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Kikuchi M, Yamauchi T, Iizuka Y, Tsunoda M. Roles of the hydroxy group of tyrosine in crystal structures of Sulfurisphaera tokodaiiO 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2021; 77:444-451. [PMID: 34866599 PMCID: PMC8647212 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x21011055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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O6-Methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) removes cytotoxic O6-alkyl adducts on the guanine base and protects the cell from genomic damage induced by alkylating agents. Although there are reports of computational studies on the activity of the enzyme with mutations at tyrosine residues, no studies concerning the crystal structure of its mutants have been found. In this study, the function of Tyr91 was investigated in detail by comparing the crystal structures of mutants and their complexes with substrate analogs. In this study, tyrosine, a conserved amino acid near the active-site loop in the C-terminal domain of Sulfurisphaera tokodaii MGMT (StoMGMT), was mutated to phenylalanine to produce a Y91F mutant, and the cysteine which is responsible for receiving the methyl group in the active site was mutated to a serine to produce a C120S mutant. A Y91F/C120S double-mutant StoMGMT was also created. The function of tyrosine is discussed based on the crystal structure of Y91F mutant StoMGMT. The crystal structures of StoMGMT were determined at resolutions of 1.13-2.60 Å. They showed no structural changes except in the mutated part. No electron density for deoxyguanosine or methyl groups was observed in the structure of Y91F mutant crystals immersed in O6-methyl-2'-deoxyguanosine, nor was the group oxidized in wild-type StoMGMT. Therefore, the hydroxy group of Tyr91 may prevent the oxidant from entering the active site. This suggests that tyrosine, which is highly conserved at the N-terminus of the helix-turn-helix motif across species, protects the active site of MGMTs, which are deactivated after repairing only one alkyl adduct. Overall, the results may provide a basis for understanding the molecular mechanisms by which high levels of conserved amino acids play a role in ensuring the integrity of suicide enzymes, in addition to promoting their activity.
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- Makiko Kikuchi
- Graduate School of Science and Engnieering, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Technology, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Department of Pharmacy, Fukushima Rosai Hospital, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Science and Technology, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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- Graduate School of Science and Engnieering, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Graduate School of Life Science and Technology, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Iryo Sosei University, Iwaki, Fukushima, Japan
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Counts JA, Willard DJ, Kelly RM. Life in hot acid: a genome-based reassessment of the archaeal order Sulfolobales. Environ Microbiol 2021; 23:3568-3584. [PMID: 32776389 PMCID: PMC10560490 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The order Sulfolobales was one of the first named Archaeal lineages, with globally distributed members from terrestrial thermal acid springs (pH < 4; T > 65°C). The Sulfolobales represent broad metabolic capabilities, ranging from lithotrophy, based on inorganic iron and sulfur biotransformations, to autotrophy, to chemoheterotrophy in less acidophilic species. Components of the 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate carbon fixation cycle, as well as sulfur oxidation, are nearly universally conserved, although dissimilatory sulfur reduction and disproportionation (Acidianus, Stygiolobus and Sulfurisphaera) and iron oxidation (Acidianus, Metallosphaera, Sulfurisphaera, Sulfuracidifex and Sulfodiicoccus) are limited to fewer lineages. Lithotrophic marker genes appear more often in highly acidophilic lineages. Despite the presence of facultative anaerobes and one confirmed obligate anaerobe, oxidase complexes (fox, sox, dox and a new putative cytochrome bd) are prevalent in many species (even facultative/obligate anaerobes), suggesting a key role for oxygen among the Sulfolobales. The presence of fox genes tracks with a putative antioxidant OsmC family peroxiredoxin, an indicator of oxidative stress derived from mixing reactive metals and oxygen. Extreme acidophily appears to track inversely with heterotrophy but directly with lithotrophy. Recent phylogenetic re-organization efforts are supported by the comparative genomics here, although several changes are proposed, including the expansion of the genus Saccharolobus.
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- James A. Counts
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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Iwata F, Hirakawa H, Nagamune T. A Stable Artificial Multienzymatic Complex Using a Heterotrimeric Protein From Metallosphaera sedula. Biotechnol J 2018; 13:e1700662. [PMID: 29663675 DOI: 10.1002/biot.201700662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Bacterial cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are promising biocatalysts for chemical syntheses because they catalyze a variety of oxidations on non-activated hydrocarbons using O2 . However, the requirement of two auxiliary proteins, an electron transfer protein and a reductase, for the catalysis is a major bottleneck for in vitro applications of these monooxygenases. The authors previous study showed that artificial assembly of a bacterial P450 with its auxiliary proteins using a heterotrimeric proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) from Sulfolobus solfataricus yields a self-sufficient P450, but partial dissociation of P450 from the complex at catalytic concentrations reduces the apparent specific activity of this self-sufficient P450. In this study, a Metallosphaera sedula PCNA is used, which is currently the most stable heterotrimeric PCNA, to assemble a bacterial P450 with its auxiliary proteins at submicromolar protein concentrations. The apparent specific monooxygenase activity of the M. sedula PCNA-assembled P450 with auxiliary proteins is saturated at protein concentrations of 40 nM, and is 2.1-fold higher than that of the S. solfataricus PCNA-assembled P450. Therefore, M. sedula PCNA represents a versatile tool to facilitate multiple enzymatic reactions, including the P450 monooxygenase system.
