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Tu Z, Stevenson DM, McCaslin D, Amador-Noguez D, Huynh TN. The role of Listeria monocytogenes PstA in β-lactam resistance requires the cytochrome bd oxidase activity. J Bacteriol 2024:e0013024. [PMID: 38995039 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00130-24] [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: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/13/2024] Open
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c-di-AMP is an essential second messenger that binds and regulates several proteins of different functions within bacterial cells. Among those, PstA is a structurally conserved c-di-AMP-binding protein, but its function is largely unknown. PstA is structurally similar to PII signal transduction proteins, although it specifically binds c-di-AMP rather than other PII ligands such as ATP and α-ketoglutarate. In Listeria monocytogenes, we found that PstA increases β-lactam susceptibility at normal and low c-di-AMP levels, but increases β-lactam resistance upon c-di-AMP accumulation. Examining a PstA mutant defective for c-di-AMP binding, we found the apo form of PstA to be toxic for β-lactam resistance, and the c-di-AMP-bound form to be beneficial. Intriguingly, a role for PstA in β-lactam resistance is only prominent in aerobic cultures, and largely diminished under hypoxic conditions, suggesting that PstA function is linked to aerobic metabolism. However, PstA does not control aerobic growth rate, and has a modest influence on the tricarboxylic acid cycle and membrane potential-an indicator of cellular respiration. The regulatory role of PstA in β-lactam resistance is unrelated to reactive oxygen species or oxidative stress. Interestingly, during aerobic growth, PstA function requires the cytochrome bd oxidase (CydAB), a component of the respiratory electron transport chain. The requirement for CydAB might be related to its function in maintaining a membrane potential, or redox stress response activities. Altogether, we propose a model in which apo-PstA diminishes β-lactam resistance by interacting with an effector protein, and this activity can be countered by c-di-AMP binding or a by-product of redox stress. IMPORTANCE PstA is a structurally conserved c-di-AMP-binding protein that is broadly present among Firmicutes bacteria. Furthermore, PstA binds c-di-AMP at high affinity and specificity, indicating an important role in the c-di-AMP signaling network. However, the molecular function of PstA remains elusive. Our findings reveal contrasting roles of PstA in β-lactam resistance depending on c-di-AMP-binding status. We also define physiological conditions for PstA function during aerobic growth. Future efforts can exploit these conditions to identify PstA interaction partners under β-lactam stress.
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- Zepeng Tu
- Food Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Biophysics Instrumentation Facility, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Food Science Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Foster AJ, van den Noort M, Poolman B. Bacterial cell volume regulation and the importance of cyclic di-AMP. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2024; 88:e0018123. [PMID: 38856222 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00181-23] [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] [Indexed: 06/11/2024] Open
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SUMMARYNucleotide-derived second messengers are present in all domains of life. In prokaryotes, most of their functionality is associated with general lifestyle and metabolic adaptations, often in response to environmental fluctuations of physical parameters. In the last two decades, cyclic di-AMP has emerged as an important signaling nucleotide in many prokaryotic lineages, including Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Cyanobacteria. Its importance is highlighted by the fact that both the lack and overproduction of cyclic di-AMP affect viability of prokaryotes that utilize cyclic di-AMP, and that it generates a strong innate immune response in eukaryotes. In bacteria that produce the second messenger, most molecular targets of cyclic di-AMP are associated with cell volume control. Besides, other evidence links the second messenger to cell wall remodeling, DNA damage repair, sporulation, central metabolism, and the regulation of glycogen turnover. In this review, we take a biochemical, quantitative approach to address the main cellular processes that are directly regulated by cyclic di-AMP and show that these processes are very connected and require regulation of a similar set of proteins to which cyclic di-AMP binds. Altogether, we argue that cyclic di-AMP is a master regulator of cell volume and that other cellular processes can be connected with cyclic di-AMP through this core function. We further highlight important directions in which the cyclic di-AMP field has to develop to gain a full understanding of the cyclic di-AMP signaling network and why some processes are regulated, while others are not.
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- Alexander J Foster
- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Biomolecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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Selim KA, Alva V. PII-like signaling proteins: a new paradigm in orchestrating cellular homeostasis. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024; 79:102453. [PMID: 38678827 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102453] [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: 10/03/2023] [Revised: 02/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Members of the PII superfamily are versatile, multitasking signaling proteins ubiquitously found in all domains of life. They adeptly monitor and synchronize the cell's carbon, nitrogen, energy, redox, and diurnal states, primarily by binding interdependently to adenyl-nucleotides, including charged nucleotides (ATP, ADP, and AMP) and second messengers such as cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP), and S-adenosylmethionine-AMP (SAM-AMP). These proteins also undergo a variety of posttranslational modifications, such as phosphorylation, adenylation, uridylation, carboxylation, and disulfide bond formation, which further provide cues on the metabolic state of the cell. Serving as precise metabolic sensors, PII superfamily proteins transmit this information to diverse cellular targets, establishing dynamic regulatory assemblies that fine-tune cellular homeostasis. Recently discovered, PII-like proteins are emerging families of signaling proteins that, while related to canonical PII proteins, have evolved to fulfill a diverse range of cellular functions, many of which remain elusive. In this review, we focus on the evolution of PII-like proteins and summarize the molecular mechanisms governing the assembly dynamics of PII complexes, with a special emphasis on the PII-like protein SbtB.
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- Khaled A Selim
- Microbiology / Molecular Physiology of Prokaryotes, Institute of Biology II, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Protein Evolution Department, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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- Protein Evolution Department, Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Tanaka R, Imai J, Sugiyama E, Tsubaki S, Hozumi K, Tsugawa H. Cyclic-di-AMP confers an invasive phenotype on Escherichia coli through elongation of flagellin filaments. Gut Pathog 2024; 16:6. [PMID: 38267967 PMCID: PMC10809763 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-024-00600-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is isolated from patients with Crohn's disease (CD). AIEC can invade the intestinal epithelium, suggesting that it is involved in the development and pathogenesis of CD. However, the mechanism by which AIEC acquired the invasive phenotype remains unknown. RESULTS This study was designed to examine the mechanisms of AIEC invasiveness. We found that the flagellin (fliC) expression in AIEC was two-fold higher than that in non-AIEC strains, and this overexpression induced the formation of long-filament flagellin. Deletion of fliC in the AIEC LF82 strain resulted in the disappearance of flagellar filaments and attenuated the motility and invasive ability of the bacterium, suggesting that the formation of long filament flagellin induced by increased fliC expression is required by AIEC to invade the intestinal epithelium. In AIEC and non-AIEC K12 strains cultured in the presence of cyclic-di-AMP (c-di-AMP), the expression of fliC was enhanced, and flagellar filaments were elongated. Stimulation with c-di-AMP enhanced the bacterial motility and ability to invade epithelial cells, even in the non-AIEC K12 strain. CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that c-di-AMP confers an AIEC-like phenotype on non-AIEC strains by enhancing the expression of fliC. The results should be useful for understanding the pathogenesis of CD.
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- Rika Tanaka
- Department of Immunology, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Health Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Analytical and Bio-Analytical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan
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- Transkingdom Signaling Research Unit, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Transkingdom Signaling Research Unit, Division of Host Defense Mechanism, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara, Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan.
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Hou MH, Wang YC, Yang CS, Liao KF, Chang JW, Shih O, Yeh YQ, Sriramoju MK, Weng TW, Jeng US, Hsu STD, Chen Y. Structural insights into the regulation, ligand recognition, and oligomerization of bacterial STING. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8519. [PMID: 38129386 PMCID: PMC10739871 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44052-x] [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: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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The cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)/stimulator of interferon gene (STING) signaling pathway plays a critical protective role against viral infections. Metazoan STING undergoes multilayers of regulation to ensure specific signal transduction. However, the mechanisms underlying the regulation of bacterial STING remain unclear. In this study, we determined the crystal structure of anti-parallel dimeric form of bacterial STING, which keeps itself in an inactive state by preventing cyclic dinucleotides access. Conformational transition between inactive and active states of bacterial STINGs provides an on-off switch for downstream signaling. Some bacterial STINGs living in extreme environment contain an insertion sequence, which we show codes for an additional long lid that covers the ligand-binding pocket. This lid helps regulate anti-phage activities. Furthermore, bacterial STING can bind cyclic di-AMP in a triangle-shaped conformation via a more compact ligand-binding pocket, forming spiral-shaped protofibrils and higher-order fibril filaments. Based on the differences between cyclic-dinucleotide recognition, oligomerization, and downstream activation of different bacterial STINGs, we proposed a model to explain structure-function evolution of bacterial STINGs.
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Grants
- National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 109-2311-B241-001 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 111-2311-B-039-001-MY3
- National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 111-2811-M-001-125
- National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 110-2113-M-001-050-MY3 National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 110-2311-B-001-013-MY3 Academia Sinica intramural fund, an Academia Sinica Career Development Award, Academia Sinica, AS-CDA-109-L08 Infectious Disease Research Supporting Grant, AS-IDR-110-08.
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- Mei-Hui Hou
- Genomics BioSci. & Tech. Co. Ltd., New Taipei, 221411, Taiwan
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- Genomics BioSci. & Tech. Co. Ltd., New Taipei, 221411, Taiwan
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- Genomics BioSci. & Tech. Co. Ltd., New Taipei, 221411, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106319, Taiwan
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- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, 300092, Taiwan
- Department of Chemical Engineering & College of Semiconductor Research, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, 300044, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115024, Taiwan
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei, 106319, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 402202, Taiwan.
