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Oh Y, Lee HN, Ko EM, Jeong JA, Park SW, Oh JI. Mycobacterial Regulatory Systems Involved in the Regulation of Gene Expression Under Respiration-Inhibitory Conditions. J Microbiol 2023; 61:297-315. [PMID: 36847970 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-023-00026-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis can survive in a dormant state within the granuloma, avoiding the host-mounting immune attack. M. tuberculosis bacilli in this state show increased tolerance to antibiotics and stress conditions, and thus the transition of M. tuberculosis to the nonreplicating dormant state acts as an obstacle to tuberculosis treatment. M. tuberculosis in the granuloma encounters hostile environments such as hypoxia, nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species, low pH, and nutrient deprivation, etc., which are expected to inhibit respiration of M. tuberculosis. To adapt to and survive in respiration-inhibitory conditions, it is required for M. tuberculosis to reprogram its metabolism and physiology. In order to get clues to the mechanism underlying the entry of M. tuberculosis to the dormant state, it is important to understand the mycobacterial regulatory systems that are involved in the regulation of gene expression in response to respiration inhibition. In this review, we briefly summarize the information regarding the regulatory systems implicated in upregulation of gene expression in mycobacteria exposed to respiration-inhibitory conditions. The regulatory systems covered in this review encompass the DosSR (DevSR) two-component system, SigF partner switching system, MprBA-SigE-SigB signaling pathway, cAMP receptor protein, and stringent response.
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- Yuna Oh
- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Division of Bacterial Disease Research, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Osong, 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Bacterial Disease Research, Center for Infectious Disease Research, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Osong, 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, 10065, USA
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea. .,Microbiological Resource Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Khan H, Paul P, Sevalkar RR, Kachhap S, Singh B, Sarkar D. Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. eLife 2022; 11:80965. [PMID: 36350294 PMCID: PMC9645806 DOI: 10.7554/elife.80965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is known to function as a global regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression. Sequence-based transcriptomic profiling identified the mycobacterial regulon controlled by the cAMP receptor protein, CRP. In this study, we identified a new subset of CRP-associated genes including virulence determinants which are also under the control of a major regulator, PhoP. Our results suggest that PhoP as a DNA binding transcription factor, impacts expression of these genes, and phosphorylated PhoP promotes CRP recruitment at the target promoters. Further, we uncover a distinct regulatory mechanism showing that activation of these genes requires direct recruitment of both PhoP and CRP at their target promoters. The most fundamental biological insight is derived from the inhibition of CRP binding at the regulatory regions in a PhoP-deleted strain owing to CRP-PhoP protein-protein interactions. Based on these results, a model is proposed suggesting how CRP and PhoP function as co-activators of the essential pathogenic determinants. Taken together, these results uncover a novel mode of regulation where a complex of two interacting virulence factors impact expression of virulence determinants. These results have significant implications on TB pathogenesis.
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- Hina Khan
- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology
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Gárate F, Dokas S, Lanfranco MF, Canavan C, Wang I, Correia JJ, Maillard RA. cAMP is an allosteric modulator of DNA-binding specificity in the cAMP receptor protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100480. [PMID: 33640453 PMCID: PMC8026907 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 02/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Allosteric proteins with multiple subunits and ligand-binding sites are central in regulating biological signals. The cAMP receptor protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (CRPMTB) is a global regulator of transcription composed of two identical subunits, each one harboring structurally conserved cAMP- and DNA-binding sites. The mechanisms by which these four binding sites are allosterically coupled in CRPMTB remain unclear. Here, we investigate the binding mechanism between CRPMTB and cAMP, and the linkage between cAMP and DNA interactions. Using calorimetric and fluorescence-based assays, we find that cAMP binding is entropically driven and displays negative cooperativity. Fluorescence anisotropy experiments show that apo-CRPMTB forms high-order CRPMTB–DNA oligomers through interactions with nonspecific DNA sequences or preformed CRPMTB–DNA complexes. Moreover, we find that cAMP prevents and reverses the formation of CRPMTB–DNA oligomers, reduces the affinity of CRPMTB for nonspecific DNA sequences, and stabilizes a 1-to-1 CRPMTB–DNA complex, but does not increase the affinity for DNA like in the canonical CRP from Escherichia coli (CRPEcoli). DNA-binding assays as a function of cAMP concentration indicate that one cAMP molecule per homodimer dissociates high-order CRPMTB–DNA oligomers into 1-to-1 complexes. These cAMP-mediated allosteric effects are lost in the double-mutant L47P/E178K found in CRP from Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette-Guérin (CRPBCG). The functional behavior, thermodynamic stability, and dimerization constant of CRPBCG are not due to additive effects of L47P and E178K, indicating long-range interactions between these two sites. Altogether, we provide a previously undescribed archetype of cAMP-mediated allosteric regulation that differs from CRPEcoli, illustrating that structural homology does not imply allosteric homology.