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- Fumiya Iwata
- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
- Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8656, Japan
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Mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) have arisen independently in a wide range of anaerobic protist lineages. Only a few of these organelles and their functions have been investigated in detail, and most of what is known about MROs comes from studies of parasitic organisms such as the parabasalid Trichomonas vaginalis. Here, we describe the MRO of a free-living anaerobic jakobid excavate, Stygiella incarcerata. We report an RNAseq-based reconstruction of S. incarcerata’s MRO proteome, with an associated biochemical map of the pathways predicted to be present in this organelle. The pyruvate metabolism and oxidative stress response pathways are strikingly similar to those found in the MROs of other anaerobic protists, such as Pygsuia and Trichomonas. This elegant example of convergent evolution is suggestive of an anaerobic biochemical ‘module’ of prokaryotic origins that has been laterally transferred among eukaryotes, enabling them to adapt rapidly to anaerobiosis. We also identified genes corresponding to a variety of mitochondrial processes not found in Trichomonas, including intermembrane space components of the mitochondrial protein import apparatus, and enzymes involved in amino acid metabolism and cardiolipin biosynthesis. In this respect, the MROs of S. incarcerata more closely resemble those of the much more distantly related free-living organisms Pygsuia biforma and Cantina marsupialis, likely reflecting these organisms’ shared lifestyle as free-living anaerobes.
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- Michelle M Leger
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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Caillat C, Macheboeuf P, Wu Y, McCarthy AA, Boeri-Erba E, Effantin G, Göttlinger HG, Weissenhorn W, Renesto P. Asymmetric ring structure of Vps4 required for ESCRT-III disassembly. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8781. [PMID: 26632262 PMCID: PMC4686814 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The vacuolar protein sorting 4 AAA-ATPase (Vps4) recycles endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT-III) polymers from cellular membranes. Here we present a 3.6-Å X-ray structure of ring-shaped Vps4 from Metallosphera sedula (MsVps4), seen as an asymmetric pseudohexamer. Conserved key interface residues are shown to be important for MsVps4 assembly, ATPase activity in vitro, ESCRT-III disassembly in vitro and HIV-1 budding. ADP binding leads to conformational changes within the protomer, which might propagate within the ring structure. All ATP-binding sites are accessible and the pseudohexamer binds six ATP with micromolar affinity in vitro. In contrast, ADP occupies one high-affinity and five low-affinity binding sites in vitro, consistent with conformational asymmetry induced on ATP hydrolysis. The structure represents a snapshot of an assembled Vps4 conformation and provides insight into the molecular motions the ring structure undergoes in a concerted action to couple ATP hydrolysis to ESCRT-III substrate disassembly.
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- Christophe Caillat
- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, UVHCI, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, UVHCI, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Grenoble Outstation, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), University of Grenoble Alpes, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, IBS, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38044 Grenoble, France
- CEA, IBS, 71 avenue des Martyrs F-38044 Grenoble, France
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- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, UVHCI, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Program in Gene Function and Expression, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, UVHCI, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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- Unit of Virus-Host Cell interactions (UVHCI), University of Grenoble Alpes, F-38042 Grenoble, France
- CNRS, UVHCI, 71 avenue des Martyrs, F-38042 Grenoble, France
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Hawkins AB, Lian H, Zeldes BM, Loder AJ, Lipscomb GL, Schut GJ, Keller MW, Adams MWW, Kelly RM. Bioprocessing analysis of Pyrococcus furiosus strains engineered for CO₂-based 3-hydroxypropionate production. Biotechnol Bioeng 2015; 112:1533-43. [PMID: 25753826 PMCID: PMC4664069 DOI: 10.1002/bit.25584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Metabolically engineered strains of the hyperthermophile Pyrococcus furiosus (T(opt) 95-100°C), designed to produce 3-hydroxypropionate (3HP) from maltose and CO2 using enzymes from the Metallosphaera sedula (T(opt) 73°C) carbon fixation cycle, were examined with respect to the impact of heterologous gene expression on metabolic activity, fitness at optimal and sub-optimal temperatures, gas-liquid mass transfer in gas-intensive bioreactors, and potential bottlenecks arising from product formation. Transcriptomic comparisons of wild-type P. furiosus, a genetically-tractable, naturally-competent mutant (COM1), and COM1-based strains engineered for 3HP production revealed numerous differences after being shifted from 95°C to 72°C, where product formation catalyzed by the heterologously-produced M. sedula enzymes occurred. At 72°C, significantly higher levels of metabolic activity and a stress response were evident in 3HP-forming strains compared to the non-producing parent strain (COM1). Gas-liquid mass transfer limitations were apparent, given that 3HP titers and volumetric productivity in stirred bioreactors could be increased over 10-fold by increased agitation and higher CO2 sparging rates, from 18 mg/L to 276 mg/L and from 0.7 mg/L/h to 11 mg/L/h, respectively. 3HP formation triggered transcription of genes for protein stabilization and turnover, RNA degradation, and reactive oxygen species detoxification. The results here support the prospects of using thermally diverse sources of pathways and enzymes in metabolically engineered strains designed for product formation at sub-optimal growth temperatures.
