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Yadav S, Vinothkumar KR. Factors affecting macromolecule orientations in thin films formed in cryo-EM. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2024; 80:535-550. [PMID: 38935342 PMCID: PMC11220838 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798324005229] [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: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
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The formation of a vitrified thin film embedded with randomly oriented macromolecules is an essential prerequisite for cryogenic sample electron microscopy. Most commonly, this is achieved using the plunge-freeze method first described nearly 40 years ago. Although this is a robust method, the behaviour of different macromolecules shows great variation upon freezing and often needs to be optimized to obtain an isotropic, high-resolution reconstruction. For a macromolecule in such a film, the probability of encountering the air-water interface in the time between blotting and freezing and adopting preferred orientations is very high. 3D reconstruction using preferentially oriented particles often leads to anisotropic and uninterpretable maps. Currently, there are no general solutions to this prevalent issue, but several approaches largely focusing on sample preparation with the use of additives and novel grid modifications have been attempted. In this study, the effect of physical and chemical factors on the orientations of macromolecules was investigated through an analysis of selected well studied macromolecules, and important parameters that determine the behaviour of proteins on cryo-EM grids were revealed. These insights highlight the nature of the interactions that cause preferred orientations and can be utilized to systematically address orientation bias for any given macromolecule and to provide a framework to design small-molecule additives to enhance sample stability and behaviour.
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- Swati Yadav
- National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchGKVK Post, Bellary RoadBengaluru560 065India
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- National Centre for Biological SciencesTata Institute of Fundamental ResearchGKVK Post, Bellary RoadBengaluru560 065India
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Schroeter KL, Rolfe N, Forrester TJ, Kimber MS, Seah SY. Shy is a Proteobacterial steroid hydratase which catalyzes steroid side chain degradation without requiring a catalytically inert partner domain. J Biol Chem 2024:107509. [PMID: 38944126 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.107509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/20/2024] [Indexed: 07/01/2024] Open
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Shy (side chain hydratase) and Sal (side chain aldolase), are involved in successive reactions in the pathway of bile acid side chain catabolism in Proteobacteria. Untagged Shy co-purified with His-tagged Sal indicating that the two enzymes form a complex. Shy contains a MaoC and a DUF35 domain. When co-expressed with Sal, the DUF35 domain but not the MaoC domain of Shy was observed to co-purify with Sal, indicating Sal interacts with Shy through its DUF35 domain. The MaoC domain of Shy (ShyMaoC) remained catalytically viable and could hydrate cholyl-enoyl-CoA with similar catalytic efficiency as in the Shy-Sal complex. Sal expressed with the DUF35 domain of Shy (Sal-ShyDUF35) was similarly competent for the retroaldol cleavage of cholyl-3-OH-CoA. ShyMaoC showed a preference for C5 side chain bile acid substrates, exhibiting low activity towards C3 side chain substrates. The ShyMaoC structure was determined by X-ray crystallography, showing a hot dog fold with a short central helix surrounded by a twisted anti-parallel β-sheet. Modeling and mutagenesis studies suggest that the bile acid substrate occupies the large open cleft formed by the truncated central helix and repositioning of the active site housing. ShyMaoC therefore contains two substrate binding sites per homodimer, making it distinct from previously characterized MaoC steroid hydratases that are (pseudo)-heterodimers with one substrate binding site per dimer. The characterization of Shy provides insight into how MaoC family hydratases have adapted to accommodate large polycyclic substrates that can facilitate future engineering of these enzymes to produce novel steroid pharmaceuticals.
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- Kurt L Schroeter
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Canada.
