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Partipilo M, Jan Slotboom D. The S-component fold: a link between bacterial transporters and receptors. Commun Biol 2024; 7:610. [PMID: 38773269 PMCID: PMC11109136 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06295-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 05/06/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
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The processes of nutrient uptake and signal sensing are crucial for microbial survival and adaptation. Membrane-embedded proteins involved in these functions (transporters and receptors) are commonly regarded as unrelated in terms of sequence, structure, mechanism of action and evolutionary history. Here, we analyze the protein structural universe using recently developed artificial intelligence-based structure prediction tools, and find an unexpected link between prominent groups of microbial transporters and receptors. The so-called S-components of Energy-Coupling Factor (ECF) transporters, and the membrane domains of sensor histidine kinases of the 5TMR cluster share a structural fold. The discovery of their relatedness manifests a widespread case of prokaryotic "transceptors" (related proteins with transport or receptor function), showcases how artificial intelligence-based structure predictions reveal unchartered evolutionary connections between proteins, and provides new avenues for engineering transport and signaling functions in bacteria.
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- Michele Partipilo
- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Institute of Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry, Groningen Institute of Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Elbourne LDH, Wilson-Mortier B, Ren Q, Hassan KA, Tetu SG, Paulsen IT. TransAAP: an automated annotation pipeline for membrane transporter prediction in bacterial genomes. Microb Genom 2023; 9:mgen000927. [PMID: 36748555 PMCID: PMC9973855 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Membrane transporters are a large group of proteins that span cell membranes and contribute to critical cell processes, including delivery of essential nutrients, ejection of waste products, and assisting the cell in sensing environmental conditions. Obtaining an accurate and specific annotation of the transporter proteins encoded by a micro-organism can provide details of its likely nutritional preferences and environmental niche(s), and identify novel transporters that could be utilized in small molecule production in industrial biotechnology. The Transporter Automated Annotation Pipeline (TransAAP) (http://www.membranetransport.org/transportDB2/TransAAP_login.html) is a fully automated web service for the prediction and annotation of membrane transport proteins in an organism from its genome sequence, by using comparisons with both curated databases such as the TCDB (Transporter Classification Database) and TDB, as well as selected Pfams and TIGRFAMs of transporter families and other methodologies. TransAAP was used to annotate transporter genes in the prokaryotic genomes in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) RefSeq; these are presented in the transporter database TransportDB (http://www.membranetransport.org) website, which has a suite of data visualization and analysis tools. Creation and maintenance of a bioinformatic database specific for transporters in all genomic datasets is essential for microbiology research groups and the general research/biotechnology community to obtain a detailed picture of membrane transporter systems in various environments, as well as comprehensive information on specific membrane transport proteins.
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- Liam D. H. Elbourne
- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- *Correspondence: Liam D. H. Elbourne,
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- Biomolecular Discovery Research Centre, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- *Correspondence: Ian T. Paulsen,
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Scarsbrook HL, Urban R, Streather BR, Moores A, Mulligan C. Topological analysis of a bacterial DedA protein associated with alkaline tolerance and antimicrobial resistance. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2021; 167. [PMID: 34914576 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Maintaining membrane integrity is of paramount importance to the survival of bacteria as the membrane is the site of multiple crucial cellular processes including energy generation, nutrient uptake and antimicrobial efflux. The DedA family of integral membrane proteins are widespread in bacteria and are associated with maintaining the integrity of the membrane. In addition, DedA proteins have been linked to resistance to multiple classes of antimicrobials in various microorganisms. Therefore, the DedA family are attractive targets for the development of new antibiotics. Despite DedA family members playing a key physiological role in many bacteria, their structure, function and physiological role remain unclear. To help illuminate the structure of the bacterial DedA proteins, we performed substituted cysteine accessibility method (SCAM) analysis on the most comprehensively characterized bacterial DedA protein, YqjA from Escherichia coli. By probing the accessibility of 15 cysteine residues across the length of YqjA using thiol reactive reagents, we mapped the topology of the protein. Using these data, we experimentally validated a structural model of YqjA generated using evolutionary covariance, which consists of an α-helical bundle with two re-entrant hairpin loops reminiscent of several secondary active transporters. In addition, our cysteine accessibility data suggest that YqjA forms an oligomer wherein the protomers are arranged in a parallel fashion. This experimentally verified model of YqjA lays the foundation for future work in understanding the function and mechanism of this interesting and important family.
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- Hollie L Scarsbrook
- School of Biosciences, Division of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Division of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Division of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Division of Natural Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NH, UK
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Dashtbani-Roozbehani A, Brown MH. Efflux Pump Mediated Antimicrobial Resistance by Staphylococci in Health-Related Environments: Challenges and the Quest for Inhibition. Antibiotics (Basel) 2021; 10:antibiotics10121502. [PMID: 34943714 PMCID: PMC8698293 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics10121502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2021] [Revised: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The increasing emergence of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococcal bacteria is a major health threat worldwide due to significant morbidity and mortality resulting from their associated hospital- or community-acquired infections. Dramatic decrease in the discovery of new antibiotics from the pharmaceutical industry coupled with increased use of sanitisers and disinfectants due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic can further aggravate the problem of antimicrobial resistance. Staphylococci utilise multiple mechanisms to circumvent the effects of antimicrobials. One of these resistance mechanisms is the export of antimicrobial agents through the activity of membrane-embedded multidrug efflux pump proteins. The use of efflux pump inhibitors in combination with currently approved antimicrobials is a promising strategy to potentiate their clinical efficacy against resistant strains of staphylococci, and simultaneously reduce the selection of resistant mutants. This review presents an overview of the current knowledge of staphylococcal efflux pumps, discusses their clinical impact, and summarises compounds found in the last decade from plant and synthetic origin that have the potential to be used as adjuvants to antibiotic therapy against multidrug resistant staphylococci. Critically, future high-resolution structures of staphylococcal efflux pumps could aid in design and development of safer, more target-specific and highly potent efflux pump inhibitors to progress into clinical use.
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Henderson PJF, Maher C, Elbourne LDH, Eijkelkamp BA, Paulsen IT, Hassan KA. Physiological Functions of Bacterial "Multidrug" Efflux Pumps. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5417-5478. [PMID: 33761243 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bacterial multidrug efflux pumps have come to prominence in human and veterinary pathogenesis because they help bacteria protect themselves against the antimicrobials used to overcome their infections. However, it is increasingly realized that many, probably most, such pumps have physiological roles that are distinct from protection of bacteria against antimicrobials administered by humans. Here we undertake a broad survey of the proteins involved, allied to detailed examples of their evolution, energetics, structures, chemical recognition, and molecular mechanisms, together with the experimental strategies that enable rapid and economical progress in understanding their true physiological roles. Once these roles are established, the knowledge can be harnessed to design more effective drugs, improve existing microbial production of drugs for clinical practice and of feedstocks for commercial exploitation, and even develop more sustainable biological processes that avoid, for example, utilization of petroleum.
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- Peter J F Henderson
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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- College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Bedford Park 5042, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan 2308, New South Wales, Australia.,ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie University, Sydney 2019, New South Wales, Australia
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Saier MH, Reddy VS, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Hendargo KJ, Zhang Y, Iddamsetty V, Lam KJK, Tian N, Russum S, Wang J, Medrano-Soto A. The Transporter Classification Database (TCDB): 2021 update. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:D461-D467. [PMID: 33170213 PMCID: PMC7778945 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The Transporter Classification Database (TCDB; tcdb.org) is a freely accessible reference resource, which provides functional, structural, mechanistic, medical and biotechnological information about transporters from organisms of all types. TCDB is the only transport protein classification database adopted by the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) and now (October 1, 2020) consists of 20 653 proteins classified in 15 528 non-redundant transport systems with 1567 tabulated 3D structures, 18 336 reference citations describing 1536 transporter families, of which 26% are members of 82 recognized superfamilies. Overall, this is an increase of over 50% since the last published update of the database in 2016. This comprehensive update of the database contents and features include (i) adoption of a chemical ontology for substrates of transporters, (ii) inclusion of new superfamilies, (iii) a domain-based characterization of transporter families for the identification of new members as well as functional and evolutionary relationships between families, (iv) development of novel software to facilitate curation and use of the database, (v) addition of new subclasses of transport systems including 11 novel types of channels and 3 types of group translocators and (vi) the inclusion of many man-made (artificial) transmembrane pores/channels and carriers.
