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Gaddy KE, Bensch EM, Cavanagh J, Milton ME. Insights into DNA-binding motifs and mechanisms of Francisella tularensis novicida two-component system response regulator proteins QseB, KdpE, and BfpR. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2024; 722:150150. [PMID: 38805787 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2024.150150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2024] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024]
Abstract
Two component system bacterial response regulators are typically DNA-binding proteins which enable the genetic regulation of many adaptive bacterial behaviors. Despite structural similarity across response regulator families, there is a diverse array of DNA-binding mechanisms. Bacteria usually encode several dozen two-component system response regulators, but Francisella tularensis only encodes three. Due to their simplified response regulatory network, Francisella species are a model for studying the role of response regulator proteins in virulence. Here, we show that Francisella response regulators QseB, KdpE, and BfpR all utilize different DNA-binding mechanisms. Our evidence suggests that QseB follows a simple mechanism whereby it binds a single inverted repeat sequence with a higher affinity upon phosphorylation. This behavior is independent of whether QseB is a positive or negative regulator of the gene as demonstrated by qseB and priM promoter sequences, respectively. Similarly, KdpE binds DNA more tightly upon phosphorylation, but also exhibits a cooperative binding isotherm. While we propose a KdpE binding site, it is possible that KdpE has a complex DNA-binding mechanism potentially involving multiple copies of KdpE being recruited to a promoter region. Finally, we show that BfpR appears to bind a region of its own promoter sequence with a lower affinity upon phosphorylation. Further structural and enzymatic work will need to be performed to deconvolute the KdpE and BfpR binding mechanisms.
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- Keegan E Gaddy
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
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Zuiderweg ERP. Validating the 15N- 1H HSQC-ROESY experiment for detecting 1HN exchange broadening in proteated proteins. JOURNAL OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE (SAN DIEGO, CALIF. : 1997) 2024; 363:107676. [PMID: 38815459 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2024.107676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 04/03/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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It is advantageous to investigate milli-to-micro-second conformational exchange data contained in the solution NMR protein relaxation data other than 15N nuclei. Not only does one search under another lamp post, one also looks at dynamics at other time scales. The HSQC-ROESY 1HN relaxation dispersion experiment for amide protons as introduced by Ishima, et al (1998). J. Am. Soc. 120, 10534-10542, is such an experiment, but has by the authors been advised to only be used for perdeuterated proteins to avoid complication with the 1H-1H multiple-spin effects. This is regretful, since not all proteins can be perdeuterated. Here we analyze in detail the 1HN relaxation terms for this experiment for a fully proteated protein. Indeed, the 1HN relaxation theory is in this case complex and includes dipolar-dipolar relaxation interference and TOCSY transfers. With simulate both of these effects and show that the interference can be exploited for detecting exchange broadening. The TOCSY effect is shown to minor, and when it is not, a solution is provided. We apply the HSQC-ROESY experiment, with a small modification to suppress ROESY crosspeaks, to a 7 kDa GB1 protein that is just 15N and 13C labeled. At 10 °C we cannot detect any conformational exchange broadening: the 1HN R2 relaxation rates with 1.357 kHz spinlock field not larger than those recorded with a 12.136 kHz spinlock field. This means that there is no exchange broadening that can be differentially suppressed with the applied fields. Either there is no broadening, or the broadening is effectively suppressed by all fields, or the broadening cannot be suppressed by either of the fields. While initially this seems to be a disappointing result, we feel that this work establishes that the HSQC-ROESY experiment is very robust. It can indeed be utilized for proteated proteins upto about 30 kDa. This could be opening the study the milli-microsecond conformational dynamics as reported by 1HN exchange broadening for many more proteins.
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- Erik R P Zuiderweg
- Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Nijmegen, XZ 6525, The Netherlands; University of Michigan Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI 41109, USA.
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Schmitz C, Madej M, Nowakowska Z, Cuppari A, Jacula A, Ksiazek M, Mikruta K, Wisniewski J, Pudelko-Malik N, Saran A, Zeytuni N, Mlynarz P, Lamont RJ, Usón I, Siksnys V, Potempa J, Solà M. Response regulator PorX coordinates oligonucleotide signalling and gene expression to control the secretion of virulence factors. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:12558-12577. [PMID: 36464236 PMCID: PMC9757075 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Revised: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
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The PglZ family of proteins belongs to the alkaline phosphatase superfamily, which consists of metallohydrolases with limited sequence identity but similar metal-coordination architectures in otherwise divergent active sites. Proteins with a well-defined PglZ domain are ubiquitous among prokaryotes as essential components of BREX phage defence systems and two-component systems (TCSs). Whereas other members of the alkaline phosphatase superfamily are well characterized, the activity, structure and biological function of PglZ family proteins remain unclear. We therefore investigated the structure and function of PorX, an orphan response regulator of the Porphyromonas gingivalis TCS containing a putative PglZ effector domain. The crystal structure of PorX revealed a canonical receiver domain, a helical bundle, and an unprecedented PglZ domain, similar to the general organization of the phylogenetically related BREX-PglZ proteins. The PglZ domain of PorX features an active site cleft suitable for large substrates. An extensive search for substrates revealed that PorX is a phosphodiesterase that acts on cyclic and linear oligonucleotides, including signalling molecules such as cyclic oligoadenylates. These results, combined with mutagenesis, biophysical and enzymatic analysis, suggest that PorX coordinates oligonucleotide signalling pathways and indirectly regulates gene expression to control the secretion of virulence factors.
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- Claus Schmitz
- Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona E-08028, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
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- Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona E-08028, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw PL-50-370, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw PL-50-370, Poland
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec H3A 0C7, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wroclaw PL-50-370, Poland
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- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona E-08028, Spain
- ICREA Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona E-08010, Spain
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University, Vilnius 10257, Lithuania
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków PL-30-387, Poland
- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona E-08028, Spain
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Kumar JV, Tseng T, Lou Y, Wei S, Wu T, Tang H, Chiu Y, Hsu C, Chen C. Structural insights into DNA binding domain of vancomycin-resistance-associated response regulator in complex with its promoter DNA from Staphylococcus aureus. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4286. [PMID: 35481641 PMCID: PMC8994486 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2021] [Revised: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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In Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistance-associated response regulator (VraR) is a part of the VraSR two-component system, which is responsible for activating a cell wall-stress stimulon in response to an antibiotic that inhibits cell wall formation. Two VraR-binding sites have been identified: R1 and R2 in the vraSR operon control region. However, the binding of VraR to a promoter DNA enhancing downstream gene expression remains unclear. VraR contains a conserved N-terminal receiver domain (VraRN ) connected to a C-terminal DNA binding domain (VraRC ) with a flexible linker. Here, we present the crystal structure of VraRC alone and in complex with R1-DNA in 1.87- and 2.0-Å resolution, respectively. VraRC consisting of four α-helices forms a dimer when interacting with R1-DNA. In the VraRC -DNA complex structure, Mg2+ ion is bound to Asp194. Biolayer interferometry experiments revealed that the addition of Mg2+ to VraRC enhanced its DNA binding affinity by eightfold. In addition, interpretation of NMR titrations between VraRC with R1- and R2-DNA revealed the essential residues that might play a crucial role in interacting with DNA of the vraSR operon. The structural information could help in designing and screening potential therapeutics/inhibitors to deal with antibiotic-resistant S. aureus via targeting VraR.
