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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Untersuchung von Faltungs- und Funktionsdynamik isolierter Proteindomänen mittels Fluoreszenzlöschung / Investigation of folding and function dynamics of isolated Protein Domains using fluorescence quenching

Schwarze, Simone January 2014 (has links) (PDF)
Proteine bestehen aus einer spezifischen Sequenz verschiedener Aminosäuren, die ihre charakteristische Funktion bestimmt. Die große Variabilität an Aminosäuresequenzen ermöglichte die Evolution einer nahezu unbegrenzten Anzahl an Proteinen. Meistens nehmen diese Schlüsselpositionen ein, von robusten Baustoffen bis hin zu molekularen Maschinen. Daher kann eine Fehlfunktion gravierende Auswirkungen auf das Leben haben, z.B. Krankheiten wie Alzheimer oder Epilepsi. Um die Funktionen und Fehlfunktionen zu verstehen, ist eine umfassende Kenntnis der Proteinfaltung, der Protein-Protein Assoziation, sowie den Dynamiken innerhalb von Proteinen erforderlich. Diese Vorgänge wurden in dieser Arbeit an drei isolierten Proteindomänen durch die Anwendung der Fluoreszenzlöschmechanismen der H-Dimerbildung und des photoinduzierten Elektronentransfers untersucht. Der entfaltete Zustand der Bindungsdomäne BBL, das Teil des 2-oxo-acid Dehydrogenasekomplexes ist, wurde unter physiologischen Bedingungen mit Zirkulardichroismus (CD) und einer Kombination aus photoinduziertem Elektronentransfer und Fluoreszenzkorrelationsspektroskopie analysiert. Beide Methoden zeigten übereinstimmend anhand von 20 in BBL einzeln eingefügten konservativen Punktmutationen, dass Seitenketteninteraktionen keine Auswirkungen auf die Sekundärstruktur des denaturierten Zustandes, den Ausgangspunkt der Faltung, haben. Mit Hilfe der Dekonvolation der CD-Spektren wurde zudem gezeigt, dass die Reststruktur im denaturierten Zustand der helikalen Proteindomäne von β-Strängen und β-Kehren dominiert wird, die eine entscheidende Funktion bei der Faltung in den nativen Zustand haben könnten. Die N-terminale Domäne (NTD), der für die Materialforschung hochinteressanten Spinnen-seidenfaser, ist für die Polymerisation des Spinnenseidenfadens auf den pH-Wechsel von pH 7 auf pH 6 hin verantwortlich. Dieser für die Proteinfunktion wichtige Prozess wurde durch die Einbringung eines extrinsischen Fluoreszenzschalters, basierend auf der H-Dimerbildung, mit der Stopped-Flow-Technik untersucht. Es wurde gezeigt, dass die NTDs 104 mit einer Rate von 3 x 10^8 M-1 s-1 assoziieren und somit nahezu das Geschwindigkeitslimit der Protein-Protein Assoziation erreicht wird. Zwei geladenen Seitenketten, der D39 und D40, kommt eine entscheidende Funktion in dem Prozess zu, da eine Mutation dieser die Assoziation verhindert. Des Weiteren wurde gezeigt, dass sich die NTD auf eine Erhöhung der Ionenstärke entgegengesetzt zu anderen Proteinen verhält: die Dissoziation wird beschleunigt, die Assoziation nicht beeinflusst. Gleiches Verhalten wurde auf den einzelnen Austausch der übrigen protonierbaren Aminosäureseitenketten hin beobachtet, ausgenommen die Mutation der E119, welche die Dissoziation verlangsamt. Daher scheint der makromolekulare Dipol, der auf Grund der Ladungsverteilung in der NTD entsteht, die Assoziation maßgeblich zu beeinflussen. Glutamatrezeptoren sind an der schnellen synaptischen Signalweiterleitung im Nervensys-tem von Vertebraten beteiligt. Die Konformationen der Ligandenbindungsdomäne (LBD) haben dabei entscheidende Auswirkungen auf die Funktion des Gesamtrezeptors. Diese wurden mit einer Kombination aus photoinduziertem Elektronentransfer und Fluoreszenzkorrelationsspektroskopie untersucht. Mit dieser Methode wurde ein dynamisches Bild der gebundenen sowie ungebundenen Form der AMPA-spezifischen Glutamatrezeptor 2-LBD gezeigt. Es wurde zudem gezeigt, dass sich die Dynamiken in Abhängigkeit der Bindung von den Agonisten Glutamat und AMPA, dem partiellen Agonisten Kainate oder Cyclothiazid (CTZ), welches eine Dimerisierung der LBDs bewirkt, unterschiedlich verändern. Dies könnte eine Auswirkung auf die Funktion der Rezeptoren haben. Die Anwendung der Fluoreszenzlöschmechanismen der H-Dimerbildung und des photoinduzierten Elektronentransfers in dieser Arbeit hat