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Shinotsuka Y, Nakajima R, Ogawa K, Takise K, Takeuchi Y, Tanaka H, Sasaki K. Stereoselective synthesis of D- glycero-D- manno-heptose-1β,7-bisphosphate (HBP) from D-mannurono-2,6-lactone. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:2544-2548. [PMID: 38414338 DOI: 10.1039/d4ob00139g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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The synthesis of D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1β,7-bisphosphate (HBP) from D-mannose is described. This synthetic approach is notable for the elongation of the seventh carbon, employing mannurono-2,6-lactone, the substrate-controlled establishment of the C-6 configuration, and the nucleophilic introduction of phosphate at the C-1 position through the utilization of 4,6-O-benzylidene-α-triflate.
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- Yuta Shinotsuka
- Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan.
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-H101, Ookayama, Muguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1-H101, Ookayama, Muguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi 274-8510, Japan.
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Wu T, Gómez-Coronado PA, Kubis A, Lindner SN, Marlière P, Erb TJ, Bar-Even A, He H. Engineering a synthetic energy-efficient formaldehyde assimilation cycle in Escherichia coli. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8490. [PMID: 38123535 PMCID: PMC10733421 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44247-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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One-carbon (C1) substrates, such as methanol or formate, are attractive feedstocks for circular bioeconomy. These substrates are typically converted into formaldehyde, serving as the entry point into metabolism. Here, we design an erythrulose monophosphate (EuMP) cycle for formaldehyde assimilation, leveraging a promiscuous dihydroxyacetone phosphate dependent aldolase as key enzyme. In silico modeling reveals that the cycle is highly energy-efficient, holding the potential for high bioproduct yields. Dissecting the EuMP into four modules, we use a stepwise strategy to demonstrate in vivo feasibility of the modules in E. coli sensor strains with sarcosine as formaldehyde source. From adaptive laboratory evolution for module integration, we identify key mutations enabling the accommodation of the EuMP reactions with endogenous metabolism. Overall, our study demonstrates the proof-of-concept for a highly efficient, new-to-nature formaldehyde assimilation pathway, opening a way for the development of a methylotrophic platform for a C1-fueled bioeconomy in the future.
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- Tong Wu
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 10, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
- Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institute of Biochemistry, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- TESSSI, The European Syndicate of Synthetic Scientists and Industrialists, 81 rue Réaumur, 75002, Paris, France
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 10, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Am Mühlenberg 1, 14476, Potsdam-Golm, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 10, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
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Rajendran V, Ponnuraj K. High-throughput virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation reveals NPC170742 a novel chalconoid compound as a potential inhibitor of D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate 7-phosphatase in Helicobacter pylori. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2023:1-11. [PMID: 37723879 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2023.2259483] [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: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram negative spiral shaped bacteria that causes peptic ulcer and gastric cancer. It Is the sixth most prevalent cancer in the world and the third leading cause of cancer death. The increase in reported cases of H. pylori resistance to the drugs and antibiotics shows the need for the development of new and efficient drugs against the pathogen. In the present study, D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate 7-phosphatase (GmhB), an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharides that encourages bacterial adherence, self-aggregation and identifying the host cells was modelled and the active sites were predicted through POCASA which is an automated ligand binding site prediction server. Natural product activity and species source (NPASS) is a database of 96,481 natural compounds that were subjected to virtual screening workflow that includes Qikprop, Lipinski rule, filtering out reactive functional groups followed by high throughput virtual screening and the top 10 compounds were selected for further induced fit docking along with the substrate D-glycero-β-D-manno-heptose 1,7-bisphosphate. The compound NPC170742 (Alpha, Beta, 3,4,5,2',4',6'-Octahydroxy dihydrochalcone) showed higher affinity than the substrate, and both the substrate D-glycero-β-D-manno-heptose 1,7-bisphosphate and the compound NPC170742 were subjected to molecular dynamics simulation. The results exposed the compound NPC170742 could be a potential lead compound against the enzyme D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate 7-phosphatase of H. pylori.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Vijayakumar Rajendran
- Centre for Advanced Studies in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India
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- Centre for Advanced Studies in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai, India