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- Aaron B Hawkins
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7905
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7905
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7905
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7905
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 30602
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, 27695-7905.
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Mukherjee A, Wheaton GH, Blum PH, Kelly RM. Uranium extremophily is an adaptive, rather than intrinsic, feature for extremely thermoacidophilic Metallosphaera species. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:16702-7. [PMID: 23010932 PMCID: PMC3478614 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210904109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thermoacidophilic archaea are found in heavy metal-rich environments, and, in some cases, these microorganisms are causative agents of metal mobilization through cellular processes related to their bioenergetics. Given the nature of their habitats, these microorganisms must deal with the potentially toxic effect of heavy metals. Here, we show that two thermoacidophilic Metallosphaera species with nearly identical (99.99%) genomes differed significantly in their sensitivity and reactivity to uranium (U). Metallosphaera prunae, isolated from a smoldering heap on a uranium mine in Thüringen, Germany, could be viewed as a "spontaneous mutant" of Metallosphaera sedula, an isolate from Pisciarelli Solfatara near Naples. Metallosphaera prunae tolerated triuranium octaoxide (U(3)O(8)) and soluble uranium [U(VI)] to a much greater extent than M. sedula. Within 15 min following exposure to "U(VI) shock," M. sedula, and not M. prunae, exhibited transcriptomic features associated with severe stress response. Furthermore, within 15 min post-U(VI) shock, M. prunae, and not M. sedula, showed evidence of substantial degradation of cellular RNA, suggesting that transcriptional and translational processes were aborted as a dynamic mechanism for resisting U toxicity; by 60 min post-U(VI) shock, RNA integrity in M. prunae recovered, and known modes for heavy metal resistance were activated. In addition, M. sedula rapidly oxidized solid U(3)O(8) to soluble U(VI) for bioenergetic purposes, a chemolithoautotrophic feature not previously reported. M. prunae, however, did not solubilize solid U(3)O(8) to any significant extent, thereby not exacerbating U(VI) toxicity. These results point to uranium extremophily as an adaptive, rather than intrinsic, feature for Metallosphaera species, driven by environmental factors.
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- Arpan Mukherjee
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905; and
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905; and
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- Beadle Center for Genetics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0666
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7905; and
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Han Y, Hawkins AS, Adams MWW, Kelly RM. Epimerase (Msed_0639) and mutase (Msed_0638 and Msed_2055) convert (S)-methylmalonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) to succinyl-CoA in the Metallosphaera sedula 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle. Appl Environ Microbiol 2012; 78:6194-202. [PMID: 22752162 PMCID: PMC3416614 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01312-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2012] [Accepted: 06/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Crenarchaeotal genomes encode the 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate (3-HP/4-HB) cycle for carbon dioxide fixation. Of the 13 enzymes putatively comprising the cycle, several of them, including methylmalonyl-coenzyme A (CoA) epimerase (MCE) and methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MCM), which convert (S)-methylmalonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA, have not been confirmed and characterized biochemically. In the genome of Metallosphaera sedula (optimal temperature [T(opt)], 73°C), the gene encoding MCE (Msed_0639) is adjacent to that encoding the catalytic subunit of MCM-α (Msed_0638), while the gene for the coenzyme B(12)-binding subunit of MCM (MCM-β) is located remotely (Msed_2055). The expression of all three genes was significantly upregulated under autotrophic compared to heterotrophic growth conditions, implying a role in CO(2) fixation. Recombinant forms of MCE and MCM were produced in Escherichia coli; soluble, active MCM was produced only if MCM-α and MCM-β were coexpressed. MCE is a homodimer and MCM is a heterotetramer (α(2)β(2)) with specific activities of 218 and 2.2 μmol/min/mg, respectively, at 75°C. The heterotetrameric MCM differs from the homo- or heterodimeric orthologs in other organisms. MCE was activated by divalent cations (Ni(2+), Co(2+), and Mg(2+)), and the predicted metal binding/active sites were identified through sequence alignments with less-thermophilic MCEs. The conserved coenzyme B(12)-binding motif (DXHXXG-SXL-GG) was identified in M. sedula MCM-β. The two enzymes together catalyzed the two-step conversion of (S)-methylmalonyl-CoA to succinyl-CoA, consistent with their proposed role in the 3-HP/4-HB cycle. Based on the highly conserved occurrence of single copies of MCE and MCM in Sulfolobaceae genomes, the M. sedula enzymes are likely to be representatives of these enzymes in the 3-HP/4-HB cycle in crenarchaeal thermoacidophiles.
