Bahnikana Nanda, Jayantika Bhowmick, Raghavan Varadarajan, Siddhartha P. Sarma
{"title":"Backbone assignment of CcdB_G100T toxin from E.coli in complex with the toxin binding C-terminal domain of its cognate antitoxin CcdA","authors":"Bahnikana Nanda, Jayantika Bhowmick, Raghavan Varadarajan, Siddhartha P. Sarma","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10201-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10201-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The CcdAB system expressed in the <i>E.coli</i> cells is a prototypical example of the bacterial toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems that ensure the survival of the bacterial population under adverse environmental conditions. The solution and crystal structures of CcdA, CcdB and of CcdB in complex with the toxin-binding C-terminal domain of CcdA have been reported. Our interest lies in the dynamics of CcdB-CcdA complex formation. Solution NMR studies have shown that CcdB_G100T, in presence of saturating concentrations of CcdA-c, a truncated C-terminal fragment of CcdA exists in equilibrium between two major populations. Sequence specific backbone resonance assignments of both equilibrium forms of the ~ 27 kDa complex, have been obtained from a suite of triple resonance NMR experiments acquired on <sup>2</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C, <sup>15</sup>N enriched samples of CcdB_G100T. Analysis of <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C<sup>α</sup>, <sup>13</sup>C<sup>β</sup> secondary chemical shifts, shows that both equilibrium forms of CcdB_G100T have five beta-strands and one alpha-helix as the major secondary structural elements in the tertiary structure. The results of these studies are presented below.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"285 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142250472","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}
Vanessa Bezerra de Oliveira Leite, Rafael Alves de Andrade, Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda de Almeida, Claudia Jorge do Nascimento, Talita Stelling de Araujo, Marcius da Silva Almeida
{"title":"The 1H, 15N, and 13C resonance assignments of a single-domain antibody against immunoglobulin G","authors":"Vanessa Bezerra de Oliveira Leite, Rafael Alves de Andrade, Fabio Ceneviva Lacerda de Almeida, Claudia Jorge do Nascimento, Talita Stelling de Araujo, Marcius da Silva Almeida","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10199-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10199-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Research on camelid-derived single-domain antibodies (sdAbs) has demonstrated their significant utility in diverse biotechnological applications, including therapy and diagnostic. This is largely due to their relative simplicity as monomeric proteins, ranging from 12 to 15 kDa, in contrast to immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies, which are glycosylated heterotetramers of 150–160 kDa. Single-domain antibodies exhibit high conformational stability and adopt the typical immunoglobulin domain fold, consisting of a two-layer sandwich of 7–9 antiparallel beta-strands. They contain three loops, known as complementary-determining regions (CDRs), which are assembled on the sdAb surface and are responsible for antigen recognition. The single-domain antibody examined in this study, sdAb-mrh-IgG, was engineered to recognize IgG from rats, mice, but it also weakly recognizes IgG from humans (Pleiner et al. 2018). A search of the Protein Data Bank revealed only one NMR structure of a single-domain antibody, which is unrelated to sdAb-mrh-IgG. The NMR chemical shift assignments of sdAb-mrh-IgG will be utilized to study its molecular dynamics and interactions with antigens in solution, which is fundamental for the rational design of novel single-domain antibodies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"269 - 274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206233","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}
Sam Mahdi, Socheata Lim, Irina Bezsonova, Penny J. Beuning, Dmitry M. Korzhnev
{"title":"The backbone NMR resonance assignments of the stabilized E. coli β clamp","authors":"Sam Mahdi, Socheata Lim, Irina Bezsonova, Penny J. Beuning, Dmitry M. Korzhnev","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10202-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10202-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The 81 kDa <i>E. coli</i> β clamp is a ring-shaped head-to-tail homodimer that encircles DNA and plays a central role in bacterial DNA replication by serving as a processivity factor for DNA polymerases and a binding platform for other DNA replication and repair proteins. Here we report the backbone <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N, and <sup>13</sup>C NMR resonance assignments of the stabilized T45R/S107R β clamp variant obtained using standard TROSY-based triple-resonance experiments (BMRB 52548). The backbone assignments were aided by <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N edited NOESY experiments, allowing us to utilize our previously reported assignments of the β clamp ILV side-chain methyl groups (BMRB 51430, 51431). The backbone assignments of the T45R/S107R β clamp variant were transferred to the wild-type β clamp using a minimal set of TROSY-based <sup>15</sup>N edited NOESY, NHCO and NHCA experiments (BMRB 52549). The reported backbone and previous ILV side-chain resonance assignments will enable NMR studies of the β clamp interactions and dynamics using amide and methyl groups as probes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"293 - 297"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142206232","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":"NMR 1H, 13C, 15N backbone resonance assignments of 14-3-3ζ binding region of human FOXO3a (residues 1-284)","authors":"Shota Enomoto, Shoichi Nakatsuka, Tomoya Kuwayama, Kosaku Kawatsu, Mariko Yokogawa, Masanori Osawa","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10200-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10200-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In tumors, mutation in Ras proteins stimulates a signaling cascade through phosphorylation. Downstream of the cascade, many transcription and translation factors are up- or down-regulated by phosphorylation, leading to cancer progression. This phosphorylation cascade is sustained by 14-3-3ζ protein. 