scholarly journals Ion mobility coupled to native mass spectrometry as a relevant tool to investigate extremely small ligand-induced conformational changes

The Analyst ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 140 (21) ◽  
pp. 7234-7245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johann Stojko ◽  
Sonia Fieulaine ◽  
Stéphanie Petiot-Bécard ◽  
Alain Van Dorsselaer ◽  
Thierry Meinnel ◽  
...  

Native and ion-mobility mass spectrometry reveal the conformational evolution over time of a peptide deformylase binding different ligands, which is consistent with slow-tight inhibition of the enzyme.

2019 ◽  
Vol 476 (21) ◽  
pp. 3125-3139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan ◽  
Jeannine Hess ◽  
Elen Shaw ◽  
Christina Spry ◽  
Robert Starley ◽  
...  

Abstract CoaBC, part of the vital coenzyme A biosynthetic pathway in bacteria, has recently been validated as a promising antimicrobial target. In this work, we employed native ion mobility–mass spectrometry to gain structural insights into the phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase domain of E. coli CoaBC. Moreover, native mass spectrometry was validated as a screening tool to identify novel inhibitors of this enzyme, highlighting the utility and versatility of this technique both for structural biology and for drug discovery.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuwani W. Weerasinghe ◽  
Yeganeh Habibi ◽  
Kevin A. Uggowitzer ◽  
Christopher J. Thibodeaux

AbstractLanthipeptides are ribosomally-synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide (RiPP) natural products that are biosynthesized in a multistep maturation process by enzymes (lanthipeptide synthetases) that possess relaxed substrate specificity. Recent evidence has suggested that some lanthipeptide synthetases are structurally dynamic enzymes that are allosterically activated by precursor peptide binding, and that conformational sampling of the enzyme-peptide complex may play an important role in defining the efficiency and sequence of biosynthetic events. These “biophysical” processes, while critical for defining the activity and function of the synthetase, remain very challenging to study with existing methodologies. Herein, we show that native nanoelectrospray ionization coupled to ion mobility mass spectrometry (nanoESI-IM-MS) provides a powerful and sensitive means for investigating the conformational landscapes and intermolecular interactions of lanthipeptide synthetases. Namely, we demonstrate that the class II lanthipeptide synthetase (HalM2) and its non-covalent complex with the cognate HalA2 precursor peptide can be delivered into the gas phase in a manner that preserves native structures and intermolecular enzyme-peptide contacts. Moreover, gas phase ion mobility studies of the natively-folded ions demonstrate that peptide binding and mutations to dynamic structural elements of HalM2 alter the conformational landscape of the enzyme, and that the precursor peptide itself exhibits higher order structure in the mass spectrometer. Cumulatively, these data support previous claims that lanthipeptide synthetases are structurally dynamic enzymes that undergo functionally relevant conformational changes in response to precursor peptide binding. This work establishes nanoESI-IM-MS as a versatile approach for unraveling the relationships between protein structure and biochemical function in RiPP biosynthetic systems.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (36) ◽  
pp. 4367-4377
Author(s):  
Hui Ouyang ◽  
Tao Bo ◽  
Zhengxiang Zhang ◽  
Xinqiu Guo ◽  
Mingzhen He ◽  
...  

Ion mobility mass spectrometry enhances our ability to study conformational changes of bioactive isomers and their interactions with macromolecules.


2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 1430-1441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esther van Duijn ◽  
Ioana M. Barbu ◽  
Arjan Barendregt ◽  
Matthijs M. Jore ◽  
Blake Wiedenheft ◽  
...  

The CRISPR/Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated genes) immune system of bacteria and archaea provides acquired resistance against viruses and plasmids, by a strategy analogous to RNA-interference. Key components of the defense system are ribonucleoprotein complexes, the composition of which appears highly variable in different CRISPR/Cas subtypes. Previous studies combined mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, and small angle x-ray scattering to demonstrate that the E. coli Cascade complex (405 kDa) and the P. aeruginosa Csy-complex (350 kDa) are similar in that they share a central spiral-shaped hexameric structure, flanked by associating proteins and one CRISPR RNA. Recently, a cryo-electron microscopy structure of Cascade revealed that the CRISPR RNA molecule resides in a groove of the hexameric backbone. For both complexes we here describe the use of native mass spectrometry in combination with ion mobility mass spectrometry to assign a stable core surrounded by more loosely associated modules. Via computational modeling subcomplex structures were proposed that relate to the experimental IMMS data. Despite the absence of obvious sequence homology between several subunits, detailed analysis of sub-complexes strongly suggests analogy between subunits of the two complexes. Probing the specific association of E. coli Cascade/crRNA to its complementary DNA target reveals a conformational change. All together these findings provide relevant new information about the potential assembly process of the two CRISPR-associated complexes.


2012 ◽  
Vol 84 (11) ◽  
pp. 4703-4710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cédric Atmanene ◽  
Stéphanie Petiot-Bécard ◽  
Denis Zeyer ◽  
Alain Van Dorsselaer ◽  
Valérie Vivat Hannah ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Frederik Lermyte ◽  
Esther Marie Martin ◽  
Albert Konijnenberg ◽  
Filip Lemière ◽  
Frank Sobott

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cagla Sahin ◽  
Nicklas Österlund ◽  
Axel Leppert ◽  
Janne Johansson ◽  
Erik Marklund ◽  
...  

Although native mass spectrometry is widely applied to monitor chemical or thermal protein denaturation, it is not clear to what extent it can inform about alkali-induced unfolding. Here, we probe...


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