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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
    Description: Mechanisms of protein recognition have been extensively studied for single-domain proteins, but are less well characterized for dynamic multidomain systems. Ubiquitin chains represent a biologically important multidomain system that requires recognition by structurally diverse ubiquitin-interacting proteins. Ubiquitin chain conformations in isolation are often different from conformations observed in ubiquitin-interacting protein complexes, indicating either great dynamic flexibility or extensive chain remodelling upon binding. Using single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer, we show that Lys 63-, Lys 48- and Met 1-linked diubiquitin exist in several distinct conformational states in solution. Lys 63- and Met 1-linked diubiquitin adopt extended 'open' and more compact 'closed' conformations, and ubiquitin-binding domains and deubiquitinases (DUBs) select pre-existing conformations. By contrast, Lys 48-linked diubiquitin adopts predominantly compact conformations. DUBs directly recognize existing conformations, but may also remodel ubiquitin chains to hydrolyse the isopeptide bond. Disruption of the Lys 48-diubiquitin interface changes conformational dynamics and affects DUB activity. Hence, conformational equilibria in ubiquitin chains provide an additional layer of regulation in the ubiquitin system, and distinct conformations observed in differently linked polyubiquitin may contribute to the specificity of ubiquitin-interacting proteins.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605796/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3605796/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ye, Yu -- Blaser, Georg -- Horrocks, Mathew H -- Ruedas-Rama, Maria J -- Ibrahim, Shehu -- Zhukov, Alexander A -- Orte, Angel -- Klenerman, David -- Jackson, Sophie E -- Komander, David -- 092096/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- BB/F00219X/1/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- MC_U105192732/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- U.1051.03.019.00001.01(92732)/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- U105192732/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2012 Dec 13;492(7428):266-70. doi: 10.1038/nature11722. Epub 2012 Dec 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Division of Protein and Nucleic Acids Chemistry, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23201676" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer ; *Models, Molecular ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Ubiquitin/*chemistry/*metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2012-11-13
    Description: Mutations in the gene encoding NLRP3 cause a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases known as cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS). NLRP3 is a key component of one of several distinct cytoplasmic multiprotein complexes (inflammasomes) that mediate the maturation of the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) by activating caspase-1. Although several models for inflammasome activation, such as K(+) efflux, generation of reactive oxygen species and lysosomal destabilization, have been proposed, the precise molecular mechanism of NLRP3 inflammasome activation, as well as the mechanism by which CAPS-associated mutations activate NLRP3, remain to be elucidated. Here we show that the murine calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) activates the NLRP3 inflammasome, mediated by increased intracellular Ca(2+) and decreased cellular cyclic AMP (cAMP). Ca(2+) or other CASR agonists activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in the absence of exogenous ATP, whereas knockdown of CASR reduces inflammasome activation in response to known NLRP3 activators. CASR activates the NLRP3 inflammasome through phospholipase C, which catalyses inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate production and thereby induces release of Ca(2+) from endoplasmic reticulum stores. The increased cytoplasmic Ca(2+) promotes the assembly of inflammasome components, and intracellular Ca(2+) is required for spontaneous inflammasome activity in cells from patients with CAPS. CASR stimulation also results in reduced intracellular cAMP, which independently activates the NLRP3 inflammasome. cAMP binds to NLRP3 directly to inhibit inflammasome assembly, and downregulation of cAMP relieves this inhibition. The binding affinity of cAMP for CAPS-associated mutant NLRP3 is substantially lower than for wild-type NLRP3, and the uncontrolled mature IL-1beta production from CAPS patients' peripheral blood mononuclear cells is attenuated by increasing cAMP. Taken together, these findings indicate that Ca(2+) and cAMP are two key molecular regulators of the NLRP3 inflammasome that have critical roles in the molecular pathogenesis of CAPS.