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Pimentel VR, Soares FS, Andrade LF, Vespoli LDS, Leandro MR, Moreira JR, Silveira V, de Souza Filho GA. Cobalt-induced stress reveals a prominent role of CzcC on the proteomic profile of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5. J Appl Microbiol 2025; 136:lxaf113. [PMID: 40402853 DOI: 10.1093/jambio/lxaf113] [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: 01/07/2025] [Revised: 04/08/2025] [Accepted: 05/06/2025] [Indexed: 05/09/2025]
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AIMS Heavy metal accumulation in agricultural areas is a global environmental problem that affects microorganisms and plants, with serious implications for human health. This study aimed to investigate the molecular responses of the plant growth-promoting bacterium Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus PAL5 to cobalt stress. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated bacterial growth and cell viability under cobalt stress and performed comparative proteomic and reverse genetics analyses. Cobalt significantly inhibited bacterial growth but did not cause cell death. Proteomic analysis in the presence of 2.5 mmol l-1 CoCl2, which caused ∼50% growth inhibition, revealed the induction of pathways related to iron uptake, carbohydrate metabolism, amino acid metabolism, quality control, and efflux. Knockout mutants for genes involved in these pathways (∆tbdR, ∆zwf, ∆pdhB, ∆argH, and ∆czcC) confirmed the essential role of the CzcC efflux system in cobalt tolerance. CONCLUSIONS Cobalt stress triggers molecular responses in G. diazotrophicus PAL5, with efflux systems playing a crucial role in stress tolerance.
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- Vivian Ribeiro Pimentel
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Biotecnologia (Unidade de Biologia Integrativa, Setor de Genômica e Proteômica), Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro (UENF), Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro, 28013-602, Brazil
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Zuchowski R, Schito S, Mack C, Wirtz A, Bott M, Polen T, Noack S, Baumgart M. ALE reveals a surprising link between [Fe-S] cluster formation, tryptophan biosynthesis and the potential regulatory protein TrpP in Corynebacterium glutamicum. BMC Microbiol 2025; 25:214. [PMID: 40229682 PMCID: PMC11995493 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-03939-z] [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: 10/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/27/2025] [Indexed: 04/16/2025] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The establishment of synthetic microbial communities comprising complementary auxotrophic strains requires efficient transport processes for common goods. With external supplementation of the required metabolite, most auxotrophic strains reach wild-type level growth. One exception was the L-trypton auxotrophic strain phaCorynebacterium glutamicum ΔTRP ΔtrpP, which grew 35% slower than the wild type in supplemented defined media. C. glutamicum ΔTRP ΔtrpP lacks the whole L-tryptophan biosynthesis cluster (TRP, cg3359-cg3364) as well as the putative L-tryptophan transporter TrpP (Cg3357). We wanted to explore the role of TrpP in L-tryptophan transport, metabolism or regulation and to elucidate the cause of growth limitation despite supplementation. RESULTS Mutants lacking either TRP or trpP revealed that the growth defect was caused solely by trpP deletion, whereas L-tryptophan auxotrophy was caused only by TRP deletion. Notably, not only the deletion but also the overexpression of trpP in an L-tryptophan producer increased the final L-tryptophan titer, arguing against a transport function of TrpP. A transcriptome comparison of C. glutamicum ΔtrpP with the wild type showed alterations in the regulon of WhcA, that contains an [Fe-S] cluster. Through evolution-guided metabolic engineering, we discovered that inactivation of SufR (Cg1765) partially complemented the growth defect caused by ΔtrpP. SufR is the transcriptional repressor of the suf operon (cg1764-cg1759), which encodes the only system of C. glutamicum for iron‒sulfur cluster formation and repair. Finally, we discovered that the combined deletion of trpP and sufR increased L-tryptophan production by almost 3-fold in comparison with the parental strain without the deletions. CONCLUSIONS On the basis of our results, we exclude the possibility that TrpP is an L-tryptophan transporter. TrpP presence influences [Fe-S] cluster formation or repair, presumably through a regulatory function via direct interaction with another protein. [Fe-S] cluster availability influences not only certain enzymes but also targets of the WhiB-family regulator WhcA, which is involved in oxidative stress response. The reduced growth of WT ΔtrpP is likely caused by the reduced activity of [Fe-S]-cluster-containing enzymes involved in central metabolism, such as aconitase or succinate: menaquinone oxidoreductase. In summary, we identified a very interesting link between L-tryptophan biosynthesis and iron sulfur cluster formation that is relevant for L-tryptophan production. CLINICAL TRIAL NUMBER Not applicable.
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- Rico Zuchowski
- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften, IBG-1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany.
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Brawley H, Kreinbrink AC, Hierholzer JD, Vali SW, Lindahl PA. Labile Iron Pool of Isolated Escherichia coli Cytosol Likely Includes Fe-ATP and Fe-Citrate but not Fe-Glutathione or Aqueous Fe. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:2104-2117. [PMID: 36661842 PMCID: PMC9896560 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c06625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
Abstract
The existence of labile iron pools (LFePs) in biological systems has been recognized for decades, but their chemical composition remains uncertain. Here, the LFeP in cytosol from Escherichia coli was investigated. Mössbauer spectra of whole vs lysed cells indicated significant degradation of iron-sulfur clusters (ISCs), even using an unusually gentle lysis procedure; this demonstrated the fragility of ISCs. Moreover, the released iron contributed to the non-heme high-spin Fe(II) species in the cell, which likely included the LFeP. Cytosol batches isolated from cells grown with different levels of iron supplementation were passed through a 3 kDa cutoff membrane, and resulting flow-through-solutions (FTSs) were subjected to SEC-ICP-MS. Mössbauer spectroscopy was used to evaluate the oxidation states of standards. FTSs exhibited iron-detected peaks likely due to different forms of Fe-citrate and Fe-nucleotide triphosphate complexes. Fe-Glutathione (GSH) complexes were not detected using physiological concentrations of GSH mixed with either Fe(II) or Fe(III); Fe(II)-GSH was concluded not to be a significant component of the LFeP in E. coli under physiological conditions. Aqueous iron was also not present in significant concentrations in isolated cytosol and is unlikely a major component of the pool. Fe appeared to bind ATP more tightly than citrate, but ATP also hydrolyzed on the timescale of tens of hours. Isolated cytosol contained excess ligands that coordinated the added Fe(II) and Fe(III). The LFeP in healthy metabolically active cells is undoubtedly dominated by the Fe(II) state, but the LFeP is redox-active such that a fraction might be present as stable and soluble Fe(III) complexes especially under oxidatively stressed cellular conditions.
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- Hayley
N. Brawley
- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-3255, United States
- Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M
University, College
Station, Texas 77843, United States
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Hudspeth J, Boncella AE, Sabo ET, Andrews T, Boyd JM, Morrison CN. Structural and Biochemical Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Cysteine Desulfurase Complex SufSU. ACS OMEGA 2022; 7:44124-44133. [PMID: 36506149 PMCID: PMC9730764 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In this work, we provide the first in vitro characterization of two essential proteins from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) involved in iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biogenesis: the cysteine desulfurase SufS and the sulfurtransferase SufU. Together, these proteins form the transient SufSU complex and execute the first stage of Fe-S cluster biogenesis in the SUF-like pathway in Gram-positive bacteria. The proteins involved in the SUF-like pathway, such as SufS and SufU, are essential in Gram-positive bacteria since these bacteria tend to lack redundant Fe-S cluster biogenesis pathways. Most previous work characterizing the SUF-like pathway has focused on Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis). We focus on the SUF-like pathway in S. aureus because of its potential to serve as a therapeutic target to treat S. aureus infections. Herein, we characterize S. aureus SufS (SaSufS) by X-ray crystallography and UV-vis spectroscopy, and we characterize S. aureus SufU (SaSufU) by a zinc binding fluorescence assay and small-angle X-ray scattering. We show that SaSufS is a type II cysteine desulfurase and that SaSufU is a Zn2+-containing sulfurtransferase. Additionally, we evaluated the cysteine desulfurase activity of the SaSufSU complex and compared its activity to that of B. subtilis SufSU. Subsequent cross-species activity analysis reveals a surprising result: SaSufS is significantly less stimulated by SufU than BsSufS. Our results set a basis for further characterization of SaSufSU as well as the development of new therapeutic strategies for treating infections caused by S. aureus by inhibiting the SUF-like pathway.
