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Hikage R, Sekiya Y, Sawasato K, Nishiyama KI. CdsA, a CDP-diacylglycerol synthase involved in phospholipid and glycolipid MPIase biosynthesis, possesses multiple initiation codons. Genes Cells 2024; 29:347-355. [PMID: 38351722 PMCID: PMC11448367 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.13104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 01/25/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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CdsA is a CDP-diacylglycerol synthase essential for phospholipid and glycolipid MPIase biosynthesis, and therefore for growth. The initiation codon of CdsA has been assigned as "TTG," while methionine at the 37th codon was reported to be an initiation codon in the original report. Since a vector containing the open reading frame starting with "TTG" under a controllable promoter complemented the cdsA knockout, "TTG" could function as an initiation codon. However, no evidence supporting that this "TTG" is the sole initiation codon has been reported. We determined the initiation codon by examining the ability of mutants around the N-terminal region to complement cdsA mutants. Even if the "TTG" was substituted with a stop codon, the clear complementation was observed. Moreover, the clones with multiple mutations of stop codons complemented the cdsA mutant up to the 37th codon, indicating that cdsA possesses multiple codons that can function as initiation codons. We constructed an experimental system in which the chromosomal expression of cdsA can be analyzed. By means of this system, we found that the cdsA mutant with substitution of "TTG" with a stop codon is fully functional. Thus, we concluded that CdsA contains multiple initiation codons.
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- Runa Hikage
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Japan
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Osawa T, Fujikawa K, Shimamoto K. Structures, functions, and syntheses of glycero-glycophospholipids. Front Chem 2024; 12:1353688. [PMID: 38389730 PMCID: PMC10881803 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1353688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Biological membranes consist of integral and peripheral protein-associated lipid bilayers. Although constituent lipids vary among cells, membrane lipids are mainly classified as phospholipids, glycolipids, and sterols. Phospholipids are further divided into glycerophospholipids and sphingophospholipids, whereas glycolipids are further classified as glyceroglycolipids and sphingoglycolipids. Both glycerophospholipids and glyceroglycolipids contain diacylglycerol as the common backbone, but their head groups differ. Most glycerolipids have polar head groups containing phosphate esters or sugar moieties. However, trace components termed glycero-glycophospholipids, each possessing both a phosphate ester and a sugar moiety, exist in membranes. Recently, the unique biological activities of glycero-glycophospholipids have attracted considerable attention. In this review, we describe the structure, distribution, function, biosynthesis, and chemical synthetic approaches of representative glycero-glycophospholipids-phosphatidylglucoside (PtdGlc) and enterobacterial common antigen (ECA). In addition, we introduce our recent studies on the rare glycero-glyco"pyrophospho"lipid, membrane protein integrase (MPIase), which is involved in protein translocation across biomembranes.
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- Tsukiho Osawa
- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Kamemoto Y, Hikage R, Han Y, Sekiya Y, Sawasato K, Nishiyama KI. Coordinated upregulation of two CDP-diacylglycerol synthases, YnbB and CdsA, is essential for cell growth and membrane protein export in the cold. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 370:fnad131. [PMID: 38070879 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnad131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/08/2023] [Indexed: 12/29/2023] Open
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YnbB is a paralogue of CdsA, a CDP-diacylglycerol synthase. While the cdsA gene is essential, the ynbB gene is dispensable. So far, no phenotype of ynbB knockout has been observed. We found that a ynbB knockout strain acquired cold-sensitivity on growth under CdsA-limited conditions. We found that MPIase, a glycolipid involved in protein export, is cold-upregulated to facilitate protein export in the cold, by increasing the mRNA levels of not only CdsA but also that of YnbB. Under non-permissive conditions, phospholipid biosynthesis proceeded normally, however, MPIase upregulation was inhibited with accumulation of precursors of membrane and secretory proteins such as M13 procoat and proOmpA, indicating that YnbB is dedicated to MPIase biosynthesis, complementing the CdsA function.
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- Yuki Kamemoto
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
- Department of Applied Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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Xu Y, Zhang S, Guo Y, Gao L, zhang H, Chen W, Huang Y. Chicken CDS2 isoforms presented distinct spatio-temporal expression pattern and regulated by insulin in a breed-specific manner. Poult Sci 2022; 101:101893. [PMID: 35504066 PMCID: PMC9079004 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.101893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol synthases (CDSs) gene encodes the cytidine diphosphate-diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG) synthase enzyme that catalyzes the formation of CDP-diacylglycerol from phosphatidic acid. At present, there are no reports of CDS2 in birds. Here, we identified chicken CDS2 transcripts by combining conventional RT-PCR amplification, 5′ rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), and 3′ RACE, explored the spatio-temporal expression profiles of total CDS2 and the longest transcript variant CDS2-4, and investigated the effect of exogenous insulin on the mRNA level of total CDS2 via quantitative RT-PCR. Four transcripts of chicken CDS2 (CDS2-1, -2, -3, and -4) were identified, which were alternatively spliced at the 3′-untranslated region (UTR). Both total CDS2 and CDS2-4 were prominently expressed in adipose tissue, and exhibited low expression in liver and pectoralis of 49-day-old chickens. Regarding the spatio-temporal expression patterns of CDS2 in chicken, total CDS2 exhibited a similar temporal expression tendency with a high level in the later period of incubation (embryonic day 19 [E19] or 1-day-old) in the brain, liver, and pectoralis. While CDS2-4 presented a distinct temporal expression pattern in these tissues, CDS2-4 levels peaked at 21 d in the brain and pectoralis, while liver CDS2-4 mRNA levels were highest at the early stage of hatching (E10). Total CDS2 (P < 0.001) and CDS2-4 (P = 0.0090) mRNA levels in the liver were differentially regulated throughout the development of the chicken. Total CDS2 levels in the liver of Silky chickens were higher than that of the broiler in the basal state and after insulin stimulation. Exogenous insulin significantly down-regulated the level of total CDS2 at 240 min in the pectoralis of Silky chickens (P < 0.01). In conclusion, chicken CDS2 isoforms with variation at the 3′-UTR were identified, which was prominently expressed in adipose tissue. Total CDS2 and CDS2-4 presented distinct spatio-temporal expression patterns, that is they were differentially regulated with age in brain, liver, and pectoralis. Insulin could regulate chicken CDS2 levels in a breed- and tissue-specific manner.
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Dowhan W, Bogdanov M. Eugene P. Kennedy's Legacy: Defining Bacterial Phospholipid Pathways and Function. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:666203. [PMID: 33842554 PMCID: PMC8027125 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.666203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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In the 1950's and 1960's Eugene P. Kennedy laid out the blueprint for phospholipid biosynthesis in somatic cells and Escherichia coli, which have been coined the Kennedy Pathways for phospholipid biosynthesis. His research group continued to make seminal contributions in the area of phospholipids until his retirement in the early 1990's. During these years he mentored many young scientists that continued to build on his early discoveries and who also mentored additional scientists that continue to make important contributions in areas related to phospholipids and membrane biogenesis. This review will focus on the initial E. coli Kennedy Pathways and how his early contributions have laid the foundation for our current understanding of bacterial phospholipid genetics, biochemistry and function as carried on by his scientific progeny and others who have been inspired to study microbial phospholipids.
