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Yang T, Zou Y, Ng HL, Kumar A, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Specificity and mechanism of TonB-dependent ferric catecholate uptake by Fiu. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1355253. [PMID: 38601941 PMCID: PMC11005823 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1355253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
Abstract
We studied the Escherichia coli outer membrane protein Fiu, a presumed transporter of monomeric ferric catecholates, by introducing Cys residues in its surface loops and modifying them with fluorescein maleimide (FM). Fiu-FM bound iron complexes of the tricatecholate siderophore enterobactin (FeEnt) and glucosylated enterobactin (FeGEnt), their dicatecholate degradation product Fe(DHBS)2 (FeEnt*), the monocatecholates dihydroxybenzoic acid (FeDHBA) and dihydroxybenzoyl serine (FeDHBS), and the siderophore antibiotics cefiderocol (FDC) and MB-1. Unlike high-affinity ligand-gated porins (LGPs), Fiu-FM had only micromolar affinity for iron complexes. Its apparent KD values for FeDHBS, FeDHBA, FeEnt*, FeEnt, FeGEnt, FeFDC, and FeMB-1 were 0.1, 0.7, 0.7, 1.0, 0.3, 0.4, and 4 μM, respectively. Despite its broad binding abilities, the transport repertoires of E. coli Fiu, as well as those of Cir and FepA, were less broad. Fiu only transported FeEnt*. Cir transported FeEnt* and FeDHBS (weakly); FepA transported FeEnt, FeEnt*, and FeDHBA. Both Cir and FepA bound FeGEnt, albeit with lower affinity. Related transporters of Acinetobacter baumannii (PiuA, PirA, BauA) had similarly moderate affinity and broad specificity for di- or monomeric ferric catecholates. Both microbiological and radioisotopic experiments showed Fiu's exclusive transport of FeEnt*, rather than ferric monocatecholate compounds. Molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations predicted three binding sites for FeEnt*in the external vestibule of Fiu, and a fourth site deeper in its interior. Alanine scanning mutagenesis in the outermost sites (1a, 1b, and 2) decreased FeEnt* binding affinity as much as 20-fold and reduced or eliminated FeEnt* uptake. Finally, the molecular dynamics simulations suggested a pathway of FeEnt* movement through Fiu that may generally describe the process of metal transport by TonB-dependent receptors.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, United States
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Chan DCK, Josts I, Koteva K, Wright GD, Tidow H, Burrows LL. Interactions of TonB-dependent transporter FoxA with siderophores and antibiotics that affect binding, uptake, and signal transduction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2221253120. [PMID: 37043535 PMCID: PMC10120069 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2221253120] [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: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/13/2023] Open
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The outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria prevents many antibiotics from reaching intracellular targets. However, some antimicrobials can take advantage of iron import transporters to cross this barrier. We showed previously that the thiopeptide antibiotic thiocillin exploits the nocardamine xenosiderophore transporter, FoxA, of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa for uptake. Here, we show that FoxA also transports the xenosiderophore bisucaberin and describe at 2.5 Å resolution the crystal structure of bisucaberin bound to FoxA. Bisucaberin is distinct from other siderophores because it forms a 3:2 rather than 1:1 siderophore-iron complex. Mutations in a single extracellular loop of FoxA differentially affected nocardamine, thiocillin, and bisucaberin binding, uptake, and signal transduction. These results show that in addition to modulating ligand binding, the extracellular loops of siderophore transporters are of fundamental importance for controlling ligand uptake and its regulatory consequences, which have implications for the development of siderophore-antibiotic conjugates to treat difficult infections.
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- Derek C. K. Chan
- David Braley Center for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
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- The Hamburg Advanced Research Center for Bioorganic Chemistry, Hamburg22761, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg22761, Germany
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- David Braley Center for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
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- David Braley Center for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
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- The Hamburg Advanced Research Center for Bioorganic Chemistry, Hamburg22761, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg22761, Germany
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- David Braley Center for Antibiotic Discovery, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S 4K1, Canada
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Liao W, Nie W, Ahmad I, Chen G, Zhu B. The occurrence, characteristics, and adaptation of A-to-I RNA editing in bacteria: A review. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1143929. [PMID: 36960293 PMCID: PMC10027721 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1143929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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A-to-I RNA editing is a very important post-transcriptional modification or co-transcriptional modification that creates isoforms and increases the diversity of proteins. In this process, adenosine (A) in RNA molecules is hydrolyzed and deaminated into inosine (I). It is well known that ADAR (adenosine deaminase acting on RNA)-dependent A-to-I mRNA editing is widespread in animals. Next, the discovery of A-to-I mRNA editing was mediated by TadA (tRNA-specific adenosine deaminase) in Escherichia coli which is ADAR-independent event. Previously, the editing event S128P on the flagellar structural protein FliC enhanced the bacterial tolerance to oxidative stress in Xoc. In addition, the editing events T408A on the enterobactin iron receptor protein XfeA act as switches by controlling the uptake of Fe3+ in response to the concentration of iron in the environment. Even though bacteria have fewer editing events, the great majority of those that are currently preserved have adaptive benefits. Interestingly, it was found that a TadA-independent A-to-I RNA editing event T408A occurred on xfeA, indicating that there may be other new enzymes that perform a function like TadA. Here, we review recent advances in the characteristics, functions, and adaptations of editing in bacteria.
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- Weixue Liao
- Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Eco-Environmental Change and Management Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Cooperative Innovation Center for Modern Seed Industry, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Eco-Environmental Change and Management Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Cooperative Innovation Center for Modern Seed Industry, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Wenhan Nie,
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- Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Eco-Environmental Change and Management Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Cooperative Innovation Center for Modern Seed Industry, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Department of Environmental Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Vehari Campus, Vehari, Pakistan
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- Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Eco-Environmental Change and Management Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Cooperative Innovation Center for Modern Seed Industry, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Yangtze River Delta Eco-Environmental Change and Management Observation and Research Station, Shanghai Cooperative Innovation Center for Modern Seed Industry, School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
- Bo Zhu,
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Kumar A, Yang T, Chakravorty S, Majumdar A, Nairn BL, Six DA, Marcondes Dos Santos N, Price SL, Lawrenz MB, Actis LA, Marques M, Russo TA, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Fluorescent sensors of siderophores produced by bacterial pathogens. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:101651. [PMID: 35101443 PMCID: PMC8921320 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [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: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Siderophores are iron-chelating molecules that solubilize Fe3+ for microbial utilization and facilitate colonization or infection of eukaryotes by liberating host iron for bacterial uptake. By fluorescently labeling membrane receptors and binding proteins, we created 20 sensors that detect, discriminate, and quantify apo- and ferric siderophores. The sensor proteins originated from TonB-dependent ligand-gated porins (LGPs) of Escherichia coli (Fiu, FepA, Cir, FhuA, IutA, BtuB), Klebsiella pneumoniae (IroN, FepA, FyuA), Acinetobacter baumannii (PiuA, FepA, PirA, BauA), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (FepA, FpvA), and Caulobacter crescentus (HutA) from a periplasmic E. coli binding protein (FepB) and from a human serum binding protein (siderocalin). They detected ferric catecholates (enterobactin, degraded enterobactin, glucosylated enterobactin, dihydroxybenzoate, dihydroxybenzoyl serine, cefidericol, MB-1), ferric hydroxamates (ferrichromes, aerobactin), mixed iron complexes (yersiniabactin, acinetobactin, pyoverdine), and porphyrins (hemin, vitamin B12). The sensors defined the specificities and corresponding affinities of the LGPs and binding proteins and monitored ferric siderophore and porphyrin transport by microbial pathogens. We also quantified, for the first time, broad recognition of diverse ferric complexes by some LGPs, as well as monospecificity for a single metal chelate by others. In addition to their primary ferric siderophore ligands, most LGPs bound the corresponding aposiderophore with ∼100-fold lower affinity. These sensors provide insights into ferric siderophore biosynthesis and uptake pathways in free-living, commensal, and pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Ashish Kumar
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA; Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bethel University, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biology, Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Malvern, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Medicine, Jacobs School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences, University of Buffalo School of Medicine, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA.
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A-to-I mRNA Editing in a Ferric Siderophore Receptor Improves Competition for Iron in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0157121. [PMID: 34704802 PMCID: PMC8549721 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01571-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Iron is an essential element for the growth and survival of pathogenic bacteria; however, it is not fully understood how bacteria sense and respond to iron deficiency or excess. In this study, we show that xfeA in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola senses extracytoplasmic iron and changes the hydrogen bonding network of ligand channel domains by adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing. The frequency of A-to-I RNA editing during iron-deficient conditions increased by 76.87%, which facilitated the passage of iron through the XfeA outer membrane channel. When bacteria were subjected to high iron concentrations, the percentage of A-to-I editing in xfeA decreased, which reduced iron transport via XfeA. Furthermore, A-to-I RNA editing increased expression of multiple genes in the chemotaxis pathway, including methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) that sense concentrations of exogenous ferrienterobactin (Fe-Ent) at the cytoplasmic membrane. A-to-I RNA editing helps X. oryzae pv. oryzicola move toward an iron-rich environment and supports our contention that editing in xfeA facilitates entry of a ferric siderophore. Overall, our results reveal a new signaling mechanism that bacteria use to adjust to iron concentrations. IMPORTANCE Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing, which is catalyzed by the adenosine deaminase RNA-specific family of enzymes, is a frequent posttranscriptional modification in metazoans. Research on A-to-I editing in bacteria is limited, and the importance of this editing is underestimated. In this study, we show that bacteria may use A-to-I editing as an alternative strategy to promote uptake of metabolic iron, and this form of editing can quickly and precisely modify RNA and subsequent protein sequences similar to an "on/off" switch. Thus, bacteria have the capacity to use a rapid switch-like mechanism to facilitate iron uptake and improve their competitiveness.