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- Milton H Saier
- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Aleksandrova AA, Sarti E, Forrest LR. MemSTATS: A Benchmark Set of Membrane Protein Symmetries and Pseudosymmetries. J Mol Biol 2019; 432:597-604. [PMID: 31628944 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In membrane proteins, symmetry and pseudosymmetry often have functional or evolutionary implications. However, available symmetry detection methods have not been tested systematically on this class of proteins because of the lack of an appropriate benchmark set. Here we present MemSTATS, a publicly available benchmark set of both quaternary- and internal-symmetries in membrane protein structures. The symmetries are described in terms of order, repeated elements, and orientation of the axis with respect to the membrane plane. Moreover, using MemSTATS, we compare the performance of four widely used symmetry detection algorithms and highlight specific challenges and areas for improvement in the future.
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- Antoniya A Aleksandrova
- Computational Structural Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Computational Structural Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Computational Structural Biology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
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Willson BJ, Chapman LNM, Thomas GH. Evolutionary dynamics of membrane transporters and channels: enhancing function through fusion. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2019; 58-59:76-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2019.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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RepEx: A web server to extract sequence repeats from protein and DNA sequences. Comput Biol Chem 2018; 78:424-430. [PMID: 30598392 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2018.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
Evolution builds up new genetic material from existing ones, not in random, but in highly ordered and eloquent patterns. Most of these sequence repeats are revelatory of valuable information contributing to areas of disease research and function of macromolecules, to name a few. In the age of next generation genome sequencing, rapid and efficient extraction of all unbiased sequence repeats from macromolecules is the need of the hour. In view of this reckoning, an online web-based computing server, RepEx, has been developed to extract and display all possible repeats for DNA and protein sequences. Apart from exact or identical repeats, the server has been designed adeptly to identify and extract degenerate, inverted, everted and mirror repeats from both DNA and protein sequences. The server has striking output displays, featuring interactive graphs and comprehensive output files. In addition, RepEx has been accoutered with an easy-to-use interface and search filters to facilitate a user-defined query or search and is freely available and accessible via the World Wide Web at http://bioserver2.physics.iisc.ac.in/RepEx/.
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Darbani B, Kell DB, Borodina I. Energetic evolution of cellular Transportomes. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:418. [PMID: 29848286 PMCID: PMC5977736 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-4816-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Transporter proteins mediate the translocation of substances across the membranes of living cells. Many transport processes are energetically expensive and the cells use 20 to 60% of their energy to power the transportomes. We hypothesized that there may be an evolutionary selection pressure for lower energy transporters. RESULTS We performed a genome-wide analysis of the compositional reshaping of the transportomes across the kingdoms of bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. We found that the share of ABC transporters is much higher in bacteria and archaea (ca. 27% of the transportome) than in primitive eukaryotes (13%), algae and plants (10%) and in fungi and animals (5-6%). This decrease is compensated by an increased occurrence of secondary transporters and ion channels. The share of ion channels is particularly high in animals (ca. 30% of the transportome) and algae and plants with (ca. 13%), when compared to bacteria and archaea with only 6-7%. Therefore, our results show a move to a preference for the low-energy-demanding transporters (ion channels and carriers) over the more energy-costly transporter classes (ATP-dependent families, and ABCs in particular) as part of the transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. The transportome analysis also indicated seven bacterial species, including Neorickettsia risticii and Neorickettsia sennetsu, as likely origins of the mitochondrion in eukaryotes, based on the phylogenetically restricted presence therein of clear homologues of modern mitochondrial solute carriers. CONCLUSIONS The results indicate that the transportomes of eukaryotes evolved strongly towards a higher energetic efficiency, as ATP-dependent transporters diminished and secondary transporters and ion channels proliferated. These changes have likely been important in the development of tissues performing energetically costly cellular functions.
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- Behrooz Darbani
- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
- School of Chemistry & Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Manchester, 131 Princess St, Manchester, M1 7DN UK
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Lyngby, Denmark
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Hassan KA, Liu Q, Elbourne LDH, Ahmad I, Sharples D, Naidu V, Chan CL, Li L, Harborne SPD, Pokhrel A, Postis VLG, Goldman A, Henderson PJF, Paulsen IT. Pacing across the membrane: the novel PACE family of efflux pumps is widespread in Gram-negative pathogens. Res Microbiol 2018; 169:450-454. [PMID: 29409983 PMCID: PMC6195760 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2018.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The proteobacterial antimicrobial compound efflux (PACE) family of transport proteins was only recently described. PACE family transport proteins can confer resistance to a range of biocides used as disinfectants and antiseptics, and are encoded by many important Gram-negative human pathogens. However, we are only just beginning to appreciate the range of functions and the mechanism(s) of transport operating in these proteins. Genes encoding PACE family proteins are typically conserved in the core genomes of bacterial species rather than on recently acquired mobile genetic elements, suggesting that they confer important core functions in addition to biocide resistance. Three-dimensional structural information is not yet available for PACE family proteins. However, PACE proteins have several very highly conserved amino acid sequence motifs that are likely to be important for substrate transport. PACE proteins also display strong amino acid sequence conservation between their N— and C-terminal halves, suggesting that they evolved by duplication of an ancestral protein comprised of two transmembrane helices. In light of their drug resistance functions in Gram-negative pathogens, PACE proteins should be the subject of detailed future investigation.
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- Karl A Hassan
- School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia; School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Biomedicine Research Group, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK; Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- School of BioMedical Sciences and Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia
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Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Vitug B, Medrano-Soto A, Saier MH. The Membrane Attack Complex/Perforin Superfamily. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 27:252-267. [PMID: 29145176 DOI: 10.1159/000481286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The membrane attack complex/perforin (MACPF) superfamily consists of a diverse group of proteins involved in bacterial pathogenesis and sporulation as well as eukaryotic immunity, embryonic development, neural migration and fruiting body formation. The present work shows that the evolutionary relationships between the members of the superfamily, previously suggested by comparison of their tertiary structures, can also be supported by analyses of their primary structures. The superfamily includes the MACPF family (TC 1.C.39), the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (CDC) family (TC 1.C.12.1 and 1.C.12.2) and the pleurotolysin pore-forming (pleurotolysin B) family (TC 1.C.97.1), as revealed by expansion of each family by comparison against a large protein database, and by the comparisons of their hidden Markov models. Clustering analyses demonstrated grouping of the CDC homologues separately from the 12 MACPF subfamilies, which also grouped separately from the pleurotolysin B family. Members of the MACPF superfamily revealed a remarkably diverse range of proteins spanning eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaeal taxonomic domains, with notable variations in protein domain architectures. Our strategy should also be helpful in putting together other highly divergent protein families.
