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The Structure and Function of OxlT, the Oxalate Transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. J Membr Biol 2014; 248:641-50. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-014-9728-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Yaffe D, Radestock S, Shuster Y, Forrest LR, Schuldiner S. Identification of molecular hinge points mediating alternating access in the vesicular monoamine transporter VMAT2. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E1332-41. [PMID: 23530208 PMCID: PMC3625309 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220497110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) catalyzes transport of monoamines into storage vesicles in a process that involves exchange of the charged monoamine with two protons. VMAT2 is a member of the DHA12 family of multidrug transporters that belongs to the major facilitator superfamily (MFS) of secondary transporters. Here we present a homology model of VMAT2, which has the standard MFS fold, that is, with two domains of six transmembrane helices each which are related by twofold pseudosymmetry and whose axis runs normal to the membrane and between the two halves. Demonstration of the essential role of a membrane-embedded glutamate and confirmation of the existence of a hydrogen bond probably involved in proton transport provide experimental evidence that validates some of the predictions inherent to the model. Moreover, we show the essential role of residues at two anchor points between the two bundles. These residues appear to function as molecular hinge points about which the two six transmembrane-helix bundles flex and straighten to open and close the pathways on either side of the membrane as required for transport. Polar residues that create a hydrogen bond cluster form one of the anchor points of VMAT2. The other results from hydrophobic interactions. Residues at the anchor points are strongly conserved in other MFS transporters in one way or another, suggesting that interactions at these locations will be critical in most, if not all, MFS transporters.
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- Dana Yaffe
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander A. Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; and
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- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander A. Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; and
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- Computational Structural Biology Group, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, Alexander A. Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel; and
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Górecki RK, Koryszewska-Bagińska A, Gołębiewski M, Żylińska J, Grynberg M, Bardowski JK. Adaptative potential of the Lactococcus lactis IL594 strain encoded in its 7 plasmids. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22238. [PMID: 21789242 PMCID: PMC3138775 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The extrachromosomal gene pool plays a significant role both in evolution and in the environmental adaptation of bacteria. The L. lactis subsp. lactis IL594 strain contains seven plasmids, named pIL1 to pIL7, and is the parental strain of the plasmid-free L. lactis IL1403, which is one of the best characterized lactococcal strains of LAB. Complete nucleotide sequences of pIL1 (6,382 bp), pIL2 (8,277 bp), pIL3 (19,244 bp), pIL4 (48,979), pIL5 (23,395), pIL6 (28,435 bp) and pIL7 (28,546) were established and deposited in the generally accessible database (GeneBank). Nine highly homologous repB-containing replicons, belonging to the lactococcal theta-type replicons, have been identified on the seven plasmids. Moreover, a putative region involved in conjugative plasmid mobilization was found on four plasmids, through identification of the presence of mob genes and/or oriT sequences. Detailed bioinformatic analysis of the plasmid nucleotide sequences provided new insight into the repertoire of plasmid-encoded functions in L. lactis, and indicated that plasmid genes from IL594 strain can be important for L. lactis adaptation to specific environmental conditions (e.g. genes coding for proteins involved in DNA repair or cold shock response) as well as for technological processes (e.g. genes encoding citrate and lactose utilization, oligopeptide transport, restriction-modification system). Moreover, global gene analysis indicated cooperation between plasmid- and chromosome-encoded metabolic pathways.