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- Jesse
D. Hudspeth
- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers
University, 76 Lipman Dr., New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers
University, 76 Lipman Dr., New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, Colorado 80401, United States
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Karunakaran G, Yang Y, Tremblay V, Ning Z, Martin J, Belaouad A, Figeys D, Brunzelle J, Giguere PM, Stintzi A, Couture JF. Structural analysis of Atopobium parvulum SufS cysteine desulfurase linked to Crohn's disease. FEBS Lett 2022; 596:898-909. [PMID: 35122247 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.14295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Crohn's Disease (CD) is characterized by the chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. A dysbiotic microbiome and a defective immune system are linked to CD, where hydrogen sulfide (H2 S) microbial producers positively correlate with the severity of the disease. Atopobium parvulum is a key H2 S producer from the microbiome of CD patients. In this study, the biochemical characterization of two Atopobium parvulum cysteine desulfurases, ApSufS and ApCsdB, show that the enzymes are allosterically regulated. Structural analyses reveal that ApSufS forms a dimer with conserved characteristics observed in type II cysteine desulfurases. Four residues surrounding the active site are essential to catalyze cysteine desulfurylation, and a segment of short-chain residues grant access for substrate binding. A better understanding of ApSufS will help future avenues for CD treatment.
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- Gapisha Karunakaran
- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, 60611, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica-University of Ottawa Joint Research Centre on Systems and Personalized Pharmacology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.,Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Pareek V, Gupta R, Devineau S, Sivasankaran SK, Bhargava A, Khan MA, Srikumar S, Fanning S, Panwar J. Does Silver in Different Forms Affect Bacterial Susceptibility and Resistance? A Mechanistic Perspective. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2022; 5:801-817. [PMID: 35073697 DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.1c01179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The exceptional increase in antibiotic resistance in past decades motivated the scientific community to use silver as a potential antibacterial agent. However, due to its unknown antibacterial mechanism and the pattern of bacterial resistance to silver species, it has not been revolutionized in the health sector. This study deciphers mechanistic aspects of silver species, i.e., ions and lysozyme-coated silver nanoparticles (L-Ag NPs), against E. coli K12 through RNA sequencing analysis. The obtained results support the reservoir nature of nanoparticles for the controlled release of silver ions into bacteria. This study differentiates between the antibacterial mechanism of silver species by discussing the pathway of their entry in bacteria, sequence of events inside cells, and response of bacteria to overcome silver stress. Controlled release of ions from L-Ag NPs not only reduces bacterial growth but also reduces the likelihood of resistance development. Conversely, direct exposure of silver ions, leads to rapid activation of the bacterial defense system leading to development of resistance against silver ions, like the well-known antibiotic resistance problem. These findings provide valuable insight on the mechanism of silver resistance and antibacterial strategies deployed by E. coli K12, which could be a potential target for the generation of aim-based and effective nanoantibiotics.
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- Vikram Pareek
- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India.,School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Centre for Food Safety, Science Centre South, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
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- Department of Food, Nutrition and Health, College of Food and Agriculture, UAE University, Al Ain 15551, UAE
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- School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, Centre for Food Safety, Science Centre South, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland.,Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, India
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Guo Z, Xu S, Chen X, Wang C, Yang P, Qin S, Zhao C, Fei F, Zhao X, Tan PH, Wang J, Xie C. Modulation of MagR magnetic properties via iron-sulfur cluster binding. Sci Rep 2021; 11:23941. [PMID: 34907239 PMCID: PMC8671422 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03344-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Iron-sulfur clusters are essential cofactors found in all kingdoms of life and play essential roles in fundamental processes, including but not limited to respiration, photosynthesis, and nitrogen fixation. The chemistry of iron-sulfur clusters makes them ideal for sensing various redox environmental signals, while the physics of iron-sulfur clusters and its host proteins have been long overlooked. One such protein, MagR, has been proposed as a putative animal magnetoreceptor. It forms a rod-like complex with cryptochromes (Cry) and possesses intrinsic magnetic moment. However, the magnetism modulation of MagR remains unknown. Here in this study, iron-sulfur cluster binding in MagR has been characterized. Three conserved cysteines of MagR play different roles in iron-sulfur cluster binding. Two forms of iron-sulfur clusters binding have been identified in pigeon MagR and showed different magnetic properties: [3Fe-4S]-MagR appears to be superparamagnetic and has saturation magnetization at 5 K but [2Fe-2S]-MagR is paramagnetic. While at 300 K, [2Fe-2S]-MagR is diamagnetic but [3Fe-4S]-MagR is paramagnetic. Together, the different types of iron-sulfur cluster binding in MagR attribute distinguished magnetic properties, which may provide a fascinating mechanism for animals to modulate the sensitivity in magnetic sensing.
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- Zhen Guo
- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
- International Magnetobiology Frontier Research Center, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, School of Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
- High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China.
- International Magnetobiology Frontier Research Center, Science Island, Hefei, 230031, China.
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Mitochondrial iron-sulfur clusters: Structure, function, and an emerging role in vascular biology. Redox Biol 2021; 47:102164. [PMID: 34656823 PMCID: PMC8577454 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are essential cofactors most commonly known for their role mediating electron transfer within the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The Fe-S cluster pathways that function within the respiratory complexes are highly conserved between bacteria and the mitochondria of eukaryotic cells. Within the electron transport chain, Fe-S clusters play a critical role in transporting electrons through Complexes I, II and III to cytochrome c, before subsequent transfer to molecular oxygen. Fe-S clusters are also among the binding sites of classical mitochondrial inhibitors, such as rotenone, and play an important role in the production of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mitochondrial Fe-S clusters also play a critical role in the pathogenesis of disease. High levels of ROS produced at these sites can cause cell injury or death, however, when produced at low levels can serve as signaling molecules. For example, Ndufs2, a Complex I subunit containing an Fe-S center, N2, has recently been identified as a redox-sensitive oxygen sensor, mediating homeostatic oxygen-sensing in the pulmonary vasculature and carotid body. Fe-S clusters are emerging as transcriptionally-regulated mediators in disease and play a crucial role in normal physiology, offering potential new therapeutic targets for diseases including malaria, diabetes, and cancer.
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Lu HM, Li JD, Zhang YD, Lu XL, Xu C, Huang Y, Gribskov M. The Evolution History of Fe-S Cluster A-Type Assembly Protein Reveals Multiple Gene Duplication Events and Essential Protein Motifs. Genome Biol Evol 2020; 12:160-173. [PMID: 32108236 PMCID: PMC7144353 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evaa038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters play important roles in electron transfer, metabolic and biosynthetic reactions, and the regulation of gene expression. Understanding the biogenesis of Fe-S clusters is therefore relevant to many fields. In the complex process of Fe-S protein formation, the A-type assembly protein (ATAP) family, which consists of several subfamilies, plays an essential role in Fe-S cluster formation and transfer and is highly conserved across the tree of life. However, the taxonomic distribution, motif compositions, and the evolutionary history of the ATAP subfamilies are not well understood. To address these problems, our study investigated the taxonomic distribution of 321 species from a broad cross-section of taxa. Then, we identified common and specific motifs in multiple ATAP subfamilies to explain the functional conservation and nonredundancy of the ATAPs, and a novel, essential motif was found in Eumetazoa IscA1, which has a newly found magnetic function. Finally, we used phylogenetic analytical methods to reconstruct the evolution history of this family. Our results show that two types of ErpA proteins (nonproteobacteria-type ErpA1 and proteobacteria-type ErpA2) exist in bacteria. The ATAP family, consisting of seven subfamilies, can be further classified into two types of ATAPs. Type-I ATAPs include IscA, SufA, HesB, ErpA1, and IscA1, with an ErpA1-like gene as their last common ancestor, whereas type-II ATAPs consist of ErpA2 and IscA2, duplicated from an ErpA2-like gene. During the mitochondrial endosymbiosis, IscA became IscA1 in eukaryotes and ErpA2 became IscA2 in eukaryotes, respectively.
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- Hui-Meng Lu
- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Space Bioscience and Biotechnology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, PR China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University
- Department of Computer Science, Purdue University
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Tsaousis AD. On the Origin of Iron/Sulfur Cluster Biosynthesis in Eukaryotes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2478. [PMID: 31781051 PMCID: PMC6857552 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Iron and sulfur are indispensable elements of every living cell, but on their own these elements are toxic and require dedicated machineries for the formation of iron/sulfur (Fe/S) clusters. In eukaryotes, proteins requiring Fe/S clusters (Fe/S proteins) are found in or associated with various organelles including the mitochondrion, endoplasmic reticulum, cytosol, and the nucleus. These proteins are involved in several pathways indispensable for the viability of each living cell including DNA maintenance, protein translation and metabolic pathways. Thus, the formation of Fe/S clusters and their delivery to these proteins has a fundamental role in the functions and the evolution of the eukaryotic cell. Currently, most eukaryotes harbor two (located in cytosol and mitochondrion) or three (located in plastid) machineries for the assembly of Fe/S clusters, but certain anaerobic microbial eukaryotes contain sulfur mobilization (SUF) machineries that were previously thought to be present only in archaeal linages. These machineries could not only stipulate which pathway was present in the last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA), but they could also provide clues regarding presence of an Fe/S cluster machinery in the proto-eukaryote and evolution of Fe/S cluster assembly machineries in all eukaryotes.