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Glucose uptake in Azotobacter vinelandii occurs through a GluP transporter that is under the control of the CbrA/CbrB and Hfq-Crc systems. Sci Rep 2017; 7:858. [PMID: 28404995 PMCID: PMC5429807 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00980-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Azotobacter vinelandii, a strict aerobic, nitrogen fixing bacterium in the Pseudomonadaceae family, exhibits a preferential use of acetate over glucose as a carbon source. In this study, we show that GluP (Avin04150), annotated as an H+-coupled glucose-galactose symporter, is the glucose transporter in A. vinelandii. This protein, which is widely distributed in bacteria and archaea, is uncommon in Pseudomonas species. We found that expression of gluP was under catabolite repression control thorugh the CbrA/CbrB and Crc/Hfq regulatory systems, which were functionally conserved between A. vinelandii and Pseudomonas species. While the histidine kinase CbrA was essential for glucose utilization, over-expression of the Crc protein arrested cell growth when glucose was the sole carbon source. Crc and Hfq proteins from either A. vinelandii or P. putida could form a stable complex with an RNA A-rich Hfq-binding motif present in the leader region of gluP mRNA. Moreover, in P. putida, the gluP A-rich Hfq-binding motif was functional and promoted translational inhibition of a lacZ reporter gene. The fact that gluP is not widely distributed in the Pseudomonas genus but is under control of the CbrA/CbrB and Crc/Hfq systems demonstrates the relevance of these systems in regulating metabolism in the Pseudomonadaceae family.
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Madsen J, Sinitskiy AV, Li J, Voth GA. Highly Coarse-Grained Representations of Transmembrane Proteins. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:935-944. [PMID: 28043122 PMCID: PMC5312841 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.6b01076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Numerous biomolecules and biomolecular complexes, including transmembrane proteins (TMPs), are symmetric or at least have approximate symmetries. Highly coarse-grained models of such biomolecules, aiming at capturing the essential structural and dynamical properties on resolution levels coarser than the residue scale, must preserve the underlying symmetry. However, making these models obey the correct physics is in general not straightforward, especially at the highly coarse-grained resolution where multiple (∼3-30 in the current study) amino acid residues are represented by a single coarse-grained site. In this paper, we propose a simple and fast method of coarse-graining TMPs obeying this condition. The procedure involves partitioning transmembrane domains into contiguous segments of equal length along the primary sequence. For the coarsest (lowest-resolution) mappings, it turns out to be most important to satisfy the symmetry in a coarse-grained model. As the resolution is increased to capture more detail, however, it becomes gradually more important to match modular repeats in the secondary structure (such as helix-loop repeats) instead. A set of eight TMPs of various complexity, functionality, structural topology, and internal symmetry, representing different classes of TMPs (ion channels, transporters, receptors, adhesion, and invasion proteins), has been examined. The present approach can be generalized to other systems possessing exact or approximate symmetry, allowing for reliable and fast creation of multiscale, highly coarse-grained mappings of large biomolecular assemblies.
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- Department of Chemistry,
Institute for Biophysical Dynamics, and James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Celia H, Noinaj N, Zakharov SD, Bordignon E, Botos I, Santamaria M, Barnard TJ, Cramer WA, Lloubes R, Buchanan SK. Structural insight into the role of the Ton complex in energy transduction. Nature 2016; 538:60-65. [PMID: 27654919 PMCID: PMC5161667 DOI: 10.1038/nature19757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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In Gram-negative bacteria, outer membrane transporters import nutrients by coupling to an inner membrane protein complex called the Ton complex. The Ton complex consists of TonB, ExbB, and ExbD, and uses the proton motive force at the inner membrane to transduce energy to the outer membrane via TonB. Here, we structurally characterize the Ton complex from Escherichia coli using X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, double electron-electron resonance (DEER) spectroscopy, and crosslinking. Our results reveal a stoichiometry consisting of a pentamer of ExbB, a dimer of ExbD, and at least one TonB. Electrophysiology studies show that the Ton subcomplex forms pH-sensitive cation-selective channels and provide insight into the mechanism by which it may harness the proton motive force to produce energy.
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- Hervé Celia
- Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR7255 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France,National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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- Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, and the Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to N.N. (), R.L. () or S.K.B. ()
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- Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, and the Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907
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- Fachbereich Physik, Freie Universität, 14195 Berlin, Germany,Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, 45810 Bochum, Germany
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- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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- Departamento de Cirugia Experimental, Instituto de Investigacion Hospital La Paz (IdiPAZ), Paseo de la Castellana 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892
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- Markey Center for Structural Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, and the Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907
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- Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, UMR7255 CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to N.N. (), R.L. () or S.K.B. ()
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- National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892,Correspondence and requests for materials should be addressed to N.N. (), R.L. () or S.K.B. ()
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Durkin CA, Koester JA, Bender SJ, Armbrust EV. The evolution of silicon transporters in diatoms. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 2016; 52:716-731. [PMID: 27335204 PMCID: PMC5129515 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/21/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Diatoms are highly productive single-celled algae that form an intricately patterned silica cell wall after every cell division. They take up and utilize silicic acid from seawater via silicon transporter (SIT) proteins. This study examined the evolution of the SIT gene family to identify potential genetic adaptations that enable diatoms to thrive in the modern ocean. By searching for sequence homologs in available databases, the diversity of organisms found to encode SITs increased substantially and included all major diatom lineages and other algal protists. A bacterial-encoded gene with homology to SIT sequences was also identified, suggesting that a lateral gene transfer event occurred between bacterial and protist lineages. In diatoms, the SIT genes diverged and diversified to produce five distinct clades. The most basal SIT clades were widely distributed across diatom lineages, while the more derived clades were lineage-specific, which together produced a distinct repertoire of SIT types among major diatom lineages. Differences in the predicted protein functional domains encoded among SIT clades suggest that the divergence of clades resulted in functional diversification among SITs. Both laboratory cultures and natural communities changed transcription of each SIT clade in response to experimental or environmental growth conditions, with distinct transcriptional patterns observed among clades. Together, these data suggest that the diversification of SITs within diatoms led to specialized adaptations among diatoms lineages, and perhaps their dominant ability to take up silicic acid from seawater in diverse environmental conditions.
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- Colleen A. Durkin
- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories8272 Moss Landing RoadMoss LandingCalifornia95039USA
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- Department of Biology and Marine BiologyUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmingtonNorth Carolina28403USA
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- Marine Chemistry and GeochemistryWoods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWoods HoleMassachusetts02543USA
- Present address: The Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationPalo AltoCalifornia94304USA
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Zhou Z, Sun N, Wu S, Li YQ, Wang Y. Genomic data mining reveals a rich repertoire of transport proteins in Streptomyces. BMC Genomics 2016; 17 Suppl 7:510. [PMID: 27557108 PMCID: PMC5001237 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2899-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Streptomycetes are soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacteria that are best known as the major producers of antibiotics used in the pharmaceutical industry. The evolution of exceptionally powerful transporter systems in streptomycetes has enabled their adaptation to the complex soil environment. Results Our comparative genomic analyses revealed that each of the eleven Streptomyces species examined possesses a rich repertoire of from 761-1258 transport proteins, accounting for 10.2 to 13.7 % of each respective proteome. These transporters can be divided into seven functional classes and 171 transporter families. Among them, the ATP-binding Cassette (ABC) superfamily and the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) represent more than 40 % of all the transport proteins in Streptomyces. They play important roles in both nutrient uptake and substrate secretion, especially in the efflux of drugs and toxicants. The evolutionary flexibility across eleven Streptomyces species is seen in the lineage-specific distribution of transport proteins in two major protein translocation pathways: the general secretory (Sec) pathway and the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway. Conclusions Our results present a catalog of transport systems in eleven Streptomyces species. These expansive transport systems are important mediators of the complex processes including nutrient uptake, concentration balance of elements, efflux of drugs and toxins, and the timely and orderly secretion of proteins. A better understanding of transport systems will allow enhanced optimization of production processes for both pharmaceutical and industrial applications of Streptomyces, which are widely used in antibiotic production and heterologous expression of recombinant proteins. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-016-2899-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Zhan Zhou
- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.,Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China
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- College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China. .,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Biochemistry and Metabolism Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Biology and South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, 78249, USA.
