--- _id: '12757' abstract: - lang: eng text: My group and myself have studied respiratory complex I for almost 30 years, starting in 1994 when it was known as a L-shaped giant ‘black box' of bioenergetics. First breakthrough was the X-ray structure of the peripheral arm, followed by structures of the membrane arm and finally the entire complex from Thermus thermophilus. The developments in cryo-EM technology allowed us to solve the first complete structure of the twice larger, ∼1 MDa mammalian enzyme in 2016. However, the mechanism coupling, over large distances, the transfer of two electrons to pumping of four protons across the membrane remained an enigma. Recently we have solved high-resolution structures of mammalian and bacterial complex I under a range of redox conditions, including catalytic turnover. This allowed us to propose a robust and universal mechanism for complex I and related protein families. Redox reactions initially drive conformational changes around the quinone cavity and a long-distance transfer of substrate protons. These set up a stage for a series of electrostatically driven proton transfers along the membrane arm (‘domino effect'), eventually resulting in proton expulsion from the distal antiporter-like subunit. The mechanism radically differs from previous suggestions, however, it naturally explains all the unusual structural features of complex I. In this review I discuss the state of knowledge on complex I, including the current most controversial issues. article_processing_charge: No article_type: review author: - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: 'Sazanov LA. From the “black box” to “domino effect” mechanism: What have we learned from the structures of respiratory complex I. The Biochemical Journal. 2023;480(5):319-333. doi:10.1042/BCJ20210285' apa: 'Sazanov, L. A. (2023). From the “black box” to “domino effect” mechanism: What have we learned from the structures of respiratory complex I. The Biochemical Journal. Portland Press. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20210285' chicago: 'Sazanov, Leonid A. “From the ‘black Box’ to ‘Domino Effect’ Mechanism: What Have We Learned from the Structures of Respiratory Complex I.” The Biochemical Journal. Portland Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20210285.' ieee: 'L. A. Sazanov, “From the ‘black box’ to ‘domino effect’ mechanism: What have we learned from the structures of respiratory complex I,” The Biochemical Journal, vol. 480, no. 5. Portland Press, pp. 319–333, 2023.' ista: 'Sazanov LA. 2023. From the ‘black box’ to ‘domino effect’ mechanism: What have we learned from the structures of respiratory complex I. The Biochemical Journal. 480(5), 319–333.' mla: 'Sazanov, Leonid A. “From the ‘black Box’ to ‘Domino Effect’ Mechanism: What Have We Learned from the Structures of Respiratory Complex I.” The Biochemical Journal, vol. 480, no. 5, Portland Press, 2023, pp. 319–33, doi:10.1042/BCJ20210285.' short: L.A. Sazanov, The Biochemical Journal 480 (2023) 319–333. date_created: 2023-03-26T22:01:06Z date_published: 2023-03-15T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-01T13:45:12Z day: '15' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210285 external_id: isi: - '000957065700001' pmid: - '36920092' has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 480' isi: 1 issue: '5' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1042/BCJ20210285 month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 319-333 pmid: 1 publication: The Biochemical Journal publication_identifier: eissn: - 1470-8728 issn: - 0264-6021 publication_status: published publisher: Portland Press quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 'From the ''black box'' to ''domino effect'' mechanism: What have we learned from the structures of respiratory complex I' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 480 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '13232' abstract: - lang: eng text: The potential of immune-evasive mutation accumulation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to its rapid spread, causing over 600 million confirmed cases and more than 6.5 million confirmed deaths. The huge demand for the rapid development and deployment of low-cost and effective vaccines against emerging variants has renewed interest in DNA vaccine technology. Here, we report the rapid generation and immunological evaluation of novel DNA vaccine candidates against the Wuhan-Hu-1 and Omicron variants based on the RBD protein fused with the Potato virus X coat protein (PVXCP). The delivery of DNA vaccines using electroporation in a two-dose regimen induced high-antibody titers and profound cellular responses in mice. The antibody titers induced against the Omicron variant of the vaccine were sufficient for effective protection against both Omicron and Wuhan-Hu-1 virus infections. The PVXCP protein in the vaccine construct shifted the immune response to the favorable Th1-like type and provided the oligomerization of RBD-PVXCP protein. Naked DNA delivery by needle-free injection allowed us to achieve antibody titers comparable with mRNA-LNP delivery in rabbits. These data identify the RBD-PVXCP DNA vaccine platform as a promising solution for robust and effective SARS-CoV-2 protection, supporting further translational study. acknowledgement: The authors declare that this study received funding from Immunofusion. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this article, or the decision to submit it for publication. The authors express their gratitude to the Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for providing assistance in keeping laboratory animals. article_number: '1014' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Dmitri full_name: Dormeshkin, Dmitri last_name: Dormeshkin - first_name: Mikalai full_name: Katsin, Mikalai last_name: Katsin - first_name: Maria full_name: Stegantseva, Maria last_name: Stegantseva - first_name: Sergey full_name: Golenchenko, Sergey last_name: Golenchenko - first_name: Michail full_name: Shapira, Michail last_name: Shapira - first_name: Simon full_name: Dubovik, Simon last_name: Dubovik - first_name: Dzmitry full_name: Lutskovich, Dzmitry last_name: Lutskovich - first_name: Anton full_name: Kavaleuski, Anton id: 62304f89-eb97-11eb-a6c2-8903dd183976 last_name: Kavaleuski orcid: 0000-0003-2091-526X - first_name: Alexander full_name: Meleshko, Alexander last_name: Meleshko citation: ama: Dormeshkin D, Katsin M, Stegantseva M, et al. Design and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine encoding RBD-PVXCP fusion protein. Vaccines. 2023;11(6). doi:10.3390/vaccines11061014 apa: Dormeshkin, D., Katsin, M., Stegantseva, M., Golenchenko, S., Shapira, M., Dubovik, S., … Meleshko, A. (2023). Design and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine encoding RBD-PVXCP fusion protein. Vaccines. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061014 chicago: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, Mikalai Katsin, Maria Stegantseva, Sergey Golenchenko, Michail Shapira, Simon Dubovik, Dzmitry Lutskovich, Anton Kavaleuski, and Alexander Meleshko. “Design and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA Vaccine Encoding RBD-PVXCP Fusion Protein.” Vaccines. MDPI, 2023. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines11061014. ieee: D. Dormeshkin et al., “Design and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine encoding RBD-PVXCP fusion protein,” Vaccines, vol. 11, no. 6. MDPI, 2023. ista: Dormeshkin D, Katsin M, Stegantseva M, Golenchenko S, Shapira M, Dubovik S, Lutskovich D, Kavaleuski A, Meleshko A. 2023. Design and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine encoding RBD-PVXCP fusion protein. Vaccines. 11(6), 1014. mla: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, et al. “Design and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA Vaccine Encoding RBD-PVXCP Fusion Protein.” Vaccines, vol. 11, no. 6, 1014, MDPI, 2023, doi:10.3390/vaccines11061014. short: D. Dormeshkin, M. Katsin, M. Stegantseva, S. Golenchenko, M. Shapira, S. Dubovik, D. Lutskovich, A. Kavaleuski, A. Meleshko, Vaccines 11 (2023). date_created: 2023-07-16T22:01:10Z date_published: 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-02T06:31:19Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.3390/vaccines11061014 external_id: isi: - '001017740000001' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 8f484c0f30f8699c589b1c29a0fd7d7f content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-07-18T07:25:43Z date_updated: 2023-07-18T07:25:43Z file_id: '13244' file_name: 2023_Vaccines_Dormeshkin.pdf file_size: 2339746 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-07-18T07:25:43Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 11' isi: 1 issue: '6' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Vaccines publication_identifier: eissn: - 2076-393X publication_status: published publisher: MDPI quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Design and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine encoding RBD-PVXCP fusion protein tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 11 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '12781' abstract: - lang: eng text: "Most energy in humans is produced in form of ATP by the mitochondrial respiratory chain consisting of several protein assemblies embedded into lipid membrane (complexes I-V). Complex I is the first and the largest enzyme of the respiratory chain which is essential for energy production. It couples the transfer of two electrons from NADH to ubiquinone with proton translocation across bacterial or inner mitochondrial membrane. The coupling mechanism between electron transfer and proton translocation is one of the biggest enigma in bioenergetics and structural biology. Even though the enzyme has been studied for decades, only recent technological advances in cryo-EM allowed its extensive structural investigation. \r\n\r\nComplex I from E.coli appears to be of special importance because it is a perfect model system with a rich mutant library, however the structure of the entire complex was unknown. In this thesis I have resolved structures of the minimal complex I version from E. coli in different states including reduced, inhibited, under reaction turnover and several others. Extensive structural analyses of these structures and comparison to structures from other species allowed to derive general features of conformational dynamics and propose a universal coupling mechanism. The mechanism is straightforward, robust and consistent with decades of experimental data available for complex I from different species. \r\n\r\nCyanobacterial NDH (cyanobacterial complex I) is a part of broad complex I superfamily and was studied as well in this thesis. It plays an important role in cyclic electron transfer (CET), during which electrons are cycled within PSI through ferredoxin and plastoquinone to generate proton gradient without NADPH production. Here, I solved structure of NDH and revealed additional state, which was not observed before. The novel “resting” state allowed to propose the mechanism of CET regulation. Moreover, conformational dynamics of NDH resembles one in complex I which suggest more broad universality of the proposed coupling mechanism.\r\n\r\nIn summary, results presented here helped to interpret decades of experimental data for complex I and contributed to fundamental mechanistic understanding of protein function.\r\n" acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Vladyslav full_name: Kravchuk, Vladyslav id: 4D62F2A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kravchuk citation: ama: Kravchuk V. Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. 2023. doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781 apa: Kravchuk, V. (2023). Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781 chicago: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. “Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. https://doi.org/10.15479/at:ista:12781. ieee: V. Kravchuk, “Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. ista: Kravchuk V. 2023. Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Kravchuk, Vladyslav. Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023, doi:10.15479/at:ista:12781. short: V. Kravchuk, Structural and Mechanistic Study of Bacterial Complex I and Its Cyanobacterial Ortholog, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2023. date_created: 2023-03-31T12:24:42Z date_published: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T08:54:51Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' - '572' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GradSch - _id: LeSa doi: 10.15479/at:ista:12781 ec_funded: 1 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 5ebb6345cb4119f93460c81310265a6d content_type: application/pdf creator: vkravchu date_created: 2023-04-19T14:33:41Z date_updated: 2023-04-19T14:33:41Z embargo: 2024-04-20 embargo_to: local file_id: '12852' file_name: VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final_1.pdf file_size: 6071553 relation: main_file - access_level: closed checksum: c12055c48411d030d2afa51de2166221 content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: vkravchu date_created: 2023-04-19T14:33:52Z date_updated: 2023-04-20T07:02:59Z embargo: 2024-04-20 embargo_to: local file_id: '12853' file_name: VladyslavKravchuk_PhD_Thesis_PostSub_Final.docx file_size: 19468766 relation: source_file file_date_updated: 2023-04-20T07:02:59Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa_version: Published Version page: '127' project: - _id: 238A0A5A-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E grant_number: '25541' name: 'Structural characterization of E. coli complex I: an important mechanistic model' - _id: 627abdeb-2b32-11ec-9570-ec31a97243d3 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '101020697' name: Structure and mechanism of respiratory chain molecular machines publication_identifier: isbn: - 978-3-99078-029-9 issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria related_material: record: - id: '12138' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 title: Structural and mechanistic study of bacterial complex I and its cyanobacterial ortholog type: dissertation user_id: 8b945eb4-e2f2-11eb-945a-df72226e66a9 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '14040' abstract: - lang: eng text: Robust oxygenic photosynthesis requires a suite of accessory factors to ensure efficient assembly and repair of the oxygen-evolving photosystem two (PSII) complex. The highly conserved Ycf48 assembly factor binds to the newly synthesized D1 reaction center polypeptide and promotes the initial steps of PSII assembly, but its binding site is unclear. Here we use cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structure of a cyanobacterial PSII D1/D2 reaction center assembly complex with Ycf48 attached. Ycf48, a 7-bladed beta propeller, binds to the amino-acid residues of D1 that ultimately ligate the water-oxidising Mn4CaO5 cluster, thereby preventing the premature binding of Mn2+ and Ca2+ ions and protecting the site from damage. Interactions with D2 help explain how Ycf48 promotes assembly of the D1/D2 complex. Overall, our work provides valuable insights into the early stages of PSII assembly and the structural changes that create the binding site for the Mn4CaO5 cluster. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: P.J.N. and J.W.M. are grateful for the support of the Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (awards BB/L003260/1 and BB/P00931X/1). J. Knoppová, R.S. and J. Komenda were supported by the Czech Science Foundation (project 19-29225X) and by ERC project Photoredesign (no. 854126) and L.A.S. was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), the Life Science Facility (LSF) and the IST high-performance computing cluster. article_number: '4681' article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Ziyu full_name: Zhao, Ziyu last_name: Zhao - first_name: Irene full_name: Vercellino, Irene id: 3ED6AF16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vercellino orcid: 0000-0001-5618-3449 - first_name: Jana full_name: Knoppová, Jana last_name: Knoppová - first_name: Roman full_name: Sobotka, Roman last_name: Sobotka - first_name: James W. full_name: Murray, James W. last_name: Murray - first_name: Peter J. full_name: Nixon, Peter J. last_name: Nixon - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Josef full_name: Komenda, Josef last_name: Komenda citation: ama: Zhao Z, Vercellino I, Knoppová J, et al. The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis. Nature Communications. 2023;14. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6 apa: Zhao, Z., Vercellino, I., Knoppová, J., Sobotka, R., Murray, J. W., Nixon, P. J., … Komenda, J. (2023). The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis. Nature Communications. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6 chicago: Zhao, Ziyu, Irene Vercellino, Jana Knoppová, Roman Sobotka, James W. Murray, Peter J. Nixon, Leonid A Sazanov, and Josef Komenda. “The Ycf48 Accessory Factor Occupies the Site of the Oxygen-Evolving Manganese Cluster during Photosystem II Biogenesis.” Nature Communications. Springer Nature, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6. ieee: Z. Zhao et al., “The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis,” Nature Communications, vol. 14. Springer Nature, 2023. ista: Zhao Z, Vercellino I, Knoppová J, Sobotka R, Murray JW, Nixon PJ, Sazanov LA, Komenda J. 2023. The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis. Nature Communications. 14, 4681. mla: Zhao, Ziyu, et al. “The Ycf48 Accessory Factor Occupies the Site of the Oxygen-Evolving Manganese Cluster during Photosystem II Biogenesis.” Nature Communications, vol. 14, 4681, Springer Nature, 2023, doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6. short: Z. Zhao, I. Vercellino, J. Knoppová, R. Sobotka, J.W. Murray, P.J. Nixon, L.A. Sazanov, J. Komenda, Nature Communications 14 (2023). date_created: 2023-08-13T22:01:13Z date_published: 2023-08-04T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-12-13T12:06:56Z day: '04' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40388-6 external_id: isi: - '001042606700004' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 3b9043df3d51c300f9be95eac3ff9d0b content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-08-14T07:01:12Z date_updated: 2023-08-14T07:01:12Z file_id: '14044' file_name: 2023_NatureComm_Zhao.pdf file_size: 2315325 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-08-14T07:01:12Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 14' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Nature Communications publication_identifier: eissn: - 2041-1723 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: The Ycf48 accessory factor occupies the site of the oxygen-evolving manganese cluster during photosystem II biogenesis tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 14 year: '2023' ... --- _id: '10182' abstract: - lang: eng text: The mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system is central to cellular metabolism. It comprises five enzymatic complexes and two mobile electron carriers that work in a mitochondrial respiratory chain. By coupling the oxidation of reducing equivalents coming into mitochondria to the generation and subsequent dissipation of a proton gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane, this electron transport chain drives the production of ATP, which is then used as a primary energy carrier in virtually all cellular processes. Minimal perturbations of the respiratory chain activity are linked to diseases; therefore, it is necessary to understand how these complexes are assembled and regulated and how they function. In this Review, we outline the latest assembly models for each individual complex, and we also highlight the recent discoveries indicating that the formation of larger assemblies, known as respiratory supercomplexes, originates from the association of the intermediates of individual complexes. We then discuss how recent cryo-electron microscopy structures have been key to answering open questions on the function of the electron transport chain in mitochondrial respiration and how supercomplexes and other factors, including metabolites, can regulate the activity of the single complexes. When relevant, we discuss how these mechanisms contribute to physiology and outline their deregulation in human diseases. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Irene full_name: Vercellino, Irene id: 3ED6AF16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vercellino orcid: ' 0000-0001-5618-3449' - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Vercellino I, Sazanov LA. The assembly, regulation and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 2022;23:141–161. doi:10.1038/s41580-021-00415-0 apa: Vercellino, I., & Sazanov, L. A. (2022). The assembly, regulation and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-021-00415-0 chicago: Vercellino, Irene, and Leonid A Sazanov. “The Assembly, Regulation and Function of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain.” Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41580-021-00415-0. ieee: I. Vercellino and L. A. Sazanov, “The assembly, regulation and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain,” Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, vol. 23. Springer Nature, pp. 141–161, 2022. ista: Vercellino I, Sazanov LA. 2022. The assembly, regulation and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 23, 141–161. mla: Vercellino, Irene, and Leonid A. Sazanov. “The Assembly, Regulation and Function of the Mitochondrial Respiratory Chain.” Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, vol. 23, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 141–161, doi:10.1038/s41580-021-00415-0. short: I. Vercellino, L.A. Sazanov, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 23 (2022) 141–161. date_created: 2021-10-24T22:01:35Z date_published: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-02T06:55:42Z day: '01' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s41580-021-00415-0 external_id: isi: - '000705697100001' pmid: - '34621061' intvolume: ' 23' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '02' oa_version: None page: 141–161 pmid: 1 publication: Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1471-0080 issn: - 1471-0072 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: The assembly, regulation and function of the mitochondrial respiratory chain type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 23 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11167' abstract: - lang: eng text: Complex I is one of the major respiratory complexes, conserved from bacteria to mammals. It oxidises NADH, reduces quinone and pumps protons across the membrane, thus playing a central role in the oxidative energy metabolism. In this review we discuss our current state of understanding the structure of complex I from various species of mammals, plants, fungi, and bacteria, as well as of several complex I-related proteins. By comparing the structural evidence from these systems in different redox states and data from mutagenesis and molecular simulations, we formulate the mechanisms of electron transfer and proton pumping and explain how they are conformationally and electrostatically coupled. Finally, we discuss the structural basis of the deactivation phenomenon in mammalian complex I. article_number: '102350' article_processing_charge: Yes (via OA deal) article_type: original author: - first_name: Domen full_name: Kampjut, Domen id: 37233050-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kampjut - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Kampjut D, Sazanov LA. Structure of respiratory complex I – An emerging blueprint for the mechanism. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 2022;74. doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102350 apa: Kampjut, D., & Sazanov, L. A. (2022). Structure of respiratory complex I – An emerging blueprint for the mechanism. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102350 chicago: Kampjut, Domen, and Leonid A Sazanov. “Structure of Respiratory Complex I – An Emerging Blueprint for the Mechanism.” Current Opinion in Structural Biology. Elsevier, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102350. ieee: D. Kampjut and L. A. Sazanov, “Structure of respiratory complex I – An emerging blueprint for the mechanism,” Current Opinion in Structural Biology, vol. 74. Elsevier, 2022. ista: Kampjut D, Sazanov LA. 2022. Structure of respiratory complex I – An emerging blueprint for the mechanism. Current Opinion in Structural Biology. 