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Cronan JE. Biotin protein ligase as you like it: Either extraordinarily specific or promiscuous protein biotinylation. Proteins 2024; 92:435-448. [PMID: 37997490 PMCID: PMC10932917 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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Biotin (vitamin H or B7) is a coenzyme essential for all forms of life. Biotin has biological activity only when covalently attached to a few key metabolic enzyme proteins. Most organisms have only one attachment enzyme, biotin protein ligase (BPL), which attaches biotin to all target proteins. The sequences of these proteins and their substrate proteins are strongly conserved throughout biology. Structures of both the biotin ligase- and biotin-acceptor domains of mammals, plants, several bacterial species, and archaea have been determined. These, together with mutational analyses of ligases and their protein substrates, illustrate the exceptional specificity of this protein modification. For example, the Escherichia coli BPL biotinylates only one of the >4000 cellular proteins. Several bifunctional bacterial biotin ligases transcriptionally regulate biotin synthesis and/or transport in concert with biotinylation. The human BPL has been demonstrated to play an important role in that mutations in the BPL encoding gene cause one form of the disease, biotin-responsive multiple carboxylase deficiency. Promiscuous mutant versions of several BPL enzymes release biotinoyl-AMP, the active intermediate of the ligase reaction, to solvent. The released biotinoyl-AMP acts as a chemical biotinylation reagent that modifies lysine residues of neighboring proteins in vivo. This proximity-dependent biotinylation (called BioID) approach has been heavily utilized in cell biology.
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- John E Cronan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Gómez Borrego J, Torrent Burgas M. Structural assembly of the bacterial essential interactome. eLife 2024; 13:e94919. [PMID: 38226900 PMCID: PMC10863985 DOI: 10.7554/elife.94919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2024] Open
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The study of protein interactions in living organisms is fundamental for understanding biological processes and central metabolic pathways. Yet, our knowledge of the bacterial interactome remains limited. Here, we combined gene deletion mutant analysis with deep-learning protein folding using AlphaFold2 to predict the core bacterial essential interactome. We predicted and modeled 1402 interactions between essential proteins in bacteria and generated 146 high-accuracy models. Our analysis reveals previously unknown details about the assembly mechanisms of these complexes, highlighting the importance of specific structural features in their stability and function. Our work provides a framework for predicting the essential interactomes of bacteria and highlight the potential of deep-learning algorithms in advancing our understanding of the complex biology of living organisms. Also, the results presented here offer a promising approach to identify novel antibiotic targets.
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- Jordi Gómez Borrego
- Systems Biology of Infection Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biosciences Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del VallèsSpain
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- Systems Biology of Infection Lab, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biosciences Faculty, Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaCerdanyola del VallèsSpain
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Ryback B, Vorholt JA. Coenzyme biosynthesis in response to precursor availability reveals incorporation of β-alanine from pantothenate in prototrophic bacteria. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:104919. [PMID: 37315792 PMCID: PMC10393543 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104919] [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: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
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Coenzymes are important for all classes of enzymatic reactions and essential for cellular metabolism. Most coenzymes are synthesized from dedicated precursors, also referred to as vitamins, which prototrophic bacteria can either produce themselves from simpler substrates or take up from the environment. The extent to which prototrophs use supplied vitamins and whether externally available vitamins affect the size of intracellular coenzyme pools and control endogenous vitamin synthesis is currently largely unknown. Here, we studied coenzyme pool sizes and vitamin incorporation into coenzymes during growth on different carbon sources and vitamin supplementation regimes using metabolomics approaches. We found that the model bacterium Escherichia coli incorporated pyridoxal, niacin, and pantothenate into pyridoxal 5'-phosphate, NAD, and coenzyme A (CoA), respectively. In contrast, riboflavin was not taken up and was produced exclusively endogenously. Coenzyme pools were mostly homeostatic and not affected by externally supplied precursors. Remarkably, we found that pantothenate is not incorporated into CoA as such but is first degraded to pantoate and β-alanine and then rebuilt. This pattern was conserved in various bacterial isolates, suggesting a preference for β-alanine over pantothenate utilization in CoA synthesis. Finally, we found that the endogenous synthesis of coenzyme precursors remains active when vitamins are supplied, which is consistent with described expression data of genes for enzymes involved in coenzyme biosynthesis under these conditions. Continued production of endogenous coenzymes may ensure rapid synthesis of the mature coenzyme under changing environmental conditions, protect against coenzyme limitation, and explain vitamin availability in naturally oligotrophic environments.
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Strotmann VI, Stahl Y. Visualization of in vivo protein-protein interactions in plants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2022; 73:3866-3880. [PMID: 35394544 PMCID: PMC9232200 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erac139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Molecular processes depend on the concerted and dynamic interactions of proteins, either by one-on-one interactions of the same or different proteins or by the assembly of larger protein complexes consisting of many different proteins. Here, not only the protein-protein interaction (PPI) itself, but also the localization and activity of the protein of interest (POI) within the cell is essential. Therefore, in all cell biological experiments, preserving the spatio-temporal state of one POI relative to another is key to understanding the underlying complex and dynamic regulatory mechanisms in vivo. In this review, we examine some of the applicable techniques to measure PPIs in planta as well as recent combinatorial advances of PPI methods to measure the formation of higher order complexes with an emphasis on in vivo imaging techniques. We compare the different methods and discuss their benefits and potential pitfalls to facilitate the selection of appropriate techniques by providing a comprehensive overview of how to measure in vivo PPIs in plants.
