Investigating native metal ion binding sites in mammalian histidine-rich glycoprotein
Date
12/04/2023Author
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Grant ID
RPG-2018-397
BB/T017740/1
BB/R013780/1
PG/15/9/31270
FS/15/42/31556
204821/Z/16/Z
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Mammalian histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is a highly versatile and abundant blood plasma glycoprotein with a diverse range of ligands that is involved in regulating many essential biological processes, including coagulation, cell adhesion, and angiogenesis. Despite its biomedical importance, structural information on the multi-domain protein is sparse, not least due to intrinsically disordered regions that elude high-resolution structural characterization. Binding of divalent metal ions, particularly ZnII, to multiple sites within the HRG protein is of critical functional importance and exerts a regulatory role. However, characterization of the ZnII binding sites of HRG is a challenge; their number and composition as well as their affinities and stoichiometries of binding are currently not fully understood. In this study, we explored modern electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy methods supported by protein secondary and tertiary structure prediction to assemble a holistic picture of native HRG and its interaction with metal ions. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that this suite of EPR techniques has been applied to count and characterize endogenous metal ion binding sites in a native mammalian protein of unknown structure.
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Ackermann , K , Khazaipoul , S , Wort , J , Sobczak , A I S , El Mkami , H , Stewart , A J & Bode , B E 2023 , ' Investigating native metal ion binding sites in mammalian histidine-rich glycoprotein ' , Journal of the American Chemical Society , vol. 145 , no. 14 , pp. 8064-8072 . https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c00587
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Journal of the American Chemical Society
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Peer reviewed
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0002-7863Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by American Chemical Society. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0).
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Funding: For the purpose of open access, the authors have applied a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to any Accepted Author Manuscript version arising. They acknowledge support by the Wellcome Trust (204821/Z/16/Z), the British Heart Foundation (PG/15/9/31270 and FS/15/42/31556), and the Leverhulme Trust (RPG-2018–397). J.L.W. acknowledges support by the BBSRC DTP Eastbio. B.E.B. acknowledges equipment funding by BBSRC (BB/R013780/1 and BB/T017740/1).Collections
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