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Hejazian SM, Pirmoradi S, Zununi Vahed S, Kumar Roy R, Hosseiniyan Khatibi SM. An update on Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterases; From Bacteria to Human. Protein J 2024; 43:187-199. [PMID: 38491249 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-024-10190-4] [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] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The hydrolysis of deacylated glycerophospholipids into sn-glycerol 3-phosphate and alcohol is facilitated by evolutionarily conserved proteins known as glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases (GDPDs). These proteins are crucial for the pathogenicity of bacteria and for bioremediation processes aimed at degrading organophosphorus esters that pose a hazard to both humans and the environment. Additionally, GDPDs are enzymes that respond to multiple nutrients and could potentially serve as candidate genes for addressing deficiencies in zinc, iron, potassium, and especially phosphate in important plants like rice. In mammals, glycerophosphodiesterases (GDEs) play a role in regulating osmolytes, facilitating the biosynthesis of anandamine, contributing to the development of skeletal muscle, promoting the differentiation of neurons and osteoblasts, and influencing pathological states. Due to their capacity to enhance a plant's ability to tolerate various nutrient deficiencies and their potential as pharmaceutical targets in humans, GDPDs have received increased attention in recent times. This review provides an overview of the functions of GDPD families as vital and resilient enzymes that regulate various pathways in bacteria, plants, and humans.
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- Clinical Research Development Unit of Tabriz Valiasr Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Faculty of Electrical Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Kidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
- Clinical Research Development Unit of Tabriz Valiasr Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Cordes MHJ, Sundman AK, Fox HC, Binford GJ. Protein salvage and repurposing in evolution: Phospholipase D toxins are stabilized by a remodeled scrap of a membrane association domain. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4701. [PMID: 37313620 PMCID: PMC10303701 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4701] [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: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 06/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD)-like SMaseD/PLD domain family, which includes phospholipase D (PLD) toxins in recluse spiders and actinobacteria, evolved anciently in bacteria from the GDPD. The PLD enzymes retained the core (β/α)8 barrel fold of GDPD, while gaining a signature C-terminal expansion motif and losing a small insertion domain. Using sequence alignments and phylogenetic analysis, we infer that the C-terminal motif derives from a segment of an ancient bacterial PLAT domain. Formally, part of a protein containing a PLAT domain repeat underwent fusion to the C terminus of a GDPD barrel, leading to attachment of a segment of a PLAT domain, followed by a second complete PLAT domain. The complete domain was retained only in some basal homologs, but the PLAT segment was conserved and repurposed as the expansion motif. The PLAT segment corresponds to strands β7-β8 of a β-sandwich, while the expansion motif as represented in spider PLD toxins has been remodeled as an α-helix, a β-strand, and an ordered loop. The GDPD-PLAT fusion led to two acquisitions in founding the GDPD-like SMaseD/PLD family: (1) a PLAT domain that presumably supported early lipase activity by mediating membrane association, and (2) an expansion motif that putatively stabilized the catalytic domain, possibly compensating for, or permitting, loss of the insertion domain. Of wider significance, messy domain shuffling events can leave behind scraps of domains that can be salvaged, remodeled, and repurposed.
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryUniversity of ArizonaTucsonArizonaUSA
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Subramanian C, Yun MK, Frank MM, Rock CO. Lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) phospholipase D maintains membrane homeostasis in Staphylococcus aureus by converting LPG to lysophosphatidic acid. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104863. [PMID: 37236358 PMCID: PMC10404611 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Lysophospholipids are deacylated derivatives of their bilayer forming phospholipid counterparts that are present at low concentrations in cells. Phosphatidylglycerol (PG) is the principal membrane phospholipid in Staphylococcus aureus and lysophosphatidylglycerol (LPG) is detected in low abundance. Here, we used a mass spectrometry screen to identify locus SAUSA300_1020 as the gene responsible for maintaining low concentrations of 1-acyl-LPG in S. aureus. The SAUSA300_1020 gene encodes a protein with a predicted amino terminal transmembrane α-helix attached to a globular glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) domain. We determined that the purified protein lacking the hydrophobic helix (LpgDΔN) possesses cation-dependent lysophosphatidylglycerol phospholipase D activity that generates both lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) and cyclic-LPA products and hydrolyzes cyclic-LPA to LPA. Mn2+ was the highest affinity cation and stabilized LpgDΔN to thermal denaturation. LpgDΔN was not specific for the phospholipid headgroup and degraded 1-acyl-LPG, but not 2-acyl-LPG. Furthermore, a 2.1 Å crystal structure shows that LpgDΔN adopts the GDPD variation of the TIM barrel architecture except for the length and positioning of helix α6 and sheet β7. These alterations create a hydrophobic diffusion path for LPG to access the active site. The LpgD active site has the canonical GDPD metal binding and catalytic residues, and our biochemical characterization of site-directed mutants support a two-step mechanism involving a cyclic-LPA intermediate. Thus, the physiological function of LpgD in S. aureus is to convert LPG to LPA, which is re-cycled into the PG biosynthetic pathway at the LPA acyltransferase step to maintain membrane PG molecular species homeostasis.
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- Chitra Subramanian
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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Alrafaie AM, Stafford GP. Enterococcal bacteriophage: A survey of the tail associated lysin landscape. Virus Res 2023; 327:199073. [PMID: 36787848 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Bacteriophages are viruses that exclusively infect bacteria which require local degradation of cell barriers. This degradation is accomplished by various lysins located mainly within the phage tail structure. In this paper we surveyed and analysed the genomes of 506 isolated bacteriophage and prophage infecting or harboured within the genomes of the medically important Enterococcus faecalis and faecium. We highlight and characterise the major features of the genomes of phage in the morphological groups podovirus, siphovirus and myovirus, and explore their categorisation according to the new ICTV classifications, with a focus on putative extracellular lysins chiefly within tail modules. Our analysis reveals a range of potential cell-wall targeting enzyme domains that are part of tail, tape measure or other predicted base structures of these phages or prophages. These largely fall into protein domains targeting pentapeptide or glycosidic linkages within peptidoglycan but also potentially the enterococcal polysaccharide antigen (EPA) and wall teichoic acids of these species (i.e., Pectinesterases and Phosphodiesterases). Notably, there is a great variety of domain architectures that reveal the diversity of evolutionary solutions to attack the Enterococcus cell wall. Despite this variety, most phage and prophage possess a putative endopeptidase (70%), reflecting the ubiquity of this cell surface barrier. We also identified a predicted lytic transglycosylase domain belonging to the glycosyl hydrolase (GH) family 23 and present exclusively within tape measure proteins. Our data also reveal distinct features of the genomes of podo-, sipho- and myo-type viruses that most likely relate to their size and complexity. Overall, we lay a foundation for expression of recombinant TAL proteins and engineering of enterococcal and other phage that will be invaluable for researchers in this field.