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- Vivien I Strotmann
- Institute for Developmental Genetics, Heinrich-Heine University, Universitätsstr. 1, D-40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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XRE-Type Regulator BioX Acts as a Negative Transcriptional Factor of Biotin Metabolism in Riemerella anatipestifer. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:e0018121. [PMID: 33972354 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00181-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Biotin is essential for the growth and pathogenicity of microorganisms. Damage to biotin biosynthesis results in impaired bacterial growth and decreased virulence in vivo. However, the mechanisms of biotin biosynthesis in Riemerella anatipestifer remain unclear. In this study, two R. anatipestifer genes associated with biotin biosynthesis were identified. AS87_RS05840 encoded a BirA protein lacking the N-terminal winged helix-turn-helix DNA binding domain, identifying it as a group I biotin protein ligase, and AS87_RS09325 encoded a BioX protein, which was in the helix-turn-helix xenobiotic response element family of transcription factors. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that BioX bound to the promoter region of bioF. In addition, the R. anatipestifer genes bioF (encoding 7-keto-8-aminopelargonic acid synthase), bioD (encoding dethiobiotin synthase), and bioA (encoding 7,8-diaminopelargonic acid synthase) were in an operon and were regulated by BioX. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR showed that transcription of the bioFDA operon increased in the mutant Yb2ΔbioX in the presence of excessive biotin, compared with that in the wild-type strain Yb2, suggesting that BioX acted as a repressor of biotin biosynthesis. Streptavidin blot analysis showed that BirA caused biotinylation of BioX, indicating that biotinylated BioX was involved in metabolic pathways. Moreover, as determined by the median lethal dose, the virulence of Yb2ΔbioX was attenuated 500-fold compared with that of Yb2. To summarize, the genes birA and bioX were identified in R. anatipestifer, and BioX was found to act as a repressor of the bioFDA operon involved in the biotin biosynthesis pathway and identified as a bacterial virulence factor. IMPORTANCE Riemerella anatipestifer is a causative agent of diseases in ducks, geese, turkeys, and various other domestic and wild birds. Our study reveals that biotin synthesis of R. anatipestifer is regulated by the BioX through binding to the promoter region of the bioF gene to inhibit transcription of the bioFDA operon. Moreover, bioX is required for R. anatipestifer pathogenicity, suggesting that BioX is a potential target for treatment of the pathogen. R. anatipestifer BioX has thus been identified as a novel negative regulator involved in biotin metabolism and associated with bacterial virulence in this study.
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Song X, Henke SK, Cronan JE. A division of labor between two biotin protein ligase homologs. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:648-662. [PMID: 34028100 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Group I biotin protein ligases (BPLs) catalyze the covalent attachment of biotin to its cognate acceptor proteins. In contrast, Group II BPLs have an additional N-terminal DNA-binding domain and function not only in biotinylation but also in transcriptional regulation of genes of biotin biosynthesis and transport. Most bacteria contain only a single biotin protein ligase, whereas Clostridium acetobutylicum contains two biotin protein ligase homologs: BplA and BirA'. Sequence alignments showed that BplA is a typical group I BPL, whereas BirA' lacked the C-terminal domain conserved throughout extant BPL proteins. This raised the questions of why two BPL homologs are needed and why the apparently defective BirA' has been retained. We have used in vivo and in vitro assays to show that BplA is a functional BPL whereas BirA' acts as a biotin sensor involved in transcriptional regulation of biotin transport. We also successfully converted BirA' into a functional biotin protein ligase with regulatory activity by fusing it to the C-terminal domain from BplA. Finally, we provide evidence that BplA and BirA' interact in vivo.
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- Xuejiao Song
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA.,Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
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Sirithanakorn C, Cronan JE. Biotin, a universal and essential cofactor: Synthesis, ligation and regulation. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2021; 45:6081095. [PMID: 33428728 DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuab003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Biotin is a covalently attached enzyme cofactor required for intermediary metabolism in all three domains of life. Several important human pathogens (e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis) require biotin synthesis for pathogenesis. Humans lack a biotin synthetic pathway hence bacterial biotin synthesis is a prime target for new therapeutic agents. The biotin synthetic pathway is readily divided into early and late segments. Although pimelate, a seven carbon α,ω-dicarboxylic acid that contributes seven of the ten biotin carbons atoms, was long known to be a biotin precursor, its biosynthetic pathway was a mystery until the E. coli pathway was discovered in 2010. Since then, diverse bacteria encode evolutionarily distinct enzymes that replace enzymes in the E. coli pathway. Two new bacterial pimelate synthesis pathways have been elucidated. In contrast to the early pathway the late pathway, assembly of the fused rings of the cofactor, was long thought settled. However, a new enzyme that bypasses a canonical enzyme was recently discovered as well as homologs of another canonical enzyme that functions in synthesis of another protein-bound coenzyme, lipoic acid. Most bacteria tightly regulate transcription of the biotin synthetic genes in a biotin-responsive manner. The bifunctional biotin ligases which catalyze attachment of biotin to its cognate enzymes and repress biotin gene transcription are best understood regulatory system.
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- Chaiyos Sirithanakorn
- Faculty of Medicine, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Bangkok, Thailand.,Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Arya G, Pal M, Sharma M, Singh B, Singh S, Agrawal V, Chaba R. Molecular insights into effector binding by DgoR, a GntR/FadR family transcriptional repressor of D-galactonate metabolism in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2020; 115:591-609. [PMID: 33068046 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Several GntR/FadR transcriptional regulators govern sugar acid metabolism in bacteria. Although effectors have been identified for a few sugar acid regulators, the mode of effector binding is unknown. Even in the overall FadR subfamily, there are limited details on effector-regulator interactions. Here, we identified the effector-binding cavity in Escherichia coli DgoR, a FadR subfamily transcriptional repressor of D-galactonate metabolism that employs D-galactonate as its effector. Using a genetic screen, we isolated several dgoR superrepressor alleles. Blind docking suggested eight amino acids corresponding to these alleles to form a part of the effector-binding cavity. In vivo and in vitro assays showed that these mutations compromise the inducibility of DgoR without affecting its oligomeric status or affinity for target DNA. Taking Bacillus subtilis GntR as a representative, we demonstrated that the effector-binding cavity is similar among FadR subfamily sugar acid regulators. Finally, a comparison of sugar acid regulators with other FadR members suggested conserved features of effector-regulator recognition within the FadR subfamily. Sugar acid metabolism is widely implicated in bacterial colonization and virulence. The present study sets the basis to investigate the influence of natural genetic variations in FadR subfamily regulators on their sensitivity to sugar acids and ultimately on host-bacterial interactions.
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- Garima Arya
- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
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Bockman MR, Mishra N, Aldrich CC. The Biotin Biosynthetic Pathway in Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a Validated Target for the Development of Antibacterial Agents. Curr Med Chem 2020; 27:4194-4232. [PMID: 30663561 DOI: 10.2174/0929867326666190119161551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, responsible for Tuberculosis (TB), remains the leading cause of mortality among infectious diseases worldwide from a single infectious agent, with an estimated 1.7 million deaths in 2016. Biotin is an essential cofactor in M. tuberculosis that is required for lipid biosynthesis and gluconeogenesis. M. tuberculosis relies on de novo biotin biosynthesis to obtain this vital cofactor since it cannot scavenge sufficient biotin from a mammalian host. The biotin biosynthetic pathway in M. tuberculosis has been well studied and rigorously genetically validated providing a solid foundation for medicinal chemistry efforts. This review examines the mechanism and structure of the enzymes involved in biotin biosynthesis and ligation, summarizes the reported genetic validation studies of the pathway, and then analyzes the most promising inhibitors and natural products obtained from structure-based drug design and phenotypic screening.
