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Bonde NJ, Kozlov AG, Cox MM, Lohman TM, Keck JL. Molecular insights into the prototypical single-stranded DNA-binding protein from E. coli. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2024; 59:99-127. [PMID: 38770626 PMCID: PMC11209772 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2024.2330372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
The SSB protein of Escherichia coli functions to bind single-stranded DNA wherever it occurs during DNA metabolism. Depending upon conditions, SSB occurs in several different binding modes. In the course of its function, SSB diffuses on ssDNA and transfers rapidly between different segments of ssDNA. SSB interacts with many other proteins involved in DNA metabolism, with 22 such SSB-interacting proteins, or SIPs, defined to date. These interactions chiefly involve the disordered and conserved C-terminal residues of SSB. When not bound to ssDNA, SSB can aggregate to form a phase-separated biomolecular condensate. Current understanding of the properties of SSB and the functional significance of its many intermolecular interactions are summarized in this review.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nina J. Bonde
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Bonde NJ, Henry C, Wood EA, Cox MM, Keck J. Interaction with the carboxy-terminal tip of SSB is critical for RecG function in E. coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:3735-3753. [PMID: 36912097 PMCID: PMC10164576 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) acts as a genome maintenance organizational hub by interacting with multiple DNA metabolism proteins. Many SSB-interacting proteins (SIPs) form complexes with SSB by docking onto its carboxy-terminal tip (SSB-Ct). An alternative interaction mode in which SIPs bind to PxxP motifs within an intrinsically-disordered linker (IDL) in SSB has been proposed for the RecG DNA helicase and other SIPs. Here, RecG binding to SSB and SSB peptides was measured in vitro and the RecG/SSB interface was identified. The results show that RecG binds directly and specifically to the SSB-Ct, and not the IDL, through an evolutionarily conserved binding site in the RecG helicase domain. Mutations that block RecG binding to SSB sensitize E. coli to DNA damaging agents and induce the SOS DNA-damage response, indicating formation of the RecG/SSB complex is important in vivo. The broader role of the SSB IDL is also investigated. E. coli ssb mutant strains encoding SSB IDL deletion variants lacking all PxxP motifs retain wildtype growth and DNA repair properties, demonstrating that the SSB PxxP motifs are not major contributors to SSB cellular functions.
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- Nina J Bonde
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Newcomb ESP, Douma LG, Morris LA, Bloom LB. The Escherichia coli clamp loader rapidly remodels SSB on DNA to load clamps. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:12872-12884. [PMID: 36511874 PMCID: PMC9825162 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) avidly bind ssDNA and yet enzymes that need to act during DNA replication and repair are not generally impeded by SSB, and are often stimulated by SSB. Here, the effects of Escherichia coli SSB on the activities of the DNA polymerase processivity clamp loader were investigated. SSB enhances binding of the clamp loader to DNA by increasing the lifetime on DNA. Clamp loading was measured on DNA substrates that differed in length of ssDNA overhangs to permit SSB binding in different binding modes. Even though SSB binds DNA adjacent to single-stranded/double-stranded DNA junctions where clamps are loaded, the rate of clamp loading on DNA was not affected by SSB on any of the DNA substrates. Direct measurements of the relative timing of DNA-SSB remodeling and enzyme-DNA binding showed that the clamp loader rapidly remodels SSB on DNA such that SSB has little effect on DNA binding rates. However, when SSB was mutated to reduce protein-protein interactions with the clamp loader, clamp loading was inhibited by impeding binding of the clamp loader to DNA. Thus, protein-protein interactions between the clamp loader and SSB facilitate rapid DNA-SSB remodeling to allow rapid clamp loader-DNA binding and clamp loading.
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- Elijah S P Newcomb
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 352 294 8379; Fax: +1 352 392 2953;
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Bianco PR. The mechanism of action of the SSB interactome reveals it is the first OB-fold family of genome guardians in prokaryotes. Protein Sci 2021; 30:1757-1775. [PMID: 34089559 PMCID: PMC8376408 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) is essential to all aspects of DNA metabolism in bacteria. This protein performs two distinct, but closely intertwined and indispensable functions in the cell. SSB binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and at least 20 partner proteins resulting in their regulation. These partners comprise a family of genome guardians known as the SSB interactome. Essential to interactome regulation is the linker/OB-fold network of interactions. This network of interactions forms when one or more PXXP motifs in the linker of SSB bind to an OB-fold in a partner, with interactome members involved in competitive binding between the linker and ssDNA to their OB-fold. Consequently, when linker-binding occurs to an OB-fold in an interactome partner, proteins are loaded onto the DNA. When linker/OB-fold interactions occur between SSB tetramers, cooperative ssDNA-binding results, producing a multi-tetrameric complex that rapidly protects the ssDNA. Within this SSB-ssDNA complex, there is an extensive and dynamic network of linker/OB-fold interactions that involves multiple tetramers bound contiguously along the ssDNA lattice. The dynamic behavior of these tetramers which includes binding mode changes, sliding as well as DNA wrapping/unwrapping events, are likely coupled to the formation and disruption of linker/OB-fold interactions. This behavior is essential to facilitating downstream DNA processing events. As OB-folds are critical to the essence of the linker/OB-fold network of interactions, and they are found in multiple interactome partners, the SSB interactome is classified as the first family of prokaryotic, oligosaccharide/oligonucleotide binding fold (OB-fold) genome guardians.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Motifs
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Binding, Competitive
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry
- DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics
- DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Genome, Bacterial
- Klebsiella pneumoniae/chemistry
- Klebsiella pneumoniae/genetics
- Klebsiella pneumoniae/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Oligonucleotides/chemistry
- Oligonucleotides/metabolism
- Oligosaccharides/chemistry
- Oligosaccharides/metabolism
- Protein Binding
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Interaction Mapping
- Protein Multimerization
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Affiliation(s)
- Piero R. Bianco
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of PharmacyUniversity of Nebraska Medical CenterOmahaNebraskaUSA
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Shinn MK, Kozlov AG, Lohman TM. Allosteric effects of SSB C-terminal tail on assembly of E. coli RecOR proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:1987-2004. [PMID: 33450019 PMCID: PMC7913777 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 12/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli RecO is a recombination mediator protein that functions in the RecF pathway of homologous recombination, in concert with RecR, and interacts with E. coli single stranded (ss) DNA binding (SSB) protein via the last 9 amino acids of the C-terminal tails (SSB-Ct). Structures of the E. coli RecR and RecOR complexes are unavailable; however, crystal structures from other organisms show differences in RecR oligomeric state and RecO stoichiometry. We report analytical ultracentrifugation studies of E. coli RecR assembly and its interaction with RecO for a range of solution conditions using both sedimentation velocity and equilibrium approaches. We find that RecR exists in a pH-dependent dimer-tetramer equilibrium that explains the different assembly states reported in previous studies. RecO binds with positive cooperativity to a RecR tetramer, forming both RecR4O and RecR4O2 complexes. We find no evidence of a stable RecO complex with RecR dimers. However, binding of RecO to SSB-Ct peptides elicits an allosteric effect, eliminating the positive cooperativity and shifting the equilibrium to favor a RecR4O complex. These studies suggest a mechanism for how SSB binding to RecO influences the distribution of RecOR complexes to facilitate loading of RecA onto SSB coated ssDNA to initiate homologous recombination.
