Pub Date : 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(24)00286-X
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.004
Sukantha Dey , Rohit Kumar , Rajkumar Mishra , Santu Bera
Amyloids are filamentous protein aggregates that have traditionally been associated with neurodegenerative diseases, although they are also known to play pivotal functional roles across diverse forms of life. Although the cross-β structure has represented the hallmark of amyloidal assemblies, a cross-α structure was recently characterized as a functional microbial amyloid, and further work has shown that de novo designed sequences also assemble into cross-α amyloids, emphasizing cross-α as an alternative paradigm for self-assembly into ordered aggregates. In this review, we summarize recent discoveries of cross-α amyloids both in nature and artificially designed systems, and we describe their fundamental structural organization, self-assembly mechanisms, and biological functions. Finally, we outline the future opportunities for research and development in this potential field.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.08.003
Carsten Peters , Martin Haslbeck , Johannes Buchner
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) are an important part of the cellular system maintaining protein homeostasis under physiological and stress conditions. As molecular chaperones, they form complexes with different non-native proteins in an ATP-independent manner. Many sHsps populate ensembles of energetically similar but different-sized oligomers. Regulation of chaperone activity occurs by changing the equilibrium of these ensembles. This makes sHsps a versatile and adaptive system for trapping non-native proteins in complexes, allowing recycling with the help of ATP-dependent chaperones. In this review, we discuss progress in our understanding of the structural principles of sHsp oligomers and their functional principles, as well as their roles in aging and eye lens transparency.
小热休克蛋白(sHsps)是在生理和应激条件下维持蛋白质平衡的细胞系统的重要组成部分。作为分子伴侣,它们以不依赖 ATP 的方式与不同的非本源蛋白质形成复合物。许多 sHsps 形成了能量相似但大小不同的寡聚体组合。通过改变这些组合体的平衡来调节伴侣活性。这使得 sHsps 成为一种多功能的适应性系统,可将非本地蛋白质困在复合物中,并在 ATP 依赖性伴侣的帮助下进行回收。在这篇综述中,我们将讨论对 sHsp 寡聚体结构原理及其功能原理的理解进展,以及它们在衰老和眼睛晶状体透明度中的作用。
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.09.001
Lucía Sánchez-Alba , Helena Borràs-Gas , Ge Huang , Nathalia Varejão , David Reverter
Ubiquitin (Ub) and ubiquitin-like (UbL) modifications are critical regulators of multiple cellular processes in eukaryotes. These modifications are dynamically controlled by proteases that balance conjugation and deconjugation. In eukaryotes, these proteases include deubiquitinases (DUBs), mostly belonging to the CA-clan of cysteine proteases, and ubiquitin-like proteases (ULPs), belonging to the CE-clan proteases. Intriguingly, infectious bacteria exploit the CE-clan protease fold to generate deubiquitinating activities to disarm the immune system and degradation defenses of the host during infection. In this review, we explore the substrate preferences encoded within the CE-clan proteases and the structural determinants in the protease fold behind its selectivity, in particular those from infectious bacteria and viruses. Understanding this protease family provides crucial insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying infection and transmission of pathogenic organisms.
泛素(Ub)和类泛素(UbL)修饰是真核生物多种细胞过程的关键调节因子。这些修饰受蛋白酶的动态控制,蛋白酶可平衡共轭和解共轭作用。在真核生物中,这些蛋白酶包括主要属于半胱氨酸蛋白酶 CA 族的去泛素酶(DUBs)和属于 CE 族蛋白酶的类泛素蛋白酶(ULPs)。耐人寻味的是,感染性细菌利用 CE 族蛋白酶折叠产生去泛素化活性,从而在感染期间解除宿主免疫系统和降解防御系统的武装。在这篇综述中,我们探讨了 CE 族蛋白酶编码的底物偏好以及蛋白酶折叠结构决定因素在其选择性背后的作用,特别是那些来自传染性细菌和病毒的蛋白酶。了解这一蛋白酶家族有助于深入了解病原体感染和传播的分子机制。
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.001
Nicolas Lehrbach
The Nrf1/Nfe2L1 transcription factor is a master regulator of proteasome biogenesis. New work by Yoshida and colleagues reveals a surprising mechanism by which ubiquitination of N-glycosylated Nrf1 controls its function.
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.002
Elena B. Pasquale
Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, together with their cell surface-anchored ephrin ligands, constitute an important cell–cell communication system that regulates physiological and pathological processes in most cell types. This review focuses on the multiple mechanisms by which Eph receptors initiate signaling via the formation of protein complexes in the plasma membrane. Upon ephrin binding, Eph receptors assemble into oligomers that can further aggregate into large complexes. Eph receptors also mediate ephrin-independent signaling through interplay with intracellular kinases or other cell-surface receptors. The distinct characteristics of Eph receptor family members, as well as their conserved domain structure, provide a framework for understanding their functional differences and redundancies. Possible areas of interest for future investigations of Eph receptor signaling complexes are also highlighted.
