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Zakharova K, Liu M, Greenwald JR, Caldwell BC, Qi Z, Wysocki VH, Bell CE. Structural Basis for the Interaction of Redβ Single-Strand Annealing Protein with Escherichia coli Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168590. [PMID: 38663547 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
Abstract
Redβ is a protein from bacteriophage λ that binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to promote the annealing of complementary strands. Together with λ-exonuclease (λ-exo), Redβ is part of a two-component DNA recombination system involved in multiple aspects of genome maintenance. The proteins have been exploited in powerful methods for bacterial genome engineering in which Redβ can anneal an electroporated oligonucleotide to a complementary target site at the lagging strand of a replication fork. Successful annealing in vivo requires the interaction of Redβ with E. coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB), which coats the ssDNA at the lagging strand to coordinate access of numerous replication proteins. Previous mutational analysis revealed that the interaction between Redβ and SSB involves the C-terminal domain (CTD) of Redβ and the C-terminal tail of SSB (SSB-Ct), the site for binding of numerous host proteins. Here, we have determined the x-ray crystal structure of Redβ CTD in complex with a peptide corresponding to the last nine residues of SSB (MDFDDDIPF). Formation of the complex is predominantly mediated by hydrophobic interactions between two phenylalanine side chains of SSB (Phe-171 and Phe-177) and an apolar groove on the CTD, combined with electrostatic interactions between the C-terminal carboxylate of SSB and Lys-214 of the CTD. Mutation of any of these residues to alanine significantly disrupts the interaction of full-length Redβ and SSB proteins. Structural knowledge of this interaction will help to expand the utility of Redβ-mediated recombination to a wider range of bacterial hosts for applications in synthetic biology.
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- Katerina Zakharova
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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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]
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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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- 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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Shinn MK, Chaturvedi SK, Kozlov AG, Lohman T. Allosteric effects of E. coli SSB and RecR proteins on RecO protein binding to DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:2284-2297. [PMID: 36808259 PMCID: PMC10018359 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad084] [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: 10/12/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli single stranded (ss) DNA binding protein (SSB) plays essential roles in DNA maintenance. It binds ssDNA with high affinity through its N-terminal DNA binding core and recruits at least 17 different SSB interacting proteins (SIPs) that are involved in DNA replication, recombination, and repair via its nine amino acid acidic tip (SSB-Ct). E. coli RecO, a SIP, is an essential recombination mediator protein in the RecF pathway of DNA repair that binds ssDNA and forms a complex with E. coli RecR protein. Here, we report ssDNA binding studies of RecO and the effects of a 15 amino acid peptide containing the SSB-Ct monitored by light scattering, confocal microscope imaging, and analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC). We find that one RecO monomer can bind the oligodeoxythymidylate, (dT)15, while two RecO monomers can bind (dT)35 in the presence of the SSB-Ct peptide. When RecO is in molar excess over ssDNA, large RecO-ssDNA aggregates occur that form with higher propensity on ssDNA of increasing length. Binding of RecO to the SSB-Ct peptide inhibits RecO-ssDNA aggregation. RecOR complexes can bind ssDNA via RecO, but aggregation is suppressed even in the absence of the SSB-Ct peptide, demonstrating an allosteric effect of RecR on RecO binding to ssDNA. Under conditions where RecO binds ssDNA but does not form aggregates, SSB-Ct binding enhances the affinity of RecO for ssDNA. For RecOR complexes bound to ssDNA, we also observe a shift in RecOR complex equilibrium towards a RecR4O complex upon binding SSB-Ct. These results suggest a mechanism by which SSB recruits RecOR to facilitate loading of RecA onto ssDNA gaps.