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- William Dowhan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, United States
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Jennings W, Epand RM. CDP-diacylglycerol, a critical intermediate in lipid metabolism. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 230:104914. [PMID: 32360136 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.104914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The roles of lipids expand beyond the basic building blocks of biological membranes. In addition to forming complex and dynamic barriers, the thousands of different lipid species in the cell contribute to essentially all the processes of life. Specific lipids are increasingly identified in cellular processes, including signal transduction, membrane trafficking, metabolic control and protein regulation. Tight control of their synthesis and degradation is essential for homeostasis. Most of the lipid molecules in the cell originate from a small number of critical intermediates. Thus, regulating the synthesis of intermediates is essential for lipid homeostasis and optimal biological functions. Cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG) is an intermediate which occupies a branch point in lipid metabolism. CDP-DAG is incorporated into different synthetic pathways to form distinct phospholipid end-products depending on its location of synthesis. Identification and characterization of CDP-DAG synthases which catalyze the synthesis of CDP-DAG has been hampered by difficulties extracting these membrane-bound enzymes for purification. Recent developments have clarified the cellular localization of the CDP-DAG synthases and identified a new unrelated CDP-DAG synthase enzyme. These findings have contributed to a deeper understanding of the extensive synthetic and signaling networks stemming from this key lipid intermediate.
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- William Jennings
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada.
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Blunsom NJ, Cockcroft S. CDP-Diacylglycerol Synthases (CDS): Gateway to Phosphatidylinositol and Cardiolipin Synthesis. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:63. [PMID: 32117988 PMCID: PMC7018664 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Cytidine diphosphate diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG) is a key intermediate in the synthesis of phosphatidylinositol (PI) and cardiolipin (CL). Both PI and CL have highly specialized roles in cells. PI can be phosphorylated and these phosphorylated derivatives play major roles in signal transduction, membrane traffic, and maintenance of the actin cytoskeletal network. CL is the signature lipid of mitochondria and has a plethora of functions including maintenance of cristae morphology, mitochondrial fission, and fusion and for electron transport chain super complex formation. Both lipids are synthesized in different organelles although they share the common intermediate, CDP-DAG. CDP-DAG is synthesized from phosphatidic acid (PA) and CTP by enzymes that display CDP-DAG synthase activities. Two families of enzymes, CDS and TAMM41, which bear no sequence or structural relationship, have now been identified. TAMM41 is a peripheral membrane protein localized in the inner mitochondrial membrane required for CL synthesis. CDS enzymes are ancient integral membrane proteins found in all three domains of life. In mammals, they provide CDP-DAG for PI synthesis and for phosphatidylglycerol (PG) and CL synthesis in prokaryotes. CDS enzymes are critical for maintaining phosphoinositide levels during phospholipase C (PLC) signaling. Hydrolysis of PI (4,5) bisphosphate by PLC requires the resynthesis of PI and CDS enzymes catalyze the rate-limiting step in the process. In mammals, the protein products of two CDS genes (CDS1 and CDS2) localize to the ER and it is suggested that CDS2 is the major CDS for this process. Expression of CDS enzymes are regulated by transcription factors and CDS enzymes may also contribute to CL synthesis in mitochondria. Studies of CDS enzymes in protozoa reveal spatial segregation of CDS enzymes from the rest of the machinery required for both PI and CL synthesis identifying a key gap in our understanding of how CDP-DAG can cross the different membrane compartments in protozoa and in mammals.
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- Division of Biosciences, Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Sawasato K, Sekiya Y, Nishiyama K. Two‐step induction ofcdsApromoters leads to upregulation of the glycolipidMPIase at cold temperature. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:1711-1723. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 05/16/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Katsuhiro Sawasato
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences Iwate University Morioka Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science Faculty of Agriculture Iwate University Morioka Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences Iwate University Morioka Japan
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science Faculty of Agriculture Iwate University Morioka Japan
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Blunsom NJ, Cockcroft S. Phosphatidylinositol synthesis at the endoplasmic reticulum. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2019; 1865:158471. [PMID: 31173893 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2019.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is a minor phospholipid with a characteristic fatty acid profile; it is highly enriched in stearic acid at the sn-1 position and arachidonic acid at the sn-2 position. PI is phosphorylated into seven specific derivatives, and individual species are involved in a vast array of cellular functions including signalling, membrane traffic, ion channel regulation and actin dynamics. De novo PI synthesis takes place at the endoplasmic reticulum where phosphatidic acid (PA) is converted to PI in two enzymatic steps. PA is also produced at the plasma membrane during phospholipase C signalling, where hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol (4,5) bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2) leads to the production of diacylglycerol which is rapidly phosphorylated to PA. This PA is transferred to the ER to be also recycled back to PI. For the synthesis of PI, CDP-diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) converts PA to the intermediate, CDP-DG, which is then used by PI synthase to make PI. The de novo synthesised PI undergoes remodelling to acquire its characteristic fatty acid profile, which is altered in p53-mutated cancer cells. In mammals, there are two CDS enzymes at the ER, CDS1 and CDS2. In this review, we summarise the de novo synthesis of PI at the ER and the enzymes involved in its subsequent remodelling to acquire its characteristic acyl chains. We discuss how CDS, the rate limiting enzymes in PI synthesis are regulated by different mechanisms. During phospholipase C signalling, the CDS1 enzyme is specifically upregulated by cFos via protein kinase C.
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- Nicholas J Blunsom
- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK.
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Sawasato K, Suzuki S, Nishiyama KI. Increased expression of the bacterial glycolipid MPIase is required for efficient protein translocation across membranes in cold conditions. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:8403-8411. [PMID: 30936205 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Protein integration into and translocation across biological membranes are vital events for organismal survival and are fundamentally conserved among many organisms. Membrane protein integrase (MPIase) is a glycolipid that drives membrane protein integration into the cytoplasmic membrane in Escherichia coli MPIase also stimulates protein translocation across the membrane, but how its expression is regulated is incompletely understood. In this study, we found that the expression level of MPIase significantly increases in the cold (<25 °C), whereas that of the SecYEG translocon does not. Using previously created gene-knockout E. coli strains, we also found that either the cdsA or ynbB gene, both encoding rate-limiting enzymes for MPIase biosynthesis, is responsible for the increase in the MPIase expression. Furthermore, using pulse-chase experiments and protein integration assays, we demonstrated that the increase in MPIase levels is important for efficient protein translocation, but not for protein integration. We conclude that MPIase expression is required to stimulate protein translocation in cold conditions and is controlled by cdsA and ynbB gene expression.
