TY - JOUR
T1 - Ricin toxin contains at least three galactose-binding sites located in B chain subdomains 1α, 1β, and 2γ
AU - Frankel, Arthur E.
AU - Burbage, Chris
AU - Fu, Tao
AU - Tagge, Edward
AU - Chandler, John
AU - Willingham, Mark C.
PY - 1996/11/26
Y1 - 1996/11/26
N2 - Ricin toxin, the heterodimeric 65 kDa glycoprotein synthesized in castor bean seeds, consists of a cell binding lectin subunit (RTB) disulfide linked to an rRNA N-glycosidase protein synthesis inactivating subunit (RTA). While X-ray crystallography and equilibrium dialysis suggested two sugar-combining sites located in subdomains 1α and 2γ, biochemical and mutational analyses suggested the existence of a third lectin site. We performed oligonucleotide- directed mutagenesis on RTB cDNA to create mutants with modifications in subdomains 1α, 2γ, and either 1β or 2α. The triple-site mutant RTBs were expressed in insect cells. Partially purified recombinant proteins obtained from infected cell extracts and cell supernatants were characterized for asialofetuin and cell binding, immunoreactivites, ability to reassociate with RTA, and recombinant heterodimer cell cytotoxicity. Yields of both triple- site mutants were similar to the parent double-site mutant. Both mutants showed immunoreactivity with a panel of anti-RTB monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. The triple-site mutant with modification of amino acid residues in subdomains 1α, 2α, and 2γ bound asialofetuin and cells similarly to the parent 1α, 2γ, subdomain mutant. In contrast, the 1α, 1β, 2γ subdomain triple-site mutant had a one and one-half log decrease in asialofetuin and cell binding relative to the parent double-site mutant. The 1α, 2α, 2γ triple-site mutant and 1α, 2γ parent protein had sugar binding which was inhibited by 3-27-fold by lactose and asialofetuin. Both triple-site mutants reassociated well with RTA. The 1α, 2α, 2γ triple-site mutant-RTA was equally cytotoxic to mammalian cells as the double-site mutant-RTA heterodimer. In contrast, the 1α, 1β, 2γ triple-site mutant-RTA was 25 times less toxic than the double mutant and 20 times more toxic than RTA alone. These data support a model for at least three lectin-binding subdomains in RTB.
AB - Ricin toxin, the heterodimeric 65 kDa glycoprotein synthesized in castor bean seeds, consists of a cell binding lectin subunit (RTB) disulfide linked to an rRNA N-glycosidase protein synthesis inactivating subunit (RTA). While X-ray crystallography and equilibrium dialysis suggested two sugar-combining sites located in subdomains 1α and 2γ, biochemical and mutational analyses suggested the existence of a third lectin site. We performed oligonucleotide- directed mutagenesis on RTB cDNA to create mutants with modifications in subdomains 1α, 2γ, and either 1β or 2α. The triple-site mutant RTBs were expressed in insect cells. Partially purified recombinant proteins obtained from infected cell extracts and cell supernatants were characterized for asialofetuin and cell binding, immunoreactivites, ability to reassociate with RTA, and recombinant heterodimer cell cytotoxicity. Yields of both triple- site mutants were similar to the parent double-site mutant. Both mutants showed immunoreactivity with a panel of anti-RTB monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies. The triple-site mutant with modification of amino acid residues in subdomains 1α, 2α, and 2γ bound asialofetuin and cells similarly to the parent 1α, 2γ, subdomain mutant. In contrast, the 1α, 1β, 2γ subdomain triple-site mutant had a one and one-half log decrease in asialofetuin and cell binding relative to the parent double-site mutant. The 1α, 2α, 2γ triple-site mutant and 1α, 2γ parent protein had sugar binding which was inhibited by 3-27-fold by lactose and asialofetuin. Both triple-site mutants reassociated well with RTA. The 1α, 2α, 2γ triple-site mutant-RTA was equally cytotoxic to mammalian cells as the double-site mutant-RTA heterodimer. In contrast, the 1α, 1β, 2γ triple-site mutant-RTA was 25 times less toxic than the double mutant and 20 times more toxic than RTA alone. These data support a model for at least three lectin-binding subdomains in RTB.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi960798s
DO - 10.1021/bi960798s
M3 - Article
C2 - 8942636
AN - SCOPUS:0030478007
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 35
SP - 14749
EP - 14756
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 47
ER -