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- Anastasios D Tsaousis
- Laboratory of Molecular and Evolutionary Parasitology, ResistAnce Pathogenicity and Infectious Diseases (RAPID) Group, School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Szilagyi RK, Hanscam R, Shepard EM, McGlynn SE. Natural selection based on coordination chemistry: computational assessment of [4Fe-4S]-maquettes with non-coded amino acids. Interface Focus 2019; 9:20190071. [PMID: 31641437 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2019.0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cysteine is the only coded amino acid in biology that contains a thiol functional group. Deprotonated thiolate is essential for anchoring iron-sulfur ([Fe-S]) clusters, as prosthetic groups to the protein matrix. [Fe-S] metalloproteins and metalloenzymes are involved in biological electron transfer, radical chemistry, small molecule activation and signalling. These are key metabolic and regulatory processes that would likely have been present in the earliest organisms. In the context of emergence of life theories, the selection and evolution of the cysteine-specific R-CH2-SH side chain is a fascinating question to confront. We undertook a computational [4Fe-4S]-maquette modelling approach to evaluate how side chain length can influence [Fe-S] cluster binding and stability in short 7-mer and long 16-mer peptides, which contained either thioglycine, cysteine or homocysteine. Force field-based molecular dynamics simulations for [4Fe-4S] cluster nest formation were supplemented with density functional theory calculations of a ligand-exchange reaction between a preassembled cluster and the peptide. Secondary structure analysis revealed that peptides with cysteine are found with greater frequency nested to bind preformed [4Fe-4S] clusters. Additionally, the presence of the single methylene group in cysteine ligands mitigates the steric bulk, maintains the H-bonding and dipole network, and provides covalent Fe-S(thiolate) bonds that together create the optimal electronic and geometric structural conditions for [4Fe-4S] cluster binding compared to thioglycine or homocysteine ligands. Our theoretical work forms an experimentally testable hypothesis of the natural selection of cysteine through coordination chemistry.
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- Robert K Szilagyi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.,Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, Seattle, WA 98154, USA.,Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Beisser D, Bock C, Hahn MW, Vos M, Sures B, Rahmann S, Boenigk J. Interaction-Specific Changes in the Transcriptome of Polynucleobacter asymbioticus Caused by Varying Protistan Communities. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1498. [PMID: 31354646 PMCID: PMC6629928 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 06/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We studied the impact of protist grazing and exudation on the growth and transcriptomic response of the prokaryotic prey species Polynucleobacter asymbioticus. Different single- and multi-species communities of chrysophytes were used to determine a species-specific response to the predators and the effect of chrysophyte diversity. We sequenced the mRNA of Pn. asymbioticus in communities with three single chrysophyte species (Chlorochromonas danica, Poterioochromonas malhamensis and Poteriospumella lacustris) and all combinations. The molecular responses of Pn. asymbioticus significantly changed in the presence of predators with different trophic modes and combinations of species. In the single-species samples we observed significant differences related to the relative importance of grazing and exudation in the protist-bacteria interaction, i.e., to the presence of either the heterotrophic Ps. lacustris or the mixotrophic C. danica. When grazing dominates the interaction, as in the presence of Ps. lacustris, genes acting in stress response are up-regulated. Further genes associated with transcription and translation are down-regulated indicating a reduced growth of Pn. asymbioticus. In contrast, when the potential use of algal exudates dominates the interaction, genes affiliated with iron transport are up-regulated. Rapid phototrophic growth of chrysophytes, with a high demand on soluble iron, could thus lead to iron-limitation and cause changes in the iron metabolism of Pn. asymbioticus. Additionally, we observe a benefit for Pn. asymbioticus from a more diverse protistan community, which could be due to shifts in the relative importance of phototrophy in the mixotrophic chrysophytes when competing for food with other species. Our study highlights the importance of biotic interactions and the specificity of such interactions, in particular the differential effect of grazing and algal exudation in the interaction of bacteria with mixotrophic protists.
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- Biodiversity, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Research Institute for Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Mondsee, Austria
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- Theoretical and Applied Biodiversity, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Aquatic Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Genome Informatics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Biodiversity, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Bai Y, Chen T, Happe T, Lu Y, Sawyer A. Iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis via the SUF pathway. Metallomics 2019; 10:1038-1052. [PMID: 30019043 DOI: 10.1039/c8mt00150b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Iron-sulphur (Fe-S) clusters are versatile cofactors, which are essential for key metabolic processes in cells, such as respiration and photosynthesis, and which may have also played a crucial role in establishing life on Earth. They can be found in almost all living organisms, from unicellular prokaryotes and archaea to multicellular animals and plants, and exist in diverse forms. This review focuses on the most ancient Fe-S cluster assembly system, the sulphur utilization factor (SUF) mechanism, which is crucial in bacteria for cell survival under stress conditions such as oxidation and iron starvation, and which is also present in the chloroplasts of green microalgae and plants, where it is responsible for plastidial Fe-S protein maturation. We explain the SUF Fe-S cluster assembly process, the proteins involved, their regulation and provide evolutionary insights. We specifically focus on examples from Fe-S cluster synthesis in the model organisms Escherichia coli and Arabidopsis thaliana and discuss in an in vivo context the assembly of the [FeFe]-hydrogenase H-cluster from Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
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- Y Bai
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
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Blahut M, Wise CE, Bruno MR, Dong G, Makris TM, Frantom PA, Dunkle JA, Outten FW. Direct observation of intermediates in the SufS cysteine desulfurase reaction reveals functional roles of conserved active-site residues. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:12444-12458. [PMID: 31248989 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.009471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are necessary for the proper functioning of numerous metalloproteins. Fe-S cluster (Isc) and sulfur utilization factor (Suf) pathways are the key biosynthetic routes responsible for generating these Fe-S cluster prosthetic groups in Escherichia coli Although Isc dominates under normal conditions, Suf takes over during periods of iron depletion and oxidative stress. Sulfur acquisition via these systems relies on the ability to remove sulfur from free cysteine using a cysteine desulfurase mechanism. In the Suf pathway, the dimeric SufS protein uses the cofactor pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) to abstract sulfur from free cysteine, resulting in the production of alanine and persulfide. Despite much progress, the stepwise mechanism by which this PLP-dependent enzyme operates remains unclear. Here, using rapid-mixing kinetics in conjunction with X-ray crystallography, we analyzed the pre-steady-state kinetics of this process while assigning early intermediates of the mechanism. We employed H123A and C364A SufS variants to trap Cys-aldimine and Cys-ketimine intermediates of the cysteine desulfurase reaction, enabling direct observations of these intermediates and associated conformational changes of the SufS active site. Of note, we propose that Cys-364 is essential for positioning the Cys-aldimine for Cα deprotonation, His-123 acts to protonate the Ala-enamine intermediate, and Arg-56 facilitates catalysis by hydrogen bonding with the sulfhydryl of Cys-aldimine. Our results, along with previous SufS structural findings, suggest a detailed model of the SufS-catalyzed reaction from Cys binding to C-S bond cleavage and indicate that Arg-56, His-123, and Cys-364 are critical SufS residues in this C-S bond cleavage pathway.
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- Matthew Blahut
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208.
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Touraine B, Vignols F, Przybyla-Toscano J, Ischebeck T, Dhalleine T, Wu HC, Magno C, Berger N, Couturier J, Dubos C, Feussner I, Caffarri S, Havaux M, Rouhier N, Gaymard F. Iron-sulfur protein NFU2 is required for branched-chain amino acid synthesis in Arabidopsis roots. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2019; 70:1875-1889. [PMID: 30785184 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erz050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Numerous proteins require a metallic co-factor for their function. In plastids, the maturation of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins necessitates a complex assembly machinery. In this study, we focused on Arabidopsis thaliana NFU1, NFU2, and NFU3, which participate in the final steps of the maturation process. According to the strong photosynthetic defects observed in high chlorophyll fluorescence 101 (hcf101), nfu2, and nfu3 plants, we determined that NFU2 and NFU3, but not NFU1, act immediately upstream of HCF101 for the maturation of [Fe4S4]-containing photosystem I subunits. An additional function of NFU2 in the maturation of the [Fe2S2] cluster of a dihydroxyacid dehydratase was obvious from the accumulation of precursors of the branched-chain amino acid synthesis pathway in roots of nfu2 plants and from the rescue of the primary root growth defect by supplying branched-chain amino acids. The absence of NFU3 in roots precluded any compensation. Overall, unlike their eukaryotic and prokaryotic counterparts, which are specific to [Fe4S4] proteins, NFU2 and NFU3 contribute to the maturation of both [Fe2S2] and [Fe4S4] proteins, either as a relay in conjunction with other proteins such as HCF101 or by directly delivering Fe-S clusters to client proteins. Considering the low number of Fe-S cluster transfer proteins relative to final acceptors, additional targets probably await identification.
