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Kunze M. Computational Evaluation of Peroxisomal Targeting Signals in Metazoa. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2643:391-404. [PMID: 36952201 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3048-8_28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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Most soluble proteins enclosed in peroxisomes encode either type-1 or type-2 peroxisomal targeting signals (PTS1 or PTS2), which act as postal codes and define the proteins' intracellular destination. Thus, various computational programs have been developed to evaluate the probability of specific peptide sequences for being a functional PTS or to scan the primary sequence of proteins for such signals. Among these prediction algorithms the PTS1-predictor ( https://mendel.imp.ac.at/pts1/ ) has been amply used, but the research logic of this and other PTS1 prediction tools is occasionally misjudged giving rise to characteristic pitfalls. Here, a proper utilization of the PTS1-predictor is introduced together with a framework of additional tests to increase the validity of the interpretation of results. Moreover, a list of possible causes for a mismatch between results of such predictions and experimental outcomes is provided. However, the foundational arguments apply to other prediction tools for PTS1 motifs as well.
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- Markus Kunze
- Department of Pathobiology of the Nervous System, Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Koper K, Han SW, Pastor DC, Yoshikuni Y, Maeda HA. Evolutionary Origin and Functional Diversification of Aminotransferases. J Biol Chem 2022; 298:102122. [PMID: 35697072 PMCID: PMC9309667 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Aminotransferases (ATs) are pyridoxal 5′-phosphate–dependent enzymes that catalyze the transamination reactions between amino acid donor and keto acid acceptor substrates. Modern AT enzymes constitute ∼2% of all classified enzymatic activities, play central roles in nitrogen metabolism, and generate multitude of primary and secondary metabolites. ATs likely diverged into four distinct AT classes before the appearance of the last universal common ancestor and further expanded to a large and diverse enzyme family. Although the AT family underwent an extensive functional specialization, many AT enzymes retained considerable substrate promiscuity and multifunctionality because of their inherent mechanistic, structural, and functional constraints. This review summarizes the evolutionary history, diverse metabolic roles, reaction mechanisms, and structure–function relationships of the AT family enzymes, with a special emphasis on their substrate promiscuity and multifunctionality. Comprehensive characterization of AT substrate specificity is still needed to reveal their true metabolic functions in interconnecting various branches of the nitrogen metabolic network in different organisms.
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- Kaan Koper
- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- The US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- The US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Global Center for Food, Land, and Water Resources, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan
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- Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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BiFC Method Based on Intraorganellar Protein Crowding Detects Oleate-Dependent Peroxisomal Targeting of Pichia pastoris Malate Dehydrogenase. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094890. [PMID: 34063066 PMCID: PMC8124512 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The maintenance of intracellular NAD+/NADH homeostasis across multiple, subcellular compartments requires the presence of NADH-shuttling proteins, which circumvent the lack of permeability of organelle membranes to these cofactors. Very little is known regarding these proteins in the methylotrophic yeast, Pichia pastoris. During the study of the subcellular locations of these shuttling proteins, which often have dual subcellular locations, it became necessary to develop new ways to detect the weak peroxisomal locations of some of these proteins. We have developed a novel variation of the traditional Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC), called divergent BiFC, to detect intraorganellar colocalization of two noninteracting proteins based on their proximity-based protein crowding within a small subcellular compartment, rather than on the traditional protein–protein interactions expected for BiFC. This method is used to demonstrate the partially peroxisomal location of one such P. pastoris NADH-shuttling protein, malate dehydrogenase B, only when cells are grown in oleate, but not when grown in methanol or glucose. We discuss the mode of NADH shuttling in P. pastoris and the physiological basis of the medium-dependent compartmentalization of PpMdhB.
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Oliveira LN, Lima PDS, Araújo DS, Portis IG, Santos Júnior ADCMD, Coelho ASG, de Sousa MV, Ricart CAO, Fontes W, Soares CMDA. iTRAQ-based proteomic analysis of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in response to hypoxia. Microbiol Res 2021; 247:126730. [PMID: 33662850 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2021.126730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Aerobic organisms require oxygen for energy. In the course of the infection, adaptation to hypoxia is crucial for survival of human pathogenic fungi. Members of the Paracoccidioides complex face decreased oxygen tensions during the life cycle stages. In Paracoccidioides brasiliensis proteomic responses to hypoxia have not been investigated and the regulation of the adaptive process is still unknown, and this approach allowed the identification of 216 differentially expressed proteins in hypoxia using iTRAQ-labelling. Data suggest that P. brasiliensis reprograms its metabolism when submitted to hypoxia. The fungus reduces its basal metabolism and general transport proteins. Energy and general metabolism were more representative and up regulated. Glucose is apparently directed towards glycolysis or the production of cell wall polymers. Plasma membrane/cell wall are modulated by increasing ergosterol and glucan, respectively. In addition, molecules such as ethanol and acetate are produced by this fungus indicating that alternative carbon sources probably are activated to obtain energy. Also, detoxification mechanisms are activated. The results were compared with label free proteomics data from Paracoccidioides lutzii. Biochemical pathways involved with acetyl-CoA, pyruvate and ergosterol synthesis were up-regulated in both fungi. On the other hand, proteins from TCA, transcription, protein fate/degradation, cellular transport, signal transduction and cell defense/virulence processes presented different profiles between species. Particularly, proteins related to methylcitrate cycle and those involved with acetate and ethanol synthesis were increased in P. brasiliensis proteome, whereas GABA shunt were accumulated only in P. lutzii. The results emphasize metabolic adaptation processes for distinct Paracoccidioides species.
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- Lucas Nojosa Oliveira
- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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- Departmento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Departmento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Departmento de Biologia Celular, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Darcy Ribeiro, Asa Norte, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, ICB II, Campus II, Universidade Federal de Goiás, 74001-970, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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Chornyi S, IJlst L, van Roermund CWT, Wanders RJA, Waterham HR. Peroxisomal Metabolite and Cofactor Transport in Humans. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 8:613892. [PMID: 33505966 PMCID: PMC7829553 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.613892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Peroxisomes are membrane-bound organelles involved in many metabolic pathways and essential for human health. They harbor a large number of enzymes involved in the different pathways, thus requiring transport of substrates, products and cofactors involved across the peroxisomal membrane. Although much progress has been made in understanding the permeability properties of peroxisomes, there are still important gaps in our knowledge about the peroxisomal transport of metabolites and cofactors. In this review, we discuss the different modes of transport of metabolites and essential cofactors, including CoA, NAD+, NADP+, FAD, FMN, ATP, heme, pyridoxal phosphate, and thiamine pyrophosphate across the peroxisomal membrane. This transport can be mediated by non-selective pore-forming proteins, selective transport proteins, membrane contact sites between organelles, and co-import of cofactors with proteins. We also discuss modes of transport mediated by shuttle systems described for NAD+/NADH and NADP+/NADPH. We mainly focus on current knowledge on human peroxisomal metabolite and cofactor transport, but also include knowledge from studies in plants, yeast, fruit fly, zebrafish, and mice, which has been exemplary in understanding peroxisomal transport mechanisms in general.