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Reddy BL, Saier MH. Properties and Phylogeny of 76 Families of Bacterial and Eukaryotic Organellar Outer Membrane Pore-Forming Proteins. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0152733. [PMID: 27064789 PMCID: PMC4827864 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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We here report statistical analyses of 76 families of integral outer membrane pore-forming proteins (OMPPs) found in bacteria and eukaryotic organelles. 47 of these families fall into one superfamily (SFI) which segregate into fifteen phylogenetic clusters. Families with members of the same protein size, topology and substrate specificities often cluster together. Virtually all OMPP families include only proteins that form transmembrane pores. Nine such families, all of which cluster together in the SFI phylogenetic tree, contain both α- and β-structures, are multi domain, multi subunit systems, and transport macromolecules. Most other SFI OMPPs transport small molecules. SFII and SFV homologues derive from Actinobacteria while SFIII and SFIV proteins derive from chloroplasts. Three families of actinobacterial OMPPs and two families of eukaryotic OMPPs apparently consist primarily of α-helices (α-TMSs). Of the 71 families of (putative) β-barrel OMPPs, only twenty could not be assigned to a superfamily, and these derived primarily from Actinobacteria (1), chloroplasts (1), spirochaetes (8), and proteobacteria (10). Proteins were identified in which two or three full length OMPPs are fused together. Family characteristic are described and evidence agrees with a previous proposal suggesting that many arose by adjacent β-hairpin structural unit duplications.
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- Bhaskara L. Reddy
- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Saier MH, Reddy VS, Tsu BV, Ahmed MS, Li C, Moreno-Hagelsieb G. The Transporter Classification Database (TCDB): recent advances. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 44:D372-9. [PMID: 26546518 PMCID: PMC4702804 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 465] [Impact Index Per Article: 51.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/11/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The Transporter Classification Database (TCDB; http://www.tcdb.org) is a freely accessible reference database for transport protein research, which provides structural, functional, mechanistic, evolutionary and disease/medical information about transporters from organisms of all types. TCDB is the only transport protein classification database adopted by the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB). It consists of more than 10 000 non-redundant transport systems with more than 11 000 reference citations, classified into over 1000 transporter families. Transporters in TCDB can be single or multi-component systems, categorized in a functional/phylogenetic hierarchical system of classes, subclasses, families, subfamilies and transport systems. TCDB also includes updated software designed to analyze the distinctive features of transport proteins, extending its usefulness. Here we present a comprehensive update of the database contents and features and summarize recent discoveries recorded in TCDB.
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- Milton H Saier
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA Department of Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E Concord St., Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biological Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5
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Kumar U, Saier MH. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Integral Membrane Transport Proteins in Ciliates. J Eukaryot Microbiol 2014; 62:167-87. [DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2013] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Ujjwal Kumar
- Division of Biological Sciences; University of California at San Diego; La Jolla California
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- Division of Biological Sciences; University of California at San Diego; La Jolla California
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Holins in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea: multifunctional xenologues with potential biotechnological and biomedical applications. J Bacteriol 2014; 197:7-17. [PMID: 25157079 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02046-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Holins form pores in the cytoplasmic membranes of bacteria for the primary purpose of releasing endolysins that hydrolyze the cell wall and induce cell death. Holins are encoded within bacteriophage genomes, where they promote cell lysis for virion release, and within bacterial genomes, where they serve a diversity of potential or established functions. These include (i) release of gene transfer agents, (ii) facilitation of programs of differentiation such as those that allow sporulation and spore germination, (iii) contribution to biofilm formation, (iv) promotion of responses to stress conditions, and (v) release of toxins and other proteins. There are currently 58 recognized families of holins and putative holins with members exhibiting between 1 and 4 transmembrane α-helical spanners, but many more families have yet to be discovered. Programmed cell death in animals involves holin-like proteins such as Bax and Bak that may have evolved from bacterial holins. Holin homologues have also been identified in archaea, suggesting that these proteins are ubiquitous throughout the three domains of life. Phage-mediated cell lysis of dual-membrane Gram-negative bacteria also depends on outer membrane-disrupting "spanins" that function independently of, but in conjunction with, holins and endolysins. In this minireview, we provide an overview of their modes of action and the first comprehensive summary of the many currently recognized and postulated functions and uses of these cell lysis systems. It is anticipated that future studies will result in the elucidation of many more such functions and the development of additional applications.
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All life on earth can be naturally classified into cellular life forms and virus-like selfish elements, the latter being fully dependent on the former for their reproduction. Cells are reproducers that not only replicate their genome but also reproduce the cellular organization that depends on semipermeable, energy-transforming membranes and cannot be recovered from the genome alone, under the famous dictum of Rudolf Virchow, Omnis cellula e cellula. In contrast, simple selfish elements are replicators that can complete their life cycles within the host cell starting from genomic RNA or DNA alone. The origin of the cellular organization is the central and perhaps the hardest problem of evolutionary biology. I argue that the origin of cells can be understood only in conjunction with the origin and evolution of selfish genetic elements. A scenario of precellular evolution is presented that involves cohesion of the genomes of the emerging cellular life forms from primordial pools of small genetic elements that eventually segregated into hosts and parasites. I further present a model of the coevolution of primordial membranes and membrane proteins, discuss protocellular and non-cellular models of early evolution, and examine the habitats on the primordial earth that could have been conducive to precellular evolution and the origin of cells.
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- Eugene V Koonin
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20894, USA,
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Crespo-Sempere A, Martínez-Culebras P, González-Candelas L. The loss of the inducible Aspergillus carbonarius MFS transporter MfsA leads to ochratoxin A overproduction. Int J Food Microbiol 2014; 181:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2014.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Reddy A, Cho J, Ling S, Reddy V, Shlykov M, Saier MH. Reliability of nine programs of topological predictions and their application to integral membrane channel and carrier proteins. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 24:161-90. [PMID: 24992992 DOI: 10.1159/000363506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We evaluated topological predictions for nine different programs, HMMTOP, TMHMM, SVMTOP, DAS, SOSUI, TOPCONS, PHOBIUS, MEMSAT-SVM (hereinafter referred to as MEMSAT), and SPOCTOPUS. These programs were first evaluated using four large topologically well-defined families of secondary transporters, and the three best programs were further evaluated using topologically more diverse families of channels and carriers. In the initial studies, the order of accuracy was: SPOCTOPUS > MEMSAT > HMMTOP > TOPCONS > PHOBIUS > TMHMM > SVMTOP > DAS > SOSUI. Some families, such as the Sugar Porter Family (2.A.1.1) of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS; TC #2.A.1) and the Amino Acid/Polyamine/Organocation (APC) Family (TC #2.A.3), were correctly predicted with high accuracy while others, such as the Mitochondrial Carrier (MC) (TC #2.A.29) and the K(+) transporter (Trk) families (TC #2.A.38), were predicted with much lower accuracy. For small, topologically homogeneous families, SPOCTOPUS and MEMSAT were generally most reliable, while with large, more diverse superfamilies, HMMTOP often proved to have the greatest prediction accuracy. We next developed a novel program, TM-STATS, that tabulates HMMTOP, SPOCTOPUS or MEMSAT-based topological predictions for any subdivision (class, subclass, superfamily, family, subfamily, or any combination of these) of the Transporter Classification Database (TCDB; www.tcdb.org) and examined the following subclasses: α-type channel proteins (TC subclasses 1.A and 1.E), secreted pore-forming toxins (TC subclass 1.C) and secondary carriers (subclass 2.A). Histograms were generated for each of these subclasses, and the results were analyzed according to subclass, family and protein. The results provide an update of topological predictions for integral membrane transport proteins as well as guides for the development of more reliable topological prediction programs, taking family-specific characteristics into account.
