[Photoaffinity labeling for enzymatic protein phosphate sites].
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We have used two self-annealing template-primers (TPs) to covalently cross-link the Klenow fragment of Escherichia coli DNA polymerase I in its polymerase mode. The specificity of cross-linking is demonstrated by the observation that other template-primers, but not the template or primer alone, readily compete with self-annealing TPs. The enzyme-TP covalent complex is catalytically active and can incorporate one nucleotide on the primer terminus of the immobilized template-primer. Using a peptide mapping approach, we have identified a 17-amino acid tryptic peptide spanning residues 759-775 as a major constituent of the TP binding domain. Amino acid sequence analysis further revealed that Ile-765, Tyr-766 in the O-helix and Ser-769, Phe-771 in the O1-helix of the three-dimensional crystal structure of the Klenow fragment constitute the attachment site for TP.
The binding of a galactosylceramide (GalCer) analog to proteins in normal human cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was examined by photo-affinity labeling using a radioiodolabeled 2-(p-azido-salicylamido) ethyl-1,3-dithiopropionate (ASD) derivative of galactosylsphingosine (GalSph) as a probe. The affinity-bound peptides appeared at 66, 36 and 28 kDa as radiolabeled bands. The latter two peptides, 36 and 28 kDa, were independently identified by immunostaining of the isolated peptides using biotinylated GalSph, and immobilized Avidin, and by immunoprecipitation of the photolabeled peptide, to apolipoproteins (ALPs) E and A-I, respectively. The direct binding of the GalCer analog to these apo-peptides suggested that the existence in the body fluids or the transfer between the fluids and cells of the glycolipid was related to high density lipoprotein (HDL) constructions.
We have synthesized 8-azido-cyclic ADP-ribose (8N3-cADPR) and [32P]8-azido-cyclic ADP-ribose ([32P]8N3-cADPR) in order to characterize cyclic ADP-ribose-(cADPR) binding sites in sea urchin egg homogenates. 8N3-cADPR was an antagonist of cADPR since it did not induce Ca2+ release from egg microsomes but did inhibit the ability of cADPR to do so. The effect of 8N3-cADPR was reversible and could be overcome by high concentrations of cADPR, suggesting that both were acting on the same site. This was supported by the fact that 8N3-cADPR effectively competed for [32P]cADPR binding to microsomes. Reciprocally, binding of [32P]8N3-cADPR could also be selectively displaced by cADPR and 8N3-cADPR, but not by ADP-ribose. These results indicate that 8N3-cADPR binds specifically to the cADPR-binding sites and inhibits cADPR from releasing Ca2+. Photolysis of microsomes preincubated with [32P]8N3-cADPR resulted in specific labeling of proteins of 140 and 100 kDa, which could be prevented by 8N3-cADPR or nanomolar concentrations of cADPR, but not by micromolar concentrations of ADP-ribose, AMP, ADP, ATP, cyclic AMP or inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate. Caffeine, an agonist of Ca(2+)-induced Ca2+ release, preferentially inhibited the labeling of the 100 kDa as compared to the 140-kDa protein. These results suggest that cADPR may not interact directly with the ryanodine receptor, but may instead, exert its effect through intermediate proteins.
The phosphate-binding domain of the ATP-binding site of tobacco Rubisco (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) activase was elucidated by photo-affinity labeling with a monoanhydride of ADP with N-(4-(benzoyl)phenylmethyl)phosphoramide ([gamma-32P]ATP gamma BP). Covalent incorporation of [gamma-32P]ATP gamma BP into the 42-kDa Rubisco activase subunit was dependent upon irradiation with ultraviolet light. Photolabelling of Rubisco activase with ATP gamma BP exhibited saturation kinetics; the apparent Kd for photolabeling was 5 microM. Two lines of evidence showed that ATP gamma BP modified Rubisco activase at the ATP-binding domain. First, physiological concentrations of ATP and ADP afforded complete protection against photolabeling of Rubisco activase by ATP gamma BP. Second, photolysis of Rubisco activase in the presence of ATP gamma BP decreased both the ATPase and the Rubisco activating activities. Inactivation of enzyme activity was dependent on ATP gamma BP concentration and could be prevented by including ADP during photolabeling. The region of Rubisco activase that was modified by ATP gamma BP was identified by isolating photolabeled peptides. Sequence analysis showed that ATP gamma BP modified Rubisco activase in two distinct regions; one region, S117-A136, is adjacent to the P-loop and the other region, V223-T234, exhibits homology to a region of adenylate kinase that ligates the essential metal ion. Photolabeling of these two regions of Rubisco activase was consistent with modification of the ATP gamma-phosphate-binding domain of Rubisco activase with ATP gamma BP.