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- Serhii Chornyi
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam UMC Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Autophagy sustains glutamate and aspartate synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae during nitrogen starvation. Nat Commun 2021; 12:57. [PMID: 33397945 PMCID: PMC7782722 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20253-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Autophagy catabolizes cellular constituents to promote survival during nutrient deprivation. Yet, a metabolic comprehension of this recycling operation, despite its crucial importance, remains incomplete. Here, we uncover a specific metabolic function of autophagy that exquisitely adjusts cellular metabolism according to nitrogen availability in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Autophagy enables metabolic plasticity to promote glutamate and aspartate synthesis, which empowers nitrogen-starved cells to replenish their nitrogen currency and sustain macromolecule synthesis. Our findings provide critical insights into the metabolic basis by which autophagy recycles cellular components and may also have important implications in understanding the role of autophagy in diseases such as cancer.
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Reidman S, Cohen A, Kupiec M, Weisman R. The cytosolic form of aspartate aminotransferase is required for full activation of TOR complex 1 in fission yeast. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:18244-18255. [PMID: 31641022 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The evolutionarily conserved TOR complex 1 (TORC1) activates cell growth and proliferation in response to nutritional signals. In the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, TORC1 is essential for vegetative growth, and its activity is regulated in response to nitrogen quantity and quality. Yet, how TORC1 senses nitrogen is poorly understood. Rapamycin, a specific TOR inhibitor, inhibits growth in S. pombe only under conditions in which the activity of TORC1 is compromised. In a genetic screen for rapamycin-sensitive mutations, we isolated caa1-1, a loss-of-function mutation of the cytosolic form of aspartate aminotransferase (Caa1). We demonstrate that loss of caa1 + partially mimics loss of TORC1 activity and that Caa1 is required for full TORC1 activity. Disruption of caa1 + resulted in aspartate auxotrophy, a finding that prompted us to assess the role of aspartate in TORC1 activation. We found that the amino acids glutamine, asparagine, arginine, aspartate, and serine activate TORC1 most efficiently following nitrogen starvation. The glutamine synthetase inhibitor l-methionine sulfoximine abolished the ability of asparagine, arginine, aspartate, or serine, but not that of glutamine, to induce TORC1 activity, consistent with a central role for glutamine in activating TORC1. Neither addition of aspartate nor addition of glutamine restored TORC1 activity in caa1-deleted cells or in cells carrying a Caa1 variant with a catalytic site substitution, suggesting that the catalytic activity of Caa1 is required for TORC1 activation. Taken together, our results reveal the contribution of the key metabolic enzyme Caa1 to TORC1 activity in S. pombe.
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- Sophie Reidman
- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69977801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, the Open University of Israel, University Road 1, 4353701 Ra'anana, Israel
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- School of Molecular Cell Biology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69977801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Natural and Life Sciences, the Open University of Israel, University Road 1, 4353701 Ra'anana, Israel.
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Zhang W, Cheng Y, Li Y, Du G, Xie G, Zou H, Zhou J, Chen J. Adaptive Evolution Relieves Nitrogen Catabolite Repression and Decreases Urea Accumulation in Cultures of the Chinese Rice Wine Yeast Strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae XZ-11. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:9061-9069. [PMID: 29882665 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b01313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Urea is the major precursor of ethyl carbamate in Chinese rice wine. Although efforts have been made to decrease urea accumulation, few methods can be applied to industrial food production due to potential safety concerns. In this study, adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) followed by high-throughput screening was used to identify low urea-accumulating strains derived from the industrial Chinese rice wine yeast strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae XZ-11. Three evolved strains were obtained that had 47.9%, 16.6%, and 12.4% lower urea concentrations than the wild-type strain. Comparative genomics analysis revealed that genes involved in carbon and nitrogen metabolism evolved quickly. Transcription levels of genes involved in urea metabolism were dramatically upregulated after ALE. This work describes a novel and safe strategy to improve nitrogen utilization of industrial yeast strains involved in food fermentation. The identified genomic variations may also help direct rational genetic engineering of nitrogen metabolism processes to achieve other goals.
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- Weiping Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, and School of Biotechnology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, and School of Biotechnology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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- Department of Bioengineering, School of Food Sciences and Biotechnology , Zhejiang Gongshang University , Hangzhou 310018 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, and School of Biotechnology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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- College of Shaoxing Rice Wine , Zhejiang Shuren University , Shaoxing 312028 , China
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- Zhejiang Guyuelongshan Shaoxing Wine Company , 13 Yangjiang Road , Shaoxing , Zhejiang China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, and School of Biotechnology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
- National Engineering Laboratory for Cereal Fermentation Technology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, and School of Biotechnology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
- Jiangsu Provisional Research Center for Bioactive Product Processing Technology , Jiangnan University , 1800 Lihu Road , Wuxi , Jiangsu 214122 , China
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Thomas AS, Krikken AM, de Boer R, Williams C. Hansenula polymorpha Aat2p is targeted to peroxisomes via a novel Pex20p-dependent pathway. FEBS Lett 2018; 592:2466-2475. [PMID: 29924881 PMCID: PMC6099311 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aat2p contains a peroxisomal targeting signal type‐1 and localizes to peroxisomes in oleate‐grown cells, but not in glucose‐grown cells. Here, we have investigated Aat2p from the yeast Hansenula polymorpha, which lacks a recognizable peroxisomal targeting signal. Aat2p tagged with GFP at its C terminus displays a dual cytosol‐peroxisome localization in ethanol‐grown cells. The partial peroxisomal localization of Aat2p persisted in the absence of the classical cycling receptors Pex5p and Pex7p but Aat2p targeting to peroxisomes was reduced in cells deleted for the matrix protein import factors PEX1, PEX2 and PEX13. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Aat2p targeting to peroxisomes requires Pex20p. Together, our data identify a Pex20p‐dependent pathway for targeting Aat2p to peroxisomes.