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- Roman K. Górecki
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Biotechnology, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Sasahara A, Nanatani K, Enomoto M, Kuwahara S, Abe K. Substrate specificity of the aspartate:alanine antiporter (AspT) of Tetragenococcus halophilus in reconstituted liposomes. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:29044-29052. [PMID: 21719707 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.260224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The aspartate:alanine antiporter (AspT) of the lactic acid bacterium Tetragenococcus halophilus is a member of the aspartate:alanine exchanger (AAEx) transporter family. T. halophilus AspT catalyzes the electrogenic exchange of L-aspartate(1-) with L-alanine(0). Although physiological functions of AspT were well studied, L-aspartate(1-):L-alanine(0) antiport mechanisms are still unsolved. Here we report that the binding sites of L-aspartate and L-alanine are independently present in AspT by means of the kinetic studies. We purified His(6)-tagged T. halophilus AspT and characterized its kinetic properties when reconstituted in liposomes (K(m) = 0.35 ± 0.03 mm for L-aspartate, K(m) = 0.098 ± 0 mm for D-aspartate, K(m) = 26 ± 2 mm for L-alanine, K(m) = 3.3 ± 0.2 mm for D-alanine). Competitive inhibition by various amino acids of L-aspartate or L-alanine in self-exchange reactions revealed that L-cysteine selectively inhibited L-aspartate self-exchange but only weakly inhibited L-alanine self-exchange. Additionally, L-serine selectively inhibited L-alanine self-exchange but barely inhibited L-aspartate self-exchange. The aspartate analogs L-cysteine sulfinic acid, L-cysteic acid, and D-cysteic acid competitively and strongly inhibited L-aspartate self-exchange compared with L-alanine self-exchange. Taken together, these kinetic data suggest that the putative binding sites of L-aspartate and L-alanine are independently located in the substrate translocation pathway of AspT.
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- Ayako Sasahara
- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Laboratory of Applied Biophysical Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, and
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Laboratory of Applied Bioorganic Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 981-8555, Japan
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Sendai 981-8555, Japan; Microbial Genomics Laboratory, New Industry Creation Hatchery Center, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579, Japan.
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Structural and functional importance of transmembrane domain 3 (TM3) in the aspartate:alanine antiporter AspT: topology and function of the residues of TM3 and oligomerization of AspT. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2122-32. [PMID: 19181816 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00830-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AspT, the aspartate:alanine antiporter of Tetragenococcus halophilus, a membrane protein of 543 amino acids with 10 putative transmembrane (TM) helices, is the prototype of the aspartate:alanine exchanger (AAE) family of transporters. Because TM3 (isoleucine 64 to methionine 85) has many amino acid residues that are conserved among members of the AAE family and because TM3 contains two charged residues and four polar residues, it is thought to be located near (or to form part of) the substrate translocation pathway that includes the binding site for the substrates. To elucidate the role of TM3 in the transport process, we carried out cysteine-scanning mutagenesis. The substitutions of tyrosine 75 and serine 84 had the strongest inhibitory effects on transport (initial rates of l-aspartate transport were below 15% of the rate for cysteine-less AspT). Considerable but less-marked effects were observed upon the replacement of methionine 70, phenylalanine 71, glycine 74, arginine 76, serine 83, and methionine 85 (initial rates between 15% and 30% of the rate for cysteine-less AspT). Introduced cysteine residues at the cytoplasmic half of TM3 could be labeled with Oregon green maleimide (OGM), whereas cysteines close to the periplasmic half (residues 64 to 75) were not labeled. These results suggest that TM3 has a hydrophobic core on the periplasmic half and that hydrophilic residues on the cytoplasmic half of TM3 participate in the formation of an aqueous cavity in membranes. Furthermore, the presence of l-aspartate protected the cysteine introduced at glycine 62 against a reaction with OGM. In contrast, l-aspartate stimulated the reactivity of the cysteine introduced at proline 79 with OGM. These results demonstrate that TM3 undergoes l-aspartate-induced conformational alterations. In addition, nonreducing sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analyses and a glutaraldehyde cross-linking assay suggest that functional AspT forms homo-oligomers as a functional unit.