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- Fernanda Gárate
- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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Wang W, Ma Y, He J, Qi H, Xiao F, He S. Gene regulation for the extreme resistance to ionizing radiation of Deinococcus radiodurans. Gene 2019; 715:144008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2019.144008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/24/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Evangelista W, Dong A, White MA, Li J, Lee JC. Differential modulation of energy landscapes of cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) as a regulatory mechanism for class II CRP-dependent promoters. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:15544-15556. [PMID: 31492755 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein, CRP, is a homodimeric global transcription activator that employs multiple mechanisms to modulate the expression of hundreds of genes. These mechanisms require different interfacial interactions among CRP, RNA, and DNA of varying sequences. The involvement of such a multiplicity of interfaces requires a tight control to ensure the desired phenotype. CRP-dependent promoters can be grouped into three classes. For decades scientists in the field have been puzzled over the differences in mechanisms between class I and II promoters. Using a new crystal structure, IR spectroscopy, and computational analysis, we defined the energy landscapes of WT and 14 mutated CRPs to determine how a homodimeric protein can distinguish nonpalindromic DNA sequences and facilitate communication between residues located in three different activation regions (AR) in CRP that are ∼30 Å apart. We showed that each mutation imparts differential effects on stability among the subunits and domains in CRP. Consequently, the energetic landscapes of subunits and domains are different, and CRP is asymmetric. Hence, the same mutation can exert different effects on ARs in class I or II promoters. The effect of a mutation is transmitted through a network by long-distance communication not necessarily relying on physical contacts between adjacent residues. The mechanism is simply the sum of the consequences of modulating the synchrony of dynamic motions of residues at a distance, leading to differential effects on ARs in different subunits. The computational analysis is applicable to any system and potentially with predictive capability.
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- Wilfredo Evangelista
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas 77555-1055
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Ranganathan S, Cheung J, Cassidy M, Ginter C, Pata JD, McDonough KA. Novel structural features drive DNA binding properties of Cmr, a CRP family protein in TB complex mycobacteria. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:403-420. [PMID: 29165665 PMCID: PMC5758884 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encodes two CRP/FNR family transcription factors (TF) that contribute to virulence, Cmr (Rv1675c) and CRPMt (Rv3676). Prior studies identified distinct chromosomal binding profiles for each TF despite their recognizing overlapping DNA motifs. The present study shows that Cmr binding specificity is determined by discriminator nucleotides at motif positions 4 and 13. X-ray crystallography and targeted mutational analyses identified an arginine-rich loop that expands Cmr’s DNA interactions beyond the classical helix-turn-helix contacts common to all CRP/FNR family members and facilitates binding to imperfect DNA sequences. Cmr binding to DNA results in a pronounced asymmetric bending of the DNA and its high level of cooperativity is consistent with DNA-facilitated dimerization. A unique N-terminal extension inserts between the DNA binding and dimerization domains, partially occluding the site where the canonical cAMP binding pocket is found. However, an unstructured region of this N-terminus may help modulate Cmr activity in response to cellular signals. Cmr’s multiple levels of DNA interaction likely enhance its ability to integrate diverse gene regulatory signals, while its novel structural features establish Cmr as an atypical CRP/FNR family member.
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- Sridevi Ranganathan
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201, USA
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- New York Structural Biology Center, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201, USA.,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 120 New Scotland Avenue, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201, USA.,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 120 New Scotland Avenue, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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Frendorf PO, Lauritsen I, Sekowska A, Danchin A, Nørholm MH. Mutations in the Global Transcription Factor CRP/CAP: Insights from Experimental Evolution and Deep Sequencing. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2019; 17:730-736. [PMID: 31303977 PMCID: PMC6603298 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2019.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 05/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The Escherichia coli cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP or catabolite activator protein, CAP) provides a textbook example of bacterial transcriptional regulation and is one of the best studied transcription factors in biology. For almost five decades a large number of mutants, evolved in vivo or engineered in vitro, have shed light on the molecular structure and mechanism of CRP. Here, we review previous work, providing an overview of studies describing the isolation of CRP mutants. Furthermore, we present new data on deep sequencing of different bacterial populations that have evolved under selective pressure that strongly favors mutations in the crp locus. Our new approach identifies more than 100 new CRP mutations and paves the way for a deeper understanding of this fascinating bacterial master regulator.