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4-Thiouridine, a photoreactive analogue of uridine, was randomly incorporated into yeast tRNA(Phe) precursor molecules by transcription with T7 RNA polymerase and the resulting transcripts were converted into mature tRNA(Phe) by treatment with RNase P RNA. The photoreactive tRNA(Phe) was aminoacylated and bound to the P site of Escherichia coli 70S ribosomes in the presence of a poly(U) template. Irradiation of the complexes with light of 300 nm resulted in the covalent crosslinking of nt U20 in the D loop of the tRNA to protein S11 of the 30S ribosomal subunit, whereas nt U33 in the anticodon loop crosslinked to 30S-subunit protein S7. These results allowed us to map the D loop of P site-bound tRNA to the platform of the 30S ribosomal subunit and provided additional information about contacts between protein S7 and the anticodon loop in the cleft between the platform and the subunit head.
A photoaffinity labeling technique was used to study the receptors involved in the discrimination of odorants. Aromatic azides, 1-azidonaphthalene (AzN) and 1-azido-4-nitronaphthalene (AsNN), were found to be pleasant-smelling compounds and produced good responses, giving standard EOG's (electro-olfactogram) of the kind observed for normal odorants. Following irradiation of the frog olfactory mucosa with light during constant stimulation with one of the azides vapor, there was a specific partial inhibition of the receptors for that odorant. The extent of reduction in amplitude of the EOG responses to AzN and AzNN varied between 40 to 60% of the original amplitude.
A new heterobifunctional reagent, N-(3-(p-azido-m-iodophenyl)propionyl)-succinimide (AIPPS), was synthesized and chemically characterized. The radiochemical form of the reagent, [125I]AIPPS, should be of general use as a photoactive reagent for the derivatization of free amino groups on a large variety of biologically active compounds, including many hormones. Amino-containing ligands can be derivatized with [125I]AIPPS in a method which is similar to that used for the 125I-labeled Bolton-Hunter reagent (N-(3-(p-hydroxyphenyl)propionyl)-succinimide). The added advantage with [125I]AIPPS, however, is that the ligand derivative is made both photoactive and radioactive in a single step. As an example of how this reagent can be used, we have prepared carrier-free [125I]AIPPS and reacted it with the amino-containing cardiac glycoside, 4-amino-4,6-dideoxyglucosyl digitoxigenin (GluD). The radioiodinated cardiac glycoside, [125I]AIPP-GluD, was purified by thin-layer chromatography and was carrier-free with a specific radioactivity of 2175 Ci/mmol. [125I]AIPP-GluD was an effective photoaffinity label for Na,K-ATPase as shown by specific photoaffinity labeling of purified canine kidney enzyme and human erythrocyte enzyme.
Highly purified lamb kidney (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was photoaffinity labeled with the tritiated 2-nitro-5-azidobenzoyl derivative of ouabain (NAB-ouabain). The labeled (Na+ + K+)-ATPase was mixed with unlabeled carrier enzyme. Two proteolipid (gamma 1 and gamma 2) fractions were then isolated by chromatography on columns of Sepharose CL-6B and Sephadex LH-60. The two fractions were interchangeable when rechromatographed on the LH-60 column, suggesting that gamma 1 is an aggregated form of gamma 2. The total yield was 0.8-1.5 mol of gamma component per mol of catalytic subunit recovered. This indicates that the gamma component is present in stoichiometric amounts in the Na+ + K+)-ATPase. The proteolipids that were labeled with NAB-ouabain copurified with the unlabeled proteolipids.
The cGMP-binding cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE-5) contains distinct catalytic and allosteric binding sites, and each is cGMP-specific. Cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase inhibitors, such as 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), are believed to compete with cyclic nucleotides at the catalytic sites of these enzymes, but the portion of PDE-5 that accounts for interaction of either of these inhibitors of the substrates themselves with the catalytic domain of the enzymes has not been identified. IBMX was derivatized to yield the photoaffinity probe 8([3-125I,-4-azido]-benzyl)-IBMX, which is referred to as 8(125IAB)-IBMX. This probe was incubated with partially purified recombinant bovine PDE-5. After UV irradiation and SDS-PAGE, a single radiolabeled band that coincided with the position of PDE-5 was visualized on the gel, and the photoaffinity labeling of PDE-5 was linear with increasing concentration of the 8(125IAB)-IBMX. Prominent Coomassie blue-stained bands other than PDE-5 were not labeled significantly. The photoaffinity labeling was progressively blocked by cGMP at concentrations higher than 10 microM, whereas cAMP or 5'-GMP exhibited only weak inhibitory effects. Other compounds that are believed to interact with the PDE-5 catalytic site, including IBMX, cIMP, and beta-phenyl-1,N2-etheno-cGMP (PET-cGMP), also inhibited the photoaffinity labeling in a concentration-dependent manner. The IC50 of PET-cGMP for inhibition of photoaffinity labeling was 10 microM, which compared favorably with an IC50 of 5 microM for inhibition of PDE-5 catalytic activity by this compound. It is concluded that the interaction of this photoaffinity probe with PDE-5 is highly specific for the catalytic site over the allosteric binding sites of PDE-5 and could prove useful in studies to map the catalytic site of PDE-5.