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Culham DE, Vernikovska Y, Tschowri N, Keates RAB, Wood JM, Boggs JM. Periplasmic loops of osmosensory transporter ProP in Escherichia coli are sensitive to osmolality. Biochemistry 2009; 47:13584-93. [PMID: 19049385 DOI: 10.1021/bi801576x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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ProP is an osmosensory transporter. The activities of ProP and ProP*, a cysteine-less, His(6)-tagged ProP variant, increase with osmotic pressure in cells and proteoliposomes. In proteoliposomes, ProP activity is osmolality-dependent only if the magnitude of the membrane potential (DeltaPsi) exceeds 100 mV. Some amino acid replacements rendered ProP activity osmolality-insensitive [e.g., Y44M in transmembrane segment 1 (TMI); S62C in periplasmic loop 1 (loop P1)], whereas others elevated the osmolality at which ProP activates (e.g., A59C). This suggested that the environments and/or conformations of TMI and loop P1 might be osmolality-dependent. This report correlates structural dynamics of ProP with osmoregulation of its transport activity. Residues in periplasmic loops were replaced with Cys, and changes in their environments were detected by monitoring their reactivities with N-ethylmaleimide (NEM). Increasing osmolality markedly increased the NEM reactivity of some Cys residues (e.g., C59, loop P1; C415-C418, loop P6) but not others (e.g., C293, loop P4; C348, loop P5). The NEM reactivity of C62 was insensitive to osmolality, as expected. Substitution Y44M rendered the transport activities of ProP*-A59C and ProP*-Q415C, and the NEM reactivities of the introduced Cys, osmolality-insensitive. Furthermore, osmolality did not affect the reactivity of C59 in cells lacking a protonmotive force, consistent with evidence that DeltaPsi is required for osmosensing by ProP. These results indicate that the osmotically induced increases in NEM reactivity of C59 and C415 in energized bacteria are due to a conformational change of ProP in response to osmolality. They therefore constitute the first direct evidence of an osmotically induced conformational change associated with osmosensing by a transporter.
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- Doreen E Culham
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1
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Wang X, Ye L, McKinney CC, Feng M, Maloney PC. Cysteine scanning mutagenesis of TM5 reveals conformational changes in OxlT, the oxalate transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. Biochemistry 2008; 47:5709-17. [PMID: 18452311 DOI: 10.1021/bi8001314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We constructed a single-cysteine panel encompassing TM5 of the oxalate transporter, OxlT. The 25 positions encompassed by TM5 were largely tolerant of mutagenesis, and functional product was recovered for 21 of the derived variants. For these derivatives, thiol-directed MTS-linked agents (MTSEA, MTSCE, and MTSES) were used as probes of transporter function, yielding 11 mutants that responded to probe treatment, as indicated by effects on oxalate transport. Further study identified three biochemical phenotypes among these responders. Group 1 included seven mutants, exemplified by G151C, displaying substrate protection against probe inhibition. Group 2 was comprised of a single mutant, P156C, which had unexpected behavior. In this case, we observed increased activity if weak acid/base or neutral probes were used, while exposure to probes introducing a fixed charge led to decreased function. In both instances, the presence of substrate prevented the observed response. Group 3 contained three mutants (e.g., S143C) in which probe sensitivity was increased by the presence of substrate. The finding of substrate-protectable probe modification in groups 1 and 2 suggests that TM5 lies on the permeation pathway, as do its structural counterparts, TM2, TM8, and TM11. In addition, we speculate that substrate binding facilitates TM5 conformational changes that allow new regions to become accessible to MTS-linked probes (group 3). These biochemical data are consistent with the recently developed OxlT homology model.
