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Matallana-Surget S, Geron A, Decroo C, Wattiez R. Diel Cycle Proteomics: Illuminating Molecular Dynamics in Purple Bacteria for Optimized Biotechnological Applications. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2934. [PMID: 38474181 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 02/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
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Circadian rhythms, characterized by approximately 24 h cycles, play a pivotal role in enabling various organisms to synchronize their biological activities with daily variations. While ubiquitous in Eukaryotes, circadian clocks remain exclusively characterized in Cyanobacteria among Prokaryotes. These rhythms are regulated by a core oscillator, which is controlled by a cluster of three genes: kaiA, kaiB, and kaiC. Interestingly, recent studies revealed rhythmic activities, potentially tied to a circadian clock, in other Prokaryotes, including purple bacteria such as Rhodospirillum rubrum, known for its applications in fuel and plastic bioproduction. However, the pivotal question of how light and dark cycles influence protein dynamics and the expression of putative circadian clock genes remains unexplored in purple non-sulfur bacteria. Unraveling the regulation of these molecular clocks holds the key to unlocking optimal conditions for harnessing the biotechnological potential of R. rubrum. Understanding how its proteome responds to different light regimes-whether under continuous light or alternating light and dark cycles-could pave the way for precisely fine-tuning bioproduction processes. Here, we report for the first time the expressed proteome of R. rubrum grown under continuous light versus light and dark cycle conditions using a shotgun proteomic analysis. In addition, we measured the impact of light regimes on the expression of four putative circadian clock genes (kaiB1, kaiB2, kaiC1, kaiC2) at the transcriptional and translational levels using RT-qPCR and targeted proteomic (MRM-MS), respectively. The data revealed significant effects of light conditions on the overall differential regulation of the proteome, particularly during the early growth stages. Notably, several proteins were found to be differentially regulated during the light or dark period, thus impacting crucial biological processes such as energy conversion pathways and the general stress response. Furthermore, our study unveiled distinct regulation of the four kai genes at both the mRNA and protein levels in response to varying light conditions. Deciphering the impact of the diel cycle on purple bacteria not only enhances our understanding of their ecology but also holds promise for optimizing their applications in biotechnology, providing valuable insights into the origin and evolution of prokaryotic clock mechanisms.
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- Sabine Matallana-Surget
- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
- Proteomic and Microbiology Department, University of Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Proteomic and Microbiology Department, University of Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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- Proteomic and Microbiology Department, University of Mons, B-7000 Mons, Belgium
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Gilles-Gonzalez MA, Sousa EHS. Measurement of O 2 Binding by Sensory Hemeproteins. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2648:11-25. [PMID: 37039982 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3080-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/12/2023]
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The discovery of an increasing number of proteins that function in the detoxification and sensing of gaseous ligands has renewed interest in hemeproteins. It is critical to measure the affinities of these proteins for ligands like O2, CO, and NO, know with confidence when a protein is fully saturated with a specific ligand, and be able to estimate how well a ligand will compete against other ligands for a specific protein. Below we describe how to obtain an intact O2-binding hemeprotein with a full complement of heme, how to evaluate the factors that can impact its affinity for O2, and how to determine accurately the equilibrium and kinetic parameters Kd, kon, and koff for O2 binding.
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- Marie A Gilles-Gonzalez
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
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- Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, Federal University of Ceara, Center for Sciences, Fortaleza, Ceara, Brazil.
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Aono S, Nakajima H. Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression by Metalloproteins. PROGRESS IN REACTION KINETICS AND MECHANISM 2019. [DOI: 10.3184/007967400103165128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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FNR and SoxR are transcriptional regulators containing an iron–sulfur cluster. The iron–sulfur cluster in FNR acts as an oxygen sensor by reacting with oxygen. The structural change of the iron–sulfur cluster takes place when FNR senses oxygen, which regulates the transcriptional regulator activity of FNR through the change of the quaternary structure. SoxR contains the [2Fe–2S] cluster that regulates the transcriptional activator activity of SoxR. Only the oxidized SoxR containing the [2Fe–2S]2+ cluster is active as the transcriptional activator. CooA is a transcriptional activator containing a protoheme that acts as a CO sensor. CO is a physiological effector of CooA and regulates the transcriptional activator activity of CooA. In this review, the biochemical and biophysical properties of FNR, SoxR, and CooA are described.
