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Argudo PG. Lipids and proteins: Insights into the dynamics of assembly, recognition, condensate formation. What is still missing? Biointerphases 2024; 19:038501. [PMID: 38922634 DOI: 10.1116/6.0003662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Lipid membranes and proteins, which are part of us throughout our lives, have been studied for decades. However, every year, new discoveries show how little we know about them. In a reader-friendly manner for people not involved in the field, this paper tries to serve as a bridge between physicists and biologists and new young researchers diving into the field to show its relevance, pointing out just some of the plethora of lines of research yet to be unraveled. It illustrates how new ways, from experimental to theoretical approaches, are needed in order to understand the structures and interactions that take place in a single lipid, protein, or multicomponent system, as we are still only scratching the surface.
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- Pablo G Argudo
- Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P), Mainz 55128, Germany
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Yao J, Hong H. Steric trapping strategy for studying the folding of helical membrane proteins. Methods 2024; 225:1-12. [PMID: 38428472 PMCID: PMC11107808 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2024.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2023] [Revised: 02/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024] Open
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Elucidating the folding energy landscape of membrane proteins is essential to the understanding of the proteins' stabilizing forces, folding mechanisms, biogenesis, and quality control. This is not a trivial task because the reversible control of folding is inherently difficult in a lipid bilayer environment. Recently, novel methods have been developed, each of which has a unique strength in investigating specific aspects of membrane protein folding. Among such methods, steric trapping is a versatile strategy allowing a reversible control of membrane protein folding with minimal perturbation of native protein-water and protein-lipid interactions. In a nutshell, steric trapping exploits the coupling of spontaneous denaturation of a doubly biotinylated protein to the simultaneous binding of bulky monovalent streptavidin molecules. This strategy has been evolved to investigate key elements of membrane protein folding such as thermodynamic stability, spontaneous denaturation rates, conformational features of the denatured states, and cooperativity of stabilizing interactions. In this review, we describe the critical methodological advancement, limitation, and outlook of the steric trapping strategy.
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- Jiaqi Yao
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA; Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
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Sarkar P, Lin CY, Buritica JR, Killiny N, Levy A. Crossing the Gateless Barriers: Factors Involved in the Movement of Circulative Bacteria Within Their Insect Vectors. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2023; 113:1805-1816. [PMID: 37160668 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-07-22-0249-ia] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Plant bacterial pathogens transmitted by hemipteran vectors pose a large threat to the agricultural industry worldwide. Although virus-vector relationships have been widely investigated, a significant gap exists in our understanding of the molecular interactions between circulative bacteria and their insect vectors, mainly leafhoppers and psyllids. In this review, we will describe how these bacterial pathogens adhere, invade, and proliferate inside their insect vectors. We will also highlight the different transmission routes and molecular factors of phloem-limited bacteria that maintain an effective relationship with the insect host. Understanding the pathogen-vector relationship at the molecular level will help in the management of vector-borne bacterial diseases.
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- Poulami Sarkar
- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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- Citrus Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, FL 33850
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
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Marimuthu SCV, Murugesan J, Babkiewicz E, Maszczyk P, Sankaranarayanan M, Thangamariappan E, Rosy JC, Ram Kumar Pandian S, Kunjiappan S, Balakrishnan V, Sundar K. Pharmacoinformatics-Based Approach for Uncovering the Quorum-Quenching Activity of Phytocompounds against the Oral Pathogen, Streptococcus mutans. Molecules 2023; 28:5514. [PMID: 37513386 PMCID: PMC10383507 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28145514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Streptococcus mutans, a gram-positive oral pathogen, is the primary causative agent of dental caries. Biofilm formation, a critical characteristic of S. mutans, is regulated by quorum sensing (QS). This study aimed to utilize pharmacoinformatics techniques to screen and identify effective phytochemicals that can target specific proteins involved in the quorum sensing pathway of S. mutans. A computational approach involving homology modeling, model validation, molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was employed. The 3D structures of the quorum sensing target proteins, namely SecA, SMU1784c, OppC, YidC2, CiaR, SpaR, and LepC, were modeled using SWISS-MODEL and validated using a Ramachandran plot. Metabolites from Azadirachta indica (Neem), Morinda citrifolia (Noni), and Salvadora persica (Miswak) were docked against these proteins using AutoDockTools. MD simulations were conducted to assess stable interactions between the highest-scoring ligands and the target proteins. Additionally, the ADMET properties of the ligands were evaluated using SwissADME and pkCSM tools. The results demonstrated that campesterol, meliantrol, stigmasterol, isofucosterol, and ursolic acid exhibited the strongest binding affinity for CiaR, LepC, OppC, SpaR, and Yidc2, respectively. Furthermore, citrostadienol showed the highest binding affinity for both SMU1784c and SecA. Notably, specific amino acid residues, including ASP86, ARG182, ILE179, GLU143, ASP237, PRO101, and VAL84 from CiaR, LepC, OppC, SecA, SMU1784c, SpaR, and YidC2, respectively, exhibited significant interactions with their respective ligands. While the docking study indicated favorable binding energies, the MD simulations and ADMET studies underscored the substantial binding affinity and stability of the ligands with the target proteins. However, further in vitro studies are necessary to validate the efficacy of these top hits against S. mutans.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil 626126, India
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- Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
- Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Hydrobiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Medicinal Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, Pilani 333031, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil 626126, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil 626126, India
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Bailoni E, Partipilo M, Coenradij J, Grundel DAJ, Slotboom DJ, Poolman B. Minimal Out-of-Equilibrium Metabolism for Synthetic Cells: A Membrane Perspective. ACS Synth Biol 2023; 12:922-946. [PMID: 37027340 PMCID: PMC10127287 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.3c00062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Life-like systems need to maintain a basal metabolism, which includes importing a variety of building blocks required for macromolecule synthesis, exporting dead-end products, and recycling cofactors and metabolic intermediates, while maintaining steady internal physical and chemical conditions (physicochemical homeostasis). A compartment, such as a unilamellar vesicle, functionalized with membrane-embedded transport proteins and metabolic enzymes encapsulated in the lumen meets these requirements. Here, we identify four modules designed for a minimal metabolism in a synthetic cell with a lipid bilayer boundary: energy provision and conversion, physicochemical homeostasis, metabolite transport, and membrane expansion. We review design strategies that can be used to fulfill these functions with a focus on the lipid and membrane protein composition of a cell. We compare our bottom-up design with the equivalent essential modules of JCVI-syn3a, a top-down genome-minimized living cell with a size comparable to that of large unilamellar vesicles. Finally, we discuss the bottlenecks related to the insertion of a complex mixture of membrane proteins into lipid bilayers and provide a semiquantitative estimate of the relative surface area and lipid-to-protein mass ratios (i.e., the minimal number of membrane proteins) that are required for the construction of a synthetic cell.
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- Eleonora Bailoni
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Systems Biology, Groningen Biomolecular
Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Grāve K, Bennett MD, Högbom M. High-throughput strategy for identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane protein expression conditions using folding reporter GFP. Protein Expr Purif 2022; 198:106132. [PMID: 35750296 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2022.106132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis membrane protein biochemistry and structural biology studies are often hampered by challenges in protein expression and selection for well-expressing protein candidates, suitable for further investigation. Here we present a folding reporter GFP (frGFP) assay, adapted for M. tuberculosis membrane protein screening in Escherichia coli Rosetta 2 (DE3) and Mycobacterium smegmatis mc [2]4517. This method allows protein expression condition screening for multiple protein targets simultaneously by monitoring frGFP fluorescence in growing cells. We discuss the impact of common protein expression conditions on 42 essential M. tuberculosis H37Rv helical transmembrane proteins and establish the grounds for their further analysis. We have found that the basal expression of the lac operon in the T7-promoter expression system generally leads to high recombinant protein yield in M. smegmatis, and we suggest that a screening condition without the inducer is included in routine protein expression tests. In addition to the general observations, we describe conditions allowing high-level expression of more than 25 essential M. tuberculosis membrane proteins, containing 2 to 13 transmembrane helices. We hope that these findings will stimulate M. tuberculosis membrane protein research and aid the efforts in drug development against tuberculosis.
