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Barrera FN Weerakkody D Anderson M Andreev OA Reshetnyak YK Engelman DM 《Journal of molecular biology》2011,413(2):359-10222
We have used pHLIP® [pH (low) insertion peptide] to study the roles of carboxyl groups in transmembrane (TM) peptide insertion. pHLIP binds to the surface of a lipid bilayer as a disordered peptide at neutral pH; when the pH is lowered, it inserts across the membrane to form a TM helix. Peptide insertion is reversed when the pH is raised above the characteristic pKa (6.0). A key event that facilitates membrane insertion is the protonation of aspartic acid (Asp) and/or glutamic acid (Glu) residues, since their negatively charged side chains hinder membrane insertion at neutral pH. In order to gain mechanistic understanding, we studied the membrane insertion and exit of a series of pHLIP variants where the four Asp residues were sequentially mutated to nonacidic residues, including histidine (His). Our results show that the presence of His residues does not prevent the pH-dependent peptide membrane insertion at ∼ pH 4 driven by the protonation of carboxyl groups at the inserting end of the peptide. A further pH drop leads to the protonation of His residues in the TM part of the peptide, which induces peptide exit from the bilayer. We also find that the number of ionizable residues that undergo a change in protonation during membrane insertion correlates with the pH-dependent insertion into the lipid bilayer and exit from the lipid bilayer, and that cooperativity increases with their number. We expect that our understanding will be used to improve the targeting of acidic diseased tissue by pHLIP. 相似文献
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Alexander G. Karabadzhak Dhammika Weerakkody John Deacon Oleg A. Andreev Yana K. Reshetnyak Donald M. Engelman 《Biophysical journal》2018,114(9):2107-2115
The physical properties of lipid bilayers, such as curvature and fluidity, can affect the interactions of polypeptides with membranes, influencing biological events. Additionally, given the growing interest in peptide-based therapeutics, understanding the influence of membrane properties on membrane-associated peptides has potential utility. pH low insertion peptides (pHLIPs) are a family of water-soluble peptides that can insert across cell membranes in a pH-dependent manner, enabling the use of pH to follow peptide-lipid interactions. Here we study pHLIP interactions with liposomes varying in size and composition, to determine the influence of several key membrane physical properties. We find that pHLIP binding to bilayer surfaces at neutral pH is governed by the ease of access to the membrane’s hydrophobic core, which can be facilitated by membrane curvature, thickness, and the cholesterol content of the membrane. After surface binding, if the pH is lowered, the kinetics of pHLIP folding to form a helix and subsequent insertion across the membrane depends on the fluidity and energetic dynamics of the membrane. We showed that pHLIP is capable of forming a helix across lipid bilayers of different thicknesses at low pH. However, the kinetics of the slow phase of insertion corresponding to the translocation of C-terminal end of the peptide across lipid bilayer, vary approximately twofold, and correlate with bilayer thickness and fluidity. Although these influences are not large, local curvature variations in membranes of different fluidity could selectively influence surface binding in mixed cell populations. 相似文献
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Teng YK Verburg RJ Verpoort KN Diepenhorst GM Bajema IM van Tol MJ Jol-van der Zijde EC Toes RE Huizinga TW van Laar JM 《Arthritis research & therapy》2007,9(5):R106
In order to identify pathogenic correlates of refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA), antibodies against anti-cyclic citrullinated
protein (ACPAs) were investigated in RA patients in whom the dysregulated immune system had been ablated by high-dose chemotherapy
(HDC) and autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Six patients with refractory RA were extensively characterized
in terms of levels of total immunoglobulins, RA-specific autoantibodies (ACPAs and rheumatoid factor) and antibodies against
rubella, tetanus toxoid (TT) and phosphorylcholine before and after HDC plus HSCT. Additionally, the avidity of ACPAs was
measured before and after treatment and compared with the avidity of TT antibodies following repeated immunizations. Synovial
biopsies were obtained by arthroscopy before HDC plus HSCT, and analyzed by immunohistochemistry. In the three patients with
clinically long-lasting responses to HDC plus HSCT (median 423 days), significant reductions in ACPA-IgG levels after therapy
were observed (median level dropped from 215 to 34 arbitrary units/ml; P = 0.05). In contrast, stable ACPA-IgG levels were observed in three patients who relapsed shortly after HDC plus HSCT (median
of 67 days). Clinical responders had ACPA-IgG of lower avidity (r = 0.75; P = 0.08) and higher degree of inflammation histologically (r = 0.73; P = 0.09). Relapse (after 38 to 530 days) in all patients was preceded by rising levels of low avidity ACPA-IgG (after 30 to
388 days), in contrast to the stable titres of high avidity TT antibodies. In conclusion, humoral autoimmune responses were
differentially modulated by immunoablative therapy in patients with synovial inflammation and low avidity ACPA-IgG autoantibodies
as compared with patients with high levels of high avidity ACPA-IgG. The distinct clinical disease course after immunoablative