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- Ann S Thomas
- Molecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Redox crosstalk at endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane contact sites (MCS) uses toxic waste to deliver messages. Cell Death Dis 2018; 9:331. [PMID: 29491367 PMCID: PMC5832433 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-017-0033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2017] [Revised: 09/29/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Many cellular redox reactions housed within mitochondria, peroxisomes and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) generate hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and other reactive oxygen species (ROS). The contribution of each organelle to the total cellular ROS production is considerable, but varies between cell types and also over time. Redox-regulatory enzymes are thought to assemble at a “redox triangle” formed by mitochondria, peroxisomes and the ER, assembling “redoxosomes” that sense ROS accumulations and redox imbalances. The redoxosome enzymes use ROS, potentially toxic by-products made by some redoxosome members themselves, to transmit inter-compartmental signals via chemical modifications of downstream proteins and lipids. Interestingly, important components of the redoxosome are ER chaperones and oxidoreductases, identifying ER oxidative protein folding as a key ROS producer and controller of the tri-organellar membrane contact sites (MCS) formed at the redox triangle. At these MCS, ROS accumulations could directly facilitate inter-organellar signal transmission, using ROS transporters. In addition, ROS influence the flux of Ca2+ ions, since many Ca2+ handling proteins, including inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs), SERCA pumps or regulators of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) are redox-sensitive. Fine-tuning of these redox and ion signaling pathways might be difficult in older organisms, suggesting a dysfunctional redox triangle may accompany the aging process.
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Hofhuis J, Schueren F, Nötzel C, Lingner T, Gärtner J, Jahn O, Thoms S. The functional readthrough extension of malate dehydrogenase reveals a modification of the genetic code. Open Biol 2017; 6:rsob.160246. [PMID: 27881739 PMCID: PMC5133446 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.160246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Translational readthrough gives rise to C-terminally extended proteins, thereby providing the cell with new protein isoforms. These may have different properties from the parental proteins if the extensions contain functional domains. While for most genes amino acid incorporation at the stop codon is far lower than 0.1%, about 4% of malate dehydrogenase (MDH1) is physiologically extended by translational readthrough and the actual ratio of MDH1x (extended protein) to ‘normal' MDH1 is dependent on the cell type. In human cells, arginine and tryptophan are co-encoded by the MDH1x UGA stop codon. Readthrough is controlled by the 7-nucleotide high-readthrough stop codon context without contribution of the subsequent 50 nucleotides encoding the extension. All vertebrate MDH1x is directed to peroxisomes via a hidden peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS) in the readthrough extension, which is more highly conserved than the extension of lactate dehydrogenase B. The hidden PTS of non-mammalian MDH1x evolved to be more efficient than the PTS of mammalian MDH1x. These results provide insight into the genetic and functional co-evolution of these dually localized dehydrogenases.
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- Julia Hofhuis
- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Microarray and Deep Sequencing Core Facility, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Proteomics Group, Max Planck Institute of Experimental Medicine, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Casein phosphopeptides and CaCl2 increase penicillin production and cause an increment in microbody/peroxisome proteins in Penicillium chrysogenum. J Proteomics 2017; 156:52-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2016.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 12/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Shen L, Nishimura Y, Matsuda F, Ishii J, Kondo A. Overexpressing enzymes of the Ehrlich pathway and deleting genes of the competing pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae for increasing 2-phenylethanol production from glucose. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:34-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.12.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Wang R, Zhang M, Liu H, Xu J, Yu J, He F, Zhang X, Dong S, Dou D. PsAAT3, an oomycete-specific aspartate aminotransferase, is required for full pathogenicity of the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora sojae. Fungal Biol 2016; 120:620-630. [PMID: 27020161 DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 01/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Pathogen nutrient acquisition and metabolism are critical for successful infection and colonization. However, the nutrient requirements and metabolic pathways related to pathogenesis in oomycete pathogens are unknown. In this study, we bioinformatically identified Phytophthora sojae aspartate aminotransferases (AATs), which are key enzymes that coordinate carbon and nitrogen metabolism. We demonstrated that P. sojae encodes more AATs than the analysed fungi. Some of the AATs contained additional prephenate dehydratase and/or prephenate dehydrogenase domains in their N-termini, which are unique to oomycetes. Silencing of PsAAT3, an infection-inducible expression gene, reduced P. sojae pathogenicity on soybean plants and affected the growth under N-starving condition, suggesting that PsAAT3 is involved in pathogen pathogenicity and nitrogen utilisation during infection. Our results suggest that P. sojae and other oomycete pathogens may have distinct amino acid metabolism pathways and that PsAAT3 is important for its full pathogenicity.
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- Rongbo Wang
- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210095, China.
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Förster J, Halbfeld C, Zimmermann M, Blank LM. A blueprint of the amino acid biosynthesis network of hemiascomycetes. FEMS Yeast Res 2014; 14:1090-100. [PMID: 25187056 DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2014] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The structure and regulation of biosynthesis pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been detailed extensively. For other hemiascomycetes, genomic sequences are primarily available, whereas biochemical information on them is scarce. The resulting biochemical networks that are used for research in basic science and biotechnology are often biased by data from S. cerevisiae, assuming that there are often implicitly conserved structures between species. We examined the structure of the amino acid biosynthesis network in nine hemiascomycetes, spanning the phylogenetic clade. Differences in the genetic inventory included the presence and absence of isoenzymes and compartmentation of the pathways. Notably, no two hemiascomycetes had identical genetic inventories. For example, the lack of the mitochondrial αIPMS isoenzyme and presence of only one copy of the BCAA aminotransferase in Pichia pastoris indicate a disparately compartmented leucine biosynthesis pathway. Our findings suggest that αIPMS and BCAA aminotransferase are solely located in the cytosol of P. pastoris, requiring correction of the leucine biosynthesis pathway layout in this species. Our results argue for careful use of information from S. cerevisiae and for joint efforts to fill the knowledge gaps in other species. Such analysis will lead to contributions in biotechnology disciplines, such as protein production and compartment engineering.
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- Jan Förster
- Institute of Applied Microbiology (iAMB), Aachen Biology and Biotechnology (ABBt), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Zhao X, Zou H, Fu J, Chen J, Zhou J, Du G. Nitrogen regulation involved in the accumulation of urea in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2013; 30:437-47. [PMID: 23996237 DOI: 10.1002/yea.2980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2013] [Revised: 08/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Rice wine is a popular traditional alcoholic drink with a long history in China. However, the presence of the potential carcinogen ethyl carbamate (EC) raises a series of food safety concerns. Although the metabolic pathway of urea (the major precusor of EC) has been characterized in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the regulation of urea accumulation remains unclear, making the efficient elimination of urea difficult. To demonstrate the regulatory mechanisms governing urea accumulation, three key nitrogen sources that can inhibit urea utilization for a commercial S. cerevisiae strain were identified. In addition, regulators of nitrogen catabolite repression (NCR) and target of rapamycin (TOR) pathways were identified as being involved in urea accumulation by real-time quantitative PCR. Based on these results, preferred nitrogen sources were found to repress urea utilization by converting them to glutamine or glutamate. Moreover, the results indicated that the manner of urea metabolism regulation was different for two positive regulators involved in NCR; Gln3p can be retained in the cytoplasm by glutamine, while Gat1p can be retained by glutamine and glutamate. Furthermore, this was confirmed by fluorescence location detection. These new findings provide new targets for eliminating EC and other harmful nitrogen-containing compounds in fermented foods.
