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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Plasticity of human protein disulfide isomerase: evidence for mobility around the X-linker region and its functional significance.

Chao Wang, Sihong Chen, Xi Wang, Lei Wang, A Katrine Wallis, Robert B Freedman, Chih-Chen Wang

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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7 authors.

Chao WangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China; Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
Sihong ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Xi WangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
Lei WangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
A Katrine WallisDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom.
Robert B FreedmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Electronic address: R.B.Freedman@warwick.ac.uk.
Chih-Chen WangNational Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China. Electronic address: chihwang@sun5.ibp.ac.cn.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D017807/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council B/D017807Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein disulfide isomerase (PDI), which consists of multiple domains arranged as abb'xa'c, is a key enzyme responsible for oxidative folding in the endoplasmic reticulum. In this work we focus on the conformational plasticity of this enzyme. Proteolysis of native human PDI (hPDI) by several proteases consistently targets sites in the C-terminal half of the molecule (x-linker and a' domain) leaving large fragments in which the N terminus is intact. Fluorescence studies on the W111F/W390F mutant of full-length PDI show that its fluorescence is dominated by Trp-347 in the x-linker which acts as an intrinsic reporter and indicates that this linker can move between "capped" and "uncapped" conformations in which it either occupies or exposes the major ligand binding site on the b' domain of hPDI. Studies with a range of constructs and mutants using intrinsic fluorescence, collision quenching, and extrinsic probe fluorescence (1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate) show that the presence of the a' domain in full-length hPDI moderates the ability of the x-linker to generate the capped conformation (compared with shorter fragments) but does not abolish it. Hence, unlike yeast PDI, the major conformational plasticity of full-length hPDI concerns the mobility of the a' domain "arm" relative to the bb' "trunk" mediated by the x-linker. The chaperone and enzymatic activities of these constructs and mutants are consistent with the interpretation that the reversible interaction of the x-linker with the ligand binding site mediates access of protein substrates to this site.

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Protein FoldingAmino Acid SubstitutionAnilino NaphthalenesulfonatesBinding SitesEndoplasmic ReticulumHumansLigandsMutation, MissenseProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesProtein Structure, Tertiary1-anilino-8-naphthalenesulfonateAnilino NaphthalenesulfonatesLigandsProtein Disulfide-Isomerases

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PMCPMC2930677

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