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Shenkutie SM, Nagano S, Hughes J. Expression, purification and crystallization of the photosensory module of phytochrome B (phyB) from Sorghum bicolor. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2024; 80:59-66. [PMID: 38376821 PMCID: PMC10910535 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x24000827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Sorghum, a short-day tropical plant, has been adapted for temperate grain production, in particular through the selection of variants at the MATURITY loci (Ma1-Ma6) that reduce photoperiod sensitivity. Ma3 encodes phytochrome B (phyB), a red/far-red photochromic biliprotein photoreceptor. The multi-domain gene product, comprising 1178 amino acids, autocatalytically binds the phytochromobilin chromophore to form the photoactive holophytochrome (Sb.phyB). This study describes the development of an efficient heterologous overproduction system which allows the production of large quantities of various holoprotein constructs, along with purification and crystallization procedures. Crystals of the Pr (red-light-absorbing) forms of NPGP, PGP and PG (residues 1-655, 114-655 and 114-458, respectively), each C-terminally tagged with His6, were successfully produced. While NPGP crystals did not diffract, those of PGP and PG diffracted to 6 and 2.1 Å resolution, respectively. Moving the tag to the N-terminus and replacing phytochromobilin with phycocyanobilin as the ligand produced PG crystals that diffracted to 1.8 Å resolution. These results demonstrate that the diffraction quality of challenging protein crystals can be improved by removing flexible regions, shifting fusion tags and altering small-molecule ligands.
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- Sintayehu Manaye Shenkutie
- Department of Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390 Giessen, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Hawassa University, PO Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390 Giessen, Germany
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Nagano S, Sadeghi M, Balke J, Fleck M, Heckmann N, Psakis G, Alexiev U. Improved fluorescent phytochromes for in situ imaging. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5587. [PMID: 35379835 PMCID: PMC8980088 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09169-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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AbstractModern biology investigations on phytochromes as near-infrared fluorescent pigments pave the way for the development of new biosensors, as well as for optogenetics and in vivo imaging tools. Recently, near-infrared fluorescent proteins (NIR-FPs) engineered from biliverdin-binding bacteriophytochromes and cyanobacteriochromes, and from phycocyanobilin-binding cyanobacterial phytochromes have become promising probes for fluorescence microscopy and in vivo imaging. However, current NIR-FPs typically suffer from low fluorescence quantum yields and short fluorescence lifetimes. Here, we applied the rational approach of combining mutations known to enhance fluorescence in the cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 to derive a series of highly fluorescent variants with fluorescence quantum yield exceeding 15%. These variants were characterised by biochemical and spectroscopic methods, including time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. We show that these new NIR-FPs exhibit high fluorescence quantum yields and long fluorescence lifetimes, contributing to their bright fluorescence, and provide fluorescence lifetime imaging measurements in E.coli cells.
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Sakai K, Kondo Y, Fujioka H, Kamiya M, Aoki K, Goto Y. Near-infrared imaging in fission yeast using a genetically encoded phycocyanobilin biosynthesis system. J Cell Sci 2021; 134:273759. [PMID: 34806750 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.259315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Near-infrared fluorescent protein (iRFP) is a bright and stable fluorescent protein with near-infrared excitation and emission maxima. Unlike the other conventional fluorescent proteins, iRFP requires biliverdin (BV) as a chromophore. Here, we report that phycocyanobilin (PCB) functions as a brighter chromophore for iRFP than BV, and that biosynthesis of PCB allows live-cell imaging with iRFP in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We initially found that fission yeast cells did not produce BV and therefore did not show any iRFP fluorescence. The brightness of iRFP-PCB was higher than that of iRFP-BV both in vitro and in fission yeast. We introduced SynPCB2.1, a PCB biosynthesis system, into fission yeast, resulting in the brightest iRFP fluorescence. To make iRFP readily available in fission yeast, we developed an endogenous gene tagging system with iRFP and all-in-one integration plasmids carrying the iRFP-fused marker proteins together with SynPCB2.1. These tools not only enable the easy use of multiplexed live-cell imaging in fission yeast with a broader color palette, but also open the door to new opportunities for near-infrared fluorescence imaging in a wider range of living organisms. This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Keiichiro Sakai
- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan.,Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Uda Y, Miura H, Goto Y, Yamamoto K, Mii Y, Kondo Y, Takada S, Aoki K. Improvement of Phycocyanobilin Synthesis for Genetically Encoded Phytochrome-Based Optogenetics. ACS Chem Biol 2020; 15:2896-2906. [PMID: 33164485 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.0c00477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Optogenetics is a powerful technique using photoresponsive proteins, and the light-inducible dimerization (LID) system, an optogenetic tool, allows to manipulate intracellular signaling pathways. One of the red/far-red responsive LID systems, phytochrome B (PhyB)-phytochrome interacting factor (PIF), has a unique property of controlling both association and dissociation by light on the second time scale, but PhyB requires a linear tetrapyrrole chromophore such as phycocyanobilin (PCB), and such chromophores are present only in higher plants and cyanobacteria. Here, we report that we further improved our previously developed PCB synthesis system (SynPCB) and successfully established a stable cell line containing a genetically encoded PhyB-PIF LID system. First, four genes responsible for PCB synthesis, namely, PcyA, HO1, Fd, and Fnr, were replaced with their counterparts derived from thermophilic cyanobacteria. Second, Fnr was truncated, followed by fusion with Fd to generate a chimeric protein, tFnr-Fd. Third, these genes were concatenated with P2A peptide cDNAs for polycistronic expression, resulting in an approximately 4-fold increase in PCB synthesis compared with the previous version. Finally, we incorporated the PhyB, PIF, and SynPCB system into drug inducible lentiviral and transposon vectors, which enabled us to induce PCB synthesis and the PhyB-PIF LID system by doxycycline treatment. These tools provide a new opportunity to advance our understanding of the causal relationship between intracellular signaling and cellular functions.
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- Youichi Uda
- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Pathology and Biology of Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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- Quantitative Biology Research Group, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Division of Quantitative Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
- Department of Basic Biology, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), 5-1 Higashiyama, Myodaiji-cho, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan
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Nagano S, Guan K, Shenkutie SM, Feiler C, Weiss M, Kraskov A, Buhrke D, Hildebrandt P, Hughes J. Structural insights into photoactivation and signalling in plant phytochromes. NATURE PLANTS 2020; 6:581-588. [PMID: 32366982 DOI: 10.1038/s41477-020-0638-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
Plant phytochromes are red/far-red photochromic photoreceptors that act as master regulators of development, controlling the expression of thousands of genes. Here, we describe the crystal structures of four plant phytochrome sensory modules, three at about 2 Å resolution or better, including the first of an A-type phytochrome. Together with extensive spectral data, these structures provide detailed insight into the structure and function of plant phytochromes. In the Pr state, the substitution of phycocyanobilin and phytochromobilin cofactors has no structural effect, nor does the amino-terminal extension play a significant functional role. Our data suggest that the chromophore propionates and especially the phytochrome-specific domain tongue act differently in plant and prokaryotic phytochromes. We find that the photoproduct in period-ARNT-single-minded (PAS)-cGMP-specific phosphodiesterase-adenylyl cyclase-FhlA (GAF) bidomains might represent a novel intermediate between MetaRc and Pfr. We also discuss the possible role of a likely nuclear localization signal specific to and conserved in the phytochrome A lineage.
