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Yilmaz I, Ozbek T. Genome editing in Acinetobacter baumannii through enhanced natural transformation. J Basic Microbiol 2024; 64:e2300644. [PMID: 38412427 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.202300644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Acinetobacter baumannii, a multidrug-resistant bacterium has become a significant cause of life-threatening infections acquired in hospitals worldwide. The existing drugs used to treat A. baumannii infections are rapidly losing efficacy, and the increasing antimicrobial resistance, which is expected to turn into a global health crisis, underscores the urgency to develop novel prevention and treatment strategies. We reasoned that the discovery of novel virulence targets for vaccine and therapy interventions requires a more enhanced method for the introduction of multiple elements of foreign DNA for genome editing than the current methods of natural transformation techniques. Herein, we employed a novel and a much-improved enhanced technique for the natural transformation of elements of the genome editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to suppress specific genomic regions linked to selectively suppress bacterial virulence. We modified the genome of the laboratory-adapted strain of A. baumannii BAA-747 by targeting the AmpC, as a marker gene, for disruption by three different genomic manipulation strategies, and created mutant strains of A. baumannii that are, at least, fourfold susceptible to ampicillin. This work has established an optimized enhanced natural transformation system that enables efficient genome editing of pathogenic bacteria in a laboratory setting, providing a valuable future tool for exploring the function of unidentified virulence genes in bacterial genomes.
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- Ilknur Yilmaz
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Graduate School of Science & Engineering, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Peñafiel-Ayala A, Peralta-Castro A, Mora-Garduño J, García-Medel P, Zambrano-Pereira AG, Díaz-Quezada C, Abraham-Juárez MJ, Benítez-Cardoza CG, Sloan DB, Brieba LG. Plant Organellar MSH1 Is a Displacement Loop-Specific Endonuclease. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2024; 65:560-575. [PMID: 37756637 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
Abstract
MutS HOMOLOG 1 (MSH1) is an organellar-targeted protein that obstructs ectopic recombination and the accumulation of mutations in plant organellar genomes. MSH1 also modulates the epigenetic status of nuclear DNA, and its absence induces a variety of phenotypic responses. MSH1 is a member of the MutS family of DNA mismatch repair proteins but harbors an additional GIY-YIG nuclease domain that distinguishes it from the rest of this family. How MSH1 hampers recombination and promotes fidelity in organellar DNA inheritance is unknown. Here, we elucidate its enzymatic activities by recombinantly expressing and purifying full-length MSH1 from Arabidopsis thaliana (AtMSH1). AtMSH1 is a metalloenzyme that shows a strong binding affinity for displacement loops (D-loops). The DNA-binding abilities of AtMSH1 reside in its MutS domain and not in its GIY-YIG domain, which is the ancillary nickase of AtMSH1. In the presence of divalent metal ions, AtMSH1 selectively executes multiple incisions at D-loops, but not other DNA structures including Holliday junctions or dsDNA, regardless of the presence or absence of mismatches. The selectivity of AtMSH1 to dismantle D-loops supports the role of this enzyme in preventing recombination between short repeats. Our results suggest that plant organelles have evolved novel DNA repair routes centered around the anti-recombinogenic activity of MSH1.
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- Alejandro Peñafiel-Ayala
- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Bioquímica, Programa Institucional en Biomedicina Molecular ENMyH-IPN, Guillermo Massieu Helguera No. 239, La Escalera Ticoman 07320 DF, México
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- Department of Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- Langebio-Cinvestav Sede Irapuato, Km. 9.6 Libramiento Norte Carretera. Irapuato-León, Irapuato, Guanajuato 36821, México
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Kaja E, Vijande D, Kowalczyk J, Michalak M, Gapiński J, Kobras C, Rolfe P, Stracy M. Comparing Mfd- and UvrD-dependent models of transcription coupled DNA repair in live Escherichia coli using single-molecule tracking. DNA Repair (Amst) 2024; 137:103665. [PMID: 38513450 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103665] [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: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/01/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024]
Abstract
During transcription-coupled DNA repair (TCR) the detection of DNA damage and initiation of nucleotide excision repair (NER) is performed by translocating RNA polymerases (RNAP), which are arrested upon encountering bulky DNA lesions. Two opposing models of the subsequent steps of TCR in bacteria exist. In the first model, stalled RNAPs are removed from the damage site by recruitment of Mfd which dislodges RNAP by pushing it forwards before recruitment of UvrA and UvrB. In the second model, UvrD helicase backtracks RNAP from the lesion site. Recent studies have proposed that both UvrD and UvrA continuously associate with RNAP before damage occurs, which forms the primary damage sensor for NER. To test these two models of TCR in living E. coli, we applied super-resolution microscopy (PALM) combined with single particle tracking to directly measure the mobility and recruitment of Mfd, UvrD, UvrA, and UvrB to DNA during ultraviolet-induced DNA damage. The intracellular mobilities of NER proteins in the absence of DNA damage showed that most UvrA molecules could in principle be complexed with RNAP, however, this was not the case for UvrD. Upon DNA damage, Mfd recruitment to DNA was independent of the presence of UvrA, in agreement with its role upstream of this protein in the TCR pathway. In contrast, UvrD recruitment to DNA was strongly dependent on the presence of UvrA. Inhibiting transcription with rifampicin abolished Mfd DNA-recruitment following DNA damage, whereas significant UvrD, UvrA, and UvrB recruitment remained, consistent with a UvrD and UvrA performing their NER functions independently of transcribing RNAP. Together, although we find that up to ∼8 UvrD-RNAP-UvrA complexes per cell could potentially form in the absence of DNA damage, our live-cell data is not consistent with this complex being the primary DNA damage sensor for NER.
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- Elżbieta Kaja
- Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, Poznan 61-614, Poland; Chair and Department of Medical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rokietnicka 8, 60-806 Poznan, Poland.
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- Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, Poznan 61-614, Poland
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- Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, Poznan 61-614, Poland
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- Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, Poznan 61-614, Poland
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- Molecular Biophysics Division, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 2, Poznan 61-614, Poland
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
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Kim S, Kim Y, Lee JY. Real-time single-molecule visualization using DNA curtains reveals the molecular mechanisms underlying DNA repair pathways. DNA Repair (Amst) 2024; 133:103612. [PMID: 38128155 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103612] [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: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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The demand for direct observation of biomolecular interactions provides new insights into the molecular mechanisms underlying many biological processes. Single-molecule imaging techniques enable real-time visualization of individual biomolecules, providing direct observations of protein machines. Various single-molecule imaging techniques have been developed and have contributed to breakthroughs in biological research. One such technique is the DNA curtain, a novel, high-throughput, single-molecule platform that integrates lipid fluidity, nano-fabrication, microfluidics, and fluorescence imaging. Many DNA metabolic reactions, such as replication, transcription, and chromatin dynamics, have been studied using DNA curtains. In particular, the DNA curtain platform has been intensively applied in investigating the molecular details of DNA repair processes. This article reviews DNA curtain techniques and their applications for imaging DNA repair proteins.
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- Subin Kim
- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, South Korea.
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Lorenzo-Leal AC, Tam W, Kheyrandish A, Mohseni M, Bach H. Antimicrobial Activity of Filtered Far-UVC Light (222 nm) against Different Pathogens. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 2023:2085140. [PMID: 37942030 PMCID: PMC10630020 DOI: 10.1155/2023/2085140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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Ultraviolet (UV) light is an effective disinfection technology, able to inactivate a wide range of microorganisms, including bacteria and fungi. A safer UV wavelength of 222 nm, also known as far-UVC, has been proposed to minimize these harmful effects while retaining the light's disinfection capability. This study is aimed at exploring the antimicrobial activity of filtered far-UVC (222 nm) on a panel of pathogens commonly found in nosocomial installations. A panel of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria and yeast pathogens was tested. Microorganisms were deposited on a plastic surface, allowing them to dry before exposure to the far-UVC light at a distance of 50 cm. Results showed that far-UVC light successfully inhibits the growth of the tested pathogens, although at different exposure times. In conclusion, the results of this study provide fundamental information to achieve reliable disinfection performance with far-UVC lamps with potential applications in healthcare facilities like hospitals and long-term care homes.
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- Ana C. Lorenzo-Leal
- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Liu S, Xue R, Qin W, Yang X, Ye Q, Wu Q. Performance and transcriptome analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis PT 30 under persistent desiccation stress: Cultured by lawn and broth methods. Food Microbiol 2023; 115:104323. [PMID: 37567618 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2023.104323] [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: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 06/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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Lawn-harvest method uses a solid medium (e.g., tryptic soy agar, TSA) to produce bacterial lawns and is widely accepted for the culture of microorganisms in microbial studies of low-moisture foods (LMFs, foods with water activity less than 0.85). It produces desiccation-tolerant cells with higher D-values in LMFs; however, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying bacterial resistance. Salmonella enterica Enteritidis PT 30 (S. Enteritidis), the most pertinent pathogen in LMFs, was cultured in TSA and tryptic soy broth (TSB). Cells were harvested and inoculated on filter papers to assess their performance under a relative humidity of 32 ± 2%. Transcriptome analysis of cultured cells during long-term desiccation (24, 72, and 168 h) was conducted in TruSeq PE Cluster Kit (Illumina) by paired-end methods. Lawn-cultured S. Enteritidis cells have stronger survivability (only decreased by 0.78 ± 0.12 log after 130 d of storage) and heat tolerance (higher D/β value) than those from the broth method. More desiccation genes of lawn-cultured cells were significantly upregulated from growth to long-term desiccation. Differentially expressed genes were the most enriched in the ribosome and sulfur metabolism pathways in the lawn- and broth-cultured groups. This study tracked the transcriptomic differences between two cultured groups in response to long-term desiccation stress and revealed some molecular mechanisms underlying their different suitability in microbial studies of LMFs.