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- Shigetoshi Aono
- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
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Artyukhov VG, Kalaeva EA, Putintseva OV, Polyubez'eva AI. [The modification of structural and functional properties of human hemoglobin induced by nitroglycerin under different oxygen regime conditions]. BIOMEDITSINSKAIA KHIMIIA 2016; 62:251-258. [PMID: 27420615 DOI: 10.18097/pbmc20166203251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Human oxyhemoglobin exhibits high resistance to nitroglycerin during incubation of the protein with this compound for 0.3-3 h. Prolonged exposure (24 h) leads to activation of methemoglobin production. In the presence of nitroglycerin hemoglobin molecules undergo rapid oxidation during deoxygenation with formation of methemoglobin as the terminal product of human oxyhemoglobin interaction with nitroglycerin. The scheme of interaction processes of oxyhemoglobin with nitroglycerin in different conditions of oxygen regime is proposed. Partially deliganded hemoglobin plays the leading role in the initiation of hemoglobin oxidation processes.
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Shimizu T, Huang D, Yan F, Stranava M, Bartosova M, Fojtíková V, Martínková M. Gaseous O2, NO, and CO in signal transduction: structure and function relationships of heme-based gas sensors and heme-redox sensors. Chem Rev 2015; 115:6491-533. [PMID: 26021768 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Toru Shimizu
- †Department of Cell Biology and Genetics and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2 128 43, Czech Republic
- §Research Center for Compact Chemical System, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sendai 983-8551, Japan
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- †Department of Cell Biology and Genetics and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- †Department of Cell Biology and Genetics and Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology in High Cancer Incidence Coastal Chaoshan Area of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2 128 43, Czech Republic
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2 128 43, Czech Republic
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2 128 43, Czech Republic
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- ‡Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague 2 128 43, Czech Republic
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Sues PE, Forbes MW, Lough AJ, Morris RH. Ligand-based molecular recognition and dioxygen splitting: an endo epoxide ending. Dalton Trans 2014; 43:4137-45. [PMID: 24458017 DOI: 10.1039/c3dt53495b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The phosphido complex RuCp*(PPh2CH=CHPPh2)(PPh2) (1) was exposed to a number of small molecules and was found to recognize and activate molecular oxygen in an unprecedented fashion: the ruthenium species split O2 in a ligand-based 4-electron reduction to produce an endo epoxide, as well as a phosphinito ligand. Based on XRD data, VT NMR studies, cyclooctene trapping studies, and crossover experiments it was determined that the reaction proceeded through an intramolecular mechanism in which initial oxidation of the phosphido ligand generated an end-on peroxo intermediate. This mechanism was also supported by computational studies and electrochemical experiments. In contrast, an analogue of 1, RuCp*(Ph2P(ortho-C6H4)PPh2)(PPh2) (3), reacted in an intermolecular fashion to generate two phosphinito ligands.
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- Peter E Sues
- Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H6, Canada.
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Martínková M, Kitanishi K, Shimizu T. Heme-based globin-coupled oxygen sensors: linking oxygen binding to functional regulation of diguanylate cyclase, histidine kinase, and methyl-accepting chemotaxis. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:27702-11. [PMID: 23928310 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r113.473249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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An emerging class of novel heme-based oxygen sensors containing a globin fold binds and senses environmental O2 via a heme iron complex. Structure-function relationships of oxygen sensors containing a heme-bound globin fold are different from those containing heme-bound PAS and GAF folds. It is thus worth reconsidering from an evolutionary perspective how heme-bound proteins with a globin fold similar to that of hemoglobin and myoglobin could act as O2 sensors. Here, we summarize the molecular mechanisms of heme-based oxygen sensors containing a globin fold in an effort to shed light on the O2-sensing properties and O2-stimulated catalytic enhancement observed for these proteins.