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- Soshichiro Nagano
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany
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- BESSY II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- BESSY II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Sekr. PC14, Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany.
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Hörner M, Gerhardt K, Salavei P, Hoess P, Härrer D, Kaiser J, Tabor JJ, Weber W. Production of Phytochromes by High-Cell-Density E. coli Fermentation. ACS Synth Biol 2019; 8:2442-2450. [PMID: 31526004 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.9b00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Phytochromes are important photoreceptors of plants, bacteria, and fungi responsive to light in the red and far-red spectrum. For increasing applications in basic research, synthetic biology, and materials sciences, it is required to recombinantly produce and purify phytochromes in high amounts. An ideal host organism for this purpose is E. coli due to its widespread use, fast growth, and ability for high-cell-density fermentation. Here, we describe the development of a generic platform for the production of phytochromes in E. coli that is compatible with high-cell-density fermentation. We exemplify our approach by the production of the photosensory domains of phytochrome B (PhyB) from A. thaliana and of the cyanobacterial phytochrome 1 (Cph1) from Synechocystis PCC 6803 in the multigram scale per 10 L fermentation run.
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Helizon H, Rösler-Dalton J, Gasch P, von Horsten S, Essen LO, Zeidler M. Arabidopsis phytochrome A nuclear translocation is mediated by a far-red elongated hypocotyl 1-importin complex. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2018; 96:1255-1268. [PMID: 30256472 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Phytochrome A (phyA) is a red and far-red (FR) sensing photoreceptor regulating plant growth and development. Its biologically active FR-absorbing form Pfr translocates into the nucleus and subsequently regulates gene expression. Two transport facilitators, FR elongated hypocotyl 1 (FHY1) and FHY1-like (FHL), are crucial for its cytoplasmic-nuclear translocation. FHY1 interacts preferentially with activated phyA (Pfr) in assays with recombinant phyA and FHY1 and in vivo. Nuclear translocation of the phyA-FHY1 complex depends on a nuclear localization signal (NLS) of FHY1, which is recognized by IMPαs independently of phyA. The complex is guided along the actin cytoskeleton. Additionally, FHY1 has the ability to exit the nucleus via the exportin route, thus is able to repeatedly transport phyA molecules to the nucleus, balancing the nucleo-cytoplasmic distribution. The direction of FHY1s transport appears to depend on its phosphorylation state in different compartments. Phosphorylated serins close to the NLS prevent FHY1 binding to IMPα. The work presented here elucidates key steps of the mechanism by which photoactivated phyA translocates to the nucleus.
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- Hanna Helizon
- Institute for Plant Physiology, University Giessen, 35390, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Plant Physiology, University Bayreuth, 95447, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, University Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, University Giessen, 35390, Giessen, Germany
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Assafa TE, Anders K, Linne U, Essen LO, Bordignon E. Light-Driven Domain Mechanics of a Minimal Phytochrome Photosensory Module Studied by EPR. Structure 2018; 26:1534-1545.e4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Beattie GA, Hatfield BM, Dong H, McGrane RS. Seeing the Light: The Roles of Red- and Blue-Light Sensing in Plant Microbes. ANNUAL REVIEW OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2018; 56:41-66. [PMID: 29768135 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-080417-045931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Plants collect, concentrate, and conduct light throughout their tissues, thus enhancing light availability to their resident microbes. This review explores the role of photosensing in the biology of plant-associated bacteria and fungi, including the molecular mechanisms of red-light sensing by phytochromes and blue-light sensing by LOV (light-oxygen-voltage) domain proteins in these microbes. Bacteriophytochromes function as major drivers of the bacterial transcriptome and mediate light-regulated suppression of virulence, motility, and conjugation in some phytopathogens and light-regulated induction of the photosynthetic apparatus in a stem-nodulating symbiont. Bacterial LOV proteins also influence light-mediated changes in both symbiotic and pathogenic phenotypes. Although red-light sensing by fungal phytopathogens is poorly understood, fungal LOV proteins contribute to blue-light regulation of traits, including asexual development and virulence. Collectively, these studies highlight that plant microbes have evolved to exploit light cues and that light sensing is often coupled with sensing other environmental signals.
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- Gwyn A Beattie
- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA;
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA;
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford, Oklahoma 73096, USA
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Kyriakakis P, Catanho M, Hoffner N, Thavarajah W, Hu VJ, Chao SS, Hsu A, Pham V, Naghavian L, Dozier LE, Patrick GN, Coleman TP. Biosynthesis of Orthogonal Molecules Using Ferredoxin and Ferredoxin-NADP + Reductase Systems Enables Genetically Encoded PhyB Optogenetics. ACS Synth Biol 2018; 7:706-717. [PMID: 29301067 PMCID: PMC5820651 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.7b00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Transplanting metabolic reactions from one species into another has many uses as a research tool with applications ranging from optogenetics to crop production. Ferredoxin (Fd), the enzyme that most often supplies electrons to these reactions, is often overlooked when transplanting enzymes from one species to another because most cells already contain endogenous Fd. However, we have shown that the production of chromophores used in Phytochrome B (PhyB) optogenetics is greatly enhanced in mammalian cells by expressing bacterial and plant Fds with ferredoxin-NADP+ reductases (FNR). We delineated the rate limiting factors and found that the main metabolic precursor, heme, was not the primary limiting factor for producing either the cyanobacterial or plant chromophores, phycocyanobilin or phytochromobilin, respectively. In fact, Fd is limiting, followed by Fd+FNR and finally heme. Using these findings, we optimized the PCB production system and combined it with a tissue penetrating red/far-red sensing PhyB optogenetic gene switch in animal cells. We further characterized this system in several mammalian cell lines using red and far-red light. Importantly, we found that the light-switchable gene system remains active for several hours upon illumination, even with a short light pulse, and requires very small amounts of light for maximal activation. Boosting chromophore production by matching metabolic pathways with specific ferredoxin systems will enable the unparalleled use of the many PhyB optogenetic tools and has broader implications for optimizing synthetic metabolic pathways.