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Kinateder T, Drexler L, Straub K, Merkl R, Sterner R. Experimental and computational analysis of the ancestry of an evolutionary young enzyme from histidine biosynthesis. Protein Sci 2023; 32:e4536. [PMID: 36502290 PMCID: PMC9798254 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The conservation of fold and chemistry of the enzymes associated with histidine biosynthesis suggests that this pathway evolved prior to the diversification of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes. The only exception is the histidinol phosphate phosphatase (HolPase). So far, non-homologous HolPases that possess distinct folds and belong to three different protein superfamilies have been identified in various phylogenetic clades. However, their evolution has remained unknown to date. Here, we analyzed the evolutionary history of the HolPase from γ-Proteobacteria (HisB-N). It has been argued that HisB-N and its closest homologue d-glycero-d-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate 7-phosphatase (GmhB) have emerged from the same promiscuous ancestral phosphatase. GmhB variants catalyze the hydrolysis of the anomeric d-glycero-d-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate (αHBP or βHBP) with a strong preference for one anomer (αGmhB or βGmhB). We found that HisB-N from Escherichia coli shows promiscuous activity for βHBP but not αHBP, while βGmhB from Crassaminicella sp. shows promiscuous activity for HolP. Accordingly, a combined phylogenetic tree of αGmhBs, βGmhBs, and HisB-N sequences revealed that HisB-Ns form a compact subcluster derived from βGmhBs. Ancestral sequence reconstruction and in vitro analysis revealed a promiscuous HolPase activity in the resurrected enzymes prior to functional divergence of the successors. The following increase in catalytic efficiency of the HolP turnover is reflected in the shape and electrostatics of the active site predicted by AlphaFold. An analysis of the phylogenetic tree led to a revised evolutionary model that proposes the horizontal gene transfer of a promiscuous βGmhB from δ- to γ-Proteobacteria where it evolved to the modern HisB-N.
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- Thomas Kinateder
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry and Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, University of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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Analysis of the Plasmid-Based ts Allele of PA0006 Reveals Its Function in Regulation of Cell Morphology and Biosynthesis of Core Lipopolysaccharide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0048022. [PMID: 35762790 PMCID: PMC9317947 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00480-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Over 300 essential genes are predicted using transposon sequencing in the genome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. However, methods for reverse genetic analysis of essential genes are scarce. To address this issue, we developed a three-step protocol consisting of integration of deletion plasmid, introduction of temperature-sensitive rescue plasmid, and excision of integrated-deletion plasmid to construct the plasmid-based temperature-sensitive allele of essential genes. Using PA0006 as an example, we showed that PA0006(Ts) exhibited wild-type cell morphology at permissive temperature but filamentous form at restrictive temperatures. We further showed that the glycerol-mannoheptose-bisphosphate phosphatase GmhB in Escherichia coli shared 32.4% identity with that of PA0006p and functionally complemented the defect of PA0006(Ts) at 42°C. SDS-PAGE and Western blotting indicated the presence and absence of the complete core lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and B-band O-antigen in PA0006(Ts) at 30 and 42°C, respectively. An isolated suppressor sup displayed wild-type-like cell morphology but no complete core LPS or O-antigen. Genome resequencing together with comparative transcriptomic profiling identified a candidate suppressor fructose-bisphosphate phosphatase in which the promoter harbored a SNP and the transcription level was not downregulated at 42°C compared to 30°C in sup. It was further validated that fbp overexpression suppressed the lethality of PA0006(Ts) at 42°C. Taken together, our results demonstrate that PA0006 plays a role in regulation of cell morphology and biosynthesis of core LPS. This three-step protocol for construction of conditional lethal allele in P. aeruginosa should be widely applicable for genetic analysis of other essential genes of interest, including analysis of bypass suppressibility. IMPORTANCE Microbial essential genes encode nondispensable function for cell growth and therefore are ideal targets for the development of new drugs. Essential genes are readily identified using transposon-sequencing technology at the genome scale. However, genetic analysis of essential genes of interest was hampered by limited methodologies. To address this issue, we developed a three-step protocol for construction of conditional allele of essential genes in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Using PA0006 as an example, we demonstrated that the plasmid-based PA0006(Ts) mutant exhibited defects in regulation of cell morphology, formation of intact core LPS, and attachment of the O-antigen at restrictive temperatures but not at permissive temperatures. A suppressor of PA0006(Ts) was isolated through spontaneous mutations and showed restored cell morphology but not core oligosaccharide or O-antigen. This method should be widely applicable for phenotype and suppressibility analyses of other essential genes of interest in P. aeruginosa.