The glucocorticoid hormone receptor (92 kDa), purified 9000-fold from rat liver cytosol by steroid affinity chromatography and DEAE-Sephacel chromatography, was assayed for the presence of protein kinase activity by incubations with [gamma-32P]ATP and the photoaffinity label 8-azido-[gamma-32P]ATP. Control preparations isolated by affinity chromatography in the presence of excess steroid to prevent the receptor from binding to the affinity matrix were assayed for kinase activity in parallel. The receptor was not labeled by the photoaffinity label under photoactivation conditions in the presence of Ca2+ or Mg2+. A Mg2+-dependent protein kinase (48 kDa) that could be photoaffinity labeled with 8-azido-ATP copurified with the receptor. This kinase was also present in control preparations. The kinase could phosphorylate several minor contaminants present in the receptor preparation, including a protein (or proteins) of similar molecular weight to the receptor. The phosphorylation of 90-92-kDa proteins was independent of the state of transformation or steroid-binding activity of the receptor. These experiments provide direct evidence that neither the glucocorticoid receptor nor the 90-92-kDa non-steroid-binding protein associated with the molybdate-stabilized glucocorticoid receptor possesses intrinsic Ca2+- or Mg2+-dependent protein kinase activity.
The H(+)-dependent uptake system responsible for the enteral absorption of oligopeptides and orally active beta-lactam antibiotics was functionally reconstituted into liposomes. Membrane proteins from rabbit small intestinal brush border membrane vesicles were solubilized with n-octyl glucoside and incorporated into liposomes using a gel filtration method. At protein/lipid ratios of 1:10 and 1:40, the uptake of the orally active alpha-amino-cephalosporin, D-cephalexin into proteoliposomes was stimulated by an inwardly directed H+ gradient and was protein-dependent. In these proteoliposomes the binding protein for oligopeptides and beta-lactam antibiotics of Mr 127,000 could be labeled by direct photoaffinity labeling with [3H]benzylpenicillin revealing an identical binding specificity as in the original brush border membrane vesicles. The uptake system for beta-lactam antibiotics and oligopeptides showed a remarkable stereospecificity; only D-cephalexin was taken up by intact brush border membrane vesicles, whereas the L-enantiomer was not taken up to a significant extent. This stereospecificity for uptake was also seen after reconstitution of solubilized brush border membrane proteins into liposomes demonstrating a functional reconstitution of the peptide transporter. Both enantiomers however, bound to the 127-kDa binding protein as was shown by a decrease in the extent of photoaffinity labeling of the 127-kDa protein in the presence of both enantiomers. After reconstitution of subfractions of brush border membrane proteins obtained by wheat germ lectin affinity chromatography into proteoliposomes, only liposomes containing the 127-kDa binding protein showed a significant uptake of D-cephalexin whereas the L-enantiomer was not transported. The uptake rates for D-cephalexin into proteoliposomes correlated with the content of 127-kDa binding protein in these liposomes as was determined by specific photoaffinity labeling with [3H]benzylpenicillin. The purified 127-kDa binding protein was also reconstituted into liposomes and its ability for specific binding of substrates as well as stereospecific uptake of cephalexin could be restored. These results indicate that the binding protein for oligopeptides and beta-lactam antibiotics of Mr 127,000 mediates the stereospecific and H(+)-dependent transport of orally active beta-lactam antibiotics across the enterocyte brush border membrane. We therefore suggest that this 127-kDa binding protein is the intestinal peptide transport system (or a component thereof).
Salmeterol is a long-acting beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta 2AR) agonist used clinically to treat asthma. In addition to binding at the active agonist site, it has been proposed that salmeterol also binds with very high affinity at a second site, termed the "exosite", and that this exosite contributes to the long duration of action of salmeterol. To determine the position of the phenyl ring of the aralkyloxyalkyl side chain of salmeterol in the beta 2AR binding site, we designed and synthesized the agonist photoaffinity label [(125)I]iodoazidosalmeterol ([125I]IAS). In direct adenylyl cyclase activation, in effects on adenylyl cyclase after pretreatment of intact cells, and in guinea pig tracheal relaxation assays, IAS and the parent drug salmeterol behave essentially the same. Significantly, the photoreactive azide of IAS is positioned on the phenyl ring at the end of the molecule which is thought to be involved in exosite binding. Carrier-free radioiodinated [125I]IAS was used to photolabel epitope-tagged human beta 2AR in membranes prepared from stably transfected HEK 293 cells. Labeling with [(125)I]IAS was blocked by 10 microM (-)-alprenolol and inhibited by addition of GTP gamma S, and [125I]IAS migrated at the same position on an SDS-PAGE gel as the beta 2AR labeled by the antagonist photoaffinity label [125I]iodoazidobenzylpindolol ([125I]IABP). The labeled receptor was purified on a nickel affinity column and cleaved with factor Xa protease at a specific sequence in the large loop between transmembrane segments 5 and 6, yielding two peptides. While the control antagonist photoaffinity label [125I]IABP labeled both the large N-terminal fragment [containing transmembranes (TMs) 1-5] and the smaller C-terminal fragment (containing TMs 6 and 7), essentially all of the [125I]IAS labeling was on the smaller C-terminal peptide containing TMs 6 and 7. This direct biochemical evidence demonstrates that when salmeterol binds to the receptor, its hydrophobic aryloxyalkyl tail is positioned near TM 6 and/or TM 7. A model of IAS binding to the beta 2AR is proposed.