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Hsing UniversityTaichungTaiwan
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- Biomedical Translation Research CenterAcademia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Genome and Systems Biology Degree ProgramNational Taiwan University and Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Genome and Systems Biology Degree ProgramNational Taiwan University and Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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- Genome and Systems Biology Degree ProgramNational Taiwan University and Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
- Department of Agricultural ChemistryNational Taiwan UniversityTaipeiTaiwan
- Institute of Biochemical Sciences, National Taiwan UniversityTaipeiTaiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia SinicaTaipeiTaiwan
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Maciunas LJ, Porter N, Lee PJ, Gupta K, Loll PJ. Structures of full-length VanR from Streptomyces coelicolor in both the inactive and activated states. Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol 2021; 77:1027-1039. [PMID: 34342276 PMCID: PMC8329863 DOI: 10.1107/s2059798321006288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Vancomycin has historically been used as a last-resort treatment for serious bacterial infections. However, vancomycin resistance has become widespread in certain pathogens, presenting a serious threat to public health. Resistance to vancomycin is conferred by a suite of resistance genes, the expression of which is controlled by the VanR-VanS two-component system. VanR is the response regulator in this system; in the presence of vancomycin, VanR accepts a phosphoryl group from VanS, thereby activating VanR as a transcription factor and inducing expression of the resistance genes. This paper presents the X-ray crystal structures of full-length VanR from Streptomyces coelicolor in both the inactive and activated states at resolutions of 2.3 and 2.0 Å, respectively. Comparison of the two structures illustrates that phosphorylation of VanR is accompanied by a disorder-to-order transition of helix 4, which lies within the receiver domain of the protein. This transition generates an interface that promotes dimerization of the receiver domain; dimerization in solution was verified using analytical ultracentrifugation. The inactive conformation of the protein does not appear intrinsically unable to bind DNA; rather, it is proposed that in the activated form DNA binding is enhanced by an avidity effect contributed by the receiver-domain dimerization.
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- Lina J. Maciunas
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
- Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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Gomez-Arrebola C, Solano C, Lasa I. Regulation of gene expression by non-phosphorylated response regulators. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:521-529. [PMID: 33987704 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00180-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two-component systems (TCSs) are a prominent sensory system in bacteria. A prototypical TCS comprises a membrane-bound sensor histidine kinase (HK) responsible for sensing the signal and a cytoplasmic response regulator (RR) that controls target gene expression. Signal binding activates a phosphotransfer cascade from the HK to the RR. As a result, the phosphorylated RR undergoes a conformational change that leads to activation of the response. Growing experimental evidence indicates that unphosphorylated RRs may also have regulatory functions, and thus, the classical view that the RR is only active when it is phosphorylated needs to be revisited. In this review, we highlight the most recent findings showing that RRs in the non-phosphorylated state control critical bacterial processes that range from secretion of factors to the host, antibiotic resistance, iron transport, stress response, and cell-wall metabolism to biofilm development.
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- Carmen Gomez-Arrebola
- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Laboratory of Microbial Pathogenesis, Navarrabiomed-Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA)-Complejo Hospitalario de Navarra (CHN), IdiSNA, Irunlarrea 3, 31008, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain.
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Teixeira RD, Holzschuh F, Schirmer T. Activation mechanism of a small prototypic Rec-GGDEF diguanylate cyclase. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2162. [PMID: 33846343 PMCID: PMC8041772 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22492-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/15/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Diguanylate cyclases synthesising the bacterial second messenger c-di-GMP are found to be regulated by a variety of sensory input domains that control the activity of their catalytical GGDEF domain, but how activation proceeds mechanistically is, apart from a few examples, still largely unknown. As part of two-component systems, they are activated by cognate histidine kinases that phosphorylate their Rec input domains. DgcR from Leptospira biflexa is a constitutively dimeric prototype of this class of diguanylate cyclases. Full-length crystal structures reveal that BeF3- pseudo-phosphorylation induces a relative rotation of two rigid halves in the Rec domain. This is coupled to a reorganisation of the dimeric structure with concomitant switching of the coiled-coil linker to an alternative heptad register. Finally, the activated register allows the two substrate-loaded GGDEF domains, which are linked to the end of the coiled-coil via a localised hinge, to move into a catalytically competent dimeric arrangement. Bioinformatic analyses suggest that the binary register switch mechanism is utilised by many diguanylate cyclases with N-terminal coiled-coil linkers. As part of two-component systems, diguanylate cyclases (DGCs) are activated by phosphorylation. Structural and computational analyses of DgcR, a model DGC, reveal the phosphorylation-induced conformational changes and the activation mechanism likely shared by many DGCs with N-terminal coiled-coil linkers.
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- Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Structural Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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The regulation and timely expression of bacterial genes during infection is critical for a pathogen to cause an infection. Bacteria have multiple mechanisms to regulate gene expression in response to their environment, one of which is two-component systems (TCS). TCS have two components. One component is a sensory histidine kinase (HK) that autophosphorylates when activated by a signal. The activated sensory histidine kinase then transfers the phosphoryl group to the second component, the response regulator, which activates transcription of target genes. The genus Burkholderia contains members that cause human disease and are often extensively resistant to many antibiotics. The Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) can cause severe lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) or chronic granulomatous disease (CGD). BCC members have also recently been associated with several outbreaks of bacteremia from contaminated pharmaceutical products. Separate from the BCC is Burkholderia pseudomallei, which is the causative agent of melioidosis, a serious disease that occurs in the tropics, and a potential bioterrorism weapon. Bioinformatic analysis of sequenced Burkholderia isolates predicts that most strains have at least 40 TCS. The vast majority of these TCS are uncharacterized both in terms of the signals that activate them and the genes that are regulated by them. This review will highlight TCS that have been described to play a role in virulence in either the BCC or B. pseudomallei Since many of these TCS are involved in virulence, TCS are potential novel therapeutic targets, and elucidating their function is critical for understanding Burkholderia pathogenesis.
