TY - JOUR
T1 - The inactivating factor of glutamine synthetase IF17 Is an intrinsically disordered protein, which folds upon binding to its target
AU - Saelices, Lorena
AU - Galmozzi, Carla V.
AU - Florencio, Francisco J.
AU - Muro-Pastor, M. Isabel
AU - Neira, José L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2011/11/15
Y1 - 2011/11/15
N2 - In cyanobacteria, ammonium is incorporated into carbon skeletons by the sequential action of glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase (GOGAT). The activity of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 glutamine synthetase type I (GS) is controlled by a post-transcriptional process involving protein-protein interactions with two inactivating factors: the 65-residue-long protein (IF7) and the 149-residue-long one (IF17). The sequence of the C terminus of IF17 is similar to IF7; IF7 is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP). In this work, we study the structural propensities and affinity for GS of IF17 and a chimera protein, IF17N/IF7 (constructed by fusing the first 82 residues of IF17 with the whole IF7) by fluorescence, CD, and NMR. IF17 and IF17N/IF7 are IDPs with residual non-hydrogen-bonded structure, probably formed by α-helical, turn-like, and PPII conformations; several theoretical predictions support these experimental findings. IF17 seems to fold upon binding to GS, as suggested by CD thermal denaturations and steady-state far-UV spectra. The apparent affinity of IF17 for GS, as measured by fluorescence, is slightly smaller (K D ∼1 μM) than that measured for IF7 (∼0.3 μM). The K Ds determined by CD are similar to those measured by fluorescence, but slightly larger, suggesting possible conformational rearrangements in the IFs and/or GS upon binding. Further, the results with IFN17/IF7 suggest that (i) binding of IF17 to the GS is modulated not only by its C-terminal region but also by its N-terminus and (ii) there are weakly structured (that is, "fuzzy") complexes in the ternary GS-IF system.
AB - In cyanobacteria, ammonium is incorporated into carbon skeletons by the sequential action of glutamine synthetase and glutamate synthase (GOGAT). The activity of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 glutamine synthetase type I (GS) is controlled by a post-transcriptional process involving protein-protein interactions with two inactivating factors: the 65-residue-long protein (IF7) and the 149-residue-long one (IF17). The sequence of the C terminus of IF17 is similar to IF7; IF7 is an intrinsically disordered protein (IDP). In this work, we study the structural propensities and affinity for GS of IF17 and a chimera protein, IF17N/IF7 (constructed by fusing the first 82 residues of IF17 with the whole IF7) by fluorescence, CD, and NMR. IF17 and IF17N/IF7 are IDPs with residual non-hydrogen-bonded structure, probably formed by α-helical, turn-like, and PPII conformations; several theoretical predictions support these experimental findings. IF17 seems to fold upon binding to GS, as suggested by CD thermal denaturations and steady-state far-UV spectra. The apparent affinity of IF17 for GS, as measured by fluorescence, is slightly smaller (K D ∼1 μM) than that measured for IF7 (∼0.3 μM). The K Ds determined by CD are similar to those measured by fluorescence, but slightly larger, suggesting possible conformational rearrangements in the IFs and/or GS upon binding. Further, the results with IFN17/IF7 suggest that (i) binding of IF17 to the GS is modulated not only by its C-terminal region but also by its N-terminus and (ii) there are weakly structured (that is, "fuzzy") complexes in the ternary GS-IF system.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi2009272
DO - 10.1021/bi2009272
M3 - Article
C2 - 21992216
AN - SCOPUS:80755156319
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 50
SP - 9767
EP - 9778
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 45
ER -