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- Katsuhiro Sawasato
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan; Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
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Sato R, Sawasato K, Nishiyama KI. YnbB is a CdsA paralogue dedicated to biosynthesis of glycolipid MPIase involved in membrane protein integration. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2019; 510:636-642. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.01.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/31/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Sawasato K, Sato R, Nishikawa H, Iimura N, Kamemoto Y, Fujikawa K, Yamaguchi T, Kuruma Y, Tamura Y, Endo T, Ueda T, Shimamoto K, Nishiyama KI. CdsA is involved in biosynthesis of glycolipid MPIase essential for membrane protein integration in vivo. Sci Rep 2019; 9:1372. [PMID: 30718729 PMCID: PMC6362211 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37809-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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MPIase is a glycolipid that is involved in membrane protein integration. Despite evaluation of its functions in vitro, the lack of information on MPIase biosynthesis hampered verification of its involvement in vivo. In this study, we found that depletion of CdsA, a CDP-diacylglycerol synthase, caused not only a defect in phospholipid biosynthesis but also MPIase depletion with accumulation of the precursors of both membrane protein M13 coat protein and secretory protein OmpA. Yeast Tam41p, a mitochondrial CDP-diacylglycerol synthase, suppressed the defect in phospholipid biosynthesis, but restored neither MPIase biosynthesis, precursor processing, nor cell growth, indicating that MPIase is essential for membrane protein integration and therefore for cell growth. Consistently, we observed a severe defect in protein integration into MPIase-depleted membrane vesicles in vitro. Thus, the function of MPIase as a factor involved in protein integration was proven in vivo as well as in vitro. Moreover, Cds1p, a eukaryotic CdsA homologue, showed a potential for MPIase biosynthesis. From these results, we speculate the presence of a eukaryotic MPIase homologue.
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- Katsuhiro Sawasato
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Seika-cho, Kyoto, 619-0284, Japan
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Seika-cho, Kyoto, 619-0284, Japan
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 152-8550, Japan
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- Faculty of Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Yamagata, 990-8560, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kita-ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8562, Japan
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- Bioorganic Research Institute, Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences, Seika-cho, Kyoto, 619-0284, Japan
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan. .,Cryobiofrontier Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan. .,Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, 020-8550, Japan.
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Carman GM. Discoveries of the phosphatidate phosphatase genes in yeast published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry. J Biol Chem 2018; 294:1681-1689. [PMID: 30061152 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.tm118.004159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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This JBC Review on the discoveries of yeast phosphatidate (PA) phosphatase genes is dedicated to Dr. Herbert Tabor, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) for 40 years, on the occasion of his 100th birthday. Here, I reflect on the discoveries of the APP1, DPP1, LPP1, and PAH1 genes encoding all the PA phosphatase enzymes in yeast. PA phosphatase catalyzes PA dephosphorylation to generate diacylglycerol; both substrate and product are key intermediates in the synthesis of membrane phospholipids and triacylglycerol. App1 and Pah1 are peripheral membrane proteins catalyzing an Mg2+-dependent reaction governed by the DXDX(T/V) phosphatase motif. Dpp1 and Lpp1 are integral membrane proteins that catalyze an Mg2+-independent reaction governed by the KX 6RP-PSGH-SRX 5HX 3D phosphatase motif. Pah1 is PA-specific and is the only PA phosphatase responsible for lipid synthesis at the nuclear/endoplasmic reticulum membrane. App1, Dpp1, and Lpp1, respectively, are localized to cortical actin patches and the vacuole and Golgi membranes; they utilize several lipid phosphate substrates, including PA, lyso-PA, and diacylglycerol pyrophosphate. App1 is postulated to be involved in endocytosis, whereas Dpp1 and Lpp1 may be involved in lipid signaling. Pah1 is the yeast lipin homolog of mice and humans. A host of cellular defects and lipid-based diseases associated with loss or overexpression of PA phosphatase in yeast, mice, and humans, highlights its importance to cell physiology.
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- George M Carman
- Department of Food Science and the Rutgers Center for Lipid Research, New Jersey Institute for Food, Nutrition, and Health, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901.
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Blunsom NJ, Gomez-Espinosa E, Ashlin TG, Cockcroft S. Mitochondrial CDP-diacylglycerol synthase activity is due to the peripheral protein, TAMM41 and not due to the integral membrane protein, CDP-diacylglycerol synthase 1. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2017; 1863:284-298. [PMID: 29253589 PMCID: PMC5791848 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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CDP diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) catalyses the conversion of phosphatidic acid (PA) to CDP-diacylglycerol, an essential intermediate in the synthesis of phosphatidylglycerol, cardiolipin and phosphatidylinositol (PI). CDS activity has been identified in mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum of mammalian cells apparently encoded by two highly-related genes, CDS1 and CDS2. Cardiolipin is exclusively synthesised in mitochondria and recent studies in cardiomyocytes suggest that the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1 (PGC-1α and β) serve as transcriptional regulators of mitochondrial biogenesis and up-regulate the transcription of the CDS1 gene. Here we have examined whether CDS1 is responsible for the mitochondrial CDS activity. We report that differentiation of H9c2 cells with retinoic acid towards cardiomyocytes is accompanied by increased expression of mitochondrial proteins, oxygen consumption, and expression of the PA/PI binding protein, PITPNC1, and CDS1 immunoreactivity. Both CDS1 immunoreactivity and CDS activity were found in mitochondria of H9c2 cells as well as in rat heart, liver and brain mitochondria. However, the CDS1 immunoreactivity was traced to a peripheral p55 cross-reactive mitochondrial protein and the mitochondrial CDS activity was due to a peripheral mitochondrial protein, TAMM41, not an integral membrane protein as expected for CDS1. TAMM41 is the mammalian equivalent of the recently identified yeast protein, Tam41. Knockdown of TAMM41 resulted in decreased mitochondrial CDS activity, decreased cardiolipin levels and a decrease in oxygen consumption. We conclude that the CDS activity present in mitochondria is mainly due to TAMM41, which is required for normal mitochondrial function.
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- Nicholas J Blunsom
- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK
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- Dept. of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London WC1E 6JJ, UK.
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López-Lara IM, Geiger O. Bacterial lipid diversity. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2017; 1862:1287-1299. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2016.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2016] [Revised: 10/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ren S, Caforio A, Yang Q, Sun B, Yu F, Zhu X, Wang J, Dou C, Fu Q, Huang N, Sun Q, Nie C, Qi S, Gong X, He J, Wei Y, Driessen AJ, Cheng W. Structural and mechanistic insights into the biosynthesis of CDP-archaeol in membranes. Cell Res 2017; 27:1378-1391. [PMID: 28961231 DOI: 10.1038/cr.2017.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 07/06/2017] [Accepted: 08/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The divergence of archaea, bacteria and eukaryotes was a fundamental step in evolution. One marker of this event is a major difference in membrane lipid chemistry between these kingdoms. Whereas the membranes of bacteria and eukaryotes primarily consist of straight fatty acids ester-bonded to glycerol-3-phosphate, archaeal phospholipids consist of isoprenoid chains ether-bonded to glycerol-1-phosphate. Notably, the mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis of these lipids remain elusive. Here, we report the structure of the CDP-archaeol synthase (CarS) of Aeropyrum pernix (ApCarS) in the CTP- and Mg2+-bound state at a resolution of 2.4 Å. The enzyme comprises a transmembrane domain with five helices and cytoplasmic loops that together form a large charged cavity providing a binding site for CTP. Identification of the binding location of CTP and Mg2+ enabled modeling of the specific lipophilic substrate-binding site, which was supported by site-directed mutagenesis, substrate-binding affinity analyses, and enzyme assays. We propose that archaeol binds within two hydrophobic membrane-embedded grooves formed by the flexible transmembrane helix 5 (TM5), together with TM1 and TM4. Collectively, structural comparisons and analyses, combined with functional studies, not only elucidated the mechanism governing the biosynthesis of phospholipids with ether-bonded isoprenoid chains by CTP transferase, but also provided insights into the evolution of this enzyme superfamily from archaea to bacteria and eukaryotes.