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- Min Kyung Shinn
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.,Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Oliveira MT, Ciesielski GL. The Essential, Ubiquitous Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2281:1-21. [PMID: 33847949 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1290-3_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Maintenance of genomes is fundamental for all living organisms. The diverse processes related to genome maintenance entail the management of various intermediate structures, which may be deleterious if unresolved. The most frequent intermediate structures that result from the melting of the DNA duplex are single-stranded (ss) DNA stretches. These are thermodynamically less stable and can spontaneously fold into secondary structures, which may obstruct a variety of genome processes. In addition, ssDNA is more prone to breaking, which may lead to the formation of deletions or DNA degradation. Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) bind and stabilize ssDNA, preventing the abovementioned deleterious consequences and recruiting the appropriate machinery to resolve that intermediate molecule. They are present in all forms of life and are essential for their viability, with very few exceptions. Here we present an introductory chapter to a volume of the Methods in Molecular Biology dedicated to SSBs, in which we provide a general description of SSBs from various taxa.
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- Marcos T Oliveira
- Departamento de Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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Shinn MK, Kozlov AG, Nguyen B, Bujalowski WM, Lohman TM. Are the intrinsically disordered linkers involved in SSB binding to accessory proteins? Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:8581-8594. [PMID: 31329947 PMCID: PMC7145534 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Escherichia coli single strand (ss) DNA binding (SSB) protein protects ssDNA intermediates and recruits at least 17 SSB interacting proteins (SIPs) during genome maintenance. The SSB C-termini contain a 9 residue acidic tip and a 56 residue intrinsically disordered linker (IDL). The acidic tip interacts with SIPs; however a recent proposal suggests that the IDL may also interact with SIPs. Here we examine the binding to four SIPs (RecO, PriC, PriA and χ subunit of DNA polymerase III) of three peptides containing the acidic tip and varying amounts of the IDL. Independent of IDL length, we find no differences in peptide binding to each individual SIP indicating that binding is due solely to the acidic tip. However, the tip shows specificity, with affinity decreasing in the order: RecO > PriA ∼ χ > PriC. Yet, RecO binding to the SSB tetramer and an SSB–ssDNA complex show significant thermodynamic differences compared to the peptides alone, suggesting that RecO interacts with another region of SSB, although not the IDL. SSB containing varying IDL deletions show different binding behavior, with the larger linker deletions inhibiting RecO binding, likely due to increased competition between the acidic tip interacting with DNA binding sites within SSB.
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- Min Kyung Shinn
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.,Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Mohan M, Pandya V, Anindya R. Escherichia coli AlkB and single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB interaction explored by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Mol Graph Model 2018; 84:29-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2018.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2018] [Accepted: 05/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gruber CC, Walker GC. Incomplete base excision repair contributes to cell death from antibiotics and other stresses. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 71:108-117. [PMID: 30181041 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Numerous lethal stresses in bacteria including antibiotics, thymineless death, and MalE-LacZ expression trigger an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species. This results in the oxidation of the nucleotide pool by radicals produced by Fenton chemistry. Following the incorporation of these oxidized nucleotides into the genome, the cell's unsuccessful attempt to repair these lesions through base excision repair (BER) contributes causally to the lethality of these stresses. We review the evidence for this phenomenon of incomplete BER-mediated cell death and discuss how better understanding this pathway could contribute to the development of new antibiotics.
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- Charley C Gruber
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, United States.
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Escherichia coli AlkB interacts with single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB by an intrinsically disordered region of SSB. Mol Biol Rep 2018; 45:865-870. [PMID: 29974396 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-018-4232-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) of proteins often regulate function through interactions with folded domains. Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB binds and stabilizes single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). The N-terminal of SSB contains characteristic OB (oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide-binding) fold which binds ssDNA tightly but non-specifically. SSB also forms complexes with a large number proteins via the C-terminal interaction domain consisting mostly of acidic amino acid residues. The amino acid residues located between the OB-fold and C-terminal acidic domain are known to constitute an IDR and no functional significance has been attributed to this region. Although SSB is known to bind many DNA repair protein, it is not known whether it binds to DNA dealkylation repair protein AlkB. Here, we characterize AlkB SSB interaction and demonstrate that SSB binds to AlkB via the IDR. We have established that AlkB-SSB interaction by in vitro pull-down and yeast two-hybrid analysis. We mapped the site of contact to be the residues 152-169 of SSB. Unlike most of the SSB-binding proteins which utilize C-terminal acidic domain for interaction, IDR of SSB is necessary and sufficient for AlkB interaction.
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Singh A, Vijayan M, Varshney U. Distinct properties of a hypoxia specific paralog of single stranded DNA binding (SSB) protein in mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2018. [PMID: 29523318 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
In addition to the canonical Single Stranded DNA Binding (SSBa) protein, many bacterial species, including mycobacteria, have a paralogous SSBb. The SSBb proteins have not been well characterized. While in B. subtilis, SSBb has been shown to be involved in genetic recombination; in S. coelicolor it mediates chromosomal segregation during sporulation. Sequence analysis of SSBs from mycobacterial species suggests low conservation of SSBb proteins, as compared to the conservation of SSBa proteins. Like most bacterial SSB proteins, M. smegmatis SSBb (MsSSBb) forms a stable tetramer. However, solution studies indicate that MsSSBb is less stable to thermal and chemical denaturation than MsSSBa. Also, in contrast to the 5-20 fold differences in DNA binding affinity between paralogous SSBs in other organisms, MsSSBb is only about two-fold poorer in its DNA binding affinity than MsSSBa. The expression levels of ssbB gene increased during UV and hypoxic stresses, while the levels of ssbA expression declined. A direct physical interaction of MsSSBb and RecA, mediated by the C-terminal tail of MsSSBb, was also established. The results obtained in this study indicate a role of MsSSBb in recombination repair during stress.
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- Amandeep Singh
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India; Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advamced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore 560064, India.
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Nigam R, Anindya R. Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB promotes AlkB-mediated DNA dealkylation repair. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 496:274-279. [PMID: 29326044 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.01.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 01/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Repair of alkylation damage in DNA is essential for maintaining genome integrity. Escherichia coli (E.coli) protein AlkB removes various alkyl DNA adducts including N1-methyladenine (N1meA) and N3-methylcytosine (N3meC) by oxidative demethylation. Previous studies showed that AlkB preferentially removes N1meA and N3meC from single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). It can also remove N1meA and N3meC from double-stranded DNA by base-flipping. Notably, ssDNA produced during DNA replication and recombination, remains bound to E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB and it is not known whether AlkB can repair methyl adduct present in SSB-coated DNA. Here we have studied AlkB-mediated DNA repair using SSB-bound DNA as substrate. In vitro repair reaction revealed that AlkB could efficiently remove N3meC adducts inasmuch as DNA length is shorter than 20 nucleotides. However, when longer N3meC-containing oligonuleotides were used as the substrate, efficiency of AlkB catalyzed reaction was abated compared to SSB-bound DNA substrate of identical length. Truncated SSB containing only the DNA binding domain could also support the stimulation of AlkB activity, suggesting the importance of SSB-DNA interaction for AlkB function. Using 70-mer oligonucleotide containing single N3meC we demonstrate that SSB-AlkB interaction promotes faster repair of the methyl DNA adducts.
