scholarly journals A Tail-Based Mechanism Drives Nucleosome Demethylation by the LSD2/NPAC Multimeric Complex

Cell Reports ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-399.e7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Marabelli ◽  
Biagina Marrocco ◽  
Simona Pilotto ◽  
Sagar Chittori ◽  
Sarah Picaud ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multimeric Complex

Light-dependent suppression of COP1 multimeric complex formation is determined by the blue-light receptor FKF1 in Arabidopsis

2019 ◽  
Vol 508 (1) ◽  
pp. 191-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byoung-Doo Lee ◽  
Joon-Yung Cha ◽  
Mi Ri Kim ◽  
Gyeong-Im Shin ◽  
Nam-Chon Paek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Complex Formation ◽  
Blue Light ◽  
Blue Light Receptor ◽  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Light Receptor

scholarly journals Galectin-3 in Inflammasome Activation and Primary Biliary Cholangitis Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (14) ◽  
pp. 5097
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Arsenijevic ◽  
Bojana Stojanovic ◽  
Jelena Milovanovic ◽  
Dragana Arsenijevic ◽  
Nebojsa Arsenijevic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nlrp3 Inflammasome ◽  
Animal Studies ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Specific Binding ◽  
Primary Biliary Cholangitis ◽  
Inflammasome Activation ◽  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Galectin 3 ◽  
Binding Lectin

Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune liver disease characterized by inflammation and damage of small bile ducts. The NLRP3 inflammasome is a multimeric complex of proteins that after activation with various stimuli initiates an inflammatory process. Increasing data obtained from animal studies implicate the role of NLRP3 inflammasome in the pathogenesis of various diseases. Galectin-3 is a β-galactoside-binding lectin that plays important roles in various biological processes including cell proliferation, differentiation, transformation and apoptosis, pre-mRNA splicing, inflammation, fibrosis and host defense. The multilineage immune response at various stages of PBC development includes the involvement of Gal-3 in the pathogenesis of this disease. The role of Galectin-3 in the specific binding to NLRP3, and inflammasome activation in models of primary biliary cholangitis has been recently described. This review provides a brief pathogenesis of PBC and discusses the current knowledge about the role of Gal-3 in NLRP3 activation and PBC development.

scholarly journals FtsH2 and FtsH5: two homologous subunits use different integration mechanisms leading to the same thylakoid multimeric complex

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo A. O. Rodrigues ◽  
Marcio C. Silva-Filho ◽  
Kenneth Cline
Keyword(s):  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Integration Mechanisms

scholarly journals The interaction of Munc 18 (p67) with the p10 domain of p35 protects in vivo Cdk5/p35 activity from inhibition by TFP5, a peptide derived from p35

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (21) ◽  
pp. 3221-3232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niranjana D. Amin ◽  
Yali Zheng ◽  
Binukumar BK ◽  
Varsha Shukla ◽  
Susan Skuntz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cortical Neurons ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Selective Inhibition ◽  
Test Tube ◽  
Neuronal Protein ◽  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Human Brains

In a series of studies, we have identified TFP5, a truncated fragment of p35, the Cdk5 kinase regulatory protein, which inhibits Cdk5/p35 and the hyperactive Cdk5/p25 activities in test tube experiments. In cortical neurons, however, and in vivo in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) model mice, the peptide specifically inhibits the Cdk5/p25 complex and not the endogenous Cdk5/p35. To account for the selective inhibition of Cdk5/p25 activity, we propose that the “p10” N-terminal domain of p35, absent in p25, spares Cdk5/p35 because p10 binds to macromolecules (e.g., tubulin and actin) as a membrane-bound multimeric complex that favors p35 binding to Cdk5 and catalysis. To test this hypothesis, we focused on Munc 18, a key synapse-associated neuronal protein, one of many proteins copurifying with Cdk5/p35 in membrane-bound multimeric complexes. Here we show that, in vitro, the addition of p67 protects Cdk5/p35 and has no effect on Cdk5/p25 activity in the presence of TFP5. In cortical neurons transfected with p67siRNA, we also show that TFP5 inhibits Cdk5/p35 activity, whereas in the presence of p67 the activity is protected. It does so without affecting any other kinases of the Cdk family of cyclin kinases. This difference may be of significant therapeutic value because the accumulation of the deregulated, hyperactive Cdk5/p25 complex in human brains has been implicated in pathology of AD and other neurodegenerative disorders.

scholarly journals Cisplatin Stabilizes a Multimeric Complex of the Human Ctr1 Copper Transporter

2004 ◽  
Vol 279 (45) ◽  
pp. 46393-46399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Guo ◽  
Kathryn Smith ◽  
Michael J. Petris
Keyword(s):  
Copper Transporter ◽  
Multimeric Complex

scholarly journals The Anti-apoptotic Function of Hsp70 in the Interferon-inducible Double-stranded RNA-dependent Protein Kinase-mediated Death Signaling Pathway Requires the Fanconi Anemia Protein, FANCC

2002 ◽  
Vol 277 (51) ◽  
pp. 49638-49643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qishen Pang ◽  
Tracy A. Christianson ◽  
Winifred Keeble ◽  
Tara Koretsky ◽  
Grover C. Bagby
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Fanconi Anemia ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Physical Interaction ◽  
Dependent Protein Kinase ◽  
Double Stranded Rna ◽  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Dependent Protein