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- Sixue Ren
- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.,The Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Life Science, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Life Science, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- National Institute of Biological Science, Number 7 Science Park Road, Beijing 100084, China
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- National Institute of Biological Science, Number 7 Science Park Road, Beijing 100084, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
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- Department of Life Science, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.,The Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital of Sichuan University and Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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Hänninen S, Batchu KC, Hokynar K, Somerharju P. Simple and rapid biochemical method to synthesize labeled or unlabeled phosphatidylinositol species. J Lipid Res 2017; 58:1259-1264. [PMID: 28420658 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d075960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2017] [Revised: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is the precursor of many important signaling molecules in eukaryotic cells and, most probably, PI also has important functions in cellular membranes. However, these functions are poorly understood, which is largely due to that i) only few PI species with specific acyl chains are available commercially and ii) there are no simple methods to synthesize such species. Here, we present a simple biochemical protocol to synthesize a variety of labeled or unlabeled PI species from corresponding commercially available phosphatidylcholines. The protocol can be carried out in a single vial in a two-step process which employs three enzymatic reactions mediated by i) commercial phospholipase D from Streptomyces chromofuscus, ii) CDP-diacylglycerol synthase overexpressed in E. coli and iii) PI synthase of Arabidopsis thaliana ectopically expressed in E. coli The PI product is readily purified from the reaction mixture by liquid chromatography since E. coli does not contain endogenous PI or other coeluting lipids. The method allows one to synthesize and purify labeled or unlabeled PI species in 1 or 2 days.Typically, 40-60% of (unsaturated) PC was converted to PI albeit the final yield of PI was less (25-35%) due to losses upon purification.
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- Satu Hänninen
- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and.,Department of Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biochemistry and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland and
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Liu X, Yin Y, Wu J, Liu Z. Structure and mechanism of an intramembrane liponucleotide synthetase central for phospholipid biosynthesis. Nat Commun 2014; 5:4244. [PMID: 24968740 PMCID: PMC4083444 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Phospholipids are elemental building-block molecules for biological membranes. Biosynthesis of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol and phosphatidylserine requires a central liponucleotide intermediate named cytidine-diphosphate diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG). The CDP-DAG synthetase (Cds) is an integral membrane enzyme catalysing the formation of CDP-DAG, an essential step for phosphoinositide recycling during signal transduction. Here we report the structure of the Cds from Thermotoga maritima (TmCdsA) at 3.4 Å resolution. TmCdsA forms a homodimer and each monomer contains nine transmembrane helices arranged into a novel fold with three domains. An unusual funnel-shaped cavity penetrates half way into the membrane, allowing the enzyme to simultaneously accept hydrophilic substrate (cytidine 5'-triphosphate (CTP)/deoxy-CTP) from cytoplasm and hydrophobic substrate (phosphatidic acid) from membrane. Located at the bottom of the cavity, a Mg(2+)-K(+) hetero-di-metal centre coordinated by an Asp-Asp dyad serves as the cofactor of TmCdsA. The results suggest a two-metal-ion catalytic mechanism for the Cds-mediated synthesis of CDP-DAG at the membrane-cytoplasm interface.
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- Xiuying Liu
- 1] National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China [2]
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- 1] National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China [2] University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China [3]
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Road, Beijing 100101, China
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Phylogenomic investigation of phospholipid synthesis in archaea. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2012; 2012:630910. [PMID: 23304072 PMCID: PMC3533463 DOI: 10.1155/2012/630910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Archaea have idiosyncratic cell membranes usually based on phospholipids containing glycerol-1-phosphate linked by ether bonds to isoprenoid lateral chains. Since these phospholipids strongly differ from those of bacteria and eukaryotes, the origin of the archaeal membranes (and by extension, of all cellular membranes) was enigmatic and called for accurate evolutionary studies. In this paper we review some recent phylogenomic studies that have revealed a modified mevalonate pathway for the synthesis of isoprenoid precursors in archaea and suggested that this domain uses an atypical pathway of synthesis of fatty acids devoid of any acyl carrier protein, which is essential for this activity in bacteria and eukaryotes. In addition, we show new or updated phylogenetic analyses of enzymes likely responsible for the isoprenoid chain synthesis from their precursors and the phospholipid synthesis from glycerol phosphate, isoprenoids, and polar head groups. These results support that most of these enzymes can be traced back to the last archaeal common ancestor and, in many cases, even to the last common ancestor of all living organisms.
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Lu YH, Guan Z, Zhao J, Raetz CRH. Three phosphatidylglycerol-phosphate phosphatases in the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:5506-18. [PMID: 21148555 PMCID: PMC3037664 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.199265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The phospholipids of Escherichia coli consist mainly of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol (PG), and cardiolipin. PG makes up ∼25% of the cellular phospholipid and is essential for growth in wild-type cells. PG is synthesized on the inner surface of the inner membrane from cytidine diphosphate-diacylglycerol and glycerol 3-phosphate, generating the precursor phosphatidylglycerol-phosphate (PGP). This compound is present at low levels (∼0.1% of the total lipid). Dephosphorylation of PGP to PG is catalyzed by several PGP-phosphatases. The pgpA and pgpB genes, which encode structurally distinct PGP-phosphatases, were identified previously. Double deletion mutants lacking pgpA and pgpB are viable and still make PG, suggesting the presence of additional phosphatase(s). We have identified a third PGP-phosphatase gene (previously annotated as yfhB but renamed pgpC) using an expression cloning strategy. A mutant with deletions in all three phosphatase genes is not viable unless covered by a plasmid expressing either pgpA, pgpB, or pgpC. When the triple mutant is covered with the temperature-sensitive plasmid pMAK705 expressing any one of the three pgp genes, the cells grow at 30 but not 42 °C. As growth slows at 42 °C, PGP accumulates to high levels, and the PG content declines. PgpC orthologs are present in many other bacteria.