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- Richa Nigam
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Hyderabad 502285, Telangana, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, Hyderabad 502285, Telangana, India.
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Bianco PR, Lyubchenko YL. SSB and the RecG DNA helicase: an intimate association to rescue a stalled replication fork. Protein Sci 2017; 26:638-649. [PMID: 28078722 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 12/26/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In E. coli, the regression of stalled DNA replication forks is catalyzed by the DNA helicase RecG. One means of gaining access to the fork is by binding to the single strand binding protein or SSB. This interaction occurs via the wedge domain of RecG and the intrinsically disordered linker (IDL) of SSB, in a manner similar to that of SH3 domains binding to PXXP motif-containing ligands in eukaryotic cells. During loading, SSB remodels the wedge domain so that the helicase domains bind to the parental, duplex DNA, permitting the helicase to translocate using thermal energy. This translocation may be used to clear the fork of obstacles, prior to the initiation of fork regression.
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- Piero R Bianco
- SUNY Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, 321 Cary Hall, 3435 Main St, Buffalo, New York 14214.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York.,Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, 68198-6025
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Bianco PR, Pottinger S, Tan HY, Nguyenduc T, Rex K, Varshney U. The IDL of E. coli SSB links ssDNA and protein binding by mediating protein-protein interactions. Protein Sci 2017; 26:227-241. [PMID: 28127816 DOI: 10.1002/pro.3072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The E. coli single strand DNA binding protein (SSB) is essential to viability where it functions in two seemingly disparate roles: it binds to single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and to target proteins that comprise the SSB interactome. The link between these roles resides in a previously under-appreciated region of the protein known as the intrinsically disordered linker (IDL). We present a model wherein the IDL is responsible for mediating protein-protein interactions critical to each role. When interactions occur between SSB tetramers, cooperative binding to ssDNA results. When binding occurs between SSB and an interactome partner, storage or loading of that protein onto the DNA takes place. The properties of the IDL that facilitate these interactions include the presence of repeats, a putative polyproline type II helix and, PXXP motifs that may facilitate direct binding to the OB-fold in a manner similar to that observed for SH3 domain binding of PXXP ligands in eukaryotic systems.
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- Piero R Bianco
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14214
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14214
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14214
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, 14214
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Bianco PR. The tale of SSB. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2016; 127:111-118. [PMID: 27838363 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The E. coli single stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) is essential to all aspects of DNA metabolism. Here, it has two seemingly disparate but equally important roles: it binds rapidly and cooperatively to single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and it binds to partner proteins that constitute the SSB interactome. These two roles are not disparate but are instead, intimately linked. A model is presented wherein the intrinsically disordered linker (IDL) is directly responsible for mediating protein-protein interactions. It does this by binding, via PXXP motifs, to the OB-fold (aka SH3 domain) of a nearby protein. When the nearby protein is another SSB tetramer, this leads to a highly efficient ssDNA binding reaction that rapidly and cooperatively covers and protects the exposed nucleic acid from degradation. Alternatively, when the nearby protein is a member of the SSB interactome, loading of the enzyme onto the DNA takes places.
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- Piero R Bianco
- Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.
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Chen SH, Byrne-Nash RT, Cox MM. Escherichia coli RadD Protein Functionally Interacts with the Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:20779-86. [PMID: 27519413 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.736223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The bacterial single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) acts as an organizer of DNA repair complexes. The radD gene was recently identified as having an unspecified role in repair of radiation damage and, more specifically, DNA double-strand breaks. Purified RadD protein displays a DNA-independent ATPase activity. However, ATP hydrolytic rates are stimulated by SSB through its C terminus. The RadD and SSB proteins also directly interact in vivo in a yeast two-hybrid assay and in vitro through ammonium sulfate co-precipitation. Therefore, it is likely that the repair function of RadD is mediated through interaction with SSB at the site of damage.
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- Stefanie H Chen
- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Petzold C, Marceau AH, Miller KH, Marqusee S, Keck JL. Interaction with Single-stranded DNA-binding Protein Stimulates Escherichia coli Ribonuclease HI Enzymatic Activity. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:14626-36. [PMID: 25903123 PMCID: PMC4505529 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.655134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 04/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Single-stranded (ss) DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) bind and protect ssDNA intermediates formed during replication, recombination, and repair reactions. SSBs also directly interact with many different genome maintenance proteins to stimulate their enzymatic activities and/or mediate their proper cellular localization. We have identified an interaction formed between Escherichia coli SSB and ribonuclease HI (RNase HI), an enzyme that hydrolyzes RNA in RNA/DNA hybrids. The RNase HI·SSB complex forms by RNase HI binding the intrinsically disordered C terminus of SSB (SSB-Ct), a mode of interaction that is shared among all SSB interaction partners examined to date. Residues that comprise the SSB-Ct binding site are conserved among bacterial RNase HI enzymes, suggesting that RNase HI·SSB complexes are present in many bacterial species and that retaining the interaction is important for its cellular function. A steady-state kinetic analysis shows that interaction with SSB stimulates RNase HI activity by lowering the reaction Km. SSB or RNase HI protein variants that disrupt complex formation nullify this effect. Collectively our findings identify a direct RNase HI/SSB interaction that could play a role in targeting RNase HI activity to RNA/DNA hybrid substrates within the genome.
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- Christine Petzold
- From the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, QB3 and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, QB3 and Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- From the Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 and
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Rex K, Bharti SK, Sah S, Varshney U. A genetic analysis of the functional interactions within Mycobacterium tuberculosis single-stranded DNA binding protein. PLoS One 2014; 9:e94669. [PMID: 24722671 PMCID: PMC3983218 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094669] [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: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 03/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) are vital in all organisms. SSBs of Escherichia coli (EcoSSB) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtuSSB) are homotetrameric. The N-terminal domains (NTD) of these SSBs (responsible for their tetramerization and DNA binding) are structurally well defined. However, their C-terminal domains (CTD) possess undefined structures. EcoSSB NTD consists of β1-β1′-β2-β3-α-β4-β451-β452-β5 secondary structure elements. MtuSSB NTD includes an additional β-strand (β6) forming a novel hook-like structure. Recently, we observed that MtuSSB complemented an E. coli Δssb strain. However, a chimeric SSB (mβ4-β5), wherein only the terminal part of NTD (β4-β5 region possessing L45 loop) of EcoSSB was substituted with that from MtuSSB, failed to function in E. coli in spite of its normal DNA binding and oligomerization properties. Here, we designed new chimeras by transplanting selected regions of MtuSSB into EcoSSB to understand the functional significance of the various secondary structure elements within SSB. All chimeric SSBs formed homotetramers and showed normal DNA binding. The mβ4-β6 construct obtained by substitution of the region downstream of β5 in mβ4-β5 SSB with the corresponding region (β6) of MtuSSB complemented the E. coli strain indicating a functional interaction between the L45 loop and the β6 strand of MtuSSB.
