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Harris DF, Rucker HR, Garcia AK, Yang ZY, Chang SD, Feinsilber H, Kaçar B, Seefeldt LC. Ancient nitrogenases are ATP dependent. mBio 2024; 15:e0127124. [PMID: 38869277 PMCID: PMC11253609 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01271-24] [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: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024] Open
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Life depends on a conserved set of chemical energy currencies that are relics of early biochemistry. One of these is ATP, a molecule that, when paired with a divalent metal ion such as Mg2+, can be hydrolyzed to support numerous cellular and molecular processes. Despite its centrality to extant biochemistry, it is unclear whether ATP supported the function of ancient enzymes. We investigate the evolutionary necessity of ATP by experimentally reconstructing an ancestral variant of the N2-reducing enzyme nitrogenase. The Proterozoic ancestor is predicted to be ~540-2,300 million years old, post-dating the Great Oxidation Event. Growth rates under nitrogen-fixing conditions are ~80% of those of wild type in Azotobacter vinelandii. In the extant enzyme, the hydrolysis of two MgATP is coupled to electron transfer to support substrate reduction. The ancestor has a strict requirement for ATP with no other nucleotide triphosphate analogs (GTP, ITP, and UTP) supporting activity. Alternative divalent metal ions (Fe2+, Co2+, and Mn2+) support activity with ATP but with diminished activities compared to Mg2+, similar to the extant enzyme. Additionally, it is shown that the ancestor has an identical efficiency in ATP hydrolyzed per electron transferred to the extant of two. Our results provide direct laboratory evidence of ATP usage by an ancient enzyme.IMPORTANCELife depends on energy-carrying molecules to power many sustaining processes. There is evidence that these molecules may predate the rise of life on Earth, but how and when these dependencies formed is unknown. The resurrection of ancient enzymes provides a unique tool to probe the enzyme's function and usage of energy-carrying molecules, shedding light on their biochemical origins. Through experimental reconstruction, this research investigates the ancestral dependence of a nitrogen-fixing enzyme on the energy carrier ATP, a requirement for function in the modern enzyme. We show that the resurrected ancestor does not have generalist nucleotide specificity. Rather, the ancestor has a strict requirement for ATP, like the modern enzyme, with similar function and efficiency. The findings elucidate the early-evolved necessity of energy-yielding molecules, delineating their role in ancient biochemical processes. Ultimately, these insights contribute to unraveling the intricate tapestry of evolutionary biology and the origins of life-sustaining dependencies.
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- Derek F. Harris
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
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Streptococcus suis MsmK: Novel Cell Division Protein Interacting with FtsZ and Maintaining Cell Shape. mSphere 2021; 6:6/2/e00119-21. [PMID: 33731468 PMCID: PMC8546688 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00119-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Bacteria of different shapes have adopted distinct mechanisms to faithfully coordinate morphogenesis and segregate their chromosomes prior to cell division. Despite recent focuses and advances, the mechanism of cell division in ovococci remains largely unknown. Streptococcus suis, a major zoonotic pathogen that causes problems in human health and in the global swine industry, is an elongated and ellipsoid bacterium that undergoes successive parallel splitting perpendicular to its long axis. Studies on cell cycle processes in this bacterium are limited. Here, we report that MsmK (multiple sugar metabolism protein K), an ATPase that contributes to the transport of multiple carbohydrates, has a novel role as a cell division protein in S. suis. MsmK can display ATPase and GTPase activities, interact with FtsZ via the N terminus of MsmK, and promote the bundling of FtsZ protofilaments in a GTP-dependent manner in vitro. Deletion of the C-terminal region or the Walker A or B motif affects the affinity between MsmK and FtsZ and decreases the ability of MsmK to promote FtsZ protofilament bundling. MsmK can form a complex with FtsZ in vivo, and its absence is not lethal but results in long chains and short, occasionally anuclear daughter cells. Superresolution microscopy revealed that the lack of MsmK in cells leads to normal septal peptidoglycan walls in mother cells but disturbed cell elongation and peripheral peptidoglycan synthesis. In summary, MsmK is a novel cell division protein that maintains cell shape and is involved in the synthesis of the peripheral cell wall. IMPORTANCE Bacterial cell division is a highly ordered process regulated in time and space and is a potential target for the development of antimicrobial drugs. Bacteria of distinct shapes depend on different cell division mechanisms, but the mechanisms used by ovococci remain largely unknown. Here, we focused on the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis and identified a novel cell division protein named MsmK, which acts as an ATPase of the ATP-binding cassette-type carbohydrate transport system. MsmK has GTPase and ATPase activities. In vitro protein assays showed that MsmK interacts with FtsZ and promotes FtsZ protofilament bundling that relies on GTP. Superresolution microscopy revealed that MsmK maintains cell shape and is involved in peripheral peptidoglycan synthesis. Knowledge of the multiple functions of MsmK may broaden our understanding of known cell division processes. Further studies in this area will elucidate how bacteria can faithfully and continually multiply in a constantly changing environment.
