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Yoshitaka Hiruma Mathias A.S. Hass Yuki Kikui Wei-Min Liu Betül Ölmez Simon P. Skinner Anneloes Blok Alexander Kloosterman Hiroyasu Koteishi Frank Löhr Harald Schwalbe Masaki Nojiri Marcellus Ubbink 《Journal of molecular biology》2013
Cytochrome P450cam catalyzes the hydroxylation of camphor in a complex process involving two electron transfers (ETs) from the iron-sulfur protein putidaredoxin. The enzymatic control of the successive steps of catalysis is critical for a highly efficient reaction. The injection of the successive electrons is part of the control system. To understand the molecular interactions between putidaredoxin and cytochrome P450cam, we determined the structure of the complex both in solution and in the crystal state. Paramagnetic NMR spectroscopy using lanthanide tags yielded 446 structural restraints that were used to determine the solution structure. An ensemble of 10 structures with an RMSD of 1.3 Å was obtained. The crystal structure of the complex was solved, showing a position of putidaredoxin that is identical with the one in the solution structure. The NMR data further demonstrate the presence of a minor state or set of states of the complex in solution, which is attributed to the presence of an encounter complex. The structure of the major state shows a small binding interface and a metal-to-metal distance of 16 Å, with two pathways that provide strong electronic coupling of the redox centers. The interpretation of these results is discussed in the context of ET. The structure indicates that the ET rate can be much faster than the reported value, suggesting that the process may be gated. 相似文献
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Mieczyslaw Remin 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2013,31(1):211-220
Abstract Inspection of stereochemical models suggests a possible correlation between the proportion (Yg-/Yt) of the g? and t rotamers and the S pucker populations irrespective of the anti-syn conformational composition of the base. Interpretation of the NMR vicinal coupling constants in terms of conformational populations shows a decline of Yg-/Yt with Xs approaching zero, consistent with high unfavorability of the Ng? conformational combination in solution, a result supported by a X-ray crystallographic data survey. Hence, the underlying assumption introduced into the present study is that the g? rotamer and the N pucker do not coexist together in solution. Therefore, the limiting value of Yg-/Yt corresponding to the S pucker could be determined for each compound individually. Finally, populations and relative free energies of all conformational combinations of Ng+, Nt, Sg+, St and Sg? (except Ng? which is not important) have been estimated. Results of the present study suggest several interesting regularities concerning the syn-anti effect on populations and energies of the conformational combinations in ribo- and deoxyribo-nucleosides. (a) In the anti-type nucleosides, the Ng+ conformation is about 2 kJ/mol more stable than Nt, but in the syn-type, the Ng+ and Nt have comparable energy, (b) No important changes are observed in the Ng+ population comparing the anti-type and syn-type of ribo- and deoxyribo-nucleosides separately, (c) The Nt is considerable stabilized and simultaneously the Sg+ is strongly destabilized in the syn-type nucleosides relative to the anti-type, (d) Irrespective of the syn-anti composition the St is always more stable (1–2 kJ/mol) than the Sg? conformational combination. 相似文献
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Jihee Kim Seungkirl Ahn Keshava Rajagopal Robert J. Lefkowitz 《The Journal of biological chemistry》2009,284(18):11953-11962
Recent studies in receptor-transfected cell lines have demonstrated that
extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation by angiotensin type 1A
receptor and other G protein-coupled receptors can be mediated by both G
protein-dependent and β-arrestin-dependent mechanisms. However, few
studies have explored these mechanisms in primary cultured cells expressing
endogenous levels of receptors. Accordingly, here we utilized the
β-arrestin biased agonist for the angiotensin type 1A receptor,
SII-angiotensin (SII), and RNA interference techniques to investigate
angiotensin II (ANG)-activated β-arrestin-mediated mitogenic signaling
pathways in rat vascular smooth muscle cells. Both ANG and SII induced DNA
synthesis via the ERK activation cascade. Even though SII cannot induce
calcium influx (G protein activation) after receptor stimulation, it does
