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1.
Nat Microbiol ; 7(11): 1891-1905, 2022 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36266336

RESUMO

Nucleophilic amino acids are important in covalent drug development yet underutilized as anti-microbial targets. Chemoproteomic technologies have been developed to mine chemically accessible residues via their intrinsic reactivity towards electrophilic probes but cannot discern which chemically reactive sites contribute to protein function and should therefore be prioritized for drug discovery. To address this, we have developed a CRISPR-based oligo recombineering (CORe) platform to support the rapid identification, functional prioritization and rational targeting of chemically reactive sites in haploid systems. Our approach couples protein sequence and function with biological fitness of live cells. Here we profile the electrophile sensitivity of proteinogenic cysteines in the eukaryotic pathogen Toxoplasma gondii and prioritize functional sites using CORe. Electrophile-sensitive cysteines decorating the ribosome were found to be critical for parasite growth, with target-based screening identifying a parasite-selective anti-malarial lead molecule and validating the apicomplexan translation machinery as a target for ongoing covalent ligand development.


Assuntos
Toxoplasma , Toxoplasma/genética , Toxoplasma/metabolismo , Cisteína/química , Descoberta de Drogas , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Processamento de Proteína Pós-Traducional
5.
Ir J Med Sci ; 161(12): 670-4, 1992 Dec.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-1366238

RESUMO

Two cases of Boerhaave's Syndrome complicating vomiting of gastrointestinal obstruction are described. The successful management of each case is recounted and certain pitfalls noted. This association has received scant attention in the extensive literature on Boerhaave's Syndrome. We were not able to find a previous report of successful management of this dual pathology. Nevertheless, the location of two such cases at a District General Hospital within a decade suggests that it may not be exceptionally rare. We review the literature pertaining to the association of Boerhaave's Syndrome with pre-existent gastrointestinal disease. The suggestion is made that the possibility of a second surgical condition should be borne in mind when treating patients with this syndrome. We stress that the presence of symptoms due to pre-existent upper gastrointestinal disease may contribute to diagnostic delay in the recognition of Boerhaave's Syndrome.


Assuntos
Cálculos/complicações , Doenças do Esôfago/etiologia , Obstrução Intestinal/complicações , Doenças do Jejuno/complicações , Vômito/complicações , Cálculos/cirurgia , Doenças do Esôfago/diagnóstico por imagem , Humanos , Obstrução Intestinal/cirurgia , Doenças do Jejuno/cirurgia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Radiografia , Ruptura Espontânea , Síndrome
6.
Anal Biochem ; 173(2): 241-5, 1988 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3056104

RESUMO

We have developed a two-dimensional gel electrophoretic system for the identification of Escherichia coli ribosomal proteins that involves the use of acid-urea in the first dimension and sodium dodecyl sulfate in the second dimension. This system has high sensitivity, resolution, and speed, and it is more convenient than others previously described. We have identified individual E. coli ribosomal proteins by this system.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/análise , Escherichia coli/análise , Proteínas Ribossômicas/análise , Eletroforese em Gel Bidimensional
7.
J Mol Biol ; 200(2): 291-9, 1988 Mar 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3373529

RESUMO

We have used rapid chemical probing methods to examine the effect of assembly of ribosomal proteins S16, S17 and S20 on the reactivity of individual residues of 16 S rRNA. Protein S17 strongly protects a compact region of the RNA between positions 245 and 281, a site previously assigned to binding of S20. Protein S20 also protects many of these same positions, albeit more weakly than S17. Strong S20-dependent protections are seen elsewhere in the 5' domain, most notably at positions 108, and in the 160-200 and 330 loop regions. Enenpectedly, S20 also causes protection of several bases in the 1430-1450 region, in the 3' minor domain. In the presence of the primary binding proteins S4, S8 and S20, we observe a variety of effects that result from assembly of the secondary binding protein S16. Most strongly protected are nucleotides around positions 50, 120, 300 to 330 and 360 in the 5' domain, and positions 606 to 630 in the central domain. In addition, numerous nucleotides in the 5' and central domains exhibit enhanced reactivity in response to S16. Interestingly, the strength of the S20-dependent effects in the 1430-1450 region is attenuated in the presence of S4 + S8 + S20, and restored in the presence of S4 + S8 + S20 + S16. Finally, the previously observed rearrangement of the 300 region stem-loop that occurs during assembly is shown to be an S16-dependent event. We discuss these findings with respect to assignment of RNA binding sites for these proteins, and in regard to the co-operativity of ribosome assembly.


