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Chatterjee P, Garcia MA, Cote JA, Yun K, Legerme GP, Habib R, Tripepi M, Young C, Kulp D, Dyall-Smith M, Pohlschroder M. Involvement of ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA in archaeal type IV pilin-mediated motility regulation. J Bacteriol 2024; 206:e0008924. [PMID: 38819156 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00089-24] [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: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024] Open
Abstract
Many prokaryotes use swimming motility to move toward favorable conditions and escape adverse surroundings. Regulatory mechanisms governing bacterial flagella-driven motility are well-established; however, little is yet known about the regulation underlying swimming motility propelled by the archaeal cell surface structure, the archaella. Previous research showed that the deletion of the adhesion pilins (PilA1-6), subunits of the type IV pili cell surface structure, renders the model archaeon Haloferax volcanii non-motile. In this study, we used ethyl methanesulfonate mutagenesis and a motility assay to identify motile suppressors of the ∆pilA[1-6] strain. Of the eight suppressors identified, six contain missense mutations in archaella biosynthesis genes, arlI and arlJ. In trans expression of arlI and arlJ mutant constructs in the respective multi-deletion strains ∆pilA[1-6]∆arlI and ∆pilA[1-6]∆arlJ confirmed their role in suppressing the ∆pilA[1-6] motility defect. Additionally, three suppressors harbor co-occurring disruptive missense and nonsense mutations in cirA, a gene encoding a proposed regulatory protein. A deletion of cirA resulted in hypermotility, while cirA expression in trans in wild-type cells led to decreased motility. Moreover, quantitative real-time PCR analysis revealed that in wild-type cells, higher expression levels of arlI, arlJ, and the archaellin gene arlA1 were observed in motile early-log phase rod-shaped cells compared to non-motile mid-log phase disk-shaped cells. Conversely, ∆cirA cells, which form rods during both early- and mid-log phases, exhibited similar expression levels of arl genes in both growth phases. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms governing archaeal motility, highlighting the involvement of ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA in pilin-mediated motility regulation.IMPORTANCEArchaea are close relatives of eukaryotes and play crucial ecological roles. Certain behaviors, such as swimming motility, are thought to be important for archaeal environmental adaptation. Archaella, the archaeal motility appendages, are evolutionarily distinct from bacterial flagella, and the regulatory mechanisms driving archaeal motility are largely unknown. Previous research has linked the loss of type IV pili subunits to archaeal motility suppression. This study reveals three Haloferax volcanii proteins involved in pilin-mediated motility regulation, offering a deeper understanding of motility regulation in this understudied domain while also paving the way for uncovering novel mechanisms that govern archaeal motility. Understanding archaeal cellular processes will help elucidate the ecological roles of archaea as well as the evolution of these processes across domains.
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- Priyanka Chatterjee
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Computational Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
- Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Chatterjee P, Garcia MA, Cote JA, Yun K, Legerme GP, Habib R, Tripepi M, Young C, Kulp D, Dyall-Smith M, Pohlschroder M. Involvement of ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA in Archaeal Type-IV Pilin-Mediated Motility Regulation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.04.583388. [PMID: 38562816 PMCID: PMC10983859 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.04.583388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
Abstract
Many prokaryotes use swimming motility to move toward favorable conditions and escape adverse surroundings. Regulatory mechanisms governing bacterial flagella-driven motility are well-established, however, little is yet known about the regulation underlying swimming motility propelled by the archaeal cell surface structure, the archaella. Previous research showed that deletion of the adhesion pilins (PilA1-6), subunits of the type IV pili cell surface structure, renders the model archaeon Haloferax volcanii non-motile. In this study, we used EMS mutagenesis and a motility assay to identify motile suppressors of the ΔpilA[1-6] strain. Of the eight suppressors identified, six contain missense mutations in archaella biosynthesis genes, arlI and arlJ. Overexpression of these arlI and arlJ mutant constructs in the respective multi-deletion strains ΔpilA[1-6]ΔarlI and ΔpilA[1-6]ΔarlJ confirmed their role in suppressing the ΔpilA[1-6] motility defect. Additionally, three suppressors harbor co-occurring disruptive missense and nonsense mutations in cirA, a gene encoding a proposed regulatory protein. A deletion of cirA resulted in hypermotility, while cirA overexpression in wild-type cells led to decreased motility. Moreover, qRT-PCR analysis revealed that in wild-type cells, higher expression levels of arlI, arlJ, and the archaellin gene arlA1 were observed in motile early-log phase rod-shaped cells compared to non-motile mid-log phase disk-shaped cells. Conversely, ΔcirA cells, which form rods during both early and mid-log phases, exhibited similar expression levels of arl genes in both growth phases. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms governing archaeal motility, highlighting the involvement of ArlI, ArlJ, and CirA in pilin-mediated motility regulation.
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- Priyanka Chatterjee
- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
- Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia PA, USA
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- Computational Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsreid, Germany
- Veterinary Biosciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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Pitsawong W, Pádua RAP, Grant T, Hoemberger M, Otten R, Bradshaw N, Grigorieff N, Kern D. From primordial clocks to circadian oscillators. Nature 2023; 616:183-189. [PMID: 36949197 PMCID: PMC10076222 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05836-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2022] [Accepted: 02/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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Circadian rhythms play an essential part in many biological processes, and only three prokaryotic proteins are required to constitute a true post-translational circadian oscillator1. The evolutionary history of the three Kai proteins indicates that KaiC is the oldest member and a central component of the clock2. Subsequent additions of KaiB and KaiA regulate the phosphorylation state of KaiC for time synchronization. The canonical KaiABC system in cyanobacteria is well understood3-6, but little is known about more ancient systems that only possess KaiBC. However, there are reports that they might exhibit a basic, hourglass-like timekeeping mechanism7-9. Here we investigate the primordial circadian clock in Rhodobacter sphaeroides, which contains only KaiBC, to elucidate its inner workings despite missing KaiA. Using a combination of X-ray crystallography and cryogenic electron microscopy, we find a new dodecameric fold for KaiC, in which two hexamers are held together by a coiled-coil bundle of 12 helices. This interaction is formed by the carboxy-terminal extension of KaiC and serves as an ancient regulatory moiety that is later superseded by KaiA. A coiled-coil register shift between daytime and night-time conformations is connected to phosphorylation sites through a long-range allosteric network that spans over 140 Å. Our kinetic data identify the difference in the ATP-to-ADP ratio between day and night as the environmental cue that drives the clock. They also unravel mechanistic details that shed light on the evolution of self-sustained oscillators.
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- Warintra Pitsawong
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
- Biomolecular Discovery, Relay Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
- John and Jeanne Rowe Center for Research in Virology, Morgridge Institute for Research, Madison, Madison, WI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
- Treeline Biosciences, Watertown, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
- Treeline Biosciences, Watertown, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Janelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, VA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA.
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Sasai M. Role of the reaction-structure coupling in temperature compensation of the KaiABC circadian rhythm. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1010494. [PMID: 36067222 PMCID: PMC9481178 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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When the mixture solution of cyanobacterial proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, is incubated with ATP in vitro, the phosphorylation level of KaiC shows stable oscillations with the temperature-compensated circadian period. Elucidating this temperature compensation is essential for understanding the KaiABC circadian clock, but its mechanism has remained a mystery. We analyzed the KaiABC temperature compensation by developing a theoretical model describing the feedback relations among reactions and structural transitions in the KaiC molecule. The model showed that the reduced structural cooperativity should weaken the negative feedback coupling among reactions and structural transitions, which enlarges the oscillation amplitude and period, explaining the observed significant period extension upon single amino-acid residue substitution. We propose that an increase in thermal fluctuations similarly attenuates the reaction-structure feedback, explaining the temperature compensation in the KaiABC clock. The model explained the experimentally observed responses of the oscillation phase to the temperature shift or the ADP-concentration change and suggested that the ATPase reactions in the CI domain of KaiC affect the period depending on how the reaction rates are modulated. The KaiABC clock provides a unique opportunity to analyze how the reaction-structure coupling regulates the system-level synchronized oscillations of molecules.
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- Masaki Sasai
- Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Complex Systems Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
- Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Swan JA, Sandate CR, Chavan AG, Freeberg AM, Etwaru D, Ernst DC, Palacios JG, Golden SS, LiWang A, Lander GC, Partch CL. Coupling of distant ATPase domains in the circadian clock protein KaiC. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2022; 29:759-766. [PMID: 35864165 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-022-00803-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The AAA+ family member KaiC is the central pacemaker for circadian rhythms in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus. Composed of two hexameric rings of adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) domains with tightly coupled activities, KaiC undergoes a cycle of autophosphorylation and autodephosphorylation on its C-terminal (CII) domain that restricts binding of clock proteins on its N-terminal (CI) domain to the evening. Here, we use cryogenic-electron microscopy to investigate how daytime and nighttime states of CII regulate KaiB binding on CI. We find that the CII hexamer is destabilized during the day but takes on a rigidified C2-symmetric state at night, concomitant with ring-ring compression. Residues at the CI-CII interface are required for phospho-dependent KaiB association, coupling ATPase activity on CI to cooperative KaiB recruitment. Together, these studies clarify a key step in the regulation of cyanobacterial circadian rhythms by KaiC phosphorylation.
