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Recombinant expression, purification, and comparative characterization of torsinA and its torsion dystonia-associated variant delta E-torsinA

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  • Deechongkit, Songpon, Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry, Scripps Research 1999 - 2003
  • Kustedjo, Karen, Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Scripps Research 1997 - 2003

authors

  • Kustedjo, Karen
  • Deechongkit, Songpon
  • Kelly, Jeffery
  • Cravatt, Benjamin

publication date

  • December 2003

journal

  • Biochemistry  Journal

abstract

  • Early-onset torsion dystonia is an autosomal dominant movement disorder that has been linked to the deletion of one of a pair of glutamic acid residues in the protein torsinA (E(302/303); DeltaE-torsinA). In transfected cells, DeltaE-torsinA exhibits similar biochemical properties to wild type (WT)-torsinA, but displays a distinct subcellular localization. Primary structural analysis of torsinA suggests that this protein is a membrane-associated member of the AAA family of ATP-binding proteins. However, to date, neither WT- nor DeltaE-torsinA has been obtained in sufficient quantity and purity to permit detailed biochemical and biophysical characterization. Here, we report a baculovirus expression system that provides milligram quantities of purified torsin proteins. Recombinant WT- and DeltaE-torsinA were found to be membrane-associated glycoproteins that required detergents for solubilization and purification. Analysis of the biophysical properties of WT- and DeltaE-torsinA indicated that both proteins were folded monomers in solution that exhibited equivalent denaturation behaviors under thermal and chaotropic (guanidinium chloride) stress. Additionally, both forms of torsinA were found to display ATPase activity with similar k(cat) and K(m) values. Collectively, these data reveal that torsinA is a membrane-associated ATPase and indicate that the DeltaE(302/303) dystonia-associated mutation in this protein does not cause gross changes in its catalytic or structural properties. These findings are consistent with a disease mechanism in which DeltaE-torsinA promotes dystonia through a gain rather than loss of function. The recombinant expression system for torsinA proteins described herein should facilitate further biochemical and structural investigations to test this hypothesis.

subject areas

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • Animals
  • Baculoviridae
  • Carrier Proteins
  • Cell Line
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Dystonia Musculorum Deformans
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Guanidine
  • Humans
  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Spodoptera
  • Thermodynamics
  • Ultracentrifugation
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International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0006-2960

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1021/bi0349569

PubMed ID

  • 14690443
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 15333

end page

  • 15341

volume

  • 42

issue

  • 51

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