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Novel complex MAD phasing and RNase H
structural insights using selenium oligonucleotides
Zhen Huang
Georgia State University, huang@gsu.edu
Rob Abdur
Georgia State University
Oksana Gerlits
Georgia State University
Jianhua Gan
Georgia State University
Jozef Salon
Georgia State University
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Huang, Zhen; Abdur, Rob; Gerlits, Oksana; Gan, Jianhua; Salon, Jozef; Kovalevsky, Andrey Y.; Chumanevich, Alexander A.; and
Weber, Irene, "Novel complex MAD phasing and RNase H structural insights using selenium oligonucleotides" (2014). Chemistry
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Zhen Huang, Rob Abdur, Oksana Gerlits, Jianhua Gan, Jozef Salon, Andrey Y. Kovalevsky, Alexander A.
Chumanevich, and Irene Weber
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SeNA-assisted Structure and Function Studies of Protein-nucleic Acid Complexes
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Supplementary Material
Novel Complex MAD Phasing and RNase H Structural Insights by Selenium
Oligonucleotides
Rob Abdur, Oksana O. Gerlits, Jianhua Gan, Jiansheng Jiang, Jozef Salon, Andrey Y. Kovalevsky, Alexander A.
Chumanevich, Irene T. Weber, Zhen Huang*
Department of Chemistry and Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA. Email:
huang@gsu.edu
Table of Contents
Equipment and reagents ……………………………...…….……………..…………...S1
Oligonucleotide synthesis ……………………………………………………………....S1
Polynucleotide kinase reaction........................................................................................S2
Expression of RNase H protein …………………………………..……………………S2
Purification of RNase H by FPLC ………………………………………………..……S3
Hydrolysis of RNase H substrates …………………………………………….……….S3
Crystallization of DNA/RNA/RNase H ternary complexes...........................................S4
Table of B-factors …………………………………..……..…...…………….….......….S5
References……………………………………………………………………………….S6
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Equipment and reagents:
All chemistry reagents or buffers were purchased from commercial manufacturers or made in the
laboratory using standard protocols unless otherwise stated. Commercially available starting reagents
were used without further purification. All cell cultures and protein expression reagents were purchased
from Invitrogen. Protein purifications were carried out by FPLC, and the protein purification columns
were purchased from Amersham (GE healthcare life sciences). Expressed proteins were monitored at 259
nm and collected by FPLC purification.
Oligonucleotide synthesis:
Native or modified DNA or RNA oligonucleotides were synthesized in the laboratory or purchased from
commercial manufacturers. Native DNA template (DNA-N), selenium-modified DNA template (DNA-Se;
Ref. 1), and sulfur-modified DNA template (DNA-S) were synthesized in the laboratory according to the
methods as described (Ref. 1). DNA-Se1: 5'-AT-
Se
G-TCGp-3'; DNA-Se2: 5'-AT-
Se
G-TC-
Se
Gp-3'; DNA-
S1: 5'-AT-
S
G-TCGp-3'; DNA-S2: 5'-AT-
S
G-TC-
S
Gp-3'. The native RNA substrate (5'-UCGACA-3') and
sulfur-modified RNA substrate (RNA-S: 5'-UCGA-S-CA-3', Sp and Rp) were purchased from Integrated
DNA Technology (IDT, USA). The native DNA (5'-TGTCGTGTCG-3'), sulfur-DNA (5'-TGTCGT-
S
G-
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TCG-3'), and selenium-DNA (5'-TGTCGT-
Se
G-TCG-3') for T
m
study were synthesized in the laboratory.
6-Se-2’-deoxyguanosine (
Se
G) was synthesized in the laboratory and 6-S-2’-deoxyguanosine (
S
G) was
purchased from Glen Research.
Polynucleotide kinase reaction:
A reaction solution (10 μL), containing a mixture of RNA substrate (1 µL, 1 µM), 1 µL 10X PNK buffer
(70 mM Tris-HCl, 10 mM MgCl
2,
5 mM DTT, pH 7.6), γ-³²P-ATP (1 μL, 3,000 Ci/mmol, 5 mCi/ml), T4
polynucleotide kinase (1 unit, 1 μL), and water (6 μL), was incubated in a water bath for 1 hr at 37 °C
(Ref. 2-3). The reaction was heated at 68 °C for 10 min to inactivate the enzyme. Ethanol precipitation
was then performed to recover the
32
P-labeled RNA by adding 3 M NaCl (1.1 μL, final concentration 0.3
M) and 100% ethyl alcohol (33.3 μL), followed by cooling at -80 °C for 15 min and centrifugation
(14,000 rpm). Supernatant was discarded and pellet was washed 3 times with 70% cold ethanol. After air
drying the pellet, H
2
O (10 μL) was added to dissolve the
32
P-labeled RNA.
