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Gupta M, Johnson ANT, Cruz ER, Costa EJ, Guest RL, Li SHJ, Hart EM, Nguyen T, Stadlmeier M, Bratton BP, Silhavy TJ, Wingreen NS, Gitai Z, Wühr M. Global protein turnover quantification in Escherichia coli reveals cytoplasmic recycling under nitrogen limitation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5890. [PMID: 39003262 PMCID: PMC11246515 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49920-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2024] [Indexed: 07/15/2024] Open
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Protein turnover is critical for proteostasis, but turnover quantification is challenging, and even in well-studied E. coli, proteome-wide measurements remain scarce. Here, we quantify the turnover rates of ~3200 E. coli proteins under 13 conditions by combining heavy isotope labeling with complement reporter ion quantification and find that cytoplasmic proteins are recycled when nitrogen is limited. We use knockout experiments to assign substrates to the known cytoplasmic ATP-dependent proteases. Surprisingly, none of these proteases are responsible for the observed cytoplasmic protein degradation in nitrogen limitation, suggesting that a major proteolysis pathway in E. coli remains to be discovered. Lastly, we show that protein degradation rates are generally independent of cell division rates. Thus, we present broadly applicable technology for protein turnover measurements and provide a rich resource for protein half-lives and protease substrates in E. coli, complementary to genomics data, that will allow researchers to study the control of proteostasis.
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- Meera Gupta
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Immunology and Inflammation, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
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Li Z, Liu Q, Sun J, Sun J, Li M, Zhang Y, Deng A, Liu S, Wen T. Multivariate modular metabolic engineering for enhanced L-methionine biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS AND BIOPRODUCTS 2023; 16:101. [PMID: 37312226 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-023-02347-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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BACKGROUND L-Methionine is the only bulk amino acid that has not been industrially produced by the fermentation method. Due to highly complex and strictly regulated biosynthesis, the development of microbial strains for high-level L-methionine production has remained challenging in recent years. RESULTS By strengthening the L-methionine terminal synthetic module via site-directed mutation of L-homoserine O-succinyltransferase (MetA) and overexpression of metAfbr, metC, and yjeH, L-methionine production was increased to 1.93 g/L in shake flask fermentation. Deletion of the pykA and pykF genes further improved L-methionine production to 2.51 g/L in shake flask fermentation. Computer simulation and auxotrophic experiments verified that during the synthesis of L-methionine, equimolar amounts of L-isoleucine were accumulated via the elimination reaction of cystathionine γ-synthetase MetB due to the insufficient supply of L-cysteine. To increase the supply of L-cysteine, the L-cysteine synthetic module was strengthened by overexpression of cysEfbr, serAfbr, and cysDN, which further increased the production of L-methionine by 52.9% and significantly reduced the accumulation of the byproduct L-isoleucine by 29.1%. After optimizing the addition of ammonium thiosulfate, the final metabolically engineered strain MET17 produced 21.28 g/L L-methionine in 64 h with glucose as the carbon source in a 5 L fermenter, representing the highest L-methionine titer reported to date. CONCLUSIONS In this study, a high-efficiency strain for L-methionine production was derived from wild-type Escherichia coli W3110 by rational metabolic engineering strategies, providing an efficient platform for the industrial production of L-methionine.
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- Zhongcai Li
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
- China Innovation Academy for Green Manufacture, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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Xiong Z, Zhang X, White JC, Liu L, Sun W, Zhang S, Zeng J, Deng S, Liu D, Zhao X, Wu F, Zhao Q, Xing B. Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Growth Promotion Mechanism of Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Induced by Black Phosphorus Nanosheets. ACS NANO 2023; 17:3574-3586. [PMID: 36602915 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c09964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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With the extensive production and application of black phosphorus (BP) nanosheets, release to the environment is inevitable, which raises concerns about the fate and effects of this two-dimensional (2D) material on sensitive receptors such as environmental microbes. Although the bacterial toxicity of BP nanosheets has been demonstrated, whether the biological response differs in pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of a microorganism is unknown. Here, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli DH5α (E. coli DH5α), Escherichia coli k12 (E. coli k12), and Bacillus tropicus (B. tropicus) are used to comparatively study the microbial toxicity of BP nanosheets. Upon exposure to BP nanosheets across a range of doses from 10 to 100 μg mL-1 for 12 h, EPEC experienced enhanced growth and E. coli DH5α and E. coli k12 were not affected, whereas B. tropicus exhibited clear toxicity. By combining transcriptome sequencing, proteome analysis, and other sensitive biological techniques, the mechanism of BP-induced growth promotion for EPEC was uncovered. Briefly, BP nanosheets activate the antioxidation system to resist oxidative stress, promote protein synthesis and secretion to attenuate membrane damage, enhance the energy supply, and activate growth-related pathways. None of these impacts were evident with nonpathogenic strains. By describing the mechanism of strain-dependent microbial effects, this study not only highlights the potential risks of BP nanosheets to the environment and to human health but also calls attention to the importance of model strain selection when evaluating the hazard and toxicity of emerging nanomaterials.
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- Zhiqiang Xiong
- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut 06504, United States
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- Li Dak Sum Marine Biopharmaceutical Research Center, Department of Marine Pharmacy, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang 315832, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
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- National-Regional Joint Engineering Research Center for Soil Pollution Control and Remediation in South China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Integrated Agro-environmental Pollution Control and Management, Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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Schink SJ, Gough Z, Biselli E, Huiman MG, Chang YF, Basan M, Gerland U. MetA is a "thermal fuse" that inhibits growth and protects Escherichia coli at elevated temperatures. Cell Rep 2022; 40:111290. [PMID: 36044860 PMCID: PMC10477958 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Adaptive stress resistance in microbes is mostly attributed to the expression of stress response genes, including heat-shock proteins. Here, we report a response of E. coli to heat stress caused by degradation of an enzyme in the methionine biosynthesis pathway (MetA). While MetA degradation can inhibit growth, which by itself is detrimental for fitness, we show that it directly benefits survival at temperatures exceeding 50°C, increasing survival chances by more than 1,000-fold. Using both experiments and mathematical modeling, we show quantitatively how protein expression, degradation rates, and environmental stressors cause long-term growth inhibition in otherwise habitable conditions. Because growth inhibition can be abolished with simple mutations, namely point mutations of MetA and protease knockouts, we interpret the breakdown of methionine synthesis as a system that has evolved to halt growth at high temperatures, analogous to "thermal fuses" in engineering that shut off electricity to prevent overheating.
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- Severin J Schink
- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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- Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Physics of Complex Biosystems, Physics Department, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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Shotgun Proteomics Revealed Preferential Degradation of Misfolded In Vivo Obligate GroE Substrates by Lon Protease in Escherichia coli. MOLECULES (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 27:molecules27123772. [PMID: 35744894 PMCID: PMC9228906 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27123772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL/ES (GroE) is one of the most extensively studied molecular chaperones. So far, ~80 proteins in E. coli are identified as GroE substrates that obligately require GroE for folding in vivo. In GroE-depleted cells, these substrates, when overexpressed, tend to form aggregates, whereas the GroE substrates expressed at low or endogenous levels are degraded, probably due to misfolded states. However, the protease(s) involved in the degradation process has not been identified. We conducted a mass-spectrometry-based proteomics approach to investigate the effects of three ATP-dependent proteases, Lon, ClpXP, and HslUV, on the E. coli proteomes under GroE-depleted conditions. A label-free quantitative proteomic method revealed that Lon protease is the dominant protease that degrades the obligate GroE substrates in the GroE-depleted cells. The deletion of DnaK/DnaJ, the other major E. coli chaperones, in the ∆lon strain did not cause major alterations in the expression or folding of the obligate GroE substrates, supporting the idea that the folding of these substrates is predominantly dependent on GroE.
