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Nasreen M, Ellis D, Hosmer J, Essilfie AT, Fantino E, Sly P, McEwan AG, Kappler U. The DmsABC S-oxide reductase is an essential component of a novel, hypochlorite-inducible system of extracellular stress defense in Haemophilus influenzae. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1359513. [PMID: 38638903 PMCID: PMC11024254 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1359513] [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: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
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Defenses against oxidative damage to cell components are essential for survival of bacterial pathogens during infection, and here we have uncovered that the DmsABC S-/N-oxide reductase is essential for virulence and in-host survival of the human-adapted pathogen, Haemophilus influenzae. In several different infection models, H. influenzae ΔdmsA strains showed reduced immunogenicity as well as lower levels of survival in contact with host cells. Expression of DmsABC was induced in the presence of hypochlorite and paraquat, closely linking this enzyme to defense against host-produced antimicrobials. In addition to methionine sulfoxide, DmsABC converted nicotinamide- and pyrimidine-N-oxide, precursors of NAD and pyrimidine for which H. influenzae is an auxotroph, at physiologically relevant concentrations, suggesting that these compounds could be natural substrates for DmsABC. Our data show that DmsABC forms part of a novel, periplasmic system for defense against host-induced S- and N-oxide stress that also comprises the functionally related MtsZ S-oxide reductase and the MsrAB peptide methionine sulfoxide reductase. All three enzymes are induced following exposure of the bacteria to hypochlorite. MsrAB is required for physical resistance to HOCl and protein repair. In contrast, DmsABC was required for intracellular colonization of host cells and, together with MtsZ, contributed to resistance to N-Chlorotaurine. Our work expands and redefines the physiological role of DmsABC and highlights the importance of different types of S-oxide reductases for bacterial virulence.
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- Marufa Nasreen
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, Australia
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AlOkda A, Van Raamsdonk JM. Effect of DMSO on lifespan and physiology in C. elegans : Implications for use of DMSO as a solvent for compound delivery. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2022; 2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000634. [PMID: 36158529 PMCID: PMC9494168 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is a solvent that has been used for basic and medical research based on its ability to dissolve both polar and non-polar compounds. In order to use DMSO to deliver compounds that may impact longevity or neurodegeneration, it is important to first determine the effects of DMSO on aging and physiology. We examined the effect of different concentrations of DMSO on lifespan and development time in C. elegans. We found that DMSO concentrations up to 2% DMSO did not affect longevity in wild-type worms, while concentrations of up to 0.5% DMSO were compatible with normal development times. 0.5% DMSO also had minimal effect on fertility and movement. In summary, our results show that concentrations of DMSO up to 0.5% can be safely used to deliver compounds to C. elegans with little or no modifying effects on lifespan or physiologic rates.
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- Abdelrahman AlOkda
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program, and Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Correspondence to: Abdelrahman AlOkda (
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Metabolic Disorders and Complications Program, and Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Correspondence to: Jeremy M. Van Raamsdonk (
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Rosenbaum FP, Poehlein A, Daniel R, Müller V. Energy‐conserving dimethyl sulfoxide reduction in the acetogenic bacterium
Moorella thermoacetica. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2000-2012. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Florian P. Rosenbaum
- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Georg‐August University Göttingen Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Genomic and Applied Microbiology & Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Georg‐August University Göttingen Göttingen 37077 Germany
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology & Bioenergetics, Institute of Molecular Biosciences Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
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Dhouib R, Nasreen M, Othman DSMP, Ellis D, Lee S, Essilfie AT, Hansbro PM, McEwan AG, Kappler U. The DmsABC Sulfoxide Reductase Supports Virulence in Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:686833. [PMID: 34367088 PMCID: PMC8340005 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.686833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Although molybdenum-containing enzymes are well-established as having a key role in bacterial respiration, it is increasingly recognized that some may also support bacterial virulence. Here, we show that DmsABC, a putative dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) reductase, is required for fitness of the respiratory pathogen Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) in different models of infection. Expression of the dmsABC operon increased with decreasing oxygen availability, but despite this, a Hi2019Δd msA strain did not show any defects in anaerobic growth on chemically defined medium (CDM), and viability was also unaffected. Although Hi2019Δd msA exhibited increased biofilm formation in vitro and greater resistance to hypochlorite killing compared to the isogenic wild-type strain, its survival in contact with primary human neutrophils, in infections of cultured tissue cells, or in a mouse model of lung infection was reduced compared to Hi2019WT. The tissue cell infection model revealed a two-fold decrease in intracellular survival, while in the mouse model of lung infection Hi2019Δd msA was strongly attenuated and below detection levels at 48 h post-inoculation. While Hi2019WT was recovered in approximately equal numbers from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue, survival of Hi2019Δd msA was reduced in lung tissue compared to BALF samples, indicating that Hi2019Δd msA had reduced access to or survival in the intracellular niche. Our data clearly indicate for the first time a role for DmsABC in H. influenzae infection and that the conditions under which DmsABC is required in this bacterium are closely linked to interactions with the host.
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- Rabeb Dhouib
- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Khanna A, Sellegounder D, Kumar J, Chamoli M, Vargas M, Chinta SJ, Rane A, Nelson C, Peiris TH, Brem R, Andersen J, Lithgow G, Kapahi P. Trimethylamine modulates dauer formation, neurodegeneration, and lifespan through tyra-3/daf-11 signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans. Aging Cell 2021; 20:e13351. [PMID: 33819374 PMCID: PMC8135002 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, signals derived from bacteria in the diet, the animal's major nutrient source, can modulate both behavior and healthspan. Here we describe a dual role for trimethylamine (TMA), a human gut flora metabolite, which acts as a nutrient signal and a neurotoxin. TMA and its associated metabolites are produced by the human gut microbiome and have been suggested to serve as risk biomarkers for diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. We demonstrate that the tyramine receptor TYRA-3, a conserved G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), is required to sense TMA and mediate its responses. TMA activates guanylyl cyclase DAF-11 signaling through TYRA-3 in amphid neurons (ASK) and ciliated neurons (BAG) to mediate food-sensing behavior. Bacterial mutants deficient in TMA production enhance dauer formation, extend lifespan, and are less preferred as a food source. Increased levels of TMA lead to neural damage in models of Parkinson's disease and shorten lifespan. Our results reveal conserved signaling pathways modulated by TMA in C. elegans that are likely to be relevant for its effects in mammalian systems.
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- Amit Khanna
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging Novato CA USA
- Dovetail Genomics LLC Scotts Valley CA USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging Novato CA USA
- Touro University California Vallejo CA USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging Novato CA USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging Novato CA USA
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Song D, Zhang Y, Liu J, Zhong H, Zheng Y, Zhou S, Yu M, Todd JD, Zhang XH. Metagenomic Insights Into the Cycling of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate and Related Molecules in the Eastern China Marginal Seas. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:157. [PMID: 32132981 PMCID: PMC7039863 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The microbial cycling of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) and its gaseous catabolites dimethylsulfide (DMS) and methanethiol (MeSH) are important processes in the global sulfur cycle, marine microbial food webs, signaling pathways, atmospheric chemistry, and potentially climate regulation. Many functional genes have been identified and used to study the genetic potential of microbes to produce and catabolize these organosulfur compounds in different marine environments. Here, we sampled seawater, marine sediment and hydrothermal sediment, and polymetallic sulfide in the eastern Chinese marginal seas and analyzed their microbial communities for the genetic potential to cycle DMSP, DMS, and MeSH using metagenomics. DMSP was abundant in all sediment samples, but was fivefold less prominent in those from hydrothermal samples. Indeed, Yellow Sea (YS) sediment samples had DMSP concentrations two orders of magnitude higher than in surface water samples. Bacterial genetic potential to synthesize DMSP (mainly in Rhodobacteraceae bacteria) was far higher than for phytoplankton in all samples, but particularly in the sediment where no algal DMSP synthesis genes were detected. Thus, we propose bacteria as important DMSP producers in these marine sediments. DMSP catabolic pathways mediated by the DMSP lyase DddP (prominent in Pseudomonas and Mesorhizobium bacteria) and DMSP demethylase DmdA enzymes (prominent in Rhodobacteraceae bacteria) and MddA-mediated MeSH S-methylation were very abundant in Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea sediments (BYSS) samples. In contrast, the genetic potential for DMSP degradation was very low in the hydrothermal sediment samples-dddP was the only catabolic gene detected and in only one sample. However, the potential for DMS production from MeSH (mddA) and DMS oxidation (dmoA and ddhA) was relatively abundant. This metagenomics study does not provide conclusive evidence for DMSP cycling; however, it does highlight the potential importance of bacteria in the synthesis and catabolism of DMSP and related compounds in diverse sediment environments.
