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Cui S, Zhou W, Tang X, Zhang Q, Yang B, Zhao J, Mao B, Zhang H. The Effect of Proline on the Freeze-Drying Survival Rate of Bifidobacterium longum CCFM 1029 and Its Inherent Mechanism. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:13500. [PMID: 36362285 PMCID: PMC9653706 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 08/13/2024] Open
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Amino acids, which are important compatible solutes, play a significant role in probiotic lyophilization. However, studies on the functions of Bifidobacterium during freeze-drying are limited. Therefore, in this study, we compared the freeze-drying survival rate of Bifidobacterium longum CCFM 1029 cultivated in different media containing different kinds of compatible solutes. We found that the addition of 21 g/L proline to the culture media substantially improved the freeze-drying survival rate of B. longum CCFM 1029 from 18.61 ± 0.42% to 38.74 ± 1.58%. Interestingly, this change has only been observed when the osmotic pressure of the external culture environment is increased. Under these conditions, we found that proline accumulation in this strain increased significantly. This change also helped the strain to maintain its membrane integrity and the activity of some key enzymes during freeze-drying. Overall, these results show that the addition of proline can help the strain resist a tough environment during lyophilization. The findings of this study provide preliminary data for producers of probiotics who wish to achieve higher freeze-drying survival rates during industrial production.
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- Shumao Cui
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
- National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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Prokaryotic Solute/Sodium Symporters: Versatile Functions and Mechanisms of a Transporter Family. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22041880. [PMID: 33668649 PMCID: PMC7918813 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The solute/sodium symporter family (SSS family; TC 2.A.21; SLC5) consists of integral membrane proteins that use an existing sodium gradient to drive the uphill transport of various solutes, such as sugars, amino acids, vitamins, or ions across the membrane. This large family has representatives in all three kingdoms of life. The human sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) and the sodium/glucose transporter (SGLT1) are involved in diseases such as iodide transport defect or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Moreover, the bacterial sodium/proline symporter PutP and the sodium/sialic acid symporter SiaT play important roles in bacteria–host interactions. This review focuses on the physiological significance and structural and functional features of prokaryotic members of the SSS family. Special emphasis will be given to the roles and properties of proteins containing an SSS family domain fused to domains typically found in bacterial sensor kinases.
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Zhekova HR, Sakuma T, Johnson R, Concilio SC, Lech PJ, Zdravkovic I, Damergi M, Suksanpaisan L, Peng KW, Russell SJ, Noskov S. Mapping of Ion and Substrate Binding Sites in Human Sodium Iodide Symporter (hNIS). J Chem Inf Model 2020; 60:1652-1665. [PMID: 32134653 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b01114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS) is a theranostic reporter gene which concentrates several clinically approved SPECT and PET radiotracers and plays an essential role for the synthesis of thyroid hormones as an iodide transporter in the thyroid gland. Development of hNIS mutants which could enhance translocation of the desired imaging ions is currently underway. Unfortunately, it is hindered by lack of understanding of the 3D organization of hNIS and its relation to anion transport. There are no known crystal structures of hNIS in any of its conformational states. Homology modeling can be very effective in such situations; however, the low sequence identity between hNIS and relevant secondary transporters with available experimental structures makes the choice of a template and the generation of 3D models nontrivial. Here, we report a combined application of homology modeling and molecular dynamics refining of the hNIS structure in its semioccluded state. The modeling was based on templates from the LeuT-fold protein family and was done with emphasis on the refinement of the substrate-ion binding pocket. The consensus model developed in this work is compared to available biophysical and biochemical experimental data for a number of different LeuT-fold proteins. Some functionally important residues contributing to the formation of putative binding sites and permeation pathways for the cotransported Na+ ions and I- substrate were identified. The model predictions were experimentally tested by generation of mutant versions of hNIS and measurement of relative (to WT hNIS) 125I- uptake of 35 hNIS variants.