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Structural basis of molecular logic OR in a dual-sensor histidine kinase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:19973-19982. [PMID: 31527275 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1910855116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Signal detection and integration by sensory proteins constitute the critical molecular events as living organisms respond to changes in a complex environment. Many sensory proteins adopt a modular architecture that integrates the perception of distinct chemical or physical signals and the generation of a biological response in the same protein molecule. Currently, how signal perception and integration are achieved in such a modular, often dimeric, framework remains elusive. Here, we report a dynamic crystallography study on the tandem sensor domains of a dual-sensor histidine kinase PPHK (phosphorylation-responsive photosensitive histidine kinase) that operates a molecular logic OR, by which the output kinase activity is modulated by a phosphorylation signal and a light signal. A joint analysis of ∼170 crystallographic datasets probing different signaling states shows remarkable dimer asymmetry as PPHK responds to the input signals and transitions from one state to the other. Supported by mutational data and structural analysis, these direct observations reveal the working mechanics of the molecular logic OR in PPHK, where the light-induced bending of a long signaling helix at the dimer interface is counteracted by the ligand-induced structural changes from a different sensor domain. We propose that the logic OR of PPHK, together with an upstream photoreceptor, implements a "long-pass" red light response distinct from those accomplished by classical phytochromes.
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Casino P, Miguel-Romero L, Huesa J, García P, García-Del Portillo F, Marina A. Conformational dynamism for DNA interaction in the Salmonella RcsB response regulator. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:456-472. [PMID: 29186528 PMCID: PMC5758874 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx1164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 11/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The RcsCDB phosphorelay system controls an extremely large regulon in Enterobacteriaceae that involves processes such as biofilm formation, flagella production, synthesis of extracellular capsules and cell division. Therefore, fine-tuning of this system is essential for virulence in pathogenic microorganisms of this group. The final master effector of the RcsCDB system is the response regulator (RR) RcsB, which activates or represses multiple genes by binding to different promoter regions. This regulatory activity of RcsB can be done alone or in combination with additional transcriptional factors in phosphorylated or dephosphorylated states. The capacity of RcsB to interact with multiple promoters and partners, either dephosphorylated or phosphorylated, suggests an extremely conformational dynamism for this RR. To shed light on the activation mechanism of RcsB and its implication on promoter recognition, we solved the crystal structure of full-length RcsB from Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in the presence and absence of a phosphomimetic molecule BeF3−. These two novel structures have guided an extensive site-directed mutagenesis study at the structural and functional level that confirms RcsB conformational plasticity and dynamism. Our data allowed us to propose a β5-T switch mechanism where phosphorylation is coupled to alternative DNA binding ways and which highlights the conformational dynamism of RcsB to be so pleiotropic.
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- Patricia Casino
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.,Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (ERI BIOTECMED), Universitat de València. Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Department of Genomic and Proteomic, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Jaume Roig 11, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universitat de València, Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain.,Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (ERI BIOTECMED), Universitat de València. Dr Moliner 50, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Patógenos Bacterianos Intracelulares, Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin, 3. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Patógenos Bacterianos Intracelulares, Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Darwin, 3. 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Genomic and Proteomic, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Jaume Roig 11, 46010 Valencia, Spain.,Group 739 of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain
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Castro NSS, Laia CAT, Maiti BK, Cerqueira NMFSA, Moura I, Carepo MSP. Small phospho-donors phosphorylate MorR without inducing protein conformational changes. Biophys Chem 2018; 240:25-33. [PMID: 29883882 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2018.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/29/2018] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
Abstract
Phosphorylation is an essential mechanism of protein control and plays an important role in biology. The two-component system (TCS) is a bacterial regulation mechanism mediated by a response regulator (RR) protein and a kinase protein, which synchronize the regulatory circuit according to the environment. Phosphorylation is a key element in TCS function as it controls RR activity. In the present study, we characterize the behavior of MorR, an RR associated with Mo homeostasis, upon acetylphosphate and phosphoramidate treatment in vitro. Our results show that MorR was phosphorylated by both phospho-donors. Fluorescence experiments showed that MorR tryptophan emission is quenched by phosphoramidate. Furthermore, theoretical and computational results demonstrate that phosphorylation by phosphoramidate is more favorable than that by acetylphosphate. In conclusion, phosphorylated MorR is a monomeric protein and phosphorylation does not appear to induce observable conformational changes in the protein structure.
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- Nathália S S Castro
- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal.
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- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Liu Y, Rose J, Huang S, Hu Y, Wu Q, Wang D, Li C, Liu M, Zhou P, Jiang L. A pH-gated conformational switch regulates the phosphatase activity of bifunctional HisKA-family histidine kinases. Nat Commun 2017; 8:2104. [PMID: 29235472 PMCID: PMC5727384 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02310-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Histidine kinases are key regulators in the bacterial two-component systems that mediate the cellular response to environmental changes. The vast majority of the sensor histidine kinases belong to the bifunctional HisKA family, displaying both kinase and phosphatase activities toward their substrates. The molecular mechanisms regulating the opposing activities of these enzymes are not well understood. Through a combined NMR and crystallographic study on the histidine kinase HK853 and its response regulator RR468 from Thermotoga maritima, here we report a pH-mediated conformational switch of HK853 that shuts off its phosphatase activity under acidic conditions. Such a pH-sensing mechanism is further demonstrated in the EnvZ-OmpR two-component system from Salmonella enterica in vitro and in vivo, which directly contributes to the bacterial infectivity. Our finding reveals a broadly conserved mechanism that regulates the phosphatase activity of the largest family of bifunctional histidine kinases in response to the change of environmental pH. Bacteria adapt to changing environmental conditions through signal transduction mediated by the two-component system (TCS). Here, the authors combine X-ray crystallography and NMR studies to characterize a pH-gated conformational switch that regulates the phosphatase activity of TCS bifunctional histidine kinases.
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- Yixiang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Special Pathogens and Biosafety, Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China.
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Milton ME, Allen CL, Feldmann EA, Bobay BG, Jung DK, Stephens MD, Melander RJ, Theisen KE, Zeng D, Thompson RJ, Melander C, Cavanagh J. Structure of the Francisella response regulator QseB receiver domain, and characterization of QseB inhibition by antibiofilm 2-aminoimidazole-based compounds. Mol Microbiol 2017; 106:223-235. [PMID: 28755524 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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With antibiotic resistance increasing at alarming rates, targets for new antimicrobial therapies must be identified. A particularly promising target is the bacterial two-component system. Two-component systems allow bacteria to detect, evaluate and protect themselves against changes in the environment, such as exposure to antibiotics and also to trigger production of virulence factors. Drugs that target the response regulator portion of two-component systems represent a potent new approach so far unexploited. Here, we focus efforts on the highly virulent bacterium Francisella tularensis tularensis. Francisella contains only three response regulators, making it an ideal system to study. In this study, we initially present the structure of the N-terminal domain of QseB, the response regulator responsible for biofilm formation. Subsequently, using binding assays, computational docking and cellular studies, we show that QseB interacts with2-aminoimidazole based compounds that impede its function. This information will assist in tailoring compounds to act as adjuvants that will enhance the effect of antibiotics.
