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Crossley JA, Allen WJ, Watkins DW, Sabir T, Radford SE, Tuma R, Collinson I, Fessl T. Dynamic coupling of fast channel gating with slow ATP-turnover underpins protein transport through the Sec translocon. EMBO J 2024; 43:1-13. [PMID: 38177311 PMCID: PMC10883268 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-023-00004-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
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The Sec translocon is a highly conserved membrane assembly for polypeptide transport across, or into, lipid bilayers. In bacteria, secretion through the core channel complex-SecYEG in the inner membrane-is powered by the cytosolic ATPase SecA. Here, we use single-molecule fluorescence to interrogate the conformational state of SecYEG throughout the ATP hydrolysis cycle of SecA. We show that the SecYEG channel fluctuations between open and closed states are much faster (~20-fold during translocation) than ATP turnover, and that the nucleotide status of SecA modulates the rates of opening and closure. The SecY variant PrlA4, which exhibits faster transport but unaffected ATPase rates, increases the dwell time in the open state, facilitating pre-protein diffusion through the pore and thereby enhancing translocation efficiency. Thus, rapid SecYEG channel dynamics are allosterically coupled to SecA via modulation of the energy landscape, and play an integral part in protein transport. Loose coupling of ATP-turnover by SecA to the dynamic properties of SecYEG is compatible with a Brownian-rachet mechanism of translocation, rather than strict nucleotide-dependent interconversion between different static states of a power stroke.
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- Joel A Crossley
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czech Republic
- School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, LS1 3HE, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK
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- School of Clinical and Applied Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, LS1 3HE, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czech Republic
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1QU, UK.
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- Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, 370 05, Czech Republic.
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Ray S, Pandey NK, Kushwaha GS, Das S, Ganguly AK, Vashi N, Kumar D, Suar M, Bhavesh NS. Structural investigation on SPI-6 associated Salmonella Typhimurium VirG-like stress protein that promotes pathogen survival in macrophages. Protein Sci 2022; 31:835-849. [PMID: 34997791 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Enteric microbial pathogenesis, remarkably a complex process, is achieved by virulence factors encoded by genes located within regions of the bacterial genome termed pathogenicity islands. Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPI) encodes proteins, that are essential virulence determinants for pathogen colonization and virulence. In addition to the well-characterized SPI-1 and SPI-2 proteins, which are required for bacterial invasion and intracellular replication, respectively, SPI-6 (formerly known as Salmonella enterica centisome 7 island; SCI) encoding proteins are also known to play pivotal role in Salmonella pathogenesis. However, the underlying molecular mechanism of these proteins remained elusive. To gain molecular insights into SPI-6 associated proteins, in this study, a SPI-6 Salmonella Typhimurium VirG-like protein (STV) is characterized using interdisciplinary experimental approaches including X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy, infection assays, and mice model. The high-resolution crystal structure, determined by the single-wavelength anomalous dispersion (SAD) method, reveals that STV belongs to the LTxxQ motif family. Solution-state NMR spectroscopy studies reveal that STV form a dimer involving interconnected helices. Interestingly, functional studies shows that STV influence pathogen persistence inside macrophages in vitro at later stages of infection. Altogether, our findings suggest that STV, a member of the LTxxQ stress protein family, modulates bacterial survival mechanism in macrophages through SPI-1 and SPI-2 genes, respectively. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Shilpa Ray
- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India.,Transcription Regulation group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Transcription Regulation group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India.,KIIT-Technology Business Incubator, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Transcription Regulation group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Cellular Immunology group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- Cellular Immunology group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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- School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India.,KIIT-Technology Business Incubator, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Deemed to be university, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Transcription Regulation group, International Centre of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Macošek J, Mas G, Hiller S. Redefining Molecular Chaperones as Chaotropes. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:683132. [PMID: 34195228 PMCID: PMC8237284 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.683132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Molecular chaperones are the key instruments of bacterial protein homeostasis. Chaperones not only facilitate folding of client proteins, but also transport them, prevent their aggregation, dissolve aggregates and resolve misfolded states. Despite this seemingly large variety, single chaperones can perform several of these functions even on multiple different clients, thus suggesting a single biophysical mechanism underlying. Numerous recently elucidated structures of bacterial chaperone–client complexes show that dynamic interactions between chaperones and their client proteins stabilize conformationally flexible non-native client states, which results in client protein denaturation. Based on these findings, we propose chaotropicity as a suitable biophysical concept to rationalize the generic activity of chaperones. We discuss the consequences of applying this concept in the context of ATP-dependent and -independent chaperones and their functional regulation.
