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Rizo J, Encarnación-Guevara S. Bacterial protein acetylation: mechanisms, functions, and methods for study. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2024; 14:1408947. [PMID: 39027134 PMCID: PMC11254643 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1408947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Lysine acetylation is an evolutionarily conserved protein modification that changes protein functions and plays an essential role in many cellular processes, such as central metabolism, transcriptional regulation, chemotaxis, and pathogen virulence. It can alter DNA binding, enzymatic activity, protein-protein interactions, protein stability, or protein localization. In prokaryotes, lysine acetylation occurs non-enzymatically and by the action of lysine acetyltransferases (KAT). In enzymatic acetylation, KAT transfers the acetyl group from acetyl-CoA (AcCoA) to the lysine side chain. In contrast, acetyl phosphate (AcP) is the acetyl donor of chemical acetylation. Regardless of the acetylation type, the removal of acetyl groups from acetyl lysines occurs only enzymatically by lysine deacetylases (KDAC). KATs are grouped into three main superfamilies based on their catalytic domain sequences and biochemical characteristics of catalysis. Specifically, members of the GNAT are found in eukaryotes and prokaryotes and have a core structural domain architecture. These enzymes can acetylate small molecules, metabolites, peptides, and proteins. This review presents current knowledge of acetylation mechanisms and functional implications in bacterial metabolism, pathogenicity, stress response, translation, and the emerging topic of protein acetylation in the gut microbiome. Additionally, the methods used to elucidate the biological significance of acetylation in bacteria, such as relative quantification and stoichiometry quantification, and the genetic code expansion tool (CGE), are reviewed.
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- Laboratorio de Proteómica, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Mexico
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Kan Y, Xie S, Sun Y, Ye T, Bian Y, Guo F, Zhang M, Liu T, Liu T, Ji J, Liu B, Tan M, Xu JY. Substrate and functional characterization of the lysine acetyltransferase MsKat and deacetylase MsCobB in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Proteomics 2024; 300:105177. [PMID: 38631426 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2024.105177] [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: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 04/09/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious cause of infectious death worldwide. Recent studies have reported that about 30% of the Mtb proteome was modified post-translationally, indicating that their functions are essential for drug resistance, mycobacterial survival, and pathogenicity. Among them, lysine acetylation, reversibly regulated by acetyltransferase and deacetylase, has important roles involved in energy metabolism, cellular adaptation, and protein interactions. However, the substrate and biological functions of these two important regulatory enzymes remain unclear. Herein, we utilized the non-pathogenic M. smegmatis strain as a model and systematically investigated the dynamic proteome changes in response to the overexpressing of MsKat/MsCobB in mycobacteria. A total of 4179 proteins and 1236 acetylated sites were identified in our data. Further analysis of the dynamic changes involved in proteome and acetylome showed that MsKat/MsCobB played a regulatory role in various metabolic pathways and nucleic acid processes. After that, the quantitative mass spectrometric method was utilized and proved that the AMP-dependent synthetase, Citrate synthase, ATP-dependent specificity component of the Clp protease, and ATP-dependent DNA/RNA helicases were identified to be the substrates of MsKat. Overall, our study provided an important resource underlying the substrates and functions of the acetylation regulatory enzymes in mycobacteria. SIGNIFICANCE: In this study, we systematically analyzed the dynamic molecular changes in response to the MsKat/MsCobB overexpression in mycobacteria at proteome and lysine acetylation level by using a TMT-based quantitative proteomic approach. Pathways related with glycolysis, degradation of branched chain amino acids, phosphotransferase system were affected after disturbance of the two regulates enzymes involved in lysine acetylation. We also proved that AMP-dependent synthetase Clp protease, ATP-dependent DNA/RNA helicases and citrate synthase was the substrate of MsKat according to our proteomic data and biological validation. Together, our study underlined the substrates and functions of the acetylation regulatory enzymes in mycobacteria.
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- Yunbo Kan
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; Shanghai Easymass Co., Ltd, Shanghai 201318, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China
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- Shanghai Easymass Co., Ltd, Shanghai 201318, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China; Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Marine Pharmaceutical Compound Screening, College of Pharmacy, Jiangsu Ocean University, Lianyungang, China; State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201203, China; School of Chinese Materia Medica, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu, China; Zhongshan Institute for Drug Discovery, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangdong, China.
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Barik S, Panda AK, Biswas VK, Das S, Chakraborty A, Beura S, Modak R, Raghav SK, Kar RK, Biswas A. Lysine acetylation of Hsp16.3: Effect on its structure, chaperone function and influence towards the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 268:131763. [PMID: 38657928 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131763] [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: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Hsp16.3 plays a vital role in the slow growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis via its chaperone function. Many secretory proteins, including Hsp16.3 undergo acetylation in vivo. Seven lysine (K) residues (K64, K78, K85, K114, K119, K132 and K136) in Hsp16.3 are acetylated inside pathogen. However, how lysine acetylation affects its structure, chaperone function and pathogen's growth is still elusive. We examined these aspects by executing in vitro chemical acetylation (acetic anhydride modification) and by utilizing a lysine acetylation mimic mutant (Hsp16.3-K64Q/K78Q/K85Q/K114Q/K119Q/K132Q/K136Q). Far- and near-UV CD measurements revealed that the chemically acetylated proteins(s) and acetylation mimic mutant has altered secondary and tertiary structure than unacetylated/wild-type protein. The chemical modification and acetylation mimic mutation also disrupted the oligomeric assembly, increased surface hydrophobicity and reduced stability of Hsp16.3, as revealed by GF-HPLC, 4,4'-dianilino-1,1'-binaphthyl-5,5'-disulfonic acid binding and urea denaturation experiments, respectively. These structural changes collectively led to an enhancement in chaperone function (aggregation and thermal inactivation prevention ability) of Hsp16.3. Moreover, when the H37Rv strain expressed the acetylation mimic mutant protein, its growth was slower in comparison to the strain expressing the wild-type/unacetylated Hsp16.3. Altogether, these findings indicated that lysine acetylation improves the chaperone function of Hsp16.3 which may influence pathogen's growth in host environment.
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- Subhashree Barik
- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India
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- Environmental Science Laboratory, School of Applied Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751024, India
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- Immunogenomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751023, India; School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology, Center for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
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- University Institute of Biotechnology, University Centre for Research & Development, Chandigarh University, Mohali, India
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- Infection and Epigenetics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Infection and Epigenetics Laboratory, School of Biotechnology, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
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- Immunogenomics and Systems Biology Laboratory, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751023, India
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- Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology, Center for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India
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- School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar, India.
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Peng ZY, Fu Y, Zhao LC, Dong YQ, Chen ZQ, You D, Ye BC. Protein acylation links metabolism and the control of signal transduction, transcription regulation, growth, and pathogenicity in Actinobacteria. Mol Microbiol 2023; 119:151-160. [PMID: 36349384 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Actinobacteria have a complex life cycle, including morphological and physiological differentiation which are often associated with the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Recently, increased interest in post-translational modifications (PTMs) in these Gram-positive bacteria has highlighted the importance of PTMs as signals that provide functional diversity and regulation by modifying proteins to respond to diverse stimuli. Here, we review the developments in research on acylation, a typical PTM that uses acyl-CoA or related metabolites as donors, as well as the understanding of the direct link provided by acylation between cell metabolism and signal transduction, transcriptional regulation, cell growth, and pathogenicity in Actinobacteria.
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- Zhi-Yao Peng
- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Ko EM, Oh Y, Oh JI. Negative regulation of the acsA1 gene encoding the major acetyl-CoA synthetase by cAMP receptor protein in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Microbiol 2022; 60:1139-1152. [PMID: 36279104 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-022-2347-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Acetyl-CoA synthetase (ACS) is the enzyme that irreversibly catalyzes the synthesis of acetyl-CoA from acetate, CoA-SH, and ATP via acetyl-AMP as an intermediate. In this study, we demonstrated that AcsA1 (MSMEG_6179) is the predominantly expressed ACS among four ACSs (MSMEG_6179, MSMEG_0718, MSMEG_3986, and MSMEG_5650) found in Mycobacterium smegmatis and that a deletion mutation of acsA1 in M. smegmatis led to its compromised growth on acetate as the sole carbon source. Expression of acsA1 was demonstrated to be induced during growth on acetate as the sole carbon source. The acsA1 gene was shown to be negatively regulated by Crp1 (MSMEG_6189) that is the major cAMP receptor protein (CRP) in M. smegmatis. Using DNase I footprinting analysis and site-directed mutagenesis, a CRP-binding site (GGTGA-N6-TCACA) was identified in the upstream regulatory region of acsA1, which is important for repression of acsA1 expression. We also demonstrated that inhibition of the respiratory electron transport chain by inactivation of the major terminal oxidase, aa3 cytochrome c oxidase, led to a decrease in acsA1 expression probably through the activation of CRP. In conclusion, AcsA1 is the major ACS in M. smegmatis and its gene is under the negative regulation of Crp1, which contributes to some extent to the induction of acsA1 expression under acetate conditions. The growth of M. smegmatis is severely impaired on acetate as the sole carbon source under respiration-inhibitory conditions.