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- Kristīne Grāve
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University. Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University. Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University. Svante Arrhenius väg 16C, SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Hegde RS, Keenan RJ. The mechanisms of integral membrane protein biogenesis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2022; 23:107-124. [PMID: 34556847 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-021-00413-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Roughly one quarter of all genes code for integral membrane proteins that are inserted into the plasma membrane of prokaryotes or the endoplasmic reticulum membrane of eukaryotes. Multiple pathways are used for the targeting and insertion of membrane proteins on the basis of their topological and biophysical characteristics. Multipass membrane proteins span the membrane multiple times and face the additional challenges of intramembrane folding. In many cases, integral membrane proteins require assembly with other proteins to form multi-subunit membrane protein complexes. Recent biochemical and structural analyses have provided considerable clarity regarding the molecular basis of membrane protein targeting and insertion, with tantalizing new insights into the poorly understood processes of multipass membrane protein biogenesis and multi-subunit protein complex assembly.
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- Ramanujan S Hegde
- Cell Biology Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
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- Gordon Center for Integrative Science, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
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The Escherichia coli Outer Membrane β-Barrel Assembly Machinery (BAM) Crosstalks with the Divisome. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212101. [PMID: 34829983 PMCID: PMC8620860 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The BAM is a macromolecular machine responsible for the folding and the insertion of integral proteins into the outer membrane of diderm Gram-negative bacteria. In Escherichia coli, it consists of a transmembrane β-barrel subunit, BamA, and four outer membrane lipoproteins (BamB-E). Using BAM-specific antibodies, in E. coli cells, the complex is shown to localize in the lateral wall in foci. The machinery was shown to be enriched at midcell with specific cell cycle timing. The inhibition of septation by aztreonam did not alter the BAM midcell localization substantially. Furthermore, the absence of late cell division proteins at midcell did not impact BAM timing or localization. These results imply that the BAM enrichment at the site of constriction does not require an active cell division machinery. Expression of the Tre1 toxin, which impairs the FtsZ filamentation and therefore midcell localization, resulted in the complete loss of BAM midcell enrichment. A similar effect was observed for YidC, which is involved in the membrane insertion of cell division proteins in the inner membrane. The presence of the Z-ring is needed for preseptal peptidoglycan (PG) synthesis. As BAM was shown to be embedded in the PG layer, it is possible that BAM is inserted preferentially simultaneously with de novo PG synthesis to facilitate the insertion of OMPs in the newly synthesized outer membrane.
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Sakiyama K, Shimokawa-Chiba N, Fujiwara K, Chiba S. Search for translation arrest peptides encoded upstream of genes for components of protein localization pathways. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:1550-1566. [PMID: 33503266 PMCID: PMC7897499 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Regulatory nascent peptides participate in the regulation of cellular functions by the mechanisms involving regulated translation arrest. A class of them in bacteria, called monitoring substrates, feedback-regulates the expression of a specific component of protein localization machinery. Three monitoring substrates, SecM, MifM and VemP have previously been identified. Here, we attempt at identifying additional arrest peptides in bacteria. Our bioinformatic searches over more than 400 bacterial genomic sequences for proteins that have the common characteristic features shared by the known monitoring substrates and subsequent in vitro and in vivo characterization of the highlighted sequences allowed the identification of three arrest peptides termed ApcA, ApdA and ApdP. ApcA and ApdA homologs are conserved among a subset of actinobacteria, whereas ApdP has homologs in a subset of α-proteobacteria. We demonstrate that these arrest peptides, in their ribosome-tethered nascent states, inhibit peptidyl transfer. The elongation arrest occurs at a specific codon near the 3′ end of the coding region, in a manner depending on the amino acid sequence of the nascent chain. Interestingly, the arrest sequences of ApcA, ApdA and ApdP share a sequence R-A-P-G/P that is essential for the elongation arrest.
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- Karen Sakiyama
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan.,Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan.,Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan.,Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
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Protocol for Proteome Analysis of Group A Streptococcus. Methods Mol Biol 2020. [PMID: 32430817 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-0467-0_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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This chapter describes a protocol for the separation of different cell fractions from Streptococcus pyogenes and sample preparation for analysis by mass spectrometry. The presented approach can be used for the analysis of all subcellular proteomes from S. pyogenes and enables identification of drug or vaccine targets within a certain cellular fraction. Here, proteins integral to the plasma membrane are of particular interest for the development of new antimicrobial therapies.
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Designing minimalist membrane proteins. Biochem Soc Trans 2020; 47:1233-1245. [PMID: 31671181 PMCID: PMC6824673 DOI: 10.1042/bst20190170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The construction of artificial membrane proteins from first principles is of fundamental interest and holds considerable promise for new biotechnologies. This review considers the potential advantages of adopting a strictly minimalist approach to the process of membrane protein design. As well as the practical benefits of miniaturisation and simplicity for understanding sequence-structure-function relationships, minimalism should also support the abstract conceptualisation of membrane proteins as modular components for synthetic biology. These ideas are illustrated with selected examples that focus upon α-helical membrane proteins, and which demonstrate how such minimalist membrane proteins might be integrated into living biosystems.
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Hay ID, Lithgow T. Filamentous phages: masters of a microbial sharing economy. EMBO Rep 2019; 20:e47427. [PMID: 30952693 PMCID: PMC6549030 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201847427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage ("bacteria eaters") or phage is the collective term for viruses that infect bacteria. While most phages are pathogens that kill their bacterial hosts, the filamentous phages of the sub-class Inoviridae live in cooperative relationships with their bacterial hosts, akin to the principal behaviours found in the modern-day sharing economy: peer-to-peer support, to offset any burden. Filamentous phages impose very little burden on bacteria and offset this by providing service to help build better biofilms, or provision of toxins and other factors that increase virulence, or modified behaviours that provide novel motile activity to their bacterial hosts. Past, present and future biotechnology applications have been built on this phage-host cooperativity, including DNA sequencing technology, tools for genetic engineering and molecular analysis of gene expression and protein production, and phage-display technologies for screening protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions. With the explosion of genome and metagenome sequencing surveys around the world, we are coming to realize that our knowledge of filamentous phage diversity remains at a tip-of-the-iceberg stage, promising that new biology and biotechnology are soon to come.
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- Iain D Hay
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Sawasato K, Suzuki S, Nishiyama KI. Increased expression of the bacterial glycolipid MPIase is required for efficient protein translocation across membranes in cold conditions. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:8403-8411. [PMID: 30936205 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.008457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 03/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Protein integration into and translocation across biological membranes are vital events for organismal survival and are fundamentally conserved among many organisms. Membrane protein integrase (MPIase) is a glycolipid that drives membrane protein integration into the cytoplasmic membrane in Escherichia coli MPIase also stimulates protein translocation across the membrane, but how its expression is regulated is incompletely understood. In this study, we found that the expression level of MPIase significantly increases in the cold (<25 °C), whereas that of the SecYEG translocon does not. Using previously created gene-knockout E. coli strains, we also found that either the cdsA or ynbB gene, both encoding rate-limiting enzymes for MPIase biosynthesis, is responsible for the increase in the MPIase expression. Furthermore, using pulse-chase experiments and protein integration assays, we demonstrated that the increase in MPIase levels is important for efficient protein translocation, but not for protein integration. We conclude that MPIase expression is required to stimulate protein translocation in cold conditions and is controlled by cdsA and ynbB gene expression.