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Kim H, Wu K, Lee C. Stress-Responsive Periplasmic Chaperones in Bacteria. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:678697. [PMID: 34046432 PMCID: PMC8144458 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.678697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Periplasmic proteins are involved in a wide range of bacterial functions, including motility, biofilm formation, sensing environmental cues, and small-molecule transport. In addition, a wide range of outer membrane proteins and proteins that are secreted into the media must travel through the periplasm to reach their final destinations. Since the porous outer membrane allows for the free diffusion of small molecules, periplasmic proteins and those that travel through this compartment are more vulnerable to external environmental changes, including those that result in protein unfolding, than cytoplasmic proteins are. To enable bacterial survival under various stress conditions, a robust protein quality control system is required in the periplasm. In this review, we focus on several periplasmic chaperones that are stress responsive, including Spy, which responds to envelope-stress, DegP, which responds to temperature to modulate chaperone/protease activity, HdeA and HdeB, which respond to acid stress, and UgpB, which functions as a bile-responsive chaperone.
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- Hyunhee Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea
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Nava Ramírez T, Hansberg W. Características comunes de las chaperonas pequeñas y diméricas. TIP REVISTA ESPECIALIZADA EN CIENCIAS QUÍMICO-BIOLÓGICAS 2020. [DOI: 10.22201/fesz.23958723e.2020.0.234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Las chaperonas moleculares constituyen un mecanismo importante para evitar la muerte celular provocada por la agregación de proteínas. Las chaperonas independientes del ATP son un grupo de proteínas de bajo peso molecular que pueden proteger y ayudar a alcanzar la estructura nativa de las proteínas desplegadas o mal plegadas sin necesidad de un gasto energético. Hemos encontrado que el dominio C-terminal de las catalasas de subunidad grande tiene actividad de chaperona. Por ello, en esta revisión analizamos las características más comunes de las chaperonas pequeñas y más estudiadas como: αB-cristalina, Hsp20, Spy, Hsp33 y Hsp31. En particular, se examina la participación de los aminoácidos hidrofóbicos y de los aminoácidos con carga en el reconocimiento de las proteínas sustrato, así como el papel que tiene la forma dimérica y su oligomerización en la actividad de chaperona. En cada una de esas chaperonas revisaremos la estructura de la proteína, su función, localización celular e importancia para la célula.
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Mohammed M, Mekala LP, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. New insights into aniline toxicity: Aniline exposure triggers envelope stress and extracellular polymeric substance formation in Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus JA2. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 385:121571. [PMID: 31753663 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Revised: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/29/2019] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Aniline is a major environmental pollutant of serious concern due to its toxicity. Although microbial metabolism of aniline is well-studied, its toxic effects and physiological responses of microorganisms to aniline are largely unexplored. Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus JA2, an aniline non-degrading bacterium, tolerates high concentrations of aniline and produces extracellular polymeric substance(EPS). Surprisingly, strain JA2 forms EPS only when exposed to aniline and other toxic compounds like organic solvents and heavy metals indicating that EPS formation is coupled to cell toxicity. Further, extensive reanalysis of the previous proteomic data of aniline exposed cells revealed up-regulation of envelope stress response(ESR) proteins such as periplasmic protein folding, envelope integrity, transmembrane complex, and cell-wall remodelling proteins. In silico analysis and molecular modeling of three highly up-regulated proteins revealed that these proteins were homologous to CpxARP proteins of ESR signalling pathway. Furthermore, EPS formation to known ESR activators(Triton-X-100, EDTA) suggests that envelope stress possibly regulating the EPS production. The present study suggests that aniline triggers envelope stress; to counter this strain JA2 activates ESR pathway and EPS production. Our study revealed the hitherto unknown toxic effects of aniline as an acute envelope stressor thus toxicity of aniline may be more profound to life-forms than previously thought.
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- Mujahid Mohammed
- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad 500 046, India
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- Bacterial Discovery Laboratory, Center for Environment, IST, JNT University Hyderabad, Kukatpally, Hyderabad 500 085, India
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- Department of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, P.O. Central University, Hyderabad 500 046, India.
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Hews CL, Cho T, Rowley G, Raivio TL. Maintaining Integrity Under Stress: Envelope Stress Response Regulation of Pathogenesis in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2019; 9:313. [PMID: 31552196 PMCID: PMC6737893 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2019.00313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The Gram-negative bacterial envelope is an essential interface between the intracellular and harsh extracellular environment. Envelope stress responses (ESRs) are crucial to the maintenance of this barrier and function to detect and respond to perturbations in the envelope, caused by environmental stresses. Pathogenic bacteria are exposed to an array of challenging and stressful conditions during their lifecycle and, in particular, during infection of a host. As such, maintenance of envelope homeostasis is essential to their ability to successfully cause infection. This review will discuss our current understanding of the σE- and Cpx-regulated ESRs, with a specific focus on their role in the virulence of a number of model pathogens.
