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Di Cesare M, Kaplan E, Rendon J, Gerbaud G, Valimehr S, Gobet A, Ngo TAT, Chaptal V, Falson P, Martinho M, Dorlet P, Hanssen E, Jault JM, Orelle C. The transport activity of the multidrug ABC transporter BmrA does not require a wide separation of the nucleotide-binding domains. J Biol Chem 2024; 300:105546. [PMID: 38072053 PMCID: PMC10821409 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105546] [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: 07/07/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are ubiquitous membrane proteins responsible for the translocation of a wide diversity of substrates across biological membranes. Some of them confer multidrug or antimicrobial resistance to cancer cells and pathogenic microorganisms, respectively. Despite a wealth of structural data gained in the last two decades, the molecular mechanism of these multidrug efflux pumps remains elusive, including the extent of separation between the two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) during the transport cycle. Based on recent outward-facing structures of BmrA, a homodimeric multidrug ABC transporter from Bacillus subtilis, we introduced a cysteine mutation near the C-terminal end of the NBDs to analyze the impact of disulfide-bond formation on BmrA function. Interestingly, the presence of the disulfide bond between the NBDs did not prevent the ATPase, nor did it affect the transport of Hoechst 33342 and doxorubicin. Yet, the 7-amino-actinomycin D was less efficiently transported, suggesting that a further opening of the transporter might improve its ability to translocate this larger compound. We solved by cryo-EM the apo structures of the cross-linked mutant and the WT protein. Both structures are highly similar, showing an intermediate opening between their NBDs while their C-terminal extremities remain in close proximity. Distance measurements obtained by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy support the intermediate opening found in these 3D structures. Overall, our data suggest that the NBDs of BmrA function with a tweezers-like mechanism distinct from the related lipid A exporter MsbA.
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- Margot Di Cesare
- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, BIP, IMM, Marseille, France
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- Ian Holmes Imaging Center and Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Drug Resistance and Membrane Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France
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- CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, BIP, IMM, Marseille, France
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- Ian Holmes Imaging Center and Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology and ARC Centre for Cryo-Electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, Bio21 Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- Bacterial Nucleotide-Binding Proteins Team, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry (MMSB), UMR 5086 CNRS/University of Lyon, Lyon, France.
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Campos Muñiz C, Fernández Perrino FJ. Evolution of the Concepts of Architecture and Supramolecular Dynamics of the Plasma Membrane. MEMBRANES 2023; 13:547. [PMID: 37367751 DOI: 10.3390/membranes13060547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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The plasma membrane (PM) has undergone important conceptual changes during the history of scientific research, although it is undoubtedly a cellular organelle that constitutes the first defining characteristic of cellular life. Throughout history, the contributions of countless scientists have been published, each one of them with an enriching contribution to the knowledge of the structure-location and function of each structural component of this organelle, as well as the interaction between these and other structures. The first published contributions on the plasmatic membrane were the transport through it followed by the description of the structure: lipid bilayer, associated proteins, carbohydrates bound to both macromolecules, association with the cytoskeleton and dynamics of these components.. The data obtained experimentally from each researcher were represented in graphic configurations, as a language that facilitates the understanding of cellular structures and processes. This paper presents a review of some of the concepts and models proposed about the plasma membrane, emphasizing the components, the structure, the interaction between them and the dynamics. The work is illustrated with resignified 3D diagrams to visualize the changes that occurred during the history of the study of this organelle. Schemes were redrawn in 3D from the original articles...