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- Eon-Min Ko
- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
- Division of Bacterial Disease Research, Center for Infectious Disease Research, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Osong, 28159, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
- Microbiological Resource Research Institute, Pusan National University, Busan, 46241, Republic of Korea.
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Nisar A, Gongye X, Huang Y, Khan S, Chen M, Wu B, He M. Genome-Wide Analyses of Proteome and Acetylome in Zymomonas mobilis Under N 2-Fixing Condition. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:740555. [PMID: 34803957 PMCID: PMC8600466 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.740555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Zymomonas mobilis, a promising candidate for industrial biofuel production, is capable of nitrogen fixation naturally without hindering ethanol production. However, little is known about the regulation of nitrogen fixation in Z. mobilis. We herein conducted a high throughput analysis of proteome and protein acetylation in Z. mobilis under N2-fixing conditions and established its first acetylome. The upregulated proteins mainly belong to processes of nitrogen fixation, motility, chemotaxis, flagellar assembly, energy production, transportation, and oxidation–reduction. Whereas, downregulated proteins are mainly related to energy-consuming and biosynthetic processes. Our acetylome analyses revealed 197 uniquely acetylated proteins, belonging to major pathways such as nitrogen fixation, central carbon metabolism, ammonia assimilation pathway, protein biosynthesis, and amino acid metabolism. Further, we observed acetylation in glycolytic enzymes of central carbon metabolism, the nitrogenase complex, the master regulator NifA, and the enzyme in GS/GOGAT cycle. These findings suggest that protein acetylation may play an important role in regulating various aspects of N2-metabolism in Z. mobilis. This study provides new knowledge of specific proteins and their associated cellular processes and pathways that may be regulated by protein acetylation in Z. mobilis.
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- Ayesha Nisar
- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China.,Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs), Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, China
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Gallego-Jara J, Ortega Á, Lozano Terol G, Sola Martínez RA, Cánovas Díaz M, de Diego Puente T. Bacterial Sirtuins Overview: An Open Niche to Explore. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:744416. [PMID: 34803965 PMCID: PMC8603916 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.744416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Sirtuins are deacetylase enzymes widely distributed in all domains of life. Although for decades they have been related only to histones deacetylation in eukaryotic organisms, today they are considered global regulators in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Despite the important role of sirtuins in humans, the knowledge about bacterial sirtuins is still limited. Several proteomics studies have shown that bacterial sirtuins deacetylate a large number of lysines in vivo, although the effect that this deacetylation causes in most of them remains unknown. To date, only the regulation of a few bacterial sirtuin substrates has been characterized, being their metabolic roles widely distributed: carbon and nitrogen metabolism, DNA transcription, protein translation, or virulence. One of the most current topics on acetylation and deacetylation focuses on studying stoichiometry using quantitative LC-MS/MS. The results suggest that prokaryotic sirtuins deacetylate at low stoichiometry sites, although more studies are needed to know if it is a common characteristic of bacterial sirtuins and its biological significance. Unlike eukaryotic organisms, bacteria usually have one or few sirtuins, which have been reported to have closer phylogenetic similarity with the human Sirt5 than with any other human sirtuin. In this work, in addition to carrying out an in-depth review of the role of bacterial sirtuins in their physiology, a phylogenetic study has been performed that reveals the evolutionary differences between sirtuins of different bacterial species and even between homologous sirtuins.
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- Julia Gallego-Jara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (B) and Immunology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", Murcia, Spain
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Evidence for the Mycobacterial Mce4 Transporter Being a Multiprotein Complex. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:JB.00685-20. [PMID: 33649150 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00685-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Mycobacteria possess Mce transporters that import lipids and are thought to function analogously to ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. However, whereas ABC transporters import substrates using a single solute-binding protein (SBP) to deliver a substrate to permease proteins in the membrane, mycobacterial Mce transporters have a potential for six SBPs (MceA to MceF) working with a pair of permeases (YrbEA and YrbEB), a cytoplasmic ATPase (MceG), and multiple Mce-associated membrane (Mam) and orphaned Mam (Omam) proteins to transport lipids. In this study, we used the model mycobacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis to study the requirement for individual Mce, Mam, and Omam proteins in Mce4 transport of cholesterol. All of the Mce4 and Mam4 proteins we investigated were required for cholesterol uptake. However, not all Omam proteins, which are encoded by genes outside mce loci, proved to contribute to cholesterol import. OmamA and OmamB were required for cholesterol import, while OmamC, OmamD, OmamE, and OmamF were not. In the absence of any single Mce4, Mam4, or Omam protein that we tested, the abundance of Mce4A and Mce4E declined. This relationship between the levels of Mce4A and Mce4E and these additional proteins suggests a network of interactions that assemble and/or stabilize a multiprotein Mce4 transporter complex. Further support for Mce transporters being multiprotein complexes was obtained by immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry, in which we identified every single Mce, YrbE, MceG, Mam, and Omam protein with a role in cholesterol transport as associating with Mce4A. This study represents the first time any of these Mce4 transporter proteins has been shown to associate.IMPORTANCE How lipids travel between membranes of diderm bacteria is a challenging mechanistic question because lipids, which are hydrophobic molecules, must traverse a hydrophilic periplasm. This question is even more complex for mycobacteria, which have a unique cell envelope that is highly impermeable to molecules. A growing body of knowledge identifies Mce transporters as lipid importers for mycobacteria. Here, using protein stability experiments and immunoprecipitation-mass spectrometry, we provide evidence for mycobacterial Mce transporters existing as multiprotein complexes.
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Qi N, She GL, Du W, Ye BC. Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:603835. [PMID: 33613477 PMCID: PMC7886694 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.603835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm), along with its pathogenic counterpart Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), utilizes fatty acids and cholesterol as important carbon and energy sources during the persistence within host cells. As a dual-functional enzyme in the glyoxylate cycle and the methylcitrate cycle, isocitrate lyase (ICL, encoded by icl or MSMEG_0911) is indispensable for the growth of Msm and Mtb on short-chain fatty acids. However, regulation of icl in mycobacteria in response to nutrient availability remains largely unknown. Here, we report that the global nitrogen metabolism regulator GlnR represses icl expression by binding to an atypical binding motif in the icl promoter region under nitrogen-limiting conditions. We further show that GlnR competes with PrpR, a transcriptional activator of icl, and dominantly occupies the co-binding motif in the icl promoter region. In the absence of GlnR or in response to the excess nitrogen condition, Msm cells elongate and exhibit robust growth on short-chain fatty acids due to the PrpR-mediated activation of icl, thereby inducing enhanced apoptosis in infected macrophages. Taken together, our findings reveal the GlnR-mediated repression of icl on fatty acid metabolism, which might be a general strategy of nutrient sensing and environmental adaptation employed by mycobacteria.
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- Nan Qi
- Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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- Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.,Lab of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, Institute of Engineering Biology and Health, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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Bonds AC, Yuan T, Werman JM, Jang J, Lu R, Nesbitt NM, Garcia-Diaz M, Sampson NS. Post-translational Succinylation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Enoyl-CoA Hydratase EchA19 Slows Catalytic Hydration of Cholesterol Catabolite 3-Oxo-chol-4,22-diene-24-oyl-CoA. ACS Infect Dis 2020; 6:2214-2224. [PMID: 32649175 DOI: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.0c00329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Cholesterol is a major carbon source for Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) during infection, and cholesterol utilization plays a significant role in persistence and virulence within host macrophages. Elucidating the mechanism by which cholesterol is degraded may permit the identification of new therapeutic targets. Here, we characterized EchA19 (Rv3516), an enoyl-CoA hydratase involved in cholesterol side-chain catabolism. Steady-state kinetics assays demonstrated that EchA19 preferentially hydrates cholesterol enoyl-CoA metabolite 3-oxo-chol-4,22-diene-24-oyl-CoA, an intermediate of side-chain β-oxidation. In addition, succinyl-CoA, a downstream catabolite of propionyl-CoA that forms during cholesterol degradation, covalently modifies targeted mycobacterial proteins, including EchA19. Inspection of a 1.9 Å resolution X-ray crystallography structure of Mtb EchA19 suggests that succinylation of Lys132 and Lys139 may perturb enzymatic activity by modifying the entrance to the substrate binding site. Treatment of EchA19 with succinyl-CoA revealed that these two residues are hotspots for succinylation. Replacement of these specific lysine residues with negatively charged glutamate reduced the rate of catalytic hydration of 3-oxo-chol-4,22-diene-24-oyl-CoA by EchA19, as does succinylation of EchA19. Our findings suggest that succinylation is a negative feedback regulator of cholesterol metabolism, thereby adding another layer of complexity to Mtb physiology in the host. These regulatory pathways are potential noncatabolic targets for antimicrobial drugs.