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- Hristina R Zhekova
- Centre for Molecular Simulation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Imanis Life Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, United States.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States
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- Imanis Life Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, United States
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States.,Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States
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- Imanis Life Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, United States
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Imanis Life Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, United States.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States
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- Imanis Life Sciences, Rochester, Minnesota 55901, United States.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, United States
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- Centre for Molecular Simulation, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
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Bracher S, Schmidt CC, Dittmer SI, Jung H. Core Transmembrane Domain 6 Plays a Pivotal Role in the Transport Cycle of the Sodium/Proline Symporter PutP. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:26208-26215. [PMID: 27793991 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.753103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Crystal structures of transporters with a LeuT-type structural fold assign core transmembrane domain 6 (TM6') a central role in substrate binding and translocation. Here, the function of TM6' in the sodium/proline symporter PutP, a member of the solute/sodium symporter family, was investigated. A complete scan of TM6' identified eight amino acids as particularly important for PutP function. Of these residues, Tyr-248, His-253, and Arg-257 impact sodium binding, whereas Arg-257 and Ala-260 may participate in interactions leading to closure of the inner gate. Furthermore, the previous suggestion of an involvement of Trp-244, Tyr-248, and Pro-252 in proline binding is further supported. In addition, substitution of Gly-245, Gly-247, and Gly-250 affects the amount of PutP in the membrane. A Cys accessibility analysis suggests an involvement of the inner half of TM6' in the formation of a hydrophilic pathway that is open to the inside in the absence of ligands and closed in the presence of sodium and proline. In conclusion, the results demonstrate that TM6' plays a central role in substrate binding and release on the inner side of the membrane also in PutP and extend the knowledge on functionally relevant amino acids in transporters with a LeuT-type structural fold.
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- Susanne Bracher
- From the Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology 1, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- From the Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology 1, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- From the Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology 1, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- From the Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology 1, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Zhang SQ, Miao Q, Li LP, Zhang LL, Yan L, Jia Y, Cao YB, Jiang YY. Mutation of G234 amino acid residue in candida albicans drug-resistance-related protein Rta2p is associated with fluconazole resistance and dihydrosphingosine transport. Virulence 2016. [PMID: 26220356 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2015.1051296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Widespread and repeated use of azoles has led to the rapid development of drug resistance in Candida albicans. Our previous study found Rta2p, a membrane protein with 7 transmembrane domains, was involved in calcineurin-mediated azole resistance and sphingoid long-chain base release in C. albicans. Conserved amino acids in the transmembrane domain of Rta2p were subjected to site-directed mutagenesis. The sensitivity of C. albicans to fluconazole in vitro was examined by minimum inhibitory concentration and killing assay, and the therapeutic efficacy of fluconazole in vivo was performed by systemic mice candidiasis model. Furthermore, dihydrosphingosine transport activity was detected by NBD labeled D-erythro-dihydrosphingosine uptake and release assay, and the sensitivity to sphingolipid biosynthesis inhibitors. We successfully constructed 14 mutant strains of Rta2p, screened them by minimum inhibitory concentration and found Ca(2+) did not completely induce fluconazole resistance with G158E and G234S mutations. Furthermore, we confirmed that G234S mutant enhanced the therapeutic efficacy of fluconazole against systemic candidiasis and significantly increased the accumulation of dihydrosphingosine by decreasing its release. However, G158E mutant didn't affect drug therapeutic efficacy in vivo and dihydrosphingosine transport in C. albicans. G234 of Rta2p in C. albicans is crucial in calcineurin-mediated fluconazole resistance and dihydrosphingosine transport.