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- Min Kyung Shinn
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
- Center for Biomolecular Condensates (CBC), Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Department of Biophysics, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi 110021, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 314 362 4393; Fax: +1 314 362 7183;
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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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Sutera VA, Weeks SJ, Dudenhausen EE, Baggett HBR, Shaw MC, Brand KA, Glass DJ, Bloom LB, Lovett ST. Alternative complexes formed by the Escherichia coli clamp loader accessory protein HolC (x) with replication protein HolD (ψ) and repair protein YoaA. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 100:103006. [PMID: 33582602 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103006] [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] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
Efficient and faithful replication of DNA is essential for all organisms. However, the replication fork frequently encounters barriers that need to be overcome to ensure cell survival and genetic stability. Cells must carefully balance and regulate replication vs. repair reactions. In Escherichia coli, the replisome consists of the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme, including DNA polymerase, proofreading exonuclease, processivity clamp and clamp loader, as well as a fork helicase, DnaB and primase, DnaG. We provide evidence here that one component of the clamp loader complex, HolC (or χ) plays a dual role via its ability to form 2 mutually exclusive complexes: one with HolD (or ψ) that recruits the clamp-loader and hence the DNA polymerase holoenzyme and another with helicase-like YoaA protein, a DNA-damage inducible repair protein. By yeast 2 hybrid analysis, we show that two residues of HolC, F64 and W57, at the interface in the structure with HolD, are required for interaction with HolD and for interaction with YoaA. Mutation of these residues does not interfere with HolC's interaction with single-strand DNA binding protein, SSB. In vivo, these mutations fail to complement the poor growth and sensitivity to azidothymidine, a chain-terminating replication inhibitor. In support of the notion that these are exclusive complexes, co-expression of HolC, HolD and YoaA, followed by pulldown of YoaA, yields a complex with HolC but not HolD. YoaA fails to pulldown HolC-F64A. We hypothesize that HolC, by binding with SSB, can recruit the DNA polymerase III holoenzyme through HolD, or an alternative repair complex with YoaA helicase.
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- Vincent A Sutera
- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0245, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0245, United States
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32610-0245, United States
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- Department of Biology and Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Brandeis University, MS029, 415 South St., Waltham, MA, 02453, United States.
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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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Yu C, Tan HY, Choi M, Stanenas AJ, Byrd AK, D Raney K, Cohan CS, Bianco PR. SSB binds to the RecG and PriA helicases in vivo in the absence of DNA. Genes Cells 2016; 21:163-84. [PMID: 26766785 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
The E. coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB) binds to the fork DNA helicases RecG and PriA in vitro. Typically for binding to occur, 1.3 m ammonium sulfate must be present, bringing into question the validity of these results as these are nonphysiological conditions. To determine whether SSB can bind to these helicases, we examined binding in vivo. First, using fluorescence microscopy, we show that SSB localizes PriA and RecG to the vicinity of the inner membrane in the absence of DNA damage. Localization requires that SSB be in excess over the DNA helicases and the SSB C-terminus and both PriA and RecG be present. Second, using the purification of tagged complexes, our results show that SSB binds to PriA and RecG in vivo, in the absence of DNA. We propose that this may be the 'storage form' of RecG and PriA. We further propose that when forks stall, RecG and PriA are targeted to the fork by SSB, which, by virtue of its high affinity for single-stranded DNA, allows these helicases to outcompete other proteins. This ensures their actions in the early stages of the rescue of stalled replication forks.
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- Cong Yu
- 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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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.,Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.,Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.,Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, slot 516, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, slot 516, Little Rock, AR, 72205, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA.,Center for Single Molecule Biophysics, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA
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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
Abstract
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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During the course of evolution, viruses have learned to take advantage of the natural resources of their hosts for their own benefit. Due to their small dimension and limited size of genomes, bacteriophages have optimized the exploitation of bacterial host factors to increase the efficiency of DNA replication and hence to produce vast progeny. The Bacillus subtilis phage φ29 genome consists of a linear double-stranded DNA molecule that is duplicated by means of a protein-primed mode of DNA replication. Its genome has been shown to be topologically constrained at the size of the bacterial nucleoid and, as to avoid generation of positive supercoiling ahead of the replication forks, the bacterial DNA gyrase is used by the phage. In addition, the B. subtilis actin-like MreB cytoskeleton plays a crucial role in the organization of φ29 DNA replication machinery in peripheral helix-like structures. Thus, in the absence of an intact MreB cytoskeleton, φ29 DNA replication is severely impaired. Importantly, MreB interacts directly with the phage membrane protein p16.7, responsible for attaching φ29 DNA at the cell membrane. Moreover, the φ29-encoded protein p56 inhibits host uracil-DNA glycosylase activity and has been proposed to be a defense mechanism developed by the phage to prevent the action of the base excision repair pathway if uracil residues arise in replicative intermediates. All of them constitute incoming examples on how viruses have profited from the cellular machinery of their hosts.