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- Alhassan M Alrafaie
- Integrated BioSciences, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom; Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
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- Integrated BioSciences, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
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Jones SP, Cook KH, Holmquist ML, Almekinder LJ, Delaney AM, Charles R, Labbe N, Perdue J, Jackson N, Pichichero ME, Kaur R, Michel LV, Gleghorn ML. Vaccine target and carrier molecule nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D dimerizes like the close Escherichia coli GlpQ homolog but unlike other known homolog dimers. Proteins 2023; 91:161-170. [PMID: 36065600 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We have determined the 1.8 Å X-ray crystal structure of nonlipidated (i.e., N-terminally truncated) nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi; H. influenzae) protein D. Protein D exists on outer membranes of H. influenzae strains and acts as a virulence factor that helps invade human cells. Protein D is a proven successful antigen in animal models to treat obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and otitis media (OM), and when conjugated to polysaccharides also has been used as a carrier molecule for human vaccines, for example in GlaxoSmithKline Synflorix™. NTHi protein D shares high sequence and structural identify to the Escherichia coli (E. coli) glpQ gene product (GlpQ). E. coli GlpQ is a glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) with a known dimeric structure in the Protein Structural Database, albeit without an associated publication. We show here that both structures exhibit similar homodimer organization despite slightly different crystal lattices. Additionally, we have observed both the presence of weak dimerization and the lack of dimerization in solution during size exclusion chromatography (SEC) experiments yet have distinctly observed dimerization in native mass spectrometry analyses. Comparison of NTHi protein D and E. coli GlpQ with other homologous homodimers and monomers shows that the E. coli and NTHi homodimer interfaces are distinct. Despite this distinction, NTHi protein D and E. coli GlpQ possess a triose-phosphate isomerase (TIM) barrel domain seen in many of the other homologs. The active site of NTHi protein D is located near the center of this TIM barrel. A putative glycerol moiety was modeled in two different conformations (occupancies) in the active site of our NTHi protein D structure and we compared this to ligands modeled in homologous structures. Our structural analysis should aid in future efforts to determine structures of protein D bound to substrates, analog intermediates, and products, to fully appreciate this reaction scheme and aiding in future inhibitor design.
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- Seth P Jones
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Rochester General Hospital Research Institute, Rochester, New York, USA
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- Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Rochester General Hospital Research Institute, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, USA
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Hamana H, Yasutake Y, Kato-Murayama M, Hosaka T, Shirouzu M, Sakasegawa SI, Sugimori D, Murayama K. Structural basis for the substrate specificity switching of lysoplasmalogen-specific phospholipase D from Thermocrispum sp. RD004668. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2022; 87:74-81. [PMID: 36307380 DOI: 10.1093/bbb/zbac169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Lysoplasmalogen-specific phospholipase D (LyPls-PLD) hydrolyzes choline lysoplasmalogen to choline and 1-(1-alkenyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphate. Mutation of F211 to leucine altered its substrate specificity from lysoplasmalogen to 1-O-hexadecyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lysoPAF). Enzymes specific to lysoPAF have good potential for clinical application, and understanding the mechanism of their activity is important. The crystal structure of LyPls-PLD exhibited a TIM barrel fold assigned to glycerophosphocholine phosphodiesterase, a member of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase. LyPls-PLD possesses a hydrophobic cleft for the binding of the aliphatic chain of the substrate. In the structure of the F211L mutant, Met232 and Tyr258 form a "small lid" structure that stabilizes the binding of the aliphatic chain of the substrate. In contrast, F211 may inhibit small lid formation in the wild-type structure. LysoPAF possesses a flexible aliphatic chain; therefore, a small lid is effective for stabilizing the substrate during catalytic reactions.
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- Hiroaki Hamana
- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai, Japan
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- Applied Molecular Microbiology Research Group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-higashi, Toyohira, Sapporo, Japan.,Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Functional and Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Functional and Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Protein Functional and Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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- Materials Science Course, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, 1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo, Aoba, Sendai, Japan.,Laboratory for Protein Functional and Structural Biology, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, 1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan
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Ribeiro AJM, Riziotis IG, Tyzack JD, Borkakoti N, Thornton JM. Using mechanism similarity to understand enzyme evolution. Biophys Rev 2022; 14:1273-1280. [PMID: 36659981 PMCID: PMC9842563 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-022-01022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Enzyme reactions take place in the active site through a series of catalytic steps, which are collectively termed the enzyme mechanism. The catalytic step is thereby the individual unit to consider for the purposes of building new enzyme mechanisms - i.e. through the mix and match of individual catalytic steps, new enzyme mechanisms and reactions can be conceived. In the case of natural evolution, it has been shown that new enzyme functions have emerged through the tweaking of existing mechanisms by the addition, removal, or modification of some catalytic steps, while maintaining other steps of the mechanism intact. Recently, we have extracted and codified the information on the catalytic steps of hundreds of enzymes in a machine-readable way, with the aim of automating this kind of evolutionary analysis. In this paper, we illustrate how these data, which we called the "rules of enzyme catalysis", can be used to identify similar catalytic steps across enzymes that differ in their overall function and/or structural folds. A discussion on a set of three enzymes that share part of their mechanism is used as an exemplar to illustrate how this approach can reveal divergent and convergent evolution of enzymes at the mechanistic level. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12551-022-01022-9.
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- António J. M. Ribeiro
- European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD UK
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- European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD UK
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- European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD UK
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- European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD UK
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- European Bioinformatics Institute - European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD UK
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Cleavage-Polyadenylation Factor Cft1 and SPX Domain Proteins Are Agents of Inositol Pyrophosphate Toxicosis in Fission Yeast. mBio 2022; 13:e0347621. [PMID: 35012333 PMCID: PMC8749416 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03476-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Inositol pyrophosphate (IPP) dynamics govern expression of the fission yeast phosphate homeostasis regulon via their effects on lncRNA-mediated transcription interference. The growth defects (ranging from sickness to lethality) elicited by fission yeast mutations that inactivate IPP pyrophosphatase enzymes are exerted via the agonistic effects of too much 1,5-IP8 on RNA 3'-processing and transcription termination. To illuminate determinants of IPP toxicosis, we conducted a genetic screen for spontaneous mutations that suppressed the sickness of Asp1 pyrophosphatase mutants. We identified a missense mutation, C823R, in the essential Cft1 subunit of the cleavage and polyadenylation factor complex that suppresses even lethal Asp1 IPP pyrophosphatase mutations, thereby fortifying the case for 3'-processing/termination as the target of IPP toxicity. The suppressor screen also identified Gde1 and Spx1 (SPAC6B12.07c), both of which have an IPP-binding SPX domain and both of which are required for lethality elicited by Asp1 mutations. A survey of other SPX proteins in the proteome identified the Vtc4 and Vtc2 subunits of the vacuolar polyphosphate polymerase as additional agents of IPP toxicosis. Gde1, Spx1, and Vtc4 contain enzymatic modules (glycerophosphodiesterase, RING finger ubiquitin ligase, and polyphosphate polymerase, respectively) fused to their IPP-sensing SPX domains. Structure-guided mutagenesis of the IPP-binding sites and the catalytic domains of Gde1 and Spx1 indicated that both modules are necessary to elicit IPP toxicity. Whereas Vtc4 polymerase catalytic activity is required for IPP toxicity, its IPP-binding site is not. Epistasis analysis, transcriptome profiling, and assays of Pho1 expression implicate Spx1 as a transducer of IP8 signaling to the 3'-processing/transcription termination machinery. IMPORTANCE Impeding the catabolism of the inositol pyrophosphate (IPP) signaling molecule IP8 is cytotoxic to fission yeast. Here, by performing a genetic suppressor screen, we identified several cellular proteins required for IPP toxicosis. Alleviation of IPP lethality by a missense mutation in the essential Cft1 subunit of the cleavage and polyadenylation factor consolidates previous evidence that toxicity results from IP8 action as an agonist of RNA 3'-processing and transcription termination. Novel findings are that IP8 toxicity depends on IPP-sensing SPX domain proteins with associated enzymatic functions: Gde1 (glycerophosphodiesterase), Spx1 (ubiquitin ligase), and Vtc2/4 (polyphosphate polymerase). The effects of Spx1 deletion on phosphate homeostasis imply a role for Spx1 in communicating an IP8-driven signal to the transcription and RNA processing apparatus.