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- Jeffrey A Swan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Merced, CA, USA.,Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.,Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. .,Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Yunoki Y, Matsumoto A, Morishima K, Martel A, Porcar L, Sato N, Yogo R, Tominaga T, Inoue R, Yagi-Utsumi M, Okuda A, Shimizu M, Urade R, Terauchi K, Kono H, Yagi H, Kato K, Sugiyama M. Overall structure of fully assembled cyanobacterial KaiABC circadian clock complex by an integrated experimental-computational approach. Commun Biol 2022; 5:184. [PMID: 35273347 PMCID: PMC8913699 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03143-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
In the cyanobacterial circadian clock system, KaiA, KaiB and KaiC periodically assemble into a large complex. Here we determined the overall structure of their fully assembled complex by integrating experimental and computational approaches. Small-angle X-ray and inverse contrast matching small-angle neutron scatterings coupled with size-exclusion chromatography provided constraints to highlight the spatial arrangements of the N-terminal domains of KaiA, which were not resolved in the previous structural analyses. Computationally built 20 million structural models of the complex were screened out utilizing the constrains and then subjected to molecular dynamics simulations to examine their stabilities. The final model suggests that, despite large fluctuation of the KaiA N-terminal domains, their preferential positionings mask the hydrophobic surface of the KaiA C-terminal domains, hindering additional KaiA-KaiC interactions. Thus, our integrative approach provides a useful tool to resolve large complex structures harboring dynamically fluctuating domains. The revealed full KaiA12B6C6 complex is assembled including the dynamic and asynchronous KaiA N-terminal domains that have been missing in cryo-EM structures.
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- Yasuhiro Yunoki
- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan.,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.,Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Umemidai, Kizu, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71, avenue des martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71, avenue des martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, France
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan.,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.,Biomedical Research Centre, School of Biomedical Engineering, The University of British Columbia, 2222 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Neutron Science and Technology Center, Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society (CROSS), Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1106, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan.,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga, 525-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), Umemidai, Kizu, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.
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- Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS) and Institute for Molecular Science (IMS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, 444-8787, Japan. .,Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-dori, Mizuhoku, Nagoya, 467-8603, Japan.
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- Institute for Integrated Radiation and Nuclear Science, Kyoto University, 2-1010 Asashironishi, Kumatori, Sennan-gun, Osaka, 590-0494, Japan.
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Koda SI, Saito S. Multimeric structure enables the acceleration of KaiB-KaiC complex formation induced by ADP/ATP exchange inhibition. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1009243. [PMID: 35255087 PMCID: PMC8929707 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2021] [Revised: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Circadian clocks tick a rhythm with a nearly 24-hour period in a variety of organisms. In the clock proteins of cyanobacteria, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, known as a minimum circadian clock, the slow KaiB-KaiC complex formation is essential in determining the clock period. This complex formation, occurring when the C1 domain of KaiC hexamer binds ADP molecules produced by the ATPase activity of C1, is considered to be promoted by accumulating ADP molecules in C1 through inhibiting the ADP/ATP exchange (ADP release) rather than activating the ATP hydrolysis (ADP production). Significantly, this ADP/ATP exchange inhibition accelerates the complex formation together with its promotion, implying a potential role in the period robustness under environmental perturbations. However, the molecular mechanism of this simultaneous promotion and acceleration remains elusive because inhibition of a backward process generally slows down the whole process. In this article, to investigate the mechanism, we build several reaction models of the complex formation with the pre-binding process concerning the ATPase activity. In these models, six KaiB monomers cooperatively and rapidly bind to C1 when C1 binds ADP molecules more than a given threshold while stabilizing the binding-competent conformation of C1. Through comparison among the models proposed here, we then extract three requirements for the simultaneous promotion and acceleration: the stabilization of the binding-competent C1 by KaiB binding, slow ADP/ATP exchange in the binding-competent C1, and relatively fast ADP/ATP exchange occurring in the binding-incompetent C1 in the presence of KaiB. The last two requirements oblige KaiC to form a multimer. Moreover, as a natural consequence, the present models can also explain why the binding of KaiB to C1 reduces the ATPase activity of C1. Circadian clocks tick a rhythm with a nearly 24-hour period in various organisms. The cyanobacterial circadian clock, composed of only three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, has attracted much attention because of its simplicity. The slow KaiB-KaiC complex formation is essential in determining the clock period in this system. Significantly, this complex formation is accelerated together with its promotion, implying a potential role in the period-keeping mechanism. However, this simultaneous promotion and acceleration is theoretically exceptional because this complex formation is promoted by inhibiting a backward process, which generally slows down the whole process. In this article, we investigate the molecular mechanism of this phenomenon by building mathematical models to find that the binding of KaiB to C1 must lower the ADP/ATP exchange of the C1 domain of KaiC via stabilizing the binding-competent conformation of C1. The present results would be of benefit for future investigations on functional roles of the simultaneous promotion and acceleration in the KaiABC oscillator.
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- Shin-ichi Koda
- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- * E-mail: (SK); (SS)
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
- * E-mail: (SK); (SS)
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de Sousa Machado JN, Vollmar L, Schimpf J, Chaudhury P, Kumariya R, van der Does C, Hugel T, Albers SV. Autophosphorylation of the KaiC-like protein ArlH inhibits oligomerization and interaction with ArlI, the motor ATPase of the archaellum. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:943-956. [PMID: 34219289 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Motile archaea are propelled by the archaellum, whose motor complex consists of the membrane protein ArlJ, the ATPase ArlI, and the ATP-binding protein ArlH. Despite its essential function and the existence of structural and biochemical data on ArlH, the role of ArlH in archaellum assembly and function remains elusive. ArlH is a structural homolog of KaiC, the central component of the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Since autophosphorylation and dephosphorylation of KaiC are central properties for the function of KaiC, we asked whether autophosphorylation is also a property of ArlH proteins. We observed that both ArlH from the euryarchaeon Pyrococcus furiosus (PfArlH) and from the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (SaArlH) have autophosphorylation activity. Using a combination of single-molecule fluorescence measurements and biochemical assays, we show that autophosphorylation of ArlH is closely linked to its oligomeric state when bound to hexameric ArlI. These experiments also strongly suggest that ArlH is a hexamer in its ArlI-bound state. Mutagenesis of the putative catalytic residue (Glu-57 in SaArlH) in ArlH results in a reduced autophosphorylation activity and abolished archaellation and motility in S. acidocaldarius, indicating that optimum phosphorylation activity of ArlH is essential for archaellation and motility.
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- J Nuno de Sousa Machado
- Molecular Biology of Archaea and Signaling Research Centre BIOSS, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry and Signaling Research Centers BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Physical Chemistry and Signaling Research Centers BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea and Signaling Research Centre BIOSS, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea and Signaling Research Centre BIOSS, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea and Signaling Research Centre BIOSS, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physical Chemistry and Signaling Research Centers BIOSS and CIBSS, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea and Signaling Research Centre BIOSS, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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de Sousa Machado JN, Vollmar L, Schimpf J, Chaudhury P, Kumariya R, van der Does C, Hugel T, Albers S. Autophosphorylation of the KaiC-like protein ArlH inhibits oligomerisation and interaction with ArlI, the motor ATPase of the archaellum.. [DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.19.436134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2023]
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Motile archaea are propelled by the archaellum, whose motor complex consists of the membrane protein ArlJ, the ATPase ArlI, and the ATP-binding protein ArlH. Despite its essential function and the existence of structural and biochemical data on ArlH, the role of ArlH in archaellum assembly and function remains elusive. ArlH is a structural homolog of KaiC, the central component of the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Similar to KaiC, ArlH exhibits autophosphorylation activity, which was observed for both ArlH of the euryarchaeonPyrococcus furiosus (PfArlH)and the crenarchaeonSulfolobus acidocaldarius(SaArlH). Using a combination of single molecule fluorescence measurements and biochemical assays, it is shown that autophosphorylation of ArlH is closely linked to the oligomeric state of ArlH bound to ArlI. These experiments also strongly suggest that ArlH is a hexamer in its functional ArlI bound state. Mutagenesis of the putative catalytic residue Glu-57 inSaArlH results in a reduced autophosphorylation activity and abolished archaellation and motility, suggesting that optimum phosphorylation activity of ArlH is essential for both archaellation and motility.
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Mechanism of autonomous synchronization of the circadian KaiABC rhythm. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4713. [PMID: 33633230 PMCID: PMC7907350 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84008-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian clock can be reconstituted by mixing three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, in vitro. In this protein mixture, oscillations of the phosphorylation level of KaiC molecules are synchronized to show the coherent oscillations of the ensemble of many molecules. However, the molecular mechanism of this synchronization has not yet been fully elucidated. In this paper, we explain a theoretical model that considers the multifold feedback relations among the structure and reactions of KaiC. The simulated KaiC hexamers show stochastic switch-like transitions at the level of single molecules, which are synchronized in the ensemble through the sequestration of KaiA into the KaiC–KaiB–KaiA complexes. The proposed mechanism quantitatively reproduces the synchronization that was observed by mixing two solutions oscillating in different phases. The model results suggest that biochemical assays with varying concentrations of KaiA or KaiB can be used to test this hypothesis.