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- Brigitte Touraine
- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences and Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CEA Cadarache, CNRS UMR 7265, Laboratoire de Génétique et Biophysique des Plantes, 13009 Marseille, France
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- CEA Cadarache, CNRS UMR 7265, Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, 13108, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- BPMP, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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LaVoie SP, Summers AO. Transcriptional responses of Escherichia coli during recovery from inorganic or organic mercury exposure. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:52. [PMID: 29338696 PMCID: PMC5769350 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4413-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background The protean chemical properties of mercury have long made it attractive for diverse applications, but its toxicity requires great care in its use, disposal, and recycling. Mercury occurs in multiple chemical forms, and the molecular basis for the distinct toxicity of its various forms is only partly understood. Global transcriptomics applied over time can reveal how a cell recognizes a toxicant and what cellular subsystems it marshals to repair and recover from the damage. The longitudinal effects on the transcriptome of exponential phase E. coli were compared during sub-acute exposure to mercuric chloride (HgCl2) or to phenylmercuric acetate (PMA) using RNA-Seq. Results Differential gene expression revealed common and distinct responses to the mercurials throughout recovery. Cultures exhibited growth stasis immediately after each mercurial exposure but returned to normal growth more quickly after PMA exposure than after HgCl2 exposure. Correspondingly, PMA rapidly elicited up-regulation of a large number of genes which continued for 30 min, whereas fewer genes were up-regulated early after HgCl2 exposure only some of which overlapped with PMA up-regulated genes. By 60 min gene expression in PMA-exposed cells was almost indistinguishable from unexposed cells, but HgCl2 exposed cells still had many differentially expressed genes. Relative expression of energy production and most metabolite uptake pathways declined with both compounds, but nearly all stress response systems were up-regulated by one or the other mercurial during recovery. Conclusions Sub-acute exposure influenced expression of ~45% of all genes with many distinct responses for each compound, reflecting differential biochemical damage by each mercurial and the corresponding resources available for repair. This study is the first global, high-resolution view of the transcriptional responses to any common toxicant in a prokaryotic model system from exposure to recovery of active growth. The responses provoked by these two mercurials in this model bacterium also provide insights about how higher organisms may respond to these ubiquitous metal toxicants. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-017-4413-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Stephen P LaVoie
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA.
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Pérard J, Ollagnier de Choudens S. Iron-sulfur clusters biogenesis by the SUF machinery: close to the molecular mechanism understanding. J Biol Inorg Chem 2017; 23:581-596. [PMID: 29280002 PMCID: PMC6006206 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-017-1527-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Iron–sulfur clusters (Fe–S) are amongst the most ancient and versatile inorganic cofactors in nature which are used by proteins for fundamental biological processes. Multiprotein machineries (NIF, ISC, SUF) exist for Fe–S cluster biogenesis which are mainly conserved from bacteria to human. SUF system (sufABCDSE operon) plays a general role in many bacteria under conditions of iron limitation or oxidative stress. In this mini-review, we will summarize the current understanding of the molecular mechanism of Fe–S biogenesis by SUF. The advances in our understanding of the molecular aspects of SUF originate from biochemical, biophysical and recent structural studies. Combined with recent in vivo experiments, the understanding of the Fe–S biogenesis mechanism considerably moved forward.
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- J Pérard
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Biocat, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France.,Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, CNRS, BioCat, UMR 5249, Grenoble, France.,CEA-Grenoble, DRF/BIG/CBM, Grenoble, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, Biocat, Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. .,Laboratoire de Chimie et Biologie des Métaux, CNRS, BioCat, UMR 5249, Grenoble, France. .,CEA-Grenoble, DRF/BIG/CBM, Grenoble, France.
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Blauenburg B, Mielcarek A, Altegoer F, Fage CD, Linne U, Bange G, Marahiel MA. Crystal Structure of Bacillus subtilis Cysteine Desulfurase SufS and Its Dynamic Interaction with Frataxin and Scaffold Protein SufU. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0158749. [PMID: 27382962 PMCID: PMC4934914 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
The biosynthesis of iron sulfur (Fe-S) clusters in Bacillus subtilis is mediated by a SUF-type gene cluster, consisting of the cysteine desulfurase SufS, the scaffold protein SufU, and the putative chaperone complex SufB/SufC/SufD. Here, we present the high-resolution crystal structure of the SufS homodimer in its product-bound state (i.e., in complex with pyrodoxal-5'-phosphate, alanine, Cys361-persulfide). By performing hydrogen/deuterium exchange (H/DX) experiments, we characterized the interaction of SufS with SufU and demonstrate that SufU induces an opening of the active site pocket of SufS. Recent data indicate that frataxin could be involved in Fe-S cluster biosynthesis by facilitating iron incorporation. H/DX experiments show that frataxin indeed interacts with the SufS/SufU complex at the active site. Our findings deepen the current understanding of Fe-S cluster biosynthesis, a complex yet essential process, in the model organism B. subtilis.
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- Bastian Blauenburg
- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Hans-Meerwein Str. 4, Philipps University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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Fernández FJ, Ardá A, López-Estepa M, Aranda J, Peña-Soler E, Garces F, Round A, Campos-Olivas R, Bruix M, Coll M, Tuñón I, Jiménez-Barbero J, Vega MC. Mechanism of Sulfur Transfer Across Protein–Protein Interfaces: The Cysteine Desulfurase Model System. ACS Catal 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.6b00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Francisco J. Fernández
- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
- CIC bioGUNE, Bizkaia Technology
Park, Building 801A, 48170 Derio, Spain
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- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- The Scripps Research Institute, La
Jolla, 92037 California, United States
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble Outstation, 38042 Grenoble, France
- Unit for
Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano (IQFR-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular de Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Institute for Biomedical Research (IRB Barcelona), 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento
de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain
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- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
- CIC bioGUNE, Bizkaia Technology
Park, Building 801A, 48170 Derio, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Maria Diaz de Haro 13, 48009 Bilbao, Spain
- Department of Organic Chemistry II, Faculty of Science & Technology, University of the Basque Country, 48940 Leioa, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Chemical
and Physical Biology Department, Center for Biological Research (CIB-CSIC), 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Turowski VR, Aknin C, Maliandi MV, Buchensky C, Leaden L, Peralta DA, Busi MV, Araya A, Gomez-Casati DF. Frataxin Is Localized to Both the Chloroplast and Mitochondrion and Is Involved in Chloroplast Fe-S Protein Function in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141443. [PMID: 26517126 PMCID: PMC4636843 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Frataxin plays a key role in eukaryotic cellular iron metabolism, particularly in mitochondrial heme and iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster biosynthesis. However, its precise role has yet to be elucidated. In this work, we studied the subcellular localization of Arabidopsis frataxin, AtFH, using confocal microscopy, and found a novel dual localization for this protein. We demonstrate that plant frataxin is targeted to both the mitochondria and the chloroplast, where it may play a role in Fe-S cluster metabolism as suggested by functional studies on nitrite reductase (NIR) and ferredoxin (Fd), two Fe-S containing chloroplast proteins, in AtFH deficient plants. Our results indicate that frataxin deficiency alters the normal functioning of chloroplasts by affecting the levels of Fe, chlorophyll, and the photosynthetic electron transport chain in this organelle.
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- Valeria R. Turowski
- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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- UMR5234 Microbiologie Fondamentale et Pathogénicité, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université Bordeaux-Segalen, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076, Bordeaux cedex, France
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biotecnológicas-Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH) CONICET/UNSAM, Camino de Circunvaación Km 6, 7130, Chascomús, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique & UMR 1332 –Biologie du Fruit et Pathologie, Institute National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Bordeaux Aquitaine, 71 avenue Edouard Bourlaux, 33882, Villenave D’Ornon, France
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- Centro de Estudios Fotosintéticos y Bioquímicos (CEFOBI-CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Suipacha 531, 2000, Rosario, Argentina
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This review describes the two main systems, namely the Isc (iron-sulfur cluster) and Suf (sulfur assimilation) systems, utilized by Escherichia coli and Salmonella for the biosynthesis of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters, as well as other proteins presumably participating in this process. In the case of Fe-S cluster biosynthesis, it is assumed that the sulfur atoms from the cysteine desulfurase end up at cysteine residues of the scaffold protein, presumably waiting for iron atoms for cluster assembly. The review discusses the various potential iron donor proteins. For in vitro experiments, in general, ferrous salts are used during the assembly of Fe-S clusters, even though this approach is unlikely to reflect the physiological conditions. The fact that sulfur atoms can be directly transferred from cysteine desulfurases to scaffold proteins supports a mechanism in which the latter bind sulfur atoms first and iron atoms afterwards. In E. coli, fdx gene inactivation results in a reduced growth rate and reduced Fe-S enzyme activities. Interestingly, the SufE structure resembles that of IscU, strengthening the notion that the two proteins share the property of acting as acceptors of sulfur atoms provided by cysteine desulfurases. Several other factors have been suggested to participate in cluster assembly and repair in E. coli and Salmonella. Most of them were identified by their abilities to act as extragenic and/or multicopy suppressors of mutations in Fe-S cluster metabolism, while others possess biochemical properties that are consistent with a role in Fe-S cluster biogenesis.