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- Yejun Han
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Seo JS, An JH, Cheong JJ, Choi YD, Kim CH. Bifunctional recombinant fusion enzyme between maltooligosyltrehalose synthase and maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase of thermophilic microorganism Metallosphaera hakonensis. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2008; 18:1544-1549. [PMID: 18852510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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MhMTS and MhMTH are trehalose (alpha-D-glucopyranosyl- [1,1]-alpha-D-glucopyranose) biosynthesis genes of the thermophilic microorganism Metallosphaera hakonensis, and encode a maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (MhMTS) and a maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MhMTH), respectively. In this study, the two genes were fused inframe in a recombinant DNA, and expressed in Escherichia coli to produce a bifunctional fusion enzyme, MhMTSH. Similar to the two-step reactions with MhMTS and MhMTH, the fusion enzyme catalyzed the sequential reactions on maltopentaose, maltotriosyltrehalose formation, and following hydrolysis, producing trehalose and maltotriose. Optimum conditions for the fusion enzyme-catalyzed trehalose synthesis were around 70 degrees and pH 5.0-6.0. The MhMTSH fusion enzyme exhibited a high degree of thermostability, retaining 80% of the activity when pre-incubated at 70 degrees for 48 h. The stability was gradually abolished by incubating the fusion enzyme at above 80 degrees . The MhMTSH fusion enzyme was active on various sizes of maltooligosaccharides, extending its substrate specificity to soluble starch, the most abundant natural source of trehalose production.
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- Ju-Seok Seo
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Seo JS, An JH, Baik MY, Park CS, Cheong JJ, Moon TW, Park KH, Choi YD, Kim CH. Molecular cloning and characterization of trehalose biosynthesis genes from hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Metallosphaera hakonesis. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2007; 17:123-129. [PMID: 18051363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The trehalose (alpha-D-glucopyranosyl-[1,1]-alpha-D-glucopyranose) biosynthesis genes MhMTS and MhMTH, encoding a maltooligosyltrehalose synthase (MhMTS) and a maltooligosyltrehalose trehalohydrolase (MhMTH), respectively, have been cloned from the hyperthermophilic archaebacterium Metallosphaera hakonesis. The ORF of MhMTS is 2,142 bp long, and encodes 713 amino acid residues constituting a 83.8 kDa protein. MhMTH is 1,677 bp long, and encodes 558 amino acid residues constituting a 63.7 kDa protein. The deduced amino acid sequences of MhMTS and MhMTH contain four regions highly conserved for MTSs and three for MTHs that are known to constitute substrate-binding sites of starch-hydrolyzing enzymes. Recombinant proteins obtained by expressing the MhMTS and MhMTH genes in E. coli catalyzed a sequential reaction converting maltooligosaccharides to produce trehalose. Optimum pH of the MhMTS/MhMTH enzyme reaction was around 5.0 and optimum temperature was around 70 degrees C. Trehalose-producing activity of the MhMTS/ MhMTH was notably stable, retaining 80% of the activity after preincubation of the enzyme mixture at 70 degrees C for 48 h, but was gradually abolished by incubating at above 85 degrees C. Addition of thermostable 4-alpha-glucanotransferase increased the yield of trehalose production from maltopentaose by 10%. The substrate specificity of the MhMTS/MhMTH-catalyzed reaction was extended to soluble starch, the most abundant maltodextrin in nature.
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- Ju-Seok Seo
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology and Center for Agricultural Biomaterials, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Korea
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Alber B, Olinger M, Rieder A, Kockelkorn D, Jobst B, Hügler M, Fuchs G. Malonyl-coenzyme A reductase in the modified 3-hydroxypropionate cycle for autotrophic carbon fixation in archaeal Metallosphaera and Sulfolobus spp. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:8551-9. [PMID: 17041055 PMCID: PMC1698253 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00987-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Autotrophic members of the Sulfolobales (Crenarchaeota) contain acetyl-coenzyme A (CoA)/propionyl-CoA carboxylase as the CO2 fixation enzyme and use a modified 3-hydroxypropionate cycle to assimilate CO2 into cell material. In this central metabolic pathway malonyl-CoA, the product of acetyl-CoA carboxylation, is further reduced to 3-hydroxypropionate. Extracts of Metallosphaera sedula contained NADPH-specific malonyl-CoA reductase activity that was 10-fold up-regulated under autotrophic growth conditions. Malonyl-CoA reductase was partially purified and studied. Based on N-terminal amino acid sequencing the corresponding gene was identified in the genome of the closely related crenarchaeum Sulfolobus tokodaii. The Sulfolobus gene was cloned and heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, and the recombinant protein was purified and studied. The enzyme catalyzes the following reaction: malonyl-CoA + NADPH + H+ --> malonate-semialdehyde + CoA + NADP+. In its native state it is associated with small RNA. Its activity was stimulated by Mg2+ and thiols and inactivated by thiol-blocking agents, suggesting the existence of a cysteine adduct in the course of the catalytic cycle. The enzyme was specific for NADPH (Km = 25 microM) and malonyl-CoA (Km = 40 microM). Malonyl-CoA reductase has 38% amino acid sequence identity to aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, suggesting a common ancestor for both proteins. It does not exhibit any significant similarity with malonyl-CoA reductase from Chloroflexus aurantiacus. This shows that the autotrophic pathway in Chloroflexus and Sulfolobaceae has evolved convergently and that these taxonomic groups have recruited different genes to bring about similar metabolic processes.