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- Carolina Campos Muñiz
- Department of Health Sciences, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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- Department of Biotechnology, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Col. Vicentina, Iztapalapa, Mexico City 09340, Mexico
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Pérez Carrillo VH, Rose-Sperling D, Tran MA, Wiedemann C, Hellmich UA. Backbone NMR assignment of the nucleotide binding domain of the Bacillus subtilis ABC multidrug transporter BmrA in the post-hydrolysis state. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2022; 16:81-86. [PMID: 34988902 PMCID: PMC9068644 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-021-10063-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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ATP binding cassette (ABC) proteins are present in all phyla of life and form one of the largest protein families. The Bacillus subtilis ABC transporter BmrA is a functional homodimer that can extrude many different harmful compounds out of the cell. Each BmrA monomer is composed of a transmembrane domain (TMD) and a nucleotide binding domain (NBD). While the TMDs of ABC transporters are sequentially diverse, the highly conserved NBDs harbor distinctive conserved motifs that enable nucleotide binding and hydrolysis, interdomain communication and that mark a protein as a member of the ABC superfamily. In the catalytic cycle of an ABC transporter, the NBDs function as the molecular motor that fuels substrate translocation across the membrane via the TMDs and are thus pivotal for the entire transport process. For a better understanding of the structural and dynamic consequences of nucleotide interactions within the NBD at atomic resolution, we determined the 1H, 13C and 15N backbone chemical shift assignments of the 259 amino acid wildtype BmrA-NBD in its post-hydrolytic, ADP-bound state.
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- Victor Hugo Pérez Carrillo
- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Macromolecular Chemistry, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstraße 10, 07743, Jena, Germany.
- Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), Goethe University, Max von Laue Str. 9, 60438, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse", Friedrich Schiller University Jena, 07743, Jena, Germany.
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Kluge C, Pöhnl M, Böckmann RA. Spontaneous local membrane curvature induced by transmembrane proteins. Biophys J 2022; 121:671-683. [PMID: 35122737 PMCID: PMC8943716 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The (local) curvature of cellular membranes acts as a driving force for the targeting of membrane-associated proteins to specific membrane domains, as well as a sorting mechanism for transmembrane proteins, e.g., by accumulation in regions of matching spontaneous curvature. The latter measure was previously experimentally employed to study the curvature induced by the potassium channel KvAP and by aquaporin AQP0. However, the direction of the reported spontaneous curvature levels as well as the molecular driving forces governing the membrane curvature induced by these integral transmembrane proteins could not be addressed experimentally. Here, using both coarse-grained and atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we report induced spontaneous curvature values for the homologous potassium channel Kv 1.2/2.1 Chimera (KvChim) and AQP0 embedded in unrestrained lipid bicelles that are in very good agreement with experiment. Importantly, the direction of curvature could be directly assessed from our simulations: KvChim induces a strong positive membrane curvature (≈0.036 nm-1) whereas AQP0 causes a comparably small negative curvature (≈-0.019 nm-1). Analyses of protein-lipid interactions within the bicelle revealed that the potassium channel shapes the surrounding membrane via structural determinants. Differences in shape of the protein-lipid interface of the voltage-gating domains between the extracellular and cytosolic membrane leaflets induce membrane stress and thereby promote a protein-proximal membrane curvature. In contrast, the water pore AQP0 displayed a high structural stability and an only faint effect on the surrounding membrane environment that is connected to its wedge-like shape.
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- Christoph Kluge
- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Computational Biology, Department of Biology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany,National Center for High-Performance Computing Erlangen (NHR@FAU), Erlangen, Germany,Corresponding author
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Advances in Xmipp for Cryo-Electron Microscopy: From Xmipp to Scipion. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26206224. [PMID: 34684805 PMCID: PMC8537808 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26206224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Revised: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Xmipp is an open-source software package consisting of multiple programs for processing data originating from electron microscopy and electron tomography, designed and managed by the Biocomputing Unit of the Spanish National Center for Biotechnology, although with contributions from many other developers over the world. During its 25 years of existence, Xmipp underwent multiple changes and updates. While there were many publications related to new programs and functionality added to Xmipp, there is no single publication on the Xmipp as a package since 2013. In this article, we give an overview of the changes and new work since 2013, describe technologies and techniques used during the development, and take a peek at the future of the package.
