scholarly journals Chimeric constructs show that the unique N-terminal domain of the cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase RD1 (RNPDE4A1A; rPDE-IVA1) can confer membrane association upon the normally cytosolic protein chloramphenicol acetyltransferase

1995 ◽  
Vol 308 (2) ◽  
pp. 673-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Scotland ◽  
M D Houslay
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Translation System ◽  
Membrane Association ◽  
Cytosol Fraction ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Ionic Detergent ◽  
Membrane Bound

A novel plasmid was generated which allowed the expression of the cytosolic bacterial enzyme chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) in COS-7 cells. Upon transfection, the majority of the novel CAT activity was found in the cytosol fraction of COS cells. Chimeric molecules were made between N-terminal portions of the type IVA cyclic AMP-specific rat ‘dunce-like’ phosphodiesterase (RD1) (RNPDE4A1A; rPDE-IVA1) fused to CAT at its N-terminus. Expression in COS-7 cells of chimeras formed from 1-100RD1-CAT and 1-25RD1-CAT now showed CAT activity associated with the membrane fraction. In contrast, a chimera formed from 26-100RD1-CAT showed an identical expression pattern to native CAT, with the major fraction of CAT activity occurring in the cytosol fraction. Membrane-bound CAT activity provided by 1-100RD1-CAT and 1-25RD1-CAT was not released by either high-salt or washing treatments but was solubilized in a dose-dependent fashion by the non-ionic detergent Triton X-100. Subcellular fractionation of COS-7 cells showed that, as with RD1, the membrane-bound activity of the RD1-CAT chimera followed that of the plasma membrane marker 5′-nucleotidase. Plasmids containing chimeric cDNAs were exposed to a coupled transcription-translation system that, in addition to the full-length chimeras, was found to generate a range of N-terminal truncated species due to initiation at different methionine residues. Incubation of the mature protein products formed in this system with a COS cell membrane fraction showed that only those chimeric CAT constructs containing the first 25 amino acids of RD1 became membrane-associated. The unique 25 amino acid N-terminal domain of RD1 contains structural information that can confer membrane association upon an essentially soluble protein.

scholarly journals Engineered deletion of the unique N-terminal domain of the cyclic AMP-specific phosphodiesterase RD1 prevents plasma membrane association and the attainment of enhanced thermostability without altering its sensitivity to inhibition by rolipram

1993 ◽  
Vol 292 (3) ◽  
pp. 677-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Shakur ◽  
J G Pryde ◽  
M D Houslay
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Thermal Inactivation ◽  
Cytosol Fraction ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Membrane Components ◽  
Triton X

Full-length cDNA for the rat brain rolipram-sensitive cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase (PDE), RD1 was introduced into the expression vector pSVL. COS cells transfected with the recombinant vector pSVL-RD1 exhibited a 30-55% increase in homogenate PDE activity, which was abolished by rolipram (10 microM). Removal of the first 67 nucleotides of the RD1 cDNA yielded a truncated enzyme called Met26-RD1 which lacked the N-terminal first 25 amino acids. Whereas approx. 75% of RD1 activity was membrane-associated, Met26-RD1 activity was found exclusively in the cytosol fraction. Expression of RD1 nearly doubled membrane-associated PDE activity, while expression of Met26-RD1 increased cytosolic activity by approx. 30%. Membrane RD1 activity was found to be primarily associated with the plasma membrane, was not released by either high concentrations of NaCl or by a ‘hypotonic shock’ treatment, but was solubilized with low concentrations of Triton X-100. Phase separation of membrane components with Triton X-114 showed partition of RD1 into both the aqueous and detergent-rich phases, whereas Met26-RD1 partitioned exclusively into the aqueous phase. Both RD1 and Met26-RD1 specifically hydrolysed cyclic AMP; were unaffected by either Ca2+/calmodulin or by low cyclic GMP concentrations; exhibited linear Lineweaver-Burke plots with similar Km values for cyclic AMP (4 microM); both were potently and similarly inhibited by rolipram (Ki approx. 0.5 microM) and were similarly inhibited by cilostamide and 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine. Thermal inactivation, at 50 degrees C, showed that while the cytosolic-located fraction of RD1 (t0.5 approx. 3 min) and Met26-RD1 (t0.5 approx 3 min) were similarly thermolabile, membrane-bound RD1 was considerably more thermostable (t0.5 approx. 11 min). Treatment of both cytosolic RD1 and Met26-RD1 with Triton X-100 did not affect their thermostability, but solubilization of membrane RD1 activity with Triton X-100 markedly decreased its thermostability (t0.5 approx. 5 min). The N-terminal domain of RD1 appears not to influence either the substrate specificity or inhibitor sensitivity of this enzyme, but it does contain information which can allow RD1 to become plasma membrane-associated and thereby adopt a conformation which has enhanced thermostability.