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- Katsuhiro Sawasato
- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan; Department of Biological Chemistry and Food Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan.
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Shanmugam SK, Backes N, Chen Y, Belardo A, Phillips GJ, Dalbey RE. New Insights into Amino-Terminal Translocation as Revealed by the Use of YidC and Sec Depletion Strains. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:1025-1037. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 12/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fujiwara K, Ito K, Chiba S. MifM-instructed translation arrest involves nascent chain interactions with the exterior as well as the interior of the ribosome. Sci Rep 2018; 8:10311. [PMID: 29985442 PMCID: PMC6037786 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28628-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 06/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Bacillus subtilis MifM is a monitoring substrate of the YidC pathways of protein integration into the membrane and controls the expression of the YidC2 (YqjG) homolog by undergoing regulated translational elongation arrest. The elongation arrest requires interactions between the MifM nascent polypeptide and the ribosomal components near the peptidyl transferase center (PTC) as well as at the constriction site of the ribosomal exit tunnel. Here, we addressed the roles played by more N-terminal regions of MifM and found that, in addition to the previously-identified arrest-provoking elements, the MifM residues 41-60 likely located at the tunnel exit and outside the ribosome contribute to the full induction of elongation arrest. Mutational effects of the cytosolically exposed part of the ribosomal protein uL23 suggested its involvement in the elongation arrest, presumably by interacting with the extra-ribosomal portion of MifM. In vitro translation with reconstituted translation components recapitulated the effects of the mutations at the 41-60 segment, reinforcing the importance of direct molecular interactions between the nascent chain and the ribosome. These results indicate that the nascent MifM polypeptide interacts extensively with the ribosome both from within and without to direct the elongation halt and consequent up-regulation of YidC2.
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- Keigo Fujiwara
- Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute for Protein Dynamics, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto, 603-8555, Japan.
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Hofbauer B, Vomacka J, Stahl M, Korotkov VS, Jennings MC, Wuest WM, Sieber SA. Dual Inhibitor of Staphylococcus aureus Virulence and Biofilm Attenuates Expression of Major Toxins and Adhesins. Biochemistry 2018; 57:1814-1820. [PMID: 29451388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Staphylococcus aureus is a major bacterial pathogen that invades and damages host tissue by the expression of devastating toxins. We here performed a phenotypic screen of 35 molecules that were structurally inspired by previous hydroxyamide-based S. aureus virulence inhibitors compiled from commercial sources or designed and synthesized de novo. One of the most potent compounds, AV73, not only reduced hemolytic alpha-hemolysin production in S. aureus but also impeded in vitro biofilm formation. The effect of AV73 on bacterial proteomes and extracellular protein levels was analyzed by quantitative proteomics and revealed a significant down-regulation of major virulence and biofilm promoting proteins. To elucidate the mode of action of AV73, target identification was performed using affinity-based protein profiling (AfBPP), where among others YidC was identified as a target.
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- Barbara Hofbauer
- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) , Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstraße 4 , D-85747 Garching , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) , Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstraße 4 , D-85747 Garching , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) , Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstraße 4 , D-85747 Garching , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) , Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstraße 4 , D-85747 Garching , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry , Temple University , 1910 North 13th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Temple University , 1910 North 13th Street , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19122 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPSM), Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) , Technische Universität München (TUM) , Lichtenbergstraße 4 , D-85747 Garching , Germany
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Erratum: Inserting proteins into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane using the Sec and YidC translocases. Nat Rev Microbiol 2017; 16:120. [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Wilk L, Happonen L, Malmström J, Herwald H. Comprehensive Mass Spectrometric Survey of Streptococcus pyogenes Subcellular Proteomes. J Proteome Res 2017; 17:600-617. [PMID: 29160079 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Streptococcus pyogenes is a major global health burden causing a wide variety of diseases. Because a vaccine against this bacterium is still lacking, vaccine candidates or antimicrobial therapies are urgently needed. Here we use an invasive and clinically relevant streptococcal M1 serotype to characterize the bacterial proteome in-depth. An elaborate fractionation technique is employed to separate the different cell fractions, followed by shotgun mass-spectrometry analysis, allowing us to confirm the expression of nearly two-thirds (1022) of the 1690 open reading frames predicted for the streptococcal M1 reference proteome. In contrast with other studies, we present the entire isolated membrane proteome, which opens up a whole new source for drug targets. We show both the unique and most prevalent proteins for each cellular fraction and analyze the presence of predicted cell-wall-anchored proteins and lipoproteins. With our approach, we also identify a variety of novel proteins whose presence has not been reported in previous proteome studies. Proteins of interest, potential virulence factors, and drug or vaccine targets are discussed for each cellular fraction. Overall, the results of this work represent the so-far widest proteomic approach to characterize the protein composition and localization in S. pyogenes.
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- Laura Wilk
- Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Infection Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University , Lund, Sweden
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Ohta N, Kato Y, Watanabe H, Mori H, Matsuura T. In vitro membrane protein synthesis inside Sec translocon-reconstituted cell-sized liposomes. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36466. [PMID: 27808179 PMCID: PMC5093552 DOI: 10.1038/srep36466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Protein synthesis using an in vitro transcription-translation system (IVTT) inside cell-sized liposomes has become a valuable tool to study the properties of biological systems under cell-mimicking conditions. However, previous liposome systems lacked the machinery for membrane protein translocation. Here, we reconstituted the translocon consisting of SecYEG from Escherichia coli inside cell-sized liposomes. The cell-sized liposomes also carry the reconstituted IVTT, thereby providing a cell-mimicking environment for membrane protein synthesis. By using EmrE, a multidrug transporter from E. coli, as a model membrane protein, we found that both the amount and activity of EmrE synthesized inside the liposome is increased approximately three-fold by incorporating the Sec translocon. The topological change of EmrE induced by the translocon was also identified. The membrane integration of 6 out of 9 E. coli inner membrane proteins that was tested was increased by incorporation of the translocon. By introducing the Sec translocon, the membrane integration efficiency of the membrane protein of interest was increased, and enabled the integration of membrane proteins that otherwise cannot be inserted. In addition, this work represents an essential step toward the construction of an artificial cell through a bottom-up approach.
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- Naoki Ohta
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama-tyou, Ikoma, Nara, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Binding Protein-Dependent Uptake of Maltose into Cells via an ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter. EcoSal Plus 2015; 4. [PMID: 26443785 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.3.3.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Maltose and maltodextrins are actively transported across the cytoplasmic membrane of Escherichia coli and Salmonella by a periplasmic binding protein (BP)- dependent transport system. Since 1996, there have been many advances in the understanding of the structure and mechanism of the maltose transporter, in the assembly of the membrane-associated transporter complex, and in the mechanism of regulation of transport both at the DNA and the protein level. The transporter has been studied in detergent and reconstituted in liposome vesicles, and while many features, including the ability of maltose-binding protein (MBP) to stimulate ATPase activity, are retained in detergent, it has been noted that the basal ATPase activity of the transporter is elevated in detergent compared with liposomes. This review focuses on these recent developments, which have culminated in a high resolution structure of MBP in a complex with the MalFGK2 transporter. While this review focuses on the maltose system, complementary work has been carried out on many different ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, all of which has contributed in important ways to the understanding of the maltose transport system. The regulation of the maltose transport system, at the DNA level, is implemented by the synergistic action of MalT and cAMP/CAP complex and, at the protein level, by interactions of MalK with unphosphorylated EIIAglc, a signal-transducing component of the phosphoenolpyruvate-glucose phosphotransferase system.
