scholarly journals Hierarchical assembly of the MLL1 core complex within a biomolecular condensate regulates H3K4 methylation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin E.W. Namitz ◽  
Song Tan ◽  
Michael S. Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Histone H3 ◽  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Domain Model ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
H3k4 Methylation ◽  
Core Complex ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Hierarchical Assembly ◽  
Spatiotemporal Control ◽  
Eukaryotic Genomes

ABSTRACTThe enzymes that regulate histone H3 lysine 4 (H3K4) methylation are required for cellular differentiation and development and are often mutated in human disease. Mixed Lineage Leukemia protein-1 (MLL1) is a member of the SET1 family of histone H3 lysine 4 methyltransferases, which require interaction with a conserved sub-complex consisting of WDR5, RbBP5, Ash2L and DPY30 (WRAD2) for maximal activity. It is currently unclear how assembly of SET1 family complexes is involved in the spatiotemporal control of H3K4 methylation in eukaryotic genomes. In this investigation, we systematically characterized the hydrodynamic and kinetic properties of a reconstituted human MLL1 core complex and found that its assembly is highly concentration and temperature dependent. Consistent with a hierarchical assembly pathway, we found that the holo-complex assembles through interactions between the MW and RAD2 sub-complexes, which is correlated with enzymatic activity. Surprisingly, we found that the disassembled state is favored at physiological temperatures, and that this thermodynamic barrier can be overcome under conditions that induce high-local concentrations of subunits in phase separated compartments. Combining this data with the observation that MLL1 primary sequence contains large regions of intrinsic disorder, we propose a “swinging-domain” model in which the interaction between a tethered MW subcomplex and multiple nucleosome-RAD2 complexes is regulated by the rapid formation or dissolution of biomolecular condensates, such as occurs in transcription factories. This model provides an elegant “switch-like” mechanism for spatiotemporal control of H3K4 methylation within eukaryotic genomes.

Oleylamine Impurities Regulate Temperature-Dependent Hierarchical Assembly of Ultranarrow Gold Nanowires on Biotemplated Interfaces

ACS Nano ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin N. Lang ◽  
Ashlin G. Porter ◽  
Tianhong Ouyang ◽  
Anni Shi ◽  
Tyler R. Hayes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Nanowires ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Hierarchical Assembly

scholarly journals Characterization of a Solvent-Tolerant Amidohydrolase Involved in Natural Product Heterocycle Formation

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 892
Author(s):  
Lea Winand ◽  
Dustin Joshua Vollmann ◽  
Jacqueline Hentschel ◽  
Markus Nett
Keyword(s):  
Natural Product ◽  
Metal Ion ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Pharmaceutical Drugs ◽  
Highly Active ◽  
Km Value ◽  
Amidohydrolase Superfamily ◽  
Solvent Tolerant

Heterocycles are important building blocks in pharmaceutical drugs and their enzymatic synthesis is attracting increasing interest. In recent years, various enzymes of the amidohydrolase superfamily were reported to catalyze heterocycle-forming condensation reactions. One of these enzymes, MxcM, is biochemically and kinetically characterized in this study. MxcM generates an imidazoline moiety in the biosynthesis of the natural product pseudochelin A, which features potent anti-inflammatory properties. The enzyme shows maximal activity at 50 °C and pH 10 as well as a kcat/Km value of 22,932 s−1 M−1 at its temperature optimum. Experimental data suggest that the activity of MxcM does not depend on a catalytic metal ion, which is uncommon among amidohydrolases. MxcM is highly active in diverse organic solvents and concentrated salt solutions. Furthermore, we show that MxcM is also capable to introduce imidazoline rings into derivatives of its natural substrate myxochelin B. Overall, MxcM is a solvent-stable, halotolerant enzyme with promising biochemical and kinetic properties and, in future, might become a valuable biocatalyst for the manufacturing of pharmaceutical drugs.