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- Markéta Martínková
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, 128 43 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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Bonaventura C, Henkens R, Alayash AI, Banerjee S, Crumbliss AL. Molecular controls of the oxygenation and redox reactions of hemoglobin. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:2298-313. [PMID: 23198874 PMCID: PMC4047995 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2012.4947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2012] [Revised: 11/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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SIGNIFICANCE The broad classes of O(2)-binding proteins known as hemoglobins (Hbs) carry out oxygenation and redox functions that allow organisms with significantly different physiological demands to exist in a wide range of environments. This is aided by allosteric controls that modulate the protein's redox reactions as well as its O(2)-binding functions. RECENT ADVANCES The controls of Hb's redox reactions can differ appreciably from the molecular controls for Hb oxygenation and come into play in elegant mechanisms for dealing with nitrosative stress, in the malarial resistance conferred by sickle cell Hb, and in the as-yet unsuccessful designs for safe and effective blood substitutes. CRITICAL ISSUES An important basic principle in consideration of Hb's redox reactions is the distinction between kinetic and thermodynamic reaction control. Clarification of these modes of control is critical to gaining an increased understanding of Hb-mediated oxidative processes and oxidative toxicity in vivo. FUTURE DIRECTIONS This review addresses emerging concepts and some unresolved questions regarding the interplay between the oxygenation and oxidation reactions of structurally diverse Hbs, both within red blood cells and under acellular conditions. Developing methods that control Hb-mediated oxidative toxicity will be critical to the future development of Hb-based blood substitutes.
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- Celia Bonaventura
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516, USA.
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Sousa EHS, Tuckerman JR, Gondim ACS, Gonzalez G, Gilles-Gonzalez MA. Signal Transduction and Phosphoryl Transfer by a FixL Hybrid Kinase with Low Oxygen Affinity: Importance of the Vicinal PAS Domain and Receiver Aspartate. Biochemistry 2013; 52:456-65. [DOI: 10.1021/bi300991r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Eduardo H. S. Sousa
- Department of Organic and Inorganic
Chemistry, Federal University of Ceara,
Center for Sciences, CEP 60455-760 Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323
Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323
Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323
Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323
Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9038, United States
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Carballal S, Madzelan P, Zinola CF, Graña M, Radi R, Banerjee R, Alvarez B. Dioxygen Reactivity and Heme Redox Potential of Truncated Human Cystathionine β-Synthase. Biochemistry 2008; 47:3194-201. [DOI: 10.1021/bi700912k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Sebastián Carballal
- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología and Laboratorio de Electroquímica Fundamental, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, Unité de Biochimie Structurale, Institut Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France, Redox Biology Center and the Biochemistry Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0664, and Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
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Gilles-Gonzalez MA, Gonzalez G, Sousa EHS, Tuckerman J. Oxygen-sensing histidine-protein kinases: assays of ligand binding and turnover of response-regulator substrates. Methods Enzymol 2008; 437:173-89. [PMID: 18433629 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)37010-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Heme-based sensors are a recently discovered functional class of heme proteins that serve to detect physiological fluctuations in oxygen (O(2)), carbon monoxide (CO), or nitric oxide (NO). Many of these modular sensors detect heme ligands by coupling a histidine-protein kinase to a heme-binding domain. They typically bind O2, CO, and NO but respond only to one of these ligands. Usually, they are active in the ferrous unliganded state but are switched off by saturation with O2. The heme-binding domains of these kinases are quite varied. They may feature a PAS fold, as in the Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Sinorhizobium melitoti FixL proteins, or a GAF fold, as in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis DevS and DosT proteins. Alternative folds, such as HNOB (also H-NOX), have also been noted for such signal-transducing kinases, although these classes are less well studied. Histidine-protein kinases function in partnership with cognate response-regulator substrate(s): usually transcription factors that they activate by phosphorylation. For example, FixL proteins specifically phosphorylate their FixJ partners, and DevS and DosT proteins phosphorylate DevR in response to hypoxia. We present methods for purifying these sensors and their protein substrates, verifying the quality of the preparations, determining the K(d) values for binding of ligand and preparing sensors of known saturation, and measuring the rates of turnover (k(cat)) of the protein substrate by sensors of known heme status.
