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Biochim Biophys Acta ; 1804(4): 768-80, 2010 Apr.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20005307

ABSTRACT

Cross-linking with a bifunctional reagent and subsequent SDS gel electrophoresis is a simple but effective method to study the symmetry and arrangement of subunits in oligomeric proteins. In this study, theoretical expressions for the description of cross-linking patterns were derived for protein homohexamers through extension of the method used for tetramers by Hajdu et al. (1976). The derived equations were used for the analysis of cross-linking by glutardialdehyde of four protein hexamers: beef liver glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH), jack bean urease, hemocyanin from the spiny lobster Panulirus pencillatus (PpHc), Escherichia coli glutamate decarboxylase (GDC) and for analysis of published data on the cross-linking of hexameric E. coli rho by dimethyl suberimidate. Best fit models showed that the subunits in the first four proteins are arranged according to D(3) symmetry in two layers, each subunit able to cross-link to three neighboring subunits for GDH and urease, or to four for PpHc and GDC. The findings indicate a dimer-of-trimers eclipsed arrangement of subunits for GDH and urease and a trimer-of-dimers staggered one for PpHc and GDC. In rho, the subunits are arranged according to D(3) symmetry in a trimer-of-dimers ring. The conclusions from cross-linking of GDH and GDC, PpHc and rho are consistent with results from X-ray crystal structure, those for urease with findings from electron microscopy.


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Models, Molecular , Protein Structure, Quaternary , Protein Subunits , Animals , Canavalia/enzymology , Cattle , Cross-Linking Reagents , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry , Glutamate Decarboxylase/chemistry , Glutamate Dehydrogenase/chemistry , Glutaral , Hemocyanins/chemistry , In Vitro Techniques , Liver/enzymology , Palinuridae/enzymology , Protein Multimerization , Stereoisomerism , Urease/chemistry
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FEBS Lett ; 580(25): 5959-64, 2006 Oct 30.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17052716

ABSTRACT

Gem, a member of the Rad,Gem/Kir subfamily of small G-proteins, has unique sequence features. We report here the crystallographic structure determination of the Gem G-domain in complex with nucleotide to 2.4 A resolution. Although the basic Ras protein fold is maintained, the Gem switch regions emphatically differ from the Ras paradigm. Our ensuing biochemical characterization indicates that Gem G-domain markedly prefers GDP over GTP. Two known functions of Gem are distinctly affected by spatially separated clusters of mutations.


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Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/chemistry , Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism , Amino Acid Sequence , Amino Acid Substitution , Animals , COS Cells , Chlorocebus aethiops , Crystallography, X-Ray , Guanosine Diphosphate/metabolism , Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism , Models, Molecular , Molecular Sequence Data , Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins/genetics , Mutagenesis, Site-Directed , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics , Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism , Protein Structure, Tertiary , Recombinant Proteins/chemistry , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism , Sequence Homology, Amino Acid , Static Electricity , rho-Associated Kinases
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