(A) Wild-type RNase H (WT: 1-196):
MAKSKYYVVWNGRKPGIYTSWSACEAQVKGYTGAKFKSYPSKEEAEAAFRG
EEATPKLAKEEIIWESLSVDVGSQGNPGIVEYKGVDTKTGEVLFEREPIPIGTNN
MGEFLAIVHGLRYLKERNSRKPIYS
D
SQTAIKWVKDKKAKSTLVRNEETALIW
KLVDEAEEWLNTHTYETPILKWQTDKWGEIKADYGRK
(B) Truncated RNase H (TR RNase H: 59-196;):
AKEEIIWESLSVDVGSQGNPGIVEYKGVDTKTGEVLFEREPIPIGTNNMGEFLAI
VHGLRYLKERNSRKPIYS
D
SQTAIKWVKDKKAKSTLVRNEETALIWKLVDEAE
EWLNTHTYETPILKWQTDKWGEIKADYGRK
(C) Truncated RNase H inactive mutant (D132N: 59-196):
AKEEIIWESLSVDVGSQGNPGIVEYKGVDTKTGEVLFEREPIPIGTNNMGEFLAI
VHGLRYLKERNSRKPIYS
N
SQTAIKWVKDKKAKSTLVRNEETALIWKLVDEAE
EWLNTHTYETPILKWQTDKWGEIKADYGRK
Figure S1. Wild-type and mutant RNase H proteins (Bacillus halodurans). Bacillus halodurans RNase H
(rhnA) was used for the study. A: The wild-type enzyme is a single polypeptide (1-196 amino acids) and
contains two domains: a RNA-DNA hybrid binding domain (1-58 aa, in black) and a catalytic domain
(59-196 aa, in blue). B: The truncated RNase H (59-196 aa) was generated genetically and retains the
RNA hydrolytic activity on RNA/DNA duplex (Ref. 4-5). C: Truncated RNase H inactive mutant was
created, for crystal structure study, by mutating the aspartate residue (D132) of the truncated RNase H to
asparagine (D132N). This mutation abolishes the metal ion coordination (B site) capability of the enzyme
and makes the enzyme inactive catalytically.
Expression of RNase H protein:
RNase H wild-type (WT, Figure S1), truncated (TR), and truncated mutant (D132N) constructs (pET15,
pET 42, and pET13, respectively) were kindly given by
Dr. Wei Yang lab at NIH as a gift. Protein
expressions were carried out in BL21 (DE3; pLys E. coli; purchased from Invitrogen). Transformation
was accomplished by heat shock method. One picomol of plasmid carrying the gene of interest was added
in a vial (50 µL) of competent cells and swirled gently. The vial was placed on ice for 30 min and heat
shock was then performed by placing the vial in a water bath (42 °C) for 40 sec. Placed it again on ice for
5 min. SOC medium (150 µL, purchased from Invitrogen) was added in a vial and the vial was shaken for
1 hr at 37 °C (220 rpm). The bacterial suspension (50 µL) was spread on a LB-agar plate [containing
ampicillin (100 mg/L) and chloramphenicol (35 mg/L)] and the plate was incubated at 37 °C overnight. A
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single colony was picked up and added to LB-ampicillin-chloramphenicol broth (300 mL). The culture
was shaken (220 rpm) overnight at 37 °C
. Two liters LB-ampicillin-chloramphenicol broth was prepared
and the overnight culture (30 mL) was added to inoculate it. The inoculated broth was incubated for 2-3
hrs by shaking (220 rpm) at
37 °C
. When the OD600 reached at 0.6 OD, protein expression was then
induced by adding IPTG (20 mL, 100 mM; final concentration 1 mM) and the culture was allowed to
grow for 4 hrs more. Cells were harvested by centrifugation, washed twice with buffer A (
75 mM NaCl,
40 mM NaH
2
PO
4
, pH 7.0, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, and 5% glycerol), and the pellet was suspended in
the same buffer. The cells were then lysed by sonication (12 x 10 sec duration) with a Branson digital
sonifier (Fisher Scientific; microtip, 45% amplitude) with intervening cooling time. The cell lysate was
centrifuged at 16,000 rpm for 30 min and the supernatant was collected for FPLC purification.