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General Mechanisms Leading to Persister Formation and Awakening. Trends Genet 2019; 35:401-411. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2019.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Wei L, Wang H, Xu N, Zhou W, Ju J, Liu J, Ma Y. Metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum for l-cysteine production. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 103:1325-1338. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-9547-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Arends J, Griego M, Thomanek N, Lindemann C, Kutscher B, Meyer HE, Narberhaus F. An Integrated Proteomic Approach Uncovers Novel Substrates and Functions of the Lon Protease in Escherichia coli. Proteomics 2018; 18:e1800080. [PMID: 29710379 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201800080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Controlling the cellular abundance and proper function of proteins by proteolysis is a universal process in all living organisms. In Escherichia coli, the ATP-dependent Lon protease is crucial for protein quality control and regulatory processes. To understand how diverse substrates are selected and degraded, unbiased global approaches are needed. We employed a quantitative Super-SILAC (stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture) mass spectrometry approach and compared the proteomes of a lon mutant and a strain producing the protease to discover Lon-dependent physiological functions. To identify Lon substrates, we took advantage of a Lon trapping variant, which is able to translocate substrates but unable to degrade them. Lon-associated proteins were identified by label-free LC-MS/MS. The combination of both approaches revealed a total of 14 novel Lon substrates. Besides the identification of known pathways affected by Lon, for example, the superoxide stress response, our cumulative data suggests previously unrecognized fundamental functions of Lon in sulfur assimilation, nucleotide biosynthesis, amino acid and central energy metabolism.
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- Jan Arends
- Department of Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Medical Proteome Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Medical Proteome Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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- Medical Proteome Center, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany.,Department of Biomedical Research, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS - e. V., Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Straße 11, D-44139, Dortmund, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Biology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, D-44801, Bochum, Germany
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Biran D, Rotem O, Rosen R, Ron EZ. Coping with High Temperature: A Unique Regulation in A. tumefaciens. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2018; 418:185-194. [PMID: 30182196 DOI: 10.1007/82_2018_119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Elevation of temperature is a frequent and considerable stress for mesophilic bacteria. Therefore, several molecular mechanisms have evolved to cope with high temperature. We have been studying the response of Agrobacterium tumefaciens to temperature stress, focusing on two aspects: the heat-shock response and the temperature-dependent regulation of methionine biosynthesis. The results indicate that the molecular mechanisms involved in A. tumefaciens control of growth at high temperature are unique and we are still missing important information essential for understanding how these bacteria cope with temperature stress.
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- Dvora Biran
- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Enzyme IIA Ntr Regulates Salmonella Invasion Via 1,2-Propanediol And Propionate Catabolism. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44827. [PMID: 28333132 PMCID: PMC5363084 DOI: 10.1038/srep44827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Many Proteobacteria possess a nitrogen-metabolic phosphotransferase system (PTSNtr) consisting of EINtr, NPr, and EIIANtr (encoded by ptsP, ptsO, and ptsN, respectively). The PTSNtr plays diverse regulatory roles, but the substrate phosphorylated by EIIANtr and its primary functions have not yet been identified. To comprehensively understand the roles of PTSNtr in Salmonella Typhimurium, we compared the whole transcriptomes of wild-type and a ΔptsN mutant. Genome-wide RNA sequencing revealed that 3.5% of the annotated genes were up- or down-regulated by three-fold or more in the absence of EIIANtr. The ΔptsN mutant significantly down-regulated the expression of genes involved in vitamin B12 synthesis, 1,2-propanediol utilization, and propionate catabolism. Moreover, the invasiveness of the ΔptsN mutant increased about 5-fold when 1,2-propanediol or propionate was added, which was attributable to the increased stability of HilD, the transcriptional regulator of Salmonella pathogenicity island-1. Interestingly, an abundance of 1,2-propanediol or propionate promoted the production of EIIANtr, suggesting the possibility of a positive feedback loop between EIIANtr and two catabolic pathways. These results demonstrate that EIIANtr is a key factor for the utilization of 1,2-propanediol and propionate as carbon and energy sources, and thereby modulates the invasiveness of Salmonella via 1,2-propanediol or propionate catabolism.
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Yoo W, Yoon H, Seok YJ, Lee CR, Lee HH, Ryu S. Fine-tuning of amino sugar homeostasis by EIIA(Ntr) in Salmonella Typhimurium. Sci Rep 2016; 6:33055. [PMID: 27628932 PMCID: PMC5024086 DOI: 10.1038/srep33055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The nitrogen-metabolic phosphotransferase system, PTS(Ntr), consists of the enzymes I(Ntr), NPr and IIA(Ntr) that are encoded by ptsP, ptsO, and ptsN, respectively. Due to the proximity of ptsO and ptsN to rpoN, the PTS(Ntr) system has been postulated to be closely related with nitrogen metabolism. To define the correlation between PTS(Ntr) and nitrogen metabolism, we performed ligand fishing with EIIA(Ntr) as a bait and revealed that D-glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GlmS) directly interacted with EIIA(Ntr). GlmS, which converts D-fructose-6-phosphate (Fru6P) into D-glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN6P), is a key enzyme producing amino sugars through glutamine hydrolysis. Amino sugar is an essential structural building block for bacterial peptidoglycan and LPS. We further verified that EIIA(Ntr) inhibited GlmS activity by direct interaction in a phosphorylation-state-dependent manner. EIIA(Ntr) was dephosphorylated in response to excessive nitrogen sources and was rapidly degraded by Lon protease upon amino sugar depletion. The regulation of GlmS activity by EIIA(Ntr) and the modulation of glmS translation by RapZ suggest that the genes comprising the rpoN operon play a key role in maintaining amino sugar homeostasis in response to nitrogen availability and the amino sugar concentration in the bacterial cytoplasm.
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- Woongjae Yoo
- Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Department of Applied Chemistry and Biological Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Myongji University, Yongin, Gyeonggido 17058, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, and Center for Food and Bioconvergence, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Parallel Mutations Result in a Wide Range of Cooperation and Community Consequences in a Two-Species Bacterial Consortium. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0161837. [PMID: 27617746 PMCID: PMC5019393 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Multi-species microbial communities play a critical role in human health, industry, and waste remediation. Recently, the evolution of synthetic consortia in the laboratory has enabled adaptation to be addressed in the context of interacting species. Using an engineered bacterial consortium, we repeatedly evolved cooperative genotypes and examined both the predictability of evolution and the phenotypes that determine community dynamics. Eight Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains evolved methionine excretion sufficient to support growth of an Escherichia coli methionine auxotroph, from whom they required excreted growth substrates. Non-synonymous mutations in metA, encoding homoserine trans-succinylase (HTS), were detected in each evolved S. enterica methionine cooperator and were shown to be necessary for cooperative consortia growth. Molecular modeling was used to predict that most of the non-synonymous mutations slightly increase the binding affinity for HTS homodimer formation. Despite this genetic parallelism and trend of increasing protein binding stability, these metA alleles gave rise to a wide range of phenotypic diversity in terms of individual versus group benefit. The cooperators with the highest methionine excretion permitted nearly two-fold faster consortia growth and supported the highest fraction of E. coli, yet also had the slowest individual growth rates compared to less cooperative strains. Thus, although the genetic basis of adaptation was quite similar across independent origins of cooperative phenotypes, quantitative measurements of metabolite production were required to predict either the individual-level growth consequences or how these propagate to community-level behavior.
