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Kim Y, Lama S, Agrawal D, Kumar V, Park S. Acetate as a potential feedstock for the production of value-added chemicals: Metabolism and applications. Biotechnol Adv 2021; 49:107736. [PMID: 33781888 DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2021.107736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Revised: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Acetate is regarded as a promising carbon feedstock in biological production owing to its possible derivation from C1 gases such as CO, CO2 and methane. To best use of acetate, comprehensive understanding of acetate metabolisms from genes and enzymes to pathways and regulations is needed. This review aims to provide an overview on the potential of acetate as carbon feedstock for industrial biotechnology. Biochemical, microbial and biotechnological aspects of acetate metabolism are described. Especially, the current state-of-the art in the production of value-added chemicals from acetate is summarized. Challenges and future perspectives are also provided.
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- Yeonhee Kim
- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Biochemistry and Biotechnology Area, Material Resource Efficiency Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Mohkampur, Dehradun 248005, India
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- Centre for Climate and Environmental Protection, School of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK430AL, United Kingdom.
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- School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, UNIST, 50, UNIST-gil, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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Prokaryotic Solute/Sodium Symporters: Versatile Functions and Mechanisms of a Transporter Family. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22041880. [PMID: 33668649 PMCID: PMC7918813 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The solute/sodium symporter family (SSS family; TC 2.A.21; SLC5) consists of integral membrane proteins that use an existing sodium gradient to drive the uphill transport of various solutes, such as sugars, amino acids, vitamins, or ions across the membrane. This large family has representatives in all three kingdoms of life. The human sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) and the sodium/glucose transporter (SGLT1) are involved in diseases such as iodide transport defect or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Moreover, the bacterial sodium/proline symporter PutP and the sodium/sialic acid symporter SiaT play important roles in bacteria–host interactions. This review focuses on the physiological significance and structural and functional features of prokaryotic members of the SSS family. Special emphasis will be given to the roles and properties of proteins containing an SSS family domain fused to domains typically found in bacterial sensor kinases.
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Ito T, Gallegos R, Matano LM, Butler NL, Hantman N, Kaili M, Coyne MJ, Comstock LE, Malamy MH, Barquera B. Genetic and Biochemical Analysis of Anaerobic Respiration in Bacteroides fragilis and Its Importance In Vivo. mBio 2020; 11:e03238-19. [PMID: 32019804 PMCID: PMC7002350 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03238-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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In bacteria, the respiratory pathways that drive molecular transport and ATP synthesis include a variety of enzyme complexes that utilize different electron donors and acceptors. This property allows them to vary the efficiency of energy conservation and to generate different types of electrochemical gradients (H+ or Na+). We know little about the respiratory pathways in Bacteroides species, which are abundant in the human gut, and whether they have a simple or a branched pathway. Here, we combined genetics, enzyme activity measurements, and mammalian gut colonization assays to better understand the first committed step in respiration, the transfer of electrons from NADH to quinone. We found that a model gut Bacteroides species, Bacteroides fragilis, has all three types of putative NADH dehydrogenases that typically transfer electrons from the highly reducing molecule NADH to quinone. Analyses of NADH oxidation and quinone reduction in wild-type and deletion mutants showed that two of these enzymes, Na+-pumping NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (NQR) and NADH dehydrogenase II (NDH2), have NADH dehydrogenase activity, whereas H+-pumping NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase (NUO) does not. Under anaerobic conditions, NQR contributes more than 65% of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductase activity. When grown in rich medium, none of the single deletion mutants had a significant growth defect; however, the double Δnqr Δndh2 mutant, which lacked almost all NADH:quinone oxidoreductase activity, had a significantly increased doubling time. Despite unaltered in vitro growth, the single nqr deletion mutant was unable to competitively colonize the gnotobiotic mouse gut, confirming the importance of NQR to respiration in B. fragilis and the overall importance of respiration to this abundant gut symbiont.IMPORTANCEBacteroides species are abundant in the human intestine and provide numerous beneficial properties to their hosts. The ability of Bacteroides species to convert host and dietary glycans and polysaccharides to energy is paramount to their success in the human gut. We know a great deal about the molecules that these bacteria extract from the human gut but much less about how they convert those molecules into energy. Here, we show that B. fragilis has a complex respiratory pathway with two different enzymes that transfer electrons from NADH to quinone and a third enzyme complex that may use an electron donor other than NADH. Although fermentation has generally been believed to be the main mechanism of energy generation in Bacteroides, we found that a mutant lacking one of the NADH:quinone oxidoreductases was unable to compete with the wild type in the mammalian gut, revealing the importance of respiration to these abundant gut symbionts.
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- Takeshi Ito
- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA
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Role of the Transporter-Like Sensor Kinase CbrA in Histidine Uptake and Signal Transduction. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:2867-78. [PMID: 26148710 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00361-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED CbrA is an atypical sensor kinase found in Pseudomonas. The autokinase domain is connected to a putative transporter of the sodium/solute symporter family (SSSF). CbrA functions together with its cognate response regulator, CbrB, and plays an important role in nutrient acquisition, including regulation of hut genes for the utilization of histidine and its derivative, urocanate. Here we report on the findings of a genetic and biochemical analysis of CbrA with a focus on the function of the putative transporter domain. The work was initiated with mutagenesis of histidine uptake-proficient strains to identify histidine-specific transport genes located outside the hut operon. Genes encoding transporters were not identified, but mutations were repeatedly found in cbrA. This, coupled with the findings of [(3)H]histidine transport assays and further mutagenesis, implicated CbrA in histidine uptake. In addition, mutations in different regions of the SSSF domain abolished signal transduction. Site-specific mutations were made at four conserved residues: W55 and G172 (SSSF domain), H766 (H box), and N876 (N box). The mutations W55G, G172H, and N876G compromised histidine transport but had minimal effects on signal transduction. The H766G mutation abolished both transport and signal transduction, but the capacity to transport histidine was restored upon complementation with a transport-defective allele of CbrA, most likely due to interdomain interactions. Our combined data implicate the SSSF domain of CbrA in histidine transport and suggest that transport is coupled to signal transduction. IMPORTANCE Nutrient acquisition in bacteria typically involves membrane-bound sensors that, via cognate response regulators, determine the activity of specific transporters. However, nutrient perception and uptake are often coupled processes. Thus, from a physiological perspective, it would make sense for systems that couple the process of signaling and transport within a single protein and where transport is itself the stimulus that precipitates signal transduction to have evolved. The CbrA regulator in Pseudomonas represents a unique type of sensor kinase whose autokinase domain is connected to a transporter domain. We present genetic and biochemical evidence that suggests that CbrA plays a dual role in histidine uptake and sensing and that transport is dependent on signal transduction.