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- Matthew R Bockman
- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States
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Bosch JA, Chen CL, Perrimon N. Proximity-dependent labeling methods for proteomic profiling in living cells: An update. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2020; 10:e392. [PMID: 32909689 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Characterizing the proteome composition of organelles and subcellular regions of living cells can facilitate the understanding of cellular organization as well as protein interactome networks. Proximity labeling-based methods coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) offer a high-throughput approach for systematic analysis of spatially restricted proteomes. Proximity labeling utilizes enzymes that generate reactive radicals to covalently tag neighboring proteins. The tagged endogenous proteins can then be isolated for further analysis by MS. To analyze protein-protein interactions or identify components that localize to discrete subcellular compartments, spatial expression is achieved by fusing the enzyme to specific proteins or signal peptides that target to particular subcellular regions. Although these technologies have only been introduced recently, they have already provided deep insights into a wide range of biological processes. Here, we provide an updated description and comparison of proximity labeling methods, as well as their applications and improvements. As each method has its own unique features, the goal of this review is to describe how different proximity labeling methods can be used to answer different biological questions. This article is categorized under: Technologies > Analysis of Proteins.
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- Justin A Bosch
- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Satiaputra J, Sternicki LM, Hayes AJ, Pukala TL, Booker GW, Shearwin KE, Polyak SW. Native mass spectrometry identifies an alternative DNA-binding pathway for BirA from Staphylococcus aureus. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2767. [PMID: 30808984 PMCID: PMC6391492 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39398-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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An adequate supply of biotin is vital for the survival and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus. The key protein responsible for maintaining biotin homeostasis in bacteria is the biotin retention protein A (BirA, also known as biotin protein ligase). BirA is a bi-functional protein that serves both as a ligase to catalyse the biotinylation of important metabolic enzymes, as well as a transcriptional repressor that regulates biotin biosynthesis, biotin transport and fatty acid elongation. The mechanism of BirA regulated transcription has been extensively characterized in Escherichia coli, but less so in other bacteria. Biotin-induced homodimerization of E. coli BirA (EcBirA) is a necessary prerequisite for stable DNA binding and transcriptional repression. Here, we employ a combination of native mass spectrometry, in vivo gene expression assays, site-directed mutagenesis and electrophoretic mobility shift assays to elucidate the DNA binding pathway for S. aureus BirA (SaBirA). We identify a mechanism that differs from that of EcBirA, wherein SaBirA is competent to bind DNA as a monomer both in the presence and absence of biotin and/or MgATP, allowing homodimerization on the DNA. Bioinformatic analysis demonstrated the SaBirA sequence used here is highly conserved amongst other S. aureus strains, implying this DNA-binding mechanism is widely employed.
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- Jiulia Satiaputra
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.,Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Shenton Park, Western Australia, 6008, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia.,Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Physical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005, Australia. .,School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, 5001, Australia.
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Oostdyk LT, Shank L, Jividen K, Dworak N, Sherman NE, Paschal BM. Towards improving proximity labeling by the biotin ligase BirA. Methods 2018; 157:66-79. [PMID: 30419333 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2018.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The discovery and validation of protein-protein interactions provides a knowledge base that is critical for defining protein networks and how they underpin the biology of the cell. Identification of protein interactions that are highly transient, or sensitive to biochemical disruption, can be very difficult. This challenge has been met by proximity labeling methods which generate reactive species that chemically modify neighboring proteins. The most widely used proximity labeling method is BioID, which features a mutant biotin ligase BirA(Arg118Gly), termed BirA*, fused to a protein of interest. Here, we explore how amino acid substitutions at Arg118 affect the biochemical properties of BirA. We found that relative to wild-type BirA, the Arg118Lys substitution both slightly reduced biotin affinity and increased the release of reactive biotinyl-5'-AMP. BioID using a BirA(Arg118Lys)-Lamin A fusion enabled identification of PCNA as a lamina-proximal protein in HEK293T cells, a finding that was validated by immunofluorescence microscopy. Our data expand on the concept that proximity labeling by BirA fused to proteins of interest can be modulated by amino acid substitutions that affect biotin affinity and the release of biotinyl-5'-AMP.
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- Luke T Oostdyk
- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, VA 22908, USA
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- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- W.M. Keck Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, University of Virginia, VA 22908, USA
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- Center for Cell Signaling, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, VA 22908, USA.
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Specificity and selectivity in post-translational biotin addition. Biochem Soc Trans 2018; 46:1577-1591. [PMID: 30381340 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2018] [Revised: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 09/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Biotin, which serves as a carboxyl group carrier in reactions catalyzed by biotin-dependent carboxylases, is essential for life in most organisms. To function in carboxylate transfer, the vitamin must be post-translationally linked to a specific lysine residue on the biotin carboxyl carrier (BCC) of a carboxylase in a reaction catalyzed by biotin protein ligases. Although biotin addition is highly selective for any single carboxylase substrate, observations of interspecies biotinylation suggested little discrimination among the BCCs derived from the carboxylases of a broad range of organisms. Application of single turnover kinetic techniques to measurements of post-translational biotin addition reveals previously unappreciated selectivity that may be of physiological significance.
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Wei W, Zhang Y, Gao R, Li J, Xu Y, Wang S, Ji Q, Feng Y. Crystal structure and acetylation of BioQ suggests a novel regulatory switch for biotin biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis. Mol Microbiol 2018; 109:642-662. [PMID: 29995988 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Biotin (vitamin B7), a sulfur-containing fatty acid derivative, is a nutritional virulence factor in certain mycobacterial species. Tight regulation of biotin biosynthesis is important because production of biotin is an energetically expensive process requiring 15-20 equivalents of ATP. The Escherichia coli bifunctional BirA is a prototypical biotin regulatory system. In contrast, mycobacterial BirA is an unusual biotin protein ligase without DNA-binding domain. Recently, we established a novel two-protein paradigm of BioQ-BirA. However, structural and molecular mechanism for BioQ is poorly understood. Here, we report crystal structure of the M. smegmatis BioQ at 1.9 Å resolution. Structure-guided functional mapping defined a seven residues-requiring motif for DNA-binding activity. Western blot and MALDI-TOF MS allowed us to unexpectedly discover that the K47 acetylation activates crosstalking of BioQ to its cognate DNA. More intriguingly, excess of biotin augments the acetylation status of BioQ in M. smegmatis. It seems likely that BioQ acetylation proceeds via a non-enzymatic mechanism. Mutation of this acetylation site K47 in BioQ significantly impairs its regulatory role in vivo. This explains in part (if not all) why BioQ has no detectable requirement of the presumable bio-5'-AMP effecter, which is a well-known ligand for the paradigm E. coli BirA regulator system. Unlike the scenario seen with E. coli carrying a single biotinylated protein, AccB, genome-wide search and Streptavidin blot revealed that no less than seven proteins require the rare post-translational modification, biotinylation in M. smegmatis, validating its physiological demand for biotin at relatively high level. Taken together, our finding defines a novel biotin regulatory machinery by BioQ, posing a possibility that development of new antibiotics targets biotin, the limited nutritional virulence factor in certain pathogenic mycobacterial species.
