Top-down hydrogen/deuterium exchange and ECD-stitched FTICR-MS for probing structural dynamics of a 29-kDa enzyme

2012 ◽  
Vol 325-327 ◽  
pp. 130-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingxi Pan ◽  
Jun Han ◽  
Christoph H. Borchers
Toxins ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kulma ◽  
Michał Dadlez ◽  
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska

Lysenin is a pore-forming toxin of the aerolysin family, which is derived from coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Upon binding to sphingomyelin (SM)-containing membranes, lysenin undergoes a series of structural changes promoting the conversion of water-soluble monomers into oligomers, leading to its insertion into the membrane and the formation of a lytic β-barrel pore. The soluble monomer and transmembrane pore structures were recently described, but the underlying structural details of oligomerization remain unclear. To investigate the molecular mechanisms controlling the conformational rearrangements accompanying pore formation, we compared the hydrogen–deuterium exchange pattern between lyseninWT and its mutant lyseninV88C/Y131C. This mutation arrests lysenin oligomers in the prepore state at the membrane surface and does not affect the structural dynamics of the water-soluble form of lysenin. In contrast, membrane-bound lyseninV88C/Y131C exhibited increased structural stabilization, especially within the twisted β-sheet of the N-terminal domain. We demonstrated that the structural stabilization of the lysenin prepore started at the site of lysenin’s initial interaction with the lipid membrane and was transmitted to the twisted β-sheet of the N-terminal domain, and that lyseninV88C/Y131C was arrested in this conformation. In lyseninWT, stabilization of these regions drove the conformational changes necessary for pore formation.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 639-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Tarnowski ◽  
Kinga Fituch ◽  
Roman H. Szczepanowski ◽  
Michal Dadlez ◽  
Magdalena Kaus-Drobek

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 2103-2115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahdiar Khakinejad ◽  
Samaneh Ghassabi Kondalaji ◽  
Hossein Maleki ◽  
James R. Arndt ◽  
Gregory C. Donohoe ◽  
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Biochemistry ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (38) ◽  
pp. 5065-5074 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin D. Droege ◽  
Mary E. Keithly ◽  
Charles R. Sanders ◽  
Richard N. Armstrong ◽  
Matthew K. Thompson

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