12 results on '"Olsen, L."'
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2. The effects of chaperones and the influence of protein assembly on peroxisomal protein import.
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Crookes, W J and Olsen, L J
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Peroxisomal proteins are synthesized in the cytoplasm and post-translationally translocated into the organelle. The role of chaperones and protein folding in peroxisomal protein transport is still unclear. Translocation of proteins into mitochondria requires that precursor proteins assume an extended conformation; cytosolic chaperones are thought to help maintain this conformation. In contrast, peroxisomal protein import does not require unfolding of the targeted protein. However, the molecular chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp40 may be important for translocation. We present several lines of evidence that show that plant peroxisomal protein import is enhanced by chaperones. First, peroxisomes isolated from heat-shocked pumpkin seedling tissues exhibited increased protein import relative to control peroxisomes. Second, antibodies raised against wheat germ cytosolic Hsp70 and Escherichia coli Hsp90 inhibited import of the peroxisomal protein isocitrate lyase. To our knowledge, this is the first time that Hsp90 has been directly implicated in a protein transport event. Third, peroxisomal proteins were immunoprecipitated by wheat germ Hsp70 antibodies. We also present results that suggest that the efficiency of peroxisomal protein import is influenced by the structure of the targeted protein; monomeric isocitrate lyase was imported more efficiently than oligomeric isocitrate lyase. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the assembly state of peroxisomal proteins and the chaperones that may mediate those states are both important for efficient peroxisomal protein import.
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- 1998
3. ATP Is Required for the Binding of Precursor Proteins to Chloroplasts
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Olsen, L J, Theg, S M, Selman, B R, and Keegstra, K
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One of the first steps in the transport of nuclear-encoded, cytoplasmically synthesized precursor proteins into chloroplasts is a specific binding interaction between precursor proteins and the surface of the organelle. Although protein translocation into chloroplasts requires ATP hydrolysis, binding is generally thought to be energy independent. A more detailed investigation of precursor binding to the surface of chloroplasts showed that ATP was required for efficient binding. Protein translocation is known to require relatively high levels (1 mMor more) of ATP. As little as 50–100 µMATP caused significant stimulation of precursor binding over controls with no ATP. Several different precursors were tested and all showed increased binding upon addition of low levels of ATP. Nonhydrolyzable analogs of ATP did not substitute for ATP, indicating that ATP hydrolysis was required for binding. A protonmotive force was not involved in the energy requirement for binding. Other (hydrolyzable) nucleotides could substitute for ATP but were less effective at stimulating binding. Binding was stimulated by ATP generated inside chloroplasts even when an ATP trap was present to destroy external ATP. We conclude that internal ATP is required for stimulation of precursor binding to chloroplasts.
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- 1989
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4. Internal ATP Is The Only Energy Requirement for the Translocation of Precursor Proteins Across Chloroplastic Membranes
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Theg, S M, Bauerle, C, Olsen, L J, Selman, B R, and Keegstra, K
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The energy requirements for the import of nuclear-encoded proteins into isolated chloroplasts have been reinvestigated. We have shown that, in contrast to protein import into mitochondria, the translocation of the precursors to ferredoxin, plastocyanin (prPC) and the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (prSS) across all chloroplastic membranes is independent of a protonmotive force and requires only ATP. This extends previous works in which investigations were limited to prSS and demonstrates that our results are probably general to all chloroplastic protein precursors. Our results are particularly interesting for the import of prPC, since in addition to the two envelope membranes, this protein must traverse the energy-transducing thylakoid membranes en route to its proper location in the thylakoid lumen. This lack of involvement of a protonmotive force, specifically of a transmembrane electric potential, demonstrates that separate mechanisms operate during the import of proteins into chloroplasts and mitochondria.
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- 1989
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5. Insertions into the beta3-beta4 hairpin loop of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase reveal a role for fingers subdomain in processive polymerization.
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Kew, Y, Olsen, L R, Japour, A J, and Prasad, V R
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) displays a characteristic poor processivity during DNA polymerization. Structural elements of RT that determine processivity are poorly understood. The three-dimensional structure of HIV-1 RT, which assumes a hand-like structure, shows that the fingers, palm, and thumb subdomains form the template-binding cleft and may be involved in determining the degree of processivity. To assess the influence of fingers subdomain of HIV-1 RT in polymerase processivity, two insertions were engineered in the beta3-beta4 hairpin of HIV-1NL4-3 RT. The recombinant mutant RTs, named FE20 and FE103, displayed wild type or near wild type levels of RNA-dependent DNA polymerase activity on all templates tested and wild type or near wild type-like sensitivities to dideoxy-NTPs. When polymerase activities were measured under conditions that allow a single cycle of DNA polymerization, both of the mutants displayed 25-30% greater processivity than wild type enzyme. Homology modeling the three-dimensional structures of wild type HIV-1NL4-3 RT and its finger insertion mutants revealed that the extended loop between the beta3 and beta4 strands protrudes into the cleft, reducing the distance between the fingers and thumb subdomains to approximately 12 A. Analysis of the models for the mutants suggests an extensive interaction between the protein and template-primer, which may reduce the degree of superstructure in the template-primer. Our data suggest that the beta3-beta4 hairpin of fingers subdomain is an important determinant of processive polymerization by HIV-1 RT.