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Tsygankov AA, Khusnutdinova AN. Hydrogen in metabolism of purple bacteria and prospects of practical application. Microbiology (Reading) 2015. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026261715010154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Akhtar MK, Jones PR. Cofactor engineering for enhancing the flux of metabolic pathways. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2014; 2:30. [PMID: 25221776 PMCID: PMC4147997 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2014.00030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2014] [Accepted: 08/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The manufacture of a diverse array of chemicals is now possible with biologically engineered strains, an approach that is greatly facilitated by the emergence of synthetic biology. This is principally achieved through pathway engineering in which enzyme activities are coordinated within a genetically amenable host to generate the product of interest. A great deal of attention is typically given to the quantitative levels of the enzymes with little regard to their overall qualitative states. This highly constrained approach fails to consider other factors that may be necessary for enzyme functionality. In particular, enzymes with physically bound cofactors, otherwise known as holoenzymes, require careful evaluation. Herein, we discuss the importance of cofactors for biocatalytic processes and show with empirical examples why the synthesis and integration of cofactors for the formation of holoenzymes warrant a great deal of attention within the context of pathway engineering.
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- M Kalim Akhtar
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, University College London , London , UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London , London , UK
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Bridwell-Rabb J, Fox N, Tsai CL, Winn AM, Barondeau DP. Human frataxin activates Fe-S cluster biosynthesis by facilitating sulfur transfer chemistry. Biochemistry 2014; 53:4904-13. [PMID: 24971490 PMCID: PMC4215901 DOI: 10.1021/bi500532e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Iron-sulfur clusters are ubiquitous protein cofactors with critical cellular functions. The mitochondrial Fe-S assembly complex, which consists of the cysteine desulfurase NFS1 and its accessory protein (ISD11), the Fe-S assembly protein (ISCU2), and frataxin (FXN), converts substrates l-cysteine, ferrous iron, and electrons into Fe-S clusters. The physiological function of FXN has received a tremendous amount of attention since the discovery that its loss is directly linked to the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia. Previous in vitro results revealed a role for human FXN in activating the cysteine desulfurase and Fe-S cluster biosynthesis activities of the Fe-S assembly complex. Here we present radiolabeling experiments that indicate FXN accelerates the accumulation of sulfur on ISCU2 and that the resulting persulfide species is viable in the subsequent synthesis of Fe-S clusters. Additional mutagenesis, enzyme kinetic, UV-visible, and circular dichroism spectroscopic studies suggest conserved ISCU2 residue C104 is critical for FXN activation, whereas C35, C61, and C104 are all essential for Fe-S cluster formation on the assembly complex. These results cannot be fully explained by the hypothesis that FXN functions as an iron donor for Fe-S cluster biosynthesis, and further support an allosteric regulator role for FXN. Together, these results lead to an activation model in which FXN accelerates persulfide formation on NFS1 and favors a helix-to-coil interconversion on ISCU2 that facilitates the transfer of sulfur from NFS1 to ISCU2 as an initial step in Fe-S cluster biosynthesis.
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- Jennifer Bridwell-Rabb
- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77842, United States
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Riboldi GP, Bierhals CG, de Mattos EP, Frazzon APG, d‘Azevedo PA, Frazzon J. Oxidative stress enhances the expression of sulfur assimilation genes: preliminary insights on the Enterococcus faecalis iron-sulfur cluster machinery regulation. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz 2014; 109:408-13. [PMID: 24936909 PMCID: PMC4155840 DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/27/2014] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The Firmicutes bacteria participate extensively in virulence and pathological processes. Enterococcus faecalis is a commensal microorganism; however, it is also a pathogenic bacterium mainly associated with nosocomial infections in immunocompromised patients. Iron-sulfur [Fe-S] clusters are inorganic prosthetic groups involved in diverse biological processes, whose in vivo formation requires several specific protein machineries. Escherichia coli is one of the most frequently studied microorganisms regarding [Fe-S] cluster biogenesis and encodes the iron-sulfur cluster and sulfur assimilation systems. In Firmicutes species, a unique operon composed of the sufCDSUB genes is responsible for [Fe-S] cluster biogenesis. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of the E. faecalis sufCDSUB system in the [Fe-S] cluster assembly using oxidative stress and iron depletion as adverse growth conditions. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction demonstrated, for the first time, that Gram-positive bacteria possess an OxyR component responsive to oxidative stress conditions, as fully described for E. coli models. Likewise, strong expression of the sufCDSUB genes was observed in low concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, indicating that the lowest concentration of oxygen free radicals inside cells, known to be highly damaging to [Fe-S] clusters, is sufficient to trigger the transcriptional machinery for prompt replacement of [Fe-S] clusters.
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- Gustavo Pelicioli Riboldi
- Laboratório de Cocos Gram-positivos e Microbiologia Molecular,
Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto
Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Cocos Gram-positivos e Microbiologia Molecular,
Departamento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto
Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Federal do
Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
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The unique regulation of iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in a Gram-positive bacterium. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E2251-60. [PMID: 24847070 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322728111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Iron-sulfur clusters function as cofactors of a wide range of proteins, with diverse molecular roles in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Dedicated machineries assemble the clusters and deliver them to the final acceptor molecules in a tightly regulated process. In the prototypical Gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli, the two existing iron-sulfur cluster assembly systems, iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) and sulfur assimilation (SUF) pathways, are closely interconnected. The ISC pathway regulator, IscR, is a transcription factor of the helix-turn-helix type that can coordinate a [2Fe-2S] cluster. Redox conditions and iron or sulfur availability modulate the ligation status of the labile IscR cluster, which in turn determines a switch in DNA sequence specificity of the regulator: cluster-containing IscR can bind to a family of gene promoters (type-1) whereas the clusterless form recognizes only a second group of sequences (type-2). However, iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in Gram-positive bacteria is not so well characterized, and most organisms of this group display only one of the iron-sulfur cluster assembly systems. A notable exception is the unique Gram-positive dissimilatory metal reducing bacterium Thermincola potens, where genes from both systems could be identified, albeit with a diverging organization from that of Gram-negative bacteria. We demonstrated that one of these genes encodes a functional IscR homolog and is likely involved in the regulation of iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in T. potens. Structural and biochemical characterization of T. potens and E. coli IscR revealed a strikingly similar architecture and unveiled an unforeseen conservation of the unique mechanism of sequence discrimination characteristic of this distinctive group of transcription regulators.
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Experimental infections with Mycoplasma agalactiae identify key factors involved in host-colonization. PLoS One 2014; 9:e93970. [PMID: 24699671 PMCID: PMC3974822 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mechanisms underlying pathogenic processes in mycoplasma infections are poorly understood, mainly because of limited sequence similarities with classical, bacterial virulence factors. Recently, large-scale transposon mutagenesis in the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma agalactiae identified the NIF locus, including nifS and nifU, as essential for mycoplasma growth in cell culture, while dispensable in axenic media. To evaluate the importance of this locus in vivo, the infectivity of two knock-out mutants was tested upon experimental infection in the natural host. In this model, the parental PG2 strain was able to establish a systemic infection in lactating ewes, colonizing various body sites such as lymph nodes and the mammary gland, even when inoculated at low doses. In these PG2-infected ewes, we observed over the course of infection (i) the development of a specific antibody response and (ii) dynamic changes in expression of M. agalactiae surface variable proteins (Vpma), with multiple Vpma profiles co-existing in the same animal. In contrast and despite a sensitive model, none of the knock-out mutants were able to survive and colonize the host. The extreme avirulent phenotype of the two mutants was further supported by the absence of an IgG response in inoculated animals. The exact role of the NIF locus remains to be elucidated but these data demonstrate that it plays a key role in the infectious process of M. agalactiae and most likely of other pathogenic mycoplasma species as many carry closely related homologs.
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Singh H, Dai Y, Outten FW, Busenlehner LS. Escherichia coli SufE sulfur transfer protein modulates the SufS cysteine desulfurase through allosteric conformational dynamics. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:36189-200. [PMID: 24196966 PMCID: PMC3868733 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.525709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Revised: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Fe-S clusters are critical metallocofactors required for cell function. Fe-S cluster biogenesis is carried out by assembly machinery consisting of multiple proteins. Fe-S cluster biogenesis proteins work together to mobilize sulfide and iron, form the nascent cluster, traffic the cluster to target metalloproteins, and regulate the assembly machinery in response to cellular Fe-S cluster demand. A complex series of protein-protein interactions is required for the assembly machinery to function properly. Despite considerable progress in obtaining static three-dimensional structures of the assembly proteins, little is known about transient protein-protein interactions during cluster assembly or the role of protein dynamics in the cluster assembly process. The Escherichia coli cysteine desulfurase SufS (EC 2.8.1.7) and its accessory protein SufE work together to mobilize persulfide from L-cysteine, which is then donated to the SufB Fe-S cluster scaffold. Here we use amide hydrogen/deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) to characterize SufS-SufE interactions and protein dynamics in solution. HDX-MS analysis shows that SufE binds near the SufS active site to accept persulfide from Cys-364. Furthermore, SufE binding initiates allosteric changes in other parts of the SufS structure that likely affect SufS catalysis and alter SufS monomer-monomer interactions. SufE enhances the initial l-cysteine substrate binding to SufS and formation of the external aldimine with pyridoxal phosphate required for early steps in SufS catalysis. Together, these results provide a new picture of the SufS-SufE sulfur transferase pathway and suggest a more active role for SufE in promoting the SufS cysteine desulfurase reaction for Fe-S cluster assembly.