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- Delei Song
- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Marine Genetics and Breeding, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
- Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China
- Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
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Single-cell amplified genomes of two uncultivated members of the deltaproteobacterial SEEP-SRB1 clade, isolated from marine sediment. Mar Genomics 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2019.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nosek V, Míšek J. Enzymatic kinetic resolution of chiral sulfoxides – an enantiocomplementary approach. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:10480-10483. [DOI: 10.1039/c9cc05470g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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A new enzymatic assay for the preparation of chiral sulfoxides that is enantiocomplementary to the known (S)-enantiomer-reducing activity of methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MsrA) is described.
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- Vladimír Nosek
- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Charles University in Prague Hlavova 2030/8
- 12843 Prague 2
- Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry
- Faculty of Science
- Charles University in Prague Hlavova 2030/8
- 12843 Prague 2
- Czech Republic
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Pterins are widely conserved biomolecules that play essential roles in diverse organisms. First described as enzymatic cofactors in eukaryotic systems, bacterial pterins were discovered in cyanobacteria soon after. Several pterin structures unique to bacteria have been described, with conjugation to glycosides and nucleotides commonly observed. Despite this significant structural diversity, relatively few biological functions have been elucidated. Molybdopterin, the best studied bacterial pterin, plays an essential role in the function of the Moco cofactor. Moco is an essential component of molybdoenzymes such as sulfite oxidase, nitrate reductase, and dimethyl sulfoxide reductase, all of which play important roles in bacterial metabolism and global nutrient cycles. Outside of the molybdoenzymes, pterin cofactors play important roles in bacterial cyanide utilization and aromatic amino acid metabolism. Less is known about the roles of pterins in nonenzymatic processes. Cyanobacterial pterins have been implicated in phenotypes related to UV protection and phototaxis. Research describing the pterin-mediated control of cyclic nucleotide metabolism, and their influence on virulence and attachment, points to a possible role for pterins in regulation of bacterial behavior. In this review, we describe the variety of pterin functions in bacteria, compare and contrast structural and mechanistic differences, and illuminate promising avenues of future research.
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- Nathan Feirer
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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Niedzialkowska E, Mrugała B, Rugor A, Czub MP, Skotnicka A, Cotelesage JJH, George GN, Szaleniec M, Minor W, Lewiński K. Optimization of overexpression of a chaperone protein of steroid C25 dehydrogenase for biochemical and biophysical characterization. Protein Expr Purif 2017; 134:47-62. [PMID: 28343996 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2017.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Revised: 03/02/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Molybdenum is an essential nutrient for metabolism in plant, bacteria, and animals. Molybdoenzymes are involved in nitrogen assimilation and oxidoreductive detoxification, and bioconversion reactions of environmental, industrial, and pharmaceutical interest. Molybdoenzymes contain a molybdenum cofactor (Moco), which is a pyranopterin heterocyclic compound that binds a molybdenum atom via a dithiolene group. Because Moco is a large and complex compound deeply buried within the protein, molybdoenzymes are accompanied by private chaperone proteins responsible for the cofactor's insertion into the enzyme and the enzyme's maturation. An efficient recombinant expression and purification of both Moco-free and Moco-containing molybdoenzymes and their chaperones is of paramount importance for fundamental and applied research related to molybdoenzymes. In this work, we focused on a D1 protein annotated as a chaperone of steroid C25 dehydrogenase (S25DH) from Sterolibacterium denitrificans Chol-1S. The D1 protein is presumably involved in the maturation of S25DH engaged in oxygen-independent oxidation of sterols. As this chaperone is thought to be a crucial element that ensures the insertion of Moco into the enzyme and consequently, proper folding of S25DH optimization of the chaperon's expression is the first step toward the development of recombinant expression and purification methods for S25DH. We have identified common E. coli strains and conditions for both expression and purification that allow us to selectively produce Moco-containing and Moco-free chaperones. We have also characterized the Moco-containing chaperone by EXAFS and HPLC analysis and identified conditions that stabilize both forms of the protein. The protocols presented here are efficient and result in protein quantities sufficient for biochemical studies.
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- Ewa Niedzialkowska
- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Krakow, Poland.
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Krakow, Poland
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, Krakow 30060, Poland; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Mickiewicza 21, 31120 Krakow, Poland
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- Molecular and Environmental Sciences Group, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Molecular and Environmental Sciences Group, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
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- Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Niezapominajek 8, 30239 Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, University of Virginia, 1340 Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, Krakow 30060, Poland
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The Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiratory Chain of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica: Enzymes and Energetics. EcoSal Plus 2015; 6. [PMID: 26442941 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0005-2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Escherichia coli contains a versatile respiratory chain that oxidizes 10 different electron donor substrates and transfers the electrons to terminal reductases or oxidases for the reduction of six different electron acceptors. Salmonella is able to use two more electron acceptors. The variation is further increased by the presence of isoenzymes for some substrates. A large number of respiratory pathways can be established by combining different electron donors and acceptors. The respiratory dehydrogenases use quinones as the electron acceptors that are oxidized by the terminal reductase and oxidases. The enzymes vary largely with respect to their composition, architecture, membrane topology, and the mode of energy conservation. Most of the energy-conserving dehydrogenases (FdnGHI, HyaABC, HybCOAB, and others) and the terminal reductases (CydAB, NarGHI, and others) form a proton potential (Δp) by a redox-loop mechanism. Two enzymes (NuoA-N and CyoABCD) couple the redox energy to proton translocation by proton pumping. A large number of dehydrogenases and terminal reductases do not conserve the redox energy in a proton potential. For most of the respiratory enzymes, the mechanism of proton potential generation is known or can be predicted. The H+/2e- ratios for most respiratory chains are in the range from 2 to 6 H+/2e-. The energetics of the individual redox reactions and the respiratory chains is described and related to the H+/2e- ratios.
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Chan CS, Turner RJ. Biogenesis of Escherichia coli DMSO Reductase: A Network of Participants for Protein Folding and Complex Enzyme Maturation. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 883:215-34. [PMID: 26621470 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23603-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Protein folding and structure have been of interest since the dawn of protein chemistry. Following translation from the ribosome, a protein must go through various steps to become a functional member of the cellular society. Every protein has a unique function in the cell and is classified on this basis. Proteins that are involved in cellular respiration are the bioenergetic workhorses of the cell. Bacteria are resilient organisms that can survive in diverse environments by fine tuning these workhorses. One class of proteins that allow survival under anoxic conditions are anaerobic respiratory oxidoreductases, which utilize many different compounds other than oxygen as its final electron acceptor. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is one such compound. Respiration using DMSO as a final electron acceptor is performed by DMSO reductase, converting it to dimethyl sulfide in the process. Microbial respiration using DMSO is reviewed in detail by McCrindle et al. (Adv Microb Physiol 50:147-198, 2005). In this chapter, we discuss the biogenesis of DMSO reductase as an example of the participant network for complex iron-sulfur molybdoenzyme maturation pathways.
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- Catherine S Chan
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, BI156 Biological Sciences Bldg, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, BI156 Biological Sciences Bldg, 2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Qi Q, Ito Y, Yoshimatsu K, Fujiwara T. Transcriptional regulation of dimethyl sulfoxide respiration in a haloarchaeon, Haloferax volcanii. Extremophiles 2015; 20:27-36. [PMID: 26507955 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0794-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The halophilic euryarchaeon Haloferax volcanii can grow anaerobically by DMSO respiration. DMSO reductase was induced by DMSO respiration not only under anaerobic growth conditions but also in denitrifying cells of H. volcanii. Deletion of the dmsR gene, encoding a putative regulator for the DMSO reductase, resulted in the loss of anaerobic growth by DMSO respiration. Reporter experiments revealed that only the anaerobic condition was essential for transcription of the dmsEABCD genes encoding DMSO reductase and that transcription was enhanced threefold by supplementation of DMSO. In the ∆dmsR mutant, transcription of the dmsEABCD genes induced by the anaerobic condition was not enhanced by DMSO, suggesting that DmsR is a DMSO-responsive regulator. Transcriptions of the dmsR and mgd genes for Mo-bisMGD biosynthesis were regulated in the same manner as the dmsEABCD genes. These results suggest that the genetic regulation of DMSO respiration in H. volcanii is controlled by at least two systems: one is the DMSO-responsive DmsR, and the other is an unknown anaerobic regulator.