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This review focuses on the steps unique to methionine biosynthesis, namely the conversion of homoserine to methionine. The past decade has provided a wealth of information concerning the details of methionine metabolism and the review focuses on providing a comprehensive overview of the field, emphasizing more recent findings. Details of methionine biosynthesis are addressed along with key cellular aspects, including regulation, uptake, utilization, AdoMet, the methyl cycle, and growing evidence that inhibition of methionine biosynthesis occurs under stressful cellular conditions. The first unique step in methionine biosynthesis is catalyzed by the metA gene product, homoserine transsuccinylase (HTS, or homoserine O-succinyltransferase). Recent experiments suggest that transcription of these genes is indeed regulated by MetJ, although the repressor-binding sites have not yet been verified. Methionine also serves as the precursor of S-adenosylmethionine, which is an essential molecule employed in numerous biological processes. S-adenosylhomocysteine is produced as a consequence of the numerous AdoMet-dependent methyl transfer reactions that occur within the cell. In E. coli and Salmonella, this molecule is recycled in two discrete steps to complete the methyl cycle. Cultures challenged by oxidative stress appear to experience a growth limitation that depends on methionine levels. E. coli that are deficient for the manganese and iron superoxide dismutases (the sodA and sodB gene products, respectively) require the addition of methionine or cysteine for aerobic growth. Modulation of methionine levels in response to stressful conditions further increases the complexity of its regulation.
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Cerletti M, Paggi RA, Guevara CR, Poetsch A, De Castro RE. Global role of the membrane protease LonB in Archaea: Potential protease targets revealed by quantitative proteome analysis of a lonB mutant in Haloferax volcanii. J Proteomics 2015; 121:1-14. [PMID: 25829260 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Revised: 03/04/2015] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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UNLABELLED The membrane-associated LonB protease is essential for viability in Haloferax volcanii, however, the cellular processes affected by this protease in archaea are unknown. In this study, the impact of a lon conditional mutation (down-regulation) on H. volcanii physiology was examined by comparing proteomes of parental and mutant cells using shotgun proteomics. A total of 1778 proteins were identified (44% of H. volcanii predicted proteome) and 142 changed significantly in amount (≥2 fold). Of these, 66 were augmented in response to Lon deficiency suggesting they could be Lon substrates. The "Lon subproteome" included soluble and predicted membrane proteins expected to participate in diverse cellular processes. The dramatic stabilization of phytoene synthase (57 fold) in concert with overpigmentation of lon mutant cells suggests that Lon controls carotenogenesis in H. volcanii. Several hypothetical proteins, which may reveal novel functions and/or be involved in adaptation to extreme environments, were notably increased (300 fold). This study, which represents the first proteome examination of a Lon deficient archaeal cell, shows that Lon has a strong impact on H. volcanii physiology evidencing the cellular processes controlled by this protease in Archaea. Additionally, this work provides a platform for the discovery of novel targets of Lon proteases. BIOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE The proteome of a Lon-deficient archaeal cell was examined for the first time showing that Lon has a strong impact on H. volcanii physiology and evidencing the proteins and cellular processes controlled by this protease in Archaea. This work will facilitate future investigations aiming to address Lon function in archaea and provides a platform for the discovery of endogenous targets of the archaeal-type Lon as well as novel targets/processes regulated by Lon proteases. This knowledge will advance the understanding on archaeal physiology and the biological function of membrane proteases in microorganisms.
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- Micaela Cerletti
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Funes 3250 4to nivel, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Funes 3250 4to nivel, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina
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- Plant Biochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, 44801 Bochum, Germany.
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata (UNMDP), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Funes 3250 4to nivel, Mar del Plata (7600), Argentina.
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Veeravalli K, Laird MW. Toward an era of utilizing methionine overproducing hosts for recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli. Bioengineered 2015; 6:132-5. [PMID: 25801611 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2015.1030544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Amino acid sequence variants, especially variants containing non-canonical amino acids such as norleucine and norvaline, are a concern during therapeutic protein production in microbial systems. Substitution of methionine residues with norleucine in recombinant proteins produced in Escherichia coli is well known. Continuous feeding of amino acids such as methionine is commonly used in E. coli fermentation processes to control incorporation of norleucine in the recombinant protein. There are several disadvantages associated with continuous feeding during a fermentation process. For example, a continuous feed increases the operational complexity and cost of a manufacturing process and results in dilution of culture medium which could result in lower cell densities and product yields. To overcome the limitations of existing approaches to prevent norleucine incorporation during E. coli fermentations, a new approach using an engineered host was developed that overproduces methionine in the cell to prevent norleucine incorporation without negatively impacting fermentation process performance and product yields. In this commentary, the results on using methionine overproducing hosts for recombinant protein production in E. coli and some "watch outs" when using these hosts for recombinant protein production are discussed.
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- Karthik Veeravalli
- a Late Stage Cell Culture , Genentech , Inc.; South San Francisco, CA USA
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Mordukhova EA, Pan JG. Stabilization of homoserine-O-succinyltransferase (MetA) decreases the frequency of persisters in Escherichia coli under stressful conditions. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110504. [PMID: 25329174 PMCID: PMC4201533 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Bacterial persisters are a small subpopulation of cells that exhibit multi-drug tolerance without genetic changes. Generally, persistence is associated with a dormant state in which the microbial cells are metabolically inactive. The bacterial response to unfavorable environmental conditions (heat, oxidative, acidic stress) induces the accumulation of aggregated proteins and enhances formation of persister cells in Escherichia coli cultures. We have found that methionine supplementation reduced the frequency of persisters at mild (37°C) and elevated (42°C) temperatures, as well as in the presence of acetate. Homoserine-o-succinyltransferase (MetA), the first enzyme in the methionine biosynthetic pathway, is prone to aggregation under many stress conditions, resulting in a methionine limitation in E. coli growth. Overexpression of MetA induced the greatest number of persisters at 42°C, which is correlated to an increased level of aggregated MetA. Substitution of the native metA gene on the E. coli K-12 WE chromosome by a mutant gene encoding the stabilized MetA led to reduction in persisters at the elevated temperature and in the presence of acetate, as well as lower aggregation of the mutated MetA. Decreased persister formation at 42°C was confirmed also in E. coli K-12 W3110 and a fast-growing WErph+ mutant harboring the stabilized MetA. Thus, this is the first study to demonstrate manipulation of persister frequency under stressful conditions by stabilization of a single aggregation-prone protein, MetA.
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- Elena A. Mordukhova
- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea
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- Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon, Korea
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Conditional, temperature-induced proteolytic regulation of cyanobacterial RNA helicase expression. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:1560-8. [PMID: 24509313 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01362-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Conditional proteolysis is a crucial process regulating the abundance of key regulatory proteins associated with the cell cycle, differentiation pathways, or cellular response to abiotic stress in eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms. We provide evidence that conditional proteolysis is involved in the rapid and dramatic reduction in abundance of the cyanobacterial RNA helicase, CrhR, in response to a temperature upshift from 20 to 30°C. The proteolytic activity is not a general protein degradation response, since proteolysis is only present and/or functional in cells grown at 30°C and is only transiently active at 30°C. Degradation is also autoregulatory, since the CrhR proteolytic target is required for activation of the degradation machinery. This suggests that an autoregulatory feedback loop exists in which the target of the proteolytic machinery, CrhR, is required for activation of the system. Inhibition of translation revealed that only elongation is required for induction of the temperature-regulated proteolysis, suggesting that translation of an activating factor was already initiated at 20°C. The results indicate that Synechocystis responds to a temperature shift via two independent pathways: a CrhR-independent sensing and signal transduction pathway that regulates induction of crhR expression at low temperature and a CrhR-dependent conditional proteolytic pathway at elevated temperature. The data link the potential for CrhR RNA helicase alteration of RNA secondary structure with the autoregulatory induction of conditional proteolysis in the response of Synechocystis to temperature upshift.