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- Shuxiang Liu
- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China.
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- College of Food Science, Sichuan Agricultural University, Ya'an, 625014, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Institute of Microbiology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510070, China.
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Nudler E. Transcription-coupled global genomic repair in E. coli. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:873-882. [PMID: 37558547 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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The nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway removes helix-distorting lesions from DNA in all organisms. Escherichia coli has long been a model for understanding NER, which is traditionally divided into major and minor subpathways known as global genome repair (GGR) and transcription-coupled repair (TCR), respectively. TCR has been assumed to be mediated exclusively by Mfd, a DNA translocase of minimal NER phenotype. This review summarizes the evidence that shaped the traditional view of NER in bacteria, and reviews data supporting a new model in which GGR and TCR are inseparable. In this new model, RNA polymerase serves both as the essential primary sensor of bulky DNA lesions genome-wide and as the delivery platform for the assembly of functional NER complexes in living cells.
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- Evgeny Nudler
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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He F, Bravo M, Fan L. Helicases required for nucleotide excision repair: structure, function and mechanism. Enzymes 2023; 54:273-304. [PMID: 37945175 DOI: 10.1016/bs.enz.2023.05.002] [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] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a major DNA repair pathway conserved from bacteria to humans. Various DNA helicases, a group of enzymes capable of separating DNA duplex into two strands through ATP binding and hydrolysis, are required by NER to unwind the DNA duplex around the lesion to create a repair bubble and for damage verification and removal. In prokaryotes, UvrB helicase is required for repair bubble formation and damage verification, while UvrD helicase is responsible for the removal of the excised damage containing single-strand (ss) DNA fragment. In addition, UvrD facilitates transcription-coupled repair (TCR) by backtracking RNA polymerase stalled at the lesion. In eukaryotes, two helicases XPB and XPD from the transcription factor TFIIH complex fulfill the helicase requirements of NER. Interestingly, homologs of all these four helicases UvrB, UvrD, XPB, and XPD have been identified in archaea. This review summarizes our current understanding about the structure, function, and mechanism of these four helicases.
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- Feng He
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, United States.
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Hao Z, Gowder M, Proshkin S, Bharati BK, Epshtein V, Svetlov V, Shamovsky I, Nudler E. RNA polymerase drives ribonucleotide excision DNA repair in E. coli. Cell 2023; 186:2425-2437.e21. [PMID: 37196657 PMCID: PMC10515295 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.04.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Ribonuclease HII (RNaseHII) is the principal enzyme that removes misincorporated ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) from genomic DNA. Here, we present structural, biochemical, and genetic evidence demonstrating that ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) is directly coupled to transcription. Affinity pull-downs and mass-spectrometry-assisted mapping of in cellulo inter-protein cross-linking reveal the majority of RNaseHII molecules interacting with RNA polymerase (RNAP) in E. coli. Cryoelectron microscopy structures of RNaseHII bound to RNAP during elongation, with and without the target rNMP substrate, show specific protein-protein interactions that define the transcription-coupled RER (TC-RER) complex in engaged and unengaged states. The weakening of RNAP-RNaseHII interactions compromises RER in vivo. The structure-functional data support a model where RNaseHII scans DNA in one dimension in search for rNMPs while "riding" the RNAP. We further demonstrate that TC-RER accounts for a significant fraction of repair events, thereby establishing RNAP as a surveillance "vehicle" for detecting the most frequently occurring replication errors.
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- Zhitai Hao
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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Smith WPJ, Wucher BR, Nadell CD, Foster KR. Bacterial defences: mechanisms, evolution and antimicrobial resistance. Nat Rev Microbiol 2023:10.1038/s41579-023-00877-3. [PMID: 37095190 DOI: 10.1038/s41579-023-00877-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/26/2023]
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Throughout their evolutionary history, bacteria have faced diverse threats from other microorganisms, including competing bacteria, bacteriophages and predators. In response to these threats, they have evolved sophisticated defence mechanisms that today also protect bacteria against antibiotics and other therapies. In this Review, we explore the protective strategies of bacteria, including the mechanisms, evolution and clinical implications of these ancient defences. We also review the countermeasures that attackers have evolved to overcome bacterial defences. We argue that understanding how bacteria defend themselves in nature is important for the development of new therapies and for minimizing resistance evolution.
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- William P J Smith
- Division of Genomics, Infection and Evolution, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Biological sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Biological sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Thakur M, Muniyappa K. Macrophage activation highlight an important role for NER proteins in the survival, latency and multiplication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2023; 138:102284. [PMID: 36459831 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2022.102284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of the most extensively studied DNA repair processes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The NER pathway is a highly conserved, ATP-dependent multi-step process involving several proteins/enzymes that function in a concerted manner to recognize and excise a wide spectrum of helix-distorting DNA lesions and bulky adducts by nuclease cleavage on either side of the damaged bases. As such, the NER pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is essential for its survival within the hostile environment of macrophages and disease progression. This review focuses on present published knowledge about the crucial roles of Mtb NER proteins in the survival and multiplication of the pathogen within the macrophages and as potential targets for drug discovery.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Talukdar PK, Crockett TM, Gloss LM, Huynh S, Roberts SA, Turner KL, Lewis STE, Herup-Wheeler TL, Parker CT, Konkel ME. The bile salt deoxycholate induces Campylobacter jejuni genetic point mutations that promote increased antibiotic resistance and fitness. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1062464. [PMID: 36619995 PMCID: PMC9812494 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1062464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Oxidative damage to DNA is a significant source of mutations in living organisms. While DNA damage must be repaired to maintain the integrity of the genome and cell survival, errors made during DNA repair may contribute to evolution. Previous work has revealed that Campylobacter jejuni growth in the presence of bile salt deoxycholate (DOC) causes an increase in reactive oxygen species and the occurrence of 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) DNA lesions. The fundamental goal of this project was to determine if C. jejuni growth in a medium containing DOC contributes to DNA mutations that provide a fitness advantage to the bacterium. Co-culture experiments revealed that C. jejuni growth in a DOC-supplemented medium increases the total number of ciprofloxacin-resistant isolates compared to C. jejuni grown in the absence of DOC. We recovered two individual isolates grown in a medium with DOC that had a point mutation in the gene encoding the EptC phosphoethanolamine transferase. Transformants harboring the EptC variant protein showed enhanced resistance to the antimicrobial agent polymyxin B and DOC when compared to an eptC deletion mutant or the isolate complemented with a wild-type copy of the gene. Finally, we found that the base excision repair (BER), homologous recombination repair (HRR), and nucleotide excision repair (NER) are involved in general oxidative damage repair in C. jejuni but that the BER pathway plays the primary role in the repair of the 8-oxo-dG lesion. We postulate that bile salts drive C. jejuni mutations (adaptations) and enhance bacterial fitness in animals.
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- Prabhat K. Talukdar
- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Produce Safety and Microbiology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- Produce Safety and Microbiology, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Albany, CA, United States,*Correspondence: Craig T. Parker, ✉
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- School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States,Michael E. Konkel, ✉
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Joseph AM, Nahar K, Daw S, Hasan MM, Lo R, Le TBK, Rahman KM, Badrinarayanan A. Mechanistic insight into the repair of C8-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine monomer-mediated DNA damage. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:1621-1633. [PMID: 36561066 PMCID: PMC9749960 DOI: 10.1039/d2md00194b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) are naturally occurring DNA binding compounds that possess anti-tumor and anti-bacterial activity. Chemical modifications of PBDs can result in improved DNA binding, sequence specificity and enhanced efficacy. More recently, synthetic PBD monomers have shown promise as payloads for antibody drug conjugates and anti-bacterial agents. The precise mechanism of action of these PBD monomers and their role in causing DNA damage remains to be elucidated. Here we characterized the damage-inducing potential of two C8-linked PBD bi-aryl monomers in Caulobacter crescentus and investigated the strategies employed by cells to repair the same. We show that these compounds cause DNA damage and efficiently kill bacteria, in a manner comparable to the extensively used DNA cross-linking agent mitomycin-C (MMC). However, in stark contrast to MMC which employs a mutagenic lesion tolerance pathway, we implicate essential functions for error-free mechanisms in repairing PBD monomer-mediated damage. We find that survival is severely compromised in cells lacking nucleotide excision repair and to a lesser extent, in cells with impaired recombination-based repair. Loss of nucleotide excision repair leads to significant increase in double-strand breaks, underscoring the critical role of this pathway in mediating repair of PBD-induced DNA lesions. Together, our study provides comprehensive insights into how mono-alkylating DNA-targeting therapeutic compounds like PBD monomers challenge cell growth, and identifies the specific mechanisms employed by the cell to counter the same.
