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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2020

Conserved tryptophan mutation disrupts structure and function of immunoglobulin domain revealing unusual tyrosine fluorescence.

Ravi Vattepu, Rachel A Klausmeyer, Allan Ayella, Rahul Yadav, Joseph T Dille, Stan V Saiz, Moriah R Beck

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ravi VattepuChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Rachel A KlausmeyerChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Allan AyellaChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Rahul YadavChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Joseph T DilleChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Stan V SaizChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.
Moriah R BeckChemistry Department, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1004-7147
Wichita State University · USWashburn University · US

Funding

Mentoring CoreP20GM103418 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI SUSAN J. BROWN · 2012 to 2026
$63.0M
Protein Structure Laboratory P30GM110761 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI HANZLIK, ROBERT P · 2014 to 2018
$5.6M
Probing Actin Filament Assembly, Structure, and Dynamics by PalladinR15GM120670 · NIGMS · WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BECK, MORIAH R · 2016 to 2016
$415k
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103418NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM103418NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM110761NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM1110761NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM120670NIGMS NIH HHS R15GM120670
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immunoglobulin (Ig) domains are the most prevalent protein domain structure and share a highly conserved folding pattern; however, this structural family of proteins is also the most diverse in terms of biological roles and tissue expression. Ig domains vary significantly in amino acid sequence but share a highly conserved tryptophan in the hydrophobic core of this beta-stranded protein. Palladin is an actin binding and bundling protein that has five Ig domains and plays an important role in normal cell adhesion and motility. Mutation of the core tryptophan in one Ig domain of palladin has been identified in a pancreatic cancer cell line, suggesting a crucial role for this sole tryptophan in palladin Ig domain structure, stability, and function. We found that actin binding and bundling was not completely abolished with removal of this tryptophan despite a partially unfolded structure and significantly reduced stability of the mutant Ig domain as shown by circular dichroism investigations. In addition, this mutant palladin domain displays a tryptophan-like fluorescence attributed to an anomalous tyrosine emission at 341 nm. Our results indicate that this emission originates from a tyrosinate that may be formed in the excited ground state by proton transfer to a nearby aspartic acid residue. Furthermore, this study emphasizes the importance of tryptophan in protein structural stability and illustrates how tyrosinate emission contributions may be overlooked during the interpretation of the fluorescence properties of proteins.

Indexed as

Mutation, MissenseAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCircular DichroismImmunoglobulin DomainsImmunoglobulin GMiceTryptophanImmunoglobulin GTryptophanactinimmunoglobulin domainsprotein foldingtryptophantyrosinate fluorescence

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PMID32797644
PMCPMC7513720
OpenAlexW3049214715

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