lens. The topologically similar eye lens proteins, beta- and gamma-crystallins, are the prototype and founding members of the betagamma-crystallin superfamily. Betagamma-crystallins have until recently been regarded as structural proteins. However, the calcium-binding properties of a few members and the potential role of betagamma-crystallins in fertility are being investigated. Because the calcium-binding elements of other member proteins, such as spherulin 3a, are not present in betaB2-crystallin and other betagamma-crystallins from fish and mammalian genomes, it was argued that lens betagamma-crystallins should not bind calcium. In order to probe whether beta-crystallins can bind calcium, we selected one basic (betaB2) and one acidic (betaA3) beta-crystallin for calcium-binding studies. Using calcium-binding assays such as 45Ca overlay, terbium binding, Stains-All and isothermal titration calorimetry, we established that both betaB2- and betaA3-crystallin bind calcium with moderate affinity. There was no significant change in their conformation upon binding calcium as monitored by fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. However, 15N-1H heteronuclear single quantum correlation NMR spectroscopy revealed that amide environment of several residues underwent changes indicating calcium ligation. With the corroboration of calcium-binding to betaB2- and betaA3-crystallins, we suggest that all beta-crystallins bind calcium. Our results have important implications for understanding the calcium-related cataractogenesis and maintenance of ionic homeostasis in the lens.
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- Maroor K Jobby
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India
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Regini JW, Grossmann JG, Timmins P, Harding JJ, Quantock AJ, Hodson SA, Elliott GF. X-Ray- and Neutron-Scattering Studies of α-Crystallin and Evidence That the Target Protein Sits in the Fenestrations of the α-Crystallin Shell. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 48:2695-700. [PMID: 17525201 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Alpha-crystallin, a ubiquitous molecular chaperone, is found in high concentrations in the lens. Its structure and precise mechanism of action, however, are unknown. The purpose of these experiments was to further the understanding of the chaperone function of alpha-crystallin. METHODS X-ray- and neutron-solution-scattering studies were used to measure the radius of gyration of bovine lens alpha-crystallin when complexed with its target protein beta-crystallin in both normal and heavy-water-based solutions. Spectrophotometry was used as a chaperone assay. RESULTS The radius of gyration of alpha-crystallin on its own and when mixed with beta-crystallin was 69 +/- 1 A at 35 degrees C and increased with the temperature. In contrast to H2O-buffered solutions, the radius of gyration did not increase significantly in D2O-buffered solutions up to 55 degrees C, and at 70 degrees C was, on average, some 15 to 20 A smaller. CONCLUSIONS Bovine lens alpha-crystallin in solution can be modeled as a fenestrated spherical shell of diameter 169 A. At physiological temperatures, a weak interaction between alpha- and beta-crystallin occurs, and beta-crystallin is located in the fenestrations. Deuterium substitution indicates that the superaggregation process is controlled by hydrogen bonding. However, the chaperone process and superaggregation appear not to be linked.
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- Justyn W Regini
- School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
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The purpose of our study was to determine the effects of specific truncations on the structural properties of human betaA3-crystallin. The following eight deletion mutants of betaA3-crystallin were generated: (i) N-terminal extension (NTE) 21 amino acids (betaA3[21] mutant), (ii) NTE 22 amino acids (betaA3[22] mutant), (iii) NTE (betaA3[N] mutant), (iv) NTE plus motif I (betaA3[N+I] mutant), (v) NTE plus motifs I and II (betaA3[N+I+II] mutant), (vi) NTE plus motifs I and II and connecting peptide (betaA3[N+I+II+CP] mutant), (vii) motifs III and IV (betaA3[III+IV] mutant), and (viii) motif IV (betaA3 [IV] mutant). The DNA sequencing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric methods confirmed desired specific deletions, and the purified mutant proteins exhibited a single band during SDS-PAGE analysis. When ANS bound, all the mutant proteins exhibited fluorescence quenching and a red shift, suggesting that the truncations caused changes in the exposed hydrophobic patches. The CD spectra showed that deletion of either NTE or the N-terminal domain (motifs I and II) had a relatively weaker effect on the structural stability than deletion of the C-terminal domain (motifs III and IV). Intrinsic Trp fluorescence spectral studies suggested changes in the microenvironment of the mutant proteins following truncations. HPLC multiangle light scattering analyses showed that truncation led to higher-order aggregation compared to that in the wild-type protein. Equilibrium unfolding and refolding of WT betaA3 with urea were best fit to a three-state model with transition midpoints at 2.2 and 3.1 M urea. However, the two transition midpoints of betaA3[21] and betaA3[22] and betaA3[N] mutants were similar to those of the wild type, suggesting that these truncations had a minimal effect on structural stabilization. Further, the mutant proteins containing the N-terminal domain (i.e., betaA3[III+IV] and betaA3[IV] mutants) exhibited higher transition midpoints compared to the transition midpoints of the mutant protein with the C-terminal domain (i.e., betaA3[N+I+II+CP] mutant). The results suggested that the N-terminal domain is relatively more stable than the C-terminal domain in betaA3-crystallin.
