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ArticleStructure (London, England : 1993)2016

A Phosphomimetic Mutation Stabilizes SOD1 and Rescues Cell Viability in the Context of an ALS-Associated Mutation.

James M Fay, Cheng Zhu, Elizabeth A Proctor, Yazhong Tao, Wenjun Cui, Hengming Ke, Nikolay V Dokholyan

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Article in Structure (London, England : 1993), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

James M FayDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Cheng ZhuDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Elizabeth A ProctorDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Yazhong TaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Wenjun CuiDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Hengming KeDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Nikolay V DokholyanDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Program in Molecular and Cellular Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA; Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA. Electronic address: dokh@unc.edu.

Funding

Life Science and Biomedical technology Research center at NSLS-II LSBRP41GM111244 · NIGMS · BROOKHAVEN SCIENCE ASSOC-BROOKHAVEN LAB · PI MCSWEENEY, SEAN · 2014 to 2018
$16.4M
Protein Misfolding and AggregationR01GM080742 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DOKHOLYAN, NIKOLAY · 2007 to 2015
$2.8M
Identification of drug leads targeting SOD1 dissociation for the treatment of ALSF31AG039266 · NIA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PROCTOR, ELIZABETH A · 2010 to 2013
$91k
NIA NIH HHS F31 AG039266NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM111244NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080742
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The majority of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-related mutations in the enzyme Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1), as well as a post-translational modification, glutathionylation, destabilize the protein and lead to a misfolded oligomer that is toxic to motor neurons. The biophysical role of another physiological SOD1 modification, T2-phosphorylation, has remained a mystery. Here, we find that a phosphomimetic mutation, T2D, thermodynamically stabilizes SOD1 even in the context of a strongly SOD1-destabilizing mutation, A4V, one of the most prevalent and aggressive ALS-associated mutations in North America. This stabilization protects against formation of toxic SOD oligomers and positively impacts motor neuron survival in cellular assays. We solve the crystal structure of T2D-SOD1 and explain its stabilization effect using discrete molecular dynamics (DMD) simulations. These findings imply that T2-phosphorylation may be a plausible innate cellular protection response against SOD1-induced cytotoxicity, and stabilizing the SOD1 native conformation might offer us viable pharmaceutical strategies against currently incurable ALS.

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MutationAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisCell LineCell SurvivalCircular DichroismEnzyme StabilityHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Dynamics SimulationNeuronsPhosphorylationProtein FoldingProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProtein Structure, SecondarySuperoxide Dismutase-1SOD1 protein, humanSuperoxide Dismutase-1

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PMID27667694
PMCPMC5093072

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