Proteins encoded by five of the six known Fanconi anemia (FA) genes form a heteromeric complex that facilitates repair of DNA damage induced by cross-linking agents. A certain number of these proteins, notably FANCC, also function independently to modulate apoptotic signaling, at least in part, by suppressing ground state activation of the pro-apoptotic interferon-inducible double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase (PKR). Because certain FANCC mutations interdict its anti-apoptotic function without interfering with the capacity of FANCC to participate functionally in the FA multimeric complex, we suspected that FANCC enhances cell survival independent of its participation in the complex. By investigating this function in both mammalian cells and in yeast, an organism with no FA orthologs, we show that FANCC inhibited the kinase activity of PKR bothin vivoandin vitro, and this effect depended upon a physical interaction between FANCC and Hsp70 but not on interactions of FANCC with other Fanconi proteins. Hsp70, FANCC, and PKR form a ternary complex in lymphoblasts and in yeast expressing PKR. We conclude that Hsp70 requires the cooperation of FANCC to suppress PKR activity and support survival of hematopoietic cells and that FANCC does not require the multimeric FA complex to exert this function.

scholarly journals Gas Phase Stability of Protein Ions in a Cyclic Ion Mobility Spectrometry Travelling Wave Device

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Eldrid ◽  
Jakub Ujma ◽  
Symeon Kalfas ◽  
nick tomczyk ◽  
Kevin Giles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Gas Phase ◽  
Ion Mobility ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Travelling Wave ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Small Proteins ◽  
Multimeric Complex ◽  
Protein Ions

<div>Ion mobility mass spectrometry (IM-MS) allows separation of native protein ions into “conformational families”. Increasing the IM resolving power should allow finer structural information to be obtained, and can be achieved by increasing the length of the IM separator. This, however, increases the time that protein ions spend in the gas phase and previous experiments have shown that the initial conformations of small proteins can be lost within tens of milliseconds. Here, we report on investigations of protein ion stability using a multi-pass travelling wave (TW) cyclic IM (cIM) device. Using this device, minimal structural changes were observed for Cytochrome C after hundreds of milliseconds, while no changes were observed for a larger multimeric complex (Concanavalin A). The geometry of the instrument (Q-cIM-ToF) also enables complex tandem IM experiments to be performed which were used to obtain more detailed collision induced unfolding pathways for Cytochrome C. The novel instrument geometry provide unique capabilities with the potential to expand the field of protein analysis via IM-MS.</div>

scholarly journals Identification of a Novel Base J Binding Protein Complex Involved in RNA Polymerase II Transcription Termination in Trypanosomes

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudo Kieft ◽  
Yang Zhang ◽  
Alexandre P. Marand ◽  
Jose Dagoberto Moran ◽  
Robert Bridger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Trypanosoma Brucei ◽  
Binding Protein ◽  
Transcription Termination ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Gene Clusters ◽  
Pol Ii ◽  
Polycistronic Transcription ◽  
Dna Base ◽  
Multimeric Complex

AbstractBase J, β-D-glucosyl-hydroxymethyluracil, is a modification of thymine DNA base involved in RNA Polymerase (Pol) II transcription termination in kinetoplastid protozoa. Little is understood regarding how specific thymine residues are targeted for J-modification or the mechanism of J regulated transcription termination. To identify proteins involved in J-synthesis, we expressed a tagged version of the J-glucosyltransferase (JGT) in Leishmania tarentolae, and identified four co-purified proteins by mass spectrometry: protein phosphatase (PP1), a homolog of Wdr82, a potential PP1 regulatory protein (PNUTS) and a protein containing a J-DNA binding domain (named JBP3). Gel shift studies indicate JBP3 is a J-DNA binding protein. Reciprocal tagging, co-IP and sucrose gradient analyses indicate PP1, JGT, JBP3, Wdr82 and PNUTS form a multimeric complex in kinetoplastids, similar to the mammalian PTW/PP1 complex involved in transcription termination via PP1 mediated dephosphorylation of Pol II. Using RNAi and analysis of Pol II termination by RNA-seq and RT-PCR, we demonstrate that ablation of PNUTS, JBP3 and Wdr82 lead to defects in Pol II termination at the 3’-end of polycistronic gene arrays in Trypanosoma brucei. Mutants also contain increased antisense RNA levels upstream of promoters, suggesting an additional role of the complex in regulating termination of bi-directional transcription. In addition, PNUTS loss causes derepression of silent Variant Surface Glycoprotein genes important for host immune evasion. Our results provide the first direct mechanistic link between base J and regulation of Pol II termination and suggest a novel molecular model for the role of the CTD of Pol II in terminating polycistronic transcription in trypanosomatids.Author SummaryTrypanosoma brucei is an early-diverged parasitic protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness in humans. The genome of T. brucei is organized into polycistronic gene clusters that contain multiple genes that are co-transcribed from a single promoter. We have recently described the presence of a modified DNA base J and variant of histone H3 (H3.V) at transcription termination sites within gene clusters where the loss of base J and H3.V leads to read-through transcription and the expression of downstream genes. We now identify a novel stable multimeric complex containing a J binding protein (JBP3), base J glucosyltransferase (JGT), PP1 phosphatase, PP1 interactive-regulatory protein (PNUTS) and Wdr82, which we refer to as PJW/PP1. A similar complex (PTW/PP1) has been shown to be involved in Pol II termination in humans and yeast. We demonstrate that PNUTS, JBP3 and Wdr82 mutants lead to read-through transcription in T. brucei. Our data suggest the PJW/PP1 complex regulates termination by recruitment to termination sites via JBP3-base J interactions and dephosphorylation of specific proteins (including Pol II and termination factors) by PP1. These findings significantly expand our understanding of mechanisms underlying transcription termination in eukaryotes, including divergent organisms that utilize polycistronic transcription and novel epigenetic marks such as base J and H3.V. The studies also provide the first direct mechanistic link between J modification of DNA at termination sites and regulated Pol II termination and gene expression in kinetoplastids.

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