Flavin transferase: the maturation factor of flavin-containing oxidoreductases

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1161-1169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Bogachev ◽  
Alexander A. Baykov ◽  
Yulia V. Bertsova
Keyword(s):  
Bond Formation ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Target Protein ◽  
Covalent Attachment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Nadh:Quinone Oxidoreductase ◽  
Maturation Factor ◽  
Covalently Linked ◽  
Prevailing View

Flavins, cofactors of many enzymes, are often covalently linked to these enzymes; for instance, flavin adenine mononucleotide (FMN) can form a covalent bond through either its phosphate or isoalloxazine group. The prevailing view had long been that all types of covalent attachment of flavins occur as autocatalytic reactions; however, in 2013, the first flavin transferase was identified, which catalyzes phosphoester bond formation between FMN and Na+-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase in certain bacteria. Later studies have indicated that this post-translational modification is widespread in prokaryotes and is even found in some eukaryotes. Flavin transferase can occur as a separate ∼40 kDa protein or as a domain within the target protein and recognizes a degenerate DgxtsAT/S motif in various target proteins. The purpose of this review was to summarize the progress already achieved by studies of the structure, mechanism, and specificity of flavin transferase and to encourage future research on this topic. Interestingly, the flavin transferase gene (apbE) is found in many bacteria that have no known target protein, suggesting the presence of yet unknown flavinylation targets.

scholarly journals Current Status of SUMOylation Inhibitors

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher M. Brackett ◽  
Brian S. J. Blagg
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Disease Progression ◽  
Small Molecule ◽  
Neurological Diseases ◽  
Lysine Residue ◽  
Target Protein ◽  
Covalent Attachment ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Synthetic Derivatives

: SUMOylation has emerged as an important post-translational modification that involves the covalent attachment of the Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier (SUMO) polypeptide to a lysine residue of a target protein. The enzymatic pathway of SUMOylation is very similar to ubiquitinylation and involves an activating enzyme, a conjugating enzyme, ligases and deconjugating enzymes. SUMOylation modulates the function of a number of proteins associated with various pathways, and in fact, dysregulation of the SUMOylation pathway is observed in both cancer and neurological diseases. In many cancers, the SUMO enzymes are upregulated and SUMO levels correlate directly with prognosis and disease progression. As a result, there has been an emphasis on the discovery and development of inhibitors of SUMOylation. In this review, the latest advances in SUMOylation inhibitors is described alongside the methods used to discover small molecule SUMOylation inhibitors, which include natural products, peptidomimetics, as well as synthetic derivatives identified via virtual screens.

Dicarbonyl derived post-translational modifications: chemistry bridging biology and aging-related disease

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Christian Sibbersen ◽  
Mogens Johannsen
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Amino Acid Residues ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Dicarbonyl Compounds ◽  
Protein Targets ◽  
Post Translational Modifications ◽  
Reactive Protein ◽  
Glycation End Products ◽  
Direct Mass Spectrometry

Abstract In living systems, nucleophilic amino acid residues are prone to non-enzymatic post-translational modification by electrophiles. α-Dicarbonyl compounds are a special type of electrophiles that can react irreversibly with lysine, arginine, and cysteine residues via complex mechanisms to form post-translational modifications known as advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). Glyoxal, methylglyoxal, and 3-deoxyglucosone are the major endogenous dicarbonyls, with methylglyoxal being the most well-studied. There are several routes that lead to the formation of dicarbonyl compounds, most originating from glucose and glucose metabolism, such as the non-enzymatic decomposition of glycolytic intermediates and fructosyl amines. Although dicarbonyls are removed continuously mainly via the glyoxalase system, several conditions lead to an increase in dicarbonyl concentration and thereby AGE formation. AGEs have been implicated in diabetes and aging-related diseases, and for this reason the elucidation of their structure as well as protein targets is of great interest. Though the dicarbonyls and reactive protein side chains are of relatively simple nature, the structures of the adducts as well as their mechanism of formation are not that trivial. Furthermore, detection of sites of modification can be demanding and current best practices rely on either direct mass spectrometry or various methods of enrichment based on antibodies or click chemistry followed by mass spectrometry. Future research into the structure of these adducts and protein targets of dicarbonyl compounds may improve the understanding of how the mechanisms of diabetes and aging-related physiological damage occur.