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Höing L, Sowa ST, Toplak M, Reinhardt JK, Jakob R, Maier T, Lill MA, Teufel R. Biosynthesis of the bacterial antibiotic 3,7-dihydroxytropolone through enzymatic salvaging of catabolic shunt products. Chem Sci 2024; 15:7749-7756. [PMID: 38784727 PMCID: PMC11110157 DOI: 10.1039/d4sc01715c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 04/21/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024] Open
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The non-benzenoid aromatic tropone ring is a structural motif of numerous microbial and plant natural products with potent bioactivities. In bacteria, tropone biosynthesis involves early steps of the widespread CoA-dependent phenylacetic acid (paa) catabolon, from which a shunt product is sequestered and surprisingly further utilized as a universal precursor for structurally and functionally diverse tropone derivatives such as tropodithietic acid or (hydroxy)tropolones. Here, we elucidate the biosynthesis of the antibiotic 3,7-dihydroxytropolone in Actinobacteria by in vitro pathway reconstitution using paa catabolic enzymes as well as dedicated downstream tailoring enzymes, including a thioesterase (TrlF) and two flavoprotein monooxygenases (TrlCD and TrlE). We furthermore mechanistically and structurally characterize the multifunctional key enzyme TrlE, which mediates an unanticipated ipso-substitution involving a hydroxylation and subsequent decarboxylation of the CoA-freed side chain, followed by ring oxidation to afford tropolone. This study showcases a remarkably efficient strategy for 3,7-dihydroxytropolone biosynthesis and illuminates the functions of the involved biosynthetic enzymes.
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- Lars Höing
- Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Hilde-Mangold-Haus (CIBSS), University of Freiburg Habsburgerstrasse 49 79104 Freiburg im Breisgau Germany
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- Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel Spitalstrasse 41 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel Spitalstrasse 41 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Computational Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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- Pharmaceutical Biology, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50 4056 Basel Switzerland
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Fan F, Chen G, Deng S, Wei L. Proteomic analysis of meropenem-induced outer membrane vesicles released by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae. Microbiol Spectr 2024; 12:e0291723. [PMID: 38236023 PMCID: PMC10846168 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02917-23] [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: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is an important multidrug resistance (MDR) pathogen that threatens human health and is the main source of hospital-acquired infection. Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are extracellular vesicles derived from Gram-negative bacteria and contain materials involved in bacterial survival and pathogenesis. They also contribute to cellular communication to nearby or distant recipient cells and influence their functions and phenotypes. In this study, we sought to understand the mechanism of bacterial response to meropenem pressure and explore the relationship between pathogenic proteins and the high pathogenicity of bacteria. We performed whole-genome PacBio sequencing on a clinical CRKP strain, and its OMVs were characterized using nanoparticle tracking analysis, transmission electron microscopy, and proteomic analysis. Thousands of vesicle proteins have been identified in mass spectrometry-based high-throughput proteomics analyses of K. pneumoniae OMVs. Protein functionality analysis showed that the OMVs were predominantly involved in metabolic, intracellular compartments, nucleic acid binding, survival, defense, and antibiotic resistance, such as Chromosome partition protein MukB, 3-methyl-2-oxobutanoate hydroxymethyltransferase, methionine-tRNA ligase, Heat shock protein 60 family chaperone GroEL, and Gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase. Additionally, a protein-protein interaction network demonstrated that OMVs from meropenem-treated K. pneumoniae showed the highest connectivity in DNA polymerase I, phenylalanine-tRNA ligase beta subunit, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta, methionine-tRNA ligase, DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit beta, and DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit alpha. The OMVs proteome expression profile indicates increased secretion of stress proteins released from meropenem-treated K. pneumoniae, which provides clues for revealing the biogenesis and pathophysiological functions of Gram-negative bacteria OMVs. The significant differentially expressed proteins identified in this study are of great significance for exploring effective control strategies for CRKP infection.IMPORTANCEMeropenem is one of the main antibiotics used in the clinical treatment of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP). This study demonstrated that some important metabolic changes occurred in meropenem-induced CRKP-outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), The OMVs proteome expression profile indicates increased secretion of stress proteins released from meropenem-induced Klebsiella pneumoniae. Furthermore, this is the first study to discuss the protein-protein interaction network of the OMVs released by CRKP, especially under antibiotic stress.