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- Phillip Kyriakakis
- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Neurosciences
Graduate Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Frank
H. Better School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, 370 Bassett Road, North Haven, Connecticut 06473, United States
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- School
of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Roy J. and
Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, 451 Newton Road, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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- Section
of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347, United States
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- Section
of Neurobiology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0347, United States
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- Department
of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman
Drive, La Jolla, California 92093-0412, United States
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Ge B, Lin X, Chen Y, Wang X, Chen H, Jiang P, Huang F. Combinational biosynthesis of dual-functional streptavidin-phycobiliproteins for high-throughput-compatible immunoassay. Process Biochem 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2017.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Velázquez Escobar F, Buhrke D, Fernandez Lopez M, Shenkutie SM, von Horsten S, Essen LO, Hughes J, Hildebrandt P. Structural communication between the chromophore-binding pocket and the N-terminal extension in plant phytochrome phyB. FEBS Lett 2017; 591:1258-1265. [DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.12642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2017] [Revised: 03/25/2017] [Accepted: 03/28/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Institut für Chemie; Technische Universität Berlin; Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Strukturbiochemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Marburg Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie, Strukturbiochemie; Philipps-Universität Marburg; Marburg Germany
- LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology; Philipps-Universität; Marburg Germany
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- Plant Physiology; Justus-Liebig University Gießen; Giessen Germany
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Mapping light-driven conformational changes within the photosensory module of plant phytochrome B. Sci Rep 2016; 6:34366. [PMID: 27694986 PMCID: PMC5046071 DOI: 10.1038/srep34366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Organisms developed different photoreceptors to be able to adapt to changing environmental light conditions. Phytochromes are red/far-red (r/fr) photochromic photoreceptors that belong to the classical photoreceptors along with cryptochromes and phototropins. They convert absorbed light into a biological signal by switching between two states in a light-dependent manner therefore enabling the light control downstream signalling. Their Pfr conformation is the biological active form in plants, but until now only a structure of the ground state (Pr) was solved. Here, the authors provide information about structural changes occurring during photoconversion within phytochrome B and identify possible interaction sites for its N-terminal extension (NTE) utilising hydrogen/deuterium exchange rate analyses of its amide backbone. Especially, the newly identified light-dependency of two regions in the NTE are of particular interest for understanding the involvement of the phytochrome’s NTE in the regulation of its downstream signalling.
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Wu F, Zang X, Zhang X, Zhang R, Huang X, Hou L, Jiang M, Liu C, Pang C. Molecular Cloning of cpcU and Heterodimeric Bilin Lyase Activity Analysis of CpcU and CpcS for Attachment of Phycocyanobilin to Cys-82 on the β-Subunit of Phycocyanin in Arthrospira platensis FACHB314. Molecules 2016; 21:357. [PMID: 26999083 PMCID: PMC6273044 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21030357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A new bilin lyase gene cpcU was cloned from Arthrospira platensis FACHB314 to study the assembly of the phycocyanin β-Subunit. Two recombinant plasmids, one contained the phycocyanobilin (PCB) producing genes (hoxI and pcyA), while the other contained the gene of the β-Subunit of phycobiliprotein (cpcB) and the lyase gene (cpcU, cpcS, or cpcU/S) were constructed and separately transferred into Escherichia coli in order to test the activities of relevant lyases for catalyzing PCB addition to CpcB during synthesizing fluorescent β-PC of A. platensis FACHB314. The fluorescence intensity examination showed that Cys-82 maybe the active site for the β-Subunit binding to PCBs and the attachment could be carried out by CpcU, CpcS, or co-expressed cpcU/S in A. platensis FACHB314.
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- Fei Wu
- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, Ministry of Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China.
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Nagano S. From photon to signal in phytochromes: similarities and differences between prokaryotic and plant phytochromes. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 2016; 129:123-135. [PMID: 26818948 DOI: 10.1007/s10265-016-0789-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Phytochromes represent a diverse family of red/far-red-light absorbing chromoproteins which are widespread across plants, cyanobacteria, non-photosynthetic bacteria, and more. Phytochromes play key roles in regulating physiological activities in response to light, a critical element in the acclimatization to the environment. The discovery of prokaryotic phytochromes facilitated structural studies which deepened our understanding on the general mechanisms of phytochrome action. An extrapolation of this information to plant phytochromes is justified for universally conserved functional aspects, but it is also true that there are many aspects which are unique to plant phytochromes. Here I summarize some structural studies carried out to date on both prokaryotic and plant phytochromes. I also attempt to identify aspects which are common or unique to plant and prokaryotic phytochromes. Phytochrome themselves, as well as the downstream signaling pathway in plants are more complex than in their prokaryotic counterparts. Thus many structural and functional aspects of plant phytochrome remain unresolved.
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- Soshichiro Nagano
- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Senckenbergstrasse 3, 35390, Giessen, Germany.
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Velazquez Escobar F, von Stetten D, Günther-Lütkens M, Keidel A, Michael N, Lamparter T, Essen LO, Hughes J, Gärtner W, Yang Y, Heyne K, Mroginski MA, Hildebrandt P. Conformational heterogeneity of the Pfr chromophore in plant and cyanobacterial phytochromes. Front Mol Biosci 2015. [PMID: 26217669 PMCID: PMC4498102 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2015.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Phytochromes are biological photoreceptors that can be reversibly photoconverted between a dark and photoactivated state. The underlying reaction sequences are initiated by the photoisomerization of the tetrapyrrole cofactor, which in plant and cyanobacterial phytochromes are a phytochromobilin (PΦB) and a phycocyanobilin (PCB), respectively. The transition between the two states represents an on/off-switch of the output module activating or deactivating downstream physiological processes. In addition, the photoactivated state, i.e., Pfr in canonical phytochromes, can be thermally reverted to the dark state (Pr). The present study aimed to improve our understanding of the specific reactivity of various PΦB- and PCB-binding phytochromes in the Pfr state by analysing the cofactor structure by vibrational spectroscopic techniques. Resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy revealed two Pfr conformers (Pfr-I and Pfr-II) forming a temperature-dependent conformational equilibrium. The two sub-states—found in all phytochromes studied, albeit with different relative contributions—differ in structural details of the C-D and A-B methine bridges. In the Pfr-I sub-state the torsion between the rings C and D is larger by ca. 10° compared to Pfr-II. This structural difference is presumably related to different hydrogen bonding interactions of ring D as revealed by time-resolved IR spectroscopic studies of the cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1. The transitions between the two sub-states are evidently too fast (i.e., nanosecond time scale) to be resolved by NMR spectroscopy which could not detect a structural heterogeneity of the chromophore in Pfr. The implications of the present findings for the dark reversion of the Pfr state are discussed.
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Chemie, Technische Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
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- Botanisches Institut, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Justus Liebig University Gießen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Energiekonversion Mülheim, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Experimentalphysik, Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
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Shin AY, Han YJ, Song PS, Kim JI. Expression of recombinant full-length plant phytochromes assembled with phytochromobilin in Pichia pastoris. FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2964-70. [PMID: 24911206 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.05.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We have successfully developed a system to produce full-length plant phytochrome assembled with phytochromobilin in Pichia pastoris by co-expressing apophytochromes and chromophore biosynthetic genes, heme oxygenase (HY1) and phytochromobilin synthase (HY2) from Arabidopsis. Affinity-purified phytochrome proteins from Pichia cells displayed zinc fluorescence indicating chromophore attachment. Spectroscopic analyses showed absorbance maximum peaks identical to in vitro reconstituted phytochromobilin-assembled phytochromes, suggesting that the co-expression system is effective to generate holo-phytochromes. Moreover, mitochondria localization of the phytochromobilin biosynthetic genes increased the efficiency of holophytochrome biosynthesis. Therefore, this system provides an excellent source of holophytochromes, including oat phytochrome A and Arabidopsis phytochrome B.