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A conservative distribution of tridomain NDP-heptose synthetases in actinobacteria. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2021; 65:1014-1023. [PMID: 34632535 PMCID: PMC8502628 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-021-2000-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Heptoses are important structural components of Gram-negative bacterium cell wall and participate in bacterial colonization, infection, and immune recognition. Current knowledge of NDP-heptose originating from d-sedoheptulose 7-phosphate in Grampositive bacterium remains limited. Here, in silico analysis suggested that the special tridomain NDP-heptose synthetases with isomerase, kinase, and nucleotidyltransferase activities are conservatively distributed in Actinobacteria class of Gram-positive bacterium. Enzymatical characterization of the tridomain proteins from different strains showed that they are involved in ADP-d-glycero-β-d-manno-heptose biosynthesis despite the unexpected discovery of kinase activities deficient in some proteins. The presence of three types of NDP-heptose synthetases in Gram-positive bacterium suggests that it is also a rich source of heptoses and the heptose moieties may play important roles in vivo. Our work updates the understanding of NDP-heptose biosynthesis in Gram-positive bacterium and lays a solid foundation for further physiological function explorations.
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Chiu SF, Teng KW, Wang PC, Chung HY, Wang CJ, Cheng HC, Kao MC. Helicobacter pylori GmhB enzyme involved in ADP-heptose biosynthesis pathway is essential for lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and bacterial virulence. Virulence 2021; 12:1610-1628. [PMID: 34125649 PMCID: PMC8204981 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2021.1938449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection is linked to serious gastric-related diseases including gastric cancer. However, current therapies for treating H. pylori infection are challenged by the increased antibiotic resistance of H. pylori. Therefore, it is in an urgent need to identify novel targets for drug development against H. pylori infection. In this study, HP0860 gene from H. pylori predicted to encode a D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate phosphatase (GmhB) involved in the synthesis of ADP-L-glycero-D-manno-heptose for the assembly of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the inner core region was cloned and characterized. We reported HP0860 protein is monomeric and functions as a phosphatase by converting D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate into D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1-phosphate with a preference for the β-anomer over the α-anomer of sugar phosphate substrates. Subsequently, a HP0860 knockout mutant and its complementary mutant were constructed and their phenotypic properties were examined. HP0860 knockout mutant contained both mature and immature forms of LPS and could still induce significant IL-8 secretion after gastric AGS cell infection, suggesting other enzymatic activities in HP0860 knockout mutant might be able to partially compensate for the loss of HP0860 activity. In addition, HP0860 knockout mutant was much more sensitive to antibiotic novobiocin, had decreased adherence abilities, and caused less classic hummingbird phenotype on the infected AGS cells, indicating H. pylori lacking HP0860 is less virulent. Furthermore, the disruption of HP0860 gene altered the sorting of cargo proteins into outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). The above findings confirm the importance of HP0860 in LPS core biosynthesis and shed light on therapeutic intervention against H. pylori infection.
