Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of the acetylation pattern of the neuronal Tau protein

Biochemistry. 2014 May 13;53(18):3020-32. doi: 10.1021/bi500006v. Epub 2014 Apr 23.

Abstract

Lysine acetylation of the neuronal Tau protein was described as a novel mechanism of posttranslational regulation of Tau functions with important outcomes in microtubule binding and aggregation processes related to Alzheimer's disease. Here, we unravel at a per-residue resolution the acetylation pattern of full-length Tau by the Creb-binding protein (CBP) acetyltransferase using high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Our study gives a quantitative overview of CBP-mediated acetylation and examines the catalytic proficiency because the nonenzymatic reaction with acetyl-coenzyme A occurs in vitro. Furthermore, we have investigated with this characterized acetylated Tau the effect of acetylation on Tau fibrillization in a heparin-induced aggregation assay and on heparin binding.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acetylation
  • Cysteine / chemistry
  • Heparin / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Kinetics
  • Nitrogen Isotopes
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Protein Processing, Post-Translational
  • p300-CBP Transcription Factors / metabolism*
  • tau Proteins / chemistry
  • tau Proteins / drug effects
  • tau Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • Nitrogen Isotopes
  • tau Proteins
  • Heparin
  • p300-CBP Transcription Factors
  • Cysteine