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- Yi-Hsueh Lu
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Doerrler WT, Raetz CRH. Loss of outer membrane proteins without inhibition of lipid export in an Escherichia coli YaeT mutant. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:27679-87. [PMID: 15951436 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m504796200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli yaeT encodes an essential, conserved outer membrane (OM) protein that is an ortholog of Neisseria meningitidis Omp85. Conflicting data with N. meningitidis indicate that Omp85 functions either in assembly of OM proteins or in export of OM lipids. The role of YaeT in E. coli was investigated with a new temperature-sensitive mutant harboring nine amino acid substitutions. The mutant stops growing after 60 min at 44 degrees C. After 30 min at 44 degrees C, incorporation of [35S]methionine into newly synthesized OM proteins is selectively inhibited. Synthesis and export of OM phospholipids and lipopolysaccharide are not impaired. OM protein levels are low, even at 30 degrees C, and the buoyant density of the OM is correspondingly lower. By Western blotting, we show that levels of the major OM protein OmpA are lower in the mutant in whole cells, membranes, and the growth medium. SecA functions as a multicopy suppressor of the temperature-sensitive phenotype and partially restores OM proteins. Our data are consistent with a critical role for YaeT in OM protein assembly in E. coli.
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- William T Doerrler
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Sato N, Hagio M, Wada H, Tsuzuki M. Requirement of phosphatidylglycerol for photosynthetic function in thylakoid membranes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:10655-60. [PMID: 10984546 PMCID: PMC27080 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.19.10655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2000] [Accepted: 06/30/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To investigate the role of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) in photosynthesis, we constructed a mutant defective in the CDP-diacylglycerol synthase gene from a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803. The mutant, designated as SNC1, required PG supplementation for growth. Growth was repressed in PG-free medium concomitantly with the decrease in cellular content of PG. These results indicate that PG is essential, and that SNC1 is defective in PG synthesis. Decrease in PG content was accompanied by a reduction in the cellular content of chlorophyll, but with little effect on the contents of phycobilisome pigments, which showed that levels of chlorophyll-protein complexes decreased without alteration of those of phycobilisomes. Regardless of the decrease in the PG content, CO(2)-dependent photosynthesis by SNC1 was similar to that by the wild type on a chlorophyll basis, but consequently became lower on a cell basis. Simultaneously, the ratio of oxygen evolution of photosystem II (PSII) measured with p-benzoquinone to that of CO(2)-dependent photosynthesis, which ranged between 1.3 and 1.7 in the wild type. However, it was decreased in SNC1 from 1.3 to 0.4 during the early growth phase where chlorophyll content and CO(2)-dependent photosynthesis were little affected, and then finally to 0.1, suggesting that PSII first lost its ability to reduce p-benzoquinone and then decreased in its level and actual activity. These results indicate that PG contributes to the accumulation of chlorophyll-protein complexes in thylakoid membranes, and also to normal functioning of PSII.
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- N Sato
- School of Life Science, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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Huijbregts RP. Topology and transport of membrane lipids in bacteria. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1469:43-61. [PMID: 10692637 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(99)00014-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The last two decades have witnessed a break-through in identifying and understanding the functions of both the proteins and lipids of bacterial membranes. This development was parallelled by increasing insights into the biogenesis, topology, transport and sorting of membrane proteins. However, progress in research on the membrane distribution and transport of lipids in bacteria has been slow in that period. The development of novel biochemical in vitro approaches and recent genetic studies have increased our understanding of these subjects. The aim of this review is to present an overview of the current knowledge of the distribution and transport of lipids in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria. Special attention is paid to recently obtained results, which are expected to inspire further research to finally unravel these poorly understood phenomena.
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- R P Huijbregts
- Department Biochemistry of Membranes, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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This map is an update of the edition 9 map by Berlyn et al. (M. K. B. Berlyn, K. B. Low, and K. E. Rudd, p. 1715-1902, in F. C. Neidhardt et al., ed., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular and molecular biology, 2nd ed., vol. 2, 1996). It uses coordinates established by the completed sequence, expressed as 100 minutes for the entire circular map, and adds new genes discovered and established since 1996 and eliminates those shown to correspond to other known genes. The latter are included as synonyms. An alphabetical list of genes showing map location, synonyms, the protein or RNA product of the gene, phenotypes of mutants, and reference citations is provided. In addition to genes known to correspond to gene sequences, other genes, often older, that are described by phenotype and older mapping techniques and that have not been correlated with sequences are included.
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- M K Berlyn
- Department of Biology and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA.
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Lykidis A, Jackson PD, Rock CO, Jackowski S. The role of CDP-diacylglycerol synthetase and phosphatidylinositol synthase activity levels in the regulation of cellular phosphatidylinositol content. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:33402-9. [PMID: 9407135 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.52.33402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The regulation of phosphatidylinositol synthesis was examined by cloning and expressing in COS-7 cells the human cDNAs encoding the two enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway. Human CDP-diacylglycerol synthetase (cds1) and phosphatidylinositol synthase (pis1) clones were identified in the human expressed sequence-tagged (EST) data base, and full-length cDNAs were obtained by library screening. The cds1 cDNA did not possess a recognizable mitochondrial import signal, and the activity of the expressed Cds1 protein was stimulated by nucleoside triphosphates in vitro, indicating that cds1 did not encode the mitochondrial-specific isozyme. There were two mRNA species (3.9 and 5.6 kilobases) detected on Northern blots hybridized with the cds1 probe that were expressed at distinctly different levels in various human tissues. Consistent with the presence of the two mRNAs, a cDNA predicted to encode a second human CDP-diacylglycerol synthetase (cds2) was also uncovered in the EST data base. In contrast to the two cds mRNAs, a single, 2.1-kilobase pis1 mRNA was uniformly expressed in all human tissues examined. Expression of the pis1 gene led to the overproduction of both phosphatidylinositol synthase and phosphatidylinositol:inositol exchange reactions, indicating that the Pis1 polypeptide catalyzed both of these activities. Phosphatase treatment of cell extracts abolished the CMP-independent phosphatidylinositol:inositol exchange reaction, and exchange activity was completely restored by the addition of CMP. Overexpression of cds1 or pis1 alone or in combination did not enhance the rate of phosphatidylinositol biosynthesis. Also, overexpression did not result in a significant proportional increase in the cellular levels of CDP-diacylglycerol or phosphatidylinositol. These data illustrate that the levels of Cds1 and Pis1 protein expression are not critical determinants of cellular PtdIns content and argue against a determining role for the activity of either of these enzymes in the regulation of PtdIns biosynthesis.
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- A Lykidis
- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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The synthesis and utilization of CDP-diacylglycerol in mammalian cells was demonstrated over 35 years ago when initial studies were carried out. However, CDP-diacylglycerol synthases and the genes encoding these enzymes have been studied in the greatest detail in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The involvement of CDP-diacylglycerol in regulation of phospholipid metabolism has recently been demonstrated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and evidence now exists from studies in Drosophila that this liponucleotide may be important in regulation of lipid-dependent signal transduction processes. The vast amount of biochemical and genetic information on the synthases from microorganisms has led to the cloning of genes that encode CDP-diacylglycerol synthases from somatic cells. The combination of information on these synthases from all organisms will lead to a clearer understanding of the role CDP-diacylglycerol plays in cellular processes.