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- Asha Mary Joseph
- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- John Innes Centre, Department of Molecular Microbiology Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH UK
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- John Innes Centre, Department of Molecular Microbiology Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH UK
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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Wong JJ, Ho FK, Choo PY, Chong KKL, Ho CMB, Neelakandan R, Keogh D, Barkham T, Chen J, Liu CF, Kline KA. Escherichia coli BarA-UvrY regulates the pks island and kills Staphylococci via the genotoxin colibactin during interspecies competition. PLoS Pathog 2022; 18:e1010766. [PMID: 36067266 PMCID: PMC9481169 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Wound infections are often polymicrobial in nature, biofilm associated and therefore tolerant to antibiotic therapy, and associated with delayed healing. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are among the most frequently cultured pathogens from wound infections. However, little is known about the frequency or consequence of E. coli and S. aureus polymicrobial interactions during wound infections. Here we show that E. coli kills Staphylococci, including S. aureus, both in vitro and in a mouse excisional wound model via the genotoxin, colibactin. Colibactin biosynthesis is encoded by the pks locus, which we identified in nearly 30% of human E. coli wound infection isolates. While it is not clear how colibactin is released from E. coli or how it penetrates target cells, we found that the colibactin intermediate N-myristoyl-D-Asn (NMDA) disrupts the S. aureus membrane. We also show that the BarA-UvrY two component system (TCS) senses the environment created during E. coli and S. aureus mixed species interaction, leading to upregulation of pks island genes. Further, we show that BarA-UvrY acts via the carbon storage global regulatory (Csr) system to control pks expression. Together, our data demonstrate the role of colibactin in interspecies competition and show that it is regulated by BarA-UvrY TCS during interspecies competition. Wound infections are often polymicrobial in nature and are associated with poor disease prognoses. Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus are among the top five most cultured pathogens from wound infections. However, little is known about the polymicrobial interactions between E. coli and S. aureus during wound infections. In this study, we show that E. coli kills S. aureus both in vitro and in a mouse excisional wound model via the genotoxin, colibactin. We also show that the BarA-UvrY two component system (TCS) regulates the pks island during this mixed species interaction, acting through the carbon storage global regulatory (Csr) system to control colibactin production. Together, our data demonstrate the role of colibactin in interspecies competition and show that it is regulated by BarA-UvrY TCS during interspecies competition.
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- Jun Jie Wong
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate Programme, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Nanyang Technological University Institute for Health Technologies, Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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The Helicobacter pylori UvrC Nuclease Is Essential for Chromosomal Microimports after Natural Transformation. mBio 2022; 13:e0181122. [PMID: 35876509 PMCID: PMC9426483 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01811-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterial carcinogenic pathogen that infects the stomachs of half of the human population. It is a natural mutator due to a deficient DNA mismatch repair pathway and is naturally competent for transformation. As a result, it is one of the most genetically diverse human bacterial pathogens. The length of chromosomal imports in H. pylori follows an unusual bimodal distribution consisting of macroimports with a mean length of 1,645 bp and microimports with a mean length of 28 bp. The mechanisms responsible for this import pattern were unknown. Here, we used a high-throughput whole-genome transformation assay to elucidate the role of nucleotide excision repair pathway (NER) components on import length distribution. The data show that the integration of microimports depended on the activity of the UvrC endonuclease, while none of the other components of the NER pathway was required. Using H. pylori site-directed mutants, we showed that the widely conserved UvrC nuclease active sites, while essential for protection from UV light, one of the canonical NER functions, are not required for generation of microimports. A quantitative analysis of recombination patterns based on over 1,000 imports from over 200 sequenced recombinant genomes showed that microimports occur frequently within clusters of multiple imports, strongly suggesting they derive from a single strand invasion event. We propose a hypothetical model of homologous recombination in H. pylori, involving a novel function of UvrC, that reconciles the available experimental data about recombination patterns in H. pylori. IMPORTANCE Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common and genetically diverse human bacterial pathogens. It is responsible for chronic gastritis and represents the main risk factor for gastric cancer. In H. pylori, DNA fragments can be imported by recombination during natural transformation. The length of those fragments determines how many potentially beneficial or deleterious alleles are acquired and thus influences adaptation to the gastric niche. Here, we used a transformation assay to examine imported fragments across the chromosome. We show that UvrC, an endonuclease involved in DNA repair, is responsible for the specific integration of short DNA fragments. This suggests that short and long fragments are imported through distinct recombination pathways. We also show that short fragments are frequently clustered with longer fragments, suggesting that both pathways may be mechanistically linked. These findings provide a novel basis to explain how H. pylori can fine-tune the genetic diversity acquired by transformation.
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Thakur M, Parulekar RS, Barale SS, Sonawane KD, Muniyappa K. Interrogating the substrate specificity landscape of UvrC reveals novel insights into its non-canonical function. Biophys J 2022; 121:3103-3125. [PMID: 35810330 PMCID: PMC9463653 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Although it is relatively unexplored, accumulating data highlight the importance of tripartite crosstalk between nucleotide excision repair (NER), DNA replication, and recombination in the maintenance of genome stability; however, elucidating the underlying mechanisms remains challenging. While Escherichia coli uvrA and uvrB can fully complement polAΔ cells in DNA replication, uvrC attenuates this alternative DNA replication pathway, but the exact mechanism by which uvrC suppresses DNA replication is unknown. Furthermore, the identity of bona fide canonical and non-canonical substrates for UvrCs are undefined. Here, we reveal that Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrC (MtUvrC) strongly binds to, and robustly cleaves, key intermediates of DNA replication/recombination as compared with the model NER substrates. Notably, inactivation of MtUvrC ATPase activity significantly attenuated its endonuclease activity, thus suggesting a causal link between these two functions. We built an in silico model of the interaction of MtUvrC with the Holliday junction (HJ), using a combination of homology modeling, molecular docking, and molecular dynamic simulations. The model predicted residues that were potentially involved in HJ binding. Six of these residues were mutated either singly or in pairs, and the resulting MtUvrC variants were purified and characterized. Among them, residues Glu595 and Arg597 in the helix-hairpin-helix motif were found to be crucial for the interaction between MtUvrC and HJ; consequently, mutations in these residues, or inhibition of ATP hydrolysis, strongly abrogated its DNA-binding and endonuclease activities. Viewed together, these findings expand the substrate specificity landscape of UvrCs and provide crucial mechanistic insights into the interplay between NER and DNA replication/recombination.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
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- Structural Bioinformatics Unit, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India; Structural Bioinformatics Unit, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
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Paudel BP, Xu ZQ, Jergic S, Oakley AJ, Sharma N, Brown SHJ, Bouwer JC, Lewis PJ, Dixon NE, van Oijen AM, Ghodke H. Mechanism of transcription modulation by the transcription-repair coupling factor. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:5688-5712. [PMID: 35641110 PMCID: PMC9177983 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Elongation by RNA polymerase is dynamically modulated by accessory factors. The transcription-repair coupling factor (TRCF) recognizes paused/stalled RNAPs and either rescues transcription or initiates transcription termination. Precisely how TRCFs choose to execute either outcome remains unclear. With Escherichia coli as a model, we used single-molecule assays to study dynamic modulation of elongation by Mfd, the bacterial TRCF. We found that nucleotide-bound Mfd converts the elongation complex (EC) into a catalytically poised state, presenting the EC with an opportunity to restart transcription. After long-lived residence in this catalytically poised state, ATP hydrolysis by Mfd remodels the EC through an irreversible process leading to loss of the RNA transcript. Further, biophysical studies revealed that the motor domain of Mfd binds and partially melts DNA containing a template strand overhang. The results explain pathway choice determining the fate of the EC and provide a molecular mechanism for transcription modulation by TRCF.
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- Bishnu P Paudel
- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Cryo-electron Microscopy of Membrane Proteins, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- Molecular Horizons and School of Chemistry and Molecular Bioscience, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.,Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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Erlandson A, Gade P, Menikpurage IP, Kim CY, Mera PE. The UvrA-like protein Ecm16 requires ATPase activity to render resistance against echinomycin. Mol Microbiol 2022; 117:1434-1446. [PMID: 35534931 PMCID: PMC9328131 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Bacteria use various strategies to become antibiotic resistant. The molecular details of these strategies are not fully understood. We can increase our understanding by investigating the same strategies found in antibiotic‐producing bacteria. In this work, we characterize the self‐resistance protein Ecm16 encoded by echinomycin‐producing bacteria. Ecm16 is a structural homolog of the nucleotide excision repair protein UvrA. Expression of ecm16 in the heterologous system Escherichia coli was sufficient to render resistance against echinomycin. Ecm16 binds DNA (double‐stranded and single‐stranded) using a nucleotide‐independent binding mode. Ecm16’s binding affinity for DNA increased by 1.7‐fold when the DNA is intercalated with echinomycin. Ecm16 can render resistance against echinomycin toxicity independently of the nucleotide excision repair system. Similar to UvrA, Ecm16 has ATPase activity, and this activity is essential for Ecm16’s ability to render echinomycin resistance. Notably, UvrA and Ecm16 were unable to complement each other's function. Together, our findings identify new mechanistic details of how a refurbished DNA repair protein Ecm16 can specifically render resistance to the DNA intercalator echinomycin.