Imine as a Linchpin Approach for Distal C(sp2)–H Functionalization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukdev Bag ◽  
Sadhan Jana ◽  
Sukumar Pradhan ◽  
Suman Bhowmick ◽  
Nupur Goswami ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Molecules ◽  
Bond Activation ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Ancillary Ligand ◽  
Significant Challenge ◽  
Site Selectivity ◽  
Directing Group ◽  
Covalently Linked ◽  
Complex Organic ◽  
Post Functionalization

<p>Despite the widespread applications of C–H functionalization, controlling site selectivity remains a significant challenge. Covalently attached directing group (DG) served as an ancillary ligand to ensure proximal <i>ortho</i>-, distal <i>meta</i>- and <i>para</i>-C-H functionalization over the last two decades. These covalently linked DGs necessitate two extra steps for a single C–H functionalization: introduction of DG prior to C–H activation and removal of DG post-functionalization. We introduce here a transient directing group for distal C(<i>sp<sup>2</sup></i>)-H functionalization <i>via</i> reversible imine formation. By overruling facile proximal C-H bond activation by imine-<i>N</i> atom, a suitably designed pyrimidine-based transient directing group (TDG) successfully delivered selective distal C-C bond formation. Application of this transient directing group strategy for streamlining the synthesis of complex organic molecules without any necessary pre-functionalization at the distal position has been explored.</p>

Reactions of macroions with ester and carboxylic groups of polymers

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (9) ◽  
pp. 2194-2203
Author(s):  
Miloslav Kučera ◽  
Dušan Kimmer ◽  
Karla Majerová ◽  
Josef Majer
Keyword(s):  
Maleic Anhydride ◽  
Acrylic Acid ◽  
Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
The Other ◽  
Poly Methyl Methacrylate ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Carboxylic Groups ◽  
Poly Acrylic Acid

In the reaction of dianions with poly(methyl methacrylate), only an insignificant amount of insoluble crosslinked product is obtained. If, however, the concentration of grafting dianions approaches that of ester groups, the amount of poly(methyl methacrylate) which may thus be crosslinked becomes quite significant. Dications, too, can bring about crosslinking of only an insignificant number of poly(methyl methacrylate) chains. Carboxylic groups in poly(acrylic acid) react with dianions and dications in an anhydrous medium similarly to ester groups. On the other hand, in the presence of a cocatalytic amount of water dications are more readily bound to carboxylic groups, forming a covalent bond. The relatively highest efficiency was observed in the bond formation between dication and the poly[styrene-alt-(maleic anhydride)], both in an anhydrous medium and in the presence of H2O.

scholarly journals Real-time observation of tetrapyrrole binding to an engineered bacterial phytochrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yusaku Hontani ◽  
Mikhail Baloban ◽  
Francisco Velazquez Escobar ◽  
Swetta A. Jansen ◽  
Daria M. Shcherbakova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Near Infrared ◽  
Fluorescent Proteins ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Binding Pocket ◽  
Tissue Imaging ◽  
Covalent Attachment ◽  
Time Resolved

AbstractNear-infrared fluorescent proteins (NIR FPs) engineered from bacterial phytochromes are widely used for structural and functional deep-tissue imaging in vivo. To fluoresce, NIR FPs covalently bind a chromophore, such as biliverdin IXa tetrapyrrole. The efficiency of biliverdin binding directly affects the fluorescence properties, rendering understanding of its molecular mechanism of major importance. miRFP proteins constitute a family of bright monomeric NIR FPs that comprise a Per-ARNT-Sim (PAS) and cGMP-specific phosphodiesterases - Adenylyl cyclases - FhlA (GAF) domain. Here, we structurally analyze biliverdin binding to miRFPs in real time using time-resolved stimulated Raman spectroscopy and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) calculations. Biliverdin undergoes isomerization, localization to its binding pocket, and pyrrolenine nitrogen protonation in <1 min, followed by hydrogen bond rearrangement in ~2 min. The covalent attachment to a cysteine in the GAF domain was detected in 4.3 min and 19 min in miRFP670 and its C20A mutant, respectively. In miRFP670, a second C–S covalent bond formation to a cysteine in the PAS domain occurred in 14 min, providing a rigid tetrapyrrole structure with high brightness. Our findings provide insights for the rational design of NIR FPs and a novel method to assess cofactor binding to light-sensitive proteins.

scholarly journals Chemical Investigations Into the Biosynthesis of the Gymnastatin and Dankastatin Alkaloids

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingqi Tong ◽  
Bridget Belcher ◽  
Daniel Nomura ◽  
Thomas Maimone
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
Protein Function ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Fungal Strain ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Covalent Bond Formation

Electrophilic natural products have provided fertile ground for understanding how nature inhibits protein function using covalent bond formation. The fungal strain Gymnascella dankaliensis has provided an especially interesting collection of...