gezeigt, dass diese die Möglichkeit bieten, unterschiedlichste Fragestellungen zu beantworten und so Einblicke in dynamische Funktionsweisen von Proteinen eröffnen. Kombiniert mit etablierten Fluoreszenzmethoden ist es so möglich quantitativ Kinetiken auf unterschiedlichen Zeitskalen zu untersuchen. / Proteins are composed of a specific sequence of variable amino acids that specify their specific function. The vast variability of possible amino acid sequences allowed for the evolution of a nearly infinite number of different proteins. Mostly these will have key positions, reaching from strong building material to molecular machines. Therefore a malfunction will have an immense effect on life, i.e. diseases like Alzheimer disease or epilepsy. In order to understand the function and malfunction an intense understanding of the protein folding, the protein-protein association, as well as the protein dynamics is essential. These processes have been investigated in this thesis with three isolated protein domains by the application of the fluorescence quenching mechanisms of the H-dimer-formation and by the photoinduced electron transfer. The unfolded state of the binding domain BBL, which is part of the 2-oxo-acid-dehydrogenase-complex, was analysed under physiological conditions by circular dichroism (CD), and a combination of photoinduced electron transfer and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Both methods showed accordingly, using 20 singly implanted conservative point mutations in BBL, that side-chain interactions have no effect on the secondary struc-ture of the denatured condition, the initial state of the folding. Using deconvolution on the CD spectra it was shown in addition, that the remaining structure of the helical protein domain in the denatured state is dominated by β-strands and β-turns. These may have a decisive function during the folding in the native state. The N-terminal domain of the spider silk fibre, which is of high interest for the material research, is responsible for the polymerisation of the spider silk fibre during the pH-change from pH 7 to pH 6. This important process for the protein function was investigated with the Stopped-Flow technique by the application of an extrinsic fluorescence switch, based on the H-dimer formation. It was shown, that NTDs associate with a rate of 3 x 10^8 M-1 s-1, and so nearly reach the speed limit of the protein-protein association. In this process two charged side chains, the D39 and D40, have a decisive function, as a mutation of these will 106 avoid the association. Furthermore it was shown, that the NTD will react in opposition to other proteins on the increase of the ionic strength: the dissociation will be speeded up, and the association is not influenced. The identical behaviour was observed with the single ex-change of the other protonable amino acid side chains, except for the mutation of E119, which retards dissociation. Therefore the macromolecular dipol, that is formed by the charge distribution of the NTD, is obviously influencing the association. Glutamate receptors participate in the fast synaptic signal transfer in vertebrates. Here dif-ferent conformations of the ligand binding domain (LBD) have decisive effects on the function of the entire receptor. These have been investigated with a combination of photoin-duced electron transfer and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Using this method a dynamic behaviour of the bound and unbound form of the AMPA specific glutamate receptor 2 LBD was shown. Furthermore it was shown, that the dynamics will change differently in dependence of the binding of the agonist glutamate and AMPA, the partial agonist kainate or Cyclothiazide (CTZ), which effects a dimerization of the LBDs. This may have an effect on the function of the receptors. The use of the fluorescence quenching mechanisms of the H-dimer formation and the pho-toinduced electron transfer in this thesis has shown, that these offer the opportunity to an-swer a large range of questions and open a view to the dynamic functionality of proteins. Combined with established fluorescence methods it is possible to quantitatively investigate kinetic rates at different time scales.