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Cancino-Diaz ME, Guerrero-Barajas C, Betanzos-Cabrera G, Cancino-Diaz JC. Nucleotides as Bacterial Second Messengers. Molecules 2023; 28:7996. [PMID: 38138485 PMCID: PMC10745434 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28247996] [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: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 11/21/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023] Open
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In addition to comprising monomers of nucleic acids, nucleotides have signaling functions and act as second messengers in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The most common example is cyclic AMP (cAMP). Nucleotide signaling is a focus of great interest in bacteria. Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP), cAMP, and cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) participate in biological events such as bacterial growth, biofilm formation, sporulation, cell differentiation, motility, and virulence. Moreover, the cyclic-di-nucleotides (c-di-nucleotides) produced in pathogenic intracellular bacteria can affect eukaryotic host cells to allow for infection. On the other hand, non-cyclic nucleotide molecules pppGpp and ppGpp are alarmones involved in regulating the bacterial response to nutritional stress; they are also considered second messengers. These second messengers can potentially be used as therapeutic agents because of their immunological functions on eukaryotic cells. In this review, the role of c-di-nucleotides and cAMP as second messengers in different bacterial processes is addressed.
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- Mario E. Cancino-Diaz
- Departamentos Microbiología and Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Manuel Carpio, Plutarco Elías Calles, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11350, Mexico
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- Departamento de Bioprocesos, Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria de Biotecnología, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Av. Acueducto, La Laguna Ticoman, Gustavo A. Madero, Ciudad de México 07340, Mexico;
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- Área Académica de Nutrición y Medicina, Instituto de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Carretera Pachuca-Actopan Camino a Tilcuautla s/n, Pueblo San Juan Tilcuautla, Pachuca Hidalgo 42160, Mexico;
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- Departamentos Microbiología and Inmunología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Manuel Carpio, Plutarco Elías Calles, Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México 11350, Mexico
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Covaleda-Cortés G, Mechaly A, Brissac T, Baehre H, Devaux L, England P, Raynal B, Hoos S, Gominet M, Firon A, Trieu-Cuot P, Kaminski PA. The c-di-AMP-binding protein CbpB modulates the level of ppGpp alarmone in Streptococcus agalactiae. FEBS J 2023. [PMID: 36629470 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16724] [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: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Cyclic di-AMP is an essential signalling molecule in Gram-positive bacteria. This second messenger regulates the osmotic pressure of the cell by interacting directly with the regulatory domains, either RCK_C or CBS domains, of several potassium and osmolyte uptake membrane protein systems. Cyclic di-AMP also targets stand-alone CBS domain proteins such as DarB in Bacillus subtilis and CbpB in Listeria monocytogenes. We show here that the CbpB protein of Group B Streptococcus binds c-di-AMP with a very high affinity. Crystal structures of CbpB reveal the determinants of binding specificity and significant conformational changes occurring upon c-di-AMP binding. Deletion of the cbpB gene alters bacterial growth in low potassium conditions most likely due to a decrease in the amount of ppGpp caused by a loss of interaction between CbpB and Rel, the GTP/GDP pyrophosphokinase.
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- Giovanni Covaleda-Cortés
- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- CNRS-UMR 3528, Crystallography Platform, Center for Technological Resources and Research, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- CNRS UMR 3528, Molecular Biophysics Platform, Center for Technological Resources and Research, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- CNRS UMR 3528, Molecular Biophysics Platform, Center for Technological Resources and Research, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- CNRS UMR 3528, Molecular Biophysics Platform, Center for Technological Resources and Research, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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- Unité Biologie des Bactéries Pathogènes à Gram-positif, CNRS UMR 6047, Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, France
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Inhibitory Effect of Select Nitrocompounds and Chlorate against Yersinia ruckeri and Yersinia aleksiciae In Vitro. Pathogens 2022; 11:pathogens11111381. [DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11111381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Yersinia ruckeri is an important fish pathogen causing enteric redmouth disease. Antibiotics have traditionally been used to control this pathogen, but concerns of antibiotic resistance have created a need for alternative interventions. Presently, chlorate and certain nitrocompounds were tested against Y. ruckeri as well as a related species within the genus, Y. aleksiciae, to assess the effects of these inhibitors. The results reveal that 9 mM chlorate had no inhibitory effect against Y. ruckeri, but inhibited growth rates and maximum optical densities of Y. aleksciciae by 20–25% from those of untreated controls (0.46 h−1 and 0.29 maximum optical density, respectively). The results further reveal that 2-nitropropanol and 2-nitroethanol (9 mM) eliminated the growth of both Y. ruckeri and Y. aleksiciae during anaerobic or aerobic culture. Nitroethane, ethyl nitroacetate and ethyl-2-nitropropionate (9 mM) were less inhibitory when tested similarly. Results from a mixed culture of Y. ruckeri with fish tank microbes and of Y. aleksiciae with porcine fecal microbes reveal that the anti-Yersinia activity of the tested nitrocompounds was bactericidal, with 2-nitropropanol and 2-nitroethanol being more potent than the other tested nitrocompounds. The anti-Yersinia activity observed with these tested compounds warrants further study to elucidate the mechanisms of action and strategies for their practical application.
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Fu D, Shao Y, Li J, Wu J, Wu X, Song X, Tu J, Qi K. LuxR family transcriptional repressor YjjQ modulates the biofilm formation and motility of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli. Res Vet Sci 2022; 152:10-19. [PMID: 35901637 DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2022.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) can cause the acute and sudden death of poultry, which leads to serious economic losses in the poultry industry. Biofilm formation contributes to the persistence of bacterial infection, drug resistance, and resistance to diverse environmental stress. Many transcription regulators in APEC play an essential role in the formation of biofilm and could provide further insights into APEC pathogenesis. YjjQ has an important role in the pathogenicity of bacteria by regulating the expression of virulence factors, such as flagellar and iron uptake. However, YjjQ regulates other virulence factors, and their role in the overall regulatory network is unclear. Here, we further evaluate the function of YjjQ on APEC biofilm formation and motility. In this study, we successfully constructed mutant (AE27∆yjjQ) and complement (AE27ΔyjjQ-comp) strains of the wild-type strain AE27. Inactivation of the yjjQ gene significantly increased biofilm-forming ability in APEC. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the biofilm formation of the AE27 was single-layered and flat, whereas that of the AE27∆yjjQ had a porous three-dimensional structure. Moreover, the deletion of the yjjQ gene inhibited the motility of APEC. RNA-sequencing was used to further investigate the regulatory mechanism of YjjQ in APEC. The results indicate that YjjQ regulates biofilm formation and flagellar genes in AE27∆yjjQ. RT-qPCR shows that YjjQ affects the transcriptional levels of genes, including flagella genes (flhD, flhC and flgE), and biofilm formation genes (pstA, uhpC, nikD, and ygcS). These results confirm that the transcription regulator YjjQ is involved in APEC biofilm formation and motility, and provide new evidence for the prevention and control of APEC.
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- Dandan Fu
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Veterinary Pathobiology and Disease Control, College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei, Anhui 230036, PR China.
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Wang M, Wamp S, Gibhardt J, Holland G, Schwedt I, Schmidtke KU, Scheibner K, Halbedel S, Commichau FM. Adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes to perturbation of c-di-AMP metabolism underpins its role in osmoadaptation and identifies a fosfomycin uptake system. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:4466-4488. [PMID: 35688634 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
The human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes synthesizes and degrades c-di-AMP using the diadenylate cyclase CdaA and the phosphodiesterases PdeA and PgpH respectively. c-di-AMP is essential because it prevents the uncontrolled uptake of osmolytes. Here, we studied the phenotypes of cdaA, pdeA, pgpH and pdeA pgpH mutants with defects in c-di-AMP metabolism and characterized suppressor mutants restoring their growth defects. The characterization of the pdeA pgpH mutant revealed that the bacteria show growth defects in defined medium, a phenotype that is invariably suppressed by mutations in cdaA. The previously reported growth defect of the cdaA mutant in rich medium is suppressed by mutations that osmotically stabilize the c-di-AMP-free strain. We also found that the cdaA mutant has an increased sensitivity against isoleucine. The isoleucine-dependent growth inhibition of the cdaA mutant is suppressed by codY mutations that likely reduce the DNA-binding activity of encoded CodY variants. Moreover, the characterization of the cdaA suppressor mutants revealed that the Opp oligopeptide transport system is involved in the uptake of the antibiotic fosfomycin. In conclusion, the suppressor analysis corroborates a key function of c-di-AMP in controlling osmolyte homeostasis in L. monocytogenes.