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- Wenhui Wei
- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology and Department of General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.,College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology and Department of General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Bioorganic Synthesis of Zhejiang Province, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310014, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology and Department of General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology and Department of General Intensive Care Unit of the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, School of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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Yang B, Jiang L, Wang S, Wang L. Global transcriptional regulation by BirA in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Future Microbiol 2018; 13:757-769. [PMID: 29848069 DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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AIM Determination of the effects of BirA on transcription and virulence in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7. MATERIALS & METHODS The effect of BirA on EHEC O157:H7 gene expression and phenotypes was assessed by RNA-seq combined with adherence, quantitative biofilm and survival assays. RESULTS Many genes associated with virulence, amino acid synthesis and transport, and zinc transport were upregulated, whereas genes encoding stress proteins were downregulated in ΔbirA::km+Ac_birA. Accordingly, ΔbirA::km+Ac_birA adhesion to Caco-2 cells, biofilm formation and survival during oxidative stress were higher, whereas its survival during heat shock was lower than that of the wild-type. CONCLUSION This study demonstrates the wide-ranging regulatory functions of BirA, especially its role in controlling virulence and stress responses in EHEC O157:H7. [Formula: see text].
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- Bin Yang
- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, PR China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, PR China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin 300457, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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- TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences & Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,The Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology & Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, PR China.,Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin 300457, PR China.,State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, PR China
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Biotin-mediated growth and gene expression in Staphylococcus aureus is highly responsive to environmental biotin. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2018; 102:3793-3803. [PMID: 29508030 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-018-8866-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 02/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Biotin (Vitamin B7) is a critical enzyme co-factor in metabolic pathways important for bacterial survival. Biotin is obtained either from the environment or by de novo synthesis, with some bacteria capable of both. In certain species, the bifunctional protein BirA plays a key role in biotin homeostasis as it regulates expression of biotin biosynthetic enzymes in response to biotin demand and supply. Here, we compare the effect of biotin on the growth of two bacteria that possess a bifunctional BirA, namely Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus. Unlike E. coli that could fulfill its biotin requirements through de novo synthesis, S. aureus showed improved growth rates in media supplemented with 10 nM biotin. S. aureus also accumulated more radiolabeled biotin from the media highlighting its ability to efficiently scavenge exogenous material. These data are consistent with S. aureus colonizing low biotin microhabitats. We also demonstrate that the S. aureus BirA protein is a transcriptional repressor of BioY, a subunit of the biotin transporter, and an operon containing yhfT and yhfS, the products of which have a putative role in fatty acid homeostasis. Increased expression of bioY is proposed to help cue S. aureus for efficient scavenging in low biotin environments.
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He C, Custer G, Wang J, Matysiak S, Beckett D. Superrepression through Altered Corepressor–Activated Protein:Protein Interactions. Biochemistry 2018; 57:1119-1129. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.7b01122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Chenlu He
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and ‡Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and ‡Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and ‡Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and ‡Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and ‡Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, United States
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Lazar N, Fay A, Nandakumar M, Boyle KE, Xavier J, Rhee K, Glickman MS. Control of biotin biosynthesis in mycobacteria by a pyruvate carboxylase dependent metabolic signal. Mol Microbiol 2017; 106:1018-1031. [PMID: 29052269 PMCID: PMC5916780 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Biotin is an essential cofactor utilized by all domains of life, but only synthesized by bacteria, fungi and plants, making biotin biosynthesis a target for antimicrobial development. To understand biotin biosynthesis in mycobacteria, we executed a genetic screen in Mycobacterium smegmatis for biotin auxotrophs and identified pyruvate carboxylase (Pyc) as required for biotin biosynthesis. The biotin auxotrophy of the pyc::tn strain is due to failure to transcriptionally induce late stage biotin biosynthetic genes in low biotin conditions. Loss of bioQ, the repressor of biotin biosynthesis, in the pyc::tn strain reverted biotin auxotrophy, as did reconstituting the last step of the pathway through heterologous expression of BioB and provision of its substrate DTB. The role of Pyc in biotin regulation required its catalytic activities and could be supported by M. tuberculosis Pyc. Quantitation of the kinetics of depletion of biotinylated proteins after biotin withdrawal revealed that Pyc is the most rapidly depleted biotinylated protein and metabolomics revealed a broad metabolic shift in wild type cells upon biotin withdrawal which was blunted in cell lacking Pyc. Our data indicate that mycobacterial cells monitor biotin sufficiency through a metabolic signal generated by dysfunction of a biotinylated protein of central metabolism.
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- Nathaniel Lazar
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill-Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill-Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, USA
- Program in Computational Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Program in Computational Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill-Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, USA
- Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Program in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis, Weill-Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, USA
- Infectious Diseases Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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Chen CL, Perrimon N. Proximity-dependent labeling methods for proteomic profiling in living cells. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 2017; 6. [PMID: 28387482 DOI: 10.1002/wdev.272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2017] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Characterizing the proteome composition of organelles and subcellular regions of living cells can facilitate the understanding of cellular organization as well as protein interactome networks. Proximity labeling-based methods coupled with mass spectrometry (MS) offer a high-throughput approach for systematic analysis of spatially restricted proteomes. Proximity labeling utilizes enzymes that generate reactive radicals to covalently tag neighboring proteins with biotin. The biotinylated endogenous proteins can then be isolated for further analysis by MS. To analyze protein-protein interactions or identify components that localize to discrete subcellular compartments, spatial expression is achieved by fusing the enzyme to specific proteins or signal peptides that target to particular subcellular regions. Although these technologies have only been introduced recently, they have already provided deep insights into a wide range of biological processes. Here, we describe and compare current methods of proximity labeling as well as their applications. As each method has its own unique features, the goal of this review is to describe how different proximity labeling methods can be used to answer different biological questions. WIREs Dev Biol 2017, 6:e272. doi: 10.1002/wdev.272 For further resources related to this article, please visit the WIREs website.