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- Claire L Hews
- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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The biogenesis of periplasmic and outer membrane proteins (OMPs) in Escherichia coli is assisted by a variety of processes that help with their folding and transport to their final destination in the cellular envelope. Chaperones are macromolecules, usually proteins, that facilitate the folding of proteins or prevent their aggregation without becoming part of the protein's final structure. Because chaperones often bind to folding intermediates, they often (but not always) act to slow protein folding. Protein folding catalysts, on the other hand, act to accelerate specific steps in the protein folding pathway, including disulfide bond formation and peptidyl prolyl isomerization. This review is primarily concerned with E. coli and Salmonella periplasmic and cellular envelope chaperones; it also discusses periplasmic proline isomerization.
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He L, Hiller S. Common Patterns in Chaperone Interactions with a Native Client Protein. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018; 57:5921-5924. [PMID: 29498447 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201713064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Many molecular chaperones are promiscuous and interact with a wide range of unfolded, quasi-native, and native client proteins. The mechanisms by which chaperones interact with the highly diverse structures of native clients thus remain puzzling. In this work, we investigate at the atomic level how three ATP-independent chaperones interact with a β-sheet-rich protein, the Fyn SH3 domain. The results reveal that the chaperone Spy recognizes the locally frustrated surface of the client Fyn SH3 and that the interaction is transient and highly dynamic, leaving the chaperone-interacting surface on Fyn SH3 solvent accessible. The two alternative molecular chaperones SurA and Skp recognize the same locally frustrated surface of the Fyn SH3 domain. These results indicate dynamic recognition of frustrated segments as a common mechanism underlying the chaperone-native client interaction, which also provides a basis for chaperone promiscuousness.
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- Lichun He
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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He L, Hiller S. Übereinstimmende Muster in Chaperon-Interaktionen mit einem nativen Klientenprotein. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2018. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201713064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Lichun He
- Biozentrum; University of Basel; Klingelbergstraße 70 4056 Basel Schweiz
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- Biozentrum; University of Basel; Klingelbergstraße 70 4056 Basel Schweiz
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Mechanistic insights into manganese oxidation of a soil-borne Mn(II)-oxidizing Escherichia coli strain by global proteomic and genetic analyses. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1352. [PMID: 28465578 PMCID: PMC5430989 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01552-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An iTRAQ-based comparative and quantitative proteomics analysis of a soil-borne Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium, Escherichia coli MB266, was conducted during the exponential and stationary growth phases. A total of 1850 proteins were identified in 4 samples, of which 373 and 456 proteins were significantly up- or down-regulated in at least one pairwise comparison, respectively. The iTRAQ data indicated that several enzymes involved in fatty acid metabolism (i.e., FabA, FabD and FabZ) and pyruvate metabolism (particularly pyruvate oxidase PoxB) were significantly up-regulated, while those related to the tricarboxylic acid cycle (such as FrdB, FumB and AcnA) and methylcitrate cycle (i.e., PrpC) were inactivated in the presence of 1 mM Mn(II); the amounts of some stress response and signal transduction system-related proteins (i.e., Spy) were remarkably increased, and the cold shock protein CspD was significantly up-regulated during the exponential growth phase. However, all verified heat shock proteins remained unchanged. The reactive oxygen species response and some redox enzymes might also be involved in Mn oxidation processes. The involvement of several cellular proteins in Mn(II) oxidation, including PoxB, Spy and MCO266, was further confirmed by gene disruption and expression complementation experiments. Based on these results, a signal transduction mechanism coupled to Mn oxidation was proposed.
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He L, Sharpe T, Mazur A, Hiller S. A molecular mechanism of chaperone-client recognition. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2016; 2:e1601625. [PMID: 28138538 PMCID: PMC5262456 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Molecular chaperones are essential in aiding client proteins to fold into their native structure and in maintaining cellular protein homeostasis. However, mechanistic aspects of chaperone function are still not well understood at the atomic level. We use nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to elucidate the mechanism underlying client recognition by the adenosine triphosphate-independent chaperone Spy at the atomic level and derive a structural model for the chaperone-client complex. Spy interacts with its partially folded client Im7 by selective recognition of flexible, locally frustrated regions in a dynamic fashion. The interaction with Spy destabilizes a partially folded client but spatially compacts an unfolded client conformational ensemble. By increasing client backbone dynamics, the chaperone facilitates the search for the native structure. A comparison of the interaction of Im7 with two other chaperones suggests that the underlying principle of recognizing frustrated segments is of a fundamental nature.