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Ramaprasad A, Burda PC, Calvani E, Sait AJ, Palma-Duran SA, Withers-Martinez C, Hackett F, Macrae J, Collinson L, Gilberger TW, Blackman MJ. A choline-releasing glycerophosphodiesterase essential for phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and blood stage development in the malaria parasite. eLife 2022; 11:82207. [PMID: 36576255 PMCID: PMC9886279 DOI: 10.7554/elife.82207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum synthesizes significant amounts of phospholipids to meet the demands of replication within red blood cells. De novo phosphatidylcholine (PC) biosynthesis via the Kennedy pathway is essential, requiring choline that is primarily sourced from host serum lysophosphatidylcholine (lysoPC). LysoPC also acts as an environmental sensor to regulate parasite sexual differentiation. Despite these critical roles for host lysoPC, the enzyme(s) involved in its breakdown to free choline for PC synthesis are unknown. Here, we show that a parasite glycerophosphodiesterase (PfGDPD) is indispensable for blood stage parasite proliferation. Exogenous choline rescues growth of PfGDPD-null parasites, directly linking PfGDPD function to choline incorporation. Genetic ablation of PfGDPD reduces choline uptake from lysoPC, resulting in depletion of several PC species in the parasite, whilst purified PfGDPD releases choline from glycerophosphocholine in vitro. Our results identify PfGDPD as a choline-releasing glycerophosphodiesterase that mediates a critical step in PC biosynthesis and parasite survival.
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- Abhinay Ramaprasad
- Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Structural Systems BiologyHamburgGermany,Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineHamburgGermany,University of HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Metabolomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Metabolomics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom
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- Centre for Structural Systems BiologyHamburgGermany,Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical MedicineHamburgGermany,University of HamburgHamburgGermany
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- Malaria Biochemistry Laboratory, The Francis Crick InstituteLondonUnited Kingdom,Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineLondonUnited Kingdom
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Ren R, Zhai L, Tian Q, Meng D, Guan Z, Cai Y, Liao X. Identification of a novel glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase from Bacillus altitudinis W3 and its application in degradation of diphenyl phosphate. 3 Biotech 2021; 11:161. [PMID: 33758739 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-02704-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Diphenyl phosphate (DPHP) has been increasingly detected in environmental samples, posing a potential hazard to humans and other organisms and arousing concern regarding its adverse effects. Biological degradation of DPHP is considered a promising and environmentally friendly method for its removal. In this study, the bagdpd gene was mined from the Bacillus altitudinis W3 genome and identified as a glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase by bioinformatics analysis. The enzyme was expressed and its biochemical properties were studied. When using bis(4-nitrophenyl) phosphate as substrate, enzyme activity was optimal at 55 °C and a pH of 8.5. The enzyme remained stable in the pH range of 8.0 - 10.0. The rBaGDPD enzyme degraded DPHP and the reaction product was identified as phenyl phosphate by LC-MS. This is the first report of a glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase exhibiting hydrolytic activity against DPHP. This study demonstrated that rBaGDPD could have the potential for bioremediation and industrial applications.
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- Runxian Ren
- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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- The Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, 214122 Jiangsu China
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Oyama T, Murayama K, Sugimori D. Switching the substrate specificity of lysoplasmalogen-specific phospholipase D. FEBS Open Bio 2021; 11:1132-1143. [PMID: 33599379 PMCID: PMC8016129 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.13123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Lysoplasmalogen‐specific phospholipase D (LyPls‐PLD) catalyzes reactions in a manner similar to those catalyzed by glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) and other well‐known PLDs. Although these enzymes hydrolyze the glycerophosphodiester bond, their substrate specificities are completely different. Previously, we reported that LyPls‐PLD from Thermocrispum sp. RD004668 shows only 53% activity with 1‐hexadecyl‐2‐hydroxy‐sn‐glycero‐3‐phosphocholine (LysoPAF) relative to the 100% activity it shows with choline lysoplasmalogen (LyPlsCho). Lipoprotein‐associated phospholipase A2 (Lp‐PLA2) activity can be used to evaluate for cardiovascular disease. Hence, development of a point‐of‐care testing kit requires a LysoPAF‐specific PLD (LysoPAF‐PLD) to measure Lp‐PLA2 activity. Rational site‐directed mutagenesis and kinetic analysis were applied to generate LysoPAF‐PLD from LyPls‐PLD and to clarify the mechanisms underlying the substrate‐recognition ability of LyPls‐PLD. Our results suggest that LyPls‐PLD variants A47, M71, N173, F211, and W282 are possibly involved in substrate recognition and that F211L may substantially alter substrate preference. Moreover, the specific activity ratio LysoPAF/LyPlsCho corresponding to F211L was up to 25‐fold higher than that corresponding to the wild‐type enzyme. Thus, we succeeded in switching from LyPlsCho‐ to LysoPAF‐PLD. These results suggest that the F211L variant may be utilized to measure Lp‐PLA2 activity. Kinetic analyses demonstrated that product release was the rate‐limiting step of the reaction, with flexibility of the sn‐1 ether‐linked vinyl/alkyl chain of the substrate being essential for substrate binding and product release. Our findings may lead to a better understanding of the differences between homologous enzymes (such as PLD, sphingomyelinase D, and GDPD of the phosphatidylinositol‐phosphodiesterase superfamily) in relation to substrate recognition. Enzyme
EC 3.1.4.2 (currently assigned).
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- Takayuki Oyama
- Materials Science Course, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Measurements and Diagnostics, Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Materials Science Course, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology, Fukushima University, Japan
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Walter A, Unsleber S, Rismondo J, Jorge AM, Peschel A, Gründling A, Mayer C. Phosphoglycerol-type wall and lipoteichoic acids are enantiomeric polymers differentiated by the stereospecific glycerophosphodiesterase GlpQ. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4024-4034. [PMID: 32047114 PMCID: PMC7086022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.012566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The cell envelope of Gram-positive bacteria generally comprises two types of polyanionic polymers linked to either peptidoglycan (wall teichoic acids; WTA) or to membrane glycolipids (lipoteichoic acids; LTA). In some bacteria, including Bacillus subtilis strain 168, both WTA and LTA are glycerolphosphate polymers yet are synthesized through different pathways and have distinct but incompletely understood morphogenetic functions during cell elongation and division. We show here that the exolytic sn-glycerol-3-phosphodiesterase GlpQ can discriminate between B. subtilis WTA and LTA. GlpQ completely degraded unsubstituted WTA, which lacks substituents at the glycerol residues, by sequentially removing glycerolphosphates from the free end of the polymer up to the peptidoglycan linker. In contrast, GlpQ could not degrade unsubstituted LTA unless it was partially precleaved, allowing access of GlpQ to the other end of the polymer, which, in the intact molecule, is protected by a connection to the lipid anchor. Differences in stereochemistry between WTA and LTA have been suggested previously on the basis of differences in their biosynthetic precursors and chemical degradation products. The differential cleavage of WTA and LTA by GlpQ reported here represents the first direct evidence that they are enantiomeric polymers: WTA is made of sn-glycerol-3-phosphate, and LTA is made of sn-glycerol-1-phosphate. Their distinct stereochemistries reflect the dissimilar physiological and immunogenic properties of WTA and LTA. It also enables differential degradation of the two polymers within the same envelope compartment in vivo, particularly under phosphate-limiting conditions, when B. subtilis specifically degrades WTA and replaces it with phosphate-free teichuronic acids.
