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Liu X, Li J, Zhang Z, He Y, Wang M, Zhao Y, Lin S, Liu T, Liao Y, Zhang N, Yuan K, Ling Y, Liu Z, Chen X, Chen Z, Chen R, Wang X, Gu B. Acetylation of xenogeneic silencer H-NS regulates biofilm development through the nitrogen homeostasis regulator in Shewanella. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:2886-2903. [PMID: 38142446 PMCID: PMC11014242 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Adjusting intracellular metabolic pathways and adopting suitable live state such as biofilms, are crucial for bacteria to survive environmental changes. Although substantial progress has been made in understanding how the histone-like nucleoid-structuring (H-NS) protein modulates the expression of the genes involved in biofilm formation, the precise modification that the H-NS protein undergoes to alter its DNA binding activity is still largely uncharacterized. This study revealed that acetylation of H-NS at Lys19 inhibits biofilm development in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by downregulating the expression of glutamine synthetase, a critical enzyme in glutamine synthesis. We further found that nitrogen starvation, a likely condition in biofilm development, induces deacetylation of H-NS and the trimerization of nitrogen assimilation regulator GlnB. The acetylated H-NS strain exhibits significantly lower cellular glutamine concentration, emphasizing the requirement of H-NS deacetylation in Shewanella biofilm development. Moreover, we discovered in vivo that the activation of glutamine biosynthesis pathway and the concurrent suppression of the arginine synthesis pathway during both pellicle and attached biofilms development, further suggesting the importance of fine tune nitrogen assimilation by H-NS acetylation in Shewanella. In summary, posttranslational modification of H-NS endows Shewanella with the ability to respond to environmental needs by adjusting the intracellular metabolism pathways.
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- Xiaoxiao Liu
- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
- School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), No. 1119, Haibin Road, Nansha District, Guangzhou 511458, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Laboratory Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510000, China
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Mostert D, Bubeneck WA, Rauh T, Kielkowski P, Itzen A, Jung K, Sieber SA. Pronucleotide Probes Reveal a Diverging Specificity for AMPylation vs UMPylation of Human and Bacterial Nucleotide Transferases. Biochemistry 2024; 63:651-659. [PMID: 38388156 PMCID: PMC10918828 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
Abstract
AMPylation is a post-translational modification utilized by human and bacterial cells to modulate the activity and function of specific proteins. Major AMPylators such as human FICD and bacterial VopS have been studied extensively for their substrate and target scope in vitro. Recently, an AMP pronucleotide probe also facilitated the in situ analysis of AMPylation in living cells. Based on this technology, we here introduce a novel UMP pronucleotide probe and utilize it to profile uninfected and Vibrio parahaemolyticus infected human cells. Mass spectrometric analysis of labeled protein targets reveals an unexpected promiscuity of human nucleotide transferases with an almost identical target set of AMP- and UMPylated proteins. Vice versa, studies in cells infected by V. parahaemolyticus and its effector VopS revealed solely AMPylation of host enzymes, highlighting a so far unknown specificity of this transferase for ATP. Taken together, pronucleotide probes provide an unprecedented insight into the in situ activity profile of crucial nucleotide transferases, which can largely differ from their in vitro activity.
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- Dietrich Mostert
- Center
for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry,
Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technical
University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Center
for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry,
Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technical
University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Center
for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry,
Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technical
University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 81377 München, Germany
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Signal Transduction, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department
of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Center
for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry,
Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technical
University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Sun Y, Zhang Y, Zhao T, Luan Y, Wang Y, Yang C, Shen B, Huang X, Li G, Zhao S, Zhao G, Wang Q. Acetylation coordinates the crosstalk between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation in Salmonella enterica. EMBO J 2023; 42:e112333. [PMID: 37183585 PMCID: PMC10308350 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022112333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Enteric bacteria use up to 15% of their cellular energy for ammonium assimilation via glutamine synthetase (GS)/glutamate synthase (GOGAT) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) in response to varying ammonium availability. However, the sensory mechanisms for effective and appropriate coordination between carbon metabolism and ammonium assimilation have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report that in Salmonella enterica, carbon metabolism coordinates the activities of GS/GDH via functionally reversible protein lysine acetylation. Glucose promotes Pat acetyltransferase-mediated acetylation and activation of adenylylated GS. Simultaneously, glucose induces GDH acetylation to inactivate the enzyme by impeding its catalytic centre, which is reversed upon GDH deacetylation by deacetylase CobB. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations indicate that adenylylation is required for acetylation-dependent activation of GS. We show that acetylation and deacetylation occur within minutes of "glucose shock" to promptly adapt to ammonium/carbon variation and finely balance glutamine/glutamate synthesis. Finally, in a mouse infection model, reduced S. enterica growth caused by the expression of adenylylation-mimetic GS is rescued by acetylation-mimicking mutations. Thus, glucose-driven acetylation integrates signals from ammonium assimilation and carbon metabolism to fine-tune bacterial growth control.
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- Yunwei Sun
- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalianChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic ProgramYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- CAS‐Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical PhysicsChinese Academy of SciencesDalianChina
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- State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering & Institutes of Biomedical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Biotherapy, West China HospitalSichuan UniversityChengduChina
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- CAS‐Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological SciencesChinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiChina
- State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering & Institutes of Biomedical SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life SciencesFudan UniversityShanghaiChina
- Shanghai‐MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health GenomicsChinese National Human Genome Center at ShanghaiShanghaiChina
- Department of Microbiology and Li KaShing Institute of Health SciencesThe Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales HospitalShatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SARChina
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- Department of Gastroenterology of Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Institute of ImmunologyShanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghaiChina
- Department of Pharmacology, Vascular Biology and Therapeutic ProgramYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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Lu T, Li Q, Lin W, Zhao X, Li F, Ji J, Zhang Y, Xu N. Gut Microbiota-Derived Glutamine Attenuates Liver Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury via Macrophage Metabolic Reprogramming. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2023; 15:1255-1275. [PMID: 36706918 PMCID: PMC10140379 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Many studies have revealed crucial roles of the gut microbiota and its metabolites in liver disease progression. However, the mechanism underlying their effects on liver ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury remain largely unknown. Here, we investigate the function of gut microbiota and its metabolites in liver I/R injury. METHODS C57BL/6 mice was pretreated with an antibiotic cocktail. Then, we used multi-omics detection methods including 16s rRNA sequencing, ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) to explore the changes of gut microbiota and metabolites in both feces and portal blood to reveal the mechanism of their protective effect in liver I/R injury. RESULTS We found that antibiotic pretreatment (ABX) could significantly reduce the severity of I/R-induced hepatic injury, and this effect could be transferred to germ-free mice by fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT), suggesting a protective role of the gut microbiota depletion. During I/R, the rates of serum α-ketoglutarate (αKG) production and glutamate reduction, downstream products of gut microbiota-derived glutamine, were more significant in the ABX mice. Then, we showed that αKG could promote alternative (M2) macrophage activation through oxidative phosphorylation, and oligomycin A could inhibit M2 macrophage polarization and reversed this protective effect. CONCLUSIONS These findings show that the gut microbiota and its metabolites play critical roles in hepatic I/R injury by modulating macrophage metabolic reprogramming. Potential therapies that target macrophage metabolism, including antibiotic therapies and novel immunometabolism modulators, can be exploited for the treatment of liver I/R injury.
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- Tianfei Lu
- Abdominal Transplant Surgery Center, Ruijing Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Sorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine, CRSA, AP-HP, Saint Antoine Hospital, Gastroenterology Department, Paris, France, Paris Centre for Microbiome Medicine FHU, Paris, France
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Rat & Mouse Biotech Co, Ltd, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Cholangio-Pancreatic Surgery, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Digestive Endoscopy Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Liver Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.
