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Pijuan J, Moreno DF, Yahya G, Moisa M, Ul Haq I, Krukiewicz K, Mosbah R, Metwally K, Cavalu S. Regulatory and pathogenic mechanisms in response to iron deficiency and excess in fungi. Microb Biotechnol 2023; 16:2053-2071. [PMID: 37804207 PMCID: PMC10616654 DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.14346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Iron is an essential element for all eukaryote organisms because of its redox properties, which are important for many biological processes such as DNA synthesis, mitochondrial respiration, oxygen transport, lipid, and carbon metabolism. For this reason, living organisms have developed different strategies and mechanisms to optimally regulate iron acquisition, transport, storage, and uptake in different environmental responses. Moreover, iron plays an essential role during microbial infections. Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been of key importance for decrypting iron homeostasis and regulation mechanisms in eukaryotes. Specifically, the transcription factors Aft1/Aft2 and Yap5 regulate the expression of genes to control iron metabolism in response to its deficiency or excess, adapting to the cell's iron requirements and its availability in the environment. We also review which iron-related virulence factors have the most common fungal human pathogens (Aspergillus fumigatus, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Candida albicans). These factors are essential for adaptation in different host niches during pathogenesis, including different fungal-specific iron-uptake mechanisms. While being necessary for virulence, they provide hope for developing novel antifungal treatments, which are currently scarce and usually toxic for patients. In this review, we provide a compilation of the current knowledge about the metabolic response to iron deficiency and excess in fungi.
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- Jordi Pijuan
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Molecular MedicineInstitut de Recerca Sant Joan de DéuBarcelonaSpain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), ISCIIIMadridSpain
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- Department of Molecular Cellular and Developmental BiologyYale UniversityNew HavenConnecticutUSA
- Systems Biology InstituteYale UniversityWest HavenConnecticutUSA
- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et CellulaireIllkirchFrance
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of PharmacyZagazig UniversityAl SharqiaEgypt
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- Faculty of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity of OradeaOradeaRomania
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Polymers TechnologySilesian University of TechnologyGliwicePoland
- Programa de Pós‐graduação em Inovação TecnológicaUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Department of Physical Chemistry and Polymers TechnologySilesian University of TechnologyGliwicePoland
- Centre for Organic and Nanohybrid ElectronicsSilesian University of TechnologyGliwicePoland
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- Infection Control UnitHospitals of Zagazig UniversityZagazigEgypt
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of PharmacyUniversity of TabukTabukSaudi Arabia
- Department of Pharmaceutical Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of PharmacyZagazig UniversityZagazigEgypt
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- Faculty of Medicine and PharmacyUniversity of OradeaOradeaRomania
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Bailão AM, Silva KLPD, Moraes D, Lechner B, Lindner H, Haas H, Soares CMA, Silva-Bailão MG. Iron Starvation Induces Ferricrocin Production and the Reductive Iron Acquisition System in the Chromoblastomycosis Agent Cladophialophora carrionii. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:727. [PMID: 37504717 PMCID: PMC10382037 DOI: 10.3390/jof9070727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Iron is a micronutrient required by almost all living organisms. Despite being essential, the availability of this metal is low in aerobic environments. Additionally, mammalian hosts evolved strategies to restrict iron from invading microorganisms. In this scenario, the survival of pathogenic fungi depends on high-affinity iron uptake mechanisms. Here, we show that the production of siderophores and the reductive iron acquisition system (RIA) are employed by Cladophialophora carrionii under iron restriction. This black fungus is one of the causative agents of chromoblastomycosis, a neglected subcutaneous tropical disease. Siderophore biosynthesis genes are arranged in clusters and, interestingly, two RIA systems are present in the genome. Orthologs of putative siderophore transporters were identified as well. Iron starvation regulates the expression of genes related to both siderophore production and RIA systems, as well as of two transcription factors that regulate iron homeostasis in fungi. A chrome azurol S assay demonstrated the secretion of hydroxamate-type siderophores, which were further identified via RP-HPLC and mass spectrometry as ferricrocin. An analysis of cell extracts also revealed ferricrocin as an intracellular siderophore. The presence of active high-affinity iron acquisition systems may surely contribute to fungal survival during infection.
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- Alexandre Melo Bailão
- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia 74690-900, Brazil
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- Institute of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, 795J+RF Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Medical Biochemistry/Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, 795J+RF Innsbruck, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Biology/Biocenter, Medical University of Innsbruck, 795J+RF Innsbruck, Austria
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Multicopper oxidases with laccase-ferroxidase activity: Classification and study of ferroxidase activity determinants in a member from Heterobasidion annosum s. l.. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2023; 21:1041-1053. [PMID: 36733701 PMCID: PMC9880977 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2023.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Multi-copper oxidases (MCO) share a common molecular architecture and the use of copper ions as cofactors to reduce O2 to H2O, but show high sequence heterogeneity and functional diversity. Many new emerging MCO genes are wrongly annotated as laccases, the largest group of MCOs, with the widest range of biotechnological applications (particularly those from basidiomycete fungi) due to their ability to oxidise aromatic compounds and lignin. Thus, comprehensive studies for a better classification and structure-function characterisation of MCO families are required. Laccase-ferroxidases (LAC-FOXs) constitute a separate and unexplored group of MCOs with proposed dual features between laccases and ferroxidases. We aim to better define this cluster and the structural determinants underlying putative hybrid activity. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of the LAC-FOXs from basidiomycete fungi, that resulted in two subgroups. This division seemed to correlate with the presence or absence of some of the three acidic residues responsible for ferroxidase activity in Fet3p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. One of these LAC-FOXs (with only one of these residues) from the fungus Heterobasidion annosum s. l. (HaLF) was synthesised, heterologously expressed and characterised to evaluate its catalytic activity. HaLF oxidised typical laccase substrates (phenols, aryl amines and N-heterocycles), but no Fe (II). The enzyme was subjected to site-directed mutagenesis to determine the key residues that confer ferroxidase activity. The mutated HaLF variant with full restoration of the three acidic residues exhibited efficient ferroxidase activity, while it partially retained the wide-range oxidative activity of the native enzyme associated to laccases sensu stricto.
