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Terminal Peptide Extensions Augment the Retinal IMPDH1 Catalytic Activity and Attenuate the ATP-induced Fibrillation Events
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Terminal Peptide Extensions Augment the Retinal IMPDH1 Catalytic Activity and Attenuate the ATP-induced Fibrillation Events

Behnaz Andashti, Razieh Yazdanparast, Maede Motahar, Ebrahim Barzegari and Hamid Galehdari
Cell biochemistry and biophysics, Vol.79(2), pp.221-229
06/2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12013-021-00973-2
PMID: 33733369

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Abstract

IMPDH1 Retinal isoform Retinitis Pigmentosa Terminal tail Catalytic activity
Defects in inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase-1 (IMPDH1) lead to insufficient biosyntheses of purine nucleotides. In eyes, these defects are believed to cause retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Major retinal isoforms of IMPDH1 are structurally distinct from those in other tissues, by bearing terminal extensions. Using recombinant mouse IMPDH1 (mH1), we evaluated the kinetics and oligomerization states of the retinal isoforms. Moreover, we adopted molecular simulation tools to study the possible effect of terminal tails on the function of major enzyme isoforms with the aim to find structural evidence in favor of contradictory observations on retinal IMPDH1 function. Our findings indicated higher catalytic activity for the major mouse retinal isoform (mH1603) along with lower fibrillation capacity under the influence of ATP. However, higher mass oligomerization products were formed by the mH1 (603) isoform in the presence of the enzyme inhibitors such as GTP and/or MPA. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that the structural differences between the retinal isoforms have led to functional variations possibly to justify the retinal cells' requirements.

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