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- Birgit Alber
- Mikrobiologie, Institut Biologie II, Schänzlestr. 1, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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McDonald JP, Hall A, Gasparutto D, Cadet J, Ballantyne J, Woodgate R. Novel thermostable Y-family polymerases: applications for the PCR amplification of damaged or ancient DNAs. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:1102-11. [PMID: 16488882 PMCID: PMC1373694 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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For many years, Taq polymerase has served as the stalwart enzyme in the PCR amplification of DNA. However, a major limitation of Taq is its inability to amplify damaged DNA, thereby restricting its usefulness in forensic applications. In contrast, Y-family DNA polymerases, such as Dpo4 from Sulfolobus solfataricus, can traverse a wide variety of DNA lesions. Here, we report the identification and characterization of five novel thermostable Dpo4-like enzymes from Acidianus infernus, Sulfolobus shibatae, Sulfolobus tengchongensis, Stygiolobus azoricus and Sulfurisphaera ohwakuensis, as well as two recombinant chimeras that have enhanced enzymatic properties compared with the naturally occurring polymerases. The Dpo4-like polymerases are moderately processive, can substitute for Taq in PCR and can bypass DNA lesions that normally block Taq. Such properties make the Dpo4-like enzymes ideally suited for the PCR amplification of damaged DNA samples. Indeed, by using a blend of Taq and Dpo4-like enzymes, we obtained a PCR amplicon from ultraviolet-irradiated DNA that was largely unamplifyable with Taq alone. The inclusion of thermostable Dpo4-like polymerases in PCRs, therefore, augments the recovery and analysis of lesion-containing DNA samples, such as those commonly found in forensic or ancient DNA molecular applications.
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- Graduate Program in Biomolecular Science, University of Central FloridaPO Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816-2366, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central FloridaPO Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816-2366, USA
- National Center for Forensic SciencePO Box 162367, Orlando, FL 32816-2367, USA
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- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, LCIB-UMR-E n°3 CEA-UJFDRFMC/CEA-Grenoble, 17, avenue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, LCIB-UMR-E n°3 CEA-UJFDRFMC/CEA-Grenoble, 17, avenue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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- Graduate Program in Biomolecular Science, University of Central FloridaPO Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816-2366, USA
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central FloridaPO Box 162366, Orlando, FL 32816-2366, USA
- National Center for Forensic SciencePO Box 162367, Orlando, FL 32816-2367, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed at Building 6, Room 1A13, NICHD, NIH, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892-2725, USA. Tel: +1 301 496 6175; Fax: +1 301 594 1135;
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Ishøy T, Kvist T, Westermann P, Ahring BK. An improved method for single cell isolation of prokaryotes from meso-, thermo- and hyperthermophilic environments using micromanipulation. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2005; 69:510-4. [PMID: 16034558 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-005-0014-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2005] [Revised: 04/20/2005] [Accepted: 04/23/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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This study presents an improved system that enables isolation of single viable prokaryotic cells from a mixture of cells. The system is based on an inverted microscope, a microinjector and a micromanipulator. The isolated cell is captured in a microcapillary from a volume of 400 mul and transferred to an appropriate growth medium. Validation of the system was performed using two fluorescent strains: Pseudomonas putida expressing red fluorescent protein (DsRed), and Escherichia coli expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP). A mixture (100:1) of the constructed fluorescent strains was subjected to isolation experiments and nine out of ten individually isolated cells yielded axenic cultures of E. coli. Upon construction and validation, the system was used to isolate and subsequently cultivate axenic cultures of the thermophilic Archaeon Metallosphaera sedula and the hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus from enriched hot spring samples. The high efficiency of single-cell isolation and cultivation demonstrated over a range of temperatures-90% (30 degrees C), 85% (70 degrees C) and 95% (80 degrees C)-from different environments is probably due to the elimination of osmotic stress and limitation of temperature fluctuations during the isolation process, as a result of the large sample volume from which the cells are isolated.
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- Thomas Ishøy
- Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology Research Group (EMB), BioCentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Building 227, Denmark, 2800
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Kappler U, Sly LI, McEwan AG. Respiratory gene clusters of Metallosphaera sedula - differential expression and transcriptional organization. Microbiology (Reading) 2005; 151:35-43. [PMID: 15632423 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27515-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Metallosphaera sedula is a thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon which is capable of leaching metals from sulfidic ores. The authors have investigated the presence and expression of genes encoding respiratory complexes in this organism when grown heterotrophically or chemolithotrophically on either sulfur or pyrite. The presence of three gene clusters, encoding two terminal oxidase complexes, the quinol oxidase SoxABCD and the SoxM oxidase supercomplex, and a gene cluster encoding a high-potential cytochrome b and components of a bc(1) complex analogue (cbsBA-soxL2N gene cluster) was established. Expression studies showed that the soxM gene was expressed to high levels during heterotrophic growth of M. sedula on yeast extract, while the soxABCD mRNA was most abundant in cells grown on sulfur. Reduced-minus-oxidized difference spectra of cell membranes showed cytochrome-related peaks that correspond to published spectra of Sulfolobus-type terminal oxidase complexes. In pyrite-grown cells, expression levels of the two monitored oxidase gene clusters were reduced by a factor of 10-12 relative to maximal expression levels, although spectra of membranes clearly contained oxidase-associated haems, suggesting the presence of additional gene clusters encoding terminal oxidases in M. sedula. Pyrite- and sulfur-grown cells contained high levels of the cbsA transcript, which encodes a membrane-bound cytochrome b with a possible role in iron oxidation or chemolithotrophy. The cbsA gene is not co-transcribed with the soxL2N genes, and therefore does not appear to be an integral part of this bc(1) complex analogue. The data show for the first time the differential expression of the Sulfolobus-type terminal oxidase gene clusters in a Crenarchaeon in response to changing growth modes.