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7622, 128 Polk Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7622, 128 Polk Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7622, 128 Polk Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Agile Sciences, Keystone Science Center, 1791 Varsity Dr #150, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8204, 2620 Yarborough Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8204, 2620 Yarborough Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7622, 128 Polk Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- Agile Sciences, Keystone Science Center, 1791 Varsity Dr #150, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8204, 2620 Yarborough Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
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- RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd, RTP, NC 27709, USA
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Qing XY, Steenackers H, Venken T, De Maeyer M, Voet A. Computational Studies of the Active and Inactive Regulatory Domains of Response Regulator PhoP Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Mol Inform 2017; 36. [PMID: 28598557 DOI: 10.1002/minf.201700031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 05/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The response regulator PhoP is part of the PhoP/PhoQ two-component system, which is responsible for regulating the expression of multiple genes involved in controlling virulence, biofilm formation, and resistance to antimicrobial peptides. Therefore, modulating the transcriptional function of the PhoP protein is a promising strategy for developing new antimicrobial agents. There is evidence suggesting that phosphorylation-mediated dimerization in the regulatory domain of PhoP is essential for its transcriptional function. Disruption or stabilization of protein-protein interactions at the dimerization interface may inhibit or enhance the expression of PhoP-dependent genes. In this study, we performed molecular dynamics simulations on the active and inactive dimers and monomers of the PhoP regulatory domains, followed by pocket-detecting screenings and a quantitative hot-spot analysis in order to assess the druggability of the protein. Consistent with prior hypothesis, the calculation of the binding free energy shows that phosphorylation enhances dimerization of PhoP. Furthermore, we have identified two different putative binding sites at the dimerization active site (the α4-β5-α5 face) with energetic "hot-spot" areas, which could be used to search for modulators of protein-protein interactions. This study delivers insight into the dynamics and druggability of the dimerization interface of the PhoP regulatory domain, and may serve as a basis for the rational identification of new antimicrobial drugs.
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- Xiao-Yu Qing
- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling, and Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and design, the Chemistry Department, KULeuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G-bus2403, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, KULeuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20-bus2460, Belgium
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- Flemish Institute for Technological Research, VITO, Boeretang 200, 2400, MOL, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling, and Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and design, the Chemistry Department, KULeuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G-bus2403, Heverlee, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling, and Laboratory for Biomolecular Modelling and design, the Chemistry Department, KULeuven, Celestijnenlaan 200G-bus2403, Heverlee, Belgium
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Miguel-Romero L, Casino P, Landete JM, Monedero V, Zúñiga M, Marina A. The malate sensing two-component system MaeKR is a non-canonical class of sensory complex for C4-dicarboxylates. Sci Rep 2017; 7:2708. [PMID: 28577341 PMCID: PMC5457438 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02900-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Microbial colonization of different environments is enabled to a great extent by the plasticity of their sensory mechanisms, among them, the two-component signal transduction systems (TCS). Here, an example of TCS plasticity is presented: the regulation of L-malate catabolism via malic enzyme by MaeRK in Lactobacillales. MaeKR belongs to the citrate family of TCS as the Escherichia coli DcuSR system. We show that the Lactobacillus casei histidine-kinase MaeK is defective in autophosphorylation activity as it lacks a functional catalytic and ATP binding domain. The cognate response regulator MaeR was poorly phosphorylated at its phosphoacceptor Asp in vitro. This phosphorylation, however, enhanced MaeR binding in vitro to its target sites and it was required for induction of regulated genes in vivo. Elucidation of the MaeR structure revealed that response regulator dimerization is accomplished by the swapping of α4-β5-α5 elements between two monomers, generating a phosphoacceptor competent conformation. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses showed that the MaeKR peculiarities are not exclusive to L. casei as they are shared by the rest of orthologous systems of Lactobacillales. Our results reveal MaeKR as a non-canonical TCS displaying distinctive features: a swapped response regulator and a sensor histidine kinase lacking ATP-dependent kinase activity.
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- L Miguel-Romero
- Department of Genomic and Proteomic, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Jaume Roig 11, 46010, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Universitat de València, Dr Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain.,Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar en Biotecnologia i Biomedicina (ERI BIOTECMED), Universitat de València, Dr Moliner 50, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC), Av. Agustín Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.,Departamento de Tecnología de Alimentos, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Carretera de La Coruña Km 7.5, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC), Av. Agustín Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA-CSIC), Av. Agustín Escardino 7, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Genomic and Proteomic, Instituto de Biomedicina de Valencia (IBV-CSIC), Jaume Roig 11, 46010, Valencia, Spain. .,Group 739 of the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER) del Instituto de Salud Carlos III, -, Spain.
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Hung YL, Jiang I, Lee YZ, Wen CK, Sue SC. NMR Study Reveals the Receiver Domain of Arabidopsis ETHYLENE RESPONSE1 Ethylene Receptor as an Atypical Type Response Regulator. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160598. [PMID: 27486797 PMCID: PMC4972365 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The gaseous plant hormone ethylene, recognized by plant ethylene receptors, plays a pivotal role in various aspects of plant growth and development. ETHYLENE RESPONSE1 (ETR1) is an ethylene receptor isolated from Arabidopsis and has a structure characteristic of prokaryotic two-component histidine kinase (HK) and receiver domain (RD), where the RD structurally resembles bacteria response regulators (RRs). The ETR1 HK domain has autophosphorylation activity, and little is known if the HK can transfer the phosphoryl group to the RD for receptor signaling. Unveiling the correlation of the receptor structure and phosphorylation status would advance the studies towards the underlying mechanisms of ETR1 receptor signaling. In this study, using the nuclear magnetic resonance technique, our data suggested that the ETR1-RD is monomeric in solution and the rigid structure of the RD prevents the conserved aspartate residue phosphorylation. Comparing the backbone dynamics with other RRs, we propose that backbone flexibility is critical to the RR phosphorylation. Besides the limited flexibility, ETR1-RD has a unique γ loop conformation of opposite orientation, which makes ETR1-RD unfavorable for phosphorylation. These two features explain why ETR1-RD cannot be phosphorylated and is classified as an atypical type RR. As a control, phosphorylation of the ETR1-RD was also impaired when the sequence was swapped to the fragment of the bacterial typical type RR, CheY. Here, we suggest a molecule insight that the ETR1-RD already exists as an active formation and executes its function through binding with the downstream factors without phosphorylation.