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- Shi-Qun Zhang
- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China.,b Department of Pharmacology ; School of Medcine ; Tongji University ; Shanghai , China
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- c Department of Laboratory Diagnosis ; Changhai Hospital ; Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China
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- b Department of Pharmacology ; School of Medcine ; Tongji University ; Shanghai , China
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- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China
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- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China
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- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China
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- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China
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- a Research and Develop Center of New Drug ; School of Pharmacyl Second Military Medical University ; Shanghai , China.,b Department of Pharmacology ; School of Medcine ; Tongji University ; Shanghai , China
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Bracher S, Guérin K, Polyhach Y, Jeschke G, Dittmer S, Frey S, Böhm M, Jung H. Glu-311 in External Loop 4 of the Sodium/Proline Transporter PutP Is Crucial for External Gate Closure. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:4998-5008. [PMID: 26728461 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.675306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The available structural information on LeuT and structurally related transporters suggests that external loop 4 (eL4) and the outer end of transmembrane domain (TM) 10' participate in the reversible occlusion of the outer pathway to the solute binding sites. Here, the functional significance of eL4 and the outer region of TM10' are explored using the sodium/proline symporter PutP as a model. Glu-311 at the tip of eL4, and various amino acids around the outer end of TM10' are identified as particularly crucial for function. Substitutions at these sites inhibit the transport cycle, and affect in part ligand binding. In addition, changes at selected sites induce a global structural alteration in the direction of an outward-open conformation. It is suggested that interactions between the tip of eL4 and the peptide backbone at the end of TM10' participate in coordinating conformational alterations underlying the alternating access mechanism of transport. Together with the structural information on LeuT-like transporters, the results further specify the idea that common design and functional principles are maintained across different transport families.
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- Susanne Bracher
- From the Department of Biology 1, Division of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and
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- the ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- the ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- the ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Biology 1, Division of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and
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- From the Department of Biology 1, Division of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and
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- From the Department of Biology 1, Division of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and
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- From the Department of Biology 1, Division of Microbiology, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Martinsried, Germany and
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Li Z, Lee ASE, Bracher S, Jung H, Paz A, Kumar JP, Abramson J, Quick M, Shi L. Identification of a second substrate-binding site in solute-sodium symporters. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:127-41. [PMID: 25398883 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.584383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The structure of the sodium/galactose transporter (vSGLT), a solute-sodium symporter (SSS) from Vibrio parahaemolyticus, shares a common structural fold with LeuT of the neurotransmitter-sodium symporter family. Structural alignments between LeuT and vSGLT reveal that the crystallographically identified galactose-binding site in vSGLT is located in a more extracellular location relative to the central substrate-binding site (S1) in LeuT. Our computational analyses suggest the existence of an additional galactose-binding site in vSGLT that aligns to the S1 site of LeuT. Radiolabeled galactose saturation binding experiments indicate that, like LeuT, vSGLT can simultaneously bind two substrate molecules under equilibrium conditions. Mutating key residues in the individual substrate-binding sites reduced the molar substrate-to-protein binding stoichiometry to ~1. In addition, the related and more experimentally tractable SSS member PutP (the Na(+)/proline transporter) also exhibits a binding stoichiometry of 2. Targeting residues in the proposed sites with mutations results in the reduction of the binding stoichiometry and is accompanied by severely impaired translocation of proline. Our data suggest that substrate transport by SSS members requires both substrate-binding sites, thereby implying that SSSs and neurotransmitter-sodium symporters share common mechanistic elements in substrate transport.
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- Zheng Li
- From the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065
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- the Center for Molecular Recognition and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032
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- the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Biocentre, Microbiology, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, Martinsried, D-82152, Germany
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- the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Biocentre, Microbiology, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, Martinsried, D-82152, Germany
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- the Department of Physiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095
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- the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, NCBS Campus, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065, Karnataka, India
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- the Department of Physiology, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, NCBS Campus, GKVK Post, Bellary Road, Bangalore-560065, Karnataka, India
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- the Center for Molecular Recognition and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, the Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, and
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- From the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, the Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York 10021
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Raba M, Dunkel S, Hilger D, Lipiszko K, Polyhach Y, Jeschke G, Bracher S, Klare JP, Quick M, Jung H, Steinhoff HJ. Extracellular loop 4 of the proline transporter PutP controls the periplasmic entrance to ligand binding sites. Structure 2014; 22:769-80. [PMID: 24768113 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Na(+)/proline symporter (PutP), like several other Na(+)-coupled symporters, belongs to the so-called LeuT-fold structural family, which features ten core transmembrane domains (cTMs) connected by extra- and intracellular loops. The role of these loops has been discussed in context with the gating function in the alternating access model of secondary active transport processes. Here we report the complete spin-labeling site scan of extracellular loop 4 (eL4) in PutP that reveals the presence of two α-helical segments, eL4a and eL4b. Among the eL4 residues that are directly implicated in the functional dynamics of the transporter, Phe314 in eL4b anchors the loop by means of hydrophobic contacts to cTM1 close to the ligand binding sites. We propose that ligand-induced conformational changes at the binding sites are transmitted via the anchoring residue to eL4 and through eL4 further to adjacent cTMs, leading to closure of the extracellular gate.