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- Amber C. Bonds
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8651
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8651
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400
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Li P, Zhang H, Zhao GP, Zhao W. Deacetylation enhances ParB-DNA interactions affecting chromosome segregation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:4902-4914. [PMID: 32313947 PMCID: PMC7229854 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 03/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Reversible lysine acetylation plays regulatory roles in diverse biological processes, including cell metabolism, gene transcription, cell apoptosis and ageing. Here, we show that lysine acetylation is involved in the regulation of chromosome segregation, a pivotal step during cell division in Streptomyces coelicolor. Specifically, deacetylation increases the DNA-binding affinity of the chromosome segregation protein ParB to the centromere-like sequence parS. Both biochemical and genetic experiments suggest that the deacetylation process is mainly modulated by a sirtuin-like deacetylase ScCobB1. The Lys-183 residue in the helix-turn-helix region of ParB is the major deacetylation site responsible for the regulation of ParB-parS binding. In-frame deletion of SccobB1 represses formation of ParB segregation complexes and leads to generation of abnormal spores. Taken together, these observations provide direct evidence that deacetylation participates in the regulation of chromosome segregation by targeting ParB in S. coelicolor.
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- Peng Li
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.,Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.,Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,State Key Lab of Genetic Engineering & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Microbial Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.,Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory of Disease and Health Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center at Shanghai, Shanghai 201203, China.,Department of Microbiology and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China.,College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai 200232, China
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Marakasova E, Ii A, Nelson KT, van Hoek ML. Proteome Wide Profiling of N-ε-Lysine Acetylation Reveals a Novel Mechanism of Regulation of the Chitinase Activity in Francisella novicida. J Proteome Res 2020; 19:1409-1422. [PMID: 32056440 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.9b00512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Francisella tularensis is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes the zoonotic disease tularemia. The historical development of tularemia as a biological weapon has led to it being characterized by the CDC as a category A biothreat agent. Neither posttranslational modification (PTM) of proteins, in particular lysine acetylation, in Francisella nor its subsequent regulation of the protein activity has been well studied. In this work, we analyze N-ε-lysine acetylation of the F. tularensis ssp. novicida proteome by mass spectrometry for the first time. To create a comprehensive acetylation profile, we enriched protein acetylation using two approaches: (1) the addition of glucose or acetate into the culture medium and (2) direct chemical acetylation of N-ε-lysines with acetyl phosphate. We discovered 280 acetylated proteins with 1178 acetylation sites in the F. tularensis ssp. novicida strain U112. Lysine acetylation is an important PTM that regulates multiple cellular processes in bacteria, including metabolism, transcription, translation, stress response, and protein folding. We discovered that Francisella chitinases A and B are acetylated naturally and when chemically induced by acetyl phosphate. Moreover, chemical overacetylation of chitinases results in silencing of the enzymatic activity. Our findings suggest a novel mechanism of posttranslational regulation of the chitinase activity and that acetylation may play a role in Francisella's regulation of the protein activity.
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- Ekaterina Marakasova
- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd, Manassas, Virginia 20110, United States
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd, Manassas, Virginia 20110, United States
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- Chemical and Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Core Facility, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1001 W. Main Street, Richmond, Virginia 23284, United States
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- School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd, Manassas, Virginia 20110, United States
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Samanta S, Biswas P, Banerjee A, Bose A, Siddiqui N, Nambi S, Saini DK, Visweswariah SS. A universal stress protein in Mycobacterium smegmatis sequesters the cAMP-regulated lysine acyltransferase and is essential for biofilm formation. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:1500-1516. [PMID: 31882539 PMCID: PMC7008380 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Universal stress proteins (USPs) are present in many bacteria, and their expression is enhanced under various environmental stresses. We have previously identified a USP in Mycobacterium smegmatis that is a product of the msmeg_4207 gene and is a substrate for a cAMP-regulated protein lysine acyltransferase (KATms; MSMEG_5458). Here, we explored the role of this USP (USP4207) in M. smegmatis and found that its gene is present in an operon that also contains genes predicted to encode a putative tripartite tricarboxylate transporter (TTT). Transcription of the TTT-usp4207 operon was induced in the presence of citrate and tartrate, perhaps by the activity of a divergent histidine kinase-response regulator gene pair. A usp4207-deleted strain had rough colony morphology and reduced biofilm formation compared with the WT strain; however, both normal colony morphology and biofilm formation were restored in a Δusp4207Δkatms strain. We identified several proteins whose acetylation was lost in the Δkatms strain, and whose transcript levels increased in M. smegmatis biofilms along with that of USP4207, suggesting that USP4207 insulates KATms from its other substrates in the cell. We propose that USP4207 sequesters KATms from diverse substrates whose activities are down-regulated by acylation but are required for biofilm formation, thus providing a defined role for this USP in mycobacterial physiology and stress responses.
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- Sintu Samanta
- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India.
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Christensen DG, Xie X, Basisty N, Byrnes J, McSweeney S, Schilling B, Wolfe AJ. Post-translational Protein Acetylation: An Elegant Mechanism for Bacteria to Dynamically Regulate Metabolic Functions. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1604. [PMID: 31354686 PMCID: PMC6640162 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Post-translational modifications (PTM) decorate proteins to provide functional heterogeneity to an existing proteome. The large number of known PTMs highlights the many ways that cells can modify their proteins to respond to diverse stimuli. Recently, PTMs have begun to receive increased interest because new sensitive proteomics workflows and structural methodologies now allow researchers to obtain large-scale, in-depth and unbiased information concerning PTM type and site localization. However, few PTMs have been extensively assessed for functional consequences, leaving a large knowledge gap concerning the inner workings of the cell. Here, we review understanding of N-𝜀-lysine acetylation in bacteria, a PTM that was largely ignored in bacteria until a decade ago. Acetylation is a modification that can dramatically change the function of a protein through alteration of its properties, including hydrophobicity, solubility, and surface properties, all of which may influence protein conformation and interactions with substrates, cofactors and other macromolecules. Most bacteria carry genes predicted to encode the lysine acetyltransferases and lysine deacetylases that add and remove acetylations, respectively. Many bacteria also exhibit acetylation activities that do not depend on an enzyme, but instead on direct transfer of acetyl groups from the central metabolites acetyl coenzyme A or acetyl phosphate. Regardless of mechanism, most central metabolic enzymes possess lysines that are acetylated in a regulated fashion and many of these regulated sites are conserved across the spectrum of bacterial phylogeny. The interconnectedness of acetylation and central metabolism suggests that acetylation may be a response to nutrient availability or the energy status of the cell. However, this and other hypotheses related to acetylation remain untested.
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- David G. Christensen
- Health Sciences Division, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, United States
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, United States
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- Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
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- Energy & Photon Sciences Directorate, National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, United States
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- Health Sciences Division, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL, United States
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Gallego-Jara J, Terol GL, Écija Conesa A, Zambelli B, Cánovas Díaz M, de Diego Puente T. Characterization of acetyl-CoA synthetase kinetics and ATP-binding. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1863:1040-1049. [PMID: 30928490 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND The superfamily of adenylating enzymes is a large family of enzymes broadly distributed from bacteria to humans. Acetyl-CoA synthetase (Acs), member of this family, is a metabolic enzyme with an essential role in Escherichia coli (E. coli) acetate metabolism, whose catalytic activity is regulated by acetylation/deacetylation in vivo. METHODS In this study, the kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of deacetylated and acetylated E. coli Acs were studied for the adenylating step. Moreover, the role of the T264, K270, D500 and K609 residues in catalysis and ATP-binding was also determined by Isothermal titration calorimetry. RESULTS The results showed that native Acs enzyme binds ATP in an endothermic way. The dissociation constant has been determined and ATP-binding showed no significant differences between acetylated and deacetylated enzyme, although kcat was much higher for the deacetylated enzyme. However, K609 lysine mutation resulted in an increase in ATP-Acs-affinity and in a total loss of enzymatic activity, while T264 and D500 mutant proteins showed a total loss of ATP-binding ability and a decrease in catalytic activity. K609 site-specified acetylation induced a change in Acs conformation which resulted in an exothermic and more energetic ATP-binding. CONCLUSIONS The differences in ATP-binding could explain the broadly conserved inactivation of Acs when K609 is acetylated. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE The results presented in this study demonstrate the importance of the selected residues in Acs ATP-binding and represent an advance in our understanding of the adenylation step of the superfamily of adenylating enzymes and of their acetylation/deacetylation regulation.