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- Kervin Rex
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
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Multiple C-terminal tails within a single E. coli SSB homotetramer coordinate DNA replication and repair. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:4802-19. [PMID: 24021816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2013] [Accepted: 08/16/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) plays essential roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair. SSB functions as a homotetramer with each subunit possessing a DNA binding domain (OB-fold) and an intrinsically disordered C-terminus, of which the last nine amino acids provide the site for interaction with at least a dozen other proteins that function in DNA metabolism. To examine how many C-termini are needed for SSB function, we engineered covalently linked forms of SSB that possess only one or two C-termini within a four-OB-fold "tetramer". Whereas E. coli expressing SSB with only two tails can survive, expression of a single-tailed SSB is dominant lethal. E. coli expressing only the two-tailed SSB recovers faster from exposure to DNA damaging agents but accumulates more mutations. A single-tailed SSB shows defects in coupled leading and lagging strand DNA replication and does not support replication restart in vitro. These deficiencies in vitro provide a plausible explanation for the lethality observed in vivo. These results indicate that a single SSB tetramer must interact simultaneously with multiple protein partners during some essential roles in genome maintenance.
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Cheng Z, Caillet A, Ren B, Ding H. Stimulation of Escherichia coli DNA damage inducible DNA helicase DinG by the single-stranded DNA binding protein SSB. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:3825-30. [PMID: 23036643 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.09.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2012] [Revised: 09/03/2012] [Accepted: 09/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Escherichia coli DNA damage inducible protein DinG is a superfamily II DNA helicase and is closely related to human DNA helicase XPD. Here, we report that E. coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) is able to form a stable protein complex with DinG and to stimulate the DinG DNA helicase activity. An SSB mutant that retains the single-stranded DNA binding activity but fails to form a protein complex with DinG becomes a potent inhibitor for the DinG DNA helicase, suggesting that E. coli wild-type SSB stimulates the DinG DNA helicase via specific protein-protein interaction.
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- Zishuo Cheng
- Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA
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Naue N, Curth U. Investigation of protein-protein interactions of single-stranded DNA-binding proteins by analytical ultracentrifugation. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 922:133-149. [PMID: 22976181 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-032-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Bacterial single-stranded DNA-binding (SSB) proteins are essential for DNA metabolism, since they protect stretches of single-stranded DNA and are required for numerous crucial protein-protein interactions in DNA replication, recombination, and repair. At the lagging strand of the DNA replication fork of Escherichia coli, for example, SSB contacts not only DnaG primase but also the χ subunit of DNA polymerase III, thereby facilitating the switch between primase and polymerase activity. Here, we describe a powerful method that allows the study of interactions between SSB and its binding partners by sedimentation velocity experiments in an analytical ultracentrifuge. Whenever two molecules interact, a complex of a higher mass forms that can usually be distinguished from free binding partners by its different sedimentation behavior. As an example, we show how sedimentation velocity experiments of purified proteins can be employed to determine the binding parameters of the interaction of SSB and the χ subunit of DNA polymerase III from E. coli.
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- Natalie Naue
- Hannover Medical School, Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Hannover, Germany
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Wollen Steen K, Doseth B, P. Westbye M, Akbari M, Kang D, Falkenberg M, Slupphaug G. mtSSB may sequester UNG1 at mitochondrial ssDNA and delay uracil processing until the dsDNA conformation is restored. DNA Repair (Amst) 2012; 11:82-91. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 10/02/2011] [Accepted: 10/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Bharti SK, Rex K, Sreedhar P, Krishnan N, Varshney U. Chimeras of Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis single-stranded DNA binding proteins: characterization and function in Escherichia coli. PLoS One 2011; 6:e27216. [PMID: 22174737 PMCID: PMC3236198 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/12/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Single stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) are vital for the survival of organisms. Studies on SSBs from the prototype, Escherichia coli (EcoSSB) and, an important human pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MtuSSB) had shown that despite significant variations in their quaternary structures, the DNA binding and oligomerization properties of the two are similar. Here, we used the X-ray crystal structure data of the two SSBs to design a series of chimeric proteins (mβ1, mβ1′β2, mβ1–β5, mβ1–β6 and mβ4–β5) by transplanting β1, β1′β2, β1–β5, β1–β6 and β4–β5 regions, respectively of the N-terminal (DNA binding) domain of MtuSSB for the corresponding sequences in EcoSSB. In addition, mβ1′β2ESWR SSB was generated by mutating the MtuSSB specific ‘PRIY’ sequence in the β2 strand of mβ1′β2 SSB to EcoSSB specific ‘ESWR’ sequence. Biochemical characterization revealed that except for mβ1 SSB, all chimeras and a control construct lacking the C-terminal domain (ΔC SSB) bound DNA in modes corresponding to limited and unlimited modes of binding. However, the DNA on MtuSSB may follow a different path than the EcoSSB. Structural probing by protease digestion revealed that unlike other SSBs used, mβ1 SSB was also hypersensitive to chymotrypsin treatment. Further, to check for their biological activities, we developed a sensitive assay, and observed that mβ1–β6, MtuSSB, mβ1′β2 and mβ1–β5 SSBs complemented E. coli Δssb in a dose dependent manner. Complementation by the mβ1–β5 SSB was poor. In contrast, mβ1′β2ESWR SSB complemented E. coli as well as EcoSSB. The inefficiently functioning SSBs resulted in an elongated cell/filamentation phenotype of E. coli. Taken together, our observations suggest that specific interactions within the DNA binding domain of the homotetrameric SSBs are crucial for their biological function.
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- Sanjay Kumar Bharti
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
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Base excision and nucleotide excision repair pathways in mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011; 91:533-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Zhang H, Tian Y, Liu Z, Huang F, Hu L, He ZG. Characterization of amino acid residues essential for tetramer formation and DNA-binding activity of ssDNA-binding protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2011; 76:658-65. [DOI: 10.1134/s000629791106006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Liu J, Choi M, Stanenas AG, Byrd AK, Raney KD, Cohan C, Bianco PR. Novel, fluorescent, SSB protein chimeras with broad utility. Protein Sci 2011; 20:1005-20. [PMID: 21462278 DOI: 10.1002/pro.633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 03/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) is a central player in DNA metabolism where it organizes genome maintenance complexes and stabilizes single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) intermediates generated during DNA processing. Due to the importance of SSB and to facilitate real-time studies, we developed a dual plasmid expression system to produce novel, chimeric SSB proteins. These chimeras, which contain mixtures of histidine-tagged and fluorescent protein(FP)-fusion subunits, are easily purified in milligram quantities and used without further modification, a significant enhancement over previous methods to produce fluorescent SSB. Chimeras retain the functionality of wild type in all assays, demonstrating that SSB function is unaffected by the FPs. We demonstrate the power and utility of these chimeras in single molecule studies providing a great level of insight into the biochemical mechanism of RecBCD. We also utilized the chimeras to show for the first time that RecG and SSB interact in vivo. Consequently, we anticipate that the chimeras described herein will facilitate in vivo, in vitro and single DNA molecule studies using proteins that do not require further modification prior to use.