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- Michael Raba
- Division of Microbiology, Department Biology I, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, Department Biology I, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH Zürich, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Microbiology, Department Biology I, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 630 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA; Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, Department Biology I, LMU Munich, Grosshaderner Strasse 2-4, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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- Department of Physics, University of Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 7, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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The γ-aminobutyrate permease GabP serves as the third proline transporter of Bacillus subtilis. J Bacteriol 2013; 196:515-26. [PMID: 24142252 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01128-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PutP and OpuE serve as proline transporters when this imino acid is used by Bacillus subtilis as a nutrient or as an osmostress protectant, respectively. The simultaneous inactivation of the PutP and OpuE systems still allows the utilization of proline as a nutrient. This growth phenotype pointed to the presence of a third proline transport system in B. subtilis. We took advantage of the sensitivity of a putP opuE double mutant to the toxic proline analog 3,4-dehydro-dl-proline (DHP) to identify this additional proline uptake system. DHP-resistant mutants were selected and found to be defective in the use of proline as a nutrient. Whole-genome resequencing of one of these strains provided the lead that the inactivation of the γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) transporter GabP was responsible for these phenotypes. DNA sequencing of the gabP gene in 14 additionally analyzed DHP-resistant strains confirmed this finding. Consistently, each of the DHP-resistant mutants was defective not only in the use of proline as a nutrient but also in the use of GABA as a nitrogen source. The same phenotype resulted from the targeted deletion of the gabP gene in a putP opuE mutant strain. Hence, the GabP carrier not only serves as an uptake system for GABA but also functions as the third proline transporter of B. subtilis. Uptake studies with radiolabeled GABA and proline confirmed this conclusion and provided information on the kinetic parameters of the GabP carrier for both of these substrates.
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Sahu ID, McCarrick RM, Lorigan GA. Use of electron paramagnetic resonance to solve biochemical problems. Biochemistry 2013; 52:5967-84. [PMID: 23961941 PMCID: PMC3839053 DOI: 10.1021/bi400834a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a very powerful biophysical tool that can provide valuable structural and dynamic information about a wide variety of biological systems. The intent of this review is to provide a general overview for biochemists and biological researchers of the most commonly used EPR methods and how these techniques can be used to answer important biological questions. The topics discussed could easily fill one or more textbooks; thus, we present a brief background on several important biological EPR techniques and an overview of several interesting studies that have successfully used EPR to solve pertinent biological problems. The review consists of the following sections: an introduction to EPR techniques, spin-labeling methods, and studies of naturally occurring organic radicals and EPR active transition metal systems that are presented as a series of case studies in which EPR spectroscopy has been used to greatly further our understanding of several important biological systems.