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Sousa EHS, Tuckerman JR, Gonzalez G, Gilles-Gonzalez MA. DosT and DevS are oxygen-switched kinases in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Protein Sci 2007; 16:1708-19. [PMID: 17600145 PMCID: PMC2203369 DOI: 10.1110/ps.072897707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Exposure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to hypoxia is known to alter the expression of many genes, including ones thought to be involved in latency, via the transcription factor DevR (also called DosR). Two sensory kinases, DosT and DevS (also called DosS), control the activity of DevR. We show that, like DevS, DosT contains a heme cofactor within an N-terminal GAF domain. For full-length DosT and DevS, we determined the ligand-binding parameters and the rates of ATP reaction with the liganded and unliganded states. In both proteins, the heme state was coupled to the kinase such that the unliganded, CO-bound, and NO-bound forms were active, but the O(2)-bound form was inactive. Oxygen-bound DosT was unusually inert to oxidation to the ferric state (half life in air >60 h). Though the kinase activity of DosT was unaffected by NO, this ligand bound 5000 times more avidly than O(2) to DosT (K(d) [NO] approximately 5 nM versus K(d) [O(2)] = 26 microM). These results demonstrate direct and specific O(2) sensing by proteins in M. tuberculosis and identify for the first time a signal ligand for a sensory kinase from this organism. They also explain why exposure of M. tuberculosis to NO donors under aerobic conditions can give results identical to hypoxia, i.e., NO saturates DosT, preventing O(2) binding and yielding an active kinase.
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Rodgers KR, Lukat-Rodgers GS. Insights into heme-based O2 sensing from structure-function relationships in the FixL proteins. J Inorg Biochem 2005; 99:963-77. [PMID: 15811514 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2005] [Revised: 02/08/2005] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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FixL proteins are bacterial heme-containing signal transduction proteins responsible for sensing the O(2) concentration in the organism's environment. In Sinorhizobium meliloti FixL is a protein histidine kinase that, together with its response regulator FixJ, constitute an oxygen-sensitive switch for regulation of the organism's nitrogen fixation and microaerobic respiration genes. The O(2) sensitivity of the switch is such that it transitions during the process of symbiosis in alfalfa roots. Bradyrhizobium japonicum FixL similarly regulates microaerobic and anaerobic respiration genes during symbiosis in soybean roots. FixLs responds to low oxygen concentrations with increased autophosphorylation activity of their kinase domains. The phosphorylated FixL provides a phosphoryl group to FixJ within a FixLJ complex. The phosphorylated FixJs are transcriptionally active toward their target genes. The FixL kinase domain is inhibited when the heme in FixL is oxygenated. Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of ligand binding to both ferrous and ferric FixLs have shown a generally low affinity for ligands relative to myoglobins. These relatively low ligand affinities are attributable almost completely to diminished rates of ligand binding. The heme and its environment in liganded and unliganded FixLs have been characterized by UV-visible spectroscopy, resonance Raman spectroscopy, EXAFS, and X-ray crystallography. These studies have revealed that in the purified proteins, the heme is converted from a six-coordinate low spin state to a five-coordinate high spin state upon O(2) release. Comparisons of spectroscopic and structural characteristics of deoxyFixL with oxyFixL, met-FixL-CN, FixL-CO, and FixL-NO complexes indicate that distal affects in the heme pocket are, at least in part, responsible for communicating the ligation state of the heme to the kinase domain. The mechanisms by which ligand binding events are communicated from the heme to the kinase domain involves propagation and/or amplification of the ligation-coupled conformational transitions of the heme and its immediate protein environment. More recently, time-resolved experiments examining the nonequilibrium, ligand-coupled dynamics initiated by O(2), CO, and NO photolysis from the corresponding FixL complexes have begun to shed light on the landscape of the switching coordinate. Current thinking and understanding of the mechanism for signal transduction in the FixLJ systems are discussed in the context of these physical investigations.
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- Kenton R Rodgers
- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, North Dakota State University, Ladd Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5516, USA.