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- Chiao-Lin Chen
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Verdurmen WPR, Mazlami M, Plückthun A. A Biotin Ligase-Based Assay for the Quantification of the Cytosolic Delivery of Therapeutic Proteins. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1575:223-236. [PMID: 28255884 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6857-2_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The efficient delivery of external proteins from the external milieu to the cytosol of mammalian cells has great potential for both scientific investigations and future therapies. However, when assessing the cellular uptake of proteins, it is often difficult to distinguish between proteins that are stuck in the endosomes and those that have escaped into the cytosol. Here, we describe a method employing the prokaryotic enzyme biotin ligase that overcomes this problem and which can be employed for a highly sensitive quantification of cytosolic protein delivery.
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- Wouter P R Verdurmen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Henke SK, Cronan JE. The Staphylococcus aureus group II biotin protein ligase BirA is an effective regulator of biotin operon transcription and requires the DNA binding domain for full enzymatic activity. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:417-429. [PMID: 27445042 PMCID: PMC5116234 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Group II biotin protein ligases (BPLs) are characterized by the presence of an N-terminal DNA binding domain that functions in transcriptional regulation of the genes of biotin biosynthesis and transport. The Staphylococcus aureus Group II BPL which is called BirA has been reported to bind an imperfect inverted repeat located upstream of the biotin synthesis operon. DNA binding by other Group II BPLs requires dimerization of the protein which is triggered by synthesis of biotinoyl-AMP (biotinoyl-adenylate), the intermediate in the ligation of biotin to its cognate target proteins. However, the S. aureus BirA was reported to dimerize and bind DNA in the absence of biotin or biotinoyl-AMP (Soares da Costa et al. (2014) Mol Microbiol 91: 110-120). These in vitro results argued that the protein would be unable to respond to the levels of biotin or acceptor proteins and thus would lack the regulatory properties of the other characterized BirA proteins. We tested the regulatory function of the protein using an in vivo model system and examined its DNA binding properties in vitro using electrophoretic mobility shift and fluorescence anisotropy analyses. We report that the S. aureus BirA is an effective regulator of biotin operon transcription and that the prior data can be attributed to artifacts of mobility shift analyses. We also report that deletion of the DNA binding domain of the S. aureus BirA results in loss of virtually all of its ligation activity.
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- Sarah K Henke
- Departments of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
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- Departments of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.
- Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA.
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Filling the Void: Proximity-Based Labeling of Proteins in Living Cells. Trends Cell Biol 2016; 26:804-817. [PMID: 27667171 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 09/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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There are inherent limitations with traditional methods to study protein behavior or to determine the constituency of proteins in discrete subcellular compartments. In response to these limitations, several methods have recently been developed that use proximity-dependent labeling. By fusing proteins to enzymes that generate reactive molecules, most commonly biotin, proximate proteins are covalently labeled to enable their isolation and identification. In this review we describe current methods for proximity-dependent labeling in living cells and discuss their applications and future use in the study of protein behavior.
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Zhang R, Heyde KC, Scott FY, Paek SH, Ruder WC. Programming Surface Chemistry with Engineered Cells. ACS Synth Biol 2016; 5:936-41. [PMID: 27203116 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.6b00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have developed synthetic gene networks that enable engineered cells to selectively program surface chemistry. E. coli were engineered to upregulate biotin synthase, and therefore biotin synthesis, upon biochemical induction. Additionally, two different functionalized surfaces were developed that utilized binding between biotin and streptavidin to regulate enzyme assembly on programmable surfaces. When combined, the interactions between engineered cells and surfaces demonstrated that synthetic biology can be used to engineer cells that selectively control and modify molecular assembly by exploiting surface chemistry. Our system is highly modular and has the potential to influence fields ranging from tissue engineering to drug development and delivery.
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- Ruihua Zhang
- Department
of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department
of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department
of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department
of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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- Department
of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
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Functional definition of BirA suggests a biotin utilization pathway in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:26479. [PMID: 27217336 PMCID: PMC4877710 DOI: 10.1038/srep26479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Biotin protein ligase is universal in three domains of life. The paradigm version of BPL is the Escherichia coli BirA that is also a repressor for the biotin biosynthesis pathway. Streptococcus suis, a leading bacterial agent for swine diseases, seems to be an increasingly-important opportunistic human pathogen. Unlike the scenario in E. coli, S. suis lacks the de novo biotin biosynthesis pathway. In contrast, it retains a bioY, a biotin transporter-encoding gene, indicating an alternative survival strategy for S. suis to scavenge biotin from its inhabiting niche. Here we report functional definition of S. suis birA homologue. The in vivo functions of the birA paralogue with only 23.6% identity to the counterpart of E. coli, was judged by its ability to complement the conditional lethal mutants of E. coli birA. The recombinant BirA protein of S. suis was overexpressed in E. coli, purified to homogeneity and verified with MS. Both cellulose TLC and MALDI-TOFF-MS assays demonstrated that the S. suis BirA protein catalyzed the biotinylation reaction of its acceptor biotin carboxyl carrier protein. EMSA assays confirmed binding of the bioY gene to the S. suis BirA. The data defined the first example of the bifunctional BirA ligase/repressor in Streptococcus.
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Zhang H, Wang Q, Fisher DJ, Cai M, Chakravartty V, Ye H, Li P, Solbiati JO, Feng Y. Deciphering a unique biotin scavenging pathway with redundant genes in the probiotic bacterium Lactococcus lactis. Sci Rep 2016; 6:25680. [PMID: 27161258 PMCID: PMC4861984 DOI: 10.1038/srep25680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 04/13/2016] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Biotin protein ligase (BPL) is widespread in the three domains of the life. The paradigm BPL is the Escherichia coli BirA protein, which also functions as a repressor for the biotin biosynthesis pathway. Here we report that Lactococcus lactis possesses two different orthologues of birA (birA1_LL and birA2_LL). Unlike the scenario in E. coli, L. lactis appears to be auxotrophic for biotin in that it lacks a full biotin biosynthesis pathway. In contrast, it retains two biotin transporter-encoding genes (bioY1_LL and bioY2_LL), suggesting the use of a scavenging strategy to obtain biotin from the environment. The in vivo function of the two L. lactis birA genes was judged by their abilities to complement the conditional lethal E. coli birA mutant. Thin-layer chromatography and mass spectroscopy assays demonstrated that these two recombinant BirA proteins catalyze the biotinylation reaction of the acceptor biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP), through the expected biotinoyl-AMP intermediate. Gel shift assays were used to characterize bioY1_LL and BirA1_LL. We also determined the ability to uptake 3H-biotin by L. lactis. Taken together, our results deciphered a unique biotin scavenging pathway with redundant genes present in the probiotic bacterium L. lactis.