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- Sue-Fen Chiu
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hsinchu MacKay Memorial Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Department of Life Science, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Department of Life Science, College of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Guo Z, Tang Y, Tang W, Chen Y. Heptose-containing bacterial natural products: structures, bioactivities, and biosyntheses. Nat Prod Rep 2021; 38:1887-1909. [PMID: 33704304 DOI: 10.1039/d0np00075b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Covering: up to 2020Glycosylated natural products hold great potential as drugs for the treatment of human and animal diseases. Heptoses, known as seven-carbon-chain-containing sugars, are a group of saccharides that are rarely observed in natural products. Based on the structures of the heptoses, the heptose-containing natural products can be divided into four groups, characterized by heptofuranose, highly-reduced heptopyranose, d-heptopyranose, and l-heptopyranose. Many of them possess remarkable biological properties, including antibacterial, antifungal, antitumor, and pain relief activities, thereby attracting great interest in biosynthesis and chemical synthesis studies to understand their construction mechanisms and structure-activity relationships. In this review, we summarize the structural properties, biological activities, and recent progress in the biosynthesis of bacterial natural products featuring seven-carbon-chain-containing sugars. The biosynthetic origins of the heptose moieties are emphasized.
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- Zhengyan Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, CAS Key Laboratory of Microbial Physiological and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100101 Beijing, China. and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049 Beijing, China
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ZOU XP, QIN CJ, HU J, FU JJ, TIAN GZ, MOSCOVITZ O, SEEBERGER PH, YIN J. Total synthesis of D-glycero-D-mannno-heptose 1β, 7-bisphosphate with 3-O-amyl amine linker and its monophosphate derivative. Chin J Nat Med 2020; 18:628-632. [DOI: 10.1016/s1875-5364(20)30075-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Huddleston JP, Raushel FM. Biosynthesis of GDP-d- glycero-α-d- manno-heptose for the Capsular Polysaccharide of Campylobacter jejuni. Biochemistry 2019; 58:3893-3902. [PMID: 31449400 PMCID: PMC6859792 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) structure of Campylobacter jejuni contributes to its robust fitness. Many strains contain heptose moieties in their CPS units. The precursor heptose is GDP-d-glycero-α-d-manno-heptose; modifications to the stereochemistry at C3-C6 as well as additions of methyl and phosphoramidate groups lend to the hypervariability of the C. jejuni CPS structures. Synthesis of GDP-d-glycero-α-d-manno-heptose has been described previously, but using enzymes from Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus DSM 10155. Here we describe the complete synthesis of GDP-d-glycero-α-d-manno-heptose using enzymes from C. jejuni NTCC 11168: Cj1152 and Cj1423-Cj1425. Our results yield kinetic parameters for these enzymes and outline a successful strategy for milligram-gram scale synthesis of GDP-d-glycero-α-d-manno-heptose. This achievement is critical for the characterization of other carbohydrate tailoring enzymes, which are expected to utilize GDP-d-glycero-α-d-manno-heptose for the biosynthesis of more complex carbohydrates in the CPS of C. jejuni.
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- Jamison P Huddleston
- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Texas A&M University , College Station , Texas 77843 , United States
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Chiba Y, Yoshida A, Shimamura S, Kameya M, Tomita T, Nishiyama M, Takai K. Discovery and analysis of a novel type of the serine biosynthetic enzyme phosphoserine phosphatase in Thermus thermophilus. FEBS J 2018; 286:726-736. [PMID: 30430741 DOI: 10.1111/febs.14703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Revised: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Studying the diversity of extant metabolisms and enzymes, especially those involved in the biosynthesis of primary metabolites including amino acids, is important to shed light on the evolution of life. Many organisms synthesize serine from phosphoserine via a reaction catalyzed by phosphoserine phosphatase (PSP). Two types of PSP, belonging to distinct protein superfamilies, have been reported. Genomic analyses have revealed that the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus lacks both homologs while still having the ability to synthesize serine. Here, we purified a protein from T. thermophilus which we biochemically identified as a PSP. A knockout mutant of the responsible gene (TT_C1695) was constructed, which showed serine auxotrophy. These results indicated the involvement of this gene in serine biosynthesis in T. thermophilus. TT_C1695 was originally annotated as a protein with unknown function belonging to the haloacid dehalogenase-like hydrolase (HAD) superfamily. The HAD superfamily, which comprises phosphatases against a variety of substrates, includes also the classical PSP as a member. However, the amino acid sequence of the TT_C1695 was more similar to phosphatases acting on non-phosphoserine substrates than classical PSP; therefore, a BLASTP search and phylogenetic analysis failed to predict TT_C1695 as a PSP. Our results strongly suggest that the T. thermophilus PSP and classical PSP evolved specificity for phosphoserine independently. ENZYMES: Phosphoserine phosphatase (PSP; EC 3.1.3.3); serine hydroxymethyltransferase (EC 2.1.2.1); 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.95); 3-phosphoserine aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.52).