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Mutoh R, Iwata K, Iida T, Ishiura M, Onai K. Rhythmic adenosine triphosphate release from the cyanobacterial circadian clock protein KaiC revealed by real-time monitoring of bioluminescence using firefly luciferase. Genes Cells 2021; 26:83-93. [PMID: 33341998 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The cyanobacterial circadian clock is composed of three clock proteins, KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. This KaiABC clock system can be reconstituted in vitro in the presence of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and Mg2+ , and shows circadian rhythms in the phosphorylation level and ATPase activity of KaiC. Previously, we found that ATP regulates a complex formation between KaiB and KaiC, and KaiC releases ATP from KaiC itself (PLoS One, 8, 2013, e80200). In this study, we examined whether the ATP release from KaiC shows any rhythms in vitro. We monitored the release of ATP from wild-type and ATPase motif mutants of KaiC as a bioluminescence in real time using a firefly luciferase assay in vitro and obtained the following results: (a) ATP release from KaiC oscillated even without KaiA and KaiB although period of the oscillation was not 24 hr; (b) ATP was mainly released from the N-terminal domain of KaiC; and (c) the ATP release was enhanced and suppressed by KaiB and KaiA, respectively. These results suggest that KaiC can generate basal oscillation as a core clock without KaiA and KaiB, whereas these two proteins contribute to adjusting and stabilizing the oscillation.
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- Risa Mutoh
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Koda SI, Saito S. An alternative interpretation of the slow KaiB-KaiC binding of the cyanobacterial clock proteins. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10439. [PMID: 32591637 PMCID: PMC7320175 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67298-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The biological clock of cyanobacteria is composed of three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. The KaiB-KaiC binding brings the slowness into the system, which is essential for the long period of the circadian rhythm. However, there is no consensus as to the origin of the slowness due to the pre-binding conformational transition of either KaiB or KaiC. In this study, we propose a simple KaiB-KaiC binding scheme in a hexameric form with an attractive interaction between adjacent bound KaiB monomers, which is independent of KaiB's conformational change. We then show that the present scheme can explain several important experimental results on the binding, including that used as evidence for the slow conformational transition of KaiB. The present result thus indicates that the slowness arises from KaiC rather than KaiB.
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- Shin-Ichi Koda
- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan. .,School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan.
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- Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan. .,School of Physical Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi, 444-8585, Japan.
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Hong L, Lavrentovich DO, Chavan A, Leypunskiy E, Li E, Matthews C, LiWang A, Rust MJ, Dinner AR. Bayesian modeling reveals metabolite-dependent ultrasensitivity in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. Mol Syst Biol 2020; 16:e9355. [PMID: 32496641 PMCID: PMC7271899 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20199355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2019] [Revised: 04/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Mathematical models can enable a predictive understanding of mechanism in cell biology by quantitatively describing complex networks of interactions, but such models are often poorly constrained by available data. Owing to its relative biochemical simplicity, the core circadian oscillator in Synechococcus elongatus has become a prototypical system for studying how collective dynamics emerge from molecular interactions. The oscillator consists of only three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, and near-24-h cycles of KaiC phosphorylation can be reconstituted in vitro. Here, we formulate a molecularly detailed but mechanistically naive model of the KaiA-KaiC subsystem and fit it directly to experimental data within a Bayesian parameter estimation framework. Analysis of the fits consistently reveals an ultrasensitive response for KaiC phosphorylation as a function of KaiA concentration, which we confirm experimentally. This ultrasensitivity primarily results from the differential affinity of KaiA for competing nucleotide-bound states of KaiC. We argue that the ultrasensitive stimulus-response relation likely plays an important role in metabolic compensation by suppressing premature phosphorylation at nighttime.
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- Lu Hong
- Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
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- Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Statistics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
- Quantitative and Systems Biology, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
- Center for Circadian Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
- Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
- Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Machines, University of California, Merced, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
- James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Synechocystis KaiC3 Displays Temperature- and KaiB-Dependent ATPase Activity and Is Important for Growth in Darkness. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:JB.00478-19. [PMID: 31767776 PMCID: PMC6989803 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00478-19] [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: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Cyanobacteria form a heterogeneous bacterial group with diverse lifestyles, acclimation strategies, and differences in the presence of circadian clock proteins. In Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, a unique posttranslational KaiABC oscillator drives circadian rhythms. ATPase activity of KaiC correlates with the period of the clock and mediates temperature compensation. Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 expresses additional Kai proteins, of which KaiB3 and KaiC3 proteins were suggested to fine-tune the standard KaiAB1C1 oscillator. In the present study, we therefore characterized the enzymatic activity of KaiC3 as a representative of nonstandard KaiC homologs in vitro KaiC3 displayed ATPase activity lower than that of the Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 KaiC protein. ATP hydrolysis was temperature dependent. Hence, KaiC3 is missing a defining feature of the model cyanobacterial circadian oscillator. Yeast two-hybrid analysis showed that KaiC3 interacts with KaiB3, KaiC1, and KaiB1. Further, KaiB3 and KaiB1 reduced in vitro ATP hydrolysis by KaiC3. Spot assays showed that chemoheterotrophic growth in constant darkness is completely abolished after deletion of ΔkaiAB1C1 and reduced in the absence of kaiC3 We therefore suggest a role for adaptation to darkness for KaiC3 as well as a cross talk between the KaiC1- and KaiC3-based systems.IMPORTANCE The circadian clock influences the cyanobacterial metabolism, and deeper understanding of its regulation will be important for metabolic optimizations in the context of industrial applications. Due to the heterogeneity of cyanobacteria, characterization of clock systems in organisms apart from the circadian model Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 is required. Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 represents a major cyanobacterial model organism and harbors phylogenetically diverged homologs of the clock proteins, which are present in various other noncyanobacterial prokaryotes. By our in vitro studies we unravel the interplay of the multiple Synechocystis Kai proteins and characterize enzymatic activities of the nonstandard clock homolog KaiC3. We show that the deletion of kaiC3 affects growth in constant darkness, suggesting its involvement in the regulation of nonphotosynthetic metabolic pathways.
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Arata T. Myosin and Other Energy-Transducing ATPases: Structural Dynamics Studied by Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E672. [PMID: 31968570 PMCID: PMC7014194 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21020672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 01/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The objective of this article was to document the energy-transducing and regulatory interactions in supramolecular complexes such as motor, pump, and clock ATPases. The dynamics and structural features were characterized by motion and distance measurements using spin-labeling electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. In particular, we focused on myosin ATPase with actin-troponin-tropomyosin, neural kinesin ATPase with microtubule, P-type ion-motive ATPase, and cyanobacterial clock ATPase. Finally, we have described the relationships or common principles among the molecular mechanisms of various energy-transducing systems and how the large-scale thermal structural transition of flexible elements from one state to the other precedes the subsequent irreversible chemical reactions.
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- Toshiaki Arata
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
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Roel-Touris J, Don CG, V Honorato R, Rodrigues JPGLM, Bonvin AMJJ. Less Is More: Coarse-Grained Integrative Modeling of Large Biomolecular Assemblies with HADDOCK. J Chem Theory Comput 2019; 15:6358-6367. [PMID: 31539250 PMCID: PMC6854652 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.9b00310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Predicting the 3D structure of protein interactions remains a challenge in the field of computational structural biology. This is in part due to difficulties in sampling the complex energy landscape of multiple interacting flexible polypeptide chains. Coarse-graining approaches, which reduce the number of degrees of freedom of the system, help address this limitation by smoothing the energy landscape, allowing an easier identification of the global energy minimum. They also accelerate the calculations, allowing for modeling larger assemblies. Here, we present the implementation of the MARTINI coarse-grained force field for proteins into HADDOCK, our integrative modeling platform. Docking and refinement are performed at the coarse-grained level, and the resulting models are then converted back to atomistic resolution through a distance restraints-guided morphing procedure. Our protocol, tested on the largest complexes of the protein docking benchmark 5, shows an overall ∼7-fold speed increase compared to standard all-atom calculations, while maintaining a similar accuracy and yielding substantially more near-native solutions. To showcase the potential of our method, we performed simultaneous 7 body docking to model the 1:6 KaiC-KaiB complex, integrating mutagenesis and hydrogen/deuterium exchange data from mass spectrometry with symmetry restraints, and validated the resulting models against a recently published cryo-EM structure.
