Related ArticlesAmino Acid-Selective Segmental Isotope Labeling of Multidomain Proteins for Structural Biology.
Chembiochem. 2013 Jan 30;
Authors: Michel E, Skrisovska L, Wüthrich K, Allain FH
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Current solution NMR techniques enable structural investigations of proteins in molecular particles with sizes up to several hundred kDa. However, the large molecular weight of proteins in such systems results in increased numbers of NMR signals, and the resulting spectral overlap typically imposes limitations. For multidomain proteins, segmental isotope labeling of individual domains facilitates the spectral interpretation by reducing the number of signals, but for large domains with small signal dispersion, signal overlap can persist. To overcome limitations arising from spectral overlap, we present a strategy that combines cell-free expression and ligation of the expressed proteins to produce multidomain proteins with selective amino acid-type labeling in individual domains. The bottleneck of intrinsically low cell-free expression yields of precursor molecules was overcome by introducing new fusion constructs that allowed milligram production of ligation-competent domains labeled in one or multiple amino acid types. Ligation-competent unlabeled partner domains were produced in vivo, and subsequent domain ligation was achieved by using an on-column strategy. This approach is illustrated with two multidomain RNA-binding proteins, that is, the two C-terminal RNA-recognition motifs of the human polypyrimidine tract-binding protein, and two highly homologous helix-turn-helix domains of the human glutamyl-prolyl-tRNA synthetase.
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Amino acid selective unlabeling for sequence specific resonance assignments in proteins
Amino acid selective unlabeling for sequence specific resonance assignments in proteins
Abstract Sequence specific resonance assignment constitutes an important step towards high-resolution structure determination of proteins by NMR and is aided by selective identification and assignment of amino acid types. The traditional approach to selective labeling yields only the chemical shifts of the particular amino acid being selected and does not help in establishing a link between adjacent residues along the polypeptide chain, which is important for sequential assignments. An alternative...
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Segmental isotope labeling of proteins for NMR structural study using a protein S tag for higher expression and solubility
Segmental isotope labeling of proteins for NMR structural study using a protein S tag for higher expression and solubility
Abstract A common obstacle to NMR studies of proteins is sample preparation. In many cases, proteins targeted for NMR studies are poorly expressed and/or expressed in insoluble forms. Here, we describe a novel approach to overcome these problems. In the protein S tag-intein (PSTI) technology, two tandem 92-residue N-terminal domains of protein S (PrS2) from Myxococcus xanthus is fused at the N-terminal end of a protein to enhance its expression and solubility. Using...
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A simple protocol for amino acid type selective isotope labeling in insect cells with improved yields and high reproducibility
A simple protocol for amino acid type selective isotope labeling in insect cells with improved yields and high reproducibility
Abstract An easy to use and robust approach for amino acid type selective isotope labeling in insect cells is presented. It relies on inexpensive commercial media and can be implemented in laboratories without sophisticated infrastructure. In contrast to previous protocols, where either high protein amounts or high incorporation ratios were obtained, here we achieve both at the same time. By supplementing media with a well considered amount of yeast extract,...
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Recent advances in segmental isotope labeling of proteins: NMR applications to large proteins and glycoproteins
Recent advances in segmental isotope labeling of proteins: NMR applications to large proteins and glycoproteins
Abstract In the last 15 years substantial advances have been made to place isotope labels in native and glycosylated proteins for NMR studies and structure determination. Key developments include segmental isotope labeling using Native Chemical Ligation, Expressed Protein Ligation and Protein Trans-Splicing. These advances are pushing the size limit of NMR spectroscopy further making larger proteins accessible for this technique. It is just emerging that segmental isotope...
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Optimization of amino acid type-specific 13C and 15N labeling for the backbone assignment of membrane proteins by solution- and solid-state NMR with the UPLABEL algorithm
Optimization of amino acid type-specific 13C and 15N labeling for the backbone assignment of membrane proteins by solution- and solid-state NMR with the UPLABEL algorithm
Abstract We present a computational method for finding optimal labeling patterns for the backbone assignment of membrane proteins and other large proteins that cannot be assigned by conventional strategies. Following the approach of Kainosho and Tsuji (Biochemistry 21:6273â??6279 (1982)), types of amino acids are labeled with 13C or/and 15N such that cross peaks between 13CO(i â?? 1) and 15NH(i) result only for pairs...
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[NMR paper] Amino acid type selective isotope labelling of the multidrug ABC transporter LmrA for
Amino acid type selective isotope labelling of the multidrug ABC transporter LmrA for solid-state NMR studies.
Related Articles Amino acid type selective isotope labelling of the multidrug ABC transporter LmrA for solid-state NMR studies.
FEBS Lett. 2004 Jun 18;568(1-3):117-21
Authors: Mason AJ, Siarheyeva A, Haase W, Lorch M, van Veen H, Glaubitz C
The ABC transporter LmrA in Lactococcus lactis confers resistance to a wide range of antibiotics and cytotoxic drugs and is a functional homologue of P-glycoprotein. Recently, solid-state NMR...
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[NMR paper] Cell-free synthesis and amino acid-selective stable isotope labeling of proteins for
Cell-free synthesis and amino acid-selective stable isotope labeling of proteins for NMR analysis.
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J Biomol NMR. 1995 Sep;6(2):129-34
Authors: Kigawa T, Muto Y, Yokoyama S
For the application of multidimensional NMR spectroscopy to larger proteins, it would be useful to perform selective labeling of one of the 20 amino acids. For some amino acids, however, amino acid metabolism drastically reduces the efficiency and selectivity...
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A simple method for amino acid selective isotope labeling of recombinant proteins in E. coli
A simple method for amino acid selective isotope labeling of recombinant proteins in E. coli
Kit I. Tong, Masayuki Yamamoto and Toshiyuki Tanaka
Journal of Biomolecular NMR; 2008; 42(1); pp 59-67
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A simple and user-friendly method of labeling protein selectively with amino acids in vivo is introduced. This technique does not require the use of transaminase-deficient or auxotrophic strains. By manipulating the product feedback inhibitory loops of the E. coli amino acid metabolic pathways and, if necessary, by using enzyme inhibitors, proteins were labeled efficiently in vivo...