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Transcriptional Landscape and Regulatory Roles of Small Noncoding RNAs in the Oxidative Stress Response of the Haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00779-17. [PMID: 29463600 PMCID: PMC5892119 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00779-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Haloarchaea in their natural environment are exposed to hypersalinity, intense solar radiation, and desiccation, all of which generate high levels of oxidative stress. Previous work has shown that haloarchaea are an order of magnitude more resistant to oxidative stress than most mesophilic organisms. Despite this resistance, the pathways haloarchaea use to respond to oxidative stress damage are similar to those of nonresistant organisms, suggesting that regulatory processes might be key to their robustness. Recently, small regulatory noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) were discovered in Archaea under a variety of environmental conditions. We report here the transcriptional landscape and functional roles of sRNAs in the regulation of the oxidative stress response of the model haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Thousands of sRNAs, both intergenic and antisense, were discovered using strand-specific sRNA sequencing (sRNA-seq), comprising 25 to 30% of the total transcriptome under no-challenge and oxidative stress conditions, respectively. We identified hundreds of differentially expressed sRNAs in response to hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress in H. volcanii. The targets of a group of antisense sRNAs decreased in expression when these sRNAs were upregulated, suggesting that sRNAs are potentially playing a negative regulatory role on mRNA targets at the transcript level. Target enrichment of these antisense sRNAs included mRNAs involved in transposon mobility, chemotaxis signaling, peptidase activity, and transcription factors. IMPORTANCE While a substantial body of experimental work has been done to uncover the functions of small regulatory noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) in gene regulation in Bacteria and Eukarya, the functional roles of sRNAs in Archaea are still poorly understood. This study is the first to establish the regulatory effects of sRNAs on mRNAs during the oxidative stress response in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Our work demonstrates that common principles for the response to a major cellular stress exist across the 3 domains of life while uncovering pathways that might be specific to the Archaea. This work also underscores the relevance of sRNAs in adaptation to extreme environmental conditions.
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Imine Deaminase Activity and Conformational Stability of UK114, the Mammalian Member of the Rid Protein Family Active in Amino Acid Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19040945. [PMID: 29565811 PMCID: PMC5979572 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19040945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 03/16/2018] [Accepted: 03/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Reactive intermediate deaminase (Rid) protein family is a recently discovered group of enzymes that is conserved in all domains of life and is proposed to play a role in the detoxification of reactive enamines/imines. UK114, the mammalian member of RidA subfamily, was identified in the early 90s as a component of perchloric acid-soluble extracts from goat liver and exhibited immunomodulatory properties. Multiple activities were attributed to this protein, but its function is still unclear. This work addressed the question of whether UK114 is a Rid enzyme. Biochemical analyses demonstrated that UK114 hydrolyzes α-imino acids generated by l- or d-amino acid oxidases with a preference for those deriving from Ala > Leu = l-Met > l-Gln, whereas it was poorly active on l-Phe and l-His. Circular Dichroism (CD) analyses of UK114 conformational stability highlighted its remarkable resistance to thermal unfolding, even at high urea concentrations. The half-life of heat inactivation at 95 °C, measured from CD and activity data, was about 3.5 h. The unusual conformational stability of UK114 could be relevant in the frame of a future evaluation of its immunogenic properties. In conclusion, mammalian UK114 proteins are RidA enzymes that may play an important role in metabolism homeostasis also in these organisms.
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Ernst DC, Downs DM. Mmf1p Couples Amino Acid Metabolism to Mitochondrial DNA Maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. mBio 2018; 9:e00084-18. [PMID: 29487232 PMCID: PMC5829821 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00084-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A variety of metabolic deficiencies and human diseases arise from the disruption of mitochondrial enzymes and/or loss of mitochondrial DNA. Mounting evidence shows that eukaryotes have conserved enzymes that prevent the accumulation of reactive metabolites that cause stress inside the mitochondrion. 2-Aminoacrylate is a reactive enamine generated by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent α,β-eliminases as an obligatory intermediate in the breakdown of serine. In prokaryotes, members of the broadly conserved RidA family (PF14588) prevent metabolic stress by deaminating 2-aminoacrylate to pyruvate. Here, we demonstrate that unmanaged 2-aminoacrylate accumulation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondria causes transient metabolic stress and the irreversible loss of mitochondrial DNA. The RidA family protein Mmf1p deaminates 2-aminoacrylate, preempting metabolic stress and loss of the mitochondrial genome. Disruption of the mitochondrial pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent serine dehydratases (Ilv1p and Cha1p) prevents 2-aminoacrylate formation, avoiding stress in the absence of Mmf1p. Furthermore, chelation of iron in the growth medium improves maintenance of the mitochondrial genome in yeast challenged with 2-aminoacrylate, suggesting that 2-aminoacrylate-dependent loss of mitochondrial DNA is influenced by disruption of iron homeostasis. Taken together, the data indicate that Mmf1p indirectly contributes to mitochondrial DNA maintenance by preventing 2-aminoacrylate stress derived from mitochondrial amino acid metabolism.IMPORTANCE Deleterious reactive metabolites are produced as a consequence of many intracellular biochemical transformations. Importantly, reactive metabolites that appear short-lived in vitro have the potential to persist within intracellular environments, leading to pervasive cell damage and diminished fitness. To overcome metabolite damage, organisms utilize enzymatic reactive-metabolite defense systems to rid the cell of deleterious metabolites. In this report, we describe the importance of the RidA/YER057c/UK114 enamine/imine deaminase family in preventing 2-aminoacrylate stress in yeast. Saccharomyces cerevisiae lacking the enamine/imine deaminase Mmf1p was shown to experience pleiotropic growth defects and fails to maintain its mitochondrial genome. Our results provide the first line of evidence that uncontrolled 2-aminoacrylate stress derived from mitochondrial serine metabolism can negatively impact mitochondrial DNA maintenance in eukaryotes.
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- Dustin C Ernst
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Endogenously generated 2-aminoacrylate inhibits motility in Salmonella enterica. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12971. [PMID: 29021529 PMCID: PMC5636819 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13030-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Members of the broadly distributed Rid/YER057c/UK114 protein family have imine/enamine deaminase activity, notably on 2-aminoacrylate (2AA). Strains of Salmonella enterica, and other organisms lacking RidA, have diverse growth phenotypes, attributed to the accumulation of 2AA. In S. enterica, 2AA inactivates a number of pyridoxal 5’-phosephate(PLP)-dependent enzymes, some of which have been linked to the growth phenotypes of a ridA mutant. This study used transcriptional differences between S. enterica wild-type and ridA strains to explore the breadth of the cellular consequences that resulted from accumulation of 2AA. Accumulation of endogenously generated 2AA in a ridA mutant resulted in lower expression of genes encoding many flagellar assembly components, which led to a motility defect. qRT-PCR results were consistent with the motility phenotype of a ridA mutant resulting from a defect in FlhD4C2 activity. In total, the results of comparative transcriptomics correctly predicted a 2AA-dependent motility defect and identified additional areas of metabolism impacted by the metabolic stress of 2AA in Salmonella enterica. Further, the data emphasized the value of integrating global approaches with biochemical genetic approaches to understand the complex system of microbial metabolism.
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Hodge-Hanson KM, Downs DM. Members of the Rid protein family have broad imine deaminase activity and can accelerate the Pseudomonas aeruginosa D-arginine dehydrogenase (DauA) reaction in vitro. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0185544. [PMID: 28957411 PMCID: PMC5619798 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Rid (YjgF/YER057c/UK114) protein family is a group of small, sequence diverse proteins that consists of eight subfamilies. The archetypal RidA subfamily is found in all domains, while the Rid1-7 subfamilies are present only in prokaryotes. Bacterial genomes often encode multiple members of the Rid superfamily. The best characterized member of this protein family, RidA from Salmonella enterica, is a deaminase that quenches the reactive metabolite 2-aminoacrylate generated by pyridoxal 5’-phosphate-dependent enzymes and ultimately spares certain enzymes from damage. The accumulation of 2-aminoacrylate can damage enzymes and lead to growth defects in bacteria, plants, and yeast. While all subfamily members have been annotated as imine deaminases based on the RidA characterization, experimental evidence to support this annotation exists for a single protein outside the RidA subfamily. Here we report that six proteins, spanning Rid subfamilies 1–3, deaminate a variety of imine/enamine substrates with differing specific activities. Proteins from the Rid2 and Rid3 subfamilies, but not from the RidA and Rid1 subfamilies deaminated iminoarginine, generated in situ by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa D-arginine dehydrogenase DauA. These data biochemically distinguished the subfamilies and showed Rid proteins have activity on a metabolite that is physiologically relevant in Pseudomonas and other bacteria.