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Palma M, Mondo S, Pereira M, Vieira É, Grigoriev IV, Sá-Correia I. Genome Sequence and Analysis of the Flavinogenic Yeast Candida membranifaciens IST 626. J Fungi (Basel) 2022; 8:jof8030254. [PMID: 35330255 PMCID: PMC8955749 DOI: 10.3390/jof8030254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The ascomycetous yeast Candida membranifaciens has been isolated from diverse habitats, including humans, insects, and environmental sources, exhibiting a remarkable ability to use different carbon sources that include pentoses, melibiose, and inulin. In this study, we isolated four C. membranifaciens strains from soil and investigated their potential to overproduce riboflavin. C. membranifaciens IST 626 was found to produce the highest concentrations of riboflavin. The volumetric production of this vitamin was higher when C. membranifaciens IST 626 cells were cultured in a commercial medium without iron and when xylose was the available carbon source compared to the same basal medium with glucose. Supplementation of the growth medium with 2 g/L glycine favored the metabolization of xylose, leading to biomass increase and consequent enhancement of riboflavin volumetric production that reached 120 mg/L after 216 h of cultivation. To gain new insights into the molecular basis of riboflavin production and carbon source utilization in this species, the first annotated genome sequence of C. membranifaciens is reported in this article, as well as the result of a comparative genomic analysis with other relevant yeast species. A total of 5619 genes were predicted to be present in C. membranifaciens IST 626 genome sequence (11.5 Mbp). Among them are genes involved in riboflavin biosynthesis, iron homeostasis, and sugar uptake and metabolism. This work put forward C. membranifaciens IST 626 as a riboflavin overproducer and provides valuable molecular data for future development of superior producing strains capable of using the wide range of carbon sources, which is a characteristic trait of the species.
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- Margarida Palma
- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.P.); (É.V.); (I.S.-C.)
- Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
- Correspondence:
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- US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (S.M.); (I.V.G.)
- Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.P.); (É.V.); (I.S.-C.)
- Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.P.); (É.V.); (I.S.-C.)
- Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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- US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (S.M.); (I.V.G.)
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal; (M.P.); (É.V.); (I.S.-C.)
- Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy at Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Ruta LL, Popa CV, Nicolau I, Farcasanu IC. Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate, the main green tea component, is toxic to Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells lacking the Fet3/Ftr1. Food Chem 2018; 266:292-298. [PMID: 30381188 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), the main green tea component, is intensively studied for its anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and anti-cancer effects. In the present study, a screen on a Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene deletion library was performed to identify conditions under which EGCG had deleterious rather than beneficial effects. Two genes were identified whose deletion resulted in sensitivity to EGCG: FET3 and FTR1, encoding the components of the Fet3/Ftr1 high-affinity iron uptake system, also involved in Cu(I)/Cu(II) balance on the surface of yeast cells. The presence of EGCG in the growth medium induced the production of Cu(I), with deleterious effects on fet3Δ and ftr1Δ cells. Additionally, when combined, physiological surpluses of Cu(II) and EGCG acted in synergy not only against fet3Δ and ftr1Δ, but also against wild type cells, by generating surplus Cu(I) in the growth medium. The results imply that caution should be taken when combining EGCG-rich beverages/nutraceuticals with copper-rich foods.
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- Lavinia L Ruta
- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Sos. Panduri 90-92, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
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- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Sos. Panduri 90-92, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
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- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Sos. Panduri 90-92, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
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- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry and Catalysis, Sos. Panduri 90-92, 050663 Bucharest, Romania.
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Le Govic Y, Papon N, Le Gal S, Lelièvre B, Bouchara JP, Vandeputte P. Genomic Organization and Expression of Iron Metabolism Genes in the Emerging Pathogenic Mold Scedosporium apiospermum. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:827. [PMID: 29755443 PMCID: PMC5932178 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The ubiquitous mold Scedosporium apiospermum is increasingly recognized as an emerging pathogen, especially among patients with underlying disorders such as immunodeficiency or cystic fibrosis (CF). Indeed, it ranks the second among the filamentous fungi colonizing the respiratory tract of CF patients. However, our knowledge about virulence factors of this fungus is still limited. The role of iron-uptake systems may be critical for establishment of Scedosporium infections, notably in the iron-rich environment of the CF lung. Two main strategies are employed by fungi to efficiently acquire iron from their host or from their ecological niche: siderophore production and reductive iron assimilation (RIA) systems. The aim of this study was to assess the existence of orthologous genes involved in iron metabolism in the recently sequenced genome of S. apiospermum. At first, a tBLASTn analysis using A. fumigatus iron-related proteins as query revealed orthologs of almost all relevant loci in the S. apiospermum genome. Whereas the genes putatively involved in RIA were randomly distributed, siderophore biosynthesis and transport genes were organized in two clusters, each containing a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) whose orthologs in A. fumigatus have been described to catalyze hydroxamate siderophore synthesis. Nevertheless, comparative genomic analysis of siderophore-related clusters showed greater similarity between S. apiospermum and phylogenetically close molds than with Aspergillus species. The expression level of these genes was then evaluated by exposing conidia to iron starvation and iron excess. The expression of several orthologs of A. fumigatus genes involved in siderophore-based iron uptake or RIA was significantly induced during iron starvation, and conversely repressed in iron excess conditions. Altogether, these results indicate that S. apiospermum possesses the genetic information required for efficient and competitive iron uptake. They also suggest an important role of the siderophore production system in iron uptake by S. apiospermum.