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Shin M, Park J, Jin Y, Payne SM, Kim KH, Kim KH. Biochemical characterization of bacterial FeoBs: A perspective on nucleotide specificity. Arch Biochem Biophys 2020; 685:108350. [PMID: 32220566 PMCID: PMC9841765 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2020.108350] [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] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Iron is an essential requirement for the survival and virulence of most bacteria. The bacterial ferrous iron transporter protein FeoB functions as a major reduced iron transporter in prokaryotes, but its biochemical mechanism has not been fully elucidated. In the present study, we compared enzymatic properties of the cytosolic portions of pathogenic bacterial FeoBs to elucidate each bacterial strain-specific characteristic of the Feo system. We show that bacterial FeoBs are classified into two distinct groups that possess either a sole GTPase or an NTPase with a substrate promiscuity. This difference in nucleotide preference alters cellular requirements for monovalent and divalent cations. While the hydrolytic activity of the GTP-dependent FeoBs was stimulated by potassium, the action of the NTP-dependent FeoBs was not significantly affected by the presence of monovalent cations. Mutation of Asn11, having a role in potassium-dependent GTP hydrolysis, changed nucleotide specificity of the NTP-dependent FeoB, resulting in loss of ATPase activity. Sequence analysis suggested a possible association of alanine in the G5 motif for the NTP-dependent activity in FeoBs. This demonstration of the distinct enzymatic properties of bacterial FeoBs provides important insights into mechanistic details of Feo iron transport processes, as well as offers a promising species-specific anti-virulence target.
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- Minhye Shin
- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea,Corresponding author: Kyoung Heon Kim, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea, , Tel: +82-2-3290-3028
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- Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea.
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Murina V, Kasari M, Hauryliuk V, Atkinson GC. Antibiotic resistance ABCF proteins reset the peptidyl transferase centre of the ribosome to counter translational arrest. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:3753-3763. [PMID: 29415157 PMCID: PMC5909423 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Several ATPases in the ATP-binding cassette F (ABCF) family confer resistance to macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins (MLS) antibiotics. MLS are structurally distinct classes, but inhibit a common target: the peptidyl transferase (PTC) active site of the ribosome. Antibiotic resistance (ARE) ABCFs have recently been shown to operate through direct ribosomal protection, but the mechanistic details of this resistance mechanism are lacking. Using a reconstituted translational system, we dissect the molecular mechanism of Staphylococcus haemolyticus VgaALC and Enterococcus faecalis LsaA on the ribosome. We demonstrate that VgaALC is an NTPase that operates as a molecular machine strictly requiring NTP hydrolysis (not just NTP binding) for antibiotic protection. Moreover, when bound to the ribosome in the NTP-bound form, hydrolytically inactive EQ2 ABCF ARE mutants inhibit peptidyl transferase activity, suggesting a direct interaction between the ABCF ARE and the PTC. The likely structural candidate responsible for antibiotic displacement by wild type ABCF AREs, and PTC inhibition by the EQ2 mutant, is the extended inter-ABC domain linker region. Deletion of the linker region renders wild type VgaALC inactive in antibiotic protection and the EQ2 mutant inactive in PTC inhibition.
