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Shrestha P, Karmacharya J, Kim KH, Han SR, Oh TJ. Exploration of novel trehalases from cold-adapted Variovorax sp. PAMC28711: Functional characterization. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 271:132503. [PMID: 38768913 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132503] [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: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
Abstract
The cold-adapted bacterium Variovorax sp. PAMC28711 possesses two distinct glycoside hydrolase (GH) families of trehalase, GH15 and GH37. While numerous studies have explored bacterial trehalase, the presence of two different trehalase genes within a single strain has not been reported until now. Interestingly, despite both GH37 and GH15 trehalases serving the same purpose of degrading trehalose, but do not share the sequence similarity. The substrate specificity assay confirmed that Vtre37 and Vtre15 displayed hydrolytic activity on α, α-trehalose. The key catalytic sites were identified as D280 and E469 in Vtre37 and E389 and E554 in Vtre15 through site-directed mutation and confirmed these two enzymes belong to trehalase. In addition, Vtre37 exhibited a relatively high level of enzyme activity of 1306.33 (±53.091) μmolmg-1, whereas Vtre15 showed enzyme activity of 408.39 (±12.503) μmolmg-1. Moreover, Vtre37 performed admirably showing resistance to ethanol (10 %), with high stable at acidic pH range. Furthermore, both prediction and experimental results indicate that validoxylamine A showed a potent inhibitory activity against Vtre37 trehalase with a Ki value of 16.85 nM. Therefore, we postulate that Vtre37 could be utilized as an ethanol enhancer and designed for screening inhibitors related to the trehalose degradation pathway. Additionally, we believe that characterizing these bacterial trehalase contributes to a better understanding of trehalose metabolism and its biological importance in bacteria.
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- Prasansah Shrestha
- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea; Genome-based Bio-IT Convergence Institute, Asan 31460, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea; Genome-based Bio-IT Convergence Institute, Asan 31460, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea; Genome-based Bio-IT Convergence Institute, Asan 31460, South Korea; Bio Big Data-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea; Genome-based Bio-IT Convergence Institute, Asan 31460, South Korea; Bio Big Data-based Chungnam Smart Clean Research Leader Training Program, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea; Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Biotechnology, SunMoon University, Asan 31460, South Korea.
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Obsilova V, Obsil T. The yeast 14-3-3 proteins Bmh1 and Bmh2 regulate key signaling pathways. Front Mol Biosci 2024; 11:1327014. [PMID: 38328397 PMCID: PMC10847541 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1327014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
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Cell signaling regulates several physiological processes by receiving, processing, and transmitting signals between the extracellular and intracellular environments. In signal transduction, phosphorylation is a crucial effector as the most common posttranslational modification. Selectively recognizing specific phosphorylated motifs of target proteins and modulating their functions through binding interactions, the yeast 14-3-3 proteins Bmh1 and Bmh2 are involved in catabolite repression, carbon metabolism, endocytosis, and mitochondrial retrograde signaling, among other key cellular processes. These conserved scaffolding molecules also mediate crosstalk between ubiquitination and phosphorylation, the spatiotemporal control of meiosis, and the activity of ion transporters Trk1 and Nha1. In humans, deregulation of analogous processes triggers the development of serious diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, viral infections, microbial conditions and neuronal and age-related diseases. Accordingly, the aim of this review article is to provide a brief overview of the latest findings on the functions of yeast 14-3-3 proteins, focusing on their role in modulating the aforementioned processes.