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- Yohann Le Govic
- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Angers, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Brest, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Angers, France
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Angers, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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- Groupe d'Etude des Interactions Hôte-Pathogène (EA 3142), SFR ICAT 4208, UNIV Angers, UNIV Brest, Angers, France
- Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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Solomon EI, Heppner DE, Johnston EM, Ginsbach JW, Cirera J, Qayyum M, Kieber-Emmons MT, Kjaergaard CH, Hadt RG, Tian L. Copper active sites in biology. Chem Rev 2014; 114:3659-853. [PMID: 24588098 PMCID: PMC4040215 DOI: 10.1021/cr400327t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1147] [Impact Index Per Article: 114.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305
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Albarouki E, Deising HB. Infection structure-specific reductive iron assimilation is required for cell wall integrity and full virulence of the maize pathogen Colletotrichum graminicola. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2013; 26:695-708. [PMID: 23639025 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-13-0003-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Ferroxidases are essential components of the high-affinity reductive iron assimilation pathway in fungi. Two ferroxidase genes, FET3-1 and FET3-2, have been identified in the genome of the maize anthracnose fungus Colletotrichum graminicola. Complementation of growth defects of the ferroxidase-deficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain Δfet3fet4 showed that both Fet3-1 and Fet3-2 of C. graminicola represent functional ferroxidases. Expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein fusions in yeast and C. graminicola indicated that both ferroxidase proteins localize to the plasma membrane. Transcript abundance of FET3-1 increased dramatically under iron-limiting conditions but those of FET3-2 were hardly detectable. Δfet3-1 and Δfet3-2 single as well as Δfet3-1/2 double-deletion strains were generated. Under iron-sufficient or deficient conditions, vegetative growth rates of these strains did not significantly differ from that of the wild type but Δfet3-1 and Δfet3-1/2 strains showed increased sensitivity to reactive oxygen species. Furthermore, under iron-limiting conditions, appressoria of Δfet3-1 and Δfet3-1/2 strains showed significantly reduced transcript abundance of a class V chitin synthase and exhibited severe cell wall defects. Infection assays on intact and wounded maize leaves, quantitative data of infection structure differentiation, and infection stage-specific expression of FET3-1 showed that reductive iron assimilation is required for appressorial penetration, biotrophic development, and full virulence.
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- Emad Albarouki
- Martin-Luther-Universitat Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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Cheng X, Xu N, Yu Q, Ding X, Qian K, Zhao Q, Wang Y, Zhang B, Xing L, Li M. Novel insight into the expression and function of the multicopper oxidases in Candida albicans. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:1044-1055. [PMID: 23579686 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.065268-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Iron is an essential element required for most organisms. The high-affinity iron-uptake systems in the opportunistic pathogen Candida albicans are activated under iron-limited conditions and are also required for virulence. Here one component of high-affinity iron-uptake systems, the multicopper oxidase (MCO) genes, was characterized. We examined the expression of five MCO genes and demonstrated that CaFET3 and CaFET34 were the major MCO genes in response to iron deficiency. Complementation of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae fet3Δ mutant showed that CaFET34 could effectively rescue the growth phenotype in iron-limited medium. Deletion of CaFET33 and CaFET34 in C. albicans decreased cellular iron content and iron acquisition during iron starvation. However, the fet33Δ/Δ and fet34Δ/Δ mutants exhibited no obvious growth defect in solid iron-limited medium while the fet34Δ/Δ mutant showed a slight growth defect in liquid medium. Further analysis shows that other members of the five MCO genes, especially CaFET3, would compensate for the absence of CaFET33 and CaFET34. Furthermore, for the first time, we provide evidence that CaFET34 is implicated in hyphal development in an iron-independent manner and is required for C. albicans virulence in a mouse model of systemic infection. Together, our results not only expand our understanding about the expression of the MCO genes in C. albicans, but also provide a novel insight into the role of CaFET34 in iron metabolism, hyphal development and virulence.
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- Xinxin Cheng
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Department of Zoology and Developmental Biology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Experimental Animal Center, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, 94 Wei Jin Road, Tianjin 300071, China
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Kües U, Rühl M. Multiple multi-copper oxidase gene families in basidiomycetes - what for? Curr Genomics 2011; 12:72-94. [PMID: 21966246 PMCID: PMC3129051 DOI: 10.2174/138920211795564377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Revised: 03/11/2011] [Accepted: 03/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Genome analyses revealed in various basidiomycetes the existence of multiple genes for blue multi-copper oxidases (MCOs). Whole genomes are now available from saprotrophs, white rot and brown rot species, plant and animal pathogens and ectomycorrhizal species. Total numbers (from 1 to 17) and types of mco genes differ between analyzed species with no easy to recognize connection of gene distribution to fungal life styles. Types of mco genes might be present in one and absent in another fungus. Distinct types of genes have been multiplied at speciation in different organisms. Phylogenetic analysis defined different subfamilies of laccases sensu stricto (specific to Agaricomycetes), classical Fe2+-oxidizing Fet3-like ferroxidases, potential ferroxidases/laccases exhibiting either one or both of these enzymatic functions, enzymes clustering with pigment MCOs and putative ascorbate oxidases. Biochemically best described are laccases sensu stricto due to their proposed roles in degradation of wood, straw and plant litter and due to the large interest in these enzymes in biotechnology. However, biological functions of laccases and other MCOs are generally little addressed. Functions in substrate degradation, symbiontic and pathogenic intercations, development, pigmentation and copper homeostasis have been put forward. Evidences for biological functions are in most instances rather circumstantial by correlations of expression. Multiple factors impede research on biological functions such as difficulties of defining suitable biological systems for molecular research, the broad and overlapping substrate spectrum multi-copper oxidases usually possess, the low existent knowledge on their natural substrates, difficulties imposed by low expression or expression of multiple enzymes, and difficulties in expressing enzymes heterologously.
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- Ursula Kües
- University of Goettingen, Büsgen-Institute, Division of Molecular Wood Biotechnology and Technical Mycology, Büsgenweg 2, 37077 Goettingen, Germany
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Multi-copper oxidases are a large family of enzymes prevalent in all three domains of life. They couple the one-electron oxidation of substrate to the four-electron reduction of dioxygen to water and feature at least four Cu atoms, traditionally divided into three sites: T1, T2, and (binuclear) T3. The T1 site catalyzes substrate oxidation while a trinuclear cluster (comprising combined T2 and T3 centres) catalyzes the reduction of dioxygen. Substrate oxidation at the T1 Cu site occurs via an outer-sphere mechanism and consequently substrate specificities are determined primarily by the nature of a substrate docking/oxidation (SDO) site associated with the T1 Cu centre. Many of these enzymes ‘moonlight’, i.e. display broad specificities towards many different substrates and may have multiple cellular functions. A sub-set are robust catalysts for the oxidation of low-valent transition metal ions such as FeII, CuI, and MnII and are termed ‘metallo-oxidases’. They play essential roles in nutrient metal uptake and homeostasis, with the ferroxidase ceruloplasmin being a prominent member. Their SDO sites are tailored to facilitate specific binding and facile oxidation of these low-valent metal ions and this is the focus of this review.