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UNLABELLED Volatiles are small air-transmittable chemicals with diverse biological activities. In this study, we showed that volatiles produced by the bacterium Bacillus subtilis had a profound effect on biofilm formation of neighboring B. subtilis cells that grew in proximity but were physically separated. We further demonstrated that one such volatile, acetic acid, is particularly potent in stimulating biofilm formation. Multiple lines of genetic evidence based on B. subtilis mutants that are defective in either acetic acid production or transportation suggest that B. subtilis uses acetic acid as a metabolic signal to coordinate the timing of biofilm formation. Lastly, we investigated how B. subtilis cells sense and respond to acetic acid in regulating biofilm formation. We showed the possible involvement of three sets of genes (ywbHG, ysbAB, and yxaKC), all encoding putative holin-antiholin-like proteins, in cells responding to acetic acid and stimulating biofilm formation. All three sets of genes were induced by acetate. A mutant with a triple mutation of those genes showed a severe delay in biofilm formation, whereas a strain overexpressing ywbHG showed early and robust biofilm formation. Results of our studies suggest that B. subtilis and possibly other bacteria use acetic acid as a metabolic signal to regulate biofilm formation as well as a quorum-sensing-like airborne signal to coordinate the timing of biofilm formation by physically separated cells in the community. IMPORTANCE Volatiles are small, air-transmittable molecules produced by all kingdoms of organisms including bacteria. Volatiles possess diverse biological activities and play important roles in bacteria-bacteria and bacteria-host interactions. Although volatiles can be used as a novel and important way of cell-cell communication due to their air-transmittable nature, little is known about how the volatile-mediated signaling mechanism works. In this study, we demonstrate that the bacterium Bacillus subtilis uses one such volatile, acetic acid, as a quorum-sensing-like signal to coordinate the timing of the formation of structurally complex cell communities, also known as biofilms. We further characterized the molecular mechanisms of how B. subtilis responds to acetic acid in stimulating biofilm formation. Our study also suggests that acetic acid may be used as a volatile signal for cross-species communication.
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The sodium pumping NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (Na⁺-NQR), a unique redox-driven ion pump. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2014; 46:289-98. [PMID: 25052842 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-014-9565-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The Na(+)-translocating NADH:quinone oxidoreductase (Na(+)-NQR) is a unique Na(+) pumping respiratory complex found only in prokaryotes, that plays a key role in the metabolism of marine and pathogenic bacteria, including Vibrio cholerae and other human pathogens. Na(+)-NQR is the main entrance for reducing equivalents into the respiratory chain of these bacteria, catalyzing the oxidation of NADH and the reduction of quinone, the free energy of this redox reaction drives the selective translocation of Na(+) across the cell membrane, which energizes key cellular processes. In this review we summarize the unique properties of Na(+)-NQR in terms of its redox cofactor composition, electron transfer reactions and a possible mechanism of coupling and pumping.
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Kuroda T, Fujita N, Utsugi J, Kuroda M, Mizushima T, Tsuchiya T. A Major Li+Extrusion System NhaB ofPseudomonas aeruginosa: Comparison with the Major Na+Extrusion System NhaP. Microbiol Immunol 2013; 48:243-50. [PMID: 15107534 DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2004.tb03520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A gene encoding a Li(+) extrusion system was cloned from the chromosomal DNA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and expressed in Escherichia coli cells. The gene enabled growth of E. coli KNabc cells, which were unable to grow in the presence of 10 mM LiCl or 0.1 M NaCl because of the lack of major Na(+) (Li(+))/H(+) antiporters. We detected Li(+)/H(+) and Na(+)/H(+) antiport activities in membrane vesicles prepared from E. coli KNabc cells that harbored a plasmid carrying the cloned gene. Activity of this antiporter was pH-dependent with an optimal pH activity between pH 7.5 and 8.5. These properties indicate that this antiporter is different from NhaP, an Na(+)/H(+) antiporter from P. aeruginosa that we reported previously, and that is rather specific to Na(+) but it cannot extrude Li(+) effectively. The gene was sequenced and an open reading frame (ORF) was identified. The amino acid sequence deduced from the ORF showed homology (about 60% identity and 90% similarity) with that of the NhaB Na(+)/H(+) antiporters of E. coli and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Thus, we designated the antiporter as NhaB of P. aeruginosa. E. coli KNabc carrying the nhaB gene from P. aeruginosa was able to grow in the presence of 10 to 50 mM LiCl, although KNabc carrying nhaP was unable to grow in these conditions. The antiport activity of NhaB from P. aeruginosa was produced in E. coli and showed apparent Km values for Li(+) and Na(+) of 2.0 mM and 1.3 mM, respectively. The antiport activity was inhibited by amiloride with a Ki value for Li(+) and Na(+) of 0.03 mM and 0.04 mM, respectively.
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- Teruo Kuroda
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Adaptation in Haloalkaliphiles and Natronophilic Bacteria. CELLULAR ORIGIN, LIFE IN EXTREME HABITATS AND ASTROBIOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6488-0_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mirabella A, Yañez Villanueva RM, Delrue RM, Uzureau S, Zygmunt MS, Cloeckaert A, De Bolle X, Letesson JJ. The two-component system PrlS/PrlR of Brucella melitensis is required for persistence in mice and appears to respond to ionic strength. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:2642-2651. [PMID: 22859617 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.060863-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacterial adaptation to environmental conditions is essential to ensure maximal fitness in the face of several stresses. In this context, two-component systems (TCSs) represent a predominant signal transduction mechanism, allowing an appropriate response to be mounted when a stimulus is sensed. As facultative intracellular pathogens, Brucella spp. face various environmental conditions, and an adequate response is required for a successful infection process. Recently, bioinformatic analysis of Brucella genomes predicted a set of 15 bona fide TCS pairs, among which some have been previously investigated. In this report, we characterized a new TCS locus called prlS/R, for probable proline sensor-regulator. It encodes a hybrid histidine kinase (PrlS) with an unusual Na(+)/solute symporter N-terminal domain and a transcriptional regulator (belonging to the LuxR family) (PrlR). In vitro, Brucella spp. with a functional PrlR/S system form bacterial aggregates, which seems to be an adaptive response to a hypersaline environment, while a prlS/R mutant does not. We identified ionic strength as a possible signal sensed by this TCS. Finally, this work correlates the absence of a functional PrlR/S system with the lack of hypersaline-induced aggregation in particular marine Brucella spp.