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AlMatar M, Albarri O, Makky EA, Var I, Köksal F. A Glance on the Role of Bacterial Siderophore from the Perspectives of Medical and Biotechnological Approaches. Curr Drug Targets 2020; 21:1326-1343. [PMID: 32564749 DOI: 10.2174/1389450121666200621193018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Iron, which is described as the most basic component found in nature, is hard to be assimilated by microorganisms. It has become increasingly complicated to obtain iron from nature as iron (II) in the presence of oxygen oxidized to press (III) oxide and hydroxide, becoming unsolvable at neutral pH. Microorganisms appeared to produce organic molecules known as siderophores in order to overcome this condition. Siderophore's essential function is to connect with iron (II) and make it dissolvable and enable cell absorption. These siderophores, apart from iron particles, have the ability to chelate various other metal particles that have collocated away to focus the use of siderophores on wound care items. There is a severe clash between the host and the bacterial pathogens during infection. By producing siderophores, small ferric iron-binding molecules, microorganisms obtain iron. In response, host immune cells produce lipocalin 2 to prevent bacterial reuptake of siderophores loaded with iron. Some bacteria are thought to produce lipocalin 2-resistant siderophores to counter this risk. The aim of this article is to discuss the recently described roles and applications of bacterial siderophore.
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- Manaf AlMatar
- Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Gambang, 26300 Kuantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences (Fen Bilimleri Enstitusu) Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Faculty of Industrial Sciences & Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Gambang, 26300 Kuantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Food Engineering, Agricultural Faculty, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey
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Kopp DR, Postle K. The Intrinsically Disordered Region of ExbD Is Required for Signal Transduction. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:e00687-19. [PMID: 31932309 PMCID: PMC7167468 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00687-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The TonB system actively transports vital nutrients across the unenergized outer membranes of the majority of Gram-negative bacteria. In this system, integral membrane proteins ExbB, ExbD, and TonB work together to transduce the proton motive force (PMF) of the inner membrane to customized active transporters in the outer membrane by direct and cyclic binding of TonB to the transporters. A PMF-dependent TonB-ExbD interaction is prevented by 10-residue deletions within a periplasmic disordered domain of ExbD adjacent to the cytoplasmic membrane. Here, we explored the function of the ExbD disordered domain in more detail. In vivo photo-cross-linking through sequential pBpa substitutions in the ExbD disordered domain captured five different ExbD complexes, some of which had been previously detected using in vivo formaldehyde cross-linking, a technique that lacks the residue-specific information that can be achieved through photo-cross-linking: two ExbB-ExbD heterodimers (one of which had not been detected previously), previously detected ExbD homodimers, previously detected PMF-dependent ExbD-TonB heterodimers, and for the first time, a predicted, ExbD-TonB PMF-independent interaction. The fact that multiple complexes were captured by the same pBpa substitution indicated the dynamic nature of ExbD interactions as the energy transduction cycle proceeded in vivo In this study, we also discovered that a conserved motif-V45, V47, L49, and P50-within the disordered domain was required for signal transduction to TonB and to the C-terminal domain of ExbD and was the source of motif essentiality.IMPORTANCE The TonB system is a virulence factor for Gram-negative pathogens. The mechanism by which cytoplasmic membrane proteins of the TonB system transduce an electrochemical gradient into mechanical energy is a long-standing mystery. TonB, ExbB, and ExbD primary amino acid sequences are characterized by regions of predicted intrinsic disorder, consistent with a proposed multiplicity of protein-protein contacts as TonB proceeds through an energy transduction cycle, a complex process that has yet to be recapitulated in vitro This study validates a region of intrinsic disorder near the ExbD transmembrane domain and identifies an essential conserved motif embedded within it that transduces signals to distal regions of ExbD suggested to configure TonB for productive interaction with outer membrane transporters.
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- Dale R Kopp
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
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Majumdar A, Trinh V, Moore KJ, Smallwood CR, Kumar A, Yang T, Scott DC, Long NJ, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Conformational rearrangements in the N-domain of Escherichia coli FepA during ferric enterobactin transport. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:4974-4984. [PMID: 32098871 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli outer membrane receptor FepA transports ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) by an energy- and TonB-dependent, but otherwise a mechanistically undetermined process involving its internal 150-residue N-terminal globular domain (N-domain). We genetically introduced pairs of Cys residues in different regions of the FepA tertiary structure, with the potential to form disulfide bonds. These included Cys pairs on adjacent β-strands of the N-domain (intra-N) and Cys pairs that bridged the external surface of the N-domain to the interior of the C-terminal transmembrane β-barrel (inter-N-C). We characterized FeEnt uptake by these mutants with siderophore nutrition tests, [59Fe]Ent binding and uptake experiments, and fluorescence decoy sensor assays. The three methods consistently showed that the intra-N disulfide bonds, which restrict conformational motion within the N-domain, prevented FeEnt uptake, whereas most inter-N-C disulfide bonds did not prevent FeEnt uptake. These outcomes indicate that conformational rearrangements must occur in the N terminus of FepA during FeEnt transport. They also argue against disengagement of the N-domain out of the channel as a rigid body and suggest instead that it remains within the transmembrane pore as FeEnt enters the periplasm.
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- Aritri Majumdar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- Department of Chemistry, Physics and Engineering, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma 73505
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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Cunrath O, Bumann D. Host resistance factor SLC11A1 restrictsSalmonellagrowth through magnesium deprivation. Science 2019; 366:995-999. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aax7898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The pleiotropic host resistance factor SLC11A1 (NRAMP1) defends against diverse intracellular pathogens in mammals by yet-unknown mechanisms. We comparedSalmonellainfection of coisogenic mice with differentSLC11A1alleles. SLC11A1 reducedSalmonellareplication and triggered up-regulation of uptake systems for divalent metal cations but no other stress responses. SLC11A1 modestly diminished iron availability and acutely restrictedSalmonellaaccess to magnesium. Growth ofSalmonellacells in the presence of SLC11A1 was highly heterogeneous and inversely correlated with expression of the crucial magnesium transporter genemgtB. We observed superimposable single-cell patterns in mice lacking SLC11A1 when we restrictedSalmonellaaccess to magnesium by impairing its uptake. Together, these findings identify deprivation of the main group metal magnesium as the main resistance mechanism of SLC11A1 againstSalmonella.
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Moynié L, Milenkovic S, Mislin GLA, Gasser V, Malloci G, Baco E, McCaughan RP, Page MGP, Schalk IJ, Ceccarelli M, Naismith JH. The complex of ferric-enterobactin with its transporter from Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggests a two-site model. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3673. [PMID: 31413254 PMCID: PMC6694100 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11508-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 07/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Bacteria use small molecules called siderophores to scavenge iron. Siderophore-Fe3+ complexes are recognised by outer-membrane transporters and imported into the periplasm in a process dependent on the inner-membrane protein TonB. The siderophore enterobactin is secreted by members of the family Enterobacteriaceae, but many other bacteria including Pseudomonas species can use it. Here, we show that the Pseudomonas transporter PfeA recognises enterobactin using extracellular loops distant from the pore. The relevance of this site is supported by in vivo and in vitro analyses. We suggest there is a second binding site deeper inside the structure and propose that correlated changes in hydrogen bonds link binding-induced structural re-arrangements to the structural adjustment of the periplasmic TonB-binding motif.
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- Lucile Moynié
- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genomics, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
- The Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
- CNRS, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Life Sciences & Chemistry, Campus Ring 1, Bremen, 28759, Germany
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- Université de Strasbourg, UMR7242, ESBS, Bld Sébastien Brant, Illkirch, F-67413, Strasbourg, France.
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
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- Department of Physics, University of Cagliari, Cittadella Universitaria, SP Monserrato-Sestu Km 0.700, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
- Istituto Officina dei Materiali-CNR, Cittadella Universitaria, Monserrato, 09042, Italy.
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- Division of Structural Biology, Wellcome Trust Centre of Human Genomics, 7 Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK.
- The Research Complex at Harwell, Harwell Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0FA, UK.
- The Rosalind Franklin Institute, Didcot, OX11 0FA, UK.
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Fluorescence High-Throughput Screening for Inhibitors of TonB Action. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00889-16. [PMID: 28242720 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00889-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2016] [Accepted: 02/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria acquire ferric siderophores through TonB-dependent outer membrane transporters (TBDT). By fluorescence spectroscopic hgh-throughput screening (FLHTS), we identified inhibitors of TonB-dependent ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) uptake through Escherichia coli FepA (EcoFepA). Among 165 inhibitors found in a primary screen of 17,441 compounds, we evaluated 20 in secondary tests: TonB-dependent ferric siderophore uptake and colicin killing and proton motive force-dependent lactose transport. Six of 20 primary hits inhibited TonB-dependent activity in all tests. Comparison of their effects on [59Fe]Ent and [14C]lactose accumulation suggested several as proton ionophores, but two chemicals, ebselen and ST0082990, are likely not proton ionophores and may inhibit TonB-ExbBD. The facility of FLHTS against E. coli led us to adapt it to Acinetobacter baumannii We identified its FepA ortholog (AbaFepA), deleted and cloned its structural gene, genetically engineered 8 Cys substitutions in its surface loops, labeled them with fluorescein, and made fluorescence spectroscopic observations of FeEnt uptake in A. baumannii Several Cys substitutions in AbaFepA (S279C, T562C, and S665C) were readily fluoresceinated and then suitable as sensors of FeEnt transport. As in E. coli, the test monitored TonB-dependent FeEnt uptake by AbaFepA. In microtiter format with A. baumannii, FLHTS produced Z' factors 0.6 to 0.8. These data validated the FLHTS strategy against even distantly related Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Overall, it discovered agents that block TonB-dependent transport and showed the potential to find compounds that act against Gram-negative CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae)/ESKAPE (Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacter species) pathogens. Our results suggest that hundreds of such chemicals may exist in larger compound libraries.IMPORTANCE Antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria has spurred efforts to find novel compounds against new targets. The CRE/ESKAPE pathogens are resistant bacteria that include Acinetobacter baumannii, a common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia and sepsis. We performed fluorescence high-throughput screening (FLHTS) against Escherichia coli to find inhibitors of TonB-dependent iron transport, tested them against A. baumannii, and then adapted the FLHTS technology to allow direct screening against A. baumannii This methodology is expandable to other drug-resistant Gram-negative pathogens. Compounds that block TonB action may interfere with iron acquisition from eukaryotic hosts and thereby constitute bacteriostatic antibiotics that prevent microbial colonization of human and animals. The FLHTS method may identify both species-specific and broad-spectrum agents against Gram-negative bacteria.