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Pharmaceutically relevant protein-protein interactions for controlled drug delivery / Pharmazeutisch relevante Protein-Protein-Wechselwirkung für "Controlled drug delivery"

Werner, Vera January 2015 (has links) (PDF)
Protein-protein interactions play a crucial role in the development of drug delivery devices for the increasingly important biologicals, including antibodies, growth factors and cytokines. The understanding thereof might offer opportunities for tailoring carriers or drug proteins specifically for this purpose and thereby allow controlled delivery to a chosen target. The possible applications range from trigger-dependent release to sustained drug delivery and possibly permanently present stimuli, depending on the anticipated mechanism. Silk fibroin (SF) is a biomaterial that is suitable as a carrier for protein drug delivery devices. It combines processability under mild conditions, good biocompatibility and stabilizing effects on incorporated proteins. As SF is naturally produced by spiders and silkworms, the understanding of this process and its major factors might offer a blueprint for formulation scientists, interested in working with this biopolymer. The natural process of silk spinning covers a fascinating versatility of aggregate states, ranging from colloidal solutions through hydrogels to solid systems. The transition among these states is controlled by a carefully orchestrated process in vivo. Major players within the natural process include the control of spatial pH throughout passage of the silk dope, the composition and type of ions, and fluid flow mechanics within the duct, respectively. The function of these input parameters on the spinning process is reviewed before detailing their impact on the design and manufacture of silk based drug delivery systems (DDS). Examples are reported including the control of hydrogel formation during storage or significant parameters controlling precipitation in the presence of appropriate salts, respectively. The review details the use of silk fibroin to develop liquid, semiliquid or solid DDS with a focus on the control of SF crystallization, particle formation, and drug-SF interaction for tailored drug load. Although we were able to show many examples for SF drug delivery applications and there are many publications about the loading of biologics to SF systems, the mechanism of interaction between both in solution was not yet extensively explored. This is why we made this the subject of our work, as it might allow for direct influence on pharmaceutical parameters, like aggregation and drug load. In order to understand the underlying mechanism for the interaction between SF and positively charged model proteins, we used isothermal titration calorimetry for thermodynamic characterization. This was supported by hydrophobicity analysis and by colloidal characterization methods including static light scattering, nanoparticle tracking analysis and zeta potential measurements. We studied the effects of three Hofmeister salts – NaCl (neutral), NaSCN (chaotropic) and Na2SO4 (cosmotropic) – and the pH on the interaction of SF with the model proteins in dependence of the ratio from one to another. The salts impacted the SF structure by stabilizing (cosmotropic) or destabilizing (chaotropic) the SF micelles, resulting in completely abolished (cosmotropic) or strongly enhanced (chaotropic) interaction. These effects were responsible for different levels of loading and coacervation when varying type of salt and its concentration. Additionally, NaCl and NaSCN were able to prolong the stability of aqueous SF solution during storage at 25°C in a preliminary study. Another approach to influence protein-protein interactions was followed by covalent modification. