scholarly journals Sizing the Protein Translocation Pathway of Colicin Ia Channels

2003 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Kienker ◽  
Karen S. Jakes ◽  
Robert O. Blaustein ◽  
Christopher Miller ◽  
Alan Finkelstein
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Bilayers ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Bacterial Toxin ◽  
Upstream Region ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Translocation Pathway ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Colicin Ia

The bacterial toxin colicin Ia forms voltage-gated channels in planar lipid bilayers. The toxin consists of three domains, with the carboxy-terminal domain (C-domain) responsible for channel formation. The C-domain contributes four membrane-spanning segments and a 68-residue translocated segment to the open channel, whereas the upstream domains and the amino-terminal end of the C-domain stay on the cis side of the membrane. The isolated C-domain, lacking the two upstream domains, also forms channels; however, the amino terminus and one of the normally membrane-spanning segments can move across the membrane. (This can be observed as a drop in single-channel conductance.) In longer carboxy-terminal fragments of colicin Ia that include ≤169 residues upstream from the C-domain, the entire upstream region is translocated. Presumably, a portion of the C-domain creates a pathway for the polar upstream region to move through the membrane. To determine the size of this translocation pathway, we have attached “molecular stoppers,” small disulfide-bonded polypeptides, to the amino terminus of the C-domain, and determined whether they could be translocated. We have found that the translocation rate is strongly voltage dependent, and that at voltages ≥90 mV, even a 26-Å stopper is translocated. Upon reduction of their disulfide bonds, all of the stoppers are easily translocated, indicating that it is the folded structure, rather than some aspect of the primary sequence, that slows translocation of the stoppers. Thus, the pathway for translocation is ≥26 Å in diameter, or can stretch to this value. This is large enough for an α-helical hairpin to fit through.

scholarly journals Protein Translocation across Planar Bilayers by the Colicin Ia Channel-Forming Domain

2000 ◽  
Vol 116 (4) ◽  
pp. 587-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Kienker ◽  
Karen S. Jakes ◽  
Alan Finkelstein
Keyword(s):  
Protein Translocation ◽  
Bilayer Membrane ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Planar Bilayers ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Water Soluble Protein ◽  
Voltage Gated Channels ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Colicin Ia

Colicin Ia, a 626-residue bactericidal protein, consists of three domains, with the carboxy-terminal domain (C domain) responsible for channel formation. Whole colicin Ia or C domain added to a planar lipid bilayer membrane forms voltage-gated channels. We have shown previously that the channel formed by whole colicin Ia has four membrane-spanning segments and an ∼68-residue segment translocated across the membrane. Various experimental interventions could cause a longer or shorter segment within the C domain to be translocated, making us wonder why translocation normally stops where it does, near the amino-terminal end of the C domain (approximately residue 450). We hypothesized that regions upstream from the C domain prevent its amino-terminal end from moving into and across the membrane. To test this idea, we prepared C domain with a ligand attached near its amino terminus, added it to one side of a planar bilayer to form channels, and then probed from the opposite side with a water-soluble protein that can specifically bind the ligand. The binding of the probe had a dramatic effect on channel gating, demonstrating that the ligand (and hence the amino-terminal end of the C domain) had moved across the membrane. Experiments with larger colicin Ia fragments showed that a region of more than 165 residues, upstream from the C domain, can also move across the membrane. All of the colicin Ia carboxy-terminal fragments that we examined form channels that pass from a state of relatively normal conductance to a low-conductance state; we interpret this passage as a transition from a channel with four membrane-spanning segments to one with only three.

scholarly journals The carboxy-terminal domain of Gs alpha is necessary for anchorage of the activated form in the plasma membrane.