Material Adhesion through Direct Covalent Bond Formation Assisted by Noncovalent Interactions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motofumi Osaki ◽  
Tomoko Sekine ◽  
Hiroyasu Yamaguchi ◽  
Yoshinori Takashima ◽  
Akira Harada
Keyword(s):  
Noncovalent Interactions ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Covalent Bond Formation

scholarly journals Mechanism of Covalent Binding of Ibrutinib to Bruton’s Tyrosine Kinase revealed by QM/MM Calculations

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angus Voice ◽  
Gary Tresadern ◽  
Rebecca Twidale ◽  
Herman Van Vlijmen ◽  
Adrian Mulholland
Keyword(s):  
Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Covalent Binding ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Covalent Modification ◽  
Mechanistic Study ◽  
Bruton’S Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase ◽  
Covalent Inhibitors ◽  
Covalent Bond Formation

<p>Ibrutinib is the first covalent inhibitor of Bruton’s tyrosine kinase (BTK) to be used in the treatment of B-cell cancers. Understanding the mechanism of covalent inhibition is crucial for the design of safer and more selective covalent inhibitors that target BTK. There are questions surrounding the precise mechanism of covalent bond formation in BTK as there is no appropriate active site residue that can act as a base to deprotonate the cysteine thiol prior to covalent bond formation. To address this, we have investigated several mechanistic pathways of covalent modification of C481 in BTK by ibrutinib using QM/MM reaction simulations. The lowest energy pathway we identified involves a direct proton transfer from C481 to the acrylamide warhead in ibrutinib, followed by covalent bond formation to form an enol intermediate. There is a subsequent rate-limiting keto-enol tautomerisation step (DG<sup>‡</sup>=10.5 kcal mol<sup>-1</sup>) to reach the inactivated BTK/ibrutinib complex. Our results represent the first mechanistic study of BTK inactivation by ibrutinib to consider multiple mechanistic pathways. These findings should aid in the design of covalent drugs that target BTK and related proteins. </p>

Supramolecular Assembly-Enabled Homochiral Polymerization of Short (dA)n Oligonucleotides

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sreejith Mangalath ◽  
Suneesh C Karunakaran ◽  
Gary Newnam ◽  
Gary Schuster ◽  
Nicholas Hud
Keyword(s):  
Supramolecular Chemistry ◽  
Bond Formation ◽  
Supramolecular Assembly ◽  
Covalent Bond ◽  
Complex Mixtures ◽  
Covalent Bond Formation

A goal of supramolecular chemistry is to create covalent polymers of precise composition and stereochemistry from complex mixtures by the reversible assembly of specific monomers prior to covalent bond formation....

Conserved E1B-55K SUMOylation in different human adenovirus species is a potent regulator of intracellular localization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viktoria Kolbe ◽  
Wing H. Ip ◽  
Lisa Kieweg-Thompson ◽  
Judith Lang ◽  
Julia Gruhne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Transformation ◽  
Intracellular Localization ◽  
Human Adenovirus ◽  
Lysine Residue ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Cellular Effects ◽  
Sumo Conjugation ◽  
Functional Consequences ◽  
Organ Tropism

Over the past decades, studies on the biology of human adenoviruses (HAdVs) mainly focused on the HAdV prototype species C type 5 (HAdV-C5) and revealed fundamental molecular insights into mechanisms of viral replication and viral cell transformation. Recently, other HAdV species are gaining more and more attention in the field. Reports on large E1B proteins (E1B-55K) from different HAdV species showed that these multifactorial proteins possess strikingly different features along with highly conserved functions. In this work, we identified potential SUMO-conjugation motifs (SCMs) in E1B-55K proteins from HAdV species A to F. Mutational inactivation of these SCMs demonstrated that HAdV E1B-55K proteins are SUMOylated at a single lysine residue that is highly conserved among HAdV species B to E. Moreover, we provide evidence that E1B-55K SUMOylation is a potent regulator of intracellular localization and p53-mediated transcription in most HAdV species. We also identified a lysine residue at position 101 (K101), which is unique to HAdV-C5 E1B-55K and specifically regulates its SUMOylation and nucleo-cytoplasmic shuttling. Our findings reveal important new aspects on HAdV E1B-55K proteins and suggest that different E1B-55K species possess conserved SCMs while their SUMOylation has divergent cellular effects during infection. Importance E1B-55K is a multifunctional adenoviral protein and its functions are highly regulated by SUMOylation. Although functional consequences of SUMOylated HAdV-C5 E1B-55K are well studied, we lack information on the effects of SUMOylation on homologous E1B-55K proteins from other HAdV species. Here, we show that SUMOylation is a conserved post-translational modification in most of the E1B-55K proteins, similar to what we know about HAdV-C5 E1B-55K. Moreover, we identify subcellular localization and regulation of p53-dependent transcription as highly conserved SUMOylation-regulated E1B-55K functions. Thus, our results highlight how HAdV proteins might have evolved in different HAdV species with conserved domains involved in virus replication and differing alternative functions and interactions with the host cell machinery. Future research will link these differences and similarities to the diverse pathogenicity and organ tropism of the different HAdV species.

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