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a cytokine driving macrophages to M2 macrophages, which are known to provide anti-inflammatory effects. The possibility to regulate the polarization of macrophages to this state might be attractive for a variety of diseases, like atherosclerosis, in which macrophages are involved. As these cases demand a long-term treatment, this polarization was supposed to be maintained over time and we were planning to achieve this by keeping IL-4 permanently present in an immobilized way. In order to immobilize it, we genetically introduced an alkyne-carrying, artificial amino acid in the IL-4 sequence. This allowed access to a site-specific click reaction (Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen azide-alkyne cycloaddition) with an azide partner. This study was able to set the basis for the project by successful expression and purification of the IL-4 analogue and by proving the availability for the click reaction and maintained bioactivity. The other side of this project was the isolation of human monocytes and the polarization and characterization of human macrophages. The challenge here was that the majority of related research was based on murine macrophages which was not applicable to human cells and the successful work was so far limited to establishing the necessary methods. In conclusion, we were able to show two different methods that allow the influence of protein-protein interactions and thereby the possible tailoring of drug loading. Although the results were very promising for both systems, their applicability in the development of drug delivery devices needs to be shown by further studies. / Die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Proteinen spielen eine entscheidende Rolle in der Entwicklung von Freigabesystemen für die immer wichtiger werdenden Protein-Therapeutika, wie Antikörper, Wachstumsfaktoren und Zytokine. Das Verständnis dieser Mechanismen würde die Möglichkeit eröffnen, sowohl die Träger, als auch die zu verabreichenden Proteine so zu verändern und zu steuern, dass sie auf kontrollierte Weise an einem bestimmten Ort freigesetzt werden. Die Anwendungen hierfür reichen von Trigger gesteuerter Freisetzung, über verzögerte Freigabe bis zur permanenten Präsentation von Stimuli, abhängig davon was für die jeweilige Applikation gewünscht ist. Seidenfibroin (SF) ist ein Biomaterial, welches verschiedene positive Eigenschaften für die Anwendung als Trägermaterial in sich vereint, indem es unter sehr milden Bedingungen verarbeitet werden kann, gut biokompatibel ist und stabilisierend auf eingebettete Proteine wirken kann. Da SF in der Natur von Spinnen und Seidenraupen produziert wird, könnte das Verständnis dieses Prozesses, sowie seiner wichtigsten Faktoren eine Vorlage für die Formulierung dieses Biopolymers geben. Der natürliche Prozess des Seidenspinnens vereint eine faszinierende Vielfalt von Aggregatszuständen, die von kolloidalen Lösungen über Hydrogele bis hin zu festen System reichen. Die Übergänge zwischen diesen Zuständen sind in vivo sehr sorgfältig kontrolliert. Die Hauptfaktoren dieses Prozesses sind der pH-Wert während der Passage der Spinnlösung durch die Drüse, sowie die Art und Zusammensetzung der Ionen und die herrschenden Scherkräfte. Die Funktion dieser einzelnen Faktoren auf den Spinnprozess wurde recherchiert und wird beschrieben, bevor ihr Einfluss auf die Entwicklung und Herstellung von seidenbasierten Freigabesystemen untersucht wird. Es werden Beispiele vorgestellt, die die Kontrolle der Hydrogelbildung während der Lagerung untersuchen oder signifikante Parameter für die kontrollierte Präzipitation in Gegenwart bestimmter Salze zeigen. Der Review betrachtet den Einsatz von Seidenfibroin in der Entwicklung von flüssigen, halbfesten