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Medvedev KE, Schaeffer RD, Grishin NV. DrugDomain: The evolutionary context of drugs and small molecules bound to domains. Protein Sci 2024; 33:e5116. [PMID: 38979784 PMCID: PMC11231930 DOI: 10.1002/pro.5116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 06/27/2024] [Accepted: 06/29/2024] [Indexed: 07/10/2024]
Abstract
Interactions between proteins and small organic compounds play a crucial role in regulating protein functions. These interactions can modulate various aspects of protein behavior, including enzymatic activity, signaling cascades, and structural stability. By binding to specific sites on proteins, small organic compounds can induce conformational changes, alter protein-protein interactions, or directly affect catalytic activity. Therefore, many drugs available on the market today are small molecules (72% of all approved drugs in the last 5 years). Proteins are composed of one or more domains: evolutionary units that convey function or fitness either singly or in concert with others. Understanding which domain(s) of the target protein binds to a drug can lead to additional opportunities for discovering novel targets. The evolutionary classification of protein domains (ECOD) classifies domains into an evolutionary hierarchy that focuses on distant homology. Previously, no structure-based protein domain classification existed that included information about both the interaction between small molecules or drugs and the structural domains of a target protein. This data is especially important for multidomain proteins and large complexes. Here, we present the DrugDomain database that reports the interaction between ECOD of human target proteins and DrugBank molecules and drugs. The pilot version of DrugDomain describes the interaction of 5160 DrugBank molecules associated with 2573 human proteins. It describes domains for all experimentally determined structures of these proteins and incorporates AlphaFold models when such structures are unavailable. The DrugDomain database is available online: http://prodata.swmed.edu/DrugDomain/.
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- Kirill E. Medvedev
- Department of BiophysicsUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexasUSA
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- Department of BiophysicsUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexasUSA
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- Department of BiophysicsUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexasUSA
- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterDallasTexasUSA
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Medvedev KE, Zhang J, Schaeffer RD, Kinch LN, Cong Q, Grishin NV. Structure classification of the proteins from Salmonella enterica pangenome revealed novel potential pathogenicity islands. Sci Rep 2024; 14:12260. [PMID: 38806511 PMCID: PMC11133325 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-60991-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/30/2024] Open
Abstract
Salmonella enterica is a pathogenic bacterium known for causing severe typhoid fever in humans, making it important to study due to its potential health risks and significant impact on public health. This study provides evolutionary classification of proteins from Salmonella enterica pangenome. We classified 17,238 domains from 13,147 proteins from 79,758 Salmonella enterica strains and studied in detail domains of 272 proteins from 14 characterized Salmonella pathogenicity islands (SPIs). Among SPIs-related proteins, 90 proteins function in the secretion machinery. 41% domains of SPI proteins have no previous sequence annotation. By comparing clinical and environmental isolates, we identified 3682 proteins that are overrepresented in clinical group that we consider as potentially pathogenic. Among domains of potentially pathogenic proteins only 50% domains were annotated by sequence methods previously. Moreover, 36% (1330 out of 3682) of potentially pathogenic proteins cannot be classified into Evolutionary Classification of Protein Domains database (ECOD). Among classified domains of potentially pathogenic proteins the most populated homology groups include helix-turn-helix (HTH), Immunoglobulin-related, and P-loop domains-related. Functional analysis revealed overrepresentation of these protein in biological processes related to viral entry into host cell, antibiotic biosynthesis, DNA metabolism and conformation change, and underrepresentation in translational processes. Analysis of the potentially pathogenic proteins indicates that they form 119 clusters or novel potential pathogenicity islands (NPPIs) within the Salmonella genome, suggesting their potential contribution to the bacterium's virulence. One of the NPPIs revealed significant overrepresentation of potentially pathogenic proteins. Overall, our analysis revealed that identified potentially pathogenic proteins are poorly studied.
