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Robust cell-free expression of sub-pathological and pathological huntingtin Exon-1 for NMR studies. General approaches for the isotopic labeling of low-complexity proteins

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Morató, Anna, Elena-Real, Carlos A., Popovic, Matija, Fournet, Aurélie, Zhang, Karen, Allemand, Frédéric, Sibille, Nathalie, Urbanek, Annika +1 more·2020·Biomolecules

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The high-resolution structural study of huntingtin exon-1 (HttEx1) has long been hampered by its intrinsic properties. In addition to being prone to aggregate, HttEx1 contains low-complexity regions (LCRs) and is intrinsically disordered, ruling out several standard structural biology approaches. Here, we use a cell-free (CF) protein expression system to robustly and rapidly synthesize (sub-) pathological HttEx1. The open nature of the CF reaction allows the application of different isotopic labeling schemes, making HttEx1 amenable for nuclear magnetic resonance studies. While uniform and selective labeling facilitate the sequential assignment of HttEx1, combining CF expression with nonsense suppression allows the site-specific incorporation of a single labeled residue, making possible the detailed investigation of the LCRs. To optimize CF suppression yields, we analyze the expression and suppression kinetics, revealing that high concentrations of loaded suppressor tRNA have a negative impact on the final reaction yield. The optimized CF protein expression and suppression system is very versatile and well suited to produce challenging proteins with LCRs in order to enable the characterization of their structure and dynamics.

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Morató, A., Elena-Real, C. A., Popovic, M., Fournet, A., Zhang, K., Allemand, F., Sibille, N., Urbanek, A., & Bernadó, P.
Affiliations
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS and Université de Montpellier. 29 rue de Navacelles, 34090 Montpellier, France
Corresponding author
  • Urbanek, Annika
  • Bernadó, Pau
Venue
Biomolecules
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2020-10-19
Volume
10
Issue
10
Pages
1458
ISSN
2218-273X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3093375775
Cited by
12
References
93
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 2
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0.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Biomolecules (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-12-01, ANR-17-CE11-0022-01, ANR-10-INBS-04-01, ANR-10-INBS-05)
  • H2020 European Research Council (648030)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Spectroscopy › Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
Keywords
huntingtin exon 1, cell-free expression, low complexity regions, intrinsically disordered proteins, isotopic labeling, NMR spectroscopy, nonsense suppression, suppressor tRNA, protein aggregation, protein dynamics, site-specific labeling
MeSH terms
Huntingtin Protein, Protein Domains, Cell-Free System, Exons, Humans, Huntington Disease, Isotope Labeling, Kinetics, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular, Protein Aggregation, Pathological

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