74, 102350. mla: Kampjut, Domen, and Leonid A. Sazanov. “Structure of Respiratory Complex I – An Emerging Blueprint for the Mechanism.” Current Opinion in Structural Biology, vol. 74, 102350, Elsevier, 2022, doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102350. short: D. Kampjut, L.A. Sazanov, Current Opinion in Structural Biology 74 (2022). date_created: 2022-04-15T09:32:35Z date_published: 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-03T06:31:06Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2022.102350 external_id: isi: - '000829029500020' pmid: - '35316665' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 72bdde48853643a32d42b75f54965c44 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2022-08-05T05:56:03Z date_updated: 2022-08-05T05:56:03Z file_id: '11725' file_name: 2022_CurrentOpStructBiology_Kampjut.pdf file_size: 815607 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-08-05T05:56:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 74' isi: 1 keyword: - Molecular Biology - Structural Biology language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Current Opinion in Structural Biology publication_identifier: issn: - 0959-440X publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Structure of respiratory complex I – An emerging blueprint for the mechanism tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 74 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11551' abstract: - lang: eng text: Imbalanced mitochondrial dNTP pools are known players in the pathogenesis of multiple human diseases. Here we show that, even under physiological conditions, dGTP is largely overrepresented among other dNTPs in mitochondria of mouse tissues and human cultured cells. In addition, a vast majority of mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to NDUFA10, an accessory subunit of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. NDUFA10 shares a deoxyribonucleoside kinase (dNK) domain with deoxyribonucleoside kinases in the nucleotide salvage pathway, though no specific function beyond stabilizing the complex I holoenzyme has been described for this subunit. We mutated the dNK domain of NDUFA10 in human HEK-293T cells while preserving complex I assembly and activity. The NDUFA10E160A/R161A shows reduced dGTP binding capacity in vitro and leads to a 50% reduction in mitochondrial dGTP content, proving that most dGTP is directly bound to the dNK domain of NDUFA10. This interaction may represent a hitherto unknown mechanism regulating mitochondrial dNTP availability and linking oxidative metabolism to DNA maintenance. acknowledgement: "We thank Dr, Luke Formosa (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) for his valuable advice and assistance on NDUFA10 molecular studies and Dr. Francesc Canals and his team (Proteomics Laboratory, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology [VHIO], Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain) for their assistance with LC-MS/MS analyses. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Economy and Competitiveness [grants BFU2014-52618-R, SAF2017-87506, and PID2020-112929RB-I00 to Y.C.], by the Spanish Instituto de Salud Carlos III [grants PI21/00554 and PMP15/00025 to R.M.], co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), and by an NHMRC Project grant to M.R. (GNT1164459).\r\n" article_number: '620' article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: David full_name: Molina-Granada, David last_name: Molina-Granada - first_name: Emiliano full_name: González-Vioque, Emiliano last_name: González-Vioque - first_name: Marris G. full_name: Dibley, Marris G. last_name: Dibley - first_name: Raquel full_name: Cabrera-Pérez, Raquel last_name: Cabrera-Pérez - first_name: Antoni full_name: Vallbona-Garcia, Antoni last_name: Vallbona-Garcia - first_name: Javier full_name: Torres-Torronteras, Javier last_name: Torres-Torronteras - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Michael T. full_name: Ryan, Michael T. last_name: Ryan - first_name: Yolanda full_name: Cámara, Yolanda last_name: Cámara - first_name: Ramon full_name: Martí, Ramon last_name: Martí citation: ama: Molina-Granada D, González-Vioque E, Dibley MG, et al. Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit. Communications Biology. 2022;5(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03568-6 apa: Molina-Granada, D., González-Vioque, E., Dibley, M. G., Cabrera-Pérez, R., Vallbona-Garcia, A., Torres-Torronteras, J., … Martí, R. (2022). Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit. Communications Biology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03568-6 chicago: Molina-Granada, David, Emiliano González-Vioque, Marris G. Dibley, Raquel Cabrera-Pérez, Antoni Vallbona-Garcia, Javier Torres-Torronteras, Leonid A Sazanov, Michael T. Ryan, Yolanda Cámara, and Ramon Martí. “Most Mitochondrial DGTP Is Tightly Bound to Respiratory Complex I through the NDUFA10 Subunit.” Communications Biology. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03568-6. ieee: D. Molina-Granada et al., “Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit,” Communications Biology, vol. 5, no. 1. Springer Nature, 2022. ista: Molina-Granada D, González-Vioque E, Dibley MG, Cabrera-Pérez R, Vallbona-Garcia A, Torres-Torronteras J, Sazanov LA, Ryan MT, Cámara Y, Martí R. 2022. Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit. Communications Biology. 5(1), 620. mla: Molina-Granada, David, et al. “Most Mitochondrial DGTP Is Tightly Bound to Respiratory Complex I through the NDUFA10 Subunit.” Communications Biology, vol. 5, no. 1, 620, Springer Nature, 2022, doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03568-6. short: D. Molina-Granada, E. González-Vioque, M.G. Dibley, R. Cabrera-Pérez, A. Vallbona-Garcia, J. Torres-Torronteras, L.A. Sazanov, M.T. Ryan, Y. Cámara, R. Martí, Communications Biology 5 (2022). date_created: 2022-07-10T22:01:52Z date_published: 2022-06-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-03T11:51:58Z day: '23' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03568-6 external_id: isi: - '000815098500002' pmid: - ' 35739187' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 965f88bbcef3fd0c3e121340555c4467 content_type: application/pdf creator: kschuh date_created: 2022-07-13T07:44:58Z date_updated: 2022-07-13T07:44:58Z file_id: '11571' file_name: 2022_communicationsbiology_Molina-Granada.pdf file_size: 2335369 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-07-13T07:44:58Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 5' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Communications Biology publication_identifier: eissn: - '23993642' publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Most mitochondrial dGTP is tightly bound to respiratory complex I through the NDUFA10 subunit tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 5 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11648' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Progress in structural membrane biology has been significantly accelerated by the ongoing ''Resolution Revolution'' in cryo electron microscopy (cryo-EM). In particular, structure determination by single particle analysis has evolved into the most powerful method for atomic model building of multisubunit membrane protein complexes. This has created an ever increasing demand in cryo-EM machine time, which to satisfy is in need of new and affordable cryo electron microscopes. Here, we review our experience in using the JEOL CRYO ARM 200 prototype for the structure determination by single particle analysis of three different multisubunit membrane complexes: the Thermus thermophilus V-type ATPase VO complex, the Thermosynechococcus elongatus photosystem I monomer and the flagellar motor LP-ring from Salmonella enterica.' acknowledgement: "Cyclic Innovation for Clinical Empowerment (JP17pc0101020 from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) to K.N. and G.K.); Platform Project for Supporting Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research) from AMED (JP20am0101117 to K.N., JP16K07266 to Atsunori Oshima and C.G., JP22ama121001j0001 to Masaki Yamamoto, G.K., T.K. and C.G.); a JSPS KAHKENHI\r\ngrant (20K06514 to J.K.) and a Grant-in-aid for JSPS fellows (20J00162 to A.N.).\r\nWe are grateful for initiation and scientific support from Matthias Rogner, Marc M. Nowaczyk, Anna Frank and ̈Yuko Misumi for the PSI monomer project and also would like to thank Hideki Shigematsu for critical reading of the manuscript. And we are indebted to the two anonymous reviewers who helped us to improve our manuscript." article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Christoph full_name: Gerle, Christoph last_name: Gerle - first_name: Jun-ichi full_name: Kishikawa, Jun-ichi last_name: Kishikawa - first_name: Tomoko full_name: Yamaguchi, Tomoko last_name: Yamaguchi - first_name: Atsuko full_name: Nakanishi, Atsuko last_name: Nakanishi - first_name: Mehmet Orkun full_name: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun id: d25163e5-8d53-11eb-a251-e6dd8ea1b8ef last_name: Çoruh orcid: 0000-0002-3219-2022 - first_name: Fumiaki full_name: Makino, Fumiaki last_name: Makino - first_name: Tomoko full_name: Miyata, Tomoko last_name: Miyata - first_name: Akihiro full_name: Kawamoto, Akihiro last_name: Kawamoto - first_name: Ken full_name: Yokoyama, Ken last_name: Yokoyama - first_name: Keiichi full_name: Namba, Keiichi last_name: Namba - first_name: Genji full_name: Kurisu, Genji last_name: Kurisu - first_name: Takayuki full_name: Kato, Takayuki last_name: Kato citation: ama: Gerle C, Kishikawa J, Yamaguchi T, et al. Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200. Microscopy. 2022;71(5):249-261. doi:10.1093/jmicro/dfac037 apa: Gerle, C., Kishikawa, J., Yamaguchi, T., Nakanishi, A., Çoruh, M. O., Makino, F., … Kato, T. (2022). Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200. Microscopy. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmicro/dfac037 chicago: Gerle, Christoph, Jun-ichi Kishikawa, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Atsuko Nakanishi, Mehmet Orkun Çoruh, Fumiaki Makino, Tomoko Miyata, et al. “Structures of Multisubunit Membrane Complexes with the CRYO ARM 200.” Microscopy. Oxford University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmicro/dfac037. ieee: C. Gerle et al., “Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200,” Microscopy, vol. 71, no. 5. Oxford University Press, pp. 249–261, 2022. ista: Gerle C, Kishikawa J, Yamaguchi T, Nakanishi A, Çoruh MO, Makino F, Miyata T, Kawamoto A, Yokoyama K, Namba K, Kurisu G, Kato T. 2022. Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200. Microscopy. 71(5), 249–261. mla: Gerle, Christoph, et al. “Structures of Multisubunit Membrane Complexes with the CRYO ARM 200.” Microscopy, vol. 71, no. 5, Oxford University Press, 2022, pp. 249–61, doi:10.1093/jmicro/dfac037. short: C. Gerle, J. Kishikawa, T. Yamaguchi, A. Nakanishi, M.O. Çoruh, F. Makino, T. Miyata, A. Kawamoto, K. Yokoyama, K. Namba, G. Kurisu, T. Kato, Microscopy 71 (2022) 249–261. date_created: 2022-07-25T10:04:58Z date_published: 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-03T12:13:37Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1093/jmicro/dfac037 external_id: isi: - '000837950900001' pmid: - '35861182' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 23b51c163636bf9313f7f0818312e67e content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-02-03T08:34:48Z date_updated: 2023-02-03T08:34:48Z file_id: '12498' file_name: 2022_Microscopy_Gerle.pdf file_size: 7812696 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-02-03T08:34:48Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 71' isi: 1 issue: '5' keyword: - Radiology - Nuclear Medicine and imaging - Instrumentation - Structural Biology language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 249-261 pmid: 1 publication: Microscopy publication_identifier: eissn: - 2050-5701 issn: - 2050-5698 publication_status: published publisher: Oxford University Press quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Structures of multisubunit membrane complexes with the CRYO ARM 200 tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 71 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12138' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Complex I is the first enzyme in the respiratory chain, which is responsible for energy production in mitochondria and bacteria1. Complex I couples the transfer of two electrons from NADH to quinone and the translocation of four protons across the membrane2, but the coupling mechanism remains contentious. Here we present cryo-electron microscopy structures of Escherichia coli complex I (EcCI) in different redox states, including catalytic turnover. EcCI exists mostly in the open state, in which the quinone cavity is exposed to the cytosol, allowing access for water molecules, which enable quinone movements. Unlike the mammalian paralogues3, EcCI can convert to the closed state only during turnover, showing that closed and open states are genuine turnover intermediates. The open-to-closed transition results in the tightly engulfed quinone cavity being connected to the central axis of the membrane arm, a source of substrate protons. Consistently, the proportion of the closed state increases with increasing pH. We propose a detailed but straightforward and robust mechanism comprising a ‘domino effect’ series of proton transfers and electrostatic interactions: the forward wave (‘dominoes stacking’) primes the pump, and the reverse wave (‘dominoes falling’) results in the ejection of all pumped protons from the distal subunit NuoL. This mechanism explains why protons exit exclusively from the NuoL subunit and is supported by our mutagenesis data. We contend that this is a universal coupling mechanism of complex I and related enzymes.