Assuntos
RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Aldeídos , Sequência de Bases , Butanonas , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Ribossomos/metabolismo , Ésteres do Ácido Sulfúrico
8.
J Mol Biol ; 200(2): 301-8, 1988 Mar 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3373530

RESUMO

We have constructed complexes of ribosomal proteins S8, S15, S8 + S15 and S8 + S15 + S6 + S18 with 16 S ribosomal RNA, and probed the RNA moiety with a set of structure-specific chemical and enzymatic probes. Our results show the following effects of assembly of proteins on the reactivity of specific nucleotides in 16 S rRNA. (1) In agreement with earlier work, S8 protects nucleotides in and around the 588-606/632-651 stem from attack by chemical probes; this is supported by protection in and around these same regions from nucleases. In addition, we observe protection of positions 573-575, 583, 812, 858-861 and 865. Several S8-dependent enhancements of reactivity are found, indicating that assembly of this protein is accompanied by conformational changes in 16 S rRNA. These results imply that protein S8 influences a much larger region of the central domain than was previously suspected. (2) Protein S15 protects nucleotides in the 655-672/734-751 stem, in agreement with previous findings. We also find S15-dependent protection of nucleotides in the 724-730 region. Assembly of S15 causes several enhancements of reactivity, the most striking of which are found at G664, A665, G674, and A718. (3) The effects of proteins S6 and S18 are dependent on the simultaneous presence of both proteins, and on the presence of protein S15. S6 + S18-dependent protections are located in the 673-730 and 777-803 regions. We observed some variability in our results with these proteins, depending on the ratio of protein to RNA used, and in different trials using enzymatic probes, possibly due to the limited solubility of protein S18. Consistently reproducible was protection of nucleotides in the 664-676 and 715-729 regions. Among the latter are three of the nucleotides (G664, G674 and A718) that are strongly enhanced by assembly of protein S15. This result suggests that an S15-induced conformational change involving these nucleotides may play a role in the co-operative assembly of proteins S6 and S18.


Assuntos
RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Aldeídos , Autorradiografia , Sequência de Bases , Butanonas , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Ribonucleases/metabolismo , Proteína S6 Ribossômica , Ésteres do Ácido Sulfúrico
9.
J Mol Biol ; 200(2): 309-19, 1988 Mar 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3373531

RESUMO

We have studied the effect of assembly of ribosomal proteins S7, S9 and S19 on the accessibility and conformation of nucleotides in 16 S ribosomal RNA. Complexes formed between 16 S rRNA and S7, S7 + S9, S7 + S19 or S7 + S9 + S19 were subjected to a combination of chemical and enzymatic probes, whose sites of attack in 16 S rRNA were identified by primer extension. The results of this study show that: (1) Protein S7 affects the reactivity of an extensive region in the lower half of the 3' major domain. Inclusion of proteins S9 or S19 with S7 has generally little additional effect on S7-specific protection of the RNA. Clusters of nucleotides that are protected by protein S7 are localized in the 935-945 region, the 950/1230 stem, the 1250/1285 internal loop, and the 1350/1370 stem. (2) Addition of protein S9 in the presence of S7 causes several additional effects principally in two structurally distal regions. We observe strong S9-dependent protection of positions 1278 to 1283, and of several positions in the 1125/1145 internal loop. These findings suggest that interaction of protein S9 with 16 S rRNA results in a structure in which the 1125/1145 and 1280 regions are proximal to each other. (3) Most of the strong S19-dependent effects are clustered in the 950-1050 and 1210-1230 regions, which are joined by base-pairing in the 16 S rRNA secondary structure. The highly conserved 960-975 stemp-loop, which has been implicated in tRNA binding, appears to be destabilized in the presence of S19. (4) Protein S7 causes enhanced reactivity at several sites that become protected upon addition of S9 or S19. This suggests that S7-induced conformational changes in 16 S rRNA play a role in the co-operativity of assembly of the 3' major domain.