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- Qiuzi Qi
- Department of Environment and Energy Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Oh-ya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Oh-ya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Research Institute of Green Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Oh-ya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan
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- Department of Environment and Energy Systems, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, 836 Oh-ya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan. .,Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 836 Oh-ya, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka, 422-8529, Japan.
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The Aerobic and Anaerobic Respiratory Chain of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica: Enzymes and Energetics. EcoSal Plus 2015; 3. [PMID: 26443736 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.3.2.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Escherichia coli contains a versatile respiratory chain which oxidizes ten different electron donor substrates and transfers the electrons to terminal reductases or oxidases for the reduction of six different electron acceptors. Salmonella is able to use even two more electron acceptors. The variation is further increased by the presence of isoenzymes for some substrates. Various respiratory pathways can be established by combining the oxidation of different electron donors and acceptors which are linked by respiratory quinones. The enzymes vary largely with respect to architecture, membrane topology, and mode of energy conservation. Most of the energy-conserving dehydrogenases (e.g., FdnGHI, HyaABC, and HybCOAB) and of the terminal reductases (CydAB, NarGHI, and others) form a proton potential (Δp) by a redox loop mechanism. Only two enzymes (NuoA-N and CyoABCD) couple the redox energy to proton translocation by proton pumping. A large number of dehydrogenases (e.g., Ndh, SdhABCD, and GlpD) and of terminal reductases (e.g., FrdABCD and DmsABC) do not conserve the redox energy in a proton potential. For most of the respiratory enzymes, the mechanism of proton potential generation is known from structural and biochemical studies or can be predicted from sequence information. The H+/2e- ratios of proton translocation for most respiratory chains are in the range from 2 to 6 H+/2e-. The energetics of the individual redox reactions and of the respiratory chains is described. In contrast to the knowledge on enzyme function are physiological aspects of respiration such as organization and coordination of the electron transport and the use of alternative respiratory enzymes, not well characterized.
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Escherichia coli is a versatile facultative anaerobe that can respire on a number of terminal electron acceptors, including oxygen, fumarate, nitrate, and S- and N-oxides. Anaerobic respiration using S- and N-oxides is accomplished by enzymatic reduction of these substrates by dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DmsABC) and trimethylamine N-oxide reductase (TorCA). Both DmsABC and TorCA are membrane-associated redox enzymes that couple the oxidation of menaquinol to the reduction of S- and N-oxides in the periplasm. DmsABC is membrane bound and is composed of a membrane-extrinsic dimer with a 90.4-kDa catalytic subunit (DmsA) and a 23.1-kDa electron transfer subunit (DmsB). These subunits face the periplasm and are held to the membrane by a 30.8-kDa membrane anchor subunit (DmsC). The enzyme provides the scaffold for an electron transfer relay composed of a quinol binding site, five [4Fe-4S] clusters, and a molybdo-bis(molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide) (present nomenclature: Mo-bis-pyranopterin) (Mo-bisMGD) cofactor. TorCA is composed of a soluble periplasmic subunit (TorA, 92.5 kDa) containing a Mo-bis-MGD. TorA is coupled to the quinone pool via a pentaheme c subunit (TorC, 40.4 kDa) in the membrane. Both DmsABC and TorCA require system-specific chaperones (DmsD or TorD) for assembly, cofactor insertion, and/or targeting to the Tat translocon. In this chapter, we discuss the complex regulation of the dmsABC and torCAD operons, the poorly understood paralogues, and what is known about the assembly and translocation to the periplasmic space by the Tat translocon.
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Characterization of a P1-like bacteriophage carrying an SHV-2 extended-spectrum β-lactamase from an Escherichia coli strain. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2014; 58:6550-7. [PMID: 25136025 DOI: 10.1128/aac.03183-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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P1 bacteriophages lysogenize bacteria as independent plasmid-like elements. We describe here a P1-like bacteriophage, RCS47, carrying a blaSHV-2 gene, isolated from a clinical strain of Escherichia coli from phylogroup B1, and we report the prevalence of P1-like prophages in natural E. coli isolates. We found that 70% of the sequence of RCS47, a 115-kb circular molecule, was common to the reference P1 bacteriophage under GenBank accession no. AF234172.1, with the shared sequences being 99% identical. RCS47 had acquired two main foreign DNA fragments: a 9,636-bp fragment mobilized by two IS26 elements containing a blaSHV-2 gene, and an 8,544-bp fragment mobilized by two IS5 elements containing an operon encoding a dimethyl sulfoxide reductase. The reference P1 prophage plasmid replication gene belonged to the IncY incompatibility group, whereas that of RCS47 was from an unknown group. The lytic capacity of RCS47 and blaSHV-2 gene transduction, through the lysogenization of RCS47 in the recipient E. coli strains, were not demonstrated. The prevalence of P1-like prophages in various animal and human E. coli strain collections, as determined by the PCR detection of repL, the lytic replication gene, was 12.6%. No differences in the prevalences of these prophages were found between extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)-producing and non-ESBL-producing strains (P = 0.69), but this prevalence was lower in phylogroup B2 than in the other phylogroups (P = 0.008), suggesting epistatic interactions between P1 family phages and the genetic background of E. coli strains. P1-like phages are part of the mobile elements that carry antibiotic resistance. The high prevalence of P1-like prophages suggests their role may be underestimated.
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The Tat (twin-arginine translocation) system is a protein targeting pathway utilized by prokaryotes and chloroplasts. Tat substrates are produced with distinctive N-terminal signal peptides and are translocated as fully folded proteins. In Escherichia coli, Tat-dependent proteins often contain redox cofactors that must be loaded before translocation. Trimethylamine N-oxide reductase (TorA) is a model bacterial Tat substrate and is a molybdenum cofactor-dependent enzyme. Co-ordination of cofactor loading and translocation of TorA is directed by the TorD protein, which is a cytoplasmic chaperone known to interact physically with the TorA signal peptide. In the present study, a pre-export TorAD complex has been characterized using biochemical and biophysical techniques, including SAXS (small-angle X-ray scattering). A stable, cofactor-free TorAD complex was isolated, which revealed a 1:1 binding stoichiometry. Surprisingly, a TorAD complex with similar architecture can be isolated in the complete absence of the 39-residue TorA signal peptide. The present study demonstrates that two high-affinity binding sites for TorD are present on TorA, and that a single TorD protein binds both of those simultaneously. Further characterization suggested that the C-terminal ‘Domain IV’ of TorA remained solvent-exposed in the cofactor-free pre-export TorAD complex. It is possible that correct folding of Domain IV upon cofactor loading is the trigger for TorD release and subsequent export of TorA.
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Tang H, Rothery RA, Weiner JH. A variant conferring cofactor-dependent assembly of Escherichia coli dimethylsulfoxide reductase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2013; 1827:730-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2013.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2012] [Revised: 02/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Dissimilatory reduction of extracellular electron acceptors in anaerobic respiration. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 78:913-21. [PMID: 22179232 DOI: 10.1128/aem.06803-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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An extension of the respiratory chain to the cell surface is necessary to reduce extracellular electron acceptors like ferric iron or manganese oxides. In the past few years, more and more compounds were revealed to be reduced at the surface of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria, and the list does not seem to have an end so far. Shewanella as well as Geobacter strains are model organisms to discover the biochemistry that enables the dissimilatory reduction of extracellular electron acceptors. In both cases, c-type cytochromes are essential electron-transferring proteins. They make the journey of respiratory electrons from the cytoplasmic membrane through periplasm and over the outer membrane possible. Outer membrane cytochromes have the ability to catalyze the last step of the respiratory chains. Still, recent discoveries provided evidence that they are accompanied by further factors that allow or at least facilitate extracellular reduction. This review gives a condensed overview of our current knowledge of extracellular respiration, highlights recent discoveries, and discusses critically the influence of different strategies for terminal electron transfer reactions.