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Dissecting iron uptake and homeostasis in Nitrosomonas europaea. Methods Enzymol 2010. [PMID: 21185446 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-381294-0.00018-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea oxidizes about 25 mol of NH(3) for each mole of CO(2) that is converted to biomass using an array of heme and nonheme Fe-containing proteins. Hence mechanisms of efficient iron (Fe) uptake and homeostasis are particularly important for this Betaproteobacterium. Among nitrifiers, N.europaea has been the most studied to date. Characteristics that make N.europaea a suitable model to study Fe uptake and homeostasis are as follows: (a) its sequenced genome, (b) its capability to grow relatively well in 0.2 μM Fe in the absence of heterologous siderophores, and (c) its amenability to mutagenesis. In this chapter, we describe the methodology we use in our laboratory to dissect Fe uptake and homeostasis in the ammonia oxidizer N. europaea.
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Chan ACK, Doukov TI, Scofield M, Tom-Yew SAL, Ramin AB, Mackichan JK, Gaynor EC, Murphy MEP. Structure and function of P19, a high-affinity iron transporter of the human pathogen Campylobacter jejuni. J Mol Biol 2010; 401:590-604. [PMID: 20600116 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.06.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2010] [Revised: 06/18/2010] [Accepted: 06/18/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Campylobacter jejuni, a major cause of acute bacterial diarrhea in humans, expresses numerous proteins to import diverse forms of essential iron. The expression of p19 and an adjacent iron transporter homologue (ftr1) is strongly induced upon iron limitation, suggesting a function in iron acquisition. Here, we show that the loss of P19 alone is detrimental to growth on iron-restricted media. Furthermore, metal binding analysis demonstrates that recombinant P19 has distinct copper and iron binding sites. Crystal structures of P19 have been solved to 1.41 A resolution, revealing an immunoglobulin-like fold. A P19 homodimer in which both monomers contribute ligands to two equivalent copper sites located adjacent to methionine-rich patches is observed. Copper coordination occurs via three histidine residues (His42, His95, and His132) and Met88. A solvent channel lined with conserved acidic residues leads to the copper site. Soaking crystals with a solution of manganese as iron analog reveals a second metal binding site in this solvent channel (metal-metal distance, 7.7 A). Glu44 lies between the metal sites and displays multiple conformations in the crystal structures, suggesting a role in regulating metal-metal interaction. Dimerization is shown to be metal dependent in vitro and is detected in vivo by cross-linking.
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- Anson C K Chan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Kosman DJ. Substrate entasis and electronic coupling elements in electron transfer from Fe in a multicopper ferroxidase. Inorganica Chim Acta 2008; 361:844-849. [PMID: 18443651 DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2007.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Outersphere electron transfer in multicopper oxidases occurs at the type 1, blue Cu(II). One class of MCO proteins exhibits a specificity in this reaction towards Fe(II). In work carried out in collaboration with the Solomon lab over the past 7 years, we have delineated the structural motifs that support this ferroxidase specificity and have quantified the contributions that each makes to this outersphere electron transfer reaction from Fe(II) to the type 1 Cu(II). Two features of this electron transfer catalysis stand out. First, the protein provides a binding site for Fe(II) that actually favors Fe(III); this coordination sphere places the bound Fe(II) in a state of "entasis" that can be relieved by loss of an electron. In short, the E(O) of the bound Fe(II) is lowered relative to that of aqueous ferrous iron making electron transfer thermodynamically favorable. Second, carboxylates within this coordination sphere provide an electronic coupling pathway for the electron transfer via their H-bond network with type 1 Cu histidine ligands thus making electron transfer kinetically efficient. This brief report breaks down these contributions to ferroxidase specificity in terms of the semi-classical Marcus equation describing outersphere electron transfer.
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- Daniel J Kosman
- Department of Biochemistry, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214
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Direct identification of a bacterial manganese(II) oxidase, the multicopper oxidase MnxG, from spores of several different marine Bacillus species. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 74:1527-34. [PMID: 18165363 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01240-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Microorganisms catalyze the formation of naturally occurring Mn oxides, but little is known about the biochemical mechanisms of this important biogeochemical process. We used tandem mass spectrometry to directly analyze the Mn(II)-oxidizing enzyme from marine Bacillus spores, identified as an Mn oxide band with an in-gel activity assay. Nine distinct peptides recovered from the Mn oxide band of two Bacillus species were unique to the multicopper oxidase MnxG, and one peptide was from the small hydrophobic protein MnxF. No other proteins were detected in the Mn oxide band, indicating that MnxG (or a MnxF/G complex) directly catalyzes biogenic Mn oxide formation. The Mn(II) oxidase was partially purified and found to be resistant to many proteases and active even at high concentrations of sodium dodecyl sulfate. Comparative analysis of the genes involved in Mn(II) oxidation from three diverse Bacillus species revealed a complement of conserved Cu-binding regions not present in well-characterized multicopper oxidases. Our results provide the first direct identification of a bacterial enzyme that catalyzes Mn(II) oxidation and suggest that MnxG catalyzes two sequential one-electron oxidations from Mn(II) to Mn(III) and from Mn(III) to Mn(IV), a novel type of reaction for a multicopper oxidase.