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac - _id: LifeSc - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSU) of IST Austria through resources provided by the Electron Microscopy Facility (EMF), the Life Science Facility (LSF) and the IST high-performance computing cluster. We thank V.-V. Hodirnau from IST Austria EMF, M. Babiak from CEITEC for assistance with collecting cryo-EM data and A. Charnagalov for the assistance with protein purification. V.K. was a recipient of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Science and Technology, Austria. V.K. and O.P. are funded by the ERC Advanced Grant 101020697 RESPICHAIN to L.S. This work was also supported by the Medical Research Council (UK). article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Vladyslav full_name: Kravchuk, Vladyslav id: 4D62F2A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kravchuk - first_name: Olga full_name: Petrova, Olga id: 5D8C9660-5D49-11EA-8188-567B3DDC885E last_name: Petrova - first_name: Domen full_name: Kampjut, Domen id: 37233050-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kampjut - first_name: Anna full_name: Wojciechowska-Bason, Anna last_name: Wojciechowska-Bason - first_name: Zara full_name: Breese, Zara last_name: Breese - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Kravchuk V, Petrova O, Kampjut D, Wojciechowska-Bason A, Breese Z, Sazanov LA. A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I. Nature. 2022;609(7928):808-814. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05199-7 apa: Kravchuk, V., Petrova, O., Kampjut, D., Wojciechowska-Bason, A., Breese, Z., & Sazanov, L. A. (2022). A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I. Nature. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05199-7 chicago: Kravchuk, Vladyslav, Olga Petrova, Domen Kampjut, Anna Wojciechowska-Bason, Zara Breese, and Leonid A Sazanov. “A Universal Coupling Mechanism of Respiratory Complex I.” Nature. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05199-7. ieee: V. Kravchuk, O. Petrova, D. Kampjut, A. Wojciechowska-Bason, Z. Breese, and L. A. Sazanov, “A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I,” Nature, vol. 609, no. 7928. Springer Nature, pp. 808–814, 2022. ista: Kravchuk V, Petrova O, Kampjut D, Wojciechowska-Bason A, Breese Z, Sazanov LA. 2022. A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I. Nature. 609(7928), 808–814. mla: Kravchuk, Vladyslav, et al. “A Universal Coupling Mechanism of Respiratory Complex I.” Nature, vol. 609, no. 7928, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 808–14, doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05199-7. short: V. Kravchuk, O. Petrova, D. Kampjut, A. Wojciechowska-Bason, Z. Breese, L.A. Sazanov, Nature 609 (2022) 808–814. date_created: 2023-01-12T12:04:33Z date_published: 2022-09-22T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T08:54:52Z day: '22' ddc: - '572' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05199-7 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000854788200001' pmid: - '36104567' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: d42a93e24f59e883ef0b5429832391d0 content_type: application/pdf creator: lsazanov date_created: 2023-05-30T17:05:31Z date_updated: 2023-05-30T17:05:31Z file_id: '13104' file_name: EcCxI_manuscript_rev3_noSI_updated_withFigs_opt.pdf file_size: 1425655 relation: main_file success: 1 - access_level: open_access checksum: 5422bc0a73b3daadafa262c7ea6deae3 content_type: application/pdf creator: lsazanov date_created: 2023-05-30T17:07:05Z date_updated: 2023-05-30T17:07:05Z file_id: '13105' file_name: EcCxI_manuscript_rev3_SI_All_opt_upd.pdf file_size: 9842513 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-05-30T17:07:05Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 609' isi: 1 issue: '7928' keyword: - Multidisciplinary language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Submitted Version page: 808-814 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 238A0A5A-32DE-11EA-91FC-C7463DDC885E grant_number: '25541' name: 'Structural characterization of E. coli complex I: an important mechanistic model' - _id: 627abdeb-2b32-11ec-9570-ec31a97243d3 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '101020697' name: Structure and mechanism of respiratory chain molecular machines publication: Nature publication_identifier: eissn: - 1476-4687 issn: - 0028-0836 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - relation: erratum url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05457-8 - description: News on ISTA website relation: press_release url: https://ista.ac.at/en/news/proton-dominos-kick-off-life/ record: - id: '12781' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: A universal coupling mechanism of respiratory complex I type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 609 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12252' abstract: - lang: eng text: The COVID−19 pandemic not only resulted in a global crisis, but also accelerated vaccine development and antibody discovery. Herein we report a synthetic humanized VHH library development pipeline for nanomolar-range affinity VHH binders to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VoC) receptor binding domains (RBD) isolation. Trinucleotide-based randomization of CDRs by Kunkel mutagenesis with the subsequent rolling-cycle amplification resulted in more than 1011 diverse phage display library in a manageable for a single person number of electroporation reactions. We identified a number of nanomolar-range affinity VHH binders to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VoC) receptor binding domains (RBD) by screening a novel synthetic humanized antibody library. In order to explore the most robust and fast method for affinity improvement, we performed affinity maturation by CDR1 and CDR2 shuffling and avidity engineering by multivalent trimeric VHH fusion protein construction. As a result, H7-Fc and G12x3-Fc binders were developed with the affinities in nM and pM range respectively. Importantly, these affinities are weakly influenced by most of SARS-CoV-2 VoC mutations and they retain moderate binding to BA.4\5. The plaque reduction neutralization test (PRNT) resulted in IC50 = 100 ng\ml and 9.6 ng\ml for H7-Fc and G12x3-Fc antibodies, respectively, for the emerging Omicron BA.1 variant. Therefore, these VHH could expand the present landscape of SARS-CoV-2 neutralization binders with the therapeutic potential for present and future SARS-CoV-2 variants. acknowledgement: The authors declare that this study received funding from Immunofusion. The funder was not involved in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, the writing of this article or the decision to submit it for publication. article_number: '965446' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Dmitri full_name: Dormeshkin, Dmitri last_name: Dormeshkin - first_name: Michail full_name: Shapira, Michail last_name: Shapira - first_name: Simon full_name: Dubovik, Simon last_name: Dubovik - first_name: Anton full_name: Kavaleuski, Anton id: 4968f7ad-eb97-11eb-a6c2-8ed382e8912c last_name: Kavaleuski orcid: 0000-0003-2091-526X - first_name: Mikalai full_name: Katsin, Mikalai last_name: Katsin - first_name: Alexandr full_name: Migas, Alexandr last_name: Migas - first_name: Alexander full_name: Meleshko, Alexander last_name: Meleshko - first_name: Sergei full_name: Semyonov, Sergei last_name: Semyonov citation: ama: Dormeshkin D, Shapira M, Dubovik S, et al. Isolation of an escape-resistant SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing nanobody from a novel synthetic nanobody library. Frontiers in Immunology. 2022;13. doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.965446 apa: Dormeshkin, D., Shapira, M., Dubovik, S., Kavaleuski, A., Katsin, M., Migas, A., … Semyonov, S. (2022). Isolation of an escape-resistant SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing nanobody from a novel synthetic nanobody library. Frontiers in Immunology. Frontiers Media. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.965446 chicago: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, Michail Shapira, Simon Dubovik, Anton Kavaleuski, Mikalai Katsin, Alexandr Migas, Alexander Meleshko, and Sergei Semyonov. “Isolation of an Escape-Resistant SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Nanobody from a Novel Synthetic Nanobody Library.” Frontiers in Immunology. Frontiers Media, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.965446. ieee: D. Dormeshkin et al., “Isolation of an escape-resistant SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing nanobody from a novel synthetic nanobody library,” Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 13. Frontiers Media, 2022. ista: Dormeshkin D, Shapira M, Dubovik S, Kavaleuski A, Katsin M, Migas A, Meleshko A, Semyonov S. 2022. Isolation of an escape-resistant SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing nanobody from a novel synthetic nanobody library. Frontiers in Immunology. 13, 965446. mla: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, et al. “Isolation of an Escape-Resistant SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Nanobody from a Novel Synthetic Nanobody Library.” Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 13, 965446, Frontiers Media, 2022, doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.965446. short: D. Dormeshkin, M. Shapira, S. Dubovik, A. Kavaleuski, M. Katsin, A. Migas, A. Meleshko, S. Semyonov, Frontiers in Immunology 13 (2022). date_created: 2023-01-16T09:56:57Z date_published: 2022-09-16T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T09:49:24Z day: '16' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.965446 external_id: isi: - '000862479100001' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: f8f5d8110710033d0532e7e08bf9dad4 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2023-01-30T09:22:26Z date_updated: 2023-01-30T09:22:26Z file_id: '12443' file_name: 2022_FrontiersImmunology_Dormeshkin.pdf file_size: 5695892 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2023-01-30T09:22:26Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 13' isi: 1 keyword: - Immunology - Immunology and Allergy - COVID-19 - SARS-CoV-2 - synthetic library - RBD - neutralization nanobody - VHH language: - iso: eng month: '09' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publication: Frontiers in Immunology publication_identifier: issn: - 1664-3224 publication_status: published publisher: Frontiers Media quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Isolation of an escape-resistant SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing nanobody from a novel synthetic nanobody library tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 13 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '12282' abstract: - lang: eng text: From a simple thought to a multicellular movement acknowledgement: The authors want to thank Professors Carrie Bernecky, Tom Henzinger, Martin Loose and Gaia Novarino for accepting to be interviewed, thus giving significant contribution to the discussion that lead to this article. article_number: '260017' article_processing_charge: No article_type: letter_note author: - first_name: Nicole full_name: Amberg, Nicole id: 4CD6AAC6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Amberg orcid: 0000-0002-3183-8207 - first_name: Melissa A full_name: Stouffer, Melissa A id: 4C9372C4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Stouffer - first_name: Irene full_name: Vercellino, Irene id: 3ED6AF16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vercellino orcid: 0000-0001-5618-3449 citation: ama: Amberg N, Stouffer MA, Vercellino I. Operation STEM fatale – how an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative has brought us to reflect on the current challenges in cell biology and science as a whole. Journal of Cell Science. 