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- Ulrike Kappler
- Centre for Metals in Biology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Metals in Biology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia
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Kurosawa N, Itoh YH, Itoh T. Reclassification of Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996 as Metallosphaera hakonensis comb. nov. based on phylogenetic evidence and DNA G+C content. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1607-1608. [PMID: 13130056 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.02716-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The taxonomic status of Sulfolobus hakonensis Takayanagi et al. 1996 was re-evaluated by fresh determinations of the 16S rDNA sequence and G+C content of the genomic DNA of the type strain, HO1-1(T). The 16S rDNA sequence of strain HO1-1(T) showed 98 % similarity to those of two Metallosphaera species and only </=92 % similarity to those of other Sulfolobus species. The DNA G+C content (46.2 mol%) is in accordance with those of Metallosphaera species. In addition, strain HO1-1(T) shares some phenotypic properties with Metallosphaera species; however, it can be differentiated from them by its capacity to utilize FeS and tetrathionate and the absence of flagella. Therefore, it is proposed that Sulfolobus hakonensis should be transferred to the genus Metallosphaera as Metallosphaera hakonensis comb. nov.
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- Norio Kurosawa
- Departments of Environmental Engineering for Symbiosis, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan
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- Departments of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, 1-236 Tangi-cho, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-8577, Japan
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- Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Moll RG. Protein-protein, protein-RNA and protein-lipid interactions of signal-recognition particle components in the hyperthermoacidophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens. Biochem J 2003; 374:247-54. [PMID: 12775213 PMCID: PMC1223587 DOI: 10.1042/bj20030475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2003] [Revised: 05/06/2003] [Accepted: 05/30/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The signal-recognition particle (SRP) of one of the most acidophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeal cells, Acidianus ambivalens, and its putative receptor component, FtsY (prokaryotic SRP receptor), were investigated in detail. A. ambivalens Ffh (fifty-four-homologous protein) was shown to be a soluble protein with strong affinity to membranes. In its membrane-residing form, Ffh was extracted from plasma membranes with chaotropic agents like urea, but not with agents diminishing electrostatic interactions. Using unilamellar tetraether phospholipid vesicles, both Ffh and FtsY associate independently from each other in the absence of other factors, suggesting an equilibrium of soluble and membrane-bound protein forms under in vivo conditions. The Ffh protein precipitated from cytosolic cell supernatants with anti-Ffh antibodies, together with an 7 S-alike SRP-RNA, suggesting a stable core ribonucleoprotein composed of both components under native conditions. The SRP RNA of A. ambivalens depicted a size of about 309 nucleotides like the SRP RNA of the related organism Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. A stable heterodimeric complex composed of Ffh and FtsY was absent in cytosolic supernatants, indicating a transiently formed complex during archaeal SRP targeting. The FtsY protein precipitated in cytosolic supernatants with anti-FtsY antisera as a homomeric protein lacking accessory protein components. However, under in vitro conditions, recombinantly generated Ffh and FtsY associate in a nucleotide-independent manner, supporting a structural receptor model with two interacting apoproteins.
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- Ralf G Moll
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany.
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Gomes CM, Bandeiras TM, Teixeira M. A new type-II NADH dehydrogenase from the archaeon Acidianus ambivalens: characterization and in vitro reconstitution of the respiratory chain. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2001; 33:1-8. [PMID: 11460922 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005630221892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A new type-II NADH dehydrogenase (NDH-II) was isolated from the hyperthermoacidophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens. This enzyme is a monomer with an apparent molecular mass of 47 kDa, containing a covalently bound flavin, and no iron-sulfur clusters. Upon isolation, NDH-II loses activity, which can, nevertheless, be restored by incubation with phospholipids. Catalytically, it is a proficient NADH:caldariella quinone oxidoreductase (130 mmol NADH oxidized/mg protein(-1)/min(-1)) but it can also donate electrons to synthetic quinones, strongly suggesting its involvement in the respiratory chain. The apparent Km for NADH was found to be approximately 6 microM, both for the purified and membrane-integrated enzyme, thus showing that detergent solubilization and purification did not affect the substrate binding site. Further, it is the first example of a type-II NADH dehydrogenase that contains the flavin covalently attached, which may be related to the need to stabilize the otherwise labile cofactor in a thermophilic environment. A fully operative minimal version of Acidianus ambivalens respiratory system was successfully reconstituted into artificial liposomes, using three basic components isolated from the organism: the type-II NADH dehydrogenase, caldariella quinone, the organism-specific quinone, and the aa3 type quinol oxidase. This system, which mimics the in vivo chain, is efficiently energized by NADH, driving oxygen consumption by means of the terminal oxidase.