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- Amanda Erlandson
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.,Molecular Biology Program, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.,Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
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Bharati BK, Gowder M, Zheng F, Alzoubi K, Svetlov V, Kamarthapu V, Weaver JW, Epshtein V, Vasilyev N, Shen L, Zhang Y, Nudler E. Crucial role and mechanism of transcription-coupled DNA repair in bacteria. Nature 2022; 604:152-159. [PMID: 35355008 PMCID: PMC9370829 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04530-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Transcription-coupled DNA repair (TCR) is presumed to be a minor sub-pathway of nucleotide excision repair (NER) in bacteria. Global genomic repair is thought to perform the bulk of repair independently of transcription. TCR is also believed to be mediated exclusively by Mfd-a DNA translocase of a marginal NER phenotype1-3. Here we combined in cellulo cross-linking mass spectrometry with structural, biochemical and genetic approaches to map the interactions within the TCR complex (TCRC) and to determine the actual sequence of events that leads to NER in vivo. We show that RNA polymerase (RNAP) serves as the primary sensor of DNA damage and acts as a platform for the recruitment of NER enzymes. UvrA and UvrD associate with RNAP continuously, forming a surveillance pre-TCRC. In response to DNA damage, pre-TCRC recruits a second UvrD monomer to form a helicase-competent UvrD dimer that promotes backtracking of the TCRC. The weakening of UvrD-RNAP interactions renders cells sensitive to genotoxic stress. TCRC then recruits a second UvrA molecule and UvrB to initiate the repair process. Contrary to the conventional view, we show that TCR accounts for the vast majority of chromosomal repair events; that is, TCR thoroughly dominates over global genomic repair. We also show that TCR is largely independent of Mfd. We propose that Mfd has an indirect role in this process: it participates in removing obstructive RNAPs in front of TCRCs and also in recovering TCRCs from backtracking after repair has been completed.
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- Binod K Bharati
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
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Martinez B, Bharati BK, Epshtein V, Nudler E. Pervasive Transcription-coupled DNA repair in E. coli. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1702. [PMID: 35354807 PMCID: PMC8967931 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28871-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Global Genomic Repair (GGR) and Transcription-Coupled Repair (TCR) have been viewed, respectively, as major and minor sub-pathways of the nucleotide excision repair (NER) process that removes bulky lesions from the genome. Here we applied a next generation sequencing assay, CPD-seq, in E. coli to measure the levels of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) lesions before, during, and after UV-induced genotoxic stress, and, therefore, to determine the rate of genomic recovery by NER at a single nucleotide resolution. We find that active transcription is necessary for the repair of not only the template strand (TS), but also the non-template strand (NTS), and that the bulk of TCR is independent of Mfd – a DNA translocase that is thought to be necessary and sufficient for TCR in bacteria. We further show that repair of both TS and NTS is enhanced by increased readthrough past Rho-dependent terminators. We demonstrate that UV-induced genotoxic stress promotes global antitermination so that TCR is more accessible to the antisense, intergenic, and other low transcribed regions. Overall, our data suggest that GGR and TCR are essentially the same process required for complete repair of the bacterial genome. Transcription-Coupled DNA repair has been classically defined as the preferential repair of the template strand (TS) over the non-template strand (NTS). Here the authors challenge this classic model of TCR by using a genome-wide repair assay, CPD-seq, as well as RNA-seq, to show that TCR occurs across the entire E. coli genome – including NTS and intergenic regions.
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- Britney Martinez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA. .,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, 10016, USA.
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van Toorn M, Turkyilmaz Y, Han S, Zhou D, Kim HS, Salas-Armenteros I, Kim M, Akita M, Wienholz F, Raams A, Ryu E, Kang S, Theil AF, Bezstarosti K, Tresini M, Giglia-Mari G, Demmers JA, Schärer OD, Choi JH, Vermeulen W, Marteijn JA. Active DNA damage eviction by HLTF stimulates nucleotide excision repair. Mol Cell 2022; 82:1343-1358.e8. [PMID: 35271816 PMCID: PMC9473497 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) counteracts the onset of cancer and aging by removing helix-distorting DNA lesions via a "cut-and-patch"-type reaction. The regulatory mechanisms that drive NER through its successive damage recognition, verification, incision, and gap restoration reaction steps remain elusive. Here, we show that the RAD5-related translocase HLTF facilitates repair through active eviction of incised damaged DNA together with associated repair proteins. Our data show a dual-incision-dependent recruitment of HLTF to the NER incision complex, which is mediated by HLTF's HIRAN domain that binds 3'-OH single-stranded DNA ends. HLTF's translocase motor subsequently promotes the dissociation of the stably damage-bound incision complex together with the incised oligonucleotide, allowing for an efficient PCNA loading and initiation of repair synthesis. Our findings uncover HLTF as an important NER factor that actively evicts DNA damage, thereby providing additional quality control by coordinating the transition between the excision and DNA synthesis steps to safeguard genome integrity.
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- Marvin van Toorn
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Bioanalysis, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea; Department of Bio-Analytical Science, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Proteomics Centre, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institut NeuroMyoGène (INMG), CNRS UMR 5310, INSERM U1217, Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, 16 rue Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Proteomics Centre, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Bioanalysis, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon 305-340, Republic of Korea; Department of Bio-Analytical Science, University of Science & Technology, Daejeon 305-350, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA repair helicase UvrD1 is activated by redox-dependent dimerization via a 2B domain cysteine. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:2114501119. [PMID: 35173050 PMCID: PMC8872793 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2114501119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) causes tuberculosis and, during infection, is exposed to reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen intermediates from the host immune response that can cause DNA damage. UvrD-like proteins are involved in DNA repair and replication and belong to the SF1 family of DNA helicases that use ATP hydrolysis to catalyze DNA unwinding. In Mtb, there are two UvrD-like enzymes, where UvrD1 is most closely related to other family members. Previous studies have suggested that UvrD1 is exclusively monomeric; however, it is well known that Escherichia coli UvrD and other UvrD family members exhibit monomer-dimer equilibria and unwind as dimers in the absence of accessory factors. Here, we reconcile these incongruent studies by showing that Mtb UvrD1 exists in monomer, dimer, and higher-order oligomeric forms, where dimerization is regulated by redox potential. We identify a 2B domain cysteine, conserved in many Actinobacteria, that underlies this effect. We also show that UvrD1 DNA-unwinding activity correlates specifically with the dimer population and is thus titrated directly via increasing positive (i.e., oxidative) redox potential. Consistent with the regulatory role of the 2B domain and the dimerization-based activation of DNA unwinding in UvrD family helicases, these results suggest that UvrD1 is activated under oxidizing conditions when it may be needed to respond to DNA damage during infection.
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In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans. Commun Biol 2022; 5:127. [PMID: 35149830 PMCID: PMC8837605 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a universal and versatile DNA repair pathway, capable of removing a very wide range of lesions, including UV-induced pyrimidine dimers and bulky adducts. In bacteria, NER involves the sequential action of the UvrA, UvrB and UvrC proteins to release a short 12- or 13-nucleotide DNA fragment containing the damaged site. Although bacterial NER has been the focus of numerous studies over the past 40 years, a number of key questions remain unanswered regarding the mechanisms underlying DNA damage recognition by UvrA, the handoff to UvrB and the site-specific incision by UvrC. In the present study, we have successfully reconstituted in vitro a robust NER system using the UvrABC proteins from the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans. We have investigated the influence of various parameters, including temperature, salt, protein and ATP concentrations, protein purity and metal cations, on the dual incision by UvrABC, so as to find the optimal conditions for the efficient release of the short lesion-containing oligonucleotide. This newly developed assay relying on the use of an original, doubly-labelled DNA substrate has allowed us to probe the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and to determine the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5′ and 3′ sides of the lesion. This new assay thus constitutes a valuable tool to further decipher the NER pathway in bacteria. Reconstitution of D radiodurans nucleotide excision repair provides insights into the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and determines the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5’ and 3’ sides of the lesion.
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uvrY deletion and acetate reduce gut colonization of Crohn's disease-associated adherent-invasive Escherichia coli by decreasing expression of type 1 fimbriae. Infect Immun 2022; 90:e0066221. [PMID: 34978926 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00662-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Adherent-invasive Escherichia coli (AIEC) is involved in onset and/or exacerbation of Crohn's disease. AIEC adapts to the gut environment by altering gene-expression programs, leading to successful gut-lumen colonization. However, the underlying mechanism of gut colonization is still far from clarified. Here, we show the role of UvrY, a response regulator of bacterial two-component signal transduction systems, in AIEC gut colonization. An AIEC mutant lacking the uvrY gene exhibited impairment of competitive colonization in the murine intestinal tract. UvrY contributes to functional expression of type 1 fimbriae by activating expression of small RNA CsrB, which confers adherence and invasion into epithelial cells on AIEC. In contrast, acetate suppresses the UvrY-dependent expression of type 1 fimbriae, resulting in less efficient cell invasion and attenuated gut colonization. Our findings might lead to therapeutic interventions for CD, in which inhibitions of UvrY activation and acetate supplementation reduce the colonization levels of AIEC by decreasing type-1 fimbriae expression.