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- Yi-Lin Hung
- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Instrumentation Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
- Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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UNLABELLED Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is dramatically increasing as a cause of antibiotic- and hospital-associated diarrhea worldwide. C. difficile, a multidrug-resistant pathogen, flourishes in the colon after the gut microbiota has been altered by antibiotic therapy. Consequently, it produces toxins A and B that directly cause disease. Despite the enormous public health problem posed by this pathogen, the molecular mechanisms that regulate production of the toxins, which are directly responsible for disease, remained largely unknown until now. Here, we show that C. difficile toxin synthesis is regulated by an accessory gene regulator quorum-signaling system, which is mediated through a small (<1,000-Da) thiolactone that can be detected directly in stools of CDI patients. These findings provide direct evidence of the mechanism of regulation of C. difficile toxin synthesis and offer exciting new avenues both for rapid detection of C. difficile infection and development of quorum-signaling-based non-antibiotic therapies to combat this life-threatening emerging pathogen. IMPORTANCE Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is the most common definable cause of hospital-acquired and antibiotic-associated diarrhea in the United States, with the total cost of treatment estimated between 1 and 4.8 billion U.S. dollars annually. C. difficile, a Gram-positive, spore-forming anaerobe, flourishes in the colon after the gut microbiota has been altered by antibiotic therapy. As a result, there is an urgent need for non-antibiotic CDI treatments that preserve the colonic microbiota. C. difficile produces toxins A and B, which are directly responsible for disease. Here, we report that C. difficile regulates its toxin synthesis by quorum signaling, in which a novel signaling peptide activates transcription of the disease-causing toxin genes. This finding provides new therapeutic targets to be harnessed for novel nonantibiotic therapy for C. difficile infections.
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Liu Y, Mao XA, Liu M, Jiang L. Beryllium fluoride exchange rate accelerated by Mg²⁺ as discovered by ¹⁹F NMR. J Phys Chem A 2014; 119:24-8. [PMID: 25531030 DOI: 10.1021/jp509640d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Beryllium fluoride is widely used as a phosphoryl analogue in macromolecular studies, which are not only fluoride-sensitive but also magnesium-dependent. The beryllium fluorides are a mixture of different species including BeF3(-) and BeF4(2-) exchanging under thermodynamic equilibrium in neutral aqueous solutions. In the cases of mimicking phosphate group transfer, both beryllium fluoride and the magnesium ion are generally needed. However, the impact of magnesium on the bioactivity of beryllium fluoride is not clear. We have found by (19)F NMR spectroscopy that Mg(2+) can severely affect the chemical exchange kinetics between BeF3(-) and BeF4(2-). When the F(-) concentration is relatively low, the presence of 10.0 mM Mg(2+) can accelerate the exchange rate 3-4 fold. However, when the F(-) concentration is relatively high, the Mg(2+) effect on the chemical exchange vanishes. On the basis of these findings, we proposed a possible mechanism that BeF4(2-) and Mg(2+) form an ion pair that affects the distribution of beryllium fluoride species and thus the activity in the solution.
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- Yixiang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance in Biological Systems, National Center for Magnetic Resonance in Wuhan, State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Wuhan 430071, China
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Liu Y, Mao X, Liu M, Jiang L. Impact of Magnesium(II) on Beryllium Fluorides in Solutions Studied by19F NMR Spectroscopy. CHINESE J CHEM 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/cjoc.201400265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Li YC, Chang CK, Chang CF, Cheng YH, Fang PJ, Yu T, Chen SC, Li YC, Hsiao CD, Huang TH. Structural dynamics of the two-component response regulator RstA in recognition of promoter DNA element. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:8777-88. [PMID: 24990372 PMCID: PMC4117788 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The RstA/RstB system is a bacterial two-component regulatory system consisting of the membrane sensor, RstB and its cognate response regulator (RR) RstA. The RstA of Klebsiella pneumoniae (kpRstA) consists of an N-terminal receiver domain (RD, residues 1-119) and a C-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD, residues 130-236). Phosphorylation of kpRstA induces dimerization, which allows two kpRstA DBDs to bind to a tandem repeat, called the RstA box, and regulate the expression of downstream genes. Here we report the solution and crystal structures of the free kpRstA RD, DBD and DBD/RstA box DNA complex. The structure of the kpRstA DBD/RstA box complex suggests that the two protomers interact with the RstA box in an asymmetric fashion. Equilibrium binding studies further reveal that the two protomers within the kpRstA dimer bind to the RstA box in a sequential manner. Taken together, our results suggest a binding model where dimerization of the kpRstA RDs provides the platform to allow the first kpRstA DBD protomer to anchor protein-DNA interaction, whereas the second protomer plays a key role in ensuring correct recognition of the RstA box.
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- Yi-Chuan Li
- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei 115, Taiwan, ROC Department of Physics, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan, ROC
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Sheftic SR, White E, Gage DJ, Alexandrescu AT. NMR structure of the HWE kinase associated response regulator Sma0114 in its activated state. Biochemistry 2014; 53:311-22. [PMID: 24364624 DOI: 10.1021/bi401497h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bacterial receiver domains modulate intracellular responses to external stimuli in two-component systems. Sma0114 is the first structurally characterized representative from the family of receiver domains that are substrates for histidine-tryptophan-glutamate (HWE) kinases. We report the NMR structure of Sma0114 bound by Ca(2+) and BeF3(-), a phosphate analogue that stabilizes the activated state. Differences between the NMR structures of the inactive and activated states occur in helix α1, the active site loop that connects strand β3 and helix α3, and in the segment from strand β5 to helix α5 of the 455 (α4-β5-α5) face. Structural rearrangements of the 455 face typically make receiver domains competent for binding downstream target molecules. In Sma0114 the structural changes accompanying activation result in a more negatively charged surface for the 455 face. Coupling between the 455 face and active site phosphorylation is usually mediated through the rearrangement of a threonine and tyrosine residue, in a mechanism called Y-T coupling. The NMR structure indicates that Sma0114 lacks Y-T coupling and that communication between the active site and the 455 face is achieved through a conserved lysine residue that stabilizes the acyl phosphate in receiver domains. (15)N-NMR relaxation experiments were used to investigate the backbone dynamics of the Sma0114 apoprotein, the binary Sma0114·Ca(2+) complex, and the ternary Sma0114·Ca(2+)·BeF3(-) complex. The loss of entropy due to ligand binding at the active site is compensated by increased flexibility in the 455 face. The dynamic character of the 455 face in Sma0114, which results in part from the replacement of helix α4 by a flexible loop, may facilitate induced-fit recognition of target molecules.