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- Yoko Chiba
- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Japan.,Collaborative Research Institute for Innovative Microbiology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Subsurface Geobiological Analysis and Research (D-SUGAR), Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Kanagawa, Japan
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d-Sedoheptulose-7-phosphate is a common precursor for the heptoses of septacidin and hygromycin B. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:2818-2823. [PMID: 29483275 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711665115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Seven-carbon-chain-containing sugars exist in several groups of important bacterial natural products. Septacidin represents a group of l-heptopyranoses containing nucleoside antibiotics with antitumor, antifungal, and pain-relief activities. Hygromycin B, an aminoglycoside anthelmintic agent used in swine and poultry farming, represents a group of d-heptopyranoses-containing antibiotics. To date, very little is known about the biosynthesis of these compounds. Here we sequenced the genome of the septacidin producer and identified the septacidin gene cluster by heterologous expression. After determining the boundaries of the septacidin gene cluster, we studied septacidin biosynthesis by in vivo and in vitro experiments and discovered that SepB, SepL, and SepC can convert d-sedoheptulose-7-phosphate (S-7-P) to ADP-l-glycero-β-d-manno-heptose, exemplifying the involvement of ADP-sugar in microbial natural product biosynthesis. Interestingly, septacidin, a secondary metabolite from a gram-positive bacterium, shares the same ADP-heptose biosynthesis pathway with the gram-negative bacterium LPS. In addition, two acyltransferase-encoding genes sepD and sepH, were proposed to be involved in septacidin side-chain formation according to the intermediates accumulated in their mutants. In hygromycin B biosynthesis, an isomerase HygP can recognize S-7-P and convert it to ADP-d-glycero-β-d-altro-heptose together with GmhA and HldE, two enzymes from the Escherichia coli LPS heptose biosynthetic pathway, suggesting that the d-heptopyranose moiety of hygromycin B is also derived from S-7-P. Unlike the other S-7-P isomerases, HygP catalyzes consecutive isomerizations and controls the stereochemistry of both C2 and C3 positions.
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Synthesis of d - glycero - d - manno -heptose 1,7-bisphosphate (HBP) featuring a β-stereoselective bis-phosphorylation. Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Sauvageau J, Bhasin M, Guo CX, Adekoya IA, Gray-Owen SD, Oscarson S, Guazzelli L, Cox A. Alternate synthesis to d-glycero-β-d-manno-heptose 1,7-biphosphate. Carbohydr Res 2017; 450:38-43. [PMID: 28866079 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2017.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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d-glycero-β-d-manno-heptose 1,7-biphosphate (HBP) is an enzymatic intermediate in the biosynthesis of the heptose component of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), and was recently revealed to be a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) that allows detection of Gram-negative bacteria by the mammalian immune system. Cellular detection of HBP depends upon its stimulation of a cascade that leads to the phosphorylation and assembly of the TRAF-interacting with forkhead-associated domain protein A (TIFA), which activates the transcription factor NF-κB. In this note, an alternate chemical synthesis of HBP is described and its biological activity is established, providing pure material for further assessing and exploiting the biological activity of this compound.
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- Janelle Sauvageau
- Vaccine Program, Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada.