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- Juan Liu
- Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Wu M, Park YJ, Pardon E, Turley S, Hayhurst A, Deng J, Steyaert J, Hol WGJ. Structures of a key interaction protein from the Trypanosoma brucei editosome in complex with single domain antibodies. J Struct Biol 2011; 174:124-36. [PMID: 20969962 PMCID: PMC3037447 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2010.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2010] [Revised: 10/14/2010] [Accepted: 10/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Several major global diseases are caused by single-cell parasites called trypanosomatids. These organisms exhibit many unusual features including a unique and essential U-insertion/deletion RNA editing process in their single mitochondrion. Many key RNA editing steps occur in ∼20S editosomes, which have a core of 12 proteins. Among these, the "interaction protein" KREPA6 performs a central role in maintaining the integrity of the editosome core and also binds to ssRNA. The use of llama single domain antibodies (VHH domains) accelerated crystal growth of KREPA6 from Trypanosoma brucei dramatically. All three structures obtained are heterotetramers with a KREPA6 dimer in the center, and one VHH domain bound to each KREPA6 subunit. Two of the resultant heterotetramers use complementarity determining region 2 (CDR2) and framework residues to form a parallel pair of beta strands with KREPA6 - a mode of interaction not seen before in VHH domain-protein antigen complexes. The third type of VHH domain binds in a totally different manner to KREPA6. Intriguingly, while KREPA6 forms tetramers in solution adding either one of the three VHH domains results in the formation of a heterotetramer in solution, in perfect agreement with the crystal structures. Biochemical solution studies indicate that the C-terminal tail of KREPA6 is involved in the dimerization of KREPA6 dimers to form tetramers. The implications of these crystallographic and solution studies for possible modes of interaction of KREPA6 with its many binding partners in the editosome are discussed.
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- Meiting Wu
- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas 78227-5301, USA
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Structural Biology Brussels, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Interactions, VIB, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Biomolecular Structure Center, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA,Corresponding author. Telephone: +1 (206) 685 7044; Fax: +1 (206) 685 7002;
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Costes A, Lecointe F, McGovern S, Quevillon-Cheruel S, Polard P. The C-terminal domain of the bacterial SSB protein acts as a DNA maintenance hub at active chromosome replication forks. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001238. [PMID: 21170359 PMCID: PMC3000357 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Accepted: 11/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We have investigated in vivo the role of the carboxy-terminal domain of the Bacillus subtilis Single-Stranded DNA Binding protein (SSB(Cter)) as a recruitment platform at active chromosomal forks for many proteins of the genome maintenance machineries. We probed this SSB(Cter) interactome using GFP fusions and by Tap-tag and biochemical analysis. It includes at least 12 proteins. The interactome was previously shown to include PriA, RecG, and RecQ and extended in this study by addition of DnaE, SbcC, RarA, RecJ, RecO, XseA, Ung, YpbB, and YrrC. Targeting of YpbB to active forks appears to depend on RecS, a RecQ paralogue, with which it forms a stable complex. Most of these SSB partners are conserved in bacteria, while others, such as the essential DNA polymerase DnaE, YrrC, and the YpbB/RecS complex, appear to be specific to B. subtilis. SSB(Cter) deletion has a moderate impact on B. subtilis cell growth. However, it markedly affects the efficiency of repair of damaged genomic DNA and arrested replication forks. ssbΔCter mutant cells appear deficient in RecA loading on ssDNA, explaining their inefficiency in triggering the SOS response upon exposure to genotoxic agents. Together, our findings show that the bacterial SSB(Cter) acts as a DNA maintenance hub at active chromosomal forks that secures their propagation along the genome.
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- Audrey Costes
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France
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- INRA, UMR1319 Micalis (Microbiologie de l'Alimentation au service de la Santé), Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INRA, UMR1319 Micalis (Microbiologie de l'Alimentation au service de la Santé), Domaine de Vilvert, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institut de Biochimie et de Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université de Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR8619, IFR115, Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, LMGM-UMR5100, Toulouse, France
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Wang Y, Cui T, Zhang C, Yang M, Huang Y, Li W, Zhang L, Gao C, He Y, Li Y, Huang F, Zeng J, Huang C, Yang Q, Tian Y, Zhao C, Chen H, Zhang H, He ZG. Global Protein−Protein Interaction Network in the Human Pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. J Proteome Res 2010; 9:6665-77. [DOI: 10.1021/pr100808n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Yi Wang
- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Center for Proteomics Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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Kozlov AG, Jezewska MJ, Bujalowski W, Lohman TM. Binding specificity of Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein for the chi subunit of DNA pol III holoenzyme and PriA helicase. Biochemistry 2010; 49:3555-66. [PMID: 20329707 DOI: 10.1021/bi100069s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) plays a central role in DNA metabolism through its high affinity interactions with ssDNA, as well as its interactions with numerous other proteins via its unstructured C-termini. Although SSB interacts with at least 14 other proteins, it is not understood how SSB might recruit one protein over another for a particular metabolic role. To probe the specificity of these interactions, we have used isothermal titration calorimetry to examine the thermodynamics of binding of SSB to two E. coli proteins important for DNA replication, the chi subunit of DNA polymerase III holoenzyme and the PriA helicase. We find that an SSB tetramer can bind up to four molecules of either protein primarily via interactions with the last approximately 9 amino acids in the conserved SSB C-terminal tails (SSB-Ct). We observe intrinsic specificity for the binding of an isolated SSB-Ct peptide to PriA over chi due primarily to a more favorable enthalpic component. PriA and chi also bind with weaker affinity to SSB (in the absence of ssDNA) than to isolated SSB-Ct peptides, indicating an inhibitory effect of the SSB protein core. Although the binding affinity of SSB for both chi and PriA is enhanced if SSB is prebound to ssDNA, this effect is larger with PriA indicating a further enhancement of SSB specificity for PriA. These results also suggest that DNA binding proteins such as PriA, which also interact with SSB, could use this interaction to gain access to ssDNA by first interacting with the SSB C-termini.
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- Alexander G Kozlov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 S. Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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Dos Vultos T, Mestre O, Tonjum T, Gicquel B. DNA repair inMycobacterium tuberculosisrevisited. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2009; 33:471-87. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00170.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Chan KW, Lee YJ, Wang CH, Huang H, Sun YJ. Single-stranded DNA-binding protein complex from Helicobacter pylori suggests an ssDNA-binding surface. J Mol Biol 2009; 388:508-19. [PMID: 19285993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2008] [Revised: 03/03/2009] [Accepted: 03/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA)-binding protein (SSB) plays an important role in DNA replication, recombination, and repair. SSB consists of an N-terminal ssDNA-binding domain with an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding fold and a flexible C-terminal tail involved in protein-protein interactions. SSB from Helicobacter pylori (HpSSB) was isolated, and the ssDNA-binding characteristics of HpSSB were analyzed by fluorescence titration and electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Tryptophan fluorescence quenching was measured as 61%, and the calculated cooperative affinity was 5.4x10(7) M(-1) with an ssDNA-binding length of 25-30 nt. The crystal structure of the C-terminally truncated protein (HpSSBc) in complex with 35-mer ssDNA [HpSSBc-(dT)(35)] was determined at a resolution of 2.3 A. The HpSSBc monomer folds as an oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding fold with a Y-shaped conformation. The ssDNA wrapped around the HpSSBc tetramer through a continuous binding path comprising five essential aromatic residues and a positively charged surface formed by numerous basic residues.