2022;135(8). doi:10.1242/jcs.260017 apa: Amberg, N., Stouffer, M. A., & Vercellino, I. (2022). Operation STEM fatale – how an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative has brought us to reflect on the current challenges in cell biology and science as a whole. Journal of Cell Science. The Company of Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260017 chicago: Amberg, Nicole, Melissa A Stouffer, and Irene Vercellino. “Operation STEM Fatale – How an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Has Brought Us to Reflect on the Current Challenges in Cell Biology and Science as a Whole.” Journal of Cell Science. The Company of Biologists, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.260017. ieee: N. Amberg, M. A. Stouffer, and I. Vercellino, “Operation STEM fatale – how an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative has brought us to reflect on the current challenges in cell biology and science as a whole,” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 135, no. 8. The Company of Biologists, 2022. ista: Amberg N, Stouffer MA, Vercellino I. 2022. Operation STEM fatale – how an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative has brought us to reflect on the current challenges in cell biology and science as a whole. Journal of Cell Science. 135(8), 260017. mla: Amberg, Nicole, et al. “Operation STEM Fatale – How an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative Has Brought Us to Reflect on the Current Challenges in Cell Biology and Science as a Whole.” Journal of Cell Science, vol. 135, no. 8, 260017, The Company of Biologists, 2022, doi:10.1242/jcs.260017. short: N. Amberg, M.A. Stouffer, I. Vercellino, Journal of Cell Science 135 (2022). date_created: 2023-01-16T10:03:14Z date_published: 2022-04-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-04T10:28:04Z day: '19' department: - _id: SiHi - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1242/jcs.260017 external_id: isi: - '000798123600015' pmid: - '35438168' intvolume: ' 135' isi: 1 issue: '8' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa_version: None pmid: 1 publication: Journal of Cell Science publication_identifier: eissn: - 1477-9137 issn: - 0021-9533 publication_status: published publisher: The Company of Biologists quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Operation STEM fatale – how an equity, diversity and inclusion initiative has brought us to reflect on the current challenges in cell biology and science as a whole type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 135 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '10945' abstract: - lang: eng text: Mica-titania pearlescent pigments (MTs) were previously coated with organic molecules to obtain combination pigments (CPs) for achieving certain improvements or functionalities. Anthocyanins (ACNs) are molecules that can be extracted from natural resources and exhibit color changes via pH modifications of the enclosing medium. The purpose of the study was to produce a new series of CPs by depositing ACNs on MTs at different pH values, to observe the changes in color, and to associate these changes to thermogravimetrically determined deposition efficiencies in light of spectral differences. The extraction and deposition methods were based on aqueous chemistry and were straightforward. The ACN deposition generally increased with increasing pH and correlated with the consistency between the charges of the MT surfaces and the dominant ACN species at a specific pH value. The fluorescence of the CPs was inversely correlated with the deposition quantities invoking the possibility of a quenching effect. acknowledgement: "This research was partly funded by Hacettepe University (Bilimsel Ara¸stırma Projeleri\r\nKoordinasyon Birimi), grant number FHD-2015-8094.The authors are indebted to Ahmet Önal for his supports in acquiring the fluorescence spectra and the decision of excitation wavelengths. The authors also acknowledge use of the services and facilities of UNAM-National Nanotechnology Research Center at Bilkent University and mica donation from Sabuncular Mining Co." article_processing_charge: Yes article_type: original author: - first_name: Mehmet Orkun full_name: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun id: d25163e5-8d53-11eb-a251-e6dd8ea1b8ef last_name: Çoruh orcid: 0000-0002-3219-2022 - first_name: Güngör full_name: Gündüz, Güngör last_name: Gündüz - first_name: Üner full_name: Çolak, Üner last_name: Çolak - first_name: Bora full_name: Maviş, Bora last_name: Maviş citation: ama: Çoruh MO, Gündüz G, Çolak Ü, Maviş B. pH-dependent coloring of combination effect pigments with anthocyanins from Brassica oleracea var. capitata F. rubra. Colorants. 2022;1(2):149-164. doi:10.3390/colorants1020010 apa: Çoruh, M. O., Gündüz, G., Çolak, Ü., & Maviş, B. (2022). pH-dependent coloring of combination effect pigments with anthocyanins from Brassica oleracea var. capitata F. rubra. Colorants. MDPI. https://doi.org/10.3390/colorants1020010 chicago: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun, Güngör Gündüz, Üner Çolak, and Bora Maviş. “PH-Dependent Coloring of Combination Effect Pigments with Anthocyanins from Brassica Oleracea Var. Capitata F. Rubra.” Colorants. MDPI, 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/colorants1020010. ieee: M. O. Çoruh, G. Gündüz, Ü. Çolak, and B. Maviş, “pH-dependent coloring of combination effect pigments with anthocyanins from Brassica oleracea var. capitata F. rubra,” Colorants, vol. 1, no. 2. MDPI, pp. 149–164, 2022. ista: Çoruh MO, Gündüz G, Çolak Ü, Maviş B. 2022. pH-dependent coloring of combination effect pigments with anthocyanins from Brassica oleracea var. capitata F. rubra. Colorants. 1(2), 149–164. mla: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun, et al. “PH-Dependent Coloring of Combination Effect Pigments with Anthocyanins from Brassica Oleracea Var. Capitata F. Rubra.” Colorants, vol. 1, no. 2, MDPI, 2022, pp. 149–64, doi:10.3390/colorants1020010. short: M.O. Çoruh, G. Gündüz, Ü. Çolak, B. Maviş, Colorants 1 (2022) 149–164. date_created: 2022-04-04T09:03:54Z date_published: 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-09T10:12:22Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.3390/colorants1020010 file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 2c15c8d3041ebc36bc64870247081758 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2022-04-04T10:39:24Z date_updated: 2022-04-04T10:39:24Z file_id: '10949' file_name: 2022_Colorants_Coruh.pdf file_size: 2437988 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-04-04T10:39:24Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 1' issue: '2' language: - iso: eng month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 149-164 publication: Colorants publication_identifier: issn: - 2079-6447 publication_status: published publisher: MDPI quality_controlled: '1' status: public title: pH-dependent coloring of combination effect pigments with anthocyanins from Brassica oleracea var. capitata F. rubra tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 3E5EF7F0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 1 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '11462' abstract: - lang: eng text: Nanobodies (VHH) from camelid antibody libraries hold great promise as therapeutic agents and components of immunoassay systems. Synthetic antibody libraries that could be designed and generated once and for various applications could yield binders to virtually any targets, even for non-immunogenic or toxic ones, in a short term. One of the most difficult tasks is to obtain antibodies with a high affinity and specificity to polyglycosylated proteins. It requires antibody libraries with extremely high functional diversity and the use of sophisticated selection techniques. Here we report a development of a novel sandwich immunoassay involving a combination of the synthetic library-derived VHH-Fc fusion protein as a capture antibody and the immune single-chain fragment variable (scFv) as a tracer for the detection of pregnancy-associated glycoprotein (PAG) of cattle (Bos taurus). We succeeded in the generation of a number of specific scFv antibodies against PAG from the mouse immune library. Subsequent selection using the immobilized scFv-Fc capture antibody allowed to isolate 1.9 nM VHH binder from the diverse synthetic library without any overlapping with the capture antibody binding site. The prototype sandwich ELISA based on the synthetic VHH and the immune scFv was established. This is the first successful example of the combination of synthetic and immune antibody libraries in a single sandwich immunoassay. Thus, our approach could be used for the express isolation of antibody pairs and the development of sandwich immunoassays for challenging antigens. acknowledgement: This study was financially supported by the State Committee on Science and Technology. We would like to thank Elena Tumar and Elena Kisileva at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of NASB for their kind assistance with mouse immunizations. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Dmitri full_name: Dormeshkin, Dmitri last_name: Dormeshkin - first_name: Michail full_name: Shapira, Michail last_name: Shapira - first_name: Alena full_name: Karputs, Alena last_name: Karputs - first_name: Anton full_name: Kavaleuski, Anton id: 62304f89-eb97-11eb-a6c2-8903dd183976 last_name: Kavaleuski orcid: 0000-0003-2091-526X - first_name: Ivan full_name: Kuzminski, Ivan last_name: Kuzminski - first_name: Elena full_name: Stepanova, Elena last_name: Stepanova - first_name: Andrei full_name: Gilep, Andrei last_name: Gilep citation: ama: Dormeshkin D, Shapira M, Karputs A, et al. Combining of synthetic VHH and immune scFv libraries for pregnancy-associated glycoproteins ELISA development. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 2022;106:5093-5103. doi:10.1007/s00253-022-12022-w apa: Dormeshkin, D., Shapira, M., Karputs, A., Kavaleuski, A., Kuzminski, I., Stepanova, E., & Gilep, A. (2022). Combining of synthetic VHH and immune scFv libraries for pregnancy-associated glycoproteins ELISA development. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-12022-w chicago: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, Michail Shapira, Alena Karputs, Anton Kavaleuski, Ivan Kuzminski, Elena Stepanova, and Andrei Gilep. “Combining of Synthetic VHH and Immune ScFv Libraries for Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins ELISA Development.” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer Nature, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-022-12022-w. ieee: D. Dormeshkin et al., “Combining of synthetic VHH and immune scFv libraries for pregnancy-associated glycoproteins ELISA development,” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 106. Springer Nature, pp. 5093–5103, 2022. ista: Dormeshkin D, Shapira M, Karputs A, Kavaleuski A, Kuzminski I, Stepanova E, Gilep A. 2022. Combining of synthetic VHH and immune scFv libraries for pregnancy-associated glycoproteins ELISA development. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106, 5093–5103. mla: Dormeshkin, Dmitri, et al. “Combining of Synthetic VHH and Immune ScFv Libraries for Pregnancy-Associated Glycoproteins ELISA Development.” Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol. 106, Springer Nature, 2022, pp. 5093–103, doi:10.1007/s00253-022-12022-w. short: D. Dormeshkin, M. Shapira, A. Karputs, A. Kavaleuski, I. Kuzminski, E. Stepanova, A. Gilep, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 106 (2022) 5093–5103. date_created: 2022-06-26T22:01:34Z date_published: 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-10-10T07:15:02Z day: '01' department: - _id: GradSch - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1007/s00253-022-12022-w external_id: isi: - '000813677500001' pmid: - '35723693' intvolume: ' 106' isi: 1 language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa_version: None page: 5093-5103 pmid: 1 publication: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology publication_identifier: eissn: - 1432-0614 issn: - 0175-7598 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Combining of synthetic VHH and immune scFv libraries for pregnancy-associated glycoproteins ELISA development type: journal_article user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 volume: 106 year: '2022' ... --- _id: '8993' abstract: - lang: eng text: N-1-naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA) is a key inhibitor of directional (polar) transport of the hormone auxin in plants. For decades, it has been a pivotal tool in elucidating the unique polar auxin transport-based processes underlying plant growth and development. Its exact mode of action has long been sought after and is still being debated, with prevailing mechanistic schemes describing only indirect connections between NPA and the main transporters responsible for directional transport, namely PIN auxin exporters. Here we present data supporting a model in which NPA associates with PINs in a more direct manner than hitherto postulated. We show that NPA inhibits PIN activity in a heterologous oocyte system and that expression of NPA-sensitive PINs in plant, yeast, and oocyte membranes leads to specific saturable NPA binding. We thus propose that PINs are a bona fide NPA target. This offers a straightforward molecular basis for NPA inhibition of PIN-dependent auxin transport and a logical parsimonious explanation for the known physiological effects of NPA on plant growth, as well as an alternative hypothesis to interpret past and future results. We also introduce PIN dimerization and describe an effect of NPA on this, suggesting that NPA binding could be exploited to gain insights into structural aspects of PINs related to their transport mechanism. acknowledgement: "This work was supported by Austrian Science Fund Grant FWF P21533-B20 (to L.A.); German Research Foundation Grant DFG HA3468/6-1 (to U.Z.H.); and European Research Council Grant 742985 (to J.F.). We thank Herta Steinkellner and Alexandra Castilho for N. benthamiana plants, Fabian Nagelreiter for statistical advice, Lanassa Bassukas for help with [ɣ32P]-\r\nATP assays, and Josef Penninger for providing access to mass spectrometry instruments at the Vienna BioCenter Core Facilities. We thank PNAS reviewers for the many comments and suggestions that helped to improve this manuscript." article_number: e2020857118 article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Lindy full_name: Abas, Lindy last_name: Abas - first_name: Martina full_name: Kolb, Martina last_name: Kolb - first_name: Johannes full_name: Stadlmann, Johannes last_name: Stadlmann - first_name: Dorina P. full_name: Janacek, Dorina P. last_name: Janacek - first_name: Kristina full_name: Lukic, Kristina id: 2B04DB84-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Lukic orcid: 0000-0003-1581-881X - first_name: Claus full_name: Schwechheimer, Claus last_name: Schwechheimer - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Lukas full_name: Mach, Lukas last_name: Mach - first_name: Jiří full_name: Friml, Jiří id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 - first_name: Ulrich Z. full_name: Hammes, Ulrich Z. last_name: Hammes citation: ama: Abas L, Kolb M, Stadlmann J, et al. Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters. PNAS. 2021;118(1). doi:10.1073/pnas.2020857118 apa: Abas, L., Kolb, M., Stadlmann, J., Janacek, D. P., Lukic, K., Schwechheimer, C., … Hammes, U. Z. (2021). Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters. PNAS. National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020857118 chicago: Abas, Lindy, Martina Kolb, Johannes Stadlmann, Dorina P. Janacek, Kristina Lukic, Claus Schwechheimer, Leonid A Sazanov, Lukas Mach, Jiří Friml, and Ulrich Z. Hammes. “Naphthylphthalamic Acid Associates with and Inhibits PIN Auxin Transporters.” PNAS. National Academy of Sciences, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020857118. ieee: L. Abas et al., “Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters,” PNAS, vol. 118, no. 1. National Academy of Sciences, 2021. ista: Abas L, Kolb M, Stadlmann J, Janacek DP, Lukic K, Schwechheimer C, Sazanov LA, Mach L, Friml J, Hammes UZ. 2021. Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters. PNAS. 118(1), e2020857118. mla: Abas, Lindy, et al. “Naphthylphthalamic Acid Associates with and Inhibits PIN Auxin Transporters.” PNAS, vol. 118, no. 1, e2020857118, National Academy of Sciences, 2021, doi:10.1073/pnas.2020857118. short: L. Abas, M. Kolb, J. Stadlmann, D.P. Janacek, K. Lukic, C. Schwechheimer, L.A. Sazanov, L. Mach, J. Friml, U.Z. Hammes, PNAS 118 (2021). date_created: 2021-01-03T23:01:23Z date_published: 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T13:29:23Z day: '05' department: - _id: JiFr - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020857118 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000607270100073' pmid: - '33443187' intvolume: ' 118' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020857118 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 261099A6-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '742985' name: Tracing Evolution of Auxin Transport and Polarity in Plants publication: PNAS publication_identifier: eissn: - '10916490' issn: - '00278424' publication_status: published publisher: National Academy of Sciences quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - relation: erratum url: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2102232118 scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Naphthylphthalamic acid associates with and inhibits PIN auxin transporters type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 118 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '9205' abstract: - lang: eng text: Cryo-EM grid preparation is an important bottleneck in protein structure determination, especially for membrane proteins, typically requiring screening of a large number of conditions. We systematically investigated the effects of buffer components, blotting conditions and grid types on the outcome of grid preparation of five different membrane protein samples. Aggregation was the most common type of problem which was addressed by changing detergents, salt concentration or reconstitution of proteins into nanodiscs or amphipols. We show that the optimal concentration of detergent is between 0.05 and 0.4% and that the presence of a low concentration of detergent with a high critical micellar concentration protects the proteins from denaturation at the air-water interface. Furthermore, we discuss the strategies for achieving an adequate ice thickness, particle coverage and orientation distribution on free ice and on support films. Our findings provide a clear roadmap for comprehensive screening of conditions for cryo-EM grid preparation of membrane proteins. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: EM-Fac acknowledgement: We thank the Electron Microscopy Facilities at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria and at the Vienna Biocenter for providing access and training for the electron microscopes. This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement no. 665385 . article_number: '102139' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Domen full_name: Kampjut, Domen id: 37233050-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kampjut - first_name: Julia full_name: Steiner, Julia id: 3BB67EB0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Steiner - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Kampjut D, Steiner J, Sazanov LA. Cryo-EM grid optimization for membrane proteins. iScience. 2021;24(3). doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102139 apa: Kampjut, D., Steiner, J., & Sazanov, L. A. (2021). Cryo-EM grid optimization for membrane proteins. IScience. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102139 chicago: Kampjut, Domen, Julia Steiner, and Leonid A Sazanov. “Cryo-EM Grid Optimization for Membrane Proteins.” IScience. Elsevier, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102139. ieee: D. Kampjut, J. Steiner, and L. A. Sazanov, “Cryo-EM grid optimization for membrane proteins,” iScience, vol. 24, no. 3. Elsevier, 2021. ista: Kampjut D, Steiner J, Sazanov LA. 2021. Cryo-EM grid optimization for membrane proteins. iScience. 24(3), 102139. mla: Kampjut, Domen, et al. “Cryo-EM Grid Optimization for Membrane Proteins.” IScience, vol. 24, no. 3, 102139, Elsevier, 2021, doi:10.1016/j.isci.2021.102139. short: D. Kampjut, J. Steiner, L.A. Sazanov, IScience 24 (2021). date_created: 2021-02-28T23:01:24Z date_published: 2021-03-19T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-07T13:54:06Z day: '19' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102139 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000631646000012' pmid: - '33665558' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 50585447386fe5842f07ab9b3a66e7e9 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2021-03-03T07:38:14Z date_updated: 2021-03-03T07:38:14Z file_id: '9219' file_name: 2021_iScience_Kampjut.pdf file_size: 7431411 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-03-03T07:38:14Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 24' isi: 1 issue: '3' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 project: - _id: 2564DBCA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '665385' name: International IST Doctoral Program publication: iScience publication_identifier: eissn: - '25890042' publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Cryo-EM grid optimization for membrane proteins tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 24 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10146' abstract: - lang: eng text: The enzymes of the mitochondrial electron transport chain are key players of cell metabolism. Despite being active when isolated, in vivo they associate into supercomplexes1, whose precise role is debated. Supercomplexes CIII2CIV1-2 (refs. 2,3), CICIII2 (ref. 4) and CICIII2CIV (respirasome)5,6,7,8,9,10 exist in mammals, but in contrast to CICIII2 and the respirasome, to date the only known eukaryotic structures of CIII2CIV1-2 come from Saccharomyces cerevisiae11,12 and plants13, which have different organization. Here we present the first, to our knowledge, structures of mammalian (mouse and ovine) CIII2CIV and its assembly intermediates, in different conformations. We describe the assembly of CIII2CIV from the CIII2 precursor to the final CIII2CIV conformation, driven by the insertion of the N terminus of the assembly factor SCAF1 (ref. 14) deep into CIII2, while its C terminus is integrated into CIV. Our structures (which include CICIII2 and the respirasome) also confirm that SCAF1 is exclusively required for the assembly of CIII2CIV and has no role in the assembly of the respirasome. We show that CIII2 is asymmetric due to the presence of only one copy of subunit 9, which straddles both monomers and prevents the attachment of a second copy of SCAF1 to CIII2, explaining the presence of one copy of CIV in CIII2CIV in mammals. Finally, we show that CIII2 and CIV gain catalytic advantage when assembled into the supercomplex and propose a role for CIII2CIV in fine tuning the efficiency of electron transfer in the electron transport chain. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac - _id: ScienComp acknowledgement: We thank the pre-clinical facility of the IST Austria and A. Venturino for assistance with the animals; and V.-V. Hodirnau for assistance during the Titan Krios data collection, performed at the IST Austria. The data processing was performed at the IST high-performance computing cluster. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 754411. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Irene full_name: Vercellino, Irene id: 3ED6AF16-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Vercellino orcid: 0000-0001-5618-3449 - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 citation: ama: Vercellino I, Sazanov LA. Structure and assembly of the mammalian mitochondrial supercomplex CIII2CIV. Nature. 