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- Sarah R Sheftic
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs , Connecticut, United States
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Phosphorylation-dependent conformational changes and domain rearrangements in Staphylococcus aureus VraR activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:8525-30. [PMID: 23650349 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302819110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Staphylococcus aureus VraR, a vancomycin-resistance-associated response regulator, activates a cell-wall-stress stimulon in response to antibiotics that inhibit cell wall formation. X-ray crystal structures of VraR in both unphosphorylated and beryllofluoride-activated states have been determined, revealing a mechanism of phosphorylation-induced dimerization that features a deep hydrophobic pocket at the center of the receiver domain interface. Unphosphorylated VraR exists in a closed conformation that inhibits dimer formation. Phosphorylation at the active site promotes conformational changes that are propagated throughout the receiver domain, promoting the opening of a hydrophobic pocket that is essential for homodimer formation and enhanced DNA-binding activity. This prominent feature in the VraR dimer can potentially be exploited for the development of novel therapeutics to counteract antibiotic resistance in this important pathogen.
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Barbieri CM, Wu T, Stock AM. Comprehensive analysis of OmpR phosphorylation, dimerization, and DNA binding supports a canonical model for activation. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:1612-26. [PMID: 23399542 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 01/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The OmpR/PhoB family of response regulators (RRs) is the largest class of two-component system signal transduction proteins. Extensive biochemical and structural characterization of these transcription factors has provided insights into their activation and DNA-binding mechanisms. For the most part, OmpR/PhoB family proteins are thought to become activated through phosphorylation from their cognate histidine kinase partners, which in turn facilitates an allosteric change in the RR, enabling homodimerization and subsequently enhanced DNA binding. Incongruently, it has been suggested that OmpR, the eponymous member of this RR family, becomes activated via different mechanisms, whereby DNA binding plays a central role in facilitating dimerization and phosphorylation. Characterization of the rate and extent of the phosphorylation of OmpR and OmpR DNA-binding mutants following activation of the EnvZ/OmpR two-component system shows that DNA binding is not essential for phosphorylation of OmpR in vivo. In addition, detailed analyses of the energetics of DNA binding and dimerization of OmpR in both its unphosphorylated and phosphorylated state indicate that phosphorylation enhances OmpR dimerization and that this dimerization enhancement is the energetic driving force for phosphorylation-mediated regulation of OmpR-DNA binding. These findings suggest that OmpR phosphorylation-mediated activation follows the same paradigm as the other members of the OmpR/PhoB family of RRs in contrast to previously proposed models of OmpR activation.
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- Christopher M Barbieri
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 679 Hoes Lane West, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Ramesh A, DebRoy S, Goodson JR, Fox KA, Faz H, Garsin DA, Winkler WC. The mechanism for RNA recognition by ANTAR regulators of gene expression. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002666. [PMID: 22685413 PMCID: PMC3369931 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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ANTAR proteins are widespread bacterial regulatory proteins that have RNA–binding output domains and utilize antitermination to control gene expression at the post-initiation level. An ANTAR protein, EutV, regulates the ethanolamine-utilization genes (eut) in Enterococcus faecalis. Using this system, we present genetic and biochemical evidence of a general mechanism of antitermination used by ANTARs, including details of the antiterminator structure. The novel antiterminator structure consists of two small hairpins with highly conserved terminal loop residues, both features being essential for successful antitermination. The ANTAR protein dimerizes and associates with its substrate RNA in response to signal-induced phosphorylation. Furthermore, bioinformatic searches using this conserved antiterminator motif identified many new ANTAR target RNAs in phylogenetically diverse bacterial species, some comprising complex regulons. Despite the unrelatedness of the species in which they are found, the majority of the ANTAR–associated genes are thematically related to nitrogen management. These data suggest that the central tenets for gene regulation by ANTAR antitermination occur widely in nature to specifically control nitrogen metabolism. In bacteria, two-component regulatory systems comprise the primary mechanisms for how microorganisms respond to changes in their environment. These signal transduction systems rely upon phosphotransfer between two conserved proteins, a histidine kinase and a response regulator, to propagate the signal and affect cellular biology. Phosphorylation of the response regulator has been shown in many systems to control DNA–binding activity, protein–protein interactions, or enzymatic activity. However, in this study, we discover a general RNA substrate for a large family of putative RNA–binding response regulator proteins called ANTAR proteins. By identifying the general architecture of this RNA recognition element, our bioinformatic searches were then able to discover many more examples of these RNA motifs in bacteria. Indeed, our data together revealed that the regulatory relationship between ANTAR proteins and the RNA motif identified in this study is widespread among phylogenetically diverse bacteria for control of numerous nitrogen metabolism genes.
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- Arati Ramesh
- Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (WCW); (DAG)
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- Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
- * E-mail: (WCW); (DAG)
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Barbieri CM, Mack TR, Robinson VL, Miller MT, Stock AM. Regulation of response regulator autophosphorylation through interdomain contacts. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:32325-35. [PMID: 20702407 PMCID: PMC2952233 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.157164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2010] [Revised: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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DNA-binding response regulators (RRs) of the OmpR/PhoB subfamily alternate between inactive and active conformational states, with the latter having enhanced DNA-binding affinity. Phosphorylation of an aspartate residue in the receiver domain, usually via phosphotransfer from a cognate histidine kinase, stabilizes the active conformation. Many of the available structures of inactive OmpR/PhoB family proteins exhibit extensive interfaces between the N-terminal receiver and C-terminal DNA-binding domains. These interfaces invariably involve the α4-β5-α5 face of the receiver domain, the locus of the largest differences between inactive and active conformations and the surface that mediates dimerization of receiver domains in the active state. Structures of receiver domain dimers of DrrB, DrrD, and MtrA have been determined, and phosphorylation kinetics were analyzed. Analysis of phosphotransfer from small molecule phosphodonors has revealed large differences in autophosphorylation rates among OmpR/PhoB RRs. RRs with substantial domain interfaces exhibit slow rates of phosphorylation. Rates are greatly increased in isolated receiver domain constructs. Such differences are not observed between autophosphorylation rates of full-length and isolated receiver domains of a RR that lacks interdomain interfaces, and they are not observed in histidine kinase-mediated phosphotransfer. These findings suggest that domain interfaces restrict receiver domain conformational dynamics, stabilizing an inactive conformation that is catalytically incompetent for phosphotransfer from small molecule phosphodonors. Inhibition of phosphotransfer by domain interfaces provides an explanation for the observation that some RRs cannot be phosphorylated by small molecule phosphodonors in vitro and provides a potential mechanism for insulating some RRs from small molecule-mediated phosphorylation in vivo.