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- Julia Gallego-Jara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", P.O. Box 4021, Murcia E-30100, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", P.O. Box 4021, Murcia E-30100, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", P.O. Box 4021, Murcia E-30100, Spain
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- Laboratory of Bioinorganic Chemistry, University of Bologna, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Via Giuseppe Fanin 40, I-40127 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", P.O. Box 4021, Murcia E-30100, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence "Campus Mare Nostrum", P.O. Box 4021, Murcia E-30100, Spain
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The Nitrogen Regulator GlnR Directly Controls Transcription of the prpDBC Operon Involved in Methylcitrate Cycle in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00099-19. [PMID: 30745367 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00099-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilizes fatty acids of the host as the carbon source. Metabolism of odd-chain fatty acids by Mycobacterium tuberculosis produces propionyl coenzyme A (propionyl-CoA). The methylcitrate cycle is essential for mycobacteria to utilize the propionyl-CoA to persist and grow on these fatty acids. In M. smegmatis, methylcitrate synthase, methylcitrate dehydratase, and methylisocitrate lyase involved in the methylcitrate cycle are encoded by prpC, prpD, and prpB, respectively, in operon prpDBC In this study, we found that the nitrogen regulator GlnR directly binds to the promoter region of the prpDBC operon and inhibits its transcription. The binding motif of GlnR was identified by bioinformatic analysis and validated using DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. The GlnR-binding motif is separated by a 164-bp sequence from the binding site of PrpR, a pathway-specific transcriptional activator of methylcitrate cycle, but the binding affinity of GlnR to prpDBC is much stronger than that of PrpR. Deletion of glnR resulted in faster growth in propionate or cholesterol medium compared with the wild-type strain. The ΔglnR mutant strain also showed a higher survival rate in macrophages. These results illustrated that the nitrogen regulator GlnR regulates the methylcitrate cycle through direct repression of the transcription of the prpDBC operon. This finding not only suggests an unprecedented link between nitrogen metabolism and the methylcitrate pathway but also reveals a potential target for controlling the growth of pathogenic mycobacteria.IMPORTANCE The success of mycobacteria survival in macrophage depends on its ability to assimilate fatty acids and cholesterol from the host. The cholesterol and fatty acids are catabolized via β-oxidation to generate propionyl coenzyme A (propionyl-CoA), which is then primarily metabolized via the methylcitrate cycle. Here, we found a typical GlnR binding box in the prp operon, and the affinity is much stronger than that of PrpR, a transcriptional activator of methylcitrate cycle. Furthermore, GlnR repressed the transcription of the prp operon. Deletion of glnR significantly enhanced the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in propionate or cholesterol medium, as well as viability in macrophages. These findings provide new insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying the cross talk of nitrogen and carbon metabolisms in mycobacteria.
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Johnson RM, McDonough KA. Cyclic nucleotide signaling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: an expanding repertoire. Pathog Dis 2019; 76:4995197. [PMID: 29905867 DOI: 10.1093/femspd/fty048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is one of the most successful microbial pathogens, and currently infects over a quarter of the world's population. Mtb's success depends on the ability of the bacterium to sense and respond to dynamic and hostile environments within the host, including the ability to regulate bacterial metabolism and interactions with the host immune system. One of the ways Mtb senses and responds to conditions it faces during infection is through the concerted action of multiple cyclic nucleotide signaling pathways. This review will describe how Mtb uses cyclic AMP, cyclic di-AMP and cyclic di-GMP to regulate important physiological processes, and how these signaling pathways can be exploited for the development of novel thereapeutics and vaccines.
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- Richard M Johnson
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA.,Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY 12201-2002, USA
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2017 marks the 60th anniversary of Krebs’ seminal paper on the glyoxylate shunt (and coincidentally, also the 80th anniversary of his discovery of the citric acid cycle). Sixty years on, we have witnessed substantial developments in our understanding of how flux is partitioned between the glyoxylate shunt and the oxidative decarboxylation steps of the citric acid cycle. The last decade has shown us that the beautifully elegant textbook mechanism that regulates carbon flux through the shunt in E. coli is an oversimplification of the situation in many other bacteria. The aim of this review is to assess how this new knowledge is impacting our understanding of flux control at the TCA cycle/glyoxylate shunt branch point in a wider range of genera, and to summarize recent findings implicating a role for the glyoxylate shunt in cellular functions other than metabolism.
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- Stephen K. Dolan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, United Kingdom;,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1QW, United Kingdom;,
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Bontemps-Gallo S, Gaviard C, Richards CL, Kentache T, Raffel SJ, Lawrence KA, Schindler JC, Lovelace J, Dulebohn DP, Cluss RG, Hardouin J, Gherardini FC. Global Profiling of Lysine Acetylation in Borrelia burgdorferi B31 Reveals Its Role in Central Metabolism. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2036. [PMID: 30233522 PMCID: PMC6127242 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The post-translational modification of proteins has been shown to be extremely important in prokaryotes. Using a highly sensitive mass spectrometry-based proteomics approach, we have characterized the acetylome of B. burgdorferi. As previously reported for other bacteria, a relatively low number (5%) of the potential genome-encoded proteins of B. burgdorferi were acetylated. Of these, the vast majority were involved in central metabolism and cellular information processing (transcription, translation, etc.). Interestingly, these critical cell functions were targeted during both ML (mid-log) and S (stationary) phases of growth. However, acetylation of target proteins in ML phase was limited to single lysine residues while these same proteins were acetylated at multiple sites during S phase. To determine the acetyl donor in B. burgdorferi, we used mutants that targeted the sole acetate metabolic/anabolic pathway in B. burgdorferi (lipid I synthesis). B. burgdorferi strains B31-A3, B31-A3 ΔackA (acetyl-P- and acetyl-CoA-) and B31-A3 Δpta (acetyl-P+ and acetyl-CoA-) were grown to S phase and the acetylation profiles were analyzed. While only two proteins were acetylated in the ΔackA mutant, 140 proteins were acetylated in the Δpta mutant suggesting that acetyl-P was the primary acetyl donor in B. burgdorferi. Using specific enzymatic assays, we were able to demonstrate that hyperacetylation of proteins in S phase appeared to play a role in decreasing the enzymatic activity of at least two glycolytic proteins. Currently, we hypothesize that acetylation is used to modulate enzyme activities during different stages of growth. This strategy would allow the bacteria to post-translationally stimulate the activity of key glycolytic enzymes by deacetylation rather than expending excessive energy synthesizing new proteins. This would be an appealing, low-energy strategy for a bacterium with limited metabolic capabilities. Future work focuses on identifying potential protein deacetylase(s) to complete our understanding of this important biological process.
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- Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo
- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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- CNRS UMR 6270 Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces Laboratory, Université de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.,PISSARO Proteomic Facility, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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- CNRS UMR 6270 Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces Laboratory, Université de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.,PISSARO Proteomic Facility, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, United States
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, United States
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- CNRS UMR 6270 Polymères, Biopolymères, Surfaces Laboratory, Université de Rouen, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France.,PISSARO Proteomic Facility, Institut de Recherche et d'Innovation Biomédicale, Mont-Saint-Aignan, France
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- Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT, United States
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Liu XX, Shen MJ, Liu WB, Ye BC. GlnR-Mediated Regulation of Short-Chain Fatty Acid Assimilation in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1311. [PMID: 29988377 PMCID: PMC6023979 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Assimilation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) plays an important role in the survival and lipid biosynthesis of Mycobacteria. However, regulation of this process has not been thoroughly described. In the present work, we demonstrate that GlnR as a well-known nitrogen-sensing regulator transcriptionally modulates the AMP-forming propionyl-CoA synthetase (MsPrpE), and acetyl-CoA synthetases (MsAcs) is associated with SCFAs assimilation in Mycobacterium smegmatis, a model Mycobacterium. GlnR can directly activate the expression of MsprpE and Msacs by binding to their promoter regions based upon sensed nitrogen starvation in the host. Moreover, GlnR can activate the expression of lysine acetyltransferase encoding Mspat, which significantly decreases the activity of MsPrpE and MsAcs through increased acylation. Next, growth curves and resazurin assay show that GlnR can further regulate the growth of M. smegmatis on different SCFAs to control the viability. These results demonstrate that GlnR-mediated regulation of SCFA assimilation in response to the change of nitrogen signal serves to control the survival of M. smegmatis. These findings provide insights into the survival and nutrient utilization mechanisms of Mycobacteria in their host, which may enable new strategies in drug discovery for the control of tuberculosis.
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- Xin-Xin Liu
- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Biosystems and Microanalysis, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China
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Bonds AC, Sampson NS. More than cholesterol catabolism: regulatory vulnerabilities in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2018; 44:39-46. [PMID: 29906645 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is the epitome of persistent. Mtb is the pathogen that causes tuberculosis, the leading cause of death by infection worldwide. The success of this pathogen is due in part to its clever ability to adapt to its host environment and its effective manipulation of the host immune system. A major contributing factor to the survival and virulence of Mtb is its acquisition and metabolism of host derived lipids including cholesterol. Accumulating evidence suggests that the catabolism of cholesterol during infection is highly regulated by cholesterol catabolites. We review what is known about how regulation interconnects with cholesterol catabolism. This framework provides support for an indirect approach to drug development that targets Mtb cholesterol metabolism through dysregulation of nutrient utilization pathways.
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- Amber C Bonds
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, United States.