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- Mengyi Wang
- FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany.,Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,FG Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Division of Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Legionella, Robert-Koch-Institute, 38855, Wernigerode, Germany
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- FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany.,Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,Research Complex NanoBio, Peter the Great Saint Petersburg Polytechnic University, Politekhnicheskaya ulitsa 29A, Saint Petersburg, 195251, Russia
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- ZBS4 - Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy, Robert-Koch-Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353, Berlin, Germany
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- FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany.,FG Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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- FG Enzyme Technology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany
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- FG Enzyme Technology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Division of Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Legionella, Robert-Koch-Institute, 38855, Wernigerode, Germany
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- FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany.,FG Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599, Stuttgart, Germany
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New views on PII signaling: from nitrogen sensing to global metabolic control. Trends Microbiol 2022; 30:722-735. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2021.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Yin W, Cai X, Ma H, Zhu L, Zhang Y, Chou SH, Galperin MY, He J. A decade of research on the second messenger c-di-AMP. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 44:701-724. [PMID: 32472931 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cyclic dimeric adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is an emerging second messenger in bacteria and archaea that is synthesized from two molecules of ATP by diadenylate cyclases and degraded to pApA or two AMP molecules by c-di-AMP-specific phosphodiesterases. Through binding to specific protein- and riboswitch-type receptors, c-di-AMP regulates a wide variety of prokaryotic physiological functions, including maintaining the osmotic pressure, balancing central metabolism, monitoring DNA damage and controlling biofilm formation and sporulation. It mediates bacterial adaptation to a variety of environmental parameters and can also induce an immune response in host animal cells. In this review, we discuss the phylogenetic distribution of c-di-AMP-related enzymes and receptors and provide some insights into the various aspects of c-di-AMP signaling pathways based on more than a decade of research. We emphasize the key role of c-di-AMP in maintaining bacterial osmotic balance, especially in Gram-positive bacteria. In addition, we discuss the future direction and trends of c-di-AMP regulatory network, such as the likely existence of potential c-di-AMP transporter(s), the possibility of crosstalk between c-di-AMP signaling with other regulatory systems, and the effects of c-di-AMP compartmentalization. This review aims to cover the broad spectrum of research on the regulatory functions of c-di-AMP and c-di-AMP signaling pathways.
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- Wen Yin
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China
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The Many Roles of the Bacterial Second Messenger Cyclic di-AMP in Adapting to Stress Cues. J Bacteriol 2020; 203:JB.00348-20. [PMID: 32839175 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00348-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Bacteria respond to changes in environmental conditions through adaptation to external cues. Frequently, bacteria employ nucleotide signaling molecules to mediate a specific, rapid response. Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) was recently discovered to be a bacterial second messenger that is essential for viability in many species. In this review, we highlight recent work that has described the roles of c-di-AMP in bacterial responses to various stress conditions. These studies show that depending on the lifestyle and environmental niche of the bacterial species, the c-di-AMP signaling network results in diverse outcomes, such as regulating osmolyte transport, controlling plant attachment, or providing a checkpoint for spore formation. c-di-AMP achieves this signaling specificity through expression of different classes of synthesis and catabolic enzymes as well as receptor proteins and RNAs, which will be summarized.
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Xiong ZQ, Fan YZ, Song X, Liu XX, Xia YJ, Ai LZ. The second messenger c-di-AMP mediates bacterial exopolysaccharide biosynthesis: a review. Mol Biol Rep 2020; 47:9149-9157. [PMID: 33128205 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-020-05930-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cyclic dimeric adenosine 3'-5'-monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered nucleotide messenger in bacteria. It plays an important role in signaling, transcription, and cell physiology, such as in bacterial growth, potassium transport, fatty acid synthesis, the metabolic balance of cell wall components, and biofilm formation. Exopolysaccharides (EPSs) have distinct physico-chemical properties and diverse bioactivities including antibacterial, hypolipidemic, and antioxidative activities, and they are widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Although c-di-AMP has been demonstrated to regulate the biosynthesis of bacterial EPSs, only a single c-di-AMP receptor, CabpA, has been identified in EPS synthesis. With the aim of describing current understanding of the regulation of microbial EPSs, this review summarizes c-di-AMP biosynthesis and degradation as well as the mechanism through which c-di-AMP regulates bacterial EPSs.
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- Zhi-Qiang Xiong
- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China
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- Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Food Microbiology, School of Medical Instrument and Food Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
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Selim KA, Tremiño L, Marco-Marín C, Alva V, Espinosa J, Contreras A, Hartmann MD, Forchhammer K, Rubio V. Functional and structural characterization of PII-like protein CutA does not support involvement in heavy metal tolerance and hints at a small-molecule carrying/signaling role. FEBS J 2020; 288:1142-1162. [PMID: 32599651 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The PII-like protein CutA is annotated as being involved in Cu2+ tolerance, based on analysis of Escherichia coli mutants. However, the precise cellular function of CutA remains unclear. Our bioinformatic analysis reveals that CutA proteins are universally distributed across all domains of life. Based on sequence-based clustering, we chose representative cyanobacterial CutA proteins for physiological, biochemical, and structural characterization and examined their involvement in heavy metal tolerance, by generating CutA mutants in filamentous Nostoc sp. and in unicellular Synechococcus elongatus. However, we were unable to find any involvement of cyanobacterial CutA in metal tolerance under various conditions. This prompted us to re-examine experimentally the role of CutA in protecting E. coli from Cu2+ . Since we found no effect on copper tolerance, we conclude that CutA plays a different role that is not involved in metal protection. We resolved high-resolution CutA structures from Nostoc and S. elongatus. Similarly to their counterpart from E. coli and to canonical PII proteins, cyanobacterial CutA proteins are trimeric in solution and in crystal structure; however, no binding affinity for small signaling molecules or for Cu2+ could be detected. The clefts between the CutA subunits, corresponding to the binding pockets of PII proteins, are formed by conserved aromatic and charged residues, suggesting a conserved binding/signaling function for CutA. In fact, we find binding of organic Bis-Tris/MES molecules in CutA crystal structures, revealing a strong tendency of these pockets to accommodate cargo. This highlights the need to search for the potential physiological ligands and for their signaling functions upon binding to CutA. DATABASES: Structural data are available in Protein Data Bank (PDB) under the accession numbers 6GDU, 6GDV, 6GDW, 6GDX, 6T76, and 6T7E.
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- Khaled A Selim
- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions Department, Tübingen University, Germany.,Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Protein Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions Department, Tübingen University, Germany
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER-ISCIII), Valencia, Spain
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The second messenger molecule cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is formed by many bacteria and archaea. In many species that produce c-di-AMP, this second messenger is essential for viability on rich medium. Recent research has demonstrated that c-di-AMP binds to a large number of proteins and riboswitches, which are often involved in potassium and osmotic homeostasis. c-di-AMP becomes dispensable if the bacteria are cultivated on minimal media with low concentrations of osmotically active compounds. Thus, the essentiality of c-di-AMP does not result from an interaction with a single essential target but rather from the multilevel control of complex homeostatic processes. This review summarizes current knowledge on the homeostasis of c-di-AMP and its function(s) in the control of cellular processes.
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- Jörg Stülke
- Department of General Microbiology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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- Department of General Microbiology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), Georg-August-University Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany;
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Aline Dias da P, Nathalia Marins de A, Gabriel Guarany de A, Robson Francisco de S, Cristiane Rodrigues G. The World of Cyclic Dinucleotides in Bacterial Behavior. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25102462. [PMID: 32466317 PMCID: PMC7288161 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25102462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The regulation of multiple bacterial phenotypes was found to depend on different cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) that constitute intracellular signaling second messenger systems. Most notably, c-di-GMP, along with proteins related to its synthesis, sensing, and degradation, was identified as playing a central role in the switching from biofilm to planktonic modes of growth. Recently, this research topic has been under expansion, with the discoveries of new CDNs, novel classes of CDN receptors, and the numerous functions regulated by these molecules. In this review, we comprehensively describe the three main bacterial enzymes involved in the synthesis of c-di-GMP, c-di-AMP, and cGAMP focusing on description of their three-dimensional structures and their structural similarities with other protein families, as well as the essential residues for catalysis. The diversity of CDN receptors is described in detail along with the residues important for the interaction with the ligand. Interestingly, genomic data strongly suggest that there is a tendency for bacterial cells to use both c-di-AMP and c-di-GMP signaling networks simultaneously, raising the question of whether there is crosstalk between different signaling systems. In summary, the large amount of sequence and structural data available allows a broad view of the complexity and the importance of these CDNs in the regulation of different bacterial behaviors. Nevertheless, how cells coordinate the different CDN signaling networks to ensure adaptation to changing environmental conditions is still open for much further exploration.
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He J, Yin W, Galperin MY, Chou SH. Cyclic di-AMP, a second messenger of primary importance: tertiary structures and binding mechanisms. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:2807-2829. [PMID: 32095817 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cyclic diadenylate (c-di-AMP) is a widespread second messenger in bacteria and archaea that is involved in the maintenance of osmotic pressure, response to DNA damage, and control of central metabolism, biofilm formation, acid stress resistance, and other functions. The primary importance of c-di AMP stems from its essentiality for many bacteria under standard growth conditions and the ability of several eukaryotic proteins to sense its presence in the cell cytoplasm and trigger an immune response by the host cells. We review here the tertiary structures of the domains that regulate c-di-AMP synthesis and signaling, and the mechanisms of c-di-AMP binding, including the principal conformations of c-di-AMP, observed in various crystal structures. We discuss how these c-di-AMP molecules are bound to the protein and riboswitch receptors and what kinds of interactions account for the specific high-affinity binding of the c-di-AMP ligand. We describe seven kinds of non-covalent-π interactions between c-di-AMP and its receptor proteins, including π-π, C-H-π, cation-π, polar-π, hydrophobic-π, anion-π and the lone pair-π interactions. We also compare the mechanisms of c-di-AMP and c-di-GMP binding by the respective receptors that allow these two cyclic dinucleotides to control very different biological functions.