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175565/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4175565/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lee, Geun-Shik -- Subramanian, Naeha -- Kim, Andrew I -- Aksentijevich, Ivona -- Goldbach-Mansky, Raphaela -- Sacks, David B -- Germain, Ronald N -- Kastner, Daniel L -- Chae, Jae Jin -- Z99 HG999999/Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 Dec 6;492(7427):123-7. doi: 10.1038/nature11588. Epub 2012 Nov 11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Inflammatory Disease Section, Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23143333" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism ; Animals ; Calcium/*metabolism ; *Calcium Signaling ; Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes/etiology/genetics/metabolism ; Cyclic AMP/*metabolism ; Endoplasmic Reticulum/metabolism ; Gene Knockdown Techniques ; Humans ; Inflammasomes/*metabolism ; Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate/metabolism ; Interleukin-1beta/biosynthesis/metabolism ; Leukocytes, Mononuclear/metabolism ; Mice ; Protein Binding ; Receptors, Calcium-Sensing/*metabolism ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*metabolism ; Type C Phospholipases/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2012-10-02
    Description: The genome-wide identification of pairs of interacting proteins is an important step in the elucidation of cell regulatory mechanisms. Much of our present knowledge derives from high-throughput techniques such as the yeast two-hybrid assay and affinity purification, as well as from manual curation of experiments on individual systems. A variety of computational approaches based, for example, on sequence homology, gene co-expression and phylogenetic profiles, have also been developed for the genome-wide inference of protein-protein interactions (PPIs). Yet comparative studies suggest that the development of accurate and complete repertoires of PPIs is still in its early stages. Here we show that three-dimensional structural information can be used to predict PPIs with an accuracy and coverage that are superior to predictions based on non-structural evidence. Moreover, an algorithm, termed PrePPI, which combines structural information with other functional clues, is comparable in accuracy to high-throughput experiments, yielding over 30,000 high-confidence interactions for yeast and over 300,000 for human. Experimental tests of a number of predictions demonstrate the ability of the PrePPI algorithm to identify unexpected PPIs of considerable biological interest. The surprising effectiveness of three-dimensional structural information can be attributed to the use of homology models combined with the exploitation of both close and remote geometric relationships between proteins.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482288/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482288/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Zhang, Qiangfeng Cliff -- Petrey, Donald -- Deng, Lei -- Qiang, Li -- Shi, Yu -- Thu, Chan Aye -- Bisikirska, Brygida -- Lefebvre, Celine -- Accili, Domenico -- Hunter, Tony -- Maniatis, Tom -- Califano, Andrea -- Honig, Barry -- CA082683/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA121852/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- DK057539/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- GM030518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM094597/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA082683/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK057539/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM030518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS043915/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01NS043915/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- U54 CA121852/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM094597/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 Oct 25;490(7421):556-60. doi: 10.1038/nature11503. Epub 2012 Sep 30.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23023127" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Algorithms ; Animals ; Bayes Theorem ; Brain/metabolism ; Cadherins/metabolism ; High-Throughput Screening Assays ; Humans ; Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Mice ; Models, Molecular ; PPAR gamma/metabolism ; Phylogeny ; Protein Binding ; Protein Conformation ; Protein Interaction Mapping/*methods ; *Protein Interaction Maps ; Protein Kinases/chemistry/metabolism ; Proteins/*chemistry/*metabolism ; Proteome/chemistry/metabolism ; Proteomics/*methods ; ROC Curve ; Reproducibility of Results ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry/metabolism ; Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism
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    Publication Date: 2012-12-04