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- Axel Walter
- Microbiology/Glycobiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Microbiology/Glycobiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Infection Biology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Microbiology/Glycobiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Sakasegawa S, Taira S, Yamamoto K, Sugimori D. Enzymatic Synthesis of 1‐Alkyl‐2‐hydroxy‐
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‐glycero‐2,3‐cyclic‐phosphate Using a Novel Lysoplasmalogen‐Specific Phopholipase D. EUR J LIPID SCI TECH 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ejlt.201900227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Shin‐ich Sakasegawa
- Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation 632‐1 Mifuku Izunokuni Shizuoka 410‐2321 Japan
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- Faculty of Agriculture Fukushima University 1 Kanayagawa Fukushima 960‐1296 Japan
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- Division of Bioscience and Bioindustry Graduate School of Technology Industrial and Social Sciences Tokushima University 2‐1 Minami‐Jyosanjima‐cho Tokushima 770‐8513 Japan
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- School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Fukushima University 1 Kanayagawa Fukushima 960‐1296 Japan
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Evolutionary dynamics of origin and loss in the deep history of phospholipase D toxin genes. BMC Evol Biol 2018; 18:194. [PMID: 30563447 PMCID: PMC6299612 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-018-1302-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Venom-expressed sphingomyelinase D/phospholipase D (SMase D/PLD) enzymes evolved from the ubiquitous glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterases (GDPD). Expression of GDPD-like SMaseD/PLD toxins in both arachnids and bacteria has inspired consideration of the relative contributions of lateral gene transfer and convergent recruitment in the evolutionary history of this lineage. Previous work recognized two distinct lineages, a SicTox-like (ST-like) clade including the arachnid toxins, and an Actinobacterial-toxin like (AT-like) clade including the bacterial toxins and numerous fungal homologs. Results Here we expand taxon sampling by homology detection to discover new GDPD-like SMase D/PLD homologs. The ST-like clade now includes homologs in a wider variety of arthropods along with a sister group in Cnidaria; the AT-like clade now includes additional fungal phyla and proteobacterial homologs; and we report a third clade expressed in diverse aquatic metazoan taxa, a few single-celled eukaryotes, and a few aquatic proteobacteria. GDPD-like SMaseD/PLDs have an ancient presence in chelicerates within the ST-like family and ctenophores within the Aquatic family. A rooted phylogenetic tree shows that the three clades derived from a basal paraphyletic group of proteobacterial GDPD-like SMase D/PLDs, some of which are on mobile genetic elements. GDPD-like SMase D/PLDs share a signature C-terminal motif and a shortened βα1 loop, features that distinguish them from GDPDs. The three major clades also have active site loop signatures that distinguish them from GDPDs and from each other. Analysis of molecular phylogenies with respect to organismal relationships reveals a dynamic evolutionary history including both lateral gene transfer and gene duplication/loss. Conclusions The GDPD-like SMaseD/PLD enzymes derive from a single ancient ancestor, likely proteobacterial, and radiated into diverse organismal lineages at least in part through lateral gene transfer. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12862-018-1302-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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Rabha M, Acharjee S, Sarmah BK. Multilocus sequence typing for phylogenetic view and vip gene diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis strains of the Assam soil of North East India. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 34:103. [PMID: 29951787 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-018-2489-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2018] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An agriculturally important insecticidal bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis have been isolated from the soil samples of various part of Assam including the Kaziranga National Park. Previously, the isolates were characterized based on morphology, 16S rDNA sequencing, and the presence of the various classes' crystal protein gene(s). In the present study, the phylogenetic analysis of a few selected isolates was performed by an unambiguous and quick method called the multiple locus sequence typing (MLST). A known B. thuringiensis strain kurstaki 4D4 have been used as a reference strain for MLST. A total of four the MLST locus of housekeeping genes, recF, sucC, gdpD and yhfL were selected. A total of 14 unique sequence types (STs) was identified. A total number of alleles identified for the locus gdpD and sucC was 12, followed by locus yhfL was 11, however, only 6 alleles were detected for the locus recF. The phylogenetic analysis using MEGA 7.0.26 showed three major lineages. Approximately, 87% of the isolates belonged to the STs corresponding to B. thuringiensis, whereas two isolates, BA07 and BA39, were clustered to B. cereus. The isolates were also screened for the diversity of vegetative insecticidal protein (vip) genes. In all, 8 isolates showed the presence of vip1, followed by 7 isolates having vip2 and 6 isolates for vip3 genes. The expression of Vip3A proteins was analyzed by western blot analyses and expression of the Vip3A protein was observed in the isolate BA20. Thus, the phylogenetic relationship and diversity of Bt isolates from Assam soil was established based on MLST, in addition, found isolates having vip genes, which could be used for crop improvement.
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- Mihir Rabha
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, DBT-AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, DBT-AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India.
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- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, DBT-AAU Centre, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam, 785013, India.
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Myers CL, Li FKK, Koo BM, El-Halfawy OM, French S, Gross CA, Strynadka NCJ, Brown ED. Identification of Two Phosphate Starvation-induced Wall Teichoic Acid Hydrolases Provides First Insights into the Degradative Pathway of a Key Bacterial Cell Wall Component. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26066-26082. [PMID: 27780866 PMCID: PMC5207077 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.760447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2016] [Revised: 10/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cell wall of most Gram-positive bacteria contains equal amounts of peptidoglycan and the phosphate-rich glycopolymer wall teichoic acid (WTA). During phosphate-limited growth of the Gram-positive model organism Bacillus subtilis 168, WTA is lost from the cell wall in a response mediated by the PhoPR two-component system, which regulates genes involved in phosphate conservation and acquisition. It has been thought that WTA provides a phosphate source to sustain growth during starvation conditions; however, WTA degradative pathways have not been described for this or any condition of bacterial growth. Here, we uncover roles for the Bacillus subtilis PhoP regulon genes glpQ and phoD as encoding secreted phosphodiesterases that function in WTA metabolism during phosphate starvation. Unlike the parent 168 strain, ΔglpQ or ΔphoD mutants retained WTA and ceased growth upon phosphate limitation. Characterization of GlpQ and PhoD enzymatic activities, in addition to X-ray crystal structures of GlpQ, revealed distinct mechanisms of WTA depolymerization for the two enzymes; GlpQ catalyzes exolytic cleavage of individual monomer units, and PhoD catalyzes endo-hydrolysis at nonspecific sites throughout the polymer. The combination of these activities appears requisite for the utilization of WTA as a phosphate reserve. Phenotypic characterization of the ΔglpQ and ΔphoD mutants revealed altered cell morphologies and effects on autolytic activity and antibiotic susceptibilities that, unexpectedly, also occurred in phosphate-replete conditions. Our findings offer novel insight into the B. subtilis phosphate starvation response and implicate WTA hydrolase activity as a determinant of functional properties of the Gram-positive cell envelope.