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- Pernille Ott Frendorf
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet B220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet B220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Institut de Cardiométabolisme et Nutrition, CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47 boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM U1016, CNRS UMR8104, Université Paris Descartes, 24 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014 Paris, France
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet B220, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Yang S, Xu H, Wang J, Liu C, Lu H, Liu M, Zhao Y, Tian B, Wang L, Hua Y. Cyclic AMP Receptor Protein Acts as a Transcription Regulator in Response to Stresses in Deinococcus radiodurans. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155010. [PMID: 27182600 PMCID: PMC4868304 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [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: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
The cyclic AMP receptor protein family of transcription factors regulates various metabolic pathways in bacteria, and also play roles in response to environmental changes. Here, we identify four homologs of the CRP family in Deinococcus radiodurans, one of which tolerates extremely high levels of oxidative stress and DNA-damaging reagents. Transcriptional levels of CRP were increased under hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) treatment during the stationary growth phase, indicating that CRPs function in response to oxidative stress. By constructing all CRP single knockout mutants, we found that the dr0997 mutant showed the lowest tolerance toward H2O2, ultraviolet radiation, ionizing radiation, and mitomycin C, while the phenotypes of the dr2362, dr0834, and dr1646 mutants showed slight or no significant differences from those of the wild-type strain. Taking advantage of the conservation of the CRP-binding site in many bacteria, we found that transcription of 18 genes, including genes encoding chromosome-partitioning protein (dr0998), Lon proteases (dr0349 and dr1974), NADH-quinone oxidoreductase (dr1506), thiosulfate sulfurtransferase (dr2531), the DNA repair protein UvsE (dr1819), PprA (dra0346), and RecN (dr1447), are directly regulated by DR0997. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analyses showed that certain genes involved in anti-oxidative responses, DNA repair, and various cellular pathways are transcriptionally attenuated in the dr0997 mutant. Interestingly, DR0997 also regulate the transcriptional levels of all CRP genes in this bacterium. These data suggest that DR0997 contributes to the extreme stress resistance of D. radiodurans via its regulatory role in multiple cellular pathways, such as anti-oxidation and DNA repair pathways.
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- Su Yang
- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Laboratory of Microbiology and Genomics, Zhejiang Institute of Microbiology, Hangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- * E-mail: (YH); (LW)
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- Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Nuclear-Agricultural Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
- * E-mail: (YH); (LW)
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All cells must adapt to changing conditions, and many use cyclic AMP (cAMP) as a second messenger to sense and respond to fluctuations in their environment. cAMP is made by adenylyl cyclases (ACs), and mycobacteria have an unusually large number of biochemically distinct ACs. cAMP is important for gene regulation in mycobacteria, and the ability to secrete cAMP into host macrophages during infection contributes to Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis. This article discusses the many roles of cAMP in mycobacteria and reviews what is known about the factors that contribute to production, destruction, and utilization of this important signal molecule. Special emphasis is placed on cAMP signaling in M. tuberculosis complex bacteria and its importance to M. tuberculosis during host infection.
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Townsend PD, Jungwirth B, Pojer F, Bußmann M, Money VA, Cole ST, Pühler A, Tauch A, Bott M, Cann MJ, Pohl E. The crystal structures of apo and cAMP-bound GlxR from Corynebacterium glutamicum reveal structural and dynamic changes upon cAMP binding in CRP/FNR family transcription factors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113265. [PMID: 25469635 PMCID: PMC4254451 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
Abstract
The cyclic AMP-dependent transcriptional regulator GlxR from Corynebacterium glutamicum is a member of the super-family of CRP/FNR (cyclic AMP receptor protein/fumarate and nitrate reduction regulator) transcriptional regulators that play central roles in bacterial metabolic regulatory networks. In C. glutamicum, which is widely used for the industrial production of amino acids and serves as a non-pathogenic model organism for members of the Corynebacteriales including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the GlxR homodimer controls the transcription of a large number of genes involved in carbon metabolism. GlxR therefore represents a key target for understanding the regulation and coordination of C. glutamicum metabolism. Here we investigate cylic AMP and DNA binding of GlxR from C. glutamicum and describe the crystal structures of apo GlxR determined at a resolution of 2.5 Å, and two crystal forms of holo GlxR at resolutions of 2.38 and 1.82 Å, respectively. The detailed structural analysis and comparison of GlxR with CRP reveals that the protein undergoes a distinctive conformational change upon cyclic AMP binding leading to a dimer structure more compatible to DNA-binding. As the two binding sites in the GlxR homodimer are structurally identical dynamic changes upon binding of the first ligand are responsible for the allosteric behavior. The results presented here show how dynamic and structural changes in GlxR lead to optimization of orientation and distance of its two DNA-binding helices for optimal DNA recognition.