    Description: Several of the thousands of human long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been functionally characterized; however, potential roles for lncRNAs in somatic tissue differentiation remain poorly understood. Here we show that a 3.7-kilobase lncRNA, terminal differentiation-induced ncRNA (TINCR), controls human epidermal differentiation by a post-transcriptional mechanism. TINCR is required for high messenger RNA abundance of key differentiation genes, many of which are mutated in human skin diseases, including FLG, LOR, ALOXE3, ALOX12B, ABCA12, CASP14 and ELOVL3. TINCR-deficient epidermis lacked terminal differentiation ultrastructure, including keratohyalin granules and intact lamellar bodies. Genome-scale RNA interactome analysis revealed that TINCR interacts with a range of differentiation mRNAs. TINCR-mRNA interaction occurs through a 25-nucleotide 'TINCR box' motif that is strongly enriched in interacting mRNAs and required for TINCR binding. A high-throughput screen to analyse TINCR binding capacity to approximately 9,400 human recombinant proteins revealed direct binding of TINCR RNA to the staufen1 (STAU1) protein. STAU1-deficient tissue recapitulated the impaired differentiation seen with TINCR depletion. Loss of UPF1 and UPF2, both of which are required for STAU1-mediated RNA decay, however, did not have differentiation effects. Instead, the TINCR-STAU1 complex seems to mediate stabilization of differentiation mRNAs, such as KRT80. These data identify TINCR as a key lncRNA required for somatic tissue differentiation, which occurs through lncRNA binding to differentiation mRNAs to ensure their expression.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674581/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674581/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kretz, Markus -- Siprashvili, Zurab -- Chu, Ci -- Webster, Dan E -- Zehnder, Ashley -- Qu, Kun -- Lee, Carolyn S -- Flockhart, Ross J -- Groff, Abigail F -- Chow, Jennifer -- Johnston, Danielle -- Kim, Grace E -- Spitale, Robert C -- Flynn, Ryan A -- Zheng, Grace X Y -- Aiyer, Subhadra -- Raj, Arjun -- Rinn, John L -- Chang, Howard Y -- Khavari, Paul A -- AR49737/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- DP2 OD008514/OD/NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA124435/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AR049737/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 HG004361/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- R01-HG004361/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- T32 AR007422/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2013 Jan 10;493(7431):231-5. doi: 10.1038/nature11661. Epub 2012 Dec 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23201690" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Cell Differentiation/*genetics ; Cells, Cultured ; Cytoskeletal Proteins/metabolism ; Epidermis/*cytology/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; High-Throughput Screening Assays ; Humans ; Keratinocytes ; Mutation ; Nucleotide Motifs/genetics ; Protein Binding ; RNA Stability/genetics ; RNA, Long Noncoding/*genetics/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Skin Diseases/genetics
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    Publication Date: 2012-05-25
    Description: Bacterial ribosomes stalled at the 3' end of malfunctioning messenger RNAs can be rescued by transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA)-mediated trans-translation. The SmpB protein forms a complex with the tmRNA, and the transfer-RNA-like domain (TLD) of the tmRNA then enters the A site of the ribosome. Subsequently, the TLD-SmpB module is translocated to the P site, a process that is facilitated by the elongation factor EF-G, and translation is switched to the mRNA-like domain (MLD) of the tmRNA. Accurate loading of the MLD into the mRNA path is an unusual initiation mechanism. Despite various snapshots of different ribosome-tmRNA complexes at low to intermediate resolution, it is unclear how the large, highly structured tmRNA is translocated and how the MLD is loaded. Here we present a cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of a fusidic-acid-stalled ribosomal 70S-tmRNA-SmpB-EF-G complex (carrying both of the large ligands, that is, EF-G and tmRNA) at 8.3 A resolution. This post-translocational intermediate (TI(POST)) presents the TLD-SmpB module in an intrasubunit ap/P hybrid site and a tRNA(fMet) in an intrasubunit pe/E hybrid site. Conformational changes in the ribosome and tmRNA occur in the intersubunit space and on the solvent side. The key underlying event is a unique extra-large swivel movement of the 30S head, which is crucial for both tmRNA-SmpB translocation and MLD loading, thereby coupling translocation to MLD loading. This mechanism exemplifies the versatile, dynamic nature of the ribosome, and it shows that the conformational modes of the ribosome that normally drive canonical translation can also be used in a modified form to facilitate more complex tasks in specialized non-canonical pathways.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ramrath, David J F -- Yamamoto, Hiroshi -- Rother, Kristian -- Wittek, Daniela -- Pech, Markus -- Mielke, Thorsten -- Loerke, Justus -- Scheerer, Patrick -- Ivanov, Pavel -- Teraoka, Yoshika -- Shpanchenko, Olga -- Nierhaus, Knud H -- Spahn, Christian M T -- England -- Nature. 2012 May 6;485(7399):526-9. doi: 10.1038/nature11006.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institut fur Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Ziegelstrasse 5-9, 10117 Berlin, Germany.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22622583" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Cryoelectron Microscopy ; Escherichia coli/*chemistry ; Fusidic Acid/metabolism ; Ligands ; Models, Molecular ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Peptide Elongation Factor G/chemistry/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Protein Binding ; *Protein Biosynthesis ; Protein Conformation ; RNA, Bacterial/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; Ribosome Subunits/chemistry/genetics/metabolism/ultrastructure ; Ribosomes/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/ultrastructure