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- C M Gomes
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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He Z, Li Y, Zhou P, Liu S. Cloning and heterologous expression of a sulfur oxygenase/reductase gene from the thermoacidophilic archaeon Acidianus sp. S5 in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 193:217-21. [PMID: 11111027 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09427.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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A thermoacidophilic, obligately chemolithotrophic, facultatively aerobic archaebacterium, Acidianus sp. S5, was isolated from acidothermal springs in southwest China. The sulfur oxygenase/reductase (SOR) gene of Acidianus sp. S5 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Several primers were designed and successfully applied for detection and cloning of the sor gene. A 3.7-kb EcoRI fragment containing the sor gene and three neighboring open reading frames was sequenced. Sequence analysis indicated that the sor gene of Acidianus sp. S5 showed 81% identity to the sor gene of Acidianus ambivalens. E. coli cells carrying the sor gene on pBV220SOR were able to overproduce SOR upon a temperature shift from 30 to 42 degrees C. SOR produced in E. coli catalyzes the oxidation of elemental sulfur and concomitant production of sulfite, thiosulfate and hydrogen sulfide. The recombinant enzyme exhibits the same catalytic properties as the one from Acidianus S5.
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- Z He
- State Key Laboratory of Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing, PR China
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Kardinahl S, Anemüller S, Schäfer G. The hyper-thermostable Fe-superoxide dismutase from the Archaeon Acidianus ambivalens: characterization, recombinant expression, crystallization and effects of metal exchange. Biol Chem 2000; 381:1089-101. [PMID: 11154067 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2000.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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An iron-containing superoxide dismutase (SOD; EC 1.15.1.1) of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens (Aa-SOD) has been purified and characterized and the gene has been cloned and sequenced. The SOD from the facultatively aerobic member of the crenarchaeota could be expressed in E. coli. Both, the native as well as the heterologously overproduced protein turned out to have extraordinarily high melting temperatures of 128 degrees C and 124.5 degrees C, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest directly measured melting temperature of a native protein. Surprisingly, neither the native nor the recombinant superoxide dismutase displays 100% occupation of the metal coordination sites. Obviously it is not the incorporation of a metal ion that confers the extreme thermostability. Expression of the superoxide dismutase in the presence of different metals such as Fe, Co, Ni, Mn and Cu offered the possibility of studying the hitherto unknown cofactor preference of iron-superoxide dismutase. The recombinant enzyme displayed the highest preference for incorporation of cobalt although iron is used as the natural cofactor. Spectroscopic analysis by EPR, atomic absorption and UVNis spectroscopy as well as activity measurements and differential scanning calorimetry of the metal substituted superoxide dismutases were performed. However, the superoxide dismutase of A. ambivalens is active only with iron but may incorporate other metals equally well in the catalytic center without loss of conformational stability or heat tolerance. The co-form of the enzyme could be crystallized.
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- S Kardinahl
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany
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Moll R, Schmidtke S, Schäfer G. Domain structure, GTP-hydrolyzing activity and 7S RNA binding of Acidianus ambivalens ffh-homologous protein suggest an SRP-like complex in archaea. Eur J Biochem 1999; 259:441-8. [PMID: 9914525 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00065.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In this study we provide, for the first time, experimental evidence that a protein homologous to bacterial Ffh is part of an SRP-like ribonucleoprotein complex in hyperthermophilic archaea. The gene encoding the Ffh homologue in the hyperthermophilic archaeote Acidianus ambivalens has been cloned and sequenced. Recombinant Ffh protein was expressed in E. coli and subjected to biochemical and functional studies. A. ambivalens Ffh encodes a 50.4-kDa protein that is structured by three distinct regions: the N-terminal hydrophilic N-region (N), the GTP/GDP-binding domain (G) and a C-terminal located C-domain (C). The A. ambivalens Ffh sequence shares 44-46% sequence similarity with Ffh of methanogenic archaea, 34-36% similarity with eukaryal SRP54 and 30-34% similarity with bacterial Ffh. A polyclonal antiserum raised against the first two domains of A. ambivalens Ffh reacts specifically with a single protein (apparent molecular mass: 46 kDa, termed p46) present in cytosolic and in plasmamembrane cell fractions of A. ambivalens. Recombinant Ffh has a melting point of tm = 89 degreesC. Its intrinsic GTPase activity obviously depends on neutral pH and low ionic strength with a preference for chloride and acetate salts. Highest rates of GTP hydrolysis have been achieved at 81 degreesC in presence of 0.1-1 mm Mg2+. GTP hydrolysis is significantly inhibited by high glycerol concentrations, and the GTP hydrolysis rate also markedly decreases by addition of detergents. The Km for GTP is 13.7 microm at 70 degreesC and GTP hydrolysis is strongly inhibited by GDP (Ki = 8 microm). A. ambivalens Ffh, which includes an RNA-binding motif in the C-terminal domain, is shown to bind specifically to 7S RNA of the related crenarchaeote Sulfolobus solfataricus. Comparative sequence analysis reveals the presence of typical signal sequences in plasma membrane as well as extracellular proteins of hyperthermophilic crenarchaea which strongly supposes recognition events by an Ffh containing SRP-like particle in these organisms.