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- 1998
6. Salt Bridge Swapping in the EXXERFXYY Motif of Proton-coupled Oligopeptide Transporters.
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Aduri NG, Prabhala BK, Ernst HA, Jørgensen FS, Olsen L, and Mirza O
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Membrane Transport Proteins chemistry, Models, Molecular, Molecular Sequence Data, Protein Conformation, Protons, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Amino Acid Motifs, Membrane Transport Proteins metabolism, Oligopeptides metabolism, Salts chemistry
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Proton-coupled oligopeptide transporters (POTs) couple the inward transport of di- or tripeptides with an inwardly directed transport of protons. Evidence from several studies of different POTs has pointed toward involvement of a highly conserved sequence motif, E1XXE2RFXYY (from here on referred to as E1XXE2R), located on Helix I, in interactions with the proton. In this study, we investigated the intracellular substrate accumulation by motif variants with all possible combinations of glutamate residues changed to glutamine and arginine changed to a tyrosine, the latter being a natural variant found in the Escherichia coli POT YjdL. We found that YjdL motif variants with E1XXE2R, E1XXE2Y, E1XXQ2Y, or Q1XXE2Y were able to accumulate peptide, whereas those with E1XXQ2R, Q1XXE2R, or Q1XXQ2Y were unable to accumulate peptide, and Q1XXQ2R abolished uptake. These results suggest a mechanism that involves swapping of an intramotif salt bridge, i.e. R-E2 to R-E1, which is consistent with previous structural studies. Molecular dynamics simulations of the motif variants E1XXE2R and E1XXQ2R support this mechanism. The simulations showed that upon changing conformation arginine pushes Helix V, through interactions with the highly conserved FYING motif, further away from the central cavity in what could be a stabilization of an inward facing conformation. As E2 has been suggested to be the primary site for protonation, these novel findings show how protonation may drive conformational changes through interactions of two highly conserved motifs., (© 2015 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.)
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- 2015
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7. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Esc2p interacts with Sir2p through a small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-binding motif and regulates transcriptionally silent chromatin in a locus-dependent manner.
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Yu Q, Kuzmiak H, Olsen L, Kulkarni A, Fink E, Zou Y, and Bi X
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Cell Cycle Proteins, Chromatin chemistry, Chromatin genetics, DNA, Fungal chemistry, DNA, Fungal genetics, DNA, Fungal metabolism, Molecular Sequence Data, Nuclear Proteins genetics, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Protein Binding, SUMO-1 Protein genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins genetics, Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics, Sirtuin 2 genetics, Telomere metabolism, Two-Hybrid System Techniques, Chromatin metabolism, Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal, Gene Silencing, Nuclear Proteins metabolism, SUMO-1 Protein metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism, Sirtuin 2 metabolism
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Esc2p is a member of a conserved family of proteins that contain small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-like domains. It has been implicated in transcriptional silencing and shown to interact with the silencing protein Sir2p in a two-hybrid analysis. However, little is known about how Esc2p regulates the structure of silent chromatin. We demonstrate here that ESC2 differentially regulates silent chromatin at telomeric, rDNA, and HM loci. Specifically, ESC2 is required for efficient telomeric silencing and Sir2p association with telomeric silent chromatin and for silencing and maintenance of silent chromatin structure at rDNA. On the other hand, ESC2 negatively regulates silencing at HML and HMR and destabilizes HML silent chromatin without affecting Sir2p association with chromatin. We present evidence that Esc2p is associated with both transcriptionally silent and active loci in the genome, and the abundance of Esc2p is not correlated with the chromatin state at a particular locus. Using affinity pull-down analyses, we show that Esc2p and Sir2p interact in vivo, and recombinant Esc2p and Sir2p interact directly. Moreover, we dissect Esc2p and identify a putative SUMO-binding motif that is necessary and sufficient for interacting with Sir2p and SUMO and is required for the function of Esc2p in transcriptional silencing.