14-3-3ζ binds to its client proteins that are Ser/Thr-phosphorylated and prevents their dephosphorylation. One of those transcription factors is FOXO3a, whose transcriptional activity is suppressed in the phosphorylation cascade. FOXO3a binds to specific DNA sequences and activates the transcription of apoptosis-related proteins. In cancer cells, however, FOXO3a is phosphorylated, bound to 14-3-3ζ, and dissociated from the DNA, resulting in FOXO3a inactivation. To elucidate the mechanism of FOXO3a inactivation by the 14-3-3ζ binding, we aim to perform NMR analysis of the interaction between 14-3-3ζ and di-phosphorylated FOXO3a residues 1-284 (dpFOXO3a). Here, we report the backbone resonance assignments of dpFOXO3a, which are transferred from those of the N-terminal domain (NTD) and the DNA-binding domain (DBD) of dpFOXO3a.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"275 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12104-024-10200-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142226381","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}
Florian Malard, Fedor V. Karginov, Sébastien Campagne
{"title":"1H, 13C and 15N backbone resonance assignment of the calcium-activated EndoU endoribonuclease","authors":"Florian Malard, Fedor V. Karginov, Sébastien Campagne","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10198-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10198-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The catalytic domain of the calcium-dependent endoribonuclease EndoU from <i>Homo sapiens</i> was expressed in <i>E. coli</i> with <sup>13</sup>C and <sup>15</sup>N labeling. A nearly complete assignment of backbone <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>15</sup>N, and <sup>13</sup>C resonances was obtained, as well as a secondary structure prediction based on the assigned chemical shifts. The predicted secondary structures were almost identical to the published crystal structure of calcium-activated EndoU. This is the first NMR study of an eukaryotic member of the EndoU-like superfamily of ribonucleases.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"263 - 267"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142152915","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}
Lily G. Beck, Jeffrey B. Krall, Parker J. Nichols, Quentin Vicens, Morkos A. Henen, Beat Vögeli
{"title":"Solution NMR backbone assignment of the N-terminal tandem Zα1-Zα2 domains of Z-DNA binding protein 1","authors":"Lily G. Beck, Jeffrey B. Krall, Parker J. Nichols, Quentin Vicens, Morkos A. Henen, Beat Vögeli","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10195-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10195-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The detection of nucleic acids that are present in atypical conformations is a crucial trigger of the innate immune response. Human Z-DNA binding protein 1 (ZBP1) is a pattern recognition receptor that harbors two Zα domains that recognize Z-DNA and Z-RNA. ZBP1 detects this alternate nucleic acid conformation as foreign, and upon stabilization of these substrates, it triggers activation of an immune response. Here, we present the backbone chemical shift assignment of a construct encompassing the Zα1 and Zα2 domains as well as the interconnecting linker of ZBP1. These assignments can be directly transferred to the isolated Zα1 and Zα2 domains, thereby demonstrating that these domains maintain virtually identical structures in the tandem context.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"245 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103134","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}
Antonia D. Duran, Eric M. Danhart, Xiao Ma, Alexandra B. Kuzmishin Nagy, Karin Musier-Forsyth, Mark P. Foster
{"title":"NMR-based solution structure of the Caulobacter crescentus ProXp-ala trans-editing enzyme","authors":"Antonia D. Duran, Eric M. Danhart, Xiao Ma, Alexandra B. Kuzmishin Nagy, Karin Musier-Forsyth, Mark P. Foster","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10193-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10193-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>ProXp-ala is a key component of the translational machinery in all three Domains of life. This enzyme helps to maintain the fidelity of proline codon translation through aminoacyl-tRNA<sup>Pro</sup> proofreading. In the first step of tRNA aminoacylation, the cognate aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) binds and activates an amino acid in the enzyme’s synthetic active site. If a non-cognate amino acid passes this first selection step and is charged onto the tRNA, a distinct aaRS editing active site may recognize the mischarged tRNA and deacylate it. Alternatively, this editing reaction may be carried out by a separate enzyme that deacylates the mischarged tRNA <i>in trans</i>. ProXp-ala is responsible for editing Ala mischarged onto