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Structure and Function of the PiuA and PirA Siderophore-Drug Receptors from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.02531-16. [PMID: 28137795 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02531-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/27/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria presents an efficient barrier to the permeation of antimicrobial molecules. One strategy pursued to circumvent this obstacle is to hijack transport systems for essential nutrients, such as iron. BAL30072 and MC-1 are two monobactams conjugated to a dihydroxypyridone siderophore that are active against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii Here, we investigated the mechanism of action of these molecules in A. baumannii We identified two novel TonB-dependent receptors, termed Ab-PiuA and Ab-PirA, that are required for the antimicrobial activity of both agents. Deletion of either piuA or pirA in A. baumannii resulted in 4- to 8-fold-decreased susceptibility, while their overexpression in the heterologous host P. aeruginosa increased susceptibility to the two siderophore-drug conjugates by 4- to 32-fold. The crystal structures of PiuA and PirA from A. baumannii and their orthologues from P. aeruginosa were determined. The structures revealed similar architectures; however, structural differences between PirA and PiuA point to potential differences between their cognate siderophore ligands. Spontaneous mutants, selected upon exposure to BAL30072, harbored frameshift mutations in either the ExbD3 or the TonB3 protein of A. baumannii, forming the cytoplasmic-membrane complex providing the energy for the siderophore translocation process. The results of this study provide insight for the rational design of novel siderophore-drug conjugates against problematic Gram-negative pathogens.
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TonB-Dependent Heme/Hemoglobin Utilization by Caulobacter crescentus HutA. J Bacteriol 2017; 199:JB.00723-16. [PMID: 28031282 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00723-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Siderophore nutrition tests with Caulobacter crescentus strain NA1000 revealed that it utilized a variety of ferric hydroxamate siderophores, including asperchromes, ferrichromes, ferrichrome A, malonichrome, and ferric aerobactin, as well as hemin and hemoglobin. C. crescentus did not transport ferrioxamine B or ferric catecholates. Because it did not use ferric enterobactin, the catecholate aposiderophore was an effective agent for iron deprivation. We determined the kinetics and thermodynamics of [59Fe]apoferrichrome and 59Fe-citrate binding and transport by NA1000. Its affinity and uptake rate for ferrichrome (equilibrium dissociation constant [Kd ], 1 nM; Michaelis-Menten constant [KM ], 0.1 nM; Vmax, 19 pMol/109 cells/min) were similar to those of Escherichia coli FhuA. Transport properties for 59Fe-citrate were similar to those of E. coli FecA (KM , 5.3 nM; Vmax, 29 pMol/109 cells/min). Bioinformatic analyses implicated Fur-regulated loci 00028, 00138, 02277, and 03023 as TonB-dependent transporters (TBDT) that participate in iron acquisition. We resolved TBDT with elevated expression under high- or low-iron conditions by SDS-PAGE of sodium sarcosinate cell envelope extracts, excised bands of interest, and analyzed them by mass spectrometry. These data identified five TBDT: three were overexpressed during iron deficiency (00028, 02277, and 03023), and 2 were overexpressed during iron repletion (00210 and 01196). CLUSTALW analyses revealed homology of putative TBDT 02277 to Escherichia coli FepA and BtuB. A Δ02277 mutant did not transport hemin or hemoglobin in nutrition tests, leading us to designate the 02277 structural gene as hutA (for heme/hemoglobin utilization).IMPORTANCE The physiological roles of the 62 putative TBDT of C. crescentus are mostly unknown, as are their evolutionary relationships to TBDT of other bacteria. We biochemically studied the iron uptake systems of C. crescentus, identified potential iron transporters, and clarified the phylogenetic relationships among its numerous TBDT. Our findings identified the first outer membrane protein involved in iron acquisition by C. crescentus, its heme/hemoglobin transporter (HutA).
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Lill Y, Jordan LD, Smallwood CR, Newton SM, Lill MA, Klebba PE, Ritchie K. Confined Mobility of TonB and FepA in Escherichia coli Membranes. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160862. [PMID: 27935943 PMCID: PMC5147803 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The important process of nutrient uptake in Escherichia coli, in many cases, involves transit of the nutrient through a class of beta-barrel proteins in the outer membrane known as TonB-dependent transporters (TBDTs) and requires interaction with the inner membrane protein TonB. Here we have imaged the mobility of the ferric enterobactin transporter FepA and TonB by tracking them in the membranes of live E. coli with single-molecule resolution at time-scales ranging from milliseconds to seconds. We employed simple simulations to model/analyze the lateral diffusion in the membranes of E.coli, to take into account both the highly curved geometry of the cell and artifactual effects expected due to finite exposure time imaging. We find that both molecules perform confined lateral diffusion in their respective membranes in the absence of ligand with FepA confined to a region 0.180−0.007+0.006 μm in radius in the outer membrane and TonB confined to a region 0.266−0.009+0.007 μm in radius in the inner membrane. The diffusion coefficient of these molecules on millisecond time-scales was estimated to be 21−5+9 μm2/s and 5.4−0.8+1.5 μm2/s for FepA and TonB, respectively, implying that each molecule is free to diffuse within its domain. Disruption of the inner membrane potential, deletion of ExbB/D from the inner membrane, presence of ligand or antibody to FepA and disruption of the MreB cytoskeleton was all found to further restrict the mobility of both molecules. Results are analyzed in terms of changes in confinement size and interactions between the two proteins.
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- Yoriko Lill
- Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PEK); (KR)
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- Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PEK); (KR)
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Methanotrophic bacteria use methane, a potent greenhouse gas, as their primary source of carbon and energy. The first step in methane metabolism is its oxidation to methanol. In almost all methanotrophs, this chemically challenging reaction is catalyzed by particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), a copper-dependent integral membrane enzyme. Methanotrophs acquire copper (Cu) for pMMO by secreting a small ribosomally produced, posttranslationally modified natural product called methanobactin (Mbn). Mbn chelates Cu with high affinity, and the Cu-loaded form (CuMbn) is reinternalized into the cell via an active transport process. Bioinformatic and gene regulation studies suggest that two proteins might play a role in CuMbn handling: the TonB-dependent transporter MbnT and the periplasmic binding protein MbnE. Disruption of the gene that encodes MbnT abolishes CuMbn uptake, as reported previously, and expression of MbnT in Escherichia coli confers the ability to take up CuMbn. Biophysical studies of MbnT and MbnE reveal specific interactions with CuMbn, and a crystal structure of apo MbnE is consistent with MbnE's proposed role as a periplasmic CuMbn transporter. Notably, MbnT and MbnE exhibit different levels of discrimination between cognate and noncognate CuMbns. These findings provide evidence for CuMbn-protein interactions and begin to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of its recognition and transport.
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Lee AA, Chen YCS, Ekalestari E, Ho SY, Hsu NS, Kuo TF, Wang TSA. Facile and Versatile Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Enterobactin Analogues and Applications in Bacterial Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201603921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Albert A. Lee
- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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Lee AA, Chen YCS, Ekalestari E, Ho SY, Hsu NS, Kuo TF, Wang TSA. Facile and Versatile Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Enterobactin Analogues and Applications in Bacterial Detection. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:12338-42. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201603921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Albert A. Lee
- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; University of California, Los Angeles; Los Angeles CA 90095 USA
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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- Department of Chemistry; National Taiwan University; No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road Taipei 10617 Taiwan) (R.O.C
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Siderophores are low molecular weight, high affinity iron chelating molecules that are essential virulence factors in many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens. Whereas the chemical structure of siderophores is extremely variable, the function of siderophores has been narrowly defined as the chelation and delivery of iron to bacteria for proliferation. The discovery of the host protein Lipocalin 2, capable of specifically sequestering the siderophore Enterobactin but not its glycosylated-derivative Salmochelin, indicated that diversity in structure could be an immune evasion mechanism that provides functional redundancy during infection. However, there is growing evidence that siderophores are specialized in their iron-acquisition functions, can perturb iron homeostasis in their hosts, and even bind non-iron metals to promote bacterial fitness. The combination of siderophores produced by a pathogen can enable inter-bacterial competition, modulate host cellular pathways, and determine the bacterial "replicative niche" during infection. This review will examine both classical and novel functions of siderophores to address the concept that siderophores are non-redundant virulence factors used to enhance bacterial pathogenesis.
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- Victoria I Holden
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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The rotational surveillance and energy transfer (ROSET) model of TonB action suggests a mechanism by which the electrochemical proton gradient across the Gram-negative bacterial inner membrane (IM) promotes the transport of iron through ligand-gated porins (LGP) in the outer membrane (OM). TonB associates with the IM by an N-terminal hydrophobic helix that forms a complex with ExbBD. It also contains a central extended length of rigid polypeptide that spans the periplasm and a dimeric C-terminal-ββαβ-domain (CTD) with LysM motifs that binds the peptidoglycan (PG) layer beneath the OM bilayer. The TonB CTD forms a dimer with affinity for both PG- and TonB-independent OM proteins (e.g., OmpA), localizing it near the periplasmic interface of the OM bilayer. Porins and other OM proteins associate with PG, and this general affinity allows the TonB CTD dimer to survey the periplasmic surface of the OM bilayer. Energized rotational motion of the TonB N terminus in the fluid IM bilayer promotes the lateral movement of the TonB-ExbBD complex in the IM and of the TonB CTD dimer across the inner surface of the OM. When it encounters an accessible TonB box of a (ligand-bound) LGP, the monomeric form of the CTD binds and recruits it into a 4-stranded β-sheet. Because the CTD is rotating, this binding reaction transfers kinetic energy, created by the electrochemical proton gradient across the IM, through the periplasm to the OM protein. The equilibration of the TonB C terminus between the dimeric and monomeric forms that engage in different binding reactions allows the identification of iron-loaded LGP and then the internalization of iron through their trans-outer membrane β-barrels. Hence, the ROSET model postulates a mechanism for the transfer of energy from the IM to the OM, triggering iron uptake.
