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Structural requirements for the intracellular subunit polymerization of the complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein.

Kask, Lena LU ; Hillarp, Andreas LU ; Ramesh, Bala ; Dahlbäck, Björn LU and Blom, Anna LU orcid (2002) In Biochemistry 41(30). p.9349-9357
Abstract
C4b-binding protein (C4BP), an important inhibitor of complement activation, has a unique spider-like shape. It is composed of six to seven identical alpha-chains with or without a single beta-chain, the chains being linked by disulfide bridges in their C-terminal parts. To elucidate the structural requirements for the assembly of the alpha-chains, recombinant C4BP was expressed in HEK 293 cells. The expressed C4BP was found to contain six disulfide-linked alpha-chains. Pulse-chase analysis demonstrated that the recombinant C4BP was rapidly synthesized in the cells and the polymerized C4BP appeared in the medium after 40 min. The alpha-chains were polymerized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) already after 5 min chase. The polymerization... (More)
C4b-binding protein (C4BP), an important inhibitor of complement activation, has a unique spider-like shape. It is composed of six to seven identical alpha-chains with or without a single beta-chain, the chains being linked by disulfide bridges in their C-terminal parts. To elucidate the structural requirements for the assembly of the alpha-chains, recombinant C4BP was expressed in HEK 293 cells. The expressed C4BP was found to contain six disulfide-linked alpha-chains. Pulse-chase analysis demonstrated that the recombinant C4BP was rapidly synthesized in the cells and the polymerized C4BP appeared in the medium after 40 min. The alpha-chains were polymerized in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) already after 5 min chase. The polymerization process was unaffected by blockage of the transport from the ER to the Golgi mediated by brefeldin A or low temperature (10 degrees C). The C-terminal part of the alpha-chain (57 amino acids), containing 2 cysteine residues and an amphiphatic alpha-helix region, was required for the polymerization. We constructed and expressed several mutants of C4BP that lacked the cysteine residues and/or were truncated at various positions in the C-terminal region. Gel filtration analysis of these variants demonstrated the whole alpha-helix region to be required for the formation of stable polymers of C4BP, which were further stabilized by the formation of disulfide bonds. (Less)
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Hydrolysis, Protein Conformation, Receptors, Complement : chemistry, Complement : genetics, Complement : isolation & purification, Recombinant Proteins : chemistry, Recombinant Proteins : genetics, Recombinant Proteins : isolation & purification, Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared, Human, DNA Primers, Chymotrypsin : metabolism, Cell Line, Biopolymers : chemistry, Base Sequence
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Biochemistry
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41
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30
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9349 - 9357
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The American Chemical Society (ACS)
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0006-2960
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10.1021/bi025980+
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  author       = {{Kask, Lena and Hillarp, Andreas and Ramesh, Bala and Dahlbäck, Björn and Blom, Anna}},
  issn         = {{0006-2960}},
  keywords     = {{Hydrolysis; Protein Conformation; Receptors; Complement : chemistry; Complement : genetics; Complement : isolation & purification; Recombinant Proteins : chemistry; Recombinant Proteins : genetics; Recombinant Proteins : isolation & purification; Spectroscopy; Fourier Transform Infrared; Human; DNA Primers; Chymotrypsin : metabolism; Cell Line; Biopolymers : chemistry; Base Sequence}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{30}},
  pages        = {{9349--9357}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{Biochemistry}},
  title        = {{Structural requirements for the intracellular subunit polymerization of the complement inhibitor C4b-binding protein.}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi025980+}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/bi025980+}},
  volume       = {{41}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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