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- Fangfang Fan
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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McMullan G, Naydenova K, Mihaylov D, Yamashita K, Peet MJ, Wilson H, Dickerson JL, Chen S, Cannone G, Lee Y, Hutchings KA, Gittins O, Sobhy MA, Wells T, El-Gomati MM, Dalby J, Meffert M, Schulze-Briese C, Henderson R, Russo CJ. Structure determination by cryoEM at 100 keV. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2312905120. [PMID: 38011573 PMCID: PMC10710074 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2312905120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023] Open
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Electron cryomicroscopy can, in principle, determine the structures of most biological molecules but is currently limited by access, specimen preparation difficulties, and cost. We describe a purpose-built instrument operating at 100 keV-including advances in electron optics, detection, and processing-that makes structure determination fast and simple at a fraction of current costs. The instrument attains its theoretical performance limits, allowing atomic resolution imaging of gold test specimens and biological molecular structure determination in hours. We demonstrate its capabilities by determining the structures of eleven different specimens, ranging in size from 140 kDa to 2 MDa, using a fraction of the data normally required. CryoEM with a microscope designed specifically for high-efficiency, on-the-spot imaging of biological molecules will expand structural biology to a wide range of previously intractable problems.
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- Greg McMullan
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Newcastle University, Newcastle upon TyneNE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal23955, Saudi Arabia
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- York Probe Sources Ltd., YorkYO26 6QU, United Kingdom
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- JEOL U.K. Ltd., Welwyn Garden CityAL7 1LT, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology, CambridgeCB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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Jiao M, He W, Ouyang Z, Qin Q, Guo Y, Zhang J, Bai Y, Guo X, Yu Q, She J, Hwang PM, Zheng F, Wen Y. Mechanistic and structural insights into the bifunctional enzyme PaaY from Acinetobacter baumannii. Structure 2023; 31:935-947.e4. [PMID: 37329879 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2023.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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PaaY is a thioesterase that enables toxic metabolites to be degraded through the bacterial phenylacetic acid (PA) pathway. The Acinetobacter baumannii gene FQU82_01591 encodes PaaY, which we demonstrate to possess γ-carbonic anhydrase activity in addition to thioesterase activity. The crystal structure of AbPaaY in complex with bicarbonate reveals a homotrimer with a canonical γ-carbonic anhydrase active site. Thioesterase activity assays demonstrate a preference for lauroyl-CoA as a substrate. The AbPaaY trimer structure shows a unique domain-swapped C-termini, which increases the stability of the enzyme in vitro and decreases its susceptibility to proteolysis in vivo. The domain-swapped C-termini impact thioesterase substrate specificity and enzyme efficacy without affecting carbonic anhydrase activity. AbPaaY knockout reduced the growth of Acinetobacter in media containing PA, decreased biofilm formation, and impaired hydrogen peroxide resistance. Collectively, AbPaaY is a bifunctional enzyme that plays a key role in the metabolism, growth, and stress response mechanisms of A. baumannii.
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- Min Jiao
- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3, Canada
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- The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China
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- Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Sepsis in Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China; The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education Health Science Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710061, China.
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Jiao M, He W, Ouyang Z, Shi Q, Wen Y. Progress in structural and functional study of the bacterial phenylacetic acid catabolic pathway, its role in pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:964019. [PMID: 36160191 PMCID: PMC9493321 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.964019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Phenylacetic acid (PAA) is a central intermediate metabolite involved in bacterial degradation of aromatic components. The bacterial PAA pathway mainly contains 12 enzymes and a transcriptional regulator, which are involved in biofilm formation and antimicrobial activity. They are present in approximately 16% of the sequenced bacterial genome. In this review, we have summarized the PAA distribution in microbes, recent structural and functional study progress of the enzyme families of the bacterial PAA pathway, and their role in bacterial pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance. The enzymes of the bacterial PAA pathway have shown potential as an antimicrobial drug target for biotechnological applications in metabolic engineering.