1990 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 1427-1435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y Audigier ◽  
L Journot ◽  
C Pantaloni ◽  
J Bockaert
Keyword(s):  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Binding Proteins ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Gtp Binding Proteins ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Alpha Subunits ◽  
Gtp Binding ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Gs Alpha

GTP-binding proteins which participate in signal transduction share a common heterotrimeric structure of the alpha beta gamma-type. In the activated state, the alpha subunit dissociates from the beta gamma complex but remains anchored in the membrane. The alpha subunits of several GTP-binding proteins, such as Go and Gi, are myristoylated at the amino terminus (Buss, J. E., S. M. Mumby, P. J. Casey, A. G. Gilman, and B. M. Sefton. 1987. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 84:7493-7497). This hydrophobic modification is crucial for their membrane attachment. The absence of fatty acid on the alpha subunit of Gs (Gs alpha), the protein involved in adenylate cyclase activation, suggests a different mode of anchorage. To characterize the anchoring domain of Gs alpha, we used a reconstitution model in which posttranslational addition of in vitro-translated Gs alpha to cyc- membranes (obtained from a mutant of S49 cell line which does not express Gs alpha) restores the coupling between the beta-adrenergic receptor and adenylate cyclase. The consequence of deletions generated by proteolytic removal of amino acid sequences or introduced by genetic removal of coding sequences was determined by analyzing membrane association of the proteolyzed or mutated alpha chains. Proteolytic removal of a 9-kD amino-terminal domain or genetic deletion of 28 amino-terminal amino acids did not modify the anchorage of Gs alpha whereas proteolytic removal of a 1-kD carboxyterminal domain abolished membrane interaction. Thus, in contrast to the myristoylated alpha subunits which are tethered through their amino terminus, the carboxy-terminal residues of Gs alpha are required for association of this protein with the membrane.

scholarly journals The principal rapamycin-sensitive p70(s6k) phosphorylation sites, T-229 and T-389, are differentially regulated by rapamycin-insensitive kinase kinases.

1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 6242-6251 ◽  
Author(s):  
P B Dennis ◽  
N Pullen ◽  
S C Kozma ◽  
G Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Kinase Activity ◽  
Phosphorylation Site ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Truncation Mutant ◽  
Enzyme Mutation ◽  
P70 S6k ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Double Truncation

Mitogen-induced activation of p70(s6k) is associated with the phosphorylation of specific sites which are negatively affected by the immunosuppressant rapamycin, the fungal metabolite wortmannin, and the methylxanthine SQ20006. Recent reports have focused on the role of the amino terminus of the p85(s6k) isoform in mediating kinase activity, with the observation that amino-terminal truncation mutants are activated in the presence of rapamycin while retaining their sensitivity to wortmannin. Here we show that the effects of previously described amino- and carboxy-terminal truncations on kinase activity are ultimately reflected in the phosphorylation state of the enzyme. Mutation of the principal rapamycin-targeted phosphorylation site, T-389, to an acidic residue generates a form of the kinase which is as resistant to wortmannin or SQ20006 as it is to rapamycin, consistent with the previous observation that T-389 was a common target of all three inhibitors. Truncation of the first 54 residues of the amino terminus blocks the serum-induced phosphorylation of three rapamycin-sensitive sites, T-229 in the activation loop and T-389 and S-404 in the linker region. This correlates with a severe reduction in the ability of the kinase to be activated by serum. However, loss of mitogen activation conferred by the removal of the amino terminus is reversed by additional truncation of the carboxy-terminal domain, with the resulting mutant demonstrating phosphorylation of the remaining two rapamycin-sensitive sites, T-229 and T-389. In this double-truncation mutant, phosphorylation of T-229 occurs in the basal state, whereas mitogen stimulation is required to induce acute upregulation of T-389 phosphorylation. The phosphorylation of both sites proceeds unimpaired in the presence of rapamycin, indicating that the kinases responsible for the phosphorylation of these sites are not inhibited by the macrolide. In contrast, activation of the double-truncation mutant is blocked in the presence of wortmannin or SQ20006, and these agents completely block the phosphorylation of T-389 while having only a marginal effect on T-229 phosphorylation. When the T-389 site is mutated to an acidic residue in the double-truncation background, the activation of the resulting mutant is insensitive to the wortmannin and SQ20006 block, but interestingly, the mutant is activated to a significantly greater level than a control in the presence of rapamycin. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that T-389 is the principal regulatory phosphorylation site, which, in combination with hyperphosphorylation of the autoinhibitory domain S/TP sites, is acutely regulated by external effectors, whereas T-229 phosphorylation is regulated primarily by internal mechanisms.