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Endow JK, Singhal R, Fernandez DE, Inoue K. Chaperone-assisted Post-translational Transport of Plastidic Type I Signal Peptidase 1. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:28778-91. [PMID: 26446787 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.684829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Type I signal peptidase (SPase I) is an integral membrane Ser/Lys protease with one or two transmembrane domains (TMDs), cleaving transport signals off translocated precursor proteins. The catalytic domain of SPase I folds to form a hydrophobic surface and inserts into the lipid bilayers at the trans-side of the membrane. In bacteria, SPase I is targeted co-translationally, and the catalytic domain remains unfolded until it reaches the periplasm. By contrast, SPases I in eukaryotes are targeted post-translationally, requiring an alternative strategy to prevent premature folding. Here we demonstrate that two distinct stromal components are involved in post-translational transport of plastidic SPase I 1 (Plsp1) from Arabidopsis thaliana, which contains a single TMD. During import into isolated chloroplasts, Plsp1 was targeted to the membrane via a soluble intermediate in an ATP hydrolysis-dependent manner. Insertion of Plsp1 into isolated chloroplast membranes, by contrast, was found to occur by two distinct mechanisms. The first mechanism requires ATP hydrolysis and the protein conducting channel cpSecY1 and was strongly enhanced by exogenously added cpSecA1. The second mechanism was independent of nucleoside triphosphates and proteinaceous components but with a high frequency of mis-orientation. This unassisted insertion was inhibited by urea and stroma extract. During import-chase assays using intact chloroplasts, Plsp1 was incorporated into a soluble 700-kDa complex that co-migrated with the Cpn60 complex before inserting into the membrane. The TMD within Plsp1 was required for the cpSecA1-dependent insertion but was dispensable for association with the 700-kDa complex and also for unassisted membrane insertion. These results indicate cooperation of Cpn60 and cpSecA1 for proper membrane insertion of Plsp1 by cpSecY1.
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- Joshua K Endow
- From the Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616 and
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- the Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- the Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- From the Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California 95616 and
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Shimokawa-Chiba N, Kumazaki K, Tsukazaki T, Nureki O, Ito K, Chiba S. Hydrophilic microenvironment required for the channel-independent insertase function of YidC protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:5063-8. [PMID: 25855636 PMCID: PMC4413333 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423817112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The recently solved crystal structure of YidC protein suggests that it mediates membrane protein insertion by means of an intramembrane cavity rather than a transmembrane (TM) pore. This concept of protein translocation prompted us to characterize the native, membrane-integrated state of YidC with respect to the hydropathic nature of its TM region. Here, we show that the cavity-forming region of the stage III sporulation protein J (SpoIIIJ), a YidC homolog, is indeed open to the aqueous milieu of the Bacillus subtilis cells and that the overall hydrophilicity of the cavity, along with the presence of an Arg residue on several alternative sites of the cavity surface, is functionally important. We propose that YidC functions as a proteinaceous amphiphile that interacts with newly synthesized membrane proteins and reduces energetic costs of their membrane traversal.
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- Naomi Shimokawa-Chiba
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Department of Systems Biology, Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan; and Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan;
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Taubert J, Hou B, Risselada HJ, Mehner D, Lünsdorf H, Grubmüller H, Brüser T. TatBC-independent TatA/Tat substrate interactions contribute to transport efficiency. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119761. [PMID: 25774531 PMCID: PMC4361764 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Tat system can transport folded, signal peptide-containing proteins (Tat substrates) across energized membranes of prokaryotes and plant plastids. A twin-arginine motif in the signal peptide of Tat substrates is recognized by TatC-containing complexes, and TatA permits the membrane passage. Often, as in the model Tat systems of Escherichia coli and plant plastids, a third component - TatB - is involved that resembles TatA but has a higher affinity to TatC. It is not known why most TatA dissociates from TatBC complexes in vivo and distributes more evenly in the membrane. Here we show a TatBC-independent substrate-binding to TatA from Escherichia coli, and we provide evidence that this binding enhances Tat transport. First hints came from in vivo cross-linking data, which could be confirmed by affinity co-purification of TatA with the natural Tat substrates HiPIP and NrfC. Two positions on the surface of HiPIP could be identified that are important for the TatA interaction and transport efficiency, indicating physiological relevance of the interaction. Distributed TatA thus may serve to accompany membrane-interacting Tat substrates to the few TatBC spots in the cells.
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- Johannes Taubert
- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 50, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 50, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 50, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre of Infection Research, Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Schneiderberg 50, 30167, Hannover, Germany
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Genome-wide analysis of thylakoid-bound ribosomes in maize reveals principles of cotranslational targeting to the thylakoid membrane. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E1678-87. [PMID: 25775549 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1424655112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Chloroplast genomes encode ∼ 37 proteins that integrate into the thylakoid membrane. The mechanisms that target these proteins to the membrane are largely unexplored. We used ribosome profiling to provide a comprehensive, high-resolution map of ribosome positions on chloroplast mRNAs in separated membrane and soluble fractions in maize seedlings. The results show that translation invariably initiates off the thylakoid membrane and that ribosomes synthesizing a subset of membrane proteins subsequently become attached to the membrane in a nuclease-resistant fashion. The transition from soluble to membrane-attached ribosomes occurs shortly after the first transmembrane segment in the nascent peptide has emerged from the ribosome. Membrane proteins whose translation terminates before emergence of a transmembrane segment are translated in the stroma and targeted to the membrane posttranslationally. These results indicate that the first transmembrane segment generally comprises the signal that links ribosomes to thylakoid membranes for cotranslational integration. The sole exception is cytochrome f, whose cleavable N-terminal cpSecA-dependent signal sequence engages the thylakoid membrane cotranslationally. The distinct behavior of ribosomes synthesizing the inner envelope protein CemA indicates that sorting signals for the thylakoid and envelope membranes are distinguished cotranslationally. In addition, the fractionation behavior of ribosomes in polycistronic transcription units encoding both membrane and soluble proteins adds to the evidence that the removal of upstream ORFs by RNA processing is not typically required for the translation of internal genes in polycistronic chloroplast mRNAs.
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Reeb J, Kloppmann E, Bernhofer M, Rost B. Evaluation of transmembrane helix predictions in 2014. Proteins 2015; 83:473-84. [PMID: 25546441 DOI: 10.1002/prot.24749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 12/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Experimental structure determination continues to be challenging for membrane proteins. Computational prediction methods are therefore needed and widely used to supplement experimental data. Here, we re-examined the state of the art in transmembrane helix prediction based on a nonredundant dataset with 190 high-resolution structures. Analyzing 12 widely-used and well-known methods using a stringent performance measure, we largely confirmed the expected high level of performance. On the other hand, all methods performed worse for proteins that could not have been used for development. A few results stood out: First, all methods predicted proteins in eukaryotes better than those in bacteria. Second, methods worked less well for proteins with many transmembrane helices. Third, most methods correctly discriminated between soluble and transmembrane proteins. However, several older methods often mistook signal peptides for transmembrane helices. Some newer methods have overcome this shortcoming. In our hands, PolyPhobius and MEMSAT-SVM outperformed other methods.
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- Jonas Reeb
- Department of Informatics & Center for Bioinformatics & Computational Biology-i12, Technische Universität München (TUM), Garching/Munich, 85748, Germany
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Going beyond E. coli: autotransporter based surface display on alternative host organisms. N Biotechnol 2015; 32:644-50. [PMID: 25579193 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Autotransporters represent one of the most popular anchoring motifs used to display peptides, proteins or enzymes on the cell surface of a Gram-negative bacterium. Applications range from vaccine delivery to library screenings to biocatalysis and bioremediation. Although the underlying secretion mechanism is supposed to be available in most, if not all, Gram-negative bacteria, autotransporters have to date almost exclusively been used for surface display on Escherichia coli. However, for their utilisation beyond a laboratory scale, in particular for biocatalysis, host bacteria with specific features and industrial applicability are required. A few groups have addressed this issue and demonstrated that bacteria other than E. coli can also be used for autotransporter based surface display. We summarise these studies and discuss opportunities and challenges that arise from surface display of recombinant proteins using the autotransporter pathway in alternative hosts.