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- Victoriia Murina
- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden.,University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, 50411 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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Rahman SJ, Kaur P. Conformational changes in a multidrug resistance ABC transporter DrrAB: Fluorescence-based approaches to study substrate binding. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 658:31-45. [PMID: 30243711 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Bacterial multidrug transporter DrrAB exhibits overlapping substrate specificity with mammalian P-glycoprotein. DrrA hydrolyzes ATP, and the energy is transduced to carrier DrrB resulting in export of drugs. Previous studies suggested that DrrB contains a large and flexible drug-binding pocket made of aromatic residues contributed by several transmembrane helices with different drugs binding to both specific and shared residues in this pocket. However, direct binding of drugs to DrrAB or the mechanism of substrate-induced conformational changes between DrrA and DrrB has so far not been investigated. We used two fluorescence-based approaches to determine substrate binding to purified DrrAB. Our analysis shows that DrrB binds drugs with variable affinities and contains multiple drug binding sites. This work also provides evidence for two asymmetric nucleotide binding sites in DrrA with strikingly different binding affinities. Using targeted fluorescence labeling, we provide clear evidence of long-range conformational changes occurring between DrrA and DrrB. It is proposed that the transduction pathway from the nucleotide-binding DrrA subunit to the substrate binding DrrB subunit includes Q-loop and CREEM motifs in DrrA and EAA-like motif in DrrB. This study lays a solid groundwork for examining roles of various conserved regions of DrrA and DrrB in transduction of conformational changes.
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- Sadia J Rahman
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States.
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Orelle C, Durmort C, Mathieu K, Duchêne B, Aros S, Fenaille F, André F, Junot C, Vernet T, Jault JM. A multidrug ABC transporter with a taste for GTP. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2309. [PMID: 29396536 PMCID: PMC5797166 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20558-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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During the evolution of cellular bioenergetics, many protein families have been fashioned to match the availability and replenishment in energy supply. Molecular motors and primary transporters essentially need ATP to function while proteins involved in cell signaling or translation consume GTP. ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) transporters are one of the largest families of membrane proteins gathering several medically relevant members that are typically powered by ATP hydrolysis. Here, a Streptococcus pneumoniae ABC transporter responsible for fluoroquinolones resistance in clinical settings, PatA/PatB, is shown to challenge this concept. It clearly favors GTP as the energy supply to expel drugs. This preference is correlated to its ability to hydrolyze GTP more efficiently than ATP, as found with PatA/PatB reconstituted in proteoliposomes or nanodiscs. Importantly, the ATP and GTP concentrations are similar in S. pneumoniae supporting the physiological relevance of GTP as the energy source of this bacterial transporter.
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- Cédric Orelle
- University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 7 Passage du Vercors, F-69367, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, 38044, Grenoble, France.
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- University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 7 Passage du Vercors, F-69367, Lyon, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, 38044, Grenoble, France
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- CEA, Institut Joliot, Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse, UMR 0496, Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, MetaboHUB-Paris, Université Paris Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- CEA, Institut Joliot, Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse, UMR 0496, Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, MetaboHUB-Paris, Université Paris Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Stress Oxydant et Détoxication (LSOD), Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), CEA, CNRS, Univ Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91198, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- CEA, Institut Joliot, Service de Pharmacologie et d'Immunoanalyse, UMR 0496, Laboratoire d'Etude du Métabolisme des Médicaments, MetaboHUB-Paris, Université Paris Saclay, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette cedex, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), University Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, 38044, Grenoble, France
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- University of Lyon, CNRS, UMR5086 "Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry", IBCP, 7 Passage du Vercors, F-69367, Lyon, France.
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Dash S, Khodayari A, Zhou J, Holwerda EK, Olson DG, Lynd LR, Maranas CD. Development of a core Clostridium thermocellum kinetic metabolic model consistent with multiple genetic perturbations. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2017; 10:108. [PMID: 28469704 PMCID: PMC5414155 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0792-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Clostridium thermocellum is a Gram-positive anaerobe with the ability to hydrolyze and metabolize cellulose into biofuels such as ethanol, making it an attractive candidate for consolidated bioprocessing (CBP). At present, metabolic engineering in C. thermocellum is hindered due to the incomplete description of its metabolic repertoire and regulation within a predictive metabolic model. Genome-scale metabolic (GSM) models augmented with kinetic models of metabolism have been shown to be effective at recapitulating perturbed metabolic phenotypes. RESULTS In this effort, we first update a second-generation genome-scale metabolic model (iCth446) for C. thermocellum by correcting cofactor dependencies, restoring elemental and charge balances, and updating GAM and NGAM values to improve phenotype predictions. The iCth446 model is next used as a scaffold to develop a core kinetic model (k-ctherm118) of the C. thermocellum central metabolism using the Ensemble Modeling (EM) paradigm. Model parameterization is carried out by simultaneously imposing fermentation yield data in lactate, malate, acetate, and hydrogen production pathways for 19 measured metabolites spanning a library of 19 distinct single and multiple gene knockout mutants along with 18 intracellular metabolite concentration data for a Δgldh mutant and ten experimentally measured Michaelis-Menten kinetic parameters. CONCLUSIONS The k-ctherm118 model captures significant metabolic changes caused by (1) nitrogen limitation leading to increased yields for lactate, pyruvate, and amino acids, and (2) ethanol stress causing an increase in intracellular sugar phosphate concentrations (~1.5-fold) due to upregulation of cofactor pools. Robustness analysis of k-ctherm118 alludes to the presence of a secondary activity of ketol-acid reductoisomerase and possible regulation by valine and/or leucine pool levels. In addition, cross-validation and robustness analysis allude to missing elements in k-ctherm118 and suggest additional experiments to improve kinetic model prediction fidelity. Overall, the study quantitatively assesses the advantages of EM-based kinetic modeling towards improved prediction of C. thermocellum metabolism and develops a predictive kinetic model which can be used to design biofuel-overproducing strains.
