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Type: Journal article
Title: Investigation of self-assembling proline- and glycine-rich recombinant proteins and peptides inspired by proteins from a symbiotic fungus using atomic force microscopy and circular dichroism spectroscopy
Author: Creasey, R.
Voelcker, N.
Schultz, C.
Citation: BBA: Proteins and Proteomics, 2012; 1824(5):711-722
Publisher: Elsevier Science BV
Issue Date: 2012
ISSN: 1570-9639
1878-1454
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Rhiannon G. Creasey, Nicolas H. Voelcker and Carolyn J. Schultz
Abstract: Fiber-forming proteins and peptides are being scrutinized as a promising source of building blocks for new nanomaterials. Arabinogalactan-like (AGL) proteins expressed at the symbiotic interface between plant roots and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have novel sequences, hypothesized to form polyproline II (PPII) helix structures. The functional nature of these proteins is unknown but they may form structures for the establishment and maintenance of fungal hyphae. Here we show that recombinant AGL1 (rAGL1) and recombinant AGL3 (rAGL3) are extended proteins based upon secondary structural characteristics determined by electronic circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and can self-assemble into fibers and microtubes as observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). CD spectroscopy results of synthetic peptides based on repeat regions in AGL1, AGL2 and AGL3 suggest that the synthetic peptides contain significant amounts of extended PPII helices and that these structures are influenced by ionic strength and, at least in one case, by concentration. Point mutations of a single residue of the repeat region of AGL3 resulted in altered secondary structures. Self-assembly of these repeats was observed by means of AFM and optical microscopy. Peptide (APADGK)(6) forms structures with similar morphology to rAGL1 suggesting that these repeats are crucial for the morphology of rAGL1 fibers. These novel self-assembling sequences may find applications as precursors for bioinspired nanomaterials.
Keywords: Escherichia coli
Mycorrhizae
Plants
Polylysine
Peptides
Mucoproteins
Plant Proteins
Recombinant Proteins
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
Microscopy, Atomic Force
Circular Dichroism
Symbiosis
Protein Structure, Secondary
Point Mutation
Osmolar Concentration
Biomimetic Materials
Nanofibers
Rights: © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.02.009
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.02.009
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