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- Xinrui Zhao
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Lee JCY, Tsoi A, Kornfeld GD, Dawes IW. Cellular responses toL-serine inSaccharomyces cerevisiae: roles of general amino acid control, compartmentalization, and aspartate synthesis. FEMS Yeast Res 2013; 13:618-34. [DOI: 10.1111/1567-1364.12063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2013] [Revised: 07/02/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Johnny C.-Y. Lee
- Ramaciotti Center for Gene Function Analysis and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences; University of New South Wales; Sydney; NSW; Australia
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- Ramaciotti Center for Gene Function Analysis and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences; University of New South Wales; Sydney; NSW; Australia
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- Ramaciotti Center for Gene Function Analysis and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences; University of New South Wales; Sydney; NSW; Australia
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- Ramaciotti Center for Gene Function Analysis and School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences; University of New South Wales; Sydney; NSW; Australia
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Jung S, Smith JJ, von Haller PD, Dilworth DJ, Sitko KA, Miller LR, Saleem RA, Goodlett DR, Aitchison JD. Global analysis of condition-specific subcellular protein distribution and abundance. Mol Cell Proteomics 2013; 12:1421-35. [PMID: 23349476 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o112.019166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cellular control of protein activities by modulation of their abundance or compartmentalization is not easily measured on a large scale. We developed and applied a method to globally interrogate these processes that is widely useful for systems-level analyses of dynamic cellular responses in many cell types. The approach involves subcellular fractionation followed by comprehensive proteomic analysis of the fractions, which is enabled by a data-independent acquisition mass spectrometry approach that samples every available mass to charge channel systematically to maximize sensitivity. Next, various fraction-enrichment ratios are measured for all detected proteins across different environmental conditions and used to group proteins into clusters reflecting changes in compartmentalization and relative conditional abundance. Application of the approach to characterize the response of yeast proteins to fatty acid exposure revealed dynamics of peroxisomes and novel dynamics of MCC/eisosomes, specialized plasma membrane domains comprised of membrane compartment occupied by Can1 (MCC) and eisosome subdomains. It also led to the identification of Fat3, a fatty acid transport protein of the plasma membrane, previously annotated as Ykl187.
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- Sunhee Jung
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Holt S, Cordente AG, Curtin C. Saccharomyces cerevisiae STR3 and yeast cystathionine β-lyase enzymes: The potential for engineering increased flavor release. Bioeng Bugs 2012; 3:178-80. [PMID: 22572787 DOI: 10.4161/bbug.19566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Selected Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains are used for wine fermentation. Based on several criteria, winemakers often use a specific yeast to improve the flavor, mouth feel, decrease the alcohol content and desired phenolic content, just to name a few properties. Scientists at the AWRI previously illustrated the potential for increased flavor release from grape must via overexpression of the Escherichia coli Tryptophanase enzyme in wine yeast. To pursue a self-cloning approach for improving the aroma production, we recently characterized the S. cerevisiae cystathionine β-lyase STR3, and investigated its flavor releasing capabilities. Here, we continue with a phylogenetic investigation of STR3 homologs from non-Saccharomyces yeasts to map the potential for using natural variation to engineer new strains.
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- Sylvester Holt
- The Australian Wine Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Theodoulou FL, Zhang X, De Marcos Lousa C, Nyathi Y, Baker A. Peroxisomal Transport Systems: Roles in Signaling and Metabolism. SIGNALING AND COMMUNICATION IN PLANTS 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-14369-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Grunau S, Mindthoff S, Rottensteiner H, Sormunen RT, Hiltunen JK, Erdmann R, Antonenkov VD. Channel-forming activities of peroxisomal membrane proteins from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEBS J 2009; 276:1698-708. [PMID: 19220856 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.06903.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Highly-purified peroxisomes from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae grown on oleic acid were investigated for the presence of channel (pore)-forming proteins in the membrane of these organelles. Solubilized membrane proteins were reconstituted in planar lipid bilayers and their pore-forming activity was studied by means of multiple-channel monitoring or single-channel analysis. Two abundant pore-forming activities were detected with an average conductance of 0.2 and 0.6 nS in 1.0 m KCl, respectively. The high-conductance pore (0.6 nS in 1.0 m KCl) is slightly selective to cations (P(K+)/P(Cl-) approximately 1.3) and showed an unusual flickering at elevated (> +/-40 mV) holding potentials directed upward relative to the open state of the channel. The data obtained for the properties of the low-conductance pore (0.2 nS in 1.0 m KCl) support the notion that the high-conductance channel represents a cluster of two low-conductance pores. The results lead to conclusion that the yeast peroxisomes contain membrane pore-forming proteins that may aid the transfer of small solutes between the peroxisomal lumen and cytoplasm.
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- Silke Grunau
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abt. Systembiochemie, Bochum, Germany
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Kiel JAKW, van den Berg MA, Fusetti F, Poolman B, Bovenberg RAL, Veenhuis M, van der Klei IJ. Matching the proteome to the genome: the microbody of penicillin-producing Penicillium chrysogenum cells. Funct Integr Genomics 2009; 9:167-84. [PMID: 19156454 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-009-0110-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Revised: 01/05/2009] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In the filamentous fungus Penicillium chrysogenum, microbodies are essential for penicillin biosynthesis. To better understand the role of these organelles in antibiotics production, we determined the matrix enzyme contents of P. chrysogenum microbodies. Using a novel in silico approach, we first obtained a catalogue of 200 P. chrysogenum proteins with putative microbody targeting signals (PTSs). This included two orthologs of proteins involved in cephalosporin biosynthesis, which we demonstrate to be bona fide microbody matrix constituents. Subsequently, we performed a proteomics based inventory of P. chrysogenum microbody matrix proteins using nano-LC-MS/MS analysis. We identified 89 microbody proteins, 79 with a PTS, including the two known microbody-borne penicillin biosynthesis enzymes, isopenicillin N:acyl CoA acyltransferase and phenylacetyl-CoA ligase. Comparative analysis revealed that 69 out of 79 PTS proteins identified experimentally were in the reference list. A prominent microbody protein was identified as a novel fumarate reductase-cytochrome b5 fusion protein, which contains an internal PTS2 between the two functional domains. We show that this protein indeed localizes to P. chrysogenum microbodies.