scholarly journals The Prosequence of Pro-ςK Promotes Membrane Association and Inhibits RNA Polymerase Core Binding

1998 ◽  
Vol 180 (9) ◽  
pp. 2434-2441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zhang ◽  
Antje Hofmeister ◽  
Lee Kroos
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Mother Cell ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Membrane Association ◽  
Cell Fractionation ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Large Complex ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Mutant Cells

ABSTRACT Pro-ςK is the inactive precursor of ςK, a mother cell-specific sigma factor responsible for the transcription of late sporulation genes of Bacillus subtilis. Upon subcellular fractionation, the majority of the pro-ςK was present in the membrane fraction. The rest of the pro-ςKwas in a large complex that did not contain RNA polymerase core subunits. In contrast, the majority of the ςK was associated with core RNA polymerase. Virtually identical fractionation properties were observed when pro-ςE was analyzed. Pro-ςK was completely solubilized from the membrane fraction and the large complex by Triton X-100 and was partially solubilized from the membrane fraction by NaCl and KSCN. The membrane association of pro-ςK did not require spoIVFgene products, which appear to be located in the mother cell membrane that surrounds the forespore, and govern pro-ςKprocessing in the mother cell. Furthermore, pro-ςKassociated with the membrane when overproduced in vegetative cells. Overproduction of pro-ςK in sporulating cells resulted in more pro-ςK in the membrane fraction. In agreement with the results of cell fractionation experiments, immunofluorescence microscopy showed that pro-ςK was localized to the mother cell membranes that surround the mother cell and the forespore in sporulating wild-type cells and mutant cells that do not process pro-ςK. Treatment of extracts with 0.6 M KCl appeared to free most of the pro-ςK and ςK from other cell constituents. After salt removal, ςK, but not pro-ςK, reassociated with exogenous core RNA polymerase to form holoenzyme. These results suggest that the prosequence inhibits RNA polymerase core binding and targets pro-ςK to the membrane, where it may interact with the processing machinery.

scholarly journals The state of phosphorylation in vivo of membrane-bound phosphoproteins in rat brain

1973 ◽  
Vol 133 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Weller ◽  
R. Rodnight
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Protein ◽  
Rat Brain ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Control Value ◽  
P Content ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Labile P

The alkali-labile P content of membrane protein prepared from rapidly frozen rat brain was measured, CuSO4 being used to inhibit protein phosphatase activity during subcellular fractionation. The P content of the membrane fraction was significantly increased (+12%) over the control value by incubation of homogenates with ATP before fractionation. This suggests that the membrane protein in rat brain is normally only partially phosphorylated.

scholarly journals Insulin and glucagon regulate the activation of two distinct membrane-bound cyclic AMP phosphodiesterases in hepatocytes

1983 ◽  
Vol 214 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
C M Heyworth ◽  
A V Wallace ◽  
M D Houslay
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Cholera Toxin ◽  
Regulatory Protein ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Dibutyryl Cyclic Amp ◽  
Membrane Enzyme ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Guanine Nucleotide Regulatory Protein ◽  
Distinct Membrane

Glucagon (10 nM) caused a transient elevation of intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations, which reached a peak in around 5 min, and slowly returned to basal values in around 30 min. When 1 mM-3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX) was present, this process yielded a Ka of 1 nM for glucagon. The addition of insulin (10 nM) after 5 min exposure to glucagon (10 nM) caused intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations to fall dramatically, attaining basal values within 10 min. The regulation of this process was dose-dependent, exhibiting a Ka of 0.4 nM for insulin. If insulin and glucagon were added together to hepatocytes, then insulin decreased the magnitude of the cyclic AMP response to glucagon. IBMX (1 mM) prevented insulin antagonizing the action of glucagon in both of these instances. A gentle homogenization procedure followed by a rapid subcellular fractionation of hepatocytes on a Percoll gradient was developed. This was used to resolve subcellular membrane fractions and to identify cyclic AMP phosphodiesterase activity in both membrane and cytosol fractions. Glucagon and insulin only affected the activity of two distinct membrane-bound species, a plasma-membrane enzyme and a ‘dense vesicle’ enzyme. Glucagon (10 nM), insulin (10 nM), IBMX (1 mM), dibutyryl cyclic AMP (10 microM) and cholera toxin (1 microgram/ml) all elicited the activation of the ‘dense vesicle’ enzyme. The plasma-membrane enzyme was not activated by glucagon, IBMX or dibutyryl cyclic AMP, although insulin and cholera toxin both led to its activation. The degree of activation of the plasma-membrane enzyme produced by insulin was increased in the presence of IBMX or dibutyryl cyclic AMP. Glucagon pretreatment (5 min) of hepatocytes blocked the ability of insulin to activate the plasma-membrane enzyme. The activity state of these phosphodiesterases is discussed in relation to the observed changes in intracellular cyclic AMP concentrations. It is suggested that insulin exerts its action on the plasma-membrane phosphodiesterase through a mechanism involving a guanine nucleotide-regulatory protein.