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- Kelsey M. Hodge-Hanson
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America
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Voth W, Jakob U. Stress-Activated Chaperones: A First Line of Defense. Trends Biochem Sci 2017; 42:899-913. [PMID: 28893460 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2017.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Proteins are constantly challenged by environmental stress conditions that threaten their structure and function. Especially problematic are oxidative, acid, and severe heat stress which induce very rapid and widespread protein unfolding and generate conditions that make canonical chaperones and/or transcriptional responses inadequate to protect the proteome. We review here recent advances in identifying and characterizing stress-activated chaperones which are inactive under non-stress conditions but become potent chaperones under specific protein-unfolding stress conditions. We discuss the post-translational mechanisms by which these chaperones sense stress, and consider the role that intrinsic disorder plays in their regulation and function. We examine their physiological roles under both non-stress and stress conditions, their integration into the cellular proteostasis network, and their potential as novel therapeutic targets.
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- Wilhelm Voth
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Niehaus TD, Elbadawi-Sidhu M, de Crécy-Lagard V, Fiehn O, Hanson AD. Discovery of a widespread prokaryotic 5-oxoprolinase that was hiding in plain sight. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:16360-16367. [PMID: 28830929 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.805028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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5-Oxoproline (OP) is well-known as an enzymatic intermediate in the eukaryotic γ-glutamyl cycle, but it is also an unavoidable damage product formed spontaneously from glutamine and other sources. Eukaryotes metabolize OP via an ATP-dependent 5-oxoprolinase; most prokaryotes lack homologs of this enzyme (and the γ-glutamyl cycle) but are predicted to have some way to dispose of OP if its spontaneous formation in vivo is significant. Comparative analysis of prokaryotic genomes showed that the gene encoding pyroglutamyl peptidase, which removes N-terminal OP residues, clusters in diverse genomes with genes specifying homologs of a fungal lactamase (renamed prokaryotic 5-oxoprolinase A, pxpA) and homologs of allophanate hydrolase subunits (renamed pxpB and pxpC). Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis pxpA, pxpB, or pxpC genes slowed growth, caused OP accumulation in cells and medium, and prevented use of OP as a nitrogen source. Assays of cell lysates showed that ATP-dependent 5-oxoprolinase activity disappeared when pxpA, pxpB, or pxpC was inactivated. 5-Oxoprolinase activity could be reconstituted in vitro by mixing recombinant B. subtilis PxpA, PxpB, and PxpC proteins. In addition, overexpressing Escherichia coli pxpABC genes in E. coli increased 5-oxoprolinase activity in lysates ≥1700-fold. This work shows that OP is a major universal metabolite damage product and that OP disposal systems are common in all domains of life. Furthermore, it illustrates how easily metabolite damage and damage-control systems can be overlooked, even for central metabolites in model organisms.
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- Thomas D Niehaus
- From the Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611,
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- the West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, and
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- the Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- the West Coast Metabolomics Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California 95616, and
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- From the Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611,
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Iron-Dependent Enzyme Catalyzes the Initial Step in Biodegradation of N-Nitroglycine by Variovorax sp. Strain JS1663. Appl Environ Microbiol 2017; 83:AEM.00457-17. [PMID: 28526789 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00457-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/06/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Nitramines are key constituents of most of the explosives currently in use and consequently contaminate soil and groundwater at many military facilities around the world. Toxicity from nitramine contamination poses a health risk to plants and animals. Thus, understanding how nitramines are biodegraded is critical to environmental remediation. The biodegradation of synthetic nitramine compounds such as hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) has been studied for decades, but little is known about the catabolism of naturally produced nitramine compounds. In this study, we report the isolation of a soil bacterium, Variovorax sp. strain JS1663, that degrades N-nitroglycine (NNG), a naturally produced nitramine, and the key enzyme involved in its catabolism. Variovorax sp. JS1663 is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming motile bacterium isolated from activated sludge based on its ability to use NNG as a sole growth substrate under aerobic conditions. A single gene (nnlA) encodes an iron-dependent enzyme that releases nitrite from NNG through a proposed β-elimination reaction. Bioinformatics analysis of the amino acid sequence of NNG lyase identified a PAS (Per-Arnt-Sim) domain. PAS domains can be associated with heme cofactors and function as signal sensors in signaling proteins. This is the first instance of a PAS domain present in a denitration enzyme. The NNG biodegradation pathway should provide the basis for the identification of other enzymes that cleave the N-N bond and facilitate the development of enzymes to cleave similar bonds in RDX, nitroguanidine, and other nitramine explosives.IMPORTANCE The production of antibiotics and other allelopathic chemicals is a major aspect of chemical ecology. The biodegradation of such chemicals can play an important ecological role in mitigating or eliminating the effects of such compounds. N-Nitroglycine (NNG) is produced by the Gram-positive filamentous soil bacterium Streptomyces noursei This study reports the isolation of a Gram-negative soil bacterium, Variovorax sp. strain JS1663, that is able to use NNG as a sole growth substrate. The proposed degradation pathway occurs via a β-elimination reaction that releases nitrite from NNG. The novel NNG lyase requires iron(II) for activity. The identification of a novel enzyme and catabolic pathway provides evidence of a substantial and underappreciated flux of the antibiotic in natural ecosystems. Understanding the NNG biodegradation pathway will help identify other enzymes that cleave the N-N bond and facilitate the development of enzymes to cleave similar bonds in synthetic nitramine explosives.
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The Response to 2-Aminoacrylate Differs in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica, despite Shared Metabolic Components. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00140-17. [PMID: 28461448 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00140-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The metabolic network of an organism includes the sum total of the biochemical reactions present. In microbes, this network has an impeccable ability to sense and respond to perturbations caused by internal or external stimuli. The metabolic potential (i.e., network structure) of an organism is often drawn from the genome sequence, based on the presence of enzymes deemed to indicate specific pathways. Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica are members of the Enterobacteriaceae family of Gram-negative bacteria that share the majority of their metabolic components and regulatory machinery as the "core genome." In S. enterica, the ability of the enamine intermediate 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) to inactivate a number of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes has been established in vivo In this study, 2AA metabolism and the consequences of its accumulation were investigated in E. coli The data showed that despite the conservation of all relevant enzymes, S. enterica and E. coli differed in both the generation and detrimental consequences of 2AA. In total, these findings suggest that the structure of the metabolic network surrounding the generation and response to endogenous 2AA stress differs between S. enterica and E. coliIMPORTANCE This work compared the metabolic networks surrounding the endogenous stressor 2-aminoacrylate in two closely related members of the Enterobacteriaceae The data showed that despite the conservation of all relevant enzymes in this metabolic node, the two closely related organisms diverged in their metabolic network structures. This work highlights how a set of conserved components can generate distinct network architectures and how this can impact the physiology of an organism. This work defines a model to expand our understanding of the 2-aminoacrylate stress response and the differences in metabolic structures and cellular milieus between S. enterica and E. coli.
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Despotović D, Brandis A, Savidor A, Levin Y, Fumagalli L, Tawfik DS. Diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) - an E. coli alarmone or a damage metabolite? FEBS J 2017; 284:2194-2215. [PMID: 28516732 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2017] [Accepted: 05/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Under stress, metabolism is changing: specific up- or down-regulation of proteins and metabolites occurs as well as side effects. Distinguishing specific stress-signaling metabolites (alarmones) from side products (damage metabolites) is not trivial. One example is diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) - a side product of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases found in all domains of life. The earliest observations suggested that Ap4A serves as an alarmone for heat stress in Escherichia coli. However, despite 50 years of research, the signaling mechanisms associated with Ap4A remain unknown. We defined a set of criteria for distinguishing alarmones from damage metabolites to systematically classify Ap4A. In a nutshell, no indications for a signaling cascade that is triggered by Ap4A were found; rather, we found that Ap4A is efficiently removed in a constitutive, nonregulated manner. Several fold perturbations in Ap4A concentrations have no effect, yet accumulation at very high levels is toxic due to disturbance of zinc homeostasis, and also because Ap4A's structural overlap with ATP can result in spurious binding and inactivation of ATP-binding proteins. Overall, Ap4A met all criteria for a damage metabolite. While we do not exclude any role in signaling, our results indicate that the damage metabolite option should be considered as the null hypothesis when examining Ap4A and other metabolites whose levels change upon stress.