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- W Dowhan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Houston, Medical School, 77225, USA.
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Heacock AM, Agranoff BW. CDP-diacylglycerol synthase from mammalian tissues. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1997; 1348:166-72. [PMID: 9370329 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2760(97)00096-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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CDP-diacylglycerol resides at the branch point of glycerolipid biosynthesis as precursor of both the phosphoinositides and phosphatidylglycerol. The discovery of the phosphoinositide signal transduction pathway and the recognition of its prominent role in intracellular communication has focused new attention on CDP-diacylglycerol synthase. As a rate-limiting step in this pathway, it is a likely target for regulation. Exploration of this possibility will be facilitated by the recent cloning of mammalian CDP-DAG synthase.
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- A M Heacock
- Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48104-1687, USA
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Loosmore SM, Yang YP, Coleman DC, Shortreed JM, England DM, Klein MH. Outer membrane protein D15 is conserved among Haemophilus influenzae species and may represent a universal protective antigen against invasive disease. Infect Immun 1997; 65:3701-7. [PMID: 9284140 PMCID: PMC175527 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.9.3701-3707.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have cloned and sequenced the d15 gene from two strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) and two strains of nontypeable H. influenzae (NTHI). The nucleotide and deduced protein sequences of d15 are highly conserved, with only a small variable region identified near the carboxyl terminus of the protein. Analysis of upstream sequences revealed that the H. influenzae d15 gene may be part of a large potential operon of closely spaced open reading frames, including one with significant homology to the Escherichia coli cds gene encoding CDP-diglyceride synthetase. Southern blot analysis demonstrated that the d15 gene is also present in H. influenzae types a, c, d, e, and f and in Haemophilus parainfluenzae. A recombinant D15 (rD15) protein was expressed in good quantity in E. coli from the inducible T7 promoter, and monospecific anti-rD15 antibodies were raised. Immunoblot analysis of H. influenzae serotypes a, b, c, d, e, and f, NTHI, and H. parainfluenzae lysates revealed that they all expressed a cross-reactive D15-like protein. Purified rD15 was found to be highly immunogenic in mice, guinea pigs, and rabbits, and passive transfer of anti-rD15 antibodies protected infant rats from challenge with H. influenzae type b or type a in infant rat models of bacteremia. Thus, D15 is a highly conserved antigen that is protective in animal models and it may be a useful component of a universal subunit vaccine against Haemophilus infection and disease.
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- S M Loosmore
- Research Centre, Pasteur Merieux Connaught Canada, North York, Ontario, Canada.
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Saito S, Goto K, Tonosaki A, Kondo H. Gene cloning and characterization of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase from rat brain. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:9503-9. [PMID: 9083091 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.14.9503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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A cDNA encoded a 462-amino acid protein, which showed CDP-diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) activity was cloned for the first time as the vertebrate enzyme molecule from rat brain cDNA library. The deduced molecular mass of this rat CDS was 53 kDa, and putative primary structure included several possible membrane- spanning regions. At the amino acid sequence level, rat CDS shared 55.5%, 31. 7%, and 20.9% identity with already known Drosophila, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Escherichia coli CDS, respectively. This rat CDS preferred 1-stearoyl-2-arachidonoyl phosphatidic acid as a substrate, and its activity was strongly inhibited by phosphatidylglycerol 4, 5-bisphosphate. By immunoblotting analysis of COS cells overexpressed with the epitope-tagged for rat CDS, a 60-kDa band was detected. By epitope-tag immunocytochemistry, the CDS protein was mainly localized in close association with the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum of the transfected cells. The intense mRNA expression of CDS was localized in the cerebellar Purkinje cells, the pineal body, and the inner segment of photoreceptor cells. Additionally, very intense expression was detected in postmitotic spermatocytes and spermatids.
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- S Saito
- Department of Anatomy, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai 980-77, Japan
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Weeks R, Dowhan W, Shen H, Balantac N, Meengs B, Nudelman E, Leung DW. Isolation and expression of an isoform of human CDP-diacylglycerol synthase cDNA. DNA Cell Biol 1997; 16:281-9. [PMID: 9115637 DOI: 10.1089/dna.1997.16.281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Phosphatidic acid (PA) is a phospholipid involved in signal transduction and in glycerolipid biosynthesis. CDP-diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) or CTP:phosphatidate cytidylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.41) catalyzes the conversion of PA to CDP-diacylglycerol (CDP-DAG), an important precursor for the synthesis of phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylglycerol, and cardiolipin. We describe in this study the isolation and characterization of a human cDNA clone that encodes amino acid sequences homologous to Escherichia coli, yeast, and Drosophila CDS sequences. Expression of this human cDNA under the control of a GAL1 promoter in a null cds1 mutant yeast strain complements its growth defect and produces CDS activity when induced with galactose. Transfection of this cDNA into mammalian cells leads to increased CDS activity in cell-free extracts using an in vitro assay that measures the conversion of [alpha-32P]CTP to [32P]CDP-DAG. This increase in CDS activity also leads to increased secretion of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 from endothelial ECV304 cells upon stimulation with interleukin-1beta, suggesting that CDS overexpression may amplify cellular signaling responses from cytokines.
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- R Weeks
- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., Seattle, WA 98119, USA
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Ulbrandt ND, Newitt JA, Bernstein HD. The E. coli signal recognition particle is required for the insertion of a subset of inner membrane proteins. Cell 1997; 88:187-96. [PMID: 9008159 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81839-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 288] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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E. coli homologs of the signal recognition particle (SRP) and its receptor are essential for viability, but their role in protein export is unclear. To elucidate their function, we devised a genome-wide screen to identify genes that encode SRP substrates. Inhibition of the SRP pathway sharply blocked the membrane insertion of several polytopic inner membrane proteins (IMPs) that were predicted to be SRP substrates, but had a smaller effect on the insertion of other IMPs and no significant effect on preprotein translocation. Our results suggest that whereas most E. coli preproteins and some IMPs can utilize SRP-independent targeting pathways effectively, the structural features of a subset of IMPs have required the conservation of an SRP-based targeting machinery.