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Stabilized homoserine o-succinyltransferases (MetA) or L-methionine partially recovers the growth defect in Escherichia coli lacking ATP-dependent proteases or the DnaK chaperone. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:179. [PMID: 23898868 PMCID: PMC3735405 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The growth of Escherichia coli at elevated temperatures is limited due to the inherent instability of homoserine o-succinyltransferase, MetA, which is the first enzyme in the methionine biosynthesis pathway. MetA is also unstable under other stressful conditions, such as weak organic acids and oxidative stress. The MetA protein unfolds, even at 25°C, forms considerable aggregates at 37°C and completely aggregates at 44°C. RESULTS We extended the MetA mutation studies using a consensus concept based on statistics and sequence database analysis to predict the point mutations resulting in increased MetA stability. In this study, four single amino acid substitutions (Q96K, I124L, I229Y and F247Y) in MetA designed according to the consensus concept and using the I-mutant2.0 modeling tool conferred accelerated growth on the E. coli strain WE at 44°C. MetA mutants that enabled E. coli growth at higher temperatures did not display increased melting temperatures (Tm) or enhanced catalytic activity but did show improved in vivo stability at mild (37°C) and elevated (44°C) temperatures. Notably, we observed that the stabilized MetA mutants partially recovered the growth defects of E. coli mutants in which ATP-dependent proteases or the DnaK chaperone was deleted. These results suggest that the impaired growth of these E. coli mutants primarily reflect the inherent instability of MetA and, thus, the methionine supply. As further evidence, the addition of methionine recovered most of the growth defects in mutants lacking either ATP-dependent proteases or the DnaK chaperone. CONCLUSIONS A collection of stable single-residue mutated MetA enzymes were constructed and investigated as background for engineering the stabilized mutants. In summary, the mutations in a single gene, metA, reframe the window of growth temperature in both normal and mutant E. coli strains.
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FtsH-mediated coordination of lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli correlates with the growth rate and the alarmone (p)ppGpp. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:1912-9. [PMID: 23417489 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02134-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The outer membrane is the first line of defense for Gram-negative bacteria and serves as a major barrier for antibiotics and other harmful substances. The biosynthesis of lipopolysaccharides (LPS), the essential component of the outer membrane, must be tightly controlled as both too much and too little LPS are toxic. In Escherichia coli, the cellular level of the key enzyme LpxC, which catalyzes the first committed step in LPS biosynthesis, is adjusted by proteolysis carried out by the essential and membrane-bound protease FtsH. Here, we demonstrate that LpxC is degraded in a growth rate-dependent manner with half-lives between 4 min and >2 h. According to the cellular demand for LPS biosynthesis, LpxC is degraded during slow growth but stabilized when cells grow rapidly. Disturbing the balance between LPS and phospholipid biosynthesis in favor of phospholipid production in an E. coli strain encoding a hyperactive FabZ protein abolishes growth rate dependency of LpxC proteolysis. Lack of the alternative sigma factor RpoS or inorganic polyphosphates, which are known to mediate growth rate-dependent gene regulation in E. coli, did not affect proteolysis of LpxC. In contrast, absence of RelA and SpoT, which synthesize the alarmone (p)ppGpp, deregulated LpxC degradation resulting in rapid proteolysis in fast-growing cells and stabilization during slow growth. Our data provide new insights into the essential control of LPS biosynthesis in E. coli.
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Methionine biosynthesis in Agrobacterium tumefaciens: study of the first enzyme. Res Microbiol 2013; 164:12-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Gur E, Biran D, Ron EZ. Regulated proteolysis in Gram-negative bacteria--how and when? Nat Rev Microbiol 2011; 9:839-48. [PMID: 22020261 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Most bacteria live in a dynamic environment where temperature, availability of nutrients and the presence of various chemicals vary, which requires rapid adaptation. Many of the adaptive changes are determined by changes in the transcription of global regulatory networks, but this response is slow because most bacterial proteins are stable and their concentration remains high even after transcription slows down. To respond rapidly, an additional level of regulation has evolved: the degradation of key proteins. However, as proteolysis is an irreversible process, it is subject to tight regulation of substrate binding and degradation. Here we review the roles of the proteolytic enzymes in Gram-negative bacteria and how these enzymes can be regulated to target only a subset of proteins.
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- Eyal Gur
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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Omer S, Kovacs A, Mazor Y, Gophna U. Integration of a foreign gene into a native complex does not impair fitness in an experimental model of lateral gene transfer. Mol Biol Evol 2010; 27:2441-5. [PMID: 20554693 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msq145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a central force in microbial evolution. The observation that genes encoding subunits of complexes exhibit relatively compatible phylogenies, suggesting vertical descent, can be explained by different evolutionary scenarios. On the one hand, the failure of a new gene product to correctly interact with preexisting protein subunits can make its acquisition neutral-a theory termed the "complexity hypothesis." On the other hand, foreign subunit-encoding genes may reduce the fitness of the new host by disrupting the stoichiometric balance between complex subunits, resulting in purifying selection against gene retention. We previously showed in a model LGT system that overexpression of an orthologous subunit was neutral due to lack of interaction with host subunits. Here, we examine a case where the foreign protein is more similar to its native orthologs, by expressing the RNA polymerase β subunit (RpoB) of Bacillus subtilis in Escherichia coli. The foreign subunit is shown by coimmunoprecipitation to interact with the host subunits, and to form novel, nonspecific interactions. Nevertheless, the host did not incur any fitness disadvantage, as measured by its growth. We conclude that LGT of complex subunits may be neutral even when the transferred subunit can integrate into the host complex and that this neutrality can be a fertile ground for selective forces once the environment changes.
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- Shira Omer
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Chalova VI, Froelich CA, Ricke SC. Potential for development of an Escherichia coli-based biosensor for assessing bioavailable methionine: a review. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2010; 10:3562-84. [PMID: 22319312 PMCID: PMC3274233 DOI: 10.3390/s100403562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2010] [Revised: 03/11/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Methionine is an essential amino acid for animals and is typically considered one of the first limiting amino acids in animal feed formulations. Methionine deficiency or excess in animal diets can lead to sub-optimal animal performance and increased environmental pollution, which necessitates its accurate quantification and proper dosage in animal rations. Animal bioassays are the current industry standard to quantify methionine bioavailability. However, animal-based assays are not only time consuming, but expensive and are becoming more scrutinized by governmental regulations. In addition, a variety of artifacts can hinder the variability and time efficacy of these assays. Microbiological assays, which are based on a microbial response to external supplementation of a particular nutrient such as methionine, appear to be attractive potential alternatives to the already established standards. They are rapid and inexpensive in vitro assays which are characterized with relatively accurate and consistent estimation of digestible methionine in feeds and feed ingredients. The current review discusses the potential to develop Escherichia coli-based microbial biosensors for methionine bioavailability quantification. Methionine biosynthesis and regulation pathways are overviewed in relation to genetic manipulation required for the generation of a respective methionine auxotroph that could be practical for a routine bioassay. A prospective utilization of Escherichia coli methionine biosensor would allow for inexpensive and rapid methionine quantification and ultimately enable timely assessment of nutritional profiles of feedstuffs.
