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Hiding in plain sight: Complex interaction patterns between Tau and 14-3-3zeta protein variants

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CRHA Radek KOZELEKOVÁ Aneta HOFROVÁ Alena IĽKOVIČOVÁ Lucia GAŠPARIK Norbert KADEŘÁVEK Pavel HRITZ Jozef

Year of publication 2024
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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Faculty of Science

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Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813024016064?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.130802
Keywords Tau protein;14-3-3 zeta protein;Phosphorylation;Interaction;NMR;Cross-linking
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Description Tau protein is an intrinsically disordered protein that plays a key role in Alzheimer's disease (AD). In brains of AD patients, Tau occurs abnormally phosphorylated and aggregated in neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs). Together with Tau, 14-3-3 proteins - abundant cytosolic dimeric proteins - were found colocalized in the NFTs. However, so far, the molecular mechanism of the process leading to pathological changes in Tau structure as well as the direct involvement of 14-3-3 proteins are not well understood. Here, we aimed to reveal the effects of phosphorylation by protein kinase A (PKA) on Tau structural preferences and provide better insight into the interaction between Tau and 14-3-3 proteins. We also addressed the impact of monomerization-inducing phosphorylation of 14-3-3 at S58 on the binding to Tau protein. Using multidimensional nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), chemical cross-linking analyzed by mass spectrometry (MS) and PAGE, we unveiled differences in their binding affinity, stoichiometry, and interfaces with single-residue resolution. We revealed that the interaction between 14-3-3 and Tau proteins is mediated not only via the 14-3-3 amphipathic binding grooves, but also via less specific interactions with 14-3-3 protein surface and, in the case of monomeric 14-3-3, also partially via the exposed dimeric interface. In addition, the hyperphosphorylation of Tau changes its affinity to 14-3-3 proteins. In conclusion, we propose quite complex interaction mode between the Tau and 14-3-3 proteins.
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