{"title":"Eph receptor signaling complexes in the plasma membrane","authors":"Elena B. Pasquale","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Eph receptor tyrosine kinases, together with their cell surface-anchored ephrin ligands, constitute an important cell–cell communication system that regulates physiological and pathological processes in most cell types. This review focuses on the multiple mechanisms by which Eph receptors initiate signaling via the formation of protein complexes in the plasma membrane. Upon ephrin binding, Eph receptors assemble into oligomers that can further aggregate into large complexes. Eph receptors also mediate ephrin-independent signaling through interplay with intracellular kinases or other cell-surface receptors. The distinct characteristics of Eph receptor family members, as well as their conserved domain structure, provide a framework for understanding their functional differences and redundancies. Possible areas of interest for future investigations of Eph receptor signaling complexes are also highlighted.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":"49 12","pages":"Pages 1079-1096"},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.003
Lin Chou , Carly J. Houghton , Aaron Wacholder , Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis
Complexification of macrobiomolecules, such as homodimer to heterodimer transitions, are common during evolution. Is such complexification always adaptive? Using large-scale experiments and in-depth biochemical analyses, Després et al. recently demonstrated that an obligate heterodimer can evolve from a homodimer through neutral, nonadaptive events, and quantified key parameters required for such transitions.
{"title":"Constructive neutral evolution of homodimer to heterodimer transition","authors":"Lin Chou , Carly J. Houghton , Aaron Wacholder , Anne-Ruxandra Carvunis","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Complexification of macrobiomolecules, such as homodimer to heterodimer transitions, are common during evolution. Is such complexification always adaptive? Using large-scale experiments and in-depth biochemical analyses, <span><span>Després <em>et al.</em></span><svg><path></path></svg></span> recently demonstrated that an obligate heterodimer can evolve from a homodimer through neutral, nonadaptive events, and quantified key parameters required for such transitions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":"49 12","pages":"Pages 1036-1038"},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142492411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(24)00264-0
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.09.003
Bauke Albada
The development of non-biological applications of DNA has not only resulted in delicately shaped DNA-based nano-objects with complex functions but also spawned their use for novel catalytic applications. From the multitude of applications of DNAzymes that operate on a relatively simple substrate, we have witnessed the emergence of multifunctional catalytically active DNA-based nanostructures for one of the most challenging tasks known to a chemist: the controlled and precise modification of a wild-type protein in its natural environment. By incorporating various elements associated with post-translational modification (PTM) writer enzymes into complex nanostructures, it is now possible to chemically modify a specific protein in cell lysates under the influence of an externally added trigger, clearly illustrating the promising future for this approach.
脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)非生物应用的发展不仅造就了形状精致、功能复杂的脱氧核糖核酸(DNA)纳米物体,还催生了它们在新型催化应用中的使用。从 DNA 酶在相对简单的底物上的大量应用中,我们看到了多功能催化活性 DNA 纳米结构的出现,这种结构可用于化学家已知的最具挑战性的任务之一:在自然环境中对野生型蛋白质进行可控和精确的修饰。通过在复杂的纳米结构中加入与翻译后修饰(PTM)作者酶相关的各种元素,现在有可能在外部添加触发器的影响下,对细胞裂解物中的特定蛋白质进行化学修饰,这清楚地表明了这种方法的美好前景。
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Pub Date : 2024-12-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.005
Evelina Charidemou , Antonis Kirmizis
A link between epigenetics and metabolism was initially recognized because the cellular metabolic state is communicated to the genome through the concentration of intermediary metabolites that are cofactors of chromatin-modifying enzymes. Recently, an additional interaction was postulated due to the capacity of the epigenome to store substantial amounts of metabolites that could become available again to cellular metabolite pools. Here, we focus on histone acetylation and review recent evidence illustrating this reciprocal relationship: in one direction, signaling-induced acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) changes influence histone acetylation levels to regulate genomic functions, and in the opposite direction histone acetylation acts as an acetate reservoir to directly affect downstream acetyl-CoA-mediated metabolism. This review highlights the current understanding, experimental challenges, and future perspectives of this bidirectional interplay.
{"title":"A two-way relationship between histone acetylation and metabolism","authors":"Evelina Charidemou , Antonis Kirmizis","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tibs.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A link between epigenetics and metabolism was initially recognized because the cellular metabolic state is communicated to the genome through the concentration of intermediary metabolites that are cofactors of chromatin-modifying enzymes. Recently, an additional interaction was postulated due to the capacity of the epigenome to store substantial amounts of metabolites that could become available again to cellular metabolite pools. Here, we focus on histone acetylation and review recent evidence illustrating this reciprocal relationship: in one direction, signaling-induced acetyl-coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) changes influence histone acetylation levels to regulate genomic functions, and in the opposite direction histone acetylation acts as an acetate reservoir to directly affect downstream acetyl-CoA-mediated metabolism. This review highlights the current understanding, experimental challenges, and future perspectives of this bidirectional interplay.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":"49 12","pages":"Pages 1046-1062"},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142611610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}