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Görner, K.* ; Holtorf, E.* ; Waak, J.* ; Pham, T.T. ; Vogt Weisenhorn, D.M. ; Wurst, W. ; Haass, C.* ; Kahle, P.J.*

Structural determinants of the C-terminal helix-kink-helix motif essential for protein stability and survival promoting activity of DJ-1.

J. Biol. Chem. 282, 13680-13691 (2007)
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Mutations in the PARK7 gene encoding DJ-1 cause autosomal recessive Parkinson disease. The most deleterious point mutation is the L166P substitution, which resides in a structure motif comprising two alpha-helices (G and H) separated by a kink. Here we subjected the C-terminal helix-kink-helix motif to systematic site-directed mutagenesis, introducing helix-incompatible proline residues as well as conservative substitutions into the helical interface. Furthermore, we generated deletion mutants lacking the H-helix, the kink, and the entire C terminus. When transfected into neural and nonneural cell lines, steady-state levels of G-helix breaking and kink deletion mutants were dramatically lower than wild-type DJ-1. The effects of H-helix breakers were comparably smaller, and the non-helix breaking mutants only slightly destabilized DJ-1. The decreased steady-state levels were due to accelerated protein degradation involving in part the proteasome. G-helix breaking DJ-1 mutations abolished dimer formation. These structural perturbations had functional consequences on the cytoprotective activities of DJ-1. The destabilizing mutations conferred reduced cytoprotection against H(2)O(2) in transiently retransfected DJ-1 knock-out mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The loss of survival promoting activity of the DJ-1 mutants with destabilizing C-terminal mutations correlated with impaired anti-apoptotic signaling. We found that wild-type, but not mutant DJ-1 facilitated the Akt pathway and simultaneously blocked the apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1, with which DJ-1 interacted in a redox-dependent manner. Thus, the G-helix and kink are critical determinants of the C-terminal helix-kink-helix motif, which is absolutely required for stability and the regulation of survival-promoting redox signaling of the Parkinson disease-associated protein DJ-1.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2007
HGF-Berichtsjahr 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0021-9258
e-ISSN 1083-351X
Quellenangaben Band: 282, Heft: 18, Seiten: 13680-13691 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30204 - Cell Programming and Repair
Forschungsfeld(er) Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e) G-500500-001
PubMed ID 17331951
Scopus ID 34250361915
Erfassungsdatum 2007-03-01