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    Publication Date: 2012-09-21
    Description: The AP1 transcription factor Batf3 is required for homeostatic development of CD8alpha(+) classical dendritic cells that prime CD8 T-cell responses against intracellular pathogens. Here we identify an alternative, Batf3-independent pathway in mice for CD8alpha(+) dendritic cell development operating during infection with intracellular pathogens and mediated by the cytokines interleukin (IL)-12 and interferon-gamma. This alternative pathway results from molecular compensation for Batf3 provided by the related AP1 factors Batf, which also functions in T and B cells, and Batf2 induced by cytokines in response to infection. Reciprocally, physiological compensation between Batf and Batf3 also occurs in T cells for expression of IL-10 and CTLA4. Compensation among BATF factors is based on the shared capacity of their leucine zipper domains to interact with non-AP1 factors such as IRF4 and IRF8 to mediate cooperative gene activation. Conceivably, manipulating this alternative pathway of dendritic cell development could be of value in augmenting immune responses to vaccines.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482832/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3482832/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Tussiwand, Roxane -- Lee, Wan-Ling -- Murphy, Theresa L -- Mashayekhi, Mona -- KC, Wumesh -- Albring, Jorn C -- Satpathy, Ansuman T -- Rotondo, Jeffrey A -- Edelson, Brian T -- Kretzer, Nicole M -- Wu, Xiaodi -- Weiss, Leslie A -- Glasmacher, Elke -- Li, Peng -- Liao, Wei -- Behnke, Michael -- Lam, Samuel S K -- Aurthur, Cora T -- Leonard, Warren J -- Singh, Harinder -- Stallings, Christina L -- Sibley, L David -- Schreiber, Robert D -- Murphy, Kenneth M -- AI076427-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA91842/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI036629/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI076427/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA043059/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- T32 AI007163/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 Oct 25;490(7421):502-7. doi: 10.1038/nature11531. Epub 2012 Sep 19.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22992524" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Antigen Presentation ; Antigens, CD/metabolism ; Antigens, CD8/immunology/metabolism ; Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription ; Factors/chemistry/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/cytology/immunology ; CTLA-4 Antigen/metabolism ; Cell Differentiation ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Cell Lineage ; Dendritic Cells/*cytology/immunology/*metabolism ; Female ; Fibrosarcoma/immunology/metabolism/pathology ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Integrin alpha Chains/metabolism ; Interferon Regulatory Factors/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Interleukin-10/metabolism ; Interleukin-12/immunology/metabolism ; Leucine Zippers ; Male ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Neoplasm Transplantation ; Oncogene Protein p65(gag-jun)/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Repressor Proteins/deficiency/genetics ; T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/cytology/immunology/metabolism ; Toxoplasma/immunology
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    Publication Date: 2012-10-23
    Description: The single-component type-II NADH dehydrogenases (NDH-2s) serve as alternatives to the multisubunit respiratory complex I (type-I NADH dehydrogenase (NDH-1), also called NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase; EC 1.6.5.3) in catalysing electron transfer from NADH to ubiquinone in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The yeast NDH-2 (Ndi1) oxidizes NADH on the matrix side and reduces ubiquinone to maintain mitochondrial NADH/NAD(+) homeostasis. Ndi1 is a potential therapeutic agent for human diseases caused by complex I defects, particularly Parkinson's disease, because its expression restores the mitochondrial activity in animals with complex I deficiency. NDH-2s in pathogenic microorganisms are viable targets for new antibiotics. Here we solve the crystal structures of Ndi1 in its substrate-free, NADH-, ubiquinone- and NADH-ubiquinone-bound states, to help understand the catalytic mechanism of NDH-2s. We find that Ndi1 homodimerization through its carboxy-terminal domain is critical for its catalytic activity and membrane targeting. The structures reveal two ubiquinone-binding sites (UQ(I) and UQ(II)) in Ndi1. NADH and UQ(I) can bind to Ndi1 simultaneously to form a substrate-protein complex. We propose that UQ(I) interacts with FAD to act as an intermediate for electron transfer, and that NADH transfers electrons through this FAD-UQ(I) complex to UQ(II). Together our data reveal the regulatory and catalytic mechanisms of Ndi1 and may facilitate the development or targeting of NDH-2s for potential therapeutic applications.