therapy based on levels and avidity of ACPA-IgG indicates that refractory RA is not a single disease entity. 相似文献
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Reshetnyak Y Tchedre KT Nair MP Pritchard PH Lacko AG 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2006,24(1):75-82
Fluorescence spectroscopy has been used to investigate the conformational changes that occur upon binding of wild type (WT) and mutant (Thr123Ile) lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) to the potential substrates (dioleoyl-phosphatidyl choline [DOPC] and high density lipoprotein [HDL]). For a detailed analysis of structural differences between WT and mutant LCAT, we performed decompositional analysis of a set of tryptophan fluorescence spectra, measured at increasing concentrations of external quenchers (acrylamide and KI). The data obtained show that Thr123Ile mutation in LCAT leads to a conformation that is likely to be more rigid (less mobile/flexible) than that of the WT protein with a redistribution of charged residues around exposed tryptophan fluorophores. We propose that the redistribution of charged residues in mutant LCAT may be a major factor responsible for the dramatically reduced activity of the enzyme with HDL and reconstituted high density lipoprotein (rHDL). 相似文献
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Israel T Silva Ricardo ZN Vêncio Thiago YK Oliveira Greice A Molfetta Wilson A SilvaJr 《BMC bioinformatics》2010,11(1):161
Background
The post-genomic era has brought new challenges regarding the understanding of the organization and function of the human genome. Many of these challenges are centered on the meaning of differential gene regulation under distinct biological conditions and can be performed by analyzing the Multiple Differential Expression (MDE) of genes associated with normal and abnormal biological processes. Currently MDE analyses are limited to usual methods of differential expression initially designed for paired analysis. 相似文献16.
Hugo YK Lam Philip M Kim Janine Mok Raffi Tonikian Sachdev S Sidhu Benjamin E Turk Michael Snyder Mark B Gerstein 《BMC bioinformatics》2010,11(1):243
Background
Many protein interactions, especially those involved in signaling, involve short linear motifs consisting of 5-10 amino acid residues that interact with modular protein domains such as the SH3 binding domains and the kinase catalytic domains. One straightforward way of identifying these interactions is by scanning for matches to the motif against all the sequences in a target proteome. However, predicting domain targets by motif sequence alone without considering other genomic and structural information has been shown to be lacking in accuracy. 相似文献17.
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Elena Reshetnyak Emmanuelle d'Alençon Renée Kern Aziz Taghbalout Philippe Guillaud & Masamichi Kohiyama 《Molecular microbiology》1999,31(1):167-175
The lacZ – hobH fusion clone, containing an Escherichia coli DNA segment located at 92 min on the chromosomal map, was screened as a producer of E. coli oriC hemi-methylated binding activity. We have purified the protein encoded by this locus to near homogeneity. The protein corresponds to the monomeric form of a non-specific acid phosphatase (NAP) whose gene has been designated aphA. oriC DNA footprinting experiments showed protection of hemi-methylated probe by partially purified NAP, but not by purified preparations. Yet, gel retardation experiments with an oriC oligonucleotide demonstrated DNA binding activity of purified NAP in the presence of Mg2+ . This experiment also showed an increased affinity of the protein for the hemi-methylated probe compared with the fully or unmethylated form. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy revealed the existence of discrete NAP foci at mid-cell in cells with two nucleoids, but at cell poles in those with one nucleoid. 相似文献
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Reshetnyak YK Andreev OA Borejdo J Toptygin DD Brand L Burstein EA 《Journal of biomolecular structure & dynamics》2000,18(1):113-125
ATP binding to myosin subfragment 1 (S1) induces an increase in tryptophan fluorescence. Chymotryptic rabbit skeletal S1 has 5 tryptophan residues (Trp113, 131, 440, 510 and 595), and therefore the identification of tryptophan residues perturbed by ATP is quite complex. To solve this problem we resolved the complex fluorescence spectra into log-normal and decay-associated components, and carried out the structural analysis of the microenvironment of each tryptophan in S1. The decomposition of fluorescence spectra of S1 and S1-ATP complex revealed 3 components with maxima at ca. 318, 331 and 339-342 nm. The comparison of structural parameters of microenvironment of 5 tryptophan residues with the same parameters of single-tryptophan-containing proteins with well identified fluorescence properties applying statistical method of cluster analysis, enabled us to assign Trp595 to 318 nm, Trp440 to 331 nm, and Trp 13, 131 and 510 to 342 nm spectral components. ATP induced an almost equal increase in the intensities of the intermediate (331 nm) and long-wavelength (342 nm) components, and a small decrease in the short component (318 nm). The increase in the intermediate component fluorescence most likely results from an immobilization of some quenching groups (Met437, Met441 and/or Arg444) in the environment of Trp440. The increase in the intensity and a blue shift of the long component might be associated with conformational changes in the vicinity of Trp510. However, these conclusions can not be extended directly to the other types of myosins due to the diversity in the tryptophan content and their microenvironments. 相似文献