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Rees EM, Thiele DJ. Identification of a Vacuole-associated Metalloreductase and Its Role in Ctr2-mediated Intracellular Copper Mobilization. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:21629-38. [PMID: 17553781 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703397200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Copper is an essential trace metal whose biological utility is derived from its ability to cycle between oxidized Cu(II) and reduced Cu(I). Ctr1 is a high affinity plasma membrane copper permease, conserved from yeast to humans, that mediates the physiological uptake of Cu(I) from the extracellular environment. In the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, extracellular Cu(II) is reduced to Cu(I) via the action of the cell surface metalloreductase Fre1, similar to the human gp91(phox) subunit of the NADPH oxidase complex, which utilizes heme and flavins to catalyze electron transfer. The S. cerevisiae Ctr2 protein is structurally similar to Ctr1, localizes to the vacuole membrane, and mobilizes vacuolar copper stores to the cytosol via a mechanism that is not well understood. Here we show that Ctr2-1, a mutant form of Ctr2 that mislocalizes to the plasma membrane, requires the Fre1 plasma membrane metalloreductase for Cu(I) import. The conserved methionine residues that are essential for Ctr1 function at the plasma membrane are also essential for Ctr2-1-mediated Cu(I) uptake. We demonstrate that Fre6, a member of the yeast Fre1 metalloreductase protein family, resides on the vacuole membrane and functions in Ctr2-mediated vacuolar copper export, and cells lacking Fre6 phenocopy the Cu-deficient growth defect of ctr2Delta cells. Furthermore, both CTR2 and FRE6 mRNA levels are regulated by iron availability. Taken together these studies suggest that copper movement across intracellular membranes is mechanistically similar to that at the plasma membrane. This work provides a model for communication between the extracellular Cu(I) uptake and the intracellular Cu(I) mobilization machinery.
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- Erin M Rees
- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Sarah W Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Quintanar L, Stoj C, Taylor AB, Hart PJ, Kosman DJ, Solomon EI. Shall we dance? How a multicopper oxidase chooses its electron transfer partner. Acc Chem Res 2007; 40:445-52. [PMID: 17425282 DOI: 10.1021/ar600051a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Multicopper oxidases (MCOs) are encoded in the genomes of Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archea. These proteins are unique in that they contain at least four Cu atom prosthetic groups organized into one each of the three spectral classifications of copper sites in biology: type 1 (T1), type 2 (T2), and binuclear type 3 (T3), where the T2 and T3 sites form a trinuclear Cu cluster. With these four redox-active copper sites, the multicopper oxidases catalyze the four-electron (4e(-)) reduction of dioxygen to 2H2O, an activity that they alone share with the terminal heme-containing oxidases. Most MCOs exhibit broad specificity towards organic reductants, while a relatively small number of family members exhibit equally robust activity towards metal ions like Fe(II), Cu(I), and Mn(II) and, thus, are considered metallo-oxidases. This Account analyzes the structure-activity features of multicopper oxidases that determine their relative substrate specificity. Since the substrate oxidation step involves an outer-sphere electron transfer from the reductant to the T1Cu site in the protein, the concepts of Marcus theory are applied to unravel the origin of the substrate specificity of the multicopper ferroxidases.
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- Liliana Quintanar
- Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados, México, D.F., México
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Milcic MK, Medaković VB, Sredojević DN, Juranić NO, Zarić SD. Electron delocalization mediates the metal-dependent capacity for CH/pi interactions of acetylacetonato chelates. Inorg Chem 2007; 45:4755-63. [PMID: 16749840 DOI: 10.1021/ic051926g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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CH/pi interactions between the coordinated acetylacetonato ligand and phenyl rings were analyzed in the crystal structures from the Cambridge Structural Database and by quantum chemical calculations. The acetylacetonato ligand may engage in two types of interactions: it can be hydrogen atom donor or acceptor. The analysis of crystal structures and calculations show that interactions with the acetylacetonato ligand acting as hydrogen atom donor depend on the metal in an acetylacetonato chelate ring; the chelate rings with soft metals make stronger interactions. The same trend was not observed in the interactions where the acetylacetonato chelate ring acts as the hydrogen atom acceptor.
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- Milos K Milcic
- Department of Chemistry, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Paz Y, Katz A, Pick U. A Multicopper Ferroxidase Involved in Iron Binding to Transferrins in Dunaliella salina Plasma Membranes. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:8658-66. [PMID: 17227764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609756200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The halotolerant alga Dunaliella salina is unique among plants in that it utilizes a transferrin (TTf) to mediate iron acquisition (Fisher, M., Zamir, A., and Pick, U. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 17553-17558). Two new proteins that are induced by iron deprivation were identified in plasma membranes of D. salina as follows: a multicopper ferroxidase termed D-Fox and an internally duplicated glycoprotein (p130B). D-Fox and p130B are accessible to glycolytic, proteolytic, and biotin surface tagging treatments, suggesting that they are surface-exposed glycoproteins. Induction of D-Fox was also manifested by ferroxidase activity in plasma membrane preparations. These results are puzzling because ferroxidases in yeast and in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii function in redox-mediated iron uptake, a mechanism that is not known to operate in D. salina. Two lines of evidence suggest that D-Fox and p130B interact with D. salina triplicated transferrin (TTf). First, chemical cross-linking combined with mass spectroscopy analysis showed that D-Fox and p130B associate with TTf and with another plasma membrane transferrin. Second, detergent-solubilized D-Fox and p130B comigrated on blue native gels with plasma membrane transferrins. 59Fe autoradiography indicated that this complex binds Fe3+ ions. Also, the induction of D-Fox and p130B is kinetically correlated with enhanced iron binding and uptake activities. These results suggest that D-Fox and p130B associate with plasma membrane transferrins forming a complex that enhances iron binding and iron uptake. We propose that the function of D-Fox in D. salina has been modified during evolution from redox-mediated to transferrin-mediated iron uptake, following a gene transfer event of transferrins from an ancestral animal cell.