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- Aurélie Mirabella
- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, F-37000 Tours, France.,INRA, UMR1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Université François Rabelais de Tours, UMR1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, F-37000 Tours, France.,INRA, UMR1282 Infectiologie et Santé Publique, F-37380 Nouzilly, France
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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- Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Microorganismes (URBM), NARILIS, University of Namur (FUNDP), 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
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Insights into the mechanism of electron transfer and sodium translocation of the Na(+)-pumping NADH:quinone oxidoreductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2012; 1817:1823-32. [PMID: 22465856 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2012] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Na(+)-NQR is a unique energy-transducing complex, widely distributed among marine and pathogenic bacteria. It converts the energy from the oxidation of NADH and the reduction of quinone into an electrochemical Na(+)-gradient that can provide energy for the cell. Na(+)-NQR is not homologous to any other respiratory protein but is closely related to the RNF complex. In this review we propose that sodium pumping in Na(+)-NQR is coupled to the redox reactions by a novel mechanism, which operates at multiple sites, is indirect and mediated by conformational changes of the protein. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 17th European Bioenergetics Conference (EBEC 2012).
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Reshetnikov AS, Khmelenina VN, Mustakhimov II, Kalyuzhnaya M, Lidstrom M, Trotsenko YA. Diversity and phylogeny of the ectoine biosynthesis genes in aerobic, moderately halophilic methylotrophic bacteria. Extremophiles 2011; 15:653-63. [PMID: 21971967 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0396-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The genes of ectoine biosynthesis pathway were identified in six species of aerobic, slightly halophilic bacteria utilizing methane, methanol or methylamine. Two types of ectoine gene cluster organization were revealed in the methylotrophs. The gene cluster ectABC coding for diaminobutyric acid (DABA) acetyltransferase (EctA), DABA aminotransferase (EctB) and ectoine synthase (EctC) was found in methanotrophs Methylobacter marinus 7C and Methylomicrobium kenyense AMO1(T). In methanotroph Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum ML1, methanol-utilizers Methylophaga thalassica 33146(T) , Methylophaga alcalica M8 and methylamine-utilizer Methylarcula marina h1(T), the genes forming the ectABC-ask operon are preceded by ectR, encoding a putative transcriptional regulatory protein EctR. Phylogenetic relationships of the Ect proteins do not correlate with phylogenetic affiliation of the strains, thus implying that the ability of methylotrophs to produce ectoine is most likely the result of a horizontal transfer event.
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- Alexander S Reshetnikov
- Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region
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Cultivation-independent Assessment of Bacterial Viability. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2010; 124:123-50. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2010_95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Tatsumi KI, Fujiwara H, Tanaka S, Amino N. Characterization of Thr-354 in the human sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) by site-directed mutagenesis. Endocr J 2010; 57:997-9. [PMID: 20834191 DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.k10e-236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) is the key molecule concentrating iodide in the thyroid gland. The first-described human NIS (hNIS) mutation to cause a complete iodide transport defect was the T354P mutation. The Thr-354 lies in the midst of the putative ninth transmembrane segment which is well-conserved within the members of the SLC5A transporter family. Here we have investigated the molecular function of Thr-354 using site-directed mutagenesis and found that T354S and T354A mutations result in significantly decreased iodide transport activity, 50 % and 2 % of wild-type hNIS. Our findings indicate that whereas Thr-354 is indispensable for the complete NIS activity, the β-hydroxyl group accounts for half, and the α-helical structure alone contributes for one-fiftieth of wild-type hNIS activity.
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- Ke-ita Tatsumi
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita-shi Yamada-oka 2-2-D2, Osaka, Japan.
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Genetic analysis of Vibrio cholerae monolayer formation reveals a key role for DeltaPsi in the transition to permanent attachment. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:8185-96. [PMID: 18849423 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00948-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A bacterial monolayer biofilm is a collection of cells attached to a surface but not to each other. Monolayer formation is initiated when a bacterial cell forms a transient attachment to a surface. While some transient attachments are broken, others transition into the permanent attachments that define a monolayer biofilm. In this work, we describe the results of a large-scale, microscopy-based genetic screen for Vibrio cholerae mutants that are defective in formation of a monolayer biofilm. This screen identified mutations that alter both transient and permanent attachment. Transient attachment was somewhat slower in the absence of flagellar motility. However, flagellar mutants eventually formed a robust monolayer. In contrast, in the absence of the flagellar motor, monolayer formation was severely impaired. A number of proteins that modulate the V. cholerae ion motive force were also found to affect the transition from transient to permanent attachment. Using chemicals that dissipate various components of the ion motive force, we discovered that dissipation of the membrane potential (DeltaPsi) completely blocks the transition from transient to permanent attachment. We propose that as a bacterium approaches a surface, the interaction of the flagellum with the surface leads to transient hyperpolarization of the bacterial cell membrane. This, in turn, initiates the transition to permanent attachment.