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- 2010
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8. Mutational mapping and modeling of the binding site for (S)-citalopram in the human serotonin transporter.
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Andersen J, Olsen L, Hansen KB, Taboureau O, Jørgensen FS, Jørgensen AM, Bang-Andersen B, Egebjerg J, Strømgaard K, and Kristensen AS
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- Animals, Binding Sites, Biological Transport drug effects, COS Cells, Chlorocebus aethiops, Citalopram analogs & derivatives, Citalopram chemistry, Citalopram pharmacology, DNA Mutational Analysis, Humans, Point Mutation, Protein Conformation, Reproducibility of Results, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Serotonin metabolism, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins metabolism, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors chemistry, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors metabolism, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors pharmacology, Structure-Activity Relationship, Substrate Specificity, Citalopram metabolism, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins chemistry, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins genetics
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The serotonin transporter (SERT) regulates extracellular levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) in the brain by facilitating uptake of released 5-hydroxytryptamine into neuronal cells. SERT is the target for widely used antidepressant drugs, including imipramine, fluoxetine, and (S)-citalopram, which are competitive inhibitors of the transport function. Knowledge of the molecular details of the antidepressant binding sites in SERT has been limited due to lack of structural data on SERT. Here, we present a characterization of the (S)-citalopram binding pocket in human SERT (hSERT) using mutational and computational approaches. Comparative modeling and ligand docking reveal that (S)-citalopram fits into the hSERT substrate binding pocket, where (S)-citalopram can adopt a number of different binding orientations. We find, however, that only one of these binding modes is functionally relevant from studying the effects of 64 point mutations around the putative substrate binding site. The mutational mapping also identify novel hSERT residues that are crucial for (S)-citalopram binding. The model defines the molecular determinants for (S)-citalopram binding to hSERT and demonstrates that the antidepressant binding site overlaps with the substrate binding site.
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- 2010
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9. Location of the antidepressant binding site in the serotonin transporter: importance of Ser-438 in recognition of citalopram and tricyclic antidepressants.
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Andersen J, Taboureau O, Hansen KB, Olsen L, Egebjerg J, Strømgaard K, and Kristensen AS
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- Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic chemistry, Citalopram chemistry, Humans, Inhibitory Concentration 50, Kinetics, Models, Chemical, Molecular Conformation, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Secondary, Serotonin chemistry, Substrate Specificity, Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic pharmacology, Citalopram pharmacology, Serine chemistry, Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins chemistry
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The serotonin transporter (SERT) regulates extracellular levels of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5HT) in the brain by transporting 5HT into neurons and glial cells. The human SERT (hSERT) is the primary target for drugs used in the treatment of emotional disorders, including depression. hSERT belongs to the solute carrier 6 family that includes a bacterial leucine transporter (LeuT), for which a high resolution crystal structure has become available. LeuT has proved to be an excellent model for human transporters and has advanced the understanding of solute carrier 6 transporter structure-function relationships. However, the precise structural mechanism by which antidepressants inhibit hSERT and the location of their binding pockets are still elusive. We have identified a residue (Ser-438) located within the 5HT-binding pocket in hSERT to be a critical determinant for the potency of several antidepressants, including the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor citalopram and the tricyclic antidepressants imipramine, clomipramine, and amitriptyline. A conservative mutation of Ser-438 to threonine (S438T) selectively increased the K(i) values for these antidepressants up to 175-fold. The effects of introducing a protein methyl group into the 5HT-binding pocket by S438T were absent or reduced for analogs of these antidepressants lacking a single methyl group. This suggests that these antidepressants interact directly with Ser-438 during binding to hSERT, implying an overlapping localization of substrate- and inhibitor-binding sites in hSERT suggesting that antidepressants function by a mechanism that involves direct occlusion of the 5HT-binding site.
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- 2009
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10. Saccharomyces cerevisiae linker histone Hho1p functionally interacts with core histone H4 and negatively regulates the establishment of transcriptionally silent chromatin.