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- Kun-Wei Chan
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, ROC
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Orchestration of Haemophilus influenzae RecJ Exonuclease by Interaction with Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein. J Mol Biol 2009; 385:1375-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2008] [Revised: 11/17/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Buss JA, Kimura Y, Bianco PR. RecG interacts directly with SSB: implications for stalled replication fork regression. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:7029-42. [PMID: 18986999 PMCID: PMC2602778 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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RecG and RuvAB are proposed to act at stalled DNA replication forks to facilitate replication restart. To define the roles of these proteins in fork regression, we used a combination of assays to determine whether RecG, RuvAB or both are capable of acting at a stalled fork. The results show that RecG binds to the C-terminus of single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) forming a stoichiometric complex of 2 RecG monomers per SSB tetramer. This binding occurs in solution and to SSB protein bound to single stranded DNA (ssDNA). The result of this binding is stabilization of the interaction of RecG with ssDNA. In contrast, RuvAB does not bind to SSB. Side-by-side analysis of the catalytic efficiency of the ATPase activity of each enzyme revealed that (-)scDNA and ssDNA are potent stimulators of the ATPase activity of RecG but not for RuvAB, whereas relaxed circular DNA is a poor cofactor for RecG but an excellent one for RuvAB. Collectively, these data suggest that the timing of repair protein access to the DNA at stalled forks is determined by the nature of the DNA available at the fork. We propose that RecG acts first, with RuvAB acting either after RecG or in a separate pathway following protein-independent fork regression.
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- Jackson A Buss
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
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The Mycoplasma pneumoniae MPN229 gene encodes a protein that selectively binds single-stranded DNA and stimulates Recombinase A-mediated DNA strand exchange. BMC Microbiol 2008; 8:167. [PMID: 18831760 PMCID: PMC2572620 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 10/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background Mycoplasma pneumoniae has previously been characterized as a micro-organism that is genetically highly stable. In spite of this genetic stability, homologous DNA recombination has been hypothesized to lie at the basis of antigenic variation of the major surface protein, P1, of M. pneumoniae. In order to identify the proteins that may be involved in homologous DNA recombination in M. pneumoniae, we set out to characterize the MPN229 open reading frame (ORF), which bears sequence similarity to the gene encoding the single-stranded DNA-binding (SSB) protein of other micro-organisms. Results The MPN229 ORF has the capacity to encode a 166-amino acid protein with a calculated molecular mass of 18.4 kDa. The amino acid sequence of this protein (Mpn SSB) is most closely related to that of the protein predicted to be encoded by the MG091 gene from Mycoplasma genitalium (61% identity). The MPN229 ORF was cloned, and different versions of Mpn SSB were expressed in E. coli and purified to > 95% homogeneity. The purified protein was found to exist primarily as a homo-tetramer in solution, and to strongly and selectively bind single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in a divalent cation- and DNA substrate sequence-independent manner. Mpn SSB was found to bind with a higher affinity to ssDNA substrates larger than 20 nucleotides than to smaller substrates. In addition, the protein strongly stimulated E. coli Recombinase A (RecA)-promoted DNA strand exchange, which indicated that Mpn SSB may play an important role in DNA recombination processes in M. pneumoniae. Conclusion The M. pneumoniae MPN229 gene encodes a protein, Mpn SSB, which selectively and efficiently binds ssDNA, and stimulates E. coli RecA-promoted homologous DNA recombination. Consequently, the Mpn SSB protein may play a crucial role in DNA recombinatorial pathways in M. pneumoniae. The results from this study will pave the way for unraveling these pathways and assess their role in antigenic variation of M. pneumoniae.
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Shereda RD, Kozlov AG, Lohman TM, Cox MM, Keck JL. SSB as an organizer/mobilizer of genome maintenance complexes. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2008; 43:289-318. [PMID: 18937104 PMCID: PMC2583361 DOI: 10.1080/10409230802341296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 412] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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When duplex DNA is altered in almost any way (replicated, recombined, or repaired), single strands of DNA are usually intermediates, and single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins are present. These proteins have often been described as inert, protective DNA coatings. Continuing research is demonstrating a far more complex role of SSB that includes the organization and/or mobilization of all aspects of DNA metabolism. Escherichia coli SSB is now known to interact with at least 14 other proteins that include key components of the elaborate systems involved in every aspect of DNA metabolism. Most, if not all, of these interactions are mediated by the amphipathic C-terminus of SSB. In this review, we summarize the extent of the eubacterial SSB interaction network, describe the energetics of interactions with SSB, and highlight the roles of SSB in the process of recombination. Similar themes to those highlighted in this review are evident in all biological systems.
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- Robert D Shereda
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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Baitin DM, Gruenig MC, Cox MM. SSB antagonizes RecX-RecA interaction. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:14198-204. [PMID: 18385131 PMCID: PMC2386935 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801511200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2008] [Revised: 04/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The RecX protein of Escherichia coli inhibits the extension of RecA protein filaments on DNA, presumably by binding to and blocking the growing filament end. The direct binding of RecX protein to single-stranded DNA is weak, and previous reports suggested that direct binding to DNA did not explain the effects of RecX. We now demonstrate that elevated concentrations of SSB greatly moderate the effects of RecX protein. High concentrations of the yeast RPA protein have the same effect, suggesting that the effect is not species-specific or even specific to bacterial SSB proteins. A direct SSB-RecX interaction is thus unlikely. We suggest that SSB is blocking access to single-stranded DNA. The evident competition between RecX and SSB implies that the mechanism of RecX action may involve RecX binding to both RecA protein and to DNA. We speculate that the interaction of RecX protein and RecA may enable an enhanced DNA binding by RecX protein. The effects of SSB are increased if the SSB C terminus is removed.
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- Dmitry M Baitin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA
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Sidorenko VS, Rot MA, Filipenko ML, Nevinsky GA, Zharkov DO. Novel DNA glycosylases from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2008; 73:442-50. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908040093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Wei T, Zhang S, Zhu S, Sheng D, Ni J, Shen Y. Physical and functional interaction between archaeal single-stranded DNA-binding protein and the 5′–3′ nuclease NurA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 367:523-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2007] [Accepted: 10/08/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Arad G, Hendel A, Urbanke C, Curth U, Livneh Z. Single-stranded DNA-binding protein recruits DNA polymerase V to primer termini on RecA-coated DNA. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:8274-82. [PMID: 18223256 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710290200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) by DNA polymerase V (polV) in Escherichia coli involves accessory proteins, including RecA and single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB). To elucidate the role of SSB in TLS we used an in vitro exonuclease protection assay and found that SSB increases the accessibility of 3' primer termini located at abasic sites in RecA-coated gapped DNA. The mutant SSB-113 protein, which is defective in protein-protein interactions, but not in DNA binding, was as effective as wild-type SSB in increasing primer termini accessibility, but deficient in supporting polV-catalyzed TLS. Consistently, the heterologous SSB proteins gp32, encoded by phage T4, and ICP8, encoded by herpes simplex virus 1, could replace E. coli SSB in the TLS reaction, albeit with lower efficiency. Immunoprecipitation experiments indicated that polV directly interacts with SSB and that this interaction is disrupted by the SSB-113 mutation. Taken together our results suggest that SSB functions to recruit polV to primer termini on RecA-coated DNA, operating by two mechanisms: 1) increasing the accessibility of 3' primer termini caused by binding of SSB to DNA and 2) a direct SSB-polV interaction mediated by the C terminus of SSB.