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Wong CT, Xu Y, Gupta A, Garnett JA, Matthews SJ, Hare SA. Structural analysis of haemoglobin binding by HpuA from the Neisseriaceae family. Nat Commun 2015; 6:10172. [PMID: 26671256 PMCID: PMC4703857 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The Neisseriaceae family of bacteria causes a range of diseases including meningitis, septicaemia, gonorrhoea and endocarditis, and extracts haem from haemoglobin as an important iron source within the iron-limited environment of its human host. Herein we report crystal structures of apo- and haemoglobin-bound HpuA, an essential component of this haem import system. The interface involves long loops on the bacterial receptor that present hydrophobic side chains for packing against the surface of haemoglobin. Interestingly, our structural and biochemical analyses of Kingella denitrificans and Neisseria gonorrhoeae HpuA mutants, although validating the interactions observed in the crystal structure, show how Neisseriaceae have the fascinating ability to diversify functional sequences and yet retain the haemoglobin binding function. Our results present the first description of HpuA's role in direct binding of haemoglobin. The Neisseriaceae bacteria family extract heame from the haemoglobin of its host, the HpuA protein is part of this system. Here, the authors report crystal structures of apo- and haemoglobin-bound HpuA and analyse mutants to examine the interaction between HpuA and haemoglobin.
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- Chi T Wong
- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Hanson M, Jordan LD, Shipelskiy Y, Newton SM, Klebba PE. High-Throughput Screening Assay for Inhibitors of TonB-Dependent Iron Transport. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 21:316-22. [DOI: 10.1177/1087057115613788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/05/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The TonB-dependent Gram-negative bacterial outer membrane protein FepA actively transports the siderophore ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) into the periplasm. We developed a high-throughput screening (HTS) assay that observes FeEnt uptake through FepA in living Escherichia coli, by monitoring fluorescence quenching that occurs upon binding of FeEnt, and then unquenching as the bacteria deplete it from solution by transport. We optimized the labeling and spectroscopic methods to screen for inhibitors of TonB-dependent iron uptake through the outer membrane. The assay works like a molecular switch that is on in the presence of TonB activity and off in its absence. It functions in 96-well microtiter plates, in a variety of conditions, with Z factors of 0.8–1.0. TonB-dependent iron transport is energy dependent, and the inhibitory effects of the metabolic inhibitors carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, 2,4-dinitrophenol, azide, cyanide, and arsenate on FeEnt uptake were readily detected by the assay. Because iron acquisition is a determinant of bacterial pathogenesis, HTS with this method may identify inhibitors that block TonB function and constitute novel therapeutics against infectious disease caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Mathew Hanson
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA
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Smallwood CR, Jordan L, Trinh V, Schuerch DW, Gala A, Hanson M, Hanson M, Shipelskiy Y, Majumdar A, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Concerted loop motion triggers induced fit of FepA to ferric enterobactin. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 144:71-80. [PMID: 24981231 PMCID: PMC4076525 DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201311159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The loops of the bacterial outer membrane iron transporter FepA move at different rates to adsorb and grasp the substrate ferric enterobactin before transporting it into the periplasm. Spectroscopic analyses of fluorophore-labeled Escherichia coli FepA described dynamic actions of its surface loops during binding and transport of ferric enterobactin (FeEnt). When FeEnt bound to fluoresceinated FepA, in living cells or outer membrane fragments, quenching of fluorophore emissions reflected conformational motion of the external vestibular loops. We reacted Cys sulfhydryls in seven surface loops (L2, L3, L4, L5, L7 L8, and L11) with fluorophore maleimides. The target residues had different accessibilities, and the labeled loops themselves showed variable extents of quenching and rates of motion during ligand binding. The vestibular loops closed around FeEnt in about a second, in the order L3 > L11 > L7 > L2 > L5 > L8 > L4. This sequence suggested that the loops bind the metal complex like the fingers of two hands closing on an object, by individually adsorbing to the iron chelate. Fluorescence from L3 followed a biphasic exponential decay as FeEnt bound, but fluorescence from all the other loops followed single exponential decay processes. After binding, the restoration of fluorescence intensity (from any of the labeled loops) mirrored cellular uptake that depleted FeEnt from solution. Fluorescence microscopic images also showed FeEnt transport, and demonstrated that ferric siderophore uptake uniformly occurs throughout outer membrane, including at the poles of the cells, despite the fact that TonB, its inner membrane transport partner, was not detectable at the poles.
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- Chuck R Smallwood
- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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- The Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506
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Physiological and proteomic analysis of Escherichia coli iron-limited chemostat growth. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2748-61. [PMID: 24837288 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01606-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Iron bioavailability is a major limiter of bacterial growth in mammalian host tissue and thus represents an important area of study. Escherichia coli K-12 metabolism was studied at four levels of iron limitation in chemostats using physiological and proteomic analyses. The data documented an E. coli acclimation gradient where progressively more severe iron scarcity resulted in a larger percentage of substrate carbon being directed into an overflow metabolism accompanied by a decrease in biomass yield on glucose. Acetate was the primary secreted organic by-product for moderate levels of iron limitation, but as stress increased, the metabolism shifted to secrete primarily lactate (∼70% of catabolized glucose carbon). Proteomic analysis reinforced the physiological data and quantified relative increases in glycolysis enzyme abundance and decreases in tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle enzyme abundance with increasing iron limitation stress. The combined data indicated that E. coli responds to limiting iron by investing the scarce resource in essential enzymes, at the cost of catabolic efficiency (i.e., downregulating high-ATP-yielding pathways containing enzymes with large iron requirements, like the TCA cycle). Acclimation to iron-limited growth was contrasted experimentally with acclimation to glucose-limited growth to identify both general and nutrient-specific acclimation strategies. While the iron-limited cultures maximized biomass yields on iron and increased expression of iron acquisition strategies, the glucose-limited cultures maximized biomass yields on glucose and increased expression of carbon acquisition strategies. This study quantified ecologically competitive acclimations to nutrient limitations, yielding knowledge essential for understanding medically relevant bacterial responses to host and to developing intervention strategies.
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Energy-dependent motion of TonB in the Gram-negative bacterial inner membrane. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:11553-8. [PMID: 23798405 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1304243110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria acquire iron with TonB-dependent uptake systems. The TonB-ExbBD inner membrane complex is hypothesized to transfer energy to outer membrane (OM) iron transporters. Fluorescence microscopic characterization of green fluorescent protein (GFP)-TonB hybrid proteins revealed an unexpected, restricted localization of TonB in the cell envelope. Fluorescence polarization measurements demonstrated motion of TonB in living cells, which likely was rotation. By determining the anisotropy of GFP-TonB in the absence and presence of inhibitors, we saw the dependence of its motion on electrochemical force and on the actions of ExbBD. We observed higher anisotropy for GFP-TonB in energy-depleted cells and lower values in bacteria lacking ExbBD. However, the metabolic inhibitors did not change the anisotropy of GFP-TonB in ΔexbBD cells. These findings demonstrate that TonB undergoes energized motion in the bacterial cell envelope and that ExbBD couples this activity to the electrochemical gradient. The results portray TonB as an energized entity in a regular array underlying the OM bilayer, which promotes metal uptake through OM transporters by a rotational mechanism.
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Zheng T, Bullock JL, Nolan EM. Siderophore-mediated cargo delivery to the cytoplasm of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: syntheses of monofunctionalized enterobactin scaffolds and evaluation of enterobactin-cargo conjugate uptake. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:18388-400. [PMID: 23098193 DOI: 10.1021/ja3077268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The design and syntheses of monofunctionalized enterobactin (Ent, L- and D-isomers) scaffolds where one catecholate moiety of enterobactin houses an alkene, aldehyde, or carboxylic acid at the C5 position are described. These molecules are key precursors to a family of 10 enterobactin-cargo conjugates presented in this work, which were designed to probe the extent to which the Gram-negative ferric enterobactin uptake and processing machinery recognizes, transports, and utilizes derivatized enterobactin scaffolds. A series of growth recovery assays employing enterobactin-deficient E. coli ATCC 33475 (ent-) revealed that six conjugates based on L-Ent having relatively small cargos promoted E. coli growth under iron-limiting conditions whereas negligible-to-no growth recovery was observed for four conjugates with relatively large cargos. No growth recovery was observed for the enterobactin receptor-deficient strain of E. coli H1187 (fepA-) or the enterobactin esterase-deficient derivative of E. coli K-12 JW0576 (fes-), or when the D-isomer of enterobactin was employed. These results demonstrate that the E. coli ferric enterobactin transport machinery identifies and delivers select cargo-modified scaffolds to the E. coli cytoplasm. Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 K648 (pvd-, pch-) exhibited greater promiscuity than that of E. coli for the uptake and utilization of the enterobactin-cargo conjugates, and growth promotion was observed for eight conjugates under iron-limiting conditions. Enterobactin may be utilized for delivering molecular cargos via its transport machinery to the cytoplasm of E. coli and P. aeruginosa thereby providing a means to overcome the Gram-negative outer membrane permeability barrier.