Although the structure of glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) has been reported from various sources including mammalian GDH, there are conflicting views regarding the location and mechanism of actions of the coenzyme binding. We have expanded these speculations by photoaffinity labeling and cassette mutagenesis. Photoaffinity labeling with a specific probe, [(32)P]nicotinamide 2-azidoadenosine dinucleotide, was used to identify the NAD(+) binding site within human GDH encoded by the synthetic human GDH gene and expressed in Escherichia coli as a soluble protein. Photolabel-containing peptides generated with trypsin were isolated by immobilized boronate affinity chromatography. Photolabeling of these peptides was most effectively prevented by the presence of NAD(+) during photolysis, demonstrating a selectivity of the photoprobe for the NAD(+) binding site. Amino acid sequencing and compositional analysis identified Glu(279) as the site of photoinsertion into human GDH, suggesting that Glu(279) is located at or near the NAD(+) binding site. The importance of the Glu(279) residue in the binding of NAD(+) was further examined by cassette mutagenesis with mutant enzymes containing Arg, Gly, Leu, Met, or Tyr at position 279. The mutagenesis at Glu(279) has no effects on the expression or stability of the different mutants. The K(m) values for NAD(+) were 10-14-fold greater for the mutant GDHs than for wild-type GDH, whereas the V(max) values were similar for wild-type and mutant GDHs. The efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) of the mutant GDH was reduced up to 18-fold. The decreased efficiency of the mutants results from the increase in K(m) values for NAD(+). In contrast to the K(m) values for NAD(+), wild-type and mutant GDHs show similar K(m) values for glutamate, indicating that substitution at position 279 had no appreciable effect on the affinity of enzyme for glutamate. There were no differences in sensitivities to ADP activation and GTP inhibition between wild-type and mutant GDH, suggesting that Glu(279) is not directly involved in allosteric regulation. The results with photoaffinity labeling and cassette mutagenesis studies suggest that Glu(279) plays an important role for efficient binding of NAD(+) to human GDH.
The phorbol esters, such as phorbol 12- myristate 13-acetate (PMA), are known to be powerful tumor promoters and activators of protein kinase C (PKC). First discovered by Nishizuka et al., PKC is a phospholipid- and calcium-dependent serine/threonine kinase, phisiologically activated by 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol (DAG). PKC is also known to be an important target for other structurally diverse tumor promoters such as ingenols, teleocidins, and aplysiatoxins. Structure-activity analyses of a variety of analogs of DAG and these tumor promoters have been carried out. Although many pharmacophore models have been proposed from molecular modeling, no information about specific amino acid residues that interact with these ligands is available. Moreover it has been shown that the biological activity of 11-demethyl-13-deoxyphorbol esters 1, which were synthesized by our group, was not fully consistent with the pharmacophore models so far. Thus, we are now interested in determining the importance of the 13-acetoxy group in phorbol ester-PKC complexes. This has led us to design new photoaffinity probes 66 and 67 and to carry out previously unprecedented photoaffinity labeling of PKC. Photoaffinity labeling of protein kinase C isozymes by both the probes resulted in specific cross-linking. Although the cross-linking yield is not very high, we suppose that determination of the cross-linking site can be realized by taking advantage of subpicomole order analysis by mass spectrometry and other methodologies to clarify the role of individual cysteine rich domein (CRD) in native PKC. We have also designed a new phorbol ester-phosphatidylserine hybrid molecule 69. Because phosphatidylserines in phospholipid membranes are known to have specific interactions with phorbol ester-PKC complexes, such a hybrid molecule can be expected to act as a specific inhibitor of PKC by preventing PKC from interacting with phospholipid membranes. The hybrid molecule was synthesized and preliminary biological activities were examined to inhibit PKC. A catalytic asymmetric synthesis of phorbol PMA is also currently under investigation. Progress is discussed.