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- Vesela I. Chalova
- Poultry Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2472, USA; E-Mails: (V.I.C.); (C.A.F.)
- Center for Food Safety and Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA
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- Poultry Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2472, USA; E-Mails: (V.I.C.); (C.A.F.)
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- Poultry Science Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2472, USA; E-Mails: (V.I.C.); (C.A.F.)
- Center for Food Safety and Department of Food Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72704, USA
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Van Melderen L, Aertsen A. Regulation and quality control by Lon-dependent proteolysis. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:645-51. [PMID: 19772918 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2009] [Revised: 08/19/2009] [Accepted: 08/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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After their first discovery in Escherichia coli, Lon homologues were found to be widely distributed among prokaryotes to eukaryotes. The ATP-dependent Lon protease belongs to the AAA(+) (ATPases associated with a variety of cellular activities) superfamily, and is involved in both general quality control by degrading abnormal proteins and in the specific control of several regulatory proteins. As such, this enzyme has a pivotal role in quality control and cellular physiology. This review focuses on mechanisms of degradation both from the protease and substrate points of view, and discusses the role of Lon in global regulation, stress response and virulence.
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- Laurence Van Melderen
- Génétique et Physiologie Bactérienne, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Faculté des Sciences, IBMM-DBM, 12 Rue des Professeurs Jeneer et Brachet, B-6041 Gosselies, Belgium.
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Katz C, Rasouly A, Gur E, Shenhar Y, Biran D, Ron EZ. Temperature-dependent proteolysis as a control element in Escherichia coli metabolism. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:684-6. [PMID: 19770038 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2009] [Revised: 08/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Escherichia coli can grow at a broad temperature range, from less than 20 degrees C up to 45 degrees C. An increase in temperature results in a major physiological change, as enzymes work faster but, on the other hand, proteins tend to unfold. Therefore, a shift-up in temperature results in the induction of several regulatory response mechanisms aimed at restoring balanced growth at the new temperature. One important mechanism involves temperature-dependent proteolysis, which constitutes a fast response to temperature shift-ups. Here we discuss the effect of proteolysis on protein synthesis, and the heat shock response.
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- Chen Katz
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Levanon St, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Rasouly A, Ron EZ. Interplay between the heat shock response and translation in Escherichia coli. Res Microbiol 2009; 160:288-96. [PMID: 19379808 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2009] [Revised: 03/30/2009] [Accepted: 03/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It is widely accepted that the heat shock response is critical for quality control of mature proteins. This function is carried out mainly by chaperones and proteases. Recently, a new group of conserved heat shock proteins essential for growth at high temperature has been characterized. These proteins are involved in regulating and maintaining efficient translation under heat shock.
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- Aviram Rasouly
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Levanon St, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Involvement of the Pta-AckA pathway in protein folding and aggregation. Res Microbiol 2008; 160:80-4. [PMID: 19026742 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2008.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Revised: 10/06/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Acetyl phosphate is a central metabolite involved in a broad range of versatile cellular functions. Recently it was observed that in Escherichia coli the acetyl phosphate pathway is required for efficient ATP-dependent proteolysis. Deletion of the operon coding for acetyl phosphate metabolism (DeltaackApta) results in a very low cytoplasmic level of acetyl phosphate and impaired proteolysis. Here we show that the DeltaackApta mutation affects additional components of the protein quality control system. Thus, this deletion is accompanied by a decrease in protein refolding and rescue from aggregates. These results indicate the involvement of the acetyl phosphate pathway in chaperone capabilities, in addition to their effect on proteolysis.
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Improved thermostability and acetic acid tolerance of Escherichia coli via directed evolution of homoserine o-succinyltransferase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2008; 74:7660-8. [PMID: 18978085 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00654-08] [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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In Escherichia coli, growth is limited at elevated temperatures mainly because of the instability of a single enzyme, homoserine o-succinyltransferase (MetA), the first enzyme in the methionine biosynthesis pathway. The metA gene from the thermophile Geobacillus kaustophilus cloned into the E. coli chromosome was found to enhance the growth of the host strain at elevated temperature (44 degrees C), thus confirming the limited growth of E. coli due to MetA instability. In order to improve E. coli growth at higher temperatures, we used random mutagenesis to obtain a thermostable MetA(E. coli) protein. Sequencing of the thermotolerant mutant showed five amino acid substitutions: S61T, E213V, I229T, N267D, and N271K. An E. coli strain with the mutated metA gene chromosomally inserted showed accelerated growth over a temperature range of 34 to 44 degrees C. We used the site-directed metA mutants to identify two amino acid residues responsible for the sensitivity of MetA(E. coli) to both heat and acids. Replacement of isoleucine 229 with threonine and asparagine 267 with aspartic acid stabilized the protein. The thermostable MetA(E. coli) enzymes showed less aggregation in vivo at higher temperature, as well as upon acetic acid treatment. The data presented here are the first to show improved E. coli growth at higher temperatures solely due to MetA stabilization and provide new knowledge for designing E. coli strains that grow at higher temperatures, thus reducing the cooling cost of bioprocesses.
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Dual role of FtsH in regulating lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7117-22. [PMID: 18776015 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00871-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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In Escherichia coli, FtsH (HflB) is a membrane-bound, ATP-dependent metalloendoprotease belonging to the AAA family (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities). FtsH has a limited spectrum of known substrates, including the transcriptional activator sigma32. FtsH is the only known E. coli protease that is essential, as it regulates the concentration of LpxC, which carries out the first committed step in the synthesis of lipid A. Here we identify a new FtsH substrate--3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonate (KDO) transferase--which carries out the attachment of two KDO residues to the lipid A precursor (lipid IVA) to form the minimal essential structure of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (KDO2-lipid A). Thus, FtsH regulates the concentration of the lipid moiety of LPS (lipid A) as well as the sugar moiety (KDO-based core oligosaccharides), ensuring a balanced synthesis of LPS.
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Wellner A, Gophna U. Neutrality of foreign complex subunits in an experimental model of lateral gene transfer. Mol Biol Evol 2008; 25:1835-40. [PMID: 18550618 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Lateral gene transfer (LGT) is a powerful force in microbial evolution. However, the barriers that restrict this evolutionary phenomenon are not fully understood. It has long been observed that genes that encode subunits of complexes exhibit relatively compatible phylogenies, implying mostly vertical evolution. This may be explained by the failure of a new gene product to effectively interact with preexisting protein subunits, making its acquisition neutral--a theory termed the "complexity hypothesis." On the other hand, such genes may reduce the fitness of the host by disturbing the stoichiometric balance between complex subunits, resulting in purifying selection against gene retention. To examine these 2 alternative scenarios, we designed an experimental system that mimics the transfer of genes encoding homologs of essential complex subunits into the model bacterium Escherichia coli. In addition, we overexpressed the native E. coli gene in order to examine the contribution of gene dosage effects. We show that accumulation of native or foreign complex subunits in the cell does not result in loss of fitness, except for a minor fitness reduction observed for a single foreign homolog. Indeed, a series of genetic and biochemical assays failed to detect any interaction between the foreign subunits and the native polypeptides of the complex, implying an inability of such transfer events to generate positive selection for gene retention. We conclude that LGT of complex subunits may be mostly neutral and that forces operating against gene retention appear to be moderate.