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- Xicheng Wang
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Nanatani K, Fujiki T, Kanou K, Takeda-Shitaka M, Umeyama H, Ye L, Wang X, Nakajima T, Uchida T, Maloney PC, Abe K. Topology of AspT, the aspartate:alanine antiporter of Tetragenococcus halophilus, determined by site-directed fluorescence labeling. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:7089-97. [PMID: 17660287 PMCID: PMC2045216 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00088-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The gram-positive lactic acid bacterium Tetragenococcus halophilus catalyzes the decarboxylation of L-aspartate (Asp) with release of L-alanine (Ala) and CO(2). The decarboxylation reaction consists of two steps: electrogenic exchange of Asp for Ala catalyzed by an aspartate:alanine antiporter (AspT) and intracellular decarboxylation of the transported Asp catalyzed by an L-aspartate-beta-decarboxylase (AspD). AspT belongs to the newly classified aspartate:alanine exchanger family (transporter classification no. 2.A.81) of transporters. In this study, we were interested in the relationship between the structure and function of AspT and thus analyzed the topology by means of the substituted-cysteine accessibility method using the impermeant, fluorescent, thiol-specific probe Oregon Green 488 maleimide (OGM) and the impermeant, nonfluorescent, thiol-specific probe [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl]methanethiosulfonate bromide. We generated 23 single-cysteine variants from a six-histidine-tagged cysteineless AspT template. A cysteine position was assigned an external location if the corresponding single-cysteine variant reacted with OGM added to intact cells, and a position was assigned an internal location if OGM labeling required cell lysis. The topology analyses revealed that AspT has a unique topology; the protein has 10 transmembrane helices (TMs), a large hydrophilic cytoplasmic loop (about 180 amino acids) between TM5 and TM6, N and C termini that face the periplasm, and a positively charged residue (arginine 76) within TM3. Moreover, the three-dimensional structure constructed by means of the full automatic modeling system indicates that the large hydrophilic cytoplasmic loop of AspT possesses a TrkA_C domain and a TrkA_C-like domain and that the three-dimensional structures of these domains are similar to each other even though their amino acid sequences show low similarity.
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- Kei Nanatani
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, 981-8555 Japan
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Wang X, Sarker RI, Maloney PC. Analysis of substrate-binding elements in OxlT, the oxalate:formate antiporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. Biochemistry 2006; 45:10344-50. [PMID: 16922510 PMCID: PMC2443686 DOI: 10.1021/bi060746v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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An OxlT homology model suggests R272 and K355 in transmembrane helices 8 and 11, respectively, are critical to OxlT-mediated transport. We offer positive evidence supporting this idea by studying OxlT function after cysteine residues were separately introduced at these positions. Without further treatment, both mutant proteins had a null phenotype when they were reconstituted into proteoliposomes. By contrast, significant recovery of function occurred when proteoliposomes were treated with MTSEA (methanethiosulfonate ethylamine), a thiol-specific reagent that implants a positively charged amino group. In each case, there was a 2-fold increase in the Michaelis constant (K(M)) for oxalate self-exchange (from 80 to 160 microM), along with a 5-fold (K355C) or 100-fold (R272C) reduction in V(max) compared to that of the cysteine-less parental protein. Analysis by MALDI-TOF confirmed that MTSEA introduced the desired modification. We also examined substrate selectivity for the treated derivatives. While oxalate remained the preferred substrate, there was a shift in preference among other substrates so that the normal rank order (oxalate > malonate > formate) was altered to favor smaller substrates (oxalate > formate > malonate). This shift is consistent with the idea that the substrate-binding site is reduced in size via introduction of the SCH(2)CH(2)NH(3)(+) adduct, which generates a side chain that is approximately 1.85 A longer than that of lysine or arginine. These findings lead us to conclude that R272 and K355 are essential components of the OxlT substrate-binding site.