The single CH domain of calponin is neither sufficient nor necessary for F-actin binding

1998 ◽  
Vol 111 (13) ◽  
pp. 1813-1821 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Gimona ◽  
R. Mital
Keyword(s):  
Binding Site ◽  
Tandem Repeats ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Carboxyl Terminus ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Binding Motif ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Nonmuscle Cells ◽  
Carboxy Terminal

Calponins have been implicated in the regulation of actomyosin interactions in smooth muscle cells, cytoskeletal organisation in nonmuscle cells, and the control of neurite outgrowth. Domains homologous to the amino-terminal region of calponin have been identified in a variety of actin cross-linking proteins and signal transduction molecules, and by inference these ‘calponin homology (CH) domains’ have been assumed to participate in actin binding. We here report on the actin binding activities of the subdomains of the calponin molecule. All three mammalian isoforms of calponin (basic h1, neutral h2 and acidic) possess a single CH domain at their amino terminus as well as three tandem repeats proximal to the carboxyl terminus. Calponin h2 differs, however, from h1 in lacking a consensus actin-binding motif in the region 142–163, between the CH domain and the tandem repeats, which in h1 calponin can be chemically cross-linked to actin. Despite the absence of this consensus actin-binding motif, recombinant full-length h2 calponin co-sediments in vitro with F-actin, suggesting the presence of another binding site in the molecule. It could be shown that this binding site resides in the C-terminal tandem repeats and not in the CH domain. Thus, constructs of h2 calponin bearing partial or complete deletions of the triple repeated sequences failed to co-localise with actin stress fibres despite the presence of a CH domain. Deletion of the acidic carboxyl terminus, beyond the repeats, increased actin binding, suggesting that the carboxy-terminal tail may modulate actin association. Results obtained from transient transfections of amino- and carboxy-terminal truncations in h1 calponin were consistent with the established location of the actin binding motif outside and carboxy-terminal to the CH domain, and confirm that the presence of a single CH domain alone is neither sufficient nor necessary to mediate actin binding. Instead, the carboxy-terminal tandem repeats of h1 and h2 calponin are shown to harbour a second, independent actin binding motif.

scholarly journals Mapping the membrane topography of the TH6–TH7 segment of the diphtheria toxin T-domain channel

2015 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Kienker ◽  
Zhengyan Wu ◽  
Alan Finkelstein
Keyword(s):  
Lipid Bilayers ◽  
Diphtheria Toxin ◽  
Catalytic Domain ◽  
Single Channel ◽  
Reaction Rates ◽  
Cysteine Residue ◽  
Channel Conductance ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Substituted Cysteine Accessibility ◽  
T Domain

Low pH triggers the translocation domain of diphtheria toxin (T-domain), which contains 10 α helices, to insert into a planar lipid bilayer membrane, form a transmembrane channel, and translocate the attached catalytic domain across the membrane. Three T-domain helices, corresponding to TH5, TH8, and TH9 in the aqueous crystal structure, form transmembrane segments in the open-channel state; the amino-terminal region, TH1–TH4, translocates across the membrane to the trans side. Residues near either end of the TH6–TH7 segment are not translocated, remaining on the cis side of the membrane; because the intervening 25-residue sequence is too short to form a transmembrane α-helical hairpin, it was concluded that the TH6–TH7 segment resides at the cis interface. Now we have examined this segment further, using the substituted-cysteine accessibility method. We constructed a series of 18 mutant T-domains with single cysteine residues at positions in TH6–TH7, monitored their channel formation in planar lipid bilayers, and probed for an effect of thiol-specific reagents on the channel conductance. For 10 of the mutants, the reagent caused a change in the single-channel conductance, indicating that the introduced cysteine residue was exposed within the channel lumen. For several of these mutants, we verified that the reactions occurred primarily in the open state, rather than in the flicker-closed state. We also established that blocking of the channel by an amino-terminal hexahistidine tag could protect mutants from reaction. Finally, we compared the reaction rates of reagent added to the cis and trans sides to quantify the residue’s accessibility from either side. This analysis revealed abrupt changes in cis- versus trans-side accessibility, suggesting that the TH6–TH7 segment forms a constriction that occupies a small portion of the total channel length. We also determined that this constriction is located near the middle of the TH8 helix.

scholarly journals A specific transmembrane domain of a coronavirus E1 glycoprotein is required for its retention in the Golgi region.