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Balogh D, Eckel K, Fetzer C, Sieber SA. Listeria monocytogenes utilizes the ClpP1/2 proteolytic machinery for fine-tuned substrate degradation at elevated temperatures. RSC Chem Biol 2022; 3:955-971. [PMID: 35866172 PMCID: PMC9257651 DOI: 10.1039/d2cb00077f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Listeria monocytogenes exhibits two ClpP isoforms (ClpP1/ClpP2) which assemble into a heterooligomeric complex with enhanced proteolytic activity. Herein, we demonstrate that the formation of this complex depends on temperature and reaches a maximum ratio of about 1 : 1 at 30 °C, while almost no complex formation occurred below 4 °C. In order to decipher the role of the two isoforms at elevated temperatures, we constructed L. monocytogenes ClpP1, ClpP2 and ClpP1/2 knockout strains and analyzed their protein regulation in comparison to the wild type (WT) strain via whole proteome mass-spectrometry (MS) at 37 °C and 42 °C. While the ΔclpP1 strain only altered the expression of very few proteins, the ΔclpP2 and ΔclpP1/2 strains revealed the dysregulation of many proteins at both temperatures. These effects were corroborated by crosslinking co-immunoprecipitation MS analysis. Thus, while ClpP1 serves as a mere enhancer of protein degradation in the heterocomplex, ClpP2 is essential for ClpX binding and functions as a gatekeeper for substrate entry. Applying an integrated proteomic approach combining whole proteome and co-immunoprecipitation datasets, several putative ClpP2 substrates were identified in the context of different temperatures and discussed with regards to their function in cellular pathways such as the SOS response. Unlike most bacteria, L. monocytogenes encodes 2 isoforms of Caseinolytic Protease P. Balogh et al. show that both proteins form a heterocomplex temperature-dependently and find protein substrate candidates with an integrated proteomic approach.![]()
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- Dóra Balogh
- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technische Universität München 85748 Garching Germany
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- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technische Universität München 85748 Garching Germany
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- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technische Universität München 85748 Garching Germany
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- Center for Functional Protein Assemblies (CPA), Department of Chemistry, Chair of Organic Chemistry II, Technische Universität München 85748 Garching Germany
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Structural evolution of a DNA repair self-resistance mechanism targeting genotoxic secondary metabolites. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6942. [PMID: 34836957 PMCID: PMC8626424 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27284-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Microbes produce a broad spectrum of antibiotic natural products, including many DNA-damaging genotoxins. Among the most potent of these are DNA alkylating agents in the spirocyclopropylcyclohexadienone (SCPCHD) family, which includes the duocarmycins, CC-1065, gilvusmycin, and yatakemycin. The yatakemycin biosynthesis cluster in Streptomyces sp. TP-A0356 contains an AlkD-related DNA glycosylase, YtkR2, that serves as a self-resistance mechanism against yatakemycin toxicity. We previously reported that AlkD, which is not present in an SCPCHD producer, provides only limited resistance against yatakemycin. We now show that YtkR2 and C10R5, a previously uncharacterized homolog found in the CC-1065 biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces zelensis, confer far greater resistance against their respective SCPCHD natural products. We identify a structural basis for substrate specificity across gene clusters and show a correlation between in vivo resistance and in vitro enzymatic activity indicating that reduced product affinity-not enhanced substrate recognition-is the evolutionary outcome of selective pressure to provide self-resistance against yatakemycin and CC-1065.
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Schaich MA, Van Houten B. Searching for DNA Damage: Insights From Single Molecule Analysis. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:772877. [PMID: 34805281 PMCID: PMC8602339 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.772877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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DNA is under constant threat of damage from a variety of chemical and physical insults, such as ultraviolet rays produced by sunlight and reactive oxygen species produced during respiration or inflammation. Because damaged DNA, if not repaired, can lead to mutations or cell death, multiple DNA repair pathways have evolved to maintain genome stability. Two repair pathways, nucleotide excision repair (NER) and base excision repair (BER), must sift through large segments of nondamaged nucleotides to detect and remove rare base modifications. Many BER and NER proteins share a common base-flipping mechanism for the detection of modified bases. However, the exact mechanisms by which these repair proteins detect their damaged substrates in the context of cellular chromatin remains unclear. The latest generation of single-molecule techniques, including the DNA tightrope assay, atomic force microscopy, and real-time imaging in cells, now allows for nearly direct visualization of the damage search and detection processes. This review describes several mechanistic commonalities for damage detection that were discovered with these techniques, including a combination of 3-dimensional and linear diffusion for surveying damaged sites within long stretches of DNA. We also discuss important findings that DNA repair proteins within and between pathways cooperate to detect damage. Finally, future technical developments and single-molecule studies are described which will contribute to the growing mechanistic understanding of DNA damage detection.
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- Matthew A Schaich
- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.,Molecular Biophysics and Structural Biology Graduate Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Romesberg FE. Creation, Optimization, and Use of Semi-Synthetic Organisms that Store and Retrieve Increased Genetic Information. J Mol Biol 2021; 434:167331. [PMID: 34710400 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2021.167331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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With few exceptions, natural proteins are built from only 20 canonical (proteogenic) amino acids which limits the functionality and accordingly the properties they can possess. Genetic code expansion, i.e. the creation of codons and the machinery needed to assign them to non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs), promises to enable the discovery of proteins with novel properties that are otherwise difficult or impossible to obtain. One approach to expanding the genetic code is to expand the genetic alphabet via the development of unnatural nucleotides that pair to form an unnatural base pair (UBP). Semi-synthetic organisms (SSOs), i.e. organisms that stably maintain the UBP, transcribe its component nucleotides into RNA, and use it to translate proteins, would have available to them new codons and the anticodons needed to assign them to ncAAs. This review summarizes the development of a family of UBPs, their use to create SSOs, and the optimization and application of the SSOs to produce candidate therapeutic proteins with improved properties that are now undergoing evaluation in clinical trials.
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Single-molecule studies of helicases and translocases in prokaryotic genome-maintenance pathways. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 108:103229. [PMID: 34601381 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Helicases involved in genomic maintenance are a class of nucleic-acid dependent ATPases that convert the energy of ATP hydrolysis into physical work to execute irreversible steps in DNA replication, repair, and recombination. Prokaryotic helicases provide simple models to understand broadly conserved molecular mechanisms involved in manipulating nucleic acids during genome maintenance. Our understanding of the catalytic properties, mechanisms of regulation, and roles of prokaryotic helicases in DNA metabolism has been assembled through a combination of genetic, biochemical, and structural methods, further refined by single-molecule approaches. Together, these investigations have constructed a framework for understanding the mechanisms that maintain genomic integrity in cells. This review discusses recent single-molecule insights into molecular mechanisms of prokaryotic helicases and translocases.
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Yoon Y, He H, Dodd MC, Lee Y. Degradation and deactivation of plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance genes during exposure to ozone and chlorine. WATER RESEARCH 2021; 202:117408. [PMID: 34325102 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Degradation and deactivation kinetics of an antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) by ozone (O3) and free available chlorine (FAC) were investigated in phosphate-buffered solutions at pH 7 for O3 (in the presence of tert‑butanol), and pH 6.8 or 8.1 for FAC. We used a plasmid (pUC19)-encoded ampicillin resistance gene (ampR) in both extracellular (e-) and intracellular (i-) forms. The second-order rate constant (kO3) for degradation of 2686 base pair (bp) long e-pUC19 toward O3, which was determined by quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay, was calculated to be ~2 × 105 M-1s-1. The deactivation rate constants of e-pUC19 by O3 measured with various recipient E. coli strains were within a factor of 2 compared with the degradation rate constant for e-pUC19. The degradation/deactivation kinetics of i-pUC19 were similar to those of e-pUC19, indicating only a minor influence of cellular components on O3 reactivity toward i-pUC19. For FAC, the degradation and deactivation rates of e-pUC19 were decreased in the presence of tert‑butanol, implying involvement of direct FAC as well as some radical (e.g., •OH) reactions. The degradation rates of e-ampR segments by direct FAC reaction could be explained by a previously-reported two-step sequential reaction model, in which the rate constants increased linearly with e-ampR segment length. The deactivation rate constants of e-pUC19 during exposure to FAC were variable by a factor of up to 4.3 for the different recipient strains, revealing the role of DNA repair in the observed deactivation efficiencies. The degradation/deactivation of e-pUC19 were significantly faster at pH 6.8 than at pH 8.1 owing to pH-dependent FAC speciation variation, whereas i-pUC19 kinetics exhibited much smaller dependence on pH, demonstrating intracellular plasmid DNA reactions with FAC occurred at cytoplasmic pH (~7.5). Our results are useful for predicting and/or measuring the degradation/deactivation efficiency of plasmid-encoded ARGs by water treatment with ozonation and chlorination.
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- Younggun Yoon
- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.
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- School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Gwangju 61005, Republic of Korea.
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Groslambert J, Prokhorova E, Ahel I. ADP-ribosylation of DNA and RNA. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 105:103144. [PMID: 34116477 PMCID: PMC8385414 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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ADP-ribosylation is a chemical modification of macromolecules found across all domains of life and known to regulate a variety of cellular processes. Notably, it has a well-established role in the DNA damage response. While it was historically known as a post-translational modification of proteins, recent studies have shown that nucleic acids can also serve as substrates of reversible ADP-ribosylation. More precisely, ADP-ribosylation of DNA bases, phosphorylated DNA ends and phosphorylated RNA ends have been reported. We will discuss these three types of modification in details. In a variety of bacterial species, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, ADP-ribosylation of thymidine has emerged as the mode of action of a toxin-antitoxin system named DarTG, with the resultant products perceived as DNA damage by the cell. On the other hand, mammalian DNA damage sensors PARP1, PARP2 and PARP3 were shown to ADP-ribosylate phosphorylated ends of double-stranded DNA in vitro. Additionally, TRPT1 and several PARP enzymes, including PARP10, can add ADP-ribose to the 5'-phosphorylated end of single-stranded RNA in vitro, representing a novel RNA capping mechanism. Together, these discoveries have led to the emergence of a new and exciting research area, namely DNA and RNA ADP-ribosylation, that is likely to have far-reaching implications for the fields of DNA repair, replication and epigenetics.