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- R Gupta
- Department of Vision Sciences, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-4390, USA
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Fujii N, Shimmyo Y, Sakai M, Sadakane Y, Nakamura T, Morimoto Y, Kinouchi T, Goto Y, Lampi K. Age-related changes of alpha-crystallin aggregate in human lens. Amino Acids 2006; 32:87-94. [PMID: 16699822 DOI: 10.1007/s00726-006-0303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Accepted: 02/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Lens alpha-crystallin, composed of two subunits alpha A- and alpha B-crystallin, forms large aggregates in the lens of the eye. The present study investigated the aggregate of human lens alpha-crystallin from elderly and young donors. Recombinant alpha A- and alpha B-crystallins in molar ratios of alpha A to alpha B at 1:1, corresponding to the aged sample, were also studied in detail. We found by ultra-centrifugation analysis that the alpha-crystallin aggregate from elderly donors was large and heterogeneous with an average sedimentation coefficient of 30 S and a range of 20-60 S at 37 degrees C. This was higher compared to the young samples that had an average sedimentation coefficient of 17 S. The sedimentation coefficients of recombinant alpha A- and alpha B-crystallins were approximately 12 S and 15 S, respectively. Even when recombinant alpha-crystallins were mixed in molar ratios equivalent to those found in vivo, similar S values as the native aged alpha-crystallin aggregates were not obtained. Changes in the self-association of alpha-crystallin aggregate were correlated to changes in chaperone activity. Alpha-crystallin from young donors, and recombinant alpha A- and alpha B-crystallin and their mixtures showed chaperone activity, which was markedly lost in samples from the aged alpha-crystallin aggregates.
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- N Fujii
- Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori, Sennan, Osaka, Japan.
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Takata T, Shimo-Oka T, Kojima M, Miki K, Fujii N. Differential analysis of d-β-Asp-containing proteins found in normal and infrared irradiated rabbit lens. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 344:263-71. [PMID: 16630575 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.03.126] [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] [Received: 03/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/20/2006] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Although proteins are generally composed of l-alpha-amino acids, d-beta-aspartic acid (Asp)-containing proteins have been reported in various elderly tissues. Our previous study detected several d-beta-Asp-containing proteins in a rabbit lens derived from epithelial cell line by Western blot analysis of a 2D-gel using a polyclonal antibody that is highly specific for d-beta-Asp-containing proteins. The identity of each spot was subsequently determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and the Ms-Fit online database searching algorithm. In this study, we discovered novel d-beta-Asp-containing proteins from rabbit lens. The results indicate that beta-crystallin A3, beta-crystallin A4, beta-crystallin B1, beta-crystallin B2, beta-crystallin B3, gamma-crystallin C, gamma-crystallin D, and lambda-crystallin in rabbit lens contain d-beta-Asp residues. Furthermore, the occurrence of d-beta-Asp residues increases with infrared ray (IR) irradiation. Additionally, some d-beta-Asp-containing proteins only appear after IR irradiation. One such protein is the alpha-enolase, which shows homology to tau-crystallin.