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- Indra D. Sahu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Miami University, Oxford, OH
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Darrouzet E, Lindenthal S, Marcellin D, Pellequer JL, Pourcher T. The sodium/iodide symporter: state of the art of its molecular characterization. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2013; 1838:244-53. [PMID: 23988430 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2013] [Revised: 08/05/2013] [Accepted: 08/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The sodium/iodide symporter (NIS or SLC5A5) is an intrinsic membrane protein implicated in iodide uptake into thyroid follicular cells. It plays a crucial role in iodine metabolism and thyroid regulation and its function is widely exploited in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and malignant thyroid diseases. A great effort is currently being made to develop a NIS-based gene therapy also allowing the radiotreatment of nonthyroidal tumors. NIS is also expressed in other tissues, such as salivary gland, stomach and mammary gland during lactation, where its physiological role remains unclear. The molecular identity of the thyroid iodide transporter was elucidated approximately fifteen years ago. It belongs to the superfamily of sodium/solute symporters, SSS (and to the human transporter family, SLC5), and is composed of 13 transmembrane helices and 643 amino acid residues in humans. Knowledge concerning NIS structure/function relationship has been obtained by taking advantage of the high resolution structure of one member of the SSS family, the Vibrio parahaemolyticus sodium/galactose symporter (vSGLT), and from studies of gene mutations leading to congenital iodine transport defects (ITD). This review will summarize current knowledge regarding the molecular characterization of NIS.
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- Elisabeth Darrouzet
- SBTN, bât 170, centre de Marcoule, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols sur Cèze CEDEX, France; Laboratoire TIRO, Faculté de médecine, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, 28 Avenue de Valombrose, 06107 Nice CEDEX, France; CAL, TIRO, F-06107 Nice, France.
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Bordignon E, Polyhach Y. EPR techniques to probe insertion and conformation of spin-labeled proteins in lipid bilayers. Methods Mol Biol 2013; 974:329-355. [PMID: 23404283 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-275-9_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy of spin-labeled membrane proteins is a valuable biophysical technique to study structural details and conformational transitions of proteins close to their physiological environment, e.g., in liposomes, membrane bilayers, and nanodiscs. Unlike in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, having only one or few specific side chains labeled at a time with paramagnetic probes makes the size of the object under investigation irrelevant in terms of technique sensitivity. As a drawback, extensive site-directed mutagenesis is required in order to analyze the properties of the protein under investigation. EPR can provide detailed information on side chain dynamics of large membrane proteins or protein complexes embedded in membranes with an exquisite sensitivity for flexible regions and on water accessibility profiles across the membrane bilayer. Moreover, distances between the two spin-labeled side chains in membrane proteins can be detected with high precision in the 1.5-6 nm range at cryogenic temperatures. The application of EPR to membrane proteins still presents some challenges in terms of sample preparation, sensitivity, and data interpretation; thus no ready-to-go methodological recipes can be given. However this chapter describes the state of the art in the application of nitroxide-based site-directed spin labeling EPR to membrane proteins, with specific focus on the different types of information which can be obtained with continuous wave and pulsed techniques and on the challenges in sample preparation and data analysis for functional and structural membrane protein studies.
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- Enrica Bordignon
- Laboratory for Physical Chemistry, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Khafizov K, Perez C, Koshy C, Quick M, Fendler K, Ziegler C, Forrest LR. Investigation of the sodium-binding sites in the sodium-coupled betaine transporter BetP. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:E3035-44. [PMID: 23047697 PMCID: PMC3497817 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1209039109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Sodium-coupled substrate transport plays a central role in many biological processes. However, despite knowledge of the structures of several sodium-coupled transporters, the location of the sodium-binding site(s) often remains unclear. Several of these structures have the five transmembrane-helix inverted-topology repeat, LeuT-like (FIRL) fold, whose pseudosymmetry has been proposed to facilitate the alternating-access mechanism required for transport. Here, we provide biophysical, biochemical, and computational evidence for the location of the two cation-binding sites in the sodium-coupled betaine symporter BetP. A recent X-ray structure of BetP in a sodium-bound closed state revealed that one of these sites, equivalent to the Na2 site in related transporters, is located between transmembrane helices 1 and 8 of the FIRL-fold; here, we confirm the location of this site by other means. Based on the pseudosymmetry of this fold, we hypothesized that the second site is located between the equivalent helices 6 and 3. Molecular dynamics simulations of the closed-state structure suggest this second sodium site involves two threonine sidechains and a backbone carbonyl from helix 3, a phenylalanine from helix 6, and a water molecule. Mutating the residues proposed to form the two binding sites increased the apparent K(m) and K(d) for sodium, as measured by betaine uptake, tryptophan fluorescence, and (22)Na(+) binding, and also diminished the transient currents measured in proteoliposomes using solid supported membrane-based electrophysiology. Taken together, these results provide strong evidence for the identity of the residues forming the sodium-binding sites in BetP.