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Rismondo J, Schulz LM. Not Just Transporters: Alternative Functions of ABC Transporters in Bacillus subtilis and Listeria monocytogenes. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9010163. [PMID: 33450852 PMCID: PMC7828314 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9010163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are usually involved in the translocation of their cognate substrates, which is driven by ATP hydrolysis. Typically, these transporters are required for the import or export of a wide range of substrates such as sugars, ions and complex organic molecules. ABC exporters can also be involved in the export of toxic compounds such as antibiotics. However, recent studies revealed alternative detoxification mechanisms of ABC transporters. For instance, the ABC transporter BceAB of Bacillus subtilis seems to confer resistance to bacitracin via target protection. In addition, several transporters with functions other than substrate export or import have been identified in the past. Here, we provide an overview of recent findings on ABC transporters of the Gram-positive organisms B. subtilis and Listeria monocytogenes with transport or regulatory functions affecting antibiotic resistance, cell wall biosynthesis, cell division and sporulation.
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Zakine R, Fournier JB, van Wijland F. Spatial organization of active particles with field-mediated interactions. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:022105. [PMID: 32168677 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.022105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We consider a system of independent pointlike particles performing a Brownian motion while interacting with a Gaussian fluctuating background. These particles are in addition endowed with a discrete two-state internal degree of freedom that is subjected to a nonequilibrium source of noise, which affects their coupling with the background field. We explore the phase diagram of the system and pinpoint the role of the nonequilibrium drive in producing a nontrivial patterned spatial organization. We are able, by means of a weakly nonlinear analysis, to account for the parameter-dependence of the boundaries of the phase and pattern diagram in the stationary state.
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- Ruben Zakine
- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Université de Paris, Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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Lacabanne D, Orelle C, Lecoq L, Kunert B, Chuilon C, Wiegand T, Ravaud S, Jault JM, Meier BH, Böckmann A. Flexible-to-rigid transition is central for substrate transport in the ABC transporter BmrA from Bacillus subtilis. Commun Biol 2019; 2:149. [PMID: 31044174 PMCID: PMC6488656 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0390-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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ATP-binding-cassette (ABC) transporters are molecular pumps that translocate molecules across the cell membrane by switching between inward-facing and outward-facing states. To obtain a detailed understanding of their mechanism remains a challenge to structural biology, as these proteins are notoriously difficult to study at the molecular level in their active, membrane-inserted form. Here we use solid-state NMR to investigate the multidrug ABC transporter BmrA reconstituted in lipids. We identify the chemical-shift differences between the inward-facing, and outward-facing state induced by ATP:Mg2+:Vi addition. Analysis of an X-loop mutant, for which we show that ATPase and transport activities are uncoupled, reveals an incomplete transition to the outward-facing state upon ATP:Mg2+:Vi addition, notably lacking the decrease in dynamics of a defined set of residues observed in wild-type BmrA. This suggests that this stiffening is required for an efficient transmission of the conformational changes to allow proper transport of substrate by the pump.
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- Denis Lacabanne
- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, UMR 5086 CNRS/Université de Lyon, Labex Ecofect, 7, passage de Vercors, 69367 Lyon, France
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Mathieu K, Javed W, Vallet S, Lesterlin C, Candusso MP, Ding F, Xu XN, Ebel C, Jault JM, Orelle C. Functionality of membrane proteins overexpressed and purified from E. coli is highly dependent upon the strain. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2654. [PMID: 30804404 PMCID: PMC6390180 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39382-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Overexpression of correctly folded membrane proteins is a fundamental prerequisite for functional and structural studies. One of the most commonly used expression systems for the production of membrane proteins is Escherichia coli. While misfolded proteins typically aggregate and form inclusions bodies, membrane proteins that are addressed to the membrane and extractable by detergents are generally assumed to be properly folded. Accordingly, GFP fusion strategy is often used as a fluorescent proxy to monitor their expression and folding quality. Here we investigated the functionality of two different multidrug ABC transporters, the homodimer BmrA from Bacillus subtilis and the heterodimer PatA/PatB from Streptococcus pneumoniae, when produced in several E. coli strains with T7 expression system. Strikingly, while strong expression in the membrane of several strains could be achieved, we observed drastic differences in the functionality of these proteins. Moreover, we observed a general trend in which mild detergents mainly extract the population of active transporters, whereas a harsher detergent like Fos-choline 12 could solubilize transporters irrespective of their functionality. Our results suggest that the amount of T7 RNA polymerase transcripts may indirectly but notably impact the structure and activity of overexpressed membrane proteins, and advise caution when using GFP fusion strategy.