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Sevtekin M, Ozmen O. Immunohistochemical examination of osteopontin and sirtuin-1 expression in cattle tuberculosis. Biotech Histochem 2018; 93:405-410. [PMID: 29701069 DOI: 10.1080/10520295.2018.1443348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022] Open
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We evaluated osteopontin (OPN) and sirtuin-1 (SIRT-1) expression in bovine tuberculosis lesions. The organs of cattle with tuberculosis (TB) were examined for morphology, histopathology and immunohistochemistry of OPN and SIRT-1 expression. Macroscopic lesions commonly were localized in the lungs and mediastinal lymph nodes as well as in livers and hearts. Mycobacterial agents were detected in lesions using the Ziehl-Neelsen method. No OPN or SIRT-1 expression was detected by immunohistochemistry in normal tissues, whereas a marked increase in their expressions was observed in tuberculous lesions. The most intense immunopositive cells were Langerhans giant cells and inflammatory cells. Our findings indicate that OPN and SIRT-1 participate in the pathogenesis of bovine TB.
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- M Sevtekin
- a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology , Mehmet Akif Ersoy University , Burdur , Turkey
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- a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Pathology , Mehmet Akif Ersoy University , Burdur , Turkey
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Dolan SK, Wijaya A, Geddis SM, Spring DR, Silva-Rocha R, Welch M. Loving the poison: the methylcitrate cycle and bacterial pathogenesis. Microbiology (Reading) 2018; 164:251-259. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Gallego-Jara J, Écija Conesa A, de Diego Puente T, Lozano Terol G, Cánovas Díaz M. Characterization of CobB kinetics and inhibition by nicotinamide. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0189689. [PMID: 29253849 PMCID: PMC5734772 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Lysine acetylation has emerged as a global protein regulation system in all domains of life. Sirtuins, or Sir2-like enzymes, are a family of histone deacetylases characterized by their employing NAD+ as a co-substrate. Sirtuins can deacetylate several acetylated proteins, but a consensus substrate recognition sequence has not yet been established. Product inhibition of many eukaryotic sirtuins by nicotinamide and its analogues has been studied in vitro due to their potential role as anticancer agents. In this work, the kinetics of CobB, the main Escherichia coli deacetylase, have been characterized. To our knowledge, this is the first kinetic characterization of a sirtuin employing a fully acetylated and natively folded protein as a substrate. CobB deacetylated several acetyl-CoA synthetase acetylated lysines with a single kinetic rate. In addition, in vitro nicotinamide inhibition of CobB has been characterized, and the intracellular nicotinamide concentrations have been determined under different growth conditions. The results suggest that nicotinamide can act as a CobB regulator in vivo. A nicotinamidase deletion strain was thus phenotypically characterized, and it behaved similarly to the ΔcobB strain. The results of this work demonstrate the potential regulatory role of the nicotinamide metabolite in vivo.
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- Julia Gallego-Jara
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence ‘‘Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence ‘‘Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence ‘‘Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence ‘‘Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Immunology (B), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Murcia, Campus of Espinardo, Regional Campus of International Excellence ‘‘Campus Mare Nostrum”, Murcia, Spain
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Birhanu AG, Yimer SA, Holm-Hansen C, Norheim G, Aseffa A, Abebe M, Tønjum T. N ε- and O-Acetylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage 7 and Lineage 4 Strains: Proteins Involved in Bioenergetics, Virulence, and Antimicrobial Resistance Are Acetylated. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:4045-4059. [PMID: 28920697 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.7b00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Increasing evidence demonstrates that lysine acetylation is involved in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) virulence and pathogenesis. However, previous investigations in Mtb have only monitored acetylation at lysine residues using selected reference strains. We analyzed the global Nε- and O-acetylation of three Mtb isolates: two lineage 7 clinical isolates and the lineage 4 H37Rv reference strain. Quantitative acetylome analysis resulted in identification of 2490 class-I acetylation sites, 2349 O-acetylation and 141 Nε-acetylation sites, derived from 953 unique proteins. Mtb O-acetylation was thereby significantly more abundant than Nε-acetylation. The acetylated proteins were found to be involved in central metabolism, translation, stress responses, and antimicrobial drug resistance. Notably, 261 acetylation sites on 165 proteins were differentially regulated between lineage 7 and lineage 4 strains. A total of 257 acetylation sites on 161 proteins were hypoacetylated in lineage 7 strains. These proteins are involved in Mtb growth, virulence, bioenergetics, host-pathogen interactions, and stress responses. This study provides the first global analysis of O-acetylated proteins in Mtb. This quantitative acetylome data expand the current understanding regarding the nature and diversity of acetylated proteins in Mtb and open a new avenue of research for exploring the role of protein acetylation in Mtb physiology.
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- Alemayehu Godana Birhanu
- Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, NO-0424 Oslo, Norway.,Addis Ababa University , Institute of Biotechnology, P.O. Box 1176, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, NO-0424 Oslo, Norway.,Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital , P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, NO-0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Infection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health , P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Infection Control and Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health , P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, NO-0403 Oslo, Norway
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute , Jimma Road, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Armauer Hansen Research Institute , Jimma Road, P.O. Box 1005, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo , P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, NO-0424 Oslo, Norway.,Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital , P.O. Box 4950, Nydalen, NO-0424 Oslo, Norway
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Nε-Lysine acetylation is now recognized as an abundant posttranslational modification (PTM) that influences many essential biological pathways. Advancements in mass spectrometry-based proteomics have led to the discovery that bacteria contain hundreds of acetylated proteins, contrary to the prior notion of acetylation events being rare in bacteria. Although the mechanisms that regulate protein acetylation are still not fully defined, it is understood that this modification is finely tuned via both enzymatic and nonenzymatic mechanisms. The opposing actions of Gcn5-related N-acetyltransferases (GNATs) and deacetylases, including sirtuins, provide the enzymatic control of lysine acetylation. A nonenzymatic mechanism of acetylation has also been demonstrated and proven to be prominent in bacteria, as well as in mitochondria. The functional consequences of the vast majority of the identified acetylation sites remain unknown. From studies in mammalian systems, acetylation of critical lysine residues was shown to impact protein function by altering its structure, subcellular localization, and interactions. It is becoming apparent that the same diversity of functions can be found in bacteria. Here, we review current knowledge of the mechanisms and the functional consequences of acetylation in bacteria. Additionally, we discuss the methods available for detecting acetylation sites, including quantitative mass spectrometry-based methods, which promise to promote this field of research. We conclude with possible future directions and broader implications of the study of protein acetylation in bacteria.
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Johnson RM, Bai G, DeMott CM, Banavali NK, Montague CR, Moon C, Shekhtman A, VanderVen B, McDonough KA. Chemical activation of adenylyl cyclase Rv1625c inhibits growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on cholesterol and modulates intramacrophage signaling. Mol Microbiol 2017; 105:294-308. [PMID: 28464471 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) uses a complex 3', 5'-cyclic AMP (cAMP) signaling network to sense and respond to changing environments encountered during infection, so perturbation of cAMP signaling might be leveraged to disrupt Mtb pathogenesis. However, understanding of cAMP signaling pathways is hindered by the presence of at least 15 distinct adenylyl cyclases (ACs). Recently, the small molecule V-58 was shown to inhibit Mtb replication within macrophages and stimulate cAMP production in Mtb. Here we determined that V-58 rapidly and directly activates Mtb AC Rv1625c to produce high levels of cAMP regardless of the bacterial environment or growth medium. Metabolic inhibition by V-58 was carbon source dependent in Mtb and did not occur in Mycobacterium smegmatis, suggesting that V-58-mediated growth inhibition is due to interference with specific Mtb metabolic pathways rather than a generalized cAMP toxicity. Chemical stimulation of cAMP production by Mtb within macrophages also caused down regulation of TNF-α production by the macrophages, indicating a complex role for cAMP in Mtb pathogenesis. Together these studies describe a novel approach for targeted stimulation of cAMP production in Mtb, and provide new insights into the myriad roles of cAMP signaling in Mtb, particularly during Mtb's interactions with macrophages.
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- Richard M Johnson
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.,New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY, USA.,New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Albany, NY, USA
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Samanta S, Singh A, Biswas P, Bhatt A, Visweswariah SS. Mycobacterial phenolic glycolipid synthesis is regulated by cAMP-dependent lysine acylation of FadD22. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:373-382. [PMID: 28141495 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The mycobacterial cell envelope is unique in its chemical composition, and has an important role to play in pathogenesis. Phthiocerol dimycocerosates (PDIMs) and glycosylated phenolphthiocerol dimycocerosates, also known as phenolic glycolipids (PGLs), contribute significantly to the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FadD22 is essential for PGL biosynthesis. We have recently shown in vitro that FadD22 is a substrate for lysine acylation by a unique cAMP-dependent, protein lysine acyltransferase found only in mycobacteria. The lysine residue that is acylated is at the active site of FadD22. Therefore, acylation is likely to inhibit FadD22 activity and reduce PGL biosynthesis. Here, we show accumulation of PGLs in a strain of M. bovis BCG deleted for the gene encoding the cAMP-dependent acyltransferase, katbcg, with no change seen in PDIM synthesis. Complementation using KATbcg mutants that are deficient in cAMP-binding or acyltransferase activity shows that PGL accumulation is regulated by cAMP-dependent protein acylation in vivo. Expression of FadD22 and KATbcg mutants in Mycobacterium smegmatis confirmed that FadD22 is a substrate for lysine acylation by KATbcg. We have therefore described a mechanism by which cAMP can regulate mycobacterial virulence as a result of the ability of this second messenger to modulate critical cell wall components that affect the host immune response.