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Horowitz S, Salmon L, Koldewey P, Ahlstrom LS, Martin R, Quan S, Afonine PV, van den Bedem H, Wang L, Xu Q, Trievel RC, Brooks CL, Bardwell JCA. Visualizing chaperone-assisted protein folding. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2016; 23:691-7. [PMID: 27239796 PMCID: PMC4937829 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.3237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Challenges in determining the structures of heterogeneous and dynamic protein complexes have greatly hampered past efforts to obtain a mechanistic understanding of many important biological processes. One such process is chaperone-assisted protein folding. Obtaining structural ensembles of chaperone-substrate complexes would ultimately reveal how chaperones help proteins fold into their native state. To address this problem, we devised a new structural biology approach based on X-ray crystallography, termed residual electron and anomalous density (READ). READ enabled us to visualize even sparsely populated conformations of the substrate protein immunity protein 7 (Im7) in complex with the Escherichia coli chaperone Spy, and to capture a series of snapshots depicting the various folding states of Im7 bound to Spy. The ensemble shows that Spy-associated Im7 samples conformations ranging from unfolded to partially folded to native-like states and reveals how a substrate can explore its folding landscape while being bound to a chaperone.
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- Scott Horowitz
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Biomanufacturing, Shanghai, China
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Division of Biosciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Joint Center for Structural Genomics, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biophysics Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Mack KL, Shorter J. Engineering and Evolution of Molecular Chaperones and Protein Disaggregases with Enhanced Activity. Front Mol Biosci 2016; 3:8. [PMID: 27014702 PMCID: PMC4791398 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2016.00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cells have evolved a sophisticated proteostasis network to ensure that proteins acquire and retain their native structure and function. Critical components of this network include molecular chaperones and protein disaggregases, which function to prevent and reverse deleterious protein misfolding. Nevertheless, proteostasis networks have limits, which when exceeded can have fatal consequences as in various neurodegenerative disorders, including Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. A promising strategy is to engineer proteostasis networks to counter challenges presented by specific diseases or specific proteins. Here, we review efforts to enhance the activity of individual molecular chaperones or protein disaggregases via engineering and directed evolution. Remarkably, enhanced global activity or altered substrate specificity of various molecular chaperones, including GroEL, Hsp70, ClpX, and Spy, can be achieved by minor changes in primary sequence and often a single missense mutation. Likewise, small changes in the primary sequence of Hsp104 yield potentiated protein disaggregases that reverse the aggregation and buffer toxicity of various neurodegenerative disease proteins, including α-synuclein, TDP-43, and FUS. Collectively, these advances have revealed key mechanistic and functional insights into chaperone and disaggregase biology. They also suggest that enhanced chaperones and disaggregases could have important applications in treating human disease as well as in the purification of valuable proteins in the pharmaceutical sector.
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- Korrie L Mack
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA; Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA
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Sublethal concentrations of carbapenems alter cell morphology and genomic expression of Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015; 59:1707-17. [PMID: 25583711 DOI: 10.1128/aac.04581-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Klebsiella pneumoniae, a Gram-negative bacterium, is normally associated with pneumonia in patients with weakened immune systems. However, it is also a prevalent nosocomial infectious agent that can be found in infected surgical sites and combat wounds. Many of these clinical strains display multidrug resistance. We have worked with a clinical strain of K. pneumoniae that was initially isolated from a wound of an injured soldier. This strain demonstrated resistance to many commonly used antibiotics but sensitivity to carbapenems. This isolate was capable of forming biofilms in vitro, contributing to its increased antibiotic resistance and impaired clearance. We were interested in determining how sublethal concentrations of carbapenem treatment specifically affect K. pneumoniae biofilms both in morphology and in genomic expression. Scanning electron microscopy showed striking morphological differences between untreated and treated biofilms, including rounding, blebbing, and dimpling of treated cells. Comparative transcriptome analysis using RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) technology identified a large number of open reading frames (ORFs) differentially regulated in response to carbapenem treatment at 2 and 24 h. ORFs upregulated with carbapenem treatment included genes involved in resistance, as well as those coding for antiporters and autoinducers. ORFs downregulated included those coding for metal transporters, membrane biosynthesis proteins, and motility proteins. Quantitative real-time PCR validated the general trend of some of these differentially regulated ORFs. Treatment of K. pneumoniae biofilms with sublethal concentrations of carbapenems induced a wide range of phenotypic and gene expression changes. This study reveals some of the mechanisms underlying how sublethal amounts of carbapenems could affect the overall fitness and pathogenic potential of K. pneumoniae biofilm cells.