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- Takumi Takata
- Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Kumatori-cho, Sennan, Osaka 590-0494, Japan
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Shimeld SM, Purkiss AG, Dirks RPH, Bateman OA, Slingsby C, Lubsen NH. Urochordate betagamma-crystallin and the evolutionary origin of the vertebrate eye lens. Curr Biol 2006; 15:1684-9. [PMID: 16169492 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2005] [Revised: 08/05/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A refracting lens is a key component of our image-forming camera eye; however, its evolutionary origin is unknown because precursor structures appear absent in nonvertebrates. The vertebrate betagamma-crystallin genes encode abundant structural proteins critical for the function of the lens. We show that the urochordate Ciona intestinalis, which split from the vertebrate lineage before the evolution of the lens, has a single gene coding for a single domain monomeric betagamma-crystallin. The crystal structure of Ciona betagamma-crystallin is very similar to that of a vertebrate betagamma-crystallin domain, except for paired, occupied calcium binding sites. The Ciona betagamma-crystallin is only expressed in the palps and in the otolith, the pigmented sister cell of the light-sensing ocellus. The Ciona betagamma-crystallin promoter region targeted expression to the visual system, including lens, in transgenic Xenopus tadpoles. We conclude that the vertebrate betagamma-crystallins evolved from a single domain protein already expressed in the neuroectoderm of the prevertebrate ancestor. The conservation of the regulatory hierarchy controlling betagamma-crystallin expression between organisms with and without a lens shows that the evolutionary origin of the lens was based on co-option of pre-existing regulatory circuits controlling the expression of a key structural gene in a primitive light-sensing system.
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- Sebastian M Shimeld
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom.
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Aravind P, Rajini B, Sharma Y, Sankaranarayanan R. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic investigations on a betagamma-crystallin domain of absent in melanoma 1 (AIM1), a protein from Homo sapiens. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:282-4. [PMID: 16511323 PMCID: PMC2197174 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106005380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2005] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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AIM1g1 is a single betagamma-crystallin domain from the protein absent in melanoma 1 (AIM1), which appears to play a role in the suppression of melanomas. This domain is known to bind calcium and its structure would help in identifying calcium-coordinating sites in vertebrate crystallins, which have hitherto been believed to have lost this ability during evolution. Crystallization of this domain was performed by the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion method. Crystals diffracted to a maximum resolution of 1.86 A and were found to belong to space group P6(1) or P6(5), with unit-cell parameters a = b = 54.98, c = 59.73 A. Solvent-content analysis indicated the presence of one monomer per asymmetric unit.
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- Penmatsa Aravind
- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India
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Khanova HA, Markossian KA, Kurganov BI, Samoilov AM, Kleimenov SY, Levitsky DI, Yudin IK, Timofeeva AC, Muranov KO, Ostrovsky MA. Mechanism of chaperone-like activity. Suppression of thermal aggregation of betaL-crystallin by alpha-crystallin. Biochemistry 2006; 44:15480-7. [PMID: 16300396 DOI: 10.1021/bi051175u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [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: 11/30/2022]
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Thermal denaturation and aggregation of beta(L)-crystallin from bovine lens have been studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and dynamic light scattering (DLS). According to the DLS data, the distribution of the beta(L)-crystallin aggregates by their hydrodynamic radius (R(h)) remains monomodal to the point of precipitating aggregates (sodium phosphate, pH 6.8; 100 mM NaCl; 60 degrees C). The size of the start aggregates (R(h,0)) and duration of the latent stage (t(0)) leading to the formation of the start aggregates have been determined from the light scattering intensity versus the hydrodynamic radius plots and the dependences of R(h) on time. The R(h,0) value remains constant at variation of the beta(L)-crystallin concentration, whereas the t(0) value increases with diminishing beta(L)-crystallin concentration. The suppression of beta(L)-crystallin aggregation by alpha-crystallin is connected with the decrease in the R(h,0) value and increase in the t(0) value. In the presence of alpha-crystallin the aggregate population is split into two components. The first component is represented by stable aggregates whose size remains constant in time. The aggregates of the other kind grow until they reach the size characteristic of aggregates prone to precipitation. The DSC data show that alpha-crystallin has no appreciable influence on thermal denaturation of beta(L)-crystallin.
