Nina M Krause, Anna Wacker, Christian Richter, Boris Fürtig, Ramakanth Madhugiri, John Ziebuhr, Harald Schwalbe
{"title":"<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N chemical shift assignment for stem-loop 5a from the 5'UTR of HCoV-229E.","authors":"Nina M Krause, Anna Wacker, Christian Richter, Boris Fürtig, Ramakanth Madhugiri, John Ziebuhr, Harald Schwalbe","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10243-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10243-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, research on coronaviruses has been massively accelerated. In addition to SARS-CoV-2, there are other human coronaviruses, including HCoV-229E. In all coronaviruses, secondary structure predictions indicate the presence of conserved structural elements in the 5'-untranslated region (5'-UTR). These conserved elements play crucial roles in RNA translation and replication. Stem-loop 5 (SL5), consisting of three substructures (5a, 5b, 5c), is highly conserved and harbours the start codon for translation. SL5 has repetitive structural motifs (RSMs), 5'-UUYYGU-3', which are conserved in many alpha- and betacoronaviruses. In the following, we present the <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N NMR resonance assignment of the SL5a RNA element from HCoV-229E and variations in the RSMs to show the effect of loop mutations on the structure of the hexaloop, revealing the different impact of each loop nucleotide on RNA dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144751962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Backbone NMR assignments of the essential oxidoreductase tryparedoxin from the human pathogenic parasite Trypanosoma cruzi.","authors":"Eric Schwegler, Ute A Hellmich","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10244-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10244-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over 7 million people worldwide are affected with Chagas disease, a lifelong debilitating and potentially fatal Neglected Tropical Disease caused by the single cell protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. To maintain viability and to reproduce under the harsh conditions within a host organism, pathogens express a variety of protecting enzymes and virulence factors that can serve as potential drug targets. To protect itself from redox stress, T. cruzi takes advantage of a unique thiol metabolism. For instance, a cytosolic peroxide clearance cascade is centered on the conserved oxidoreductase Tryparedoxin (Tpx). Tpx efficiently distributes reducing equivalents across the parasitic cell through the promiscuous yet selective binding of numerous up- and downstream clients. However, the exact structure and binding interfaces of this central protein binding hub remain unknown. To study the redox-dependent structural dynamics of T. cruzi Tpx, and its interactions with binding partners, we determined the <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C, <sup>15</sup>N-backbone NMR assignments of the enzyme in the reduced and oxidized state. In agreement with earlier NMR studies on Tpx from related protozoans, we report redox-dependent changes in the enzyme's dithiol active site that could play a crucial role in the recognition of physiological substrates and should be considered in the rational design of small molecule inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144726342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aakriti Sethi, Pierre de Cordovez, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Vanessa K Morris, Christoph Göbl
{"title":"<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C, <sup>15</sup>N backbone chemical shift assignment of P18ink4c from Danio rerio (zebrafish) using solution-state NMR spectroscopy.","authors":"Aakriti Sethi, Pierre de Cordovez, Biswaranjan Mohanty, Vanessa K Morris, Christoph Göbl","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10245-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10245-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The INK4 family of proteins restricts uncontrolled cell cycle progression by inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6. The family consists of small, monomeric and mainly alpha-helical proteins that are conserved across all vertebrate species. We recently discovered that the human INK4 protein p16 converts into amyloid structures upon oxidation of the single cysteine residue present. Here we investigate the Danio rerio (zebrafish) orthologue P18 protein. The 170-residue protein contains two cysteines which may similarly mediate transition into amyloids upon oxidation. We present the near complete backbone assignment of the reduced P18 protein in solution. These chemical shift data provide the foundation for studying oxidation-induced structural changes and protein interactions.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144726340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Christopher G Williams, Songlin Wang, Alexander F Thome, Owen A Warmuth, Varun Sakhrani, Leighton Coates, Chad M Rienstra, Leonard J Mueller