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Nitrate reductase whole-cell assay: side effects associated with the use of benzyl viologen. Folia Microbiol (Praha) 2011; 56:72-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s12223-011-0004-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2010] [Accepted: 08/04/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Tang H, Rothery RA, Voss JE, Weiner JH. Correct assembly of iron-sulfur cluster FS0 into Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DmsABC) is a prerequisite for molybdenum cofactor insertion. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:15147-54. [PMID: 21357619 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.213306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The FS0 [4Fe-4S] cluster of the catalytic subunit (DmsA) of Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DmsABC) plays a key role in the electron transfer relay. We have now established an additional role for the cluster in directing molybdenum cofactor assembly during enzyme maturation. EPR spectroscopy indicates that FS0 has a high spin ground state (S = 3/2) in its reduced form, resulting in an EPR spectrum with a peak at g ∼ 5.0. The cluster is predicted to be in close proximity to the molybdo-bis(pyranopterin guanine dinucleotide) (Mo-bisPGD) cofactor, which provides the site of dimethyl sulfoxide reduction. Comparison with nitrate reductase A (NarGHI) indicates that a sequence of residues ((18)CTVNC(22)) plays a role in both FS0 and Mo-bisPGD coordination. A DmsA(ΔN21) mutant prevented Mo-bisPGD binding and resulted in a degenerate [3Fe-4S] cluster form of FS0 being assembled. DmsA belongs to the Type II subclass of Mo-bisPGD-containing catalytic subunits that is distinguished from the Type I subclass by having three rather than two residues between the first two Cys residues coordinating FS0 and a conserved Arg residue rather than a Lys residue following the fourth cluster coordinating Cys. We introduced a Type I Cys group into DmsA in two stages. We changed its sequence from (18)C(A)TVNC(B)GSRC(C)P(27) to (18)C(A)TYC(B)GVGC(C)G(26) (similar to that of formate dehydrogenase (FdnG)) and demonstrated that this eliminated both Mo-bisPGD binding and EPR-detectable FS0. We then combined this change with a DmsA(R61K) mutation and demonstrated that this additional change partially rescued Mo-bisPGD insertion.
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- Huipo Tang
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Molecular and Systems Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Price CE, Driessen AJM. Biogenesis of membrane bound respiratory complexes in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:748-66. [PMID: 20138092 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Revised: 01/21/2010] [Accepted: 01/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Escherichia coli is one of the preferred bacteria for studies on the energetics and regulation of respiration. Respiratory chains consist of primary dehydrogenases and terminal reductases or oxidases linked by quinones. In order to assemble this complex arrangement of protein complexes, synthesis of the subunits occurs in the cytoplasm followed by assembly in the cytoplasm and/or membrane, the incorporation of metal or organic cofactors and the anchoring of the complex to the membrane. In the case of exported metalloproteins, synthesis, assembly and incorporation of metal cofactors must be completed before translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. Coordination data on these processes is, however, scarce. In this review, we discuss the various processes that respiratory proteins must undergo for correct assembly and functional coupling to the electron transport chain in E. coli. Targeting to and translocation across the membrane together with cofactor synthesis and insertion are discussed in a general manner followed by a review of the coordinated biogenesis of individual respiratory enzyme complexes. Lastly, we address the supramolecular organization of respiratory enzymes into supercomplexes and their localization to specialized domains in the membrane.
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- Claire E Price
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Guymer D, Maillard J, Sargent F. A genetic analysis of in vivo selenate reduction by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 and Escherichia coli K12. Arch Microbiol 2009; 191:519-28. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-009-0478-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2009] [Revised: 04/01/2009] [Accepted: 04/06/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ahuja U, Rozhkova A, Glockshuber R, Thöny-Meyer L, Einsle O. Helix swapping leads to dimerization of the N-terminal domain of the c-type cytochrome maturation protein CcmH from Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:2779-86. [PMID: 18625227 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2008] [Revised: 06/19/2008] [Accepted: 07/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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In the process of cytochrome c maturation, heme groups are covalently attached to reduced cysteines of specific heme-binding motifs (CXXCH) in an apocytochrome c sequence. In Escherichia coli, the CcmH protein maintains apo-protein cysteines in a reduced state prior to heme attachment. We have purified and biophysically, as well as structurally characterized the soluble, N-terminal domain of E. coli CcmH that carries the functionally relevant LRCXXC-motif. In contrast to a recently presented structure of the homologous domain from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the E. coli protein forms a tightly interlinked dimer by swapping its N-terminal helix between two monomers. We propose that an altered environment of the functional motif may help to discern between the two redox partners CcmG and apocytochrome c.
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- Umesh Ahuja
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 10, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland.
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Morrison MS, Cobine PA, Hegg EL. Probing the role of copper in the biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor in Escherichia coli and Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Biol Inorg Chem 2007; 12:1129-39. [PMID: 17687573 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-007-0279-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 07/20/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The crystal structure of Cnx1G, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the molybdenum cofactor (Moco) in Arabidopsis thaliana, revealed the remarkable feature of a copper ion bound to the dithiolene unit of a molybdopterin intermediate (Kuper et al. Nature 430:803-806, 2004). To characterize further the role of copper in Moco biosynthesis, we examined the in vivo and/or in vitro activity of two Moco-dependent enzymes, dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR) and nitrate reductase (NR), from cells grown under a variety of copper conditions. We found the activities of DMSOR and NR were not affected when copper was depleted from the media of either Escherichia coli or Rhodobacter sphaeroides. These data suggest that while copper may be utilized during Moco biosynthesis when it is available, copper does not appear to be strictly required for Moco biosynthesis in these two organisms.
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- M Scott Morrison
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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Cheng VWT, Ma E, Zhao Z, Rothery RA, Weiner JH. The Iron-Sulfur Clusters in Escherichia coli Succinate Dehydrogenase Direct Electron Flow. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:27662-8. [PMID: 16864590 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604900200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Succinate dehydrogenase is an indispensable enzyme involved in the Krebs cycle as well as energy coupling in the mitochondria and certain prokaryotes. During catalysis, succinate oxidation is coupled to ubiquinone reduction by an electron transfer relay comprising a flavin adenine dinucleotide cofactor, three iron-sulfur clusters, and possibly a heme b556. At the heart of the electron transport chain is a [4Fe-4S] cluster with a low midpoint potential that acts as an energy barrier against electron transfer. Hydrophobic residues around the [4Fe-4S] cluster were mutated to determine their effects on the midpoint potential of the cluster as well as electron transfer rates. SdhB-I150E and SdhB-I150H mutants lowered the midpoint potential of this cluster; surprisingly, the His variant had a lower midpoint potential than the Glu mutant. Mutation of SdhB-Leu-220 to Ser did not alter the redox behavior of the cluster but instead lowered the midpoint potential of the [3Fe-4S] cluster. To correlate the midpoint potential changes in these mutants to enzyme function, we monitored aerobic growth in succinate minimal medium, anaerobic growth in glycerol-fumarate minimal medium, non-physiological and physiological enzyme activities, and heme reduction. It was discovered that a decrease in midpoint potential of either the [4Fe-4S] cluster or the [3Fe-4S] cluster is accompanied by a decrease in the rate of enzyme turnover. We hypothesize that this occurs because the midpoint potentials of the [Fe-S] clusters in the native enzyme are poised such that direction of electron transfer from succinate to ubiquinone is favored.
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- Victor W T Cheng
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, 473 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Hofreuter D, Tsai J, Watson RO, Novik V, Altman B, Benitez M, Clark C, Perbost C, Jarvie T, Du L, Galán JE. Unique features of a highly pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni strain. Infect Immun 2006; 74:4694-707. [PMID: 16861657 PMCID: PMC1539605 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00210-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2006] [Revised: 04/04/2006] [Accepted: 05/11/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni, a major human enteric pathogen, exhibits significant strain-to-strain differences which result in differences in pathogenic potential. C. jejuni 81-176 is a highly virulent strain that exhibits unique pathogenic features and is used by many research laboratories. We have determined the nucleotide sequence of its genome and compared it to the genomes of other sequenced C. jejuni strains. We identified a number of unique genetic features which may confer specific metabolic and pathogenic properties on this strain. We have also identified regions of the C. jejuni genome that are hot spots for the integration of horizontally acquired genetic material. This information should help the understanding of the pathogenesis of C. jejuni and, in particular, the unique features of this highly pathogenic strain.