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Choi YR, Kim KN, Kim KM. The disinfection of impression materials by using microwave irradiation and hydrogen peroxide. J Prosthet Dent 2014; 112:981-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2013.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2013] [Revised: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/27/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Genetic regulation of spy gene expression in Escherichia coli in the presence of protein unfolding agent ethanol. Gene 2014; 548:142-8. [PMID: 24999585 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Revised: 05/31/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In a living cell, folding of proteins is assisted by molecular chaperones and other folding helpers. In Escherichia coli (E. coli), recently an ATP independent chaperon 'Spy' was discovered which is highly up-regulated in the presence of protein unfolding agents like ethanol, butanol and tannic acid. Two response regulators; BaeR and CpxR have been recognized as transcriptional regulators of spy gene. However, the mechanism of genetic regulation of spy under protein denaturants like ethanol has not been studied in detail so far. Based on a combination of genetic, molecular biology and biochemical experimental data, we propose that BaeR protein is the primary regulator of spy gene in response to ethanol stress in E. coli. In addition, we expanded the experimental spectrum and validated that regulation of spy gene in the presence of zinc and copper metal stress is primarily via BaeR and CpxR regulators respectively. We also performed in-silico analysis to identify the homologs of Spy protein and their cognate regulatory elements in bacterial species belonging to enterobacteriaceae family. Based on the unique ATP-independent chaperone nature and genetic regulation of spy we also propose its importance in biosensor development and facilitated production of properly folded recombinant proteins.
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Quan S, Wang L, Petrotchenko EV, Makepeace KA, Horowitz S, Yang J, Zhang Y, Borchers CH, Bardwell JC. Super Spy variants implicate flexibility in chaperone action. eLife 2014; 3:e01584. [PMID: 24497545 PMCID: PMC3910116 DOI: 10.7554/elife.01584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Experimental study of the role of disorder in protein function is challenging. It has been proposed that proteins utilize disordered regions in the adaptive recognition of their various binding partners. However apart from a few exceptions, defining the importance of disorder in promiscuous binding interactions has proven to be difficult. In this paper, we have utilized a genetic selection that links protein stability to antibiotic resistance to isolate variants of the newly discovered chaperone Spy that show an up to 7 fold improved chaperone activity against a variety of substrates. These “Super Spy” variants show tighter binding to client proteins and are generally more unstable than is wild type Spy and show increases in apparent flexibility. We establish a good relationship between the degree of their instability and the improvement they show in their chaperone activity. Our results provide evidence for the importance of disorder and flexibility in chaperone function. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01584.001 Proteins are made from long chains of smaller molecules, called amino acids, that twist and fold into complex three-dimensional shapes. Folding into the correct shape is crucial for a protein to function properly because many proteins work by binding to certain other proteins or molecules, like a key fitting into a lock. Additional proteins called chaperones often help with this folding process, and it has been proposed that chaperones must be particularly flexible in order to cope with the changes in the shape of the different proteins being folded. However, studying this hypothesis directly has proven to be difficult. Now, Quan et al. have tackled this challenge by using a bacterial assay—that they had developed previously—and which links the correct folding of a test protein to cell survival and growth in the presence of an antibiotic. This approach was formerly used to identify a new chaperone called Spy, and Quan et al. have now used it to find variants of this protein that perform as even better chaperones. This assay identified several variants of Spy that could stabilise an unstable test protein even more effectively than the wild-type Spy can. All of these variants were also better than the wild-type Spy at stabilising two other unfolded proteins—and so were dubbed ‘super Spy’ proteins. The mutations in the super Spy variants altered a region on the surface of Spy, which additional experiments revealed was likely to be involved in binding to the partner proteins. Furthermore, prior to binding to these partner proteins, the super Spy variants appear more flexible than the wild-type Spy protein. Quan et al. suggest that this increase in flexibility allows the super Spy variants to bind more tightly to a range of substrates, thus optimising their chaperone function. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.01584.002
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- Shu Quan
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
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Folding mechanisms of periplasmic proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:1517-28. [PMID: 24239929 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2013] [Revised: 10/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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More than one fifth of the proteins encoded by the genome of Escherichia coli are destined to the bacterial cell envelope. Over the past 20years, the mechanisms by which envelope proteins reach their three-dimensional structure have been intensively studied, leading to the discovery of an intricate network of periplasmic folding helpers whose members have distinct but complementary roles. For instance, the correct assembly of ß-barrel proteins containing disulfide bonds depends both on chaperones like SurA and Skp for transport across the periplasm and on protein folding catalysts like DsbA and DsbC for disulfide bond formation. In this review, we provide an overview of the current knowledge about the complex network of protein folding helpers present in the periplasm of E. coli and highlight the questions that remain unsolved. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein trafficking and secretion in bacteria. Guest Editors: Anastassios Economou and Ross Dalbey.