tRNA<sup>Pro</sup>. Since <i>trans</i>-editing domains such as ProXp-ala bind their substrates after release from the synthetase, they must recognize not only the mischarged amino acid, but also the specific tRNA. Previous studies showed that <i>Caulobacter crescentus</i> (<i>Cc</i>) ProXp-ala distinguishes tRNA<sup>Pro</sup> from tRNA<sup>Ala</sup>, in part, based on the unique tRNA<sup>Pro</sup> acceptor stem base pair C1:G72. Previous crystallographic and NMR data also revealed a role for conformational selection by the ProXp-ala α2 helix in Ala- versus Pro-tRNA<sup>Pro</sup> substrate discrimination. The α2 helix makes lattice contacts in the crystal, which left some uncertainty as to its position in solution. We report resonance assignments for the substrate-free <i>Cc</i> ProXp-ala and the NMR-derived three-dimensional structure of the protein. These data reveal the position of the α2 helix in solution, with implications for substrate binding and recognition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"233 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11511748/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103133","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}
Kathleen Joyce Carillo, Yanan He, Qiushi Ye, Nicolas Delaeter, Yihong Chen, John Orban, Yanxin Liu
{"title":"Solution NMR backbone resonance assignment of the full-length resistance-related calcium-binding protein Sorcin","authors":"Kathleen Joyce Carillo, Yanan He, Qiushi Ye, Nicolas Delaeter, Yihong Chen, John Orban, Yanxin Liu","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10196-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10196-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sorcin is a penta-EF hand calcium-binding protein that confers multidrug resistance in cancer cells. It regulates cellular Ca<sup>2+</sup> homeostasis by interacting with calcium channels such as Ryanodine receptor 2 and Sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup>-ATPase in a calcium-dependent manner. The crystal structure of the Sorcin has been determined in both calcium-free and calcium-bound states to understand calcium-binding induced conformational change. However, due to its flexibility, most of the N-terminal domain is invisible in these crystal structures. Here we report the <sup>1</sup>H, <sup>13</sup>C, and <sup>15</sup>N backbone resonance assignments of full-length Sorcin in the calcium-free state using solution NMR. The protein secondary structure was predicted based on the assigned backbone chemical shifts using TALOS+ and CSI 3.0. Our backbone resonance assignment of the full-length Sorcin provides a foundation for future NMR spectroscopic studies to uncover the mechanism of Ca<sup>2+</sup> sensing by Sorcin.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"253 - 256"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103135","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":"Chemical shift assignments of the α-actinin C-terminal EF-hand domain bound to a cytosolic C0 domain of GluN1 (residues 841–865) from the NMDA receptor","authors":"Aritra Bej, Johannes W. Hell, James B. Ames","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10194-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10194-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) consist of glycine-binding GluN1 and glutamate-binding GluN2 subunits that form tetrameric ion channels. NMDARs in the brain are important for controlling neuronal excitability to promote synaptic plasticity. The cytoskeletal protein, α-actinin-1 (100 kDa, called ACTN1) binds to the cytosolic C0 domain of GluN1 (residues 841–865) that may play a role in the Ca<sup>2+</sup>-dependent desensitization of NMDAR channels. Mutations that disrupt NMDAR channel function are linked to Alzheimer’s disease, depression, stroke, epilepsy, and schizophrenia. NMR chemical shift assignments are reported here for the C-terminal EF-hand domain of ACTN1 (residues 824–892, called ACTN_EF34) and ACTN_EF34 bound to the GluN1 C0 domain (BMRB numbers 52385 and 52386, respectively).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"239 - 244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11511685/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142103132","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":"1H, 15N and 13C resonance assignments of eggcase silk protein 3","authors":"Shuixin Yu, Ruiqi Qin, Wensu Yuan, Zhi Lin","doi":"10.1007/s12104-024-10192-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s12104-024-10192-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Spider silk is a high-performance biomaterial known for its outstanding combination of strength and flexibility. Among the six distinct types of spider silk, eggcase silk stands out as it is exclusively produced from the tubuliform gland, playing a specialized role in offspring protection. In the spider species <i>Latrodectus hesperus</i>, eggcase silk is spun from a large spidroin complex, including the major silk component tubuliform spidroin 1 (TuSp1) and at least six different minor silk components. One of these minor components is eggcase protein 3 (ECP3), a small silk protein of 11.8 kDa that lacks the typical spidroin architecture. ECP3 shows very limited homology to all known spidroins. In this study, we report nearly complete backbone and side-chain resonance assignments of ECP3 as a basis for studying the structural mechanisms involved in eggcase silk formation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":492,"journal":{"name":"Biomolecular NMR Assignments","volume":"18 2","pages":"227 - 232"},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142046138","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}