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- Min Jiao
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Center for Microbiome Research of Med-X Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- The Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Disease of Ministry of Education Health Science Center, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China
- *Correspondence: Yurong Wen,
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Papageorgiou AC. Structural Characterization of Multienzyme Assemblies: An Overview. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2487:51-72. [PMID: 35687229 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2269-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Multienzyme assemblies have attracted significant attention in recent years for use in industrial applications instead of single enzymes. Owing to their ability to catalyze cascade reactions, multienzyme assemblies have become inspirational tools for the in vitro construction of multienzyme molecular machines. The use of such molecular machines could offer several advantages such as fewer side reactions, a high product yield, a fast reaction speed, easy product separation, a tolerable toxic environment, and robust system operability compared to current microbial cell catalytic systems. Besides, they can provide all the benefits found in the use of enzymes, including reusability, catalytic efficiency, and specificity. Similar to single enzymes, multienzyme assemblies could offer economical and environmentally friendly alternatives to conventional catalysts and play a central role as biocatalysts in green chemistry applications. However, detailed characterization of multienzyme assemblies and a full understanding of their mechanistic details are required for their efficient use in industrial biotransformations. Since the determination of the first enzyme structure in 1965, structural information has played a pivotal role in the characterization of enzymes and elucidation of their structure-function relationship. Among the structural biology techniques, X-ray crystallography has provided key mechanistic details into multienzyme assemblies. Here, the structural characterization of multienzyme assemblies is reviewed and several examples are provided.
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Kondrat S, von Lieres E. Mechanisms and Effects of Substrate Channelling in Enzymatic Cascades. Methods Mol Biol 2022; 2487:27-50. [PMID: 35687228 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2269-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Substrate or metabolite channelling is a transfer of intermediates produced by one enzyme to the sequential enzyme of a reaction cascade or metabolic pathway, without releasing them entirely into bulk. Despite an enormous effort and more than three decades of research, substrate channelling remains the subject of continuing debates and active investigation. Herein, we review the benefits and mechanisms of substrate channelling in vivo and in vitro. We discuss critically the effects that substrate channelling can have on enzymatic cascades, including speeding up or slowing down reaction cascades and protecting intermediates from sequestration and enzymes' surroundings from toxic or otherwise detrimental intermediates. We also discuss how macromolecular crowding affects substrate channelling and point out the galore of open questions.
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- Svyatoslav Kondrat
- Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
- Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart, Germany.
- IV. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
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- Forschungszentrum Jülich, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Jülich, Germany
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Singha LP, Pandey P. Rhizosphere assisted bioengineering approaches for the mitigation of petroleum hydrocarbons contamination in soil. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2021; 41:749-766. [PMID: 33626996 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2021.1888066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The high demand for petroleum oil has led to hydrocarbon contamination in soil, including agricultural lands, and many other ecosystems across the globe. Physical and chemical treatments are effective strategies for the removal of high contamination levels and are useful for small areas, although with concerns of cost-effectiveness. Alternatively, several bacteria belonging to the Phylum: Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Actinobacteria, Nocardioides, or Firmicutes are used for biodegradation of different hydrocarbons - aliphatic, polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), and asphaltenes in the oil-contaminated soil. The rhizoremediation strategy with plant-microbe interactions has prospects to achieve the desired result in the field conditions. However, adequate biostimulation, and bioaugmentation with the suitable plant-microbe combination, and efficiency under a toxic environment needs to be evaluated. Modifying the microbiomes to achieve better biodegradation of contaminants is an upcoming strategy popularly known as microbiome engineering. In this review, rhizoremediation for the successful removal of the hydrocarbons have been critically discussed, with challenges for making it a feasible technology.HIGHLIGHTSPetroleum hydrocarbon contamination has increased around the globe.Rhizoremediation has the potential for the mitigation of pollutants from the contaminated sites.An accurate and detailed analysis of the physio-chemical and climatic conditions of the contaminated sites must be focused on.The suitable plant and bacteria, with other major considerations, may be employed for in-situ remediation.The appropriate data should be obtained using the omics approach to help toward the success of the rhizoremediation strategy.