{"title":"Backbone assignment of a 28.5 kDa class A extended spectrum β-lactamase by high-field, carbon-detected solid-state NMR.","authors":"Christopher G Williams, Songlin Wang, Alexander F Thome, Owen A Warmuth, Varun Sakhrani, Leighton Coates, Chad M Rienstra, Leonard J Mueller","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10242-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10242-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N backbone chemical shift assignments are reported for the 28.5 kDa protein Toho-1 β-lactamase, a Class A extended spectrum β-lactamase. A very high level of assignment completeness (97% of the backbone) is enabled by the combined sensitivity and resolution gains of ultrahigh-field NMR spectroscopy (1.1 GHz), improved probe technology, and optimized pulse sequences. The assigned chemical shifts agree well with our previous solution-state NMR assignments, indicating that the secondary structure is conserved in the solid state. These assignments provide a foundation for future investigations of side-chain chemical shifts and catalytic mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6,"publicationDate":"2025-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144726341","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jose G Vazquez, David A Nyenhuis, Marie-Paule Strub, Nico Tjandra
{"title":"NMR chemical shift assignment of UEV domain of ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 variant 3 lactate dehydrogenase (UEVLD).","authors":"Jose G Vazquez, David A Nyenhuis, Marie-Paule Strub, Nico Tjandra","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10240-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10240-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>UEV domains are catalytically dead variants of the E2 enzymes which play an intermediate role in ubiquitin signaling. UEV domain containing proteins, like the ESCRT-I factor Tsg101 often play critical roles in trafficking of ubiquitylated cargos or in modulating ubiquitin processivity, or in determining the type of signal that is transferred to a target protein. Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2 variant (UEV) and lactate/malate dehydrogenase (UEVLD), also known as UEV3, is a human paralogue of Tsg101 with apparent associations to cancer, innate immunity, NF-κB signaling, and autophagy. It contains an N-terminal UEV domain with 56% identity to that of Tsg101 and a C-terminal lactate dehydrogenase domain. Here, we show the backbone assignments of the UEV domain from UEVLD and find that its Cα shifts are consistent with a UEV domain composition. Further experiments suggest that it may have regions corresponding to the known binding pockets of Tsg101, but further structural and functional work will be required to uncover critical determinants of UEV domain function, and the role of these domains in Ubiquitin signaling as a whole.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144504408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Soma Varga, Julie Maibøll Kaasen, Zoltán Gáspári, Bálint Ferenc Péterfia, Frans A A Mulder
{"title":"Resonance assignment of the intrinsically disordered actin-binding region of Drebrin.","authors":"Soma Varga, Julie Maibøll Kaasen, Zoltán Gáspári, Bálint Ferenc Péterfia, Frans A A Mulder","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10239-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12104-025-10239-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Drebrin (developmentally regulated brain protein) is a vital component of the Postsynaptic Density (PSD). It performs important biological roles as it interacts with the postsynaptic protein Homer and anchors the complete protein network to the cellular skeleton through actin filaments. Drebrin contains unique structural elements including an evolutionarily unconventional actin-depolymerizing factor homology (ADFH) domain that has lost its strong actin-binding ability, and a Single Alpha-Helix (SAH) motif harbored by long flexible regions. In vivo studies have suggested that a disordered segment in Drebrin plays a key role in binding filamentous actin, yet the atomic-level characterization of the binding interface between these proteins has not been reported. To bridge this gap, we designed the intrinsically disordered construct D233 and employed 3D (HN)CO(CO)NH NMR spectroscopy to accomplish a near-complete backbone resonance assignment. This work serves as an essential step toward a detailed structural and functional investigation of the interaction between Drebrin and F-Actin.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144293164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yan Li, Ying Ru Loh, Qingxin Li, Dahai Luo, CongBao Kang
{"title":"<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N and <sup>13</sup>C backbone resonance assignment of the N-terminal region of Zika virus NS4B protein in detergent micelles.","authors":"Yan Li, Ying Ru Loh, Qingxin Li, Dahai Luo, CongBao Kang","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10208-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10208-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Zika virus has raised global concerns due to its link to microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults. One of viral nonstructural proteins-NS4B, an integral membrane protein, plays crucial roles in viral replication by interacting with both viral and host proteins, rendering it an attractive drug target for antiviral development. We purified the N-terminal region of ZIKV NS4B (NS4B NTD) and reconstituted it into detergent micelles. Here, we report the assignments of the backbone resonances of NS4B NTD in detergent micelles. The available assignment is useful for understanding its structure and ligand binding to provide useful information for developing NS4B inhibitors.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142589336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priti Chanda Behera, Sneha Paturi, Mandar V Deshmukh