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Raba M, Baumgartner T, Hilger D, Klempahn K, Härtel T, Jung K, Jung H. Function of transmembrane domain IX in the Na+/proline transporter PutP. J Mol Biol 2008; 382:884-93. [PMID: 18692508 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/24/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Selected residues of transmembrane domain (TM) IX were previously shown to play key roles in ligand binding and transport in members of the Na(+)/solute symporter family. Using the Na(+)/proline transporter PutP as a model, a complete Cys scanning mutagenesis of TM IX (positions 324 to 351) was performed here to further investigate the functional significance of the domain. G328, S332, Q345, and L346 were newly identified as important for Na(+)-coupled proline uptake. Placement of Cys at one of these positions altered K(m(pro)) (S332C and L346C, 3- and 21-fold decreased, respectively; Q345C, 38-fold increased), K(0.5(Na+)) (S332C, 13-fold decreased; Q345C, 19-fold increased), and/or V(max) [G328C, S332C, Q345C, and L346C, 3-, 22-, 2-, and 8-fold decreased compared to PutP(wild type), respectively]. Membrane-permeant N-ethylmaleimide inhibited proline uptake into cells containing PutP with Cys at distinct positions in the middle (T341C) and cytoplasmic half of TM IX (C344, L347C, V348C, and S351C) and had little or no effect on all other single Cys PutP variants. The inhibition pattern was in agreement with the pattern of labeling with fluorescein-5-maleimide. In addition, Cys placed into the cytoplasmic half of TM IX (C344, L347C, V348C, and S351C) was protected from fluorescein-5-maleimide labeling by proline while Na(+) alone had no effect. Membrane-impermeant methanethiosulfonate ethyltrimethylammonium modified Cys in the middle (A337C and T341C) and periplasmic half (L331C) but not in the cytoplasmic half of TM IX in intact cells. Furthermore, Cys at the latter positions was partially protected by Na(+) but not by proline. Based on these results, a model is discussed according to which residues of TM IX participate in the formation of ligand-sensitive, hydrophilic cavities in the protein that may reconstitute part of the Na(+) and/or proline translocation pathway of PutP.
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- Michael Raba
- LMU Munich, Department Biology I, Microbiology, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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The extracellular presence of antibiotics is a common threat in microbial life. Their sensitive detection and subsequent induction of appropriate resistance mechanisms is therefore a prerequisite for survival. The bacitracin stress response network of Bacillus subtilis consists of four signal-transducing systems, the two-component systems (TCS) BceRS, YvcPQ and LiaRS, and the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor sigma(M). Here, we investigated the mechanism of bacitracin perception and the response hierarchy within this network. The BceRS-BceAB TCS/ABC transporter module is the most sensitive and efficient bacitracin resistance determinant. The ABC transporter BceAB not only acts as a bacitracin detoxification pump, but is also crucial for bacitracin sensing, indicative of a novel mechanism of stimulus perception, conserved in Firmicutes bacteria. The Bce system seems to respond to bacitracin directly (drug sensing), whereas the LiaRS TCS and sigma(M) respond only at higher concentrations and indirectly to bacitracin action (damage sensing). The YvcPQ-YvcRS system is subject to cross-activation via the paralogous Bce system, and is therefore only indirectly induced by bacitracin. The bacitracin stress response network is optimized to respond to antibiotic gradients in a way that maximizes the gain and minimizes the costs of this stress response.
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- Eva Rietkötter
- Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany
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Electrostatic and potential cation-pi forces may guide the interaction of extracellular loop III with Na+ and bile acids for human apical Na+-dependent bile acid transporter. Biochem J 2008; 410:391-400. [PMID: 18028035 DOI: 10.1042/bj20071300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The hASBT (human apical Na(+)-dependent bile acid transporter) constitutes a key target of anti-hypercholesterolaemic therapies and pro-drug approaches; physiologically, hASBT actively reclaims bile acids along the terminal ileum via Na(+) co-transport. Previously, TM (transmembrane segment) 7 was identified as part of the putative substrate permeation pathway using SCAM (substitute cysteine accessibility mutagenesis). In the present study, SCAM was extended through EL3 (extracellular loop 3; residues Arg(254)-Val(286)) that leads into TM7 from the exofacial matrix. Activity of most EL3 mutants was significantly hampered upon cysteine substitution, whereas ten (out of 31) were functionally inactive (<10% activity). Since only E282C lacked plasma membrane expression, EL3 amino acids predominantly fulfill critical functional roles during transport. Oppositely charged membrane-impermeant MTS (methanethiosulfonate) reagents {MTSET [(2-trimethylammonium) ethyl MTS] and MTSES [(2-sulfonatoethyl) MTS]} produced mostly similar inhibition profiles wherein only middle and descending loop segments (residues Thr(267)-Val(286)) displayed significant MTS sensitivity. The presence of bile acid substrate significantly reduced the rates of MTS modification for all MTS-sensitive mutants, suggesting a functional association between EL3 residues and bile acids. Activity assessments at equilibrative [Na(+)] revealed numerous Na(+)-sensitive residues, possibly performing auxiliary functions during transport such as transduction of protein conformational changes during translocation. Integration of these data suggests ligand interaction points along EL3 via electrostatic interactions with Arg(256), Glu(261) and probably Glu(282) and a potential cation-pi interaction with Phe(278). We conclude that EL3 amino acids are essential for hASBT activity, probably as primary substrate interaction points using long-range electrostatic attractive forces.
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Role of a sodium-dependent symporter homologue in the thermosensitivity of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance and cell wall composition in Staphylococcus aureus. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2007; 52:505-12. [PMID: 18056270 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00504-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Expression of high-level beta-lactam resistance is known to be thermosensitive in many methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains, including strain COL, in which the high methicillin MIC for cultures grown at 37 degrees C (800 microg/ml) was reduced to 12 microg/ml at 42 degrees C. COL grew faster at 42 degrees C than at 37 degrees C and at the higher temperature produced cell walls of abnormal composition: there was an over-representation of the monomeric muropeptide without the oligoglycine chain and an increase in the representation of multimers that contained this wall component as the donor molecule. Screening of a Tn551 insertional library for mutants, in which the high and homogenous beta-lactam antibiotic resistance of strain COL is retained at 42 degrees C, identified mutant C245, which expressed high-level methicillin resistance and produced a cell wall of normal composition independent of the temperature. The Tn551 inactivated gene was found, by homology search, to encode for a sodium-dependent symporter, homologues of which are ubiquitous in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic genomes. Inactivation of this putative symporter in several heteroresistant clinical MRSA isolates caused striking increases in the level of their beta-lactam resistance.