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- Harsimran Singh
- From the Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 and
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208
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- From the Department of Chemistry, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487 and
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Fekih R, Takagi H, Tamiru M, Abe A, Natsume S, Yaegashi H, Sharma S, Sharma S, Kanzaki H, Matsumura H, Saitoh H, Mitsuoka C, Utsushi H, Uemura A, Kanzaki E, Kosugi S, Yoshida K, Cano L, Kamoun S, Terauchi R. MutMap+: genetic mapping and mutant identification without crossing in rice. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68529. [PMID: 23874658 PMCID: PMC3707850 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Advances in genome sequencing technologies have enabled researchers and breeders to rapidly associate phenotypic variation to genome sequence differences. We recently took advantage of next-generation sequencing technology to develop MutMap, a method that allows rapid identification of causal nucleotide changes of rice mutants by whole genome resequencing of pooled DNA of mutant F2 progeny derived from crosses made between candidate mutants and the parental line. Here we describe MutMap+, a versatile extension of MutMap, that identifies causal mutations by comparing SNP frequencies of bulked DNA of mutant and wild-type progeny of M3 generation derived from selfing of an M2 heterozygous individual. Notably, MutMap+ does not necessitate artificial crossing between mutants and the wild-type parental line. This method is therefore suitable for identifying mutations that cause early development lethality, sterility, or generally hamper crossing. Furthermore, MutMap+ is potentially useful for gene isolation in crops that are recalcitrant to artificial crosses.
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- Rym Fekih
- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
- United Graduate School of Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
- United Graduate School of Iwate University, Morioka, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- Iwate Biotechnology Research Center, Kitakami, Iwate, Japan
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Couturier J, Touraine B, Briat JF, Gaymard F, Rouhier N. The iron-sulfur cluster assembly machineries in plants: current knowledge and open questions. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2013; 4:259. [PMID: 23898337 PMCID: PMC3721309 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2013] [Accepted: 06/25/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Many metabolic pathways and cellular processes occurring in most sub-cellular compartments depend on the functioning of iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins, whose cofactors are assembled through dedicated protein machineries. Recent advances have been made in the knowledge of the functions of individual components through a combination of genetic, biochemical and structural approaches, primarily in prokaryotes and non-plant eukaryotes. Whereas most of the components of these machineries are conserved between kingdoms, their complexity is likely increased in plants owing to the presence of additional assembly proteins and to the existence of expanded families for several assembly proteins. This review focuses on the new actors discovered in the past few years, such as glutaredoxin, BOLA and NEET proteins as well as MIP18, MMS19, TAH18, DRE2 for the cytosolic machinery, which are integrated into a model for the plant Fe-S cluster biogenesis systems. It also discusses a few issues currently subjected to an intense debate such as the role of the mitochondrial frataxin and of glutaredoxins, the functional separation between scaffold, carrier and iron-delivery proteins and the crosstalk existing between different organelles.
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- Jérémy Couturier
- Interactions Arbres/Micro-organismes, Faculté des Sciences, UMR1136 Université de Lorraine-INRAVandoeuvre, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-INRA-Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-INRA-Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
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- Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-INRA-Université Montpellier 2Montpellier, France
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- Interactions Arbres/Micro-organismes, Faculté des Sciences, UMR1136 Université de Lorraine-INRAVandoeuvre, France
- *Correspondence: Nicolas Rouhier, Université de Lorraine, UMR1136 Université de Lorraine-INRA, Interactions Arbres/Micro-organismes, Faculté des Sciences, Bd des aiguillettes, BP 239,54506 Vandoeuvre, France e-mail:
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Miethke M. Molecular strategies of microbial iron assimilation: from high-affinity complexes to cofactor assembly systems. Metallomics 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c2mt20193c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mapolelo DT, Zhang B, Naik SG, Huynh BH, Johnson MK. Spectroscopic and functional characterization of iron-sulfur cluster-bound forms of Azotobacter vinelandii (Nif)IscA. Biochemistry 2012; 51:8071-84. [PMID: 23003323 DOI: 10.1021/bi3006658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The mechanism of [4Fe-4S] cluster assembly on A-type Fe-S cluster assembly proteins, in general, and the specific role of (Nif)IscA in the maturation of nitrogen fixation proteins are currently unknown. To address these questions, in vitro spectroscopic studies (UV-visible absorption/CD, resonance Raman and Mössbauer) have been used to investigate the mechanism of [4Fe-4S] cluster assembly on Azotobacter vinelandii(Nif)IscA, and the ability of (Nif)IscA to accept clusters from NifU and to donate clusters to the apo form of the nitrogenase Fe-protein. The results show that (Nif)IscA can rapidly and reversibly cycle between forms containing one [2Fe-2S](2+) and one [4Fe-4S](2+) cluster per homodimer via DTT-induced two-electron reductive coupling of two [2Fe-2S](2+) clusters and O(2)-induced [4Fe-4S](2+) oxidative cleavage. This unique type of cluster interconversion in response to cellular redox status and oxygen levels is likely to be important for the specific role of A-type proteins in the maturation of [4Fe-4S] cluster-containing proteins under aerobic growth or oxidative stress conditions. Only the [4Fe-4S](2+)-(Nif)IscA was competent for rapid activation of apo-nitrogenase Fe protein under anaerobic conditions. Apo-(Nif)IscA was shown to accept clusters from [4Fe-4S] cluster-bound NifU via rapid intact cluster transfer, indicating a potential role as a cluster carrier for delivery of clusters assembled on NifU. Overall the results support the proposal that A-type proteins can function as carrier proteins for clusters assembled on U-type proteins and suggest that they are likely to supply [2Fe-2S] clusters rather than [4Fe-4S] for the maturation of [4Fe-4S] cluster-containing proteins under aerobic or oxidative stress growth conditions.
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- Daphne T Mapolelo
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Metalloenzyme Studies, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Bridwell-Rabb J, Iannuzzi C, Pastore A, Barondeau DP. Effector role reversal during evolution: the case of frataxin in Fe-S cluster biosynthesis. Biochemistry 2012; 51:2506-14. [PMID: 22352884 PMCID: PMC3323110 DOI: 10.1021/bi201628j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Human frataxin (FXN) has been intensively studied since the discovery that the FXN gene is associated with the neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia. Human FXN is a component of the NFS1-ISD11-ISCU2-FXN (SDUF) core Fe-S assembly complex and activates the cysteine desulfurase and Fe-S cluster biosynthesis reactions. In contrast, the Escherichia coli FXN homologue CyaY inhibits Fe-S cluster biosynthesis. To resolve this discrepancy, enzyme kinetic experiments were performed for the human and E. coli systems in which analogous cysteine desulfurase, Fe-S assembly scaffold, and frataxin components were interchanged. Surprisingly, our results reveal that activation or inhibition by the frataxin homologue is determined by which cysteine desulfurase is present and not by the identity of the frataxin homologue. These data are consistent with a model in which the frataxin-less Fe-S assembly complex exists as a mixture of functional and nonfunctional states, which are stabilized by binding of frataxin homologues. Intriguingly, this appears to be an unusual example in which modifications to an enzyme during evolution inverts or reverses the mode of control imparted by a regulatory molecule.
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Zhuang W, Yuan D, Li JR, Luo Z, Zhou HC, Bashir S, Liu J. Highly potent bactericidal activity of porous metal-organic frameworks. Adv Healthc Mater 2012. [PMID: 23184726 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201100043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Recent outbreaks of bacterial infection leading to human fatalities have been a motivational force for us to develop antibacterial agents with high potency and long-term stability. A novel cobalt (Co) based metal-organic framework (MOF) was tested and shown to be highly effective at inactivating model microorganisms. Gram-negative bacteria, Escherichia coli (strains DH5alpha and XL1-Blue) were selected to determine the antibacterial activities of the Co MOF. In this MOF, the Co serves as a central element and an octa-topic carboxylate ligand, tetrakis [(3,5-dicarboxyphenyl)-oxamethyl] methane (TDM(8-) ) serves as a bridging linker. X-ray crystallographic studies indicate that Co-TDM crystallizes in tetragonal space group P$\overline 4$2(1) m with a porous 3D framework. The potency of the Co-TDM disinfectant was evaluated using a minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) benchmark and was determined to be 10-15 ppm within a short incubation time period (<60 min). Compared with previous work using silver nanoparticles and silver-modified TiO(2) nano- composites over the same time period, the MBC and effectiveness of Co-TDM are superior. Electron microscopy images indicate that the Co-TDM displayed distinctive grain boundaries and well-developed reticulates. The Co active sites rapidly catalyzed the lipid peroxidation, causing rupture of the bacterial membrane followed by inactivation, with 100% recycling and high persistence (>4 weeks). This MOF-based approach may lead to a new paradigm for MOF applications in diverse biological fields due to their inherent porous structure, tunable surface functional groups, and adjustable metal coordination environments.