2021;598(7880):364-367. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03927-z apa: Vercellino, I., & Sazanov, L. A. (2021). Structure and assembly of the mammalian mitochondrial supercomplex CIII2CIV. Nature. Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03927-z chicago: Vercellino, Irene, and Leonid A Sazanov. “Structure and Assembly of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Supercomplex CIII2CIV.” Nature. Springer Nature, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-03927-z. ieee: I. Vercellino and L. A. Sazanov, “Structure and assembly of the mammalian mitochondrial supercomplex CIII2CIV,” Nature, vol. 598, no. 7880. Springer Nature, pp. 364–367, 2021. ista: Vercellino I, Sazanov LA. 2021. Structure and assembly of the mammalian mitochondrial supercomplex CIII2CIV. Nature. 598(7880), 364–367. mla: Vercellino, Irene, and Leonid A. Sazanov. “Structure and Assembly of the Mammalian Mitochondrial Supercomplex CIII2CIV.” Nature, vol. 598, no. 7880, Springer Nature, 2021, pp. 364–67, doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03927-z. short: I. Vercellino, L.A. Sazanov, Nature 598 (2021) 364–367. date_created: 2021-10-17T22:01:17Z date_published: 2021-10-14T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-14T08:01:21Z day: '14' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03927-z ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000704581600001' pmid: - '34616041' intvolume: ' 598' isi: 1 issue: '7880' language: - iso: eng month: '10' oa_version: None page: 364-367 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 260C2330-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '754411' name: ISTplus - Postdoctoral Fellowships publication: Nature publication_identifier: eissn: - 1476-4687 issn: - 0028-0836 publication_status: published publisher: Springer Nature quality_controlled: '1' related_material: link: - description: News on IST Webpage relation: press_release url: https://ist.ac.at/en/news/boosting-the-cells-power-house/ scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Structure and assembly of the mammalian mitochondrial supercomplex CIII2CIV type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 598 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '10310' abstract: - lang: eng text: A high-resolution structure of trimeric cyanobacterial Photosystem I (PSI) from Thermosynechococcus elongatus was reported as the first atomic model of PSI almost 20 years ago. However, the monomeric PSI structure has not yet been reported despite long-standing interest in its structure and extensive spectroscopic characterization of the loss of red chlorophylls upon monomerization. Here, we describe the structure of monomeric PSI from Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1. Comparison with the trimer structure gave detailed insights into monomerization-induced changes in both the central trimerization domain and the peripheral regions of the complex. Monomerization-induced loss of red chlorophylls is assigned to a cluster of chlorophylls adjacent to PsaX. Based on our findings, we propose a role of PsaX in the stabilization of red chlorophylls and that lipids of the surrounding membrane present a major source of thermal energy for uphill excitation energy transfer from red chlorophylls to P700. acknowledgement: We are grateful for additional support and valuable scientific input for this project by Yuko Misumi, Jiannan Li, Hisako Kubota-Kawai, Takeshi Kawabata, Mian Wu, Eiki Yamashita, Atsushi Nakagawa, Volker Hartmann, Melanie Völkel and Matthias Rögner. Parts of this research were funded by the German Research Council (DFG) within the framework of GRK 2341 (Microbial Substrate Conversion) to M.M.N., the Platform Project for Supporting Drug Discovery and Life Science Research [Basis for Supporting Innovative Drug Discovery and Life Science Research (BINDS)] from AMED under grant number JP20am0101117 (K.N.), JP16K07266 to Atsunori Oshima and C.G., a Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research under grant number JP 25000013 (K.N.), 17H03647 (C.G.) and 16H06560 (G.K.) from MEXT-KAKENHI, the International Joint Research Promotion Program from Osaka University to M.M.N., C.G. and G.K., and the Cyclic Innovation for Clinical Empowerment (CiCLE) Grant Number JP17pc0101020 from AMED to K.N. and G.K. article_number: '304' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Mehmet Orkun full_name: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun id: d25163e5-8d53-11eb-a251-e6dd8ea1b8ef last_name: Çoruh orcid: 0000-0002-3219-2022 - first_name: Anna full_name: Frank, Anna last_name: Frank - first_name: Hideaki full_name: Tanaka, Hideaki last_name: Tanaka - first_name: Akihiro full_name: Kawamoto, Akihiro last_name: Kawamoto - first_name: Eithar full_name: El-Mohsnawy, Eithar last_name: El-Mohsnawy - first_name: Takayuki full_name: Kato, Takayuki last_name: Kato - first_name: Keiichi full_name: Namba, Keiichi last_name: Namba - first_name: Christoph full_name: Gerle, Christoph last_name: Gerle - first_name: Marc M. full_name: Nowaczyk, Marc M. last_name: Nowaczyk - first_name: Genji full_name: Kurisu, Genji last_name: Kurisu citation: ama: Çoruh MO, Frank A, Tanaka H, et al. Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster. Communications Biology. 2021;4(1). doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01808-9 apa: Çoruh, M. O., Frank, A., Tanaka, H., Kawamoto, A., El-Mohsnawy, E., Kato, T., … Kurisu, G. (2021). Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster. Communications Biology. Springer . https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01808-9 chicago: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun, Anna Frank, Hideaki Tanaka, Akihiro Kawamoto, Eithar El-Mohsnawy, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba, Christoph Gerle, Marc M. Nowaczyk, and Genji Kurisu. “Cryo-EM Structure of a Functional Monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus Elongatus Reveals Red Chlorophyll Cluster.” Communications Biology. Springer , 2021. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01808-9. ieee: M. O. Çoruh et al., “Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster,” Communications Biology, vol. 4, no. 1. Springer , 2021. ista: Çoruh MO, Frank A, Tanaka H, Kawamoto A, El-Mohsnawy E, Kato T, Namba K, Gerle C, Nowaczyk MM, Kurisu G. 2021. Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster. Communications Biology. 4(1), 304. mla: Çoruh, Mehmet Orkun, et al. “Cryo-EM Structure of a Functional Monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus Elongatus Reveals Red Chlorophyll Cluster.” Communications Biology, vol. 4, no. 1, 304, Springer , 2021, doi:10.1038/s42003-021-01808-9. short: M.O. Çoruh, A. Frank, H. Tanaka, A. Kawamoto, E. El-Mohsnawy, T. Kato, K. Namba, C. Gerle, M.M. Nowaczyk, G. Kurisu, Communications Biology 4 (2021). date_created: 2021-11-19T11:37:29Z date_published: 2021-03-08T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-14T11:51:19Z day: '08' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-01808-9 external_id: isi: - '000627440700001' pmid: - '33686186' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 8ffd39f2bba7152a2441802ff313bf0b content_type: application/pdf creator: cchlebak date_created: 2021-11-19T15:09:18Z date_updated: 2021-11-19T15:09:18Z file_id: '10318' file_name: 2021_CommBio_Çoruh.pdf file_size: 6030261 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2021-11-19T15:09:18Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 4' isi: 1 issue: '1' keyword: - general agricultural and biological Sciences - general biochemistry - genetics and molecular biology - medicine (miscellaneous) language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Communications Biology publication_identifier: issn: - 2399-3642 publication_status: published publisher: 'Springer ' quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Cryo-EM structure of a functional monomeric Photosystem I from Thermosynechococcus elongatus reveals red chlorophyll cluster tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 4 year: '2021' ... --- _id: '7788' abstract: - lang: eng text: Mutations in NDUFS4, which encodes an accessory subunit of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) complex I (CI), induce Leigh syndrome (LS). LS is a poorly understood pediatric disorder featuring brain-specific anomalies and early death. To study the LS pathomechanism, we here compared OXPHOS proteomes between various Ndufs4−/− mouse tissues. Ndufs4−/− animals displayed significantly lower CI subunit levels in brain/diaphragm relative to other tissues (liver/heart/kidney/skeletal muscle), whereas other OXPHOS subunit levels were not reduced. Absence of NDUFS4 induced near complete absence of the NDUFA12 accessory subunit, a 50% reduction in other CI subunit levels, and an increase in specific CI assembly factors. Among the latter, NDUFAF2 was most highly increased. Regarding NDUFS4, NDUFA12 and NDUFAF2, identical results were obtained in Ndufs4−/− mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) and NDUFS4-mutated LS patient cells. Ndufs4−/− MEFs contained active CI in situ but blue-native-PAGE highlighted that NDUFAF2 attached to an inactive CI subcomplex (CI-830) and inactive assemblies of higher MW. In NDUFA12-mutated LS patient cells, NDUFA12 absence did not reduce NDUFS4 levels but triggered NDUFAF2 association to active CI. BN-PAGE revealed no such association in LS patient fibroblasts with mutations in other CI subunit-encoding genes where NDUFAF2 was attached to CI-830 (NDUFS1, NDUFV1 mutation) or not detected (NDUFS7 mutation). Supported by enzymological and CI in silico structural analysis, we conclude that absence of NDUFS4 induces near complete absence of NDUFA12 but not vice versa, and that NDUFAF2 stabilizes active CI in Ndufs4−/− mice and LS patient cells, perhaps in concert with mitochondrial inner membrane lipids. article_number: '148213' article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Merel J.W. full_name: Adjobo-Hermans, Merel J.W. last_name: Adjobo-Hermans - first_name: Ria full_name: De Haas, Ria last_name: De Haas - first_name: Peter H.G.M. full_name: Willems, Peter H.G.M. last_name: Willems - first_name: Aleksandra full_name: Wojtala, Aleksandra last_name: Wojtala - first_name: Sjenet E. full_name: Van Emst-De Vries, Sjenet E. last_name: Van Emst-De Vries - first_name: Jori A. full_name: Wagenaars, Jori A. last_name: Wagenaars - first_name: Mariel full_name: Van Den Brand, Mariel last_name: Van Den Brand - first_name: Richard J. full_name: Rodenburg, Richard J. last_name: Rodenburg - first_name: Jan A.M. full_name: Smeitink, Jan A.M. last_name: Smeitink - first_name: Leo G. full_name: Nijtmans, Leo G. last_name: Nijtmans - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Mariusz R. full_name: Wieckowski, Mariusz R. last_name: Wieckowski - first_name: Werner J.H. full_name: Koopman, Werner J.H. last_name: Koopman citation: ama: 'Adjobo-Hermans MJW, De Haas R, Willems PHGM, et al. NDUFS4 deletion triggers loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− mice and Leigh syndrome patients: A stabilizing role for NDUFAF2. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 2020;1861(8). doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148213' apa: 'Adjobo-Hermans, M. J. W., De Haas, R., Willems, P. H. G. M., Wojtala, A., Van Emst-De Vries, S. E., Wagenaars, J. A., … Koopman, W. J. H. (2020). NDUFS4 deletion triggers loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− mice and Leigh syndrome patients: A stabilizing role for NDUFAF2. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148213' chicago: 'Adjobo-Hermans, Merel J.W., Ria De Haas, Peter H.G.M. Willems, Aleksandra Wojtala, Sjenet E. Van Emst-De Vries, Jori A. Wagenaars, Mariel Van Den Brand, et al. “NDUFS4 Deletion Triggers Loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− Mice and Leigh Syndrome Patients: A Stabilizing Role for NDUFAF2.” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. Elsevier, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148213.' ieee: 'M. J. W. Adjobo-Hermans et al., “NDUFS4 deletion triggers loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− mice and Leigh syndrome patients: A stabilizing role for NDUFAF2,” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, vol. 1861, no. 8. Elsevier, 2020.' ista: 'Adjobo-Hermans MJW, De Haas R, Willems PHGM, Wojtala A, Van Emst-De Vries SE, Wagenaars JA, Van Den Brand M, Rodenburg RJ, Smeitink JAM, Nijtmans LG, Sazanov LA, Wieckowski MR, Koopman WJH. 2020. NDUFS4 deletion triggers loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− mice and Leigh syndrome patients: A stabilizing role for NDUFAF2. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1861(8), 148213.' mla: 'Adjobo-Hermans, Merel J. W., et al. “NDUFS4 Deletion Triggers Loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− Mice and Leigh Syndrome Patients: A Stabilizing Role for NDUFAF2.” Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics, vol. 1861, no. 8, 148213, Elsevier, 2020, doi:10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148213.' short: M.J.W. Adjobo-Hermans, R. De Haas, P.H.G.M. Willems, A. Wojtala, S.E. Van Emst-De Vries, J.A. Wagenaars, M. Van Den Brand, R.J. Rodenburg, J.A.M. Smeitink, L.G. Nijtmans, L.A. Sazanov, M.R. Wieckowski, W.J.H. Koopman, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics 1861 (2020). date_created: 2020-05-03T22:00:47Z date_published: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-21T06:19:18Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2020.148213 external_id: isi: - '000540842000012' pmid: - '32335026' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: a9b152381307cf45fe266a8dc5640388 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2020-05-04T12:25:19Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:03Z file_id: '7798' file_name: 2020_BBA_Adjobo_Hermans.pdf file_size: 3826792 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:48:03Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 1861' isi: 1 issue: '8' language: - iso: eng month: '08' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version pmid: 1 publication: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics publication_identifier: eissn: - '18792650' issn: - '00052728' publication_status: published publisher: Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 'NDUFS4 deletion triggers loss of NDUFA12 in Ndufs4−/− mice and Leigh syndrome patients: A stabilizing role for NDUFAF2' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 1861 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '8040' abstract: - lang: eng text: The mitochondrial respiratory chain, formed by five protein complexes, utilizes energy from catabolic processes to synthesize ATP. Complex I, the first and the largest protein complex of the chain, harvests electrons from NADH to reduce quinone, while pumping protons across the mitochondrial membrane. Detailed knowledge of the working principle of such coupled charge-transfer processes remains, however, fragmentary due to bottlenecks in understanding redox-driven conformational transitions and their interplay with the hydrated proton pathways. Complex I from Thermus thermophilus encases 16 subunits with nine iron–sulfur clusters, reduced by electrons from NADH. Here, employing the latest crystal structure of T. thermophilus complex I, we have used microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations to study the chemo-mechanical coupling between redox changes of the iron–sulfur clusters and conformational transitions across complex I. First, we identify the redox switches within complex I, which allosterically couple the dynamics of the quinone binding pocket to the site of NADH reduction. Second, our free-energy calculations reveal that the affinity of the quinone, specifically menaquinone, for the binding-site is higher than that of its reduced, menaquinol form—a design essential for menaquinol release. Remarkably, the barriers to diffusive menaquinone dynamics are lesser than that of the more ubiquitous ubiquinone, and the naphthoquinone headgroup of the former furnishes stronger binding interactions with the pocket, favoring menaquinone for charge transport in T. thermophilus. Our computations are consistent with experimentally validated mutations and hierarchize the key residues into three functional classes, identifying new mutation targets. Third, long-range hydrogen-bond networks connecting the quinone-binding site to the transmembrane subunits are found to be responsible for proton pumping. Put together, the simulations reveal the molecular design principles linking redox reactions to quinone turnover to proton translocation in complex I. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Chitrak full_name: Gupta, Chitrak last_name: Gupta - first_name: Umesh full_name: Khaniya, Umesh last_name: Khaniya - first_name: Chun Kit full_name: Chan, Chun Kit last_name: Chan - first_name: Francois full_name: Dehez, Francois last_name: Dehez - first_name: Mrinal full_name: Shekhar, Mrinal last_name: Shekhar - first_name: M. R. full_name: Gunner, M. R. last_name: Gunner - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Christophe full_name: Chipot, Christophe last_name: Chipot - first_name: Abhishek full_name: Singharoy, Abhishek last_name: Singharoy citation: ama: Gupta C, Khaniya U, Chan CK, et al. Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2020;142(20):9220-9230. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13450 apa: Gupta, C., Khaniya, U., Chan, C. K., Dehez, F., Shekhar, M., Gunner, M. R., … Singharoy, A. (2020). Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13450 chicago: Gupta, Chitrak, Umesh Khaniya, Chun Kit Chan, Francois Dehez, Mrinal Shekhar, M. R. Gunner, Leonid A Sazanov, Christophe Chipot, and Abhishek Singharoy. “Charge Transfer and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Respiratory Complex I.” Journal of the American Chemical Society. American Chemical Society, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13450. ieee: C. Gupta et al., “Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I,” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 142, no. 20. American Chemical Society, pp. 9220–9230, 2020. ista: Gupta C, Khaniya U, Chan CK, Dehez F, Shekhar M, Gunner MR, Sazanov LA, Chipot C, Singharoy A. 2020. Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(20), 9220–9230. mla: Gupta, Chitrak, et al. “Charge Transfer and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Respiratory Complex I.” Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 142, no. 20, American Chemical Society, 2020, pp. 9220–30, doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13450. short: C. Gupta, U. Khaniya, C.K. Chan, F. Dehez, M. Shekhar, M.R. Gunner, L.A. Sazanov, C. Chipot, A. Singharoy, Journal of the American Chemical Society 142 (2020) 9220–9230. date_created: 2020-06-29T07:59:35Z date_published: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-22T07:49:38Z day: '20' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b13450 external_id: isi: - '000537415600020' pmid: - '32347721' intvolume: ' 142' isi: 1 issue: '20' language: - iso: eng month: '05' oa_version: None page: 9220-9230 pmid: 1 publication: Journal of the American Chemical Society publication_identifier: eissn: - '15205126' issn: - '00027863' publication_status: published publisher: American Chemical Society quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '9326' relation: research_data status: public - id: '9713' relation: research_data status: public - id: '9878' relation: research_data status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 142 year: '2020' ... --- _id: '9326' abstract: - lang: eng text: The mitochondrial respiratory chain, formed by five protein complexes, utilizes energy from catabolic processes to synthesize ATP. Complex I, the first and the largest protein complex of the chain, harvests electrons from NADH to reduce quinone, while pumping protons across the mitochondrial membrane. Detailed knowledge of the working principle of such coupled charge-transfer processes remains, however, fragmentary due to bottlenecks in understanding redox-driven conformational transitions and their interplay with the hydrated proton pathways. Complex I from Thermus thermophilus encases 16 subunits with nine iron–sulfur clusters, reduced by electrons from NADH. Here, employing the latest crystal structure of T. thermophilus complex I, we have used microsecond-scale molecular dynamics simulations to study the chemo-mechanical coupling between redox changes of the iron–sulfur clusters and conformational transitions across complex I. First, we identify the redox switches within complex I, which allosterically couple the dynamics of the quinone binding pocket to the site of NADH reduction. Second, our free-energy calculations reveal that the affinity of the quinone, specifically menaquinone, for the binding-site is higher than that of its reduced, menaquinol forma design essential for menaquinol release. Remarkably, the barriers to diffusive menaquinone dynamics are lesser than that of the more ubiquitous ubiquinone, and the naphthoquinone headgroup of the former furnishes stronger binding interactions with the pocket, favoring menaquinone for charge transport in T. thermophilus. Our computations are consistent with experimentally validated mutations and hierarchize the key residues into three functional classes, identifying new mutation targets. Third, long-range hydrogen-bond networks connecting the quinone-binding site to the transmembrane subunits are found to be responsible for proton pumping. Put together, the simulations reveal the molecular design principles linking redox reactions to quinone turnover to proton translocation in complex I. article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Chitrak full_name: Gupta, Chitrak last_name: Gupta - first_name: Umesh full_name: Khaniya, Umesh last_name: Khaniya - first_name: Chun full_name: Chan, Chun last_name: Chan - first_name: Francois full_name: Dehez, Francois last_name: Dehez - first_name: Mrinal full_name: Shekhar, Mrinal last_name: Shekhar - first_name: M. R. full_name: Gunner, M. R. last_name: Gunner - first_name: Leonid A full_name: Sazanov, Leonid A id: 338D39FE-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sazanov orcid: 0000-0002-0977-7989 - first_name: Christophe full_name: Chipot, Christophe last_name: Chipot - first_name: Abhishek full_name: Singharoy, Abhishek last_name: Singharoy citation: ama: Gupta C, Khaniya U, Chan C, et al. Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I. 2020. doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002 apa: Gupta, C., Khaniya, U., Chan, C., Dehez, F., Shekhar, M., Gunner, M. R., … Singharoy, A. (2020). Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I. American Chemical Society. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002 chicago: Gupta, Chitrak, Umesh Khaniya, Chun Chan, Francois Dehez, Mrinal Shekhar, M. R. Gunner, Leonid A Sazanov, Christophe Chipot, and Abhishek Singharoy. “Charge Transfer and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Respiratory Complex I.” American Chemical Society, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002. ieee: C. Gupta et al., “Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I.” American Chemical Society, 2020. ista: Gupta C, Khaniya U, Chan C, Dehez F, Shekhar M, Gunner MR, Sazanov LA, Chipot C, Singharoy A. 2020. Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I, American Chemical Society, 10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002. mla: Gupta, Chitrak, et al. Charge Transfer and Chemo-Mechanical Coupling in Respiratory Complex I. American Chemical Society, 2020, doi:10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002. short: C. Gupta, U. Khaniya, C. Chan, F. Dehez, M. Shekhar, M.R. Gunner, L.A. Sazanov, C. Chipot, A. Singharoy, (2020). date_created: 2021-04-14T12:05:20Z date_published: 2020-05-20T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-08-22T07:49:37Z day: '20' department: - _id: LeSa doi: 10.1021/jacs.9b13450.s002 main_file_link: - open_access: '1' month: '05' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version publisher: American Chemical Society related_material: record: - id: '8040' relation: used_in_publication status: public status: public title: Charge transfer and chemo-mechanical coupling in respiratory complex I tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) short: CC BY-NC (4.0) type: research_data_reference user_id: 2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 year: '2020' ...