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- Satyakam Dash
- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 126 Land and Water Research Building, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 126 Land and Water Research Building, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 126 Land and Water Research Building, University Park, PA 16802 USA
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Cofactor specificities of glycolytic enzymes in Clostridium thermocellum were studied with cellobiose-grown cells from batch cultures. Intracellular glucose was phosphorylated by glucokinase using GTP rather than ATP. Although phosphofructokinase typically uses ATP as a phosphoryl donor, we found only pyrophosphate (PPi)-linked activity. Phosphoglycerate kinase used both GDP and ADP as phosphoryl acceptors. In agreement with the absence of a pyruvate kinase sequence in the C. thermocellum genome, no activity of this enzyme could be detected. Also, the annotated pyruvate phosphate dikinase (ppdk) is not crucial for the generation of pyruvate from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), as deletion of the ppdk gene did not substantially change cellobiose fermentation. Instead pyruvate formation is likely to proceed via a malate shunt with GDP-linked PEP carboxykinase, NADH-linked malate dehydrogenase, and NADP-linked malic enzyme. High activities of these enzymes were detected in extracts of cellobiose-grown cells. Our results thus show that GTP is consumed while both GTP and ATP are produced in glycolysis of C. thermocellum. The requirement for PPi in this pathway can be satisfied only to a small extent by biosynthetic reactions, in contrast to what is generally assumed for a PPi-dependent glycolysis in anaerobic heterotrophs. Metabolic network analysis showed that most of the required PPi must be generated via ATP or GTP hydrolysis exclusive of that which happens during biosynthesis. Experimental proof for the necessity of an alternative mechanism of PPi generation was obtained by studying the glycolysis in washed-cell suspensions in which biosynthesis was absent. Under these conditions, cells still fermented cellobiose to ethanol.
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Wu KH, Hsieh YH, Tai PC. Mutational analysis of Cvab, an ABC transporter involved in the secretion of active colicin V. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35382. [PMID: 22539970 PMCID: PMC3335142 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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CvaB is the central membrane transporter of the colicin V secretion system that belongs to an ATP-binding cassette superfamily. Previous data showed that the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of CvaB are essential for the function of CvaB. N-terminal domain of CvaB possesses Ca2+-dependent cysteine proteolytic activity, and two critical residues, Cys32 and His105, have been identified. In this study, we also identify Asp121 as being the third residue of the putative catalytic triad within the active site of the enzyme. The Asp121 mutants lose both their colicin V secretion activity and N-terminal proteolytic activity. The adjacent residue Pro122 also appears to play a critical role in the colicin V secretion. However, the reversal of the two residues D121P - P122D results in loss of activity. Based on molecular modeling and protein sequence alignment, several residues adjacent to the critical residues, Cys32 and His105, were also examined and characterized. Site-directed mutagenesis of Trp101, Asp102, Val108, Leu76, Gly77, and Gln26 indicate that the neighboring residues around the catalytic triad affect colicin V secretion. Several mutated CvaB proteins with defective secretion were also tested, including Asp121 and Pro122, and were found to be structurally stable. These results indicate that the residues surrounding the identified catalytic triad are functionally involved in the secretion of biologically active colicin V.