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- Vaccine Program, Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 1A8, Canada
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Vaccine Program, Human Health Therapeutics Portfolio, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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Borio A, Hofinger A, Kosma P, Zamyatina A. Chemical synthesis of the innate immune modulator – bacterial d - glycero -β- d - manno- heptose-1,7-bisphosphate (HBP). Tetrahedron Lett 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Inuki S, Aiba T, Kawakami S, Akiyama T, Inoue JI, Fujimoto Y. Chemical Synthesis of d-glycero-d-manno-Heptose 1,7-Bisphosphate and Evaluation of Its Ability to Modulate NF-κB Activation. Org Lett 2017; 19:3079-3082. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.7b01158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Shinsuke Inuki
- Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi,
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi,
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
- Department
of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1
Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi,
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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- Division
of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Cancer Biology, The
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Division
of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Cancer Biology, The
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Graduate
School of Science and Technology, Keio University 3-14-1 Hiyoshi,
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522, Japan
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Yaung SJ, Deng L, Li N, Braff JL, Church GM, Bry L, Wang HH, Gerber GK. Improving microbial fitness in the mammalian gut by in vivo temporal functional metagenomics. Mol Syst Biol 2016; 11:788. [PMID: 26148351 PMCID: PMC4380924 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20145866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Elucidating functions of commensal microbial genes in the mammalian gut is challenging because many commensals are recalcitrant to laboratory cultivation and genetic manipulation. We present Temporal FUnctional Metagenomics sequencing (TFUMseq), a platform to functionally mine bacterial genomes for genes that contribute to fitness of commensal bacteria in vivo. Our approach uses metagenomic DNA to construct large‐scale heterologous expression libraries that are tracked over time in vivo by deep sequencing and computational methods. To demonstrate our approach, we built a TFUMseq plasmid library using the gut commensal Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt) and introduced Escherichia coli carrying this library into germfree mice. Population dynamics of library clones revealed Bt genes conferring significant fitness advantages in E. coli over time, including carbohydrate utilization genes, with a Bt galactokinase central to early colonization, and subsequent dominance by a Bt glycoside hydrolase enabling sucrose metabolism coupled with co‐evolution of the plasmid library and E. coli genome driving increased galactose utilization. Our findings highlight the utility of functional metagenomics for engineering commensal bacteria with improved properties, including expanded colonization capabilities in vivo.
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Panoramic view of a superfamily of phosphatases through substrate profiling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E1974-83. [PMID: 25848029 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423570112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Large-scale activity profiling of enzyme superfamilies provides information about cellular functions as well as the intrinsic binding capabilities of conserved folds. Herein, the functional space of the ubiquitous haloalkanoate dehalogenase superfamily (HADSF) was revealed by screening a customized substrate library against >200 enzymes from representative prokaryotic species, enabling inferred annotation of ∼35% of the HADSF. An extremely high level of substrate ambiguity was revealed, with the majority of HADSF enzymes using more than five substrates. Substrate profiling allowed assignment of function to previously unannotated enzymes with known structure, uncovered potential new pathways, and identified iso-functional orthologs from evolutionarily distant taxonomic groups. Intriguingly, the HADSF subfamily having the least structural elaboration of the Rossmann fold catalytic domain was the most specific, consistent with the concept that domain insertions drive the evolution of new functions and that the broad specificity observed in HADSF may be a relic of this process.