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- Kirill E Medvedev
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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Medvedev KE, Schaeffer RD, Chen KS, Grishin NV. Pan-cancer structurome reveals overrepresentation of beta sandwiches and underrepresentation of alpha helical domains. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11988. [PMID: 37491511 PMCID: PMC10368619 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-39273-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The recent progress in the prediction of protein structures marked a historical milestone. AlphaFold predicted 200 million protein models with an accuracy comparable to experimental methods. Protein structures are widely used to understand evolution and to identify potential drug targets for the treatment of various diseases, including cancer. Thus, these recently predicted structures might convey previously unavailable information about cancer biology. Evolutionary classification of protein domains is challenging and different approaches exist. Recently our team presented a classification of domains from human protein models released by AlphaFold. Here we evaluated the pan-cancer structurome, domains from over and under expressed proteins in 21 cancer types, using the broadest levels of the ECOD classification: the architecture (A-groups) and possible homology (X-groups) levels. Our analysis reveals that AlphaFold has greatly increased the three-dimensional structural landscape for proteins that are differentially expressed in these 21 cancer types. We show that beta sandwich domains are significantly overrepresented and alpha helical domains are significantly underrepresented in the majority of cancer types. Our data suggest that the prevalence of the beta sandwiches is due to the high levels of immunoglobulins and immunoglobulin-like domains that arise during tumor development-related inflammation. On the other hand, proteins with exclusively alpha domains are important elements of homeostasis, apoptosis and transmembrane transport. Therefore cancer cells tend to reduce representation of these proteins to promote successful oncogeneses.
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- Kirill E Medvedev
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Children's Medical Center Research Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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Liao S, Tian L, Qi Q, Hu L, Wang M, Gao C, Cui H, Gai Z, Gong G. Transcriptome Analysis of Protocatechualdehyde against Listeria monocytogenes and Its Effect on Chicken Quality Characteristics. Foods 2023; 12:2625. [PMID: 37444363 DOI: 10.3390/foods12132625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of natural antimicrobial agents offers new strategies for food preservation due to the health hazards associated with the spoilage of meat products caused by microbial contamination. In this paper, the inhibitory mechanism of protocatechualdehyde (PCA) on Listeria monocytogenes was described, and its effect on the preservation of cooked chicken breast was evaluated. The results showed that the minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of PCA on L. monocytogenes was 0.625 mg/mL. Secondly, PCA destroyed the integrity of the L. monocytogenes cell membrane, which was manifested as a decrease in membrane hyperpolarization, intracellular ATP level, and intracellular pH value. Field emission gun scanning electron microscopy (FEG-SEM) observed a cell membrane rupture. Transcriptome analysis showed that PCA may inhibit cell growth by affecting amino acid, nucleotide metabolism, energy metabolism, and the cell membrane of L. monocytogenes. Additionally, it was discovered that PCA enhanced the color and texture of cooked chicken breast meat while decreasing the level of thiobarbituric acid active substance (TBARS). In conclusion, PCA as a natural antibacterial agent has a certain reference value in extending the shelf life of cooked chicken breast.
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- Sichen Liao
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi'an 710021, China
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Xu Z, Yang Q, Zhu Y. Transcriptome analysis reveals the molecular mechanisms of the novel Lactobacillus pentosus pentocin against Bacillus cereus. Food Res Int 2022; 151:110840. [PMID: 34980379 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effect and mechanism of Lactobacillus pentosus pentocin against Bacillus cereus. The dynamic growth of B. cereus showed that the pentocin had strong antibacterial activity against the strain. The antibacterial mechanism focused on cytomembrane destruction, biofilms formation, DNA replication and protein synthesis of B. cereus. The scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and flow cytometry analysis illustrated that the cytomembranes were destroyed, causing the leakage of internal cellular components. Transcriptome sequencing indicated that the genes (KinB, KinC and Spo0B) in two component systems signal pathway were down-regulated, which resulted in the inhibition of the spores and biofilms formation of B. cereus. The phosphorylation and autoinducer-2 import were inhibited by down-regulating the expression levels of LuxS and LsrB genes in quorum sensing signal pathway, which also suppressed biofilms formation of B. cereus. The K+ leakage activated the K+ transport channels by up-relating the genes (KdpA, KdpB and KdpC), promoting the entry of K+ from the extracellular. In addition, the pentocin interfered DNA replication and protein synthesis by regulating the genes associated with DNA replication (dnaX and holB), RNA degradation (cshA, rho, rnj, deaD, rny, dnaK, groEL and hfq) and ribosome function (rpsA, rpsO and rplS). In this article, we provide some novel insights into the molecular mechanism responsible for high antibacterial activity of the L. pentosus pentocin against B. cereus. And the pentocin might be a very promising natural preservative for controlling the B. cereus contaminations in foods.