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- Philip D. Townsend
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences & Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Global Health Institute, Protein Crystallography Core Facility, Ecole Poytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-1:Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences & Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Global Health Institute, Protein Crystallography Core Facility, Ecole Poytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-1:Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences & Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences & Department of Chemistry, Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Lee HN, Lee NO, Han SJ, Ko IJ, Oh JI. Regulation of the ahpC gene encoding alkyl hydroperoxide reductase in Mycobacterium smegmatis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111680. [PMID: 25365321 PMCID: PMC4218801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2014] [Accepted: 09/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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The ahpC (MSMEG_4891) gene encodes alkyl hydroperoxide reductase C in Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 and its expression is induced under oxidative stress conditions. Two well-defined inverted repeat sequences (IR1 and IR2) were identified in the upstream region of ahpC. Using a crp (cAMP receptor protein: MSMEG_6189) mutant and in vitro DNA-binding assay, it was demonstrated that the IR1 sequence serves as a Crp-binding site and that Crp functions as an activator in the regulation of ahpC expression. The expression level of ahpC was shown to be proportional to intracellular cAMP levels. Intracellular levels of cAMP were increased in M. smegmatis, when it was treated with oxidative stress inducers. The IR2 sequence is very similar to the known consensus sequence of FurA-binding sites and involved in the negative regulation of ahpC expression. Taken together, these results suggest that the induction of ahpC expression under oxidative stress conditions probably results from a combinatory effect of both inactivation of FurA by oxidative stress and activation of Crp in response to increased levels of cAMP.
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- Ha-Na Lee
- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Institute for Immunology and Immunological Diseases, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Korea Science Academy of KAIST, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, Korea
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Seok SH, Im H, Won HS, Seo MD, Lee YS, Yoon HJ, Cha MJ, Park JY, Lee BJ. Structures of inactive CRP species reveal the atomic details of the allosteric transition that discriminates cyclic nucleotide second messengers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 70:1726-42. [PMID: 24914983 DOI: 10.1107/s139900471400724x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The prokaryotic global transcription factor CRP has been considered to be an ideal model for in-depth study of both the allostery of the protein and the differential utilization of the homologous cyclic nucleotide second messengers cAMP and cGMP. Here, atomic details from the crystal structures of two inactive CRP species, an apo form and a cGMP-bound form, in comparison with a known active conformation, the cAMP-CRP complex, provide macroscopic and microscopic insights into CRP allostery, which is coupled to specific discrimination between the two effectors. The cAMP-induced conformational transition, including dynamic fluctuations, can be driven by the fundamental folding forces that cause water-soluble globular proteins to construct an optimized hydrophobic core, including secondary-structure formation. The observed conformational asymmetries underlie a negative cooperativity in the sequential binding of cyclic nucleotides and a stepwise manner of binding with discrimination between the effector molecules. Additionally, the finding that cGMP, which is specifically recognized in a syn conformation, induces an inhibitory conformational change, rather than a null effect, on CRP supports the intriguing possibility that cGMP signalling could be widely utilized in prokaryotes, including in aggressive inhibition of CRP-like proteins.
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- Seung-Hyeon Seok
- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, RIBHS and RIID, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Ajou University, Suwon, Kyeonggi 443-749, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, RIBHS and RIID, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, Chungju, Chungbuk 380-701, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea
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Green J, Stapleton MR, Smith LJ, Artymiuk PJ, Kahramanoglou C, Hunt DM, Buxton RS. Cyclic-AMP and bacterial cyclic-AMP receptor proteins revisited: adaptation for different ecological niches. Curr Opin Microbiol 2014; 18:1-7. [PMID: 24509484 PMCID: PMC4005916 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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E. coli cyclic-AMP receptor protein (CRP) is a paradigm of gene regulation. Comparison of CRPs reveals differences in their affinity of cAMP. A range of dependency on cAMP for DNA-binding exists. CRPs have adapted to function in the specific niches occupied by the bacteria.
Escherichia coli cyclic-AMP receptor protein (CRP) represents one of the paradigms of bacterial gene regulation. Yet despite decades of intensive study, new information continues to emerge that prompts reassessment of this classic regulatory system. Moreover, in recent years CRPs from several other bacterial species have been characterized, allowing the general applicability of the CRP paradigm to be tested. Here the properties of the E. coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pseudomonas putida CRPs are considered in the context of the ecological niches occupied by these bacteria. It appears that the cyclic-AMP-CRP regulatory system has been adapted to respond to distinct external and internal inputs across a broad sensitivity range that is, at least in part, determined by bacterial lifestyles.
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- Jeffrey Green
- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- The Krebs Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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- Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Division of Mycobacterial Research, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK
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Huang J, Wu T, Guo Z, Lou T, Yu S, Gong W, Ji C. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of D53H mutant Escherichia coli cAMP receptor protein. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:1436-9. [PMID: 24316848 DOI: 10.1107/s174430911303145x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 11/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The Escherichia coli cyclic AMP receptor protein (CRP) is a prokaryotic global transcription activator protein that controls the expression of many different genes. Wild-type CRP can bind to special DNA sequences in the presence of cAMP. The substitution of Asp53 by His results in the CRP* phenotype, which does not require exogenous cAMP. In the present study, the D53H CRP mutant was overexpressed, purified and crystallized. cAMP-free D53H CRP crystals were obtained and diffracted to a resolution of 2.9 Å. Based on the systematic absences of the crystals, the space group is likely to be P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a = 76.66, b = 152.14, c = 176.11 Å. The asymmetric unit was confirmed to contain four protein dimers, with a Matthews coefficient of 2.71 Å(3) Da(-1) and a solvent content of 54.68%.