Assuntos
RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Aldeídos , Autorradiografia , Sequência de Bases , Butanonas , Conformação de Ácido Nucleico , Proteína S9 Ribossômica , Ésteres do Ácido Sulfúrico
13.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 15(24): 10331-43, 1987 Dec 23.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3697092

RESUMO

Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S4 was subjected to cyanogen bromide cleavage and was found to generate a complete cleavage product capable of rebinding 16S rRNA. This fragment, consisting of residues 1-103, was found to bind with an apparent association constant of 11 microM-1. This fragment was used in place of S4 in an in vitro reconstitution experiment. Although the particles formed had a protein composition not significantly different from reconstituted 30S ribosomal subunits, their sedimentation behavior was more like that of particles reconstituted without S4. These results indicate to us that, although residues 104-203 of S4 are involved in the assembly of the 30S ribosome, they are not necessary for the binding of S4 to 16S RNA. Taken with previous results, the domain of S4 involved in specific binding of 16S RNA can be confined to residues 47-103.


Assuntos
RNA Ribossômico 16S/metabolismo , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Ribossomos/ultraestrutura , Brometo de Cianogênio , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
14.
Biochem J ; 244(3): 523-32, 1987 Jun 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3328611

RESUMO

Ribosomal proteins from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae were separated, on a preparative scale, by ion-exchange h.p.l.c. Proteins from the small and large ribosomal subunits were resolved, respectively, into 33 and 23 peaks, and most of the proteins present in these peaks were identified by using one- and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Several of the peaks appeared to contain a single protein uncontaminated by other species. Ribosomal proteins were also separated by using reverse-phase h.p.l.c. Analysis of the peaks resolved indicated that the order of elution for the proteins of both ribosomal subunits is, in certain cases, different for each of the two h.p.l.c. techniques used. Thus a combination of the two chromatographic methods employed here has the potential to facilitate the rapid and preparative separation of each of the proteins present in yeast ribosomes.


Assuntos
Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Proteínas Ribossômicas/isolamento & purificação , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/análise , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida
15.
Anal Biochem ; 158(1): 179-88, 1986 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3541682

RESUMO

We have developed analytical and preparative ion-exchange HPLC methods for the separation of bacterial ribosomal proteins. Proteins separated by the TSK SP-5-PW column were identified with reverse-phase HPLC and gel electrophoresis. The 21 proteins of the small ribosomal subunit were resolved into 18 peaks, and the 32 large ribosomal subunit proteins produced 25 distinct peaks. All peaks containing more than one protein were resolved using reverse-phase HPLC. Peak volumes were typically a few milliliters. Separation times were 90 min for analytical and 5 h for preparative columns. Preparative-scale sample loads ranged from 100 to 400 mg. Overall recovery efficiency for 30S and 50S subunit proteins was approximately 100%. 30S ribosomal subunit proteins purified by this method were shown to be fully capable of participating in vitro reassembly to form intact, active ribosomal subunits.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Proteínas Ribossômicas/isolamento & purificação , Cromatografia por Troca Iônica , Escherichia coli/análise , Ribossomos/análise , Ribossomos/ultraestrutura
16.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 14(17): 6929-44, 1986 Sep 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3532032