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Feng, Yue -- Li, Wenfei -- Li, Jian -- Wang, Jiawei -- Ge, Jingpeng -- Xu, Duo -- Liu, Yanjing -- Wu, Kaiqi -- Zeng, Qingyin -- Wu, Jia-Wei -- Tian, Changlin -- Zhou, Bing -- Yang, Maojun -- England -- Nature. 2012 Nov 15;491(7424):478-82. doi: 10.1038/nature11541. Epub 2012 Oct 21.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉State Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23086143" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Crystallography, X-Ray ; Electron Transport Complex I/*chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Mitochondria/*enzymology ; *Models, Molecular ; NAD/chemistry ; Protein Binding ; Protein Multimerization ; Protein Structure, Tertiary ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/chemistry/enzymology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry/isolation & purification/metabolism ; Ubiquinone/chemistry
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2012-05-04
    Description: The mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) kinase nucleates a pathway that promotes cell growth and proliferation and is the target of rapamycin, a drug with many clinical uses. mTORC1 regulates messenger RNA translation, but the overall translational program is poorly defined and no unifying model exists to explain how mTORC1 differentially controls the translation of specific mRNAs. Here we use high-resolution transcriptome-scale ribosome profiling to monitor translation in mouse cells acutely treated with the mTOR inhibitor Torin 1, which, unlike rapamycin, fully inhibits mTORC1 (ref. 2). Our data reveal a surprisingly simple model of the mRNA features and mechanisms that confer mTORC1-dependent translation control. The subset of mRNAs that are specifically regulated by mTORC1 consists almost entirely of transcripts with established 5' terminal oligopyrimidine (TOP) motifs, or, like Hsp90ab1 and Ybx1, with previously unrecognized TOP or related TOP-like motifs that we identified. We find no evidence to support proposals that mTORC1 preferentially regulates mRNAs with increased 5' untranslated region length or complexity. mTORC1 phosphorylates a myriad of translational regulators, but how it controls TOP mRNA translation is unknown. Remarkably, loss of just the 4E-BP family of translational repressors, arguably the best characterized mTORC1 substrates, is sufficient to render TOP and TOP-like mRNA translation resistant to Torin 1. The 4E-BPs inhibit translation initiation by interfering with the interaction between the cap-binding protein eIF4E and eIF4G1. Loss of this interaction diminishes the capacity of eIF4E to bind TOP and TOP-like mRNAs much more than other mRNAs, explaining why mTOR inhibition selectively suppresses their translation. Our results clarify the translational program controlled by mTORC1 and identify 4E-BPs and eIF4G1 as its master effectors.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3347774/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3347774/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Thoreen, Carson C -- Chantranupong, Lynne -- Keys, Heather R -- Wang, Tim -- Gray, Nathanael S -- Sabatini, David M -- CA103866/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA129105/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA103866/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA103866-08/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA129105/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA129105-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 May 2;485(7396):109-13. doi: 10.1038/nature11083.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22552098" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: 5' Untranslated Regions/genetics ; Animals ; Base Sequence ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E/metabolism ; Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4G/metabolism ; *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects ; Humans ; Male ; Mice ; *Models, Biological ; Multiprotein Complexes ; Naphthyridines/pharmacology ; Nucleotide Motifs ; Phosphorylation ; Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics/pathology ; Protein Binding ; *Protein Biosynthesis/drug effects ; Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; Ribosomes/metabolism ; TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2012-11-16
