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Influence of different pH milieu on the structure and function of human Aurora kinase B protein (AURK-B): Amalgamation of both spectroscopic and computational approach.
Gupta, Deepali; Kumari, Renu; Kumar, Mukesh; Singh, Mandeep; Rawat, Shivani; Ethayathulla, A S; Kaur, Punit.
Affiliation
  • Gupta D; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Kumari R; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Kumar M; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Singh M; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Rawat S; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Ethayathulla AS; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India.
  • Kaur P; Department of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Delhi 110029, India. Electronic address: punitkaur1@hotmail.com.
Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc ; 312: 124047, 2024 May 05.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38394881
ABSTRACT
Aurora kinase B (AURK-B) is a serine/threonine kinase protein that plays an essential role in chromosomal separation during the cell cycle event. AURK-B is highly expressed in various types of cancer such as human seminoma, thyroid carcinoma, non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), oral carcinoma, and gastric cancer. Hence, it is a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of various cancers. The structure of AURK-B in complex with one of its substrate inner centromeric protein (INCENP) is present, but the structural and functional characterization of native AURK-B at different pH environment is still unexplored.This study determines the effect of different pH milieu on the structure and function of AURK-B protein wherein the influence of pH on the protein conformation was probed using Circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectroscopy. The structural studies were further combined with functional activity assay to observe the change in kinase activity at various pH milieu (2.0-11.0). CD and fluorescence spectroscopy experiments dictate that at high acidic conditions (pH 2.0 - 5.0), the secondary and tertiary structures of AURK-B become distorted, leading to diminished activity. The protein, however, was observed to stabilize towards pH 7.0 - 8.0 with minimal structure alteration over the basic pH range (pH 9.0 -11.0). The measured spectroscopic structural features were found to be in-line with obtained experimental kinase activity assays. Further, in-vitro experiments indicate that the enzyme is maximally active at pH 8.0. More ordered conformation and compact structure was observed at this pH (pH 8.0) as compared to other pH values through molecular dynamics simulation studies (MDS). As AURK-B localizes itself in the intracellular compartment, this study may provide a clue about the role of different pH environments in enhancing cancer growth, proliferation, and invasion.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carcinoma / Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc Year: 2024 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carcinoma / Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases Limits: Humans Language: En Journal: Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc Year: 2024 Document type: Article