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- Jing Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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The transcription of many genes, particularly in prokaryotes, is controlled by transcription factors whose activity can be modulated by controlling their DNA binding affinity. Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which DNA binding affinity is regulated is important, but because forming definitive conclusions usually requires detailed structural information in combination with data from extensive biophysical, biochemical, and sometimes genetic experiments, little is truly understood about this topic. This review describes the biological requirements placed upon DNA binding transcription factors and their consequent properties, particularly the ways that DNA binding affinity can be modulated and methods for its study. What is known and not known about the mechanisms modulating the DNA binding affinity of a number of prokaryotic transcription factors, including CAP and lac repressor, is provided.
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- Robert F Schleif
- Biology Department, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Rodgers TL, Townsend PD, Burnell D, Jones ML, Richards SA, McLeish TCB, Pohl E, Wilson MR, Cann MJ. Modulation of global low-frequency motions underlies allosteric regulation: demonstration in CRP/FNR family transcription factors. PLoS Biol 2013; 11:e1001651. [PMID: 24058293 PMCID: PMC3769225 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Allostery in bacterial transcription factors arises from changes in global low-frequency protein dynamics. Amino acids that regulate low-frequency dynamics are identified and seen to be evolutionarily conserved. Allostery is a fundamental process by which ligand binding to a protein alters its activity at a distinct site. There is growing evidence that allosteric cooperativity can be communicated by modulation of protein dynamics without conformational change. The mechanisms, however, for communicating dynamic fluctuations between sites are debated. We provide a foundational theory for how allostery can occur as a function of low-frequency dynamics without a change in structure. We have generated coarse-grained models that describe the protein backbone motions of the CRP/FNR family transcription factors, CAP of Escherichia coli and GlxR of Corynebacterium glutamicum. The latter we demonstrate as a new exemplar for allostery without conformation change. We observe that binding the first molecule of cAMP ligand is correlated with modulation of the global normal modes and negative cooperativity for binding the second cAMP ligand without a change in mean structure. The theory makes key experimental predictions that are tested through an analysis of variant proteins by structural biology and isothermal calorimetry. Quantifying allostery as a free energy landscape revealed a protein “design space” that identified the inter- and intramolecular regulatory parameters that frame CRP/FNR family allostery. Furthermore, through analyzing CAP variants from diverse species, we demonstrate an evolutionary selection pressure to conserve residues crucial for allosteric control. This finding provides a link between the position of CRP/FNR transcription factors within the allosteric free energy landscapes and evolutionary selection pressures. Our study therefore reveals significant features of the mechanistic basis for allostery. Changes in low-frequency dynamics correlate with allosteric effects on ligand binding without the requirement for a defined spatial pathway. In addition to evolving suitable three-dimensional structures, CRP/FNR family transcription factors have been selected to occupy a dynamic space that fine-tunes biological activity and thus establishes the means to engineer allosteric mechanisms driven by low-frequency dynamics. Allostery is a process by which a molecule binding to one site of a protein alters the activity of the protein at another site. Allostery is typically thought to occur through a change in protein structure, but there is now clear evidence that the dynamic properties of a protein can also regulate allostery without a change in overall conformation. Here we examine two members of a large family of bacterial transcription factors and provide a mechanism to describe the allosteric binding of their activating ligands. We demonstrate, in these systems, that allostery arises as a natural consequence of changes in global low-frequency protein fluctuations on ligand binding. We further demonstrate that the higher dimensional parameter space that describes all potential variant transcription factors can be reduced to a two-dimensional free energy landscape that determines the key molecular parameters that predominantly regulate allostery. We additionally show that the amino acids we determine as contributing sensitively to allosteric control tend to be conserved in diverse bacteria; thus we identify a link between residues that contribute to low-frequency fluctuations and evolutionary selection pressures.
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- Thomas L. Rodgers
- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- Department of Chemistry, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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- Biophysical Sciences Institute, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
- School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, United Kingdom
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Overexpression of the Rv0805 phosphodiesterase elicits a cAMP-independent transcriptional response. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2013; 93:492-500. [PMID: 23835087 PMCID: PMC3776917 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2013] [Revised: 05/11/2013] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Rv0805 gene in Mycobacterium tuberculosis encodes a metallophosphoesterase which shows cAMP-hydrolytic activity. Overexpression of Rv0805 has been used as a tool to lower intracellular cAMP levels and thereby elucidate the roles of cAMP in mycobacteria. Here we show that levels of cAMP in M. tuberculosis were lowered by only ∼30% following overexpression of Rv0805, and transcript levels of a number of genes, which include those associated with virulence and the methyl citrate cycle, were altered. The genes that showed altered expression were distinct from those differentially regulated in a strain deleted for the cAMP-receptor protein (CRP(Mt)), consistent with the relatively low dependence on cAMP of CRP(Mt) binding to DNA. Using mutants of Rv0805 we show that the transcriptional signature of Rv0805 overexpression is a combination of catalysis-dependent and independent effects, and that the structurally flexible C-terminus of Rv0805 is crucial for the catalysis-independent effects of the protein. Our study demonstrates the dissociation of Rv0805 and cAMP-regulated gene expression, and reveals alternate functions for this phosphodiesterase from M. tuberculosis.
