Deamidation in human lens betaB2-crystallin destabilizes the dimer

Biochemistry
Kirsten J LampiEric A Steel

Abstract

Two major determinants of the transparency of the lens are protein-protein interactions and stability of the crystallins, the structural proteins in the lens. betaB2 is the most abundant beta-crystallin in the human lens and is important in formation of the complex interactions of lens crystallins. betaB2 readily forms a homodimer in vitro, with interacting residues across the monomer-monomer interface conserved among beta-crystallins. Due to their long life spans, crystallins undergo an unusually large number of modifications, with deamidation being a major factor. In this study the effects of two potential deamidation sites at the monomer-monomer interface on dimer formation and stability were determined. Glutamic acid substitutions were constructed to mimic the effects of previously reported deamidations at Q162 in the C-terminal domain and at Q70, its N-terminal homologue. The mutants had a nativelike secondary structure similar to that of wild type betaB2 with differences in tertiary structure for the double mutant, Q70E/Q162E. Multiangle light scattering and quasi-elastic light scattering experiments showed that dimer formation was not interrupted. In contrast, equilibrium unfolding and refolding in urea showed destabiliz...Continue Reading

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