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Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is a widely employed technique for studying protein-protein interactions. Here, we describe a method for the analysis of single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB)-heterologous protein interactions by SPR. This method avoids several pitfalls often associated with SPR, particularly difficulties in immobilizing the protein while still allowing for facile regeneration of the sensor chip surface for subsequent experiments. Essentially, the method entails immobilizing a biotinylated single-stranded DNA oligo onto the chip surface, which is then bound by SSB prior to analyte addition to the SSB-coated chip. This allows for rapid qualitative and detailed quantitative analysis of both equilibrium and kinetic parameters of the SSB-protein interaction.
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- Asher N Page
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
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Ammonium sulfate co-precipitation of SSB and interacting proteins. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2012; 922:151-3. [PMID: 22976182 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-032-8_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Bacterial single-strand DNA-binding protein (SSB) interacts with many proteins involved in the diverse process of genome maintenance. The interactions are mediated by the essential and conserved amphipathic C-terminus (SSB-Ct). SSB plays a critical role in localizing and stimulating the activity of a wide variety of DNA-processing proteins. The interaction partners have been identified and studied using a variety of methods, one of which, ammonium sulfate co-precipitation, is described here.
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Marceau AH. Functions of single-strand DNA-binding proteins in DNA replication, recombination, and repair. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (CLIFTON, N.J.) 2012; 922:1-21. [PMID: 22976174 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-032-8_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Double-stranded (ds) DNA contains all of the necessary genetic information, although practical use of this information requires unwinding of the duplex DNA. DNA unwinding creates single-stranded (ss) DNA intermediates that serve as templates for myriad cellular functions. Exposure of ssDNA presents several problems to the cell. First, ssDNA is thermodynamically less stable than dsDNA, which leads to spontaneous formation of duplex secondary structures that impede genome maintenance processes. Second, relative to dsDNA, ssDNA is hypersensitive to chemical and nucleolytic attacks that can cause damage to the genome. Cells deal with these potential problems by encoding specialized ssDNA-binding proteins (SSBs) that bind to and stabilize ssDNA structures required for essential genomic processes. SSBs are essential proteins found in all domains of life. SSBs bind ssDNA with high affinity and in a sequence-independent manner and, in doing so, SSBs help to form the central nucleoprotein complex substrate for DNA replication, recombination, and repair processes. While SSBs are found in every organism, the proteins themselves share surprisingly little sequence similarity, subunit composition, and oligomerization states. All SSB proteins contain at least one DNA-binding oligonucleotide/oligosaccharide binding (OB) fold, which consists minimally of a five stranded beta-sheet arranged as a beta barrel capped by a single alpha helix. The OB fold is responsible for both ssDNA binding and oligomerization (for SSBs that operate as oligomers). The overall organization of OB folds varies between bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea. As part of SSB/ssDNA cellular structures, SSBs play direct roles in the DNA replication, recombination, and repair. In many cases, SSBs have been found to form specific complexes with diverse genome maintenance proteins, often helping to recruit SSB/ssDNA-processing enzymes to the proper cellular sites of action. This clustering of genome maintenance factors can help to stimulate and coordinate the activities of individual enzymes and is also important for dislodging SSB from ssDNA. These features support a model in which DNA metabolic processes have evolved to work on ssDNA/SSB nucleoprotein filaments rather than on naked ssDNA. In this volume, methods are described to interrogate SSB-DNA and SSB-protein binding functions along with approaches that aim to understand the cellular functions of SSB. This introductory chapter offers a general overview of SSBs that focuses on their structures, DNA-binding mechanisms, and protein-binding partners.
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- Aimee H Marceau
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA.