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- Khadija Mathieu
- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France.,Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 23529, USA
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France.
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 69367, Lyon, France.
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Breyton C, Javed W, Vermot A, Arnaud CA, Hajjar C, Dupuy J, Petit-Hartlein I, Le Roy A, Martel A, Thépaut M, Orelle C, Jault JM, Fieschi F, Porcar L, Ebel C. Assemblies of lauryl maltose neopentyl glycol (LMNG) and LMNG-solubilized membrane proteins. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:939-957. [PMID: 30776334 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 02/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Laurylmaltose neopentylglycol (LMNG) bears two linked hydrophobic chains of equal length and two hydrophilic maltoside groups. It arouses a strong interest in the field of membrane protein biochemistry, since it was shown to efficiently solubilize and stabilize membrane proteins often better than the commonly used dodecylmaltopyranoside (DDM), and to allow structure determination of some challenging membrane proteins. However, LMNG was described to form large micelles, which could be unfavorable for structural purposes. We thus investigated its auto-assemblies and the association state of different membrane proteins solubilized in LMNG by analytical ultracentrifugation, size exclusion chromatography coupled to light scattering, centrifugation on sucrose gradient and/or small angle scattering. At high concentrations (in the mM range), LMNG forms long rods, and it stabilized the membrane proteins investigated herein, i.e. a bacterial multidrug transporter, BmrA; a prokaryotic analogous of the eukaryotic NADPH oxidases, SpNOX; an E. coli outer membrane transporter, FhuA; and the halobacterial bacteriorhodopsin, bR. BmrA, in the Apo and the vanadate-inhibited forms showed reduced kinetics of limited proteolysis in LMNG compared to DDM. Both SpNOX and BmrA display an increased specific activity in LMNG compared to DDM. The four proteins form LMNG complexes with their usual quaternary structure and with usual amount of bound detergent. No heterogeneous complexes related to the large micelle size of LMNG alone were observed. In conditions where LMNG forms assemblies of large size, FhuA crystals diffracting to 4.0 Å were obtained by vapor diffusion. LMNG large micelle size thus does not preclude membrane protein homogeneity and crystallization.
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- Cécile Breyton
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France; University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, IBCP, Lyon 69367, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, IBCP, Lyon 69367, France
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- University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086, Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, IBCP, Lyon 69367, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Institut Max Von Laue Paul Langevin, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, Institute for Structural Biology (IBS), 38000 Grenoble, France.
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Zakine R, Fournier JB, van Wijland F. Field-Embedded Particles Driven by Active Flips. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2018; 121:028001. [PMID: 30085741 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.028001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Systems of independent active particles embedded into a fluctuating environment are relevant to many areas of soft-matter science. We use a minimal model of noninteracting spin-carrying Brownian particles in a Gaussian field and show that activity-driven spin dynamics leads to patterned order. We find that the competition between mediated interactions and active noise alone can yield such diverse behaviors as phase transitions and microphase separation, from lamellar up to hexagonal ordering of clusters of opposite magnetization. These rest on complex multibody interactions. We find regimes of stationary patterns, but also dynamical regimes of relentless birth and growth of lumps of magnetization opposite of the surrounding one. Our approach combines Monte Carlo simulations with analytical methods based on dynamical density functional approaches.