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- Dirk Hofreuter
- Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA
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Bencheikh-Latmani R, Williams SM, Haucke L, Criddle CS, Wu L, Zhou J, Tebo BM. Global transcriptional profiling of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during Cr(VI) and U(VI) reduction. Appl Environ Microbiol 2005; 71:7453-60. [PMID: 16269787 PMCID: PMC1287662 DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.11.7453-7460.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Whole-genome DNA microarrays were used to examine the gene expression profile of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during U(VI) and Cr(VI) reduction. The same control, cells pregrown with nitrate and incubated with no electron acceptor, was used for the two time points considered and for both metals. U(VI)-reducing conditions resulted in the upregulation (> or = 3-fold) of 121 genes, while 83 genes were upregulated under Cr(VI)-reducing conditions. A large fraction of the genes upregulated [34% for U(VI) and 29% for Cr(VI)] encode hypothetical proteins of unknown function. Genes encoding proteins known to reduce alternative electron acceptors [fumarate, dimethyl sulfoxide, Mn(IV), or soluble Fe(III)] were upregulated under both U(VI)- and Cr(VI)-reducing conditions. The involvement of these upregulated genes in the reduction of U(VI) and Cr(VI) was tested using mutants lacking one or several of the gene products. Mutant testing confirmed the involvement of several genes in the reduction of both metals: mtrA, mtrB, mtrC, and menC, all of which are involved in Fe(III) citrate reduction by MR-1. Genes encoding efflux pumps were upregulated under Cr(VI)- but not under U(VI)-reducing conditions. Genes encoding proteins associated with general (e.g., groL and dnaJ) and membrane (e.g., pspBC) stress were also upregulated, particularly under U(VI)-reducing conditions, pointing to membrane damage by the solid-phase reduced U(IV) and Cr(III) and/or the direct effect of the oxidized forms of the metals. This study sheds light on the multifaceted response of MR-1 to U(VI) and Cr(VI) under anaerobic conditions and suggests that the same electron transport pathway can be used for more than one electron acceptor.
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- Rizlan Bencheikh-Latmani
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA.
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Guiral M, Tron P, Aubert C, Gloter A, Iobbi-Nivol C, Giudici-Orticoni MT. A Membrane-bound Multienzyme, Hydrogen-oxidizing, and Sulfur-reducing Complex from the Hyperthermophilic Bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:42004-15. [PMID: 16236714 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m508034200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aquifex aeolicus is a hyperthermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, hydrogen-oxidizing, and microaerophilic bacterium growing at 85 degrees C. We have shown that it can grow on an H2/S degrees medium and produce H2S from sulfur in the later exponential phase. The complex carrying the sulfur reducing activity (electron transport from H2 to S degrees ) has been purified and characterized. It is a membrane-bound multiprotein complex containing a [NiFe] hydrogenase and a sulfur reductase connected via quinones. The sulfur reductase is encoded by an operon annotated dms (dimethyl sulfoxide reductase) that we have renamed sre and is composed of three subunits. Sequence analysis showed that it belongs to the Me2SO reductase molybdoenzyme family and is similar to the sulfur/polysulfide/thiosulfate/tetrathionate reductases. The study of catalytic properties clearly demonstrated that it can reduce tetrathionate, sulfur, and polysulfide, but cannot reduce Me2SO and thiosulfate, and that NADPH increases the sulfur reducing activity. To date, this is the first characterization of a supercomplex from a bacterium that couples hydrogen oxidation and sulfur reduction. The distinctive feature in A. aeolicus is the cytoplasmic localization of the sulfur reduction, which is in accordance with the presence of sulfur globules in the cytoplasm. Association of this sulfur-reducing complex with a hydrogen-oxygen pathway complex (hydrogenase I, bc1 complex) in the membrane suggests that subcomplexes involved in respiratory chains in this bacterium are part of supramolecular organization.
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- Marianne Guiral
- Laboratoire de Bioénergétique et Ingénierie des Protéines, IBSM-CNRS, 13402 Marseille, France
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Yanyushin MF, del Rosario MC, Brune DC, Blankenship RE. New class of bacterial membrane oxidoreductases. Biochemistry 2005; 44:10037-45. [PMID: 16042380 DOI: 10.1021/bi047267l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A new class of bacterial multisubunit membrane-bound electron-transfer complexes has been identified based on biochemical and bioinformatic data. It contains subunits homologous to the three-subunit molybdopterin oxidoreductases and four additional subunits, two of which are c-type cytochromes. The complex was purified from the filamentous anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus, and putative operons for similar complexes were identified in a wide range of bacteria. In most cases, the presence of the new complex is anticorrelated with the cytochrome bc or bf electron-transfer complex, suggesting that it replaces it functionally. This appears to be a widespread yet previously unrecognized protein complex involved in energy metabolism in bacteria.
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- Mikhail F Yanyushin
- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Science, Pushchino, Moscow region, 142290 Russia
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Brokx SJ, Rothery RA, Zhang G, Ng DP, Weiner JH. Characterization of an Escherichia coli sulfite oxidase homologue reveals the role of a conserved active site cysteine in assembly and function. Biochemistry 2005; 44:10339-48. [PMID: 16042411 DOI: 10.1021/bi050621a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We report the biochemical and biophysical characterization of YedYZ, a sulfite oxidase homologue from Escherichia coli. YedY is a soluble catalytic subunit with a twin arginine leader sequence for export to the periplasm by the Tat translocation system. YedY is the only molybdoenzyme so far isolated from E. coli with the Mo-MPT form of the molybdenum cofactor. The electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal of the YedY molybdenum is similar to that of known Mo-MPT containing enzymes, with the exception that only the Mo(IV) --> Mo(V) transition is observed, with a midpoint potential of 132 mV. YedZ is a membrane-intrinsic cytochrome b with six putative transmembrane helices. The single heme b of YedZ has a midpoint potential of -8 mV, determined by EPR spectroscopy of YedZ-enriched membrane preparations. YedY does not associate strongly with YedZ on the cytoplasmic membrane. However, mutation of the YedY active site Cys102 to Ser results in very efficient targeting of YedY to YedZ in the membrane, demonstrating a clear role for YedZ as the membrane anchor for YedY. Together, YedYZ comprise a well-conserved bacterial heme-molybdoenzyme found in a variety of bacteria that can be assigned to the sulfite oxidase class of enzyme.
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- Stephen J Brokx
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, 474 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H7, Canada
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Cheng VWT, Rothery RA, Bertero MG, Strynadka NCJ, Weiner JH. Investigation of the Environment Surrounding Iron−Sulfur Cluster 4 of Escherichia coli Dimethylsulfoxide Reductase. Biochemistry 2005; 44:8068-77. [PMID: 15924426 DOI: 10.1021/bi050362p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Iron-sulfur ([Fe-S]) clusters are common in electron transfer proteins, and their midpoint potentials (E(m) values) play a major role in defining the rate at which electrons are shuttled. The E(m) values of [Fe-S] clusters are largely dependent on the protein environment as well as solvent accessibility. The electron transfer subunit (DmsB) of Escherichia coli dimethylsulfoxide reductase contains four [4Fe-4S] clusters (FS1-FS4) with E(m) values between -50 and -330 mV. We have constructed an in silico model of DmsB and addressed the roles of a group of residues surrounding FS4 in electron transfer, menaquinol (MQH(2)) binding, and protein control of its E(m). Residues Pro80, Ser81, Cys102, and Tyr104 of DmsB are located at the DmsB-DmsC interface and are critical for the binding of the MQH(2) inhibitor analogue 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline N-oxide (HOQNO) and the transfer of electrons from MQH(2) to FS4. Because the EPR spectrum of FS4 is complicated by spectral overlap and spin-spin interactions with the other [4Fe-4S] clusters of DmsB, we evaluated mutant effects on FS4 in double mutants (with a DmsB-C102S mutation) in which FS4 is assembled as a [3Fe-4S] cluster (FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S])). The DmsB-C102S/Y104D and DmsB-C102S/Y104E mutants dramatically lower the E(m) of FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S]) from 275 to 150 mV and from 275 to 145 mV, respectively. Mutations of positively charged residues around FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S]) lower its E(m), but mutations of negatively charged residues have negligible effects. The E(m) of FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S]) in the DmsB-C102S mutant is insensitive to HOQNO as well as to changes in pH from 5 to 7. The FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S]) E(m) of the DmsB-C102S/Y104D mutant increases in the presence of HOQNO and decreasing pH. Analyses of the mutants suggest that the maximum achievable E(m) for FS4([3Fe)(-)(4S]) of DmsB is approximately 275 mV.