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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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Kozlov AG, Eggington JM, Cox MM, Lohman TM. Binding of the dimeric Deinococcus radiodurans single-stranded DNA binding protein to single-stranded DNA. Biochemistry 2010; 49:8266-75. [PMID: 20795631 DOI: 10.1021/bi100920w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Deinococcus radiodurans single-stranded (ss) DNA binding protein (DrSSB) originates from a radiation-resistant bacterium and participates in DNA recombination, replication, and repair. Although it functions as a homodimer, it contains four DNA binding domains (OB-folds) and thus is structurally similar to the Escherichia coli SSB (EcoSSB) homotetramer. We examined the equilibrium binding of DrSSB to ssDNA for comparison with that of EcoSSB. We find that the occluded site size of DrSSB on poly(dT) is ∼45 nucleotides under low-salt conditions (<0.02 M NaCl) but increases to 50-55 nucleotides at ≥0.2 M NaCl. This suggests that DrSSB undergoes a transition between ssDNA binding modes, which is observed for EcoSSB, although the site size difference between modes is not as large as for EcoSSB, suggesting that the pathways of ssDNA wrapping differ for these two proteins. The occluded site size corresponds well to the contact site size (52 nucleotides) determined by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Electrophoretic studies of complexes of DrSSB with phage M13 ssDNA indicate the formation of stable, highly cooperative complexes under low-salt conditions. Using ITC, we find that DrSSB binding to oligo(dT)s with lengths close to the determined site size (50-55 nucleotides) is stoichiometric with a ΔH(obs) of approximately -94 ± 4 kcal/mol, somewhat smaller than that for EcoSSB (approximately -130 kcal/mol) under the same conditions. The observed binding enthalpy shows a large sensitivity to NaCl concentration, similar to that observed for EcoSSB. With the exception of the less dramatic change in occluded site size, the behavior of DrSSB is similar to that of EcoSSB protein (although clear quantitative differences exist). These common features for SSB proteins having multiple DNA binding domains enable versatility of SSB function in vivo.
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- Alexander G Kozlov
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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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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Serrano-Heras G, Bravo A, Salas M. Phage phi29 protein p56 prevents viral DNA replication impairment caused by uracil excision activity of uracil-DNA glycosylase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:19044-9. [PMID: 18845683 PMCID: PMC2565649 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0808797105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2008] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Protein p56 encoded by the Bacillus subtilis phage phi29 inhibits host uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG) activity. In previous studies, we suggested that this inhibition is likely a defense mechanism developed by phage phi29 to prevent the action of UDG if uracilation occurs in DNA either from deamination of cytosine or the incorporation of dUMP during viral DNA replication. In this work, we analyzed the ability of phi29 DNA polymerase to insert dUMP into DNA. Primer extension analysis showed that viral DNA polymerase incorporates dU opposite dA with a catalytic efficiency only 2-fold lower than that for dT. Using the phi29 DNA amplification system, we found that phi29 DNA polymerase is also able to carry out the extension of the dA:dUMP pair and replicate past uracil. Additionally, UDG and apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease treatment of viral DNA isolated from phi29-infected cells revealed that uracil residues arise in phi29 DNA during replication, probably as a result of misincorporation of dUMP by the phi29 DNA polymerase. On the other hand, the action of UDG on uracil-containing phi29 DNA impaired in vitro viral DNA replication, which was prevented by the presence of protein p56. Furthermore, transfection activity of uracil-containing phi29 DNA was significantly higher in cells that constitutively synthesized p56 than in cells lacking this protein. Thus, our data support a model in which protein p56 ensures an efficient viral DNA replication, preventing the deleterious effect caused by UDG when it eliminates uracil residues present in the phi29 genome.
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- Gemma Serrano-Heras
- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela,” Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; and
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- Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular “Eladio Viñuela,” Centro de Biología Molecular “Severo Ochoa,” Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas-Universidad Autónoma, Nicolás Cabrera 1, Canto Blanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain; and
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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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Tyagi AK, Dhar N. Recent advances in tuberculosis research in India. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2003; 84:211-73. [PMID: 12934938 DOI: 10.1007/3-540-36488-9_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Tuberculosis (TB) continues to be the leading killer of mankind among all infectious diseases, especially in the developing countries. Since the discovery of tubercle bacillus more than 100 years ago, TB has been the subject of research in an attempt to develop tools and strategies to combat this disease. Research in Indian laboratories has contributed significantly towards developing the DOTS strategy employed worldwide in tuberculosis control programmes and elucidating the biological properties of its etiologic agent, M. tuberculosis. In recent times, the development of tools for manipulation of mycobacteria has given a boost to researchers working in this field. New strategies are being employed towards understanding the mechanisms of protection and pathogenesis of this disease. Molecular methods are being applied to develop new tools and reagents for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis. With the sequencing of the genome of M. tuberculosis, molecules are being identified for the development of new drugs and vaccines. In this chapter, the advances made in these areas by Indian researchers mainly during the last five years are reviewed.