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Poli AL, Moreira LM, Hidalgo AA, Imasato H. Autoxidation studies of extracellular hemoglobin of Glossoscolex paulistus at pH 9: cyanide and hydroxyl effect. Biophys Chem 2005; 114:253-60. [PMID: 15829360 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2004] [Revised: 12/15/2004] [Accepted: 12/17/2004] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The complex oligomeric assembly of the hemoglobin subunits may influence the autoxidation rate. To understand this relation, the rate of autoxidation was studied at pH 9.0, where the Glossoscolex paulistus Hemoglobin (GpHb) dissociates. At alkaline pH, this hemoglobin is dissociated into monomers, trimers and tetramers, allowing the study of the integral protein and monomer subunit autoxidation on independent experiments. The autoxidation rate was evaluated in the presence and absence of cyanide (CN(-)), a strong field ligand to the ferric ion. The oxidation kinetic was monitored using the UV-vis absorption at 415 nm, and resulted in: i) bi-exponential kinetics for the whole hemoglobin (indicating a fast and a slow oxidative process) and ii) mono-exponential for the monomer (indicating a single process). To understand the specific characteristics of each autoxidation process, Arrhenius plots allowed the determination of the activation energy. The experimental results indicate for the whole hemoglobin in the absence of CN(-) an activation energy of 150 +/- 10 kJ mol(-1) for the fast and the slow processes. Under the same conditions the monomer displayed an activation energy of 160 +/- 10 kJ mol(-1), very close to the value obtained for the integral protein. The pseudo-second order rate constant for the whole protein autoxidation by CN(-) showed two different behaviors characterized by a rate constant k(CN1)' = 0.11 +/- 0.02 s(-1) mol(-1) L for CN(-) concentrations lower than 0.012 mol L(-1); and k(CN1)" = 0.76 +/- 0.04 s(-1) mol(-1) L at higher concentrations for the fast process, while the slow process remain constant with k(CN2) = 0.033 +/- 0.002 s(-1) mol(-1) L. The monomer has a characteristic rate constant of 0.041 +/- 0.002 s(-1) mol(-1) L for all cyanide concentrations. Comparing the results for the slow process of the whole hemoglobin and the oxidation of the monomer, it is possible to infer that the slow process has a strong contribution of the monomer in the whole hemoglobin kinetic. Moreover, as disulfide linkers sustain the trimer assembly, cooperativity may explain the higher kinetic constant for this subunit.
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Min H, Guo H, Xiong J. Rhythmic gene expression in a purple photosynthetic bacterium,Rhodobacter sphaeroides. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:808-12. [PMID: 15670851 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2004] [Revised: 01/03/2005] [Accepted: 01/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Circadian rhythms are known to exist in all groups of eukaryotic organisms as well as oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria, cyanobacteria. However, little information is available regarding the existence of rhythmic behaviors in prokaryotes other than cyanobacteria. Here we report biological rhythms of gene expression in a purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides by using a luciferase reporter gene system. Self-bioluminescent strains of Rb. sphaeroides were constructed, which produced a bacterial luciferase and its substrate, a long chain fatty aldehyde, to sustain the luminescence reaction. After being subjected to a temperature or light entrainment regime, the reporter strains with the luciferase genes driven by an upstream endogenous promoter expressed self-sustained rhythmicity in the constant free-running period. The rhythms were controlled by oxygen and exhibited a circadian period of 20.5 h under aerobic conditions and an ultradian period of 10.6-12.7 h under anaerobic conditions. The data suggest a novel endogenous oscillation mechanism in purple photosynthetic bacteria. Elucidation of the clock-like behavior in purple bacteria has implications in understanding the origin and evolution of circadian rhythms.
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- Hongtao Min
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258, USA
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Medvedev A, Bussygyna O, Pyatakova N, Glover V, Severina I. Effect of isatin on nitric oxide-stimulated soluble guanylate cyclase from human platelets. Biochem Pharmacol 2002; 63:763-6. [PMID: 11992646 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(01)00809-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Isatin, an endogenous indole, has previously been shown to inhibit atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP)-stimulated particulate guanylate cyclase activity. Here, it was shown that it can be transported to human platelets where it inhibited nitric oxide (NO)-stimulated soluble guanylate cyclase activity obtained from human platelets. The effect was most pronounced at 10(-8)M isatin and is the most potent effect of isatin yet observed. The dose response curve was bell shaped with higher doses becoming less effective. The maximal inhibition observed was of 40%. Isatin had no effect on protoporphyrin IX-stimulated guanylate cyclase. Isatin-dependent regulation of ligand-stimulated guanylate cyclases is suggested to promote a stress-induced switch in metabolism.