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- Kai-Hui Wu
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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Travensolo RF, Carareto-Alves LM, Costa MVCG, Lopes TJS, Carrilho E, Lemos EGM. Xylella fastidiosa gene expression analysis by DNA microarrays. Genet Mol Biol 2009; 32:340-53. [PMID: 21637690 PMCID: PMC3036931 DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572009005000038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 11/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Xylella fastidiosa genome sequencing has generated valuable data by identifying genes acting either on metabolic pathways or in associated pathogenicity and virulence. Based on available information on these genes, new strategies for studying their expression patterns, such as microarray technology, were employed. A total of 2,600 primer pairs were synthesized and then used to generate fragments using the PCR technique. The arrays were hybridized against cDNAs labeled during reverse transcription reactions and which were obtained from bacteria grown under two different conditions (liquid XDM(2) and liquid BCYE). All data were statistically analyzed to verify which genes were differentially expressed. In addition to exploring conditions for X. fastidiosa genome-wide transcriptome analysis, the present work observed the differential expression of several classes of genes (energy, protein, amino acid and nucleotide metabolism, transport, degradation of substances, toxins and hypothetical proteins, among others). The understanding of expressed genes in these two different media will be useful in comprehending the metabolic characteristics of X. fastidiosa, and in evaluating how important certain genes are for the functioning and survival of these bacteria in plants.
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- Regiane F Travensolo
- Departamento de Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias de Jaboticabal, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Jaboticabal, SP Brazil
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Guo X, Chen X, Weber IT, Harrison RW, Tai PC. Molecular basis for differential nucleotide binding of the nucleotide-binding domain of ABC-transporter CvaB. Biochemistry 2007; 45:14473-80. [PMID: 17128986 PMCID: PMC2515628 DOI: 10.1021/bi061506i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The cytoplasmic membrane protein CvaB, involved in colicin V secretion in Escherichia coli, belongs to the ABC-transporter family in which ATP hydrolysis is typically the driving force for substrate transport. However, our previous studies indicated that the nucleotide-binding domain of CvaB could also bind and hydrolyze GTP and, indeed, highly preferred GTP over ATP at low temperatures. In this study, we have examined the molecular basis of this preference. Sequence alignment and homology modeling of the CvaB nucleotide-binding domain predicted that the aromatic stacking region of CvaB (Y501DSQ loop) had a role in the differential binding of nucleotides, and Ser503 and Gln504 provided potential hydrogen bonds to GTP but not to ATP. Site-directed mutagenesis of the Y501DSQ loop, mutations S503A, Q504L, and double mutation S503A/Q504L, was made to test the predicted hydrogen bonds with GTP. The double mutation S503A/Q504L increased the affinity for ATP by 6-fold, whereas the affinity for GTP was reduced slightly: the ATP/GTP-binding ratio increased about 10-fold. The temperature effect assays on nucleotide binding and hydrolysis further indicated that the double mutant protein had largely eliminated the difference for substrates ATP and GTP, and behaved more similarly to the NBD of typical ABC-transporter HlyB. Therefore, we conclude that Ser503 and Gln504 in aromatic stacking region of CvaB block the ATP binding and are important for the GTP-binding preference.
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- Xiangxue Guo
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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- Department of Chemistry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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- Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Phone, 404-651-3109; fax, 404-651-2509; e-mail,
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Guo X, Harrison RW, Tai PC. Nucleotide-dependent dimerization of the C-terminal domain of the ABC transporter CvaB in colicin V secretion. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:2383-91. [PMID: 16547024 PMCID: PMC1428426 DOI: 10.1128/jb.188.7.2383-2391.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The cytoplasmic membrane proteins CvaB and CvaA and the outer membrane protein TolC constitute the bacteriocin colicin V secretion system in Escherichia coli. CvaB functions as an ATP-binding cassette transporter, and its C-terminal domain (CTD) contains typical motifs for the nucleotide-binding and Walker A and B sites and the ABC signature motif. To study the role of the CvaB CTD in the secretion of colicin V, a truncated construct of this domain was made and overexpressed. Different forms of the CvaB CTD were found during purification and identified as monomer, dimer, and oligomer forms by gel filtration and protein cross-linking. Nucleotide binding was shown to be critical for CvaB CTD dimerization. Oligomers could be converted to dimers by nucleotide triphosphate-Mg, and nucleotide release from dimers resulted in transient formation of monomers, followed by oligomerization and aggregation. Site-directed mutagenesis showed that the ABC signature motif was involved in the nucleotide-dependent dimerization. The spatial proximity of the Walker A site and the signature motif was shown by disulfide cross-linking a mixture of the A530C and L630C mutant proteins, while the A530C or L630C mutant protein did not dimerize on its own. Taken together, these results indicate that the CvaB CTD formed a nucleotide-dependent head-to-tail dimer.