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- Jin He
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China.,Institute of Biochemistry and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Gibhardt J, Heidemann JL, Bremenkamp R, Rosenberg J, Seifert R, Kaever V, Ficner R, Commichau FM. An extracytoplasmic protein and a moonlighting enzyme modulate synthesis of c-di-AMP in Listeria monocytogenes. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:2771-2791. [PMID: 32250026 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2020] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The second messenger cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is essential for growth of many bacteria because it controls osmolyte homeostasis. c-di-AMP can regulate the synthesis of potassium uptake systems in some bacteria and it also directly inhibits and activates potassium import and export systems, respectively. Therefore, c-di-AMP production and degradation have to be tightly regulated depending on the environmental osmolarity. The Gram-positive pathogen Listeria monocytogenes relies on the membrane-bound diadenylate cyclase CdaA for c-di-AMP production and degrades the nucleotide with two phosphodiesterases. While the enzymes producing and degrading the dinucleotide have been reasonably well examined, the regulation of c-di-AMP production is not well understood yet. Here we demonstrate that the extracytoplasmic regulator CdaR interacts with CdaA via its transmembrane helix to modulate c-di-AMP production. Moreover, we show that the phosphoglucosamine mutase GlmM forms a complex with CdaA and inhibits the diadenylate cyclase activity in vitro. We also found that GlmM inhibits c-di-AMP production in L. monocytogenes when the bacteria encounter osmotic stress. Thus, GlmM is the major factor controlling the activity of CdaA in vivo. GlmM can be assigned to the class of moonlighting proteins because it is active in metabolism and adjusts the cellular turgor depending on environmental osmolarity.
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- Johannes Gibhardt
- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.,FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, GZMB, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology & Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacology & Research Core Unit Metabolomics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, GZMB, University of Goettingen, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- FG Synthetic Microbiology, Institute for Biotechnology, BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 01968, Senftenberg, Germany
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He J, Yin W, Galperin MY, Chou SH. Cyclic di-AMP, a second messenger of primary importance: tertiary structures and binding mechanisms. Nucleic Acids Res 2020. [PMID: 32095817 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa112"] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyclic diadenylate (c-di-AMP) is a widespread second messenger in bacteria and archaea that is involved in the maintenance of osmotic pressure, response to DNA damage, and control of central metabolism, biofilm formation, acid stress resistance, and other functions. The primary importance of c-di AMP stems from its essentiality for many bacteria under standard growth conditions and the ability of several eukaryotic proteins to sense its presence in the cell cytoplasm and trigger an immune response by the host cells. We review here the tertiary structures of the domains that regulate c-di-AMP synthesis and signaling, and the mechanisms of c-di-AMP binding, including the principal conformations of c-di-AMP, observed in various crystal structures. We discuss how these c-di-AMP molecules are bound to the protein and riboswitch receptors and what kinds of interactions account for the specific high-affinity binding of the c-di-AMP ligand. We describe seven kinds of non-covalent-π interactions between c-di-AMP and its receptor proteins, including π-π, C-H-π, cation-π, polar-π, hydrophobic-π, anion-π and the lone pair-π interactions. We also compare the mechanisms of c-di-AMP and c-di-GMP binding by the respective receptors that allow these two cyclic dinucleotides to control very different biological functions.
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- Jin He
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, P. R. China.,Institute of Biochemistry and Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Lee STM, Ding JY, Chiang PW, Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL. Insights into gene regulation of the halovirus His2 infecting Haloarcula hispanica. Microbiologyopen 2020; 9:e1016. [PMID: 32212320 PMCID: PMC7221443 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Gene expression in Haloarcula hispanica cells infected with the gammapleolipovirus His2 was studied using a custom DNA microarray. Total RNA from cells sampled at 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.5 hr postinfection was reverse‐transcribed into labeled cDNA and hybridized to microarrays, revealing temporal and differential expression in both host and viral genes. His2 gene expression occurred in three main phases (early, middle, and late), and by 4.5 hr p.i. the majority of genes were actively transcribed, including those encoding the major structural proteins. Eighty host genes were differentially regulated ≥twofold postinfection, with most of them predicted to be involved in transport, translation, and metabolism. Differentially expressed host genes could also be grouped into early‐, middle‐, and late‐expressed genes based on the timing of their up‐ and downregulation postinfection. The altered host transcriptional pattern suggests regulation by His2 infection, which may reprogram host metabolism to facilitate its own DNA replication and propagation. This study enhances the characterization of many hypothetical viral genes and provides insights into the interaction between His2 and its host.
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- Sonny T M Lee
- Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Computational Biology Group, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.,Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia
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- Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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Gibhardt J, Hoffmann G, Turdiev A, Wang M, Lee VT, Commichau FM. c-di-AMP assists osmoadaptation by regulating the Listeria monocytogenes potassium transporters KimA and KtrCD. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:16020-16033. [PMID: 31506295 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Revised: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Many bacteria and some archaea produce the second messenger cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP). c-di-AMP controls the uptake of osmolytes in Firmicutes, including the human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, making it essential for growth. c-di-AMP is known to directly regulate several potassium channels involved in osmolyte transport in species such as Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus pneumoniae, but whether this same mechanism is involved in L. monocytogenes, or even whether similar ion channels were present, was not known. Here, we have identified and characterized the putative L. monocytogenes' potassium transporters KimA, KtrCD, and KdpABC. We demonstrate that Escherichia coli expressing KimA and KtrCD, but not KdpABC, transport potassium into the cell, and both KimA and KtrCD are inhibited by c-di-AMP in vivo For KimA, c-di-AMP-dependent regulation requires the C-terminal domain. In vitro assays demonstrated that the dinucleotide binds to the cytoplasmic regulatory subunit KtrC and to the KdpD sensor kinase of the KdpDE two-component system, which in Staphylococcus aureus regulates the corresponding KdpABC transporter. Finally, we also show that S. aureus contains a homolog of KimA, which mediates potassium transport. Thus, the c-di-AMP-dependent control of systems involved in potassium homeostasis seems to be conserved in phylogenetically related bacteria. Surprisingly, the growth of an L. monocytogenes mutant lacking the c-di-AMP-synthesizing enzyme cdaA is only weakly inhibited by potassium. Thus, the physiological impact of the c-di-AMP-dependent control of potassium uptake seems to be less pronounced in L. monocytogenes than in other Firmicutes.
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- Johannes Gibhardt
- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
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- Department of General Microbiology, Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Phelan JP, Kern A, Ramsey ME, Lundt ME, Sharma B, Lin T, Gao L, Norris SJ, Hyde JA, Skare JT, Hu LT. Genome-wide screen identifies novel genes required for Borrelia burgdorferi survival in its Ixodes tick vector. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15:e1007644. [PMID: 31086414 PMCID: PMC6516651 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease in humans, is maintained in a complex biphasic life cycle, which alternates between tick and vertebrate hosts. To successfully survive and complete its enzootic cycle, B. burgdorferi adapts to diverse hosts by regulating genes required for survival in specific environments. Here we describe the first ever use of transposon insertion sequencing (Tn-seq) to identify genes required for B. burgdorferi survival in its tick host. We found that insertions into 46 genes resulted in a complete loss of recovery of mutants from larval Ixodes ticks. Insertions in an additional 56 genes resulted in a >90% decrease in fitness. The screen identified both previously known and new genes important for larval tick survival. Almost half of the genes required for survival in the tick encode proteins of unknown function, while a significant portion (over 20%) encode membrane-associated proteins or lipoproteins. We validated the results of the screen for five Tn mutants by performing individual competition assays using mutant and complemented strains. To better understand the role of one of these genes in tick survival, we conducted mechanistic studies of bb0017, a gene previously shown to be required for resistance against oxidative stress. In this study we show that BB0017 affects the regulation of key borrelial virulence determinants. The application of Tn-seq to in vivo screening of B. burgdorferi in its natural vector is a powerful tool that can be used to address many different aspects of the host pathogen interaction. Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, must adjust to environmental changes as it moves between its tick and vertebrate hosts. We performed a screen of a B. burgdorferi transposon library using massively parallel sequencing (Tn-seq) to identify fitness defects involved in survival in its tick host. This screen accurately identified genes known to cause decreased fitness for tick survival and identified new genes involved in B. burgdorferi survival in ticks. All of the genes tested individually confirmed the Tn-seq results. One of the genes identified encodes a protein whose function was previously unknown that appears to be involved in regulating expression of proteins known to be involved in environmental adaptation. Tn-seq is a powerful tool for understanding vector-pathogen interactions and may reveal new opportunities for interrupting the infectious cycle of vector-borne diseases.
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- James P. Phelan
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JPP); (STH)
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- MD Anderson Cancer Center Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UT Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A & M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- * E-mail: (JPP); (STH)
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Zeden MS, Schuster CF, Bowman L, Zhong Q, Williams HD, Gründling A. Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is required for osmotic regulation in Staphylococcus aureus but dispensable for viability in anaerobic conditions. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:3180-3200. [PMID: 29326168 PMCID: PMC5836111 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.818716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered signaling molecule important for the survival of Firmicutes, a large bacterial group that includes notable pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus However, the exact role of this molecule has not been identified. dacA, the S. aureus gene encoding the diadenylate cyclase enzyme required for c-di-AMP production, cannot be deleted when bacterial cells are grown in rich medium, indicating that c-di-AMP is required for growth in this condition. Here, we report that an S. aureus dacA mutant can be generated in chemically defined medium. Consistent with previous findings, this mutant had a severe growth defect when cultured in rich medium. Using this growth defect in rich medium, we selected for suppressor strains with improved growth to identify c-di-AMP-requiring pathways. Mutations bypassing the essentiality of dacA were identified in alsT and opuD, encoding a predicted amino acid and osmolyte transporter, the latter of which we show here to be the main glycine betaine-uptake system in S. aureus. Inactivation of these transporters likely prevents the excessive osmolyte and amino acid accumulation in the cell, providing further evidence for a key role of c-di-AMP in osmotic regulation. Suppressor mutations were also obtained in hepS, hemB, ctaA, and qoxB, coding proteins required for respiration. Furthermore, we show that dacA is dispensable for growth in anaerobic conditions. Together, these findings reveal an essential role for the c-di-AMP signaling network in aerobic, but not anaerobic, respiration in S. aureus.