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- Cullen L Myers
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences and
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario L8N 3Z5, Canada
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Matsumoto Y, Kashiwabara N, Oyama T, Murayama K, Matsumoto H, Sakasegawa SI, Sugimori D. Molecular cloning, heterologous expression, and enzymatic characterization of lysoplasmalogen-specific phospholipase D from Thermocrispum sp. FEBS Open Bio 2016; 6:1113-1130. [PMID: 27833852 PMCID: PMC5095149 DOI: 10.1002/2211-5463.12131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Revised: 09/09/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Lysoplasmalogen (LyPls)‐specific phospholipase D (LyPls‐PLD) is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolytic cleavage of the phosphoester bond of LyPls, releasing ethanolamine or choline, and 1‐(1‐alkenyl)‐sn‐glycero‐3‐phosphate (lysoplasmenic acid). Little is known about LyPls‐PLD and metabolic pathways of plasmalogen (Pls). Reportedly, Pls levels in human serum/plasma correlate with several diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and arteriosclerosis as well as a variety of biological processes including apoptosis and cell signaling. We identified a LyPls‐PLD from Thermocrispum sp. strain RD004668, and the enzyme was purified, characterized, cloned, and expressed using pET24a(+)/Escherichia coli with a His tag. The enzyme's preferred substrate was choline LyPls (LyPlsCho), with only modest activity toward ethanolamine LyPls. Under optimum conditions (pH 8.0 and 50 °C), steady‐state kinetic analysis for LyPlsCho yielded Km and kcat values of 13.2 μm and 70.6 s−1, respectively. The ORF of LyPls‐PLD gene consisted of 1005 bp coding a 334‐amino‐acid (aa) protein. The deduced aa sequence of LyPls‐PLD showed high similarity to those of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases (GDPDs); however, the substrate specificity differed completely from those of GDPDs and general phospholipase Ds (PLDs). Structural homology modeling showed that two putative catalytic residues (His46, His88) of LyPls‐PLD were highly conserved to GDPDs. Mutational and kinetic analyses suggested that Ala55, Asn56, and Phe211 in the active site of LyPls‐PLD may participate in the substrate recognition. These findings will help to elucidate differences among LyPls‐PLD, PLD, and GDPD with regard to function, substrate recognition mechanism, and biochemical roles. Data Accessibility Thermocrispum sp. strain RD004668 and its 16S rDNA sequence were deposited in the NITE Patent Microorganisms Depositary (NPMD; Chiba, Japan) as NITE BP‐01628 and in the DDBJ database under the accession number AB873024. The nucleotide sequences of the 16S rDNA of strain RD004668 and the LyPls‐PLD gene were deposited in the DDBJ database under the accession numbers AB873024 and AB874601, respectively. Enzyme EC number EC 3.1.4.4
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- Yusaku Matsumoto
- Department of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Fukushima University Japan
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- Department of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Fukushima University Japan
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- Department of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Fukushima University Japan
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- Division of Biomedical Measurements and Diagnostics Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Tohoku University Sendai Japan
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- Department of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Graduate School of Symbiotic Systems Science and Technology Fukushima University Japan
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Cornelissen A, Sadovskaya I, Vinogradov E, Blangy S, Spinelli S, Casey E, Mahony J, Noben JP, Dal Bello F, Cambillau C, van Sinderen D. The Baseplate of Lactobacillus delbrueckii Bacteriophage Ld17 Harbors a Glycerophosphodiesterase. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:16816-27. [PMID: 27268053 PMCID: PMC4974393 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.728279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases (GDPDs; EC 3.1.4.46) typically hydrolyze glycerophosphodiesters to sn-glycerol 3-phosphate (Gro3P) and their corresponding alcohol during patho/physiological processes in bacteria and eukaryotes. GDPD(-like) domains were identified in the structural particle of bacterial viruses (bacteriophages) specifically infecting Gram-positive bacteria. The GDPD of phage 17 (Ld17; GDPDLd17), representative of the group b Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus (Ldb)-infecting bacteriophages, was shown to hydrolyze, besides the simple glycerophosphodiester, two complex surface-associated carbohydrates of the Ldb17 cell envelope: the Gro3P decoration of the major surface polysaccharide d-galactan and the oligo(glycerol phosphate) backbone of the partially glycosylated cell wall teichoic acid, a minor Ldb17 cell envelope component. Degradation of cell wall teichoic acid occurs according to an exolytic mechanism, and Gro3P substitution is presumed to be inhibitory for GDPDLd17 activity. The presence of the GDPDLd17 homotrimer in the viral baseplate structure involved in phage-host interaction together with the dependence of native GDPD activity, adsorption, and efficiency of plating of Ca(2+) ions supports a role for GDPDLd17 activity during phage adsorption and/or phage genome injection. In contrast to GDPDLd17, we could not identify any enzymatic activity for the GDPD-like domain in the neck passage structure of phage 340, a 936-type Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis bacteriophage.
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- Equipe Biochimie des Produits Aquatiques, Université du Littoral-Côte d'Opale, Boulevard du Bassin Napoléon, BP 120, 62327 Boulogne-sur-mer, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France, CNRS, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 6098, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France, CNRS, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 6098, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- Biomedical Research Institute (Biomed) and School of Life Sciences, Transnationale Universiteit Limburg, Hasselt University, Agoralaan-Building C, BE-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium, and
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France, CNRS, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 6098, Campus de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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- From the School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland,
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Wang F, Lai L, Liu Y, Yang B, Wang Y. Expression and Characterization of a Novel Glycerophosphodiester Phosphodiesterase from Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638 That Possesses Lysophospholipase D Activity. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17060831. [PMID: 27248999 PMCID: PMC4926365 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17060831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Revised: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 05/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases (GDPD) are enzymes which degrade various glycerophosphodiesters to produce glycerol-3-phosphate and the corresponding alcohol moiety. Apart from this, a very interesting finding is that this enzyme could be used in the degradation of toxic organophosphorus esters, which has resulted in much attention on the biochemical and application research of GDPDs. In the present study, a novel GDPD from Pyrococcus furiosus DSM 3638 (pfGDPD) was successfully expressed in Escherichia coli and biochemically characterized. This enzyme hydrolyzed bis(p-nitrophenyl) phosphate, one substrate analogue of organophosphorus diester, with an optimal reaction temperature 55 °C and pH 8.5. The activity of pfGDPD was strongly dependent on existing of bivalent cations. It was strongly stimulated by Mn(2+) ions, next was Co(2+) and Ni(2+) ions. Further investigations were conducted on its substrate selectivity towards different phospholipids. The results indicated that except of glycerophosphorylcholine (GPC), this enzyme also possessed lysophospholipase D activity toward both sn1-lysophosphatidylcholine (1-LPC) and sn2-lysophosphatidylcholine (2-LPC). Higher activity was found for 1-LPC than 2-LPC; however, no hydrolytic activity was found for phosphatidylcholine (PC). Molecular docking based on the 3D-modeled structure of pfGDPD was conducted in order to provide a structural foundation for the substrate selectivity.