Purification of RNase H by FPLC:
Before the supernatant loading, the Ni-affinity column on FPLC was washed with 10 column volumes
(CV) of buffer B (300 mM NaCl, 40 mM NaH
2
PO
4
, pH 7.0, 1 mM DTT, 5% glycerol, and 500 mM
imidazole) to remove impurities and the column was equilibrated with 10 CV of buffer A. After loading
the supernatant, the column was eluted with buffer A for 10 min and then with 15% buffer B for 10 min
with a flow rate of 1.5 mL/min to remove impurities and unbound proteins. Subsequently, the protein was
eluted with buffer B (15-100%) with a flow rate 1 mL/min over 100 mL, the RNase H elution peak was
observed at 40-45% buffer B, and the protein was collected. The buffer of the protein was exchanged with
buffer C (40 mM NaH
2
PO
4
, pH 7.0, 150 mM NaCl, 5% glycerol, 2 mM DTT, and 0.5 mM EDTA) by
dialysis in 3-kDa cut-off membranes at 4
°C
overnight
.
His-tag of the protein was removed by t
hrombin
digestion, which was performed by addition of 10 units of thrombin for every 40 mg of protein
(determined by UV at 280 nm) and incubation at room temperature for 1 hr. Digested protein solution was
mixed with an equal volume of buffer D (
75 mM NaCl, 40 mM NaH
2
PO
4,
pH 7, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM
DTT, 5% glycerol, and 4 M ammonium sulfate).
The tag-free protein was further purified by Phenyl
Sepharose column
(hydrophobic column)
.
The Phenyl Sepharose column was prepared
by washing with
buffer F (
75 mM NaCl, 40 mM NaH
2
PO
4,
pH 7.0, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, and 5% glycerol) and then
equilibrated with buffer E (75 mM NaCl, 40 mM NaH
2
PO
4,
pH 7.0, 0.1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTT, 5%
glycerol, and 2 M ammonium sulfate) before loading the sample. The tag-free protein was loaded on the
column with a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min and washed with 10 CV of buffer E to remove short peptides and
impurities. Protein was further eluted by 0-100% buffer F with the same flow rate over 100 mL, and the
RNase H elution peak was observed between 45-50% buffer F. Eluted protein was exchanged with buffer
G (
75 mM NaCl, 20 mM HEPES, pH 7.0, 5% glycerol, 0.5 mM EDTA, and 2 mM DTT) by dialysis in 3-
kDa cut-off membranes at 4
°C
overnight
and stored
at −20 °C.
Protein concentration was determined by
UV analysis at 280 nm using a calculated
ε
280
value (
58900 M
-1
cm
-1
) for the wild-type and a ε
280
value
(
40450 M
-1
cm
-1
) for the truncated RNase H (Ref. 6).
Hydrolysis of RNase H substrates:
Each RNase H hydrolysis reaction (volume 5 µL) contains DNA template (150 nM final concentration;
DNA-N, DNA-S, or DNA-Se) and
32
P-labeled
RNA substrate (native or S-modified RNAs; mixture of
cold and hot
RNAs;
150 nM final concentration). To each hydrolysis reaction, WT or TR RNase H
enzyme (10 nM, final) and the reaction buffer (final conditions: 75 mM KCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.8,
3 mM MgCl
2
, and 1 mM diborane) were added. The reactions were incubated for 30 min at 37 °C, unless
otherwise mentioned. After incubation, the reactions were quenched by immediately adding gel-loading
dye (contained 7 M urea and 1 mM EDTA) and placing them on dry ice. The reactions were analyzed by
21% w/v urea-polyacrylamide (19:1 acrylamide:bisacrylamide) gel electrophoresis. The gels were run for
1 h at 500 volts, and the gels were fixed by fixing buffer (10% acetic acid in methanol) and dried. The gel
images were taken by exposing on X-ray films. The bands were also quantified by phosphorimager and
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image-quantifying software. For the time-course analysis, a reaction solution (20 µL) was prepared for
each DNA template. All experimental conditions were as same as the hydrolysis reaction described above.
Before adding the enzyme, aliquot was transferred and referred to as ‘zero’ min. The same amount (3 µL)
of aliquots was removed at 0.25, 0.5, 1, 3, 5, 7, and 10 min time point and used for gel analysis.
Hydrolysis of RNase H substrates in the presence of Mg
2+
or Mn
2+
The RNA hydrolysis and the rescue reactions used the similar conditions above. The divalent cation
(Mg
2+
) was used or replaced with Mn
2+
in the buffer. Native or
Sp- or Rp-sulfur-modified RNAs were used as
the substrates.
The final reaction buffer conditions (Ref. 9) are 75 mM KCl, 50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.8,
3 mM MnCl
2
(or MgCl
2
) and 1 mM diborane. The reaction time is either 5 min (Figure 5A-C) or
indicated (Figure 5D).