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- Merve S Zeden
- From the Section of Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection and
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- From the Section of Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection and
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- From the Section of Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection and
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- From the Section of Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection and
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- From the Section of Microbiology and Medical Research Council Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection and
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Wang B, Wang Z, Javornik U, Xi Z, Plavec J. Computational and NMR spectroscopy insights into the conformation of cyclic di-nucleotides. Sci Rep 2017; 7:16550. [PMID: 29185472 PMCID: PMC5707406 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-16794-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2017] [Accepted: 11/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cyclic di-nucleotides (CDNs) are second messengers in bacteria and metazoan that are as such controlling important biological processes. Here the conformational space of CDNs was explored systematically by a combination of extensive conformational search and DFT calculations as well as NMR methods. We found that CDNs adopt pre-organized conformations in solution in which the ribose conformations are North type and glycosidic bond conformations are anti type. The overall flexibility of CDNs as well as the backbone torsion angles depend on the cyclization of the phosphodiester bond. Compared to di-nucleotides, CDNs display high rigidity in the macrocyclic moieties. Structural comparison studies demonstrate that the pre-organized conformations of CDNs highly resemble the biologically active conformations. These findings provide information for the design of small molecules to modulate CDNs signalling pathways in bacteria or as vaccine adjuvants. The rigidity of the backbone of CDNs enables the design of high order structures such as molecular cages based on CDNs analogues.
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- Baifan Wang
- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China.
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- Slovenian NMR Center, National Institute of Chemistry, Hajdrihova 19, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- EN-FIST Center of Excellence, Trg OF 13, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Drexler DJ, Müller M, Rojas-Cordova CA, Bandera AM, Witte G. Structural and Biophysical Analysis of the Soluble DHH/DHHA1-Type Phosphodiesterase TM1595 from Thermotoga maritima. Structure 2017; 25:1887-1897.e4. [PMID: 29107484 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2017.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The concentration of messenger molecules in bacterial cells needs to be tightly regulated. This can be achieved by either controlling the synthesis rate, degradation, or export by specific transporters, respectively. The regulation of the essential second messenger c-di-AMP is achieved by modulation of the diadenylate cyclase activity as well as by specific phosphodiesterases that hydrolyze c-di-AMP in the cell. We provide here structural and biochemical data on the DHH-type phosphodiesterase TmPDE (TM1595) from Thermotoga maritima. Our analysis shows that TmPDE is preferentially degrading linear dinucleotides, such as 5'-pApA, 5'-pGpG, and 5'-pApG, compared with cyclic dinucleotide substrates. The high-resolution structural data provided here describe all steps of the PDE reaction: the ligand-free enzyme, two substrate-bound states, and three post-reaction states. We can furthermore show that Pde2 from Streptococcus pneumoniae shares both structural features and substrate specificity based on small-angle X-ray scattering data and biochemical assays.
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- David Jan Drexler
- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center and Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Feodor-Lynen-Str. 25, 81377 Munich, Germany.
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Nijo T, Neriya Y, Koinuma H, Iwabuchi N, Kitazawa Y, Tanno K, Okano Y, Maejima K, Yamaji Y, Oshima K, Namba S. Genome-Wide Analysis of the Transcription Start Sites and Promoter Motifs of Phytoplasmas. DNA Cell Biol 2017; 36:1081-1092. [PMID: 29039971 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2016.3616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Phytoplasmas are obligate intracellular parasitic bacteria that infect both plants and insects. We previously identified the sigma factor RpoD-dependent consensus promoter sequence of phytoplasma. However, the genome-wide landscape of RNA transcripts, including non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) and RpoD-independent promoter elements, was still unknown. In this study, we performed an improved RNA sequencing analysis for genome-wide identification of the transcription start sites (TSSs) and the consensus promoter sequences. We constructed cDNA libraries using a random adenine/thymine hexamer primer, in addition to a conventional random hexamer primer, for efficient sequencing of 5'-termini of AT-rich phytoplasma RNAs. We identified 231 TSSs, which were classified into four categories: mRNA TSSs, internal sense TSSs, antisense TSSs (asTSSs), and orphan TSSs (oTSSs). The presence of asTSSs and oTSSs indicated the genome-wide transcription of ncRNAs, which might act as regulatory ncRNAs in phytoplasmas. This is the first description of genome-wide phytoplasma ncRNAs. Using a de novo motif discovery program, we identified two consensus motif sequences located upstream of the TSSs. While one was almost identical to the RpoD-dependent consensus promoter sequence, the other was an unidentified novel motif, which might be recognized by another transcription initiation factor. These findings are valuable for understanding the regulatory mechanism of phytoplasma gene expression.
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- Takamichi Nijo
- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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- 2 Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University , Tokyo, Japan
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- 1 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo , Tokyo, Japan
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A Delicate Connection: c-di-AMP Affects Cell Integrity by Controlling Osmolyte Transport. Trends Microbiol 2017; 26:175-185. [PMID: 28965724 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 08/16/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Bacteria use second-messenger molecules to adapt to their environment. Several second messengers, among them cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP), have been discovered and intensively studied. Interestingly, c-di-AMP is essential for growth of Gram-positive bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Staphylococcus aureus. Many studies demonstrated that perturbation of c-di-AMP metabolism affects the integrity of the bacterial cell envelope. Therefore, it has been assumed that the nucleotide is essential for proper cell envelope synthesis. In this Opinion paper, we propose that the cell envelope phenotypes caused by perturbations of c-di-AMP metabolism can be interpreted differently: c-di-AMP might indirectly control cell envelope integrity by modulating the turgor, a physical variable that needs to be tightly adjusted. We also discuss open questions related to c-di-AMP metabolism that need to be urgently addressed by future studies.
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Gerhardt ECM, Moure VR, Souza AW, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Diacovich L, Gramajo H, Huergo LF. Expression and purification of untagged GlnK proteins from actinobacteria. EXCLI JOURNAL 2017; 16:949-958. [PMID: 28900375 PMCID: PMC5579400 DOI: 10.17179/excli2017-394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The PII protein family constitutes one of the most conserved and well distributed family of signal transduction proteins in nature. These proteins play key roles in nitrogen and carbon metabolism. PII function has been well documented in Gram-negative bacteria. However, there are very few reports describing the in vitro properties and function of PII derived from Gram-positive bacteria. Here we present the heterologous expression and efficient purification protocols for untagged PII from three Actinobacteria of medical and biotechnological interest namely: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rhodococcus jostii and Streptomyces coelicolor. Circular dichroism and gel filtration analysis supported that the purified proteins are correctly folded. The purification protocol described here will facilitate biochemical studies and help to uncover the biochemical functions of PII proteins in Actinobacteria.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Biologia Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR-CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquimicas y Farmaceuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil.,Setor Litoral, UFPR, Matinhos, Brazil
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Choi PH, Vu TMN, Pham HT, Woodward JJ, Turner MS, Tong L. Structural and functional studies of pyruvate carboxylase regulation by cyclic di-AMP in lactic acid bacteria. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E7226-E7235. [PMID: 28808024 PMCID: PMC5584425 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704756114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Cyclic di-3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a broadly conserved bacterial second messenger that has been implicated in a wide range of cellular processes. Our earlier studies showed that c-di-AMP regulates central metabolism in Listeria monocytogenes by inhibiting its pyruvate carboxylase (LmPC), a biotin-dependent enzyme with biotin carboxylase (BC) and carboxyltransferase (CT) activities. We report here structural, biochemical, and functional studies on the inhibition of Lactococcus lactis PC (LlPC) by c-di-AMP. The compound is bound at the dimer interface of the CT domain, at a site equivalent to that in LmPC, although it has a distinct binding mode in the LlPC complex. This binding site is not well conserved among PCs, and only a subset of these bacterial enzymes are sensitive to c-di-AMP. Conformational changes in the CT dimer induced by c-di-AMP binding may be the molecular mechanism for its inhibitory activity. Mutations of residues in the binding site can abolish c-di-AMP inhibition. In L. lactis, LlPC is required for efficient milk acidification through its essential role in aspartate biosynthesis. The aspartate pool in L. lactis is negatively regulated by c-di-AMP, and high aspartate levels can be restored by expression of a c-di-AMP-insensitive LlPC. LlPC has high intrinsic catalytic activity and is not sensitive to acetyl-CoA activation, in contrast to other PC enzymes.