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- Alon Wellner
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Mizrahi I, Dagan M, Biran D, Ron EZ. Potential use of toxic thermolabile proteins to study protein quality control systems. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:5951-3. [PMID: 17644648 PMCID: PMC2074907 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01067-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SulA is an Escherichia coli division inhibitor with a short half-life whose accumulation results in filamentation. Here, we show that SulA is thermally unstable and forms aggregates at elevated temperatures. This property enables the selection of isolates with mutated protein quality control systems.
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- Itzhak Mizrahi
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel 69978
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Mizrahi I, Biran D, Gur E, Ron EZ. Tools for the study of protein quality control systems: use of truncated homoserine trans-succinylase as a model substrate for ATP-dependent proteolysis in Escherichia coli. J Microbiol Methods 2007; 70:82-5. [PMID: 17490766 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2006] [Revised: 03/26/2007] [Accepted: 03/26/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Protein quality control, mediated by chaperones and ATP-dependent proteases, is essential for maintaining balanced growth and for regulating critical processes. To study these systems it is necessary to have model substrate proteins. However, most cellular proteins are stable and the few unstable proteins are usually regulatory and present in low concentrations, making them unsuitable for studies, especially in vivo. We present HTS(Delta1-6), a truncated homoserine trans-succinylase (HTS) which is unstable, can be expressed at high levels and has an enzymatic, measurable, activity. This protein can serve as a good model substrate for Escherichia coli ATP-dependent proteolysis.
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- Itzhak Mizrahi
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978 Israel
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Mizrahi I, Biran D, Ron EZ. Requirement for the acetyl phosphate pathway in Escherichia coli ATP-dependent proteolysis. Mol Microbiol 2006; 62:201-11. [PMID: 16987178 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05360.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Protein degradation is a central component of the protein quality control system. Here we show that efficient proteolysis in Escherichia coli requires the active acetyl phosphate pathway. Deletion of this pathway, leading to depletion of acetyl phosphate, results in temperature sensitivity and reduced rate of ATP-dependent proteolysis. The effect on proteolysis is general, as can be seen from the slowing down of the degradation of unstable proteins, including puromycin-derived peptides. In addition, reduced intracellular concentrations of acetyl phosphate brings about an increase in the levels of protein aggregates, which contain a wide range of proteins, as expected if a broad spectrum of substrates are involved. Additional outcomes of acetyl phosphate deficiency are elevation in the transcript levels of heat shock genes and increased thermotolerance. In E. coli the acetyl phosphate pathway is the only source of acetyl phosphate, which is a key metabolic compound involved in major cellular processes. In this communication we present evidence for the general role of the acetyl phosphate pathway in protein degradation.
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- Itzhak Mizrahi
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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Tsilibaris V, Maenhaut-Michel G, Van Melderen L. Biological roles of the Lon ATP-dependent protease. Res Microbiol 2006; 157:701-13. [PMID: 16854568 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Revised: 05/22/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The Lon ATP-dependent protease plays a major role in protein quality control. An increasing number of regulatory proteins, however, are being identified as Lon substrates, thus indicating that in addition to its housekeeping function, Lon plays an important role in regulating many biological processes in bacteria. This review presents and discusses the involvement of Lon in different aspects of bacterial physiology, including cell differentiation, sporulation, pathogenicity and survival under starvation conditions.
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- Virginie Tsilibaris
- Laboratoire de Génétique des Procaryotes, IBMM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 12 rue des Professeurs Jeener et Brachet, 6041 Gosselies, Belgium
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Burón-Barral MDC, Gosink KK, Parkinson JS. Loss- and gain-of-function mutations in the F1-HAMP region of the Escherichia coli aerotaxis transducer Aer. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:3477-86. [PMID: 16672601 PMCID: PMC1482857 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.10.3477-3486.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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 Aer protein contains an N-terminal PAS domain that binds flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD), senses aerotactic stimuli, and communicates with the output signaling domain. To explore the roles of the intervening F1 and HAMP segments in Aer signaling, we isolated plasmid-borne aerotaxis-defective mutations in a host strain lacking all chemoreceptors of the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) family. Under these conditions, Aer alone established the cell's run/tumble swimming pattern and modulated that behavior in response to oxygen gradients. We found two classes of Aer mutants: null and clockwise (CW) biased. Most mutant proteins exhibited the null phenotype: failure to elicit CW flagellar rotation, no aerosensing behavior in MCP-containing hosts, and no apparent FAD-binding ability. However, null mutants had low Aer expression levels caused by rapid degradation of apparently nonnative subunits. Their functional defects probably reflect the absence of a protein product. In contrast, CW-biased mutant proteins exhibited normal expression levels, wild-type FAD binding, and robust aerosensing behavior in MCP-containing hosts. The CW lesions evidently shift unstimulated Aer output to the CW signaling state but do not block the Aer input-output pathway. The distribution and properties of null and CW-biased mutations suggest that the Aer PAS domain may engage in two different interactions with HAMP and the HAMP-proximal signaling domain: one needed for Aer maturation and another for promoting CW output from the Aer signaling domain. Most aerotaxis-defective null mutations in these regions seemed to affect maturation only, indicating that these two interactions involve structurally distinct determinants.
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LaMonte BL, Hughes JA. In vivo hydrolysis of S-adenosylmethionine induces the met regulon of Escherichia coli. Microbiology (Reading) 2006; 152:1451-1459. [PMID: 16622061 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28489-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Regulation of methionine biosynthesis inEscherichia coliinvolves a complex of the MetJ aporepressor protein andS-adenosylmethionine (SAM) repressing expression of most genes in themetregulon. To test the role of SAM in the regulation ofmetgenes directly, SAM pools were depleted by thein vivoexpression of the cloned plasmid vector-based coliphage T3 SAM hydrolase (SAMase) gene. Cultures within vivoSAMase activity were assayed for expression of themetA,B,C,E,F,H,J,KandRgenes in cells grown in methionine-rich complete media as well as in defined media with and withoutl-methionine.In vivoSAMase activity dramatically induced expression between 11- and nearly 1000-fold depending on the gene assayed for all butmetJandmetH, and these genes were induced over twofold.metJ : : Tn5(aporepressor defective) andmetK : : Tn5(SAM synthetase impaired; produces <5 % of wild-type SAM) strains containingin vivoSAMase activity produced even highermetgene activity than that seen in comparably prepared cells with wild-type genes for all butmetJin a MetJ-deficient background. The SAMase-mediated hyperinduction ofmetHin wild-type cells and of themetgenes assayed inmetJ : : Tn5andmetK : : Tn5cells provokes questions about how other elements such as the MetR activator protein or factors beyond themetregulon itself might be involved in the regulation of genes responsible for methionine biosynthesis.
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- Bernadette L LaMonte
- Department of Biology, Ursinus College, PO Box 1000, Collegeville, PA 19426, USA
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- Biology Department, Hanover College, PO Box 890, Hanover, IN 47243, USA
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Methionine Biosynthesis in Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum. AMINO ACID BIOSYNTHESIS ~ PATHWAYS, REGULATION AND METABOLIC ENGINEERING 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/7171_2006_059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Price-Carter M, Fazzio TG, Vallbona EI, Roth JR. Polyphosphate kinase protects Salmonella enterica from weak organic acid stress. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:3088-99. [PMID: 15838036 PMCID: PMC1082818 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.9.3088-3099.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mutants of Salmonella enterica lacking polyphosphate kinase (ppk) grow poorly in the presence of the weak organic acids acetate, propionate, and benzoate. This sensitivity is corrected by methionine and seems to result from destabilization of MetA (homoserine transsuccinylase), the first enzyme in methionine biosynthesis. The MetA protein is known to be sensitive to thermal inactivation, and ppk mutants are more sensitive to heat-induced methionine auxotrophy. Peroxide increases the sensitivity of ppk mutants to both heat and acid and may oxidatively damage (carbonylate) destabilized MetA. While acid appears to impair methionine biosynthesis, it leads to derepression of MetA and may inhibit growth by causing toxic accumulation of denatured protein. This is supported by the observation that the overexpression of MetA in ppk mutants causes acid sensitivity that is not corrected by methionine. We propose that polyphosphate acts as a chemical chaperone that helps refold MetA and/or may stimulate proteolysis of toxic denatured protein. The instability of MetA protein may provide a metabolic fuse that blocks growth under conditions that denature proteins; the sensitivity of this fuse is modulated by polyphosphate.