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- Tengfei Zheng
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Klebba PE, Charbit A, Xiao Q, Jiang X, Newton SM. Mechanisms of iron and haem transport byListeria monocytogenes. Mol Membr Biol 2012; 29:69-86. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2012.694485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Qian Y, Shi L, Tien M. SO2907, a putative TonB-dependent receptor, is involved in dissimilatory iron reduction by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:33973-80. [PMID: 21813652 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.262113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 utilizes soluble and insoluble ferric ions as terminal electron acceptors during anaerobic respiration. The components of respiratory metabolism are localized in the membrane fractions which include the outer membrane and cytoplasmic membrane. Many of the biological components that interact with the various iron forms are proposed to be localized in these membrane fractions. To identify the iron-binding proteins acting either as an iron transporter or as a terminal iron reductase, we used metal-catalyzed oxidation reactions. This system catalyzed the oxidation of amino acids in close proximity to the iron binding site. The carbonyl groups formed from this oxidation can then be labeled with fluoresceinamine (FLNH(2)). The peptide harboring the FLNH(2) can then be proteolytically digested, purified by HPLC and then identified by MALDI-TOF tandem MS. A predominant peptide was identified to be part of SO2907 that encodes a putative TonB-dependent receptor. Compared with wild type (wt), the so2907 gene deletion (ΔSO2907) mutant has impaired ability to reduce soluble Fe(III), but retains the same ability to respire oxygen or fumarate as the wt. The ΔSO2907 mutant was also impacted in reduction of insoluble iron. Iron binding assays using isothermal titration calorimetry and fluorescence tryptophan quenching demonstrated that a truncated form of heterologous-expressed SO2907 that contains the Fe(III) binding site, is capable of binding soluble Fe(III) forms with K(d) of approximate 50 μm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the physiological role of SO2907 in Fe(III) reduction by MR-1.
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- Yufeng Qian
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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Xiao Q, Jiang X, Moore KJ, Shao Y, Pi H, Dubail I, Charbit A, Newton SM, Klebba PE. Sortase independent and dependent systems for acquisition of haem and haemoglobin in Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2011; 80:1581-97. [PMID: 21545655 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07667.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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We studied three Fur-regulated systems of Listeria monocytogenes: the srtB region, that encodes sortase-anchored proteins and a putative ABC transporter, and the fhu and hup operons, that produce putative ABC transporters for ferric hydroxamates and haemin (Hn)/haemoglobin (Hb) respectively. Deletion of lmo2185 in the srtB region reduced listerial [(59) Fe]-Hn transport, and purified Lmo2185 bound [(59) Fe]-Hn (K(D) = 12 nM), leading to its designation as a Hn/Hb binding protein (hbp2). Purified Hbp2 also acted as a haemophore, capturing and supplying Hn from the environment. Nevertheless, Hbp2 only functioned in [(59) Fe]-Hn transport at external concentrations less than 50 nM: at higher Hn levels its uptake occurred with equivalent affinity and rate without Hbp2. Similarly, deletion of sortase A had no effect on ferric siderophore or Hn/Hb transport at any concentration, and the srtA-independence of listerial Hn/Hb uptake distinguished it from comparable systems of Staphylococcus aureus. In the cytoplasmic membrane, the Hup transporter was specific for Hn: its lipoprotein (HupD) only showed high affinity for the iron porphyrin (K(D) = 26 nM). Conversely, the FhuD lipoprotein encoded by the fhu operon had broad specificity: it bound both ferric siderophores and Hn, with the highest affinity for ferrioxamine B (K(D) = 123 nM). Deletions of Hup permease components hupD, hupG or hupDGC reduced Hn/Hb uptake, and complementation of ΔhupC and ΔhupG by chromosomal integration of hupC(+) and hupG(+) alleles on pPL2 restored growth promotion by Hn/Hb. However, ΔhupDGC did not completely eliminate [(59) Fe]-Hn transport, implying the existence of another cytoplasmic membrane Hn transporter. The overall K(M) of Hn uptake by wild-type strain EGD-e was 1 nM, and it occurred at similar rates (V(max) = 23 pmol 10(9) cells(-1) min(-1)) to those of ferric siderophore transporters. In the ΔhupDGC strain uptake occurred at a threefold lower rate (V(max) = 7 pmol 10(9) cells(-1) min(-1)). The results show that at low (< 50 nM) levels of Hn, SrtB-dependent peptidoglycan-anchored proteins (e.g. Hbp2) bind the porphyrin, and HupDGC or another transporter completes its uptake into the cytoplasm. However, at higher concentrations Hn uptake is SrtB-independent: peptidoglycan-anchored binding proteins are dispensable because HupDGC directly absorbs and internalizes Hn. Finally, ΔhupDGC increased the LD(50) of L. monocytogenes 100-fold in the mouse infection model, reiterating the importance of this system in listerial virulence.
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- Qiaobin Xiao
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Newton SM, Trinh V, Pi H, Klebba PE. Direct measurements of the outer membrane stage of ferric enterobactin transport: postuptake binding. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:17488-97. [PMID: 20335169 PMCID: PMC2878513 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.100206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2010] [Revised: 02/23/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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When Gram-negative bacteria acquire iron, the metal crosses both the outer membrane (OM) and the inner membrane, but existing radioisotopic uptake assays only measure its passage through the latter bilayer, as the accumulation of the radionuclide in the cytoplasm. We devised a methodology that exclusively observes OM transport and used it to study the uptake of ferric enterobactin (FeEnt) by Escherichia coli FepA. This technique, called postuptake binding, revealed previously unknown aspects of TonB-dependent transport reactions. The experiments showed, for the first time, that despite the discrepancy in cell envelope concentrations of FepA and TonB ( approximately 35:1), all FepA proteins were active and equivalent in FeEnt uptake, with a maximum turnover number of approximately 5/min. FepA-mediated transport of FeEnt progressed through three distinct phases with successively decreasing rates, and from its temperature dependence, the activation energy of the OM stage was 33-35 kcal/mol. The accumulation of FeEnt in the periplasm required the binding protein and inner membrane permease components of its overall transport system; postuptake binding assays on strains devoid of FepB, FepD, or FepG did not show uptake of FeEnt through the OM. However, fluorescence labeling data implied that FepA was active in the DeltafepB strain, suggesting that FeEnt entered the periplasm but then leaked out. Further experiments confirmed this futile cycle; cells without FepB transported FeEnt across the OM, but it immediately escaped through TolC.
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- Salete M. Newton
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019
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Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin expresses antimicrobial activity by interfering with L-norepinephrine-mediated bacterial iron acquisition. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2010; 54:1580-9. [PMID: 20086155 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01158-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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l-norepinephrine (NE) is a neuroendocrine catecholamine that supports bacterial growth by mobilizing iron from a primary source such as holotransferrin to increase its bioavailability for cellular uptake. Iron complexes of NE resemble those of bacterial siderophores that are scavenged by human neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as part of the innate immune defense. Here, we show that NGAL binds iron-complexed NE, indicating physiological relevance for both bacterial and human iron metabolism. The fluorescence titration of purified recombinant NGAL with the Fe(III).(NE)(3) iron complex revealed high affinity for this ligand, with a K(D) of 50.6 nM. In contrast, the binding protein FeuA of Bacillus subtilis, which is involved in the bacterial uptake of triscatecholate iron complexes, has a K(D) for Fe(III).(NE)(3) of 1.6 muM, indicating that NGAL is an efficient competitor. Furthermore, NGAL was shown to inhibit the NE-mediated growth of both E. coli and B. subtilis strains that either are capable or incapable of producing their native siderophores enterobactin and bacillibactin, respectively. These experiments suggest that iron-complexed NE directly serves as an iron source for bacterial uptake systems, and that NGAL can function as an antagonist of this iron acquisition process. Interestingly, a functional FeuABC uptake system was shown to be necessary for NE-mediated growth stimulation as well as its NGAL-dependent inhibition. This study demonstrates for the first time that human NGAL not only neutralizes pathogen-derived virulence factors but also can effectively scavenge an iron-chelate complex abundant in the host.
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Gumbart J, Wiener MC, Tajkhorshid E. Coupling of calcium and substrate binding through loop alignment in the outer-membrane transporter BtuB. J Mol Biol 2009; 393:1129-42. [PMID: 19747487 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2009] [Revised: 08/31/2009] [Accepted: 09/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In Gram-negative bacteria, TonB-dependent outer-membrane transporters bind large, scarce organometallic substrates with high affinity preceding active transport. The cobalamin transporter BtuB requires the additional binding of two Ca(2+) ions before substrate binding can occur, but the underlying molecular mechanism is unknown. Using the crystallographic structures available for different bound states of BtuB, we have carried out extended molecular dynamics simulations of multiple functional states of BtuB to address the role of Ca(2+) in substrate recruitment. We find that Ca(2+) binding both stabilizes and repositions key extracellular loops of BtuB, optimizing interactions with the substrate. Interestingly, replacement by Mg(2+) abolishes this effect, in accordance with experiments. Using a set of new force-field parameters developed for cyanocobalamin, we also simulated the substrate-bound form of BtuB, where we observed interactions not seen in the crystal structure between the substrate and loops previously found to be important for binding and transport. Based on our results, we suggest that the large size of cobalamin compared to other TonB-dependent transporter substrates explains the requirement of Ca(2+) binding for high-affinity substrate recruitment in BtuB.