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Pandya C, Dunaway-Mariano D, Xia Y, Allen KN. Structure-guided approach for detecting large domain inserts in protein sequences as illustrated using the haloacid dehalogenase superfamily. Proteins 2014; 82:1896-906. [PMID: 24577717 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 02/19/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In multi-domain proteins, the domains typically run end-to-end, that is, one domain follows the C-terminus of another domain. However, approximately 10% of multi-domain proteins are formed by insertion of one domain sequence into that of another domain. Detecting such insertions within protein sequences is a fundamental challenge in structural biology. The haloacid dehalogenase superfamily (HADSF) serves as a challenging model system wherein a variable cap domain (∼5-200 residues in length) accessorizes the ubiquitous Rossmann-fold core domain, with variations in insertion site and topology corresponding to different classes of cap types. Herein, we describe a comprehensive computational strategy, CapPredictor, for determining large, variable domain insertions in protein sequences. Using a novel sequence-alignment algorithm in conjunction with a structure-guided sequence profile from 154 core-domain-only structures, more than 40,000 HADSF member sequences were assigned cap types. The resulting data set afforded insight into HADSF evolution. Notably, a similar distribution of cap-type classes across different phyla was observed, indicating that all cap types existed in the last universal common ancestor. In addition, comparative analyses of the predicted cap-type and functional assignments showed that different cap types carry out similar chemistries. Thus, while cap domains play a role in substrate recognition and chemical reactivity, cap-type does not strictly define functional class. Through this example, we have shown that CapPredictor is an effective new tool for the study of form and function in protein families where domain insertion occurs.
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- Chetanya Pandya
- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Boston University, 24 Cummington Mall, Boston, Massachusetts, 02215
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Seifried A, Schultz J, Gohla A. Human HAD phosphatases: structure, mechanism, and roles in health and disease. FEBS J 2012; 280:549-71. [PMID: 22607316 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08633.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Phosphatases of the haloacid dehalogenase (HAD) superfamily of hydrolases are an ancient and very large class of enzymes that have evolved to dephosphorylate a wide range of low- and high molecular weight substrates with often exquisite specificities. HAD phosphatases constitute approximately one-fifth of all human phosphatase catalytic subunits. While the overall sequence similarity between HAD phosphatases is generally very low, family members can be identified based on the presence of a characteristic Rossmann-like fold and the active site sequence DxDx(V/T). HAD phosphatases employ an aspartate residue as a nucleophile in a magnesium-dependent phosphoaspartyl transferase reaction. Although there is genetic evidence demonstrating a causal involvement of some HAD phosphatases in diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic and neurological disorders, the physiological roles of many of these enzymes are still poorly understood. In this review, we discuss the structure and evolution of human HAD phosphatases, and summarize their known functions in health and disease.
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- Annegrit Seifried
- Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Huang H, Yury P, Toro R, Farelli JD, Pandya C, Almo SC, Allen KN, Dunaway-Mariano D. Divergence of structure and function in the haloacid dehalogenase enzyme superfamily: Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron BT2127 is an inorganic pyrophosphatase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:8937-49. [PMID: 21894910 PMCID: PMC3342813 DOI: 10.1021/bi201181q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The explosion of protein sequence information requires that current strategies for function assignment evolve to complement experimental approaches with computationally based function prediction. This necessitates the development of strategies based on the identification of sequence markers in the form of specificity determinants and a more informed definition of orthologues. Herein, we have undertaken the function assignment of the unknown haloalkanoate dehalogenase superfamily member BT2127 (Uniprot accession code Q8A5 V9) from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron using an integrated bioinformatics-structure-mechanism approach. The substrate specificity profile and steady-state rate constants of BT2127 (with a k(cat)/K(m) value for pyrophosphate of ~1 × 10(5) M(-1) s(-1)), together with the gene context, support the assigned in vivo function as an inorganic pyrophosphatase. The X-ray structural analysis of wild-type BT2127 and several variants generated by site-directed mutagenesis shows that substrate discrimination is based, in part, on active site space restrictions imposed by the cap domain (specifically by residues Tyr76 and Glu47). Structure-guided site-directed mutagenesis coupled with kinetic analysis of the mutant enzymes identified the residues required for catalysis, substrate binding, and domain-domain association. On the basis of this structure-function analysis, the catalytic residues Asp11, Asp13, Thr113, and Lys147 as well the metal binding residues Asp171, Asn172, and Glu47 were used as markers to confirm BT2127 orthologues identified via sequence searches. This bioinformatic analysis demonstrated that the biological range of BT2127 orthologue is restricted to the phylum Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi. The key structural determinants in the divergence of BT2127 and its closest homologue, β-phosphoglucomutase, control the leaving group size (phosphate vs glucose phosphate) and the position of the Asp acid/base in the open versus closed conformations. HADSF pyrophosphatases represent a third mechanistic and fold type for bacterial pyrophosphatases.