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Hussainzada N, Khandewal A, Swaan PW. Conformational flexibility of helix VI is essential for substrate permeation of the human apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter. Mol Pharmacol 2007; 73:305-13. [PMID: 17971420 DOI: 10.1124/mol.107.041640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present study characterizes the methanethiosulfonate (MTS) inhibition profiles of 26 consecutive cysteine-substituted mutants comprising transmembrane (TM) helix 6 of the human apical Na(+)-dependent bile acid transporter (SLC10A2). TM6 is linked exofacially to TM7 via extracellular loop 3. TM7 was identified previously as lining part of the substrate permeation path ( Mol Pharmacol 70: 1565, 2006 ). Most TM6 cysteine replacements were well tolerated, except for five residues with either severely hampered (I229C, G249C) or abolished (P234C, G237C, G241C) activity. Disruption of protein synthesis or folding and stability may account for lack of activity for mutant P234C. Subsequent Pro234 amino acid replacement reveals its participation in both structural and functional aspects of the transport cycle. Application of polar MTS reagents (1 mM) significantly inhibited the activity of six mutants (V235C, S239C, F242C, R246C, A248C, and Y253C), for which rates of modification were almost fully reversed (except Y253C) upon inclusion of bile acid substrates or removal of Na(+) from the MTS preincubation medium. Activity assessments at equilibrative [Na(+)] revealed numerous Na(+)-sensitive residues, suggesting their proximity in or around Na(+) interaction sites. In silico modeling reveals the intimate and potentially cooperative orientation of MTS-accessible TM6 residues toward functionally important TM7 amino acids, substantiating TM6 participation during the transport cycle. We conclude a functional requirement for helical flexibility imparted by Pro234, Gly237, and Gly241, probably forming a "conformational switch" requisite for substrate turnover; meanwhile, MTS-accessible residues, which line a helical face spatially distinct from this switch, may participate during substrate permeation.
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- Naissan Hussainzada
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Maryland, 621 HSF-II, 20 Penn Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Jung H, Pirch T, Hilger D. Secondary transport of amino acids in prokaryotes. J Membr Biol 2007; 213:119-33. [PMID: 17417701 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-006-0880-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Amino acid transport is a ubiquitous phenomenon and serves a variety of functions in prokaryotes, including supply of carbon and nitrogen for catabolic and anabolic processes, pH homeostasis, osmoprotection, virulence, detoxification, signal transduction and generation of electrochemical ion gradients. Many of the participating proteins have eukaryotic relatives and are successfully used as model systems for exploration of transporter structure and function. Distribution, physiological roles, functional properties, and structure-function relationships of prokaryotic alpha-amino acid transporters are discussed.
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- H Jung
- Bereich Mikrobiologie, Department Biologie I, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-80638, München, Germany.
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Mascher T, Helmann JD, Unden G. Stimulus perception in bacterial signal-transducing histidine kinases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2007; 70:910-38. [PMID: 17158704 PMCID: PMC1698512 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00020-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 505] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Two-component signal-transducing systems are ubiquitously distributed communication interfaces in bacteria. They consist of a histidine kinase that senses a specific environmental stimulus and a cognate response regulator that mediates the cellular response, mostly through differential expression of target genes. Histidine kinases are typically transmembrane proteins harboring at least two domains: an input (or sensor) domain and a cytoplasmic transmitter (or kinase) domain. They can be identified and classified by virtue of their conserved cytoplasmic kinase domains. In contrast, the sensor domains are highly variable, reflecting the plethora of different signals and modes of sensing. In order to gain insight into the mechanisms of stimulus perception by bacterial histidine kinases, we here survey sensor domain architecture and topology within the bacterial membrane, functional aspects related to this topology, and sequence and phylogenetic conservation. Based on these criteria, three groups of histidine kinases can be differentiated. (i) Periplasmic-sensing histidine kinases detect their stimuli (often small solutes) through an extracellular input domain. (ii) Histidine kinases with sensing mechanisms linked to the transmembrane regions detect stimuli (usually membrane-associated stimuli, such as ionic strength, osmolarity, turgor, or functional state of the cell envelope) via their membrane-spanning segments and sometimes via additional short extracellular loops. (iii) Cytoplasmic-sensing histidine kinases (either membrane anchored or soluble) detect cellular or diffusible signals reporting the metabolic or developmental state of the cell. This review provides an overview of mechanisms of stimulus perception for members of all three groups of bacterial signal-transducing histidine kinases.
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- Thorsten Mascher
- Department of General Microbiology, Georg-August-University, Grisebachstr. 8, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany.
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Geyer J, Wilke T, Petzinger E. The solute carrier family SLC10: more than a family of bile acid transporters regarding function and phylogenetic relationships. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2006; 372:413-31. [PMID: 16541252 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-006-0043-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2006] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The solute carrier family 10 (SLC10) comprises two sodium-dependent bile acid transporters, i.e. the Na(+)/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP; SLC10A1) and the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT; SLC10A2). These carriers are essentially involved in the maintenance of the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids mediating the first step of active bile acid transport through the membrane barriers in the liver (NTCP) and intestine (ASBT). Recently, four new members of the SLC10 family were described and referred to as P3 (SLC10A3), P4 (SLC10A4), P5 (SLC10A5) and sodium-dependent organic anion transporter (SOAT; SLC10A6). Experimental data supporting carrier function of P3, P4, and P5 is currently not available. However, as demonstrated for SOAT, not all members of the SLC10 family are bile acid transporters. SOAT specifically transports steroid sulfates such as oestrone-3-sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate in a sodium-dependent manner, and is considered to play an important role for the cellular delivery of these prohormones in testes, placenta, adrenal gland and probably other peripheral tissues. ASBT and SOAT are the most homologous members of the SLC10 family, with high sequence similarity ( approximately 70%) and almost identical gene structures. Phylogenetic analyses of the SLC10 family revealed that ASBT and SOAT genes emerged from a common ancestor gene. Structure-activity relationships of NTCP, ASBT and SOAT are discussed at the amino acid sequence level. Based on the high structural homology between ASBT and SOAT, pharmacological inhibitors of the ASBT, which are currently being tested in clinical trials for cholesterol-lowering therapy, should be evaluated for their cross-reactivity with SOAT.
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- J Geyer
- Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Frankfurter Strasse 107, 35392, Giessen, Germany.
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Hall JA, Pajor AM. Functional characterization of a Na(+)-coupled dicarboxylate carrier protein from Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:5189-94. [PMID: 16030212 PMCID: PMC1196027 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.15.5189-5194.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have cloned and functionally characterized a Na(+)-coupled dicarboxylate transporter, SdcS, from Staphylococcus aureus. This carrier protein is a member of the divalent anion/Na(+) symporter (DASS) family and shares significant sequence homology with the mammalian Na(+)/dicarboxylate cotransporters NaDC-1 and NaDC-3. Analysis of SdcS function indicates transport properties consistent with those of its eukaryotic counterparts. Thus, SdcS facilitates the transport of the dicarboxylates fumarate, malate, and succinate across the cytoplasmic membrane in a Na(+)-dependent manner. Furthermore, kinetic work predicts an ordered reaction sequence with Na(+) (K(0.5) of 2.7 mM) binding before dicarboxylate (K(m) of 4.5 microM). Because this transporter and its mammalian homologs are functionally similar, we suggest that SdcS may serve as a useful model for DASS family structural analysis.