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- Anil K Tyagi
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Delhi South Campus, Benito Juarez Road, New Delhi-110021, India.
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Acharya N, Kumar P, Varshney U. Complexes of the uracil-DNA glycosylase inhibitor protein, Ugi, with Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis uracil-DNA glycosylases. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2003; 149:1647-1658. [PMID: 12855717 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Uracil, a promutagenic base, appears in DNA either by deamination of cytosine or by incorporation of dUMP by DNA polymerases. This unconventional base in DNA is removed by uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG). Interestingly, a bacteriophage-encoded short polypeptide, UDG inhibitor (Ugi), specifically inhibits UDGs by forming a tight complex. Three-dimensional structures of the complexes of Ugi with UDGs from Escherichia coli, human and herpes simplex virus have shown that two of the structural elements in Ugi, the hydrophobic pocket and the beta1-edge, establish key interactions with UDGs. In this report the characterization of complexes of Ugi with UDGs from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a pathogenic bacterium, and Mycobacterium smegmatis, a widely used model organism for the former, is described. Unlike the E. coli (Eco) UDG-Ugi complex, which is stable to treatment with 8 M urea, the mycobacterial UDG-Ugi complexes dissociate in 5-6 M urea. Furthermore, the Ugi from the complexes of mycobacterial UDGs can be exchanged by the DNA substrate. Interestingly, while EcoUDG sequestered Ugi into the EcoUDG-Ugi complex when incubated with mycobacterial UDG-Ugi complexes, even a large excess of mycobacterial UDGs failed to sequester Ugi from the EcoUDG-Ugi complex. However, the M. tuberculosis (Mtu) UDG-Ugi complex was seen when MtuUDG was incubated with M. smegmatis (Msm) UDG-Ugi or EcoUDG(L191G)-Ugi complexes. The reversible nature of the complexes of Ugi with mycobacterial UDGs (which naturally lack some of the structural elements important for interaction with the beta1-edge of Ugi) and with mutants of EcoUDG (which are deficient in interaction with the hydrophobic pocket of Ugi) highlights the significance of both classes of interaction in formation of UDG-Ugi complexes. Furthermore, it is shown that even though mycobacterial UDG-Ugi complexes dissociate in 5-6 M urea, Ugi is still a potent inhibitor of UDG activity in mycobacteria.
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- Narottam Acharya
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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Acharya N, Varshney U. Biochemical properties of single-stranded DNA-binding protein from Mycobacterium smegmatis, a fast-growing mycobacterium and its physical and functional interaction with uracil DNA glycosylases. J Mol Biol 2002; 318:1251-64. [PMID: 12083515 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2836(02)00053-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The single-stranded DNA-binding proteins (SSBs) are vital to virtually all DNA functions. Here, we report on the biochemical properties of SSB from a fast-growing mycobacteria, Mycobacterium smegmatis, and the interaction of the homotetrameric SSBs with uracil DNA glycosylases (UDGs) from M. smegmatis (Msm), Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtu) and Escherichia coli (Eco). UDG is a crucial DNA repair enzyme, which removes the promutagenic uracil residues. MsmSSB stimulates activity of the homologous Msm UDG and of the heterologous Mtu-, and Eco-UDGs. On the contrary, while the MtuSSB stimulates the Mtu UDG, it inhibits the other two UDGs. Although the MsmSSB shares 84% identity with MtuSSB, the two are strikingly different, in that MsmSSB contains a glycine-rich segment (11 out of 13 residues) in the spacer connecting the N-terminal DNA-binding domain with the C-terminal acidic tail. While the DNA-binding properties of MsmSSB, such as its affinity to oligomeric DNA, requirement of minimum size DNA and the modes of interaction are indistinguishable from those of Eco-, and Mtu-SSBs, it is unclear if the glycine-rich segment confers structural advantage to MsmSSB, responsible for its stimulatory effect on all UDGs tested. More importantly, by using a small polypeptide inhibitor of UDGs, and the deletion mutants of SSBs, we suggest that the C-terminal acidic tail of the SSBs interacts within the DNA-binding groove of the UDGs, and propose a role for SSBs in the recruitment of UDGs to the damaged DNA.