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- Dragana Despotović
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Life Sciences Core Facilities, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Nancy and Stephen Grand Israel National Center for Personalized Medicine, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Glutamate Racemase Is the Primary Target of β-Chloro-d-Alanine in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2016; 60:6091-9. [PMID: 27480853 PMCID: PMC5038272 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01249-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The increasing global prevalence of drug resistance among many leading human pathogens necessitates both the development of antibiotics with novel mechanisms of action and a better understanding of the physiological activities of preexisting clinically effective drugs. Inhibition of peptidoglycan (PG) biosynthesis and cross-linking has traditionally enjoyed immense success as an antibiotic target in multiple bacterial pathogens, except in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, where it has so far been underexploited. d-Cycloserine, a clinically approved antituberculosis therapeutic, inhibits enzymes within the d-alanine subbranch of the PG-biosynthetic pathway and has been a focus in our laboratory for understanding peptidoglycan biosynthesis inhibition and for drug development in studies of M. tuberculosis. During our studies on alternative inhibitors of the d-alanine pathway, we discovered that the canonical alanine racemase (Alr) inhibitor β-chloro–d-alanine (BCDA) is a very poor inhibitor of recombinant M. tuberculosis Alr, despite having potent antituberculosis activity. Through a combination of enzymology, microbiology, metabolomics, and proteomics, we show here that BCDA does not inhibit the d-alanine pathway in intact cells, consistent with its poor in vitro activity, and that it is instead a mechanism-based inactivator of glutamate racemase (MurI), an upstream enzyme in the same early stage of PG biosynthesis. This is the first report to our knowledge of inhibition of MurI in M. tuberculosis and thus provides a valuable tool for studying this essential and enigmatic enzyme and a starting point for future MurI-targeted antibacterial development.
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Xia K, Zang N, Zhang J, Zhang H, Li Y, Liu Y, Feng W, Liang X. New insights into the mechanisms of acetic acid resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus using iTRAQ-dependent quantitative proteomic analysis. Int J Food Microbiol 2016; 238:241-251. [PMID: 27681379 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Acetobacter pasteurianus is the main starter in rice vinegar manufacturing due to its remarkable abilities to resist and produce acetic acid. Although several mechanisms of acetic acid resistance have been proposed and only a few effector proteins have been identified, a comprehensive depiction of the biological processes involved in acetic acid resistance is needed. In this study, iTRAQ-based quantitative proteomic analysis was adopted to investigate the whole proteome of different acidic titers (3.6, 7.1 and 9.3%, w/v) of Acetobacter pasteurianus Ab3 during the vinegar fermentation process. Consequently, 1386 proteins, including 318 differentially expressed proteins (p<0.05), were identified. Compared to that in the low titer circumstance, cells conducted distinct biological processes under high acetic acid stress, where >150 proteins were differentially expressed. Specifically, proteins involved in amino acid metabolic processes and fatty acid biosynthesis were differentially expressed, which may contribute to the acetic acid resistance of Acetobacter. Transcription factors, two component systems and toxin-antitoxin systems were implicated in the modulatory network at multiple levels. In addition, the identification of proteins involved in redox homeostasis, protein metabolism, and the cell envelope suggested that the whole cellular system is mobilized in response to acid stress. These findings provide a differential proteomic profile of acetic acid resistance in Acetobacter pasteurianus and have potential application to highly acidic rice vinegar manufacturing.
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- Kai Xia
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China
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- Zhejiang Wuweihe Food Co. Ltd., Huzhou 313213, China
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- Zhejiang Wuweihe Food Co. Ltd., Huzhou 313213, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Food Science and Biochemical Engineering, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou 310025, China.
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ElRamlawy KG, Fujimura T, Baba K, Kim JW, Kawamoto C, Isobe T, Abe T, Hodge-Hanson K, Downs DM, Refaat IH, Beshr Al-Azhary D, Aki T, Asaoku Y, Hayashi T, Katsutani T, Tsuboi S, Ono K, Kawamoto S. Der f 34, a Novel Major House Dust Mite Allergen Belonging to a Highly Conserved Rid/YjgF/YER057c/UK114 Family of Imine Deaminases. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:21607-21615. [PMID: 27539850 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.728006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The high prevalence of house dust mite (HDM) allergy is a growing health problem worldwide, and the characterization of clinically important HDM allergens is a prerequisite for the development of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Here, we report a novel HDM allergen that belongs structurally to the highly conserved Rid/YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family (Rid family) with imine deaminase activity. Isolated HDM cDNA, named der f 34, encodes 128 amino acids homologous to Rid-like proteins. This new protein belongs to the Rid family and has seven conserved residues involved in enamine/imine deaminase activity. Indeed, we demonstrated that purified Der f 34 had imine deaminase activity that preferentially acted on leucine and methionine. Native Der f 34 showed a high IgE binding frequency as revealed by two-dimensional immunoblotting (62.5%) or ELISA (68%), which was comparable with those of a major HDM allergen Der f 2 (77.5 and 79%, respectively). We also found that Der f 34 showed cross-reactivity with another prominent indoor allergen source, Aspergillus fumigatus This is the first report showing that the Rid family imine deaminase represents an additional important pan-allergen that is conserved across organisms.
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- Kareem Gamal ElRamlawy
- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan,
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- the Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Minia University, Minia 61519, Egypt
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan
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- the Takanobashi Central Hospital, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 730-0042
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan.,the Department of Food Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, Hiroshima, Hiroshima 731-5193, Japan
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- From the Hiroshima Research Center for Healthy Aging (HiHA), Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8530, Japan,
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Liu X, Zeng J, Chen X, Xie W. Crystal structures of RidA, an important enzyme for the prevention of toxic side products. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30494. [PMID: 27458092 PMCID: PMC4960622 DOI: 10.1038/srep30494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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The YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family proteins are highly conserved across all three domains of life, and most of them currently have no clearly defined biological roles. In vitro, these proteins were found to hydrolyze the enamine/imine intermediates generated from serine or threonine, and were renamed Reactive Intermediate Deaminase A (RidA). RidA was recently discovered in Arabidopsis thaliana, and by deaminating the toxic enamine/imine intermediates, it prevents the inactivation of many functionally important pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-containing enzymes in plants such as branched-chain aminotransferase BCAT (IlvE). In this study, we determined the crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana RidA in the apo form, as well as RidA complexed with the ligand pyruvate. RidA forms the trimeric, barrel-like quaternary structure and inter-subunit cavities, and resembles most RidA family members. Each pyruvate molecule binds to the interface between two subunits, and the recognition of pyruvate is achieved by the interactions with R165 and T167. From sequence alignment and structural superposition, we identified a series of key residues responsible for the trimer assembly, whose importance was confirmed by enzymatic assays. This study provides structural insight into RidA functions in plants.
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- Xiwen Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 W. Xingang Rd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, People's Republic of China.,Center for Cellular &Structural biology, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 132 E. Circle Rd., University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 W. Xingang Rd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, People's Republic of China.,Center for Cellular &Structural biology, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 132 E. Circle Rd., University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 W. Xingang Rd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, People's Republic of China.,Center for Cellular &Structural biology, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 132 E. Circle Rd., University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 135 W. Xingang Rd., Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275, People's Republic of China.,Center for Cellular &Structural biology, The Sun Yat-Sen University, 132 E. Circle Rd., University City, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, People's Republic of China
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Ernst DC, Anderson ME, Downs DM. L-2,3-diaminopropionate generates diverse metabolic stresses in Salmonella enterica. Mol Microbiol 2016; 101:210-23. [PMID: 27010356 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Unchecked amino acid accumulation in living cells has the potential to cause stress by disrupting normal metabolic processes. Thus, many organisms have evolved degradation strategies that prevent endogenous accumulation of amino acids. L-2,3-diaminopropionate (Dap) is a non-protein amino acid produced in nature where it serves as a precursor to siderophores, neurotoxins and antibiotics. Dap accumulation in Salmonella enterica was previously shown to inhibit growth by unknown mechanisms. The production of diaminopropionate ammonia-lyase (DpaL) alleviated Dap toxicity in S. enterica by catalyzing the degradation of Dap to pyruvate and ammonia. Here, we demonstrate that Dap accumulation in S. enterica elicits a proline requirement for growth and specifically inhibits coenzyme A and isoleucine biosynthesis. Additionally, we establish that the DpaL-dependent degradation of Dap to pyruvate proceeds through an unbound 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) intermediate, thus contributing to 2AA stress inside the cell. The reactive intermediate deaminase, RidA, is shown to prevent 2AA damage caused by DpaL-dependent Dap degradation by enhancing the rate of 2AA hydrolysis. The results presented herein inform our understanding of the effects Dap has on metabolism in S. enterica, and likely other organisms, and highlight the critical role played by RidA in preventing 2AA stress stemming from Dap detoxification.