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- Zhiqiang Xu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.
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Lewis AJO, Hegde RS. A unified evolutionary origin for the ubiquitous protein transporters SecY and YidC. BMC Biol 2021; 19:266. [PMID: 34911545 PMCID: PMC8675477 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-021-01171-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Protein transporters translocate hydrophilic segments of polypeptide across hydrophobic cell membranes. Two protein transporters are ubiquitous and date back to the last universal common ancestor: SecY and YidC. SecY consists of two pseudosymmetric halves, which together form a membrane-spanning protein-conducting channel. YidC is an asymmetric molecule with a protein-conducting hydrophilic groove that partially spans the membrane. Although both transporters mediate insertion of membrane proteins with short translocated domains, only SecY transports secretory proteins and membrane proteins with long translocated domains. The evolutionary origins of these ancient and essential transporters are not known. RESULTS The features conserved by the two halves of SecY indicate that their common ancestor was an antiparallel homodimeric channel. Structural searches with SecY's halves detect exceptional similarity with YidC homologs. The SecY halves and YidC share a fold comprising a three-helix bundle interrupted by a helical hairpin. In YidC, this hairpin is cytoplasmic and facilitates substrate delivery, whereas in SecY, it is transmembrane and forms the substrate-binding lateral gate helices. In both transporters, the three-helix bundle forms a protein-conducting hydrophilic groove delimited by a conserved hydrophobic residue. Based on these similarities, we propose that SecY originated as a YidC homolog which formed a channel by juxtaposing two hydrophilic grooves in an antiparallel homodimer. We find that archaeal YidC and its eukaryotic descendants use this same dimerisation interface to heterodimerise with a conserved partner. YidC's sufficiency for the function of simple cells is suggested by the results of reductive evolution in mitochondria and plastids, which tend to retain SecY only if they require translocation of large hydrophilic domains. CONCLUSIONS SecY and YidC share previously unrecognised similarities in sequence, structure, mechanism, and function. Our delineation of a detailed correspondence between these two essential and ancient transporters enables a deeper mechanistic understanding of how each functions. Furthermore, key differences between them help explain how SecY performs its distinctive function in the recognition and translocation of secretory proteins. The unified theory presented here explains the evolution of these features, and thus reconstructs a key step in the origin of cells.
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- Aaron J O Lewis
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge, CB2 0QH, UK.
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Schaeffer RD, Kinch L, Kryshtafovych A, Grishin NV. Assessment of domain interactions in the fourteenth round of the Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP14). Proteins 2021; 89:1700-1710. [PMID: 34455641 PMCID: PMC8616818 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 08/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
The high accuracy of some CASP14 models at the domain level prompted a more detailed evaluation of structure predictions on whole targets. For the first time in critical assessment of structure prediction (CASP), we evaluated accuracy of difficult domain assembly in models submitted for multidomain targets where the community predicted individual evaluation units (EUs) with greater accuracy than full-length targets. Ten proteins with domain interactions that did not show evidence of conformational change and were not involved in significant oligomeric contacts were chosen as targets for the domain interaction assessment. Groups were ranked using complementary interaction scores (F1, QS score, and Jaccard coefficient), and their predictions were evaluated for their ability to correctly model inter-domain interfaces and overall protein folds. Target performance was broadly grouped into two clusters. The first consisted primarily of targets containing two EUs wherein predictors more broadly predicted domain positioning and interfacial contacts correctly. The other consisted of complex two-EU and three-EU targets where few predictors performed well. The highest ranked predictor, AlphaFold2, produced high-accuracy models on eight out of 10 targets. Their interdomain scores on three of these targets were significantly higher than all other groups and were responsible for their overall outperformance in the category. We further highlight the performance of AlphaFold2 and the next best group, BAKER-experimental on several interesting targets.