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- Sintu Samanta
- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.,Present address: Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India
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- School of Biosciences, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- School of Biosciences, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Bernal V, Castaño-Cerezo S, Cánovas M. Acetate metabolism regulation in Escherichia coli: carbon overflow, pathogenicity, and beyond. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 100:8985-9001. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-016-7832-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Temporal Regulation of the Bacillus subtilis Acetylome and Evidence for a Role of MreB Acetylation in Cell Wall Growth. mSystems 2016; 1. [PMID: 27376153 PMCID: PMC4927096 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00005-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The past decade highlighted Nε-lysine acetylation as a prevalent posttranslational modification in bacteria. However, knowledge regarding the physiological importance and temporal regulation of acetylation has remained limited. To uncover potential regulatory roles for acetylation, we analyzed how acetylation patterns and abundances change between growth phases in B. subtilis. To demonstrate that the identification of cell growth-dependent modifications can point to critical regulatory acetylation events, we further characterized MreB, the cell shape-determining protein. Our findings led us to propose a role for MreB acetylation in controlling cell width by restricting cell wall growth. Nε-Lysine acetylation has been recognized as a ubiquitous regulatory posttranslational modification that influences a variety of important biological processes in eukaryotic cells. Recently, it has been realized that acetylation is also prevalent in bacteria. Bacteria contain hundreds of acetylated proteins, with functions affecting diverse cellular pathways. Still, little is known about the regulation or biological relevance of nearly all of these modifications. Here we characterize the cellular growth-associated regulation of the Bacillus subtilis acetylome. Using acetylation enrichment and quantitative mass spectrometry, we investigate the logarithmic and stationary growth phases, identifying over 2,300 unique acetylation sites on proteins that function in essential cellular pathways. We determine an acetylation motif, EK(ac)(D/Y/E), which resembles the eukaryotic mitochondrial acetylation signature, and a distinct stationary-phase-enriched motif. By comparing the changes in acetylation with protein abundances, we discover a subset of critical acetylation events that are temporally regulated during cell growth. We functionally characterize the stationary-phase-enriched acetylation on the essential shape-determining protein MreB. Using bioinformatics, mutational analysis, and fluorescence microscopy, we define a potential role for the temporal acetylation of MreB in restricting cell wall growth and cell diameter. IMPORTANCE The past decade highlighted Nε-lysine acetylation as a prevalent posttranslational modification in bacteria. However, knowledge regarding the physiological importance and temporal regulation of acetylation has remained limited. To uncover potential regulatory roles for acetylation, we analyzed how acetylation patterns and abundances change between growth phases in B. subtilis. To demonstrate that the identification of cell growth-dependent modifications can point to critical regulatory acetylation events, we further characterized MreB, the cell shape-determining protein. Our findings led us to propose a role for MreB acetylation in controlling cell width by restricting cell wall growth.
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Favrot L, Blanchard JS, Vergnolle O. Bacterial GCN5-Related N-Acetyltransferases: From Resistance to Regulation. Biochemistry 2016; 55:989-1002. [PMID: 26818562 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The GCN5-related N-acetyltransferases family (GNAT) is an important family of proteins that includes more than 100000 members among eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Acetylation appears as a major regulatory post-translational modification and is as widespread as phosphorylation. N-Acetyltransferases transfer an acetyl group from acetyl-CoA to a large array of substrates, from small molecules such as aminoglycoside antibiotics to macromolecules. Acetylation of proteins can occur at two different positions, either at the amino-terminal end (αN-acetylation) or at the ε-amino group (εN-acetylation) of an internal lysine residue. GNAT members have been classified into different groups on the basis of their substrate specificity, and in spite of a very low primary sequence identity, GNAT proteins display a common and conserved fold. This Current Topic reviews the different classes of bacterial GNAT proteins, their functions, their structural characteristics, and their mechanism of action.
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- Lorenza Favrot
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine , 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York 10461, United States
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Perkowski EF, Miller BK, McCann JR, Sullivan JT, Malik S, Allen IC, Godfrey V, Hayden JD, Braunstein M. An orphaned Mce-associated membrane protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a virulence factor that stabilizes Mce transporters. Mol Microbiol 2016; 100:90-107. [PMID: 26712165 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins that are exported out of the bacterial cytoplasm are ideally positioned to be virulence factors; however, the functions of individual exported proteins remain largely unknown. Previous studies identified Rv0199 as an exported membrane protein of unknown function. Here, we characterized the role of Rv0199 in M. tuberculosis virulence using an aerosol model of murine infection. Rv0199 appears to be a member of a Mce-associated membrane (Mam) protein family leading us to rename it OmamA, for orphaned Mam protein A. Consistent with a role in Mce transport, we showed OmamA is required for cholesterol import, which is a Mce4-dependent process. We further demonstrated a function for OmamA in stabilizing protein components of the Mce1 transporter complex. These results indicate a function of OmamA in multiple Mce transporters and one that may be analogous to the role of VirB8 in stabilizing Type IV secretion systems, as structural similarities between Mam proteins and VirB8 proteins are predicted by the Phyre 2 program. In this study, we provide functional information about OmamA and shed light on the function of Mam family proteins in Mce transporters.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina
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Gu L, Chen Y, Wang Q, Li X, Mi K, Deng H. Functional Characterization of Sirtuin-like Protein in Mycobacterium smegmatis. J Proteome Res 2015; 14:4441-9. [PMID: 26375486 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent deacetylases (sirtuins) are well conserved from prokaryotes to eukaryotes. Functions and regulations of mammalian sirtuins have been extensively studied and indicate that sirtuins play an important role in regulation of biological processes, whereas functions of mycobacterial sirtuins were less explored. To examine functions of the sirtuin-like protein in mycobacteria, a Mycobacterium smegmatis sirtuin, MSMEG_5175, was overexpressed in a M. smegmatis strain mc(2)155 to generate an MSMEG_5175-overexpression strain (mc(2)155-MS5175) in the present study. The physiological aspects of mc(2)155-MS5175 strain were characterized showing that they had a lower intracellular NAD level and a higher resistance to isoniazid (INH) as compared to mc(2)155 containing empty pMV261 plasmid (mc(2)155-pMV261). Quantitative proteomic analysis was carried out to determine differentially expressed proteins between mc(2)155-pMV261 and mc(2)155-MS5175. Among 3032 identified proteins, overexpression of MSMEG_5175 results in up-regulation of 34 proteins and down-regulation of 72 proteins, which involve in diverse cellular processes including metabolic activation, transcription and translation, antioxidant, and DNA repair. Down-regulation of catalase peroxidase (KatG) expression in both mRNA and protein levels were observed in mc(2)155-MS5175 strain, suggesting that a decrease in cellular NAD content and down-regulation of KatG expression contribute to the higher resistance to INH in mc(2)155-MS5175. Using a combination of immunoprecipitation and proteomic analysis, we found that acetylation in 27 proteins was decreased in mc(2)155-MS5175 as compared to those in mc(2)155-pMV261, suggesting that these proteins including the beta prime subunit of RNA polymerase (rpoC), ribosomal proteins, and metabolic enzymes were substrates of MSMEG_5175. Acetylation changes in rpoC may affect its function and cause changes in global gene transcription. Taken together, these results suggest that MSMEG_5175 regulates diverse cellular processes resulting in an increase in INH resistance in mycobacteria, and provide a useful resource to further biological exploration into functions of protein acetylation in mycobacteria.
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- Lixiao Gu
- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University , Beijing 100020, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100101, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100101, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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Calder B, Soares NC, de Kock E, Blackburn JM. Mycobacterial proteomics: analysis of expressed proteomes and post-translational modifications to identify candidate virulence factors. Expert Rev Proteomics 2015; 12:21-35. [PMID: 25603863 DOI: 10.1586/14789450.2015.1007046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacillus has a number of unique features that make it a particularly effective human pathogen. Although genomic analysis has added to our current understanding of the molecular basis by which M. tuberculosis damages its host, proteomics may be better suited to describe the dynamic interactions between mycobacterial and host systems that underpin this disease. The M. tuberculosis proteome has been investigated using proteomics for over a decade, with increasingly sophisticated mass spectrometry technology and sensitive methods for comparative proteomic profiling. Deeper coverage of the M. tuberculosis proteome has led to the identification of hundreds of putative virulence determinants, as well as an unsurpassed coverage of post-translational modifications. Proteomics is therefore uniquely poised to contribute to our understanding of this pathogen, which may ultimately lead to better management of the disease.