Protein Kinases in HeLa Cells and in Human Cervix Carcinoma

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 552-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Pyerin ◽  
N. Baibach ◽  
D. Kübler ◽  
V. Kinzel
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Protein Kinases ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Type I ◽  
Cervix Carcinoma ◽  
Ionic Detergent ◽  
Membrane Bound

Abstract Extracts of HeLa cell fractions were analyzed by DEAE-and phospho-cellulose chromatog­ raphy for their range of cyclic AMP-dependent and -independent protein kinase activities phosphorylating histone and/or phosvitin; extractions were by phosphate buffered saline (soluble protein kinases) and the non-ionic detergent NP-40 (membrane-bound protein kinases). The soluble fraction contained (i) cyclic AMP-dependent histone kinases type I and II as evidenced by their behaviour on DEAE-cellulose and inhibition by the specific heat-and acid-stable protein kinase inhibitor (PKI) in a dose-related manner; both types I and II as well as their purified catalytic subunit also phosphorylated protamine and — with very low efficiency -casein but not phosvitin; (ii) a histone kinase (H), insensitive to cyclic AMP and PKI, also accepting protamine as substrate but not either casein or phosvitin; (iii) a phosvitin kinase (P), insensitive to cyclic AMP and PKI, which also phosphorylates casein but not histone or protamine. These four enzyme species were also found in NP-40 extracts of 27000x g residues which, however, contained further histone and phosvitin kinase activities as yet unspecified. NP-40 extracts of the microsomal fraction possessed, besides unspecified histone and phosvitin kinase activity, only the phosvitin kinase P and appeared to be devoid of histone kinases I, II, and H. The occurrence and ratios of the protein kinases classified suggest an ordered distribution over the diverse subcellular fractions of HeLa cells. The overall pattern of soluble and membrane-bound histone and phosvitin kinases in extracts of cervix carcinoma tissue, the in vivo correlate of HeLa cells, closely resembled that of similar extracts of HeLa cells. HeLa cells hence appear, despite their long in vitro history, to express protein kinase activities similar to those of their in vivo ancestors, recommending them as a subject for the study of (certain) human protein kinase systems.

scholarly journals Reversible translocation of cytidylyltransferase between cytosol and endoplasmic reticulum occurs within minutes in whole cells

1992 ◽  
Vol 282 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Tercé ◽  
M Record ◽  
H Tronchère ◽  
G Ribbes ◽  
H Chap
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Oleic Acid ◽  
Fatty Acid ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Oleic Acid Content ◽  
Noticeable Increase ◽  
Cell Incubation ◽  
Membrane Bound

Addition of oleic acid to Krebs II cells induced a rapid incorporation of [3H]choline into phosphatidylcholine, since 500 microM of the fatty acid stimulated choline incorporation by 5-fold over the control after 5 min of incubation. In fact, a noticeable increase in phosphatidylcholine labelling could be monitored immediately after 1 min of cell incubation with [3H]choline, at which time 50% of cytosolic cytidylyltransferase activity (EC 2.7.7.15), the regulatory enzyme of phosphatidylcholine synthesis, was translocated on to membranes. Non-esterified [3H]oleic acid content was also increased in the same range of time in the particulate fraction. Subcellular fractionation indicated that endoplasmic reticulum was the unique binding site for cytidylyltransferase even after 1 min of incubation. Also, [3H]oleic acid accumulated mainly in the same internal membrane. Addition of exogenous albumin to cells prelabelled with [3H]oleic acid induced the release of 50% of membrane-bound cytidylyltransferase activity within 1 min, together with a decrease in unesterified oleic acid in the same membrane. Although total depletion of oleic acid was obtained, total release of membrane-bound cytidylyltransferase was not. The remaining minor pool of membrane-bound cytidylyltransferase was not affected by cell incubation with dibutyryl cyclic AMP, suggesting that this pool was neither regulated by fatty acid nor modulated by cyclic-AMP-dependent protein phosphorylation. Addition of [3H]oleic acid directly to an homogenate led to a less specific accumulation of the fatty acid in the endoplasmic reticulum, but cytidylyltransferase remained exclusively associated with this membrane. We concluded that in vivo translocation of cytidylyltransferase provoked by oleic acid concerns one specific pool of the enzyme distinct from the enzyme firmly bound to endoplasmic reticulum, but other factor(s) than fatty acid seem to be required to explain the specificity of endoplasmic reticulum for cytidylyltransferase binding.