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- R Dustin Schaeffer
- Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Protein Structure Prediction Center, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facilities, University of California, Davis, California, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Kinch LN, Schaeffer RD, Kryshtafovych A, Grishin NV. Target classification in the 14th round of the critical assessment of protein structure prediction (CASP14). Proteins 2021; 89:1618-1632. [PMID: 34350630 DOI: 10.1002/prot.26202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
An evolutionary-based definition and classification of target evaluation units (EUs) is presented for the 14th round of the critical assessment of structure prediction (CASP14). CASP14 targets included 84 experimental models submitted by various structural groups (designated T1024-T1101). Targets were split into EUs based on the domain organization of available templates and performance of server groups. Several targets required splitting (19 out of 25 multidomain targets) due in part to observed conformation changes. All in all, 96 CASP14 EUs were defined and assigned to tertiary structure assessment categories (Topology-based FM or High Accuracy-based TBM-easy and TBM-hard) considering their evolutionary relationship to existing ECOD fold space: 24 family level, 50 distant homologs (H-group), 12 analogs (X-group), and 10 new folds. Principal component analysis and heatmap visualization of sequence and structure similarity to known templates as well as performance of servers highlighted trends in CASP14 target difficulty. The assigned evolutionary levels (i.e., H-groups) and assessment classes (i.e., FM) displayed overlapping clusters of EUs. Many viral targets diverged considerably from their template homologs and thus were more difficult for prediction than other homology-related targets. On the other hand, some targets did not have sequence-identifiable templates, but were predicted better than expected due to relatively simple arrangements of secondary structural elements. An apparent improvement in overall server performance in CASP14 further complicated traditional classification, which ultimately assigned EUs into high-accuracy modeling (27 TBM-easy and 31 TBM-hard), topology (23 FM), or both (15 FM/TBM).
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- Lisa N Kinch
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Alav I, Kobylka J, Kuth MS, Pos KM, Picard M, Blair JMA, Bavro VN. Structure, Assembly, and Function of Tripartite Efflux and Type 1 Secretion Systems in Gram-Negative Bacteria. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5479-5596. [PMID: 33909410 PMCID: PMC8277102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Tripartite efflux pumps and the related type 1 secretion systems (T1SSs) in Gram-negative organisms are diverse in function, energization, and structural organization. They form continuous conduits spanning both the inner and the outer membrane and are composed of three principal components-the energized inner membrane transporters (belonging to ABC, RND, and MFS families), the outer membrane factor channel-like proteins, and linking the two, the periplasmic adaptor proteins (PAPs), also known as the membrane fusion proteins (MFPs). In this review we summarize the recent advances in understanding of structural biology, function, and regulation of these systems, highlighting the previously undescribed role of PAPs in providing a common architectural scaffold across diverse families of transporters. Despite being built from a limited number of basic structural domains, these complexes present a staggering variety of architectures. While key insights have been derived from the RND transporter systems, a closer inspection of the operation and structural organization of different tripartite systems reveals unexpected analogies between them, including those formed around MFS- and ATP-driven transporters, suggesting that they operate around basic common principles. Based on that we are proposing a new integrated model of PAP-mediated communication within the conformational cycling of tripartite systems, which could be expanded to other types of assemblies.
