Estudos estruturais do domínio GTPase isolado da septina humana SEPT4 e estrutura cristalográfica da Glutationa -S- Transferase de Xylella fastidiosa / Structural Studies of the GTPase domain from human SEPT4 and Crystallography Structure of Glutathione S-transferase from Xylella fastidiosa

AUTOR(ES)

Nathalia de Campos Rodrigues

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The septins are a conserved family of guanine nucleotides-binding and hetero-filament forming. proteins. In mammals they are involved in a variety of cellular processes, such as cytokinesis, exocytosis, and vesicle trafficking. SEPT4 has been reported to accumulate in tau-based filamentous deposits and cytoplasmic inclusions in Alzheimers and Parkinsons diseases respectively. Sept4 is unique in its association with the aberrant protein depositions in both types of diseases. Further studies on the biochemical, structural properties and physiological functions of Sept4 may therefore provide important insights into the common mechanism underlying diverse neurodegenerative disorders. Thermal unfolding of the GTPase domain of SEPT4 (SEPT4-G) revealed an unfolding intermediary which rapidly aggregates into amyloid-like fibers under physiological conditions. In this study, the kinetic analysis of aggregation of SEPT4-G was monitored using extrinsic fluorescence and circular dichroism spectroscopy. The aggregates have the ability to bind specific dyes such as Thioflavin-T (ThT), suggesting that they are amyloid in nature. Fibrils formation was monitored by the increase in ThT emission and electron microscopy as a function of temperature, pH, metal ions and protein concentration. Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) form a group of multifunctional isoenzymes that catalyze the glutathione-dependent conjugation and reduction reactions involved in the cellular detoxification of xenobiotic and endobiotic compounds. GST from Xylella fastidiosa (XfGST) was crystallized by the vapour-diffusion method and its crystallography structure was solved for molecular replacement and refined. Afterwards, sequential and structural analyses were carried out for XfGST and others GSTs.

ASSUNTO(S)

septinas septins glutathione-s-transferase protein crystallography cristalografia de proteínas glutationa-s-transferase espectroscopia espectroscopy

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