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- Narottam Acharya
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Handa P, Roy S, Varshney U. The role of leucine 191 of Escherichia coli uracil DNA glycosylase in the formation of a highly stable complex with the substrate mimic, ugi, and in uracil excision from the synthetic substrates. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:17324-31. [PMID: 11278852 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m011166200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG), a highly conserved DNA repair enzyme, initiates the uracil excision repair pathway. Ugi, a bacteriophage-encoded peptide, potently inhibits UDGs by serving as a remarkable substrate mimic. Structure determination of UDGs has identified regions important for the exquisite specificity in the detection and removal of uracils from DNA and in their interaction with Ugi. In this study, we carried out mutational analysis of the Escherichia coli UDG at Leu191 within the 187HPSPLS192 motif (DNA intercalation loop). We show that with the decrease in side chain length at position 191, the stability of the UDG-Ugi complexes regresses. Further, while the L191V and L191F mutants were as efficient as the wild type protein, the L191A and L191G mutants retained only 10 and 1% of the enzymatic activity, respectively. Importantly, however, substitution of Leu191 with smaller side chains had no effect on the relative efficiencies of uracil excision from the single-stranded and a corresponding double-stranded substrate. Our results suggest that leucine within the HPSPLS motif is crucial for the uracil excision activity of UDG, and it contributes to the formation of a physiologically irreversible complex with Ugi. We also envisage a role for Leu191 in stabilizing the productive enzyme-substrate complex.
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- P Handa
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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Handa P, Acharya N, Varshney U. Chimeras between single-stranded DNA-binding proteins from Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveal that their C-terminal domains interact with uracil DNA glycosylases. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:16992-7. [PMID: 11279060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100393200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Uracil, a promutagenic base in DNA can arise by spontaneous deamination of cytosine or incorporation of dUMP by DNA polymerase. Uracil is removed from DNA by uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG), the first enzyme in the uracil excision repair pathway. We recently reported that the Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) facilitated uracil excision from certain structured substrates by E. coli UDG (EcoUDG) and suggested the existence of interaction between SSB and UDG. In this study, we have made use of the chimeric proteins obtained by fusion of N- and C-terminal domains of SSBs from E. coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to investigate interactions between SSBs and UDGs. The EcoSSB or a chimera containing its C-terminal domain interacts with EcoUDG in a binary (SSB-UDG) or a ternary (DNA-SSB-UDG) complex. However, the chimera containing the N-terminal domain from EcoSSB showed no interactions with EcoUDG. Thus, the C-terminal domain (48 amino acids) of EcoSSB is necessary and sufficient for interaction with EcoUDG. The data also suggest that the C-terminal domain (34 amino acids) of MtuSSB is a predominant determinant for mediating its interaction with MtuUDG. The mechanism of how the interactions between SSB and UDG could be important in uracil excision repair pathway has been discussed.
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- P Handa
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India
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Sikder D, Unniraman S, Bhaduri T, Nagaraja V. Functional cooperation between topoisomerase I and single strand DNA-binding protein. J Mol Biol 2001; 306:669-79. [PMID: 11243779 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions play important role in cell biochemistry by favorably or adversely influencing major molecular events. In most documented cases, the interaction is direct between the partner molecules. Influence of activity in the absence of direct physical interaction between DNA transaction proteins is another important means of modulation. We show here that single strand binding protein stimulates DNA topoisomerase I activity without direct protein-protein interactions. The stimulation is specific to topoisomerase I, as DNA gyrase activity is unaffected by SSB. We propose that such cases of functional collaboration between DNA transaction proteins play important roles in vivo.