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- Ruben Zakine
- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), Université Paris Diderot, USPC, UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), Université Paris Diderot, USPC, UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Matière et Systèmes Complexes (MSC), Université Paris Diderot, USPC, UMR 7057 CNRS, F-75205 Paris, France
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Sarkar Y, Majumder R, Das S, Ray A, Parui PP. Detection of Curvature-Radius-Dependent Interfacial pH/Polarity for Amphiphilic Self-Assemblies: Positive versus Negative Curvature. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:6271-6284. [PMID: 29268016 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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It is possible that a defined curvature at the membrane interface controls its pH/polarity to exhibit specific bioactivity. By utilizing an interface-interacting spiro-rhodamine pH probe and the Schiff base polarity probe, we have shown that the pH deviation from the bulk phase to the interface (ΔpH)/interfacial dielectric constant (κ(i)) for amphiphilic self-assemblies can be regulated by the curvature geometry (positive/negative) and its radius. According to 1H NMR and fluorescence anisotropy investigations, the probes selectively interact with an anionic interfacial Stern layer. The ΔpH/κ(i) values for the Stern layer are estimated by UV-vis absorption and fluorescence studies. For the anionic sodium bis-2-ethylhexyl-sulfosuccinate (AOT) inverted micellar (IM) negative interface, the highly restricted water and proton penetration into the Stern layer owing to tight surfactant packing or a reduced water-exposed headgroup area may be responsible for the much lower ΔpH ≈ -0.45 and κ(i) ≈ 28 in comparison to ∼-2.35 and ∼44, respectively, for the anionic sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micellar positive interface with a close similar Stern layer. With increasing AOT IM water-pool radius (1.7-9.5 nm) or [water]/[AOT] ratio ( w0) (8.0-43.0), the ΔpH and κ(i) increase maximally up to ∼-1.22 and ∼45, respectively, due to a greater water-exposed headgroup area. However, the unchanged ΔpH ≈ -0.65 and κ(i) ≈ 53.0 within radii ∼3.5-8.0 nm for the positive interface of a mixed Triton X-100 (TX-100)/SDS (4:1) micelle justify its packing flexibility. Interestingly, the continuously increasing ΔpH trend for IM up to its largest possible water-pool radius of ∼9.5 nm may rationalize the increase in ΔpH (∼-1.4 to -1.6) with the change in the curvature radii (∼15 to 50 nm) for sodium 1,2-dimyristoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphorylglycerol (DMPG)/1,2-dimyristoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) (2:1) large unilamellar vesicles (LUV) owing to its negative interface. Whereas, similar to the micellar positive interface, the unchanged ΔpH at the positive LUV interface was confirmed by fluorescence microscopic studies with giant unilamellar vesicles of identical lipids composition. The present study offers a unique and simple method of monitoring the curvature-radius-dependent interfacial pH/polarity for biologically related membranes.
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- Yeasmin Sarkar
- Department of Chemistry , Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032 , India
- Department of Chemistry , Maulana Azad College , Kolkata 700013 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Maulana Azad College , Kolkata 700013 , India
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Zoghbi ME, Mok L, Swartz DJ, Singh A, Fendley GA, Urbatsch IL, Altenberg GA. Substrate-induced conformational changes in the nucleotide-binding domains of lipid bilayer-associated P-glycoprotein during ATP hydrolysis. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:20412-20424. [PMID: 29018094 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.814186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 09/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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P-glycoprotein (Pgp) is an efflux pump important in multidrug resistance of cancer cells and in determining drug pharmacokinetics. Pgp is a prototype ATP-binding cassette transporter with two nucleotide-binding domains (NBDs) that bind and hydrolyze ATP. Conformational changes at the NBDs (the Pgp engines) lead to changes across Pgp transmembrane domains that result in substrate translocation. According to current alternating access models (substrate-binding pocket accessible only to one side of the membrane at a time), binding of ATP promotes NBD dimerization, resulting in external accessibility of the drug-binding site (outward-facing, closed NBD conformation), and ATP hydrolysis leads to dissociation of the NBDs with the subsequent return of the accessibility of the binding site to the cytoplasmic side (inward-facing, open NBD conformation). However, previous work has not investigated these events under near-physiological conditions in a lipid bilayer and in the presence of transport substrate. Here, we used luminescence resonance energy transfer (LRET) to measure the distances between the two Pgp NBDs. Pgp was labeled with LRET probes, reconstituted in lipid nanodiscs, and the distance between the NBDs was measured at 37 °C. In the presence of verapamil, a substrate that activates ATP hydrolysis, the NBDs of Pgp reconstituted in nanodiscs were never far apart during the hydrolysis cycle, and we never observed the NBD-NBD distances of tens of Å that have previously been reported. However, we found two main conformations that coexist in a dynamic equilibrium under all conditions studied. Our observations highlight the importance of performing studies of efflux pumps under near-physiological conditions, in a lipid bilayer, at 37 °C, and during substrate-stimulated hydrolysis.