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- Department of Microbiology, Assam University, Silchar, India
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Duan Y, Petzold M, Saleem‐Batcha R, Teufel R. Bacterial Tropone Natural Products and Derivatives: Overview of their Biosynthesis, Bioactivities, Ecological Role and Biotechnological Potential. Chembiochem 2020; 21:2384-2407. [PMID: 32239689 PMCID: PMC7497051 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201900786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Tropone natural products are non-benzene aromatic compounds of significant ecological and pharmaceutical interest. Herein, we highlight current knowledge on bacterial tropones and their derivatives such as tropolones, tropodithietic acid, and roseobacticides. Their unusual biosynthesis depends on a universal CoA-bound precursor featuring a seven-membered carbon ring as backbone, which is generated by a side reaction of the phenylacetic acid catabolic pathway. Enzymes encoded by separate gene clusters then further modify this key intermediate by oxidation, CoA-release, or incorporation of sulfur among other reactions. Tropones play important roles in the terrestrial and marine environment where they act as antibiotics, algaecides, or quorum sensing signals, while their bacterial producers are often involved in symbiotic interactions with plants and marine invertebrates (e. g., algae, corals, sponges, or mollusks). Because of their potent bioactivities and of slowly developing bacterial resistance, tropones and their derivatives hold great promise for biomedical or biotechnological applications, for instance as antibiotics in (shell)fish aquaculture.
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- Ying Duan
- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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- Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Freiburg79104FreiburgGermany
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Single-particle electron cryomicroscopy (cryo-EM) is an increasingly popular technique for elucidating the three-dimensional structure of proteins and other biologically significant complexes at near-atomic resolution. It is an imaging method that does not require crystallization and can capture molecules in their native states. In single-particle cryo-EM, the three-dimensional molecular structure needs to be determined from many noisy two-dimensional tomographic projections of individual molecules, whose orientations and positions are unknown. The high level of noise and the unknown pose parameters are two key elements that make reconstruction a challenging computational problem. Even more challenging is the inference of structural variability and flexible motions when the individual molecules being imaged are in different conformational states. This review discusses computational methods for structure determination by single-particle cryo-EM and their guiding principles from statistical inference, machine learning, and signal processing that also play a significant role in many other data science applications.
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- Amit Singer
- Department of Mathematics and Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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- Departments of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Five enzymes of the Arg/N-degron pathway form a targeting complex: The concept of superchanneling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:10778-10788. [PMID: 32366662 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2003043117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The Arg/N-degron pathway targets proteins for degradation by recognizing their N-terminal (Nt) residues. If a substrate bears, for example, Nt-Asn, its targeting involves deamidation of Nt-Asn, arginylation of resulting Nt-Asp, binding of resulting (conjugated) Nt-Arg to the UBR1-RAD6 E3-E2 ubiquitin ligase, ligase-mediated synthesis of a substrate-linked polyubiquitin chain, its capture by the proteasome, and substrate's degradation. We discovered that the human Nt-Asn-specific Nt-amidase NTAN1, Nt-Gln-specific Nt-amidase NTAQ1, arginyltransferase ATE1, and the ubiquitin ligase UBR1-UBE2A/B (or UBR2-UBE2A/B) form a complex in which NTAN1 Nt-amidase binds to NTAQ1, ATE1, and UBR1/UBR2. In addition, NTAQ1 Nt-amidase and ATE1 arginyltransferase also bind to UBR1/UBR2. In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the Nt-amidase, arginyltransferase, and the double-E3 ubiquitin ligase UBR1-RAD6/UFD4-UBC4/5 are shown to form an analogous targeting complex. These complexes may enable substrate channeling, in which a substrate bearing, for example, Nt-Asn, would be captured by a complex-bound Nt-amidase, followed by sequential Nt modifications of the substrate and its polyubiquitylation at an internal Lys residue without substrate's dissociation into the bulk solution. At least in yeast, the UBR1/UFD4 ubiquitin ligase interacts with the 26S proteasome, suggesting an even larger Arg/N-degron-targeting complex that contains the proteasome as well. In addition, specific features of protein-sized Arg/N-degron substrates, including their partly sequential and partly nonsequential enzymatic modifications, led us to a verifiable concept termed "superchanneling." In superchanneling, the synthesis of a substrate-linked poly-Ub chain can occur not only after a substrate's sequential Nt modifications, but also before them, through a skipping of either some or all of these modifications within a targeting complex.
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