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- Jan A K W Kiel
- Molecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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Demogines A, Smith E, Kruglyak L, Alani E. Identification and dissection of a complex DNA repair sensitivity phenotype in Baker's yeast. PLoS Genet 2008; 4:e1000123. [PMID: 18617998 PMCID: PMC2440805 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/09/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Complex traits typically involve the contribution of multiple gene variants. In this study, we took advantage of a high-density genotyping analysis of the BY (S288c) and RM strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and of 123 derived spore progeny to identify the genetic loci that underlie a complex DNA repair sensitivity phenotype. This was accomplished by screening hybrid yeast progeny for sensitivity to a variety of DNA damaging agents. Both the BY and RM strains are resistant to the ultraviolet light-mimetic agent 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4-NQO); however, hybrid progeny from a BYxRM cross displayed varying sensitivities to the drug. We mapped a major quantitative trait locus (QTL), RAD5, and identified the exact polymorphism within this locus responsible for 4-NQO sensitivity. By using a backcrossing strategy along with array-assisted bulk segregant analysis, we identified one other locus, MKT1, and a QTL on Chromosome VII that also link to the hybrid 4-NQO-sensitive phenotype but confer more minor effects. This work suggests an additive model for sensitivity to 4-NQO and provides a strategy for mapping both major and minor QTL that confer background-specific phenotypes. It also provides tools for understanding the effect of genetic background on sensitivity to genotoxic agents.
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- Ann Demogines
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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Han XX, Chabowski A, Tandon NN, Calles-Escandon J, Glatz JFC, Luiken JJFP, Bonen A. Metabolic challenges reveal impaired fatty acid metabolism and translocation of FAT/CD36 but not FABPpm in obese Zucker rat muscle. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2007; 293:E566-75. [PMID: 17519284 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00106.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We examined, in muscle of lean and obese Zucker rats, basal, insulin-induced, and contraction-induced fatty acid transporter translocation and fatty acid uptake, esterification, and oxidation. In lean rats, insulin and contraction induced the translocation of the fatty acid transporter FAT/CD36 (43 and 41%, respectively) and plasma membrane-associated fatty acid binding protein (FABPpm; 19 and 60%) and increased fatty acid uptake (63 and 40%, respectively). Insulin and contraction increased lean muscle palmitate esterification and oxidation 72 and 61%, respectively. In obese rat muscle, basal levels of sarcolemmal FAT/CD36 (+33%) and FABPpm (+14%) and fatty acid uptake (+30%) and esterification (+32%) were increased, whereas fatty acid oxidation was reduced (-28%). Insulin stimulation of obese rat muscle increased plasmalemmal FABPpm (+15%) but not plasmalemmal FAT/CD36, blunted fatty acid uptake and esterification, and failed to reduce fatty acid oxidation. In contracting obese rat muscle, the increases in fatty acid uptake and esterification and FABPpm translocation were normal, but FAT/CD36 translocation was impaired and fatty acid oxidation was blunted. There was no relationship between plasmalemmal fatty acid transporters and palmitate partitioning. In conclusion, fatty acid metabolism is impaired at several levels in muscles of obese Zucker rats; specifically, they are 1) insulin resistant with respect to FAT/CD36 translocation and fatty acid uptake, esterification, and oxidation and 2) contraction resistant with respect to fatty acid oxidation and FAT/CD36 translocation, but, conversely, 3) obese muscles are neither insulin nor contraction resistant at the level of FABPpm. Finally, 4) there is no evidence that plasmalemmal fatty acid transporters contribute to the channeling of fatty acids to specific metabolic destinations within the muscle.
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- Xiao-Xia Han
- Dept. of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, Univ. of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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Visser WF, van Roermund CWT, Ijlst L, Waterham HR, Wanders RJA. Metabolite transport across the peroxisomal membrane. Biochem J 2007; 401:365-75. [PMID: 17173541 PMCID: PMC1820816 DOI: 10.1042/bj20061352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In recent years, much progress has been made with respect to the unravelling of the functions of peroxisomes in metabolism, and it is now well established that peroxisomes are indispensable organelles, especially in higher eukaryotes. Peroxisomes catalyse a number of essential metabolic functions including fatty acid beta-oxidation, ether phospholipid biosynthesis, fatty acid alpha-oxidation and glyoxylate detoxification. The involvement of peroxisomes in these metabolic pathways necessitates the transport of metabolites in and out of peroxisomes. Recently, considerable progress has been made in the characterization of metabolite transport across the peroxisomal membrane. Peroxisomes posses several specialized transport systems to transport metabolites. This is exemplified by the identification of a specific transporter for adenine nucleotides and several half-ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters which may be present as hetero- and homo-dimers. The nature of the substrates handled by the different ABC transporters is less clear. In this review we will describe the current state of knowledge of the permeability properties of the peroxisomal membrane.
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Key Words
- fatty acid
- genetic disease
- metabolite
- peroxisome
- transport
- zellweger syndrome
- abc, atp-binding cassette
- cpt, carnitine palmitoyltransferase
- dhas, dihydroxyacetone synthetase
- dhca, dihydroxycholestanoic acid
- dnp, 2,4-dinitrophenol
- g3pdh, glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
- got, glutamate:aspartate aminotransferase
- lacs, long-chain acyl-coa synthetase
- mcf, mitochondrial carrier family
- mcfa, medium-chain fatty acid
- mct, monocarboxylate transporter
- mdh, malate dehydrogenase
- m-lp, mpv17-like protein
- pmp, peroxisomal membrane protein
- ros, reactive oxygen species
- scamc, short calcium-binding mitochondrial carrier
- thca, trihydroxycholestanoic acid
- xald, x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
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- Wouter F Visser
- University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, F0-224, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ The Netherlands.
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Rottensteiner H, Theodoulou FL. The ins and outs of peroxisomes: Co-ordination of membrane transport and peroxisomal metabolism. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1527-40. [PMID: 17010456 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Revised: 08/15/2006] [Accepted: 08/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peroxisomes perform a range of metabolic functions which require the movement of substrates, co-substrates, cofactors and metabolites across the peroxisomal membrane. In this review, we discuss the evidence for and against specific transport systems involved in peroxisomal metabolism and how these operate to co-ordinate biochemical reactions within the peroxisome with those in other compartments of the cell.