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- Yakov Paz
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Stoj CS, Augustine AJ, Solomon EI, Kosman DJ. Structure-function analysis of the cuprous oxidase activity in Fet3p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:7862-8. [PMID: 17220296 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m609766200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Fet3 protein from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a multicopper oxidase with specificity toward Fe(II) and Cu(I). Fet3p turnover of Fe(II) supports high affinity iron uptake across the yeast plasma membrane, whereas its turnover of Cu(I) contributes to copper resistance in yeast. The structure of Fet3p has been used to identify possible amino acid residues responsible for this protein's reactivity with Cu(I), and structure-function analyses have confirmed this assignment. Fet3p Met(345) is required for the enzyme's reactivity toward Cu(I). Although the Fet3pM345A mutant exhibits wild type spectral and electrochemical behavior, the kinetic constants for Cu(I) turnover and for single-turnover electron transfer from Cu(I) to the enzyme are significantly reduced. The specificity constant with Cu(I) as substrate is reduced by one-fifth, whereas the electron transfer rate from Cu(I) is reduced 50-fold. This mutation has little effect on the reactivity toward Fe(II), indicating that Met(345) contributes specifically to Fet3p reactivity with the cuprous ion. These kinetic defects render the Fet3pM345A unable to support wild type cellular copper resistance, suggesting that there is a finely tuned copper redox balance at the yeast plasma membrane.
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- Christopher S Stoj
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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CH/π interactions of π-system of acetylacetonato chelate ring: Comparison of CH/π interactions of Ni(II)-acetylacetonato chelate and benzene rings. Inorganica Chim Acta 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2006.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Philpott CC. Iron uptake in fungi: a system for every source. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:636-45. [PMID: 16806534 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2005] [Revised: 05/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Fungi have a remarkable capacity to take up iron when present in any of a wide variety of forms, which include free iron ions, low-affinity iron chelates, siderophore-iron chelates, transferrin, heme, and hemoglobin. Appropriately, these unicellular eukaryotes express a variety of iron uptake systems, some of which are unique to fungi and some of which are present in plants and animals, as well. The reductive system of uptake relies upon the external reduction of ferric salts, chelates, and proteins prior to uptake by a high-affinity, ferrous-specific, oxidase/permease complex. This system recognizes a broad range of substrates. The non-reductive system exhibits specificity for siderophore-iron chelates, and transporters of this system exhibit multiple substrate-dependent intracellular trafficking events.
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- Caroline C Philpott
- Liver Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Singh A, Severance S, Kaur N, Wiltsie W, Kosman DJ. Assembly, Activation, and Trafficking of the Fet3p·Ftr1p High Affinity Iron Permease Complex in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:13355-13364. [PMID: 16522632 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512042200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The high affinity iron uptake complex in the yeast plasma membrane (PM) consists of the ferroxidase, Fet3p, and the ferric iron permease, Ftr1p. We used a combination of yeast two-hybrid analysis, confocal fluorescence microscopy, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) quantification to delineate the motifs in the two proteins required for assembly and maturation into an uptake-competent complex. The cytoplasmic, carboxyl-terminal domain of each protein contains a four-residue motif adjacent to the cytoplasm-PM interface that supports an interaction between the proteins. This interaction has been quantified by two-hybrid analysis and is required for assembly and trafficking of the complex to the PM and for the approximately 13% maximum FRET efficiency determined. In contrast, the Fet3p transmembrane domain (TM) can be exchanged with the TM domain from the vacuolar ferroxidase, Fet5p, with no loss of assembly and trafficking. A carboxyl-terminal interaction between the vacuolar proteins, Fet5p and Fth1p, also was quantified. As a measure of the specificity of interaction, no interaction between heterologous ferroxidase permease pairs was observed. Also, whereas FRET was quantified between fluorescent fusions of the copper permease (monomers), Ctr1p, none was observed between Fet3p and Ctr1p. The results are consistent with a (minimal) heterodimer model of the Fet3p.Ftr1p complex that supports the trafficking of iron from Fet3p to Ftr1p for iron permeation across the yeast PM.
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- Arvinder Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, The University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214.
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Kwok EY, Stoj CS, Severance S, Kosman DJ. An engineered bifunctional high affinity iron uptake protein in the yeast plasma membrane. J Inorg Biochem 2006; 100:1053-60. [PMID: 16387364 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2005] [Revised: 10/28/2005] [Accepted: 11/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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High affinity iron uptake in fungi is supported by a plasma membrane protein complex that includes a multicopper ferroxidase enzyme and a ferric iron permease. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, this complex is composed of the ferroxidase Fet3p and the permease Ftr1p. Fe(II) serves as substrate for Fe-uptake by being substrate for Fet3p; the resulting Fet3p-produced Fe(III) is then transported across the membrane via Ftr1p. A model of metabolite channeling of this Fe(III) is tested here by first constructing and kinetically characterizing in Fe-uptake two Fet3p-Ftr1p chimeras in which the multicopper oxidase/ferroxidase domain of Fet3p has been fused to the Ftr1p iron permease. Although the bifunctional chimeras are as kinetically efficient in Fe-uptake as is the wild type two-component system, they lack the adaptability and fidelity in Fe-uptake of the wild type. Specifically, Fe-uptake through the Fet3p, Ftr1p complex is insensitive to a potential Fe(III) trapping agent - citrate - whereas Fe-uptake via the chimeric proteins is competitively inhibited by this Fe(III) chelator. This inhibition does not appear to be due to scavenging Fet3p-produced Fe(III) that is in equilibrium with bulk solvent but could be due to leakiness to citrate found in the bifunctional but not the two-component system. The data are consistent with a channeling model of Fe-trafficking in the Fet3p, Ftr1p complex and suggest that in this system, Fet3p serves as a redox sieve that presents Fe(III) specifically for permeation through Ftr1p.
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- E Y Kwok
- Department of Biochemistry, The University at Buffalo, 140 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Debut AJ, Dumay QC, Barabote RD, Saier MH. The Iron/Lead Transporter Superfamily of Fe 3+/Pb 2+ Uptake Systems. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 11:1-9. [PMID: 16825785 DOI: 10.1159/000092814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Oxidase-dependent ferrous iron uptake transporters of the OFeT family and lead uptake transporters of the PbrT family comprise the iron/lead transporter (ILT) superfamily (transporter classification No. 9.A.10). All sequenced homologues of the ILT superfamily were multiply aligned, and conserved motifs, including fully conserved acidic residues in putative transmembrane segments (TMSs) 1 and 4, previously implicated in heavy metal binding, were identified. Topological analyses confirmed the presence of 7 conserved TMSs in a 3 + 3 + 1 arrangement where the two 3 TMS elements are internally repeated. Phylogenetic analyses revealed the presence of several sequence divergent clusters of orthologous proteins that group roughly according to the phylogenes of the organisms of origin. The results serve to characterize and provide evolutionary insight into a novel superfamily of heavy metal uptake transporters.