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- Ah-Young Shin
- Department of Biotechnology and Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Subtropical Horticulture Research Institute, Jeju National University, Jeju 690-756, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology and Kumho Life Science Laboratory, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 500-757, Republic of Korea.
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Müller K, Engesser R, Timmer J, Nagy F, Zurbriggen MD, Weber W. Synthesis of phycocyanobilin in mammalian cells. Chem Commun (Camb) 2014; 49:8970-2. [PMID: 23963496 DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45065a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The chromophore 3-Z phycocyanobilin (PCB, (2R,3Z)-8,12-bis(2-carboxyethyl)-18-ethyl-3-ethylidene-2,7,13,17-tetramethyl-2,3-dihydrobilin-1,19(21H,24H)-dione) mediates red and far-red light perception in natural and synthetic biological systems. Here we describe a PCB synthesis strategy in mammalian cells. We optimize the production by co-localizing the biocatalysts to the substrate source, by coordinating the availability of the biocatalysts and by reducing the degradation of the reaction product. We show that the resulting PCB levels of 2 μM are sufficient to sustain the functionality of red light-responsive optogenetic tools suitable for the light-inducible control of gene expression in mammalian cells.
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- Konrad Müller
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Anders K, Daminelli-Widany G, Mroginski MA, von Stetten D, Essen LO. Structure of the cyanobacterial phytochrome 2 photosensor implies a tryptophan switch for phytochrome signaling. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:35714-25. [PMID: 24174528 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.510461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Phytochromes are highly versatile photoreceptors, which occur ubiquitously in plants as well as in many light-responsive microorganisms. Here, photosynthetic cyanobacteria utilize up to three different phytochrome architectures, where only the plant-like and the single-domain cyanobacteriochromes are structurally characterized so far. Cph2 represents a third group in Synechocystis species and affects their capability of phototaxis by controlling c-di-GMP synthesis and degradation. The 2.6-Å crystal structure of its red/far-red responsive photosensory module in the Pr state reveals a tandem-GAF bidomain that lacks the figure-of-eight knot of the plant/cph1 subfamily. Its covalently attached phycocyanobilin chromophore adopts a highly tilted ZZZssa conformation with a novel set of interactions between its propionates and the GAF1 domain. The tongue-like protrusion from the GAF2 domain interacts with the GAF1-bound chromophore via its conserved PRXSF, WXE, and W(G/A)G motifs. Mutagenesis showed that the integrity of the tongue is indispensable for Pr → Pfr photoconversion and involves a swap of the motifs' tryptophans within the tongue-GAF1 interface. This "Trp switch" is supposed to be a crucial element for the photochromicity of all multidomain phytochromes.
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- Katrin Anders
- From the Department of Chemistry, Biomedical Research Centre, Philipps-Universität, D-35032 Marburg, Germany
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Shor E, Kochetova G, Galland P, Zeidler M. Protein Phosphatase Activity and Acidic/Alkaline Balance as Factors Regulating the State of Phytochrome A and its Two Native Pools in the Plant Cell. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 89:83-96. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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AbstractPhytochrome A (phyA), the most versatile plant phytochrome, exists in the two isoforms, phyA′ and phyA′′, differing by the character of its posttranslational modification, possibly, by phosphorylation at the N‐terminal extension [Sineshchekov, V. (2010) J. Botany 2010, Article ID 358372]. This heterogeneity may explain the diverse modes of phyA action. We investigated possible roles of protein phosphatases activity and pH in regulation of the phyA pools' content in etiolated seedlings of maize and their extracts using fluorescence spectroscopy and photochemistry of the pigment. The phyA′/phyA′′ ratio varied depending on the state of development of seedlings and the plant tissue/organ used. This ratio qualitatively correlated with the pH in maize root tips. In extracts, it reached a maximum at pH ≈ 7.5 characteristic for the cell cytoplasm. Inhibition of phosphatases of the PP1 and PP2A types with okadaic and cantharidic acids brought about phyA′ decline and/or concomitant increase of phyA′′ in coleoptiles and mesocotyls, but had no effect in roots, revealing a tissue/organ specificity. Thus, pH and phosphorylation status regulate the phyA′/phyA′′ equilibrium and content in the etiolated (maize) cells and this regulation is connected with alteration of the processes of phyA′ destruction and/or its transformation into the more stable phyA′′.
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- Biology Department M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
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- Biology Department M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
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- Biology Department M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow Russia
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- Department of Biology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Institute of Plant Physiology Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
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Sineshchekov V, Koppel L, Shor E, Kochetova G, Galland P, Zeidler M. Protein phosphatase activity and acidic/alkaline balance as factors regulating the state of phytochrome A and its two native pools in the plant cell. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 89:83-96. [PMID: 22913784 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Phytochrome A (phyA), the most versatile plant phytochrome, exists in the two isoforms, phyA' and phyA'', differing by the character of its posttranslational modification, possibly, by phosphorylation at the N-terminal extension [Sineshchekov, V. (2010) J. Botany 2010, Article ID 358372]. This heterogeneity may explain the diverse modes of phyA action. We investigated possible roles of protein phosphatases activity and pH in regulation of the phyA pools' content in etiolated seedlings of maize and their extracts using fluorescence spectroscopy and photochemistry of the pigment. The phyA'/phyA'' ratio varied depending on the state of development of seedlings and the plant tissue/organ used. This ratio qualitatively correlated with the pH in maize root tips. In extracts, it reached a maximum at pH ≈ 7.5 characteristic for the cell cytoplasm. Inhibition of phosphatases of the PP1 and PP2A types with okadaic and cantharidic acids brought about phyA' decline and/or concomitant increase of phyA'' in coleoptiles and mesocotyls, but had no effect in roots, revealing a tissue/organ specificity. Thus, pH and phosphorylation status regulate the phyA'/phyA'' equilibrium and content in the etiolated (maize) cells and this regulation is connected with alteration of the processes of phyA' destruction and/or its transformation into the more stable phyA''.
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Shi F, Li N, Liu S, Qin S. Sequence analysis of the Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB-912 phytochrome gene supports positive selection in cyanobacteria. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN-CHINESE 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5238-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Insights in small Heat Shock Protein/client interaction by combined protection analysis of two different client proteins. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:1772-7. [PMID: 22641032 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2012] [Revised: 05/02/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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sHSPs interact with clients under denaturing conditions. CPH1Δ2, a truncated version of cyanobacterial phytochrome CPH1, was introduced as a new reporter (client). Comparative analyses of At17.8 and At17.6B as cytosolic class I sHSP representatives demonstrated the advantages of a chromophore-bearing photoreversible protein as new client for analyzing sHSP holdase function in addition to malate dehydrogenase (MDH). The tested sHSPs protected both clients in similar ways but with different efficiencies. Bis-ANS binding studies with sHSPs suggested that the bis-ANS binding is dependent on interactions between different sHSPs and MDH under denaturing temperatures.
