功能性蛋白举例

自１９世纪中叶荷兰化学家ＧｅｒａｒｄｕｓＭｕｌ－ｄｅｒ从动物组织和植物体中提取出蛋白质以来,人们发现了越来越多的蛋白质,据估计生物界中蛋白质的种类可达１０１０～１０１２之多;在这如此众多的蛋白质中,功能性蛋白发挥着极其重要的生理功能。功能性蛋白也有人...     

氯霉素和四环素阻碍细菌蛋白分泌研究进展

氯霉素和四环素发挥活性的一个途径就是阻碍细菌蛋白质的分泌,其分泌功能是由其氨基端的信号序列决定的,该序列能将蛋白质引导到由SecY,E,G和A组成的转运蛋白复合体上。蛋白的转运还取决于融合蛋白的折叠特点,蛋白质转运到周质后的错误折叠可导致毒素聚集体形成,快速折叠还会使转运复合体发生拥堵,使所有的蛋白质分泌都受到抑制,导致细胞死亡。抗生素氯霉素和四环素处理细菌后会导致转运复合体中SecY的降解,造成致命的蛋白拥堵。现就抗生素氯霉素和四环素的干扰细菌蛋白质合成的作用机制以及导致SecY的降解来发挥阻碍细菌蛋白质分泌活性的一个新模式进行概述,以期为探讨新的靶向细菌的治疗方法提供科学依据。     

蛋白- 蛋白作用界面特征及界面预测研究进展

蛋白-蛋白界面与其余蛋白表面有明显的差别。本文对近年来国内外有关蛋白-蛋白界面几何学、物理学、化学、进化保守性等方面特征的研究概况及应用这些特征对单体中预测界面方法的研究进展于以综述。     

细胞膜蛋白与细胞骨架蛋白相互作用研究进展

细胞膜蛋白与胞浆骨架蛋白的相互作用对于维持细胞正常形态,细胞粘附与信号传导有重要作用,含有4.1/JEF结构域的蛋白4.1超家族与含有PDZ结构域的MAGUK蛋白家族能结合多种膜蛋白胞内区与胞浆蛋白,在膜蛋白与胞浆蛋白之间建立联系,对于细胞、细胞-细胞间连接的正常结构与功能的维持有着重要作用。     

SMC蛋白的结构和功能

近年来新发现的一类蛋白－染色体结构维持蛋白（SMC蛋白,structural maintenance of chromosome proteins)与染色体结构细胞周期性的动态变化紧密相关,它们参与有丝分裂染色体的集缩和分离,性染色体的剂量补偿效应,姐妹染色单体的内聚作用（cohesion),遗传重组和DNA修复等过程,本从生化特性和生物学功能两方面叙述了对SMC蛋白的研究。     

淀粉样前体蛋白和LRP6在大肠杆菌中的表达及其体外相互作用

 淀粉样前体蛋白 (APP)是阿尔茨海默氏病 (AD)发病过程中有重要作用的蛋白 .利用酵母双杂交的方法发现低密度脂蛋白受体相关蛋白 6(LRP6)羧基端可和 APP羧基端片段相互作用 .分别构建了 APP和 LRP6的原核表达载体 ,并利用大肠杆菌获得 GST- APP1 0 6、MBP- LRP6融合蛋白 .体外相互作用研究证实了 APP羧基端和 LRP6羧基端之间的结合 .这使与 AD相关的两个重要蛋白 apo E和 APP联系起来 ,并提示 LRP6可能在 APP代谢和 Aβ产生中起重要作用 .     