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Nisar A, Gongye X, Huang Y, Khan S, Chen M, Wu B, He M. Genome-Wide Analyses of Proteome and Acetylome in Zymomonas mobilis Under N 2-Fixing Condition. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740555. [PMID: 34803957 PMCID: PMC8600466 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.740555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Zymomonas mobilis, a promising candidate for industrial biofuel production, is capable of nitrogen fixation naturally without hindering ethanol production. However, little is known about the regulation of nitrogen fixation in Z. mobilis. We herein conducted a high throughput analysis of proteome and protein acetylation in Z. mobilis under N2-fixing conditions and established its first acetylome. The upregulated proteins mainly belong to processes of nitrogen fixation, motility, chemotaxis, flagellar assembly, energy production, transportation, and oxidation–reduction. Whereas, downregulated proteins are mainly related to energy-consuming and biosynthetic processes. Our acetylome analyses revealed 197 uniquely acetylated proteins, belonging to major pathways such as nitrogen fixation, central carbon metabolism, ammonia assimilation pathway, protein biosynthesis, and amino acid metabolism. Further, we observed acetylation in glycolytic enzymes of central carbon metabolism, the nitrogenase complex, the master regulator NifA, and the enzyme in GS/GOGAT cycle. These findings suggest that protein acetylation may play an important role in regulating various aspects of N2-metabolism in Z. mobilis. This study provides new knowledge of specific proteins and their associated cellular processes and pathways that may be regulated by protein acetylation in Z. mobilis.
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- Ayesha Nisar
- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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McCully AL, Onyeziri MC, LaSarre B, Gliessman JR, McKinlay JB. Reductive tricarboxylic acid cycle enzymes and reductive amino acid synthesis pathways contribute to electron balance in a Rhodospirillum rubrum Calvin-cycle mutant. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2020; 166:199-211. [PMID: 31774392 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Purple non-sulfur bacteria (PNSB) use light for energy and organic substrates for carbon and electrons when growing photoheterotrophically. This lifestyle generates more reduced electron carriers than are required for biosynthesis, even during consumption of some of the most oxidized organic substrates like malate and fumarate. Reduced electron carriers not used in biosynthesis must still be oxidized for photoheterotrophic growth to occur. Diverse PNSB commonly rely on the CO2-fixing Calvin cycle to oxidize reduced electron carriers. Some PNSB also produce H2 or reduce terminal electron acceptors as alternatives to the Calvin cycle. Rhodospirillum rubrum Calvin-cycle mutants defy this trend by growing phototrophically on malate or fumarate without H2 production or access to terminal electron acceptors. We used 13C-tracer experiments to examine how a Rs. rubrum Calvin-cycle mutant maintains electron balance under such conditions. We detected the reversal of some tricarboxylic acid cycle enzymes, carrying reductive flux from malate or fumarate to αKG. This pathway and the reductive synthesis of αKG-derived amino acids are likely important for electron balance, as supplementing the growth medium with αKG-derived amino acids prevented Rs. rubrum Calvin-cycle-mutant growth unless a terminal electron acceptor was provided. Flux estimates also suggested that the Calvin-cycle mutant preferentially synthesized isoleucine using the reductive threonine-dependent pathway instead of the less-reductive citramalate-dependent pathway. Collectively, our results suggest that alternative biosynthetic pathways can contribute to electron balance within the constraints of a relatively constant biomass composition.
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- Alexandra L McCully
- Present address: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.,Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Kukolj C, Pedrosa FO, de Souza GA, Sumner LW, Lei Z, Sumner B, do Amaral FP, Juexin W, Trupti J, Huergo LF, Monteiro RA, Valdameri G, Stacey G, de Souza EM. Proteomic and Metabolomic Analysis of Azospirillum brasilense ntrC Mutant under High and Low Nitrogen Conditions. J Proteome Res 2019; 19:92-105. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Caroline Kukolj
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
- MU Metabolomics Center, University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
- MU Metabolomics Center, University of Missouri, Bond Life Sciences Center, 1201 Rollins Street, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Setor Litoral, UFPR, Matinhos, Paraná 80060-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná 80060-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal do Paraná, UFPR, P.O. Box 19046, 81531980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
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Khaleque HN, Shafique R, Kaksonen AH, Boxall NJ, Watkin EL. Quantitative proteomics using SWATH-MS identifies mechanisms of chloride tolerance in the halophilic acidophile Acidihalobacter prosperus DSM 14174. Res Microbiol 2018; 169:638-648. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Revised: 07/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/11/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Fatty acid biosynthesis is enhanced in Escherichia coli strains with deletion in genes encoding the PII signaling proteins. Arch Microbiol 2018; 201:209-214. [PMID: 30506165 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-018-1603-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/24/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
The committed and rate-limiting step in fatty acid biosynthesis is catalyzed by acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC). In previous studies we showed that ACC activity is inhibited through interactions with the PII signaling proteins in vitro. Here we provide in vivo support for that model; we noted that PII proteins are able to reduce malonyl-CoA levels in vivo in Escherichia coli. Furthermore, we show that fatty acid biosynthesis is strongly enhanced in E. coli strains carrying deletions in PII coding genes. Given that PII proteins act as conserved negative regulators of ACC in Bacteria, our findings may be explored to engineer other prokaryotes to improve fatty acid yields, thereby turning microbial biofuel production economically competitive in the future.
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Biosensors-Based In Vivo Quantification of 2-Oxoglutarate in Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria. Life (Basel) 2018; 8:life8040051. [PMID: 30373229 PMCID: PMC6315671 DOI: 10.3390/life8040051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 10/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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2-oxoglutarate (α-ketoglutarate; 2-OG) is an intermediate of the Krebs cycle, and constitutes the carbon skeleton for nitrogen assimilation and the synthesis of a variety of compounds. In addition to being an important metabolite, 2-OG is a signaling molecule with a broad regulatory repertoire in a variety of organisms, including plants, animals, and bacteria. Although challenging, measuring the levels and variations of metabolic signals in vivo is critical to better understand how cells control specific processes. To measure cellular 2-OG concentrations and dynamics, we designed a set of biosensors based on the fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) technology that can be used in vivo in different organisms. For this purpose, we took advantage of the conformational changes of two cyanobacterial proteins induced by 2-OG binding. We show that these biosensors responded immediately and specifically to different 2-OG levels, and hence allowed to measure 2-OG variations in function of environmental modifications in the proteobacterium Escherichia coli and in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Our results pave the way to study 2-OG dynamics at the cellular level in uni- and multi-cellular organisms.
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Rydzak T, Garcia D, Stevenson DM, Sladek M, Klingeman DM, Holwerda EK, Amador-Noguez D, Brown SD, Guss AM. Deletion of Type I glutamine synthetase deregulates nitrogen metabolism and increases ethanol production in Clostridium thermocellum. Metab Eng 2017; 41:182-191. [PMID: 28400329 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 03/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Clostridium thermocellum rapidly deconstructs cellulose and ferments resulting hydrolysis products into ethanol and other products, and is thus a promising platform organism for the development of cellulosic biofuel production via consolidated bioprocessing. While recent metabolic engineering strategies have targeted eliminating canonical fermentation products (acetate, lactate, formate, and H2), C. thermocellum also secretes amino acids, which has limited ethanol yields in engineered strains to approximately 70% of the theoretical maximum. To investigate approaches to decrease amino acid secretion, we attempted to reduce ammonium assimilation by deleting the Type I glutamine synthetase (glnA) in an essentially wild type strain of C. thermocellum. Deletion of glnA reduced levels of secreted valine and total amino acids by 53% and 44% respectively, and increased ethanol yields by 53%. RNA-seq analysis revealed that genes encoding the RNF-complex were more highly expressed in ΔglnA and may have a role in improving NADH-availability for ethanol production. While a significant up-regulation of genes involved in nitrogen assimilation and urea uptake suggested that deletion of glnA induces a nitrogen starvation response, metabolomic analysis showed an increase in intracellular glutamine levels indicative of nitrogen-rich conditions. We propose that deletion of glnA causes deregulation of nitrogen metabolism, leading to overexpression of nitrogen metabolism genes and, in turn, elevated glutamine levels. Here we demonstrate that perturbation of nitrogen assimilation is a promising strategy to redirect flux from the production of nitrogenous compounds toward biofuels in C. thermocellum.