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- Hua Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215-2521
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- Bioinformatics Graduate Program, Boston University, 24 Cummington Street Boston, MA 02215-2521
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack and Pearl Resnick Campus, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
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- Department of Chemistry, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215-2521
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
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Meng EC, Babbitt PC. Topological variation in the evolution of new reactions in functionally diverse enzyme superfamilies. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2011; 21:391-7. [PMID: 21458983 PMCID: PMC3551608 DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2011.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2011] [Revised: 03/05/2011] [Accepted: 03/09/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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In functionally diverse enzyme superfamilies (SFs), conserved structural and active site features reflect catalytic capabilities 'hard-wired' in each SF architecture. Overlaid on this foundation, evolutionary changes in active site machinery, structural topology and other aspects of structural organization and interactions support the emergence of new reactions, mechanisms, and substrate specificity. This review connects topological with functional variation in each of the haloalkanoic acid dehalogenase (HAD) and vicinal oxygen chelate fold (VOC) SFs and a set of redox-active thioredoxin (Trx)-fold SFs to illustrate a few of the varied themes nature has used to evolve new functions from a limited set of structural scaffolds.
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- Elaine C. Meng
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, M/S 2240, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517, USA,
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, M/S 2240, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2517, USA,
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, M/S 2250, 1700 4 Street, San Francisco, CA 94158-2330, USA
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, San Francisco
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Brovetto M, Gamenara D, Méndez PS, Seoane GA. C-C bond-forming lyases in organic synthesis. Chem Rev 2011; 111:4346-403. [PMID: 21417217 DOI: 10.1021/cr100299p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Margarita Brovetto
- Grupo de Fisicoquímica Orgánica y Bioprocesos, Departamento de Química Orgánica, DETEMA, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Gral. Flores 2124, 11800 Montevideo, Uruguay
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Nguyen HH, Wang L, Huang H, Peisach E, Dunaway-Mariano D, Allen KN. Structural determinants of substrate recognition in the HAD superfamily member D-glycero-D-manno-heptose-1,7-bisphosphate phosphatase (GmhB) . Biochemistry 2010; 49:1082-92. [PMID: 20050614 DOI: 10.1021/bi902019q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The haloalkanoic acid dehalogenase (HAD) enzyme superfamily is the largest family of phosphohydrolases. In HAD members, the structural elements that provide the binding interactions that support substrate specificity are separated from those that orchestrate catalysis. For most HAD phosphatases, a cap domain functions in substrate recognition. However, for the HAD phosphatases that lack a cap domain, an alternate strategy for substrate selection must be operative. One such HAD phosphatase, GmhB of the HisB subfamily, was selected for structure-function analysis. Herein, the X-ray crystallographic structures of Escherichia coli GmhB in the apo form (1.6 A resolution), in a complex with Mg(2+) and orthophosphate (1.8 A resolution), and in a complex with Mg(2+) and d-glycero-d-manno-heptose 1beta,7-bisphosphate (2.2 A resolution) were determined, in addition to the structure of Bordetella bronchiseptica GmhB bound to Mg(2+) and orthophosphate (1.7 A resolution). The structures show that in place of a cap domain, the GmhB catalytic site is elaborated by three peptide inserts or loops that pack to form a concave, semicircular surface around the substrate leaving group. Structure-guided kinetic analysis of site-directed mutants was conducted in parallel with a bioinformatics study of sequence diversification within the HisB subfamily to identify loop residues that serve as substrate recognition elements and that distinguish GmhB from its subfamily counterpart, the histidinol-phosphate phosphatase domain of HisB. We show that GmhB and the histidinol-phosphate phosphatase domain use the same design of three substrate recognition loops inserted into the cap domain yet, through selective residue usage on the loops, have achieved unique substrate specificity and thus novel biochemical function.
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- Henry H Nguyen
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118-2394, USA
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