Kinetics of Na+/H+ exchange in vascular smooth muscle cells from WKY and SHR: effects of phorbol ester

1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (1) ◽  
pp. C14-C20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hoffmann ◽  
Y. Ko ◽  
A. Sachinidis ◽  
B. O. Gobel ◽  
H. Vetter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smooth Muscle ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle ◽  
Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells ◽  
Muscle Cells ◽  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Hill Coefficient ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Wistar Kyoto ◽  
Kinetics Of

The kinetic properties of Na+/H+ exchange were investigated in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in culture from normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Antiport activity was measured in 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-loaded cells after nigericin-induced cytosolic acidification. Studies were performed without (control) and with pretreatment of the cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 200 nM). Na+/H+ exchange markedly differed between the two strains with lower Hill coefficients [1.56 +/- 0.17 (SE) vs. 2.62 +/- 0.36] and higher maximal activity (Vmax) values (55.85 +/- 5.24 vs. 31.11 +/- 2.38 mmol H+.l-1.min-1) in SHR compared with WKY cell lines. PMA markedly altered the antiport kinetics in WKY VSMC with a decrease in the Hill coefficient (1.75 +/- 0.14) without affecting Vmax (31.88 +/- 1.55 mmol H+.l-1.min-1). In VSMC from SHR, PMA had no effect on the kinetic variables investigated. Thus two kinetic abnormalities are present with respect to Na+/H+ antiport activity in VSMC from SHR compared with WKY, i.e., increased Vmax and decreased Hill coefficient. The observation that PMA does not affect the kinetics of the Na+/H+ antiport in VSMC from SHR suggests a marked degree of antiporter prestimulation in this animal model of genetic hypertension.

scholarly journals Human replication-dependent histone H3 genes are activated by a tandemly arranged pair of two CCAAT boxes

2004 ◽  
Vol 384 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heiner KOESSLER ◽  
Joerg KAHLE ◽  
Christa BODE ◽  
Detlef DOENECKE ◽  
Werner ALBIG
Keyword(s):  
Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay ◽  
Electrophoretic Mobility ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Tata Box ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Nuclear Factor Y ◽  
Binding Factor ◽  
Mobility Shift Assay

We have analysed the transcriptional regulation of the human histone H3 genes using promoter deletion series, scanning mutagenesis, specific mutagenesis and electrophoretic mobility-shift assay experiments. The promoters of five of the six examined histone H3 genes showed near-maximal activity at lengths of 133–227 bp: H3/d 198 bp, H3/h 147 bp, H3/k 133 bp, H3/m 227 bp, H3/n 140 bp (exception H3/i). To search for functional cis-elements within these regions, we performed scanning mutagenesis of the two histone H3 promoters H3/k and H3/m. Mutagenesis revealed that the functional framework of the histone H3 promoters consists of a TATA box and two tandemly arranged CCAAT boxes in relatively fixed positions. Alterations of the distance between the CCAAT boxes and of the distance between the CCAAT boxes and the TATA box resulted in significant loss of activity. In electrophoretic mobility-shift assay experiments, the factor CBF (CCAAT-binding factor)/NF-Y (nuclear factor-Y) bound to isolated CCAAT boxes of the H3/k promoter. This suggests that an initiation complex is formed on the histone H3 promoter that has a defined structure and limited flexibility, consisting of two molecules of CBF/NF-Y and further (general or specific) transcription factors.

scholarly journals Histone Tails and the H3 αN Helix Regulate Nucleosome Mobility and Stability

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (11) ◽  
pp. 4037-4048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helder Ferreira ◽  
Joanna Somers ◽  
Ryan Webster ◽  
Andrew Flaus ◽  
Tom Owen-Hughes
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Fine Tuning ◽  
Histone Tails ◽  
Histone Proteins ◽  
Regulatory Factors ◽  
Nucleosome Dynamics ◽  
Nucleosome Sliding ◽  
Eukaryotic Genomes ◽  
Dna Wrapping

ABSTRACT Nucleosomes fulfill the apparently conflicting roles of compacting DNA within eukaryotic genomes while permitting access to regulatory factors. Central to this is their ability to stably associate with DNA while retaining the ability to undergo rearrangements that increase access to the underlying DNA. Here, we have studied different aspects of nucleosome dynamics including nucleosome sliding, histone dimer exchange, and DNA wrapping within nucleosomes. We find that alterations to histone proteins, especially the histone tails and vicinity of the histone H3 αN helix, can affect these processes differently, suggesting that they are mechanistically distinct. This raises the possibility that modifications to histone proteins may provide a means of fine-tuning specific aspects of the dynamic properties of nucleosomes to the context in which they are located.