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- Jason A Hall
- Department of Human Biological Chemistry and Genetics, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-0647, USA.
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Steinhoff HJ. Inter- and intra-molecular distances determined by EPR spectroscopy and site-directed spin labeling reveal protein-protein and protein-oligonucleotide interaction. Biol Chem 2005; 385:913-20. [PMID: 15551865 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2004.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Recent developments including pulse and multi-frequency techniques make the combination of site-directed spin labeling and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy an attractive approach for the study of protein-protein or protein-oligonucleotide interaction. Analysis of the spin label side chain mobility, its solvent accessibility, the polarity of the spin label micro-environment and distances between spin label side chains allow the modeling of protein domains or protein-protein interaction sites and their conformational changes with a spatial resolution at the level of the backbone fold. Structural changes can be detected with millisecond time resolution. Inter- and intra-molecular distances are accessible in the range from approximately 0.5 to 8 nm by the combination of continuous wave and pulse EPR methods. Recent applications include the study of transmembrane substrate transport, membrane channel gating, gene regulation and signal transfer.
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Mehta A, Rosato YB. Identification of differentially expressed genes of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri by representational difference analysis of cDNA. Genet Mol Biol 2005. [DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572005000100024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Angela Mehta
- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Recursos Genéticos e Biotecnologia, Brazil
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Zhou A, Wozniak A, Meyer-Lipp K, Nietschke M, Jung H, Fendler K. Charge translocation during cosubstrate binding in the Na+/proline transporter of E.coli. J Mol Biol 2004; 343:931-42. [PMID: 15476811 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2004] [Revised: 09/02/2004] [Accepted: 09/02/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Charge translocation associated with the activity of the Na(+)/proline cotransporter PutP of Escherichia coli was analyzed for the first time. Using a rapid solution exchange technique combined with a solid-supported membrane (SSM), it was demonstrated that Na(+)and/or proline individually or together induce a displacement of charge. This was assigned to an electrogenic Na(+)and/or proline binding process at the cytoplasmic face of the enzyme with a rate constant of k>50s(-1) which preceeds the rate-limiting step. Based on the kinetic analysis of our electrical signals, the following characteristics are proposed for substrate binding in PutP. (1) Substrate binding is electrogenic not only for Na(+), but also for the uncharged cosubstrate proline. The charge displacement associated with the binding of both substrates is of comparable size and independent of the presence of the respective cosubstrate. (2) Both substrates can bind individually to the transporter. Under physiological conditions, an ordered binding mechanism prevails, while at sufficiently high concentrations, each substrate can bind in the absence of the other. (3) Both substrate binding sites interact cooperatively with each other by increasing the affinity and/or the speed of binding of the respective cosubstrate. (4) Proline binding proceeds in a two-step process: low affinity (approximately 1mM) electroneutral substrate binding followed by a nearly irreversible electrogenic conformational transition.
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- A Zhou
- Max Planck Institut für Biophysik, Marie Curie Strasse 15, D-60439 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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Jeschke G, Wegener C, Nietschke M, Jung H, Steinhoff HJ. Interresidual distance determination by four-pulse double electron-electron resonance in an integral membrane protein: the Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli. Biophys J 2004; 86:2551-7. [PMID: 15041691 PMCID: PMC1304102 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(04)74310-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Proximity relationships within three doubly spin-labeled variants of the Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli were studied by means of four-pulse double electron-electron resonance spectroscopy. The large value of 4.8 nm for the interspin distance determined between positions 107 in loop 4 and 223 in loop 7 strongly supports the idea of these positions being located on opposite sides of the membrane. Significant smaller values of between 1.8 and 2.5 nm were found for the average interspin distances between spin labels attached to the cytoplasmic loops 2 and 4 (position 37 and 107) and loops 2 and 6 (position 37 and 187). The large distance distribution widths visible in the pair correlation functions reveal a high flexibility of the studied loop regions. An increase of the distance between positions 37 and 187 upon Na+ binding suggests ligand-induced structural alterations of PutP. The results demonstrate that four-pulse double electron-electron resonance spectroscopy is a powerful means to investigate the structure and conformational changes of integral membrane proteins reconstituted in proteoliposomes.
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- Gunnar Jeschke
- Max-Planck-Institut für Polymerforschung, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Transport Proteins on Solid-Supported Membranes: From Basic Research to Drug Discovery. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-05204-4_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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Pirch T, Landmeier S, Jung H. Transmembrane domain II of the Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli forms part of a conformationally flexible, cytoplasmic exposed aqueous cavity within the membrane. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:42942-9. [PMID: 12923181 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308253200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli is a member of a large family of Na+/substrate symporters. Previous work on PutP suggests an involvement of the region ranging from Asp-55 to Gly-58 in binding of Na+ and/or proline (Pirch, T., Quick, M., Nietschke, M., Langkamp, M., Jung, H. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 8790-8796). In this study, a complete Cys scanning mutagenesis of transmembrane domain II (TM II) of PutP was performed to further elucidate the role of the TM in the transport process. Strong defects of PutP function were observed upon substitution of Ala-48, Ala-53, Trp-59, and Gly-63 by Cys in addition to the previously characterized residues Asp-55, Ser-57, and Gly-58. However, except for Asp-55 none of these residues proved essential for function. The activity of eight mutants was sensitive to N-ethylmaleimide inhibition with the sensitive positions clustering predominantly on a hydrophilic face in the cytoplasmic half of TM II. The same face was also highly accessible to the bulky sulfhydryl reagent fluorescein 5-maleimide in randomly oriented membrane vesicles, suggesting an unrestricted accessibility of the corresponding amino acid positions via an aqueous pathway. Na+ stimulated the reactivity of Cys toward fluorescein 5-maleimide at two positions while proline inhibited reaction of the sulfhydryl group at nine positions. Taken together, the results demonstrate that TM II of PutP is of particular functional importance. It is proposed that hydrophilic residues in the cytoplasmic half of TM II participate in the formation of an aqueous cavity in the membrane that allows Na+ and/or proline binding to residues located in the middle of the TM (e.g. Asp-55 and Ser-57). In addition, the data indicate that TM II participates in Na+- and proline-induced conformational alterations.