{"title":"Chemical shift assignments of N-terminal dsRNA binding domains dsRBD1 and dsRBD2 of Arabidopsis thaliana DRB5.","authors":"Priti Chanda Behera, Sneha Paturi, Mandar V Deshmukh","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10224-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-025-10224-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) binding proteins (dsRBPs) are among the key players that act along with other components involved in the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway for mediating gene silencing. Additionally, members of the dsRBP family of proteins play divergent roles in the broader array of biological processes. In Arabidopsis thaliana, dsRNA binding protein 5 (DRB5), along with DRB2 and DRB3, serves in recognition of viral RNA invasion and co-localizes with viral replication complexes. However, the functional role of DRB5 in such complexes is yet to be explored. DRB5 is a multidomain protein containing two tandem dsRNA binding domains (dsRBDs) at its N-terminus. Our current study presents the near-complete backbone and sidechain assignment of the dsRBD1 and dsRBD2 of DRB5 using solution NMR. The study will further contribute to determining the solution structure of dsRBDs and open new avenues to investigate the functional role of DRB5 in gene silencing pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":"95-100"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143699391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Baboucarr Faal, Jeffrey A Purslow, Vincenzo Venditti
{"title":"<sup>1</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N, <sup>13</sup>C backbone resonance assignment of human Alkbh7.","authors":"Baboucarr Faal, Jeffrey A Purslow, Vincenzo Venditti","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10219-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-025-10219-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Alkbh7 protein, a member of the Alkylation B (AlkB) family of dioxygenases, plays a crucial role in epigenetic regulation of cellular metabolism. This paper focuses on the NMR backbone resonance assignment of Alkbh7, a fundamental step in understanding its three-dimensional structure and dynamic behavior at the atomic level. Herein, we report the backbone <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N, <sup>13</sup>C chemical shift assignment of the full-length human Alkbh7. Experiments were acquired at 25 °C by heteronuclear multidimensional NMR spectroscopy. Collectively, 70% of the backbone NH resonances were assigned, with 144 out of a possible 205 residues assigned in the <sup>1</sup>H-<sup>15</sup>N TROSY spectrum. Interestingly, peaks from the active site and the C-terminal end of Alkbh7 are not NMR visible, suggesting that these regions are dynamic on the intermediate exchange regime. Using the program TALOS+, a secondary structure prediction was generated from the assigned backbone resonance that is consistent with the previously reported X-ray structure of the enzyme. The reported assignment will permit investigations of the protein structural dynamics anticipated to provide crucial insight regarding fundamental aspects in the recognition and enzyme regulation processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":"65-69"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12116241/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143062988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Backbone resonance assignments of dopamine N-acetyltransferase in free and cofactor-bound states.","authors":"Chu-Ya Wu, Yi-Zong Lee, I-Chen Hu, Liang-Yuan Chiu, Wei-Cheng Ding, Jing Wang, Shih-Che Sue, Shin-Ichi Tate, Ping-Chiang Lyu","doi":"10.1007/s12104-025-10222-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-025-10222-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dopamine N-acetyltransferase (Dat), belonging to the GCN5-related N-acetyltransferase (GNAT) superfamily, is an arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) that is involved in insects neurotransmitter inactivation and the development of insect cuticle sclerotization. By using the cofactor acetyl coenzyme A (Ac-CoA) as an acetyl group donor, Dat produces acetyl-dopamine through the reaction with dopamine. Although AANATs share similar structural features with the GNAT family, they have low sequence identities among insect AANATs (~ 40%) and between insect AANATs and vertebrate AANATs (~ 12%). A common noticed feature in GNATs is the Ac-CoA-binding induced conformational change, and this is important for further selection and catalysis of its substrate. In AANATs, the conformational changes help the sequential binding mechanism. Here, we report the <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N backbone resonance assignments of the 24 kDa Dat from Drosophila melanogaster in the free and Ac-CoA-bound states, and the chemical shift differences revealed a significant conformational change in the α1 region of Dat. These assignments provide a foundation for further investigations of the catalysis and structural regulation of Dat in solution.</p>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":" ","pages":"83-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2025-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12116598/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143397713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}