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- Dustin C Ernst
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-2605, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-2605, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602-2605, USA
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Xu XL, Grant GA. Mutagenic and chemical analyses provide new insight into enzyme activation and mechanism of the type 2 iron-sulfur l-serine dehydratase from Legionella pneumophila. Arch Biochem Biophys 2016; 596:108-17. [PMID: 26971469 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2015] [Revised: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The crystal structure of the Type 2 l-serine dehydratase from Legionella pneumophila (lpLSD), revealed a "tail-in-mouth" configuration where the C-terminal residue acts as an intrinsic competitive inhibitor. This pre-catalytic structure undergoes an activation step prior to catalytic turnover. Mutagenic analysis of residues at or near the active site cleft is consistent with stabilization of substrate binding by many of the same residues that interact with the C-terminal cysteine and highlight the critical role of certain tail residues in activity. pH-rate profiles show that a residue with pK of 5.9 must be deprotonated and a residue with a pK of 8.5 must be protonated for activity. This supports an earlier suggestion that His 61 is the likely catalytic base. An additional residue with a pK of 8.5-9 increases cooperativity when it is deprotonated. This investigation also demonstrates that the Fe-S dehydratases convert the enamine/imine intermediates of the catalytic reaction to products on the enzyme prior to release. This is in contrast to pyridoxyl 5' phosphate based dehydratases that release an enamine/imine intermediate into solution, which then hydrolyzes to produce the ketoamine product.
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- Xiao Lan Xu
- Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Box 8103, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Box 8103, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, Box 8103, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Suvorova IA, Rodionov DA. Comparative genomics of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent transcription factor regulons in Bacteria. Microb Genom 2016; 2:e000047. [PMID: 28348826 PMCID: PMC5320631 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The MocR-subfamily transcription factors (MocR-TFs) characterized by the GntR-family DNA-binding domain and aminotransferase-like sensory domain are broadly distributed among certain lineages of Bacteria. Characterized MocR-TFs bind pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and control transcription of genes involved in PLP, gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) and taurine metabolism via binding specific DNA operator sites. To identify putative target genes and DNA binding motifs of MocR-TFs, we performed comparative genomics analysis of over 250 bacterial genomes. The reconstructed regulons for 825 MocR-TFs comprise structural genes from over 200 protein families involved in diverse biological processes. Using the genome context and metabolic subsystem analysis we tentatively assigned functional roles for 38 out of 86 orthologous groups of studied regulators. Most of these MocR-TF regulons are involved in PLP metabolism, as well as utilization of GABA, taurine and ectoine. The remaining studied MocR-TF regulators presumably control genes encoding enzymes involved in reduction/oxidation processes, various transporters and PLP-dependent enzymes, for example aminotransferases. Predicted DNA binding motifs of MocR-TFs are generally similar in each orthologous group and are characterized by two to four repeated sequences. Identified motifs were classified according to their structures. Motifs with direct and/or inverted repeat symmetry constitute the majority of inferred DNA motifs, suggesting preferable TF dimerization in head-to-tail or head-to-head configuration. The obtained genomic collection of in silico reconstructed MocR-TF motifs and regulons in Bacteria provides a basis for future experimental characterization of molecular mechanisms for various regulators in this family.
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- Inna A. Suvorova
- A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
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- A. A. Kharkevich Institute for Information Transmission Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, Russia
- Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Correspondence D. A. Rodionov ()
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2-Aminoacrylate Stress Induces a Context-Dependent Glycine Requirement in ridA Strains of Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol 2015; 198:536-43. [PMID: 26574511 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00804-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED The reactive enamine 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) is a metabolic stressor capable of damaging cellular components. Members of the broadly conserved Rid (RidA/YER057c/UK114) protein family mitigate 2AA stress in vivo by facilitating enamine and/or imine hydrolysis. Previous work showed that 2AA accumulation in ridA strains of Salmonella enterica led to the inactivation of multiple target enzymes, including serine hydroxymethyltransferase (GlyA). However, the specific cause of a ridA strain's inability to grow during periods of 2AA stress had yet to be determined. Work presented here shows that glycine supplementation suppressed all 2AA-dependent ridA strain growth defects described to date. Depending on the metabolic context, glycine appeared to suppress ridA strain growth defects by eliciting a GcvB small RNA-dependent regulatory response or by serving as a precursor to one-carbon units produced by the glycine cleavage complex (GCV). In either case, the data suggest that GlyA is the most physiologically sensitive target of 2AA inactivation in S. enterica. The universally conserved nature of GlyA among free-living organisms highlights the importance of RidA in mitigating 2AA stress. IMPORTANCE The RidA stress response prevents 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) damage from occurring in prokaryotes and eukaryotes alike. 2AA inactivation of serine hydroxymethyltransferase (GlyA) from Salmonella enterica restricts glycine and one-carbon production, ultimately reducing fitness of the organism. The cooccurrence of genes encoding 2AA production enzymes and serine hydroxy-methyltransferase (SHMT) in many genomes may in part underlie the evolutionary selection for Rid proteins to maintain appropriate glycine and one-carbon metabolism throughout life.
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Aminoimidazole Carboxamide Ribotide Exerts Opposing Effects on Thiamine Synthesis in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:2821-30. [PMID: 26100042 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00282-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED In Salmonella enterica, the thiamine biosynthetic intermediate 5-aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR) can be synthesized de novo independently of the early purine biosynthetic reactions. This secondary route to AIR synthesis is dependent on (i) 5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide ribotide (AICAR) accumulation, (ii) a functional phosphoribosylaminoimidazole-succinocarboxamide (SAICAR) synthetase (PurC; EC 6.3.2.6), and (iii) methionine and lysine in the growth medium. Studies presented here show that AICAR is a direct precursor to AIR in vivo. PurC-dependent conversion of AICAR to AIR was recreated in vitro. Physiological studies showed that exogenous nutrients (e.g., methionine and lysine) antagonize the inhibitory effects of AICAR on the ThiC reaction and decreased the cellular thiamine requirement. Finally, genetic results identified multiple loci that impacted the effect of AICAR on thiamine synthesis and implicated cellular aspartate levels in AICAR-dependent AIR synthesis. Together, the data here clarify the mechanism that allows conditional growth of a strain lacking the first five biosynthetic enzymes, and they provide additional insights into the complexity of the metabolic network and its plasticity. IMPORTANCE In bacteria, the pyrimidine moiety of thiamine is derived from aminoimidazole ribotide (AIR), an intermediate in purine biosynthesis. A previous study described conditions under which AIR synthesis is independent of purine biosynthesis. This work is an extension of that previous study and describes a new synthetic pathway to thiamine that depends on a novel thiamine precursor and a secondary activity of the biosynthetic enzyme PurC. These findings provide mechanistic details of redundancy in the synthesis of a metabolite that is essential for nucleotide and coenzyme biosynthesis. Metabolic modifications that allow the new pathway to function or enhance it are also described.
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Niehaus TD, Gerdes S, Hodge-Hanson K, Zhukov A, Cooper AJL, ElBadawi-Sidhu M, Fiehn O, Downs DM, Hanson AD. Genomic and experimental evidence for multiple metabolic functions in the RidA/YjgF/YER057c/UK114 (Rid) protein family. BMC Genomics 2015; 16:382. [PMID: 25975565 PMCID: PMC4433059 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1584-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background It is now recognized that enzymatic or chemical side-reactions can convert normal metabolites to useless or toxic ones and that a suite of enzymes exists to mitigate such metabolite damage. Examples are the reactive imine/enamine intermediates produced by threonine dehydratase, which damage the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate cofactor of various enzymes causing inactivation. This damage is pre-empted by RidA proteins, which hydrolyze the imines before they do harm. RidA proteins belong to the YjgF/YER057c/UK114 family (here renamed the Rid family). Most other members of this diverse and ubiquitous family lack defined functions. Results Phylogenetic analysis divided the Rid family into a widely distributed, apparently archetypal RidA subfamily and seven other subfamilies (Rid1 to Rid7) that are largely confined to bacteria and often co-occur in the same organism with RidA and each other. The Rid1 to Rid3 subfamilies, but not the Rid4 to Rid7 subfamilies, have a conserved arginine residue that, in RidA proteins, is essential for imine-hydrolyzing activity. Analysis of the chromosomal context of bacterial RidA genes revealed clustering with genes for threonine dehydratase and other pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes, which fits with the known RidA imine hydrolase activity. Clustering was also evident between Rid family genes and genes specifying FAD-dependent amine oxidases or enzymes of carbamoyl phosphate metabolism. Biochemical assays showed that Salmonella enterica RidA and Rid2, but not Rid7, can hydrolyze imines generated by amino acid oxidase. Genetic tests indicated that carbamoyl phosphate overproduction is toxic to S. enterica cells lacking RidA, and metabolomic profiling of Rid knockout strains showed ten-fold accumulation of the carbamoyl phosphate-related metabolite dihydroorotate. Conclusions Like the archetypal RidA subfamily, the Rid2, and probably the Rid1 and Rid3 subfamilies, have imine-hydrolyzing activity and can pre-empt damage from imines formed by amine oxidases as well as by pyridoxal 5'-phosphate enzymes. The RidA subfamily has an additional damage pre-emption role in carbamoyl phosphate metabolism that has yet to be biochemically defined. Finally, the Rid4 to Rid7 subfamilies appear not to hydrolyze imines and thus remain mysterious. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-015-1584-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Thomas D Niehaus
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, 60439, USA.