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Savakis P, De Causmaecker S, Angerer V, Ruppert U, Anders K, Essen LO, Wilde A. Light-induced alteration of c-di-GMP level controls motility of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Mol Microbiol 2012; 85:239-51. [PMID: 22625406 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08106.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Cph2 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is a hybrid photoreceptor that comprises an N-terminal module for red/far-red light reception and a C-terminal module switching between a blue- and a green-receptive state. This unusual photoreceptor exerts complex, light quality-dependent control of the motility of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 cells by inhibiting phototaxis towards blue light. Cph2 perceives blue light by its third GAF domain that bears all characteristics of a cyanobacteriochrome (CBCR) including photoconversion between green- and blue-absorbing states as well as formation of a bilin species simultaneously tethered to two cysteines, C994 and C1022. Upon blue light illumination the CBCR domain activates the subsequent C-terminal GGDEF domain, which catalyses formation of the second messenger c-di-GMP. Accordingly, expression of the CBCR-GGDEF module in Δcph2 mutant cells restores the blue light-dependent inhibition of motility. Additional expression of the N-terminal Cph2 fragment harbouring a red/far-red interconverting phytochrome fused to a c-di-GMP degrading EAL domain restores the complex behaviour of the intact Cph2 photosensor. c-di-GMP was shown to regulate flagellar and pili-based motility in several bacteria. Here we provide the first evidence that this universal bacterial second messenger is directly involved in the light-dependent regulation of cyanobacterial phototaxis.
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- Philipp Savakis
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032 Marburg, Germany
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Gärtner W. Kurt Schaffner: from organic photochemistry to photobiology. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2012; 11:872-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05405a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Shah R, Schwach J, Frankenberg-Dinkel N, Gärtner W. Complex formation between heme oxygenase and phytochrome during biosynthesis in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2012; 11:1026-31. [DOI: 10.1039/c2pp05374h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Psakis G, Mailliet J, Lang C, Teufel L, Essen LO, Hughes J. Signaling Kinetics of Cyanobacterial Phytochrome Cph1, a Light Regulated Histidine Kinase. Biochemistry 2011; 50:6178-88. [DOI: 10.1021/bi200612d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Georgios Psakis
- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Philipps University, D35032 Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Plant Physiology, Justus Liebig University, Senckenbergstrasse 3, D35390 Giessen, Germany
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Anders K, von Stetten D, Mailliet J, Kiontke S, Sineshchekov VA, Hildebrandt P, Hughes J, Essen L. Spectroscopic and Photochemical Characterization of the Red‐Light Sensitive Photosensory Module of Cph2 from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Photochem Photobiol 2011; 87:160-173. [DOI: https:/doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00845.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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AbstractCyanobacterial phytochromes are a diverse family of light receptors controlling various biological functions including phototaxis. In addition to canonical bona fide phytochromes of the well characterized Cph1/plant‐like clade, cyanobacteria also harbor phytochromes that absorb green, violet or blue light. The Synechocystis PCC 6803 Cph2 photoreceptor, a phototaxis inhibitor, is unconventional in bearing two distinct chromophore‐binding GAF domains. Whereas the C‐terminal GAF domain is most likely involved in blue‐light perception, the first two domains correspond to a Cph1‐like photosensory module lacking the PAS domain. Biochemical and spectroscopic studies show that this region switches between red (Pr) and far‐red (Pfr) absorbing states. Unlike Cph1, the Pfr state of Cph2 decays rapidly in darkness. Mutations close to the PCB chromophore further destabilize the Pfr state without drastically affecting the spectroscopic features such as the quantum efficiency of Pr→Pfr conversion, fluorescence, or the Resonance‐Raman signature of the chromophore. Overall, the PAS‐less photosensory module of Cph2 resembles Cph1 including its mode of isomerisation, but the Pfr state is unstable.
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Anders K, von Stetten D, Mailliet J, Kiontke S, Sineshchekov VA, Hildebrandt P, Hughes J, Essen LO. Spectroscopic and photochemical characterization of the red-light sensitive photosensory module of Cph2 from Synechocystis PCC 6803. Photochem Photobiol 2010; 87:160-73. [PMID: 21091956 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00845.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cyanobacterial phytochromes are a diverse family of light receptors controlling various biological functions including phototaxis. In addition to canonical bona fide phytochromes of the well characterized Cph1/plant-like clade, cyanobacteria also harbor phytochromes that absorb green, violet or blue light. The Synechocystis PCC 6803 Cph2 photoreceptor, a phototaxis inhibitor, is unconventional in bearing two distinct chromophore-binding GAF domains. Whereas the C-terminal GAF domain is most likely involved in blue-light perception, the first two domains correspond to a Cph1-like photosensory module lacking the PAS domain. Biochemical and spectroscopic studies show that this region switches between red (P(r) ) and far-red (P(fr) ) absorbing states. Unlike Cph1, the P(fr) state of Cph2 decays rapidly in darkness. Mutations close to the PCB chromophore further destabilize the P(fr) state without drastically affecting the spectroscopic features such as the quantum efficiency of P(r) →P(fr) conversion, fluorescence, or the Resonance-Raman signature of the chromophore. Overall, the PAS-less photosensory module of Cph2 resembles Cph1 including its mode of isomerisation, but the P(fr) state is unstable.
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- Katrin Anders
- Department of Chemistry, Philipps University, Marburg, Germany
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Site-directed Mutagenesis of ApcD of Core Subunit and Their Spectral Study*. PROG BIOCHEM BIOPHYS 2010. [DOI: 10.3724/sp.j.1206.2009.00599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The complete three-dimensional sensory module structures of the Pr ground state of Synechocystis 6803 Cph1 and the unusual Pfr ground state of the bacteriophytochrome PaBphP (PDB codes 2VEA and 3C2W respectively) have now been solved, revealing an asymmetrical dumbbell form made up of a PAS (Period/ARNT/Singleminded)–GAF (cGMP phosphodiesterase/adenylate cyclase/FhlA) bidomain carrying the chromophore and the smaller PHY (phytochrome-specific) domain. The PHY domain is structurally related to the GAF family, but carries an unusual tongue-like structure which contacts the larger lobe to seal the chromophore pocket. In 2VEA, the tongue makes intimate contact with the helical N-terminus; both the N-terminus and the tongue structures are quite different in 3C2W. As expected, the structures reveal ZZZssa and ZZEssa chromophore conformations in 2VEA and 3C2W respectively, associated with tautomeric differences in several nearby tyrosine residues. Two salt bridges on opposite sides of the chromophore, as well as the associations of the C-ring propionates also differ. It is still unclear, however, which of these structural differences are associated with bacteriophytochromes compared with Cph1 and plant-type phytochromes, the unusual 3C2W Pfr ground state functionality compared with the Pr ground state or the Pr compared with Pfr photoisomerism. To access the latter unambiguously, both Pr and Pfr structures of the same molecule are required. New solid-phase NMR data for Cph1 in the Pr, Pfr and freeze-trapped intermediate states reveal unexpected changes in the chromophore during Pfr→Pr photoconversion. These, together with our efforts to solve the three-dimensional structure of a complete phytochrome molecule are also described.