    Description: Characterization of human monoclonal antibodies is providing considerable insight into mechanisms of broad HIV-1 neutralization. Here we report an HIV-1 gp41 membrane-proximal external region (MPER)-specific antibody, named 10E8, which neutralizes approximately 98% of tested viruses. An analysis of sera from 78 healthy HIV-1-infected donors demonstrated that 27% contained MPER-specific antibodies and 8% contained 10E8-like specificities. In contrast to other neutralizing MPER antibodies, 10E8 did not bind phospholipids, was not autoreactive, and bound cell-surface envelope. The structure of 10E8 in complex with the complete MPER revealed a site of vulnerability comprising a narrow stretch of highly conserved gp41-hydrophobic residues and a critical arginine or lysine just before the transmembrane region. Analysis of resistant HIV-1 variants confirmed the importance of these residues for neutralization. The highly conserved MPER is a target of potent, non-self-reactive neutralizing antibodies, suggesting that HIV-1 vaccines should aim to induce antibodies to this region of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Huang, Jinghe -- Ofek, Gilad -- Laub, Leo -- Louder, Mark K -- Doria-Rose, Nicole A -- Longo, Nancy S -- Imamichi, Hiromi -- Bailer, Robert T -- Chakrabarti, Bimal -- Sharma, Shailendra K -- Alam, S Munir -- Wang, Tao -- Yang, Yongping -- Zhang, Baoshan -- Migueles, Stephen A -- Wyatt, Richard -- Haynes, Barton F -- Kwong, Peter D -- Mascola, John R -- Connors, Mark -- HSN261200800001E/PHS HHS/ -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 Nov 15;491(7424):406-12. doi: 10.1038/nature11544. Epub 2012 Sep 18.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉HIV-Specific Immunity Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23151583" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Substitution ; Antibodies, Neutralizing/chemistry/*metabolism ; Antibody Specificity ; Cells, Cultured ; HEK293 Cells ; HIV Antibodies/chemistry/isolation & purification/*metabolism ; HIV Envelope Protein gp41/chemistry/*immunology ; HIV-1/*physiology ; Humans ; Models, Molecular ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Protein Binding ; Protein Structure, Tertiary
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2012-04-14
    Description: Dynamic access to genetic information is central to organismal development and environmental response. Consequently, genomic processes must be regulated by mechanisms that alter genome function relatively rapidly. Conventional chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments measure transcription factor occupancy, but give no indication of kinetics and are poor predictors of transcription factor function at a given locus. To measure transcription-factor-binding dynamics across the genome, we performed competition ChIP (refs 6, 7) with a sequence-specific Saccharomyces cerevisiae transcription factor, Rap1 (ref. 8). Rap1-binding dynamics and Rap1 occupancy were only weakly correlated (R(2) = 0.14), but binding dynamics were more strongly linked to function than occupancy. Long Rap1 residence was coupled to transcriptional activation, whereas fast binding turnover, which we refer to as 'treadmilling', was linked to low transcriptional output. Thus, DNA-binding events that seem identical by conventional ChIP may have different underlying modes of interaction that lead to opposing functional outcomes. We propose that transcription factor binding turnover is a major point of regulation in determining the functional consequences of transcription factor binding, and is mediated mainly by control of competition between transcription factors and nucleosomes. Our model predicts a clutch-like mechanism that rapidly engages a treadmilling transcription factor into a stable binding state, or vice versa, to modulate transcription factor function.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341663/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341663/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lickwar, Colin R -- Mueller, Florian -- Hanlon, Sean E -- McNally, James G -- Lieb, Jason D -- R01 GM072518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM072518-05/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01-GM072518/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2012 Apr 11;484(7393):251-5. doi: 10.1038/nature10985.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22498630" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Base Sequence ; Binding Sites ; Binding, Competitive ; Chromatin Immunoprecipitation ; DNA, Fungal/genetics/*metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal ; *Genome, Fungal ; Histone Acetyltransferases/metabolism ; *Models, Biological ; Nucleosomes/genetics/metabolism ; Protein Binding ; RNA Polymerase II/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis/genetics ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/classification/*genetics/*metabolism ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*metabolism ; Telomere-Binding Proteins/*metabolism ; Time Factors ; Transcription Factors/*metabolism
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