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- Huimin Zhang
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China.,Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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- Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, PR China
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The Role of Biotin in Bacterial Physiology and Virulence: a Novel Antibiotic Target for
Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Microbiol Spectr 2016; 4. [DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.vmbf-0008-2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ABSTRACT
Biotin is an essential cofactor for enzymes present in key metabolic pathways such as fatty acid biosynthesis, replenishment of the tricarboxylic acid cycle, and amino acid metabolism. Biotin is synthesized
de novo
in microorganisms, plants, and fungi, but this metabolic activity is absent in mammals, making biotin biosynthesis an attractive target for antibiotic discovery. In particular, biotin biosynthesis plays important metabolic roles as the sole source of biotin in all stages of the
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
life cycle due to the lack of a transporter for scavenging exogenous biotin. Biotin is intimately associated with lipid synthesis where the products form key components of the mycobacterial cell membrane that are critical for bacterial survival and pathogenesis. In this review we discuss the central role of biotin in bacterial physiology and highlight studies that demonstrate the importance of its biosynthesis for virulence. The structural biology of the known biotin synthetic enzymes is described alongside studies using structure-guided design, phenotypic screening, and fragment-based approaches to drug discovery as routes to new antituberculosis agents.
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Mechanisms of biotin-regulated gene expression in microbes. Synth Syst Biotechnol 2016; 1:17-24. [PMID: 29062923 PMCID: PMC5640590 DOI: 10.1016/j.synbio.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2015] [Revised: 01/08/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Biotin is an essential micronutrient that acts as a co-factor for biotin-dependent metabolic enzymes. In bacteria, the supply of biotin can be achieved by de novo synthesis or import from exogenous sources. Certain bacteria are able to obtain biotin through both mechanisms while others can only fulfill their biotin requirement through de novo synthesis. Inability to fulfill their cellular demand for biotin can have detrimental consequences on cell viability and virulence. Therefore understanding the transcriptional mechanisms that regulate biotin biosynthesis and transport will extend our knowledge about bacterial survival and metabolic adaptation during pathogenesis when the supply of biotin is limited. The most extensively characterized protein that regulates biotin synthesis and uptake is BirA. In certain bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus, BirA is a bi-functional protein that serves as a transcriptional repressor to regulate biotin biosynthesis genes, as well as acting as a ligase to catalyze the biotinylation of biotin-dependent enzymes. Recent studies have identified two other proteins that also regulate biotin synthesis and transport, namely BioQ and BioR. This review summarizes the different transcriptional repressors and their mechanism of action. Moreover, the ability to regulate the expression of target genes through the activity of a vitamin, such as biotin, may have biotechnological applications in synthetic biology.
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Two vitamins, biotin and lipoic acid, are essential in all three domains of life. Both coenzymes function only when covalently attached to key metabolic enzymes. There they act as "swinging arms" that shuttle intermediates between two active sites (= covalent substrate channeling) of key metabolic enzymes. Although biotin was discovered over 100 years ago and lipoic acid 60 years ago, it was not known how either coenzyme is made until recently. In Escherichia coli the synthetic pathways for both coenzymes have now been worked out for the first time. The late steps of biotin synthesis, those involved in assembling the fused rings, were well described biochemically years ago, although recent progress has been made on the BioB reaction, the last step of the pathway in which the biotin sulfur moiety is inserted. In contrast, the early steps of biotin synthesis, assembly of the fatty acid-like "arm" of biotin were unknown. It has now been demonstrated that the arm is made by using disguised substrates to gain entry into the fatty acid synthesis pathway followed by removal of the disguise when the proper chain length is attained. The BioC methyltransferase is responsible for introducing the disguise, and the BioH esterase is responsible for its removal. In contrast to biotin, which is attached to its cognate proteins as a finished molecule, lipoic acid is assembled on its cognate proteins. An octanoyl moiety is transferred from the octanoyl acyl carrier protein of fatty acid synthesis to a specific lysine residue of a cognate protein by the LipB octanoyltransferase followed by sulfur insertion at carbons C-6 and C-8 by the LipA lipoyl synthetase. Assembly on the cognate proteins regulates the amount of lipoic acid synthesized, and, thus, there is no transcriptional control of the synthetic genes. In contrast, transcriptional control of the biotin synthetic genes is wielded by a remarkably sophisticated, yet simple, system, exerted through BirA, a dual-function protein that both represses biotin operon transcription and ligates biotin to its cognate proteins.
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Genetic, Genomic, and Transcriptomic Studies of Pyruvate Metabolism in Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:3592-600. [PMID: 26350133 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00551-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2015] [Accepted: 08/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Pyruvate, a central intermediate in the carbon fixation pathway of methanogenic archaea, is rarely used as an energy source by these organisms. The sole exception to this rule is a genetically uncharacterized Methanosarcina barkeri mutant capable of using pyruvate as a sole energy and carbon source (the Pyr(+) phenotype). Here, we provide evidence that suggests that the Pyr(+) mutant is able to metabolize pyruvate by overexpressing pyruvate ferredoxin oxidoreductase (por) and mutating genes involved in central carbon metabolism. Genomic analysis showed that the Pyr(+) strain has two mutations localized to Mbar_A1588, the biotin protein ligase subunit of the pyruvate carboxylase (pyc) operon, and Mbar_A2165, a putative transcriptional regulator. Mutants expressing the Mbar_A1588 mutation showed no growth defect compared to the wild type (WT), yet the strains lacked pyc activity. Recreation of the Mbar_A2165 mutation resulted in a 2-fold increase of Por activity and gene expression, suggesting a role in por transcriptional regulation. Further transcriptomic analysis revealed that Pyr(+) strains also overexpress the gene encoding phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, indicating the presence of a previously uncharacterized route for synthesizing oxaloacetate in M. barkeri and explaining the unimpaired growth in the absence of Pyc. Surprisingly, stringent repression of the por operon was lethal, even when the media were supplemented with pyruvate and/or Casamino Acids, suggesting that por plays an unidentified essential function in M. barkeri. IMPORTANCE The work presented here reveals a complex interaction between anabolic and catabolic pathways involving pyruvate metabolism in Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro. Among the unexpected findings were an essential role for the enzyme pyruvate-ferredoxin oxidoreductase and an alternate pathway for synthesis of oxaloacetate. These results clarify the mechanism of methanogenic catabolism of pyruvate and expand our understanding of carbon assimilation in methanogens.