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Mroginski MA, von Stetten D, Escobar FV, Strauss HM, Kaminski S, Scheerer P, Günther M, Murgida DH, Schmieder P, Bongards C, Gärtner W, Mailliet J, Hughes J, Essen LO, Hildebrandt P. Chromophore structure of cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 in the Pr state: reconciling structural and spectroscopic data by QM/MM calculations. Biophys J 2009; 96:4153-63. [PMID: 19450486 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2008] [Revised: 01/21/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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A quantum mechanics (QM)/molecular mechanics (MM) hybrid method was applied to the Pr state of the cyanobacterial phytochrome Cph1 to calculate the Raman spectra of the bound PCB cofactor. Two QM/MM models were derived from the atomic coordinates of the crystal structure. The models differed in the protonation site of His(260) in the chromophore-binding pocket such that either the delta-nitrogen (M-HSD) or the epsilon-nitrogen (M-HSE) carried a hydrogen. The optimized structures of the two models display small differences specifically in the orientation of His(260) with respect to the PCB cofactor and the hydrogen bond network at the cofactor-binding site. For both models, the calculated Raman spectra of the cofactor reveal a good overall agreement with the experimental resonance Raman (RR) spectra obtained from Cph1 in the crystalline state and in solution, including Cph1 adducts with isotopically labeled PCB. However, a distinctly better reproduction of important details in the experimental spectra is provided by the M-HSD model, which therefore may represent an improved structure of the cofactor site. Thus, QM/MM calculations of chromoproteins may allow for refining crystal structure models in the chromophore-binding pocket guided by the comparison with experimental RR spectra. Analysis of the calculated and experimental spectra also allowed us to identify and assign the modes that sensitively respond to chromophore-protein interactions. The most pronounced effect was noted for the stretching mode of the methine bridge A-B adjacent to the covalent attachment site of PCB. Due a distinct narrowing of the A-B methine bridge bond angle, this mode undergoes a large frequency upshift as compared with the spectrum obtained by QM calculations for the chromophore in vacuo. This protein-induced distortion of the PCB geometry is the main origin of a previous erroneous interpretation of the RR spectra based on QM calculations of the isolated cofactor.
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Schwinté P, Gärtner W, Sharda S, Mroginski MA, Hildebrandt P, Siebert F. The Photoreactions of Recombinant Phytochrome CphA from the CyanobacteriumCalothrixPCC7601: A Low-Temperature UV-Vis and FTIR Study. Photochem Photobiol 2009; 85:239-49. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2008.00426.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The structure of a complete phytochrome sensory module in the Pr ground state. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:14709-14. [PMID: 18799745 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806477105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Phytochromes are red/far-red photochromic biliprotein photoreceptors, which in plants regulate seed germination, stem extension, flowering time, and many other light effects. However, the structure/functional basis of the phytochrome photoswitch is still unclear. Here, we report the ground state structure of the complete sensory module of Cph1 phytochrome from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803. Although the phycocyanobilin (PCB) chromophore is attached to Cys-259 as expected, paralleling the situation in plant phytochromes but contrasting to that in bacteriophytochromes, the ZZZssa conformation does not correspond to that expected from Raman spectroscopy. We show that the PHY domain, previously considered unique to phytochromes, is structurally a member of the GAF (cGMP phosphodiesterase/adenylyl cyclase/FhlA) family. Indeed, the tandem-GAF dumbbell revealed for phytochrome sensory modules is remarkably similar to the regulatory domains of cyclic nucleotide (cNMP) phosphodiesterases and adenylyl cyclases. A unique feature of the phytochrome structure is a long, tongue-like protrusion from the PHY domain that seals the chromophore pocket and stabilizes the photoactivated far-red-absorbing state (Pfr). The tongue carries a conserved PRxSF motif, from which an arginine finger points into the chromophore pocket close to ring D forming a salt bridge with a conserved aspartate residue. The structure that we present provides a framework for light-driven signal transmission in phytochromes.
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Noack S, Lamparter T. Light modulation of histidine-kinase activity in bacterial phytochromes monitored by size exclusion chromatography, crosslinking, and limited proteolysis. Methods Enzymol 2008; 423:203-21. [PMID: 17609133 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)23009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Phytochromes are photoreceptors that have been found in plants, bacteria, and fungi. Most bacterial and fungal phytochromes are histidine kinases and, for several bacterial phytochromes, light regulation of kinase activity has been demonstrated. Typical histidine kinases are homodimeric proteins in which one subunit phosphorylates the substrate histidine residue of the other subunit; dimerization is an intrinsic property of the histidine kinase itself. Truncated phytochromes which lack the histidine kinase can also form dimers, but the interaction between subunits is modulated by light. This light-dependent dimerization can give a clue to the intramolecular signal transduction of phytochromes which modulates the histidine kinase activity. Size exclusion chromatography, limited proteolysis, and protein crosslinking can be used to study light-induced conformational changes and the interaction of subunits within the homodimer.
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- Steffi Noack
- Freie Universität Berlin, Pflanzenphysiologie, Berlin, Germany
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Zhao KH, Zhang J, Tu JM, Böhm S, Plöscher M, Eichacker L, Bubenzer C, Scheer H, Wang X, Zhou M. Lyase activities of CpcS- and CpcT-like proteins from Nostoc PCC7120 and sequential reconstitution of binding sites of phycoerythrocyanin and phycocyanin beta-subunits. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:34093-103. [PMID: 17895251 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703038200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Genes all5292 (cpcS2) and alr0617 (cpcS1) in the cyanobacterium Nostoc PCC7120 are homologous to the biliprotein lyase cpcS, and genes all5339 (cpcT1) and alr0647 (cpcT2) are homologous to the lyase cpcT. The functions of the encoded proteins were screened in vitro and in a heterologous Escherichia coli system with plasmids conferring biosynthesis of the phycocyanobilin chromophore and of the acceptor proteins beta-phycoerythrocyanin (PecB) or beta-phycocyanin (CpcB). CpcT1 is a regioselective biliprotein lyase attaching phycocyanobilin exclusively to cysteine beta155 but does not discriminate between CpcB and PecB. The in vitro reconstitutions required no cofactors, and kinetic constants were determined for CpcT1 under in vitro conditions. No lyase activity was found for the lyase homologues CpcS2 and CpcT2, but complexes are formed in vitro between CpcT1 and CpcS1, CpcT2, or PecE (subunit of phycoviolobilin:alpha-phycoerythrocyanin isomerase lyase). The genes coding the inactive homologues, cpcS2 and cpcT2, are transcribed in N-starved Nostoc. In sequential binding experiments with CpcT1 and CpcS1, a chromophore at cysteine 84 inhibited the subsequent attachment to cysteine 155, whereas the inverse sequence generates subunits carrying both chromophores.
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- Kai-Hong Zhao
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China.