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- Philip H Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027;
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Whiteley AT, Garelis NE, Peterson BN, Choi PH, Tong L, Woodward JJ, Portnoy DA. c-di-AMP modulates Listeria monocytogenes central metabolism to regulate growth, antibiotic resistance and osmoregulation. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:212-233. [PMID: 28097715 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a conserved nucleotide second messenger critical for bacterial growth and resistance to cell wall-active antibiotics. In Listeria monocytogenes, the sole diadenylate cyclase, DacA, is essential in rich, but not synthetic media and ΔdacA mutants are highly sensitive to the β-lactam antibiotic cefuroxime. In this study, loss of function mutations in the oligopeptide importer (oppABCDF) and glycine betaine importer (gbuABC) allowed ΔdacA mutants to grow in rich medium. Since oligopeptides were sufficient to inhibit growth of the ΔdacA mutant we hypothesized that oligopeptides act as osmolytes, similar to glycine betaine, to disrupt intracellular osmotic pressure. Supplementation with salt stabilized the ΔdacA mutant in rich medium and restored cefuroxime resistance. Additional suppressor mutations in the acetyl-CoA binding site of pyruvate carboxylase (PycA) rescued cefuroxime resistance and resulted in a 100-fold increase in virulence of the ΔdacA mutant. PycA is inhibited by c-di-AMP and these mutations prompted us to examine the role of TCA cycle enzymes. Inactivation of citrate synthase, but not down-stream enzymes suppressed ΔdacA phenotypes. These data suggested that c-di-AMP modulates central metabolism at the pyruvate node to moderate citrate production and indeed, the ΔdacA mutant accumulated six times the concentration of citrate present in wild-type bacteria.
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- Aaron T Whiteley
- Graduate Group in Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.,School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
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Cyclic di-AMP Released from Staphylococcus aureus Biofilm Induces a Macrophage Type I Interferon Response. Infect Immun 2016; 84:3564-3574. [PMID: 27736778 PMCID: PMC5116733 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00447-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of community- and nosocomial-acquired infections, with a propensity for biofilm formation. S. aureus biofilms actively skew the host immune response toward an anti-inflammatory state; however, the biofilm effector molecules and the mechanism(s) of action responsible for this phenomenon remain to be fully defined. The essential bacterial second messenger cyclic diadenylate monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is an emerging pathogen-associated molecular pattern during intracellular bacterial infections, as c-di-AMP secretion into the infected host cytosol induces a robust type I interferon (IFN) response. Type I IFNs have the potential to exacerbate infectious outcomes by promoting anti-inflammatory effects; however, the type I IFN response to S. aureus biofilms is unknown. Additionally, while several intracellular proteins function as c-di-AMP receptors in S. aureus, it has yet to be determined if any extracellular role for c-di-AMP exists and its release during biofilm formation has not yet been demonstrated. This study examined the possibility that c-di-AMP released during S. aureus biofilm growth polarizes macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory phenotype via type I interferon signaling. DacA, the enzyme responsible for c-di-AMP synthesis in S. aureus, was highly expressed during biofilm growth, and 30 to 50% of total c-di-AMP produced from S. aureus biofilm was released extracellularly due to autolytic activity. S. aureus biofilm c-di-AMP release induced macrophage type I IFN expression via a STING-dependent pathway and promoted S. aureus intracellular survival in macrophages. These findings identify c-di-AMP as another mechanism for how S. aureus biofilms promote macrophage anti-inflammatory activity, which likely contributes to biofilm persistence.
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Orr MW, Galperin MY, Lee VT. Sustained sensing as an emerging principle in second messenger signaling systems. Curr Opin Microbiol 2016; 34:119-126. [PMID: 27700990 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 08/25/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacteria utilize a diverse set of nucleotide second messengers to regulate cellular responses by binding macromolecular receptors (RNAs and proteins). Recent studies on cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) have shown that this signaling molecule binds multiple receptors to regulate different steps in the same biological process. We propose this property of the same molecule regulating multiple steps in the same process is biologically meaningful and have termed this phenomenon 'sustained sensing'. Here, we discuss the recent findings that support the concept of sustained sensing of c-di-GMP levels and provide additional examples that support the utilization of sustained sensing by other second messengers. Sustained sensing may be widespread in bacteria and provides an additional level of complexity in prokaryotic signal transduction networks.
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- Mona W Orr
- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA; Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA; Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD, USA.
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Schuster CF, Bellows LE, Tosi T, Campeotto I, Corrigan RM, Freemont P, Gründling A. The second messenger c-di-AMP inhibits the osmolyte uptake system OpuC in Staphylococcus aureus. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra81. [PMID: 27531650 PMCID: PMC5248971 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aaf7279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Staphylococcus aureus is an important opportunistic human pathogen that is highly resistant to osmotic stresses. To survive an increase in osmolarity, bacteria immediately take up potassium ions and small organic compounds known as compatible solutes. The second messenger cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) reduces the ability of bacteria to withstand osmotic stress by binding to and inhibiting several proteins that promote potassium uptake. We identified OpuCA, the adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) component of an uptake system for the compatible solute carnitine, as a c-di-AMP target protein in S aureus and found that the LAC*ΔgdpP strain of S aureus, which overproduces c-di-AMP, showed reduced carnitine uptake. The paired cystathionine-β-synthase (CBS) domains of OpuCA bound to c-di-AMP, and a crystal structure revealed a putative binding pocket for c-di-AMP in the cleft between the two CBS domains. Thus, c-di-AMP inhibits osmoprotection through multiple mechanisms.
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- Christopher F. Schuster
- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Structural Biology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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The cyclic dinucleotides cyclic 3′,5′-diguanylate (c-di-GMP) and cyclic 3′,5′-diadenylate (c-di-AMP) have emerged as key components of bacterial signal transduction networks. These closely related second messengers follow the classical general principles of nucleotide signaling by integrating diverse signals into regulatory pathways that control cellular responses to changing environments. They impact distinct cellular processes, with c-di-GMP having an established role in promoting bacterial adhesion and inhibiting motility and c-di-AMP being involved in cell wall metabolism, potassium homeostasis, and DNA repair. The involvement of c-dinucleotides in the physiology of the filamentous, nonmotile streptomycetes remained obscure until recent discoveries showed that c-di-GMP controls the activity of the developmental master regulator BldD and that c-di-AMP determines the level of the resuscitation-promoting factor A(RpfA) cell wall-remodelling enzyme. Here, I summarize our current knowledge of c-dinucleotide signaling in Streptomyces species and highlight the important roles of c-di-GMP and c-di-AMP in the biology of these antibiotic-producing, multicellular bacteria.
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Meehan RE, Torgerson CD, Gaffney BL, Jones RA, Strobel SA. Nuclease-Resistant c-di-AMP Derivatives That Differentially Recognize RNA and Protein Receptors. Biochemistry 2016; 55:837-49. [PMID: 26789423 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The ability of bacteria to sense environmental cues and adapt is essential for their survival. The use of second-messenger signaling molecules to translate these cues into a physiological response is a common mechanism employed by bacteria. The second messenger 3'-5'-cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) has been linked to a diverse set of biological processes involved in maintaining cell viability and homeostasis, as well as pathogenicity. A complex network of both protein and RNA receptors inside the cell activates specific pathways and mediates phenotypic outputs in response to c-di-AMP. Structural analysis of these RNA and protein receptors has revealed the different recognition elements employed by these effectors to bind the same small molecule. Herein, using a series of c-di-AMP analogues, we probed the interactions made with a riboswitch and a phosphodiesterase protein to identify the features important for c-di-AMP binding and recognition. We found that the ydaO riboswitch binds c-di-AMP in two discrete sites with near identical affinity and a Hill coefficient of 1.6. The ydaO riboswitch distinguishes between c-di-AMP and structurally related second messengers by discriminating against an amine at the C2 position more than a carbonyl at the C6 position. We also identified phosphate-modified analogues that bind both the ydaO RNA and GdpP protein with high affinity, whereas symmetrically modified ribose analogues exhibited a substantial decrease in ydaO affinity but retained high affinity for GdpP. These ligand modifications resulted in increased resistance to enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis by the GdpP enzyme. Together, these data suggest that these c-di-AMP analogues could be useful as chemical tools to specifically target subsections of second-messenger signaling pathways.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States
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Moscoso JA, Schramke H, Zhang Y, Tosi T, Dehbi A, Jung K, Gründling A. Binding of Cyclic Di-AMP to the Staphylococcus aureus Sensor Kinase KdpD Occurs via the Universal Stress Protein Domain and Downregulates the Expression of the Kdp Potassium Transporter. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:98-110. [PMID: 26195599 PMCID: PMC4686210 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00480-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Nucleotide signaling molecules are important intracellular messengers that regulate a wide range of biological functions. The human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus produces the signaling nucleotide cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP). This molecule is common among Gram-positive bacteria and in many organisms is essential for survival under standard laboratory growth conditions. In this study, we investigated the interaction of c-di-AMP with the S. aureus KdpD protein. The sensor kinase KdpD forms a two-component signaling system with the response regulator KdpE and regulates the expression of the kdpDE genes and the kdpFABC operon coding for the Kdp potassium transporter components. Here we show that the S. aureus KdpD protein binds c-di-AMP specifically and with an affinity in the micromolar range through its universal stress protein (USP) domain. This domain is located within the N-terminal cytoplasmic region of KdpD, and amino acids of a conserved SXS-X20-FTAXY motif are important for this binding. We further show that KdpD2, a second KdpD protein found in some S. aureus strains, also binds c-di-AMP, and our bioinformatics analysis indicates that a subclass of KdpD proteins in c-di-AMP-producing bacteria has evolved to bind this signaling nucleotide. Finally, we show that c-di-AMP binding to KdpD inhibits the upregulation of the kdpFABC operon under salt stress, thus indicating that c-di-AMP is a negative regulator of potassium uptake in S. aureus. IMPORTANCE Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen and a major cause of food poisoning in Western countries. A common method for food preservation is the use of salt to drive dehydration. This study sheds light on the regulation of potassium uptake in Staphylococcus aureus, an important aspect of this bacterium's ability to tolerate high levels of salt. We show that the signaling nucleotide c-di-AMP binds to a regulatory component of the Kdp potassium uptake system and that this binding has an inhibitory effect on the expression of the kdp genes encoding a potassium transporter. c-di-AMP binds to the USP domain of KdpD, thus providing for the first time evidence for the ability of such a domain to bind a cyclic dinucleotide.