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- Maria E Zoghbi
- From the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, and
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- Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, and .,Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, .,Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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Lacabanne D, Lends A, Danis C, Kunert B, Fogeron ML, Jirasko V, Chuilon C, Lecoq L, Orelle C, Chaptal V, Falson P, Jault JM, Meier BH, Böckmann A. Gradient reconstitution of membrane proteins for solid-state NMR studies. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2017; 69:81-91. [PMID: 28900789 DOI: 10.1007/s10858-017-0135-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/06/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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We here adapted the GRecon method used in electron microscopy studies for membrane protein reconstitution to the needs of solid-state NMR sample preparation. We followed in detail the reconstitution of the ABC transporter BmrA by dialysis as a reference, and established optimal reconstitution conditions using the combined sucrose/cyclodextrin/lipid gradient characterizing GRecon. We established conditions under which quantitative reconstitution of active protein at low lipid-to-protein ratios can be obtained, and also how to upscale these conditions in order to produce adequate amounts for NMR. NMR spectra recorded on a sample produced by GRecon showed a highly similar fingerprint as those recorded previously on samples reconstituted by dialysis. GRecon sample preparation presents a gain in time of nearly an order of magnitude for reconstitution, and shall represent a valuable alternative in solid-state NMR membrane protein sample preparation.
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- Denis Lacabanne
- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France
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- Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Labex Ecofect, UMR 5086 CNRS-Université de Lyon, IBCP, 7 passage du Vercors, 69367, Lyon, France.
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Shaheen A, Iqbal M, Mirza O, Rahman M. Structural Biology Meets Drug Resistance: An Overview on Multidrug Resistance Transporters. J Indian Inst Sci 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-017-0032-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Overexpression, Membrane Preparation, and Purification of a Typical Multidrug ABC Transporter BmrA. Methods Mol Biol 2016. [PMID: 27485334 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3637-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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The production and purification is normally the first step in any biophysical or biochemical study of a new target protein. For membrane proteins, due to their generally low expression levels and hydrophobic properties this is often a major hurdle. Some multidrug transporters are members of one of the largest families of membrane proteins, the ABC ("ATP-binding cassette"), and are responsible for the uptake and export of a wide variety of molecules. This can lead to resistance when those molecules are antibiotics or chemotherapy drugs. To better understand their role in multidrug resistance pure and active protein is required. Here we outline a protocol to produce a highly pure and functionally active multidrug transporter BmrA that is suitable for use in biophysical and biochemical studies. We show that BmrA can be heterologously overexpressed in huge amount in E. coli and extracted from the membrane in a functionally active form.
