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Mutations in the leucine zipper motif and sterol-sensing domain inactivate the Niemann-Pick C1 glycoprotein. 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
H Watari E J Blanchette-Mackie N K Dwyer M Watari E B Neufeld S Patel P G Pentchev J F Strauss 《The Journal of biological chemistry》1999,274(31):21861-21866
Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease, characterized by accumulation of low density lipoprotein-derived free cholesterol in lysosomes, is caused by mutations in the NPC1 gene. We examined the ability of wild-type NPC1 and NPC1 mutants to correct the NPC sterol trafficking defect and their subcellular localization in CT60 cells. Cells transfected with wild-type NPC1 expressed 170- and 190-kDa proteins. Tunicamycin treatment resulted in a 140-kDa protein, the deduced size of NPC1, suggesting that NPC1 is N-glycosylated. Mutation of all four asparagines in potential N-terminal N-glycosylation sites to glutamines resulted in a 20-kDa reduction of the expressed protein. Proteins with a single N-glycosylation site mutation localized to late endosome/lysosomal compartments, as did wild-type NPC1, and each corrected the cholesterol trafficking defect. However, mutation of all four potential N-glycosylation sites reduced ability to correct the NPC phenotype commensurate with reduced expression of the protein. Mutations in the putative sterol-sensing domain resulted in inactive proteins targeted to lysosomal membranes encircling cholesterol-laden cores. N-terminal leucine zipper motif mutants could not correct the NPC defect, although they accumulated in lysosomal membranes. We conclude that NPC1 is a glycoprotein that must have an intact sterol-sensing domain and leucine zipper motif for cholesterol-mobilizing activity. 相似文献
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The dimerization of PSGL‐1 is driven by the transmembrane domain via a leucine zipper motif
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P‐selectin glycoprotein ligand‐1 (PSGL‐1) is a homodimeric mucin ligand that is important to mediate the earliest adhesive event during an inflammatory response by rapidly forming and dissociating the selectin‐ligand adhesive bonds. Recent research indicates that the noncovalent associations between the PSGL‐1 transmembrane domains (TMDs) can substitute for the C320‐dependent covalent bond to mediate the dimerization of PSGL‐1. In this article, we combined TOXCAT assays and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to probe the mechanism of PSGL‐1 dimerization. The results of TOXCAT assays and Martini coarse‐grained molecular dynamics (CG MD) simulations demonstrated that PSGL‐1 TMDs strongly dimerized in a natural membrane and a leucine zipper motif was responsible for the noncovalent dimerization of PSGL‐1 TMD since mutations of the residues that occupied a or d positions in an (abcdefg)n leucine heptad repeat motif significantly reduced the dimer activity. Furthermore, we studied the effects of the disulfide bond on the PSGL‐1 dimer using MD simulations. The disulfide bond was critical to form the leucine zipper structure, by which the disulfide bond further improved the stability of the PSGL‐1 dimer. These findings provide insights to understand the transmembrane association of PSGL‐1 that is an important structural basis for PSGL‐1 preferentially binding to P‐selectin to achieve its biochemical and biophysical functions. 相似文献
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Gutierrez S Javed A Tennant DK van Rees M Montecino M Stein GS Stein JL Lian JB 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2002,277(2):1316-1323
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The Arabidopsis NPR1 disease resistance protein is a novel cofactor that confers redox regulation of DNA binding activity to the basic domain/leucine zipper transcription factor TGA1 总被引:12,自引:0,他引:12
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Després C Chubak C Rochon A Clark R Bethune T Desveaux D Fobert PR 《The Plant cell》2003,15(9):2181-2191
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Poplar metal tolerance protein 1 confers zinc tolerance and is an oligomeric vacuolar zinc transporter with an essential leucine zipper motif 总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8
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Cation diffusion facilitator (CDF) proteins are a recently discovered family of cation efflux transporters that might play an essential role in metal homeostasis and tolerance. Here, we describe the identification, characterization, and localization of PtdMTP1, a member of the CDF family from the hybrid poplar Populus trichocarpa x Populus deltoides. PtdMTP1 is expressed constitutively and ubiquitously, although at low levels. Heterologous expression in yeast showed that PtdMTP1 was able to complement the hypersensitivity of mutant strains to Zn but not to other metals, including Cd, Co, Mn, and Ni. PtdMTP1 fused to green fluorescent protein localized to the vacuolar membrane both in yeast and in plant cells, consistent with a function of PtdMTP1 in zinc sequestration. Overexpression of PtdMTP1 in Arabidopsis confers Zn tolerance. We show that PtdMTP1, when expressed in yeast and Arabidopsis, forms homooligomers, a novel feature of CDF members. Oligomer formation is disrupted by reducing agents, indicating possible disulfide bridge formation. PtdMTP1 also contains a conserved Leu zipper motif. Although not necessary for oligomer formation, Leu residues within this motif are required for PtdMTP1 functional activity. 相似文献
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Glycoprotein VI but not alpha2beta1 integrin is essential for platelet interaction with collagen
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Nieswandt B Brakebusch C Bergmeier W Schulte V Bouvard D Mokhtari-Nejad R Lindhout T Heemskerk JW Zirngibl H Fässler R 《The EMBO journal》2001,20(9):2120-2130
Platelet adhesion on and activation by components of the extracellular matrix are crucial to arrest post-traumatic bleeding, but can also harm tissue by occluding diseased vessels. Integrin alpha2beta1 is thought to be essential for platelet adhesion to subendothelial collagens, facilitating subsequent interactions with the activating platelet collagen receptor, glycoprotein VI (GPVI). Here we show that Cre/loxP-mediated loss of beta1 integrin on platelets has no significant effect on the bleeding time in mice. Aggregation of beta1-null platelets to native fibrillar collagen is delayed, but not reduced, whereas aggregation to enzymatically digested soluble collagen is abolished. Furthermore, beta1-null platelets adhere to fibrillar, but not soluble collagen under static as well as low (150 s(-1)) and high (1000 s(-1)) shear flow conditions, probably through binding of alphaIIbbeta3 to von Willebrand factor. On the other hand, we show that platelets lacking GPVI can not activate integrins and consequently fail to adhere to and aggregate on fibrillar as well as soluble collagen. These data show that GPVI plays the central role in platelet-collagen interactions by activating different adhesive receptors, including alpha2beta1 integrin, which strengthens adhesion without being essential. 相似文献