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- Thomas Rydzak
- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States; BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States.
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Sanchuki HBS, Gravina F, Rodrigues TE, Gerhardt ECM, Pedrosa FO, Souza EM, Raittz RT, Valdameri G, de Souza GA, Huergo LF. Dynamics of the Escherichia coli proteome in response to nitrogen starvation and entry into the stationary phase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2016; 1865:344-352. [PMID: 27939605 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2016.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2016] [Revised: 12/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Nitrogen is needed for the biosynthesis of biomolecules including proteins and nucleic acids. In the absence of fixed nitrogen prokaryotes such as E. coli immediately ceases growth. Ammonium is the preferred nitrogen source for E. coli supporting the fastest growth rates. Under conditions of ammonium limitation, E. coli can use alternative nitrogen sources to supply ammonium ions and this reprogramming is led by the induction of the NtrC regulon. Here we used label free proteomics to determine the dynamics of E. coli proteins expression in response to ammonium starvation in both the short (30min) and the longer (60min) starvation. Protein abundances and post-translational modifications confirmed that activation of the NtrC regulon acts as the first line of defense against nitrogen starvation. The ribosome inactivating protein Rmf was induced shortly after ammonium exhaustion and this was preceded by induction of other ribosome inactivating proteins such as Hpf and RaiA supporting the hypothesis that ribosome shut-down is a key process during nitrogen limitation stress. The proteomic data revealed that growth arrest due to nitrogen starvation correlates with the accumulation of proteins involved in DNA condensation, RNA and protein catabolism and ribosome hibernation. Collectively, these proteome adaptations will result in metabolic inactive cells which are likely to exhibit multidrug tolerance.
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Setor de Educação Profissional e Tecnológica, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Departamento de Análises Clínicas, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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- Department of Immunology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, The Proteomics Core Facility, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway; Instituto do Cérebro, UFRN, Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, UFPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Setor Litoral, UFPR, Matinhos, PR, Brazil.
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Bren A, Park JO, Towbin BD, Dekel E, Rabinowitz JD, Alon U. Glucose becomes one of the worst carbon sources for E.coli on poor nitrogen sources due to suboptimal levels of cAMP. Sci Rep 2016; 6:24834. [PMID: 27109914 PMCID: PMC4843011 DOI: 10.1038/srep24834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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In most conditions, glucose is the best carbon source for E. coli: it provides faster growth than other sugars, and is consumed first in sugar mixtures. Here we identify conditions in which E. coli strains grow slower on glucose than on other sugars, namely when a single amino acid (arginine, glutamate, or proline) is the sole nitrogen source. In sugar mixtures with these nitrogen sources, E. coli still consumes glucose first, but grows faster rather than slower after exhausting glucose, generating a reversed diauxic shift. We trace this counterintuitive behavior to a metabolic imbalance: levels of TCA-cycle metabolites including α-ketoglutarate are high, and levels of the key regulatory molecule cAMP are low. Growth rates were increased by experimentally increasing cAMP levels, either by adding external cAMP, by genetically perturbing the cAMP circuit or by inhibition of glucose uptake. Thus, the cAMP control circuitry seems to have a ‘bug’ that leads to slow growth under what may be an environmentally rare condition.
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- Anat Bren
- Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel 76100
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel 76100
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- Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel 76100
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.,Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel 76100
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The metabolite 2-oxoglutarate (also known as α-ketoglutarate, 2-ketoglutaric acid, or oxoglutaric acid) lies at the intersection between the carbon and nitrogen metabolic pathways. This compound is a key intermediate of one of the most fundamental biochemical pathways in carbon metabolism, the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle. In addition, 2-oxoglutarate also acts as the major carbon skeleton for nitrogen-assimilatory reactions. Experimental data support the conclusion that intracellular levels of 2-oxoglutarate fluctuate according to nitrogen and carbon availability. This review summarizes how nature has capitalized on the ability of 2-oxoglutarate to reflect cellular nutritional status through evolution of a variety of 2-oxoglutarate-sensing regulatory proteins. The number of metabolic pathways known to be regulated by 2-oxoglutarate levels has increased significantly in recent years. The signaling properties of 2-oxoglutarate are highlighted by the fact that this metabolite regulates the synthesis of the well-established master signaling molecule, cyclic AMP (cAMP), in Escherichia coli.
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Chantranupong L, Wolfson RL, Sabatini DM. Nutrient-sensing mechanisms across evolution. Cell 2015; 161:67-83. [PMID: 25815986 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.02.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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For organisms to coordinate their growth and development with nutrient availability, they must be able to sense nutrient levels in their environment. Here, we review select nutrient-sensing mechanisms in a few diverse organisms. We discuss how these mechanisms reflect the nutrient requirements of specific species and how they have adapted to the emergence of multicellularity in eukaryotes.
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- Lynne Chantranupong
- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Biology, 9 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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Thomsen HC, Eriksson D, Møller IS, Schjoerring JK. Cytosolic glutamine synthetase: a target for improvement of crop nitrogen use efficiency? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 19:656-63. [PMID: 25017701 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2014] [Revised: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 06/02/2014] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Overexpression of the cytosolic enzyme glutamine synthetase 1 (GS1) has been investigated in numerous cases with the goal of improving crop nitrogen use efficiency. However, the outcome has generally been inconsistent. Here, we review possible reasons underlying the lack of success and conclude that GS1 activity may be downregulated via a chain of processes elicited by metabolic imbalances and environmental constraints. We suggest that a pivotal role of GS1 may be related to the maintenance of essential nitrogen (N) flows and internal N sensing during critical stages of plant development. A number of more refined overexpression strategies exploiting gene stacking combined with tissue and cell specific targeting to overcome metabolic bottlenecks are considered along with their potential in relation to new N management strategies.
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- Hanne C Thomsen
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Plant and Soil Science Section, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Plant and Soil Science Section, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Plant and Soil Science Section, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Plant and Soil Science Section, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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Inhibition of glutamine synthetase: a potential drug target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecules 2014; 19:13161-76. [PMID: 25162957 PMCID: PMC6271674 DOI: 10.3390/molecules190913161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2014] [Revised: 08/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Globally, tuberculosis is second only to AIDS in mortality and the disease is responsible for over 1.3 million deaths each year. The impractically long treatment schedules (generally 6-9 months) and unpleasant side effects of the current drugs often lead to poor patient compliance, which in turn has resulted in the emergence of multi-, extensively- and totally-drug resistant strains. The development of new classes of anti-tuberculosis drugs and new drug targets is of global importance, since attacking the bacterium using multiple strategies provides the best means to prevent resistance. This review presents an overview of the various strategies and compounds utilized to inhibit glutamine synthetase, a promising target for the development of drugs for TB therapy.