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Browning LM, Lee KJ, Cherukuri PK, Nallathamby PD, Warren S, Jault JM, Xu XHN. Single Nanoparticle Plasmonic Spectroscopy for Study of the Efflux Function of Multidrug ABC Membrane Transporters of Single Live Cells. RSC Adv 2016; 6:36794-36802. [PMID: 27570617 DOI: 10.1039/c6ra05895g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ATP-binding cassette (ABC) membrane transporters exist in all living organisms and play key roles in a wide range of cellular and physiological functions. The ABC transporters can selectively extrude a wide variety of structurally and functionally unrelated substrates, leading to multidrug resistance. Despite extensive study, their efflux molecular mechanisms remain elusive. In this study, we synthesized and characterized purified silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) (97 ± 13 nm in diameter), and used them as photostable optical imaging probes to study efflux kinetics of ABC membrane transporters (BmrA) of single live cells (B. subtillis). The NPs with concentrations up to 3.7 pM were stable (non-aggregated) in a PBS buffer and biocompatible with the cells. We found a high dependence of accumulation of the intracellular NPs in single live cells (WT, Ct-BmrA-EGFP, ΔbmrA) upon the cellular expression level of BmrA and NP concentration (0.93, 1.85 and 3.7 pM), showing the highest accumulation of intracellular NPs in ΔbmrA (deletion of BmrA) and the lowest ones in Ct-BmrA-EGFP (over-expression of BmrA). Interestingly, the accumulation of intracellular NPs in ΔbmrA increases nearly proportionally with the NP concentration, while those in WT and Ct-BrmA-EGFP do not. This suggests that the NPs enter the cells via passive diffusion driven by concentration gradients and are extruded out of cells by BmrA transporters, similar to conventional pump substrates (antibiotics). This study shows that such large substrates (84-100 nm NPs) can enter into the live cells and be extruded out of the cells by BmrA, and the NPs can serve as nm-sized optical imaging probes to study the size-dependent efflux kinetics of membrane transporters in single live cells in real time.
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- Lauren M Browning
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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- UMR5086 CNRS/UCBLyon I, MMSB-IBCP, 7 Passage du Vercors 69367 Lyon cedex 07, France
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA
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Membrane curvature is an important parameter in defining the morphology of cells, organelles and local membrane subdomains. Transport intermediates have simpler shapes, being either spheres or tubules. The generation and maintenance of curvature is of central importance for maintaining trafficking and cellular functions. It is possible that local shapes in complex membranes could help to define local subregions. In this Cell Science at a Glance article and accompanying poster, we summarize how generating, sensing and maintaining high local membrane curvature is an active process that is mediated and controlled by specialized proteins using general mechanisms: (i) changes in lipid composition and asymmetry, (ii) partitioning of shaped transmembrane domains of integral membrane proteins or protein or domain crowding, (iii) reversible insertion of hydrophobic protein motifs, (iv) nanoscopic scaffolding by oligomerized hydrophilic protein domains and, finally, (v) macroscopic scaffolding by the cytoskeleton with forces generated by polymerization and by molecular motors. We also summarize some of the discoveries about the functions of membrane curvature, where in addition to providing cell or organelle shape, local curvature can affect processes like membrane scission and fusion as well as protein concentration and enzyme activation on membranes.
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- Harvey T McMahon
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London & Birkbeck College, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Zoghbi ME, Cooper RS, Altenberg GA. The Lipid Bilayer Modulates the Structure and Function of an ATP-binding Cassette Exporter. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:4453-61. [PMID: 26725230 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.698498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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ATP-binding cassette exporters use the energy of ATP hydrolysis to transport substrates across membranes by switching between inward- and outward-facing conformations. Essentially all structural studies of these proteins have been performed with the proteins in detergent micelles, locked in specific conformations and/or at low temperature. Here, we used luminescence resonance energy transfer spectroscopy to study the prototypical ATP-binding cassette exporter MsbA reconstituted in nanodiscs at 37 °C while it performs ATP hydrolysis. We found major differences when comparing MsbA in these native-like conditions with double electron-electron resonance data and the crystal structure of MsbA in the open inward-facing conformation. The most striking differences include a significantly smaller separation between the nucleotide-binding domains and a larger fraction of molecules with associated nucleotide-binding domains in the nucleotide-free apo state. These studies stress the importance of studying membrane proteins in an environment that approaches physiological conditions.
