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@ARTICLE{Premchandar:127320,
author = {A. Premchandar and A. Kupniewska and K. Tarnowski and N.
Mücke$^*$ and M. Mauermann$^*$ and M. Kaus-Drobek and A.
Edelman and H. Herrmann$^*$ and M. Dadlez},
title = {{A}nalysis of distinct molecular assembly complexes of
keratin {K}8 and {K}18 by hydrogen-deuterium exchange.},
journal = {Journal of structural biology},
volume = {192},
number = {3},
issn = {1047-8477},
address = {San Diego, Calif.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {DKFZ-2017-03345},
pages = {426 - 440},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Keratins are intermediate filament (IF) proteins that form
complex filament systems in epithelial cells, thus serving
as scaffolding elements and mechanical stress absorbers. The
building blocks of keratin IFs are parallel coiled-coil
dimers of two distinct sequence-related proteins
distinguished as type I and type II keratins. To gain more
insight into their structural dynamics, we resorted to
hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry of keratins K8
and K18, which are characteristic for simple epithelial
cells. Using this powerful technique not employed with IFs
before, we mapped patterns of protected versus unprotected
regions in keratin complexes at various assembly levels. In
particular, we localized protein segments exhibiting
different hydrogen exchange patterns in tetramers versus
filaments. We observed a general pattern of precisely
positioned regions of stability intertwining with flexible
regions, mostly represented by the non-α-helical segments.
Notably, some regions within the coiled-coil domains are
significantly more dynamic than others, while the
IF-consensus motifs at the end domains of the central
α-helical 'rod' segment, which mediate the 'head-to-tail'
dimer-dimer interaction in the filament elongation process,
become distinctly more protected upon formation of
filaments. Moreover, to gain more insight into the dynamics
of the individual keratins, we investigated the properties
of homomeric preparations of K8 and K18. The physiological
importance of keratins without a partner is encountered in
both pathological and experimental situations when one of
the two species is present in robust excess or completely
absent, such as in gene-targeted mice.},
keywords = {Keratins (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {B065 / B040},
ddc = {540},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)B065-20160331 / I:(DE-He78)B040-20160331},
pnm = {312 - Functional and structural genomics (POF3-312)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-312},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:26434626},
doi = {10.1016/j.jsb.2015.10.001},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/127320},
}