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- Jorge Roel-Touris
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science - Chemistry , Utrecht University , Utrecht 3584CH , The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences , University of Basel , 4056 Basel , Switzerland
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science - Chemistry , Utrecht University , Utrecht 3584CH , The Netherlands
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- Department of Structural Biology , Stanford University School of Medicine , Stanford , California 94305 , United States
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science - Chemistry , Utrecht University , Utrecht 3584CH , The Netherlands
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Cooperative Binding of KaiB to the KaiC Hexamer Ensures Accurate Circadian Clock Oscillation in Cyanobacteria. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20184550. [PMID: 31540310 PMCID: PMC6769508 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20184550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2019] [Revised: 09/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The central oscillator generating cyanobacterial circadian rhythms comprises KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC proteins. Their interactions cause KaiC phosphorylation and dephosphorylation cycles over approximately 24 h. KaiB interacts with phosphorylated KaiC in competition with SasA, an output protein harboring a KaiB-homologous domain. Structural data have identified KaiB–KaiC interaction sites; however, KaiB mutations distal from the binding surfaces can impair KaiB–KaiC interaction and the circadian rhythm. Reportedly, KaiB and KaiC exclusively form a complex in a 6:6 stoichiometry, indicating that KaiB–KaiC hexamer binding shows strong positive cooperativity. Here, mutational analysis was used to investigate the functional significance of this cooperative interaction. Results demonstrate that electrostatic complementarity between KaiB protomers promotes their cooperative assembly, which is indispensable for accurate rhythm generation. SasA does not exhibit such electrostatic complementarity and noncooperatively binds to KaiC. Thus, the findings explain KaiB distal mutation effects, providing mechanistic insights into clock protein interplay.
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Circadian oscillators are networks of biochemical feedback loops that generate 24-hour rhythms in organisms from bacteria to animals. These periodic rhythms result from a complex interplay among clock components that are specific to the organism, but share molecular mechanisms across kingdoms. A full understanding of these processes requires detailed knowledge, not only of the biochemical properties of clock proteins and their interactions, but also of the three-dimensional structure of clockwork components. Posttranslational modifications and protein–protein interactions have become a recent focus, in particular the complex interactions mediated by the phosphorylation of clock proteins and the formation of multimeric protein complexes that regulate clock genes at transcriptional and translational levels. This review covers the structural aspects of circadian oscillators, and serves as a primer for this exciting realm of structural biology.
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- Reena Saini
- Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Biocrystallographic Research, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland.,Department of Crystallography, Faculty of Chemistry, A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Pflanzenzüchtungsforschung, Cologne, Germany. .,Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK.
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Sasai M. Effects of Stochastic Single-Molecule Reactions on Coherent Ensemble Oscillations in the KaiABC Circadian Clock. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:702-713. [PMID: 30629448 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b10584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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How do many constituent molecules in a biochemical system synchronize, giving rise to coherent system-level oscillations? One system that is particularly suitable for use in studying this problem is a mixture solution of three cyanobacterial proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC: the phosphorylation level of KaiC shows stable oscillations with a period of approximately 24 h when these three Kai proteins are incubated with ATP in vitro. Here, we analyze the mechanism behind synchronization in the KaiABC system theoretically by enhancing a model previously developed by the present author. Our simulation results suggest that positive feedback between stochastic ATP hydrolysis and the allosteric structural transitions in KaiC molecules drives oscillations of individual molecules and promotes synchronization of oscillations of many KaiC molecules. Our simulations also show that the ATPase activity of KaiC is correlated with the oscillation frequency of an ensemble of KaiC molecules. These results suggest that stochastic ATP hydrolysis in each KaiC molecule plays an important role in regulating the coherent system-level oscillations. This property is robust against changes in the binding and unbinding rate constants for KaiA to/from KaiC or KaiB, but the oscillations are sensitive to the rate constants of the KaiC phosphorylation and dephosphorylation reactions.
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- Masaki Sasai
- Department of Applied Physics , Nagoya University , Nagoya 464-8603 , Japan
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Life has adapted to Earth's day-night cycle with the evolution of endogenous biological clocks. Whereas these circadian rhythms typically involve extensive transcription-translation feedback in higher organisms, cyanobacteria have a circadian clock, which functions primarily as a protein-based post-translational oscillator. Known as the Kai system, it consists of three proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. In this chapter, we provide a detailed structural overview of the Kai components and how they interact to produce circadian rhythms of global gene expression in cyanobacterial cells. We discuss how the circadian oscillation is coupled to gene expression, intertwined with transcription-translation feedback mechanisms, and entrained by input from the environment. We discuss the use of mathematical models and summarize insights into the cyanobacterial circadian clock from theoretical studies. The molecular details of the Kai system are well documented for the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus, but many less understood varieties of the Kai system exist across the highly diverse phylum of Cyanobacteria. Several species contain multiple kai-gene copies, while others like marine Prochlorococcus strains have a reduced kaiBC-only system, lacking kaiA. We highlight recent findings on the genomic distribution of kai genes in Bacteria and Archaea and finally discuss hypotheses on the evolution of the Kai system.
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- Joost Snijder
- Snijder Bioscience, Zevenwouden 143, 3524CN, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Synthetic Microbiology, Biology Department, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
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Hong L, Vani BP, Thiede EH, Rust MJ, Dinner AR. Molecular dynamics simulations of nucleotide release from the circadian clock protein KaiC reveal atomic-resolution functional insights. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2018; 115:E11475-E11484. [PMID: 30442665 PMCID: PMC6298084 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1812555115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The cyanobacterial clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC form a powerful system to study the biophysical basis of circadian rhythms, because an in vitro mixture of the three proteins is sufficient to generate a robust ∼24-h rhythm in the phosphorylation of KaiC. The nucleotide-bound states of KaiC critically affect both KaiB binding to the N-terminal domain (CI) and the phosphotransfer reactions that (de)phosphorylate the KaiC C-terminal domain (CII). However, the nucleotide exchange pathways associated with transitions among these states are poorly understood. In this study, we integrate recent advances in molecular dynamics methods to elucidate the structure and energetics of the pathway for Mg·ADP release from the CII domain. We find that nucleotide release is coupled to large-scale conformational changes in the KaiC hexamer. Solvating the nucleotide requires widening the subunit interface leading to the active site, which is linked to extension of the A-loop, a structure implicated in KaiA binding. These results provide a molecular hypothesis for how KaiA acts as a nucleotide exchange factor. In turn, structural parallels between the CI and CII domains suggest a mechanism for allosteric coupling between the domains. We relate our results to structures observed for other hexameric ATPases, which perform diverse functions.
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- Lu Hong
- Graduate Program in Biophysical Sciences, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
- Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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- Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637;
- Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
- James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Mori T, Sugiyama S, Byrne M, Johnson CH, Uchihashi T, Ando T. Revealing circadian mechanisms of integration and resilience by visualizing clock proteins working in real time. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3245. [PMID: 30108211 PMCID: PMC6092398 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05438-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC reconstitute a remarkable circa-24 h oscillation of KaiC phosphorylation that persists for many days in vitro. Here we use high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) to visualize in real time and quantify the dynamic interactions of KaiA with KaiC on sub-second timescales. KaiA transiently interacts with KaiC, thereby stimulating KaiC autokinase activity. As KaiC becomes progressively more phosphorylated, KaiA's affinity for KaiC weakens, revealing a feedback of KaiC phosphostatus back onto the KaiA-binding events. These non-equilibrium interactions integrate high-frequency binding and unbinding events, thereby refining the period of the longer term oscillations. Moreover, this differential affinity phenomenon broadens the range of Kai protein stoichiometries that allow rhythmicity, explaining how the oscillation is resilient in an in vivo milieu that includes noise. Therefore, robustness of rhythmicity on a 24-h scale is explainable by molecular events occurring on a scale of sub-seconds.
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- Tetsuya Mori
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA
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- Department of Physics, College of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering, Spring Hill College, 4000 Dauphin St., Mobile, AL, 36608, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37235, USA. .,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Structural Biology Research Center, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan.
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- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, 920-1192, Japan.
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Das S, Terada TP, Sasai M. Single-molecular and ensemble-level oscillations of cyanobacterial circadian clock. Biophys Physicobiol 2018; 15:136-150. [PMID: 29955565 PMCID: PMC6018440 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.15.0_136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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When three cyanobacterial proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, are incubated with ATP in vitro, the phosphorylation level of KaiC hexamers shows stable oscillation with approximately 24 h period. In order to understand this KaiABC clockwork, we need to analyze both the macroscopic synchronization of a large number of KaiC hexamers and the microscopic reactions and structural changes in individual KaiC molecules. In the present paper, we explain two coarse-grained theoretical models, the many-molecule (MM) model and the single-molecule (SM) model, to bridge the gap between macroscopic and microscopic understandings. In the simulation results with these models, ATP hydrolysis in the CI domain of KaiC hexamers drives oscillation of individual KaiC hexamers and the ATP hydrolysis is necessary for synchronizing oscillations of a large number of KaiC hexamers. Sensitive temperature dependence of the lifetime of the ADP bound state in the CI domain makes the oscillation period temperature insensitive. ATPase activity is correlated to the frequency of phosphorylation oscillation in the single molecule of KaiC hexamer, which should be the origin of the observed ensemble-level correlation between the ATPase activity and the frequency of phosphorylation oscillation. Thus, the simulation results with the MM and SM models suggest that ATP hydrolysis stochastically occurring in each CI domain of individual KaiC hexamers is a key process for oscillatory behaviors of the ensemble of many KaiC hexamers.