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Rinaldo S, Castiglione N, Giardina G, Caruso M, Arcovito A, Longa SD, D'Angelo P, Cutruzzolà F. Unusual heme binding properties of the dissimilative nitrate respiration regulator, a bacterial nitric oxide sensor. Antioxid Redox Signal 2012; 17:1178-89. [PMID: 22424265 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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AIMS In the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, nitric oxide (NO) triggers the respiration of nitrate (denitrification), thus allowing survival in chronic infection sites as a microaerobic-anaerobic biofilm. The NO-dependent induction of denitrification is mediated by the dissimilative nitrate respiration regulator (DNR), a transcription factor forming a stable complex with heme, which is required to sense the physiological messenger (i.e., NO). The molecular details of NO sensing in DNR and, more in general, in this class of sensors are largely unknown, and a study aimed at integrating microbiology and biochemistry is needed. RESULTS Here we present a comprehensive study, including in vivo results and spectroscopy, kinetics, and protein engineering, that demonstrates the direct involvement of a histidine residue in heme iron coordination. Moreover, a peculiar phenomenon of ligand switching around heme iron, which hampers the identification of the second heme axial ligand, is also suggested. These results indicate that DNR is characterized by a remarkable flexibility in solution, as observed for other cAMP receptor protein/fumarate and nitrate reductase regulators (CRP-FNR) to which DNR belongs. INNOVATION The present work represents one of the few studies focused on the biochemistry of NO sensing by bacterial transcriptional regulators. The data presented demonstrate that structural plasticity of DNR is crucial for the sensing activity and confers to the protein unusual heme binding properties. CONCLUSIONS Protein flexibility and dynamics is a key structural feature essential to explain the evolutionary success and adaptability of CRP-FNR, and may represent a common strategy employed by heme-based redox sensors, which presents features deeply different from those of canonical hemeproteins.
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- Serena Rinaldo
- Istituto Pasteur Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Godoy-Ruiz R, Krejcirikova A, Gallagher DT, Tugarinov V. Solution NMR Evidence for Symmetry in Functionally or Crystallographically Asymmetric Homodimers. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:19578-81. [DOI: 10.1021/ja206967d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Raquel Godoy-Ruiz
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
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- Biochemical Science Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, United States
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Bai G, Schaak DD, Smith EA, McDonough KA. Dysregulation of serine biosynthesis contributes to the growth defect of a Mycobacterium tuberculosis crp mutant. Mol Microbiol 2011; 82:180-98. [PMID: 21902733 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07806.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis CRP(Mt), encoded by Rv3676 (crp), is a CRP-like transcription factor that binds with the serC-Rv0885 intergenic region. In the present study, we evaluated CRP(Mt) 's regulation of serC and Rv0885 in M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG, using site-specific mutagenesis, promoter fusions and reverse-transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR). The CRP(Mt) binding site was required for full expression of serC and Rv0885, and expression of both genes was reduced in M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG crp mutants. These data show that CRP(Mt) binding directly activates both serC and Rv0885 expression. M. tuberculosis serC restored the ability of an Escherichia coli serC mutant to grow in serine-dropout medium, demonstrating that M. tuberculosis serC encodes a phosphoserine aminotransferase. Serine supplementation, or overexpression of serC, accelerated the growth of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG crp mutants in mycomedium, but not within macrophages. These results establish a role for CRP(Mt) in the regulation of amino acid biosynthesis, and show that reduced serine production contributes to the slow-growth phenotype of M. tuberculosis and M. bovis BCG crp mutants in vitro. Restoration of serine biosynthesis by serC expression will facilitate identification of additional CRP(Mt)-regulated factors required by M. tuberculosis during macrophage and host infection.