植物磷胁迫蛋白和铁胁迫蛋白研究进展

综述了近十年来国内外有关研究植物磷胁迫蛋白和铁胁迫蛋白的文献。着重阐述了磷胁迫和铁胁迫条件下的植物蛋白质变化,如新的蛋白和新的多肽的特异产生,以及相关的分子生物学进展。     

运动神经元生存蛋白SMN与Sm蛋白的结合作用

脊髓性肌萎缩症（spinal muscular atrophy,SMA）是一类与运动神经元存活基因（survival of motor neurons gene,SMN gene）突变有关的神经系统变性疾病,而SMN基因的转录产物即为SMN蛋白（survival of motorneurons protein,SMN protein）。SMN蛋白与多种蛋白结合后发挥作用,如SMN-Sm蛋白的相互作用在富含尿嘧啶的小核核糖核蛋白体（uridine—richsmallribonucleo—proteins,UsnRNPs）转运装配中有重要意义。SMN蛋白是通过其Tudor结构域与剪接体sm蛋白的二甲基化修饰的富含精氨酸一氨基乙酸域（ar—ginineandglycine—rich,RG）结合。     

Protein Solubility and Protein Homeostasis: A Generic View of Protein Misfolding Disorders

According to the “generic view” of protein aggregation, the ability to self-assemble into stable and highly organized structures such as amyloid fibrils is not an unusual feature exhibited by a small group of peptides and proteins with special sequence or structural properties, but rather a property shared by most proteins. At the same time, through a wide variety of techniques, many of which were originally devised for applications in other disciplines, it has also been established that the maintenance of proteins in a soluble state is a fundamental aspect of protein homeostasis. Taken together, these advances offer a unified framework for understanding the molecular basis of protein aggregation and for the rational development of therapeutic strategies based on the biological and chemical regulation of protein solubility.Virtually every complex biochemical process taking place in living cells depends on the ability of the molecules involved to self-assemble into functional structures (Dobson 2003; Robinson et al. 2007; Russel et al. 2009), and a sophisticated quality control system is responsible for regulating the reactions leading to this organization within the cellular environment (Dobson 2003; Balch et al. 2008; Hartl and Hayer-Hartl 2009; Powers et al. 2009; Vendruscolo and Dobson 2009). Proteins are the molecules that are essential for enabling, regulating, and controlling almost all the tasks necessary to maintain such a balance. To function, the majority of our proteins need to fold into specific three-dimensional structures following their biosynthesis in the ribosome (Hartl and Hayer-Hartl 2002). The wide variety of highly specific structures that results from protein folding, and which serve to bring key functional groups into close proximity, has enabled living systems to develop an astonishing diversity and selectivity in their underlying chemical processes by using a common set of just 20 basic molecular components, the amino acids (Dobson 2003). Given the central importance of protein folding, it is not surprising that the failure of proteins to fold correctly, or to remain correctly folded, is at the origin of a wide variety of pathological conditions, including late-onset diabetes, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases (Dobson 2003; Chiti and Dobson 2006; Haass and Selkoe 2007). In many of these disorders proteins self-assemble in an aberrant manner into large molecular aggregates, notably amyloid fibrils (Chiti and Dobson 2006; Ramirez-Alvarado et al. 2010).     

植物磷胁迫蛋白和铁胁迫蛋白研究进展

综述了近十年来国内外有关研究植物磷胁迫蛋白和铁胁迫蛋白的文献,着重阐述了磷胁迫和铁胁迫条件下的植物蛋白质变化,如新的蛋白和新的多肽的特异产生,以及相关的分子生物学进展。     

蛋白质二硫键异构酶相关蛋白A的表达及性质的研究

克隆了Aspergillus niger T21中的蛋白质二硫键异构酶相关蛋白A（PRPA）基因,并将它插入pET23b表达载体。在E. coli中表达时,PRPA占菌体总蛋白的34%。经过超声破细胞、硫酸铵分级沉淀和离子交换层析获得了纯度大于90%的重组蛋白。PRPA有二硫键异构酶活性。在PRPA存在下,变性和还原的溶菌酶复性率和复性速度降低,电泳结果表明溶菌酶聚集增多。荧光结果表明PRPA表面有较多的疏水基团。     

Coronin-1C Protein and Caveolin Protein Provide Constitutive and Inducible Mechanisms of Rac1 Protein Trafficking