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- Alexei Medvedev
- Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, 10 Pogodinskaya Street, 119932, Moscow, Russia.
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Ríos-Velázquez C, Cox RL, Donohue TJ. Characterization of Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome c(2) proteins with altered heme attachment sites. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 389:234-44. [PMID: 11339813 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2001.2330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In c-type cytochromes, heme is attached to the polypeptide via thioether linkages between vinyl groups on the tetrapyrrole ring and cysteine thiols in a CX(2)CH motif. To study the role of the heme-binding site in c-type cytochrome assembly and function, we generated amino acid changes in this region of Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome c(2) ((15)Cys-Gln-Thr-Cys-His(19)). Amino acid substitutions at Cys(15), Cys(18), or His(19) produced mutant proteins that did not support growth via photosynthesis where this electron carrier is required. Many of these changes appeared to slow signal peptide removal, suggesting that heme attachment is coupled to processing of the c-type cytochrome precursor protein. Inserting an alanine between the cysteine ligands (CycA-Ins17A) did not significantly alter the behavior of this protein in vivo and in vitro, suggesting that the existence of 2 residues between cysteine thiols is not essential for heme attachment to a Class I c-type cytochrome like cytochrome c(2).
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- C Ríos-Velázquez
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 312 E. B. Fred Hall, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Tuckerman JR, Gonzalez G, Gilles-Gonzalez MA. Complexation precedes phosphorylation for two-component regulatory system FixL/FixJ of Sinorhizobium meliloti. J Mol Biol 2001; 308:449-55. [PMID: 11327779 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The FixL/FixJ two-component regulatory system of Sinorhizobium meliloti controls the expression of nitrogen fixation genes in response to O2. When phosphorylated, the transcription factor FixJ binds to the nifA and fixK promoters in S. meliloti and induces expression of the corresponding genes, both of which encode key transcription activators. Phosphorylation of FixJ has been proposed to occur via the following cascade. The sensor kinase FixL reacts with ATP independently of FixJ, transferring a phosphoryl group to one of its own histidine residues. Dissociation of O2 from a heme-binding PAS domain in FixL greatly accelerates the rate of this autophosphorylation. The phosphoryl group is rapidly transferred from phospho-FixL to an aspartate residue on FixJ. The resulting phospho-FixJ is short-lived, due to a FixL-catalyzed hydrolysis of the aspartyl phosphate. Here, we show that phosphorylation of FixLJ, i.e. the complex of FixL with FixJ, is at least tenfold faster than the phosphorylation of FixL without FixJ. We further show that a phospho-FixJ phosphatase, thought to reside in FixL, is absent from this complex. These results indicate that FixLJ reacts with ATP as a unit and much more efficiently than FixL alone, and that autophosphorylation and phosphoryl transfer do not occur independently, in sequence, but rather in a closely coupled processive reaction. These findings highlight the possible influence of synergistic interactions of the regulatory components in two-component-system signal transduction.
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- J R Tuckerman
- Departments of Biochemistry, Plant Biology, and the Plant Biotechnology Center, The Ohio State University, 1060 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1002, USA
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Hemoglobin (Hb) occurs in all the kingdoms of living organisms. Its distribution is episodic among the nonvertebrate groups in contrast to vertebrates. Nonvertebrate Hbs range from single-chain globins found in bacteria, algae, protozoa, and plants to large, multisubunit, multidomain Hbs found in nematodes, molluscs and crustaceans, and the giant annelid and vestimentiferan Hbs comprised of globin and nonglobin subunits. Chimeric hemoglobins have been found recently in bacteria and fungi. Hb occurs intracellularly in specific tissues and in circulating red blood cells (RBCs) and freely dissolved in various body fluids. In addition to transporting and storing O(2) and facilitating its diffusion, several novel Hb functions have emerged, including control of nitric oxide (NO) levels in microorganisms, use of NO to control the level of O(2) in nematodes, binding and transport of sulfide in endosymbiont-harboring species and protection against sulfide, scavenging of O(2 )in symbiotic leguminous plants, O(2 )sensing in bacteria and archaebacteria, and dehaloperoxidase activity useful in detoxification of chlorinated materials. This review focuses on the extensive variation in the functional properties of nonvertebrate Hbs, their O(2 )binding affinities, their homotropic interactions (cooperativity), and the sensitivities of these parameters to temperature and heterotropic effectors such as protons and cations. Whenever possible, it attempts to relate the ligand binding properties to the known molecular structures. The divergent and convergent evolutionary trends evident in the structures and functions of nonvertebrate Hbs appear to be adaptive in extending the inhabitable environment available to Hb-containing organisms.