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- Helen A Khanova
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky 33, 119071, Moscow, Russia
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SPARC (Secreted Protein, Acidic and Rich in Cysteine) is a matricellular glycoprotein that modulates cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, and extracellular matrix (ECM) production. In this report chaperone-like activity of SPARC was identified in a thermal aggregation assay in vitro. Ultraviolet circular dichroism (UVCD) spectroscopy determined that SPARC was stable at temperatures up to 50 degrees C. Unfolding and aggregation of the chaperone target protein, alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), were initiated at 50 degrees C. SPARC inhibited the thermal aggregation of ADH in a concentration-dependent manner, with maximal inhibition at a 1:4 molar ratio of SPARC:ADH. Synergy between the chaperone-like activities of SPARC and alphaB-crystallin, a small heat shock protein and molecular chaperone in the lens, was observed in SPARC-alphaB-crystallin double -/- mice.
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- Ryan O Emerson
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7420, USA
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Barnwal RP, Jobby MK, Sharma Y, Chary KVR. NMR assignment of M-crystallin: a novel Ca2+ binding protein of the betagamma-crystallin superfamily from Methanosarcina acetivorans. J Biomol NMR 2006; 36 Suppl 1:32. [PMID: 16607466 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-006-0016-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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- Ravi P Barnwal
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai , 400005, India
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Protein pin arrays identified seven interactive sequences for chaperone activity in human alphaB crystallin using natural lens proteins, beta(H) crystallin and gammaD crystallin, and in vitro chaperone target proteins, alcohol dehydrogenase and citrate synthase. The N-terminal domain contained two interactive sequences, (9)WIRRPFFPFHSP(20) and (43)SLSPFYLRPPSFLRAP(58). The alpha crystallin core domain contained four interactive sequences, (75)FSVNLDVK(82) (beta3), (113)FISREFHR(120), (131)LTITSSLS(138) (beta8), and (141)GVLTVNGP(148) (beta9). The C-terminal domain contained one interactive sequence, (157)RTIPITRE(164), that included the highly conserved I-X-I/V motif. Two interactive sequences, (73)DRFSVNLDVKHFS(85) and (131)LTITSSLSDGV(141), belonging to the alpha crystallin core domain were synthesized as peptides and assayed for chaperone activity in vitro. Both synthesized peptides inhibited the thermal aggregation of beta(H) crystallin, alcohol dehydrogenase, and citrate synthase in vitro. Five of the seven chaperone sequences identified by the pin arrays overlapped with sequences identified previously as sequences for subunit-subunit interactions in human alphaB crystallin. The results suggested that interactive sequences in human alphaB crystallin have dual roles in subunit-subunit assembly and chaperone activity.
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- Joy G Ghosh
- Biomolecular Structure and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195-7420, USA
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Bowman GR, Smith DGS, Michael Siu KW, Pearlman RE, Turkewitz AP. Genomic and Proteomic Evidence for a Second Family of Dense Core Granule Cargo Proteins in Tetrahymena thermophila. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2005; 52:291-7. [PMID: 16014006 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00045.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [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: 11/30/2022]
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In addition to a family of structurally related proteins encoded by the Granule lattice (GRL) genes, the dense core granules in Tetrahymena thermophila contain a second, more heterogeneous family of proteins that can be defined by the presence of a domain homologous to beta/gamma-crystallins. The founding members of the family, Induced during Granule Regeneration 1 (IGR1) and Granule Tip 1 (GRT1), were identified in previous screens for granule components. Analysis of the recently sequenced T. thermophila macronuclear genome has now uncovered 11 additional related genes. All family members have a single beta/gamma-crystallin domain, but the overall predicted organization of family members is highly variable, and includes three other motifs that are conserved between subsets of family members. To demonstrate that these proteins are present within granules, polypeptides from a subcellular fraction enriched in granules were analyzed by mass spectrometry. This positively identified four of the predicted novel beta/gamma-crystallin domain proteins. Both the functional evidence for IGR1 and GRT1 and the variability in the overall structure of this new protein family suggest that its members play roles that are distinct from those of the GRL family.
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- Grant R Bowman
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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Geodin is a protein encoded by a sponge gene homologous to genes from the betagamma-crystallins superfamily. The interest for this crystallin-type protein stems from the phylogenesis of porifera, commonly called sponges, the earliest divergence event in the history of metazoans. Here we report the preparation of geodin as a recombinant protein from Escherichia coli, its characterization through physico-chemical analyses, and a model of its 3D structure based on homology modelling. Geodin is a monomeric protein of about 18 kDa, with an all-beta structure, as all other crystallins in the superfamily, but more prone to unfold in the presence of chemical denaturants, when compared with other homologues from the superfamily. Its thermal unfolding, studied by far- and near-CD, and by calorimetry, is described by a two-state model. Geodin appears to be structurally similar in many respects to the bacterial protein S crystallin, with which it also shares a significant, albeit more modest stabilizing effect exerted by calcium ions. These results suggest that the crystallin-type structural scaffold, employed in the evolution of bacteria and moulds, was successfully recruited very early in the evolution of metazoa.
