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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Methylation in vivo is a post-translational modification observed in several organisms belonging to eucarya, bacteria, and archaea. Although important implications of this modification have been demonstrated in several eucaryotes, its biological role in hyperthermophilic archaea is far from being understood. The aim of this work is to clarify some effects of methylation on the properties of beta-glycosidase from Sulfolobus solfataricus, by a structural comparison between the native, methylated protein and its unmethylated counterpart, recombinantly expressed in Escherichia coli. Analysis by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy indicated similar secondary structure contents for the two forms of the protein. However, the study of temperature perturbation by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and turbidimetry evidenced denaturation and aggregation events more pronounced in recombinant than in native beta-glycosidase. Red Nile fluorescence analysis revealed significant differences of surface hydrophobicity between the two forms of the protein. Unlike the native enzyme, which dissociated into SDS-resistant dimers upon exposure to the detergent, the recombinant enzyme partially dissociated into monomers. By electrospray mapping, the methylation sites of the native protein were identified. A computational analysis of beta-glycosidase three-dimensional structure and comparisons with other proteins from S. solfataricus revealed analogies in the localization of methylation sites in terms of secondary structural elements and overall topology. These observations suggest a role for the methylation of lysyl residues, located in selected domains, in the thermal stabilization of beta-glycosidase from S. solfataricus.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10185-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Coloring Agents, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Detergents, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Escherichia coli, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Glucosidases, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Hydrolysis, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Models, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Oxazines, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Protein Denaturation, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Protein Processing, Post-Translational, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Software, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Spectrometry, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser..., pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Spectrophotometry, Infrared, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Sulfolobus, pubmed-meshheading:14660666-Temperature
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Thermal stability and aggregation of sulfolobus solfataricus beta-glycosidase are dependent upon the N-epsilon-methylation of specific lysyl residues: critical role of in vivo post-translational modifications.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR, Napoli, Italy. f.febbraio@ibp.cnr.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't