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- Joana A Moscoso
- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM), Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Center for Integrated Protein Science (CiPSM), Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Martinsried, Germany
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- Section of Microbiology and MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection (CMBI), Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Banerjee R, Gladkova C, Mapa K, Witte G, Mokranjac D. Protein translocation channel of mitochondrial inner membrane and matrix-exposed import motor communicate via two-domain coupling protein. eLife 2015; 4:e11897. [PMID: 26714107 PMCID: PMC4749553 DOI: 10.7554/elife.11897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2015] [Accepted: 12/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The majority of mitochondrial proteins are targeted to mitochondria by N-terminal presequences and use the TIM23 complex for their translocation across the mitochondrial inner membrane. During import, translocation through the channel in the inner membrane is coupled to the ATP-dependent action of an Hsp70-based import motor at the matrix face. How these two processes are coordinated remained unclear. We show here that the two domain structure of Tim44 plays a central role in this process. The N-terminal domain of Tim44 interacts with the components of the import motor, whereas its C-terminal domain interacts with the translocation channel and is in contact with translocating proteins. Our data suggest that the translocation channel and the import motor of the TIM23 complex communicate through rearrangements of the two domains of Tim44 that are stimulated by translocating proteins.
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- Rupa Banerjee
- Biomedical Center Munich, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Biomedical Center Munich, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Biomedical Center Munich, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Gene Center, Department of Biochemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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- Biomedical Center Munich, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany
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Zhu Y, Pham TH, Nhiep THN, Vu NMT, Marcellin E, Chakrabortti A, Wang Y, Waanders J, Lo R, Huston WM, Bansal N, Nielsen LK, Liang ZX, Turner MS. Cyclic-di-AMP synthesis by the diadenylate cyclase CdaA is modulated by the peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzyme GlmM in Lactococcus lactis. Mol Microbiol 2015; 99:1015-27. [PMID: 26585449 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The second messenger cyclic-di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) plays important roles in growth, virulence, cell wall homeostasis, potassium transport and affects resistance to antibiotics, heat and osmotic stress. Most Firmicutes contain only one c-di-AMP synthesizing diadenylate cyclase (CdaA); however, little is known about signals and effectors controlling CdaA activity and c-di-AMP levels. In this study, a genetic screen was employed to identify components which affect the c-di-AMP level in Lactococcus. We characterized suppressor mutations that restored osmoresistance to spontaneous c-di-AMP phosphodiesterase gdpP mutants, which contain high c-di-AMP levels. Loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutations were identified in the cdaA and gdpP genes, respectively, which led to lower c-di-AMP levels. A mutation was also identified in the phosphoglucosamine mutase gene glmM, which is commonly located within the cdaA operon in bacteria. The glmM I154F mutation resulted in a lowering of the c-di-AMP level and a reduction in the key peptidoglycan precursor UDP-N-acetylglucosamine in L. lactis. C-di-AMP synthesis by CdaA was shown to be inhibited by GlmM(I154F) more than GlmM and GlmM(I154F) was found to bind more strongly to CdaA than GlmM. These findings identify GlmM as a c-di-AMP level modulating protein and provide a direct connection between c-di-AMP synthesis and peptidoglycan biosynthesis.
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- Yan Zhu
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,University of Science and Technology, The University of Danang, Da Nang, Vietnam
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Forchhammer K, Lüddecke J. Sensory properties of the PII signalling protein family. FEBS J 2015; 283:425-37. [PMID: 26527104 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PII signalling proteins constitute one of the largest families of signalling proteins in nature. An even larger superfamily of trimeric sensory proteins with the same architectural principle as PII proteins appears in protein structure databases. Large surface-exposed flexible loops protrude from the intersubunit faces, where effector molecules are bound that tune the conformation of the loops. Via this mechanism, PII proteins control target proteins in response to cellular ATP/ADP levels and the 2-oxoglutarate status, thereby coordinating the cellular carbon/nitrogen balance. The antagonistic (ATP versus ADP) and synergistic (2-oxoglutarate and ATP) mode of effector molecule binding is further affected by PII -receptor interaction, leading to a highly sophisticated signalling network organized by PII . Altogether, it appears that PII is a multitasking information processor that, depending on its interaction environment, differentially transmits information on the energy status and the cellular 2-oxoglutarate level. In addition to the basic mode of PII function, several bacterial PII proteins may transmit a signal of the cellular glutamine status via covalent modification. Remarkably, during the evolution of plant chloroplasts, glutamine signalling by PII proteins was re-established by acquisition of a short sequence extension at the C-terminus. This plant-specific C-terminus makes the interaction of plant PII proteins with one of its targets, the arginine biosynthetic enzyme N-acetyl-glutamate kinase, glutamine-dependent.
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- Karl Forchhammer
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Germany
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Phenotypes Associated with the Essential Diadenylate Cyclase CdaA and Its Potential Regulator CdaR in the Human Pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. J Bacteriol 2015; 198:416-26. [PMID: 26527648 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00845-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Cyclic diadenylate monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a second messenger utilized by diverse bacteria. In many species, including the Gram-positive human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes, c-di-AMP is essential for growth. Here we show that the single diadenylate cyclase of L. monocytogenes, CdaA, is an integral membrane protein that interacts with its potential regulatory protein, CdaR, via the transmembrane protein domain. The presence of the CdaR protein is not required for the membrane localization and abundance of CdaA. We have also found that CdaR negatively influences CdaA activity in L. monocytogenes and that the role of CdaR is most evident at a high growth temperature. Interestingly, a cdaR mutant strain is less susceptible to lysozyme. Moreover, CdaA contributes to cell division, and cells depleted of CdaA are prone to lysis. The observation that the growth defect of a CdaA depletion strain can be partially restored by increasing the osmolarity of the growth medium suggests that c-di-AMP is important for maintaining the integrity of the protective cell envelope. Overall, this work provides new insights into the relationship between CdaA and CdaR. IMPORTANCE Cyclic diadenylate monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is a recently identified second messenger that is utilized by the Gram-positive human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Here we show that the single diadenylate cyclase of L. monocytogenes, CdaA, is an integral membrane protein that interacts with CdaR, its potential regulatory protein. We show that CdaR is not required for membrane localization or abundance of the diadenylate cyclase, but modulates its activity. Moreover, CdaA seems to contribute to cell division. Overall, this work provides new insights into the relationship between CdaA and CdaR and their involvement in cell growth.
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Systematic Identification of Cyclic-di-GMP Binding Proteins in Vibrio cholerae Reveals a Novel Class of Cyclic-di-GMP-Binding ATPases Associated with Type II Secretion Systems. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1005232. [PMID: 26506097 PMCID: PMC4624772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a ubiquitous bacterial signaling molecule that regulates a variety of complex processes through a diverse set of c-di-GMP receptor proteins. We have utilized a systematic approach to identify c-di-GMP receptors from the pathogen Vibrio cholerae using the Differential Radial Capillary Action of Ligand Assay (DRaCALA). The DRaCALA screen identified a majority of known c-di-GMP binding proteins in V. cholerae and revealed a novel c-di-GMP binding protein, MshE (VC0405), an ATPase associated with the mannose sensitive hemagglutinin (MSHA) type IV pilus. The known c-di-GMP binding proteins identified by DRaCALA include diguanylate cyclases, phosphodiesterases, PilZ domain proteins and transcription factors VpsT and VpsR, indicating that the DRaCALA-based screen of open reading frame libraries is a feasible approach to uncover novel receptors of small molecule ligands. Since MshE lacks the canonical c-di-GMP-binding motifs, a truncation analysis was utilized to locate the c-di-GMP binding activity to the N-terminal T2SSE_N domain. Alignment of MshE homologs revealed candidate conserved residues responsible for c-di-GMP binding. Site-directed mutagenesis of these candidate residues revealed that the Arg9 residue is required for c-di-GMP binding. The ability of c-di-GMP binding to MshE to regulate MSHA dependent processes was evaluated. The R9A allele, in contrast to the wild type MshE, was unable to complement the ΔmshE mutant for the production of extracellular MshA to the cell surface, reduction in flagella swimming motility, attachment to surfaces and formation of biofilms. Testing homologs of MshE for binding to c-di-GMP identified the type II secretion ATPase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA14_29490) as a c-di-GMP receptor, indicating that type II secretion and type IV pili are both regulated by c-di-GMP. Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a ubiquitous bacterial signaling molecule that regulates important bacterial functions, including virulence, antibiotic resistance, biofilm formation and cell division. The list of known c-di-GMP receptors is clearly incomplete. Here we utilized a systematic and unbiased biochemical approach to identify c-di-GMP receptors from the 3,812 genes of the Vibrio cholerae genome. Results from this analysis identified most known c-di-GMP receptors as well as MshE, a protein not known to interact with c-di-GMP. The c-di-GMP binding site was identified at the N-terminus of MshE and requires a conserved arginine residue in the 9th position. MshE is the ATPase that powers the secretion of the MshA pili onto the surface of the bacteria. We show that c-di-GMP binding to MshE is required for MshA export and the function of the pili in attachment and biofilm formation. ATPases responsible for related processes such as type IV pili and type II secretion were also tested for c-di-GMP binding, which identified the P. aeruginosa ATPase PA14_29490 as another c-di-GMP binding protein. These findings reveal a new class of c-di-GMP receptor and raise the possibility that c-di-GMP regulate membrane complexes through direct interaction with related type II secretion and type IV pili ATPases.