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Krivandin AV, Muranov KO, Ostrovsky MA. Heat-induced complex formation in solutions of alpha- and beta L-crystallins: a small-angle X-ray scattering study. DOKL BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2004; 394:1-4. [PMID: 15116556 DOI: 10.1023/b:dobi.0000017141.52122.57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A V Krivandin
- Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 4, Moscow, 119991 Russia
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Disulfide bonding of lens crystallins contributes to the aggregation and insolubilization of these proteins that leads to cataract. A high concentration of reduced glutathione is believed to be key in preventing oxidation of crystallin sulfhydryls to form disulfide bonds. This protective role is decreased in aged lenses because of lower glutathione levels, especially in the nucleus. We recently found that human gamma-crystallins undergo S-methylation at exposed cysteine residues, a reaction that may prevent disulfide bonding. We report here that betaA1/A3-crystallins are also methylated at specific cysteine residues and are the most heavily methylated of the human lens crystallins. Among the methylated sites, Cys 64, Cys 99, and Cys 167 of betaA1-crystallin, methylation at Cys 99 is highest. Cys 64 and Cys 99 are also glutathiolated, even in a newborn lens. These post-translational modifications of the exposed cysteines may be important for maintaining the crystallin structure required for lens transparency. Previously unreported N-terminal truncations were also found.
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- Veniamin N Lapko
- Department of Chemistry, Hamilton Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0304, USA
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Beta-crystallins are major protein constituents of the mammalian lens, where their stability and association into higher order complexes are critical for lens clarity and refraction. They undergo modification as the lens ages, including cleavage of their terminal extensions. The energetics of betaA3- and betaB2-crystallin association was studied using site-directed mutagenesis and analytical ultracentrifugation. Recombinant (r) murine wild type betaA3- and betaB2-crystallins were modified by removal of either the N-terminal extension of betaA3 (rbetaA3Ntr) or betaB2 (rbetaB2Ntr), or both the N- and C-terminal extensions of betaB2 (rbetaB2NCtr). The proteins were expressed in Sf9 insect cells or Escherichia coli and purified by gel-filtration and ion-exchange chromatography. All beta-crystallins studied demonstrated fast reversible monomer-dimer equilibria over the temperature range studied (5-35 degrees C) with a tendency to form tighter dimers at higher temperatures. The N-terminal deletion of rbetaA3 (rbetaA3Ntr) significantly increases the enthalpy (+10.9 kcal/mol) and entropy (+40.7 cal/deg mol) of binding relative to unmodified protein. Removal of both N- and C-terminal extensions of rbetaB2 also increases these parameters but to a lesser degree. Deletion of the betaB2-crystallin N-terminal extension alone (rbetaB2Ntr) gave almost no change relative to rbetaB2. The resultant net negative changes in the binding energy suggest that betaAlpha3- and betaB2-crystallin association is entropically driven. The thermodynamic consequences of the loss of betaAlpha3-crystallin terminal extensions by in vivo proteolytic processing could increase their tendency to associate and so promote the formation of higher order associates in the aging and cataractous lens.
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- Y V Sergeev
- National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20982, USA.
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Meehan S, Berry Y, Luisi B, Dobson CM, Carver JA, MacPhee CE. Amyloid Fibril Formation by Lens Crystallin Proteins and Its Implications for Cataract Formation. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:3413-9. [PMID: 14615485 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308203200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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The alpha-, beta-, and gamma-crystallins are the major structural proteins within the eye lens and are responsible for its exceptional stability and transparency. Under mildly denaturing conditions, all three types of bovine crystallin assemble into fibrillar structures in vitro. Characterization by transmission electron microscopy, dye binding assays, and x-ray fiber diffraction shows that these species have all of the characteristics of fibrils associated with the family of amyloid diseases. Moreover, the full-length proteins are incorporated into the fibrils, (i.e. no protein cleavage is required for these species to form), although for the gamma-crystallins some fragmentation occurs under the conditions employed in this study. Our findings indicate that the inherent stability of the beta-sheet supramolecular structure adopted by the crystallins in the eye lens and the chaperone ability of alpha-crystallin must be crucial for preventing fibril formation in vivo. The crystallins are very stable proteins but undergo extensive post-translational modification with age that leads to their destabilization. The ability of the crystallins to convert into fibrils under destabilizing conditions suggests that this process could contribute to the development of cataract with aging.