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- Xiangxue Guo
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, 24 Peachtree Center Avenue, 402 Kell Hall, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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Wu KH, Tai PC. Cys32 and His105 Are the Critical Residues for the Calcium-dependent Cysteine Proteolytic Activity of CvaB, an ATP-binding Cassette Transporter. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:901-9. [PMID: 14570918 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m308296200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CvaB, a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter superfamily, is the central membrane transporter of the colicin V secretion system in Escherichia coli. Cys32 and His105 in the N-terminal domain of CvaB were identified as critical residues for both colicin V secretion and cysteine proteolytic activity. By inhibiting degradation with N-ethylmaleimide and a mixture of protease inhibitors, a stable wild-type N-terminal domain (which showed cysteine protease activity when activated) was purified. Such protease activity was Ca2+- and concentration-dependent and could be inhibited by antipain, N-ethylmaleimide, EDTA, and EGTA. At low concentrations, the Ca2+ analogs Tb3+ and La3+ (but not Fe3+) significantly enhanced proteolytic activity, suggesting that the size of the cations is important for activity. Together with comparisons of the sequences of members of the cysteine protease family, these results indicate that Cys32 and His105 are the critical residues in the CvaB N-terminal domain for the calcium-dependent cysteine protease activity and secretion of colicin V.
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- Kai-Hui Wu
- Department of Biology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, USA
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Zhong X, Malhotra R, Guidotti G. ATP uptake in the Golgi and extracellular release require Mcd4 protein and the vacuolar H+-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:33436-44. [PMID: 12807869 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305785200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Extracellular nucleotides signal via a large group of purinergic receptors. Although much is known about these receptors, the mechanism of nucleotide transport out of the cytoplasm is unknown. We developed a functional screen for ATP release to the extracellular space and identified Mcd4p, a 919-amino acid membrane protein with 14 putative transmembrane domains, as a participant in glucose-dependent ATP release from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This release occurred through the vesicular trafficking pathway initiated by ATP uptake into the Golgi compartment. Both the compartmental uptake and the extracellular release of ATP were regulated by the activity of the vacuolar H+-ATPase. It is likely that the Mcd4p pathway is generally involved in non-mitochondrial ATP movement across membranes, it is essential for Golgi and endoplasmic reticulum function, and its occurrence led to the appearance of P2 purinergic receptors.
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- Xiaotian Zhong
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Poon KK, Chu JC, Wong SL. Roles of glucitol in the GutR-mediated transcription activation process in Bacillus subtilis: glucitol induces GutR to change its conformation and to bind ATP. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:29819-25. [PMID: 11390381 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m100905200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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GutR is a 95-kDa glucitol-dependent transcription activator that mediates the expression of the Bacillus subtilis glucitol operon. Glucitol allows GutR to bind tightly to its binding site located upstream of the gut promoter. In this study, a second functional role of glucitol is identified. Glucitol induces GutR to change its conformation and triggers GutR to bind ATP efficiently. After sequential binding of glucitol and ATP to GutR, GutR adopts a new conformation by forming a compact structure that is resistant to trypsin digestion. Under this condition, the ATP.glucitiol.GutR complex can dissociate slowly from the gutR-binding site (t(12) = 274 min). Interestingly, if ATP in the ATP.glucitiol.GutR complex is replaced by ADP, GutR adopts another conformation and can dissociate from the gutR-binding site even faster (t(12) = 82 min). In all these GutR-DNA binding studies in the presence of different ligands (glucitol, ATP, or ADP), only the off-rate is affected. The vital role of ATP in the GutR-mediated transcription activation process is reflected by the poor transcription from the gut promoter with GutR(D285A) which has a mutation in the motif B of the putative ATP-binding site. A working model for this transcription activation process is presented.