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- Aurore J Debut
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0116, USA
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Taylor AB, Stoj CS, Ziegler L, Kosman DJ, Hart PJ. The copper-iron connection in biology: structure of the metallo-oxidase Fet3p. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:15459-64. [PMID: 16230618 PMCID: PMC1257390 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506227102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fet3p is a multicopper-containing glycoprotein localized to the yeast plasma membrane that catalyzes the oxidation of Fe(II) to Fe(III). This ferrous iron oxidation is coupled to the reduction of O(2) to H(2)O and is termed the ferroxidase reaction. Fet3p-produced Fe(III) is transferred to the permease Ftr1p for import into the cytosol. The posttranslational insertion of four copper ions into Fet3p is essential for its activity, thus linking copper and iron homeostasis. The mammalian ferroxidases ceruloplasmin and hephaestin are homologs of Fet3p. Loss of the Fe(II) oxidation catalyzed by these proteins results in a spectrum of pathological states, including death. Here, we present the structure of the Fet3p extracellular ferroxidase domain and compare it with that of human ceruloplasmin and other multicopper oxidases that are devoid of ferroxidase activity. The Fet3p structure delineates features that underlie the unique reactivity of this and homologous multicopper oxidases that support the essential trafficking of iron in diverse eukaryotic organisms. The findings are correlated with biochemical and physiological data to cross-validate the elements of Fet3p that define it as both a ferroxidase and cuprous oxidase.
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- Alexander B Taylor
- Department of Biochemistry and the X-Ray Crystallography Core Laboratory, University of Texas Health Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-3900, USA
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A reusable zigzag copper(II) coordination polymer with bio-essential constituents as a facile DNA scission agent. Inorganica Chim Acta 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2005.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bonaccorsi di Patti MC, Miele R, Eugenia Schininà M, Barra D. The yeast multicopper oxidase Fet3p and the iron permease Ftr1p physically interact. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 333:432-7. [PMID: 15946650 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2005] [Accepted: 05/23/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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High affinity iron uptake in yeast is carried out by a multicomponent system formed by the ferroxidase Fet3p and the iron permease Ftr1p. The currently accepted model predicts that Fet3p and Ftr1p are functionally associated, however, a structural interaction between these two proteins has not been proven yet. The methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris has been used to perform cross-linking studies aimed to demonstrate the existence of a Fet3p-Ftr1p complex. Cross-linking of membrane suspensions with the membrane-impermeable reagents DTSSP and BS(3) has evidenced the presence of a high molecular weight band with Fet3p oxidase activity. This band has been purified and subjected to N-terminal sequence analysis. Two sequences were found in the cross-linked species, one of which could be assigned to Fet3p and the other to Ftr1p. This is the first experimental demonstration that Fet3p and Ftr1p are physically associated.
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- M Carmela Bonaccorsi di Patti
- Department of Biochemical Sciences A. Rossi Fanelli, University of Rome La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. mariacarmela.bonaccorsi@uniroma l.it
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Bonaccorsi di Patti MC, Felice MR, De Domenico I, Lania A, Alaleona F, Musci G. Specific aspartate residues in FET3 control high-affinity iron transport inSaccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2005; 22:677-87. [PMID: 16032772 DOI: 10.1002/yea.1237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Site-directed mutagenesis was performed on a set of six aspartate residues of Fet3, the multicopper ferroxidase involved in high-affinity iron transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in order to comprehend the molecular determinants of the protein function. Asp312, Asp315, Asp319 and Asp320 were predicted by homology modelling to be located in a negatively charged surface-exposed loop of the protein. Other two aspartate residues (Asp278 and Asp279) are placed close to the type 1 copper- and iron-binding sites, possibly linking these sites to the negatively charged region. In vivo results showed that mutation of Asp319 and Asp320 to yield D319N and D320N derivatives strongly impairs the ability of the yeast to grow under iron-limiting conditions. In particular, substitution of Asp320 with asparagine essentially abolished the Fet3-dependent iron transport activity. All other mutants (D278Q, D279N, D312N and D315I) behaved essentially as the wild-type protein. The electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum of the soluble forms of D319N and D320N showed significant changes of the copper sites' geometry in D319N but not in D320N. At variance with the membrane-bound forms, soluble D319N and D320N derivatives were highly susceptible to proteolytic degradation, suggesting that replacement of Asp319 or Asp320 locally modifies the structure of Fet3, making the protein sensitive to proteolysis when it is not protected by the membrane environment. In turn, this might be evidence of a shielding role of the permease Ftr1, which could interact with Fet3 at the level of the aspartate-rich negatively charged region.
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Kwok E, Kosman D. Iron in yeast: Mechanisms involved in homeostasis. TOPICS IN CURRENT GENETICS 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/4735_92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Severance S, Chakraborty S, Kosman DJ. The Ftr1p iron permease in the yeast plasma membrane: orientation, topology and structure-function relationships. Biochem J 2004; 380:487-96. [PMID: 14992688 PMCID: PMC1224186 DOI: 10.1042/bj20031921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2003] [Revised: 02/11/2004] [Accepted: 03/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ftr1p is the permease component of the Fet3p-Ftr1p high affinity iron-uptake complex, in the plasma membrane of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that transports the Fe3+ produced by the Fet3p ferroxidase into the cell. In this study we show that Ftr1p probably has seven transmembrane domains with an orientation of N-terminal outside, and C-terminal inside the cell. Within the context of this topology of the Fet3p-Ftr1p complex, we have identified several sequence elements in Ftr1p that are required for wild-type uptake function. First to be identified were two REXLE (Arg-Glu-Xaa-Leu-Glu) motifs in transmembrane domains 1 and 4. Alanine substitutions at any one of these combined six arginine or glutamic acid residues inactivated Ftr1p in iron uptake, indicating that both motifs were essential to iron permeation. R-->K and E-->D substitutions in these two motifs led to a variable loss of activity, suggesting that while all six residues were essential, their contributions to uptake were quantitatively and/or mechanistically distinct. The terminal glutamate in an EDLWE89 element, associated with transmembrane domain 3, and a DASE motif, located in extracellular loop 6, were also required. The double substitution to AASA in the latter, inactivated Ftr1p in iron uptake while the Ftr1p(E89A) mutant had only 20% of wild-type activity. The two REXLE and the EDLWE and DASE motifs are strongly conserved among fungal Ftr1p homologues, suggesting that these motifs are essential to iron permeation. Finally another important residue, Ile369, was identified in the Ftr1p cytoplasmic C-terminal domain. Deletion or substitution of this residue led to a 70% loss of iron-uptake activity. Ile369 was the only residue identified in this domain that made such a major contribution to iron uptake by the Fet3p-Ftr1p complex.