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- Gali Arad
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hertzl St, Rehovot, Israel
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Due to their involvement in processes such as DNA replication, repair, and recombination, bacterial single-stranded DNA binding (SSB) proteins are essential for the survival of the bacterial cell. Whereas most bacterial SSB proteins form homotetramers in solution, dimeric SSB proteins were recently discovered in the Thermus/Deinococcus group. In this work we characterize the biophysical properties of the SSB protein from Thermus aquaticus (TaqSSB), which is structurally quite similar to the tetrameric SSB protein from Escherichia coli (EcoSSB). The binding of TaqSSB and EcoSSB to single-stranded nucleic acids was found to be very similar in affinity and kinetics. Mediated by its highly conserved C-terminal region, TaqSSB interacts with the chi-subunit of E. coli DNA polymerase III with an affinity that is similar to that of EcoSSB. Using analytical ultracentrifugation, we show that TaqSSB mutants are able to form tetramers in solution via arginine-mediated hydrogen-bond interactions that we identified in the crystal packing of wild-type TaqSSB. In EcoSSB, we identified a homologous arginine residue involved in the formation of higher aggregates and metastable highly cooperative single-stranded DNA binding under low salt conditions.
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The RecA protein is a recombinase functioning in recombinational DNA repair in bacteria. RecA is regulated at many levels. The expression of the recA gene is regulated within the SOS response. The activity of the RecA protein itself is autoregulated by its own C-terminus. RecA is also regulated by the action of other proteins. To date, these include the RecF, RecO, RecR, DinI, RecX, RdgC, PsiB, and UvrD proteins. The SSB protein also indirectly affects RecA function by competing for ssDNA binding sites. The RecO and RecR, and possibly the RecF proteins, all facilitate RecA loading onto SSB-coated ssDNA. The RecX protein blocks RecA filament extension, and may have other effects on RecA activity. The DinI protein stabilizes RecA filaments. The RdgC protein binds to dsDNA and blocks RecA access to dsDNA. The PsiB protein, encoded by F plasmids, is uncharacterized, but may inhibit RecA in some manner. The UvrD helicase removes RecA filaments from RecA. All of these proteins function in a network that determines where and how RecA functions. Additional regulatory proteins may remain to be discovered. The elaborate regulatory pattern is likely to be reprised for RecA homologues in archaeans and eukaryotes.
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- Michael M Cox
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
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Shereda RD, Bernstein DA, Keck JL. A central role for SSB in Escherichia coli RecQ DNA helicase function. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:19247-58. [PMID: 17483090 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608011200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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RecQ DNA helicases are critical components of DNA replication, recombination, and repair machinery in all eukaryotes and bacteria. Eukaryotic RecQ helicases are known to associate with numerous genome maintenance proteins that modulate their cellular functions, but there is little information regarding protein complexes involving the prototypical bacterial RecQ proteins. Here we use an affinity purification scheme to identify three heterologous proteins that associate with Escherichia coli RecQ: SSB (single-stranded DNA-binding protein), exonuclease I, and RecJ exonuclease. The RecQ-SSB interaction is direct and is mediated by the RecQ winged helix subdomain and the C terminus of SSB. Interaction with SSB has important functional consequences for RecQ. SSB stimulates RecQ-mediated DNA unwinding, whereas deletion of the C-terminal RecQ-binding site from SSB produces a variant that blocks RecQ DNA binding and unwinding activities, suggesting that RecQ recognizes both the SSB C terminus and DNA in SSB.DNA nucleoprotein complexes. These findings, together with the noted interactions between human RecQ proteins and Replication Protein A, identify SSB as a broadly conserved RecQ-binding protein. These results also provide a simple model that explains RecQ integration into genome maintenance processes in E. coli through its association with SSB.
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- Robert D Shereda
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1532, USA
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The RecO and RecR proteins form a complex that promotes the nucleation of RecA protein filaments onto SSB protein-coated single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). However, even when RecO and RecR proteins are provided at optimal concentrations, the loading of RecA protein is surprisingly slow, typically proceeding with a lag of 10 min or more. The rate-limiting step in RecOR-promoted RecA nucleation is the binding of RecOR protein to ssDNA, which is inhibited by SSB protein despite the documented interaction between RecO and SSB. Full activity of RecOR is seen only when RecOR is preincubated with ssDNA prior to the addition of SSB. The slow binding of RecOR to SSB-coated ssDNA involves the C terminus of SSB. When an SSB variant that lacks the C-terminal 8 amino acids is used, the capacity of RecOR to facilitate RecA loading onto the ssDNA is largely abolished. The results are used in an expanded model for RecOR action.
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- Michael D Hobbs
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1544, USA
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Fedorov R, Witte G, Urbanke C, Manstein DJ, Curth U. 3D structure of Thermus aquaticus single-stranded DNA-binding protein gives insight into the functioning of SSB proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:6708-17. [PMID: 17148487 PMCID: PMC1761420 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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In contrast to the majority of tetrameric SSB proteins, the recently discovered SSB proteins from the Thermus/Deinoccus group form dimers. We solved the crystal structures of the SSB protein from Thermus aquaticus (TaqSSB) and a deletion mutant of the protein and show the structure of their ssDNA binding domains to be similar to the structure of tetrameric SSBs. Two conformations accompanied by proline cis–trans isomerization are observed in the flexible C-terminal region. For the first time, we were able to trace 6 out of 10 amino acids at the C-terminus of an SSB protein. This highly conserved region is essential for interaction with other proteins and we show it to adopt an extended conformation devoid of secondary structure. A model for binding this region to the χ subunit of DNA polymerase III is proposed. It explains at a molecular level the reason for the ssb113 phenotype observed in Escherichia coli.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +49 511 532 3707; Fax: + 49 511 532 5966;
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Vernal J, Serpa VI, Tavares C, Souza EM, Pedrosa FO, Terenzi H. Expression, purification and biochemical characterization of a single-stranded DNA binding protein from Herbaspirillum seropedicae. Protein Expr Purif 2006; 53:195-200. [PMID: 17223357 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2006.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2006] [Revised: 11/24/2006] [Accepted: 11/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An open reading frame encoding a protein similar in size and sequence to the Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB protein) was identified in the Herbaspirillum seropedicae genome. This open reading frame was cloned into the expression plasmid pET14b. The SSB protein from H. seropedicae, named Hs_SSB, was overexpressed in E. coli strain BL21(DE3) and purified to homogeneity. Mass spectrometry data confirmed the identity of this protein. The apparent molecular mass of the native Hs_SSB was estimated by gel filtration, suggesting that the native protein is a tetramer made up of four similar subunits. The purified protein binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in a similar manner to other SSB proteins. The production of this recombinant protein in good yield opens up the possibility of obtaining its 3D-structure and will help further investigations into DNA metabolism.