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Wang D, Fierke CA. The BaeSR regulon is involved in defense against zinc toxicity in E. coli. Metallomics 2013; 5:372-83. [PMID: 23446818 DOI: 10.1039/c3mt20217h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Intracellular zinc homeostasis is regulated by an extensive network of transporters, ligands and transcription factors. The zinc detoxification functions of three transporters and a periplasmic protein regulated by the BaeSR two-component system were explored in this work by evaluating the effect of single gene knockouts in the BaeSR regulon on the cell growth rate, free zinc, total zinc and total copper after zinc shock. Two exporters, MdtABC and MdtD, and the periplasmic protein, Spy, are involved in zinc detoxification based on the growth defects at high cell density and increases in free (>1000-fold) and total zinc/copper (>2-fold) that were observed in the single knockout strains upon exposure to zinc. These proteins complement the ATP-driven zinc export mediated by ZntA in E. coli to limit zinc toxicity. These results highlight the functions of the BaeSR regulon in metal homeostasis.
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- Da Wang
- Department of Chemistry, The University of Michigan, 930 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Puentes-Téllez PE, Kovács ÁT, Kuipers OP, van Elsas JD. Comparative genomics and transcriptomics analysis of experimentally evolved Escherichia coli MC1000 in complex environments. Environ Microbiol 2013; 16:856-70. [PMID: 24033913 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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It has recently become feasible to study the basis and nature of evolutionary changes in bacteria in an experimental setting using defined media. However, assessment of adaptive changes in complex environments has been scarce. In an effort to describe the responses in such environments, we unravel, in a comparative approach, the transcriptional and genetic profiles of 19 Escherichia coli strains that evolved in Luria Bertani medium under three different oxygen regimes over 1000 generations. A positive relationship between upregulation of gene expression and the number of mutations was observed, suggesting that a number of metabolic pathways were activated. Phenotypic polymorphisms were observed in parallel cultures, of which some were related with mutations at the regulatory level. Non-parallel responses were observed at the intrapopulational level, which is indicative of diversifying selection. Parallel responses encompassed transcriptome diversity, and their effects were directly affected by differing genomic backgrounds. A fluctuating selective force produced higher phenotypic diversity compared with constant forces. This study demonstrates how phenotypic innovations may depend on the relationship between genomic changes and local ecological conditions. Using both comparative genomics and transcriptomics approaches, the results help elucidating various adaptive responses in cultures in unexplored complex environments.
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The Cpx stress response system potentiates the fitness and virulence of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 2013; 81:1450-9. [PMID: 23429541 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01213-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Strains of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the primary cause of urinary tract infections, representing one of the most widespread and successful groups of pathogens on the planet. To colonize and persist within the urinary tract, UPEC must be able to sense and respond appropriately to environmental stresses, many of which can compromise the bacterial envelope. The Cpx two-component envelope stress response system is comprised of the inner membrane histidine kinase CpxA, the cytosolic response regulator CpxR, and the periplasmic auxiliary factor CpxP. Here, by using deletion mutants along with mouse and zebrafish infection models, we show that the Cpx system is critical to the fitness and virulence of two reference UPEC strains, the cystitis isolate UTI89 and the urosepsis isolate CFT073. Specifically, deletion of the cpxRA operon impaired the ability of UTI89 to colonize the murine bladder and greatly reduced the virulence of CFT073 during both systemic and localized infections within zebrafish embryos. These defects coincided with diminished host cell invasion by UTI89 and increased sensitivity of both strains to complement-mediated killing and the aminoglycoside antibiotic amikacin. Results obtained with the cpxP deletion mutants were more complicated, indicating variable strain-dependent and niche-specific requirements for this well-conserved auxiliary factor.