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- Bridget Calder
- Division of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IDM), University of Cape Town, Anzio Rd, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa
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Singhal A, Arora G, Virmani R, Kundu P, Khanna T, Sajid A, Misra R, Joshi J, Yadav V, Samanta S, Saini N, Pandey AK, Visweswariah SS, Hentschker C, Becher D, Gerth U, Singh Y. Systematic Analysis of Mycobacterial Acylation Reveals First Example of Acylation-mediated Regulation of Enzyme Activity of a Bacterial Phosphatase. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:26218-34. [PMID: 26350458 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.687269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Protein lysine acetylation is known to regulate multiple aspects of bacterial metabolism. However, its presence in mycobacterial signal transduction and virulence-associated proteins has not been studied. In this study, analysis of mycobacterial proteins from different cellular fractions indicated dynamic and widespread occurrence of lysine acetylation. Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins regulating diverse physiological processes were then selected and expressed in the surrogate host Mycobacterium smegmatis. The purified proteins were analyzed for the presence of lysine acetylation, leading to the identification of 24 acetylated proteins. In addition, novel lysine succinylation and propionylation events were found to co-occur with acetylation on several proteins. Protein-tyrosine phosphatase B (PtpB), a secretory phosphatase that regulates phosphorylation of host proteins and plays a critical role in Mycobacterium infection, is modified by acetylation and succinylation at Lys-224. This residue is situated in a lid region that covers the enzyme's active site. Consequently, acetylation and succinylation negatively regulate the activity of PtpB.
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- Anshika Singhal
- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India, the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad 121001, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India, and
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India
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- the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad 121001, India,
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- the Institute of Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- the Institute of Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- the Institute of Microbiology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald, D-17487 Greifswald, Germany
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- From the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi 110007, India,
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Lysine acetylation is a common post-translational modification of key metabolic pathway enzymes of the anaerobe Porphyromonas gingivalis. J Proteomics 2015; 128:352-64. [PMID: 26341301 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2015.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2015] [Revised: 07/21/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative anaerobe considered to be a keystone pathogen in the development of the bacterial-associated inflammatory oral disease chronic periodontitis. Although post-translational modifications (PTMs) of proteins are commonly found to modify protein function in eukaryotes and prokaryotes, PTMs such as lysine acetylation have not been examined in P. gingivalis. Lysine acetylation is the addition of an acetyl group to a lysine which removes this amino acid's positive charge and can induce changes in a protein's secondary structure and reactivity. A proteomics based approach combining immune-affinity enrichment with high sensitivity Orbitrap mass spectrometry identified 130 lysine acetylated peptides from 92 P. gingivalis proteins. The majority of these peptides (71) were attributed to 45 proteins with predicted metabolic activity; these proteins could be mapped to several P. gingivalis metabolic pathways where enzymes catalysing sequential reactions within the same pathway were often found acetylated. In particular, the catabolic pathways of complex anaerobic fermentation of amino acids to produce energy had 12 enzymes lysine acetylated. The results suggest that lysine acetylation may be an important mechanism in metabolic regulation in P. gingivalis, which is vital for P. gingivalis survival and adaptation of its metabolism throughout infection. Statement of significance. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone pathogen in the development of chronic periodontitis, an inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth. The ability of the pathogen to induce dysbiosis and disease is related to an array of specific virulence factors and metabolic regulation that enables the bacterium to proliferate in an inflamed periodontal pocket. The mechanisms P. gingivalis uses to adapt to a changing and hostile environment are poorly understood and here we show, for the first time, that enzymes of critical metabolic pathways for energy production in this bacterium were acetylated on certain lysine residues. These enzymes were often found catalysing sequential reactions within the same catabolic pathway. The results suggest that lysine acetylation is an important mechanism of metabolic regulation in P. gingivalis vital for its adaptation and proliferation to produce disease.
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Transcriptional Regulation by the Short-Chain Fatty Acyl Coenzyme A Regulator (ScfR) PccR Controls Propionyl Coenzyme A Assimilation by Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:3048-56. [PMID: 26170412 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00402-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 07/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Propionyl coenzyme A (propionyl-CoA) assimilation by Rhodobacter sphaeroides proceeds via the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway. The activity of the key enzyme of the pathway, propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), was upregulated 20-fold during growth with propionate compared to growth with succinate. Because propionyl-CoA is an intermediate in acetyl-CoA assimilation via the ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway, acetate growth also requires the methylmalonyl-CoA pathway. PCC activities were upregulated 8-fold in extracts of acetate-grown cells compared to extracts of succinate-grown cells. The upregulation of PCC activities during growth with propionate or acetate corresponded to increased expression of the pccB gene, which encodes a subunit of PCC. PccR (RSP_2186) was identified to be a transcriptional regulator required for the upregulation of pccB transcript levels and, consequently, PCC activity: growth substrate-dependent regulation was lost when pccR was inactivated by an in-frame deletion. In the pccR mutant, lacZ expression from a 215-bp plasmid-borne pccB upstream fragment including 27 bp of the pccB coding region was also deregulated. A loss of regulation as a result of mutations in the conserved motifs TTTGCAAA-X4-TTTGCAAA in the presence of PccR allowed the prediction of a possible operator site. PccR, together with homologs from other organisms, formed a distinct clade within the family of short-chain fatty acyl coenzyme A regulators (ScfRs) defined here. Some members from other clades within the ScfR family have previously been shown to be involved in regulating acetyl-CoA assimilation by the glyoxylate bypass (RamB) or propionyl-CoA assimilation by the methylcitrate cycle (MccR). IMPORTANCE Short-chain acyl-CoAs are intermediates in essential biosynthetic and degradative pathways. The regulation of their accumulation is crucial for appropriate cellular function. This work identifies a regulator (PccR) that prevents the accumulation of propionyl-CoA by controlling expression of the gene encoding propionyl-CoA carboxylase, which is responsible for propionyl-CoA consumption by Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Many other Proteobacteria and Actinomycetales contain one or several PccR homologs that group into distinct clades on the basis of the pathway of acyl-CoA metabolism that they control. Furthermore, an upstream analysis of genes encoding PccR homologs allows the prediction of conserved binding motifs for these regulators. Overall, this study evaluates a single regulator of propionyl-CoA assimilation while expanding the knowledge of the regulation of short-chain acyl-CoAs in many bacterial species.
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Stehr M, Elamin AA, Singh M. Pyrazinamide: the importance of uncovering the mechanisms of action in mycobacteria. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2015; 13:593-603. [PMID: 25746054 DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2015.1021784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Pyrazinamide (PZA) is still one of the key drugs used in current therapeutic regimens for tuberculosis (TB). Despite its importance for TB therapy, the mode of action of PZA remains unknown. PZA has to be converted to its active form pyrazinoic acid (POA) by the nicotinamidase PncA and is then excreted by an unknown efflux pump. At acidic conditions, POA is protonated to HPOA and is reabsorbed into the cell where it causes cellular damage. For a long time, it has been thought that PZA/POA has no defined target of action, but recent studies have shown that both PZA and POA have several different targets interfering with diverse biochemical pathways, especially in the NAD(+) and energy metabolism. PZA resistance seems to depend not only on a defective pyrazinamidase but is also rather a result of the interplay of many different enzyme targets and transport mechanisms.
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- Matthias Stehr
- LIONEX Diagnostics and Therapeutics GmbH, Salzdahlumer Straße 196, D-38126, Braunschweig, Germany
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Novel inhibitors of cholesterol degradation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveal how the bacterium's metabolism is constrained by the intracellular environment. PLoS Pathog 2015; 11:e1004679. [PMID: 25675247 PMCID: PMC4335503 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 190] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) relies on a specialized set of metabolic pathways to support growth in macrophages. By conducting an extensive, unbiased chemical screen to identify small molecules that inhibit Mtb metabolism within macrophages, we identified a significant number of novel compounds that limit Mtb growth in macrophages and in medium containing cholesterol as the principle carbon source. Based on this observation, we developed a chemical-rescue strategy to identify compounds that target metabolic enzymes involved in cholesterol metabolism. This approach identified two compounds that inhibit the HsaAB enzyme complex, which is required for complete degradation of the cholesterol A/B rings. The strategy also identified an inhibitor of PrpC, the 2-methylcitrate synthase, which is required for assimilation of cholesterol-derived propionyl-CoA into the TCA cycle. These chemical probes represent new classes of inhibitors with novel modes of action, and target metabolic pathways required to support growth of Mtb in its host cell. The screen also revealed a structurally-diverse set of compounds that target additional stage(s) of cholesterol utilization. Mutants resistant to this class of compounds are defective in the bacterial adenylate cyclase Rv1625/Cya. These data implicate cyclic-AMP (cAMP) in regulating cholesterol utilization in Mtb, and are consistent with published reports indicating that propionate metabolism is regulated by cAMP levels. Intriguingly, reversal of the cholesterol-dependent growth inhibition caused by this subset of compounds could be achieved by supplementing the media with acetate, but not with glucose, indicating that Mtb is subject to a unique form of metabolic constraint induced by the presence of cholesterol. Human beings are the sole ecological niche for M. tuberculosis (Mtb), and it is estimated that 1.8 billion people are currently infected with Mtb. An important aspect of this infection is Mtb’s ability to maintain infection by replicating within macrophages. Within macrophages, Mtb exploits a specialized set of metabolic pathways to utilize host-derived nutrients, such as fatty acids and/or cholesterol, for energy production. Many details regarding Mtb metabolism during infection remain unknown. Here we took a chemical approach to identify small molecule probes, which target Mtb metabolism during infection in macrophages. We found that many of the small molecule inhibitors that we identified require cholesterol for activity. Here we report a novel chemical rescue approach to identify the metabolic targets of three novel inhibitors, and discovered that cAMP signaling is linked to cholesterol utilization in Mtb. Together, these data demonstrate that cholesterol exerts a dominant effect on Mtb metabolism within macrophages. Additionally, the novel inhibitors identified in this study will facilitate evaluation of cholesterol metabolism as a target for chemotherapeutic intervention.