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- Abhinay Reddy
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Calif., USA
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Getsin I, Nalbandian GH, Yee DC, Vastermark A, Paparoditis PCG, Reddy VS, Saier MH. Comparative genomics of transport proteins in developmental bacteria: Myxococcus xanthus and Streptomyces coelicolor. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:279. [PMID: 24304716 PMCID: PMC3924187 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Background Two of the largest fully sequenced prokaryotic genomes are those of the actinobacterium, Streptomyces coelicolor (Sco), and the δ-proteobacterium, Myxococcus xanthus (Mxa), both differentiating, sporulating, antibiotic producing, soil microbes. Although the genomes of Sco and Mxa are the same size (~9 Mbp), Sco has 10% more genes that are on average 10% smaller than those in Mxa. Results Surprisingly, Sco has 93% more identifiable transport proteins than Mxa. This is because Sco has amplified several specific types of its transport protein genes, while Mxa has done so to a much lesser extent. Amplification is substrate- and family-specific. For example, Sco but not Mxa has amplified its voltage-gated ion channels but not its aquaporins and mechano-sensitive channels. Sco but not Mxa has also amplified drug efflux pumps of the DHA2 Family of the Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) (49 versus 6), amino acid transporters of the APC Family (17 versus 2), ABC-type sugar transport proteins (85 versus 6), and organic anion transporters of several families. Sco has not amplified most other types of transporters. Mxa has selectively amplified one family of macrolid exporters relative to Sco (16 versus 1), consistent with the observation that Mxa makes more macrolids than does Sco. Conclusions Except for electron transport carriers, there is a poor correlation between the types of transporters found in these two organisms, suggesting that their solutions to differentiative and metabolic needs evolved independently. A number of unexpected and surprising observations are presented, and predictions are made regarding the physiological functions of recognizable transporters as well as the existence of yet to be discovered transport systems in these two important model organisms and their relatives. The results provide insight into the evolutionary processes by which two dissimilar prokaryotes evolved complexity, particularly through selective chromosomal gene amplification.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA.
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Neumann S, Fuchs A, Hummel B, Frishman D. Classification of α-helical membrane proteins using predicted helix architectures. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77491. [PMID: 24204844 PMCID: PMC3808409 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Accepted: 08/26/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Despite significant methodological advances in protein structure determination high-resolution structures of membrane proteins are still rare, leaving sequence-based predictions as the only option for exploring the structural variability of membrane proteins at large scale. Here, a new structural classification approach for α-helical membrane proteins is introduced based on the similarity of predicted helix interaction patterns. Its application to proteins with known 3D structure showed that it is able to reliably detect structurally similar proteins even in the absence of any sequence similarity, reproducing the SCOP and CATH classifications with a sensitivity of 65% at a specificity of 90%. We applied the new approach to enhance our comprehensive structural classification of α-helical membrane proteins (CAMPS), which is primarily based on sequence and topology similarity, in order to find protein clusters that describe the same fold in the absence of sequence similarity. The total of 151 helix architectures were delineated for proteins with more than four transmembrane segments. Interestingly, we observed that proteins with 8 and more transmembrane helices correspond to fewer different architectures than proteins with up to 7 helices, suggesting that in large membrane proteins the evolutionary tendency to re-use already available folds is more pronounced.
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- Sindy Neumann
- Department of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics, Technische Universität München, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
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- pRED, Pharma Research and Early Development, pRED Informatics, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg, Germany
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- Department of Urology/Women’s Hospital and Center for Clinical Research, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Genome Oriented Bioinformatics, Technische Universität München, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Freising, Germany
- Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Neuherberg, Germany
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Yee DC, Shlykov MA, Västermark A, Reddy VS, Arora S, Sun EI, Saier MH. The transporter-opsin-G protein-coupled receptor (TOG) superfamily. FEBS J 2013; 280:5780-800. [PMID: 23981446 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2013] [Revised: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 08/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Visual rhodopsins are recognized members of the large and diverse family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), but their evolutionary origin and relationships to other proteins are not known. In a previous paper [Shlykov MA, Zheng WH, Chen JS & Saier MH Jr (2012) Biochim Biophys Acta 1818, 703-717], we characterized the 4-toluene sulfonate uptake permease (TSUP) family of transmembrane proteins, and showed that these 7-transmembrane segment (TMS) or 8-TMS proteins arose by intragenic duplication of a gene encoding a 4-TMS protein, sometimes followed by loss of a terminal TMS. In this study, we show that the TSUP, GPCR and microbial rhodopsin families are related to each other and to six other currently recognized transport protein families. We designate this superfamily the transporter/opsin/G protein-coupled receptor (TOG) superfamily. Despite their 8-TMS origins, the members of most constituent families exhibit 7-TMS topologies that are well conserved, and these arose by loss of either the N-terminal TMS (more frequent) or the C-terminal TMS (less frequent), depending on the family. Phylogenetic analyses revealed familial relationships within the superfamily and protein relationships within each of the nine families. The results of the statistical analyses leading to the conclusion of homology were confirmed using hidden Markov models, Pfam and 3D superimpositions. Proteins functioning by dissimilar mechanisms (channels, primary active transporters, secondary active transporters, group translocators and receptors) are interspersed on a phylogenetic tree of the TOG superfamily, suggesting that changes in the transport and energy-coupling mechanisms occurred multiple times during evolution of this superfamily.
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- Daniel C Yee
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Reddy BL, Saier MH. Topological and phylogenetic analyses of bacterial holin families and superfamilies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1828:2654-71. [PMID: 23856191 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2013] [Revised: 06/28/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Holins are small "hole-forming" transmembrane proteins that mediate bacterial cell lysis during programmed cell death or following phage infection. We have identified fifty two families of established or putative holins and have included representative members of these proteins in the Transporter Classification Database (TCDB; www.tcdb.org). We have identified the organismal sources of members of these families, calculated their average protein sizes, estimated their topologies and determined their relative family sizes. Topological analyses suggest that these proteins can have 1, 2, 3 or 4 transmembrane α-helical segments (TMSs), and members of a single family are frequently, but not always, of a single topology. In one case, proteins of a family proved to have either 2 or 4 TMSs, and the latter arose by intragenic duplication of a primordial 2 TMS protein-encoding gene resembling the former. Using established statistical approaches, some of these families have been shown to be related by common descent. Seven superfamilies, including 21 of the 52 recognized families were identified. Conserved motif and Pfam analyses confirmed most superfamily assignments. These results serve to expand upon the scope of channel-forming bacterial holins.
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- Bhaskara L Reddy
- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA; Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, College of Letters and Sciences, National University, Ontario, CA 91764, USA
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Zheng WH, Västermark Å, Shlykov MA, Reddy V, Sun EI, Saier MH. Evolutionary relationships of ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) uptake porters. BMC Microbiol 2013; 13:98. [PMID: 23647830 PMCID: PMC3654945 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-13-98] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background The ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) functional superfamily includes integral transmembrane exporters that have evolved three times independently, forming three families termed ABC1, ABC2 and ABC3, upon which monophyletic ATPases have been superimposed for energy-coupling purposes [e.g., J Membr Biol 231(1):1-10, 2009]. The goal of the work reported in this communication was to understand how the integral membrane constituents of ABC uptake transporters with different numbers of predicted or established transmembrane segments (TMSs) evolved. In a few cases, high resolution 3-dimensional structures were available, and in these cases, their structures plus primary sequence analyses allowed us to predict evolutionary pathways of origin. Results All of the 35 currently recognized families of ABC uptake proteins except for one (family 21) were shown to be homologous using quantitative statistical methods. These methods involved using established programs that compare native protein sequences with each other, after having compared each sequence with thousands of its own shuffled sequences, to gain evidence for homology. Topological analyses suggested that these porters contain numbers of TMSs ranging from four or five to twenty. Intragenic duplication events occurred multiple times during the evolution of these porters. They originated from a simple primordial protein containing 3 TMSs which duplicated to 6 TMSs, and then produced porters of the various topologies via insertions, deletions and further duplications. Except for family 21 which proved to be related to ABC1 exporters, they are all related to members of the previously identified ABC2 exporter family. Duplications that occurred in addition to the primordial 3 → 6 duplication included 5 → 10, 6 → 12 and 10 → 20 TMSs. In one case, protein topologies were uncertain as different programs gave discrepant predictions. It could not be concluded with certainty whether a 4 TMS ancestral protein or a 5 TMS ancestral protein duplicated to give an 8 or a 10 TMS protein. Evidence is presented suggesting but not proving that the 2TMS repeat unit in ABC1 porters derived from the two central TMSs of ABC2 porters. These results provide structural information and plausible evolutionary pathways for the appearance of most integral membrane constituents of ABC uptake transport systems. Conclusions Almost all integral membrane uptake porters of the ABC superfamily belong to the ABC2 family, previously established for exporters. Most of these proteins can have 5, 6, 10, 12 or 20 TMSs per polypeptide chain. Evolutionary pathways for their appearance are proposed.