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Reduction of cellular stress by TolC-dependent efflux pumps in Escherichia coli indicated by BaeSR and CpxARP activation of spy in efflux mutants. J Bacteriol 2012; 195:1042-50. [PMID: 23264577 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01996-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli has nine inner membrane efflux pumps which complex with the outer membrane protein TolC and cognate membrane fusion proteins to form tripartite transperiplasmic pumps with diverse functions, including the expulsion of antibiotics. We recently observed that tolC mutants have elevated activities for three stress response regulators, MarA, SoxS, and Rob, and we suggested that TolC-dependent efflux is required to prevent the accumulation of stressful cellular metabolites. Here, we used spy::lacZ fusions to show that two systems for sensing/repairing extracytoplasmic stress, BaeRS and CpxARP, are activated in the absence of TolC-dependent efflux. In either tolC mutants or bacteria with mutations in the genes for four TolC-dependent efflux pumps, spy expression was increased 6- to 8-fold. spy encodes a periplasmic chaperone regulated by the BaeRS and CpxARP stress response systems. The overexpression of spy in tolC or multiple efflux pump mutants also depended on these systems. spy overexpression was not due to acetate, ethanol, or indole accumulation, since external acetate had only a minor effect on wild-type cells, ethanol had a large effect that was not CpxA dependent, and a tolC tnaA mutant which cannot accumulate internal indole overexpressed spy. We propose that, unless TolC-dependent pumps excrete certain metabolites, the metabolites accumulate and activate at least five different stress response systems.
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Kwon E, Kim DY, Ngo TD, Gross CA, Gross JD, Kim KK. The crystal structure of the periplasmic domain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus CpxA. Protein Sci 2012; 21:1334-43. [PMID: 22760860 PMCID: PMC3631362 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The Cpx two-component system of Gram-negative bacteria senses extracytoplasmic stresses using the histidine kinase CpxA, a membrane-bound sensor, and controls the transcription of the genes involved in stress response by the cytosolic response regulator CpxR, which is activated by the phosphorelay from CpxA. CpxP, a CpxA-associated protein, also plays an important role in the regulation of the Cpx system by inhibiting the autophosphorylation of CpxA. Although the stress signals and physiological roles of the Cpx system have been extensively studied, the lack of structural information has limited the understanding of the detailed mechanism of ligand binding and regulation of CpxA. In this study, we solved the crystal structure of the periplasmic domain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus CpxA (VpCpxA-peri) to a resolution of 2.1 Å and investigated its interaction with CpxP. VpCpxA-peri has a globular Per-ARNT-SIM (PAS) domain and a protruded C-terminal tail, which may be required for ligand sensing and CpxP binding, respectively. The direct interaction of the PAS core of VpCpxA-peri with VpCpxP was not detected by NMR, suggesting that the C-terminal tail or other factors, such as the membrane environment, are necessary for the binding of CpxA to CpxP.
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- Eunju Kwon
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineSuwon 440-746, Korea,Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94107
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94107
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineSuwon 440-746, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94143
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of CaliforniaSan Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94107
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of MedicineSuwon 440-746, Korea,*Correspondence to: Kyeong Kyu Kim, Ph.D., Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Suwon 440-746, Korea. E-mail: or John D. Gross, Ph.D., University of California San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA. E-mail:
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ZraP is a periplasmic molecular chaperone and a repressor of the zinc-responsive two-component regulator ZraSR. Biochem J 2012; 442:85-93. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20111639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The bacterial envelope is the interface with the surrounding environment and is consequently subjected to a barrage of noxious agents including a range of compounds with antimicrobial activity. The ESR (envelope stress response) pathways of enteric bacteria are critical for maintenance of the envelope against these antimicrobial agents. In the present study, we demonstrate that the periplasmic protein ZraP contributes to envelope homoeostasis and assign both chaperone and regulatory function to ZraP from Salmonella Typhimurium. The ZraP chaperone mechanism is catalytic and independent of ATP; the chaperone activity is dependent on the presence of zinc, which is shown to be responsible for the stabilization of an oligomeric ZraP complex. Furthermore, ZraP can act to repress the two-component regulatory system ZraSR, which itself is responsive to zinc concentrations. Through structural homology, ZraP is a member of the bacterial CpxP family of periplasmic proteins, which also consists of CpxP and Spy. We demonstrate environmental co-expression of the CpxP family and identify an important role for these proteins in Salmonella's defence against the cationic antimicrobial peptide polymyxin B.