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- Microbiology and Cell Science Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, 10595, USA.
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- Metabolomics Core, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- Metabolomics Core, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, 95616, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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Dahl JU, Gray MJ, Jakob U. Protein quality control under oxidative stress conditions. J Mol Biol 2015; 427:1549-63. [PMID: 25698115 PMCID: PMC4357566 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 02/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Accumulation of reactive oxygen and chlorine species (RO/CS) is generally regarded to be a toxic and highly undesirable event, which serves as contributing factor in aging and many age-related diseases. However, it is also put to excellent use during host defense, when high levels of RO/CS are produced to kill invading microorganisms and regulate bacterial colonization. Biochemical and cell biological studies of how bacteria and other microorganisms deal with RO/CS have now provided important new insights into the physiological consequences of oxidative stress, the major targets that need protection, and the cellular strategies employed by organisms to mitigate the damage. This review examines the redox-regulated mechanisms by which cells maintain a functional proteome during oxidative stress. We will discuss the well-characterized redox-regulated chaperone Hsp33, and we will review recent discoveries demonstrating that oxidative stress-specific activation of chaperone function is a much more widespread phenomenon than previously anticipated. New members of this group include the cytosolic ATPase Get3 in yeast, the Escherichia coli protein RidA, and the mammalian protein α2-macroglobulin. We will conclude our review with recent evidence showing that inorganic polyphosphate (polyP), whose accumulation significantly increases bacterial oxidative stress resistance, works by a protein-like chaperone mechanism. Understanding the relationship between oxidative and proteotoxic stresses will improve our understanding of both host-microbe interactions and how mammalian cells combat the damaging side effects of uncontrolled RO/CS production, a hallmark of inflammation.
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- Jan-Ulrik Dahl
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048, USA.
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Downs DM, Ernst DC. From microbiology to cancer biology: the Rid protein family prevents cellular damage caused by endogenously generated reactive nitrogen species. Mol Microbiol 2015; 96:211-9. [PMID: 25620221 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The Rid family of proteins is highly conserved and broadly distributed throughout the domains of life. Genetic and biochemical studies, primarily in Salmonella enterica, have defined a role for RidA in responding to endogenously generated reactive metabolites. The data show that 2-aminoacrylate (2AA), a reactive enamine intermediate generated by some pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent enzymes, accumulates in the absence of RidA. The accumulation of 2AA leads to covalent modification and inactivation of several enzymes involved in essential metabolic processes. This review describes the 2AA hydrolyzing activity of RidA and the effect of this biochemical activity on the metabolic network, which impacts organism fitness. The reported activity of RidA and the consequences encountered in vivo when RidA is absent have challenged fundamental assumptions in enzymology, biochemistry and cell metabolism regarding the fate of transiently generated reactive enamine intermediates. The current understanding of RidA in Salmonella and the broad distribution of Rid family proteins provide exciting opportunities for future studies to define metabolic roles of Rid family members from microbes to man.
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- Diana M Downs
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, 120 Cedar Street, Athens, GA, 30602-2605, USA
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Townsend DM, Lushchak VI, Cooper AJL. A comparison of reversible versus irreversible protein glutathionylation. Adv Cancer Res 2015; 122:177-98. [PMID: 24974182 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-420117-0.00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Glutathionylation is generally a reversible posttranslational modification that occurs to cysteine residues that have been exposed to reactive oxygen species (P-SSG). This cyclical process can regulate various clusters of proteins, including those involved in critical cellular signaling functions. However, certain conditions can favor the formation of dehydroamino acids, such as 2,3-didehydroalanine (2,3-dehydroalanine, DHA) and 2,3-didehydrobutyrine (2,3-dehydrobutyrine), which can act as Michael acceptors. In turn, these can form Michael adducts with glutathione (GSH), resulting in the formation of a stable thioether conjugate, an irreversible process referred to as nonreducible glutathionylation. This is predicted to be prevalent in nature, particularly in more slowly turning over proteins. Such nonreducible glutathionylation can be distinguished from the more facile cycling signaling processes and is predicted to be of gerontological, toxicological, pharmacological, and oncological relevance. Here, we compare reversible and irreversible glutathionylation.
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- Danyelle M Townsend
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Vassyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, USA.
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Müller A, Langklotz S, Lupilova N, Kuhlmann K, Bandow JE, Leichert LIO. Activation of RidA chaperone function by N-chlorination. Nat Commun 2014; 5:5804. [PMID: 25517874 PMCID: PMC4284807 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli RidA is a member of a structurally conserved, yet functionally highly diverse protein family involved in translation inhibition (human), Hsp90-like chaperone activity (fruit fly) and enamine/imine deamination (Salmonella enterica). Here, we show that E. coli RidA modified with HOCl acts as a highly effective chaperone. Although activation of RidA is reversed by treatment with DTT, ascorbic acid, the thioredoxin system and glutathione, it is independent of cysteine modification. Instead, treatment with HOCl or chloramines decreases the amino group content of RidA by reversibly N-chlorinating positively charged residues. N-chlorination increases hydrophobicity of RidA and promotes binding to a wide spectrum of unfolded cytosolic proteins. Deletion of ridA results in an HOCl-sensitive phenotype. HOCl-mediated N-chlorination thus is a cysteine-independent post-translational modification that reversibly turns RidA into an effective chaperone holdase, which plays a crucial role in the protection of cytosolic proteins during oxidative stress. Hypochlorous acid generated by neutrophils acts as a potent antibacterial agent. Müller et al. now show that this oxidant directly activates a protective counter-response in E. coli by N-chlorinating the protein RidA and converting it into an effective protein chaperone.
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- Alexandra Müller
- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry-Microbial Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Biology of Microorganisms, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry-Microbial Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Medizinisches Proteom-Center, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Biology of Microorganisms, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry-Microbial Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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de Lorenzo V, Sekowska A, Danchin A. Chemical reactivity drives spatiotemporal organisation of bacterial metabolism. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 39:96-119. [PMID: 25227915 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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In this review, we examine how bacterial metabolism is shaped by chemical constraints acting on the material and dynamic layout of enzymatic networks and beyond. These are moulded not only for optimisation of given metabolic objectives (e.g. synthesis of a particular amino acid or nucleotide) but also for curbing the detrimental reactivity of chemical intermediates. Besides substrate channelling, toxicity is avoided by barriers to free diffusion (i.e. compartments) that separate otherwise incompatible reactions, along with ways for distinguishing damaging vs. harmless molecules. On the other hand, enzymes age and their operating lifetime must be tuned to upstream and downstream reactions. This time dependence of metabolic pathways creates time-linked information, learning and memory. These features suggest that the physical structure of existing biosystems, from operon assemblies to multicellular development may ultimately stem from the need to restrain chemical damage and limit the waste inherent to basic metabolic functions. This provides a new twist of our comprehension of fundamental biological processes in live systems as well as practical take-home lessons for the forward DNA-based engineering of novel biological objects.
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- Víctor de Lorenzo
- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología CSIC, Cantoblanco-Madrid, Spain
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- AMAbiotics SAS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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- AMAbiotics SAS, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moëlle Épinière, Hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France
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Schaffrath R, Abdel-Fattah W, Klassen R, Stark MJR. The diphthamide modification pathway from Saccharomyces cerevisiae--revisited. Mol Microbiol 2014; 94:1213-26. [PMID: 25352115 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Diphthamide is a conserved modification in archaeal and eukaryal translation elongation factor 2 (EF2). Its name refers to the target function for diphtheria toxin, the disease-causing agent that, through ADP ribosylation of diphthamide, causes irreversible inactivation of EF2 and cell death. Although this clearly emphasizes a pathobiological role for diphthamide, its physiological function is unclear, and precisely why cells need EF2 to contain diphthamide is hardly understood. Nonetheless, the conservation of diphthamide biosynthesis together with syndromes (i.e. ribosomal frame-shifting, embryonic lethality, neurodegeneration and cancer) typical of mutant cells that cannot make it strongly suggests that diphthamide-modified EF2 occupies an important and translation-related role in cell proliferation and development. Whether this is structural and/or regulatory remains to be seen. However, recent progress in dissecting the diphthamide gene network (DPH1-DPH7) from the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has significantly advanced our understanding of the mechanisms required to initiate and complete diphthamide synthesis on EF2. Here, we review recent developments in the field that not only have provided novel, previously overlooked and unexpected insights into the pathway and the biochemical players required for diphthamide synthesis but also are likely to foster innovative studies into the potential regulation of diphthamide, and importantly, its ill-defined biological role.