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- Christopher M. Barbieri
- From the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- the Department of Biochemistry
- the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635 and
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- From the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- the Department of Biochemistry
- the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and
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- From the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- the Department of Biochemistry
- the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635 and
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- From the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- the Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-8066
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- From the Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine
- the Department of Biochemistry
- the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635 and
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Determinants for the activation and autoinhibition of the diguanylate cyclase response regulator WspR. J Mol Biol 2009; 393:619-33. [PMID: 19695263 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 08/10/2009] [Accepted: 08/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The bacterial second messenger bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) controls secretion, cell adhesion, and motility, leading to biofilm formation and increased cytotoxicity. Diguanylate cyclases containing GGDEF and phosphodiesterases containing EAL or HD-GYP domains have been identified as the enzymes controlling cellular c-di-GMP levels, yet less is known regarding the molecular mechanisms governing regulation and signaling specificity. We recently determined a product-inhibition pathway for the diguanylate cyclase response regulator WspR from Pseudomonas, a potent molecular switch that controls biofilm formation. In WspR, catalytic activity is modulated by a helical stalk motif that connects its phospho-receiver and GGDEF domains. The stalks facilitate the formation of distinct oligomeric states that contribute to both activation and autoinhibition. Here, we provide novel insights into the regulation of diguanylate cyclase activity in WspR based on the crystal structures of full-length WspR, the isolated GGDEF domain, and an artificially dimerized catalytic domain. The structures highlight that inhibition is achieved by restricting the mobility of rigid GGDEF domains, mediated by c-di-GMP binding to an inhibitory site at the GGDEF domain. Kinetic measurements and biochemical characterization corroborate a model in which the activation of WspR requires the formation of a tetrameric species. Tetramerization occurs spontaneously at high protein concentration or upon addition of the phosphomimetic compound beryllium fluoride. Our analyses elucidate common and WspR-specific mechanisms for the fine-tuning of diguanylate cyclase activity.
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Golicnik M, Olguin LF, Feng G, Baxter NJ, Waltho JP, Williams NH, Hollfelder F. Kinetic analysis of beta-phosphoglucomutase and its inhibition by magnesium fluoride. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:1575-88. [PMID: 19132841 DOI: 10.1021/ja806421f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The isomerization of beta-glucose-1-phosphate (betaG1P) to beta-glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) catalyzed by beta-phosphoglucomutase (betaPGM) has been examined using steady- and presteady-state kinetic analysis. In the presence of low concentrations of beta-glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (betaG16BP), the reaction proceeds through a Ping Pong Bi Bi mechanism with substrate inhibition (kcat = 65 s(-1), K(betaG1P) = 15 microM, K(betaG16BP) = 0.7 microM, Ki = 122 microM). If alphaG16BP is used as a cofactor, more complex kinetic behavior is observed, but the nonlinear progress curves can be fit to reveal further catalytic parameters (kcat = 74 s(-1), K(betaG1P) = 15 microM, K(betaG16BP) = 0.8 microM, Ki = 122 microM, K(alphaG16BP) = 91 microM for productive binding, K(alphaG16BP) = 21 microM for unproductive binding). These data reveal that variations in the substrate structure affect transition-state affinity (approximately 140,000-fold in terms of rate acceleration) substantially more than ground-state binding (110-fold in terms of binding affinity). When fluoride and magnesium ions are present, time-dependent inhibition of the betaPGM is observed. The concentration dependence of the parameters obtained from fitting these progress curves shows that a betaG1P x MgF3(-) x betaPGM inhibitory complex is formed under the reaction conditions. The overall stability constant for this complex is approximately 2 x 10(-16) M(5) and suggests an affinity of the MgF3(-) moiety to this transition-state analogue (TSA) of < or = 70 nM. The detailed kinetic analysis shows how a special type of TSA that does not exist in solution is assembled in the active site of an enzyme. Further experiments show that under the conditions of previous structural studies, phosphorylated glucose only persists when bound to the enzyme as the TSA. The preference for TSA formation when fluoride is present, and the hydrolysis of substrates when it is not, rules out the formation of a stable pentavalent phosphorane intermediate in the active site of betaPGM.
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- Marko Golicnik
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1GA, United Kingdom
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Two-component signal transduction based on phosphotransfer from a histidine protein kinase to a response regulator protein is a prevalent strategy for coupling environmental stimuli to adaptive responses in bacteria. In both histidine kinases and response regulators, modular domains with conserved structures and biochemical activities adopt different conformational states in the presence of stimuli or upon phosphorylation, enabling a diverse array of regulatory mechanisms based on inhibitory and/or activating protein-protein interactions imparted by different domain arrangements. This review summarizes some of the recent structural work that has provided insight into the functioning of bacterial histidine kinases and response regulators. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying features that are expected to be conserved among different two-component proteins from those that are expected to differ, with the goal of defining the extent to which knowledge of previously characterized two-component proteins can be applied to newly discovered systems.
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- Rong Gao
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5627
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- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5627
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McAdams K, Casper ES, Matthew Haas R, Santarsiero BD, Eggler AL, Mesecar A, Halkides CJ. The structures of T87I phosphono-CheY and T87I/Y106W phosphono-CheY help to explain their binding affinities to the FliM and CheZ peptides. Arch Biochem Biophys 2008; 479:105-13. [PMID: 18801331 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2008.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 08/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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CheY is a response regulator in bacterial chemotaxis. Escherichia coli CheY mutants T87I and T87I/Y106W CheY are phosphorylatable on Asp57 but unable to generate clockwise rotation of the flagella. To understand this phenotype in terms of structure, stable analogs of the two CheY-P mutants were synthesized: T87I phosphono-CheY and T87I phosphono-CheY. Dissociation constants for peptides derived from flagellar motor protein FliM and phosphatase CheZ were determined for phosphono-CheY and the two mutants. The peptides bind phosphono-CheY almost as strongly as CheY-P; however, they do not bind T87I phosphono-CheY or T87I/Y106W phosphono-CheY, implying that the mutant proteins cannot bind FliM or CheZ tightly in vivo. The structures of T87I phosphono-CheY and T87I/Y106W phosphono-CheY were solved to resolutions of 1.8 and 2.4A, respectively. The increased bulk of I87 forces the side-chain of Y106 or W106, into a more solvent-accessible conformation, which occludes the peptide-binding site.
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- Kenneth McAdams
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 601 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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Donaldson LW. The NMR structure of the Staphylococcus aureus response regulator VraR DNA binding domain reveals a dynamic relationship between it and its associated receiver domain. Biochemistry 2008; 47:3379-88. [PMID: 18293926 DOI: 10.1021/bi701844q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In Staphylococcus aureus, a two-component signaling system consisting of the histidine kinase VraS and the response regulator VraR stimulates gene expression in response to antibiotics that inhibit cell wall formation. With respect to understanding the mechanism of the VraSR response and precise interaction of VraR at promoter sites, the structure of the VraR DNA binding domain (DBD) was determined using NMR methods. The DBD demonstrates a four-helix configuration that is shared with the NarL/FixJ family of response regulators and is monomeric in solution. Unobservable amide resonances in VraR NMR spectra coincided with a set of DNA backbone contact sites predicted from a model of a VraR-DNA complex. This observation suggests that a degree of conformational sampling is required to achieve a high-affinity interaction with DNA. On the basis of chemical shift differences and line broadening, an amino-terminal 3 10 helix and a portion of helix H4 identify a continuous surface that may link the DBD to the receiver domain. The full-length VraR protein thermally denatured with a single transition, suggesting that the receiver domain and DBD were integrated and not simply tethered. Of note, the DBD alone denatured at a temperature that was 21 degrees C higher than that of the full-length protein. Thus, the DBD appears to be thermodynamically and structurally sensitive to state of the receiver domain.
