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The domain organization and the post-translational modifications of human placenta calreticulin were analysed by MS in combination with proteolytic digestion. Prolonged treatment with trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease, or proteinase K all led to a 6- to 7-kDa decrease in the molecular mass of calreticulin. The decrease was found to be due to cleavages in the region around residue 340. In addition, minor fragments resulting from secondary cleavages close to the N-terminus were observed, but no stable fragments of intermediate size were found. These results show that the C-domain of calreticulin is susceptible to proteolytic cleavage and that the N- and P-domains form a proteolytically stable tight association. A disulfide bridge between the first two cysteines was mapped in the N-domain, and the third cysteine was found in the reduced form. No post-translational modifications in the form of glycosylation or phosphorylation were found. A modified form of calreticulin lacking the C-terminal hexapeptide including the KDEL endoplasmic reticulum retention sequon was isolated. Such a truncation may point to a mechanism that allows escape of calreticulin from the endoplasmic reticulum.
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PMID:Human placental calreticulin characterization of domain structure and post-translational modifications. 1132 74

The interaction of calreticulin with native and denatured forms and polypeptides in proteolytic digests of proteins representing structural classes of all-alpha-helix (hemoglobin, serum albumin), all-beta-sheet (IgG) and alpha-helix + beta-sheets (lysozyme, ovalbumin) was investigated. The binding of calreticulin to denatured proteins was found to depend on conformation and structural class of the protein. No interaction was observed with the native proteins, whereas binding was seen for the denatured proteins, the order of interaction being lysozyme = IgG > ovalbumin >> hemoglobin = serum albumin. Moreover, the interaction between calreticulin and the heat-denatured proteins depended on the temperature and time used for denaturation and the degree of proteolytic fragmentation. Calreticulin bound well to peptides in proteolytic digests from protease K or chymotrypsin treatment of lysozyme, IgG and ovalbumin but weakly or not at all to peptides in proteolytic digests of hemoglobin and serum albumin. Synthetic peptides from lysozyme and ovalbumin confirmed binding to hydrophobic peptides from these proteins. These results show that calreticulin has the ability to interact with denatured and fragmented forms of proteins with a preference for beta-strand structure and hydrophobicity.
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PMID:Interaction of the chaperone calreticulin with proteins and peptides of different structural classes. 1959 32

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) is one of the most devastating viral pathogens of cultured shrimp worldwide. Recently published papers show the ability of WSSV structural protein VP28 to vaccinate shrimp and raise protection against the virus. This study attempted to identify the joining proteins of the aforementioned shrimp quasi-immune response by proteomic analysis. The other envelope protein, VP36B, was used as the non-protective subunit vaccine control. Shrimp were intramuscularly injected with rVPs or PBS on day 1 and day 4 and then on day 7 their gill tissues were sampled. The two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) patterns of gill proteins between vaccinated and PBS groups were compared and 20 differentially expressed proteins identified by mass spectrometry, some of which were validated in gill and hemocyte tissues using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. Many of identified proteins and their expression levels also linked with the shrimp response during WSSV infection. The list of up-regulated protein spots found exclusively in rVP28-vaccinated shrimp include calreticulin and heat shock protein 70 with chaperone properties, ubiquitin, and others. The two serine proteases, chymotrypsin and trypsin, were significantly increased in shrimp of both vaccinated groups compared to PBS controls. The information presented here should be useful for gaining insight into invertebrate immunity.
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PMID:Comparative proteomic analysis of Litopenaeus vannamei gills after vaccination with two WSSV structural proteins. 2676 80