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- Victor W T Cheng
- Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, 474 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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McCrindle SL, Kappler U, McEwan AG. Microbial Dimethylsulfoxide and Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Respiration. Adv Microb Physiol 2005; 50:147-98. [PMID: 16221580 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(05)50004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Over the last two decades, the biochemistry and genetics of dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) respiration has been characterised, particularly in Escherichia coli marine bacteria of the genus Shewanella and the purple phototrophic bacteria, Rhodobacter sphaeroides and R. capsulatus. All of the enzymes (or catalytic subunits) involved the final step in DMSO and TMAO respiration contain a pterin molybdenum cofactor and are members of the DMSO reductase family of molybdoenzymes. In E. coli, the dimethylsulfoxide reductase (DmsABC) can be purified from membranes as a complex, which exhibits quinol-DMSO oxidoreductase activity. The enzyme is anchored to the membrane via the DmsC subunit and its catalytic subunit DmsA is now considered to face the periplasm. Electron transfer to DmsA involves the DmsB subunit, which is a polyferredoxin related to subunits found in other molybdoenzymes such as nitrate reductase and formate dehydrogenase. A characteristic of the DmsAB-type DMSO reductase is its ability to reduce a variety of S- and N-oxides. E. coli contains a trimethylamine-N-oxide reductase (TorA) that is highly specific for N-oxides. This enzyme is located in the periplasm and is connected to the quinone pool via a membrane-bound penta-haem cytochrome (TorC). DorCA in purple phototrophic bacteria of the genus Rhodobacter is very similar to TorCA with the critical difference that DorA catalyses reduction of both DMSO and TMAO. It is known as a DMSO reductase because the S-oxide is the best substrate. Crystal structures of DorA and TorA have revealed critical differences at the Mo active site that may explain the differences between substrate specificity between the two enzymes. DmsA, TorA and DorA possess a "twin arginine" N-terminal signal sequence consistent with their secretion via the TAT secretory system and not the Sec system. The enzymes are secreted with their bound prosthetic groups: this take place in the cytoplasm and the biogenesis involves a chaperone protein, which is cognate for each enzyme. Expression of the DMSO and TMAO respiratory operons is induced in response to a fall in oxygen tension. dmsABC expression is positively controlled by the oxygen-responsive transcription factor, Fnr and ModE, a transcription factor that binds molybdate. In contrast, torCAD expression is not under Fnr- or ModE-control but is dependent upon a sensor histidine kinase-response regulator pair, TorSR, which activate gene expression under conditions of low oxygen tension in the presence of N- or S-oxide. Regulation of dorCDA expression is similar to that seen for torCAD but it appears that the expression of the sensor histidine kinase-response regulator pair, DorSR is regulated by Fnr and there is an additional tier of regulation involving the ModE-homologue MopB, molybdate and the transcription factor DorX. Analysis of microbial genomes has revealed the presence of dms and tor operons in a wide variety of bacteria and in some archaea and duplicate dms and tor operons have been identified in E. coli. Challenges ahead will include the determination of the significance of the presence of the dms operon in bacterial pathogens and the determination of the significance of DMSO respiration in the global turnover of marine organo-sulfur compounds.
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- Sharon L McCrindle
- School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia
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Tong X, Campbell JW, Balázsi G, Kay KA, Wanner BL, Gerdes SY, Oltvai ZN. Genome-scale identification of conditionally essential genes in E. coli by DNA microarrays. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 322:347-54. [PMID: 15313213 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.07.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Identifying the genes required for the growth or viability of an organism under a given condition is an important step toward understanding the roles these genes play in the physiology of the organism. Currently, the combination of global transposon mutagenesis with PCR-based mapping of transposon insertion sites is the most common method for determining conditional gene essentiality. In order to accelerate the detection of essential gene products, here we test the utility and reliability of a DNA microarray technology-based method for the identification of conditionally essential genes of the bacterium, Escherichia coli, grown in rich medium under aerobic or anaerobic growth conditions using two different DNA microarray platforms. Identification and experimental verification of five hypothetical E. coli genes essential for anaerobic growth directly demonstrated the utility of the method. However, the two different DNA microarray platforms yielded largely non-overlapping results after a two standard deviations cutoff and were subjected to high false positive background levels. Thus, further methodological improvements are needed prior to the use of DNA microarrays to reliably identify conditionally essential genes on genome-scale.
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- Xin Tong
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Geijer P, Weiner JH. Glutamate 87 is important for menaquinol binding in DmsC of the DMSO reductase (DmsABC) from Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2004; 1660:66-74. [PMID: 14757221 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2003.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Escherichia coli dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) reductase is a trimeric enzyme with a catalytic dimer (DmsAB) and an integral membrane anchor (DmsC). Using site-directed mutagenesis, we examined six residues in the periplasmic loop between helices two and three, potentially involved in menaquinol binding in DmsC. Mutants were characterised for growth, enzyme expression and activity, and 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxoquinoline N-oxide (HOQNO) inhibitor binding. Mutations of leucine 66, glycine 67, arginine 71, phenylalanine 73 and serine 75 had no effect on menaquinol binding. Only a glutamate residue (E87) located in helix three was important for menaquinol binding. E87 was replaced with lysine, glutamine and aspartate. All three mutants were assembled into the membrane. Neither the lysine nor the glutamine mutant enzymes were able to support anaerobic growth on glycerol/DMSO minimal media or oxidise lapachol. The glutamine mutant bound the inhibitor with lower affinity compared to wild-type, whereas in the lysine mutant, binding was almost abolished. The aspartate mutant behaved as a wild-type enzyme. The data shows that E87 is important for menaquinol binding and oxidation and is likely to act as a proton acceptor in the menaquinol binding site.
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- Paulina Geijer
- CIHR Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, 474 Medical Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7.
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Lubitz SP, Weiner JH. The Escherichia coli ynfEFGHI operon encodes polypeptides which are paralogues of dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DmsABC). Arch Biochem Biophys 2003; 418:205-16. [PMID: 14522592 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2003.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The ynfEFGHI operon is a paralogue of the Escherichia coli dmsABC operon. ynfE and ynfF are paralogues of dmsA. ynfG and ynfH are paralogues of dmsB and dmsC, respectively. YnfI (dmsD) has no dms paralogue. YnfE/F and YnfG could be detected by immunoblotting with anti-DmsAB antibodies when expressed under the control of a tac or dms promoter. Cells harbouring ynfFGH on a multicopy plasmid supported anaerobic growth with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) as respiratory oxidant in a dmsABC deletion, suggesting that YnfFGH forms a heterotimeric enzyme complex similar to DmsABC. Exchange of DmsC by YnfH (DmsAB-YnfH) resulted in membrane localization, anaerobic growth on DMSO, and binding of 2-n-heptyl 4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide, indicating that YnfH was a competent anchor. YnfG can also replace DmsB as the electron transfer subunit and assembled [Fe-S] clusters as judged by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. YnfE and/or YnfF could not form a functional complex with DmsBC and expression of YnfE prevented the accumulation of YnfFGH.
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- Shannon P Lubitz
- CIHR Membrane Protein Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Alta., T6G 2H7, Edmonton, Canada
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Ahuja U, Thöny-Meyer L. Dynamic features of a heme delivery system for cytochrome C maturation. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:52061-70. [PMID: 14532274 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m310077200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Escherichia coli, heme is delivered to cytochrome c in a process involving eight proteins encoded by the ccmABCDEFGH operon. Heme is transferred to the periplasmic heme chaperone CcmE by CcmC and from there to apocytochrome c. The role of CcmC was investigated by random as well as site-directed mutagenesis. Important amino acids were all located in periplasmic domains of the CcmC protein that has six membrane-spanning helices. Besides the tryptophan-rich motif and two conserved histidines, new residues were identified as functionally important. Mutants G111S and H184Y had a clear defect in CcmC-CcmE interaction, did not transfer heme to CcmE, and lacked c-type cytochromes. Conversely, mutants D47N, R55P, and S176Y were affected neither in interaction with nor in delivery of heme to CcmE but produced less than 10% c-type cytochromes. A strain carrying a CcmCE fusion had a similar phenotype, suggesting that CcmC is important not only for heme transfer to CcmE but also for its delivery to cytochrome c. Co-immunoprecipitation of CcmC with CcmF was not detectable although CcmE co-precipitated individually with CcmC and CcmF. This contradicts the idea of CcmCEF supercomplex formation. Our results favor a model that predicts CcmE to shuttle between CcmC and CcmF for heme delivery.