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- Sumita Das
- Department of Computational Science and Engineering and Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering and Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering and Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8603, Japan
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Murakami R, Hokonohara H, Che DC, Kawai T, Matsumoto T, Ishiura M. Atomic force microscopy analysis of SasA-KaiC complex formation involved in information transfer from the KaiABC clock machinery to the output pathway in cyanobacteria. Genes Cells 2018. [PMID: 29527779 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The cyanobacterial clock oscillator is composed of three clock proteins: KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. SasA, a KaiC-binding EnvZ-like orthodox histidine kinase involved in the main clock output pathway, exists mainly as a trimer (SasA3mer ) and occasionally as a hexamer (SasA6mer ) in vitro. Previously, the molecular mass of the SasA-KaiCDD complex, where KaiCDD is a mutant KaiC with two Asp substitutions at the two phosphorylation sites, has been estimated by gel-filtration chromatography to be larger than 670 kDa. This value disagrees with the theoretical estimation of 480 kDa for a SasA3mer -KaiC hexamer (KaiC6mer ) complex with a 1:1 molecular ratio. To clarify the structure of the SasA-KaiC complex, we analyzed KaiCDD with 0.1 mmol/L ATP and 5 mmol/L MgCl2 (Mg-ATP), SasA and a mixture containing SasA and KaiCDD6mer with Mg-ATP by atomic force microscopy (AFM). KaiCDD images were classified into two types with height distribution corresponding to KaiCDD monomer (KaiCDD1mer ) and KaiCDD6mer , respectively. SasA images were classified into two types with height corresponding to SasA3mer and SasA6mer , respectively. The AFM images of the SasA-KaiCDD mixture indicated not only KaiCDD1mer , KaiCDD6mer , SasA3mer and SasA6mer , but also wider area "islands," suggesting the presence of a polymerized form of the SasA-KaiCDD complex.
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- Reiko Murakami
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Division of Biological Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.,Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Division of Biological Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Oyama K, Azai C, Matsuyama J, Terauchi K. Phosphorylation at Thr432 induces structural destabilization of the CII ring in the circadian oscillator KaiC. FEBS Lett 2017; 592:36-45. [PMID: 29265368 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 11/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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KaiC is the central oscillator protein in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. KaiC oscillates autonomously between phosphorylated and dephosphorylated states on a 24-h cycle in vitro by mixing with KaiA and KaiB in the presence of ATP. KaiC forms a C6 -symmetrical hexamer, which is a double ring structure of homologous N-terminal and C-terminal domains termed CI and CII, respectively. Here, through the characterization of an isolated CII domain protein, CIIKaiC , we show that phosphorylation of KaiC Thr432 destabilizes the hexameric state of the CII ring to a monomeric state. The results suggest that the stable hexameric CI ring acts as a molecular bundle to hold the CII ring, which undergoes dynamic structural changes upon phosphorylation.
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- Katsuaki Oyama
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
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- College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.,College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan
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Das S, Terada TP, Sasai M. Role of ATP Hydrolysis in Cyanobacterial Circadian Oscillator. Sci Rep 2017; 7:17469. [PMID: 29234156 PMCID: PMC5727317 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-17717-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Accepted: 11/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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A cyanobacterial protein KaiC shows a stable oscillation in its phosphorylation level with approximately one day period when three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, are incubated in the presence of ATP in vitro. During this oscillation, KaiC hydrolyzes more ATP molecules than required for phosphorylation. Here, in this report, a theoretical model of the KaiABC oscillator is developed to elucidate the role of this ATP consumption by assuming multifold feedback relations among reactions and structural transition in each KaiC molecule and the structure-dependent binding reactions among Kai proteins. Results of numerical simulation showed that ATP hydrolysis is a driving mechanism of the phosphorylation oscillation in the present model, and that the frequency of ATP hydrolysis in individual KaiC molecules is correlated to the frequency of oscillation in the ensemble of many Kai molecules, which indicates that the coherent oscillation is generated through the coupled microscopic intramolecular and ensemble-level many-molecular regulations.
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- Sumita Das
- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.,Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan
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- Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan. .,Department of Applied Physics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464-8603, Japan.
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Schmelling NM, Lehmann R, Chaudhury P, Beck C, Albers SV, Axmann IM, Wiegard A. Minimal tool set for a prokaryotic circadian clock. BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:169. [PMID: 28732467 PMCID: PMC5520375 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0999-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Circadian clocks are found in organisms of almost all domains including photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, whereby large diversity exists within the protein components involved. In the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 circadian rhythms are driven by a unique KaiABC protein clock, which is embedded in a network of input and output factors. Homologous proteins to the KaiABC clock have been observed in Bacteria and Archaea, where evidence for circadian behavior in these domains is accumulating. However, interaction and function of non-cyanobacterial Kai-proteins as well as homologous input and output components remain mainly unclear. RESULTS Using a universal BLAST analyses, we identified putative KaiC-based timing systems in organisms outside as well as variations within Cyanobacteria. A systematic analyses of publicly available microarray data elucidated interesting variations in circadian gene expression between different cyanobacterial strains, which might be correlated to the diversity of genome encoded clock components. Based on statistical analyses of co-occurrences of the clock components homologous to Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, we propose putative networks of reduced and fully functional clock systems. Further, we studied KaiC sequence conservation to determine functionally important regions of diverged KaiC homologs. Biochemical characterization of exemplary cyanobacterial KaiC proteins as well as homologs from two thermophilic Archaea demonstrated that kinase activity is always present. However, a KaiA-mediated phosphorylation is only detectable in KaiC1 orthologs. CONCLUSION Our analysis of 11,264 genomes clearly demonstrates that components of the Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 circadian clock are present in Bacteria and Archaea. However, all components are less abundant in other organisms than Cyanobacteria and KaiA, Pex, LdpA, and CdpA are only present in the latter. Thus, only reduced KaiBC-based or even simpler, solely KaiC-based timing systems might exist outside of the cyanobacterial phylum, which might be capable of driving diurnal oscillations.
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- Nicolas M. Schmelling
- Institute for Synthetic Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, Duesseldorf, 40225 Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115 Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Institute of Biology II, Schaenzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, 79104 Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, Berlin, 10115 Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Institute of Biology II, Schaenzlestrasse 1, Freiburg, 79104 Germany
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- Institute for Synthetic Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, Duesseldorf, 40225 Germany
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- Institute for Synthetic Microbiology, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Universitaetsstrasse 1, Duesseldorf, 40225 Germany
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Paijmans J, Lubensky DK, ten Wolde PR. A thermodynamically consistent model of the post-translational Kai circadian clock. PLoS Comput Biol 2017; 13:e1005415. [PMID: 28296888 PMCID: PMC5371392 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The principal pacemaker of the circadian clock of the cyanobacterium S. elongatus is a protein phosphorylation cycle consisting of three proteins, KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. KaiC forms a homohexamer, with each monomer consisting of two domains, CI and CII. Both domains can bind and hydrolyze ATP, but only the CII domain can be phosphorylated, at two residues, in a well-defined sequence. While this system has been studied extensively, how the clock is driven thermodynamically has remained elusive. Inspired by recent experimental observations and building on ideas from previous mathematical models, we present a new, thermodynamically consistent, statistical-mechanical model of the clock. At its heart are two main ideas: i) ATP hydrolysis in the CI domain provides the thermodynamic driving force for the clock, switching KaiC between an active conformational state in which its phosphorylation level tends to rise and an inactive one in which it tends to fall; ii) phosphorylation of the CII domain provides the timer for the hydrolysis in the CI domain. The model also naturally explains how KaiA, by acting as a nucleotide exchange factor, can stimulate phosphorylation of KaiC, and how the differential affinity of KaiA for the different KaiC phosphoforms generates the characteristic temporal order of KaiC phosphorylation. As the phosphorylation level in the CII domain rises, the release of ADP from CI slows down, making the inactive conformational state of KaiC more stable. In the inactive state, KaiC binds KaiB, which not only stabilizes this state further, but also leads to the sequestration of KaiA, and hence to KaiC dephosphorylation. Using a dedicated kinetic Monte Carlo algorithm, which makes it possible to efficiently simulate this system consisting of more than a billion reactions, we show that the model can describe a wealth of experimental data. Circadian clocks are biological timekeeping devices with a rhythm of 24 hours in living cells pertaining to all kingdoms of life. They help organisms to coordinate their behavior with the day-night cycle. The circadian clock of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus is one of the simplest and best characterized clocks in biology. The central clock component is the protein KaiC, which is phosphorylated and dephosphorylated in a cyclical manner with a 24 hr period. While we know from elementary thermodynamics that oscillations require a net turnover of fuel molecules, in this case ATP, how ATP hydrolysis drives the clock has remained elusive. Based on recent experimental observations and building on ideas from existing models, we construct the most detailed mathematical model of this system to date. KaiC consists of two domains, CI and CII, which each can bind ATP, yet only CII can be phosphorylated. Moreover, KaiC can exist in two conformational states, an active one in which the phosphorylation level tends to rise, and an inactive one in which it tends to fall. Our model predicts that ATP hydrolysis in the CI domain is the principal energetic driver of the clock, driving the switching between the two conformational states, while phosphorylation in the CII domain provides the timer for the conformational switch. The coupling between ATP hydrolysis in the CI domain and phosphorylation in the CII domain leads to novel testable predictions.