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- James Gumbart
- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Smallwood CR, Marco AG, Xiao Q, Trinh V, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Fluoresceination of FepA during colicin B killing: effects of temperature, toxin and TonB. Mol Microbiol 2009; 72:1171-80. [PMID: 19432807 PMCID: PMC3082853 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06715.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We studied the reactivity of 35 genetically engineered Cys sulphydryl groups at different locations in Escherichia coli FepA. Modification of surface loop residues by fluorescein maleimide (FM) was strongly temperature-dependent in vivo, whereas reactivity at other sites was much less affected. Control reactions with bovine serum albumin showed that the temperature dependence of loop residue reactivity was unusually high, indicating that conformational changes in multiple loops (L2, L3, L4, L5, L7, L8, L10) transform the receptor to a more accessible form at 37 degrees C. At 0 degrees C colicin B binding impaired or blocked labelling at 8 of 10 surface loop sites, presumably by steric hindrance. Overall, colicin B adsorption decreased the reactivity of more than half of the 35 sites, in both the N- and C- domains of FepA. However, colicin B penetration into the cell at 37 degrees C did not augment the chemical modification of any residues in FepA. The FM modification patterns were similarly unaffected by the tonB locus. FepA was expressed at lower levels in a tonB host strain, but when we accounted for this decrease its FM labelling was comparable whether TonB was present or absent. Thus we did not detect TonB-dependent structural changes in FepA, either alone or when it interacted with colicin B at 37 degrees C. The only changes in chemical modification were reductions from steric hindrance when the bacteriocin bound to the receptor protein. The absence of increases in the reactivity of N-domain residues argues against the idea that the colicin B polypeptide traverses the FepA channel.
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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- The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry University of Oklahoma, Norman OK 73019
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Hoegy F, Lee X, Noel S, Rognan D, Mislin GLA, Reimmann C, Schalk IJ. Stereospecificity of the siderophore pyochelin outer membrane transporters in fluorescent pseudomonads. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:14949-57. [PMID: 19297329 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m900606200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Pyochelin (Pch) and enantio-pyochelin (EPch) are enantiomer siderophores that are produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens, respectively, under iron limitation. Pch promotes growth of P. aeruginosa when iron is scarce, and EPch carries out the same biological function in P. fluorescens. However, the two siderophores are unable to promote growth in the heterologous species, indicating that siderophore-mediated iron uptake is highly stereospecific. In the present work, using binding and iron uptake assays, we found that FptA, the Fe-Pch outer membrane transporter of P. aeruginosa, recognized (K(d) = 2.5 +/- 1.1 nm) and transported Fe-Pch but did not interact with Fe-EPch. Likewise, FetA, the Fe-EPch receptor of P. fluorescens, was specific for Fe-EPch (K(d) = 3.7 +/- 2.1 nm) but did not bind and transport Fe-Pch. Growth promotion experiments performed under iron-limiting conditions confirmed that FptA and FetA are highly specific for Pch and EPch, respectively. When fptA and fetA along with adjacent transport genes involved in siderophore uptake were swapped between the two bacterial species, P. aeruginosa became able to utilize Fe-EPch as an iron source, and P. fluorescens was able to grow with Fe-Pch. Docking experiments using the FptA structure and binding assays showed that the stereospecificity of Pch recognition by FptA was mostly due to the configuration of the siderophore chiral centers C4'' and C2'' and was only weakly dependent on the configuration of the C4' carbon atom. Together, these findings increase our understanding of the stereospecific interaction between Pch and its outer membrane receptor FptA.
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- Françoise Hoegy
- Métaux et Microorganismes, Chimie, Biologie, et Applications, CNRS-Université de Strasbourg, Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, F-67413 Illkirch, Strasbourg, France
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Schauer K, Rodionov DA, de Reuse H. New substrates for TonB-dependent transport: do we only see the 'tip of the iceberg'? Trends Biochem Sci 2008; 33:330-8. [PMID: 18539464 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 04/04/2008] [Accepted: 04/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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TonB-dependent transport is a mechanism for active uptake across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. The system promotes transport of rare nutrients and was thought to be restricted to iron complexes and vitamin B12. Recent experimental evidence of TonB-energized transport of nickel and different carbohydrates, in addition to bioinformatic-based predictions, challenges this notion and reveals that the number and variety of TonB-dependent substrates is underestimated. It is becoming clear that the chemical nature of the substrates, the energetic requirements for transport and the subsequent translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane can differ from those of the well-studied systems for iron complexes and vitamin B12. These findings question the understanding of TonB-dependent uptake and provide insights into the adaptation of bacteria to their environments.
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- Kristine Schauer
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Postulante de Pathogenèse de Helicobacter, Département de Microbiologie, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Schalk IJ. Metal trafficking via siderophores in Gram-negative bacteria: Specificities and characteristics of the pyoverdine pathway. J Inorg Biochem 2008; 102:1159-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 10/03/2007] [Accepted: 11/30/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Noto JM, Cornelissen CN. Identification of TbpA residues required for transferrin-iron utilization by Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Infect Immun 2008; 76:1960-9. [PMID: 18347046 PMCID: PMC2346694 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00020-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2008] [Revised: 02/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/06/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae requires iron for survival in the human host and therefore expresses high-affinity receptors for iron acquisition from host iron-binding proteins. The gonococcal transferrin-iron uptake system is composed of two transferrin binding proteins, TbpA and TbpB. TbpA is a TonB-dependent, outer membrane transporter critical for iron acquisition, while TbpB is a surface-exposed lipoprotein that increases the efficiency of iron uptake. The precise mechanism by which TbpA mediates iron acquisition has not been elucidated; however, the process is distinct from those of characterized siderophore transporters. Similar to these TonB-dependent transporters, TbpA is proposed to have two distinct domains, a beta-barrel and a plug domain. We hypothesize that the TbpA plug coordinates iron and therefore potentially functions in multiple steps of transferrin-mediated iron acquisition. To test this hypothesis, we targeted a conserved motif within the TbpA plug domain and generated single, double, and triple alanine substitution mutants. Mutagenized TbpAs were expressed on the gonococcal cell surface and maintained wild-type transferrin binding affinity. Single alanine substitution mutants internalized iron at wild-type levels, while the double and triple mutants showed a significant decrease in iron uptake. Moreover, the triple alanine substitution mutant was unable to grow on transferrin as a sole iron source; however, expression of TbpB compensated for this defect. These data indicate that the conserved motif between residues 120 and 122 of the TbpA plug domain is critical for transferrin-iron utilization, suggesting that this region plays a role in iron acquisition that is shared by both TbpA and TbpB.
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- Jennifer M Noto
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA 23298-0678, USA
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Insight from TonB hybrid proteins into the mechanism of iron transport through the outer membrane. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:4001-16. [PMID: 18390658 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00135-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We created hybrid proteins to study the functions of TonB. We first fused the portion of Escherichia coli tonB that encodes the C-terminal 69 amino acids (amino acids 170 to 239) of TonB downstream from E. coli malE (MalE-TonB69C). Production of MalE-TonB69C in tonB(+) bacteria inhibited siderophore transport. After overexpression and purification of the fusion protein on an amylose column, we proteolytically released the TonB C terminus and characterized it. Fluorescence spectra positioned its sole tryptophan (W213) in a weakly polar site in the protein interior, shielded from quenchers. Affinity chromatography showed the binding of the TonB C-domain to other proteins: immobilized TonB-dependent (FepA and colicin B) and TonB-independent (FepADelta3-17, OmpA, and lysozyme) proteins adsorbed MalE-TonB69C, revealing a general affinity of the C terminus for other proteins. Additional constructions fused full-length TonB upstream or downstream of green fluorescent protein (GFP). TonB-GFP constructs had partial functionality but no fluorescence; GFP-TonB fusion proteins were functional and fluorescent. The activity of the latter constructs, which localized GFP in the cytoplasm and TonB in the cell envelope, indicate that the TonB N terminus remains in the inner membrane during its biological function. Finally, sequence analyses revealed homology in the TonB C terminus to E. coli YcfS, a proline-rich protein that contains the lysin (LysM) peptidoglycan-binding motif. LysM structural mimicry occurs in two positions of the dimeric TonB C-domain, and experiments confirmed that it physically binds to the murein sacculus. Together, these findings infer that the TonB N terminus remains associated with the inner membrane, while the downstream region bridges the cell envelope from the affinity of the C terminus for peptidoglycan. This architecture suggests a membrane surveillance model of action, in which TonB finds occupied receptor proteins by surveying the underside of peptidoglycan-associated outer membrane proteins.