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Sichwart S, Tozakidis IEP, Teese M, Jose J. Maximized Autotransporter-Mediated Expression (MATE) for Surface Display and Secretion of Recombinant Proteins in Escherichia coli. Food Technol Biotechnol 2015; 53:251-260. [PMID: 27904356 DOI: 10.17113/ftb.53.03.15.3802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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A new optimized system for the surface display and secretion of recombinant proteins is described, termed MATE (maximized autotransporter-mediated expression). It is based on an artificial gene consisting of the coding region for the signal peptide of CtxB, a multiple cloning site for passenger gene insertion, flanked by coding sequences for linear epitopes for monoclonal antibodies and OmpT, and factor Xa protease cleavage sites followed by a codon-optimized DNA sequence of the linker and the β-barrel of the type V autotransporter EhaA from Escherichia coli under control of an IPTG-inducible T5 promoter. The MATE system enabled the continuous secretion of recombinant passenger mCherry via OmpT-mediated cleavage, using native OmpT protease activity in E. coli when grown at 37 °C. It is the first example to show that native OmpT activity is sufficient to facilitate the secretion of a correctly folded target protein in preparative amounts obtaining 240 µg of purified mCherry from 800 mL of crude culture supernatant. Because the release of mCherry was achieved by a simple transfer of the encoding plasmid from an OmpT-negative to an OmpT-positive strain, it bears the option to use surface display for screening purposes and secretion for production of the selected variant. A single plasmid could therefore be used for continuous secretion in OmpT-positive strains or surface display in OmpT-negative strains. In conclusion, the MATE system appears to be a versatile tool for the surface display and for the secretion of target proteins in E. coli.
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- Shanna Sichwart
- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, PharmaCampus, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Corrensstraße 48, DE-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, PharmaCampus, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Corrensstraße 48, DE-48149 Münster, Germany; The NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, DE-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, PharmaCampus, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Corrensstraße 48, DE-48149 Münster, Germany; Present address: Technical University Munich, Weihenstephaner Berg 3, DE-85354 Freising, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, PharmaCampus, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Corrensstraße 48, DE-48149 Münster, Germany; The NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, Wilhelm-Klemm-Straße 10, DE-48149 Münster, Germany
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MifM monitors total YidC activities of Bacillus subtilis, including that of YidC2, the target of regulation. J Bacteriol 2014; 197:99-107. [PMID: 25313395 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02074-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The YidC/Oxa1/Alb3 family proteins are involved in membrane protein biogenesis in bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Recent studies show that YidC uses a channel-independent mechanism to insert a class of membrane proteins into the membrane. Bacillus subtilis has two YidC homologs, SpoIIIJ (YidC1) and YidC2 (YqjG); the former is expressed constitutively, while the latter is induced when the SpoIIIJ activity is compromised. MifM is a substrate of SpoIIIJ, and its failure in membrane insertion is accompanied by stable ribosome stalling on the mifM-yidC2 mRNA, which ultimately facilitates yidC2 translation. While mutational inactivation of SpoIIIJ has been known to induce yidC2 expression, here, we show that the level of this induction is lower than that observed when the membrane insertion signal of MifM is defective. Moreover, this partial induction of YidC2 translation is lowered further when YidC2 is overexpressed in trans. These results suggest that YidC2 is able to insert MifM into the membrane and to release its translation arrest. Thus, under SpoIIIJ-deficient conditions, YidC2 expression is subject to MifM-mediated autogenous feedback repression. Our results show that YidC2 uses a mechanism that is virtually identical to that used by SpoIIIJ; Arg75 of YidC2 in its intramembrane yet hydrophilic cavity is functionally indispensable and requires negatively charged residues of MifM as an insertion substrate. From these results, we conclude that MifM monitors the total activities of the SpoIIIJ and the YidC2 pathways to control the synthesis of YidC2 and to maintain the cellular capability of the YidC mode of membrane protein biogenesis.
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Kiedrowski MR, Crosby HA, Hernandez FJ, Malone CL, McNamara JO, Horswill AR. Staphylococcus aureus Nuc2 is a functional, surface-attached extracellular nuclease. PLoS One 2014; 9:e95574. [PMID: 24752186 PMCID: PMC3994088 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus is a prominent bacterial pathogen that causes a diverse range of acute and chronic infections. Recently, it has been demonstrated that the secreted nuclease (Nuc) enzyme is a virulence factor in multiple models of infection, and in vivo expression of nuc has facilitated the development of an infection imaging approach based on Nuc-activatable probes. Interestingly, S. aureus strains encode a second nuclease (Nuc2) that has received limited attention. With the growing interest in bacterial nucleases, we sought to characterize Nuc2 in more detail through localization, expression, and biochemical studies. Fluorescence microscopy and alkaline phosphatase localization approaches using Nuc2-GFP and Nuc2-PhoA fusions, respectively, demonstrated that Nuc2 is membrane bound with the C-terminus facing the extracellular environment, indicating it is a signal-anchored Type II membrane protein. Nuc2 enzyme activity was detectable on the S. aureus cell surface using a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) assay, and in time courses, both nuc2 transcription and enzyme activity peaked in early logarithmic growth and declined in stationary phase. Using a mouse model of S. aureus pyomyositis, Nuc2 activity was detected with activatable probes in vivo in nuc mutant strains, demonstrating that Nuc2 is produced during infections. To assess Nuc2 biochemical properties, the protein was purified and found to cleave both single- and double-stranded DNA, and it exhibited thermostability and calcium dependence, paralleling the properties of Nuc. Purified Nuc2 prevented biofilm formation in vitro and modestly decreased biomass in dispersal experiments. Altogether, our findings confirm that S. aureus encodes a second, surface-attached and functional DNase that is expressed during infections and displays similar biochemical properties to the secreted Nuc enzyme.
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- Megan R. Kiedrowski
- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Assembly of the Escherichia coli FoF1 ATP synthase involves distinct subcomplex formation. Biochem Soc Trans 2014; 41:1288-93. [PMID: 24059521 DOI: 10.1042/bst20130096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The ATP synthase (FoF1) of Escherichia coli couples the translocation of protons across the cytoplasmic membrane by Fo to ATP synthesis or hydrolysis in F1. Whereas good knowledge of the nanostructure and the rotary mechanism of the ATP synthase is at hand, the assembly pathway of the 22 polypeptide chains present in a stoichiometry of ab2c10α3β3γδϵ has so far not received sufficient attention. In our studies, mutants that synthesize different sets of FoF1 subunits allowed the characterization of individually formed stable subcomplexes. Furthermore, the development of a time-delayed in vivo assembly system enabled the subsequent synthesis of particular missing subunits to allow the formation of functional ATP synthase complexes. These observations form the basis for a model that describes the assembly pathway of the E. coli ATP synthase from pre-formed subcomplexes, thereby avoiding membrane proton permeability by a concomitant assembly of the open H+-translocating unit within a coupled FoF1 complex.
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Small proteins, here defined as proteins of 50 amino acids or fewer in the absence of processing, have traditionally been overlooked due to challenges in their annotation and biochemical detection. In the past several years, however, increasing numbers of small proteins have been identified either through the realization that mutations in intergenic regions are actually within unannotated small protein genes or through the discovery that some small, regulatory RNAs encode small proteins. These insights, together with comparative sequence analysis, indicate that tens if not hundreds of small proteins are synthesized in a given organism. This review summarizes what has been learned about the functions of several of these bacterial small proteins, most of which act at the membrane, illustrating the astonishing range of processes in which these small proteins act and suggesting several general conclusions. Important questions for future studies of these overlooked proteins are also discussed.
