In vitro functional analysis and in silico structural modelling of pathogen-secreted polyglycine hydrolases

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Polyglycine hydrolases are fungal effectors composed of an N-domain with unique sequence and structure and a C-domain that resembles β-lactamases, with serine protease activity. These secreted fungal proteins cleave Gly-Gly bonds within a polyglycine sequence in corn ChitA chitinase. The polyglycine hydrolase N-domain (PND) function is unknown. In this manuscript we provide evidence that the PND does not directly participate in ChitA cleavage. In vitro analysis of site-directed mutants in conserved residues of the PND of polyglycine hydrolase Es-cmp did not specifically impair protease activity. Furthermore, in silico structural models of three ChitA-bound polyglycine hydrolases created by High Ambiguity Driven protein-protein DOCKing (HADDOCK) did not predict significant interactions between the PND and ChitA. Together these results suggest that the PND has another function. To determine what types of PND-containing proteins exist in nature we performed a computational analysis of Foldseek-identified PND-containing proteins. The analysis showed that proteins with PNDs are present throughout biology as either single domain proteins or fused to accessory domains that are diverse but are usually proteases or kinases.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:706

Enthalten in:

Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 706(2024) vom: 30. März, Seite 149746

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Naumann, Todd A [VerfasserIn]
Dowling, Nicole V [VerfasserIn]
Price, Neil P J [VerfasserIn]
Rose, David R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

β-lactamases
25718-94-9
Chitinase-modifying proteins
EC 3.4.-
Effector
Endopeptidases
Journal Article
Peptide Hydrolases
Peptides
Polyglycine
Polyglycine hydrolases
Proteinase
Recombinant proteins

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.149746

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369513738