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- Javier Vernal
- Laboratório de Expressão Gênica, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 88040-900 Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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Filipkowski P, Koziatek M, Kur J. A highly thermostable, homodimeric single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Deinococcus radiopugnans. Extremophiles 2006; 10:607-14. [PMID: 16896528 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-006-0011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2006] [Accepted: 06/14/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We report the identification and characterization of the single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) from the mesophile and highly radiation-resistant Deinococcus radiopugnans (DrpSSB). PCR-derived DNA fragment containing the complete structural gene for DrpSSB protein was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. The gene consisting of an open reading frame of 900 nucleotides encodes a protein of 300 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 32.45 kDa and pI 5.34. The amino acids sequence exhibits 43, 44, 79 and 18% identity with Thermus aquaticus, Thermus thermophilus, Deinococcus radiodurans and E. coli SSBs, respectively. The DrpSSB includes two OB folds per monomer and functions as a homodimer. In fluorescence titrations with poly(dT), DrpSSB bound 24-31 nt depending on the salt concentration, and fluorescence was quenched by about 80%. In a complementation assay in E. coli, DrpSSB took over the in vivo function of EcoSSB. The half-lives of DrpSSB were 120 min at 90 degrees C, 60 min at 95 degrees C and 30 min at 100 degrees C. These results were surprising in the context of half-life of SSB from thermophilic T. aquaticus, which has only 30 s of half-life at 95 degrees C. DrpSSB is the most thermostable SSB-like protein identified to date, offering an attractive alternative for TaqSSB and TthSSB in their applications for molecular biology methods and analytical purposes.
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- Paweł Filipkowski
- Department of Microbiology, Gdańsk University of Technology, ul. Narutowicza 11/12, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Mijakovic I, Petranovic D, Macek B, Cepo T, Mann M, Davies J, Jensen PR, Vujaklija D. Bacterial single-stranded DNA-binding proteins are phosphorylated on tyrosine. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:1588-96. [PMID: 16549871 PMCID: PMC1405823 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) are required for repair, recombination and replication in all organisms. Eukaryotic SSBs are regulated by phosphorylation on serine and threonine residues. To our knowledge, phosphorylation of SSBs in bacteria has not been reported. A systematic search for phosphotyrosine-containing proteins in Streptomyces griseus by immunoaffinity chromatography identified bacterial SSBs as a novel target of bacterial tyrosine kinases. Since genes encoding protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs) have not been recognized in streptomycetes, and SSBs from Streptomyces coelicolor (ScSSB) and Bacillus subtilis (BsSSB) share 38.7% identity, we used a B.subtilis protein-tyrosine kinase YwqD to phosphorylate two cognate SSBs (BsSSB and YwpH) in vitro. We demonstrate that in vivo phosphorylation of B.subtilis SSB occurs on tyrosine residue 82, and this reaction is affected antagonistically by kinase YwqD and phosphatase YwqE. Phosphorylation of B.subtilis SSB increased binding almost 200-fold to single-stranded DNA in vitro. Tyrosine phosphorylation of B.subtilis, S.coelicolor and Escherichia coli SSBs occured while they were expressed in E.coli, indicating that tyrosine phosphorylation of SSBs is a conserved process of post-translational modification in taxonomically distant bacteria.
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- Center for Experimental Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern DenmarkDK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute10002 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Center for Experimental Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern DenmarkDK-5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British ColumbiaVancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Rudjer Boskovic Institute10002 Zagreb, Croatia
- To whom correspondence should be addresed. Tel: +385 14 57 12 58; Fax: +385 14 56 91 77;
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Iyer LM, Koonin EV, Leipe DD, Aravind L. Origin and evolution of the archaeo-eukaryotic primase superfamily and related palm-domain proteins: structural insights and new members. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:3875-96. [PMID: 16027112 PMCID: PMC1176014 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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We report an in-depth computational study of the protein sequences and structures of the superfamily of archaeo-eukaryotic primases (AEPs). This analysis greatly expands the range of diversity of the AEPs and reveals the unique active site shared by all members of this superfamily. In particular, it is shown that eukaryotic nucleo-cytoplasmic large DNA viruses, including poxviruses, asfarviruses, iridoviruses, phycodnaviruses and the mimivirus, encode AEPs of a distinct family, which also includes the herpesvirus primases whose relationship to AEPs has not been recognized previously. Many eukaryotic genomes, including chordates and plants, encode previously uncharacterized homologs of these predicted viral primases, which might be involved in novel DNA repair pathways. At a deeper level of evolutionary connections, structural comparisons indicate that AEPs, the nucleases involved in the initiation of rolling circle replication in plasmids and viruses, and origin-binding domains of papilloma and polyoma viruses evolved from a common ancestral protein that might have been involved in a protein-priming mechanism of initiation of DNA replication. Contextual analysis of multidomain protein architectures and gene neighborhoods in prokaryotes and viruses reveals remarkable parallels between AEPs and the unrelated DnaG-type primases, in particular, tight associations with the same repertoire of helicases. These observations point to a functional equivalence of the two classes of primases, which seem to have repeatedly displaced each other in various extrachromosomal replicons.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 301 594 2445; Fax: +1 301 480 9241;
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O'Sullivan DM, McHugh TD, Gillespie SH. Analysis of rpoB and pncA mutations in the published literature: an insight into the role of oxidative stress in Mycobacterium tuberculosis evolution? J Antimicrob Chemother 2005; 55:674-9. [PMID: 15814606 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION It is perceived wisdom that within the host macrophage, Mycobacterium tuberculosis frequently encounters oxidative stress. Exposure of bacteria to reactive oxygen intermediates can have a mutagenic effect on the DNA. Various mutations are thought to arise as a consequence, including the oxidation of guanine residues, leading to G?C-->T?A substitution, and oxidation of cytosine resulting in a G?C-->A?T substitution. METHODS We measured the relative contribution of oxidative stress by recording the percentage of single nucleotide substitutions reported in the genes rpoB and pncA that confer resistance to the antimicrobials rifampicin and pyrazinamide, respectively, and determined whether there is an excess of G?C-->T?A or G?C-->A?T substitutions. RESULTS Out of 840 clinical isolates reported with single nucleotide mutations in the rpoB gene, 67% were G?C-->A?T changes, and 3% were G?C-->T?A substitutions. These figures were compared to the pncA gene, where out of 114 isolates, 30% of the single nucleotide mutations were G?C-->A?T transitions and 9% were G?C-->T?A changes. CONCLUSIONS While there is an excess of G?C-->A?T changes in the rpoB gene, this was not the case in the pncA gene. Fifty-three percent of mutations within the rpoB gene were C-->T mutations of the type S531L. Although this mutation gives a fitness disadvantage, it is less than other common mutations, so it is more likely that that fitness is the determinant of surviving mutation rather than oxidative stress because of the small numbers of other C-->T and G-->A mutations at other sites (12%). There was no evidence of oxygen free radicals damaging the guanine bases in either gene.
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Affiliation(s)
- Denise M O'Sullivan
- Centre for Medical Microbiology, Department of Infection, Royal Free & University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, University College London, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK
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