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Pisithkul T, Patel NM, Amador-Noguez D. Post-translational modifications as key regulators of bacterial metabolic fluxes. Curr Opin Microbiol 2015; 24:29-37. [PMID: 25597444 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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In order to survive and compete in natural settings, bacteria must excel at quickly adapting their metabolism to fluctuations in nutrient availability and other environmental variables. This necessitates fast-acting post-translational regulatory mechanisms, that is, allostery or covalent modification, to control metabolic flux. While allosteric regulation has long been a well-established strategy for regulating metabolic enzyme activity in bacteria, covalent post-translational modes of regulation, such as phosphorylation or acetylation, have previously been regarded as regulatory mechanisms employed primarily by eukaryotic organisms. Recent findings, however, have shifted this perception and point to a widespread role for covalent posttranslational modification in the regulation of metabolic enzymes and fluxes in bacteria. This review provides an outline of the exciting recent advances in this area.
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- Tippapha Pisithkul
- Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States; Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
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Castaño-Cerezo S, Bernal V, Röhrig T, Termeer S, Cánovas M. Regulation of acetate metabolism in Escherichia coli BL21 by protein Nε-lysine acetylation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2014; 99:3533-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6280-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2014] [Revised: 11/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bernal V, Castaño-Cerezo S, Gallego-Jara J, Écija-Conesa A, de Diego T, Iborra JL, Cánovas M. Regulation of bacterial physiology by lysine acetylation of proteins. N Biotechnol 2014; 31:586-95. [DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2013] [Revised: 02/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Castaño-Cerezo S, Bernal V, Post H, Fuhrer T, Cappadona S, Sánchez-Díaz NC, Sauer U, Heck AJR, Altelaar AFM, Cánovas M. Protein acetylation affects acetate metabolism, motility and acid stress response in Escherichia coli. Mol Syst Biol 2014; 10:762. [PMID: 25518064 PMCID: PMC4299603 DOI: 10.15252/msb.20145227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Although protein acetylation is widely observed, it has been associated with few specific
regulatory functions making it poorly understood. To interrogate its functionality, we analyzed the
acetylome in Escherichia coli knockout mutants of cobB, the only
known sirtuin-like deacetylase, and patZ, the best-known protein acetyltransferase.
For four growth conditions, more than 2,000 unique acetylated peptides, belonging to 809 proteins,
were identified and differentially quantified. Nearly 65% of these proteins are related to
metabolism. The global activity of CobB contributes to the deacetylation of a large number of
substrates and has a major impact on physiology. Apart from the regulation of acetyl-CoA synthetase,
we found that CobB-controlled acetylation of isocitrate lyase contributes to the fine-tuning of the
glyoxylate shunt. Acetylation of the transcription factor RcsB prevents DNA binding, activating
flagella biosynthesis and motility, and increases acid stress susceptibility. Surprisingly, deletion
of patZ increased acetylation in acetate cultures, which suggests that it regulates
the levels of acetylating agents. The results presented offer new insights into functional roles of
protein acetylation in metabolic fitness and global cell regulation.
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- Sara Castaño-Cerezo
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia Campus de Excelencia Mare Nostrum, Murcia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia Campus de Excelencia Mare Nostrum, Murcia, Spain
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia Campus de Excelencia Mare Nostrum, Murcia, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomolecular Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Group, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Netherlands Proteomics Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Murcia Campus de Excelencia Mare Nostrum, Murcia, Spain
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Liu F, Yang M, Wang X, Yang S, Gu J, Zhou J, Zhang XE, Deng J, Ge F. Acetylome analysis reveals diverse functions of lysine acetylation in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:3352-66. [PMID: 25180227 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m114.041962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The lysine acetylation of proteins is a reversible post-translational modification that plays a critical regulatory role in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a facultative intracellular pathogen and the causative agent of tuberculosis. Increasing evidence shows that lysine acetylation may play an important role in the pathogenesis of M. tuberculosis. However, only a few acetylated proteins of M. tuberculosis are known, presenting a major obstacle to understanding the functional roles of reversible lysine acetylation in this pathogen. We performed a global acetylome analysis of M. tuberculosis H37Ra by combining protein/peptide prefractionation, antibody enrichment, and LC-MS/MS. In total, we identified 226 acetylation sites in 137 proteins of M. tuberculosis H37Ra. The identified acetylated proteins were functionally categorized into an interaction map and shown to be involved in various biological processes. Consistent with previous reports, a large proportion of the acetylation sites were present on proteins involved in glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, the citrate cycle, and fatty acid metabolism. A NAD(+)-dependent deacetylase (MRA_1161) deletion mutant of M. tuberculosis H37Ra was constructed and its characterization showed a different colony morphology, reduced biofilm formation, and increased tolerance of heat stress. Interestingly, lysine acetylation was found, for the first time, to block the immunogenicity of a peptide derived from a known immunogen, HspX, suggesting that lysine acetylation plays a regulatory role in immunogenicity. Our data provide the first global survey of lysine acetylation in M. tuberculosis. The dataset should be an important resource for the functional analysis of lysine acetylation in M. tuberculosis and facilitate the clarification of the entire metabolic networks of this life-threatening pathogen.
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- Fengying Liu
- From the ‡Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- §Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- From the ‡Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- From the ‡Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- From the ‡Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- ¶Foshan Fourth People's Hospital, Foshan, China
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- ‖National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- From the ‡Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
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- §Key Laboratory of Algal Biology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China;
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Chopra T, Hamelin R, Armand F, Chiappe D, Moniatte M, McKinney JD. Quantitative mass spectrometry reveals plasticity of metabolic networks in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:3014-28. [PMID: 24997995 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m113.034082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis has a remarkable ability to persist within the human host as a clinically inapparent or chronically active infection. Fatty acids are thought to be an important carbon source used by the bacteria during long term infection. Catabolism of fatty acids requires reprogramming of metabolic networks, and enzymes central to this reprogramming have been targeted for drug discovery. Mycobacterium smegmatis, a nonpathogenic relative of M. tuberculosis, is often used as a model system because of the similarity of basic cellular processes in these two species. Here, we take a quantitative proteomics-based approach to achieve a global view of how the M. smegmatis metabolic network adjusts to utilization of fatty acids as a carbon source. Two-dimensional liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry of isotopically labeled proteins identified a total of 3,067 proteins with high confidence. This number corresponds to 44% of the predicted M. smegmatis proteome and includes most of the predicted metabolic enzymes. Compared with glucose-grown cells, 162 proteins showed differential abundance in acetate- or propionate-grown cells. Among these, acetate-grown cells showed a higher abundance of proteins that could constitute a functional glycerate pathway. Gene inactivation experiments confirmed that both the glyoxylate shunt and the glycerate pathway are operational in M. smegmatis. In addition to proteins with annotated functions, we demonstrate carbon source-dependent differential abundance of proteins that have not been functionally characterized. These proteins might play as-yet-unidentified roles in mycobacterial carbon metabolism. This study reveals several novel features of carbon assimilation in M. smegmatis, which suggests significant functional plasticity of metabolic networks in this organism.
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- ¶Proteomics Core Facility, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- ¶Proteomics Core Facility, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- ¶Proteomics Core Facility, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- ¶Proteomics Core Facility, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Beltrao P, Bork P, Krogan NJ, van Noort V. Evolution and functional cross-talk of protein post-translational modifications. Mol Syst Biol 2013; 9:714. [PMID: 24366814 PMCID: PMC4019982 DOI: 10.1002/msb.201304521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) allow the cell to regulate protein activity and play a crucial role in the response to changes in external conditions or internal states. Advances in mass spectrometry now enable proteome wide characterization of PTMs and have revealed a broad functional role for a range of different types of modifications. Here we review advances in the study of the evolution and function of PTMs that were spurred by these technological improvements. We provide an overview of studies focusing on the origin and evolution of regulatory enzymes as well as the evolutionary dynamics of modification sites. Finally, we discuss different mechanisms of altering protein activity via post-translational regulation and progress made in the large-scale functional characterization of PTM function.
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- Pedro Beltrao
- European Molecular Biology LaboratoryEuropean Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL‐EBI)CambridgeUK
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- Structural and Computational Biology UnitEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelbergGermany
- Max‐Delbruck‐Centre for Molecular MedicineBerlin‐BuchGermany
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular PharmacologyUniversity of CaliforniaSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- California Institute for Quantitative BiosciencesSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
- J. David Gladstone InstitutesSan FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
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- Structural and Computational Biology UnitEuropean Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelbergGermany
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