oder festen Freigabesystemen und legt besonderen Fokus auf die Kontrolle der SF Kristallisation, Partikelbildung und Interaktion mit dem Arzneistoff für steuerbare Beladung. Obwohl wir viele Beispiele für die Anwendung von SF in Freigabesystemen zeigen konnten und viele Publikationen die Beladung von Proteinen auf SF-Systeme behandeln, wurde der Mechanismus der Interaktion zwischen beiden bisher nicht detailliert untersucht. Es gibt wenige Studien die einige Aspekte abdecken, aber keines beschäftigte sich spezifisch mit dieser Fragestellung. Darum machen wir dies zum Gegenstand unserer Arbeit, da dies einen direkten Einfluss auf pharmazeutische Parameter, wie Aggregation und Beladung, erlauben würde. Um den zugrundeliegenden Mechanismus der Wechselwirkung zwischen SF und einem positiv geladenen Modellprotein zu verstehen, nutzten wir isotherme Titrationskalorimetrie für eine thermodynamische Charakterisierung. Diese wurde durch kolloidale Charakterisierungsmethoden wie Statische Lichtstreuung, nanoparticle tracking analysis und Zeta-potentialmessungen, sowie Hydrophobitätsbestimmungen unterstützt. Wir untersuchten die Effekte von drei verschiedenen Hofmeister Salzen - NaCl (neutral), NaSCN (chaotrop) und Na2SO4 (kosmotrop) – und des pH Wertes auf die Interaktion von SF mit dem Modellprotein in Abhängigkeit vom Verhältnis der beiden zueinander. Die Salze beeinflussten die SF Struktur, indem sie die SF Mizellen entweder stabilisierten (kosmotrop) oder destabilisierten (chaotrop) und dadurch die Interaktion entweder vollständig unterbanden (kosmotrop) oder verstärkten (chaotrop). Diese Effekte waren verantwortlich für verschiedene Level des Loadings und der Koazervation, wenn Salzart und –konzentration variiert wurden. Außerdem waren NaCl und NaSCN in der Lage die Stabilität einer wässrigen SF-Lösung während der Lagerung bei 25°C zu verlängern. Ein andere Ansatz um die Wechselwirkung zwischen Proteinen zu beinflussen wurde mit kovalenter Modifikation verfolgt. Interleukin-4 (IL-4) ist ein Zytokin und kann Makrophagen zu M2 Makrophagen polarisieren, welche dann anti-inflammatorische Wirkungen haben. Die Möglichkeit diese Polarisation zu regulieren wäre für verschiedene Krankheiten, wie Arteriosklerose, bei denen Makrophagen eine Rolle spielen interessant. Da in diesen Fällen eine Langzeitbehandlung von Nöten ist sollte die Polarisation über die Zeit erhalten bleiben. Wir planten dies durch die Immobilisation von IL-4 zu erreichen, die für eine permanente Präsenz sorgen würde. Um IL-4 zu immobilisieren haben wir eine künstliche Aminosäure in die Sequenz eingeführt, die eine Alkingruppe trägt. Diese ermöglicht den Zugang zu einer Kupfer vermittelten, spezifischen Click-Reaktion (Cu(I)-catalyzed Huisgen azide-alkyne cycloaddition) mit einem Azid-Partner. Diese Studie war in der Lage die Basis für dieses Projekt zu erstellen, indem wir eine erfolgreiche Expression und Aufreinigung des IL-4 Analogons leisten konnten und dieses sowohl erhaltene Bioaktivität als auch Verfügbarkeit für die Clickreaktion zeigte. Die andere Seite dieses Projekts bestand aus der Isolation von humanen Monozyten und der Polarisation und Charakterisierung von humanen Makrophagen. Die Herausforderung hierbei lag darin dass die meiste Forschung auf diesem Gebiet an murinen Makrophagen durchgeführt wurde und dies nicht auf humane Zellen übertragbar war, und die erfolgreiche Arbeit bisher, beschränkte sich auf die Etablierung der nötigen Methoden. Zusammenfassend lässt sich sagen, dass wir in der Lage waren zwei verschiedene Methoden zur Beeinflussung der Protein-Protein Wechselwirkungen und damit der Beladung zu zeigen. Obwohl die Ergebnisse für beide Systeme vielversprechend waren muss ihre Anwendbarkeit in der Entwicklung von Freigabesystemen noch durch weitere Studien belegt werden.