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- Wei Hao Zheng
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Martínez-Valencia R, Reyes-Cortés G, Ramírez-Díaz MI, Riveros-Rosas H, Cervantes C. Antiparallel membrane topology of paired short-chain chromate transport proteins in Bacillus subtilis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 336:113-21. [PMID: 22900751 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Revised: 08/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Short-chain monodomain family comprises pairs of membrane proteins of about 200 amino acid residues each that belong to the chromate ion transporter (CHR) superfamily. The short-chain CHR homologous pair Chr3N/Chr3C from Bacillus subtilis strain 168 confers chromate resistance only when both proteins are expressed. Membrane topology of the Chr3N and Chr3C proteins was determined in Escherichia coli by the analysis of translational fusions with reporter enzymes alkaline phosphatase and β-galactosidase. Each short-chain CHR protein was found to consist of five transmembrane segments with antiparallel orientation between them. The C terminus of Chr3N is located in the cytoplasm, whereas the C terminus of Chr3C is located in the periplasm. In silico analyses suggest that this antiparallel arrangement is shared by all protein members of the short-chain CHR3 subfamily and that the two Chr3N/Chr3C proteins might carry out distinct functions for the transport of chromate.
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- Rene Martínez-Valencia
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico-Biológicas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, México
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Suzuki K, Iijima K, Sakamoto K, Sami M, Yamashita H. A Review of Hop Resistance in Beer Spoilage Lactic Acid Bacteria. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.2006.tb00247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Reddy VS, Saier MH. BioV Suite--a collection of programs for the study of transport protein evolution. FEBS J 2012; 279:2036-46. [PMID: 22568782 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Bio-V Suite is a collection of Python scripts designed specifically for bioinformatic research regarding transport protein evolution. The Bio-V Suite contains nine powerful programs for Unix-based environments, each of which can be run as a standalone tool or be accessed in a programmatic manner. These programs and their functions are as follows. The transmembrane alpha-helical statistical prediction tool (TMStats) generates topological statistics for transport proteins. The Global Sequence Alignment Tool (GSAT) performs shuffle-based binary alignments and is fully scalable. It can cross-compare two FASTA files or individual sequences. Protocol1 performs remote PSI-Blast searches and filters redundant/similar sequences and annotates them. Protocol2 finds homologues between FASTA lists and generates graphical reports. The Targeted Smith-Waterman Search (TSSearch) uses a rapid search algorithm to find distant homologues in FASTA files in a heuristic manner. SSearch is the exhaustive version of TSSearch. Genome-Blast (GBlast) will identify potential transport proteins in any genome/proteome file or find similar transport protein homologues between two different genomes/proteomes before generating a graphical report. AncientRep (AR) will find putative transmembrane repeat units using a list of homologues. DefineFamily (DF) will generate a FASTA list to represent an entire Transporter Classification family. These nine programs are tabulated with descriptions of their capabilities in Table 1. [Table: see text].
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- Vamsee S Reddy
- Division of Biological Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Sprowl JA, Mikkelsen TS, Giovinazzo H, Sparreboom A. Contribution of tumoral and host solute carriers to clinical drug response. Drug Resist Updat 2012; 15:5-20. [PMID: 22459901 DOI: 10.1016/j.drup.2012.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Members of the solute carrier family of transporters are responsible for the cellular uptake of a broad range of endogenous compounds and xenobiotics in multiple tissues. Several of these solute carriers are known to be expressed in cancer cells or cancer cell lines, and decreased cellular uptake of drugs potentially contributes to the development of resistance. As result, the expression levels of these proteins in humans have important consequences for an individual's susceptibility to certain drug-induced side effects, interactions, and treatment efficacy. In this review article, we provide an update of this rapidly emerging field, with specific emphasis on the direct contribution of solute carriers to anticancer drug uptake in tumors, the role of these carriers in regulation of anticancer drug disposition, and recent advances in attempts to evaluate these proteins as therapeutic targets.
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- Jason A Sprowl
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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The phylogenomic roots of modern biochemistry: origins of proteins, cofactors and protein biosynthesis. J Mol Evol 2012; 74:1-34. [PMID: 22210458 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-011-9480-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The complexity of modern biochemistry developed gradually on early Earth as new molecules and structures populated the emerging cellular systems. Here, we generate a historical account of the gradual discovery of primordial proteins, cofactors, and molecular functions using phylogenomic information in the sequence of 420 genomes. We focus on structural and functional annotations of the 54 most ancient protein domains. We show how primordial functions are linked to folded structures and how their interaction with cofactors expanded the functional repertoire. We also reveal protocell membranes played a crucial role in early protein evolution and show translation started with RNA and thioester cofactor-mediated aminoacylation. Our findings allow elaboration of an evolutionary model of early biochemistry that is firmly grounded in phylogenomic information and biochemical, biophysical, and structural knowledge. The model describes how primordial α-helical bundles stabilized membranes, how these were decorated by layered arrangements of β-sheets and α-helices, and how these arrangements became globular. Ancient forms of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (aaRS) catalytic domains and ancient non-ribosomal protein synthetase (NRPS) modules gave rise to primordial protein synthesis and the ability to generate a code for specificity in their active sites. These structures diversified producing cofactor-binding molecular switches and barrel structures. Accretion of domains and molecules gave rise to modern aaRSs, NRPS, and ribosomal ensembles, first organized around novel emerging cofactors (tRNA and carrier proteins) and then more complex cofactor structures (rRNA). The model explains how the generation of protein structures acted as scaffold for nucleic acids and resulted in crystallization of modern translation.
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Youm J, Saier MH. Comparative analyses of transport proteins encoded within the genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium leprae. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2011; 1818:776-97. [PMID: 22179038 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2011.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2011] [Revised: 11/18/2011] [Accepted: 11/18/2011] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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The co-emergence of multidrug resistant pathogenic bacterial strains and the Human Immunodeficiency Virus pandemic has made tuberculosis a leading public health threat. The causative agent is Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtu), a facultative intracellular parasite. Mycobacterium leprae (Mle), a related organism that causes leprosy, is an obligate intracellular parasite. Given that different transporters are required for bacterial growth and persistence under a variety of growth conditions, we conducted comparative analyses of transport proteins encoded within the genomes of these two organisms. A minimal set of genes required for intracellular and extracellular life was identified. Drug efflux systems utilizing primary active transport mechanisms have been preferentially retained in Mle and still others preferentially lost. Transporters associated with environmental adaptation found in Mtu were mostly lost in Mle. These findings provide starting points for experimental studies that may elucidate the dependencies of pathogenesis on transport for these two pathogenic mycobacteria. They also lead to suggestions regarding transporters that function in intra- versus extra-cellular growth.