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- Hanspeter Rottensteiner
- Medical Faculty of the Ruhr-University of Bochum, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Section of Systems Biochemistry, 44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Wanders RJA, Visser WF, van Roermund CWT, Kemp S, Waterham HR. The peroxisomal ABC transporter family. Pflugers Arch 2006; 453:719-34. [PMID: 17039367 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0142-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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This review describes the current state of knowledge about the ABCD family of peroxisomal half adenosine-triphosphate-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. ABCDs are predicted to be present in a variety of eukaryotic organisms, although at present, only ABCDs in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and different mammalian species have been identified and characterized to any significant extent. The functional role of none of these ABCDs has been established definitively and awaits successful reconstitution of ABCDs, either as homo- or heterodimers into liposomes, followed by transport studies. Data obtained in S. cerevisiae suggest that the two ABCDs, which have been identified in this organism, form a heterodimer, which actually transports acyl coenzyme A esters across the peroxisomal membrane. In mammals, four ABCDs have been identified, of which one [adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP)] has been implicated in the transport of the coenzyme A esters of very-long-chain fatty acids. Mutations in the gene (ABCD1) encoding ALDP are the cause of a severe X-linked disease, called X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy. The availability of mutant mice in which Abcd1, Abcd2, or Abcd3 have been disrupted will help to resolve the true role of the peroxisomal half-ABC transporters.
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- Ronald J A Wanders
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Emma Children's Hospital, Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Kagkli DM, Bonnarme P, Neuvéglise C, Cogan TM, Casaregola S. L-methionine degradation pathway in Kluyveromyces lactis: identification and functional analysis of the genes encoding L-methionine aminotransferase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:3330-5. [PMID: 16672474 PMCID: PMC1472347 DOI: 10.1128/aem.72.5.3330-3335.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Kluyveromyces lactis is one of the cheese-ripening yeasts and is believed to contribute to the formation of volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) through degradation of L-methionine. L-methionine aminotransferase is potentially involved in the pathway that results in the production of methanethiol, a common precursor of VSCs. Even though this pathway has been studied previously, the genes involved have never been studied. In this study, on the basis of sequence homology, all the putative aminotransferase-encoding genes from K. lactis were cloned in an overproducing vector, pCXJ10, and their effects on the production of VSCs were analyzed. Two genes, KlARO8.1 and KlARO8.2, were found to be responsible for L-methionine aminotransferase activity. Transformants carrying these genes cloned in the pCXJ10 vector produced threefold-larger amounts of VSCs than the transformant containing the plasmid without any insert or other related putative aminotransferases produced.
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Hesselberth JR, Miller JP, Golob A, Stajich JE, Michaud GA, Fields S. Comparative analysis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae WW domains and their interacting proteins. Genome Biol 2006; 7:R30. [PMID: 16606443 PMCID: PMC1557994 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2006-7-4-r30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2005] [Revised: 02/10/2006] [Accepted: 03/09/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The WW domain is found in a large number of eukaryotic proteins implicated in a variety of cellular processes. WW domains bind proline-rich protein and peptide ligands, but the protein interaction partners of many WW domain-containing proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are largely unknown. RESULTS We used protein microarray technology to generate a protein interaction map for 12 of the 13 WW domains present in proteins of the yeast S. cerevisiae. We observed 587 interactions between these 12 domains and 207 proteins, most of which have not previously been described. We analyzed the representation of functional annotations within the network, identifying enrichments for proteins with peroxisomal localization, as well as for proteins involved in protein turnover and cofactor biosynthesis. We compared orthologs of the interacting proteins to identify conserved motifs known to mediate WW domain interactions, and found substantial evidence for the structural conservation of such binding motifs throughout the yeast lineages. The comparative approach also revealed that several of the WW domain-containing proteins themselves have evolutionarily conserved WW domain binding sites, suggesting a functional role for inter- or intramolecular association between proteins that harbor WW domains. On the basis of these results, we propose a model for the tuning of interactions between WW domains and their protein interaction partners. CONCLUSION Protein microarrays provide an appealing alternative to existing techniques for the construction of protein interaction networks. Here we built a network composed of WW domain-protein interactions that illuminates novel features of WW domain-containing proteins and their protein interaction partners.
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- Jay R Hesselberth
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Current address: Buck Institute, Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
- Department of Medicine, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Box 357730, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Petriv OI, Tang L, Titorenko VI, Rachubinski RA. A new definition for the consensus sequence of the peroxisome targeting signal type 2. J Mol Biol 2004; 341:119-34. [PMID: 15312767 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.05.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2004] [Revised: 05/05/2004] [Accepted: 05/22/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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All organisms except the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans have been shown to possess an import system for peroxisomal proteins containing a peroxisome targeting signal type 2 (PTS2). The currently accepted consensus sequence for this amino-terminal nonapeptide is -(R/K)(L/V/I)X(5)(H/Q)(L/A)-. Some C.elegans proteins contain putative PTS2 motifs, including the ortholog (CeMeK) of human mevalonate kinase, an enzyme known to be targeted by PTS2 to mammalian peroxisomes. We cloned the gene for CeMeK (open reading frame Y42G9A.4) and examined the subcellular localization of CeMeK and of two other proteins with putative PTS2s at their amino termini encoded by the open reading frames D1053.2 and W10G11.11. All three proteins localized to the cytosol, confirming and extending the finding that C.elegans lacks PTS2-dependent peroxisomal protein import. The putative PTS2s of the proteins encoded by D1053.2 and W10G11.11 did not function in targeting to peroxisomes in yeast or mammalian cells, suggesting that the current PTS2 consensus sequence is too broad. Analysis of available experimental data on both functional and nonfunctional PTS2s led to two re-evaluated PTS2 consensus sequences: -R(L/V/I/Q)XX(L/V/I/H)(L/S/G/A)X(H/Q)(L/A)-, describes the most common variants of PTS2, while -(R/K)(L/V/I/Q)XX(L/V/I/H/Q)(L/S/G/A/K)X(H/Q)(L/A/F)-, describes essentially all variants of PTS2. These redefined PTS2 consensus sequences will facilitate the identification of proteins of unknown cellular localization as possible peroxisomal proteins.