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- K K Poon
- Division of Cellular, Molecular and Microbial Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4, Canada
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Zhong X, Malhotra R, Guidotti G. Regulation of yeast ectoapyrase ynd1p activity by activator subunit Vma13p of vacuolar H+-ATPase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:35592-9. [PMID: 10954728 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006932200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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CD39-like ectoapyrases are involved in protein and lipid glycosylation in the Golgi lumen of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. By using a two-hybrid screen, we found that an activator subunit (Vma13p) of yeast vacuolar H(+)-ATPase (V-ATPase) binds to the cytoplasmic domain of Ynd1p, a yeast ectoapyrase. Interaction of Ynd1p with Vma13p was demonstrated by direct binding and co-immunoprecipitation. Surprisingly, the membrane-bound ADPase activity of Ynd1p in a vma13Delta mutant was drastically increased compared with that of Ynd1p in VMA13 cells. A similar increase in the apyrase activity of Ynd1p was found in a vma1Delta mutant, in which the catalytic subunit A of V-ATPase is missing, and the membrane peripheral subunits including Vma13p are dissociated from the membranes. However, the E286Q mutant of VMA1, which assembles inactive V-ATPase complex including Vma13p in the membrane, retained wild type levels of Ynd1p activity, demonstrating that the presence of Vma13p rather than the function of V-ATPase in the membrane represses Ynd1p activity. These results suggest that association of Vma13p with the cytoplasmic domain of Ynd1p regulates its apyrase activity in the Golgi lumen.
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- X Zhong
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Berger AL, Welsh MJ. Differences between cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and HisP in the interaction with the adenine ring of ATP. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:29407-12. [PMID: 10893239 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m004790200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl(-) channel is a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporter family. The most conserved features of this family are the nucleotide-binding domains. As in other members of this family, these domains bind and hydrolyze ATP; in CFTR this opens and closes the channel pore. The recent crystal structures of related bacterial transporters show that an aromatic residue interacts with the adenine ring of ATP to stabilize nucleotide binding. CFTR contains six aromatic residues that are candidates to coordinate the nucleotide base. We mutated each to cysteine and examined the functional consequences. None of the mutations disrupted channel function or the ability to discriminate between ATP, GTP, and CTP. We also applied [2-(triethylammonium)ethyl] methanethiosulfonate to covalently modify the introduced cysteines. The mutant channels CFTR-F429C, F430C, F433C, and F1232C showed no difference from wild-type CFTR, indicating that either the residues were not accessible to modification, or cysteine modification did not affect function. Although modification inactivated CFTR-Y1219C more rapidly than wild-type CFTR, and inactivation of CFTR-F446C was nucleotide-dependent; failure of these mutations to alter gating suggested that Tyr(1219) and Phe(446) were not important for nucleotide binding. The results suggest that ATP binding may not involve the coordination of the adenine ring by an aromatic residue analogous to that in some bacterial transporters. Taken together with earlier work, this study points to a model in which most of the binding energy for ATP is contributed by the phosphate groups.
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- A L Berger
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA
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Chardonnens, Koevoets, van Zanten A, Schat, Verkleij. Properties of enhanced tonoplast zinc transport in naturally selected zinc-tolerant silene vulgaris. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 120:779-86. [PMID: 10398713 PMCID: PMC59316 DOI: 10.1104/pp.120.3.779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/1999] [Accepted: 04/14/1999] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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It was demonstrated recently that isolated tonoplast vesicles derived from plants of a Zn-tolerant ecotype of Silene vulgaris accumulate more Zn than vesicles derived from a Zn-sensitive ecotype. We have now characterized the tonoplast-transport system that causes this uptake difference and demonstrated its genetic correlation to Zn tolerance using plant crosses. We conclude that the tonoplast Zn uptake system of the tolerant ecotype differs greatly in its characteristics from that of the sensitive one, with the most prominent differences being its insensitivity to protonophores and ortho-vanadate and its stimulation by Mg-GTP. These differences in characteristics are most likely due to the fact that Zn can be taken up by two or more parallel pathways, which are not present in the same proportions in both ecotypes. In both ecotypes, Zn is actively transported across the tonoplast (temperature coefficient > 1.6), most likely as a free ion, since citrate does not accumulate in vesicles. Most importantly, the uptake difference found using the ecotypes was also found between homozygous Zn-tolerant and Zn-sensitive F3 plants, proving the genetic correlation between increased tonoplast Zn transport and naturally selected Zn tolerance in S. vulgaris.
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- Chardonnens
- Department of Ecology and Ecotoxicology of Plants, Faculty of Biology, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1087, 1081 HV, The Netherlands
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