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- Wenjuan Zhuang
- Chemistry Department, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Wu G, Li L. Biochemical characterization of iron-sulfur cluster assembly in the scaffold IscU of Escherichia coli. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2012; 77:135-42. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912020034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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- Genfu Wu
- College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Kang J, Park J, Choi H, Burla B, Kretzschmar T, Lee Y, Martinoia E. Plant ABC Transporters. THE ARABIDOPSIS BOOK 2011; 9:e0153. [PMID: 22303277 PMCID: PMC3268509 DOI: 10.1199/tab.0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 305] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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ABC transporters constitute one of the largest protein families found in all living organisms. ABC transporters are driven by ATP hydrolysis and can act as exporters as well as importers. The plant genome encodes for more than 100 ABC transporters, largely exceeding that of other organisms. In Arabidopsis, only 22 out of 130 have been functionally analyzed. They are localized in most membranes of a plant cell such as the plasma membrane, the tonoplast, chloroplasts, mitochondria and peroxisomes and fulfill a multitude of functions. Originally identified as transporters involved in detoxification processes, they have later been shown to be required for organ growth, plant nutrition, plant development, response to abiotic stresses, pathogen resistance and the interaction of the plant with its environment. To fulfill these roles they exhibit different substrate specifies by e.g. depositing surface lipids, accumulating phytate in seeds, and transporting the phytohormones auxin and abscisic acid. The aim of this review is to give an insight into the functions of plant ABC transporters and to show their importance for plant development and survival.
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- Joohyun Kang
- POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- Institute of Plant Biology, University Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Plant Biology, University Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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- POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
- Division of Integrative Biosciences and Biotechnology, World Class University Program, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
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- POSTECH-UZH Global Research Laboratory, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-784, Korea
- Institute of Plant Biology, University Zurich, Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland
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Enterococcus faecalis SufU scaffold protein enhances SufS desulfurase activity by acquiring sulfur from its cysteine-153. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2011; 1814:1910-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2011.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 06/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Miethke M, Hou J, Marahiel MA. The siderophore-interacting protein YqjH acts as a ferric reductase in different iron assimilation pathways of Escherichia coli. Biochemistry 2011; 50:10951-64. [PMID: 22098718 DOI: 10.1021/bi201517h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Siderophore-interacting proteins (SIPs), such as YqjH from Escherichia coli, are widespread among bacteria and commonly associated with iron-dependent induction and siderophore utilization. In this study, we show by detailed biochemical and genetic analyses the reaction mechanism by which the YqjH protein is able to catalyze the release of iron from a variety of iron chelators, including ferric triscatecholates and ferric dicitrate, displaying the highest efficiency for the hydrolyzed ferric enterobactin complex ferric (2,3-dihydroxybenzoylserine)(3). Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that residues K55 and R130 of YqjH are crucial for both substrate binding and reductase activity. The NADPH-dependent iron reduction was found to proceed via single-electron transfer in a double-displacement-type reaction through formation of a transient flavosemiquinone. The capacity to reduce substrates with extremely negative redox potentials, though at low catalytic rates, was studied by displacing the native FAD cofactor with 5-deaza-5-carba-FAD, which is restricted to a two-electron transfer. In the presence of the reconstituted noncatalytic protein, the ferric enterobactin midpoint potential increased remarkably and partially overlapped with the effective E(1) redox range. Concurrently, the observed molar ratios of generated Fe(II) versus NADPH were found to be ~1.5-fold higher for hydrolyzed ferric triscatecholates and ferric dicitrate than for ferric enterobactin. Further, combination of a chromosomal yqjH deletion with entC single- and entC fes double-deletion backgrounds showed the impact of yqjH on growth during supplementation with ferric siderophore substrates. Thus, YqjH enhances siderophore utilization in different iron acquisition pathways, including assimilation of low-potential ferric substrates that are not reduced by common cellular cofactors.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Department of Chemistry/Biochemistry, Philipps University Marburg, Hans Meerwein Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Mühlenhoff U, Richter N, Pines O, Pierik AJ, Lill R. Specialized function of yeast Isa1 and Isa2 proteins in the maturation of mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] proteins. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:41205-41216. [PMID: 21987576 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.296152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most eukaryotes contain iron-sulfur cluster (ISC) assembly proteins related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Isa1 and Isa2. We show here that Isa1 but not Isa2 can be functionally replaced by the bacterial relatives IscA, SufA, and ErpA. The specific function of these "A-type" ISC proteins within the framework of mitochondrial and bacterial Fe/S protein biogenesis is still unresolved. In a comprehensive in vivo analysis, we show that S. cerevisiae Isa1 and Isa2 form a complex that is required for maturation of mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] proteins, including aconitase and homoaconitase. In contrast, Isa1-Isa2 were dispensable for the generation of mitochondrial [2Fe-2S] proteins and cytosolic [4Fe-4S] proteins. Targeting of bacterial [2Fe-2S] and [4Fe-4S] ferredoxins to yeast mitochondria further supported this specificity. Isa1 and Isa2 proteins are shown to bind iron in vivo, yet the Isa1-Isa2-bound iron was not needed as a donor for de novo assembly of the [2Fe-2S] cluster on the general Fe/S scaffold proteins Isu1-Isu2. Upon depletion of the ISC assembly factor Iba57, which specifically interacts with Isa1 and Isa2, or in the absence of the major mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] protein aconitase, iron accumulated on the Isa proteins. These results suggest that the iron bound to the Isa proteins is required for the de novo synthesis of [4Fe-4S] clusters in mitochondria and for their insertion into apoproteins in a reaction mediated by Iba57. Taken together, these findings define Isa1, Isa2, and Iba57 as a specialized, late-acting ISC assembly subsystem that is specifically dedicated to the maturation of mitochondrial [4Fe-4S] proteins.
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- Ulrich Mühlenhoff
- Institut für Zytobiologie und Zytopathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Zytobiologie und Zytopathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem 91120, Israel
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- Institut für Zytobiologie und Zytopathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Zytobiologie und Zytopathologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Robert-Koch Strasse 6, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Kumar B, Chaubey S, Shah P, Tanveer A, Charan M, Siddiqi MI, Habib S. Interaction between sulphur mobilisation proteins SufB and SufC: Evidence for an iron–sulphur cluster biogenesis pathway in the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum. Int J Parasitol 2011; 41:991-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2011.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 05/20/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Xu XM, Møller SG. Iron-sulfur clusters: biogenesis, molecular mechanisms, and their functional significance. Antioxid Redox Signal 2011; 15:271-307. [PMID: 20812788 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Iron-sulfur clusters [Fe-S] are small, ubiquitous inorganic cofactors representing one of the earliest catalysts during biomolecule evolution and are involved in fundamental biological reactions, including regulation of enzyme activity, mitochondrial respiration, ribosome biogenesis, cofactor biogenesis, gene expression regulation, and nucleotide metabolism. Although simple in structure, [Fe-S] biogenesis requires complex protein machineries and pathways for assembly. [Fe-S] are assembled from cysteine-derived sulfur and iron onto scaffold proteins followed by transfer to recipient apoproteins. Several predominant iron-sulfur biogenesis systems have been identified, including nitrogen fixation (NIF), sulfur utilization factor (SUF), iron-sulfur cluster (ISC), and cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly (CIA), and many protein components have been identified and characterized. In eukaryotes ISC is mainly localized to mitochondria, cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly to the cytosol, whereas plant sulfur utilization factor is localized mainly to plastids. Because of this spatial separation, evidence suggests cross-talk mediated by organelle export machineries and dual targeting mechanisms. Although research efforts in understanding iron-sulfur biogenesis has been centered on bacteria, yeast, and plants, recent efforts have implicated inappropriate [Fe-S] biogenesis to underlie many human diseases. In this review we detail our current understanding of [Fe-S] biogenesis across species boundaries highlighting evolutionary conservation and divergence and assembling our knowledge into a cellular context.