Crystallization of DNA/RNA/RNase H ternary complexes:
Protocol-1: The DNA portion of the DNA/RNA hybrid (5'-ATGTCG-3'/5'-UCGACA-3'; one-base
overhang at both ends) was derivatized. Prior to co-crystallization with RNase H, the purified Se-DNA
(5'-AT-
Se
G-TC-
Se
G-3') and RNA (5'-UCGACA-3') were annealed at 1:1 molar ratio by first heating the
mixture to 90ºC for 1 min, and then allowing it to cool slowly down to 25ºC. The resulting Se-DNA/RNA
duplex was mixed with the protein (final concentration: 8 mg/mL) at 1:1 molar ratio in the presence of 5
mM MgCl
2
. Co-crystallization of Se-DNA/RNA hybrid with RNase H was achieved by screening with
the QIAGEN Classics Suite Kit (www.qiagen.com). By using the sitting-drop vapor diffusion method at
25ºC, the crystals were readily obtained from the mixture #96 of the crystallization screen [Buffer: 0.1 M
MES, pH 6.5; precipitant: 12% (w/v), PEG 20000].
Protocol-2: The DNA portion of the DNA/RNA hybrid possesses a phosphate group at its 3'-end. In the
duplex, the 5'-ends of both DNA and RNA remains one-base overhang (5'-ATGTCG-3'/5'-UC-
Se
G-ACA-
3'). Prior to co-crystallization with RNase H, the purified DNA (5'-AT GTC G-3') and RNA (5'-UC-
Se
G-
ACA-3') were annealed at 1:1 molar ratio. The duplex mixture was heated to 90ºC for 1 min and allowed
to cool down slowly to 25ºC. The resulting DNA/RNA duplex was mixed with the protein (final
concentration in the complex: 8 mg/mL) at 1:1.5 ratio (protein:DNA-p-3’/RNA duplex) in the presence of
5 mM MgCl
2
. Co-crystallization of DNA-p-3’/RNA hybrid with RNase H was achieved by screening
with Index screening Kit (HR2-144 Reagent Formulation, Hampton research, USA). By using the sitting-
drop vapor diffusion method at 22ºC, the diffractable crystals were obtained in 0.04 M Magnesium
chloride, 0.05 M Sodium cacodylate , pH 6.0, 5% v/v 2-Methyl-2,4-pentanediol.
MAD Data Collection and Phasing
Crystal diffraction data of the Se-DNA/RNA/RNase H complex were collected at beamline X25 and X29
in the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) of Brookhaven National Laboratory. A number of
crystals were scanned to find the one with strong anomalous scattering at the K-edge absorption of
selenium. 25% glycerol was used as cryoprotectant while X-ray data were collected under the liquid
nitrogen stream at 99 °K. The selected wavelengths for selenium MAD data are listed in Table S1. Each
crystal was exposed for 15 seconds per image with one degree rotation, and a total of 180 images were
taken for each data set. Two crystals were used to collect the MAD/SAD data sets. The figure of merit of
the individual SAD phasing data was relatively low, which could not produce a good electron density map
for the model. We used one SAD data set as a reference for the MAD phasing of the other diffraction data
set. The overall figures of merit (FOM) of the initial phases were 0.630, which produced an interpretable
electron density map. All data (Table S1) were processed using HKL2000 and DENZO/SCALEPACK
(Ref. 7 and 8). The structure was solved by MAD method using program Solve/Resolve. The resulted
model was refined using Refmac5 within CCP4i. The DNA/RNA duplex was modeled into the structure
using Coot. Metal ions and water molecules were added either automatically or manually using Coot. The
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comparisons between the native and Se-modified structures are presented in Figure 2. The unique
cleavage site of the RNA/DNA substrate is supported by the structure study.
Table S1. The table of B-factor comparison between the crystal structures of RNase H complexed with
the native and Se-modified DNA/RNA duplexes.
PDB ID
3TWH
2G8U
1ZBI
Resolution (Å)
1.80
2.70
1.85
B-factor (Å)
2
Overall
Protein
RNA/DNA duplex
RNA
DNA
rC5/d
Se
G3 (or rC5/dG3)
(base pair at the cleaving site)
Mg
2+
-A
Mg
2+
-B
24.0
22.3
27.2
25.2
29.1
19.2/32.3
23.8
32.3
49.0
50.8
42.4
44.4
40.3
40.8/32.7
26.9
35.0
29.4
29.4
different
RNA and
DNA
sequences
26.64
29.73
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