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- Umesh Ahuja
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Schmelzbergstrasse 7, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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Hatzixanthis K, Palmer T, Sargent F. A subset of bacterial inner membrane proteins integrated by the twin-arginine translocase. Mol Microbiol 2003; 49:1377-90. [PMID: 12940994 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03642.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A group of bacterial exported proteins are synthesized with N-terminal signal peptides containing a SRRxFLK 'twin-arginine' amino acid motif. Proteins bearing twin-arginine signal peptides are targeted post-translationally to the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system which transports folded substrates across the inner membrane. In Escherichia coli, most integral inner membrane proteins are assembled by a co-translational process directed by SRP/FtsY, the SecYEG translocase, and YidC. In this work we define a novel class of integral membrane proteins assembled by a Tat-dependent mechanism. We show that at least five E. coli Tat substrate proteins contain hydrophobic C-terminal transmembrane helices (or 'C-tails'). Fusions between the identified transmembrane C-tails and the exclusively Tat-dependent reporter proteins TorA and SufI render the resultant chimeras membrane-bound. Export-linked signal peptide processing and membrane integration of the chimeras is shown to be both Tat-dependent and YidC-independent. It is proposed that the mechanism of membrane integration of proteins by the Tat system is fundamentally distinct from that employed for other bacterial inner membrane proteins.
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- Kostas Hatzixanthis
- Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK
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Murata Y, Watanabe T, Sato M, Momose Y, Nakahara T, Oka SI, Iwahashi H. Dimethyl sulfoxide exposure facilitates phospholipid biosynthesis and cellular membrane proliferation in yeast cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:33185-93. [PMID: 12771156 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300450200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Me2SO is a polar solvent that is widely used in biochemistry, pharmacology, and industry. Although there are several reports in the literature concerning the biological effects of Me2SO, the total cellular response remains unclear. In this paper, DNA microarray technology combined with the hierarchical clustering bioinformatics tool was used to assess the effects of Me2SO on yeast cells. We found that yeast exposed to Me2SO increased phospholipid biosynthesis through up-regulated gene expression. It was confirmed by Northern blotting that the level of INO1 and OPI3 gene transcripts, encoding key enzymes in phospholipid biosynthesis, were significantly elevated following treatment with Me2SO. Furthermore, the phospholipid content of the cells increased during exposure to Me2SO as shown by conspicuous incorporation of a lipophilic fluorescent dye (3,3'-dihexyloxacarbocyanine iodide) into the cell membranes. From these results we propose that Me2SO treatment induces membrane proliferation in yeast cells to alleviate the adverse affects of this chemical on membrane integrity.
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- Yoshinori Murata
- International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology, Central 6, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8566, Japan
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Sambasivarao D, Turner RJ, Bilous PT, Rothery RA, Shaw G, Weiner JH. Differential effects of a molybdopterin synthase sulfurylase (moeB) mutation on Escherichia coli molybdoenzyme maturation. Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 80:435-43. [PMID: 12234097 DOI: 10.1139/o02-131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We have generated a chromosomal mutant of moeB (moeBA228T) that demonstrates limited molybdenum cofactor (molybdo-bis(molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide) (Mo-bisMGD)) availability in Escherichia coli and have characterized its effect on the maturation and physiological function of two well-characterized respiratory molybdoenzymes: the membrane-bound dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) reductase (DmsABC) and the membrane-bound nitrate reductase A (NarGHI). In the moeBA228T mutant strain, E. coli F36, anaerobic respiratory growth is possible on nitrate but not on DMSO, indicating that cofactor insertion occurs into NarGHI but not into DmsABC. Fluorescence analyses of cofactor availability indicate little detectable cofactor in the moeBA228T mutant compared with the wild-type, suggesting that NarGHI is able to scavenge limiting cofactor, whereas DmsABC is not. MoeB functions to sulfurylate MoaD, and in the structure of the MoeB-MoaD complex, Ala-228 is located in the interface region between the two proteins. This suggests that the moeBA228T mutation disrupts the interaction between MoeB and MoaD. In the case of DmsABC, despite the absence of cofactor, the twin-arginine signal sequence of DmsA is cleaved in the moeBA228T mutant, indicating that maturation of the holoenzyme is not cofactor-insertion dependent.
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Mander GJ, Duin EC, Linder D, Stetter KO, Hedderich R. Purification and characterization of a membrane-bound enzyme complex from the sulfate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus related to heterodisulfide reductase from methanogenic archaea. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2002; 269:1895-904. [PMID: 11952791 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2002.02839.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heterodisulfide reductase (Hdr) is a unique disulfide reductase that plays a key role in the energy metabolism of methanogenic archaea. The genome of the sulfate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus encodes several proteins of unknown function with high sequence similarity to the catalytic subunit of Hdr. Here we report on the purification of a multisubunit membrane-bound enzyme complex from A. fulgidus that contains a subunit related to the catalytic subunit of Hdr. The purified enzyme is a heme/iron-sulfur protein, as deduced by UV/Vis spectroscopy, EPR spectroscopy, and the primary structure. It is composed of four different subunits encoded by a putative transcription unit (AF499, AF501-AF503). A fifth protein (AF500) encoded by this transcription unit could not be detected in the purified enzyme preparation. Subunit AF502 is closely related to the catalytic subunit HdrD of Hdr from Methanosarcina barkeri. AF501 encodes a membrane-integral cytochrome, and AF500 encodes a second integral membrane protein. AF499 encodes an extracytoplasmic iron-sulfur protein, and AF503 encodes an extracytoplasmic c-type cytochrome with three heme c-binding motifs. All of the subunits show high sequence similarity to proteins encoded by the dsr locus of Allochromatium vinosum and to subunits of the Hmc complex from Desulfovibrio vulgaris. The heme groups of the enzyme are rapidly reduced by reduced 2,3-dimethyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (DMNH2), which indicates that the enzyme functions as a menaquinol-acceptor oxidoreductase. The physiological electron acceptor has not yet been identified. Redox titrations monitored by EPR spectroscopy were carried out to characterize the iron-sulfur clusters of the enzyme. In addition to EPR signals due to [4Fe-4S]+ clusters, signals of an unusual paramagnetic species with g values of 2.031, 1.994, and 1.951 were obtained. The paramagnetic species could be reduced in a one-electron transfer reaction, but could not be further oxidized, and shows EPR properties similar to those of a paramagnetic species recently identified in Hdr. In Hdr this paramagnetic species is specifically induced by the substrates of the enzyme and is thought to be an intermediate of the catalytic cycle. Hence, Hdr and the A. fulgidus enzyme not only share sequence similarity, but may also have a similar active site and a similar catalytic function.
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- Gerd J Mander
- Max-Planck-Institut für terrestrische Mikrobiologie, Marburg, Germany
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Stanley NR, Sargent F, Buchanan G, Shi J, Stewart V, Palmer T, Berks BC. Behaviour of topological marker proteins targeted to the Tat protein transport pathway. Mol Microbiol 2002; 43:1005-21. [PMID: 11929547 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02797.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The Escherichia coli Tat system mediates Sec-independent export of protein precursors bearing twin arginine signal peptides. Formate dehydrogenase-N is a three-subunit membrane-bound enzyme, in which localization of the FdnG subunit to the membrane is Tat dependent. FdnG was found in the periplasmic fraction of a mutant lacking the membrane anchor subunit FdnI, confirming that FdnG is located at the periplasmic face of the cytoplasmic membrane. However, the phenotypes of gene fusions between fdnG and the subcellular reporter genes phoA (encoding alkaline phosphatase) or lacZ (encoding beta-galactosidase) were the opposite of those expected for analogous fusions targeted to the Sec translocase. PhoA fusion experiments have previously been used to argue that the peripheral membrane DmsAB subunits of the Tat-dependent enzyme dimethyl sulphoxide reductase are located at the cytoplasmic face of the inner membrane. Biochemical data are presented that instead show DmsAB to be at the periplasmic side of the membrane. The behaviour of reporter proteins targeted to the Tat system was analysed in more detail. These data suggest that the Tat and Sec pathways differ in their ability to transport heterologous passenger proteins. They also suggest that caution should be observed when using subcellular reporter fusions to determine the topological organization of Tat-dependent membrane protein complexes.