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- Torsten Pirch
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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Emmerlich V, Linka N, Reinhold T, Hurth MA, Traub M, Martinoia E, Neuhaus HE. The plant homolog to the human sodium/dicarboxylic cotransporter is the vacuolar malate carrier. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:11122-6. [PMID: 12947042 PMCID: PMC196937 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1832002100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2003] [Accepted: 07/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Malate plays a central role in plant metabolism. It is an intermediate in the Krebs and glyoxylate cycles, it is the store for CO2 in C4 and crassulacean acid metabolism plants, it protects plants from aluminum toxicity, it is essential for maintaining the osmotic pressure and charge balance, and it is therefore involved in regulation of stomatal aperture. To fulfil many of these roles, malate has to be accumulated within the large central vacuole. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made in the past to identify the vacuolar malate transporter; here, we describe the identification of the vacuolar malate transporter [A. thaliana tonoplast dicarboxylate transporter (AttDT)]. This transporter exhibits highest sequence similarity to the human sodium/dicarboxylate cotransporter. Independent T-DNA [portion of the Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid that is transferred to plant cells] Arabidopsis mutants exhibit substantially reduced levels of leaf malate, but respire exogenously applied [14C]malate faster than the WT. An AttDT-GFP fusion protein was localized to vacuole. Vacuoles isolated from Arabidopsis WT leaves exhibited carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and citrate inhibitable malate transport, which was not stimulated by sodium. Vacuoles isolated from mutant plants import [14C]-malate at strongly reduced rates, confirming that this protein is the vacuolar malate transporter.
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- Vera Emmerlich
- Universität Kaiserslautern, Pflanzenphysiologie, Erwin Schrödinger-Strasse, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Hein S, Prassolov V, Zhang Y, Ivanov D, Löhler J, Ross SR, Stocking C. Sodium-dependent myo-inositol transporter 1 is a cellular receptor for Mus cervicolor M813 murine leukemia virus. J Virol 2003; 77:5926-32. [PMID: 12719585 PMCID: PMC154034 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.10.5926-5932.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Retrovirus infection is initiated by binding of the surface (SU) portion of the viral envelope glycoprotein (Env) to specific receptors on cells. This binding triggers conformational changes in the transmembrane portion of Env, leading to membrane fusion and cell entry, and is thus a major determinant of retrovirus tissue and species tropism. The M813 murine leukemia virus (MuLV) is a highly fusogenic gammaretrovirus, isolated from Mus cervicolor, whose host range is limited to mouse cells. To delineate the molecular mechanisms of its restricted host range and its high fusogenic potential, we initiated studies to characterize the cell surface protein that mediates M813 infection. Screening of the T31 mouse-hamster radiation hybrid panel for M813 infectivity localized the receptor gene to the distal end of mouse chromosome 16. Expression of one of the likely candidate genes (slc5a3) within this region in human cells conferred susceptibility to both M813 infection and M813-induced fusogenicity. slc5a3 encodes sodium myo-inositol transporter 1 (SMIT1), thus adding another sodium-dependent transporter to the growing list of proteins used by MuLVs for cell entry. Characterization of SMIT1 orthologues in different species identified several amino acid variations within two extracellular loops that may restrict susceptibility to M813 infection.
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- Sibyll Hein
- Department of Cell and Virus Genetics, Heinrich-Pette-Institute for Experimental ImmunologyVirology, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
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The sgaTBA genes of Escherichia coli encode a putative 12-transmembrane alpha-helical segment (12 TMS) transporter, an enzyme IIB-like protein and an enzyme IIA-like protein of the phosphotransferase system (PTS), respectively. We show that all three proteins as well as the energy-coupling PTS proteins, enzyme I and HPr, are required for the anaerobic utilization and uptake of L-ascorbate in vivo and its phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphorylation in vitro. The transporter exhibits an apparent K(m) for L-ascorbate of 9 micro M and is highly specific. The sgaTBA genes are regulated at the transcriptional level by the yjfQ gene product, as well as by Crp and Fnr. The yjfR gene product is essential for L-ascorbate utilization and probably encodes a cytoplasmic L-ascorbate 6-phosphate lactonase. We conclude that SgaT represents a novel prototypical enzyme IIC that functions with SgaA and SgaB to allow phosphoryl transfer from HPr(his-P) to L-ascorbate via the phosphoryl transfer pathway: [pathway: see text].
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- Zhongge Zhang
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA
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Zahner D, Eckhardt U, Petzinger E. Transport of taurocholate by mutants of negatively charged amino acids, cysteines, and threonines of the rat liver sodium-dependent taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide Ntcp. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2003; 270:1117-27. [PMID: 12631271 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03463.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The relevance of functional amino acids for taurocholate transport by the sodium-dependent taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide Ntcp was determined by site-directed mutagenesis. cRNA from 28 single-points mutants of the rat liver Ntcp clone was expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes. Mutations were generated in five conserved negatively charged amino acids (aspartates and glutamates) which were present in nine members of the SBAT-family, in two nonconserved negatively charged amino acids, in all eight Ntcp-cysteines, and in two threonines from a protein kinase C consensus region of the Ntcp C-terminus. Functional amino acids were Asp115, Glu257, and Cys266, which were found to be essential for the maintenance of taurocholic acid transport. Asp115 is located in the large intracellular loop III, whereas Glu257 and Cys266 are located in the large extracellular loop VI. Four mutations of threonines from the C-terminus of the Ntcp by alanines or tyrosines showed no effects on sodium-dependent taurocholate transport. Introduction of the FLAG(R) motif into several transport negative point mutations demonstrated that all mutated proteins besides one were present within the cell membrane of the oocytes and provided proof that an insertion defect has not caused transport deficiency by these Ntcp mutants. The latter was observed only with the transport negative mutant Asp24Asn. In conclusion, loop amino acids are required for sodium-dependent substrate translocation by the Ntcp.