scholarly journals Evaluation of optimal conditions for arginase activity in streptozotocin induced diabetic rats

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 69-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Erisir ◽  
E. Ercel ◽  
S. Yilmaz ◽  
S. Ozan
Keyword(s):  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Diabetic Rats ◽  
Arginase Activity ◽  
Female Rats ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Ph Profile ◽  
Optimum Ph ◽  
Liver And Kidney ◽  
And Control ◽  
Assay Conditions

The assay conditions needed to achieve maximal activity of liver and kidney arginase in diabetic and non-diabetic rats were investigated and compared. The physicochemical and kinetic properties of liver arginase in diabetic and control rats were very similar, those of kidney arginase were significantly different. It was found that preincubation temperature (68&deg;C), preincubation period (20 min), optimum pH (10.1) of liver arginase and K<sub>m</sub> (3.2) for its substrate, L-arginine, did not change in diabetic and non-diabetic rats. As a consequence of diabetes, the optimum Mn<sup>2+</sup> concentration for liver arginase only changed from 1 to 2 mM. Although the preincubation temperature and period for activation of kidney arginase in control rats was unnecessary, they were found to be 56&ordm;C and 12 min in diabetic rats. The pH profile of arginase in kidney of diabetic rats was different from that of control rats. The K<sub>m</sub> value (6.7) of arginase for L-arginine in kidney is unchanged in diabetes whereas a marked decrease in V<sub>max</sub> was found. Optimum Mn<sup>2+</sup> concentration (2 mM) for kidney arginase was unchanged in diabetes. The activity of arginase in liver of diabetic animals was higher 1.5 to 1.7 times than that of controls. Diabetes caused an about 53% decrease of arginase activity in kidney of female rats, 26% in that of males. These findings may suggest an idea that encoded arginases by separate gene loci may be affected differently by the pathological and hormonal status.

scholarly journals Ser68 phosphoregulation is essential for CENP-A deposition, centromere function and viability in mice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuting Liu ◽  
Kehui Wang ◽  
Li Huang ◽  
Jicheng Zhao ◽  
Xinpeng Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Viability ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Dependent Manner ◽  
Centromere Function ◽  
Histone H3 Variant ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Cycle Dependent ◽  
Spatiotemporal Control

Centromere identity is defined by nucleosomes containing CENP-A, a histone H3 variant. The deposition of CENP-A at centromeres is tightly regulated in a cell-cycle-dependent manner. We previously reported that the spatiotemporal control of centromeric CENP-A incorporation is mediated by the phosphorylation of CENP-A Ser68. However, a recent report argued that Ser68 phosphoregulation is dispensable for accurate CENP-A loading. Here, we report that the substitution of Ser68 of endogenous CENP-A with either Gln68 or Glu68 severely impairs CENP-A deposition and cell viability. We also find that mice harboring the corresponding mutations are lethal. Together, these results indicate that the dynamic phosphorylation of Ser68 ensures cell-cycle-dependent CENP-A deposition and cell viability.

scholarly journals 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase. A comparison of the modulation in vitro by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation to modulation of enzyme activity by feeding cholesterol- or cholestyramine-supplemented diets

1980 ◽  
Vol 185 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos A. Mitropoulos ◽  
Brian L. Knight ◽  
Bernard E. A. Reeves
Keyword(s):  
Microsomal Fraction ◽  
Coenzyme A ◽  
Maximal Activity ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Standard Diet ◽  
Microsomal Preparation ◽  
Phosphoprotein Phosphatase ◽  
Coa Reductase ◽  
Hydroxymethylglutaryl Coa Reductase ◽  
Coenzyme A Reductase

The activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase) was considerably inhibited during incubation with ATP+Mg2+. The inactivated enzyme was reactivated on further incubation with partially purified cytosolic phosphoprotein phosphatase. The inactivation was associated with a decrease in the apparent Km of the reductase for hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA, and this was reversed on reactivation. The slight increase in activity observed during incubation of microsomal fraction without ATP was not associated with a change in apparent Km and, unlike the effect of the phosphatase, was not inhibited by NaF. Liver microsomal fraction from rats given cholesterol exhibited a low activity of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase with a low apparent Km for hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA. Mícrosomal fraction from rats fed cholestyramine exhibited a high activity with a high Km. To discover whether these changes had resulted from phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the reductase, microsomal fraction from rats fed the supplemented diets and the standard diet were inactivated with ATP and reactivated with phosphoprotein phosphatase. Inactivation reduced the maximal activity of the reductase in each microsomal preparation and also reduced the apparent Km for hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA. There was no difference between the preparations in the degree of inactivation produced by ATP. Treatment with phosphatase restored both the maximal activity and the apparent Km of each preparation, but never significantly increased the activity above that observed with untreated microsomal fraction. It is concluded that hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase in microsomal fraction prepared by standard procedures is almost entirely in the dephosphorylated form, and that the difference in kinetic properties in untreated microsomal fraction from rats fed the three diets cannot be explained by differences in the degree of phosphorylation of the enzyme.

scholarly journals Drosophila UTX Is a Histone H3 Lys27 Demethylase That Colocalizes with the Elongating Form of RNA Polymerase II

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 1041-1046 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin R. Smith ◽  
Min Gyu Lee ◽  
Benjamin Winter ◽  
Nathan M. Droz ◽  
Joel C. Eissenberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rna Polymerase ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Silent Chromatin ◽  
H3k4 Methylation ◽  
Active Chromatin ◽  
Pol Ii ◽  
H3k27 Methylation ◽  
Histone H3 Methylation ◽  
Heat Shock Induction

ABSTRACT Histone H3 methylation at Lys27 (H3K27 methylation) is a hallmark of silent chromatin, while H3K4 methylation is associated with active chromatin regions. Here we report that a Drosophila JmjC family member, dUTX, specifically demethylates di- and trimethylated but not monomethylated H3K27. dUTX localization on chromatin correlates with the elongating form of RNA polymerase II (Pol II), and dUTX can associate with Pol II. Furthermore, heat shock induction results in the recruitment of dUTX to the hsp70 gene, like that of several other Pol II elongation factors. Our data indicate that dUTX is intimately associated with actively transcribed genes and may provide a paradigm for how H3K27 demethylation is required for the activation of preinitiated Pol II on transcriptionally poised genes.

Sorption/desorption hysteresis revisited. Sorption properties of Pinus pinea L. analysed by the parallel exponential kinetics and Kelvin-Voigt models

Holzforschung ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Simón ◽  
Luis García Esteban ◽  
Paloma de Palacios ◽  
Francisco García Fernández ◽  
Alberto García-Iruela
Keyword(s):  
Wood Cell Wall ◽  
Pinus Pinea ◽  
Kinetic Properties ◽  
Sorption Kinetic ◽  
Slow Process ◽  
Temperature Dependent ◽  
Hygroscopic Properties ◽  
Dynamic Vapour Sorption ◽  
Desorption Hysteresis ◽  
Moduli Of Elasticity

Abstract The hygroscopic properties of Pinus pinea L. wood at 35 and 50°C were investigated by the dynamic vapour sorption (DVS) technique. The sorption kinetic behaviour was studied through the parallel exponential kinetics (PEK) model, which is subdivided into a fast and a slow process. The parameters obtained by PEK were interpreted based on the Kelvin-Voigt (KV) model to determine elasticity and viscosity values of the wood cell wall. The PEK data perfectly fit the experimental data. The temperature-dependent transition between the fast and slow processes is fluent. The slow process contributes more to the total hysteresis of sorption. The kinetic properties varied in relation to the type of cycle and the temperature. The moduli of elasticity and viscosity were higher in the slow process than in the fast one. In both processes, the moduli showed a decreasing tendency in relation to relative humidity.

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