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Genetic analysis of the assimilation of C5-dicarboxylic acids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2543-51. [PMID: 24794562 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01615-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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There is a wealth of information on the genetic regulation and biochemical properties of bacterial C4-dicarboxylate transport systems. In sharp contrast, there are far fewer studies describing the transport and assimilation of C5-dicarboxylates among bacteria. In an effort to better our understanding on this subject, we identified the structural and regulatory genes necessary for the utilization of α-ketoglutarate (α-KG) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. The PA5530 gene, encoding a putative dicarboxylate transporter, was found to be essential for the growth of P. aeruginosa PAO1 on both α-KG and glutarate (another C5-dicarboxylate). Metabolite analysis confirmed that the PA5530 gene was necessary for the uptake of extracellular α-KG. Like other substrate-inducible transporter genes, expression of the PA5530 gene was induced by extracellular C5-dicarboxylates. It was later found that the expression of the PA5530 gene was driven solely by a -24/-12 promoter recognized by the alternative sigma factor RpoN. Surprisingly, the enhancer binding protein MifR, which is known to have an essential role in biofilm development, was required for the expression of the PA5530 gene. The MifR protein is homologous to other transcriptional regulators involved in dicarboxylate assimilation, suggesting that MifR might interact with RpoN to activate the expression of the PA5530 gene in response to extracellular C5-dicarboxylates, especially α-KG. The results of this study provide a framework for exploring the assimilation of α-KG in other pseudomonads.
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Andrade-Domínguez A, Salazar E, Vargas-Lagunas MDC, Kolter R, Encarnación S. Eco-evolutionary feedbacks drive species interactions. ISME JOURNAL 2013; 8:1041-54. [PMID: 24304674 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In the biosphere, many species live in close proximity and can thus interact in many different ways. Such interactions are dynamic and fall along a continuum between antagonism and cooperation. Because interspecies interactions are the key to understanding biological communities, it is important to know how species interactions arise and evolve. Here, we show that the feedback between ecological and evolutionary processes has a fundamental role in the emergence and dynamics of species interaction. Using a two-species artificial community, we demonstrate that ecological processes and rapid evolution interact to influence the dynamics of the symbiosis between a eukaryote (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and a bacterium (Rhizobium etli). The simplicity of our experimental design enables an explicit statement of causality. The niche-constructing activities of the fungus were the key ecological process: it allowed the establishment of a commensal relationship that switched to ammensalism and provided the selective conditions necessary for the adaptive evolution of the bacteria. In this latter state, the bacterial population radiates into more than five genotypes that vary with respect to nutrient transport, metabolic strategies and global regulation. Evolutionary diversification of the bacterial populations has strong effects on the community; the nature of interaction subsequently switches from ammensalism to antagonism where bacteria promote yeast extinction. Our results demonstrate the importance of the evolution-to-ecology pathway in the persistence of interactions and the stability of communities. Thus, eco-evolutionary dynamics have the potential to transform the structure and functioning of ecosystems. Our results suggest that these dynamics should be considered to improve our understanding of beneficial and detrimental host-microbe interactions.
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, México
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van Heeswijk WC, Westerhoff HV, Boogerd FC. Nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli: putting molecular data into a systems perspective. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2013; 77:628-95. [PMID: 24296575 PMCID: PMC3973380 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00025-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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We present a comprehensive overview of the hierarchical network of intracellular processes revolving around central nitrogen metabolism in Escherichia coli. The hierarchy intertwines transport, metabolism, signaling leading to posttranslational modification, and transcription. The protein components of the network include an ammonium transporter (AmtB), a glutamine transporter (GlnHPQ), two ammonium assimilation pathways (glutamine synthetase [GS]-glutamate synthase [glutamine 2-oxoglutarate amidotransferase {GOGAT}] and glutamate dehydrogenase [GDH]), the two bifunctional enzymes adenylyl transferase/adenylyl-removing enzyme (ATase) and uridylyl transferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (UTase), the two trimeric signal transduction proteins (GlnB and GlnK), the two-component regulatory system composed of the histidine protein kinase nitrogen regulator II (NRII) and the response nitrogen regulator I (NRI), three global transcriptional regulators called nitrogen assimilation control (Nac) protein, leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp), and cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein (Crp), the glutaminases, and the nitrogen-phosphotransferase system. First, the structural and molecular knowledge on these proteins is reviewed. Thereafter, the activities of the components as they engage together in transport, metabolism, signal transduction, and transcription and their regulation are discussed. Next, old and new molecular data and physiological data are put into a common perspective on integral cellular functioning, especially with the aim of resolving counterintuitive or paradoxical processes featured in nitrogen assimilation. Finally, we articulate what still remains to be discovered and what general lessons can be learned from the vast amounts of data that are available now.
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Huergo LF, Chandra G, Merrick M. PIIsignal transduction proteins: nitrogen regulation and beyond. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2013; 37:251-83. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.00351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 07/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/26/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Shimizu K. Metabolic Regulation of a Bacterial Cell System with Emphasis on Escherichia coli Metabolism. ISRN BIOCHEMISTRY 2013; 2013:645983. [PMID: 25937963 PMCID: PMC4393010 DOI: 10.1155/2013/645983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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It is quite important to understand the overall metabolic regulation mechanism of bacterial cells such as Escherichia coli from both science (such as biochemistry) and engineering (such as metabolic engineering) points of view. Here, an attempt was made to clarify the overall metabolic regulation mechanism by focusing on the roles of global regulators which detect the culture or growth condition and manipulate a set of metabolic pathways by modulating the related gene expressions. For this, it was considered how the cell responds to a variety of culture environments such as carbon (catabolite regulation), nitrogen, and phosphate limitations, as well as the effects of oxygen level, pH (acid shock), temperature (heat shock), and nutrient starvation.
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- Kazuyuki Shimizu
- Kyushu Institute of Technology, Fukuoka, Iizuka 820-8502, Japan
- Institute of Advanced Bioscience, Keio University, Yamagata, Tsuruoka 997-0017, Japan
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Ortega JL, Wilson OL, Sengupta-Gopalan C. The 5' untranslated region of the soybean cytosolic glutamine synthetase β(1) gene contains prokaryotic translation initiation signals and acts as a translational enhancer in plants. Mol Genet Genomics 2012; 287:881-93. [PMID: 23080263 PMCID: PMC3881598 DOI: 10.1007/s00438-012-0724-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Glutamine synthetase (GS) catalyzes the synthesis of glutamine from glutamate and ammonia. In plants, it occurs as two major isoforms, a cytosolic form (GS(1)) and a nuclear encoded chloroplastic form. The focus of this paper is to determine the role of the 5'UTR of a GS(1) gene. GS(1) gene constructs with and without its 5' and 3' UTRs, driven by a constitutive promoter, were agroinfiltrated into tobacco leaves and the tissues were analyzed for both transgene transcript and protein accumulation. The constructs were also tested in an in vitro transcription/translation system and in Escherichia coli. Our results showed that while the 3'UTR functioned in the destabilization of the transcript, the 5'UTR acted as a translation enhancer in plant cells but not in the in vitro translation system. The 5'UTR of the GS(1) gene when placed in front of a reporter gene (uidA), showed a 20-fold increase in the level of GUS expression in agroinfiltrated leaves when compared to the same gene construct without the 5'UTR. The 5'UTR-mediated translational enhancement is probably another step in the regulation of GS in plants. The presence of the GS(1) 5'UTR in front of the GS(1) coding region allowed for its translation in E. coli suggesting the commonality of the translation initiation mechanism for this gene between plants and bacteria.
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- Jose Luis Ortega
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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- Molecular Biology Graduate Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM 88003, USA,
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Kim M, Zhang Z, Okano H, Yan D, Groisman A, Hwa T. Need-based activation of ammonium uptake in Escherichia coli. Mol Syst Biol 2012; 8:616. [PMID: 23010999 PMCID: PMC3472687 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2012.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The efficient sequestration of nutrients is vital for the growth and survival of microorganisms. Some nutrients, such as CO2 and NH3, are readily diffusible across the cell membrane. The large membrane permeability of these nutrients obviates the need of transporters when the ambient level is high. When the ambient level is low, however, maintaining a high intracellular nutrient level against passive back diffusion is both challenging and costly. Here, we study the delicate management of ammonium (NH4+/NH3) sequestration by E. coli cells using microfluidic chemostats. We find that as the ambient ammonium concentration is reduced, E. coli cells first maximize their ability to assimilate the gaseous NH3 diffusing into the cytoplasm and then abruptly activate ammonium transport. The onset of transport varies under different growth conditions, but always occurring just as needed to maintain growth. Quantitative modeling of known interactions reveals an integral feedback mechanism by which this need-based uptake strategy is implemented. This novel strategy ensures that the expensive cost of upholding the internal ammonium concentration against back diffusion is kept at a minimum.