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- Joséphine Groslambert
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom.
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Urrutia-Irazabal I, Ault JR, Sobott F, Savery NJ, Dillingham MS. Analysis of the PcrA-RNA polymerase complex reveals a helicase interaction motif and a role for PcrA/UvrD helicase in the suppression of R-loops. eLife 2021; 10:68829. [PMID: 34279225 PMCID: PMC8318588 DOI: 10.7554/elife.68829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The PcrA/UvrD helicase binds directly to RNA polymerase (RNAP) but the structural basis for this interaction and its functional significance have remained unclear. In this work, we used biochemical assays and hydrogen-deuterium exchange coupled to mass spectrometry to study the PcrA-RNAP complex. We find that PcrA binds tightly to a transcription elongation complex in a manner dependent on protein:protein interaction with the conserved PcrA C-terminal Tudor domain. The helicase binds predominantly to two positions on the surface of RNAP. The PcrA C-terminal domain engages a conserved region in a lineage-specific insert within the β subunit which we identify as a helicase interaction motif present in many other PcrA partner proteins, including the nucleotide excision repair factor UvrB. The catalytic core of the helicase binds near the RNA and DNA exit channels and blocking PcrA activity in vivo leads to the accumulation of R-loops. We propose a role for PcrA as an R-loop suppression factor that helps to minimize conflicts between transcription and other processes on DNA including replication.
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- Inigo Urrutia-Irazabal
- DNA:Protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol. Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- DNA:Protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol. Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- DNA:Protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol. Biomedical Sciences Building, University Walk, Bristol, United Kingdom
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A Tn-seq Screen of Streptococcus pneumoniae Uncovers DNA Repair as the Major Pathway for Desiccation Tolerance and Transmission. Infect Immun 2021; 89:e0071320. [PMID: 34031124 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00713-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pneumoniae is an opportunistic pathogen that is a common cause of serious invasive diseases such as pneumonia, bacteremia, meningitis, and otitis media. Transmission of this bacterium has classically been thought to occur through inhalation of respiratory droplets and direct contact with nasal secretions. However, the demonstration that S. pneumoniae is desiccation tolerant and, therefore, environmentally stable for extended periods of time opens up the possibility that this pathogen is also transmitted via contaminated surfaces (fomites). To better understand the molecular mechanisms that enable S. pneumoniae to survive periods of desiccation, we performed a high-throughput transposon sequencing (Tn-seq) screen in search of genetic determinants of desiccation tolerance. We identified 42 genes whose disruption reduced desiccation tolerance and 45 genes that enhanced desiccation tolerance. The nucleotide excision repair pathway was the most enriched category in our Tn-seq results, and we found that additional DNA repair pathways are required for desiccation tolerance, demonstrating the importance of maintaining genome integrity after desiccation. Deletion of the nucleotide excision repair gene uvrA resulted in a delay in transmission between infant mice, indicating a correlation between desiccation tolerance and pneumococcal transmssion. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that enable pneumococcal persistence in the environment may enable targeting of these pathways to prevent fomite transmission, thereby preventing the establishment of new colonization and any resulting invasive disease.
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Wang P, Roider E, Coulter ME, Walsh CA, Kramer CS, Beuning PJ, Giese RW. DNA Adductomics by mass tag prelabeling. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2021; 35:e9095. [PMID: 33821547 PMCID: PMC10668917 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.9095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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RATIONALE As a new approach to DNA adductomics, we directly reacted intact, double-stranded (ds)-DNA under warm conditions with an alkylating mass tag followed by analysis by liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. This method is based on the tendency of adducted nucleobases to locally disrupt the DNA structure (forming a "DNA bubble") potentially increasing exposure of their nucleophilic (including active hydrogen) sites for preferential alkylation. Also encouraging this strategy is that the scope of nucleotide excision repair is very broad, and this system primarily recognizes DNA bubbles. METHODS A cationic xylyl (CAX) mass tag with limited nonpolarity was selected to increase the retention of polar adducts in reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) for more detectability while maintaining resolution. We thereby detected a diversity of DNA adducts (mostly polar) by the following sequence of steps: (1) react DNA at 45°C for 2 h under aqueous conditions with CAX-B (has a benzyl bromide functional group to label active hydrogen sites) in the presence of triethylamine; (2) remove residual reagents by precipitating and washing the DNA (a convenient step); (3) digest the DNA enzymatically to nucleotides and remove unlabeled nucleotides by nonpolar solid-phase extraction (also a convenient step); and (4) detect CAX-labeled, adducted nucleotides by LC/MS2 or a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-MS technique. RESULTS Examples of the 42 DNA or RNA adducts detected, or tentatively so based on accurate mass and fragmentation data, are as follows: 8-oxo-dGMP, ethyl-dGMP, hydroxyethyl-dGMP (four isomers, all HPLC-resolved), uracil-glycol, apurinic/apyrimidinic sites, benzo[a]pyrene-dGMP, and, for the first time, benzoquinone-hydroxymethyl-dCMP. Importantly, these adducts are detected in a single procedure under a single set of conditions. Sensitivity, however, is only defined in a preliminary way, namely the latter adduct seems to be detected at a level of about 4 adducts in 109 nucleotides (S/N ~30). CONCLUSIONS CAX-Prelabeling is an emerging new technique for DNA adductomics, providing polar DNA adductomics in a practical way for the first time. Further study of the method is encouraged to better characterize and extend its performance, especially in scope and sensitivity.
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- Poguang Wang
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cutaneous Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Genomics, Boston Children's Hospital, Center for Life Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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Porrini C, Ramarao N, Tran SL. Dr. NO and Mr. Toxic - the versatile role of nitric oxide. Biol Chem 2021; 401:547-572. [PMID: 31811798 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is present in various organisms from humans, to plants, fungus and bacteria. NO is a fundamental signaling molecule implicated in major cellular functions. The role of NO ranges from an essential molecule to a potent mediator of cellular damages. The ability of NO to react with a broad range of biomolecules allows on one hand its regulation and a gradient concentration and on the other hand to exert physiological as well as pathological functions. In humans, NO is implicated in cardiovascular homeostasis, neurotransmission and immunity. However, NO can also contribute to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) or septic shock. For certain denitrifying bacteria, NO is part of their metabolism as a required intermediate of the nitrogen cycle. However, for other bacteria, NO is toxic and harmful. To survive, those bacteria have developed processes to resist this toxic effect and persist inside their host. NO also contributes to maintain the host/microbiota homeostasis. But little is known about the impact of NO produced during prolonged inflammation on microbiota integrity, and some pathogenic bacteria take advantage of the NO response to colonize the gut over the microbiota. Taken together, depending on the environmental context (prolonged production, gradient concentration, presence of partners for interaction, presence of oxygen, etc.), NO will exert its beneficial or detrimental function. In this review, we highlight the dual role of NO for humans, pathogenic bacteria and microbiota, and the mechanisms used by each organism to produce, use or resist NO.
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- Constance Porrini
- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Micalis Institute, 78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Chai T, Terrettaz C, Collier J. Spatial coupling between DNA replication and mismatch repair in Caulobacter crescentus. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:3308-3321. [PMID: 33677508 PMCID: PMC8034640 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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The DNA mismatch repair (MMR) process detects and corrects replication errors in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans. In most bacteria, it is initiated by MutS detecting mismatches and MutL nicking the mismatch-containing DNA strand. Here, we show that MMR reduces the appearance of rifampicin resistances more than a 100-fold in the Caulobacter crescentus Alphaproteobacterium. Using fluorescently-tagged and functional MutS and MutL proteins, live cell microscopy experiments showed that MutS is usually associated with the replisome during the whole S-phase of the C. crescentus cell cycle, while MutL molecules may display a more dynamic association with the replisome. Thus, MMR components appear to use a 1D-scanning mode to search for rare mismatches, although the spatial association between MutS and the replisome is dispensible under standard growth conditions. Conversely, the spatial association of MutL with the replisome appears as critical for MMR in C. crescentus, suggesting a model where the β-sliding clamp licences the endonuclease activity of MutL right behind the replication fork where mismatches are generated. The spatial association between MMR and replisome components may also play a role in speeding up MMR and/or in recognizing which strand needs to be repaired in a variety of Alphaproteobacteria.