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- Gisela Storz
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-5430;
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Marvin DA, Symmons MF, Straus SK. Structure and assembly of filamentous bacteriophages. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 114:80-122. [PMID: 24582831 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2014.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Accepted: 02/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Filamentous bacteriophages are interesting paradigms in structural molecular biology, in part because of the unusual mechanism of filamentous phage assembly. During assembly, several thousand copies of an intracellular DNA-binding protein bind to each copy of the replicating phage DNA, and are then displaced by membrane-spanning phage coat proteins as the nascent phage is extruded through the bacterial plasma membrane. This complicated process takes place without killing the host bacterium. The bacteriophage is a semi-flexible worm-like nucleoprotein filament. The virion comprises a tube of several thousand identical major coat protein subunits around a core of single-stranded circular DNA. Each protein subunit is a polymer of about 50 amino-acid residues, largely arranged in an α-helix. The subunits assemble into a helical sheath, with each subunit oriented at a small angle to the virion axis and interdigitated with neighbouring subunits. A few copies of "minor" phage proteins necessary for infection and/or extrusion of the virion are located at each end of the completed virion. Here we review both the structure of the virion and aspects of its function, such as the way the virion enters the host, multiplies, and exits to prey on further hosts. In particular we focus on our understanding of the way the components of the virion come together during assembly at the membrane. We try to follow a basic rule of empirical science, that one should chose the simplest theoretical explanation for experiments, but be prepared to modify or even abandon this explanation as new experiments add more detail.
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- D A Marvin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, 2036 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada.
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Biogenesis of YidC cytoplasmic membrane substrates is required for positioning of autotransporter IcsA at future poles. J Bacteriol 2013; 196:624-32. [PMID: 24272775 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00840-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Localization of proteins to specific sites within bacterial cells is often critical to their function. In rod-shaped bacteria, proteins involved in diverse and important cell processes localize to the cell poles. The molecular mechanisms by which these proteins are targeted to the pole, however, are poorly understood. The Shigella autotransporter protein IcsA, which is localized to the pole on the surface of the bacterium, is targeted to the pole in the cytoplasm by a mechanism that is conserved across multiple Gram-negative bacterial species and has thus served as an important and informative model for studying polar localization. We present evidence that in Escherichia coli, the establishment of polar positional information recognized by IcsA requires the activity of the cytoplasmic membrane protein insertase YidC. We show that the role of YidC in IcsA localization is independent of the cell septation and cytokinesis proteins FtsQ and FtsEX. FtsQ is required for polar localization of IcsA and, based on cross-linking studies, is inserted in the vicinity of YidC, but, we find, is not dependent on YidC for membrane insertion. FtsEX is a YidC substrate, but we find that it is not required for polar localization of IcsA. These findings indicate that polar positional information recognized by IcsA depends on one or more membrane proteins that require YidC for proper membrane insertion.
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Identification of YidC residues that define interactions with the Sec Apparatus. J Bacteriol 2013; 196:367-77. [PMID: 24187090 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01095-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In bacteria, a subset of membrane proteins insert into the membrane via the Sec apparatus with the assistance of the widely conserved essential membrane protein insertase YidC. After threading into the SecYEG translocon, transmembrane segments of nascent proteins are thought to exit the translocon via a lateral gate in SecY, where YidC facilitates their transfer into the lipid bilayer. Interactions between YidC and components of the Sec apparatus are critical to its function. The first periplasmic loop of YidC interacts directly with SecF. We sought to identify the regions or residues of YidC that interact with SecY or with additional components of the Sec apparatus other than SecDF. Using a synthetic lethal screen, we identified residues of YidC that, when mutated, led to dependence on SecDF for viability. Each residue identified is highly conserved among YidC homologs; most lie within transmembrane domains. Overexpression of SecY in the presence of two YidC mutants partially rescued viability in the absence of SecDF, suggesting that the corresponding wild-type YidC residues (G355 and M471) participate in interactions, direct or indirect, with SecY. Staphylococcus aureus YidC complemented depletion of YidC, but not of SecDF, in Escherichia coli. G355 of E. coli YidC is invariant in S. aureus YidC, suggesting that this highly conserved glycine serves a conserved function in interactions with SecY. This study demonstrates that transmembrane residues are critical in YidC interactions with the Sec apparatus and provides guidance on YidC residues of interest for future structure-function analyses.
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In vitro methods have enabled the rapid and efficient evolution of proteins and successful generation of novel and highly functional proteins. However, the available methods consider only globular proteins (e.g., antibodies, enzymes) and not membrane proteins despite the biological and pharmaceutical importance of the latter. In this study, we report the development of a method called liposome display that can evolve the properties of membrane proteins entirely in vitro. This method, which involves in vitro protein synthesis inside liposomes, which are cell-sized phospholipid vesicles, was applied to the pore-forming activity of α-hemolysin, a membrane protein derived from Staphylococcus aureus. The obtained α-hemolysin mutant possessed only two point mutations but exhibited a 30-fold increase in its pore-forming activity compared with the WT. Given the ability to synthesize various membrane proteins and modify protein synthesis and functional screening conditions, this method will allow for the rapid and efficient evolution of a wide range of membrane proteins.
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Zhu L, Kaback HR, Dalbey RE. YidC protein, a molecular chaperone for LacY protein folding via the SecYEG protein machinery. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:28180-94. [PMID: 23928306 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.491613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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To understand how YidC and SecYEG function together in membrane protein topogenesis, insertion and folding of the lactose permease of Escherichia coli (LacY), a 12-transmembrane helix protein LacY that catalyzes symport of a galactoside and an H(+), was studied. Although both the SecYEG machinery and signal recognition particle are required for insertion of LacY into the membrane, YidC is not required for translocation of the six periplasmic loops in LacY. Rather, YidC acts as a chaperone, facilitating LacY folding. Upon YidC depletion, the conformation of LacY is perturbed, as judged by monoclonal antibody binding studies and by in vivo cross-linking between introduced Cys pairs. Disulfide cross-linking also demonstrates that YidC interacts with multiple transmembrane segments of LacY during membrane biogenesis. Moreover, YidC is strictly required for insertion of M13 procoat protein fused into the middle cytoplasmic loop of LacY. In contrast, the loops preceding and following the inserted procoat domain are dependent on SecYEG for insertion. These studies demonstrate close cooperation between the two complexes in membrane biogenesis and that YidC functions primarily as a foldase for LacY.
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- Lu Zhu
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 and
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Islam ST, Lam JS. Topological mapping methods for α-helical bacterial membrane proteins--an update and a guide. Microbiologyopen 2013; 2:350-64. [PMID: 23408725 PMCID: PMC3633358 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2012] [Revised: 01/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Integral membrane proteins with α-helical transmembrane segments (TMS) are known to play important and diverse roles in prokaryotic cell physiology. The net hydrophobicity of TMS directly corresponds to the observed difficulties in expressing and purifying these proteins, let alone producing sufficient yields for structural studies using two-/three-dimensional (2D/3D) crystallographic or nuclear magnetic resonance methods. To gain insight into the function of these integral membrane proteins, topological mapping has become an important tool to identify exposed and membrane-embedded protein domains. This approach has led to the discovery of protein tracts of functional importance and to the proposition of novel mechanistic hypotheses. In this review, we synthesize the various methods available for topological mapping of α-helical integral membrane proteins to provide investigators with a comprehensive reference for choosing techniques suited to their particular topological queries and available resources.
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- Salim T Islam
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) and its receptor compose a universally conserved and essential cellular machinery that couples the synthesis of nascent proteins to their proper membrane localization. The past decade has witnessed an explosion in in-depth mechanistic investigations of this targeting machine at increasingly higher resolutions. In this review, we summarize recent work that elucidates how the SRP and SRP receptor interact with the cargo protein and the target membrane, respectively, and how these interactions are coupled to a novel GTPase cycle in the SRP·SRP receptor complex to provide the driving force and enhance the fidelity of this fundamental cellular pathway. We also discuss emerging frontiers in which important questions remain to be addressed.