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- Computational Structural Biology Group and
- Departments of Structural Biology, and
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- Center for Molecular Recognition and
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032
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- Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and
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Amin A, Ando T, Saijo S, Yamato I. Role of Asp187 and Gln190 in the Na+/proline symporter (PutP) of Escherichia coli. J Biochem 2011; 150:395-402. [PMID: 21586535 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Asp187 and Gln190 were predicted as conserved and closely located at the Na(+) binding site in a topology and homology model structure of Na(+)/proline symporter (PutP) of Escherichia coli. The replacement of Asp187 with Ala or Leu did not affect proline transport activity; whereas, change to Gln abolished the active transport. The binding affinity for Na(+) or proline of these mutants was similar to that of wild-type (WT) PutP. This result indicates Asp187 to be responsible for active transport of proline without affecting the binding. Replacement of Gln190 with Ala, Asn, Asp, Leu and Glu had no effect on transport or binding, suggesting that it may not have a role in the transport. However, in the negative D187Q mutant, a second mutation, of Gln190 to Glu or Leu, restored 46 or 7% of the transport activity of WT, respectively, while mutation to Ala, Asn or Asp had no effect. Thus, side chain at position 190 has a crucial role in suppressing the functional defect of the D187Q mutant. We conclude that Asp187 is responsible for transport activity instead of coupling-ion binding by constituting the translocation pathway of the ion and Gln190 provides a suppressing mutation site to regain PutP functional activity.
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- Anowarul Amin
- Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda-shi, Chiba 278-8510, Japan
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Olkhova E, Raba M, Bracher S, Hilger D, Jung H. Homology model of the Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli and its functional implications. J Mol Biol 2010; 406:59-74. [PMID: 21130773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.11.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2010] [Revised: 11/19/2010] [Accepted: 11/22/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Na(+)/solute symporters are essential membrane integrated proteins that couple the flow of Na(+) ions driven by electrochemical Na(+) gradients to the transport of solutes across biological membranes. Here, we used a combination of molecular modeling techniques and evolutionary conservation analysis to construct and validate a first model of the Na(+)/proline symporter PutP of Escherichia coli based on the crystal structure of the bacterial Na(+)/galactose symporter vSGLT. Ligand docking experiments were employed to gain information about residues involved in proline binding. The proposed model is consistent with the available experimental data and was further validated by amino acid substitutions and kinetic and protein chemical analyses. Combination of the results of molecular modeling and functional studies predicts the location and organization of the Na(+) and proline binding sites. Remarkably, as proposed computationally and discovered here experimentally, residues Y140, W244, and Y248 of transmembrane segments 4 and 7 are found to be particularly important for PutP function and suggested to participate in proline binding and/or gating.
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- Elena Olkhova
- Department of Molecular Membrane Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max-von-Laue Str. 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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Hilger D, Polyhach Y, Jung H, Jeschke G. Backbone structure of transmembrane domain IX of the Na+/proline transporter PutP of Escherichia coli. Biophys J 2010; 96:217-25. [PMID: 19134477 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 09/22/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The backbone structure is determined by site-directed spin labeling, double electron electron resonance measurements of distances, and modeling in terms of a helix-loop-helix construct for a transmembrane domain that is supposed to line the translocation pathway in the 54.3 kDa Na(+)/proline symporter PutP of Escherichia coli. The conformational distribution of the spin labels is accounted for by a rotamer library. An ensemble of backbone models with a root mean-square deviation of less than 2 A is obtained. These models exhibit a pronounced kink near residue T341, which is involved in substrate binding. The kink may be associated with a hinge that allows the protein to open and close an inwardly oriented cavity.
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- Daniel Hilger
- Department of Biology I, Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, Munich, Germany
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