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Zheng C, Ma Y, Wang X, Xie Y, Ali MK, He J. Functional analysis of the sporulation-specific diadenylate cyclase CdaS in Bacillus thuringiensis. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:908. [PMID: 26441857 PMCID: PMC4568413 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2015] [Accepted: 08/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is a recently discovered bacterial secondary messenger molecule, which is associated with various physiological functions. In the genus Bacillus, the intracellular level and turnover of c-di-AMP are mainly regulated by three diadenylate cyclases (DACs), including DisA, CdaA and CdaS, and two c-di-AMP-specific phosphodiesterases (GdpP and PgpH). In this study, we demonstrated that CdaS protein from B. thuringiensis is a hexameric DAC protein that can convert ATP or ADP to c-di-AMP in vitro and the N-terminal YojJ domain is essential for the DAC activity. Based on the markerless gene knock-out method, we demonstrated that the transcription of cdaS was initiated by the sporulation-specific sigma factor σ(H) and the deletion of cdaS significantly delayed sporulation and parasporal crystal formation. These findings contrast with similar experiments conducted using B. subtilis, wherein transcription of its cdaS was initiated by the sigma factor σ(G). Deletion of all the three DAC genes from a single strain was unsuccessful, suggesting that c-di-AMP is an indispensable molecule in B. thuringiensis. Phylogenetic analysis indicated increased diversity of CdaS in the B. cereus and B. subtilis Bacillus subgroups. In summary, this study identifies important aspects in the regulation of c-di-AMP in the genus Bacillus.
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- Cao Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), College of Bioengineering, Hubei University of Technology Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University Wuhan, China
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Chin KH, Liang JM, Yang JG, Shih MS, Tu ZL, Wang YC, Sun XH, Hu NJ, Liang ZX, Dow JM, Ryan RP, Chou SH. Structural Insights into the Distinct Binding Mode of Cyclic Di-AMP with SaCpaA_RCK. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4936-51. [PMID: 26171638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is a relatively new member of the family of bacterial cyclic dinucleotide second messengers. It has attracted significant attention in recent years because of the abundant roles it plays in a variety of Gram-positive bacteria. The structural features that allow diverse bacterial proteins to bind c-di-AMP are not fully understood. Here we report the biophysical and structural studies of c-di-AMP in complex with a bacterial cation-proton antiporter (CpaA) RCK (regulator of the conductance of K(+)) protein from Staphylococcus aureus (Sa). The crystal structure of the SaCpaA_RCK C-terminal domain (CTD) in complex with c-di-AMP was determined to a resolution of 1.81 Å. This structure revealed two well-liganded water molecules, each interacting with one of the adenine bases by a unique H2Olp-π interaction to stabilize the complex. Sequence blasting using the SaCpaA_RCK primary sequence against the bacterial genome database returned many CpaA analogues, and alignment of these sequences revealed that the active site residues are all well-conserved, indicating a universal c-di-AMP binding mode for CpaA_RCK. A proteoliposome activity assay using the full-length SaCpaA membrane protein indicated that c-di-AMP binding alters its antiporter activity by approximately 40%. A comparison of this structure to all other reported c-di-AMP-receptor complex structures revealed that c-di-AMP binds to receptors in either a "U-shape" or "V-shape" mode. The two adenine rings are stabilized in the inner interaction zone by a variety of CH-π, cation-π, backbone-π, or H2Olp-π interaction, but more commonly in the outer interaction zone by hydrophobic CH-π or π-π interaction. The structures determined to date provide an understanding of the mechanisms by which a single c-di-AMP can interact with a variety of receptor proteins, and how c-di-AMP binds receptor proteins in a special way different from that of c-di-GMP.
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- Ko-Hsin Chin
- †National Chung Hsing University Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- ‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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- §School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551
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- ∥School of Microbiology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- ⊥Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, U.K
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- †National Chung Hsing University Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC.,‡Institute of Biochemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan, ROC
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Structural analysis of the diadenylate cyclase reaction of DNA-integrity scanning protein A (DisA) and its inhibition by 3'-dATP. Biochem J 2015; 469:367-74. [PMID: 26014055 DOI: 10.1042/bj20150373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The identification of the essential bacterial second messenger cyclic-di-AMP (c-di-AMP) synthesized by the DNA-integrity scanning protein A (DisA) has opened up a new and emerging field in bacterial signalling. To further analyse the diadenylate cyclase (DAC) reaction catalysed by the DAC domains of DisA, we crystallized Thermotoga maritima DisA in the presence of different ATP analogues and metal ions to identify the metal-binding site and trap the enzyme in pre- and post-reaction states. Through structural and biochemical assays we identified important residues essential for the reaction in the active site of the DAC domains. Our structures resolve the metal-binding site and thus explain the activation of ATP for the DAC reaction. Moreover, we were able to identify a potent inhibitor of the DAC domain. Based on the available structures and homology to annotated DAC domains we propose a common mechanism for c-di-AMP synthesis by DAC domains in c-di-AMP-producing species and a possible approach for its effective inhibition.
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Commichau FM, Dickmanns A, Gundlach J, Ficner R, Stülke J. A jack of all trades: the multiple roles of the unique essential second messenger cyclic di-AMP. Mol Microbiol 2015; 97:189-204. [PMID: 25869574 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
Second messengers are key components of many signal transduction pathways. In addition to cyclic AMP, ppGpp and cyclic di-GMP, many bacteria use also cyclic di-AMP as a second messenger. This molecule is synthesized by distinct classes of diadenylate cyclases and degraded by phosphodiesterases. The control of the intracellular c-di-AMP pool is very important since both a lack of this molecule and its accumulation can inhibit growth of the bacteria. In many firmicutes, c-di-AMP is essential, making it the only known essential second messenger. Cyclic di-AMP is implicated in a variety of functions in the cell, including cell wall metabolism, potassium homeostasis, DNA repair and the control of gene expression. To understand the molecular mechanisms behind these functions, targets of c-di-AMP have been identified and characterized. Interestingly, c-di-AMP can bind both proteins and RNA molecules. Several proteins that interact with c-di-AMP are required to control the intracellular potassium concentration. In Bacillus subtilis, c-di-AMP also binds a riboswitch that controls the expression of a potassium transporter. Thus, c-di-AMP is the only known second messenger that controls a biological process by interacting with both a protein and the riboswitch that regulates its expression. Moreover, in Listeria monocytogenes c-di-AMP controls the activity of pyruvate carboxylase, an enzyme that is required to replenish the citric acid cycle. Here, we review the components of the c-di-AMP signaling system.
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- Fabian M Commichau
- Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077, Göttingen, Germany
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Intracellular Concentrations of Borrelia burgdorferi Cyclic Di-AMP Are Not Changed by Altered Expression of the CdaA Synthase. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125440. [PMID: 25906393 PMCID: PMC4408052 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The second messenger nucleotide cyclic diadenylate monophosphate (c-di-AMP) has been identified in several species of Gram positive bacteria and Chlamydia trachomatis. This molecule has been associated with bacterial cell division, cell wall biosynthesis and phosphate metabolism, and with induction of type I interferon responses by host cells. We demonstrate that B. burgdorferi produces a c-di-AMP synthase, which we designated CdaA. Both CdaA and c-di-AMP levels are very low in cultured B. burgdorferi, and no conditions were identified under which cdaA mRNA was differentially expressed. A mutant B. burgdorferi was produced that expresses high levels of CdaA, yet steady state borrelial c-di-AMP levels did not change, apparently due to degradation by the native DhhP phosphodiesterase. The function(s) of c-di-AMP in the Lyme disease spirochete remains enigmatic.
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Choi PH, Sureka K, Woodward JJ, Tong L. Molecular basis for the recognition of cyclic-di-AMP by PstA, a PII-like signal transduction protein. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:361-74. [PMID: 25693966 PMCID: PMC4475381 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cyclic-di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is a broadly conserved bacterial second messenger that is of importance in bacterial physiology. The molecular receptors mediating the cellular responses to the c-di-AMP signal are just beginning to be discovered. PstA is a previously uncharacterized PII-like protein which has been identified as a c-di-AMP receptor. PstA is widely distributed and conserved among Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes. Here, we report the biochemical, structural, and functional characterization of PstA from Listeria monocytogenes. We have determined the crystal structures of PstA in the c-di-AMP-bound and apo forms at 1.6 and 2.9 Å resolution, respectively, which provide the molecular basis for its specific recognition of c-di-AMP. PstA forms a homotrimer structure that has overall similarity to the PII protein family which binds ATP. However, PstA is markedly different from PII proteins in the loop regions, and these structural differences mediate the specific recognition of their respective nucleotide ligand. The residues composing the c-di-AMP binding pocket are conserved, suggesting that c-di-AMP recognition by PstA is of functional importance. Disruption of pstA in L. monocytogenes affected c-di-AMP-mediated alterations in bacterial growth and lysis. Overall, we have defined the PstA family as a conserved and specific c-di-AMP receptor in bacteria.
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- Philip H Choi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 10027
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York City, New York, 10027
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Chemical proteomics reveals a second family of cyclic-di-AMP hydrolases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:1921-2. [PMID: 25637595 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1500077112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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