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- N D Ulbrandt
- Genetics and Biochemistry Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Shen H, Dowhan W. Reduction of CDP-diacylglycerol synthase activity results in the excretion of inositol by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:29043-8. [PMID: 8910557 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.46.29043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A yeast mutant, cdg1, was isolated on the basis of an inositol excretion phenotype. This mutant exhibited pleiotropic deficiencies in phospholipid biosynthesis, including reduced levels of CDP-diacylglycerol (DAG) synthase activity (Klig, L. S., Homann, M. J., Kohlwein, S. D., Kelley, M. J., Henry, S. A., and Carman, G. M. (1988) J. Bacteriol. 170, 1878-1886). In this study we present evidence that the molecular basis for the inositol excretion phenotype is a G305/A305 point mutation (Cys102 --> Tyr substitution) within the CDS1 gene (encodes CDP-DAG synthase) of this mutant. Expression of CDP-DAG synthase activity from a plasmid-borne copy of the CDS1 gene in the cdg1 mutant was not down-regulated, and this expression also corrected the inositol excretion phenotype. Introduction of the above mutated gene (CDS1*) controlled by its endogenous promoter on a single copy plasmid into a cds1-null background reconstituted a transformant with the cdg1 phenotype, including reduced CDP-DAG synthase activity, elevated phosphatidylserine synthase activity, and inositol excretion into the growth medium. Expression of CDS1* in a single copy in the cdg1 mutant raised CDP-DAG synthase activity from 15 to 30% of derepressed wild-type yeast levels but still did not correct the inositol excretion phenotype. CDP-DAG synthase activity was not regulated in response to precursors of phospholipid biosynthesis in the cdg1 mutant either with or without a trans copy of the CDS1* gene. An open reading frame was identified 5' to the CDS1 locus, YBR0314, which also resulted in inositol excretion when present in trans in multiple copies.
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- H Shen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas 77225, USA.
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Taguchi K, Fukutomi H, Kuroda A, Kato J, Ohtake H. Cloning of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene encoding CDP-diglyceride synthetase. Gene 1996; 172:165-6. [PMID: 8654980 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00009-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The CDP-diglyceride synthetase (CDS)-encoding gene (cds) from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was cloned and sequenced. The gene possessed an open reading frame of 813 bp capable of encoding a putative polypeptide of 271 amino acids (aa) (28 699 Da). The deduced aa sequence of CDS revealed a 67% similarity (45% identity) to Escherichia coli CDS.
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- K Taguchi
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Shen H, Heacock PN, Clancey CJ, Dowhan W. The CDS1 gene encoding CDP-diacylglycerol synthase in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is essential for cell growth. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:789-95. [PMID: 8557688 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.2.789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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An open reading frame (CDS1) residing on chromosome II of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes a hydrophobic protein with a predicted molecular mass of 51,789 Da, which exhibits 29 and 37% amino acid sequence identities with CDP-diacylglycerol synthases reported from Escherichia coli and Drosophila, respectively. Induction of expression of a GAL1 promoter-driven CDS1 gene on a multicopy plasmid in a cds1 null mutant background resulted in synthase activity 10 times that of wild-type cells and an elevation in the apparent initial rate of synthesis of phosphatidylinositol relative to phosphatidylserine. Without induction, activity was reduced to 10% of wild-type levels, which was sufficient to support growth but resulted in an inositol excretion phenotype, and had an opposite effect on the above phospholipid synthesis. Null cds1 mutants were incapable of spore germination or vegetative growth and could not be complemented under uninduced conditions with a GAL1 promoter-driven CDS1 gene on a low copy plasmid. Therefore, the essential CDS1 gene encodes the majority, if not all, of the synthase activity. The lack of consensus RNA splice sites derived from the genomic CDS1 sequence predicts that the multiple subcellular locations for synthase activities do not arise through RNA processing events.
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- H Shen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225, USA
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Wu L, Niemeyer B, Colley N, Socolich M, Zuker CS. Regulation of PLC-mediated signalling in vivo by CDP-diacylglycerol synthase. Nature 1995; 373:216-22. [PMID: 7816135 DOI: 10.1038/373216a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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CDP-diacylglycerol synthase (CDS) is an enzyme required for the regeneration of the signalling molecule phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PtdlnsP2) from phosphatidic acid. A photo-receptor cell-specific isoform of CDS from Drosophila is a key regulator of phototransduction, a G-protein-coupled signalling cascade mediated by phospholipase C. cds mutants cannot sustain a light-activated current as a result of depletion of PtdlnsP2. Overexpression of CDS increases the amplitude of the light response, demonstrating that availability of PtdlnsP2 is a determinant in the gain of this pathway. cds mutants undergo light-dependent retinal degeneration which can be suppressed by a mutation in phospholipase C. Thus, enzymes involved in PtdlnsP2 metabolism regulate phosphoinositide-mediated signalling cascades in vivo.
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- L Wu
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla 92093-0649
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Freter A, Bowien B. Identification of a novel gene, aut, involved in autotrophic growth of Alcaligenes eutrophus. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:5401-8. [PMID: 8071217 PMCID: PMC196727 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.17.5401-5408.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The aerobic facultative chemoautotroph Alcaligenes eutrophus was found to possess a novel gene, designated aut, required for both lithoautotrophic (hydrogen plus carbon dioxide) and organoautotrophic (formate) growth (Aut+ phenotype). Insertional mutagenesis by transposon Tn5-Mob localized the gene on a chromosomal 13-kbp EcoRI fragment. Physiological characterization of various Aut- mutants revealed pleiotropic effects caused by the transposon insertion. Heterotrophic growth of the mutants on substrates catabolized via the glycolytic pathway was slower than that of the parent strains, and the colony morphology of the mutants was altered when grown on nutrient agar. The heterotrophic derepression of the cbb operons encoding Calvin cycle enzymes was abolished, although their expression was still inducible in the presence of formate. Apparently, the mutation did not affect the cbb genes directly but impaired the autotrophic growth in a more general manner. The conjugally transferred wild-type EcoRI fragment allowed phenotypic in trans complementation of the mutants. Further subcloning and sequencing identified a single open reading frame (aut) of 495 bp that was sufficient for complementation. The monocistronic aut gene was constitutively transcribed into a 0.65-kb mRNA. However, its expression appeared to be low. Heterologous expression of aut was achieved in Escherichia coli, resulting in overproduction of an 18-kDa protein. Database searches yielded weak partial sequence similarities of the deduced Aut protein sequence to some cytidylyltransferases, but no indication for the exact function of the aut gene was obtained. Hybridizing DNA sequences that might be similar to the aut gene were detected by Southern hybridization in the genome of two other autotrophic bacteria.
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- A Freter
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Extensive genetic and biochemical studies in the last two decades have elucidated almost completely the framework of synthesis and turnover of quantitatively major phospholipids in E. coli. The knowledge thus accumulated has allowed to formulate a novel working model that assumes sophisticated regulatory mechanisms in E. coli to achieve the optimal phospholipid composition and content in the membranes. E. coli also appears to possess the ability to adapt phospholipid synthesis to various cellular conditions. Understanding of the functional aspects of E. coli phospholipids is now advancing significantly and it will soon be able to explain many of the hitherto unclear cell's activities on the molecular basis. Phosphatidylglycerol is believed to play the central role both in metabolism and functions of phospholipids in E. coli. The results obtained with E. coli should undoubtedly be helpful in the study of more complicated phospholipid metabolism and functions in higher organisms.