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- Tiancong Chai
- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL/Sorge, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL/Sorge, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Fundamental Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL/Sorge, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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Moreno-del Álamo M, Carrasco B, Torres R, Alonso JC. Bacillus subtilis PcrA Helicase Removes Trafficking Barriers. Cells 2021; 10:935. [PMID: 33920686 PMCID: PMC8074105 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bacillus subtilis PcrA interacts with the RNA polymerase and might contribute to mitigate replication-transcription conflicts (RTCs). We show that PcrA depletion lethality is partially suppressed by rnhB inactivation, but cell viability is significantly reduced by rnhC or dinG inactivation. Following PcrA depletion, cells lacking RnhC or DinG are extremely sensitive to DNA damage. Chromosome segregation is not further impaired by rnhB or dinG inactivation but is blocked by rnhC or recA inactivation upon PcrA depletion. Despite our efforts, we could not construct a ΔrnhC ΔrecA strain. These observations support the idea that PcrA dismantles RTCs. Purified PcrA, which binds single-stranded (ss) DNA over RNA, is a ssDNA-dependent ATPase and preferentially unwinds DNA in a 3'→5'direction. PcrA unwinds a 3'-tailed RNA of an RNA-DNA hybrid significantly faster than that of a DNA substrate. Our results suggest that a replicative stress, caused by mis-incorporated rNMPs, indirectly increases cell viability upon PcrA depletion. We propose that PcrA, in concert with RnhC or DinG, contributes to removing spontaneous or enzyme-driven R-loops, to counteract deleterious trafficking conflicts and preserve to genomic integrity.
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- Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CNB-CSIC, 28049 Madrid, Spain; (M.M.-d.Á.); (B.C.); (R.T.)
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Joseph AM, Daw S, Sadhir I, Badrinarayanan A. Coordination between nucleotide excision repair and specialized polymerase DnaE2 action enables DNA damage survival in non-replicating bacteria. eLife 2021; 10:e67552. [PMID: 33856342 PMCID: PMC8102061 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Translesion synthesis (TLS) is a highly conserved mutagenic DNA lesion tolerance pathway, which employs specialized, low-fidelity DNA polymerases to synthesize across lesions. Current models suggest that activity of these polymerases is predominantly associated with ongoing replication, functioning either at or behind the replication fork. Here we provide evidence for DNA damage-dependent function of a specialized polymerase, DnaE2, in replication-independent conditions. We develop an assay to follow lesion repair in non-replicating Caulobacter and observe that components of the replication machinery localize on DNA in response to damage. These localizations persist in the absence of DnaE2 or if catalytic activity of this polymerase is mutated. Single-stranded DNA gaps for SSB binding and low-fidelity polymerase-mediated synthesis are generated by nucleotide excision repair (NER), as replisome components fail to localize in the absence of NER. This mechanism of gap-filling facilitates cell cycle restoration when cells are released into replication-permissive conditions. Thus, such cross-talk (between activity of NER and specialized polymerases in subsequent gap-filling) helps preserve genome integrity and enhances survival in a replication-independent manner.
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- Asha Mary Joseph
- National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBangaloreIndia
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBangaloreIndia
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBangaloreIndia
- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, LOEWE Centre for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO)MarburgGermany
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences - Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchBangaloreIndia
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Roske JJ, Liu S, Loll B, Neu U, Wahl MC. A skipping rope translocation mechanism in a widespread family of DNA repair helicases. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:504-518. [PMID: 33300032 PMCID: PMC7797055 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 11/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Mitomycin repair factor A represents a family of DNA helicases that harbor a domain of unknown function (DUF1998) and support repair of mitomycin C-induced DNA damage by presently unknown molecular mechanisms. We determined crystal structures of Bacillus subtilis Mitomycin repair factor A alone and in complex with an ATP analog and/or DNA and conducted structure-informed functional analyses. Our results reveal a unique set of auxiliary domains appended to a dual-RecA domain core. Upon DNA binding, a Zn2+-binding domain, encompassing the domain of unknown function, acts like a drum that rolls out a canopy of helicase-associated domains, entrapping the substrate and tautening an inter-domain linker across the loading strand. Quantification of DNA binding, stimulated ATPase and helicase activities in the wild type and mutant enzyme variants in conjunction with the mode of coordination of the ATP analog suggest that Mitomycin repair factor A employs similar ATPase-driven conformational changes to translocate on DNA, with the linker ratcheting through the nucleotides like a 'skipping rope'. The electrostatic surface topology outlines a likely path for the displaced DNA strand. Our results reveal unique molecular mechanisms in a widespread family of DNA repair helicases linked to bacterial antibiotics resistance.
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- Johann J Roske
- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Biochemistry of Viruses, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Structural Biochemistry, Takustraβe 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.,Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, Macromolecular Crystallography, Albert-Einstein-Straße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
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Kraithong T, Hartley S, Jeruzalmi D, Pakotiprapha D. A Peek Inside the Machines of Bacterial Nucleotide Excision Repair. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22020952. [PMID: 33477956 PMCID: PMC7835731 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22020952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2020] [Revised: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Double stranded DNA (dsDNA), the repository of genetic information in bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes, exhibits a surprising instability in the intracellular environment; this fragility is exacerbated by exogenous agents, such as ultraviolet radiation. To protect themselves against the severe consequences of DNA damage, cells have evolved at least six distinct DNA repair pathways. Here, we review recent key findings of studies aimed at understanding one of these pathways: bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER). This pathway operates in two modes: a global genome repair (GGR) pathway and a pathway that closely interfaces with transcription by RNA polymerase called transcription-coupled repair (TCR). Below, we discuss the architecture of key proteins in bacterial NER and recent biochemical, structural and single-molecule studies that shed light on the lesion recognition steps of both the GGR and the TCR sub-pathways. Although a great deal has been learned about both of these sub-pathways, several important questions, including damage discrimination, roles of ATP and the orchestration of protein binding and conformation switching, remain to be addressed.
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- Thanyalak Kraithong
- Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biochemistry (International Program), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA;
- Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA;
- Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
- Correspondence: (D.J.); (D.P.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
- Correspondence: (D.J.); (D.P.)
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Pérez-Arnaiz P, Dattani A, Smith V, Allers T. Haloferax volcanii-a model archaeon for studying DNA replication and repair. Open Biol 2020; 10:200293. [PMID: 33259746 PMCID: PMC7776575 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The tree of life shows the relationship between all organisms based on their common ancestry. Until 1977, it comprised two major branches: prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Work by Carl Woese and other microbiologists led to the recategorization of prokaryotes and the proposal of three primary domains: Eukarya, Bacteria and Archaea. Microbiological, genetic and biochemical techniques were then needed to study the third domain of life. Haloferax volcanii, a halophilic species belonging to the phylum Euryarchaeota, has provided many useful tools to study Archaea, including easy culturing methods, genetic manipulation and phenotypic screening. This review will focus on DNA replication and DNA repair pathways in H. volcanii, how this work has advanced our knowledge of archaeal cellular biology, and how it may deepen our understanding of bacterial and eukaryotic processes.
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK
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An RNA Repair Operon Regulated by Damaged tRNAs. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108527. [PMID: 33357439 PMCID: PMC7790460 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Many bacteria contain an RNA repair operon, encoding the RtcB RNA ligase and the RtcA RNA cyclase, that is regulated by the RtcR transcriptional activator. Although RtcR contains a divergent version of the CARF (CRISPR-associated Rossman fold) oligonucleotide-binding regulatory domain, both the specific signal that regulates operon expression and the substrates of the encoded enzymes are unknown. We report that tRNA fragments activate operon expression. Using a genetic screen in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, we find that the operon is expressed in the presence of mutations that cause tRNA fragments to accumulate. RtcA, which converts RNA phosphate ends to 2′, 3′-cyclic phosphate, is also required. Operon expression and tRNA fragment accumulation also occur upon DNA damage. The CARF domain binds 5′ tRNA fragments ending in cyclic phosphate, and RtcR oligomerizes upon binding these ligands, a prerequisite for operon activation. Our studies reveal a signaling pathway involving broken tRNAs and implicate the operon in tRNA repair. Hughes et al. demonstrate that a bacterial RNA repair operon, containing the RtcB RNA ligase and the RtcA RNA cyclase, is regulated by binding of 5′ tRNA halves ending in 2′, 3′-cyclic phosphate to the RtcR transcriptional activator. These studies show how tRNA fragments can regulate bacterial gene expression.
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Kraithong T, Sucharitakul J, Buranachai C, Jeruzalmi D, Chaiyen P, Pakotiprapha D. Real-time investigation of the roles of ATP hydrolysis by UvrA and UvrB during DNA damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 97:103024. [PMID: 33302090 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) stands out among other DNA repair systems for its ability to process a diverse set of unrelated DNA lesions. In bacteria, NER damage detection is orchestrated by the UvrA and UvrB proteins, which form the UvrA2-UvrB2 (UvrAB) damage sensing complex. The highly versatile damage recognition is accomplished in two ATP-dependent steps. In the first step, the UvrAB complex samples the DNA in search of lesion. Subsequently, the presence of DNA damage is verified within the UvrB-DNA complex after UvrA has dissociated. Although the mechanism of bacterial NER damage detection has been extensively investigated, the role of ATP binding and hydrolysis by UvrA and UvrB during this process remains incompletely understood. Here, we report a pre-steady state kinetics Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) study of the real-time interaction between UvrA, UvrB, and damaged DNA during lesion detection. By using UvrA and UvrB mutants harboring site-specific mutations in the ATP binding sites, we show for the first time that the dissociation of UvrA from the UvrAB-DNA complex does not require ATP hydrolysis by UvrB. We find that ATP hydrolysis by UvrA is not essential, but somehow facilitates the formation of UvrB-DNA complex, with ATP hydrolysis at the proximal site of UvrA playing a more critical role. Consistent with previous reports, our results indicated that the ATPase activity of UvrB is essential for the formation of UvrB-DNA complex but is not required for the binding of the UvrAB complex to DNA.