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- Jiwon Youm
- University of California, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Coyne RS, Hannick L, Shanmugam D, Hostetler JB, Brami D, Joardar VS, Johnson J, Radune D, Singh I, Badger JH, Kumar U, Saier M, Wang Y, Cai H, Gu J, Mather MW, Vaidya AB, Wilkes DE, Rajagopalan V, Asai DJ, Pearson CG, Findly RC, Dickerson HW, Wu M, Martens C, Van de Peer Y, Roos DS, Cassidy-Hanley DM, Clark TG. Comparative genomics of the pathogenic ciliate Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, its free-living relatives and a host species provide insights into adoption of a parasitic lifestyle and prospects for disease control. Genome Biol 2011; 12:R100. [PMID: 22004680 PMCID: PMC3341644 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-10-r100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2011] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Background Ichthyophthirius multifiliis, commonly known as Ich, is a highly pathogenic ciliate responsible for 'white spot', a disease causing significant economic losses to the global aquaculture industry. Options for disease control are extremely limited, and Ich's obligate parasitic lifestyle makes experimental studies challenging. Unlike most well-studied protozoan parasites, Ich belongs to a phylum composed primarily of free-living members. Indeed, it is closely related to the model organism Tetrahymena thermophila. Genomic studies represent a promising strategy to reduce the impact of this disease and to understand the evolutionary transition to parasitism. Results We report the sequencing, assembly and annotation of the Ich macronuclear genome. Compared with its free-living relative T. thermophila, the Ich genome is reduced approximately two-fold in length and gene density and three-fold in gene content. We analyzed in detail several gene classes with diverse functions in behavior, cellular function and host immunogenicity, including protein kinases, membrane transporters, proteases, surface antigens and cytoskeletal components and regulators. We also mapped by orthology Ich's metabolic pathways in comparison with other ciliates and a potential host organism, the zebrafish Danio rerio. Conclusions Knowledge of the complete protein-coding and metabolic potential of Ich opens avenues for rational testing of therapeutic drugs that target functions essential to this parasite but not to its fish hosts. Also, a catalog of surface protein-encoding genes will facilitate development of more effective vaccines. The potential to use T. thermophila as a surrogate model offers promise toward controlling 'white spot' disease and understanding the adaptation to a parasitic lifestyle.
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- Robert S Coyne
- Genomic Medicine, J Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
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Lam VH, Lee JH, Silverio A, Chan H, Gomolplitinant KM, Povolotsky TL, Orlova E, Sun EI, Welliver CH, Saier MH. Pathways of transport protein evolution: recent advances. Biol Chem 2011; 392:5-12. [PMID: 21194372 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2011.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We herein report recent advances in our understanding of transport protein evolution. Numerous families of complex transmembrane transport proteins are believed to have arisen from short channel-forming amphipathic or hydrophobic peptides by various types of intragenic duplication events. Distinct pathways distinguish families, demonstrating independent origins for some, and allowing assignment of others to superfamilies. Some families have diversified in topology, whereas others have remained uniform. An example of 'retroevolution' was discovered where a more complex carrier gave rise to a structurally and functionally simpler channel. The results described in this review article expand our understanding of protein evolution.
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- Vincent H Lam
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Cohen-Gihon I, Sharan R, Nussinov R. Processes of fungal proteome evolution and gain of function: gene duplication and domain rearrangement. Phys Biol 2011; 8:035009. [PMID: 21572172 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/8/3/035009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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During evolution, organisms have gained functional complexity mainly by modifying and improving existing functioning systems rather than creating new ones ab initio. Here we explore the interplay between two processes which during evolution have had major roles in the acquisition of new functions: gene duplication and protein domain rearrangements. We consider four possible evolutionary scenarios: gene families that have undergone none of these event types; only gene duplication; only domain rearrangement, or both events. We characterize each of the four evolutionary scenarios by functional attributes. Our analysis of ten fungal genomes indicates that at least for the fungi clade, species significantly appear to gain complexity by gene duplication accompanied by the expansion of existing domain architectures via rearrangements. We show that paralogs gaining new domain architectures via duplication tend to adopt new functions compared to paralogs that preserve their domain architectures. We conclude that evolution of protein families through gene duplication and domain rearrangement is correlated with their functional properties. We suggest that in general, new functions are acquired via the integration of gene duplication and domain rearrangements rather than each process acting independently.
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- Inbar Cohen-Gihon
- Department of Human Genetics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Silverio ALF, Saier MH. Bioinformatic characterization of the trimeric intracellular cation-specific channel protein family. J Membr Biol 2011; 241:77-101. [PMID: 21519847 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9364-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Trimeric intracellular cation-specific (TRIC) channels are integral to muscle excitation-contraction coupling. TRIC channels provide counter-ionic flux when calcium is rapidly transported from intracellular stores to the cell cytoplasm. Until recently, knowledge of the presence of these proteins was limited to animals. We analyzed the TRIC family and identified a profusion of prokaryotic family members with topologies and motifs similar to those of their eukaryotic counterparts. Prokaryotic members far outnumber eukaryotic members, and although none has been functionally characterized, the evidence suggests that they function as secondary carriers. The presence of fused N- or C-terminal domains of known biochemical functions as well as genomic context analyses provide clues about the functions of these prokaryotic homologs. They are proposed to function in metabolite (e.g., amino acid/nucleotide) efflux. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that TRIC channel homologs diverged relatively early during evolutionary history and that horizontal gene transfer was frequent in prokaryotes but not in eukaryotes. Topological analyses of TRIC channels revealed that these proteins possess seven putative transmembrane segments (TMSs), which arose by intragenic duplication of a three-TMS polypeptide-encoding genetic element followed by addition of a seventh TMS at the C terminus to give the precursor of all current TRIC family homologs. We propose that this family arose in prokaryotes.
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- Abe L F Silverio
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Gomolplitinant KM, Saier MH. Evolution of the oligopeptide transporter family. J Membr Biol 2011; 240:89-110. [PMID: 21347612 PMCID: PMC3061005 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-011-9347-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The oligopeptide transporter (OPT) family of peptide and iron-siderophore transporters includes members from both prokaryotes and eukaryotes but with restricted distribution in the latter domain. Eukaryotic members were found only in fungi and plants with a single slime mold homologue clustering with the fungal proteins. All functionally characterized eukaryotic peptide transporters segregate from the known iron-siderophore transporters on a phylogenetic tree. Prokaryotic members are widespread, deriving from many different phyla. Although they belong only to the iron-siderophore subdivision, genome context analyses suggest that many of them are peptide transporters. OPT family proteins have 16 or occasionally 17 transmembrane-spanning α-helical segments (TMSs). We provide statistical evidence that the 16-TMS topology arose via three sequential duplication events followed by a gene-fusion event for proteins with a seventeenth TMS. The proposed pathway is as follows: 2 TMSs → 4 TMSs → 8 TMSs → 16 TMSs → 17 TMSs. The seventeenth C-terminal TMS, which probably arose just once, is found in just one phylogenetic group of these homologues. Analyses for orthology revealed that a few phylogenetic clusters consist exclusively of orthologues but most have undergone intermixing, suggestive of horizontal transfer. It appears that in this family horizontal gene transfer was frequent among prokaryotes, rare among eukaryotes and largely absent between prokaryotes and eukaryotes as well as between plants and fungi. These observations provide guides for future structural and functional analyses of OPT family members.