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- Fanghua Wang
- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Bioscience and Bioengineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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Lajoie DM, Cordes MHJ. Spider, bacterial and fungal phospholipase D toxins make cyclic phosphate products. Toxicon 2015; 108:176-80. [PMID: 26482933 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2015] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Phospholipase D (PLD) toxins from sicariid spiders, which cause disease in mammals, were recently found to convert their primary substrates, sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine, to cyclic phospholipids. Here we show that two PLD toxins from pathogenic actinobacteria and ascomycete fungi, which share distant homology with the spider toxins, also generate cyclic phospholipids. This shared function supports divergent evolution of the PLD toxins from a common ancestor and suggests the importance of cyclic phospholipids in pathogenicity.
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- Daniel M Lajoie
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA.
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Lajoie DM, Roberts SA, Zobel-Thropp PA, Delahaye JL, Bandarian V, Binford GJ, Cordes MHJ. Variable Substrate Preference among Phospholipase D Toxins from Sicariid Spiders. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10994-1007. [PMID: 25752604 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.636951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Venoms of the sicariid spiders contain phospholipase D enzyme toxins that can cause severe dermonecrosis and even death in humans. These enzymes convert sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates to cyclic phosphates by activating a hydroxyl nucleophile present in both classes of lipid. The most medically relevant substrates are thought to be sphingomyelin and/or lysophosphatidylcholine. To better understand the substrate preference of these toxins, we used (31)P NMR to compare the activity of three related but phylogenetically diverse sicariid toxins against a diverse panel of sphingolipid and lysolipid substrates. Two of the three showed significantly faster turnover of sphingolipids over lysolipids, and all three showed a strong preference for positively charged (choline and/or ethanolamine) over neutral (glycerol and serine) headgroups. Strikingly, however, the enzymes vary widely in their preference for choline, the headgroup of both sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine, versus ethanolamine. An enzyme from Sicarius terrosus showed a strong preference for ethanolamine over choline, whereas two paralogous enzymes from Loxosceles arizonica either preferred choline or showed no significant preference. Intrigued by the novel substrate preference of the Sicarius enzyme, we solved its crystal structure at 2.1 Å resolution. The evolution of variable substrate specificity may help explain the reduced dermonecrotic potential of some natural toxin variants, because mammalian sphingolipids use primarily choline as a positively charged headgroup; it may also be relevant for sicariid predatory behavior, because ethanolamine-containing sphingolipids are common in insect prey.
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- Daniel M Lajoie
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- the Department of Biology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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- the Department of Biology, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon 97219
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 and
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Impact of the glpQ2 gene on virulence in a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 19A sequence type 320 strain. Infect Immun 2014; 83:682-92. [PMID: 25422269 DOI: 10.1128/iai.02357-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) metabolizes glycerophosphorylcholine from the lung epithelium to produce free choline, which is transformed into phosphorylcholine and presented on the surfaces of many respiratory pathogens. Two orthologs of glpQ genes are found in Streptococcus pneumoniae: glpQ, with a membrane motif, is widespread in pneumococci, whereas glpQ2, which shares high similarity with glpQ in Haemophilus influenzae and Mycoplasma pneumoniae, is present only in S. pneumoniae serotype 3, 6B, 19A, and 19F strains. Recently, serotype 19A has emerged as an epidemiological etiology associated with invasive pneumococcal diseases. Thus, we investigated the pathophysiological role of glpQ2 in a serotype 19A sequence type 320 (19AST320) strain, which was the prevalent sequence type in 19A associated with severe pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric patients. Mutations in glpQ2 reduced phosphorylcholine expression and the anchorage of choline-binding proteins to the pneumococcal surface during the exponential phase, where the mutants exhibited reduced autolysis and lower natural transformation abilities than the parent strain. The deletion of glpQ2 also decreased the adherence and cytotoxicity to human lung epithelial cell lines, whereas these functions were indistinguishable from those of the wild type in complementation strains. In a murine respiratory tract infection model, glpQ2 was important for nasopharynx and lung colonization. Furthermore, infection with a glpQ2 mutant decreased the severity of pneumonia compared with the parent strain, and glpQ2 gene complementation restored the inflammation level. Therefore, glpQ2 enhances surface phosphorylcholine expression in S. pneumoniae 19AST320 during the exponential phase, which contributes to the severity of pneumonia by promoting adherence and host cell cytotoxicity.
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Catalán A, Cortés W, Muñoz C, Araya JE. Tryptophan and aspartic acid residues present in the glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) domain of the Loxosceles laeta phospholipase D are essential for substrate recognition. Toxicon 2014; 81:43-7. [PMID: 24472346 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Revised: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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It is known that the family of phospholipases D (PLD) from spiders of the genus Loxosceles, hydrolyze the substrates sphingomyelin and lisophosphatidylcholine, by their catalytic acid-base action which involves two histidines. However, little is known about the amino acids that participate on substrate recognition. In this study we identified highly conserved amino acids of the glycerophosphoryl diester phosphodiesterase (GDPD) domain of recombinant LlPLD1, which interact with the substrate sphingomyelin. The mutation of W256 to serine and D259 to glycine decreased significantly the sphingomyelinase and hemolytic activity when compared to wild type LlPLD1. The interaction of LlPLD1 with sphingomyelin was also strongly reduced in both mutants LlPLD1-W256S and LlPLD1-D259G. The results show the importance of these residues in the interaction of the protein with its substrate sphingomyelin in cell membranes.
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- Alejandro Catalán
- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile
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- Laboratory of Molecular Parasitology, Department of Medical Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Antofagasta, P.O. Box 170, Antofagasta, Chile
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Corda D, Mosca MG, Ohshima N, Grauso L, Yanaka N, Mariggiò S. The emerging physiological roles of the glycerophosphodiesterase family. FEBS J 2014; 281:998-1016. [PMID: 24373430 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases are evolutionarily conserved proteins that have been linked to several patho/physiological functions, comprising bacterial pathogenicity and mammalian cell proliferation or differentiation. The bacterial enzymes do not show preferential substrate selectivities among the glycerophosphodiesters, and they are mainly dedicated to glycerophosphodiester hydrolysis, producing glycerophosphate and alcohols as the building blocks that are required for bacterial biosynthetic pathways. In some cases, this enzymatic activity has been demonstrated to contribute to bacterial pathogenicity, such as with Hemophilus influenzae. Mammalian glyerophosphodiesterases have high substrate specificities, even if the number of potential physiological substrates is continuously increasing. Some of these mammalian enzymes have been directly linked to cell differentiation, such as GDE2, which triggers motor neuron differentiation, and GDE3, the enzymatic activity of which is necessary and sufficient to induce osteoblast differentiation. Instead, GDE5 has been shown to inhibit skeletal muscle development independent of its enzymatic activity.