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- Sarah Meehan
- Biological Physics Group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom
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Srivastava OP, Srivastava K. Crosslinking of human lens 9 kDa gammaD-crystallin fragment in vitro and in vivo. Mol Vis 2003; 9:644-56. [PMID: 14685148] [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] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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PURPOSE [corrected] The aims of this study were to determine in vitro crosslinking of a 9 kDa gammaD-crystallin fragment alone and with alpha-, beta-, or gamma-crystallins, the existence of covalent multimers of the polypeptide in vivo, and posttranslational modifications in the three isoforms of the polypeptide. METHODS A mixture of crystallin fragments (3-14 kDa), a 9 kDa gammaD-crystallin polypeptide or the polypeptide and individual alpha-, beta-, or gamma-crystallins, were incubated at 37 degrees C for a desired length of time and the crosslinked species were analyzed by sodium dodecylsulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE), size exclusion Agarose A 1.5 gel chromatography, and western blot analysis. In addition, the existence of covalent multimers of the 9 kDa polypeptide in human lens water soluble (WS) and water insoluble (WI) protein fractions of normal and cataractous human lenses was determined by western blot analyses. The posttranslationally modified amino acids of three isofroms of the polypeptide were identified by matrix assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight (MALDI-TOF) and ES-MS/MS mass spectrometric analyses. RESULTS Following incubation of a mixture of the crystallin fragments or the 9 kDa polypeptide, covalently crosslinked species held via non-disulfide bonding were seen on SDS-PAGE analysis. The polypeptide also exhibited crosslinking with individual alpha-, beta-, and gamma-crystallins. After western blot analysis with site specific anti-9 kDa antibodies, both WS and WI protein fractions from normal and cataractous lenses showed immunoreactive 27 and 45 kDa multimers. The mass spectrometric analysis of the three isoforms of the polypeptide (with identical molecular weight but different charges) showed oxidized methionine and tryptophan residues, with the latter residue containing two oxygens. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that a 9 kDa gammaD-crystallin fragment demonstrated crosslinking properties, which might be due to oxidation of its methionine and tryptophan residues.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Blotting, Western
- Chromatography, Agarose
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Humans
- Lens, Crystalline/chemistry
- Lens, Crystalline/metabolism
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Weight
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Spectrometry, Fluorescence
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
- alpha-Crystallins/chemistry
- alpha-Crystallins/metabolism
- beta-Crystallins/chemistry
- beta-Crystallins/metabolism
- gamma-Crystallins/chemistry
- gamma-Crystallins/metabolism
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- Om P Srivastava
- Department of Physiological Optics, School of Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
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Putilina T, Skouri-Panet F, Prat K, Lubsen NH, Tardieu A. Subunit exchange demonstrates a differential chaperone activity of calf alpha-crystallin toward beta LOW- and individual gamma-crystallins. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:13747-56. [PMID: 12562766 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208157200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 11/06/2022] Open
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The chaperone activity of native alpha-crystallins toward beta(LOW)- and various gamma-crystallins at the onset of their denaturation, 60 and 66 degrees C, respectively, was studied at high and low crystallin concentrations using small angle x-ray scattering (SAXS) and fluorescence energy transfer (FRET). The crystallins were from calf lenses except for one recombinant human gamma S. SAXS data demonstrated an irreversible doubling in molecular weight and a corresponding increase in size of alpha-crystallins at temperatures above 60 degrees C. Further increase is observed at 66 degrees C. More subtle conformational changes accompanied the increase in size as shown by changes in environments around tryptophan and cysteine residues. These alpha-crystallin temperature-induced modifications were found necessary to allow for the association with beta(LOW)- and gamma-crystallins to occur. FRET experiments using IAEDANS (iodoacetylaminoethylaminonaphthalene sulfonic acid)- and IAF (iodoacetamidofluorescein)-labeled subunits showed that the heat-modified alpha-crystallins retained their ability to exchange subunits and that, at 37 degrees C, the rate of exchange was increased depending upon the temperature of incubation, 60 or 66 degrees C. Association with beta(LOW)- (60 degrees C) or various gamma-crystallins (66 degrees C) resulted at 37 degrees C in decreased subunit exchange in proportion to bound ligands. Therefore, beta(LOW)- and gamma-crystallins were compared for their capacity to associate with alpha-crystallins and inhibit subunit exchange. Quite unexpectedly for a highly conserved protein family, differences were observed between the individual gamma-crystallin family members. The strongest effect was observed for gamma S, followed by h gamma Srec, gamma E, gamma A-F, gamma D, gamma B. Moreover, fluorescence properties of alpha-crystallins in the presence of bound beta(LOW)-and gamma-crystallins indicated that the formation of beta(LOW)/alpha- or gamma/alpha-crystallin complexes involved various binding sites. The changes in subunit exchange associated with the chaperone properties of alpha-crystallins toward the other lens crystallins demonstrate the dynamic character of the heat-activated alpha-crystallin structure.