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- Veronika Obsilova
- Institute of Physiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Laboratory of Structural Biology of Signaling Proteins, Division, BIOCEV, Vestec, Czechia
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- Department of Physical and Macromolecular Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czechia
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Yang X, Shu Y, Cao S, Sun H, Zhang X, Zhang A, Li Y, Ma D, Chen H, Li W. Trehalase Inhibitor Validamycin May Have Additional Mechanisms of Toxicology against Rhizoctonia cerealis. J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:846. [PMID: 37623617 PMCID: PMC10455246 DOI: 10.3390/jof9080846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Sharp eyespot is a crucial disease affecting cereal plants, such as bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) and barley (Hordeum vulgare), and is primarily caused by the pathogenic fungus Rhizoctonia cerealis. As disease severity has increased, it has become imperative to find an effective and reasonable control strategy. One such strategy is the use of the trehalose analog, validamycin, which has been shown to have a potent inhibitory effect on several trehalases found in both insects and fungi, and is widely used as a fungicide in agriculture. In this study, we demonstrated that 0.5 μg/mL validamycin on PDA plates had an inhibitory effect on R. cerealis strain R0301, but had no significant impact on Fusarium graminearum strain PH-1. Except for its inhibiting the trehalase activity of pathogenic fungi, little is known about its mechanism of action. Six trehalase genes were identified in the genome of R. cerealis, including one neutral trehalase and five acidic trehalase genes. Enzyme activity assays indicated that treatment with 5 μg/mL validamycin significantly reduces trehalase activity, providing evidence that validamycin treatment does indeed affect trehalase, even though the expression levels of most trehalase genes, except Rc17406, were not obviously affected. Transcriptome analysis revealed that treatment with validamycin downregulated genes involved in metabolic processes, ribosome biogenesis, and pathogenicity in the R. cerealis. KEGG pathway analysis further showed that validamycin affected genes related to the MAPK signaling pathway, with a significant decrease in ribosome synthesis and assembly. In conclusion, our results indicated that validamycin not only inhibits trehalose activity, but also affects the ribosome synthesis and MAPK pathways of R. cerealis, leading to the suppression of fungal growth and pesticidal effects. This study provides novel insights into the mechanism of action of validamycin.
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- Xiaoyue Yang
- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- Key Laboratory of Sustainable Crop Production in the Middle Reaches of the Yangtze River, College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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- Institute of Plant Protection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Centre for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China
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Thanvi R, Jayasinghe TD, Kapil S, Obadawo BS, Ronning DR, Sucheck SJ. Synthesis of C7/C8-cyclitols and C7N-aminocyclitols from maltose and X-ray crystal structure of Streptomyces coelicolor GlgEI V279S in a complex with an amylostatin GXG–like derivative. Front Chem 2022; 10:950433. [PMID: 36157042 PMCID: PMC9501709 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2022.950433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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C7/C8-cyclitols and C7N-aminocyclitols find applications in the pharmaceutical sector as α-glucosidase inhibitors and in the agricultural sector as fungicides and insecticides. In this study, we identified C7/C8-cyclitols and C7N-aminocyclitols as potential inhibitors of Streptomyces coelicolor (Sco) GlgEI-V279S based on the docking scores. The protein and the ligand (targets 11, 12, and 13) were prepared, the states were generated at pH 7.0 ± 2.0, and the ligands were docked into the active sites of the receptor via Glide™. The synthetic route to these targets was similar to our previously reported route used to obtain 4-⍺-glucoside of valienamine (AGV), except the protecting group for target 12 was a p-bromobenzyl (PBB) ether to preserve the alkene upon deprotection. While compounds 11–13 did not inhibit Sco GlgEI-V279S at the concentrations evaluated, an X-ray crystal structure of the Sco GlgE1-V279S/13 complex was solved to a resolution of 2.73 Å. This structure allowed assessment differences and commonality with our previously reported inhibitors and was useful for identifying enzyme–compound interactions that may be important for future inhibitor development. The Asp 394 nucleophile formed a bidentate hydrogen bond interaction with the exocyclic oxygen atoms (C(3)-OH and C(7)-OH) similar to the observed interactions with the Sco GlgEI-V279S in a complex with AGV (PDB:7MGY). In addition, the data suggest replacing the cyclohexyl group with more isosteric and hydrogen bond–donating groups to increase binding interactions in the + 1 binding site.
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- Radhika Thanvi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, United States
- *Correspondence: Donald R. Ronning, ; Steven J. Sucheck,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, United States
- *Correspondence: Donald R. Ronning, ; Steven J. Sucheck,
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