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- Guangchun Bai
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, 120 New Scotland Avenue, PO Box 22002, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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Xu H, Hegde SS, Blanchard JS. Reversible acetylation and inactivation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis acetyl-CoA synthetase is dependent on cAMP. Biochemistry 2011; 50:5883-92. [PMID: 21627103 DOI: 10.1021/bi200156t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Recent proteomics studies have revealed that protein acetylation is an abundant and evolutionarily conserved post-translational modification from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Although an astonishing number of acetylated proteins have been identified in those studies, the acetyltransferases that target these proteins remain largely unknown. Here we characterized MSMEG_5458, one of the GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases (GNAT's) in Mycobacterium smegmatis, and show that it is a protein acetyltransferase (MsPat) that specifically acetylates the ε-amino group of a highly conserved lysine residue in acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) with a k(cat)/K(m) of nearly 10(4) M(-1) s(-1). This acetylation results in the inactivation of ACS activity. Lysine acetylation by MsPat is dependent on 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), an important second messenger, indicating that MsPat is a downstream target of the intracellular cAMP signaling pathway. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first protein acetyltransferase in mycobacteria that both is dependent on cAMP and targets a central metabolic enzyme by a specific post-translational modification. Since cAMP is synthesized by adenylate cyclases (AC's) that sense various environmental signals, we hypothesize that the acetylation and inactivation of ACS is important for mycobacteria to adjust to environmental changes. In addition, we show that Rv1151c, a sirtuin-like deacetylase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, reactivates acetylated ACS through an NAD(+)-dependent deacetylation. Therefore, Pat and the sirtuin-like deacetylase in mycobacteria constitute a reversible acetylation system that regulates the activity of ACS.
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- Hua Xu
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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Chakraborti PK, Matange N, Nandicoori VK, Singh Y, Tyagi JS, Visweswariah SS. Signalling mechanisms in Mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011; 91:432-40. [PMID: 21570916 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2010] [Revised: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 04/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The importance of inter- and intracellular signal transduction in all forms of life cannot be underestimated. A large number of genes dedicated to cellular signalling are found in almost all sequenced genomes, and Mycobacteria are no exception. What appears to be interesting in Mycobacteria is that well characterized signalling mechanisms used by bacteria, such as the histidine-aspartate phosphorelay seen in two-component systems, are found alongside signalling components that closely mimic those seen in higher eukaryotes. This review will describe the important contribution made by researchers in India towards the identification and characterization of proteins involved in two-component signalling, protein phosphorylation and cyclic nucleotide metabolism.
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Bai G, Knapp GS, McDonough KA. Cyclic AMP signalling in mycobacteria: redirecting the conversation with a common currency. Cell Microbiol 2010; 13:349-58. [PMID: 21199259 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2010.01562.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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cAMP is an ancient second messenger, and is used by many organisms to regulate a wide range of cellular functions. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex bacteria are exceptional in that they have genes for at least 15 biochemically distinct adenylyl cyclases, the enzymes that generate cAMP. cAMP-associated gene regulation within tubercle bacilli is required for their virulence, and secretion of cAMP produced by M. tuberculosis bacteria into host macrophages disrupts the host's immune response to infection. In this review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the means by which cAMP levels are controlled within mycobacteria, the importance of cAMP to M. tuberculosis during host infection, and the role of cAMP in mycobacterial gene regulation. Understanding the myriad aspects of cAMP signalling in tubercle bacilli will establish new paradigms for cAMP signalling, and may contribute to new approaches for prevention and/or treatment of tuberculosis disease.
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- Guangchun Bai
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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Mapping conformational transitions in cyclic AMP receptor protein: crystal structure and normal-mode analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis apo-cAMP receptor protein. Biophys J 2010; 98:305-14. [PMID: 20338852 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2009] [Revised: 09/11/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP (cAMP) receptor protein, which acts as the sensor of cAMP levels in cells, is a well-studied transcription factor that is best known for allosteric changes effected by the binding of cAMP. Although genetic and biochemical data on the protein are available from several sources, structural information about the cAMP-free protein has been lacking. Therefore, the precise atomic events that take place upon binding of cAMP, leading to conformational changes in the protein and its activation to bind DNA, have been elusive. In this work we solved the cAMP-free crystal structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis homolog of cAMP receptor protein at 2.9 A resolution, and carried out normal-mode analysis to map conformational transitions among its various conformational states. In our structure, the cAMP-binding domain holds onto the DNA-binding domain via strong hydrophobic interactions, thereby freezing the latter in a conformation that is not competent to bind DNA. The two domains release each other in the presence of cAMP, making the DNA-binding domain more flexible and allowing it to bind its cognate DNA via an induced-fit mechanism. The structure of the cAMP-free protein and results of the normal-mode analysis therefore highlight an elegant mechanism of the allosteric changes effected by the binding of cAMP.
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Nambi S, Basu N, Visweswariah SS. cAMP-regulated protein lysine acetylases in mycobacteria. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:24313-23. [PMID: 20507997 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.118398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cyclic AMP synthesized by Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been shown to play a role in pathogenesis. However, the high levels of intracellular cAMP found in both pathogenic and non-pathogenic mycobacteria suggest that additional and important biological processes are regulated by cAMP in these organisms. We describe here the biochemical characterization of novel cAMP-binding proteins in M. smegmatis and M. tuberculosis (MSMEG_5458 and Rv0998, respectively) that contain a cyclic nucleotide binding domain fused to a domain that shows similarity to the GNAT family of acetyltransferases. We detect protein lysine acetylation in mycobacteria and identify a universal stress protein (USP) as a substrate of MSMEG_5458. Acetylation of a lysine residue in USP is regulated by cAMP, and using a strain deleted for MSMEG_5458, we show that USP is indeed an in vivo substrate for MSMEG_5458. The Rv0998 protein shows a strict cAMP-dependent acetylation of USP, despite a lower affinity for cAMP than MSMEG_5458. Thus, this report not only represents the first demonstration of protein lysine acetylation in mycobacteria but also describes a unique functional interplay between a cyclic nucleotide binding domain and a protein acetyltransferase.