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- Oleh I Petriv
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Medical Sciences Building 5-14, Edmonton, Alta., Canada T6G 2H7
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Hiltunen JK, Mursula AM, Rottensteiner H, Wierenga RK, Kastaniotis AJ, Gurvitz A. The biochemistry of peroxisomal beta-oxidation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2003; 27:35-64. [PMID: 12697341 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6445(03)00017-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Peroxisomal fatty acid degradation in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae requires an array of beta-oxidation enzyme activities as well as a set of auxiliary activities to provide the beta-oxidation machinery with the proper substrates. The corresponding classical and auxiliary enzymes of beta-oxidation have been completely characterized, many at the structural level with the identification of catalytic residues. Import of fatty acids from the growth medium involves passive diffusion in combination with an active, protein-mediated component that includes acyl-CoA ligases, illustrating the intimate linkage between fatty acid import and activation. The main factors involved in protein import into peroxisomes are also known, but only one peroxisomal metabolite transporter has been characterized in detail, Ant1p, which exchanges intraperoxisomal AMP with cytosolic ATP. The other known transporter is Pxa1p-Pxa2p, which bears similarity to the human adrenoleukodystrophy protein ALDP. The major players in the regulation of fatty acid-induced gene expression are Pip2p and Oaf1p, which unite to form a transcription factor that binds to oleate response elements in the promoter regions of genes encoding peroxisomal proteins. Adr1p, a transcription factor, binding upstream activating sequence 1, also regulates key genes involved in beta-oxidation. The development of new, postgenomic-era tools allows for the characterization of the entire transcriptome involved in beta-oxidation and will facilitate the identification of novel proteins as well as the characterization of protein families involved in this process.
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- J Kalervo Hiltunen
- Biocenter Oulu and Department of Biochemistry, P.O. Box 3000, FIN-90014 University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
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Yi EC, Marelli M, Lee H, Purvine SO, Aebersold R, Aitchison JD, Goodlett DR. Approaching complete peroxisome characterization by gas-phase fractionation. Electrophoresis 2002; 23:3205-16. [PMID: 12298092 DOI: 10.1002/1522-2683(200209)23:18<3205::aid-elps3205>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We examined the utility of gas-phase fractionation (GPF) in the m/z dimension to increase proteome coverage and reproducibility of peptide ion selection by direct microliquid chromatography/electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (microLC/ESI-MS/MS) analysis of the peptides produced by proteolytic digestion of unfractionated proteins from a yeast whole-cell lysate and in a peroxisomal membrane protein fraction derived from isolated yeast peroxisomes. We also investigated GPF in the relative ion intensity dimension and propose denoting the two types of GPF as GPF(m/z) and GPF(RI). Comparison of results of direct nuLC/ESI-MS/MS analysis of the unfractionated mixture of peptides from proteolysis of a yeast whole cell lysate by DD ion selection from 400-1800 m/z in triplicate and GPF(m/z) from 400-800, 800-1200 and 1200-1800 produced the following results: (i) 1.3 x more proteins were identified by GPF(m/z) for an equal amount of effort (i.e., 3 microLC/ESI-MS/MS) and (ii) proteins identified by GPF(m/z) had a lower average codon bias value. Use of GPF(RI) identified more proteins per m/z unit scanned than GPF(m/z) or triplicate analysis over a wide m/z range. After tryptic digestion of all the proteins from a discontinuous Nycodenz gradient fraction known to be enriched with yeast peroxisomal membrane proteins we detected 93% (38/41) of known peroxisomal proteins using GPF(m/z), but only 73% using a standard wide m/z range survey scan.
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- Eugene C Yi
- The Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA 98103, USA
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Kunze M, Kragler F, Binder M, Hartig A, Gurvitz A. Targeting of malate synthase 1 to the peroxisomes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells depends on growth on oleic acid medium. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:915-22. [PMID: 11846793 DOI: 10.1046/j.0014-2956.2001.02727.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The eukaryotic glyoxylate cycle has been previously hypothesized to occur in the peroxisomal compartment, which in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae additionally represents the sole site for fatty acid beta-oxidation. The subcellular location of the key glyoxylate-cycle enzyme malate synthase 1 (Mls1p), an SKL-terminated protein, was examined in yeast cells grown on different carbon sources. Immunoelectron microscopy in combination with cell fractionation showed that Mls1p was abundant in the peroxisomes of cells grown on oleic acid, whereas in ethanol-grown cells Mls1p was primarily cytosolic. This was reinforced using a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-Mls1p reporter, which entered peroxisomes solely in cells grown under oleic acid-medium conditions. Although growth of cells devoid of Mls1p on ethanol or acetate could be fully restored using a cytosolic Mls1p devoid of SKL, this construct could only partially alleviate the requirement for native Mls1p in cells grown on oleic acid. The combined results indicated that Mls1p remained in the cytosol of cells grown on ethanol, and that targeting of Mls1p to the peroxisomes was advantageous to cells grown on oleic acid as a sole carbon source.
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- Markus Kunze
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie der Universität Wien and Ludwig Boltzmann-Forschungsstelle für Biochemie, Vienna Biocenter, Austria
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Bakker BM, Overkamp KM, Kötter P, Luttik MA, Pronk JT. Stoichiometry and compartmentation of NADH metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2001; 25:15-37. [PMID: 11152939 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2001.tb00570.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, reduction of NAD(+) to NADH occurs in dissimilatory as well as in assimilatory reactions. This review discusses mechanisms for reoxidation of NADH in this yeast, with special emphasis on the metabolic compartmentation that occurs as a consequence of the impermeability of the mitochondrial inner membrane for NADH and NAD(+). At least five mechanisms of NADH reoxidation exist in S. cerevisiae. These are: (1) alcoholic fermentation; (2) glycerol production; (3) respiration of cytosolic NADH via external mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenases; (4) respiration of cytosolic NADH via the glycerol-3-phosphate shuttle; and (5) oxidation of intramitochondrial NADH via a mitochondrial 'internal' NADH dehydrogenase. Furthermore, in vivo evidence indicates that NADH redox equivalents can be shuttled across the mitochondrial inner membrane by an ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle. Several other redox-shuttle mechanisms might occur in S. cerevisiae, including a malate-oxaloacetate shuttle, a malate-aspartate shuttle and a malate-pyruvate shuttle. Although key enzymes and transporters for these shuttles are present, there is as yet no consistent evidence for their in vivo activity. Activity of several other shuttles, including the malate-citrate and fatty acid shuttles, can be ruled out based on the absence of key enzymes or transporters. Quantitative physiological analysis of defined mutants has been important in identifying several parallel pathways for reoxidation of cytosolic and intramitochondrial NADH. The major challenge that lies ahead is to elucidate the physiological function of parallel pathways for NADH oxidation in wild-type cells, both under steady-state and transient-state conditions. This requires the development of techniques for accurate measurement of intracellular metabolite concentrations in separate metabolic compartments.