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- Xicheng Wang
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205
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- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD 21205
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Yang Q, Wang X, Ye L, Mentrikoski M, Mohammadi E, Kim YM, Maloney PC. Experimental tests of a homology model for OxlT, the oxalate transporter of Oxalobacter formigenes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:8513-8. [PMID: 15932938 PMCID: PMC1150865 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503533102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Using the x-ray structure of the glycerol 3-phosphate transporter (GlpT), we devised a model for the distantly related oxalate transporter, OxlT. The model accommodates all earlier biochemical information on OxlT, including the idea that Lys-355 lies on the permeation pathway, and predicts that Lys-355 and a second positive center, Arg-272, comprise the binding site for divalent oxalate. Study of R272K, R272A, and R272Q derivatives verifies that Arg-272 is essential, and comparisons with GlpT show that both anion transporters bind substrates within equivalent domains. In 22 single-cysteine variants in TM7 and TM8, topology as marked by accessibility to Oregon green maleimide is predicted by the model, with similar concordance for 52 positions probed earlier. The model also reconciles cross-linking of a cysteine pair placed near the periplasmic ends of TM2 and TM7, and retrospective study of TM2 and TM11 confirms that positions supporting disulfide trapping lie at a helical interface. Our work describes a pathway to the modeling of OxlT and other transporters in the major facilitator superfamily and outlines simple experimental tests to evaluate such proposals.
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- Qiang Yang
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205-2185, USA
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Beuming T, Weinstein H. Modeling membrane proteins based on low-resolution electron microscopy maps: a template for the TM domains of the oxalate transporter OxlT. Protein Eng Des Sel 2005; 18:119-25. [PMID: 15820982 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzi013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The availability of both EM and high-resolution crystallographic data for several membrane proteins (MPs) permits a detailed evaluation of the ability of molecular modeling techniques to complement EM data in the development of models of MPs. A protocol for this purpose is presented, consisting of (1) identifying transmembrane (TM) domains from sequence; (2) assigning buried and lipid-exposed faces of the TM domains; and (3) assembling the TM domains into a bundle, based on geometric restraints obtained from the EM data. The protocol is validated by predicting the structures of several 7- and 12-TM MPs to within 3-5 A r.m.s.d. from their crystal structures. The protocol is applied to generate a model of the oxalate transporter OxlT, for which a high-resolution structure is not yet available.
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- Thijs Beuming
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Svedruzić D, Jónsson S, Toyota CG, Reinhardt LA, Ricagno S, Lindqvist Y, Richards NGJ. The enzymes of oxalate metabolism: unexpected structures and mechanisms. Arch Biochem Biophys 2005; 433:176-92. [PMID: 15581576 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2004.08.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2004] [Revised: 08/31/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Oxalate degrading enzymes have a number of potential applications, including medical diagnosis and treatments for hyperoxaluria and other oxalate-related diseases, the production of transgenic plants for human consumption, and bioremediation of the environment. This review seeks to provide a brief overview of current knowledge regarding the major classes of enzymes and related proteins that are employed in plants, fungi, and bacteria to convert oxalate into CO(2) and/or formate. Not only do these enzymes employ intriguing chemical strategies for cleaving the chemically unreactive C-C bond in oxalate, but they also offer the prospect of providing new insights into the molecular processes that underpin the evolution of biological catalysts.
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- Drazenka Svedruzić
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200, USA
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Howitt SM. The role of cysteine residues in the sulphate transporter, SHST1: construction of a functional cysteine-less transporter. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2005; 1669:95-100. [PMID: 15893511 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2005.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2004] [Revised: 01/06/2005] [Accepted: 01/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We investigated the role of cysteine residues in the sulphate transporter, SHST1, with the aim of generating a functional cysteine-less variant. SHST1 contains five cysteine residues and none was essential for function. However, replacement of C421 resulted in a reduction in transport activity. Sulphate transport by C205 mutants was dependent on the size of the residue at this position. Alanine at position 205 resulted in a complete loss of function whereas leucine resulted in a 3-fold increase in sulphate transport relative to wild type SHST1. C205 is located in a putative intracellular loop and our results suggest that this loop may be important for sulphate transport. By replacing C205 with leucine and the other four cysteine residues with alanine, we constructed a cysteine-less variant of SHST1 that has transport characteristics indistinguishable from wild type. This construct will be useful for further structure and function studies of SHST1.
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- Susan M Howitt
- School of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Faculties, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.