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Chandu D, Nandi D. Comparative genomics and functional roles of the ATP-dependent proteases Lon and Clp during cytosolic protein degradation. Res Microbiol 2005; 155:710-9. [PMID: 15501647 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The general pathway involving adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-dependent proteases and ATP-independent peptidases during cytosolic protein degradation is conserved, with differences in the enzymes utilized, in organisms from different kingdoms. Lon and caseinolytic protease (Clp) are key enzymes responsible for the ATP-dependent degradation of cytosolic proteins in Escherichia coli. Orthologs of E. coli Lon and Clp were searched for, followed by multiple sequence alignment of active site residues, in genomes from seventeen organisms, including representatives from eubacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes. Lon orthologs, unlike ClpP and ClpQ, are present in most organisms studied. The roles of these proteases as essential enzymes and in the virulence of some organisms are discussed.
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- Dilip Chandu
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Rosen R, Becher D, Büttner K, Biran D, Hecker M, Ron EZ. Probing the active site of homoserine trans-succinylase. FEBS Lett 2005; 577:386-92. [PMID: 15556615 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2004] [Revised: 09/20/2004] [Accepted: 10/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Homoserine trans-succinylase is the first enzyme in methionine biosynthesis of Escherichia coli and catalyzes the activation of homoserine via a succinylation reaction. The in vivo activity of this enzyme is subject to tight regulation by several mechanisms, including repression and activation of gene expression, feedback inhibition, temperature regulation and proteolysis. This complex regulation reflects the key role of this enzyme in bacterial metabolism. Here, we demonstrate--using proteomics and high-resolution mass spectrometry--that succinyl is covalently bound to one of the two adjacent lysine residues at positions 45 and 46. Replacing these lysine residues by alanine abolished the enzymatic activity. These findings position the lysine residues, one of which is conserved, at the active site.
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- Ran Rosen
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel
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Strösser J, Lüdke A, Schaffer S, Krämer R, Burkovski A. Regulation of GlnK activity: modification, membrane sequestration and proteolysis as regulatory principles in the network of nitrogen control in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Mol Microbiol 2004; 54:132-47. [PMID: 15458411 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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P(II)-type signal transduction proteins play a central role in nitrogen regulation in many bacteria. In response to the intracellular nitrogen status, these proteins are rendered in their function and interaction with other proteins by modification/demodification events, e.g. by phosphorylation or uridylylation. In this study, we show that GlnK, the only P(II)-type protein in Corynebacterium glutamicum, is adenylylated in response to nitrogen starvation and deadenylylated when the nitrogen supply improves again. Both processes depend on the GlnD protein. As shown by mutant analyses, the modifying activity of this enzyme is located in the N-terminal part of the enzyme, while demodification depends on its C-terminal domain. Besides its modification status, the GlnK protein changes its intracellular localization in response to changes of the cellular nitrogen supply. While it is present in the cytoplasm during nitrogen starvation, the GlnK protein is sequestered to the cytoplasmic membrane in response to an ammonium pulse following a nitrogen starvation period. About 2-5% of the GlnK pool is located at the cytoplasmic membrane after ammonium addition. GlnK binding to the cytoplasmic membrane depends on the ammonium transporter AmtB, which is encoded in the same transcriptional unit as GlnK and GlnD, the amtB-glnK-glnD operon. In contrast, the structurally related methylammonium/ammonium permease AmtA does not bind GlnK. The membrane-bound GlnK protein is stable, most likely to inactivate AmtB-dependent ammonium transport in order to prevent a detrimental futile cycle under post-starvation ammonium-rich conditions, while the majority of GlnK is degraded within 2-4 min. Proteolysis in the transition period from nitrogen starvation to nitrogen-rich growth seems to be specific for GlnK; other proteins of the nitrogen metabolism, such as glutamine synthetase, or proteins unrelated to ammonium assimilation, such as enolase and ATP synthase subunit F(1)beta, are stable under these conditions. Our analyses of different mutant strains have shown that at least three different proteases influence the degradation of GlnK, namely FtsH, the ClpCP and the ClpXP protease complex.
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- Julia Strösser
- Institut für Biochemie der Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Str. 47, D-50674 Köln, Germany
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Christensen SK, Maenhaut-Michel G, Mine N, Gottesman S, Gerdes K, Van Melderen L. Overproduction of the Lon protease triggers inhibition of translation in Escherichia coli: involvement of the yefM-yoeB toxin-antitoxin system. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:1705-17. [PMID: 15009896 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03941.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, the Lon ATP-dependent protease is responsible for degradation of several regulatory proteins and for the elimination of abnormal proteins. Previous studies have shown that the overproduction of Lon is lethal. Here, we showed that Lon overproduction specifically inhibits translation through at least two different pathways. We have identified one of the pathways as being the chromosomal yefM-yoeB toxin-antitoxin system. The existence of a second pathway is demonstrated by the observation that the deletion of the yefM-yoeB system did not completely suppress lethality and translation inhibition. We also showed that the YoeB toxin induces cleavage of translated mRNAs and that Lon overproduction specifically activates YoeB-dependent mRNAs cleavage. Indeed, none of the other identified chromosomal toxin-antitoxin systems (relBE, mazEF, chpB and dinJ-yafQ) was involved in Lon-dependent lethality, translation inhibition and mRNA cleavage even though the RelB and MazE antitoxins are known to be Lon substrates. Based on our results and other studies, translation inhibition appears to be the key element that triggers chromosomal toxin-antitoxin systems. We propose that under Lon overproduction conditions, translation inhibition is mediated by Lon degradation of a component of the YoeB-independent pathway, in turn activating the YoeB toxin by preventing synthesis of its unstable YefM antidote.
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- Susanne K Christensen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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Kock H, Gerth U, Hecker M. MurAA, catalysing the first committed step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis, is a target of Clp-dependent proteolysis in Bacillus subtilis. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:1087-102. [PMID: 14763982 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03875.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The carboxyvinyl transfer from phosphoenolpyruvate to UDP-N-acetylglucosamine is the first committed step in the pathway of peptidoglycan formation. This crucial reaction for bacterial cell growth is catalysed by the MurA enzymes. Gram-negative bacteria carry one murA gene, whereas in a subgroup of Gram-positive bacteria two separate paralogues, MurAA and MurAB, exist. This study provides evidence that in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis, the MurAA protein is specifically degraded by the ClpCP protease. This Clp-dependent degradation is especially enhanced upon entry into stationary phase, thus ensuring an immediate growth arrest due to stalled murein biosynthesis. The MurAA protein can therefore be addressed as a target of Clp-dependent regulatory proteolysis such as the transcriptional regulators CtsR, ComK, Spx in B. subtilis, CtrA in Caulobacter crescentus or RpoS in Escherichia coli. Taking into account all other known regulatory targets of ATP-dependent proteases, MurAA of B. subtilis represents the first example of a metabolic enzyme which is a unique regulatory substrate of Clp-dependent proteolysis. Its function as a regulatory metabolic checkpoint resembles that of homoserine trans-succinylase (MetA) in E. coli which is similarly ATP-dependently degraded.
