Abstract
Isoflavone reductase-like proteins (IRLs) are enzymes with key roles in the metabolism of diverse flavonoids. Last identified olive pollen allergen (Ole e 12) is an IRL relevant for allergy amelioration, since it exhibits high prevalence among atopic patients. The goals of this study are the characterization of (A) the structural-functionality of Ole e 12 with a focus in its catalytic mechanism, and (B) its molecular allergenicity by extensive analysis using different molecular computer-aided approaches covering (1) physicochemical properties and functional-regulatory motifs, (2) sequence analysis, 2-D and 3D structural homology modeling comparative study and molecular docking, (3) conservational and evolutionary analysis, (4) catalytic mechanism modeling, and (5) sequence, structure-docking based B-cell epitopes prediction, while T-cell epitopes were predicted by inhibitory concentration and binding score methods. Structural-based detailed features, phylogenetic and sequences analysis have identified Ole e 12 as phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase. A catalytic mechanism has been proposed for Ole e 12 which display Lys133 as one of the conserved residues of the IRLs catalytic tetrad (Asn-Ser-Tyr-Lys). Structure characterization revealed a conserved protein folding among plants IRLs. However, sequence polymorphism significantly affected residues involved in the catalytic pocket structure and environment (cofactor and substrate interaction-recognition). It might also be responsible for IRLs isoforms functionality and regulation, since micro-heterogeneities affected physicochemical and posttranslational motifs. This polymorphism might have large implications for molecular differences in B- and T-cells epitopes of Ole e 12, and its identification may help designing strategies to improve the component-resolving diagnosis and immunotherapy of pollen and food allergy through development of molecular tools.
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This study was supported by the following European Regional Development Fund co-financed Grants: MCINN BFU 2004-00601/BFI, BFU 2008-00629, BFU2011-22779, CICE (Junta de Andalucía) P2010-CVI15767, P2010-AGR6274 and P2011-CVI-7487, and by the coordinated project Spain/Germany MEC HA2004-0094. JCJ-L thanks Spanish CSIC and the European Marie Curie research program (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IOF) for his I3P-BPD-CSIC and PIOF-GA-2011-301550 Grants, respectively.
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Figure S1. Ole e 12 modeling assessment. (a) Ramachandran plot of the modeled Ole e 12 protein. (b) ‘Z-plot’ and (c) ‘e-plot’ of Ole e 12 protein model. (d) Energy level distribution representation in the Ole e 12 protein model. The amino acid colors are clamped at red (highest energy) or blue (lowest energy). Supplementary material 1 (PDF 117 kb)
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Figure S2. Chemical structures of flavonoids. a) Diagram of the natural polyphenol classification. b) Examples of pollen polyphenols (flavonoids) with significant antioxidant activity by substitution of radicals R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5. c) Basic structures of flavonoid subclasses. Supplementary material 2 (PDF 73 kb)
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Figure S3. Diagram representation of highly antigenicity regions in olive Ole e 12 protein. Eight areas of high antigenicity are highlighted with gray color shadows, as a result of the combination of paramenters such as hydrophobicity (or hydrophilicity), Kyte-Doolitte scale and Hopp-Woods scale; antigenicity, Welling method and Parker method. Surface accessibility of amino acids, 30% and 50% (discontinue blue and red line, respectively). Supplementary material 3 (PDF 156 kb)
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- Å
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Armstrong
- ANOLEA
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Atomic non-local environment assessment
- ASA
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Absolute surface area
- Cα
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Carbon alpha
- CATH
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Protein structure classification
- CDART
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Conserved domain architecture retrieval tool
- CDD
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Conserved domain database
- ExPASy
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Expert protein analysis system
- FASTA
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Fast alignment
- FFT
-
Fast fourier transform
- G-factor
-
Goodness factor
- GETAREA
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Solvent accessible surface area or solvation energy
- GO terms
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The gene ontology project
- GRAVY
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Grand average of hydropathicity
- GROMOS96
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Force field for molecular dynamics simulation
- HLA
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Human leukocyte antigen
- IC50
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Inhibitory concentration
- IFR
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Isoflavone reductase
- IRLs
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Isoflavone reductase-like proteins
- Jscore
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Jury score
- MHC
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Major histocompatibility complex
- NCBI
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National center for biotechnology information
- NJ
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Neighbor-joining
- NMR
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Nuclear magnetic resonance
- PB
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Electrostatic Poisson-Boltzmann
- PCBER
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Phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase
- PDB
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Protein data bank
- PIP-Family
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PCBER, IFR and PRL family
- PIRSF
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Family classification system at the protein information resource
- PLR
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Pinoresinol-lariciresinol reductase
- ProSa
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Protein structure analysis
- PROSITE
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Database of protein domains, families and functional sites
- PROCHECK
-
Protein structure validation server
- QMEAN
-
Protein model quality estimation server
- SASA
-
Solvent accessible surface areas
- SDR
-
Short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase
- SDAP
-
Structural database of allergenic proteins
- SMART
-
Simple modular architecture research tool
- RMSD
-
Root mean square deviation
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Jimenez-Lopez, J.C., Kotchoni, S.O., Hernandez-Soriano, M.C. et al. Structural functionality, catalytic mechanism modeling and molecular allergenicity of phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase, an olive pollen (Ole e 12) allergen. J Comput Aided Mol Des 27, 873–895 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10822-013-9686-y
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