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- Minsu Kim
- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Section of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Jiang P, Ninfa AJ. A Source of Ultrasensitivity in the Glutamine Response of the Bicyclic Cascade System Controlling Glutamine Synthetase Adenylylation State and Activity in Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 2011; 50:10929-40. [DOI: 10.1021/bi201410x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Peng Jiang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109,
United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109,
United States
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Overcoming fluctuation and leakage problems in the quantification of intracellular 2-oxoglutarate levels in Escherichia coli. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:6763-71. [PMID: 21821754 DOI: 10.1128/aem.05257-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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2-Oxoglutarate is located at the junction between central carbon and nitrogen metabolism, serving as an intermediate for both. In nitrogen metabolism, 2-oxoglutarate acts as both a carbon skeletal carrier and an effector molecule. There have been only sporadic reports of its internal concentrations. Here we describe a sensitive and accurate method for determination of the 2-oxoglutarate pool concentration in Escherichia coli. The detection was based on fluorescence derivatization followed by reversed-phase high-pressure liquid chromatography separation. Two alternative cell sampling strategies, both of which were based on a fast filtration protocol, were sequentially developed to overcome both its fast metabolism and contamination from 2-oxoglutarate that leaks into the medium. We observed rapid changes in the 2-oxoglutarate pool concentration upon sudden depletion of nutrients: decreasing upon carbon depletion and increasing upon nitrogen depletion. The latter was studied in mutants lacking either of the two enzymes using 2-oxoglutarate as the carbon substrate for glutamate biosynthesis. The results suggest that flux restriction on either reaction greatly influences the internal 2-oxoglutarate level. Additional study indicates that KgtP, a 2-oxoglutarate proton symporter, functions to recover the leakage loss of 2-oxoglutarate. This recovery mechanism benefits the measurement of cellular 2-oxoglutarate level in practice by limiting contamination from 2-oxoglutarate leakage.
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Hart Y, Madar D, Yuan J, Bren A, Mayo AE, Rabinowitz JD, Alon U. Robust control of nitrogen assimilation by a bifunctional enzyme in E. coli. Mol Cell 2011; 41:117-27. [PMID: 21211727 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Revised: 08/05/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Bacteria regulate the assimilation of multiple nutrients to enable growth. How is balanced utilization achieved, despite fluctuations in the concentrations of the enzymes that make up the regulatory circuitry? Here we address this question by studying the nitrogen system of E. coli. A mechanism based on the avidity of a bifunctional enzyme, adenylyltransferase (AT/AR), to its multimeric substrate, glutamine synthetase, is proposed to maintain a robust ratio between two key metabolites, glutamine and α-ketoglutarate. This ratio is predicted to be insensitive to variations in protein levels of the core circuit and to the rate of nitrogen utilization. We find using mass spectrometry that the metabolite ratio is robust to variations in protein levels and that this robustness depends on the bifunctional enzyme. Moreover, robustness carries through to the bacteria growth rate. Interrupting avidity by adding a monofunctional AT/AR mutant to the native system abolishes robustness, as predicted by the proposed mechanism.
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- Yuval Hart
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Litz C, Helfmann S, Gerhardt S, Andrade SLA. Structure of GlnK1, a signalling protein from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:178-81. [PMID: 21301082 PMCID: PMC3034604 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110047482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 11/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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GlnB and GlnK are ancient signalling proteins that play a crucial role in the regulation of nitrogen assimilation. Both protein types can be present in the same genome as either single or multiple copies. However, the gene product of glnK is always found in an operon together with an amt gene encoding an ammonium-transport (Amt) protein. Complex formation between GlnK and Amt blocks ammonium uptake and depends on the nitrogen level in the cell, which is regulated through the binding of specific effector molecules to GlnK. In particular, an ammonium shock to a cell culture previously starved in this nitrogen source or the binding of ATP to purified GlnK can stimulate effective complex formation. While the binding of ATP/ADP and 2-oxoglutarate (as a signal for low intracellular nitrogen) to GlnK have been reported and several GlnB/K protein structures are available, essential functional questions remain unanswered. Here, the crystal structure of A. fulgidus GlnK1 at 2.28 Å resolution and a comparison with the crystal structures of other GlnK proteins, in particular with that of its paralogue GlnK2 from the same organism, is reported.
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- Claudia Litz
- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstrasse 21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Shetty ND, Reddy MCM, Palaninathan SK, Owen JL, Sacchettini JC. Crystal structures of the apo and ATP bound Mycobacterium tuberculosis nitrogen regulatory PII protein. Protein Sci 2010; 19:1513-24. [PMID: 20521335 DOI: 10.1002/pro.430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PII constitutes a family of signal transduction proteins that act as nitrogen sensors in microorganisms and plants. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has a single homologue of PII whose precise role has as yet not been explored. We have solved the crystal structures of the Mtb PII protein in its apo and ATP bound forms to 1.4 and 2.4 A resolutions, respectively. The protein forms a trimeric assembly in the crystal lattice and folds similarly to the other PII family proteins. The Mtb PII:ATP binary complex structure reveals three ATP molecules per trimer, each bound between the base of the T-loop of one subunit and the C-loop of the neighboring subunit. In contrast to the apo structure, at least one subunit of the binary complex structure contains a completely ordered T-loop indicating that ATP binding plays a role in orienting this loop region towards target proteins like the ammonium transporter, AmtB. Arg38 of the T-loop makes direct contact with the gamma-phosphate of the ATP molecule replacing the Mg(2+) position seen in the Methanococcus jannaschii GlnK1 structure. The C-loop of a neighboring subunit encloses the other side of the ATP molecule, placing the GlnK specific C-terminal 3(10) helix in the vicinity. Homology modeling studies with the E. coli GlnK:AmtB complex reveal that Mtb PII could form a complex similar to the complex in E. coli. The structural conservation and operon organization suggests that the Mtb PII gene encodes for a GlnK protein and might play a key role in the nitrogen regulatory pathway.
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- Nishant D Shetty
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2128, USA
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Woolery AR, Luong P, Broberg CA, Orth K. AMPylation: Something Old is New Again. Front Microbiol 2010; 1:113. [PMID: 21607083 PMCID: PMC3095399 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2010.00113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The post-translational modification AMPylation is emerging as a significant regulatory mechanism in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic biology. This process involves the covalent addition of an adenosine monophosphate to a protein resulting in a modified protein with altered activity. Proteins capable of catalyzing AMPylation, termed AMPylators, are comparable to kinases in that they both hydrolyze ATP and reversibly transfer a part of this primary metabolite to a hydroxyl side chain of the protein substrate. To date, only four AMPylators have been characterized, though many more potential candidates have been identified through amino acid sequence analysis and preliminary in vitro studies. This modification was first discovered over 40 years ago by Earl Stadtman and colleagues through the modification of glutamine synthetase by adenylyl transferase; however research into this mechanism has only just been reenergized by the studies on bacterial effectors. New AMPylators were revealed due to the discovery that a bacterial effector having a conserved Fic domain transfers an AMP group to protein substrates. Current research focuses on identifying and characterizing various types of AMPylators homologous to Fic domains and adenylyl transferase domains and their respective substrates. While all AMPylators characterized thus far are bacterial proteins, the conservation of the Fic domain in eukaryotic organisms suggests that AMPylation is omnipresent in various forms of life and has significant impact on a wide range of regulatory processes.