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- Subhalaxmi Nambi
- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Barba J, Alvarez AH, Flores-Valdez MA. Modulation of cAMP metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its effect on host infection. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2010; 90:208-12. [PMID: 20382084 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2010.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2009] [Revised: 03/08/2010] [Accepted: 03/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis remains the single most relevant bacterial infectious agent as Tuberculosis is estimated to affect one-third of the world population. Like other microorganisms, M. tuberculosis needs to sense and adapt to changes in the several niches where it is found, ranging from the environment to a number of host-adapted programs, including infection of cell types such as macrophages, dendritic cells, epithelial cells and adipocytes. A strategy commonly used by cells to respond to such changes consists of producing small molecules known as second messengers. 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) is one of the best-studied second messengers in many organisms, and in recent years its participation during the M. tuberculosis infection cycle has just begun to be thoroughly considered. In this work, we aimed to provide a perspective of how cAMP metabolism proceeds in M. tuberculosis, which genes are activated in response to cAMP signaling in this organism, and discuss the evidence for bacterially produced cAMP use during infection. Furthermore, key issues needing to be addressed for better understanding cAMP physiology in slow-growing pathogenic mycobacteria are presented.
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- Jeannette Barba
- Universidad de Guadalajara, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Departamento de Salud Pública, Km 15.5 carretera Guadalajara-Nogales, Las Agujas, C.P. 44171, Zapopan, Jalisco, México
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Buchko GW, Robinson H, Abendroth J, Staker BL, Myler PJ. Structural characterization of Burkholderia pseudomallei adenylate kinase (Adk): profound asymmetry in the crystal structure of the 'open' state. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 394:1012-7. [PMID: 20331978 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.03.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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In all organisms adenylate kinases (Adks) play a vital role in cellular energy metabolism and nucleic acid synthesis. Due to differences in catalytic properties between the Adks found in prokaryotes and in the cytoplasm of eukaryotes, there is interest in targeting this enzyme for new drug therapies against infectious bacterial agents. Here we report the 2.1A resolution crystal structure for the 220-residue Adk from Burkholderia pseudomallei (BpAdk), the etiological agent responsible for the infectious disease melioidosis. The general structure of apo BpAdk is similar to other Adk structures, composed of a CORE subdomain with peripheral ATP-binding (ATP(bd)) and LID subdomains. The two molecules in the asymmetric unit have significantly different conformations, with a backbone RMSD of 1.46 A. These two BpAdk conformations may represent 'open' Adk sub-states along the preferential pathway to the 'closed' substrate-bound state.
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- Garry W Buchko
- Biological Sciences Division and Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA.
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Reddy MCM, Palaninathan SK, Bruning JB, Thurman C, Smith D, Sacchettini JC. Structural insights into the mechanism of the allosteric transitions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis cAMP receptor protein. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:36581-36591. [PMID: 19740754 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.041343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cAMP receptor protein (CRP) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a cAMP-responsive global transcriptional regulator, responsible for the regulation of a multitude of diverse proteins. We have determined the crystal structures of the CRP.cAMP and CRP.N(6)-cAMP derivative-bound forms of the enzyme to 2.2- and 2.3 A-resolution, respectively, to investigate cAMP-mediated conformational and structural changes. The allosteric switch from the open, inactive conformation to the closed, active conformation begins with a number of changes in the ligand-binding cavity upon cAMP binding. These subtle structural changes and numerous non-bonding interactions between cAMP, the N-domain residues, and the C-domain helices demonstrate that the N-domain hairpin loop acts as a structural mediator of the allosteric switch. Based on the CRP.N(6)-cAMP crystal structure, binding of N(6)-cAMP with a bulkier methylphenylethyl extension from the N6 atom stabilizes the cAMP-binding domain, N-domain hairpin, and C-terminal domain in a similar manner as that of the CRP.cAMP structure, maintaining structural integrity within the subunits. However, the bulkier N6 extension of N(6)-cAMP (in R conformation) is accommodated only in subunit A with minor changes, whereas in subunit B, the N6 extension is in the S conformation hindering the hinge region of the central helix. As a result, the entire N-domain and the C-domain of subunit B integrated by the cAMP portion of this ligand, together tilt away ( approximately 7 degrees tilt) from central helix C, positioning the helix-turn-helix motif in an unfavorable position for the DNA substrate, asymmetrically. Together, these crystal structures demonstrate the mechanism of action of the cAMP molecule and its role in integrating the active CRP structure.
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- Manchi C M Reddy
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843.
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