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Feng Y, Kumar R, Ravcheev DA, Zhang H. Paracoccus denitrificans possesses two BioR homologs having a role in regulation of biotin metabolism. Microbiologyopen 2015; 4:644-59. [PMID: 26037461 PMCID: PMC4554459 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Recently, we determined that BioR, the GntR family of transcription factor, acts as a repressor for biotin metabolism exclusively distributed in certain species of α-proteobacteria, including the zoonotic agent Brucella melitensis and the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. However, the scenario is unusual in Paracoccus denitrificans, another closely related member of the same phylum α-proteobacteria featuring with denitrification. Not only does it encode two BioR homologs Pden_1431 and Pden_2922 (designated as BioR1 and BioR2, respectively), but also has six predictive BioR-recognizable sites (the two bioR homolog each has one site, whereas the two bio operons (bioBFDAGC and bioYB) each contains two tandem BioR boxes). It raised the possibility that unexpected complexity is present in BioR-mediated biotin regulation. Here we report that this is the case. The identity of the purified BioR proteins (BioR1 and BioR2) was confirmed with LC-QToF-MS. Phylogenetic analyses combined with GC percentage raised a possibility that the bioR2 gene might be acquired by horizontal gene transfer. Gel shift assays revealed that the predicted BioR-binding sites are functional for the two BioR homologs, in much similarity to the scenario seen with the BioR site of A. tumefaciens bioBFDAZ. Using the A. tumefaciens reporter system carrying a plasmid-borne LacZ fusion, we revealed that the two homologs of P. denitrificans BioR are functional repressors for biotin metabolism. As anticipated, not only does the addition of exogenous biotin stimulate efficiently the expression of bioYB operon encoding biotin transport/uptake system BioY, but also inhibits the transcription of the bioBFDAGC operon resembling the de novo biotin synthetic pathway. EMSA-based screening failed to demonstrate that the biotin-related metabolite is involved in BioR-DNA interplay, which is consistent with our former observation with Brucella BioR. Our finding defined a complex regulatory network for biotin metabolism in P. denitrificans by two BioR proteins.
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- Youjun Feng
- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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- Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, 77030
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- Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine, University of Luxembourg, 2, avenue de l'Université, L-4365, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China
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Yang B, Feng L, Wang F, Wang L. Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli senses low biotin status in the large intestine for colonization and infection. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6592. [PMID: 25791315 PMCID: PMC4382993 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is an important foodborne pathogen that infects humans by colonizing the large intestine. Here we identify a virulence-regulating pathway in which the biotin protein ligase BirA signals to the global regulator Fur, which in turn activates LEE (locus of enterocyte effacement) genes to promote EHEC adherence in the low-biotin large intestine. LEE genes are repressed in the high-biotin small intestine, thus preventing adherence and ensuring selective colonization of the large intestine. The presence of this pathway in all nine EHEC serotypes tested indicates that it is an important evolutionary strategy for EHEC. The pathway is incomplete in closely related small-intestinal enteropathogenic E. coli due to the lack of the Fur response to BirA. Mice fed with a biotin-rich diet show significantly reduced EHEC adherence, indicating that biotin might be useful to prevent EHEC infection in humans. Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is an important foodborne pathogen that colonizes the large intestine. Here, the authors identify a signalling pathway that controls EHEC adherence to host cells in response to variations in biotin levels, ensuring selective colonization of the large intestine.
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- Bin Yang
- 1] TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [2] Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China
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- 1] TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [2] Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China [3] Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [4] State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China [5] SynBio Research Platform, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin 300072, P.R. China
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- 1] TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [2] Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China
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- 1] TEDA Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [2] Key Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China [3] Tianjin Key Laboratory of Microbial Functional Genomics, Tianjin 300457, P.R. China [4] State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, P.R. China
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Tang Q, Li X, Zou T, Zhang H, Wang Y, Gao R, Li Z, He J, Feng Y. Mycobacterium smegmatis BioQ defines a new regulatory network for biotin metabolism. Mol Microbiol 2014; 94:1006-1023. [PMID: 25287944 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Biotin (vitamin H), the sulfur-containing enzyme cofactor, is an essential micronutrient for three domains of life. Given the fact that biotin is an energetically expensive molecule whose de novo biosynthesis demands 20 ATP equivalents each, it is reasonable that bacteria have evolved diversified mechanisms in various microorganisms to tightly control biotin metabolism. Unlike the Escherichia coli BirA, the prototypical bi-functional version of biotin protein ligase (BPL) in that it acts as a repressor for biotin biosynthesis pathway, the BirA protein of Mycobacterium smegmatis (M. smegmatis), a closely relative of the tuberculosis-causing pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, lacked the DNA-binding activity. It raised a possibility that an alternative new regulator might be present to compensate the loss of regulatory function. Here we report that this is the case. Genomic context analyses of M. smegmatis detected a newly identified BioQ homolog classified into the TetR family of transcription factor and its recognizable palindromes. The M. smegmatis BioQ protein was overexpressed and purified to homogeneity. Size-exclusion chromatography combined with chemical cross-linking studies demonstrated that the BioQ protein had a propensity to dimerize. The promoters of bioFD and bioQ/B were mapped using 5'-RACE. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that BioQ binds specifically to the promoter regions of bioFD and bioQ/B. Further DNase I foot-printing elucidated the BioQ-binding palindromes. Site-directed mutagenesis suggested the important residues critical for BioQ/DNA binding. The isogenic mutant of bioQ (ΔbioQ) was generated using the approach of homologous recombination. The in vivo data from the real-time qPCR combined with the lacZ transcriptional fusion experiments proved that removal of bioQ gave significant increment with expression of bio operons. Also, expression of bio operons were repressed by exogenous addition of biotin, and this repression seemed to depend on the presence of BioQ protein. Thereby, we believed that M. smegmatis BioQ is not only a negative auto-regulator but also a repressor for bioFD and bioB operons involved in the biotin biosynthesis pathway. Collectively, this finding defined the two-protein paradigm of BirA and BioQ, representing a new mechanism for bacterial biotin metabolism.
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- Qing Tang
- State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China
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Henke SK, Cronan JE. Successful conversion of the Bacillus subtilis BirA Group II biotin protein ligase into a Group I ligase. PLoS One 2014; 9:e96757. [PMID: 24816803 PMCID: PMC4016012 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Group II biotin protein ligases (BPLs) are characterized by the presence of an N-terminal DNA binding domain that allows transcriptional regulation of biotin biosynthetic and transport genes whereas Group I BPLs lack this N-terminal domain. The Bacillus subtilis BPL, BirA, is classified as a Group II BPL based on sequence predictions of an N-terminal helix-turn-helix motif and mutational alteration of its regulatory properties. We report evidence that B. subtilis BirA is a Group II BPL that regulates transcription at three genomic sites: bioWAFDBI, yuiG and yhfUTS. Moreover, unlike the paradigm Group II BPL, E. coli BirA, the N-terminal DNA binding domain can be deleted from Bacillus subtilis BirA without adverse effects on its ligase function. This is the first example of successful conversion of a Group II BPL to a Group I BPL with retention of full ligase activity.
