Estudos estruturais com a importina-σ de mamíferos e peptídeos de sequências de localização nuclear (NLS) de proteínas envolvidas no reparo de DNA

• Ano de defesa: 2015
• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Andréa Coelho de [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Cristalografia de raio X; Dano ao DNA; Peptídeos; Biomoléculas; DNA damage
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/144038; http://www.athena.biblioteca.unesp.br/exlibris/bd/cathedra/01-09-2016/000869160_20200801.pdf

DNA damage can occur by endogenous and exogenous genotoxic agents, which may promote instability of the genome and directly lead to diseases such as cancer, neurological disorders, immunodeficiencies and even premature aging. Helping in the maintenance of the stability, the cells display a number of DNA repair pathways, which carry out the process in multiple steps to resolve specific DNA damage, and maintain the integrity of the genome. The nuclear import is a pre-requisite for the functions of DNA repair proteins and, among the mechanisms responsible for regulation of nuclear import, the classical pathway constituted by the heterodimer importin-α / β is a major shift mechanisms. Importin-β (Impβ) acts as the carrier while the importin α-(Impα) acts as an adapter recognizing the nuclear localization sequence (NLS) present in proteins that have function into the nucleus.This work concerns specifically the structural studies of complexes with Imp and NLSs peptides from proteins related to DNA repair using crystallographic techniques and binding assays by isotermal titration calorimetry technique (ITC). The expression and purification of Mus musculus Impα truncated at its N-terminal portion was performed, as well as co-crystallization with Impα NLSs peptides of proteins related to DNA repair, the corresponding sequences MLH1, PMS2, XPG1 and XPG2. Peptides mutated in key regions of nuclear recognition for MLH1 and PMS2 peptides were also selected for this project. X-ray diffraction data collected from crystals were obtained and processed in the range of 2.0-2.8 Å resolution. With these results, the structures containing cNLSs MLH1, PMS2, XPG1 and XPG2 were elucidated. The MutLα complex proteins, MLH1 and PMS2, related to the mismatch repair (MMR), bound to the Impα similarly to the T antigen NLS of SV40 in the major binding site. ITC experiments corroborate the crystallographic results, which suggest that both NLSs are classic...