Crystal structures of Magnaporthe oryzae trehalose-6-phosphate synthase (MoTps1) suggest a model for catalytic process of Tps1

2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (21) ◽  
pp. 3227-3240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shanshan Wang ◽  
Yanxiang Zhao ◽  
Long Yi ◽  
Minghe Shen ◽  
Chao Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structures ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Magnaporthe Oryzae ◽  
Structural Information ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Catalytic Process ◽  
Structural Basis ◽  
Salt Bridges ◽  
Terminal Domain

Trehalose-6-phosphate (T6P) synthase (Tps1) catalyzes the formation of T6P from UDP-glucose (UDPG) (or GDPG, etc.) and glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), and structural basis of this process has not been well studied. MoTps1 (Magnaporthe oryzae Tps1) plays a critical role in carbon and nitrogen metabolism, but its structural information is unknown. Here we present the crystal structures of MoTps1 apo, binary (with UDPG) and ternary (with UDPG/G6P or UDP/T6P) complexes. MoTps1 consists of two modified Rossmann-fold domains and a catalytic center in-between. Unlike Escherichia coli OtsA (EcOtsA, the Tps1 of E. coli), MoTps1 exists as a mixture of monomer, dimer, and oligomer in solution. Inter-chain salt bridges, which are not fully conserved in EcOtsA, play primary roles in MoTps1 oligomerization. Binding of UDPG by MoTps1 C-terminal domain modifies the substrate pocket of MoTps1. In the MoTps1 ternary complex structure, UDP and T6P, the products of UDPG and G6P, are detected, and substantial conformational rearrangements of N-terminal domain, including structural reshuffling (β3–β4 loop to α0 helix) and movement of a ‘shift region' towards the catalytic centre, are observed. These conformational changes render MoTps1 to a ‘closed' state compared with its ‘open' state in apo or UDPG complex structures. By solving the EcOtsA apo structure, we confirmed that similar ligand binding induced conformational changes also exist in EcOtsA, although no structural reshuffling involved. Based on our research and previous studies, we present a model for the catalytic process of Tps1. Our research provides novel information on MoTps1, Tps1 family, and structure-based antifungal drug design.

The Increased Sensitivity of Platelets to Prostacyclin in Marathon Runners

1984 ◽  
Vol 51 (03) ◽  
pp. 385-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clive J Dix ◽  
David G Hassall ◽  
K Richard Bruckdorfer
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Marathon Runners ◽  
Inhibition Of Platelet Aggregation ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Membrane Bound

SummaryPlatelet-rich plasma was obtained 24 hr after the race ended from athletes who ran in the London marathon. The platelets were only marginally less sensitive to adrenaline than were those of non-runners using conventional aggregation tests. However, the runners’ platelets were much more sensitive to inhibition by prostacyclin, a prostaglandin synthesized by endothelial cells. It appeared that this effect was due to a greater activity in the platelets of the membrane-bound adenylate cyclase enzyme which generates intracellular cyclic AMP. Cyclic AMP production is known to be stimulated by prostacyclin and to cause the inhibition of platelet aggregation. The results indicate another possible protective effect of exercise against cardiovascular disease which is independent of the known changes in lipoprotein concentrations previously observed in athletes.

scholarly journals Contamination of free-ribosome fractions by detached previously membrane-bound ribosomes (Short Communication)

1974 ◽  
Vol 138 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. O'Toole
Keyword(s):  
Rat Liver ◽  
Membrane Fraction ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Free Ribosome ◽  
Membrane Bound ◽  
Free Polyribosome

A rough-membrane fraction isolated from rat liver by a procedure designed to prevent membrane denaturation was subjected to the gradient treatment normally used to isolate free ribosomes. Under these conditions, at most 20% of the ribosomes were detached from membrane with less than 5% sedimenting into the free-polyribosome pellet.

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