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- Raffael Schaffrath
- Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK; Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Kassel, 34132, Kassel, Germany
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He W, Li G, Yang CK, Lu CD. Functional characterization of the dguRABC locus for D-Glu and d-Gln utilization in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2014; 160:2331-2340. [PMID: 25082951 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.081141-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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D-Glu, an essential component of peptidoglycans, can be utilized as a carbon and nitrogen source by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. DNA microarrays were employed to identify genes involved in D-Glu catabolism. Through gene knockout and growth phenotype analysis, the divergent dguR-dguABC (D-Glu utilization) gene cluster was shown to participate in D-Glu and D-Gln catabolism and regulation. Growth of the dguR and dguA mutants was abolished completely on D-Glu or retarded on D-Gln as the sole source of carbon and/or nitrogen. The dguA gene encoded a FAD-dependent D-amino acid dehydrogenase with d-Glu as its preferred substrate, and its promoter was specifically induced by exogenous D-Glu and D-Gln. The function of DguR as a transcriptional activator of the dguABC operon was demonstrated by promoter activity measurements in vivo and by mobility shift assays with purified His-tagged DguR in vitro. Although the DNA-binding activity of DguR did not require D-Glu, the presence of D-Glu, but not D-Gln, in the binding reaction was found to stabilize a preferred nucleoprotein complex. The presence of a putative DguR operator was revealed by in silica analysis of the dguR-dguA intergenic regions among Pseudomonas spp. and binding of DguR to a highly conserved 19 bp sequence motif was further demonstrated. The dguB gene encodes a putative enamine/imine deaminase of the RidA family, but its role in D-Glu catabolism remains to be determined. Whilst a lesion in dguC encoding a periplasmic solute binding protein only affected growth on D-Glu slightly, expression of the previously characterized AatJMQP transporter for acidic l-amino acid uptake was found inducible by D-Glu and essential for D-Glu utilization. In summary, the findings of this study supported DguA as a new member of the FAD-dependent d-amino acid dehydrogenase family, and DguR as a D-Glu sensor and transcriptional activator of the dguA promoter.
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- Weiqing He
- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Institute of Medicinal Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, PR China.,Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Endogenous synthesis of 2-aminoacrylate contributes to cysteine sensitivity in Salmonella enterica. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:3335-42. [PMID: 25002544 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01960-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RidA, the archetype member of the widely conserved RidA/YER057c/UK114 family of proteins, prevents reactive enamine/imine intermediates from accumulating in Salmonella enterica by catalyzing their hydrolysis to stable keto acid products. In the absence of RidA, endogenous 2-aminoacrylate persists in the cellular environment long enough to damage a growing list of essential metabolic enzymes. Prior studies have focused on the dehydration of serine by the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent serine/threonine dehydratases, IlvA and TdcB, as sources of endogenous 2-aminoacrylate. The current study describes an additional source of endogenous 2-aminoacrylate derived from cysteine. The results of in vivo analysis show that the cysteine sensitivity of a ridA strain is contingent upon CdsH, the predominant cysteine desulfhydrase in S. enterica. The impact of cysteine on 2-aminoacrylate accumulation is shown to be unaffected by the presence of serine/threonine dehydratases, revealing another mechanism of endogenous 2-aminoacrylate production. Experiments in vitro suggest that 2-aminoacrylate is released from CdsH following cysteine desulfhydration, resulting in an unbound aminoacrylate substrate for RidA. This work expands our understanding of the role played by RidA in preventing enamine stress resulting from multiple normal metabolic processes.
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Niehaus TD, Nguyen TND, Gidda SK, ElBadawi-Sidhu M, Lambrecht JA, McCarty DR, Downs DM, Cooper AJL, Fiehn O, Mullen RT, Hanson AD. Arabidopsis and maize RidA proteins preempt reactive enamine/imine damage to branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis in plastids. THE PLANT CELL 2014; 26:3010-22. [PMID: 25070638 PMCID: PMC4145128 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.126854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Revised: 07/02/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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RidA (for Reactive Intermediate Deaminase A) proteins are ubiquitous, yet their function in eukaryotes is unclear. It is known that deleting Salmonella enterica ridA causes Ser sensitivity and that S. enterica RidA and its homologs from other organisms hydrolyze the enamine/imine intermediates that Thr dehydratase forms from Ser or Thr. In S. enterica, the Ser-derived enamine/imine inactivates a branched-chain aminotransferase; RidA prevents this damage. Arabidopsis thaliana and maize (Zea mays) have a RidA homolog that is predicted to be plastidial. Expression of either homolog complemented the Ser sensitivity of the S. enterica ridA mutant. The purified proteins hydrolyzed the enamines/imines formed by Thr dehydratase from Ser or Thr and protected the Arabidopsis plastidial branched-chain aminotransferase BCAT3 from inactivation by the Ser-derived enamine/imine. In vitro chloroplast import assays and in vivo localization of green fluorescent protein fusions showed that Arabidopsis RidA and Thr dehydratase are chloroplast targeted. Disrupting Arabidopsis RidA reduced root growth and raised the root and shoot levels of the branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis intermediate 2-oxobutanoate; Ser treatment exacerbated these effects in roots. Supplying Ile reversed the root growth defect. These results indicate that plastidial RidA proteins can preempt damage to BCAT3 and Ile biosynthesis by hydrolyzing the Ser-derived enamine/imine product of Thr dehydratase.
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- Thomas D Niehaus
- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Metabolics Core, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595
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- Metabolics Core, UC Davis Genome Center, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
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Juneja P, Hubrich F, Diederichs K, Welte W, Andexer JN. Mechanistic Implications for the Chorismatase FkbO Based on the Crystal Structure. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:105-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 09/06/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Genomic and functional analyses of the 2-aminophenol catabolic pathway and partial conversion of its substrate into picolinic acid in Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. PLoS One 2013; 8:e75746. [PMID: 24124510 PMCID: PMC3790839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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2-aminophenol (2-AP) is a toxic nitrogen-containing aromatic pollutant. Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 possess an amn gene cluster that encodes the 2-AP catabolic pathway. In this report, the functionality of the 2-aminophenol pathway of B. xenovorans strain LB400 was analyzed. The amnRJBACDFEHG cluster located at chromosome 1 encodes the enzymes for the degradation of 2-aminophenol. The absence of habA and habB genes in LB400 genome correlates with its no growth on nitrobenzene. RT-PCR analyses in strain LB400 showed the co-expression of amnJB, amnBAC, amnACD, amnDFE and amnEHG genes, suggesting that the amn cluster is an operon. RT-qPCR showed that the amnB gene expression was highly induced by 2-AP, whereas a basal constitutive expression was observed in glucose, indicating that these amn genes are regulated. We propose that the predicted MarR-type transcriptional regulator encoded by the amnR gene acts as repressor of the amn gene cluster using a MarR-type regulatory binding sequence. This report showed that LB400 resting cells degrade completely 2-AP. The amn gene cluster from strain LB400 is highly identical to the amn gene cluster from P. knackmussi strain B13, which could not grow on 2-AP. However, we demonstrate that B. xenovorans LB400 is able to grow using 2-AP as sole nitrogen source and glucose as sole carbon source. An amnBA (-) mutant of strain LB400 was unable to grow with 2-AP as nitrogen source and glucose as carbon source and to degrade 2-AP. This study showed that during LB400 growth on 2-AP this substrate was partially converted into picolinic acid (PA), a well-known antibiotic. The addition of PA at lag or mid-exponential phase inhibited LB400 growth. The MIC of PA for strain LB400 is 2 mM. Overall, these results demonstrate that B. xenovorans strain LB400 posses a functional 2-AP catabolic central pathway, which could lead to the production of picolinic acid.
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Flynn JM, Downs DM. In the absence of RidA, endogenous 2-aminoacrylate inactivates alanine racemases by modifying the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate cofactor. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:3603-9. [PMID: 23749972 PMCID: PMC3754577 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00463-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 05/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Members of the RidA (YjgF/YER057c/UK114) protein family are broadly conserved across the domains of life. In vitro, these proteins deaminate 3- or 4-carbon enamines that are generated as mechanistic intermediates of pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent serine/threonine dehydratases. The three-carbon enamine 2-aminoacrylate can inactivate some enzymes by forming a covalent adduct via a mechanism that has been well characterized in vitro. The biochemical activity of RidA suggested that the phenotypes of ridA mutant strains were caused by the accumulation of reactive enamine metabolites. The data herein show that in ridA mutant strains of Salmonella enterica, a stable 2-aminoacrylate (2-AA)/PLP adduct forms on the biosynthetic alanine racemase, Alr, indicating the presence of 2-aminoacrylate in vivo. This study confirms the deleterious effect of 2-aminoacrylate generated by metabolic enzymes and emphasizes the need for RidA to quench this reactive metabolite.
