a 2018

AB21, a protein of unknown function from Agaricus bisporus. A case study on utilizing experimental and bioinformatical approaches for functional assignment of unknown proteins

KOMÁREK, Jan, Eva KAVKOVÁ, Josef HOUSER, Aneta HORÁČKOVÁ, Jitka HOLKOVÁ et. al.

Basic information

Original name

AB21, a protein of unknown function from Agaricus bisporus. A case study on utilizing experimental and bioinformatical approaches for functional assignment of unknown proteins

Authors

KOMÁREK, Jan (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva KAVKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Josef HOUSER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Aneta HORÁČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jitka HOLKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gabriel DEMO (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Michaela WIMMEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

XIX. Setkání biochemiků a molekulárních biologů, 2018

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Konferenční abstrakt

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/18:00104707

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

ISBN

978-80-210-9069-9

Keywords (in Czech)

proteiny neznámé funkce Agaricus bisporus,

Keywords in English

proteins of unknown function; Agaricus bisporus
Změněno: 29/11/2018 16:20, Mgr. Jan Komárek, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

Progress in genome sequencing over the last two decades has led to the accumulation of a huge number of sequences in the public databases (currently over 126 million of protein entries). However, a significant fraction of them represents proteins that have not been experimentally characterized, and whose functions cannot be deduced from the sequence comparisons. Investigating the functions and properties of unknown proteins is therefore an important and challenging task to understanding the whole picture of processes that occur in living organisms, but also an opportunity to discover new aspects of life´s machinery. This work is focused on protein AB21 from the white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus), one of the most widely cultivated mushroom in the world. AB21 is a 21 kDa protein, which shares no detectable sequence homology to any protein of known function. Hence, this work can be considered as a case study on utilizing different biophysical, structural and bioinformatical methods to investigate its possible biological role. The coding sequence of ab21 gene was determined and the gene was expressed in a recombinant form in E. coli. AB21 was characterized in terms of quaternary structure, stability and possible interactions with physiologically relevant ligands. The determined X ray structure of AB21 exhibited an interesting relation to bacterial pore-forming toxins of the ClyA superfamily. Finally, the naturally occuring protein was immunolocalized within the fruiting bodies of A. bisporus.

Links

LM2015043, research and development project
Name: Česká infrastruktura pro integrativní strukturní biologii (Acronym: CIISB)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LQ1601, research and development project
Name: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LTC17076, research and development project
Name: Interdisciplinární přístup ke studiu biologických systémů na molekulární úrovni
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Interdisciplinary approach to study biological systems at the molecular level, INTER-COST