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- Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Schmelling NM, Lehmann R, Chaudhury P, Beck C, Albers SV, Axmann IM, Wiegard A. Minimal Tool Set for a Prokaryotic Circadian Clock.. [DOI: 10.1101/075291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/19/2023]
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AbstractBackgroundCircadian clocks are found in organisms of almost all domains including photosynthetic Cyanobacteria, whereby large diversity exists within the protein components involved. In the model cyanobacteriumSynechococcus elongatusPCC 7942 circadian rhythms are driven by a unique KaiABC protein clock, which is embedded in a network of input and output factors. Homologous proteins to the KaiABC clock have been observed in Bacteria and Archaea, where evidence for circadian behavior in these domains is accumulating. However, interaction and function of non-cyanobacterial Kai-proteins as well as homologous input and output components remain mainly unclear.ResultsUsing a universal BLAST analyses, we identified putative KaiC-based timing systems in organisms outside as well as variations within Cyanobacteria. A systematic analyses of publicly available microarray data elucidated interesting variations in circadian gene expression between different cyanobacterial strains, which might be correlated to the diversity of genome encoded clock components. Based on statistical analyses of co-occurrences of the clock components homologous toSynechococcus elongatusPCC 7942, we propose putative networks of reduced and fully functional clock systems. Further, we studied KaiC sequence conservation to determine functionally important regions of diverged KaiC homologs. Biochemical characterization of exemplary cyanobacterial KaiC proteins as well as homologs from two thermophilic Archaea demonstrated that kinase activity is always present. However, a KaiA-mediated phosphorylation is only detectable in KaiC1 orthologs.ConclusionOur analysis of 11,264 genomes clearly demonstrates that components of theSynechococcus elongatusPCC 7942 circadian clock are present in Bacteria and Archaea. However, all components are less abundant in other organisms than Cyanobacteria and KaiA, Pex, LdpA, and CdpA are only present in the latter. Thus, only reduced KaiBC-based or even simpler, solely KaiC-based timing systems might exist outside of the cyanobacterial phylum, which might be capable of driving diurnal oscillations.
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Conversion between two conformational states of KaiC is induced by ATP hydrolysis as a trigger for cyanobacterial circadian oscillation. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32443. [PMID: 27580682 PMCID: PMC5007536 DOI: 10.1038/srep32443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian oscillator can be reconstituted in vitro by mixing three clock proteins, KaiA, KaiB and KaiC, with ATP. KaiC is the only protein with circadian rhythmic activities. In the present study, we tracked the complex formation of the three Kai proteins over time using blue native (BN) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE), in which proteins are charged with the anionic dye Coomassie brilliant blue (CBB). KaiC was separated as three bands: the KaiABC complex, KaiC hexamer and KaiC monomer. However, no KaiC monomer was observed using gel filtration chromatography and CBB-free native PAGE. These data indicate two conformational states of KaiC hexamer and show that the ground-state KaiC (gs-KaiC) is stable and competent-state KaiC (cs-KaiC) is labile and degraded into monomers by the binding of CBB. Repeated conversions from gs-KaiC to cs-KaiC were observed over 24 h using an in vitro reconstitution system. Phosphorylation of KaiC promoted the conversion from gs-KaiC to cs-KaiC. KaiA sustained the gs-KaiC state, and KaiB bound only cs-KaiC. An E77Q/E78Q-KaiC variant that lacked N-terminal ATPase activity remained in the gs-KaiC state. Taken together, ATP hydrolysis induces the formation of cs-KaiC and promotes the binding of KaiB, which is a trigger for circadian oscillations.
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Murakami R, Mutoh R, Ishii K, Ishiura M. Circadian oscillations of KaiA-KaiC and KaiB-KaiC complex formations in an in vitro
reconstituted KaiABC clock oscillator. Genes Cells 2016; 21:890-900. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/31/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Reiko Murakami
- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
- Division of Biological Sciences; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa Nagoya 464-8602 Japan
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Iwasaki H, Kondo T. Circadian Timing Mechanism in the Prokaryotic Clock System of Cyanobacteria. J Biol Rhythms 2016; 19:436-44. [PMID: 15534323 DOI: 10.1177/0748730404269060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cyanobacteria are the simplest organisms known to exhibit circadian rhythms and have provided experimental model systems for the dissection of basic properties of circadian organization at the molecular, physiological, and ecological levels. This review focuses on the molecular and genetic mechanisms of circadian rhythm generation in cyanobacteria. Recent analyses have revealed the existence of multiple feedback processes in the prokaryotic circadian system and have led to a novel molecular oscillator model. Here, the authors summarize current understanding of, and open questions about, the cyanobacterial oscillator.
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- Hideo Iwasaki
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Japan.
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Mukaiyama A, Osako M, Hikima T, Kondo T, Akiyama S. A protocol for preparing nucleotide-free KaiC monomer. Biophysics (Nagoya-shi) 2015; 11:79-84. [PMID: 27493519 PMCID: PMC4736791 DOI: 10.2142/biophysics.11.79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The hexameric form of the KaiC protein is a core of the cyanobacterial biological clock, and its enzymatic activities exhibit circadian periodicity. The instability of the monomeric form of nucleotide-free KaiC has precluded its storage and detailed analyses of the activities of the reassembled hexamer. Here, we provide a protocol for preparing nucleotide-free KaiC monomer that is stable in solution and for triggering its reassembly into intact KaiC hexamer by the addition of ATP. A phosphate buffer containing glutamic acid and arginine enhanced the stability of KaiC monomer considerably. In addition, we found that reassembled KaiC hexamer was functionally active as the intact hexamer. This protocol provides a methodological basis for further analyses of first-turnover events of the ATPase/autokinase/autophosphatase activities of the KaiC hexamer.
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- Atsushi Mukaiyama
- Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems (CIMoS), Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan; Department of Functional Molecular Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan; RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems (CIMoS), Institute for Molecular Science, 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan; Department of Functional Molecular Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 38 Nishigo-Naka, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan; RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Iida T, Mutoh R, Onai K, Morishita M, Furukawa Y, Namba K, Ishiura M. Importance of the monomer-dimer-tetramer interconversion of the clock protein KaiB in the generation of circadian oscillations in cyanobacteria. Genes Cells 2014; 20:173-90. [DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 10/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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- Takahiro Iida
- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
- Division of Biological Science; Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
- Division of Biological Science; Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 3-2 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 3-2 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Center for Gene Research; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
- Division of Biological Science; Graduate School of Science; Nagoya University; Furo-cho Chikusa-ku Nagoya Aichi 464-8602 Japan
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Structural approaches have provided insight into the mechanisms of circadian clock oscillators. This review focuses upon the myriad structural methods that have been applied to the molecular architecture of cyanobacterial circadian proteins, their interactions with each other, and the mechanism of the KaiABC posttranslational oscillator. X-ray crystallography and solution NMR were deployed to gain an understanding of the three-dimensional structures of the three proteins KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC that make up the inner timer in cyanobacteria. A hybrid structural biology approach including crystallography, electron microscopy, and solution scattering has shed light on the shapes of binary and ternary Kai protein complexes. Structural studies of the cyanobacterial oscillator demonstrate both the strengths and the limitations of the divide-and-conquer strategy. Thus, investigations of complexes involving domains and/or peptides have afforded valuable information into Kai protein interactions. However, high-resolution structural data are still needed at the level of complexes between the 360-kDa KaiC hexamer that forms the heart of the clock and its KaiA and KaiB partners.
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Kitayama Y, Nishiwaki-Ohkawa T, Sugisawa Y, Kondo T. KaiC intersubunit communication facilitates robustness of circadian rhythms in cyanobacteria. Nat Commun 2014; 4:2897. [PMID: 24305644 PMCID: PMC3863973 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 11/08/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian clock is the only model clock to have been reconstituted in vitro. KaiC, the central clock component, is a homohexameric ATPase with autokinase and autophosphatase activities. Changes in phosphorylation state have been proposed to switch KaiC’s activity between autokinase and autophosphatase. Here we analyse the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of KaiC’s activity, in the context of its hexameric structure. We reconstitute KaiC hexamers containing different variant protomers, and measure their autophosphatase and autokinase activities. We identify two types of regulatory mechanisms with distinct functions. First, local interactions between adjacent phosphorylation sites regulate KaiC’s activities, coupling the ATPase and nucleotide-binding states at subunit interfaces of the CII domain. Second, the phosphorylation states of the protomers affect the overall activity of KaiC hexamers via intersubunit communication. Our findings indicate that intra-hexameric interactions play an important role in sustaining robust circadian rhythmicity. The cyanobacterial circadian oscillator comprises an autoregulatory loop that is driven by phosphorylation and dephosphorylation of the hexameric kinase KaiC. Kitayama et al. reveal how interactions between KaiC subunits regulate its catalytic activities and ensure robust circadian behaviour.