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- Daniel Zahner
- Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany
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Heermann R, Fohrmann A, Altendorf K, Jung K. The transmembrane domains of the sensor kinase KdpD of Escherichia coli are not essential for sensing K+ limitation. Mol Microbiol 2003; 47:839-48. [PMID: 12535080 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03348.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The sensor kinase/response regulator system KdpD/KdpE of Escherichia coli regulates the expression of the kdpFABC operon, which encodes the high affinity K+ transport system KdpFABC. The membrane-bound sensor kinase KdpD consists of four transmembrane domains, a large cytoplasmic N-terminal domain and a cytoplasmic C-terminal transmitter domain. To elucidate the role of the four transmembrane domains, various deletions were introduced in kdpD and the activities of the resulting truncated derivatives of KdpD were determined. A KdpD protein lacking all four transmembrane domains was able to sense low K+ concentrations, whereas at higher K+ concentrations kdpFABC expression was constitutive. These and further results with various truncated KdpD proteins lacking distinct parts of the transmembrane domains or derivatives in which a linker peptide or two transmembrane domains of PutP, the Na+/proline transporter of Escherichia coli, replaced the missing part indicated that the transmembrane domains are not essential for sensing of K+ limitation, but may be important for the correct positioning of the large N- and C-terminal cytoplasmic domains to each other.
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- Ralf Heermann
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich/Chemie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Osnabrück, Germany
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Dohán O, De la Vieja A, Paroder V, Riedel C, Artani M, Reed M, Ginter CS, Carrasco N. The sodium/iodide Symporter (NIS): characterization, regulation, and medical significance. Endocr Rev 2003; 24:48-77. [PMID: 12588808 DOI: 10.1210/er.2001-0029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 534] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The Na(+)/I(-) symporter (NIS) is an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein that mediates active I(-) transport into the thyroid follicular cells, the first step in thyroid hormone biosynthesis. NIS-mediated thyroidal I(-) transport from the bloodstream to the colloid is a vectorial process made possible by the selective targeting of NIS to the basolateral membrane. NIS also mediates active I(-) transport in other tissues, including salivary glands, gastric mucosa, and lactating mammary gland, in which it translocates I(-) into the milk for thyroid hormone biosynthesis by the nursing newborn. NIS provides the basis for the effective diagnostic and therapeutic management of thyroid cancer and its metastases with radioiodide. NIS research has proceeded at an astounding pace after the 1996 isolation of the rat NIS cDNA, comprising the elucidation of NIS secondary structure and topology, biogenesis and posttranslational modifications, transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation, electrophysiological analysis, isolation of the human NIS cDNA, and determination of the human NIS genomic organization. Clinically related topics include the analysis of congenital I(-) transport defect-causing NIS mutations and the role of NIS in thyroid cancer. NIS has been transduced into various kinds of cancer cells to render them susceptible to destruction with radioiodide. Most dramatically, the discovery of endogenous NIS expression in more than 80% of human breast cancer samples has raised the possibility that radioiodide may be a valuable novel tool in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Orsolya Dohán
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Silber AM, Tonelli RR, Martinelli M, Colli W, Alves MJM. Active transport of L-proline in Trypanosoma cruzi. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2002; 49:441-6. [PMID: 12503677 DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00225.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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L-proline is the main energy source in insect vector stages of most trypanosomatids, including Trypanosoma cruzi epimastigotes. This is the first biochemical description of two active proline transporter systems in T. cruzi. Uptake of this amino acid occurred by a low affinity system B and a high affinity system A. System B consistently appeared more specific than System A when excess competing amino acids were used in transport inhibition assays. Furthermore, the high affinity system is 70% inhibited by L-tryptophan, but the low affinity system is not. Both systems were found to be insensitive to the intracellular proline concentration and D-proline did not inhibit L-proline uptake showing that both systems are stereospecific. Both systems were Na+ and K+ independant but dependant on energy since ATP depletion impairs L-proline uptake. The combined action of carbonyl cyanide p-trifluoromethoxyphenyl hydrazone (FCCP) and oligomycin, and the dependence of activity on pH, further differentiated between the two systems leading to the conclusion that the high affinity system is a H+ gradient-dependant transporter whereas the low affinity system depends directly on ATP.
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- Ariel M Silber
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 26077, São Paulo 05513-970, Brazil
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Members of the sodium/substrate symporter family (SSSF, TC 2.A.21) catalyze the uptake of a wide variety of solutes including sugars, proline, pantothenate, and iodide into cells of pro- and eukaryotic origin. Extensive analyses of the topology of different SSSF proteins suggest an arrangement of 13 transmembrane domains as a common topological motif. Regions involved in sodium and/or substrate binding were identified. Furthermore, protein chemical and spectroscopic studies reveal ligand-induced structural alterations which are consistent with close interactions between the sites of sodium and substrate binding, thereby supporting an ordered binding mechanism for transport.
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- Heinrich Jung
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, D-49069, Osnabrück, Germany.
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Pirch T, Quick M, Nietschke M, Langkamp M, Jung H. Sites important for Na+ and substrate binding in the Na+/proline transporter of Escherichia coli, a member of the Na+/solute symporter family. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:8790-6. [PMID: 11756453 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111008200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To elucidate the functional importance of transmembrane domain II in the Na(+)/proline transporter (PutP) of Escherichia coli we analyzed the effect of replacing Ser-54 through Gly-58. Substitution of Asp-55 or Met-56 dramatically reduces the apparent affinity for Na(+) and Li(+) in a cation-dependent manner. Conversely, Cys in place of Gly-58 significantly reduces only the apparent proline affinity while substitution of Ser-57 results in a dramatic reduction of the apparent proline and cation affinities. Interestingly, upon increasing the proline concentration the apparent Na(+) affinity of Ser-57 replacement mutants converges toward the wild-type value, indicating a close cooperativity between cation and substrate site(s). This notion is supported by the fact that Na(+)-stimulated site-specific fluorescence labeling of a single Cys at position 57 is completely reversed by the addition of proline. Similar results are obtained upon labeling of a Cys at position 54 or 58. Taken together, these results indicate that Asp-55 and Met-56 are located at or close to the ion-binding site while Ser-54, Ser-57, and Gly-58 may be close to the proline translocation pathway. In addition, the data prod at an involvement of the latter residues in ligand-induced conformational dynamics that are crucial for cation-coupled transport.
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- Torsten Pirch
- Universität Osnabrück, Fachbereich Biologie/Chemie, Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany
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