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- Sarah K. Henke
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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Soares da Costa TP, Yap MY, Perugini MA, Wallace JC, Abell AD, Wilce MCJ, Polyak SW, Booker GW. Dual roles of F123 in protein homodimerization and inhibitor binding to biotin protein ligase fromStaphylococcus aureus. Mol Microbiol 2013; 91:110-20. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- School of Biomedical Science; Monash University; Victoria 3800 Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry; La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science; La Trobe University; Victoria 3086 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Physics; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
- Centre for Molecular Pathology; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
- Centre for Molecular Pathology; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
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- School of Molecular and Biomedical Science; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
- Centre for Molecular Pathology; University of Adelaide; South Australia 5005 Australia
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Chakravartty V, Cronan JE. The wing of a winged helix-turn-helix transcription factor organizes the active site of BirA, a bifunctional repressor/ligase. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:36029-39. [PMID: 24189073 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.525618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The BirA biotin protein ligase of Escherichia coli belongs to the winged helix-turn-helix (wHTH) family of transcriptional regulators. The N-terminal BirA domain is required for both transcriptional regulation of biotin synthesis and biotin protein ligase activity. We addressed the structural and functional role of the wing of the wHTH motif in both BirA functions. A panel of N-terminal deletion mutant proteins including a discrete deletion of the wing motif were unable to bind DNA. However, all the N-terminal deletion mutants weakly complemented growth of a ΔbirA strain at low biotin concentrations, indicating compromised ligase activity. A wing domain chimera was constructed by replacing the BirA wing with the nearly isosteric wing of the E. coli OmpR transcription factor. Although this chimera BirA was defective in operator binding, it was much more efficient in complementation of a ΔbirA strain than was the wing-less protein. The enzymatic activities of the wing deletion and chimera proteins in the in vitro synthesis of biotinoyl-5'-AMP differed greatly. The wing deletion BirA accumulated an off pathway compound, ADP, whereas the chimera protein did not. Finally, we report that a single residue alteration in the wing bypasses the deleterious effects caused by mutations in the biotin-binding loop of the ligase active site. We believe that the role of the wing in the BirA enzymatic reaction is to orient the active site and thereby protect biotinoyl-5'-AMP from attack by solvent. This is the first evidence that the wing domain of a wHTH protein can play an important role in enzymatic activity.
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Brucella BioR regulator defines a complex regulatory mechanism for bacterial biotin metabolism. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:3451-67. [PMID: 23729648 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00378-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The enzyme cofactor biotin (vitamin H or B7) is an energetically expensive molecule whose de novo biosynthesis requires 20 ATP equivalents. It seems quite likely that diverse mechanisms have evolved to tightly regulate its biosynthesis. Unlike the model regulator BirA, a bifunctional biotin protein ligase with the capability of repressing the biotin biosynthetic pathway, BioR has been recently reported by us as an alternative machinery and a new type of GntR family transcriptional factor that can repress the expression of the bioBFDAZ operon in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. However, quite unusually, a closely related human pathogen, Brucella melitensis, has four putative BioR-binding sites (both bioR and bioY possess one site in the promoter region, whereas the bioBFDAZ [bio] operon contains two tandem BioR boxes). This raised the question of whether BioR mediates the complex regulatory network of biotin metabolism. Here, we report that this is the case. The B. melitensis BioR ortholog was overexpressed and purified to homogeneity, and its solution structure was found to be dimeric. Functional complementation in a bioR isogenic mutant of A. tumefaciens elucidated that Brucella BioR is a functional repressor. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that the four predicted BioR sites of Brucella plus the BioR site of A. tumefaciens can all interact with the Brucella BioR protein. In a reporter strain that we developed on the basis of a double mutant of A. tumefaciens (the ΔbioR ΔbioBFDA mutant), the β-galactosidase (β-Gal) activity of three plasmid-borne transcriptional fusions (bioBbme-lacZ, bioYbme-lacZ, and bioRbme-lacZ) was dramatically decreased upon overexpression of Brucella bioR. Real-time quantitative PCR analyses showed that the expression of bioBFDA and bioY is significantly elevated upon removal of bioR from B. melitensis. Together, we conclude that Brucella BioR is not only a negative autoregulator but also a repressor of expression of bioY and bio operons that separately function in biotin transport and the biosynthesis pathway.
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Feng Y, Zhang H, Cronan JE. Profligate biotin synthesis in α-proteobacteria - a developing or degenerating regulatory system? Mol Microbiol 2013; 88:77-92. [PMID: 23387333 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Biotin (vitamin H) is a key enzyme cofactor required in all three domains of life. Although this cofactor was discovered over 70 years ago and has long been recognized as an essential nutrient for animals, our knowledge of the strategies bacteria use to sense biotin demand is very limited. The paradigm mechanism is that of Escherichia coli in which BirA protein, the prototypical bi-functional biotin protein ligase, both covalently attaches biotin to the acceptor proteins of central metabolism and represses transcription of the biotin biosynthetic pathway in response to biotin demand. However, in other bacteria the biotin protein ligase lacks a DNA-binding domain which raises the question of how these bacteria regulate the synthesis of biotin, an energetically expensive molecule. A bioinformatic study by Rodionov and Gelfand identified a protein termed BioR in α-proteobacteria and predicted that BioR would have the biotin operon regulatory role that in most other bacteria is fulfilled by the BirA DNA-binding domain. We have now tested this prediction in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens. As predicted the A. tumefaciens biotin protein ligase is a fully functional ligase that has no role in regulation of biotin synthesis whereas BioR represses transcription of the biotin synthesis genes. Moreover, as determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assays, BioR binds the predicted operator site, which is located downstream of the mapped transcription start site. qPCR measurements indicated that deletion of BioR resulted in a c. 15-fold increase of bio operon transcription in the presence of high biotin levels. Effective repression of a plasmid-borne bioB-lacZ reporter was seen only upon the overproduction of BioR. In contrast to E. coli and Bacillus subtilis where biotin synthesis is tightly controlled, A. tumefaciens synthesizes much more biotin than needed for modification of the biotin-requiring enzymes. Protein-bound biotin constitutes only about 0.5% of the total biotin, most of which is found in the culture medium. To the best of our knowledge, A. tumefaciens represents the first example of profligate biotin synthesis by a wild type bacterium.
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- Youjun Feng
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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