2024
A salt bridge of the C‐terminal carboxyl group regulates PHPT1 substrate affinity and catalytic activity
Zavala E, Dansereau S, Burke M, Lipchock J, Maschietto F, Batista V, Loria J. A salt bridge of the C‐terminal carboxyl group regulates PHPT1 substrate affinity and catalytic activity. Protein Science 2024, 33: e5009. PMID: 38747379, PMCID: PMC11094782, DOI: 10.1002/pro.5009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCatalytic activityPhenylphosphonic acidAnalysis of molecular dynamics trajectoriesNMR chemical shiftsSalt bridgesMolecular dynamics trajectoriesC-terminal carboxyl groupChemical shiftsCombination of solution NMRMolecular dynamicsGuanidinium moietyCarboxyl groupsPara-nitrophenylphosphateSolution NMRActive site inhibitorsHistidine phosphataseActive siteElectrostatic interactionsDynamics trajectoriesEnzymatic functionC-terminusGlycine residuesSubstrate affinityBiochemical experimentsBinding affinity
2021
Enhanced specificity mutations perturb allosteric signaling in CRISPR-Cas9
Nierzwicki L, East K, Morzan U, Arantes P, Batista V, Lisi G, Palermo G. Enhanced specificity mutations perturb allosteric signaling in CRISPR-Cas9. ELife 2021, 10: e73601. PMID: 34908530, PMCID: PMC8741213, DOI: 10.7554/elife.73601.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHNH domainAllosteric communicationCatalytic HNH domainDNA recognition regionSpecificity-enhancing mutationsGenome editing capabilitiesAllosteric signalingAllosteric signalMutations perturbAllosteric hotspotsSpecificity enhancementCas9 endonucleaseMutational studiesDNA recognitionAllosteric connectivityAllosteric roleMolecular toolsAllosteric structureRecognition regionMolecular levelBiochemical studiesDNA cleavageSolution NMRMutationsCatalytic siteA structurally preserved allosteric site in the MIF superfamily affects enzymatic activity and CD74 activation in D-dopachrome tautomerase
Chen E, Reiss K, Shah D, Manjula R, Allen B, Murphy EL, Murphy JW, Batista VS, Bhandari V, Lolis EJ, Lisi GP. A structurally preserved allosteric site in the MIF superfamily affects enzymatic activity and CD74 activation in D-dopachrome tautomerase. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2021, 297: 101061. PMID: 34384784, PMCID: PMC8405996, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SequenceAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteBinding SitesCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayCytokinesHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHumansIntramolecular OxidoreductasesMacrophage Migration-Inhibitory FactorsProtein BindingStructure-Activity RelationshipConceptsAllosteric siteDopachrome tautomeraseDynamic regulatory networksEnzymatic activityLow sequence identityLigand-binding siteMultiple ligand-binding sitesNonoverlapping functionsRegulatory networksAllosteric couplingMacrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) familyFactor familySequence identityHomolog DStructural basisPrimary sequenceCD74 activationFunctional similarityConformational changesSolution NMRMIF-2X-ray crystallographyCatalytic siteStructural consequencesSolvent channels