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- R E Weber
- Danish Centre for Respiratory Adaptation, Department of Zoophysiology, Institute of Biology, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Miyatake H, Mukai M, Park SY, Adachi S, Tamura K, Nakamura H, Nakamura K, Tsuchiya T, Iizuka T, Shiro Y. Sensory mechanism of oxygen sensor FixL from Rhizobium meliloti: crystallographic, mutagenesis and resonance Raman spectroscopic studies. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:415-31. [PMID: 10926518 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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FixL of Rhizobium meliloti (RmFixL) is a sensor histidine kinase of the two-component system, which regulates the expression of the genes related to nitrogen fixation in the root nodule in response to the O(2) levels. The crystal structure of the sensor domain of FixL (RmFixLH), which contains a heme (Fe-porphyrin) as a sensing site, was determined at 1.4 A resolution. Based on the structural and spectroscopic analyses, we propose the O(2) sensing mechanism that differs from the case proposed in BjFixLH as follows; conformational changes in the F/G loop, which are induced by steric repulsion between the bent-bound O(2) and the Ile209 side-chain, would be transmitted to the histidine kinase domain. Interaction between the iron-bound O(2) and Ile209 was also observed in the resonance Raman spectra of RmFixLH as evidenced by the fact that the Fe-O(2) and Fe-CN stretching frequencies were shifted from 575 to 570 cm(-1) (Fe-O(2)), and 504 to 499 cm(-1), respectively, as the result of the replacement of Ile209 with an Ala residue. In the I209A mutant of RmFixL, the O(2) sensing activity was destroyed, thus confirming our proposed mechanism.
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- H Miyatake
- RIKEN Harima Institute/SPring-8, 1-1-1 Koto, Hyogo, Mikazuki-cho, 679-5148, Japan.
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Gunther MR, Sampath V, Caughey WS. Potential roles of myoglobin autoxidation in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury. Free Radic Biol Med 1999; 26:1388-95. [PMID: 10401602 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(98)00338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The source(s) of reactive partially reduced oxygen species associated with myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury remain unclear and controversial. Myoglobin has not been viewed as a participant but is present in relatively high concentrations in heart muscle and, even under normal conditions, undergoes reactions that generate met (Fe3+) species and also superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, and other oxidants, albeit slowly. The degree to which the decrease in pH and the freeing of copper ions, as well as the variations in pO2 associated with ischemia and reperfusion increase the rates of such myoglobin reactions has been investigated. Solutions of extensively purified myoglobin from bovine heart in 50 mM sodium phosphate buffer were examined at 37 degrees C. Sufficiently marked rate increases were observed to indicate that reactions of myoglobin can indeed contribute substantially to the oxidant stress associated with ischemia/reperfusion injury in myocardial tissues. These findings provide additional targets for therapeutic interventions.
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- M R Gunther
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA
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The past several years have been witness to a staggering rate of advancement in the understanding of how organisms respond to changes in the availability of diatomic molecules that are toxic and/or crucial to survival. Heme-based sensors presently constitute the majority of the proteins known to sense NO, O2 and CO and to initiate the chemistry required to adapt to changes in their availabilities. Knowledge of the three characterized members of this class, soluble guanylate cyclase, FixL and CooA, has grown substantially during the past year. The major advances have resulted from a broad range of approaches to elucidation of both function and mechanism. They include growth in the understanding of the interplay between the heme and protein in soluble guanylate cyclase, as well as alternate means for its stimulation. Insight into the O2-induced structural changes in FixL has been supplied by the single crystal structure of the heme domain of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Finally, the ligation environment and ligand interchange that facilitates CO sensing by CooA has been established by spectroscopic and mutagenesis techniques.
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- K R Rodgers
- Department of Chemistry, Ladd Hall, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5516, USA
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