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- Andrew R Woolery
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX, USA
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Okano H, Hwa T, Lenz P, Yan D. Reversible adenylylation of glutamine synthetase is dynamically counterbalanced during steady-state growth of Escherichia coli. J Mol Biol 2010; 404:522-36. [PMID: 20887734 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.09.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Revised: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 09/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Glutamine synthetase (GS) is the central enzyme for nitrogen assimilation in Escherichia coli and is subject to reversible adenylylation (inactivation) by a bifunctional GS adenylyltransferase/adenylyl-removing enzyme (ATase). In vitro, both of the opposing activities of ATase are regulated by small effectors, most notably glutamine and 2-oxoglutarate. In vivo, adenylyltransferase (AT) activity is critical for growth adaptation when cells are shifted from nitrogen-limiting to nitrogen-excess conditions and a rapid decrease of GS activity by adenylylation is needed. Here, we show that the adenylyl-removing (AR) activity of ATase is required to counterbalance its AT activity during steady-state growth under both nitrogen-excess and nitrogen-limiting conditions. This conclusion was established by studying AR(-)/AT(+) mutants, which surprisingly displayed steady-state growth defects in nitrogen-excess conditions due to excessive GS adenylylation. Moreover, GS was abnormally adenylylated in the AR(-) mutants even under nitrogen-limiting conditions, whereas there was little GS adenylylation in wild-type strains. Despite the importance of AR activity, we establish that AT activity is significantly regulated in vivo, mainly by the cellular glutamine concentration. There is good general agreement between quantitative estimates of AT regulation in vivo and results derived from previous in vitro studies except at very low AT activities. We propose additional mechanisms for the low AT activities in vivo. The results suggest that dynamic counterbalance by reversible covalent modification may be a general strategy for controlling the activity of enzymes such as GS, whose physiological output allows adaptation to environmental fluctuations.
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- Hiroyuki Okano
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS420, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120, USA
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Helfmann S, Lü W, Litz C, Andrade SLA. Cooperative binding of MgATP and MgADP in the trimeric P(II) protein GlnK2 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus. J Mol Biol 2010; 402:165-77. [PMID: 20643148 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2010] [Revised: 07/03/2010] [Accepted: 07/07/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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P(II)-like proteins, such as GlnK, found in a wide variety of organisms from prokaryotes to plants constitute a family of cytoplasmic signaling proteins that play a central regulatory role in the assimilation of nitrogen for biosyntheses. They specifically bind and are modulated by effector molecules such as adenosine triphosphate, adenosine diphosphate and 2-oxoglutarate. Their highly conserved, trimeric structure suggests that cooperativity in effector binding might be the basis for the ability to integrate and respond to a wide range of concentrations, but to date no direct quantification of this cooperative behavior has been presented. The hyperthermophilic archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus contains three GlnK proteins, functionally associated with ammonium transport proteins (Amt). We have characterized GlnK2 and its interaction with effectors by high-resolution X-ray crystallography and isothermal titration calorimetry. Binding of adenosine nucleotides resulted in distinct, cooperative behavior for ATP and ADP. While 2-oxoglutarate has been shown to interact with other GlnK proteins, GlnK2 was completely insensitive to this key indicator of a low level of intracellular nitrogen. These findings point to different regulation and modulation patterns and add to our understanding of the flexibility and versatility of the GlnK family of signaling proteins.
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- Sarah Helfmann
- Institut für organische Chemieund Biochemie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Albertstr.21, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Teixeira PF, Selao TT, Henriksson V, Wang H, Norén A, Nordlund S. Diazotrophic growth of Rhodospirillum rubrum with 2-oxoglutarate as sole carbon source affects regulation of nitrogen metabolism as well as the soluble proteome. Res Microbiol 2010; 161:651-9. [PMID: 20600859 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2010] [Revised: 06/02/2010] [Accepted: 06/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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2-Oxoglutarate plays a central role as a signal in the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in the phototrophic diazotroph Rhodospirillum rubrum. In order to further study the role of this metabolite, we have constructed an R. rubrum strain that has the capacity to grow on 2-oxoglutarate as sole carbon source, in contrast to wild-type R. rubrum. This strain has the same growth characteristics as wild-type with malate as carbon source, but showed clear metabolic differences when 2-oxoglutarate was used. Among other things, the regulation of nitrogen metabolism is altered, which can be related to different modification profiles of the regulatory PII proteins.
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- Pedro Filipe Teixeira
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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Mutagenesis and functional characterization of the four domains of GlnD, a bifunctional nitrogen sensor protein. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:2711-21. [PMID: 20363937 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01674-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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GlnD is a bifunctional uridylyltransferase/uridylyl-removing enzyme (UTase/UR) and is believed to be the primary sensor of nitrogen status in the cell by sensing the level of glutamine in enteric bacteria. It plays an important role in nitrogen assimilation and metabolism by reversibly regulating the modification of P(II) protein; P(II) in turn regulates a variety of other proteins. GlnD appears to have four distinct domains: an N-terminal nucleotidyltransferase (NT) domain; a central HD domain, named after conserved histidine and aspartate residues; and two C-terminal ACT domains, named after three of the allosterically regulated enzymes in which this domain is found. Here we report the functional analysis of these domains of GlnD from Escherichia coli and Rhodospirillum rubrum. We confirm the assignment of UTase activity to the NT domain and show that the UR activity is a property specifically of the HD domain: substitutions in this domain eliminated UR activity, and a truncated protein lacking the NT domain displayed UR activity. The deletion of C-terminal ACT domains had little effect on UR activity itself but eliminated the ability of glutamine to stimulate that activity, suggesting a role for glutamine sensing by these domains. The deletion of C-terminal ACT domains also dramatically decreased UTase activity under all conditions tested, but some of these effects are due to the competition of UTase activity with unregulated UR activity in these variants.
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Amon J, Titgemeyer F, Burkovski A. Common patterns - unique features: nitrogen metabolism and regulation in Gram-positive bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:588-605. [PMID: 20337720 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Gram-positive bacteria have developed elaborate mechanisms to control ammonium assimilation, at the levels of both transcription and enzyme activity. In this review, the common and specific mechanisms of nitrogen assimilation and regulation in Gram-positive bacteria are summarized and compared for the genera Bacillus, Clostridium, Streptomyces, Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium, with emphasis on the high G+C genera. Furthermore, the importance of nitrogen metabolism and control for the pathogenic lifestyle and virulence is discussed. In summary, the regulation of nitrogen metabolism in prokaryotes shows an impressive diversity. Virtually every phylum of bacteria evolved its own strategy to react to the changing conditions of nitrogen supply. Not only do the transcription factors differ between the phyla and sometimes even between families, but the genetic targets of a given regulon can also differ between closely related species.