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- Tatiana Putilina
- Laboratoire de Minéralogie-Cristallographie, CNRS and P6-P7 Universities, Case 115, 4 Place Jussieu, F75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Bhattacharyya J, Sharma KK. Interactions of chlorpromazine with alpha-, beta- and gamma-crystallins. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther 2002; 18:571-9. [PMID: 12537683 DOI: 10.1089/108076802321021117] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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The binding parameters (binding affinity constant, K and number of binding sites, p) has been determined spectrofluorometrically for chlorpromazine (CPZ) binding to the lens proteins--alphaL-crystallin, betaL-crystallin and gamma-crystallin. The binding affinity constants for CPZ binding to alphaL- and gamma-crystallins are higher than the binding affinity constants for 3betaL-crystallin, although the number of CPZ binding sites for betaL-crystallin is comparatively higher than the number for the other two lens proteins. CPZ causes local conformational changes around the tryptophan moieties of the protein molecules but does not cause any gross conformational change within the protein moieties. Binding of CPZ to alphaL-crystallin does not significantly alter the anti-aggregation properties of the molecular chaperone, alphaL-crystallin against oxidation-induced aggregation of gamma-crystallin at 37 degrees C and thermal aggregation of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) at 48 degrees C. Therefore, CPZ induced alteration in chaperone activity of alphaL-crystallin is probably not associated with the formation of cataracts.
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- Jaya Bhattacharyya
- Dept. of Ophthalmology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
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Senthilkumar R, Chaerkady R, Sharma KK. Identification and properties of anti-chaperone-like peptides derived from oxidized bovine lens betaL-crystallins. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:39136-43. [PMID: 12176982 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204684200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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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Thermal aggregation of betaL-crystallin was higher in the presence of peptide fragments generated from oxidized and trypsin-digested betaL-crystallin compared with thermal aggregation of the control proteins without oxidized betaL-crystallin fragments. Increased aggregation of betaL-crystallin was also observed despite the presence of alpha-crystallin (which has anti-aggregating properties) in the system. Self-aggregation of the oxidized betaL-crystallin fragments per se was not observed under the experimental conditions. Reverse-phase HPLC analysis of the precipitate obtained after heating a mixture of betaL-crystallin and oxidized betaL-crystallin fragments revealed that more than one peptide co-precipitates with betaL-crystallin. Electrospray mass spectrometry analysis of the peptides revealed that the molecular weight(s) of the peptides ranged from 1400-1800. Tandem mass spectrometry and a data base search revealed that two of the peptides originated from betaA4-crystallin (LTIFEQENFLGR, residues 121-132) and betaB3-crystallin (AINGTWVGYEFPGYR, residues 153-167) respectively. Oxidized synthetic peptides representing the same sequence were also found to enhance the aggregation of betaL-crystallin in a manner similar to oxidized lens betaL-crystallin peptides. These data suggest that the polypeptides generated after oxidation and proteolysis of betaL-crystallins interact with denaturing proteins and facilitate their aggregation and light scattering, thus behaving like anti-chaperones.
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- R Senthilkumar
- Mason Eye Institute and the Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65212, USA
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