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Design and Synthesis of Bioactive Peptidomimetics

Hu, Yaogang 06 February 2015 (has links)
Protein-Protein Interactions (PPIs) play a very important role in biological functions and therefore the inhibition of specific Protein-Protein Interactions has a huge therapeutic value. The most successful small molecular PPIs inhibitors do not fit with the prevalent `Rule of Five' drug profile. To overcome the disadvantages of small molecular PPIs inhibitors, peptide based PPIs inhibitors were developed. Herein we describe the development of a new class of peptidomimetics AA-peptides. The AApeptides were designed based on chiral PNA backbone. Substitution of nucleobases yields AApeptides that are resistant to proteolysis and capable of mimicking peptides. Two types of AApeptides were discussed in this dissertation "α-AApeptides" and "γ-AApeptides". The AApeptides were shown to disrupt p53/MDM2 protein-protein interaction and tomimic fMLF tripeptide to target G protein-coupled formyl peptide receptors (FPRs). Moreover, the lipidated α-AApeptides can mimic the structure and function of natural antimicrobial lipopeptides and show broad-spectrum activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Lastly I have designed and synthesized a serials of phosphopeptides to disrupt cancer related STAT3-STAT3 dimerization.
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Functional analyses of the roles of VirB4 and VirB5 during T-pilus assembly

Yuan, Qing. Baron, Christian. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2005. / Supervisor: Dr. Christian Baron. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-101).
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Elucidation of molecular mechanisms and biological functions of axin-mediated JNK pathway and p53 signaling /

Rui, Yanning. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 161-195). Also available in electronic version.
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SRC homology 2 domain proteins binding specificity from combinatorial chemistry to cell-permeable inhibitors /

Wavreille, Anne-Sophie Marie. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request
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Peptidomimetics to mimic protein-protein interactions

Xia, Zebin 29 August 2005 (has links)
Quenched Molecular Dynamics (QMD) used to explore molecular conformations was developed to operate in Insight II platform for two simulation engines: CHARMm and Discover. Two scripts and procedures were written for molecular minimization, dynamics, minimization of each of several hundred conformers, and cut off. Experience with Insight II/Discover versus Quanta/CHARMm, and between Insight II/CHARMm versus Quanta/CHARMm has taught that the forcefield is the key factor in QMD studies. Protein A has been used for the purification of commercial antibodies, but it is expensive. Seven peptidomimetics of protein A were designed based on the hot-spots located at the helix-loop-helix region of protein A, and synthesized via solid phase using the Fmoc approach. These peptidomimetics were characterized by MS and NMR. The conformations of four peptidomimetics were studied by NMR and CD in water/hexafluoroisopropanol (pH 4). The CD and NMR data show that addition of hexafluoroisopropanol stabilizes their a-helical conformations. The structures of these peptidomimetics in solution were generated with Quanta/CHARMm using NMR data as limits for the QMD technique. Protein G has also been used to purify antibodies, but it is expensive too. A number of protein G mimics were designed as trivalent molecules. An efficient preparation of trivalent molecules having a useful primary amine arm has been developed through solid phase synthesis. The cheap, commercially available poly(propylene imine) dendrimers were used as scaffolds which allow multimerization of functionalized compounds. A small library of trivalent compounds were synthesized using this approach. A portion of compounds in this library were tested by Amersham Biosciences. The seven amino acid modified DAB-Am-4 exhibits strong binding to the IgG/Fab, and is a potential ligand for IgG purification. The interactions between neurotrophins (ie NGF and NT-3) and their receptors are typical drug targets. Fourteen second-generation peptidomimetics showing NGF-like or NT3-like activities in a preliminary bioassay, were resynthesized and tested again. Preliminary and retested data were compared. To access a direct binding assay, five fluorescently labeled peptidomimetics 41a-e were synthesized for a fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACScan) assay. Six monomeric precursors 42 and 43 were prepared on large scales for the library of bivalent turn analogs
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Post-synaptic Density Disc Large Zo-1 (PDZ) Domains : From Folding and Binding to Drug Targeting

Chi, Celestine January 2010 (has links)