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- I Shibuya
- Department of Biochemistry, Saitama University, Urawa, Japan
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Imlay JA, Fridovich I. Isolation and genetic analysis of a mutation that suppresses the auxotrophies of superoxide dismutase-deficient Escherichia coli K12. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1991; 228:410-6. [PMID: 1896012 DOI: 10.1007/bf00260634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The most striking phenotype associated with superoxide dismutase (SOD) deficiency in Escherichia coli is the inability to grow in aerobic minimal medium, which is due to the sensitivity of several amino acid biosynthetic pathways to superoxide. We have isolated two classes of pseudorevertants that grow on minimal medium at modest rates. Of these, the class that exhibited the faster growth carries mutations at a single locus, denoted ssa, which was mapped to 4 min on the E. coli chromosome. This class constituted the majority of the spontaneous pseudorevertants that were selected by the transfer of independent SOD-deficient cultures in minimal medium from anaerobic to aerobic growth conditions. Pseudoreversion at ssa suppressed requirements for a variety of unrelated amino acid supplements. Further, the SOD-deficient strains were unable to assimilate diaminopimelic acid from the growth medium, whereas the ssa pseudorevertants did so. The viability of these pseudorevertants indicates that superoxide-sensitive biosynthetic enzymes do retain some function in SOD-deficient cells during aerobic growth.
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- J A Imlay
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Hjelmstad RH, Bell RM. Molecular insights into enzymes of membrane bilayer assembly. Biochemistry 1991; 30:1731-40. [PMID: 1993188 DOI: 10.1021/bi00221a001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- R H Hjelmstad
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Ichikawa S, Ryoji M, Siegfried Z, Kaji A. Localization of the ribosome-releasing factor gene in the Escherichia coli chromosome. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:3689-95. [PMID: 2661533 PMCID: PMC210112 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.7.3689-3695.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The ribosome-releasing factor (RRF) gene was localized at a position between 2 and 6 min on the Escherichia coli chromosome by measuring the gene-dosage-dependent production of RRF in various E. coli F' merozygotes. This position was confirmed and refined by using a nucleotide probe corresponding to a 16-amino-acid sequence in RRF. It was found that the RRF gene was contained in pLC 6-32 of the Clark-Carbon Gene Bank. Restriction enzyme mapping of E. coli genomic DNA with the above probe led us to conclude that the RRF gene is situated in the 4-min region, somewhere downstream (clockwise) of the elongation factor Ts gene, tsf. A pLC 6-32-derived DNA fragment which carries the RRF gene was found to contain a partial sequence of tsf. The exact location of the translational initiation site of the RRF gene was determined to be 1.1 kilobases downstream from the translational termination site of tsf. The RRF gene is designated frr.
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- S Ichikawa
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104
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One of the phosphatidyl glycerophosphate phosphatase genes of Escherichia coli, pgpA, was cloned, and its DNA sequence was determined. Its 507-base-pair open reading frame was consistent with the 18,000-molecular-weight product identified by a maxicell experiment. Between its possible promoter and methionine initiation codon, a repetitive extragenic palindromic sequence was found.
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- T Icho
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Icho T. Membrane-bound phosphatases in Escherichia coli: sequence of the pgpB gene and dual subcellular localization of the pgpB product. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:5117-24. [PMID: 2846511 PMCID: PMC211579 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.11.5117-5124.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The phosphatidyl glycerophosphate B phosphatase of Escherichia coli has a multiple substrate specificity and a peculiar dual subcellular localization in the envelope. Its phosphatidyl glycerophosphate phosphatase activity is higher in the cytoplasmic membrane, while phosphatidic acid and lysophosphatidic acid phosphatase activities are higher in the outer membrane. The DNA sequencing of the pgpB gene revealed a protein of 251 amino acids which had at least five hydrophobic membrane-spanning regions. About 37 hydrophilic residues in the middle of the sequence had considerable homology with the C-terminal conserved region of the ras family genes in eucaryotes. A protein of 28,000 daltons was expressed from the pgpB gene under a tac promoter in a runaway replication plasmid. This overproduced protein also revealed the dual subcellular localization.
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- T Icho
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Radika K, Raetz CR. Purification and properties of lipid A disaccharide synthase of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1988. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)68118-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Coleman J, Raetz CR. First committed step of lipid A biosynthesis in Escherichia coli: sequence of the lpxA gene. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:1268-74. [PMID: 3277952 PMCID: PMC210902 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.3.1268-1274.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The min 4 region of the Escherichia coli genome contains genes (lpxA and lpxB) that encode proteins involved in lipid A biosynthesis. We have determined the sequence of 1,350 base pairs of DNA upstream of the lpxB gene. This fragment of DNA contains the complete coding sequence for the 28.0-kilodalton lpxA gene product and an upstream open reading frame capable of encoding a 17-kilodalton protein (ORF17). In addition there appears to be an additional open reading frame (ORF?) immediately upstream of ORF17. The initiation codon for lpxA is a GUG codon, and the start codon for ORF17 is apparently a UUG codon. The start and stop codons overlap between ORF? and ORF17, ORF17 and lpxA, and lpxA and lpxB. This overlap is suggestive of translational coupling and argues that the genes are cotranscribed. Crowell et al. (D.N. Crowell, W.S. Reznikoff, and C.R.H. Raetz, J. Bacteriol. 169:5727-5734, 1987) and Tomasiewicz and McHenry (H.G. Tomasiewicz and C.S. McHenry, J. Bacteriol. 169:5735-5744, 1987) have demonstrated that there are three similarly overlapping coding regions downstream of lpxB including dnaE, suggesting the existence of a complex operon of at least seven genes: 5'-ORF?-ORF17-lpxA-lpxB-ORF23-dnaE-ORF37-3 '.
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- J Coleman
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706
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Crowell DN, Anderson MS, Raetz CR. Molecular cloning of the genes for lipid A disaccharide synthase and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1986; 168:152-9. [PMID: 3531165 PMCID: PMC213431 DOI: 10.1128/jb.168.1.152-159.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Several enzymes have been discovered recently in crude extracts of Escherichia coli that appear to be involved in the biosynthesis of the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide. Two of these are lipid A disaccharide synthase and UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase. Lipid A disaccharide synthase activity is barely detectable in cells harboring a lesion in the lpxB (pgsB) gene. We subcloned the lpxB gene from plasmid pLC26-43 of the Clarke and Carbon collection (L. Clarke and J. Carbon, Cell 9:91-99, 1976) and localized it to a 1.7-kilobase-pair fragment of DNA counterclockwise of dnaE on the E. coli chromosome. Furthermore, we discovered a new gene (lpxA) located adjacent to and counterclockwise of lpxB that encodes or controls UDP-N-acetylglucosamine acyltransferase. Our data prove that lpxB and lpxA are transcribed in the clockwise direction and suggest that they may be cotranscribed.
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Gopalakrishnan AS, Chen YC, Temkin M, Dowhan W. Structure and expression of the gene locus encoding the phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)36095-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Icho T, Bulawa CE, Raetz CR. Molecular cloning and sequencing of the gene for CDP-diglyceride hydrolase of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38990-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Sparrow CP, Raetz CR. Purification and properties of the membrane-bound CDP-diglyceride synthetase from Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)38989-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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