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Hu IC, Lee TR, Lin HF, Chiueh CC, Lyu PC. Biosynthesis of fluorescent allophycocyanin alpha-subunits by autocatalytic bilin attachment. Biochemistry 2006; 45:7092-9. [PMID: 16752899 DOI: 10.1021/bi052067a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Allophycocyanin (APC) is one of the phycobiliproteins expressed in cyanobacteria. Phycobiliproteins contain a covalently bound chromophore, and thus, they are valuable as fluorescent probes. Biosynthesis of a functional phycobiliprotein is achieved by a bilin attachment process between the chromophore and apoprotein. Chromophore lyases are necessary to catalyze the chromophorylation of cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins, such as C-phycocyanin, and phycoerythrocyanin. To identify the lyase that catalyzes the chromophorylation of the APC alpha-subunit (ApcA), we searched the entire genomes of two cyanobacteria, Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 and Anabaena sp. PCC 7120; however, these genomes do not appear to encode an APC-specific chromophore lyase. In this study, chromophorylated ApcA (chromo-ApcA) was obtained via a spontaneous bilin attachment reaction. The absorption and fluorescence characteristics of chromo-ApcA were similar to those of the native APC alpha-subunit. The extent of chromophore attachment to apo-ApcA was comparable to that of the lyase-catalyzed reactions for other phycobiliproteins. These results indicate that ApcA has autocatalytic bilin:biliprotein lyase activity.
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- I-Chen Hu
- Department of Life Sciences and Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Hahn J, Strauss HM, Landgraf FT, Gimenèz HF, Lochnit G, Schmieder P, Hughes J. Probing protein-chromophore interactions in Cph1 phytochrome by mutagenesis. FEBS J 2006; 273:1415-29. [PMID: 16689929 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2006.05164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We have investigated mutants of phytochrome Cph1 from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC6803 in order to study chromophore-protein interactions. Cph1Delta2, the 514-residue N-terminal sensor module produced as a recombinant His6-tagged apoprotein in Escherichia coli, autoassembles in vitro to form a holoprotein photochemically indistinguishable from the full-length product. We generated 12 site-directed mutants of Cph1Delta2, focusing on conserved residues which might be involved in chromophore-protein autoassembly and photoconversion. Folding, phycocyanobilin-binding and Pr-->Pfr photoconversion were analysed using CD and UV-visible spectroscopy. MALDI-TOF-MS confirmed C259 as the chromophore attachment site. C259L is unable to attach the chromophore covalently but still autoassembles to form a red-shifted photochromic holoprotein. H260Q shows UV-visible properties similar to the wild-type at pH 7.0 but both Pr and Pfr (reversibly) bleach at pH 9.0, indicating that the imidazole side chain buffers chromophore protonation. Mutations at E189 disturbed folding but the residue is not essential for chromophore-protein autoassembly. In D207A, whereas red irradiation of the ground state leads to bleaching of the red Pr band as in the wild-type, a Pfr-like peak does not arise, implicating D207 as a proton donor for a deprotonated intermediate prior to Pfr. UV-Vis spectra of both H260Q under alkaline conditions and D207A point to a particular significance of protonation in the Pfr state, possibly implying proton migration (release and re-uptake) during Pr-->Pfr photoconversion. The findings are discussed in relation to the recently published 3D structure of a bacteriophytochrome fragment.
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- Janina Hahn
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany.
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Zhao KH, Su P, Li J, Tu JM, Zhou M, Bubenzer C, Scheer H. Chromophore attachment to phycobiliprotein beta-subunits: phycocyanobilin:cysteine-beta84 phycobiliprotein lyase activity of CpeS-like protein from Anabaena Sp. PCC7120. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:8573-81. [PMID: 16452471 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m513796200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The gene alr0617, from the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC7120, which is homologous to cpeS from Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, Fremyella diplosiphon (Calothrix PCC7601), and Synechococcus sp. WH8102, and to cpcS from Synechococcus sp. PCC7002, was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. CpeS acts as a phycocyanobilin: Cys-beta84-phycobiliprotein lyase that can attach, in vitro and in vivo, phycocyanobilin (PCB) to cysteine-beta84 of the apo-beta-subunits of C-phycocyanin (CpcB) and phycoerythrocyanin (PecB). We found the following: (a) In vitro, CpeS attaches PCB to native CpcB and PecB, and to their C155I-mutants, but not to the C84S mutants. Under optimal conditions (150 mm NaCl and 500 mm potassium phosphate, 37 degrees C, and pH 7.5), no cofactors are required, and the lyase had a Km(PCB) = 2.7 and 2.3 microm, and a kcat = 1.7 x 10(-5) and 1.1 x 10(-5) s(-1) for PCB attachment to CpcB (C155I) and PecB (C155I), respectively; (b) Reconstitution products had absorption maxima at 619 and 602 nm and fluorescence emission maxima at 643 and 629 nm, respectively; and (c) PCB-CpcB(C155I) and PCB-PecB(C155I), with the same absorption and fluorescence maxima, were also biosynthesized heterologously in vivo, when cpeS was introduced into E. coli with cpcB(C155I) or pecB(C155I), respectively, together with genes ho1 (encoding heme oxygenase) and pcyA (encoding PCB:ferredoxin oxidoreductase), thereby further proving the lyase function of CpeS.
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- Kai-Hong Zhao
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, PR China
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Mukougawa K, Kanamoto H, Kobayashi T, Yokota A, Kohchi T. Metabolic engineering to produce phytochromes with phytochromobilin, phycocyanobilin, or phycoerythrobilin chromophore inEscherichia coli. FEBS Lett 2006; 580:1333-8. [PMID: 16458890 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2005] [Revised: 01/16/2006] [Accepted: 01/16/2006] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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By co-expression of heme oxygenase and various bilin reductase(s) in a single operon in conjunction with apophytochrome using two compatible plasmids, we developed a system to produce phytochromes with various chromophores in Escherichia coli. Through the selection of different bilin reductases, apophytochromes were assembled with phytochromobilin, phycocyanobilin, and phycoerythrobilin. The blue-shifted difference spectra of truncated phytochromes were observed with a phycocyanobilin chromophore compared to a phytochromobilin chromophore. When the phycoerythrobilin biosynthetic enzymes were co-expressed, E. coli cells accumulated orange-fluorescent phytochrome. The metabolic engineering of bacteria for the production of various bilins for assembly into phytochromes will facilitate the molecular analysis of photoreceptors.
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- Keiko Mukougawa
- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan
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Suetsugu N, Mittmann F, Wagner G, Hughes J, Wada M. A chimeric photoreceptor gene, NEOCHROME, has arisen twice during plant evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13705-9. [PMID: 16174755 PMCID: PMC1224637 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0504734102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Although most plant species from algae to flowering plants use blue light for inducing phototropism and chloroplast movement, many ferns, some mosses, and green algae use red as well as blue light for the regulation of these responses, resulting in better sensitivity at low light levels. During their evolution, ferns have created a chimeric photoreceptor (phy3 in Adiantum) between phytochrome (phy) and phototropin (phot) enabling them to use red light effectively. We have identified two genes resembling Adiantum PHY3, NEOCHROME1 and NEOCHROME2 (MsNEO1 and MsNEO2), in the green alga Mougeotia scalaris, a plant famous for its light-regulated chloroplast movement. Like Adiantum PHY3, both MsNEO gene products show phytochrome-typical bilin binding and red/far-red reversibility, the difference spectra matching the known action spectra of light-induced chloroplast movement in Mougeotia. Furthermore, both genes rescue red-light-induced chloroplast movement in Adiantum phy3 mutants, indicating functional equivalence. However, the fern and algal genes seem to have arisen independently in evolution, thus providing an intriguing example of convergent evolution.