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High-affinity iron acquisition is mediated by siderophore-dependent pathways in the majority of pathogenic and nonpathogenic bacteria and fungi. Considerable progress has been made in characterizing and understanding mechanisms of siderophore synthesis, secretion, iron scavenging, and siderophore-delivered iron uptake and its release. The regulation of siderophore pathways reveals multilayer networks at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Due to the key role of many siderophores during virulence, coevolution led to sophisticated strategies of siderophore neutralization by mammals and (re)utilization by bacterial pathogens. Surprisingly, hosts also developed essential siderophore-based iron delivery and cell conversion pathways, which are of interest for diagnostic and therapeutic studies. In the last decades, natural and synthetic compounds have gained attention as potential therapeutics for iron-dependent treatment of infections and further diseases. Promising results for pathogen inhibition were obtained with various siderophore-antibiotic conjugates acting as "Trojan horse" toxins and siderophore pathway inhibitors. In this article, general aspects of siderophore-mediated iron acquisition, recent findings regarding iron-related pathogen-host interactions, and current strategies for iron-dependent pathogen control will be reviewed. Further concepts including the inhibition of novel siderophore pathway targets are discussed.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Philipps Universität Marburg, FB Chemie Biochemie, Hans Meerwein Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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Rabsch W, Ma L, Wiley G, Najar FZ, Kaserer W, Schuerch DW, Klebba JE, Roe BA, Laverde Gomez JA, Schallmey M, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. FepA- and TonB-dependent bacteriophage H8: receptor binding and genomic sequence. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5658-74. [PMID: 17526714 PMCID: PMC1951831 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00437-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2007] [Accepted: 05/10/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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H8 is derived from a collection of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis bacteriophage. Its morphology and genomic structure closely resemble those of bacteriophage T5 in the family Siphoviridae. H8 infected S. enterica serotypes Enteritidis and Typhimurium and Escherichia coli by initial adsorption to the outer membrane protein FepA. Ferric enterobactin inhibited H8 binding to E. coli FepA (50% inhibition concentration, 98 nM), and other ferric catecholate receptors (Fiu, Cir, and IroN) did not participate in phage adsorption. H8 infection was TonB dependent, but exbB mutations in Salmonella or E. coli did not prevent infection; only exbB tolQ or exbB tolR double mutants were resistant to H8. Experiments with deletion and substitution mutants showed that the receptor-phage interaction first involves residues distributed over the protein's outer surface and then narrows to the same charged (R316) or aromatic (Y260) residues that participate in the binding and transport of ferric enterobactin and colicins B and D. These data rationalize the multifunctionality of FepA: toxic ligands like bacteriocins and phage penetrate the outer membrane by parasitizing residues in FepA that are adapted to the transport of the natural ligand, ferric enterobactin. DNA sequence determinations revealed the complete H8 genome of 104.4 kb. A total of 120 of its 143 predicted open reading frames (ORFS) were homologous to ORFS in T5, at a level of 84% identity and 89% similarity. As in T5, the H8 structural genes clustered on the chromosome according to their function in the phage life cycle. The T5 genome contains a large section of DNA that can be deleted and that is absent in H8: compared to T5, H8 contains a 9,000-bp deletion in the early region of its chromosome, and nine potentially unique gene products. Sequence analyses of the tail proteins of phages in the same family showed that relative to pb5 (Oad) of T5 and Hrs of BF23, the FepA-binding protein (Rbp) of H8 contains unique acidic and aromatic residues. These side chains may promote binding to basic and aromatic residues in FepA that normally function in the adsorption of ferric enterobactin. Furthermore, a predicted H8 tail protein showed extensive identity and similarity to pb2 of T5, suggesting that it also functions in pore formation through the cell envelope. The variable region of this protein contains a potential TonB box, intimating that it participates in the TonB-dependent stage of the phage infection process.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Antiviral Agents/pharmacology
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/physiology
- Carrier Proteins/genetics
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Enterobactin/pharmacology
- Escherichia coli/virology
- Gene Order
- Genome, Viral/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/physiology
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Open Reading Frames
- Receptors, Cell Surface/genetics
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Virus/genetics
- Receptors, Virus/physiology
- Salmonella Phages/genetics
- Salmonella Phages/physiology
- Salmonella enteritidis/virology
- Salmonella typhimurium/virology
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Deletion
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Siphoviridae/genetics
- Viral Tail Proteins/genetics
- Virion/ultrastructure
- Virus Attachment
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Affiliation(s)
- Wolfgang Rabsch
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, 620 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Barjon C, Wecker K, Izadi-Pruneyre N, Delepelaire P. Mutagenesis and molecular modeling reveal three key extracellular loops of the membrane receptor HasR that are involved in hemophore HasA binding. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5379-82. [PMID: 17483227 PMCID: PMC1951882 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00251-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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On the basis of the three-dimensional model of the heme/hemophore TonB-dependent outer membrane receptor HasR, mutants with six-residue deletions in the 11 putative extracellular loops were generated. Although all mutants continued to be active TonB-dependent heme transporters, mutations in three loops abolished hemophore HasA binding both in vivo and in vitro.
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- Clément Barjon
- Unité des Membranes Bactériennes, Département de Microbiologie, CNRS URA2172, Institut Pasteur, 25-28 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Ma L, Kaserer W, Annamalai R, Scott DC, Jin B, Jiang X, Xiao Q, Maymani H, Massis LM, Ferreira LCS, Newton SMC, Klebba PE. Evidence of ball-and-chain transport of ferric enterobactin through FepA. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:397-406. [PMID: 17056600 PMCID: PMC2398697 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m605333200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli iron transporter, FepA, has a globular N terminus that resides within a transmembrane beta-barrel formed by its C terminus. We engineered 25 cysteine substitution mutations at different locations in FepA and modified their sulfhydryl side chains with fluorescein maleimide in live cells. The reactivity of the Cys residues changed, sometimes dramatically, during the transport of ferric enterobactin, the natural ligand of FepA. Patterns of Cys susceptibility reflected energy- and TonB-dependent motion in the receptor protein. During transport, a residue on the normally buried surface of the N-domain was labeled by fluorescein maleimide in the periplasm, providing evidence that the transport process involves expulsion of the globular domain from the beta-barrel. Porin deficiency much reduced the fluoresceination of this site, confirming the periplasmic labeling route. These data support the previously proposed, but never demonstrated, ball-and-chain theory of membrane transport. Functional complementation between a separately expressed N terminus and C-terminal beta-barrel domain confirmed the feasibility of this mechanism.
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Affiliation(s)
- Li Ma
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
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Miethke M, Klotz O, Linne U, May JJ, Beckering CL, Marahiel MA. Ferri-bacillibactin uptake and hydrolysis in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 2006; 61:1413-27. [PMID: 16889643 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05321.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Upon iron limitation, Bacillus subtilis secretes the catecholic trilactone (2,3-dihydroxybenzoate-glycine-threonine)3 siderophore bacillibactin (BB) for ferric iron scavenging. Here, we show that ferri-BB uptake is mediated by the FeuABC transporter and that YuiI, a novel trilactone hydrolase, catalyses ferri-BB hydrolysis leading to cytosolic iron release. Among several Fur-regulated ABC transport mutants, only DeltafeuABC exhibited impaired growth during iron starvation. Quantification of intra- and extracellular (ferri)-BB in iron-depleted DeltafeuABC cultures revealed a fourfold increase of the extracellular siderophore concentration, confirming a blocked ferri-BB uptake in the absence of FeuABC. Ferri-BB was found to bind selectively to the periplasmic binding protein FeuA (Kd = 57 +/- 1 nM), proving high-affinity transport of the iron-charged siderophore. During iron starvation, a DeltayuiI mutant displayed impaired growth and strong intracellular (30-fold) and extracellular (6.5-fold) (ferri)-BB accumulation. Kinetic studies in vitro revealed that YuiI hydrolyses both BB and ferri-BB. While BB hydrolysis led to strong accumulation of the tri- and dimeric reaction intermediates, ferri-BB hydrolysis yielded exclusively the monomeric reaction product and occurred with a 25-fold higher catalytic efficiency than BB single hydrolysis. Thus, ferri-BB was the preferred substrate of the YuiI esterase whose gene locus was designated besA.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-Universität Marburg, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Abergel RJ, Moore EG, Strong RK, Raymond KN. Microbial Evasion of the Immune System: Structural Modifications of Enterobactin Impair Siderocalin Recognition1. J Am Chem Soc 2006; 128:10998-9. [PMID: 16925397 PMCID: PMC3188317 DOI: 10.1021/ja062476+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The mammalian protein siderocalin binds and inactivates the ferric complex of the bacterial siderophore enterobactin with a Kd value similar to that of the bacterial receptor FepA. However, microorganisms can evade this immune response by structural modifications of the siderophore. The binding of siderophores by siderocalin relies in part on electrostatic interactions and does not depend greatly on what metal is in the complex. It is also sterically limited by the rigid conformation of the protein calyx; methylation of the three catecholate rings of enterobactin hinders siderocalin recognition. The siderocalin binding has been probed for a series of enterobactin analogues in order to investigate in detail the specificity of siderocalin recognition.
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Clancy A, Loar JW, Speziali CD, Oberg M, Heinrichs DE, Rubens CE. Evidence for siderophore-dependent iron acquisition in group B streptococcus. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:707-21. [PMID: 16390461 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04974.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mutagenesis of group B streptococcus (GBS) with TnphoZ, a transposon designed to identify secreted protein genes, identified the gene homologues fhuD and fhuG. The encoded proteins participate in siderophore (hydroxamate)-dependent iron(III) transport in other bacterial species. Sequence analysis of the genome determined that fhuD and fhuG are members of a polycistronic operon comprised of four genes, fhuCDBG, that encode a putative ATPase, cell surface receptor and two transmembrane proteins respectively. We hypothesized that FhuD was a siderophore receptor. Western analysis of cell extracts localized FhuD to the bacterial cell membrane. Fluorescence quenching experiments determined that purified FhuD bound hydroxamate-type siderophores. FhuD displayed highest affinity for iron(III)-desferroxamine, with a K(D) (microM) = 0.05, identical to that described for FhuD2 from Staphylococcus aureus. The role of Fhu in siderophore-iron transport was also characterized. A fhu mutant, ACFhu1, was equally sensitive to the iron-dependent antibiotic streptonigrin as the wild-type strain, suggesting that ACFhu1 was not reduced for intracellular iron concentrations in the absence of exogenous siderophore. However, ACFhu1 transported significantly less siderophore-bound iron in (55)Fe accumulation assays. These data provide the first evidence of siderophore-mediated iron acquisition by GBS.
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- Anne Clancy
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center/University of Washington, 307 Westlake Avenue N, Seattle, 98109, USA.
