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ArticleBioMed research international2015

Analysis of the isomerase and chaperone-like activities of an amebic PDI (EhPDI).

Rosa E Mares, Alexis Z Minchaca, Salvador Villagrana, Samuel G Meléndez-López, Marco A Ramos

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rosa E MaresFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, 22390 Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6102-6966
Alexis Z MinchacaFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, 22390 Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6024-9690
Salvador VillagranaFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, 22390 Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-6940-5258
Samuel G Meléndez-LópezFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, 22390 Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.
Marco A RamosFacultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Calzada Universidad 14418, Parque Industrial Internacional, 22390 Tijuana, BCN, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8950-2079
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California · MX

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein disulfide isomerases (PDI) are eukaryotic oxidoreductases that catalyze the formation and rearrangement of disulfide bonds during folding of substrate proteins. Structurally, PDI enzymes share as a common feature the presence of at least one active thioredoxin-like domain. PDI enzymes are also involved in holding, refolding, and degradation of unfolded or misfolded proteins during stressful conditions. The EhPDI enzyme (a 38 kDa polypeptide with two active thioredoxin-like domains) has been used as a model to gain insights into protein folding and disulfide bond formation in E. histolytica. Here, we performed a functional complementation assay, using a ΔdsbC mutant of E. coli, to test whether EhPDI exhibits isomerase activity in vivo. Our preliminary results showed that EhPDI exhibits isomerase activity; however, further mutagenic analysis revealed significant differences in the functional role of each thioredoxin-like domain. Additional studies confirmed that EhPDI protects heat-labile enzymes against thermal inactivation, extending our knowledge about its chaperone-like activity. The characterization of EhPDI, as an oxidative folding catalyst with chaperone-like function, represents the initial step to dissect the molecular mechanisms involved in protein folding in E. histolytica.

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CatalysisEntamoeba histolyticaEscherichia coliMolecular ChaperonesOxidation-ReductionOxidoreductasesProtein BindingProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesProtein FoldingProtein Structure, TertiaryThioredoxinsMolecular ChaperonesOxidoreductasesProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesThioredoxins

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PMID25695056
PMCPMC4324885
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