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- Daniela Corda
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council, Naples, Italy
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Phospholipase D toxins of brown spider venom convert lysophosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin to cyclic phosphates. PLoS One 2013; 8:e72372. [PMID: 24009677 PMCID: PMC3756997 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Venoms of brown spiders in the genus Loxosceles contain phospholipase D enzyme toxins that can cause severe dermonecrosis and even death in humans. These toxins cleave the substrates sphingomyelin and lysophosphatidylcholine in mammalian tissues, releasing the choline head group. The other products of substrate cleavage have previously been reported to be monoester phospholipids, which would result from substrate hydrolysis. Using (31)P NMR and mass spectrometry we demonstrate that recombinant toxins, as well as whole venoms from diverse Loxosceles species, exclusively catalyze transphosphatidylation rather than hydrolysis, forming cyclic phosphate products from both major substrates. Cyclic phosphates have vastly different biological properties from their monoester counterparts, and they may be relevant to the pathology of brown spider envenomation.
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High NaCl- and urea-induced posttranslational modifications that increase glycerophosphocholine by inhibiting GDPD5 phosphodiesterase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:7482-7. [PMID: 23589856 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305220110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Glycerophosphocholine (GPC) is high in cells of the renal inner medulla where high interstitial NaCl and urea power concentration of the urine. GPC protects inner medullary cells against the perturbing effects of high NaCl and urea by stabilizing intracellular macromolecules. Degradation of GPC is catalyzed by the glycerophosphocholine phosphodiesterase activity of glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase domain containing 5 (GDPD5). We previously found that inhibitory posttranslational modification (PTM) of GDPD5 contributes to high NaCl- and urea-induced increase of GPC. The purpose of the present studies was to identify the PTM(s). We find at least three such PTMs in HEK293 cells: (i) Formation of a disulfide bond between C25 and C571. High NaCl and high urea increase reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ROS increase disulfide bonding between GDPD5-C25 and -C571, which inhibits GDPD5 activity, as supported by the findings that the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine prevents high NaCl- and urea-induced inhibition of GDPD5; GDPD5-C25S/C571S mutation or over expression of peroxiredoxin increases GDPD5 activity; H2O2 inhibits activity of wild type GDPD5, but not of GDPD5-C25S/C571S; and peroxiredoxin is relatively low in the renal inner medulla where GPC is high. (ii) Dephosphorylation of GDPD5-T587. GDPD5 threonine 587 is constitutively phosphorylated. High NaCl and high urea dephosphorylate GDPD5-T587. Mutation of GDPD5-T587 to alanine, which cannot be phosphorylated, decreases GPC-PDE activity of GDPD5. (iii) Alteration at an unknown site mediated by CDK1. Inhibition of CDK1 protein kinase reduces GDE-PDE activity of GDPD5 without altering phosphorylation at T587, and CDK1/5 inhibitor reduces activity of GDPD5- C25S/C571S-T587A.
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Park S, Lee C, Sabharwal P, Zhang M, Meyers CLF, Sockanathan S. GDE2 promotes neurogenesis by glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor cleavage of RECK. Science 2013; 339:324-8. [PMID: 23329048 DOI: 10.1126/science.1231921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The six-transmembrane protein glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase 2 (GDE2) induces spinal motor neuron differentiation by inhibiting Notch signaling in adjacent motor neuron progenitors. GDE2 function requires activity of its extracellular domain that shares homology with glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases (GDPDs). GDPDs metabolize glycerophosphodiesters into glycerol-3-phosphate and corresponding alcohols, but whether GDE2 inhibits Notch signaling by this mechanism is unclear. Here, we show that GDE2, unlike classical GDPDs, cleaves glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors. GDE2 GDPD activity inactivates the Notch activator RECK (reversion-inducing cysteine-rich protein with kazal motifs) by releasing it from the membrane through GPI-anchor cleavage. RECK release disinhibits ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase) protease-dependent shedding of the Notch ligand Delta-like 1 (Dll1), leading to Notch inactivation. This study identifies a previously unrecognized mechanism to initiate neurogenesis that involves GDE2-mediated surface cleavage of GPI-anchored targets to inhibit Dll1-Notch signaling.
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- Sungjin Park
- Solomon Snyder Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Denloye T, Dalal S, Klemba M. Characterization of a glycerophosphodiesterase with an unusual tripartite distribution and an important role in the asexual blood stages of Plasmodium falciparum. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2012; 186:29-37. [PMID: 23000576 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2012] [Revised: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Catabolism of glycerophospholipids during the rapid growth of the asexual intraerythrocytic malaria parasite may contribute to membrane recycling and the acquisition of lipid biosynthetic precursors from the host. To better understand the scope of lipid catabolism in Plasmodium falciparum, we have characterized a malarial homolog of bacterial glycerophosphodiesterases. These enzymes catalyze the hydrolysis of glycerophosphodiesterases that are generated by phospholipase-catalyzed removal of the two acyl groups from glycerophospholipids. The P. falciparum glycerophosphodiesterase (PfGDPD) exhibits an unusual tripartite distribution during the asexual blood stage with pools of enzyme in the parasitophorous vacuole, food vacuole and cytosol. Efforts to disrupt the chromosomal PfGDPD coding sequence were unsuccessful, which implies that the enzyme is important for efficient parasite growth. Tagging of the endogenous pool of PfGDPD with a conditional aggregation domain partially perturbed the distribution of the enzyme in the parasitophorous vacuole but had no discernable effect on growth in culture. Kinetic characterization of the hydrolysis of glycerophosphocholine by recombinant PfGDPD, an Mg(2+)-dependent enzyme, yielded steady-state parameters that were comparable to those of a homologous bacterial glycerophosphodiesterase. Together, these results suggest a physiological role for PfGDPD in glycerophospholipid catabolism in multiple subcellular compartments. Possibilities for what this role might be are discussed.
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- Titilola Denloye
- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
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Kornspan JD, Rottem S. Phospholipase A and glycerophosphodiesterase activities in the cell membrane of Mycoplasma hyorhinis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 332:34-9. [PMID: 22507126 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Revised: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Mycoplasma hyorhinis, the major contaminant of tissue cultures, has been implicated in a variety of diseases in swine. Most human and animal mycoplasmas remain attached to the surface of epithelial cells. Nonetheless, we have recently shown that M. hyorhinis is able to invade and survive within nonphagocytic melanoma cells. The invasion process may require the damaging of the host cell membrane by either chemical, physical or enzymatic means. In this study, we show that M. hyorhinis membranes possess a nonspecific phospholipase A (PLA) activity capable of hydrolyzing both position 1 and position 2 of 1-acyl-2-(12-[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)] aminododecanoyl) phosphatidylcholine. In silico analysis of the M. hyorhinis genome shows that the PLA of M. hyorhinis shares no homology to described phospholipases. The PLA activity of M. hyorhinis was neither stimulated by Ca (2+) nor inhibited by EGTA and had a broad pH spectrum. Mycoplasma hyorhinis also possess a potent glycerophosphodiesterase (GPD), which apparently cleaves the glycerophosphodiester formed by PLA to yield glycerol-3-phosphate. Possible roles of PLA and GPD in invading host eukaryotic cells and in forming mediators upon the interaction of M. hyorhinis with eukaryotic cells are suggested.