Understanding how proteins fold and bind is interesting since these processes are central to most biological activity. Protein folding and protein-protein interaction are by themselves very complex but using a good and robust system to study them could ease some of the hurdles. In this thesis I have tried to answer some of the fundamental questions of protein folding and binding. I chose to work with PDZ domains, which are protein domains consisting of 90-100 amino acids. They are found in more than 400 human proteins and function mostly as protein-protein interaction units. These proteins are very stable, easy to express and purify and their folding reaction is reversible under most laboratory conditions. I have characterized the interaction of PSD-95 PDZ3 domain with its putative ligand under different experimental conditions and found out that its binding kinetics is sensitive to salt and pH.  I also demonstrated that the two conserved residues R318 and H372 in PDZ3 are responsible for the salt and pH effect, respectively, on the binding reaction. Moreover, I determined that for PSD 95 PDZ3 coupling of distal residues to peptide binding was better described by a distance relationship and there was a very weak evidence of an allosteric network. Further, I showed that another PDZ domain, SAP97 PDZ2 undergoes conformational change upon ligand binding. Also, I characterized the binding mechanism of a dimeirc ligand/PDZ1-2 tandem interaction and showed that despite its apparent complexity the binding reaction is best described by a square scheme. Additionally, I determined that for the SAP 97 PDZ/HPV E6 interaction that all three PDZ domains each bind one molecule of the E6 protein and that a set of residues in the PDZ2 of SAP 97 could operate in an unexpected long-range manner during E6 interaction. Finally, I showed that perhaps all members in the PDZ family could fold via a three state folding mechanism. I characterized the folding mechanism of five different PDZ domains having similar overall fold but different primary structure and the results indicate that all five fold via an intermediate with two transition states. Transition state one is rate limiting at low denaturant concentration and vice versa for transition state two. Comparing and characterizing the structures of the transition states of two PDZ domains using phi value analysis indicated that their early transition states are less similar as compared to their late transition states.
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The Protein-Protein Interactome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ABC Transporters Nft1p, Pdr10p, Pdr18p and Vmr1p

Hanif, Asad 20 November 2012 (has links)
The Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) technology was used in this study to find protein-protein interactors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters Nft1p, Pdr10p, Pdr18p and Vmr1p. There were 23 interactors for Nft1p, 22 interactors for Pdr10p, 4 interactors for Pdr18p and 1 interactor for Vmr1p. The 43 unique interactors belong to a wide variety of functional categories. There were 11 interactors involved in metabolism, 9 interactors involved in transport, 8 interactors with unknown function, 4 interactors involved in trafficking and secretion, 3 interactors involved in protein folding, 2 interactors involved in stress response, and 1 interactor in each of the following categories: cell wall assembly, cytoskeleton maintenance, nuclear function, protein degradation, protein modification and protein synthesis. Follow up experiments also showed that Pdr15p and Pdr18p play an important role in zinc homeostasis because deletion of these ABC transporters results in sensitivity to zinc shock.
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The Protein-Protein Interactome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ABC Transporters Nft1p, Pdr10p, Pdr18p and Vmr1p

Hanif, Asad 20 November 2012 (has links)
The Membrane Yeast Two-Hybrid (MYTH) technology was used in this study to find protein-protein interactors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters Nft1p, Pdr10p, Pdr18p and Vmr1p. There were 23 interactors for Nft1p, 22 interactors for Pdr10p, 4 interactors for Pdr18p and 1 interactor for Vmr1p. The 43 unique interactors belong to a wide variety of functional categories. There were 11 interactors involved in metabolism, 9 interactors involved in transport, 8 interactors with unknown function, 4 interactors involved in trafficking and secretion, 3 interactors involved in protein folding, 2 interactors involved in stress response, and 1 interactor in each of the following categories: cell wall assembly, cytoskeleton maintenance, nuclear function, protein degradation, protein modification and protein synthesis. Follow up experiments also showed that Pdr15p and Pdr18p play an important role in zinc homeostasis because deletion of these ABC transporters results in sensitivity to zinc shock.

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