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- Xiang Ming Xu
- Centre for Organelle Research CORE, University of Stavanger, Norway
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Transcriptional response of the photoheterotrophic marine bacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae to changing light regimes. ISME JOURNAL 2011; 5:1957-68. [PMID: 21654848 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Bacterial aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis (AAP) is an important mechanism of energy generation in aquatic habitats, accounting for up to 5% of the surface ocean's photosynthetic electron transport. We used Dinoroseobacter shibae, a representative of the globally abundant marine Roseobacter clade, as a model organism to study the transcriptional response of a photoheterotrophic bacterium to changing light regimes. Continuous cultivation of D. shibae in a chemostat in combination with time series microarray analysis was used in order to identify gene-regulatory patterns after switching from dark to light and vice versa. The change from heterotrophic growth in the dark to photoheterotrophic growth in the light was accompanied by a strong but transient activation of a broad stress response to the formation of singlet oxygen, an immediate downregulation of photosynthesis-related genes, fine-tuning of the expression of ETC components, as well as upregulation of the transcriptional and translational apparatus. Furthermore, our data suggest that D. shibae might use the 3-hydroxypropionate cycle for CO(2) fixation. Analysis of the transcriptome dynamics after switching from light to dark showed relatively small changes and a delayed activation of photosynthesis gene expression, indicating that, except for light other signals must be involved in their regulation. Providing the first analysis of AAP on the level of transcriptome dynamics, our data allow the formulation of testable hypotheses on the cellular processes affected by AAP and the mechanisms involved in light- and stress-related gene regulation.
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Biosynthesis of complex iron–sulfur enzymes. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2011; 15:319-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2010] [Revised: 01/31/2011] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fantino JR, Py B, Fontecave M, Barras F. A genetic analysis of the response of Escherichia coli to cobalt stress. Environ Microbiol 2011; 12:2846-57. [PMID: 20545747 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02265.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cobalt can be toxic and the way cells adapt to its presence is largely unknown. Here we carried out a transcriptomic analysis of Escherichia coli exposed to cobalt. A limited number of genes were either up- or downregulated. Upregulated genes include the isc and the nfuA genes encoding Fe/S biogenesis assisting factors, and the rcnA gene encoding a cobalt efflux system. Downregulated genes are implicated in anaerobic metabolism (narK, nirB, hybO, grcA), metal transport (feoB, nikA), sulfate/thiosulfate import (cysP), and one is of unknown function (yeeE). Cobalt regulation of isc, nfuA, hybO, cysP and yeeE genes was found to involve IscR, a Fe/S transcriptional regulator. Previously, the Suf Fe/S biogenesis machinery was found to be important for cobalt stress adaptation, but suf genes did not show up in the microarray analysis. Therefore, we used qRT-PCR analysis and found that cobalt induced the suf operon expression. Moreover, kinetic analysis of the cobalt-mediated induction of the suf operon expression allowed us to propose that cobalt toxicity is caused first by impaired Fe/S biogenesis, followed by decreased iron bioavailability and eventually oxidative stress.
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- Jean-Raphaël Fantino
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, CNRS UPR-9043, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13009 Marseille, France
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Iron-sulfur clusters are multifaceted iron-containing cofactors coordinated and utilized by numerous proteins in nearly all biological systems. Fe-S-cluster-containing proteins help direct pathways essential for cell viability and participate in biological applications ranging from nucleotide biosynthesis and stability, protein translation, enzyme catalysis, and mitochondrial metabolism. Fe-S-containing proteins function by utilizing the unique electronic and chemical properties inherent in the Fe containing cofactor. Fe-S clusters are constructed of inorganic iron and sulfide arranged in a distinct caged structural makeup ranging from [Fe(2) -S(2) ], [Fe(3) -S(4) ], [Fe(4) -S(4) ], up to [Fe(8) -S(8) ] clusters. In eukaryotes, cluster activity is controlled in part at the assembly level and the major pathway for cluster production exists within the mitochondria. Recent insight into the pathway of mitochondrial cluster assembly has come from new in vivo and in vitro reports that provided direct insight into how all protein partners within the assembly pathway interact. However, we are only just beginning to understand the role of each protein within this complex pageant that is mitochondrial Fe-S cluster assembly. In this report we present results, using the yeast model for mitochondrial assembly, to describe the molecular details of how important proteins in the pathway coordinate for cluster assembly.
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- Swati Rawat
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 (USA), Fax: (+01)313-577-5712
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, 540 E. Canfield Ave. Detroit, MI 48201 (USA), Fax: (+01)313-577-5712
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Saini A, Mapolelo DT, Chahal HK, Johnson MK, Outten FW. SufD and SufC ATPase activity are required for iron acquisition during in vivo Fe-S cluster formation on SufB. Biochemistry 2010; 49:9402-12. [PMID: 20857974 DOI: 10.1021/bi1011546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In vivo biogenesis of Fe-S cluster cofactors requires complex biosynthetic machinery to limit release of iron and sulfide, to protect the Fe-S cluster from oxidation, and to target the Fe-S cluster to the correct apoenzyme. The SufABCDSE pathway for Fe-S cluster assembly in Escherichia coli accomplishes these tasks under iron starvation and oxidative stress conditions that disrupt Fe-S cluster metabolism. Although SufB, SufC, and SufD are all required for in vivo Suf function, their exact roles are unclear. Here we show that SufB, SufC, and SufD, coexpressed with the SufS-SufE sulfur transfer pair, purify as two distinct complexes (SufBC(2)D and SufB(2)C(2)) that contain Fe-S clusters and FADH(2). These studies also show that SufC and SufD are required for in vivo Fe-S cluster formation on SufB. Furthermore, while SufD is dispensable for in vivo sulfur transfer, it is absolutely required for in vivo iron acquisition. Finally, we demonstrate for the first time that the ATPase activity of SufC is necessary for in vivo iron acquisition during Fe-S cluster assembly.
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- Avneesh Saini
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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Janagama HK, Senthilkumar, Bannantine JP, Kugadas A, Jagtap P, Higgins L, Witthuhn B, Sreevatsan S. Iron-sparing response of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis is strain dependent. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:268. [PMID: 20969756 PMCID: PMC2975660 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Two genotypically and microbiologically distinct strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) exist - S and C MAP strains that primarily infect sheep and cattle, respectively. Concentration of iron in the cultivation medium has been suggested as one contributing factor for the observed microbiologic differences. We recently demonstrated that S strains have defective iron storage systems, leading us to propose that these strains might experience iron toxicity when excess iron is provided in the medium. To test this hypothesis, we carried out transcriptional and proteomic profiling of these MAP strains under iron-replete or -deplete conditions. Results We first complemented M. smegmatisΔideR with IdeR of C MAP or that derived from S MAP and compared their transcription profiles using M. smegmatis mc2155 microarrays. In the presence of iron, sIdeR repressed expression of bfrA and MAP2073c, a ferritin domain containing protein suggesting that transcriptional control of iron storage may be defective in S strain. We next performed transcriptional and proteomic profiling of the two strain types of MAP under iron-deplete and -replete conditions. Under iron-replete conditions, C strain upregulated iron storage (BfrA), virulence associated (Esx-5 and antigen85 complex), and ribosomal proteins. In striking contrast, S strain downregulated these proteins under iron-replete conditions. iTRAQ (isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation) based protein quantitation resulted in the identification of four unannotated proteins. Two of these were upregulated by a C MAP strain in response to iron supplementation. The iron-sparing response to iron limitation was unique to the C strain as evidenced by repression of non-essential iron utilization enzymes (aconitase and succinate dehydrogenase) and upregulation of proteins of essential function (iron transport, [Fe-S] cluster biogenesis and cell division). Conclusions Taken together, our study revealed that C and S strains of MAP utilize divergent metabolic pathways to accommodate in vitro iron stress. The knowledge of the metabolic pathways these divergent responses play a role in are important to 1) advance our ability to culture the two different strains of MAP efficiently, 2) aid in diagnosis and control of Johne's disease, and 3) advance our understanding of MAP virulence.
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- Harish K Janagama
- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, USA
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Ruiz M, Bettache A, Janicki A, Vinella D, Zhang CC, Latifi A. The alr2505 (osiS) gene from Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 encodes a cysteine desulfurase induced by oxidative stress. FEBS J 2010; 277:3715-25. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07772.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adenosine is undoubtedly an ancient biological molecule that is a component of many enzyme cofactors: ATP, FADH, NAD(P)H, and coenzyme A, to name but a few, and, of course, of RNA. Here we present an overview of the role of adenosine in its most reactive form: as an organic radical formed either by homolytic cleavage of adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B(12), AdoCbl) or by single-electron reduction of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) complexed to an iron-sulfur cluster. Although many of the enzymes we discuss are newly discovered, adenosine's role as a radical cofactor most likely arose very early in evolution, before the advent of photosynthesis and the production of molecular oxygen, which rapidly inactivates many radical enzymes. AdoCbl-dependent enzymes appear to be confined to a rather narrow repertoire of rearrangement reactions involving 1,2-hydrogen atom migrations; nevertheless, mechanistic insights gained from studying these enzymes have proved extremely valuable in understanding how enzymes generate and control highly reactive free radical intermediates. In contrast, there has been a recent explosion in the number of radical-AdoMet enzymes discovered that catalyze a remarkably wide range of chemically challenging reactions; here there is much still to learn about their mechanisms. Although all the radical-AdoMet enzymes so far characterized come from anaerobically growing microbes and are very oxygen sensitive, there is tantalizing evidence that some of these enzymes might be active in aerobic organisms including humans.
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- E. Neil G. Marsh
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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