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- Ilyas Alav
- Institute
of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute
of Biochemistry, Biocenter, Goethe Universität
Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 9, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Laboratoire
de Biologie Physico-Chimique des Protéines Membranaires, CNRS
UMR 7099, Université de Paris, 75005 Paris, France
- Fondation
Edmond de Rothschild pour le développement de la recherche
Scientifique, Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute
of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ United Kingdom
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Medvedev KE, Kinch LN, Dustin Schaeffer R, Pei J, Grishin NV. A Fifth of the Protein World: Rossmann-like Proteins as an Evolutionarily Successful Structural unit. J Mol Biol 2021; 433:166788. [PMID: 33387532 PMCID: PMC7870570 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.166788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2020] [Revised: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
Abstract
The Rossmann-like fold is the most prevalent and diversified doubly-wound superfold of ancient evolutionary origin. Rossmann-like domains are present in a variety of metabolic enzymes and are capable of binding diverse ligands. Discerning evolutionary relationships among these domains is challenging because of their diverse functions and ancient origin. We defined a minimal Rossmann-like structural motif (RLM), identified RLM-containing domains among known 3D structures (20%) and classified them according to their homologous relationships. New classifications were incorporated into our Evolutionary Classification of protein Domains (ECOD) database. We defined 156 homology groups (H-groups), which were further clustered into 123 possible homology groups (X-groups). Our analysis revealed that RLM-containing proteins constitute approximately 15% of the human proteome. We found that disease-causing mutations are more frequent within RLM domains than within non-RLM domains of these proteins, highlighting the importance of RLM-containing proteins for human health.
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- Kirill E Medvedev
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States; Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
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Maeda S, Yamamoto H, Kinch LN, Garza CM, Takahashi S, Otomo C, Grishin NV, Forli S, Mizushima N, Otomo T. Structure, lipid scrambling activity and role in autophagosome formation of ATG9A. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2020; 27:1194-1201. [PMID: 33106659 PMCID: PMC7718406 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-020-00520-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
De novo formation of the double-membrane compartment autophagosome is seeded by small vesicles carrying membrane protein autophagy-related 9 (ATG9), the function of which remains unknown. Here we find that ATG9A scrambles phospholipids of membranes in vitro. Cryo-EM structures of human ATG9A reveal a trimer with a solvated central pore, which is connected laterally to the cytosol through the cavity within each protomer. Similarities to ABC exporters suggest that ATG9A could be a transporter that uses the central pore to function. Moreover, molecular dynamics simulation suggests that the central pore opens laterally to accommodate lipid headgroups, thereby enabling lipids to flip. Mutations in the pore reduce scrambling activity and yield markedly smaller autophagosomes, indicating that lipid scrambling by ATG9A is essential for membrane expansion. We propose ATG9A acts as a membrane-embedded funnel to facilitate lipid flipping and to redistribute lipids added to the outer leaflet of ATG9 vesicles, thereby enabling growth into autophagosomes.
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- Shintaro Maeda
- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
- Department of Biophysics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Kim DN, Gront D, Sanbonmatsu KY. Practical Considerations for Atomistic Structure Modeling with Cryo-EM Maps. J Chem Inf Model 2020; 60:2436-2442. [PMID: 32422044 PMCID: PMC7891309 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.0c00090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
We describe common approaches to atomistic structure modeling with single particle analysis derived cryo-EM maps. Several strategies for atomistic model building and atomistic model fitting methods are discussed, including selection criteria and implementation procedures. In covering basic concepts and caveats, this short perspective aims to help facilitate active discussion between scientists at different levels with diverse backgrounds.
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Affiliation(s)
- Doo Nam Kim
- Computational Biology Team, Biological Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, 99354, United States
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Biological and Chemical Research Center, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland
| | - Karissa Y. Sanbonmatsu
- Theoretical Biology and Biophysics Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, United States
- New Mexico Consortium, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87544, United States
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