Zn2+-Induced Rearrangement of the Disordered TPPP/p25 Affects Its Microtubule Assembly and GTPase Activity

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Abstract

Tubulin polymerization promoting protein/p25 (TPPP/p25) modulates the dynamics and stability of the microtubule system and plays crucial role in the myelination of oligodendrocytes. Here we showed by CD, fluorescence, and NMR spectroscopies that Zn(2+) is the first ligand that induces considerable rearrangement of the disordered TPPP/p25. Zinc finger motif (His(2)Cys(2)) (His(61)-Cys(83)) was identified within the flexible region of TPPP/p25 straddled by extended unstructured N- and C-terminal regions. The specific binding of the Zn(2+) to TPPP/p25 induced the formation of molten globule but not that of a well-defined tertiary structure. The Zn(2+)-induced partially folded structure accommodating the zinc binding motif is localized at the single Trp(76)-containing region as demonstrated by fluorescence resonance energy transfer and quenching experiments. We showed that the Zn(2+)-induced change in the TPPP/p25 structure modified its interaction with tubulin and GTP coupled with functional consequences: the TPPP/p25-promoted tubulin polymerization was increased while the TPPP/p25-catalyzed GTPase activity was decreased as detected by turbidimetry and by malachite green phosphate release/(31)P NMR assays, respectively. The finding that the Zn(2+) of the bivalent cations can uniquely influence physiological relavant interactions significantly contributes to our understanding of the role of Zn(2+)-related TPPP/p25 processes in the differentiation/myelination of oligodendrocytes possessing a high-affinity Zn(2+) uptake mechanism.

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