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- Thanyalak Kraithong
- Doctor of Philosophy Program in Biochemistry (International Program), Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Research Unit in Integrative Immuno-Microbial Biochemistry and Bioresponsive Nanomaterials, Thailand; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand; Center of Excellence for Trace Analysis and Biosensor, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat-Yai, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA; Doctor of Philosophy Programs in Biochemistry, Biology, and Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; Center for Excellence in Protein and Enzyme Technology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
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Kciuk M, Marciniak B, Mojzych M, Kontek R. Focus on UV-Induced DNA Damage and Repair-Disease Relevance and Protective Strategies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21197264. [PMID: 33019598 PMCID: PMC7582305 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21197264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The protective ozone layer is continually depleting due to the release of deteriorating environmental pollutants. The diminished ozone layer contributes to excessive exposure of cells to ultraviolet (UV) radiation. This leads to various cellular responses utilized to restore the homeostasis of exposed cells. DNA is the primary chromophore of the cells that absorbs sunlight energy. Exposure of genomic DNA to UV light leads to the formation of multitude of types of damage (depending on wavelength and exposure time) that are removed by effectively working repair pathways. The aim of this review is to summarize current knowledge considering cellular response to UV radiation with special focus on DNA damage and repair and to give a comprehensive insight for new researchers in this field. We also highlight most important future prospects considering application of the progressing knowledge of UV response for the clinical control of diverse pathologies.
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- Mateusz Kciuk
- Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Lodz, Banacha Street 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland
- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 12/16 Banacha St., 90-237 Lodz, Poland; (B.M.); (R.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 12/16 Banacha St., 90-237 Lodz, Poland; (B.M.); (R.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, 3 Maja 54, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 12/16 Banacha St., 90-237 Lodz, Poland; (B.M.); (R.K.)
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Rufibacter radiotolerans sp. nov., a novel gamma-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from rice field. Arch Microbiol 2020; 203:347-353. [PMID: 32945891 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-02033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A red-pigmented isolate, designated DG31DT, was isolated from the soil of a rice field in South Korea. Cells were strictly aerobic, short rod-shaped, Gram-negative, oxidase-positive, and catalase-positive. The major polar lipid was phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), and the predominant respiratory quinone was MK-7. DG31DT showed high resistance to both the UV and gamma radiations. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain DG31DT was related to Rufibacter immobilis MCC P1T (97.1%) and Rufibacter tibetensis 1351T (96.5%). The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (isDDH) values between the strain DG31DT and the related Rufibacter sp. were between 74.1-77.6% and 19.9-21.9%, respectively. Strain DG31DT grew between 15 and 30 °C (optimum, 25 °C), at pH 6.0-8.0 (optimum, pH 7.0) and tolerated up to 1.0% NaCl (w/v). The major cellular fatty acids of the novel strain were summed feature 3 (C16:1 ω7c/C16:1 ω6c) and C16:1 ω5c. Flexirubin-type pigments were absent. On the basis of the phenotypic, phylogenetic, and chemotaxonomic data, strain DG31DT represents a novel species of the genus Rufibacter, for which the name Rufibacter radiotolerans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DG31DT (= JCM 19446T = KCTC 32454T).
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Hoff J, Daniel B, Stukenberg D, Thuronyi BW, Waldminghaus T, Fritz G. Vibrio natriegens
: an ultrafast‐growing marine bacterium as emerging synthetic biology chassis. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:4394-4408. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Revised: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Josef Hoff
- School of Molecular Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth Australia
- Center for Synthetic Microbiology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Center for Synthetic Microbiology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
- Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich Zürich Switzerland
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- Center for Synthetic Microbiology Philipps‐Universität Marburg Marburg Germany
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- Centre for Synthetic Biology Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
- Department of Biology Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt Germany
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- School of Molecular Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth Australia
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Co-Expression Networks for Causal Gene Identification Based on RNA-Seq Data of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11070794. [PMID: 32674507 PMCID: PMC7397307 DOI: 10.3390/genes11070794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a Gram-positive bacterium that causes caseous lymphadenitis, a disease that predominantly affects sheep, goat, cattle, buffalo, and horses, but has also been recognized in other animals. This bacterium generates a severe economic impact on countries producing meat. Gene expression studies using RNA-Seq are one of the most commonly used techniques to perform transcriptional experiments. Computational analysis of such data through reverse-engineering algorithms leads to a better understanding of the genome-wide complexity of gene interactomes, enabling the identification of genes having the most significant functions inferred by the activated stress response pathways. In this study, we identified the influential or causal genes from four RNA-Seq datasets from different stress conditions (high iron, low iron, acid, osmosis, and PH) in C. pseudotuberculosis, using a consensus-based network inference algorithm called miRsigand next identified the causal genes in the network using the miRinfluence tool, which is based on the influence diffusion model. We found that over 50% of the genes identified as influential had some essential cellular functions in the genomes. In the strains analyzed, most of the causal genes had crucial roles or participated in processes associated with the response to extracellular stresses, pathogenicity, membrane components, and essential genes. This research brings new insight into the understanding of virulence and infection by C. pseudotuberculosis.
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Silva RMB, Grodick MA, Barton JK. UvrC Coordinates an O 2-Sensitive [4Fe4S] Cofactor. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:10964-10977. [PMID: 32470300 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c01671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recent advances have led to numerous landmark discoveries of [4Fe4S] clusters coordinated by essential enzymes in repair, replication, and transcription across all domains of life. The cofactor has notably been challenging to observe for many nucleic acid processing enzymes due to several factors, including a weak bioinformatic signature of the coordinating cysteines and lability of the metal cofactor. To overcome these challenges, we have used sequence alignments, an anaerobic purification method, iron quantification, and UV-visible and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopies to investigate UvrC, the dual-incision endonuclease in the bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway. The characteristics of UvrC are consistent with [4Fe4S] coordination with 60-70% cofactor incorporation, and additionally, we show that, bound to UvrC, the [4Fe4S] cofactor is susceptible to oxidative degradation with aggregation of apo species. Importantly, in its holo form with the cofactor bound, UvrC forms high affinity complexes with duplexed DNA substrates; the apparent dissociation constants to well-matched and damaged duplex substrates are 100 ± 20 nM and 80 ± 30 nM, respectively. This high affinity DNA binding contrasts reports made for isolated protein lacking the cofactor. Moreover, using DNA electrochemistry, we find that the cluster coordinated by UvrC is redox-active and participates in DNA-mediated charge transport chemistry with a DNA-bound midpoint potential of 90 mV vs NHE. This work highlights that the [4Fe4S] center is critical to UvrC.
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- Rebekah M B Silva
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, United States
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Jayeola V, McClelland M, Porwollik S, Chu W, Farber J, Kathariou S. Identification of Novel Genes Mediating Survival of Salmonella on Low-Moisture Foods via Transposon Sequencing Analysis. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:726. [PMID: 32499760 PMCID: PMC7242855 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica is the leading foodborne pathogen associated with outbreaks involving low-moisture foods (LMFs). However, the genes involved in Salmonella's long-term survival on LMFs remain poorly characterized. In this study, in-shell pistachios were inoculated with Tn5-based mutant libraries of S. Enteritidis P125109, S. Typhimurium 14028s, and S. Newport C4.2 at approximate 108 CFU/g and stored at 25°C. Transposon sequencing analysis (Tn-seq) was then employed to determine the relative abundance of each Tn5 insertion site immediately after inoculation (T0), after drying (T1), and at 120 days (T120). In S. Enteritidis, S. Typhimurium, and S. Newport mutant libraries, the relative abundance of 51, 80, and 101 Tn5 insertion sites, respectively, was significantly lower at T1 compared to T0, while in libraries of S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium the relative abundance of 42 and 68 Tn5 insertion sites, respectively, was significantly lower at T120 compared to T1. Tn5 insertion sites with reduced relative abundance in this competition assay were localized in DNA repair, lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and stringent response genes. Twelve genes among those under strong negative selection in the competition assay were selected for further study. Whole gene deletion mutants in ten of these genes, sspA, barA, uvrB, damX, rfbD, uvrY, lrhA, yifE, rbsR, and ompR, were impaired for individual survival on pistachios. The findings highlight the value of combined mutagenesis and sequencing to identify novel genes important for the survival of Salmonella in low-moisture foods.
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- Victor Jayeola
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
- Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States
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Adaptative transcriptional response of Dietzia cinnamea P4 strain to sunlight simulator. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:1701-1708. [PMID: 32296869 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-020-01879-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Responses to sunlight exposure of the oil-degrading Dietzia cinnamea P4 strain were evaluated by transcriptional levels of SOS genes, photoreactivation and genes involved in tolerance to high levels of reactive oxygen species. The P4 strain was exposed for 1 and 2 h and the magnitude of level changes in the mRNA was evaluated by qPCR. The results described the activation of the SOS system, with the decline of the repressor lexA gene levels and the concomitant increase of recA and uvrAD genes levels. The genes that participate in the photoreactivation process were also responsive to sunlight. The phrB gene encoding deoxyribodipyrimidine photo-lyase had its expression increased after 1-h exposure, while the phytAB genes showed a progressive increase over the studied period. The protective genes against reactive oxygen species, catalases, superoxides, peroxidases, and thioredoxins, had their expression rates detected under the conditions validated in this study. These results show a fast and coordinated response of genes from different DNA repair and tolerance mechanisms employed by strain P4, suggesting a complex concerted protective action against environmental stressors.
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