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- Kenny M Gomolplitinant
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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Barabote RD, Thekkiniath J, Strauss RE, Vediyappan G, Fralick JA, San Francisco MJ. Xenobiotic efflux in bacteria and fungi: a genomics update. ADVANCES IN ENZYMOLOGY AND RELATED AREAS OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 77:237-306. [PMID: 21692371 DOI: 10.1002/9780470920541.ch6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Ravi D Barabote
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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Khafizov K, Staritzbichler R, Stamm M, Forrest LR. A Study of the Evolution of Inverted-Topology Repeats from LeuT-Fold Transporters Using AlignMe. Biochemistry 2010; 49:10702-13. [PMID: 21073167 DOI: 10.1021/bi101256x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Kamil Khafizov
- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Defense against cannibalism: the SdpI family of bacterial immunity/signal transduction proteins. J Membr Biol 2010; 235:145-62. [PMID: 20563570 PMCID: PMC2910880 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-010-9260-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 05/10/2010] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The SdpI family consists of putative bacterial toxin immunity and signal transduction proteins. One member of the family in Bacillus subtilis, SdpI, provides immunity to cells from cannibalism in times of nutrient limitation. SdpI family members are transmembrane proteins with 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 12 putative transmembrane alpha-helical segments (TMSs). These varied topologies appear to be genuine rather than artifacts due to sequencing or annotation errors. The basic and most frequently occurring element of the SdpI family has 6 TMSs. Homologues of all topological types were aligned to determine the homologous TMSs and loop regions, and the positive-inside rule was used to determine sidedness. The two most conserved motifs were identified between TMSs 1 and 2 and TMSs 4 and 5 of the 6 TMS proteins. These showed significant sequence similarity, leading us to suggest that the primordial precursor of these proteins was a 3 TMS-encoding genetic element that underwent intragenic duplication. Various deletional and fusional events, as well as intragenic duplications and inversions, may have yielded SdpI homologues with topologies of varying numbers and positions of TMSs. We propose a specific evolutionary pathway that could have given rise to these distantly related bacterial immunity proteins. We further show that genes encoding SdpI homologues often appear in operons with genes for homologues of SdpR, SdpI's autorepressor. Our analyses allow us to propose structure-function relationships that may be applicable to most family members.
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Matias MG, Gomolplitinant KM, Tamang DG, Saier MH. Animal Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels appear to be homologous to and derived from the ubiquitous cation diffusion facilitators. BMC Res Notes 2010; 3:158. [PMID: 20525303 PMCID: PMC2894845 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-3-158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 06/03/2010] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antigen stimulation of immune cells triggers Ca2+ entry through Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels, promoting an immune response to pathogens. Defects in a CRAC (Orai) channel in humans gives rise to the hereditary Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID) syndrome. We here report results that define the evolutionary relationship of the CRAC channel proteins of animals, and the ubiquitous Cation Diffusion Facilitator (CDF) carrier proteins. FINDINGS CDF antiporters derived from a primordial 2 transmembrane spanner (TMS) hairpin structure by intragenic triplication to yield 6 TMS proteins. Four programs (IC/GAP, GGSEARCH, HMMER and SAM) were evaluated for identifying sequence similarity and establishing homology using statistical means. Overall, the order of sensitivity (similarity detection) was IC/GAP = GGSEARCH > HMMER > SAM, but the use of all four programs was superior to the use of any two or three of them. Members of the CDF family appeared to be homologous to members of the 4 TMS Orai channel proteins. CONCLUSIONS CRAC channels derived from CDF carriers by loss of the first two TMSs of the latter. Based on statistical analyses with multiple programs, TMSs 3-6 in CDF carriers are homologous to TMSs 1-4 in CRAC channels, and the former was the precursor of the latter. This is an unusual example of how a functionally and structurally more complex protein may have predated a simpler one.
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- Madeleine G Matias
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA
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- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0116, USA
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Forrest LR, Rudnick G. The rocking bundle: a mechanism for ion-coupled solute flux by symmetrical transporters. Physiology (Bethesda) 2010; 24:377-86. [PMID: 19996368 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00030.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 215] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Crystal structures of the bacterial amino acid transporter LeuT have provided the basis for understanding the conformational changes associated with substrate translocation by a multitude of transport proteins with the same fold. Biochemical and modeling studies led to a "rocking bundle" mechanism for LeuT that was validated by subsequent transporter structures. These advances suggest how coupled solute transport might be defined by the internal symmetry of proteins containing inverted structural repeats.
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- Lucy R Forrest
- Computational Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany
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Franke RM, Sparreboom A. Drug transporters: recent advances and therapeutic applications. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2010; 87:3-7. [PMID: 20019691 DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2009.239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Membrane porters of ATP-binding cassette transport systems are polyphyletic. J Membr Biol 2009; 231:1-10. [PMID: 19418088 PMCID: PMC2760711 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-009-9200-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2009] [Accepted: 08/31/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily consists of both importers and exporters. These transporters have, by tradition, been classified according to the ATP hydrolyzing constituents, which are monophyletic. The evolutionary origins of the transmembrane porter proteins/domains are not known. Using five distinct computer programs, we here provide convincing statistical data suggesting that the transmembrane domains of ABC exporters are polyphyletic, having arisen at least three times independently. ABC1 porters arose by intragenic triplication of a primordial two-transmembrane segment (TMS)-encoding genetic element, yielding six TMS proteins. ABC2 porters arose by intragenic duplication of a dissimilar primordial three-TMS-encoding genetic element, yielding a distinctive protein family, nonhomologous to the ABC1 proteins. ABC3 porters arose by duplication of a primordial four-TMS-encoding genetic element, yielding either eight- or 10-TMS proteins. We assign each of 48 of the 50 currently recognized families of ABC exporters to one of the three evolutionarily distinct ABC types. Currently available high-resolution structural data for ABC porters are fully consistent with our findings. These results provide guides for future structural and mechanistic studies of these important transport systems.
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Yen MR, Choi J, Saier MH. Bioinformatic analyses of transmembrane transport: novel software for deducing protein phylogeny, topology, and evolution. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2009; 17:163-76. [PMID: 19776645 DOI: 10.1159/000239667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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During the past decade, we have experienced a revolution in the biological sciences resulting from the flux of information generated by genome-sequencing efforts. Our understanding of living organisms, the metabolic processes they catalyze, the genetic systems encoding cellular protein and stable RNA constituents, and the pathological conditions caused by some of these organisms has greatly benefited from the availability of complete genomic sequences and the establishment of comprehensive databases. Many research institutes around the world are now devoting their efforts largely to genome sequencing, data collection and data analysis. In this review, we summarize tools that are in routine use in our laboratory for characterizing transmembrane transport systems. Applications of these tools to specific transporter families are presented. Many of the computational approaches described should be applicable to virtually all classes of proteins and RNA molecules.
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- Ming Ren Yen
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0116, USA
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The topology of polytopic membrane proteins is determined by topogenic sequences in the protein, protein-translocon interactions, and interactions during folding within the protein and between the protein and the lipid environment. Orientation of transmembrane domains is dependent on membrane phospholipid composition during initial assembly as well as on changes in lipid composition postassembly. The membrane translocation potential of negative amino acids working in opposition to the positive-inside rule is largely dampened by the normal presence of phosphatidylethanolamine, thus explaining the dominance of positive residues as retention signals. Phosphatidylethanolamine provides the appropriate charge density that permits the membrane surface to maintain a charge balance between membrane translocation and retention signals and also allows the presence of negative residues in the cytoplasmic face of proteins for other purposes.
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- William Dowhan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Short-chain chromate ion transporter proteins from Bacillus subtilis confer chromate resistance in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:5441-5. [PMID: 19581367 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00625-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Tandem paired genes encoding putative short-chain monodomain protein members of the chromate ion transporter (CHR) superfamily (ywrB and ywrA) were cloned from genomic DNA of Bacillus subtilis strain 168. The transcription of the paired genes, renamed chr3N and chr3C, respectively, was shown to occur via a bicistronic mRNA generated from a promoter upstream of the chr3N gene. The chr3N and chr3C genes conferred chromate resistance when expressed in Escherichia coli strain W3110. The cloned chr3N gene alone did not confer chromate resistance on E. coli, suggesting that both chr3N and chr3C genes are required for function. E. coli cells expressing paired chr3N and chr3C genes demonstrated diminished uptake of chromate compared to that by a vector-only control strain. These results suggest that short-chain CHR proteins form heterodimer transporters which efflux chromate ions from the cytoplasm.
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