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Vogt SL, Raivio TL. Just scratching the surface: an expanding view of the Cpx envelope stress response. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2011; 326:2-11. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2011] [Revised: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Stefanie L. Vogt
- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alberta; Edmonton; AB; Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alberta; Edmonton; AB; Canada
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Thede GL, Arthur DC, Edwards RA, Buelow DR, Wong JL, Raivio TL, Glover JNM. Structure of the periplasmic stress response protein CpxP. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:2149-57. [PMID: 21317318 PMCID: PMC3133086 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01296-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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CpxP is a novel bacterial periplasmic protein with no homologues of known function. In gram-negative enteric bacteria, CpxP is thought to interact with the two-component sensor kinase, CpxA, to inhibit induction of the Cpx envelope stress response in the absence of protein misfolding. CpxP has also been shown to facilitate DegP-mediated proteolysis of misfolded proteins. Six mutations that negate the ability of CpxP to function as a signaling protein are localized in or near two conserved LTXXQ motifs that define a class of proteins with similarity to CpxP, Pfam PF07813. To gain insight into how these mutations might affect CpxP signaling and/or proteolytic adaptor functions, the crystal structure of CpxP from Escherichia coli was determined to 2.85-Å resolution. The structure revealed an antiparallel dimer of intertwined α-helices with a highly basic concave surface. Each protomer consists of a long, hooked and bent hairpin fold, with the conserved LTXXQ motifs forming two diverging turns at one end. Biochemical studies demonstrated that CpxP maintains a dimeric state but may undergo a slight structural adjustment in response to the inducing cue, alkaline pH. Three of the six previously characterized cpxP loss-of-function mutations, M59T, Q55P, and Q128H, likely result from a destabilization of the protein fold, whereas the R60Q, D61E, and D61V mutations may alter intermolecular interactions.
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- Gina L. Thede
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine
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Zhou X, Keller R, Volkmer R, Krauss N, Scheerer P, Hunke S. Structural basis for two-component system inhibition and pilus sensing by the auxiliary CpxP protein. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:9805-14. [PMID: 21239493 PMCID: PMC3059015 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.194092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2010] [Revised: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacteria are equipped with two-component systems to cope with environmental changes, and auxiliary proteins provide response to additional stimuli. The Cpx two-component system is the global modulator of cell envelope stress in gram-negative bacteria that integrates very different signals and consists of the kinase CpxA, the regulator CpxR, and the dual function auxiliary protein CpxP. CpxP both inhibits activation of CpxA and is indispensable for the quality control system of P pili that are crucial for uropathogenic Escherichia coli during kidney colonization. How these two essential biological functions of CpxP are linked is not known. Here, we report the crystal structure of CpxP at 1.45 Å resolution with two monomers being interdigitated like "left hands" forming a cap-shaped dimer. Our combined structural and functional studies suggest that CpxP inhibits the kinase CpxA through direct interaction between its concave polar surface and the negatively charged sensor domain on CpxA. Moreover, an extended hydrophobic cleft on the convex surface suggests a potent substrate recognition site for misfolded pilus subunits. Altogether, the structural details of CpxP provide a first insight how a periplasmic two-component system inhibitor blocks its cognate kinase and is released from it.
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- Xiaohui Zhou
- From the Institut für Biologie, Physiologie der Mikroorganismen, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin D-10115, Germany
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- From the Institut für Biologie, Physiologie der Mikroorganismen, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin D-10115, Germany
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- the Institut für Medizinische Immunologie, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Hessische Strasse 3-4, Berlin D-10115, Germany
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- the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, United Kingdom, and
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- the Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik (CC2), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Ziegelstrasse 5-9, Berlin D-10117, Germany
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- From the Institut für Biologie, Physiologie der Mikroorganismen, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Chausseestrasse 117, Berlin D-10115, Germany
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Quan S, Koldewey P, Tapley T, Kirsch N, Ruane KM, Pfizenmaier J, Shi R, Hofmann S, Foit L, Ren G, Jakob U, Xu Z, Cygler M, Bardwell JCA. Genetic selection designed to stabilize proteins uncovers a chaperone called Spy. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2011; 18:262-9. [PMID: 21317898 PMCID: PMC3079333 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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To optimize the in vivo folding of proteins, we linked protein stability to antibiotic resistance, thereby forcing bacteria to effectively fold and stabilize proteins. When we challenged Escherichia coli to stabilize a very unstable periplasmic protein, it massively overproduced a periplasmic protein called Spy, which increases the steady-state levels of a set of unstable protein mutants up to 700-fold. In vitro studies demonstrate that the Spy protein is an effective ATP-independent chaperone that suppresses protein aggregation and aids protein refolding. Our strategy opens up new routes for chaperone discovery and the custom tailoring of the in vivo folding environment. Spy forms thin, apparently flexible cradle-shaped dimers. Spy is unlike the structure of any previously solved chaperone, making it the prototypical member of a new class of small chaperones that facilitate protein refolding in the absence of energy cofactors.
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- Shu Quan
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD, USA
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