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- David Akopian
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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The conserved general secretion (Sec) pathway carries out most protein export in bacteria and is powered by the essential ATPase SecA. Interestingly, mycobacteria and some Gram-positive bacteria possess two SecA proteins: SecA1 and SecA2. In these species, SecA1 is responsible for exporting most proteins, whereas SecA2 exports only a subset of substrates and is implicated in virulence. However, despite the impressive body of knowledge about the canonical SecA1, less is known concerning SecA2 function. Here, we review our current understanding of the different types of SecA2 systems and outline future directions for their study.
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- Meghan E Feltcher
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-27290, USA
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Aschtgen MS, Zoued A, Lloubès R, Journet L, Cascales E. The C-tail anchored TssL subunit, an essential protein of the enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Sci-1 Type VI secretion system, is inserted by YidC. Microbiologyopen 2012; 1:71-82. [PMID: 22950014 PMCID: PMC3426401 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/21/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Type VI secretion systems (T6SS) are macromolecular complexes present in Gram-negative bacteria. T6SS are structurally similar to the bacteriophage cell-puncturing device and have been shown to mediate bacteria–host or bacteria–bacteria interactions. T6SS assemble from 13 to 20 proteins. In enteroaggregative Escherichia coli (EAEC), one of the subassemblies is composed of four proteins that form a trans-envelope complex: the TssJ outer membrane lipoprotein, the peptidoglycan-anchored inner membrane TagL protein, and two putative inner membrane proteins, TssL and TssM. In this study, we characterized the TssL protein of the EAEC Sci-1 T6SS in terms of localization, topology, and function. TssL is a critical component of the T6SS, anchored to the inner membrane through a single transmembrane segment located at the extreme C-terminus of the protein. We further show that this transmembrane segment is essential for the function of the protein and its proper insertion in the inner membrane is dependent upon YidC and modulated by the Hsp70 homologue DnaK.
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- Marie-Stéphanie Aschtgen
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Aix-Marseille Université CNRS - UMR 7255, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402, Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Chiba S, Ito K. Multisite ribosomal stalling: a unique mode of regulatory nascent chain action revealed for MifM. Mol Cell 2012; 47:863-72. [PMID: 22864117 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2012] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bacillus subtilis MifM uses polypeptide-instructed ribosomal stalling to control translation of YidC2, a membrane protein biogenesis factor. In contrast to other stalling systems involving a single arrest point, our in vitro translation/toeprint experiments show that the B. subtilis ribosome stalls consecutively at multiple codons of MifM. This mode of elongation arrest depends on nascent chain residues at the middle of the ribosomal exit tunnel and a few (four for the maximum functionality) negative charges residing proximally to the arrest points. The latter element does not require exact amino acid sequence, and this feature may underlie the multisite stalling. The arrested nascent chains were not efficiently transferred to puromycin, suggesting that growing MifM nascent chains inhibit peptidyl transferase center after acquiring an acidic residue(s). Multisite stalling seems to provide a unique means for MifM to achieve a sufficient duration of ribosomal stalling required for the regulatory function.
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- Shinobu Chiba
- Kyoto Sangyo University, Motoyama, Kamigamo, Kita-Ku, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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Liang FC, Bageshwar UK, Musser SM. Position-dependent effects of polylysine on Sec protein transport. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:12703-14. [PMID: 22367204 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.240903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The bacterial Sec protein translocation system catalyzes the transport of unfolded precursor proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. Using a recently developed real time fluorescence-based transport assay, the effects of the number and distribution of positive charges on the transport time and transport efficiency of proOmpA were examined. As expected, an increase in the number of lysine residues generally increased transport time and decreased transport efficiency. However, the observed effects were highly dependent on the polylysine position in the mature domain. In addition, a string of consecutive positive charges generally had a more significant effect on transport time and efficiency than separating the charges into two or more charged segments. Thirty positive charges distributed throughout the mature domain resulted in effects similar to 10 consecutive charges near the N terminus of the mature domain. These data support a model in which the local effects of positive charge on the translocation kinetics dominate over total thermodynamic constraints. The rapid translocation kinetics of some highly charged proOmpA mutants suggest that the charge is partially shielded from the electric field gradient during transport, possibly by the co-migration of counter ions. The transport times of precursors with multiple positively charged sequences, or "pause sites," were fairly well predicted by a local effect model. However, the kinetic profile predicted by this local effect model was not observed. Instead, the transport kinetics observed for precursors with multiple polylysine segments support a model in which translocation through the SecYEG pore is not the rate-limiting step of transport.
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- Fu-Cheng Liang
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Chen LC, Yeh HY, Yeh CY, Arias CR, Soo VW. Identifying co-targets to fight drug resistance based on a random walk model. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2012; 6:5. [PMID: 22257493 PMCID: PMC3296574 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-6-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Drug resistance has now posed more severe and emergent threats to human health and infectious disease treatment. However, wet-lab approaches alone to counter drug resistance have so far still achieved limited success due to less knowledge about the underlying mechanisms of drug resistance. Our approach apply a heuristic search algorithm in order to extract active network under drug treatment and use a random walk model to identify potential co-targets for effective antibacterial drugs. RESULTS We use interactome network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and gene expression data which are treated with two kinds of antibiotic, Isoniazid and Ethionamide as our test data. Our analysis shows that the active drug-treated networks are associated with the trigger of fatty acid metabolism and synthesis and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-related processes and those results are consistent with the recent experimental findings. Efflux pumps processes appear to be the major mechanisms of resistance but SOS response is significantly up-regulation under Isoniazid treatment. We also successfully identify the potential co-targets with literature confirmed evidences which are related to the glycine-rich membrane, adenosine triphosphate energy and cell wall processes. CONCLUSIONS With gene expression and interactome data supported, our study points out possible pathways leading to the emergence of drug resistance under drug treatment. We develop a computational workflow for giving new insights to bacterial drug resistance which can be gained by a systematic and global analysis of the bacterial regulation network. Our study also discovers the potential co-targets with good properties in biological and graph theory aspects to overcome the problem of drug resistance.
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- Liang-Chun Chen
- Institute of Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
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- Department of Computer Science, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
- Institute of Information Systems and Applications, National Tsing Hua University, HsinChu 300, Taiwan
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Dolezal P, Aili M, Tong J, Jiang JH, Marobbio CM, Lee SF, Schuelein R, Belluzzo S, Binova E, Mousnier A, Frankel G, Giannuzzi G, Palmieri F, Gabriel K, Naderer T, Hartland EL, Lithgow T. Legionella pneumophila secretes a mitochondrial carrier protein during infection. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1002459. [PMID: 22241989 PMCID: PMC3252375 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The Mitochondrial Carrier Family (MCF) is a signature group of integral membrane proteins that transport metabolites across the mitochondrial inner membrane in eukaryotes. MCF proteins are characterized by six transmembrane segments that assemble to form a highly-selective channel for metabolite transport. We discovered a novel MCF member, termed Legionellanucleotide carrier Protein (LncP), encoded in the genome of Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire's disease. LncP was secreted via the bacterial Dot/Icm type IV secretion system into macrophages and assembled in the mitochondrial inner membrane. In a yeast cellular system, LncP induced a dominant-negative phenotype that was rescued by deleting an endogenous ATP carrier. Substrate transport studies on purified LncP reconstituted in liposomes revealed that it catalyzes unidirectional transport and exchange of ATP transport across membranes, thereby supporting a role for LncP as an ATP transporter. A hidden Markov model revealed further MCF proteins in the intracellular pathogens, Legionella longbeachae and Neorickettsia sennetsu, thereby challenging the notion that MCF proteins exist exclusively in eukaryotic organisms. Mitochondrial carrier proteins evolved during endosymbiosis to transport substrates across the mitochondrial inner membrane. As such the proteins are associated exclusively with eukaryotic organisms. Despite this, we identified putative mitochondrial carrier proteins in the genomes of different intracellular bacterial pathogens, including Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaire's disease. We named the mitochondrial carrier protein from L. pneumophila LncP and determined that the protein is translocated into host cells during infection by the bacterial Dot/Icm type IV secretion system. From there, LncP accesses the classical mitochondrial import pathway and is incorporated into the mitochondrial inner membrane as an integral membrane protein. Remarkably, LncP crosses five biological membranes to reach its final location. Biochemically, LncP is a unidirectional nucleotide transporter similar to Aac1 in yeast. Although not essential for intracellular replication, the high carriage rate of lncP among isolates of L. pneumophila suggests that the ability of the pathogen to manipulate mitochondrial ATP transport assists survival of the bacteria in an intracellular environment.