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- B M Bakker
- Kluyver Laboratory of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Bakker BM, Bro C, Kötter P, Luttik MA, van Dijken JP, Pronk JT. The mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase Adh3p is involved in a redox shuttle in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:4730-7. [PMID: 10940011 PMCID: PMC111347 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.17.4730-4737.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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NDI1 is the unique gene encoding the internal mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The enzyme catalyzes the transfer of electrons from intramitochondrial NADH to ubiquinone. Surprisingly, NDI1 is not essential for respiratory growth. Here we demonstrate that this is due to in vivo activity of an ethanol-acetaldehyde redox shuttle, which transfers the redox equivalents from the mitochondria to the cytosol. Cytosolic NADH can be oxidized by the external NADH dehydrogenases. Deletion of ADH3, encoding mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase, did not affect respiratory growth in aerobic, glucose-limited chemostat cultures. Also, an ndi1Delta mutant was capable of respiratory growth under these conditions. However, when both ADH3 and NDI1 were deleted, metabolism became respirofermentative, indicating that the ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle is essential for respiratory growth of the ndi1 delta mutant. In anaerobic batch cultures, the maximum specific growth rate of the adh3 delta mutant (0.22 h(-1)) was substantially reduced compared to that of the wild-type strain (0.33 h(-1)). This is consistent with the hypothesis that the ethanol-acetaldehyde shuttle is also involved in maintenance of the mitochondrial redox balance under anaerobic conditions. Finally, it is shown that another mitochondrial alcohol dehydrogenase is active in the adh3 delta ndi1 delta mutant, contributing to residual redox-shuttle activity in this strain.
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- B M Bakker
- Kluyver Laboratory of Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, NL-2628 BC Delft, The Netherlands
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Hettema EH, Tabak HF. Transport of fatty acids and metabolites across the peroxisomal membrane. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1486:18-27. [PMID: 10856710 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(00)00045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The peroxisomal membrane forms a permeability barrier for a wide variety of metabolites required for and formed during fatty acid beta-oxidation. To communicate with the cytoplasm and mitochondria, peroxisomes need dedicated proteins to transport such hydrophilic molecules across their membranes. Genetic and biochemical studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have identified enzymes for redox shuttles as well as the first peroxisomal membrane transporter. This peroxisomal ATP-binding cassette transporter (Pat) is highly homologous to the gene mutated in X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). The yeast Pat is required for import of activated fatty acids into peroxisomes suggesting that this is the primary defect in X-ALD.
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- E H Hettema
- Department of Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Geraghty MT, Bassett D, Morrell JC, Gatto GJ, Bai J, Geisbrecht BV, Hieter P, Gould SJ. Detecting patterns of protein distribution and gene expression in silico. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:2937-42. [PMID: 10077615 PMCID: PMC15873 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.6.2937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Most biological information is contained within gene and genome sequences. However, current methods for analyzing these data are limited primarily to the prediction of coding regions and identification of sequence similarities. We have developed a computer algorithm, CoSMoS (for context sensitive motif searches), which adds context sensitivity to sequence motif searches. CoSMoS was challenged to identify genes encoding peroxisome-associated and oleate-induced genes in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Specifically, we searched for genes capable of encoding proteins with a type 1 or type 2 peroxisomal targeting signal and for genes containing the oleate-response element, a cis-acting element common to fatty acid-regulated genes. CoSMoS successfully identified 7 of 8 known PTS-containing peroxisomal proteins and 13 of 14 known oleate-regulated genes. More importantly, CoSMoS identified an additional 18 candidate peroxisomal proteins and 300 candidate oleate-regulated genes. Preliminary localization studies suggest that these include at least 10 previously unknown peroxisomal proteins. Phenotypic studies of selected gene disruption mutants suggests that several of these new peroxisomal proteins play roles in growth on fatty acids, one is involved in peroxisome biogenesis and at least two are required for synthesis of lysine, a heretofore unrecognized role for peroxisomes. These results expand our understanding of peroxisome content and function, demonstrate the utility of CoSMoS for context-sensitive motif scanning, and point to the benefits of improved in silico genome analysis.
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- M T Geraghty
- Department of Pediatrics, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Minard KI, Jennings GT, Loftus TM, Xuan D, McAlister-Henn L. Sources of NADPH and expression of mammalian NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:31486-93. [PMID: 9813062 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To compare roles of specific enzymes in supply of NADPH for cellular biosynthesis, collections of yeast mutants were constructed by gene disruptions and matings. These mutants include haploid strains containing all possible combinations of deletions in yeast genes encoding three differentially compartmentalized isozymes of NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase and in the gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Zwf1p). Growth phenotype analyses of the mutants indicate that either cytosolic NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase (Idp2p) or the hexose monophosphate shunt is essential for growth with fatty acids as carbon sources and for sporulation of diploid strains, a condition associated with high levels of fatty acid synthesis. No new biosynthetic roles were identified for mitochondrial (Idp1p) or peroxisomal (Idp3p) NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase isozymes. These and other results suggest that several major presumed sources of biosynthetic reducing equivalents are non-essential in yeast cells grown under many cultivation conditions. To develop an in vivo system for analysis of metabolic function, mammalian mitochondrial and cytosolic isozymes of NADP+-specific isocitrate dehydrogenase were expressed in yeast using promoters from the cognate yeast genes. The mammalian mitochondrial isozyme was found to be imported efficiently into yeast mitochondria when fused to the Idp1p targeting sequence and to substitute functionally for Idp1p for production of alpha-ketoglutarate. The mammalian cytosolic isozyme was found to partition between cytosolic and organellar compartments and to replace functionally Idp2p for production of alpha-ketoglutarate or for growth on fatty acids in a mutant lacking Zwf1p. The mammalian cytosolic isozyme also functionally substitutes for Idp3p allowing growth on petroselinic acid as a carbon source, suggesting partial localization to peroxisomes and provision of NADPH for beta-oxidation of that fatty acid.
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- K I Minard
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7760, USA
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Peroxisomes were long believed to play only a minor role in cellular metabolism but it is now clear that they catalyze a number of important functions. The importance of peroxisomes in humans is stressed by the existence of a group of genetic diseases in man in which one or more peroxisomal functions are impaired. Most of the functions known to take place in peroxisomes have to do with lipids. Indeed, peroxisomes are capable of 1. fatty acid beta-oxidation 2. fatty acid alpha-oxidation 3. synthesis of cholesterol and other isoprenoids 4. ether-phospholipid synthesis and 5. biosynthesis of polyunsaturated fatty acids. In Chapters 2-6 we will discuss the functional organization and enzymology of these pathways in detail. Furthermore, attention is paid to the permeability properties of peroxisomes with special emphasis on recent studies which suggest that peroxisomes are closed structures containing specific membrane proteins for transport of metabolites. Finally, the disorders of peroxisomal lipid metabolism will be discussed.
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- R J Wanders
- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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