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- Jonathan D Kornspan
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
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Li ZW, Shen YH, Xiang ZH, Zhang Z. Pathogen-origin horizontally transferred genes contribute to the evolution of Lepidopteran insects. BMC Evol Biol 2011; 11:356. [PMID: 22151541 PMCID: PMC3252269 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Horizontal gene transfer (HGT), a source of genetic variation, is generally considered to facilitate hosts' adaptability to environments. However, convincing evidence supporting the significant contribution of the transferred genes to the evolution of metazoan recipients is rare. Results In this study, based on sequence data accumulated to date, we used a unified method consisting of similarity search and phylogenetic analysis to detect horizontally transferred genes (HTGs) between prokaryotes and five insect species including Drosophila melanogaster, Anopheles gambiae, Bombyx mori, Tribolium castaneum and Apis mellifera. Unexpectedly, the candidate HTGs were not detected in D. melanogaster, An. gambiae and T. castaneum, and 79 genes in Ap. mellifera sieved by the same method were considered as contamination based on other information. Consequently, 14 types of 22 HTGs were detected only in the silkworm. Additionally, 13 types of the detected silkworm HTGs share homologous sequences in species of other Lepidopteran superfamilies, suggesting that the majority of these HTGs were derived from ancient transfer events before the radiation of Ditrysia clade. On the basis of phylogenetic topologies and BLAST search results, donor bacteria of these genes were inferred, respectively. At least half of the predicted donor organisms may be entomopathogenic bacteria. The predicted biochemical functions of these genes include four categories: glycosyl hydrolase family, oxidoreductase family, amino acid metabolism, and others. Conclusions The products of HTGs detected in this study may take part in comprehensive physiological metabolism. These genes potentially contributed to functional innovation and adaptability of Lepidopteran hosts in their ancient lineages associated with the diversification of angiosperms. Importantly, our results imply that pathogens may be advantageous to the subsistence and prosperity of hosts through effective HGT events at a large evolutionary scale.
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- Zi-Wen Li
- The Key Sericultural Laboratory of Agricultural Ministry, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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Yip SHC, Foo JL, Schenk G, Gahan LR, Carr PD, Ollis DL. Directed evolution combined with rational design increases activity of GpdQ toward a non-physiological substrate and alters the oligomeric structure of the enzyme. Protein Eng Des Sel 2011; 24:861-72. [DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzr048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cheng L, Bucciarelli B, Liu J, Zinn K, Miller S, Patton-Vogt J, Allan D, Shen J, Vance CP. White lupin cluster root acclimation to phosphorus deficiency and root hair development involve unique glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterases. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 156:1131-48. [PMID: 21464471 PMCID: PMC3135957 DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.173724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/29/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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White lupin (Lupinus albus) is a legume that is very efficient in accessing unavailable phosphorus (Pi). It develops short, densely clustered tertiary lateral roots (cluster/proteoid roots) in response to Pi limitation. In this report, we characterize two glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GPX-PDE) genes (GPX-PDE1 and GPX-PDE2) from white lupin and propose a role for these two GPX-PDEs in root hair growth and development and in a Pi stress-induced phospholipid degradation pathway in cluster roots. Both GPX-PDE1 and GPX-PDE2 are highly expressed in Pi-deficient cluster roots, particularly in root hairs, epidermal cells, and vascular bundles. Expression of both genes is a function of both Pi availability and photosynthate. GPX-PDE1 Pi deficiency-induced expression is attenuated as photosynthate is deprived, while that of GPX-PDE2 is strikingly enhanced. Yeast complementation assays and in vitro enzyme assays revealed that GPX-PDE1 shows catalytic activity with glycerophosphocholine while GPX-PDE2 shows highest activity with glycerophosphoinositol. Cell-free protein extracts from Pi-deficient cluster roots display GPX-PDE enzyme activity for both glycerophosphocholine and glycerophosphoinositol. Knockdown of expression of GPX-PDE through RNA interference resulted in impaired root hair development and density. We propose that white lupin GPX-PDE1 and GPX-PDE2 are involved in the acclimation to Pi limitation by enhancing glycerophosphodiester degradation and mediating root hair development.
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- Department of Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Plant-Soil Interactions, Beijing 100193, People’s Republic of China (L.C., J.S.); Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics (L.C., B.B., J.L., S.M., C.P.V.) and Department of Soil, Water, and Climate (J.L., K.Z., D.A.), University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108; United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108 (B.B., S.M., C.P.V.); Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282 (J.P.-V.)
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de Giuseppe PO, Ullah A, Silva DT, Gremski LH, Wille ACM, Chaves Moreira D, Ribeiro AS, Chaim OM, Murakami MT, Veiga SS, Arni RK. Structure of a novel class II phospholipase D: catalytic cleft is modified by a disulphide bridge. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2011; 409:622-7. [PMID: 21616057 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.05.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 05/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Phospholipases D (PLDs) are principally responsible for the local and systemic effects of Loxosceles envenomation including dermonecrosis and hemolysis. Despite their clinical relevance in loxoscelism, to date, only the SMase I from Loxosceles laeta, a class I member, has been structurally characterized. The crystal structure of a class II member from Loxosceles intermedia venom has been determined at 1.7Å resolution. Structural comparison to the class I member showed that the presence of an additional disulphide bridge which links the catalytic loop to the flexible loop significantly changes the volume and shape of the catalytic cleft. An examination of the crystal structures of PLD homologues in the presence of low molecular weight compounds at their active sites suggests the existence of a ligand-dependent rotamer conformation of the highly conserved residue Trp230 (equivalent to Trp192 in the glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase from Thermus thermophofilus, PDB code: 1VD6) indicating its role in substrate binding in both enzymes. Sequence and structural analyses suggest that the reduced sphingomyelinase activity observed in some class IIb PLDs is probably due to point mutations which lead to a different substrate preference.
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- Priscila Oliveira de Giuseppe
- Laboratório Nacional de Biociências, Centro Nacional de Pesquisa em Energia e Materiais, Campinas, 13083-970 SP, Brazil
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Chang PA, Shao HB, Long DX, Sun Q, Wu YJ. Isolation, characterization and molecular 3D model of human GDE4, a novel membrane protein containing glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase domain. Mol Membr Biol 2009; 25:557-66. [PMID: 18991142 DOI: 10.1080/09687680802537605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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As a transmembrane protein family, glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GDPD/GDE) catalyzes the hydrolysis of deacylated glycerophospholipids to glycerol phosphate and alcohol. To date, seven mammalian GDEs have been virtually cloned or predicted by bioinformatics analysis, however, GDE4 has not been molecular isolated and characterized in mammal. Here we report molecular cloning of human GDE4 encoding cDNA sequence, which is 945 base pairs long encoding a 314-amino acid protein with 2 transmembrane regions and a GDE motif. The human GDE1 gene is located on chromosome 19q22 and contains ten exons and nine introns. A molecular 3-D model provides the first structural information of human GDE4 and suggests a triose-phosphate-isomerase barrel core as typically found in bacterial GDPDs. Furthermore, a model of the putative catalytic residues highlights that the individual core residues Glu72, Asp74, and His87 are crucial to maintaining GDE4 catalytic activity. Western blotting shows that human GDE4 is a 36 kDa protein. Subcellular localization of GDE4 tagged with enhanced green fluorescence protein is in the cytoplasm, especially accumulated in the perinuclear region and the cell periphery. Moreover, over-expression of GDE4 did not induce neurite formation or change cell morphology. These results indicate GDE4 protein is a member of the GDE family and suggest it may play different roles from other members of GDE family.
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- Ping A Chang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, College of Bio-information, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing, PR China.
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