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- Logan W Donaldson
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Characterization of an activated diguanylate cyclase reported in this issue of Structure by Wassmann et al. (2007) reveals how phosphorylation promotes dimerization necessary for synthesis of the second messenger c-di-GMP, establishes the catalytic mechanism, and identifies a widely conserved mode of product inhibition.
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Paul R, Abel S, Wassmann P, Beck A, Heerklotz H, Jenal U. Activation of the Diguanylate Cyclase PleD by Phosphorylation-mediated Dimerization. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:29170-7. [PMID: 17640875 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704702200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Diguanylate cyclases (DGCs) are key enzymes of second messenger signaling in bacteria. Their activity is responsible for the condensation of two GTP molecules into the signaling compound cyclic di-GMP. Despite their importance and abundance in bacteria, catalytic and regulatory mechanisms of this class of enzymes are poorly understood. In particular, it is not clear if oligomerization is required for catalysis and if it represents a level for activity control. To address this question we perform in vitro and in vivo analysis of the Caulobacter crescentus diguanylate cyclase PleD. PleD is a member of the response regulator family with two N-terminal receiver domains and a C-terminal diguanylate cyclase output domain. PleD is activated by phosphorylation but the structural changes inflicted upon activation of PleD are unknown. We show that PleD can be specifically activated by beryllium fluoride in vitro, resulting in dimerization and c-di-GMP synthesis. Cross-linking and fractionation experiments demonstrated that the DGC activity of PleD is contained entirely within the dimer fraction, confirming that the dimer represents the enzymatically active state of PleD. In contrast to the catalytic activity, allosteric feedback regulation of PleD is not affected by the activation status of the protein, indicating that activation by dimerization and product inhibition represent independent layers of DGC control. Finally, we present evidence that dimerization also serves to sequester activated PleD to the differentiating Caulobacter cell pole, implicating protein oligomerization in spatial control and providing a molecular explanation for the coupling of PleD activation and subcellular localization.
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- Ralf Paul
- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 70, Basel CH-4056, Switzerland
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Fraser JS, Merlie JP, Echols N, Weisfield SR, Mignot T, Wemmer DE, Zusman DR, Alber T. An atypical receiver domain controls the dynamic polar localization of the Myxococcus xanthus social motility protein FrzS. Mol Microbiol 2007; 65:319-32. [PMID: 17573816 PMCID: PMC1974792 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05785.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Myxococcus xanthus FrzS protein transits from pole-to-pole within the cell, accumulating at the pole that defines the direction of movement in social (S) motility. Here we show using atomic-resolution crystallography and NMR that the FrzS receiver domain (RD) displays the conserved switch Tyr102 in an unusual conformation, lacks the conserved Asp phosphorylation site, and fails to bind Mg(2+) or the phosphoryl analogue, Mg(2+) x BeF(3). Mutation of Asp55, closest to the canonical site of RD phosphorylation, showed no motility phenotype in vivo, demonstrating that phosphorylation at this site is not necessary for domain function. In contrast, the Tyr102Ala and His92Phe substitutions on the canonical output face of the FrzS RD abolished S-motility in vivo. Single-cell fluorescence microscopy measurements revealed a striking mislocalization of these mutant FrzS proteins to the trailing cell pole in vivo. The crystal structures of the mutants suggested that the observed conformation of Tyr102 in the wild-type FrzS RD is not sufficient for function. These results support the model that FrzS contains a novel 'pseudo-receiver domain' whose function requires recognition of the RD output face but not Asp phosphorylation.
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- James S Fraser
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
- *For correspondence. E-mail ; Tel. (+1) 510 642 8758; Fax (+1) 510 643 9290
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California and Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of CaliforniaBerkeley, CA 94720-3320, USA.
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Bachhawat P, Stock AM. Crystal structures of the receiver domain of the response regulator PhoP from Escherichia coli in the absence and presence of the phosphoryl analog beryllofluoride. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5987-95. [PMID: 17545283 PMCID: PMC1952025 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00049-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The response regulator PhoP is part of the PhoQ/PhoP two-component system involved in responses to depletion of extracellular Mg(2+). Here, we report the crystal structures of the receiver domain of Escherichia coli PhoP determined in the absence and presence of the phosphoryl analog beryllofluoride. In the presence of beryllofluoride, the active receiver domain forms a twofold symmetric dimer similar to that seen in structures of other regulatory domains from the OmpR/PhoB family, providing further evidence that members of this family utilize a common mode of dimerization in the active state. In the absence of activating agents, the PhoP receiver domain crystallizes with a similar structure, consistent with the previous observation that high concentrations can promote an active state of PhoP independent of phosphorylation.
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- Priti Bachhawat
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, 679 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5627, USA
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Gao R, Mack TR, Stock AM. Bacterial response regulators: versatile regulatory strategies from common domains. Trends Biochem Sci 2007; 32:225-34. [PMID: 17433693 PMCID: PMC3655528 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2007.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2006] [Revised: 02/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Response regulators (RRs) comprise a major family of signaling proteins in prokaryotes. A modular architecture that consists of a conserved receiver domain and a variable effector domain enables RRs to function as phosphorylation-regulated switches that couple a wide variety of cellular behaviors to environmental cues. Recently, advances have been made in understanding RR functions both at genome-wide and molecular levels. Global techniques have been developed to analyze RR input and output, expanding the scope of characterization of these versatile components. Meanwhile, structural studies have revealed that, despite common structures and mechanisms of function within individual domains, a range of interactions between receiver and effector domains confer great diversity in regulatory strategies, optimizing individual RRs for the specific regulatory needs of different signaling systems.
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- Rong Gao
- Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Varughese KI. Rebuttal: beryllofluoride binding mimics phosphorylation of aspartate in response regulators. J Bacteriol 2006; 187:8231. [PMID: 16321926 PMCID: PMC1317007 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.24.8231.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Kottayil I Varughese
- Division of Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, MEM-116, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Wemmer DE, Kern D. Rebuttal: conformational changes of Spo0F along the phosphotransfer pathway. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:8228. [PMID: 16321924 PMCID: PMC1317015 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.24.8228.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- David E Wemmer
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 302 Calvin Lab #1460, Berkeley, CA 94720-1460, USA.
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