Sustained directional fibroblast migration requires both polarized activation of the protrusive signal, Rac1, and redistribution of inactive Rac1 from the rear of the cell so that it can be redistributed or degraded. In this work, we determine how alternative endocytic mechanisms dictate the fate of Rac1 in response to the extracellular matrix environment. We discover that both coronin-1C and caveolin retrieve Rac1 from similar locations at the rear and sides of the cell. We find that coronin-1C-mediated extraction, which is responsible for Rac1 recycling, is a constitutive process that maintains Rac1 protein levels within the cell. In the absence of coronin-1C, the effect of caveolin-mediated endocytosis, which targets Rac1 for proteasomal degradation, becomes apparent. Unlike constitutive coronin-1C-mediated trafficking, caveolin-mediated Rac1 endocytosis is induced by engagement of the fibronectin receptor syndecan-4. Such an inducible endocytic/degradation mechanism would predict that, in the presence of fibronectin, caveolin defines regions of the cell that are resistant to Rac1 activation but, in the absence of fibronectin leaves more of the membrane susceptible to Rac1 activation and protrusion. Indeed, we demonstrate that fibronectin-stimulated activation of Rac1 is accelerated in the absence of caveolin and that, when caveolin is knocked down, polarization of active Rac1 is lost in FRET experiments and culminates in shunting migration in a fibrous fibronectin matrix. Although the concept of polarized Rac1 activity in response to chemoattractants has always been apparent, our understanding of the balance between recycling and degradation explains how polarity can be maintained when the chemotactic gradient has faded.     

The Influence of Codon Usage,Protein Abundance,and Protein Stability on Protein Evolution Vary by Evolutionary Distance and the Type of Protein

The Protein Journal - In general, the evolutionary rate of proteins is not primarily related to protein and amino acid functions, and factors such as protein abundance, codon usage, and...     

肌动蛋白集束调控因子及G蛋白信号转导通路

细胞骨架由微丝、微管及中等纤维组成受不同蛋白因子调控以不同方式组装成不同直径的纤维 ,遍布于一切细胞 ,决定细胞的形状 ,赋予其抗压强度 ,对细胞器及大分子进行空间组织 ,实现胞内的能量转换。在肌动蛋白 (ａｃｔｉｎ)组装成张力纤维和张力纤维解离成肌动蛋白单体过程中有多种蛋白因子参与调控 ,从而使细胞骨架处于一个生理的动态平衡中 ,执行和完成不同的生化反应。在众多的调控蛋白中 ,肌动蛋白集束调控蛋白因子 (ａｃｔｉｎｂｕｎｄｌｉｎｇｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ)不仅参与肌动蛋白结构调节 ,还与细胞内信号传导有密切关系。已发现的肌动蛋…     

蛋白质剪接及其在蛋白质工程中的应用

蛋白质剪接是蛋白质内含肽介导的,一种在蛋白质水平上翻译后的加工过程,它由一系列分子内的剪切-连接反应组成。蛋白质内含肽是一个蛋白质前体中的多肽序列,可以催化自身从蛋白质前体中断裂,使两侧的蛋白质外显肽连接成成熟的蛋白质。蛋白质内含肽的发现,不仅丰富了遗传信息翻译后加工的理论,在实践中也有广泛的应用前景。Abstract: Protein splicing , which is an intein mediated posttranslational processing, involves a series of intramolecular cleavage-ligation reactions. Intein is an intervening polypeptide which can catalytic self-cleavage from a pre-protein accompanied by the concomitant joining of the two flanking polypeptides (the extein) through a peptide bond. Protein splicing not only enriches genetic theory of posttranslational processing, but also have wide application prospect.     

Bacterial Hydrolysis of Protein and Methylated Protein and Its Implications for Studies of Protein Degradation in Aquatic Systems

Ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase was radiolabelled by in vitro translation, resulting in uniformly labelled ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase, and also by reductive methylation. We investigated the degradation of the two forms of radiolabelled protein by natural bacterial populations. Although total hydrolysis of uniformly labelled protein and methylated protein was nearly equal, percent assimilation, respiration, and release as low-molecular-weight material were different. Radioactivity from uniformly labelled protein was approximately equally assimilated into cells, respired as ³H₂O, and released as low-molecular-weight material, but radioactivity from the methylated protein was nearly all released as low-molecular-weight material, and little was assimilated or respired.