cause ERK activation, although less robustly than ANG. Activation by both
ligands is diminished by depletion of β-arrestin2 by small interfering
RNA, although the effect is more complete with SII. ERK activation at early
time points but not later time points is strongly inhibited by those protein
kinase C inhibitors that can block protein kinase Cζ. Moreover, ANG- and
SII-mediated ERK activation require transactivation of the epidermal growth
factor receptor via metalloprotease 2/9 and Src kinase. β-Arrestin2
facilitates ANG and SII stimulation of Src-mediated phosphorylation of Tyr-845
on the EGFR, a known site for Src phosphorylation. These studies delineate a
convergent mechanism by which G protein-dependent and
β-arrestin-dependent pathways can independently mediate ERK-dependent
transactivation of the EGFR in vascular smooth muscle cells thus controlling
cellular proliferative responses.G protein-coupled receptors, also known as seven transmembrane
(7TM)2 receptors,
control virtually all known physiological processes in mammals
(1). The various functions of
these receptors are mediated and modulated by three families of proteins,
which share the property that they interact virtually universally with the
receptors in a strictly stimulus-dependent way
(1). These three families of
proteins are the heterotrimeric G proteins, the G protein-coupled receptor
kinases (GRKs), and the β-arrestins. Activation of the receptors
stimulates classical G protein-dependent signaling, often involving regulation
of levels of second messengers such as cAMP and diacyglycerol. However, as has
been known for many years, interaction of activated receptors with GRKs
leading to their phosphorylation, and subsequent interaction with
β-arrestins leads to desensitization of G protein signaling.In recent years, however, it has become increasingly clear that the
β-arrestin-GRK system is in fact bifunctional
(2). Thus, even as it
desensitizes G protein signaling by the receptors, it also serves as a signal
transduction system in its own right, activating a growing list of signaling
pathways. These positive signaling functions are often mediated by the ability
of β-arrestin to serve as an adaptor or scaffold molecule, bringing
elements of diverse signaling pathways into proximity with one another and the
receptors and thereby facilitating their activation. This new paradigm for
understanding the previously unrecognized signaling properties of the
β-arrestin-GRK system has been explored in a wide variety of transfected
cultured cell systems.However, to date, relatively little investigation of these novel signaling
pathways has been carried out in primary cell culture systems expressing
endogenous levels of 7TM receptors. In seeking such a system in which to
characterize and compare β-arrestin and G protein-mediated signaling
pathways from a typical 7TM receptor, our attention was drawn to cultured rat
vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Several features of rat VSMCs suggest
this to be a relevant system for these purposes. Rat VSMCs express a variety
of physiologically important 7TM receptors including the angiotensin II type
1A receptor (AT1R) (3). This
receptor has been the focus of extensive study in transfected cell systems
with respect to its β-arrestin-mediated signaling to a variety of
pathways, most particularly extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK).
Moreover, the AT1R mediates the physiologically important effects of
angiotensin II (ANG) on vascular tone as well as on proliferation and
chemotaxis (4,
5). Pathophysiologically, ANG
stimulation of this receptor has been implicated in VSMC proliferation and
chemotaxis, which are thought to play an important role in such important
disease processes as atherosclerosis and restenosis after angioplasty
(6,
7). Moreover, a ligand has been
characterized
[Sar1,Ile4,Ile8](SII)-angiotensin (SII), a
triply mutated angiotensin octapeptide that, in transfected cell systems, acts
as a specific agonist for β-arrestin-mediated signaling, although not
activating G protein-mediated signaling
(8).Accordingly, in the studies described here, we set out to investigate the
characteristics of activation of ERK in rat VSMCs that might be mediated
through G protein as well as β-arrestin signaling. The results not only
demonstrate the importance of β-arrestin-mediated signaling in
ERK-mediated proliferative responses of these cells, but also shed new light
on the molecular mechanisms and interrelationships between the β-arrestin
and classical G protein-mediated activation of these pathways. 相似文献