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- Jeffrey M. Flynn
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Flynn JM, Christopherson MR, Downs DM. Decreased coenzyme A levels in ridA mutant strains of Salmonella enterica result from inactivated serine hydroxymethyltransferase. Mol Microbiol 2013; 89:751-9. [PMID: 23815688 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The RidA/Yer057/UK114 family of proteins is well represented across the domains of life and recent work has defined both an in vitro activity and an in vivo role for RidA. RidA proteins have enamine deaminase activity, and in their absence the reactive 2-aminoacrylate (2-AA) accumulates and inactivates at least some pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-containing enzymes in Salmonella enterica. The conservation of RidA suggested that 2-AA was a ubiquitous cellular stressor that was generated in central metabolism. Phenotypically, strains of S. enterica that lack RidA accumulated significantly more pyruvate in the growth medium than wild-type strains. Here we dissected this ridA mutant phenotype and showed it was an indirect consequence of damage to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (GlyA; E.C. 2.1.2.1). The results here identified a fourth PLP enzyme as a target of enamine stress in Salmonella.
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- Jeffrey M Flynn
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Lindemann C, Lupilova N, Müller A, Warscheid B, Meyer HE, Kuhlmann K, Eisenacher M, Leichert LI. Redox proteomics uncovers peroxynitrite-sensitive proteins that help Escherichia coli to overcome nitrosative stress. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:19698-714. [PMID: 23696645 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.457556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Peroxynitrite is a highly reactive chemical species with antibacterial properties that are synthesized in immune cells. In a proteomic approach, we identified specific target proteins of peroxynitrite-induced modifications in Escherichia coli. Although peroxynitrite caused a fairly indiscriminate nitration of tyrosine residues, reversible modifications of protein thiols were highly specific. We used a quantitative redox proteomic method based on isotope-coded affinity tag chemistry and identified four proteins consistently thiol-modified in cells treated with peroxynitrite as follows: AsnB, FrmA, MaeB, and RidA. All four were required for peroxynitrite stress tolerance in vivo. Three of the identified proteins were modified at highly conserved cysteines, and MaeB and FrmA are known to be directly involved in the oxidative and nitrosative stress response in E. coli. In in vitro studies, we could show that the activity of RidA, a recently discovered enamine/imine deaminase, is regulated in a specific manner by the modification of its single conserved cysteine. Mutation of this cysteine 107 to serine generated a constitutively active protein that was not susceptible to peroxynitrite.
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- Claudia Lindemann
- Medical Proteome Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Metabolite damage and its repair or pre-emption. Nat Chem Biol 2013; 9:72-80. [PMID: 23334546 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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It is increasingly evident that metabolites suffer various kinds of damage, that such damage happens in all organisms and that cells have dedicated systems for damage repair and containment. First, chemical biology is demonstrating that diverse metabolites are damaged by side reactions of 'promiscuous' enzymes or by spontaneous chemical reactions, that the products are useless or toxic and that the unchecked buildup of these products can be devastating. Second, genetic and genomic evidence from prokaryotes and eukaryotes is implicating a network of new, conserved enzymes that repair damaged metabolites or somehow pre-empt damage. Metabolite (that is, small-molecule) repair is analogous to macromolecule (DNA and protein) repair and seems from comparative genomic evidence to be equally widespread. Comparative genomics also implies that metabolite repair could be the function of many conserved protein families lacking known activities. How--and how well--cells deal with metabolite damage affects fields ranging from medical genetics to metabolic engineering.
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The amidation step of diphthamide biosynthesis in yeast requires DPH6, a gene identified through mining the DPH1-DPH5 interaction network. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003334. [PMID: 23468660 PMCID: PMC3585130 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Diphthamide is a highly modified histidine residue in eukaryal translation elongation factor 2 (eEF2) that is the target for irreversible ADP ribosylation by diphtheria toxin (DT). In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the initial steps of diphthamide biosynthesis are well characterized and require the DPH1-DPH5 genes. However, the last pathway step—amidation of the intermediate diphthine to diphthamide—is ill-defined. Here we mine the genetic interaction landscapes of DPH1-DPH5 to identify a candidate gene for the elusive amidase (YLR143w/DPH6) and confirm involvement of a second gene (YBR246w/DPH7) in the amidation step. Like dph1-dph5, dph6 and dph7 mutants maintain eEF2 forms that evade inhibition by DT and sordarin, a diphthamide-dependent antifungal. Moreover, mass spectrometry shows that dph6 and dph7 mutants specifically accumulate diphthine-modified eEF2, demonstrating failure to complete the final amidation step. Consistent with an expected requirement for ATP in diphthine amidation, Dph6 contains an essential adenine nucleotide hydrolase domain and binds to eEF2. Dph6 is therefore a candidate for the elusive amidase, while Dph7 apparently couples diphthine synthase (Dph5) to diphthine amidation. The latter conclusion is based on our observation that dph7 mutants show drastically upregulated interaction between Dph5 and eEF2, indicating that their association is kept in check by Dph7. Physiologically, completion of diphthamide synthesis is required for optimal translational accuracy and cell growth, as indicated by shared traits among the dph mutants including increased ribosomal −1 frameshifting and altered responses to translation inhibitors. Through identification of Dph6 and Dph7 as components required for the amidation step of the diphthamide pathway, our work paves the way for a detailed mechanistic understanding of diphthamide formation. Diphthamide is an unusual modified amino acid found uniquely in a single protein, eEF2, which is required for cells to synthesize new proteins. The name refers to its target function for eEF2 inactivation by diphtheria toxin, the disease-inducing agent produced by the pathogen Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Why cells require eEF2 to contain diphthamide is unclear, although mice unable to make it fail to complete embryogenesis. Cells generate diphthamide by modifying a specific histidine residue in eEF2 using a three-step biosynthetic pathway, the first two steps of which are well defined. However, the enzyme(s) involved in the final amidation step are unknown. Here we integrate genomic and molecular approaches to identify a candidate for the elusive amidase (Dph6) and confirm involvement of a second protein (Dph7) in the amidation step, showing that failure to synthesize diphthamide affects the accuracy of protein synthesis. In contrast to Dph6, however, Dph7 may be regulatory. Our data strongly suggest that it promotes dissociation of eEF2 from diphthine synthase (Dph5), which carries out the second step of diphthamide synthesis, and that Dph5 has a novel role as an eEF2 inhibitor when diphthamide synthesis is incomplete.
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Lambrecht JA, Schmitz GE, Downs DM. RidA proteins prevent metabolic damage inflicted by PLP-dependent dehydratases in all domains of life. mBio 2013; 4:e00033-13. [PMID: 23386433 PMCID: PMC3565831 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00033-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) is a coenzyme synthesized by all forms of life. Relevant to the work reported here is the mechanism of the PLP-dependent threonine/serine dehydratases, which generate reactive enamine/imine intermediates that are converted to keto acids by members of the RidA family of enzymes. The RidA protein of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 is the founding member of this broadly conserved family of proteins (formerly known as YjgF/YER057c/UK114). RidA proteins were recently shown to be enamine deaminases. Here we demonstrate the damaging potential of enamines in the absence of RidA proteins. Notably, S. enterica strains lacking RidA have decreased activity of the PLP-dependent transaminase B enzyme IlvE, an enzyme involved in branched-chain amino acid biosynthesis. We reconstituted the threonine/serine dehydratase (IlvA)-dependent inhibition of IlvE in vitro, show that the in vitro system reflects the mechanism of RidA function in vivo, and show that IlvE inhibition is prevented by RidA proteins from all domains of life. We conclude that 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) inhibition represents a new type of metabolic damage, and this finding provides an important physiological context for the role of the ubiquitous RidA family of enamine deaminases in preventing damage by 2AA. IMPORTANCE External stresses that disrupt metabolic components can perturb cellular functions and affect growth. A similar consequence is expected if endogenously generated metabolites are reactive and persist in the cellular environment. Here we show that the metabolic intermediate 2-aminoacrylate (2AA) causes significant cellular damage if allowed to accumulate aberrantly. Furthermore, we show that the widely conserved protein RidA prevents this accumulation by facilitating conversion of 2AA to a stable metabolite. This work demonstrates that the reactive metabolite 2AA, previously considered innocuous in the cell due to a short half-life in aqueous solution, can survive in the cellular environment long enough to cause damage. This work provides insights into the roles and persistence of reactive metabolites in vivo and shows that the RidA family of proteins is able to prevent damage caused by a reactive intermediate that is created as a consequence of PLP-dependent chemistry.
