Protein Misfolding/Diz Flashcards
What was so damn special about Linus Pauling?
Alpha helix and beta sheet.
What did Anfinsen do?
Denatured pancreatic ribonuclease fast and slow.
Added b-mercaptoethanol (denatures disulfide bonds) & 8M urea(disrupts non-covalent bonds and solubilizes r grps)
What is Levinthal’s paradox?
AA has 2 potential confirmations. So AA-100 would habe 2^99 potential folds.
Who postulated the principle of minimal frustration?
Bryngelson + Wolynes => AA want to maximize correct folding events
How are energy barriers in protein folding overcome?
Chaperones.
What is a molcular chaperone (5)?
- Matchmaker (complex assembly)
- Trafficking (secretion via ER)
- Quality control (protein syn.)
- Molecular cpr
- Wrecking ball
What are the needs of a chaperone (3)?
- Protein synthesis (protection of chain, guidance, avoiding kinetic dead ends)
- Protein unfolding (degradation required polypeptide unfolding)
PH in gut/lysosome - Complex assembly
(Step-wise assembly to promote correct interactions)
What molecular chaperone is required for proteosome formation?
UMP-1
What type of interactions promote folding?
- Hydrophobic core -> global structure
- Electrostatic interactions -> local environment
- Van der Waals interactions -> local environment
- Disulfide bonds -> protein stability (insulin)
- Metal coordination -> co-factor in catalysis (zn finger)
What is a molten globule?
Polypeptide chain w/ near final 2’ structure. Looser and more open.
Not any 1 structure. More of an amalgamation
This structure is trying to condense and get rid of excess H20.
What is the Zinc finger generally composed of?
Cys2His2.
Alpha helix and antiparallel beta sheet that coordinate a zinc ion
What are conditions that promote protein unfolding?
- Temperature
- PH
- Pressure
- Urea
- Guanidine
- Organic solvents
What enzymes break and correct sulfide bonds?
Sulfide protein isomerases
Do chaperones increase the rate of folding reactions?
No, but they increase the yield.
How is the maturation of proteins facilitated by ER chaperones?
CHaperones (Hsps) and folding stimulants (PDIs and PIs) found in ER and help protein fold correctly.
Irreversible damaged proteins will be guided out of Er and into proteosome thru ERAD (endoplasmic-reticulum associated degredation)
How does a mutations in CFTRdelta508 implicated in diz?
Protein folding goes very slow, so it is easier to get caught in proteolytic system.
There is still some levels tho.
Mutation depletes intracellular levels of a critical transporter.
What role does eEF1A have in degradation?
While it recruits tRNAs to ribosome, if a polypeptide chain is folding incorrectly it can facilitate chain degradation.
What is pathogenesis of:
- Alzhiemers
- ALS
- Prion
- Trinucleotide expansion
- Aberrant AB peptide plaques.
- Aggregaiton of SOD
- Protein conformational change
- CAG repeats (glutamine)
Are proteosomes ATP dependent?
Yes!
How many lysine residues are present on the surface of Ub? How many aa are there?
7
76 AA
Small hydrophobic patches on surface.
What is the structure of Ub’s reactive terminus?
ARG-GLY-GLY-COO(-)
Why are Ubs expressed as a fusion protein?
Protect reactive carboxy terminal hydrolase.
What enzyme breaks down Ub fusion proteins?
Ub carboxy terminal hydrolase (deficiencies seen in PD)
What step in the Ub cascade is ATP-dependent?
E1 (Ub activating enzyme)
Binds 2 Ubs as ubiquitin-adeynlate via thioester bond.