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- Noriyuki Suetsugu
- Division of Photobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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Strauss HM, Schmieder P, Hughes J. Light-dependent dimerisation in the N-terminal sensory module of cyanobacterial phytochrome 1. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:3970-4. [PMID: 16004995 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Revised: 06/03/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Phytochromes, photoreceptors controlling important physiological processes in plants and many prokaryotes, are photochromic biliproteins. The red-absorbing Pr ground state is converted by light into the farred-absorbing Pfr which can be photoconverted back to Pr. In plants at least Pfr is the physiologically active signalling state. Here, we show that the N-terminal photochromic module of Cph1 homodimerises reversibly and independently in Pr and Pfr, Pfr-dimers being significantly more stable. Implications for the mechanism of signal transduction are discussed.
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- Holger M Strauss
- Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Robert-Rössle Strasse 10, D-13125 Berlin, Germany.
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Yoshihara S, Katayama M, Geng X, Ikeuchi M. Cyanobacterial Phytochrome-like PixJ1 Holoprotein Shows Novel Reversible Photoconversion Between Blue- and Green-absorbing Forms. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 45:1729-37. [PMID: 15653792 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pch214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The gene, pixJ1 (formerly pisJ1), is predicted to encode a phytochrome-like photoreceptor that is essential for positive phototaxis in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 [Yoshihara et al. (2000) Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 1299]. The PixJ1 protein was overexpressed as a fusion with a poly-histidine tag (His-PixJ1) and isolated from Synechocystis cells. A zinc-fluorescence assay suggested that a linear tetrapyrrole was covalently attached to the His-PixJ1 protein as a chromophore. His-PixJ1 showed novel photoreversible conversion between a blue light-absorbing form (Pb, lambdaAmax=425-435 nm) and a green light-absorbing form (Pg, lambdaAmax=535 nm). Dark incubation led Pg to revert to Pb, indicative of stability of the Pb form in darkness. Red or far-red light irradiation, which is effective for photochemical conversion of the known phytochromes, produced no change in the spectra of Pb and Pg forms. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that a Cys-His motif in the second GAF domain of PixJ1 is responsible for binding of the chromophore. Possible chromophore species are discussed with regard to the novel photoconversion spectrum.
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- Shizue Yoshihara
- Department of Life Sciences (Biology), University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-8902 Japan
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Zhao KH, Ran Y, Li M, Sun YN, Zhou M, Storf M, Kupka M, Böhm S, Bubenzer C, Scheer H. Photochromic Biliproteins from the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120: Lyase Activities, Chromophore Exchange, and Photochromism in Phytochrome AphA. Biochemistry 2004; 43:11576-88. [PMID: 15350144 DOI: 10.1021/bi0491548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Photochromic biliproteins can be switched by light between two states, initiated by Z/E photoisomerization of the linear tetrapyrrole chromophore. The cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 contains three genes coding for such biliproteins, two coding for phytochromes (aphA/B) and one for the alpha subunit of phycoerythrocyanin (pecA). (a) aphA was overexpressed in Escherichia coli with N-terminal His and S tags, and the protein was reconstituted by an optimized protocol with phycocyanobilin (PCB), to yield the photochromic chromoprotein, PCB-AphA, carrying the PCB chromophore. (b) AphA chromophorylation is autocatalytic such as in other phytochromes. (c) AphA chromophorylation is also possible by chromophore transfer from the PCB-carrying biliprotein, phycocyanin (CPC). The autocatalytic transfer is very slow, and it is enhanced more than 100-fold by catalysis of PCB:CpcA lyase and alpha-CPC as donor. (d) Through deletion mutations of aphA, a short sequence IQPHGV [amino acids (aa) 26-31] was found essential for the lyase activity of AphA, indicating an interaction of the N terminus with the chromophore-binding domain around cysteine 259. (e) A motif of at least 23 aa, starting with this sequence and located approximately 250 aa N terminal of the chromophore-binding cysteine, is proposed to relate to the lyase function in plant and most prokaryotic phytochromes. (f) Long-range interactions in AphA are further supported by blue-shifted absorptions (<or=12 nm) of both the Pr and Pfr forms of truncated chromoproteins.
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- Kai-Hong Zhao
- College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of China. kaihongzhao@ 163.com
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Terauchi K, Montgomery BL, Grossman AR, Lagarias JC, Kehoe DM. RcaE is a complementary chromatic adaptation photoreceptor required for green and red light responsiveness. Mol Microbiol 2004; 51:567-77. [PMID: 14756794 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03853.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The recent discovery of large numbers of phytochrome photoreceptor genes in both photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic prokaryotes has led to efforts to understand their physiological roles in environmental acclimation. One receptor in this class, RcaE, is involved in controlling complementary chromatic adaptation, a process that regulates the transcription of operons encoding light-harvesting proteins in cyanobacteria. Although all previously identified phytochrome responses are maximally sensitive to red and far red light, complementary chromatic adaptation is unique in that it is responsive to green and red light. Here, we present biochemical and genetic evidence demonstrating that RcaE is a photoreceptor and that it requires the cysteine at position 198 to ligate an open chain tetrapyrrole covalently in a manner analogous to chromophore attachment in plant phytochromes. Furthermore, although the wild-type rcaE gene can rescue red and green light photoresponses of an rcaE null mutant, a gene in which the codon for cysteine 198 is converted to an alanine codon rescues the red light but not the green light response. Thus, RcaE is a photoreceptor that is required for both green and red light responsiveness during complementary chromatic adaptation and is the first identified phytochrome class sensor that is involved in sensing and responding to green and red light rather than red and far red light.
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- Kazuki Terauchi
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Frankenberg N, Lagarias JC. Phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Biochemical and spectroscopic. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:9219-26. [PMID: 12514179 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m211643200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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In cyanobacteria, the biosynthesis of the phycobiliprotein and phytochrome chromophore precursor phycocyanobilin is catalyzed by the ferredoxin-dependent enzyme phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (PcyA), which mediates an atypical four-electron reduction of biliverdin IXalpha. Here we describe the expression, affinity purification, and biochemical characterization of recombinant PcyA from Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. A monomeric protein with a native M(r) of 30,400 +/- 5,000, recombinant PcyA forms a tight and stable stoichiometric complex with its substrate biliverdin IXalpha. The enzyme exhibits a strong preference for plant type [2Fe-2S] ferredoxins; however, flavodoxin can also serve as an electron donor. HPLC analyses establish that catalysis proceeds via the two electron-reduced intermediate 18(1),18(2)-dihydrobiliverdin, indicating that exovinyl reduction precedes A-ring (endovinyl) reduction. Substrate specificity studies indicate that the arrangement of the A- and D-ring substituents alters the positioning of the bilin substrate within the enzyme, profoundly influencing the course of catalysis. Based on these observations and the apparent lack of a metal or small molecule cofactor, a radical mechanism for biliverdin IXalpha reduction by phycocyanobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase is envisaged.
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- Nicole Frankenberg
- Section of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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