Protein secondary structure determines the temporal relationship between folding and disulfide formation

Robinson, P. J. , Kanemura, S., Cao, X. and Bulleid, N. J. (2020) Protein secondary structure determines the temporal relationship between folding and disulfide formation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 295(8), pp. 2438-2448. (doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA119.011983) (PMID:31953323) (PMCID:PMC7039548)

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Abstract

How and when disulfides bonds form in proteins relative to the stage of their folding is a fundamental question in cell biology. Two models describe this relationship, the folded precursor model, in which a nascent structure forms before disulfides do and the quasi-stochastic model where disulfides form prior to folding. Here we investigated oxidative folding of three structurally diverse substrates, β2-microglobulin (β2M), prolactin, and the disintegrin domain of ADAM metallopeptidase domain 10 (ADAM10), to understand how these mechanisms apply in a cellular context. We used a eukaryotic cell-free translation system in which we could identify disulfide isomers in stalled translation intermediates to characterize (i) the timing of disulfide formation relative to translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum and (ii) the presence of non-native disulfides. Our results indicate that in a domain lacking secondary structure, disulfides form before conformational folding through a process prone to non-native disulfide formation, whereas in proteins with defined secondary structure, native disulfide formation occurs after partial folding. These findings reveal that the nascent protein structure promotes correct disulfide formation during co-translational folding.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Bulleid, Professor Neil and Cao, Xiaofei and Robinson, Dr Philip
Authors: Robinson, P. J., Kanemura, S., Cao, X., and Bulleid, N. J.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Molecular Biosciences
Journal Name:Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher:American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
ISSN:0021-9258
ISSN (Online):1083-351X
Published Online:17 January 2020
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2020 Robinson et al.
First Published:First published in Journal of Biological Chemistry 295(8):2438-2448
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons license

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
190840Protein Folding and Thiol Modification in the Mammalian Endoplasmic ReticulumNeil BulleidWellcome Trust (WELLCOTR)103720/Z/14/ZInstitute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology
170755Resolution of the Structure and Function of Vitamin K Epoxide Reductase IsoformsNeil BulleidThe Royal Society (ROYSOC)IE140492Institute of Molecular, Cell & Systems Biology