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- Johannes Amon
- Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Kumar R, Shimizu K. Metabolic regulation of Escherichia coli and its gdhA, glnL, gltB, D mutants under different carbon and nitrogen limitations in the continuous culture. Microb Cell Fact 2010; 9:8. [PMID: 20105320 PMCID: PMC2827463 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2009] [Accepted: 01/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background It is quite important to understand how the central metabolism is regulated under nitrogen (N)- limitation as well as carbon (C)- limitation. In particular, the effect of C/N ratio on the metabolism is of practical interest for the heterologous protein production, PHB production, etc. Although the carbon and nitrogen metabolisms are interconnected and the overall mechanism is complicated, it is strongly desirable to clarify the effects of culture environment on the metabolism from the practical application point of view. Results The effect of C/N ratio on the metabolism in Escherichia coli was investigated in the aerobic continuous culture at the dilution rate of 0.2 h-1 based on fermentation data, transcriptional RNA level, and enzyme activity data. The glucose concentration was kept at 10 g/l, while ammonium sulfate concentration was varied from 5.94 to 0.594 g/l. The resultant C/N ratios were 1.68 (100%), 2.81(60%), 4.21(40%), 8.42(20%), and 16.84(10%), where the percentage values in brackets indicate the ratio of N- concentration as compared to the case of 5.94 g/l of ammonium sulfate. The mRNA levels of crp and mlc decreased, which caused ptsG transcript expression to be up-regulated as C/N ratio increased. As C/N ratio increased cra transcript expression decreased, which caused ptsH, pfkA, and pykF to be up-regulated. At high C/N ratio, transcriptional mRNA level of soxR/S increased, which may be due to the activated respiratory chain as indicated by up-regulations of such genes as cyoA, cydB, ndh as well as the increase in the specific CO2 production rate. The rpoN transcript expression increased with the increase in C/N ratio, which led glnA, L, G and gltD transcript expression to change in similar fashion. The nac transcript expression showed similar trend as rpoN, while gdhA transcript expression changed in reverse direction. The transcriptional mRNA level of glnB, which codes for PII, glnD and glnK increased as C/N ratio increases. It was shown that GS-GOGAT pathway was activated for gdhA mutant under N- rich condition. In the case of glnL mutant, GOGAT enzyme activity was reduced as compared to the wild type under N- limitation. In the case of gltB, D mutants, GDH and GS enzymes were utilized under both N- rich and N- limited conditions. In this case, the transcriptional mRNA level of gdhA and corresponding GDH enzyme activity was higher under N- limitation as compared to N- rich condition. Conclusion The metabolic regulation of E.coli was clarified under both carbon (C)- limitation and nitrogen (N)- limitation based on fermentation, transcriptional mRNA level and enzyme activities. The overall regulation mechanism was proposed. The effects of knocking out N- assimilation pathway genes were also clarified.
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- Rahul Kumar
- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
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Kidd PB, Wingreen NS. Modeling the role of covalent enzyme modification in Escherichia coli nitrogen metabolism. Phys Biol 2010; 7:016006. [PMID: 20057006 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/55/1/016006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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In the bacterium Escherichia coli, the enzyme glutamine synthetase (GS) converts ammonium into the amino acid glutamine. GS is principally active when the cell is experiencing nitrogen limitation, and its activity is regulated by a bicyclic covalent modification cascade. The advantages of this bicyclic-cascade architecture are poorly understood. We analyze a simple model of the GS cascade in comparison to other regulatory schemes and conclude that the bicyclic cascade is suboptimal for maintaining metabolic homeostasis of the free glutamine pool. Instead, we argue that the lag inherent in the covalent modification of GS slows the response to an ammonium shock and thereby allows GS to transiently detoxify the cell, while maintaining homeostasis over longer times.
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- Philip B Kidd
- Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Kidd PB, Wingreen NS. Modeling the role of covalent enzyme modification inEscherichia colinitrogen metabolism. Phys Biol 2010. [DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/7/1/016006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Nitrogen and Molybdenum Control of Nitrogen Fixation in the Phototrophic Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2010; 675:49-70. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1528-3_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Jiang P, Ninfa AJ. Sensation and signaling of alpha-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge by the Escherichia coli PII signal transduction protein require cooperation of the three ligand-binding sites within the PII trimer. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11522-31. [PMID: 19877670 PMCID: PMC2786245 DOI: 10.1021/bi9011594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PII proteins are sensors of α-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge that regulate signal transduction proteins, metabolic enzymes, and permeases involved in nitrogen assimilation. Here, purified Escherichia coli PII and two of its receptors, ATase and NRII, were used to study the mechanisms of sensation by PII. We assembled heterotrimeric forms of PII from wild-type and mutant subunits, which allowed us to assess the role of the three binding sites for α-ketoglutarate and adenylylate nucleotide in the PII trimer. Signaling of α-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge by these heterotrimeric PII proteins required multiple binding sites for these effectors, and the ligand-binding sites on different subunits could influence the function of a single subunit interacting with a receptor, implying communication between PII subunits. Wild-type and heterotrimeric forms of PII were also used to examine the effects of α-ketoglutarate and ADP on PII activation of the adenylyltransferase (AT) activity of ATase. Previous work showed that when ATP was the sole adenylylate nucleotide, α-ketoglutarate controlled the extent of PII activation but did not alter the PII activation constant (Kact). We show that ADP affected both the PII Kact and the extent of activation by PII. When ATP was present, ADP dramatically reduced the Kact for wild-type PII, and this effect was antagonized by α-ketoglutarate. Consequently, when ATP was present, the antagonism between ADP and α-ketoglutarate allowed each of these effectors to influence the PII Kact for activation of ATase. A study of heterotrimeric forms of PII suggested that the major part of the ability of ADP to improve the binding of PII to ATase required multiple nucleotide binding sites and intersubunit communication. We also used nondenaturing gel electrophoresis to investigate the effect of ADP and α-ketoglutarate on the binding of PII to ATase and NRII. These studies showed that ATase and NRII differ in their requirements for interaction with PII, and that under the appropriate conditions, the antagonism between α-ketoglutarate and ADP allowed each of these effectors to influence the binding of PII to receptors.
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- Peng Jiang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
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Jiang P, Ninfa AJ. Alpha-ketoglutarate controls the ability of the Escherichia coli PII signal transduction protein to regulate the activities of NRII (NrB but does not control the binding of PII to NRII. Biochemistry 2009; 48:11514-21. [PMID: 19877669 PMCID: PMC2786246 DOI: 10.1021/bi901158h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PII signal transduction proteins are among the most widely distributed signaling proteins in nature; these proteins are direct sensors of alpha-ketoglutarate and adenylylate energy charge and control receptors that are signal transduction proteins, metabolic enzymes, or permeases involved in nitrogen metabolism. Prior studies showed that alpha-ketoglutarate regulated the ability of PII to control the activities of glutamine synthetase adenylyltransferase (ATase) but did not affect the ability of PII to bind to ATase. Here, we show that a similar pattern of alpha-ketoglutarate regulation was obtained with another PII receptor, the two-component system transmitter protein NRII (NtrB). Although alpha-ketoglutarate was required for the binding of PII to NRII, PII bound to NRII equally well as the concentration of alpha-ketoglutarate was varied through its physiological range. Variation of the concentration of alpha-ketoglutarate through its physiological range provided dramatic regulation of the ability of PII to activate the phosphatase activity of NRII and controlled the ability of PII to inhibit the autophosphorylation of NRII. Thus, PII control of NRII activities could be dissected into distinct binding and regulation steps, and when present in its physiological concentration range, alpha-ketoglutarate apparently played a role in only the latter step.
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- Peng Jiang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
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Buelow DR, Raivio TL. Three (and more) component regulatory systems - auxiliary regulators of bacterial histidine kinases. Mol Microbiol 2009; 75:547-66. [PMID: 19943903 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06982.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Two-component signal transduction (TCST) is the most prevalent mechanism employed by microbes to sense and respond to environmental changes. It is characterized by the signal-induced transfer of phosphate from a sensor histidine kinase (HK) to a response regulator (RR), resulting in a cellular response. An emerging theme in the field of TCST signalling is the discovery of auxiliary factors, distinct from the HK and RR, which are capable of influencing phosphotransfer. One group of TCST auxiliary proteins accomplishes this task by acting on HKs. Auxiliary regulators of HKs are widespread and have been identified in all cellular compartments, where they can influence HK activity through interactions with the sensing, transmembrane or enzymatic domains of the HK. The effects of an auxiliary regulator are controlled by its regulated expression, modification and/or through ligand binding. Ultimately, auxiliary regulators can connect a given TCST system to other regulatory networks in the cell or result in regulation of the TCST system in response to an expanded range of stimuli. The studies highlighted in this review draw attention to an emerging view of bacterial TCST systems as core signalling units upon which auxiliary factors act.