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Yu Q, Kuzmiak H, Zou Y, Olsen L, Defossez PA, and Bi X
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- Gene Deletion, Histones genetics, Mutation genetics, Protein Binding, Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins genetics, Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetics, Silent Information Regulator Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism, Chromatin genetics, Gene Silencing, Histones metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins metabolism, Transcription, Genetic genetics
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae linker histone Hho1p is not essential for cell viability, and very little is known about its function in vivo. We show that deletion of HHO1 (hho1Delta) suppresses the defect in transcriptional silencing caused by a mutation in the globular domain of histone H4. hho1Delta also suppresses the reduction in HML silencing by the deletion of SIR1 that is involved in the establishment of silent chromatin at HML. We further show that hho1Delta suppresses changes in silent chromatin structure caused by the histone H4 mutation and sir1Delta. These results suggest that HHO1 plays a negative role in transcriptionally silent chromatin. We also provide evidence that Hho1p hinders the de novo establishment of silent chromatin but does not affect the stability of preexistent silent chromatin. Unlike canonical linker histones in higher eukaryotes that have a single conserved globular domain, Hho1p possesses two globular domains. We show that the carboxyl-terminal globular domain of Hho1p is dispensable for its function, suggesting that the mode of Hho1p action is similar to that of canonical linker histones.
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- 2009
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11. The inhibitor thiomandelic acid binds to both metal ions in metallo-beta-lactamase and induces positive cooperativity in metal binding.
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Damblon C, Jensen M, Ababou A, Barsukov I, Papamicael C, Schofield CJ, Olsen L, Bauer R, and Roberts GC
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- Binding Sites, Cadmium, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Mandelic Acids chemistry, Models, Molecular, Molecular Structure, Spectrum Analysis, Stereoisomerism, Sulfhydryl Compounds chemistry, beta-Lactamases chemistry, Bacillus cereus enzymology, Mandelic Acids metabolism, Metals metabolism, Sulfhydryl Compounds metabolism, beta-Lactamases metabolism
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Thiomandelic acid is a simple, broad spectrum, and reasonably potent inhibitor of metallo-beta-lactamases, enzymes that mediate resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics. We report studies by NMR and perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy of the mode of binding of the R and S enantiomers of thiomandelic acid, focusing on their interaction with the two metal ions in cadmium-substituted Bacillus cereus metallo-beta-lactamase. The 113Cd resonances are specifically assigned to the metals in the two individual sites on the protein by using 113Cd-edited 1H NMR spectra. Each enantiomer of thiomandelate produces large downfield shifts of both 113Cd resonances and changes in the PAC spectra, which indicate that they bind such that the thiol of the inhibitor bridges between the two metals. For R-thiomandelate, this is unambiguously confirmed by the observation of scalar coupling between Halpha of the inhibitor and both cadmium ions. The NMR and PAC spectra reveal that the two chiral forms of the inhibitor differ in the details of their coordination geometry. The complex with R-thiomandelate, but not that with the S-enantiomer, shows evidence in the PAC spectra of a dynamic process in the nanosecond time regime, the possible nature of which is discussed. The thiomandelate complex of the mononuclear enzyme can be detected only at low metal to enzyme stoichiometry; the relative populations of mononuclear and binuclear enzyme as a function of cadmium concentration provide clear evidence for positive cooperativity in metal ion binding in the presence of the inhibitor, in contrast to the negative cooperativity observed in the free enzyme.
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- 2003
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12. Intrinsic DNA distortion of the bacteriophage Mu momP1 promoter is a negative regulator of its transcription. A novel mode of regulation of toxic gene expression.
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Basak S, Olsen L, Hattman S, and Nagaraja V
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- Base Sequence, DNA, Viral chemistry, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Nucleic Acid Conformation, RNA, Messenger genetics, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Bacteriophage mu genetics, DNA, Viral genetics, Gene Expression Regulation, Viral genetics, Genes, Viral, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Transcription, Genetic genetics
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The momP1 promoter of the bacteriophage Mu mom operon is an example of a weak promoter. It contains a 19-base pair suboptimal spacer between the -35 (ACCACA) and -10 (TAGAAT) hexamers. Escherichia coli RNA polymerase is unable to bind to momP1 on its own. DNA distortion caused by the presence of a run of six T nucleotides overlapping the 5' end of the -10 element might prevent RNA polymerase from binding to momP1. To investigate the influence of the T(6) run on momP1 expression, defined substitution mutations were introduced by site-directed mutagenesis. In vitro probing experiments with copper phenanthroline ((OP)(2)Cu) and DNase I revealed distinct differences in cleavage patterns among the various mutants; in addition, compared with the wild type, the mutants showed an increase (variable) in momP1 promoter activity in vivo. Promoter strength analyses were in agreement with the ability of these mutants to form open complexes as well as to produce momP1-specific transcripts. No significant role is attributed to the overlapping and divergently organized promoter, momP2, in the expression of momP1 activity, as determined by promoter disruption analysis. These data support the view that an intrinsic DNA distortion in the spacer region of momP1 acts in cis as a negative element in mom operon transcription. This is a novel mechanism of regulation of toxic gene expression.
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- 2001
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