1987 ◽  
Vol 105 (3) ◽  
pp. 1205-1214 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E Machamer ◽  
J K Rose
Keyword(s):  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Signal Sequence ◽  
Mutant Protein ◽  
Specific Domain ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Golgi Region ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Amino Terminal Domain ◽  
Membrane Spanning Domains

The E1 glycoprotein of the avian coronavirus infectious bronchitis virus contains a short, glycosylated amino-terminal domain, three membrane-spanning domains, and a long carboxy-terminal cytoplasmic domain. We show that E1 expressed from cDNA is targeted to the Golgi region, as it is in infected cells. E1 proteins with precise deletions of the first and second or the second and third membrane-spanning domains were glycosylated, thus suggesting that either the first or third transmembrane domain can function as an internal signal sequence. The mutant protein with only the first transmembrane domain accumulated intracellularly like the wild-type protein, but the mutant protein with only the third transmembrane domain was transported to the cell surface. This result suggests that information specifying accumulation in the Golgi region resides in the first transmembrane domain, and provides the first example of an intracellular membrane protein that is transported to the plasma membrane after deletion of a specific domain.

scholarly journals Molecular cloning of integrin-associated protein: an immunoglobulin family member with multiple membrane-spanning domains implicated in alpha v beta 3-dependent ligand binding.

1993 ◽  
Vol 123 (2) ◽  
pp. 485-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
F P Lindberg ◽  
H D Gresham ◽  
E Schwarz ◽  
E J Brown
Keyword(s):  
Ligand Binding ◽  
Cho Cells ◽  
Peptide Sequence ◽  
Human Antibody ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Membrane Spanning ◽  
Highly Hydrophobic ◽  
Leukocyte Response ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Alpha V Beta 3

Integrin Associated Protein (IAP) is a 50-kD membrane protein which copurifies with the integrin alpha v beta 3 from placenta and coimmunoprecipitates with beta 3 from platelets. IAP also is functionally associated with signal transduction from the Leukocyte Response Integrin. Using tryptic peptide sequence, human and murine IAP cDNAs have been isolated. The protein has an extracellular amino-terminal immunoglobulin domain that binds all monoclonal anti-IAP antibodies. The carboxy-terminal region is highly hydrophobic with three or five membrane-spanning segments and a short hydrophilic tail. Immunofluorescence microscopy suggests that this hydrophilic tail is located on the inside of the cytoplasmic membrane. Monoclonal anti-IAP antibody inhibits the binding of vitronectin-coated beads to alpha v beta 3 on human erythroleukemia cells, and polyclonal anti-IAP recognizes hamster IAP on CHO cells and inhibits vitronectin bead binding. When CHO cells are transfected with human IAP, monoclonal anti-human antibody completely inhibits vitronectin bead binding. These data suggest a model in which ligand binding by alpha v beta 3 is regulated by IAP.

scholarly journals Residues near the Amino Terminus of Rns Are Essential for Positive Autoregulation and DNA Binding

2008 ◽  
Vol 190 (7) ◽  
pp. 2279-2285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgeta N. Basturea ◽  
Maria D. Bodero ◽  
Mario E. Moreno ◽  
George P. Munson
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Carboxy Terminal Domain ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Amino Terminal Domain ◽  
Regulated Promoters

ABSTRACT Most members of the AraC/XylS family contain a conserved carboxy-terminal DNA binding domain and a less conserved amino-terminal domain involved in binding small-molecule effectors and dimerization. However, there is no evidence that Rns, a regulator of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli virulence genes, responds to an effector ligand, and in this study we found that the amino-terminal domain of Rns does not form homodimers in vivo. Exposure of Rns to the chemical cross-linker glutaraldehyde revealed that the full-length protein is also a monomer in vitro. Nevertheless, deletion analysis of Rns demonstrated that the first 60 amino acids of the protein are essential for the activation and repression of Rns-regulated promoters in vivo. Amino-terminal truncation of Rns abolished DNA binding in vitro, and two randomly generated mutations, I14T and N16D, that independently abolished Rns autoregulation were isolated. Further analysis of these mutations revealed that they have disparate effects at other Rns-regulated promoters and suggest that they may be involved in an interaction with the carboxy-terminal domain of Rns. Thus, evolution may have preserved the amino terminus of Rns because it is essential for the regulator's activity even though it apparently lacks the two functions, dimerization and ligand binding, usually associated with the amino-terminal domains of AraC/XylS family members.