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Lambrecht JA, Downs DM. Anthranilate phosphoribosyl transferase (TrpD) generates phosphoribosylamine for thiamine synthesis from enamines and phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate. ACS Chem Biol 2013; 8:242-8. [PMID: 23101964 DOI: 10.1021/cb300364k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Anthranilate phosphoribosyl transferase (TrpD) has been well characterized for its role in the tryptophan biosynthetic pathway. Here, we characterized a new reaction catalyzed by TrpD that resulted in the formation of the purine/thiamine intermediate metabolite phosphoribosylamine (PRA). The data showed that 4- and 5-carbon enamines served as substrates for TrpD, and the reaction product was predicted to be a phosphoribosyl-enamine adduct. Isotopic labeling data indicated that the TrpD reaction product was hydrolyzed to PRA. Variants of TrpD that were proficient for tryptophan synthesis were unable to support PRA formation in vivo in Salmonella enterica. These protein variants had substitutions at residues that contributed to binding substrates anthranilate or phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP). Taken together the data herein identified a new reaction catalyzed by a well-characterized biosynthetic enzyme, and both illustrated the robustness of the metabolic network and identified a role for an enamine that accumulates in the absence of reactive intermediate deaminase RidA.
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- Jennifer A. Lambrecht
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United
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Knapik AA, Petkowski JJ, Otwinowski Z, Cymborowski MT, Cooper DR, Chruszcz M, Krajewska WM, Minor W. Structure of Escherichia coli RutC, a member of the YjgF family and putative aminoacrylate peracid reductase of the rut operon. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1294-9. [PMID: 23143235 PMCID: PMC3515367 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112041796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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RutC is the third enzyme in the Escherichia coli rut pathway of uracil degradation. RutC belongs to the highly conserved YjgF family of proteins. The structure of the RutC protein was determined and refined to 1.95 Å resolution. The crystal belonged to space group P2(1)2(1)2 and contained six molecules in the asymmetric unit. The structure was solved by SAD phasing and was refined to an Rwork of 19.3% (Rfree=21.7%). The final model revealed that this protein has a Bacillus chorismate mutase-like fold and forms a homotrimer with a hydrophobic cavity in the center of the structure and ligand-binding clefts between two subunits. A likely function for RutC is the reduction of peroxy-aminoacrylate to aminoacrylate as a part of a detoxification process.
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- Aleksandra Alicja Knapik
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium, USA
- Department of Cytobiochemistry, University of Lodz, Pomorska 141/143, 90-236 Lodz, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Jordan Hall, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
- New York Structural Genomics Research Consortium, USA
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Koenigsknecht MJ, Lambrecht JA, Fenlon LA, Downs DM. Perturbations in histidine biosynthesis uncover robustness in the metabolic network of Salmonella enterica. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48207. [PMID: 23133571 PMCID: PMC3485032 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Phosphoribosylamine (PRA) is an intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway that is common to thiamine and purines. Glutamine phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PRPP) amidotransferase is the product of the purF gene in Salmonella enterica and catalyzes the synthesis of PRA from PRPP and glutamine. Strains lacking PurF require exogenous addition of purines for growth. However, under some growth conditions or with specific secondary mutations these strains grow in the absence of exogenous thiamine. Mutant alleles of hisA, which encodes 1-(5-phosphoribosyl)-5-[(5-phosphoribosylamino) methylideneamino] imidazole-4-carboxamide (ProFAR) isomerase, allowed PurF-independent PRA formation. The alleles of hisA that suppressed the requirement for exogenous thiamine resulted in proteins with reduced enzymatic activity. Data presented here showed that decreased activity of HisA altered metabolite pools and allowed PRA formation from ProFAR. Possible mechanisms of this conversion were proposed. The results herein emphasize the plasticity of the metabolic network and specifically highlight the potential for chemical syntheses to contribute to network robustness.
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- Mark J. Koenigsknecht
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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de Crécy-Lagard V, Forouhar F, Brochier-Armanet C, Tong L, Hunt JF. Comparative genomic analysis of the DUF71/COG2102 family predicts roles in diphthamide biosynthesis and B12 salvage. Biol Direct 2012; 7:32. [PMID: 23013770 PMCID: PMC3541065 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-7-32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 09/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background The availability of over 3000 published genome sequences has enabled the use of comparative genomic approaches to drive the biological function discovery process. Classically, one used to link gene with function by genetic or biochemical approaches, a lengthy process that often took years. Phylogenetic distribution profiles, physical clustering, gene fusion, co-expression profiles, structural information and other genomic or post-genomic derived associations can be now used to make very strong functional hypotheses. Here, we illustrate this shift with the analysis of the DUF71/COG2102 family, a subgroup of the PP-loop ATPase family. Results The DUF71 family contains at least two subfamilies, one of which was predicted to be the missing diphthine-ammonia ligase (EC 6.3.1.14), Dph6. This enzyme catalyzes the last ATP-dependent step in the synthesis of diphthamide, a complex modification of Elongation Factor 2 that can be ADP-ribosylated by bacterial toxins. Dph6 orthologs are found in nearly all sequenced Archaea and Eucarya, as expected from the distribution of the diphthamide modification. The DUF71 family appears to have originated in the Archaea/Eucarya ancestor and to have been subsequently horizontally transferred to Bacteria. Bacterial DUF71 members likely acquired a different function because the diphthamide modification is absent in this Domain of Life. In-depth investigations suggest that some archaeal and bacterial DUF71 proteins participate in B12 salvage. Conclusions This detailed analysis of the DUF71 family members provides an example of the power of integrated data-miming for solving important “missing genes” or “missing function” cases and illustrates the danger of functional annotation of protein families by homology alone. Reviewers’ names This article was reviewed by Arcady Mushegian, Michael Galperin and L. Aravind.
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- Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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Grant GA. Kinetic Evidence of a Noncatalytic Substrate Binding Site That Regulates Activity in Legionella pneumophilal-Serine Dehydratase. Biochemistry 2012; 51:6961-7. [DOI: 10.1021/bi3008774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Gregory A. Grant
- Department of Developmental
Biology and Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South
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Suppressor analyses identify threonine as a modulator of ridA mutant phenotypes in Salmonella enterica. PLoS One 2012; 7:e43082. [PMID: 22900093 PMCID: PMC3416771 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2012] [Accepted: 07/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The RidA (YjgF/YER057c/UK114) family of proteins is broadly conserved in the three domains of life yet the functional understanding of these proteins is at an early stage. Physiological studies of ridA mutant strains of Salmonella enterica provided a framework to inform in vitro studies and led to the description of a conserved biochemical activity for this family. ridA mutant strains of S. enterica have characteristic phenotypes including new synthesis of thiamine biosynthetic intermediate phosphoribosylamine (PRA), inability to grow on pyruvate as a sole carbon and energy source or when serine is present in the minimal growth medium, and a decreased specific activity of transaminase B (IlvE). Secondary mutations restoring growth to a ridA mutant in the presence of serine were in dapA (encoding dihydrodipicolinate synthase) and thrA (encoding homoserine dehydrogenase). These mutations suppressed multiple ridA mutant phenotypes by increasing the synthesis of threonine. The ability of threonine to suppress the metabolic defects of a ridA mutant is discussed in the context of recent biochemical data and in vivo results presented here.
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Bisht S, Rajaram V, Bharath SR, Kalyani JN, Khan F, Rao AN, Savithri HS, Murthy MRN. Crystal structure of Escherichia coli diaminopropionate ammonia-lyase reveals mechanism of enzyme activation and catalysis. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:20369-81. [PMID: 22505717 PMCID: PMC3370218 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.351809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2012] [Revised: 04/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzymes utilize the unique chemistry of a pyridine ring to carry out diverse reactions involving amino acids. Diaminopropionate (DAP) ammonia-lyase (DAPAL) is a prokaryotic PLP-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of d- and l-forms of DAP to pyruvate and ammonia. Here, we report the first crystal structure of DAPAL from Escherichia coli (EcDAPAL) in tetragonal and monoclinic forms at 2.0 and 2.2 Å resolutions, respectively. Structures of EcDAPAL soaked with substrates were also determined. EcDAPAL has a typical fold type II PLP-dependent enzyme topology consisting of a large and a small domain with the active site at the interface of the two domains. The enzyme is a homodimer with a unique biological interface not observed earlier. Structure of the enzyme in the tetragonal form had PLP bound at the active site, whereas the monoclinic structure was in the apo-form. Analysis of the apo and holo structures revealed that the region around the active site undergoes transition from a disordered to ordered state and assumes a conformation suitable for catalysis only upon PLP binding. A novel disulfide was found to occur near a channel that is likely to regulate entry of ligands to the active site. EcDAPAL soaked with dl-DAP revealed density at the active site appropriate for the reaction intermediate aminoacrylate, which is consistent with the observation that EcDAPAL has low activity under crystallization conditions. Based on the analysis of the structure and results of site-directed mutagenesis, a two-base mechanism of catalysis involving Asp(120) and Lys(77) is suggested.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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