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Ma C, Kotaria R, Mayor JA, Remani S, Walters DE, Kaplan RS. The Yeast Mitochondrial Citrate Transport Protein. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:2331-40. [PMID: 15498760 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411474200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Previous examination of the accessibility of a panel of single-Cys mutants in transmembrane domain III (TMDIII) of the yeast mitochondrial citrate transport protein to hydrophilic, cysteine-specific methanethiosulfonate reagents, enabled identification of the water-accessible surface of this domain and suggested its potential participation in the formation of a portion of the substrate translocation pathway. To evaluate this idea, we conducted a detailed characterization of the functional properties of 20 TMDIII single-Cys substitution mutants. Kinetic studies indicate that the A118C, S123C, and K134C mutants displayed a 3- to 7-fold increase in K(m). Moreover, the A118C mutation caused a doubling of the V(max) value, whereas the S123C, E131C, and K134C mutations caused V(max) to dramatically decrease, resulting in a reduction of the catalytic efficiencies of these three mutants by >97%. Examination of the ability of citrate to protect against the inhibition mediated by sodium (2-sulfonatoethyl)methanethiosulfonate (MTSES) indicated that citrate conferred significant protection of cysteines substituted at eight water-accessible locations (i.e. Gly-115, Leu-116, Gly-117, Leu-121, Ser-123, Val-127, Glu-131, and Thr-135), but not at other sites. Importantly, similar levels of protection were observed at both 4 degrees C and 20 degrees C. The temperature independence of the protection indicates that substrate binding and/or occupancy of the transport pathway sterically blocks the access of MTSES to these sites, thereby providing direct protection, without involvement of a major protein conformational change. The significance of these extensive functional investigations is discussed in terms of the three-dimensional CTP homology model that we previously developed and a new model of the dimer interface.
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- Chunlong Ma
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, Illinois 60064, USA
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Fann MC, Busch A, Maloney PC. Functional characterization of cysteine residues in GlpT, the glycerol 3-phosphate transporter of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:3863-70. [PMID: 12813080 PMCID: PMC161592 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.13.3863-3870.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
In Escherichia coli, the GlpT transporter, a member of the major facilitator superfamily, moves external glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P) into the cytoplasm in exchange for cytoplasmic phosphate. Study of intact cells showed that both GlpT and HisGlpT, a variant with an N-terminal six-histidine tag, are inhibited (50% inhibitory concentration approximately 35 microM) by the hydrophilic thiol-specific agent p-mercurichlorobenzosulfonate (PCMBS) in a substrate-protectable fashion; by contrast, two other thiol-directed probes, N-maleimidylpropionylbiocytin (MPB) and [2-(trimethylammonium)ethyl]methanethiosulfonate (MTSET), have no effect. Use of variants in which the HisGlpT native cysteines are replaced individually by serine or glycine implicates Cys-176, on transmembrane helix 5 (TM5), as the major target for PCMBS. The inhibitor sensitivity of purified and reconstituted HisGlpT or its cysteine substitution derivatives was found to be consistent with the findings with intact cells, except that a partial response to PCMBS was found for the C176G mutant, suggesting the presence of a mixed population of both right-side-out (RSO) (resistant) and inside-out (ISO) (sensitive) orientations after reconstitution. To clarify this issue, we studied a derivative (P290C) in which the RSO molecules can be blocked independently due to an MPB-responsive cysteine in an extracellular loop. In this derivative, comparisons of variants with (P290C) and without (P290C/C176G) Cys-176 indicated that this residue shows substrate-protectable inhibition by PCMBS in the ISO orientation in proteoliposomes. Since PCMBS gains access to Cys-176 from both periplasmic and cytoplasmic surfaces of the protein (in intact cells and in a reconstituted ISO orientation, respectively) and since access is unavailable when the substrate is present, we propose that Cys-176 is located on the transport pathway and that TM5 has a role in lining this pathway.
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Affiliation(s)
- Mon-Chou Fann
- Department of Physiology, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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