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- Daelynn R Buelow
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E9
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Bandyopadhyay A, Arora A, Jain S, Laskar A, Mandal C, Ivanisenko VA, Fomin ES, Pintus SS, Kolchanov NA, Maiti S, Ramachandran S. Expression and molecular characterization of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PII protein. J Biochem 2009; 147:279-89. [PMID: 19884192 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvp174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The signal transduction protein PII plays an important role in cellular nitrogen assimilation and regulation. The molecular characteristics of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis PII (Mtb PII) were investigated using biophysical experiments. The Mtb PII coding ORF Rv2919c was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The binding characteristics of the purified protein with ATP and ADP were investigated using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Mtb PII binds to ATP strongly with K(d) in the range 1.93-6.44 microM. This binding strength was not significantly affected by the presence of 2-ketoglutarate even in molar concentrations of 66 (ITC) or 636 (SPR) fold excess of protein concentration. However, an additional enthalpy of 0.3 kcal/mol was released in presence of 2-ketoglutarate. Binding of Mtb PII to ADP was weaker by an order of magnitude. Binding of ATP and 2-ketoglutarate were analysed by docking studies on the Mtb PII crystal structure (PDB id 3BZQ). We observed that hydrogen bonds involving the gamma-phosphate of ATP contribute to enhanced binding of ATP compared with ADP. Glutaraldehyde crosslinking showed that Mtb PII exists in homotrimeric state which is consistent with other PII proteins. Phylogenetic analysis showed that Mtb PII consistently grouped with other actinobacterial PII proteins.
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- Anannya Bandyopadhyay
- Functional Genomics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR), Delhi 110 007, India
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Metabolomics-driven quantitative analysis of ammonia assimilation in E. coli. Mol Syst Biol 2009; 5:302. [PMID: 19690571 PMCID: PMC2736657 DOI: 10.1038/msb.2009.60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Despite extensive study of individual enzymes and their organization into pathways, the means by which enzyme networks control metabolite concentrations and fluxes in cells remains incompletely understood. Here, we examine the integrated regulation of central nitrogen metabolism in Escherichia coli through metabolomics and ordinary-differential-equation-based modeling. Metabolome changes triggered by modulating extracellular ammonium centered around two key intermediates in nitrogen assimilation, α-ketoglutarate and glutamine. Many other compounds retained concentration homeostasis, indicating isolation of concentration changes within a subset of the metabolome closely linked to the nutrient perturbation. In contrast to the view that saturated enzymes are insensitive to substrate concentration, competition for the active sites of saturated enzymes was found to be a key determinant of enzyme fluxes. Combined with covalent modification reactions controlling glutamine synthetase activity, such active-site competition was sufficient to explain and predict the complex dynamic response patterns of central nitrogen metabolites.
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Van Dommelen A, Spaepen S, Vanderleyden J. Identification of the glutamine synthetase adenylyltransferase of Azospirillum brasilense. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:205-12. [PMID: 19366628 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2008] [Revised: 03/28/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Glutamine synthetase, a key enzyme in nitrogen metabolism of both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, is strictly regulated. One means of regulation is the modulation of activity through adenylylation catalyzed by adenylyltransferases. Using PCR primers based on conserved sequences in glutamine synthetase adenylyltransferases, we amplified part of the glnE gene of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7. The complete glnE sequence of A. brasilense Sp245 was retrieved from the draft genome sequence of this organism (http://genomics.ornl.gov/research/azo/). Adenylyltransferase is a bifunctional enzyme consisting of an N-terminal domain responsible for deadenylylation activity and a C-terminal domain responsible for adenylylation activity. Both domains are partially homologous to each other. Residues important for catalytic activity were present in the deduced amino acid sequence of the A. brasilense Sp245 glnE sequence. A glnE mutant was constructed in A. brasilense Sp7 by inserting a kanamycin resistance cassette between the two active domains of the enzyme. The resulting mutant was unable to adenylylate the glutamine synthetase enzyme and was impaired in growth when shifted from nitrogen-poor to nitrogen-rich medium.
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- Anne Van Dommelen
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium.
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Jiang P, Ninfa AJ. Reconstitution of Escherichia coli glutamine synthetase adenylyltransferase from N-terminal and C-terminal fragments of the enzyme. Biochemistry 2009; 48:415-23. [PMID: 19105634 PMCID: PMC2651632 DOI: 10.1021/bi801775b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ATase brings about the short-term regulation of glutamine synthetase (GS) by catalyzing the adenylylation and deadenylylation of GS in response to signals of cellular nitrogen status and energy. The adenylyltransferase (AT) activity of ATase is activated by glutamine and by the unmodified form of the PII signal transduction protein and is inhibited by PII-UMP. Conversely, the adenylyl-removing (AR) activity of ATase is activated by PII-UMP and inhibited by unmodified PII and by glutamine. Here, we show that the enzyme can be reconstituted from two purified polypeptides that comprise the N-terminal two-thirds of the protein and the C-terminal one-third of the protein. Properties of the reconstituted enzyme support recent hypotheses for the sites of regulatory interactions and mechanisms for intramolecular signal transduction. Specifically, our results are consistent with the protein activators (PII and PII-UMP) binding to the enzyme domain with the opposing activity, with intramolecular signal transduction by direct interactions between the N-terminal AR catalytic domain and the C-terminal AT catalytic domain. Similarly, glutamine inhibition of the AR activity involved intramolecular signaling between the AT and AR domains. Finally, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the AR activity of the N-terminal domain required activation by the opposing C-terminal (AT) domain.
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- Peng Jiang
- Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0606, USA.
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Zhou X, Zou X, Li J. Interaction between GlnB and the N-terminal domain of NifA in Azospirillum brasilense. Sci Bull (Beijing) 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0435-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Teixeira PF, Jonsson A, Frank M, Wang H, Nordlund S. Interaction of the signal transduction protein GlnJ with the cellular targets AmtB1, GlnE and GlnD in Rhodospirillum rubrum: dependence on manganese, 2-oxoglutarate and the ADP/ATP ratio. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2008; 154:2336-2347. [PMID: 18667566 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/017533-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The PII family of signal transduction proteins is widespread amongst the three domains of life, and its members have fundamental roles in the general control of nitrogen metabolism. These proteins exert their regulatory role by direct protein-protein interaction with a multitude of cellular targets. The interactions are dependent on the binding of metabolites such as ATP, ADP and 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG), and on whether or not the PII protein is modified. In the photosynthetic nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhodospirillum rubrum three PII paralogues have been identified and termed GlnB, GlnJ and GlnK. In this report we analysed the interaction of GlnJ with known cellular targets such as the ammonium transporter AmtB1, the adenylyltransferase GlnE and the uridylyltransferase GlnD. Our results show that the interaction of GlnJ with cellular targets is regulated in vitro by the concentrations of manganese and 2-OG and the ADP : ATP ratio. Furthermore, we show here for the first time, to our knowledge, that in the interactions of GlnJ with the three different partners, the energy signal (ADP : ATP ratio) in fact overrides the carbon/nitrogen signal (2-OG). In addition, by generating specific amino acid substitutions in GlnJ we show that the interactions with different cellular targets are differentially affected, and the possible implications of these results are discussed. Our results are important to further the understanding of the regulatory role of PII proteins in R. rubrum, a photosynthetic bacterium in which the nitrogen fixation process and its intricate control mechanisms make the regulation of nitrogen metabolism even more complex than in other studied bacteria.
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- Pedro Filipe Teixeira
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
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