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- D Sikder
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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The application of surface plasmon resonance biosensors in life sciences and pharmaceutical research continues to increase. This review provides a comprehensive list of the commercial 1999 SPR biosensor literature and highlights emerging applications that are of general interest to users of the technology. Given the variability in the quality of published biosensor data, we present some general guidelines to help increase confidence in the results reported from biosensor analyses.
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- R L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84132, USA
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Handa P, Acharya N, Thanedar S, Purnapatre K, Varshney U. Distinct properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis single-stranded DNA binding protein and its functional characterization in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:3823-9. [PMID: 11000276 PMCID: PMC110771 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.19.3823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) play an essential role in various DNA functions. Characterization of SSB from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which infects nearly one-third of the world's population and kills about 2-3 million people every year, showed that its oligomeric state and various in vitro DNA binding properties were similar to those of the SSB from Escherichia coli. In this study, use of the yeast two-hybrid assay suggests that the ECO:SSB and the MTU:SSB are even capable of heterooligomerization. However, the MTU:SSB failed to complement a Deltassb strain of E. coli. The sequence comparison suggested that MTU:SSB contained a distinct C-terminal domain. The C-terminal domain of ECO:SSB interacts with various cellular proteins. The chimeric constructs between the N- and C-terminal domains of the MTU:SSB and ECO:SSB exist as homotetramers and demonstrate DNA binding properties similar to the wild-type counterparts. Despite similar biochemical properties, the chimeric SSBs also failed to complement the Deltassb strain of E.coli. These data allude to the occurrence of a 'cross talk' between the N- and the C-terminal domains of the SSBs for their in vivo function. Further, compared with those of the ECO:SSB, the secondary/tertiary interactions within MTU:SSB were found to be less susceptible to disruption by guanidinium hydrochloride. Such structural differences could be exploited for utilizing such essential proteins as crucial molecular targets for controlling the growth of the pathogen.
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- P Handa
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Ghosh M, Vinay Kumar N, Varshney U, Chary KV. Structural basis for uracil DNA glycosylase interaction with uracil: NMR study. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:1906-12. [PMID: 10756190 PMCID: PMC103296 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.9.1906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Two dimensional (2D) NMR and molecular dynamics simulations have been used to determine the three dimensional (3D) structure of a hairpin DNA, d-CTA-GAGGATCC-TUTT-GGATCCT (22mer; abbreviated as U2-hairpin), which has uracil at the second position from the 5' end of the tetraloop. The(1)H resonances of this hairpin have been assigned almost completely. NMR restrained molecular dynamics and energy minimization procedures have been used to describe the 3D structure of U2-hairpin. This study establishes that the stem of the hairpin adopts a right-handed B-DNA conformation, while the T(12)and T(15)nucleotides stack upon 3' and 5' ends of the stem, respectively. Further, T(14)stacks upon both T(12)and T(15). Though U(13)partially stacks upon T(14), no stacking interaction is observed between U(13)and T(12). All the individual nucleotide bases belonging to the stem and T(12)and T(15)of the loop adopt ' anti ' conformation with respect to their sugar moiety, while the U(13)and T(14)of the loop are in ' syn ' conformation. The turning phosphate in the loop is located between T(13)and T(14). This study and a concurrent NMR structural study on yet another hairpin DNA d-CTAGAGGAATAA-TTTU-GGATCCT (22mer; abbreviated as U4-hairpin), with uracil at the fourth position from the 5' end of the tetraloop throw light upon various interactions which have been reported between Escherichia coli uracil DNA glycosylase (UDG) and uracil containing DNA. The epsilon of T(12)and alpha, beta, gamma, epsilon and zeta of U(13)and gamma of T(14), which partially influence the local conformation of U(13)in U2-hairpin are all locked in ' trans ' conformation. Such stretched out backbone conformation in the vicinity of U(13)could be the reason as to why the U2-hairpin is found to be the poor substrate for its interaction with UDG compared to the other substrates in which the uracil is at first, third and fourth positions of the tetraloop from its 5' end, as reported earlier by Vinay and Varshney. This study shows that UDG actively promotes the flipping of uracil from a stacked conformation and rules out the possibility of UDG recognizing the flipped out uracil bases.
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- M Ghosh
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India
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