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- Scott Severance
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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Larrondo LF, González B, Cullen D, Vicuña R. Characterization of a multicopper oxidase gene cluster in Phanerochaete chrysosporium and evidence of altered splicing of the mco transcripts. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2004; 150:2775-2783. [PMID: 15289573 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A cluster of multicopper oxidase genes (mco1, mco2, mco3, mco4) from the lignin-degrading basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium is described. The four genes share the same transcriptional orientation within a 25 kb region. mco1, mco2 and mco3 are tightly grouped, with intergenic regions of 2.3 and 0.8 kb, respectively, whereas mco4 is located 11 kb upstream of mco1. All are transcriptionally active, as shown by RT-PCR. Comparison of cDNAs and the corresponding genomic sequences identified 14-19 introns within each gene. Based on homology and intron composition, two subfamilies of mco sequences could be identified. The sequences have copper-binding motifs similar to ferroxidase proteins, but different from fungal laccases. Thus, these sequences constitute a novel branch of the multicopper oxidase family. Analysis of several cDNA clones obtained from poly(A) RNA revealed the presence of transcripts of various lengths. Splice variants from mco2, mco3 and mco4 were characterized. They generally exhibited the presence of one to five introns, whereas other transcripts lacked some exons. In all cases, the presence of introns leads to frame shifts that give rise to premature stop codons. In aggregate, these investigations show that P. chrysosporium possesses a novel family of multicopper oxidases which also feature clustering and incomplete processing of some of their transcripts, a phenomenon referred to in this paper as 'altered splicing'.
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- Luis F Larrondo
- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, Santiago, Chile
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- USDA Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular y Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile and Instituto Milenio de Biología Fundamental y Aplicada, Santiago, Chile
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- Elizabeth A Lewis
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metals in Biocatalysis, University of Minnesota, 207 Pleasant Street SE, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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Shi X, Stoj C, Romeo A, Kosman DJ, Zhu Z. Fre1p Cu2+ reduction and Fet3p Cu1+ oxidation modulate copper toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:50309-15. [PMID: 12954629 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m307019200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fre1p is a metalloreductase in the yeast plasma membrane that is essential to uptake of environmental Cu2+ and Fe3+. Fet3p is a multicopper oxidase in this membrane essential for high affinity iron uptake. In the uptake of Fe3+, Fre1p produces Fe2+ that is a substrate for Fet3p; the Fe3+ produced by Fet3p is a ligand for the iron permease, Ftr1p. Deletion of FET3 leads to iron deficiency; this deletion also causes a copper sensitivity not seen in wild type. Deletion of FTR1 leads to copper sensitivity also. Production in the ftr1delta strain of an iron-uptake negative Ftr1p mutant, Ftr1p(RAGLA), suppressed this copper sensitivity. This Ftr1p mutant supported the plasma membrane targeting of active Fet3p that is blocked in the parental ftr1delta strain. A ferroxidase-negative Fet3p did not suppress the copper sensitivity in a fet3delta strain, although it supported the plasma membrane localization of the Fet3p.Ftr1p complex. Thus, loss of membrane-associated Fet3p oxidase activity correlated with copper sensitivity. Furthermore, in vitro Cu1+ was shown to be an excellent substrate for Fet3p. Last, the copper sensitivity of the fet3delta strain was suppressed by co-deletion of FRE1, suggesting that the cytotoxic species was Cu1+. In contrast, deletion of CTR1 or of FET4 did not suppress the copper sensitivity in the fet3delta strain; these genes encode the two major copper transporters in laboratory yeast strains. This result indicated that the apparent cuprous ion toxicity was not due to excess intracellular copper. These biochemical and physiologic results indicate that at least with respect to cuprous and ferrous ions, Fet3p can be considered a metallo-oxidase and appears to play an essential role in both iron and copper homeostasis in yeast. Its functional homologs, e.g. ceruloplasmin and hephaestin, could play a similar role in mammals.
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- Xiaoli Shi
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA
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Stoj C, Kosman DJ. Cuprous oxidase activity of yeast Fet3p and human ceruloplasmin: implication for function. FEBS Lett 2003; 554:422-6. [PMID: 14623105 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(03)01218-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Fet3 protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian ceruloplasmin are multicopper oxidases (MCO) that are required for iron homeostasis via their catalysis of the ferroxidase reaction, 4Fe(2+)+O(2)+4H(+)-->4Fe(3+)+2H(2)O. The enzymes may play an essential role in copper homeostasis since they exhibit a strikingly similar kinetic activity towards Cu(1+) as substrate. In contrast, laccase, an MCO that exhibits weak activity towards Fe(2+), exhibits a similarly weak activity towards Cu(1+). Kinetic analyses of the Fet3p reaction demonstrate that the ferroxidase and cuprous oxidase activities are due to the same electron transfer site on the enzyme. These two ferroxidases are fully competent kinetically to play a major role in maintaining the cuprous-cupric redox balance in aerobic organisms.
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- Christopher Stoj
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York, 140 Farber Hall, 3435 Main St., Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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