RESUMO

We have isolated a mutant form of Escherichia coli ribosomal protein S4. This mutant is temperature sensitive and apparently fails to autogenously regulate the gene products of the alpha operon, which consists of the genes for proteins S13, S11, S4, L17, and the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase (1). We have shown that this mutation results in the production of an S4 protein with a molecular weight approximately 4,000 daltons less than the wild-type protein. Our chemical analyses demonstrate that the mutant protein is missing its C-terminal section consisting of residues 170-203. However, our studies to determine the capacity of this mutant protein to bind 16S RNA show that this protein is unimpaired in RNA binding function. This observation suggests that the functional domain of protein S4 responsible for translational regulation of the S4 gene products requires more of the protein than the 16S RNA binding domain.


Assuntos
Escherichia coli/genética , Proteínas Ribossômicas/genética , Aminoácidos/análise , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Genes Bacterianos , Peso Molecular , Mutação , Óperon , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/análise , RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Espectrofotometria Ultravioleta
17.
Biochem J ; 237(2): 421-6, 1986 Jul 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3541900

RESUMO

A new h.p.l.c. cation-exchange method has been used to separate proteins from 60S ribosomal subunits prepared from strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae sensitive or resistant to trichodermin. Ribosomal protein L3 was identified in column eluates by one-dimensional and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and purified further by reverse-phase h.p.l.c. The protein was cleaved with CNBr and the products were analysed, again by reverse-phase h.p.l.c. A marked difference was observed in the peptide profiles between preparations from trichodermin-sensitive and trichodermin-resistant yeast strains. These results provide the first direct demonstration that, in yeast, mutationally induced resistance to trichodermin can alter the covalent structure of ribosomal protein L3. They convincingly demonstrate the potential of the experimental technique for the rapid and preparative separation of a selected yeast ribosomal protein and its subsequent characterization.


Assuntos
Proteínas Fúngicas/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas Ribossômicas/isolamento & purificação , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/análise , Cromatografia Líquida de Alta Pressão/métodos , Resistência Microbiana a Medicamentos , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Mutação , Proteína Ribossômica L3 , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/efeitos dos fármacos , Tricodermina/farmacologia
19.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 14(10): 4095-111, 1986 May 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3520481

RESUMO

We have found that all E. coli ribosomal proteins strongly bind to an agarose affinity column derivatized with the dye Cibacron Blue F3GA. We have also shown that the capacity to bind the dye is lost when the proteins are organized within the structure of the ribosome or are members of pre-formed protein-RNA complexes. We conclude that the binding of ribosomal proteins to this dye involves specific protein-RNA recognition sites. These observations led us to discover that Cibacron Blue can be used to inhibit in vitro ribosome assembly at any stage of the assembly process. This has allowed us to determine a kinetic order of ribosome assembly.


Assuntos
Ribossomos/análise , Triazinas/metabolismo , Cromatografia de Afinidade , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Escherichia coli/genética , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo
20.
Nucleic Acids Res ; 14(5): 1957-66, 1986 Mar 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3515315

RESUMO

In previous reports we have described the isolation of fragments of 30S ribosomal protein S4 using a number of different enzymatic and chemical cleavage techniques. These experiments were designed to determine the region of the protein responsible for 16S RNA recognition. We report here the isolation of two fragments produced by the hydroxylamine cleavage of the asparaginyl-glycyl peptide bond between positions 124 and 125. The purified fragments were chemically identified and tested for RNA binding capacity. The fragment consisting of residues 1-124 retains RNA binding activity and the fragment 125-203 is totally without RNA binding function. These results and previous results strongly suggest that the domain of protein S4 responsible for 16S RNA specific association is within the region consisting of residues 46-124.


Assuntos
RNA Ribossômico/metabolismo , Proteínas Ribossômicas/metabolismo , Sítios de Ligação , Escherichia coli , Hidroxilamina , Hidroxilaminas , Peso Molecular , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/isolamento & purificação , Fragmentos de Peptídeos/metabolismo , Relação Estrutura-Atividade , Termodinâmica
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