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- Holger Kock
- Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Molekularbiologie, Germany.
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Winzer K, Hardie KR, Williams P. LuxS and autoinducer-2: their contribution to quorum sensing and metabolism in bacteria. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2004; 53:291-396. [PMID: 14696323 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2164(03)53009-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Klaus Winzer
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, Queen's Medical Centre, C-Floor, West Block, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, U.K
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Proteolysis by cytoplasmic, energy-dependent proteases plays a critical role in many regulatory circuits, keeping basal levels of regulatory proteins low and rapidly removing proteins when they are no longer needed. In bacteria, four families of energy-dependent proteases carry out degradation. In all of them, substrates are first recognized and bound by ATPase domains and then unfolded and translocated to a sequestered proteolytic chamber. Substrate selection depends not on ubiquitin but on intrinsic recognition signals within the proteins and, in some cases, on adaptor or effector proteins that participate in delivering the substrate to the protease. For some, the activity of these adaptors can be regulated, which results in regulated proteolysis. Recognition motifs for proteolysis are frequently found at the N and C termini of substrates. Proteolytic switches appear to be critical for cell cycle development in Caulobacter crescentus, for proper sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, and for the transition in and out of stationary phase in Escherichia coli. In eukaryotes, the same proteases are found in organelles, where they also play important roles.
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- Susan Gottesman
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4264, USA.
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Stephani K, Weichart D, Hengge R. Dynamic control of Dps protein levels by ClpXP and ClpAP proteases in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1605-14. [PMID: 12950924 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03644.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Escherichia coli starvation-induced DNA protection protein Dps was observed to be degraded rapidly during exponential growth. This turnover is dependent on the clpP and clpX genes. The clpA gene is not required for Dps proteolysis, suggesting that Dps is a substrate for ClpXP protease but not for ClpAP protease. Dps proteolysis was found to be highly regulated. Upon carbon starvation, Dps is stabilized, which together with increased Dps synthesis allows strong accumulation of Dps in the stationary phase. The addition of glucose to starving cells results in rapid resumption of Dps proteolysis by ClpXP. Oxidative stress also leads to efficient stabilization of Dps. After hyperosmotic shift, however, proteolysis remains unaffected. Thus, regulated proteolysis of Dps strongly contributes to controlling Dps levels under very specific stress conditions. In contrast to the regulated degradation of RpoS by ClpXP, Dps proteolysis is independent of the recognition factor RssB. In addition, during starvation, clpP and, to a somewhat lesser extent, clpA are involved in maintaining ongoing Dps synthesis (acting at the level of Dps translation), which is required for strong Dps accumulation in long-term stationary phase cells. In summary, both ClpXP and ClpAP exert significant control of Dps levels by affecting log phase stability and stationary phase synthesis of Dps respectively.
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- Kunigunde Stephani
- Institut für Biologie--Mikrobiologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise Str. 12-16, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Peptide deformylases (PDFs) have been discovered recently in eukaryotic genomes, and it appears that N-terminal methionine excision (NME) is a conserved pathway in all compartments where protein synthesis occurs. This work aimed at uncovering the function(s) of NME in a whole proteome, using the chloroplast-encoded proteins of both Arabidopsis thaliana and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as model systems. Disruption of PDF1B in A.thaliana led to an albino phenotype, and an extreme sensitivity to the PDF- specific inhibitor actinonin. In contrast, a knockout line for PDF1A exhibited no apparent phenotype. Photosystem II activity in C.reinhardtii cells was substantially reduced by the presence of actinonin. Pulse-chase experiments revealed that PDF inhibition leads to destabilization of a crucial subset of chloroplast-encoded photosystem II components in C. reinhardtii. The same proteins were destabilized in pdf1b. Site-directed substitutions altering NME of the most sensitive target, subunit D2, resulted in similar effects. Thus, plastid NME is a critical mechanism specifically influencing the life-span of photosystem II polypeptides. A general role of NME in modulating the half-life of key subsets of proteins is suggested.
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- Protein Maturation, Trafficking and Signaling, UPR2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Bâtiment 23, 1 avenue de la Terrasse, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex and
Laboratoire de Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, UPR1261, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France Present address: Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Protein Maturation, Trafficking and Signaling, UPR2355, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut des Sciences du Végétal, Bâtiment 23, 1 avenue de la Terrasse, F-91198 Gif-sur-Yvette cedex and
Laboratoire de Physiologie Membranaire et Moléculaire du Chloroplaste, UPR1261, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 13, rue Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75005 Paris, France Present address: Department of Plant Biology, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, 260 Panama Street, Stanford, CA 94305, USA Corresponding author e-mail:
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Weichart D, Querfurth N, Dreger M, Hengge-Aronis R. Global role for ClpP-containing proteases in stationary-phase adaptation of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:115-25. [PMID: 12486047 PMCID: PMC141834 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.1.115-125.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To elucidate the involvement of proteolysis in the regulation of stationary-phase adaptation, the clpA, clpX, and clpP protease mutants of Escherichia coli were subjected to proteome analysis during growth and during carbon starvation. For most of the growth-phase-regulated proteins detected on our gels, the clpA, clpX, or clpP mutant failed to mount the growth-phase regulation found in the wild type. For example, in the clpP and clpA mutant cultures, the Dps protein, the WrbA protein, and the periplasmic lysine-arginine-ornithine binding protein ArgT did not display the induction typical for late-stationary-phase wild-type cells. On the other hand, in the protease mutants, a number of proteins accumulated to a higher degree than in the wild type, especially in late stationary phase. The proteins affected in this manner include the LeuA, TrxB, GdhA, GlnA, and MetK proteins and alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (AhpC). These proteins may be directly degraded by ClpAP or ClpXP, respectively, or their expression could be modulated by a protease-dependent mechanism. From our data we conclude that the levels of most major growth-phase-regulated proteins in E. coli are at some point controlled by the activity of at least one of the ClpP, ClpA, and ClpX proteins. Cultures of the strains lacking functional ClpP or ClpX also displayed a more rapid loss of viability during extended stationary phase than the wild type. Therefore, regulation by proteolysis seems to be more important, especially in resting cells, than previously suspected.
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- Dieter Weichart
- Institut für Biologie-Mikrobiologie, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Königin-Luise Strasse 12-16, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
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Gur E, Biran D, Gazit E, Ron EZ. In vivo aggregation of a single enzyme limits growth of Escherichia coli at elevated temperatures. Mol Microbiol 2002; 46:1391-7. [PMID: 12453224 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The formation of protein aggregates is associated with unfolding and denaturation of proteins. Recent studies have indicated that, in Escherichia coli, cellular proteins tend to aggregate when the bacteria are exposed to thermal stress. Here, we show that the aggregation of one single E. coli cytoplasmic protein limits growth at elevated temperatures in minimal media. Homoserine trans-succinylase (HTS), the first enzyme in the methionine biosynthetic pathway, aggregates at temperatures higher than 44 degrees C in vitro. Above this temperature, we can also observe in vivo aggregation that results in the complete disappearance of the enzyme from the soluble fraction. Moreover, reducing the in vivo level of HTS aggregation enables growth at non-permissive temperatures. This is the first demonstration of the physiological role of aggregation of a specific protein in the growth of wild-type bacteria.
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- Eyal Gur
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
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