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- Maria E Zoghbi
- From the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430-6551
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430-6551
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- From the Department of Cell Physiology and Molecular Biophysics, and Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430-6551
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Glaves JP, Primeau JO, Young HS. Two-Dimensional Crystallization of the Ca(2+)-ATPase for Electron Crystallography. Methods Mol Biol 2015; 1377:421-41. [PMID: 26695053 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3179-8_38] [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: 02/22/2023]
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Electron crystallography of two-dimensional crystalline arrays is a powerful alternative for the structure determination of membrane proteins. The advantages offered by this technique include a native membrane environment and the ability to closely correlate function and dynamics with crystalline preparations and structural data. Herein, we provide a detailed protocol for the reconstitution and two-dimensional crystallization of the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium pump (also known as Ca(2+)-ATPase or SERCA) and its regulatory subunits phospholamban and sarcolipin.
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- John Paul Glaves
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2H7
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G 2H7.
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Hellmich UA, Mönkemeyer L, Velamakanni S, van Veen HW, Glaubitz C. Effects of nucleotide binding to LmrA: A combined MAS-NMR and solution NMR study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2015; 1848:3158-65. [PMID: 26449340 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Revised: 09/25/2015] [Accepted: 10/01/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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ABC transporters are fascinating examples of fine-tuned molecular machines that use the energy from ATP hydrolysis to translocate a multitude of substrates across biological membranes. While structural details have emerged on many members of this large protein superfamily, a number of functional details are still under debate. High resolution structures yield valuable insights into protein function, but it is the combination of structural, functional and dynamic insights that facilitates a complete understanding of the workings of their complex molecular mechanisms. NMR is a technique well-suited to investigate proteins in atomic resolution while taking their dynamic properties into account. It thus nicely complements other structural techniques, such as X-ray crystallography, that have contributed high-resolution data to the architectural understanding of ABC transporters. Here, we describe the heterologous expression of LmrA, an ABC exporter from Lactococcus lactis, in Escherichia coli. This allows for more flexible isotope labeling for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies and the easy study of LmrA's multidrug resistance phenotype. We use a combination of solid-state magic angle spinning (MAS) on the reconstituted transporter and solution NMR on its isolated nucleotide binding domain to investigate consequences of nucleotide binding to LmrA. We find that nucleotide binding affects the protein globally, but that NMR is also able to pinpoint local dynamic effects to specific residues, such as the Walker A motif's conserved lysine residue.
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- Ute A Hellmich
- Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany; Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Centre for Biomolecular Magnetic Resonance (BMRZ), J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Department of Biophysical Chemistry, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany; Cluster of Excellence Macromolecular Complexes Frankfurt, Germany.
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Water-mediated forces between the nucleotide binding domains generate the power stroke in an ABC transporter. Chem Phys Lett 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.10.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kunert B, Gardiennet C, Lacabanne D, Calles-Garcia D, Falson P, Jault JM, Meier BH, Penin F, Böckmann A. Efficient and stable reconstitution of the ABC transporter BmrA for solid-state NMR studies. Front Mol Biosci 2014; 1:5. [PMID: 25988146 PMCID: PMC4428385 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2014.00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We present solid-state NMR sample preparation and first 2D spectra of the Bacillus subtilis ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter BmrA, a membrane protein involved in multidrug resistance. The homodimeric 130-kDa protein is a challenge for structural characterization due to its membrane-bound nature, size, inherent flexibility and insolubility. We show that reconstitution of this protein in lipids from Bacillus subtilis at a lipid-protein ratio of 0.5 w/w allows for optimal protein insertion in lipid membranes with respect to two central NMR requirements, high signal-to-noise in the spectra and sample stability over a time period of months. The obtained spectra point to a well-folded protein and a highly homogenous preparation, as witnessed by the narrow resonance lines and the signal dispersion typical for the expected secondary structure distribution of BmrA. This opens the way for studies of the different conformational states of the transporter in the export cycle, as well as on interactions with substrates, via chemical-shift fingerprints and sequential resonance assignments.
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- Britta Kunert
- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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- Labex Ecofect, Bases Moleculaires et Structurales des Systemes Infectieux, UMR 5086 CNRS, IBCP, Université de Lyon 1Lyon, France
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