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- Pavel Dolezal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Department of Parasitology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Tropical Medicine, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and Faculty Hospital Bulovka, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaco-Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- * E-mail: (ELH); (TL)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
- * E-mail: (ELH); (TL)
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Nannenga BL, Baneyx F. Folding engineering strategies for efficient membrane protein production in E. coli. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 899:187-202. [PMID: 22735954 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-921-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Membrane proteins are notoriously difficult to produce at the high levels required for structural and biochemical characterization. Among the various expression systems used to date, the enteric bacterium Escherichia coli remains one of the best characterized and most versatile. However, membrane protein overexpression in E. coli is often accompanied by toxicity and low yields of functional product. Here, we briefly review the involvement of signal recognition particle, trigger factor, and YidC in α-helical membrane protein biogenesis and describe a set of strains, vectors, and chaperone co-expression plasmids that can lead to significant gains in the production of recombinant membrane proteins in E. coli. Methods to quantify membrane proteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis are also provided.
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- Brent L Nannenga
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Welte T, Kudva R, Kuhn P, Sturm L, Braig D, Müller M, Warscheid B, Drepper F, Koch HG. Promiscuous targeting of polytopic membrane proteins to SecYEG or YidC by the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 23:464-79. [PMID: 22160593 PMCID: PMC3268725 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-07-0590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The YidC insertase also integrates multispanning membrane proteins that had been considered to be exclusively SecYEG dependent. Only membrane proteins that require SecA can be inserted only via SecYEG. Targeting to YidC is SRP dependent, and the C-terminus of YidC cross-links to SRP, FtsY, and ribosomal subunits. Protein insertion into the bacterial inner membrane is facilitated by SecYEG or YidC. Although SecYEG most likely constitutes the major integration site, small membrane proteins have been shown to integrate via YidC. We show that YidC can also integrate multispanning membrane proteins such as mannitol permease or TatC, which had been considered to be exclusively integrated by SecYEG. Only SecA-dependent multispanning membrane proteins strictly require SecYEG for integration, which suggests that SecA can only interact with the SecYEG translocon, but not with the YidC insertase. Targeting of multispanning membrane proteins to YidC is mediated by signal recognition particle (SRP), and we show by site-directed cross-linking that the C-terminus of YidC is in contact with SRP, the SRP receptor, and ribosomal proteins. These findings indicate that SRP recognizes membrane proteins independent of the downstream integration site and that many membrane proteins can probably use either SecYEG or YidC for integration. Because protein synthesis is much slower than protein transport, the use of YidC as an additional integration site for multispanning membrane proteins may prevent a situation in which the majority of SecYEG complexes are occupied by translating ribosomes during cotranslational insertion, impeding the translocation of secretory proteins.
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- Thomas Welte
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Mutations in the Gene Encoding C8orf38 Block Complex I Assembly by Inhibiting Production of the Mitochondria-Encoded Subunit ND1. J Mol Biol 2011; 414:413-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2011] [Revised: 10/07/2011] [Accepted: 10/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Unbalanced charge distribution as a determinant for dependence of a subset of Escherichia coli membrane proteins on the membrane insertase YidC. mBio 2011; 2:mBio.00238-11. [PMID: 22108384 PMCID: PMC3225971 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00238-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Membrane proteins are involved in numerous essential cell processes, including transport, gene regulation, motility, and metabolism. To function properly, they must be inserted into the membrane and folded correctly. YidC, an essential protein in Escherichia coli with homologues in other bacteria, Archaea, mitochondria, and chloroplasts, functions by incompletely understood mechanisms in the insertion and folding of certain membrane proteins. Using a genome-scale approach, we identified 69 E. coli membrane proteins that, in the absence of YidC, exhibited aberrant localization by microscopy. Further examination of a subset revealed biochemical defects in membrane insertion in the absence of YidC, indicating their dependence on YidC for proper membrane insertion or folding. Membrane proteins possessing an unfavorable distribution of positively charged residues were significantly more likely to depend on YidC for membrane insertion. Correcting the charge distribution of a charge-unbalanced YidC-dependent membrane protein abrogated its requirement for YidC, while perturbing the charge distribution of a charge-balanced YidC-independent membrane protein rendered it YidC dependent, demonstrating that charge distribution can be a necessary and sufficient determinant of YidC dependence. These findings provide insights into a mechanism by which YidC promotes proper membrane protein biogenesis and suggest a critical function of YidC in all organisms and organelles that express it. Biological membranes are fundamental components of cells, providing barriers that enclose the cell and separate compartments. Proteins inserted into biological membranes serve critical functions in molecular transport, molecular partitioning, and other essential cell processes. The mechanisms involved in the insertion of proteins into membranes, however, are incompletely understood. The YidC protein is critical for the insertion of a subset of proteins into membranes across an evolutionarily wide group of organisms. Here we identify a large group of proteins that depend on YidC for membrane insertion in Escherichia coli, and we identify unfavorable distribution of charge as an important determinant of YidC dependence for proper membrane insertion.
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Clifton LA, Johnson CL, Solovyova AS, Callow P, Weiss KL, Ridley H, Le Brun AP, Kinane CJ, Webster JRP, Holt SA, Lakey JH. Low resolution structure and dynamics of a colicin-receptor complex determined by neutron scattering. J Biol Chem 2011; 287:337-346. [PMID: 22081604 PMCID: PMC3249085 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.302901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Proteins that translocate across cell membranes need to overcome a significant hydrophobic barrier. This is usually accomplished via specialized protein complexes, which provide a polar transmembrane pore. Exceptions to this include bacterial toxins, which insert into and cross the lipid bilayer itself. We are studying the mechanism by which large antibacterial proteins enter Escherichia coli via specific outer membrane proteins. Here we describe the use of neutron scattering to investigate the interaction of colicin N with its outer membrane receptor protein OmpF. The positions of lipids, colicin N, and OmpF were separately resolved within complex structures by the use of selective deuteration. Neutron reflectivity showed, in real time, that OmpF mediates the insertion of colicin N into lipid monolayers. This data were complemented by Brewster Angle Microscopy images, which showed a lateral association of OmpF in the presence of colicin N. Small angle neutron scattering experiments then defined the three-dimensional structure of the colicin N-OmpF complex. This revealed that colicin N unfolds and binds to the OmpF-lipid interface. The implications of this unfolding step for colicin translocation across membranes are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Luke A Clifton
- ISIS Spallation Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
| | - Alexandra S Solovyova
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
| | - Phil Callow
- Partnership for Structural Biology, Institut Laue Langevin, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble, France
| | - Kevin L Weiss
- Center for Structural Molecular Biology, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
| | - Helen Ridley
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
| | - Anton P Le Brun
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
| | - Christian J Kinane
- ISIS Spallation Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - John R P Webster
- ISIS Spallation Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - Stephen A Holt
- ISIS Spallation Neutron Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - Jeremy H Lakey
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.
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