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Jin B, Newton SMC, Shao Y, Jiang X, Charbit A, Klebba PE. Iron acquisition systems for ferric hydroxamates, haemin and haemoglobin in Listeria monocytogenes. Mol Microbiol 2006; 59:1185-98. [PMID: 16430693 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.05015.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes severe opportunistic infections in humans and animals. We biochemically characterized, for the first time, the iron uptake processes of this facultative intracellular pathogen, and identified the genetic loci encoding two of its membrane iron transporters. Strain EGD-e used iron complexes of hydroxamates (ferrichrome and ferrichrome A, ferrioxamine B), catecholates (ferric enterobactin, ferric corynebactin) and eukaryotic binding proteins (transferrin, lactoferrin, ferritin, haemoglobin). Quantitative determinations showed 10-100-fold lower affinity for ferric siderophores (Km approximately 1-10 nM) than Gram-negative bacteria, and generally lower uptake rates. Vmax for [59Fe]-enterobactin (0.15 pMol per 10(9) cells per minute) was 400-fold lower than that of Escherichia coli. For [59Fe]-corynebactin, Vmax was also low (1.2 pMol per 10(9) cells per minute), but EGD-e transported [59Fe]-apoferrichrome similarly to E. coli (Vmax=24 pMol per 10(9) cells per minute). L. monocytogenes encodes potential Fur-regulated iron transporters at 2.031 Mb (the fur-fhu region), 2.184 Mb (the feo region), 2.27 Mb (the srtB region) and 2.499 Mb (designated hupDGC region). Chromosomal deletions in the fur-fhu and hupDGC regions diminished iron uptake from ferric hydroxamates and haemin/haemoglobin respectively. In the former locus, deletion of fhuD (lmo1959) or fhuC (lmo1960) strongly reduced [59Fe]-apoferrichrome uptake. Deletion of hupC (lmo2429) eliminated the uptake of haemin and haemoglobin, and decreased the virulence of L. monocytogenes 50-fold in mice. Elimination of srtB region genes (Deltalmo2185, Deltalmo2186, Deltalmo2183), both sortase structural genes (DeltasrtB, DeltasrtA, DeltasrtAB), fur and feoB did not impair iron transport. However, deletion of bacterioferritin (Deltafri, lmo943; 0.97 Mb) decreased growth and altered iron uptake: Vmax of [59Fe]-corynebactin transport tripled in this strain, whereas that of [59Fe]-apoferrichrome decreased 20-fold.
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- Bo Jin
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
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Cherrier MV, Martin L, Cavazza C, Jacquamet L, Lemaire D, Gaillard J, Fontecilla-Camps JC. Crystallographic and spectroscopic evidence for high affinity binding of FeEDTA(H2O)- to the periplasmic nickel transporter NikA. J Am Chem Soc 2005; 127:10075-82. [PMID: 16011372 DOI: 10.1021/ja0518530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Because nickel is both essential and toxic to a great variety of organisms, its detection and transport is highly regulated. In Escherichia coli and other related Gram-negative bacteria, high affinity nickel transport depends on proteins expressed by the nik operon. A central actor of this process is the periplasmic NikA transport protein. A previous structural report has proposed that nickel binds to NikA as a pentahydrate species. However, both stereochemical considerations and X-ray absorption spectroscopic results are incompatible with that interpretation. Here, we report the 1.8 A resolution structure of NikA and show that it binds FeEDTA(H2O)- with very high affinity. In addition, we provide crystallographic evidence that a metal-EDTA complex was also bound to the previously reported NikA structure. Our observations strongly suggest that nickel transport in E. coli requires the binding of this metal ion to a metallophore that bears significant resemblance to EDTA. They also provide a basis for the potential use of NikA in the bioremediation of toxic transition metals and the design of artificial metalloenzymes.
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- Mickaël V Cherrier
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie et de Cristallogenèse des Protéines and Laboratoire de Spectroscopie de Masse des Protéines, Institut de Biologie Structurale J.P. Ebel (CEA-CNRS-UJF), 41 rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble Cedex 1, France
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Cobessi D, Celia H, Pattus F. Crystal Structure at High Resolution of Ferric-pyochelin and its Membrane Receptor FptA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Mol Biol 2005; 352:893-904. [PMID: 16139844 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2005] [Revised: 08/03/2005] [Accepted: 08/07/2005] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Pyochelin is a siderophore and virulence factor common to Burkholderia cepacia and several Pseudomonas strains. We describe at 2.0 A resolution the crystal structure of the pyochelin outer membrane receptor FptA bound to the iron-pyochelin isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. One pyochelin molecule bound to iron is found in the protein structure, providing the first three-dimensional structure at the atomic level of this siderophore. The pyochelin molecule provides a tetra-dentate coordination of iron, while the remaining bi-dentate coordination is ensured by another molecule not specifically recognized by the protein. The overall structure of the pyochelin receptor is typical of the TonB-dependent transporter superfamily, which uses the proton motive force from the cytoplasmic membrane through the TonB-ExbB-ExbD energy transducing complex to transport ferric ions across the bacterial outer membrane: a transmembrane 22 beta-stranded barrel occluded by a N-terminal domain that contains a mixed four-stranded beta-sheet. The N-terminal TonB box is disordered in two crystal forms, and loop L8 is found to point towards the iron-pyochelin complex, suggesting that the receptor is in a transport-competent conformation.
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- David Cobessi
- Département Récepteurs et Protéines Membranaires, UMR7100 CNRS, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, Boulevard Sébastien Brant, 67412 Illkirch, France.
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Newton SMC, Klebba PE, Raynaud C, Shao Y, Jiang X, Dubail I, Archer C, Frehel C, Charbit A. The svpA-srtB locus of Listeria monocytogenes: fur-mediated iron regulation and effect on virulence. Mol Microbiol 2005; 55:927-40. [PMID: 15661014 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04436.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In Listeria monocytogenes the promoter region of the svpA-srtB locus contains a well-conserved Fur box. We characterized the iron-regulation of this locus: real-time polymerase chain reaction analyses and anti-SvpA immunoblots showed that, in response to iron deprivation svpA transcription and SvpA production markedly increased (80-fold and 10-fold respectively), when initiated by either the addition of the iron chelator 2,2'-bipyridyl to BHI media, or by growth in iron-restricted minimal media. Green fluorescent protein (GFP) reporter constructs also showed increased activity of the svpA-srtB promoter in Escherichia coli (37-fold) and in L. monocytogenes (two- to threefold) when the bacteria were grown in iron-deficient conditions. A Deltafur mutant of L. monocytogenes constitutively synthesized SvpA, as well as GFP fused to the svpA-srtB promoter. Cellular fractionation data revealed that in iron-rich media wild-type SvpA was exclusively secreted to the culture supernatant. However, both the Deltafur derivative and wild-type L. monocytogenes grown in iron-deficient media anchored a fraction of the SvpA proteins (approximately 5%) to peptidoglycan, and produced a lower-molecular weight, wholly secreted form of SvpA. Together these data establish that iron availability controls transcription of the svpA-srtB locus (through Fur-mediated regulation), and attachment of SvpA to the cell wall (through SrtB-mediated covalent linkage). SvpA bears homology to IsdC, a haemin-binding protein of Staphylococcus aureus, and haemin bound to SvpA in solution. However, site-directed deletions of four structural genes and the promoter of the svpA-srtB locus did not impair haemin, haemoglobin or ferrichrome utilization in nutrition tests. We did not find strong evidence to support the notion that the svpA-srtB locus participates in haemin acquisition, as was reported for the homologous isd operon of S. aureus. Furthermore, the svpA-srtB mutant strains showed no significant attenuation of virulence in an intravenous mouse model system, but we found that the mutations reduced the persistence of L. monocytogenes in murine liver, spleen and intestines after oral administration.
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- Salete M C Newton
- INSERM U-570, CHU Necker, Enfants Malades, 156, rue de Vaugirard, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Mora L, Diaz N, Buckingham RH, de Zamaroczy M. Import of the transfer RNase colicin D requires site-specific interaction with the energy-transducing protein TonB. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:2693-7. [PMID: 15805515 PMCID: PMC1070372 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.8.2693-2697.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The transfer RNase colicin D and ionophoric colicin B appropriate the outer membrane iron siderophore receptor FepA and share a common translocation requirement for the TonB pathway to cross the outer membrane. Despite the almost identical sequences of the N-terminal domains required for the translocation of colicins D and B, two spontaneous tonB mutations (Arg158Ser and Pro161Leu) completely abolished colicin D toxicity but did not affect either the sensitivity to other colicins or the FepA-dependent siderophore uptake capacity. The sensitivity to colicin D of both tonB mutants was fully restored by specific suppressor mutations in the TonB box of colicin D, at Ser18(Thr) and Met19(Ile), respectively. This demonstrates that the interaction of colicin D with TonB is critically dependent on certain residues close to position 160 in TonB and on the side chains of certain residues in the TonB box of colicin D. The effect of introducing the TonB boxes from other TonB-dependent receptors and colicins into colicins D and B was studied. The results of these and other changes in the two TonB boxes show that the role of residues at positions 18 and 19 in colicin D is strongly modulated by other nearby and/or distant residues and that the overall function of colicin D is much more dependent on the interaction with TonB involving the TonB box than is the function of colicin B.
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- Liliana Mora
- IBPC, CNRS, UPR 9073, 13 rue Pierre et Marie Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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Fuller-Schaefer CA, Kadner RJ. Multiple extracellular loops contribute to substrate binding and transport by the Escherichia coli cobalamin transporter BtuB. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:1732-9. [PMID: 15716445 PMCID: PMC1064007 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.5.1732-1739.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli outer membrane TonB-dependent transporters for iron complexes and cobalamins recognize their multiple and diverse substrates with high specificity and affinity. The X-ray crystallographic structures of several transporters show that the substrate-binding surfaces are comprised of residues from the internal globular domain and multiple extracellular loops. The extracellular loops on the N-terminal half of the transmembrane beta-barrel of the cobalamin transporter BtuB participate in binding of the cofactor calcium atoms and undergo substantial conformation changes upon substrate binding. The functional relevance of the five C-terminal loops was examined by examining the effects of short in-frame deletions. Each loop contributed in different ways to the binding of BtuB substrates. Deletions in loops 7, 8, 9, and 11 strongly decreased cobalamin binding and transport, whereas deletions in loops 8, 9, and 10 affected binding and entry of phage BF23. None of the loops were essential for the action of colicin E1 or E3, which is consistent with the crystallographic observation that the colicin E3 receptor-binding domain can contact almost all of the loops. A deletion in loop 9 or 11 eliminated the ability of cobalamin to inhibit the action of colicin E1. These phenotypes show that there are multiple independent binding elements and point out similarities and differences in binding properties among the TonB-dependent transporters.
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