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- Yohko Kitayama
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464 8602, Japan
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Egli M. Intricate protein-protein interactions in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21267-75. [PMID: 24936066 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.r114.579607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian clock consists of a post-translational oscillator (PTO) and a PTO-dependent transcription-translation feedback loop (TTFL). The PTO can be reconstituted in vitro with the KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC proteins, enabling detailed biochemical and biophysical investigations. Both the CI and the CII halves of the KaiC hexamer harbor ATPases, but only the C-terminal CII ring exhibits kinase and phospho-transferase activities. KaiA stimulates the kinase and KaiB associates with KaiC during the dephosphorylation phase and sequesters KaiA. Recent research has led to conflicting models of the KaiB-KaiC interaction, precluding a clear understanding of KaiB function and KaiABC clock mechanism.
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- Martin Egli
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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Pattanayek R, Xu Y, Lamichhane A, Johnson CH, Egli M. An arginine tetrad as mediator of input-dependent and input-independent ATPases in the clock protein KaiC. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2014; 70:1375-90. [PMID: 24816106 PMCID: PMC4722857 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004714003228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A post-translational oscillator (PTO) composed of the proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC is at the heart of the cyanobacterial circadian clock. KaiC interacts with KaiA and KaiB over the daily cycle, and CII domains undergo rhythmic phosphorylation/dephosphorylation with a 24 h period. Both the N-terminal (CI) and C-terminal (CII) rings of KaiC exhibit ATPase activity. The CI ATPase proceeds in an input-independent fashion, but the CII ATPase is subject to metabolic input signals. The crystal structure of KaiC from Thermosynechococcus elongatus allows insight into the different anatomies of the CI and CII ATPases. Four consecutive arginines in CI (Arg linker) that connect the P-loop, CI subunits and CI and CII at the ring interface are primary candidates for the coordination of the CI and CII activities. The mutation of linker residues alters the period or triggers arhythmic behavior. Comparison between the CI and CII structures also reveals differences in loop regions that are key to KaiA and KaiB binding and activation of CII ATPase and kinase. Common packing features in KaiC crystals shed light on the KaiB-KaiC interaction.
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- Rekha Pattanayek
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 35235, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 35235, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Exchange of ADP with ATP in the CII ATPase domain promotes autophosphorylation of cyanobacterial clock protein KaiC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:4455-60. [PMID: 24616498 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319353111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian oscillator can be reconstituted in vitro. In the presence of KaiA and KaiB, the phosphorylation state of KaiC oscillates with a periodicity of ∼24 h. KaiC is a hexameric P-loop ATPase with autophosphorylation and autodephosphorylation activities. Recently, we found that dephosphorylation of KaiC occurs via reversal of the phosphorylation reaction: a phosphate group attached to Ser431/Thr432 is transferred to KaiC-bound ADP to generate ATP, which is subsequently hydrolyzed. This unusual reaction mechanism suggests that the KaiC phosphorylation rhythm is sustained by periodic shifts in the equilibrium of the reversible autophosphorylation reaction, the molecular basis of which has never been elucidated. Because KaiC-bound ATP and ADP serve as substrates for the forward and reverse reactions, respectively, we investigated the regulation of the nucleotide-bound state of KaiC. In the absence of KaiA, the condition in which the reverse reaction proceeds, KaiC favored the ADP-bound state. KaiA increased the ratio of ATP to total KaiC-bound nucleotides by facilitating the release of bound ADP and the incorporation of exogenous ATP, allowing the forward reaction to proceed. When both KaiA and KaiB were present, the ratio of ATP to total bound nucleotides exhibited a circadian rhythm, whose phase was advanced by several hours relative to that of the phosphorylation rhythm. Based on these findings, we propose that the direction of the reversible autophosphorylation reaction is regulated by KaiA and KaiB at the level of substrate availability and that this regulation sustains the oscillation of the phosphorylation state of KaiC.
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Ishii K, Terauchi S, Murakami R, Valencia Swain J, Mutoh R, Mino H, Maki K, Arata T, Ishiura M. Site-directed spin labeling-electron spin resonance mapping of the residues of cyanobacterial clock protein KaiA that are affected by KaiA-KaiC interaction. Genes Cells 2014; 19:297-324. [PMID: 24495257 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The cyanobacterial clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC interact with each other to generate circadian oscillations. We have identified the residues of the KaiA homodimer affected through association with hexameric KaiC (KaiC6mer) using a spin-label-tagged KaiA C-terminal domain protein (KaiAc) and performing electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis. Cys substitution and/or the attachment of a spin label to residues located at the bottom area of the KaiAc concave surface, a KaiC-binding groove, hindered the association of KaiAc with KaiC6mer, suggesting that the groove likely mediates the interaction with KaiC6mer. The residues affected by KaiC6mer association were concentrated in the three areas: the concave surface, a lobe-like structure (a mobile lobe near the concave surface) and a region adjacent to both the concave surface and the mobile lobe. The distance between the two E254, D255, L258 and R252 residues located on the mobile lobe decreased after KaiC association, suggesting that the two mobile lobes approach each other during the interaction. Analyzing the molecular dynamics of KaiAc showed that these structural changes suggested by ESR analysis were possible. Furthermore, the analyses identified three asymmetries in KaiAc dynamic structures, which gave us a possible explanation of an asymmetric association of KaiAc with KaiC6mer.
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- Kentaro Ishii
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi, 464-8602, Japan; Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan
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Insight into cyanobacterial circadian timing from structural details of the KaiB-KaiC interaction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:1379-84. [PMID: 24474762 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1314326111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Circadian timing in cyanobacteria is determined by the Kai system consisting of KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. Interactions between Kai proteins change the phosphorylation status of KaiC, defining the phase of circadian timing. The KaiC-KaiB interaction is crucial for the circadian rhythm to enter the dephosphorylation phase but it is not well understood. Using mass spectrometry to characterize Kai complexes, we found that KaiB forms monomers, dimers, and tetramers. The monomer is the unit that interacts with KaiC, with six KaiB monomers binding to one KaiC hexamer. Hydrogen-deuterium exchange MS reveals structural changes in KaiC upon binding of KaiB in both the CI and CII domains, showing allosteric coupling upon KaiB binding. Based on this information we propose a model of the KaiB-KaiC complex and hypothesize that the allosteric changes observed upon complex formation relate to coupling KaiC ATPase activity with KaiB binding and to sequestration of KaiA dimers into KaiCBA complexes.
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Diversity of KaiC-based timing systems in marine Cyanobacteria. Mar Genomics 2014; 14:3-16. [PMID: 24388874 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2013] [Revised: 11/19/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The coordination of biological activities into daily cycles provides an important advantage for the fitness of diverse organisms. Most eukaryotes possess an internal clock ticking with a periodicity of about one day to anticipate sunrise and sunset. The 24-hour period of the free-running rhythm is highly robust against many changes in the natural environment. Among prokaryotes, only Cyanobacteria are known to harbor such a circadian clock. Its core oscillator consists of just three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC that produce 24-hour oscillations of KaiC phosphorylation, even in vitro. This unique three-protein oscillator is well documented for the freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Several physiological studies demonstrate a circadian clock also for other Cyanobacteria including marine species. Genes for the core clock components are present in nearly all marine cyanobacterial species, though there are large differences in the specific composition of these genes. In the first section of this review we summarize data on the model circadian clock from S. elongatus PCC 7942 and compare it to the reduced clock system of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus MED4. In the second part we discuss the diversity of timing mechanisms in other marine Cyanobacteria with regard to the presence or absence of different components of the clock.
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Mutoh R, Nishimura A, Yasui S, Onai K, Ishiura M. The ATP-mediated regulation of KaiB-KaiC interaction in the cyanobacterial circadian clock. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80200. [PMID: 24244649 PMCID: PMC3823767 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian clock oscillator is composed of three clock proteins—KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC, and interactions among the three Kai proteins generate clock oscillation in vitro. However, the regulation of these interactions remains to be solved. Here, we demonstrated that ATP regulates formation of the KaiB-KaiC complex. In the absence of ATP, KaiC was monomeric (KaiC1mer) and formed a complex with KaiB. The addition of ATP plus Mg2+ (Mg-ATP), but not that of ATP only, to the KaiB-KaiC1mer complex induced the hexamerization of KaiC and the concomitant release of KaiB from the KaiB-KaiC1mer complex, indicating that Mg-ATP and KaiB compete each other for KaiC. In the presence of ATP and Mg2+ (Mg-ATP), KaiC became a homohexameric ATPase (KaiC6mer) with bound Mg-ATP and formed a complex with KaiB, but KaiC hexamerized by unhydrolyzable substrates such as ATP and Mg-ATP analogs, did not. A KaiC N-terminal domain protein, but not its C-terminal one, formed a complex with KaiB, indicating that KaiC associates with KaiB via its N-terminal domain. A mutant KaiC6mer lacking N-terminal ATPase activity did not form a complex with KaiB whereas a mutant lacking C-terminal ATPase activity did. Thus, the N-terminal domain of KaiC is responsible for formation of the KaiB-KaiC complex, and the hydrolysis of the ATP bound to N-terminal ATPase motifs on KaiC6mer is required for formation of the KaiB-KaiC6mer complex. KaiC6mer that had been hexamerized with ADP plus aluminum fluoride, which are considered to mimic ADP-Pi state, formed a complex with KaiB, suggesting that KaiB is able to associate with KaiC6mer with bound ADP-Pi.