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- R Moll
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
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A novel blue protein, named ambineela, was isolated from the soluble extract of the thermoacidophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens. In solution, the purified protein is a monomer with 50 kDa and has a basic character (pI approximately 8.7). The electronic spectrum shows two bands, centred at 395 and 625 nm (A625/A395 = 0.7). The protein does not contain any transition metal; its blue colour is due to an unidentified non-fluorescent cofactor, covalently bound to it. Ambineela N-terminal sequence exhibits a consensus ADP-binding region, suggesting that its unknown cofactor may comprise this molecule or an analogue.
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- C M Gomes
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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Moll R, Schmidtke S, Petersen A, Schäfer G. The signal recognition particle receptor alpha subunit of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens exhibits an intrinsic GTP-hydrolyzing activity. Biochim Biophys Acta 1997; 1335:218-30. [PMID: 9133659 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4165(96)00141-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Two adjacent genes of the acidophilic and hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Acidianus ambivalens were cloned and sequenced. The 1.6 kb genomic nucleotide sequence under investigation consists of the 1.12 kb SRa gene encoding the putative signal recognition particle receptor alpha subunit (SR alpha, 42.2 kDa) and the 186 basepair secE gene coding for the putative secretory component secE subunit (6800 Da). The SR alpha protein is structured by three distinct regions: the N-terminal hydrophilic H-region, the following X-region and the C-terminal GTP-binding domain. A polyclonal anti-E. coli lacZ/A. ambivalens SR alpha antiserum detects a 51 kDa cell protein (p51) on immunoblots. Proteolysis of the recombinant SR alpha protein by Proteinase K produces a 31.6 kDa protease-resistant protein fragment comprising X-region and G-domain. The protein binds tightly to the GTP-agarose affinity matrix in a temperature-dependent manner. It hydrolyzes GTP readily at higher temperatures only in the presence of Mg2+. Point mutations (T326N) and (D329A) in the G-4 element of A. ambivalens SR alpha G-domain diminish the GTPase activity significantly. In contrast, the deletion mutant protein SR alpha (delta1-92) lacking the hydrophilic H-region displays a higher GTP-hydrolyzing activity when compared to the unmodified recombinant protein. Addition of GDP greatly inhibits GTP hydrolysis in mutant and unmodified A. ambivalens SR alpha.
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- R Moll
- Institut für Biochemie, Medizinische Universität zu Lübeck,
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Purschke WG, Schmidt CL, Petersen A, Schäfer G. The terminal quinol oxidase of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Acidianus ambivalens exhibits a novel subunit structure and gene organization. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:1344-53. [PMID: 9023221 PMCID: PMC178835 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1344-1353.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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A terminal quinol oxidase has been isolated from the plasma membrane of the crenarchaeon Acidianus ambivalens (DSM 3772) (formerly Desulfurolobus ambivalens), cloned, and sequenced. The detergent-solubilized complex oxidizes caldariella quinol at high rates and is completely inhibited by cyanide and by quinolone analogs, potent inhibitors of quinol oxidases. It is composed of at least five different subunits of 64.9, 38, 20.4, 18.8, and 7.2 kDa; their genes are located in two different operons. doxB, the gene for subunit I, is located together with doxC and two additional small open reading frames (doxE and doxF) in an operon with a complex transcription pattern. Two other genes of the oxidase complex (doxD and doxA) are located in a different operon and are cotranscribed into a common 1.2-kb mRNA. Both operons exist in duplicate on the genome of A. ambivalens. Only subunit I exhibits clear homology to other members of the superfamily of respiratory heme-copper oxidases; however, it reveals 14 transmembrane helices. In contrast, the composition of the accessory proteins is highly unusual; none is homologous to any known accessory protein of cytochrome oxidases, nor do homologs exist in the databases. DoxA is classified as a subunit II equivalent only by analogy of molecular size and hydrophobicity pattern to corresponding polypeptides of other oxidases. Multiple alignments and phylogenetic analysis of the heme-bearing subunit I (DoxB) locate this oxidase at the bottom of the phylogenetic tree, in the branch of heme-copper oxidases recently suggested to be incapable of superstoichiometric proton pumping. This finding is corroborated by lack of the essential amino acid residues delineating the putative H+-pumping channel. It is therefore concluded that A. ambivalens copes with its strongly acidic environment simply by an extreme turnover of its terminal oxidase, generating a proton gradient only by chemical charge separation.
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- W G Purschke
- Institute of Biochemistry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
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