scholarly journals Two distinct domains in the yeast transcription factor IID and evidence for a TATA box-induced conformational change.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
P M Lieberman ◽  
M C Schmidt ◽  
C C Kao ◽  
A J Berk
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factor ◽  
Amino Acid ◽  
Dna Binding ◽  
Conformational Change ◽  
Tata Box ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Terminal Domain ◽  
Carboxy Terminal ◽  
Amino Terminal Domain

Transcription factor IID from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (YIID) binds the TATA box element present in most RNA polymerase II promoters. In this work, partial proteolysis was used as a biochemical probe of YIID structure. YIID consists of a protease-sensitive amino terminus and a highly stable, protease-resistant carboxy-terminal core. The cleavage sites of the predominant chymotrypsin- and trypsin-derived fragments were mapped to amino acid residues 40 to 41 and 48 to 49, respectively, by amino-terminal peptide sequencing. Removal of the amino terminus resulted in a dramatic increase in the ability of YIID to form a stable complex with DNA during gel electrophoresis mobility shift assays and a two- to fourfold increase in DNA-binding affinity, as assayed by DNase I footprinting analysis. The carboxy-terminal 190-amino-acid core was competent for transcription in vitro and was similar in activity to native YIID. DNA containing a TATA element induced hypersensitive sites in the amino-terminal domain and stabilized the core domain to further proteolytic attack. Native YIID did not bind to a TATA box at 0 degrees C, whereas the carboxy-terminal DNA-binding domain did. These results suggest that YIID undergoes a conformational change upon binding to a TATA box. Southern blotting showed that the carboxy-terminal domain is highly conserved, while the amino-terminal domain diverged rapidly in evolution, even between closely related budding yeasts.

Regulation of fibrillin carboxy-terminal furin processing by N-glycosylation, and association of amino- and carboxy-terminal sequences

1999 ◽  
Vol 112 (22) ◽  
pp. 4163-4171
Author(s):  
J.L. Ashworth ◽  
V. Kelly ◽  
M.J. Rock ◽  
C.A. Shuttleworth ◽  
C.M. Kielty
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Space ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Terminal Region ◽  
Amino Terminus ◽  
Terminal Sequence ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Fibrillin 1 ◽  
Carboxy Terminal Region ◽  
Efficient Processing ◽  
Carboxy Terminal

The molecular mechanisms of fibrillin assembly into microfibrils are poorly understood. In this study, we investigated human fibrillin-1 carboxy-terminal processing and assembly using a recombinant approach. Processing of carboxy-terminal fibrillin-1 was strongly influenced by N-glycosylation at the site immediately downstream of the furin site, and by association with calreticulin. The carboxy terminus of fibrillin-2 underwent less efficient processing than carboxy-terminal fibrillin-1 under identical conditions. Size fractionation of the amino-terminal region of fibrillin-1, and of unprocessed and furin-processed carboxy-terminal region of fibrillin-1, revealed that the amino terminus formed abundant disulphide-bonded aggregates. Some association of unprocessed carboxy-terminal fibrillin-1 was also apparent, but processed carboxy-terminal sequences remained monomeric unless amino-terminal sequences encoded by exons 12–15 were present. These data indicate the presence of fibrillin-1 molecular recognition sequences within the amino terminus and the extreme carboxy-terminal sequence downstream of the furin site, and a specific amino- and carboxy-terminal association which could drive overlapping linear accretion of furin-processed fibrillin molecules in the extracellular space. Differences in processing of the two fibrillin isoforms may reflect differential abilities to assemble in the extracellular space.

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