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- Risa Mutoh
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
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Liang PJ, Han WY, Huang QH, Li YZ, Ni JF, She QX, Shen YL. Knockouts of RecA-Like Proteins RadC1 and RadC2 Have Distinct Responses to DNA Damage Agents in Sulfolobus islandicus. J Genet Genomics 2013; 40:533-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Revised: 05/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chang YG, Tseng R, Kuo NW, LiWang A. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the circadian clock of cyanobacteria. Integr Comp Biol 2013; 53:93-102. [PMID: 23667047 DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The most well-understood circadian clock at the level of molecular mechanisms is that of cyanobacteria. This overview is on how solution-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy has contributed to this understanding. By exciting atomic spin-½ nuclei in a strong magnetic field, NMR obtains information on their chemical environments, inter-nuclear distances, orientations, and motions. NMR protein samples are typically aqueous, often at near-physiological pH, ionic strength, and temperature. The level of information obtainable by NMR depends on the quality of the NMR sample, by which we mean the solubility and stability of proteins. Here, we use examples from our laboratory to illustrate the advantages and limitations of the technique.
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- Yong-Gang Chang
- School of Natural Sciences, University of California at Merced, Merced, CA 95343, USA
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Wiegard A, Dörrich AK, Deinzer HT, Beck C, Wilde A, Holtzendorff J, Axmann IM. Biochemical analysis of three putative KaiC clock proteins from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 suggests their functional divergence. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2013; 159:948-958. [PMID: 23449916 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.065425-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Cyanobacteria have been shown to have a circadian clock system that consists mainly of three protein components: KaiA, KaiB and KaiC. This system is well understood in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942, for which robust circadian oscillations have been shown. Like many other cyanobacteria, the chromosome of the model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 contains additional kaiC and kaiB gene copies besides the standard kaiABC gene cluster. The respective gene products differ significantly in their amino acid sequences, especially in their C-terminal regions, suggesting different functional characteristics. Here, phosphorylation assays of the three Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 KaiC proteins revealed that KaiC1 phosphorylation depends on KaiA, as is well documented for the Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 KaiC protein, whereas KaiC2 and KaiC3 autophosphorylate independently of KaiA. This was confirmed by in vivo protein-protein interaction studies, which demonstrate that only KaiC1 interacts with KaiA. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the three different Kai proteins form only homomeric complexes in vivo. As only KaiC1 phosphorylation depends on KaiA, a prerequisite for robust oscillations, we suggest that the kaiAB1C1 gene cluster in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 controls circadian timing in a manner similar to the clock described in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942.
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- Anika Wiegard
- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26, D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Biology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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Valencia S J, Bitou K, Ishii K, Murakami R, Morishita M, Onai K, Furukawa Y, Imada K, Namba K, Ishiura M. Phase-dependent generation and transmission of time information by the KaiABC circadian clock oscillator through SasA-KaiC interaction in cyanobacteria. Genes Cells 2012; 17:398-419. [PMID: 22512339 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2443.2012.01597.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Circadian clocks allow organisms to predict environmental changes of the day/night cycle. In the cyanobacterial circadian clock machinery, the phosphorylation level and ATPase activity of the clock protein KaiC oscillate with a period of approximately 24 h. The time information is transmitted from KaiC to the histidine kinase SasA through the SasA autophosphorylation-enhancing activity of KaiC, ultimately resulting in genome-wide transcription cycles. Here, we showed that SasA derived from the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 has the domain structure of an orthodox histidine kinase and that its C-terminal domain, which contains a phosphorylation site at His160, is responsible for the autophosphorylation activity and the temperature- and phosphorylation state-dependent trimerization / hexamerization activity of SasA. SasA and KaiC associate through their N-terminal domains with an affinity that depends on their phosphorylation states. Furthermore, the SasA autophosphorylation-enhancing activity of KaiC requires the C-terminal ATPase catalytic site and depends on its phosphorylation state. We show that the phosphotransfer activity of SasA is essential for the generation of normal circadian gene expression in cyanobacterial cells. Numerical simulations suggest that circadian time information (free phosphorylated SasA) is released mainly by unphosphorylated KaiC during the late subjective night.
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- J Valencia S
- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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Akiyama S. Structural and dynamic aspects of protein clocks: how can they be so slow and stable? Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:2147-60. [PMID: 22273739 PMCID: PMC11114763 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-0919-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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KaiC is a core protein of the cyanobacterial Kai oscillator, which persists without transcription-translation feedback. In the presence of KaiA and KaiB, KaiC reveals rhythmic activation/inactivation of its ATPase and autokinase/autophosphotase activities over approximately 24 h. Since the in vitro reconstruction of the Kai oscillator, the structures and functions of the Kai proteins have been studied extensively. Each protein's crystal structure and low-resolution views of Kai complexes have been reported. In addition, newer data are emerging on dynamic aspects such as assembly/disassembly of the Kai components and a ticking motion of KaiC, which is probably coupled to its slow, temperature-compensated ATPase activity. The accumulated evidence offers an ideal opportunity to revisit a fundamental question regarding biological circadian clocks: what determines the temperature-compensated 24 h period? In this review, I summarize the current understanding of the Kai oscillator's molecular mechanism and discuss emerging ideas on protein clocks.
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- Shuji Akiyama
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusaku, Nagoya, Japan.
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Murakami R, Mutoh R, Iwase R, Furukawa Y, Imada K, Onai K, Morishita M, Yasui S, Ishii K, Valencia Swain JO, Uzumaki T, Namba K, Ishiura M. The roles of the dimeric and tetrameric structures of the clock protein KaiB in the generation of circadian oscillations in cyanobacteria. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:29506-15. [PMID: 22722936 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.349092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The molecular machinery of the cyanobacterial circadian clock consists of three proteins, KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC. The three Kai proteins interact with each other and generate circadian oscillations in vitro in the presence of ATP (an in vitro KaiABC clock system). KaiB consists of four subunits organized as a dimer of dimers, and its overall shape is that of an elongated hexagonal plate with a positively charged cleft flanked by two negatively charged ridges. We found that a mutant KaiB with a C-terminal deletion (KaiB(1-94)), which lacks the negatively charged ridges, was a dimer. Despite its dimeric structure, KaiB(1-94) interacted with KaiC and generated normal circadian oscillations in the in vitro KaiABC clock system. KaiB(1-94) also generated circadian oscillations in cyanobacterial cells, but they were weak, indicating that the C-terminal region and tetrameric structure of KaiB are necessary for the generation of normal gene expression rhythms in vivo. KaiB(1-94) showed the highest affinity for KaiC among the KaiC-binding proteins we examined and inhibited KaiC from forming a complex with SasA, which is involved in the main output pathway from the KaiABC clock oscillator in transcription regulation. This defect explains the mechanism underlying the lack of normal gene expression rhythms in cells expressing KaiB(1-94).
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- Reiko Murakami
- Center for Gene Research, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo, Chikusa, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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Nishiwaki T, Kondo T. Circadian autodephosphorylation of cyanobacterial clock protein KaiC occurs via formation of ATP as intermediate. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:18030-5. [PMID: 22493509 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.350660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cyanobacterial circadian oscillator can be reconstituted in vitro; mixing three clock proteins (KaiA, KaiB, and KaiC) with ATP results in an oscillation of KaiC phosphorylation with a periodicity of ~24 h. The hexameric ATPase KaiC hydrolyzes ATP bound at subunit interfaces. KaiC also exhibits autokinase and autophosphatase activities, the latter of which is particularly noteworthy because KaiC is phylogenetically distinct from typical protein phosphatases. To examine this activity, we performed autodephosphorylation assays using (32)P-labeled KaiC. The residual radioactive ATP bound to subunit interfaces was removed using a newly established method, which included the dissociation of KaiC hexamers into monomers and the reconstitution of KaiC hexamers with nonradioactive ATP. This approach ensured that only the signals derived from (32)P-labeled KaiC were examined. We detected the transient formation of [(32)P]ATP preceding the accumulation of (32)P(i). Together with kinetic analyses, our data demonstrate that KaiC undergoes dephosphorylation via a mechanism that differs from those of conventional protein phosphatases. A phosphate group at a phosphorylation site is first transferred to KaiC-bound ADP to form ATP as an intermediate, which can be regarded as a reversal of the autophosphorylation reaction. Subsequently, the ATP molecule is hydrolyzed to form P(i). We propose that the ATPase active site mediates not only ATP hydrolysis but also the bidirectional transfer of the phosphate between phosphorylation sites and the KaiC-bound nucleotide. On the basis of these findings, we can now dissect the dynamics of the KaiC phosphorylation cycle relative to ATPase activity.
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- Taeko Nishiwaki
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University and Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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