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ArticleScientific reports2016

New structural insights into Golgi Reassembly and Stacking Protein (GRASP) in solution.

Luís F S Mendes, Assuero F Garcia, Patricia S Kumagai, Fabio R de Morais, Fernando A Melo, Livia Kmetzsch, Marilene H Vainstein, Marcio L Rodrigues, Antonio J Costa-Filho

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Luís F S MendesLaboratório de Biofísica Molecular, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Assuero F GarciaLaboratório de Biofísica Molecular, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Patricia S KumagaiDepartamento de Física e Informática, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Fabio R de MoraisDepartamento de Física, Centro Multiusuário de Inovação Biomolecular, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.
Fernando A MeloDepartamento de Física, Centro Multiusuário de Inovação Biomolecular, Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio Mesquita, São José do Rio Preto, Brazil.
Livia KmetzschCentro de Biotecnologia, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Marilene H VainsteinCentro de Biotecnologia, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Marcio L RodriguesFundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz, Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde (CDTS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Antonio J Costa-FilhoLaboratório de Biofísica Molecular, Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Universidade de São Paulo · BRUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) · BRUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BRFundação Oswaldo Cruz · BR

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among all proteins localized in the Golgi apparatus, a two-PDZ (PSD95/DlgA/Zo-1) domain protein plays an important role in the assembly of the cisternae. This Golgi Reassembly and Stacking Protein (GRASP) has puzzled researchers due to its large array of functions and relevance in Golgi functionality. We report here a biochemical and biophysical study of the GRASP55/65 homologue in Cryptococcus neoformans (CnGRASP). Bioinformatic analysis, static fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopies, calorimetry, small angle X-ray scattering, solution nuclear magnetic resonance, size exclusion chromatography and proteolysis assays were used to unravel structural features of the full-length CnGRASP. We detected the coexistence of regular secondary structures and large amounts of disordered regions. The overall structure is less compact than a regular globular protein and the high structural flexibility makes its hydrophobic core more accessible to solvent. Our results indicate an unusual behavior of CnGRASP in solution, closely resembling a class of intrinsically disordered proteins called molten globule proteins. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first structural characterization of a full-length GRASP and observation of a molten globule-like behavior in the GRASP family. The possible implications of this and how it could explain the multiple facets of this intriguing class of proteins are discussed.

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Protein ConformationAmino Acid SequenceCarrier ProteinsCrystallography, X-RayHumansHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMembrane ProteinsModels, MolecularPDZ DomainsProtein Structure, QuaternaryProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein UnfoldingSolutionsStructure-Activity RelationshipCarrier ProteinsMembrane ProteinsSolutionstamalin protein, human

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PMID27436376
PMCPMC4951691
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