Striking gold with chimeric proteins

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 639-640
Author(s):  
Amanda G. Jarvis
Keyword(s):  
Chimeric Proteins

scholarly journals Self-assembling thermostable chimeras as new platform for arsenic biosensing

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosanna Puopolo ◽  
Ilaria Sorrentino ◽  
Giovanni Gallo ◽  
Alessandra Piscitelli ◽  
Paola Giardina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inclusion Bodies ◽  
Association Constant ◽  
Immobilized Enzyme ◽  
Thermus Thermophilus ◽  
Chimeric Protein ◽  
The Self ◽  
Chimeric Proteins ◽  
Self Assembling ◽  
Langmuir Isotherm Model ◽  
Activity Loss

AbstractThe correct immobilization and orientation of enzymes on nanosurfaces is a crucial step either for the realization of biosensors, as well as to guarantee the efficacy of the developed biomaterials. In this work we produced two versions of a chimeric protein, namely ArsC-Vmh2 and Vmh2-ArsC, which combined the self-assembling properties of Vmh2, a hydrophobin from Pleurotus ostreatus, with that of TtArsC, a thermophilic arsenate reductase from Thermus thermophilus; both chimeras were heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and purified from inclusion bodies. They were characterized for their enzymatic capability to reduce As(V) into As(III), as well as for their immobilization properties on polystyrene and gold in comparison to the native TtArsC. The chimeric proteins immobilized on polystyrene can be reused up to three times and stored for 15 days with 50% of activity loss. Immobilization on gold electrodes showed that both chimeras follow a classic Langmuir isotherm model towards As(III) recognition, with an association constant (KAsIII) between As(III) and the immobilized enzyme, equal to 650 (± 100) L mol−1 for ArsC-Vmh2 and to 1200 (± 300) L mol−1 for Vmh2-ArsC. The results demonstrate that gold-immobilized ArsC-Vmh2 and Vmh2-ArsC can be exploited as electrochemical biosensors to detect As(III).

scholarly journals Inhibition of recrystallization in ice by chimeric proteins containing antifreeze domains

1991 ◽  
Vol 266 (12) ◽  
pp. 7339-7344
Author(s):  
G M Mueller ◽  
R L McKown ◽  
L V Corotto ◽  
C Hague ◽  
G J Warren
Keyword(s):  
Chimeric Proteins

T and B cell responses to chimeric proteins containing heterologous T helper epitopes inserted at different positions

1992 ◽  
Vol 29 (10) ◽  
pp. 1185-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Löwenadler ◽  
Nils Lycke ◽  
Cecilia Svanholm ◽  
Ann-mari Svennerholm ◽  
Katarina krook ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
B Cell ◽  
Chimeric Proteins ◽  
T Helper ◽  
Cell Responses ◽  
B Cell Responses

scholarly journals TGN38 recycles basolaterally in polarized Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.

1994 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1093-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
A K Rajasekaran ◽  
J S Humphrey ◽  
M Wagner ◽  
G Miesenböck ◽  
A Le Bivic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Mdck Cells ◽  
Protein Localization ◽  
Evolutionary Relationship ◽  
Cytoplasmic Domain ◽  
Chimeric Proteins ◽  
Madin Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Surface Domains ◽  
Darby Canine Kidney ◽  
Canine Kidney

Sorting of newly synthesized plasma membrane proteins to the apical or basolateral surface domains of polarized cells is currently thought to take place within the trans-Golgi network (TGN). To explore the relationship between protein localization to the TGN and sorting to the plasma membrane in polarized epithelial cells, we have expressed constructs encoding the TGN marker, TGN38, in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells. We report that TGN38 is predominantly localized to the TGN of these cells and recycles via the basolateral membrane. Analyses of the distribution of Tac-TGN38 chimeric proteins in MDCK cells suggest that the cytoplasmic domain of TGN38 has information leading to both TGN localization and cycling through the basolateral surface. Mutations of the cytoplasmic domain that disrupt TGN localization also lead to nonpolarized delivery of the chimeric proteins to both surface domains. These results demonstrate an apparent equivalence of basolateral and TGN localization determinants and support an evolutionary relationship between TGN and plasma membrane sorting processes.

Contributions of the structural domains of filensin in polymer formation and filament distribution

1996 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 447-456
Author(s):  
G. Goulielmos ◽  
S. Remington ◽  
F. Schwesinger ◽  
S.D. Georgatos ◽  
F. Gounari
Keyword(s):  
De Novo ◽  
Chimeric Proteins ◽  
Tail Domain ◽  
Structural Domains ◽  
Filament Assembly ◽  
Polymer Formation ◽  
Filament Bundles ◽  
Specific Contribution ◽  
Mcf 7

Filensin and phakinin constitute the subunits of a heteropolymeric, lens-specific intermediate filament (IF) system known as the beaded-chain filaments (BFs). Since the rod of filensin is four heptads shorter than the rods of all other IF proteins, we decided to examine the specific contribution of this protein in filament assembly. For these purposes, we constructed chimeric proteins in which regions of filensin were exchanged with the equivalent ones of vimentin, a self-polymerizing IF protein. Our in vitro studies show that the filensin rod domain does not allow homopolymeric filament elongation. However, the filensin rod is necessary for co-polymerization of filensin with phakinin and seems to counteract the inherent tendency of the latter protein to homopolymerize into large, laterally associated filament bundles. Apart from the rod domain, the presence of an authentic or substituted tail domain in filensin is also essential for co-assembly with the naturally tail-less phakinin and formation of extended filaments in vitro. Finally, transfection experiments in CHO and MCF-7 cells show that the rod domain of filensin plays an important role in de novo filament formation and distribution. The same type of analysis further suggests that the end-domains of filensin interact with cell-specific, assembly-modulating factors.

scholarly journals The proposed channel-enzyme transient receptor potential melastatin 2 does not possess ADP ribose hydrolase activity

eLife ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iordan Iordanov ◽  
Csaba Mihályi ◽  
Balázs Tóth ◽  
László Csanády
Keyword(s):  
Cell Death ◽  
Insulin Secretion ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential ◽  
Channel Gating ◽  
Receptor Potential ◽  
Cation Channel ◽  
Chimeric Proteins ◽  
Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin ◽  
Biochemical Studies ◽  
Transient Receptor

Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 2 (TRPM2) is a Ca2+-permeable cation channel essential for immunocyte activation, insulin secretion, and postischemic cell death. TRPM2 is activated by ADP ribose (ADPR) binding to its C-terminal cytosolic NUDT9-homology (NUDT9H) domain, homologous to the soluble mitochondrial ADPR pyrophosphatase (ADPRase) NUDT9. Reported ADPR hydrolysis classified TRPM2 as a channel-enzyme, but insolubility of isolated NUDT9H hampered further investigations. Here we developed a soluble NUDT9H model using chimeric proteins built from complementary polypeptide fragments of NUDT9H and NUDT9. When expressed in E.coli, chimeras containing up to ~90% NUDT9H sequence remained soluble and were affinity-purified. In ADPRase assays the conserved Nudix-box sequence of NUDT9 proved essential for activity (kcat~4-9s-1), that of NUDT9H did not support catalysis. Replacing NUDT9H in full-length TRPM2 with soluble chimeras retained ADPR-dependent channel gating (K1/2~1-5 μM), confirming functionality of chimeric domains. Thus, TRPM2 is not a 'chanzyme'. Chimeras provide convenient soluble NUDT9H models for structural/biochemical studies.

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