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- Nicola R Stanley
- Centre for Metalloprotein Spectroscopy and Biology, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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Sambasivarao D, Dawson HA, Zhang G, Shaw G, Hu J, Weiner JH. Investigation of Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide reductase assembly and processing in strains defective for the sec-independent protein translocation system membrane targeting and translocation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:20167-74. [PMID: 11389150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010369200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dimethyl sulfoxide reductase is a heterotrimeric enzyme (DmsABC) localized to the cytoplasmic surface of the inner membrane. Targeting of the DmsA and DmsB catalytic subunits to the membrane requires the membrane targeting and translocation (Mtt) system. The DmsAB dimer is a member of a family of extrinsic, cytoplasmic facing membrane subunits that require Mtt in order to assemble on the membrane. We show that the MttA(2), MttB, and presumably MttA(1) but not the MttC proteins are required for targeting DmsAB to the membrane. Unlike other Mtt substrates such as trimethylamine N-oxide reductase, the soluble cytoplasmic DmsAB dimer that accumulates in the mtt deletions is very labile. Deletion of the mttA(2) or mttB genes also prevents anaerobic growth on fumarate even though fumarate reductase does not require Mtt for assembly. This was due to the lethality of membrane insertion of DmsC in the absence of the DmsAB subunits. In the absence of DmsC, DmsAB accumulates in the cytoplasm. A 45-amino acid leader on DmsA is removed during assembly. Processing does not require DmsC but does require Mtt. Translocation of DmsAB to the periplasm is not required for processing. The leader may be cleaved by a novel leader peptidase, or the long DmsA leader may traverse the membrane through the Mtt system resulting in cleavage by the periplasmic leader peptidase I followed by release of DmsA into the cytoplasm.
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- D Sambasivarao
- CIHR Group in Molecular Biology of Membrane Proteins, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Gon S, Giudici-Orticoni MT, Méjean V, Iobbi-Nivol C. Electron transfer and binding of the c-type cytochrome TorC to the trimethylamine N-oxide reductase in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:11545-51. [PMID: 11056172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008875200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Reduction of trimethylamine N-oxide (E'(0(TMAO/TMA)) = +130 mV) in Escherichia coli is carried out by the Tor system, an electron transfer chain encoded by the torCAD operon and made up of the periplasmic terminal reductase TorA and the membrane-anchored pentahemic c-type cytochrome TorC. Although the role of TorA in the reduction of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) has been clearly established, no direct evidence for TorC involvement has been presented. TorC belongs to the NirT/NapC c-type cytochrome family based on homologies of its N-terminal tetrahemic domain (TorC(N)) to the cytochromes of this family, but TorC contains a C-terminal extension (TorC(C)) with an additional heme-binding site. In this study, we show that both domains are required for the anaerobic bacterial growth with TMAO. The intact TorC protein and its two domains, TorC(N) and TorC(C), were produced independently and purified for a biochemical characterization. The reduced form of TorC exhibited visible absorption maxima at 552, 523, and 417 nm. Mediated redox potentiometry of the heme centers of the purified components identified two negative midpoint potentials (-177 and -98 mV) localized in the tetrahemic TorC(N) and one positive midpoint potential (+120 mV) in the monohemic TorC(C). In agreement with these values, the in vitro reconstitution of electron transfer between TorC, TorC(N), or TorC(C) and TorA showed that only TorC and TorC(C) were capable of electron transfer to TorA. Surprisingly, interaction studies revealed that only TorC and TorC(N) strongly bind TorA. Therefore, TorC(C) directly transfers electrons to TorA, whereas TorC(N), which probably receives electrons from the menaquinone pool, is involved in both the electron transfer to TorC(C) and the binding to TorA.
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- S Gon
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, BP 71, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Gon S, Patte JC, Méjean V, Iobbi-Nivol C. The torYZ (yecK bisZ) operon encodes a third respiratory trimethylamine N-oxide reductase in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:5779-86. [PMID: 11004177 PMCID: PMC94700 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.20.5779-5786.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The bisZ gene of Escherichia coli was previously described as encoding a minor biotin sulfoxide (BSO) reductase in addition to the main cytoplasmic BSO reductase, BisC. In this study, bisZ has been renamed torZ based on the findings that (i) the torZ gene product, TorZ, is able to reduce trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) more efficiently than BSO; (ii) although TorZ is more homologous to BisC than to the TMAO reductase TorA (63 and 42% identity, respectively), it is located mainly in the periplasm as is TorA; (iii) torZ belongs to the torYZ operon, and the first gene, torY (formerly yecK), encodes a pentahemic c-type cytochrome homologous to the TorC cytochrome of the TorCAD respiratory system. Furthermore, the torYZ operon encodes a third TMAO respiratory system, with catalytic properties that are clearly different from those of the TorCAD and the DmsABC systems. The torYZ and the torCAD operons may have diverged from a common ancestor, but, surprisingly, no torD homologue is found in the sequences around torYZ. Moreover, the torYZ operon is expressed at very low levels under the conditions tested, and, in contrast to torCAD, it is not induced by TMAO or dimethyl sulfoxide.
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- S Gon
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France
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Sambasivarao D, Turner RJ, Simala-Grant JL, Shaw G, Hu J, Weiner JH. Multiple roles for the twin arginine leader sequence of dimethyl sulfoxide reductase of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:22526-31. [PMID: 10801884 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m909289199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dimethyl sulfoxide (Me(2)SO) reductase of Escherichia coli is a terminal electron transport chain enzyme that is expressed under anaerobic growth conditions and is required for anaerobic growth with Me(2)SO as the terminal electron acceptor. The trimeric enzyme is composed of a membrane extrinsic catalytic dimer (DmsAB) and a membrane intrinsic anchor (DmsC). The amino terminus of DmsA has a leader sequence with a twin arginine motif that targets DmsAB to the membrane via a novel Sec-independent mechanism termed MTT for membrane targeting and translocation. We demonstrate that the Met-1 present upstream of the twin arginine motif serves as the correct translational start site. The leader is essential for the expression of DmsA, stability of the DmsAB dimer, and membrane targeting of the reductase holoenzyme. Mutation of arginine 17 to aspartate abolished membrane targeting. The reductase was labile in the leader sequence mutants. These mutants failed to support growth on glycerol-Me(2)SO minimal medium. Replacing the DmsA leader with the TorA leader of trimethylamine N-oxide reductase produced a membrane-bound DmsABC with greatly reduced enzyme activity and inefficient anaerobic respiration indicating that the twin arginine leaders may play specific roles in the assembly of redox enzymes.
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- D Sambasivarao
- Medical Research Council Group in Molecular Biology of Membrane Proteins, Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada
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Rothery RA, Trieber CA, Weiner JH. Interactions between the molybdenum cofactor and iron-sulfur clusters of Escherichia coli dimethylsulfoxide reductase. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:13002-9. [PMID: 10224050 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.19.13002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have used site-directed mutagenesis to study the interactions between the molybdo-bis(molybdopterin guanine dinucleotide) cofactor (Mo-bisMGD) and the other prosthetic groups of Escherichia coli Me2SO reductase (DmsABC). In redox-poised preparations, there is a significant spin-spin interaction between the reduced Em,7 = -120 mV [4Fe-4S] cluster of DmsB and the Mo(V) of the Mo-bisMGD of DmsA. This interaction is significantly modified in a DmsA-C38S mutant that contains a [3Fe-4S] cluster in DmsA, suggesting that the [3Fe-4S] cluster is in close juxtaposition to the vector connecting the Mo(V) and the Em,7 = -120 mV cluster of DmsB. In a DmsA-R77S mutant, the interaction is eliminated, indicating the importance of this residue in defining the interaction pathway. In ferricyanide-oxidized glycerol-inhibited DmsAC38SBC, there is no detectable interaction between the oxidized [3Fe-4S] cluster and the Mo-bisMGD, except for a minor broadening of the Mo(V) spectrum. In a double mutant, DmsAS176ABC102SC, which contains an engineered [3Fe-4S] cluster in DmsB, no significant paramagnetic interaction is detected between the oxidized [3Fe-4S] cluster and the Mo(V). These results have important implications for (i) understanding the magnetic interactions between the Mo(V) and other paramagnetic centers and (ii) delineating the electron transfer pathway from the [4Fe-4S] clusters of DmsB to the Mo-bisMGD of DmsA.
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- R A Rothery
- Department of Biochemistry and the Medical Research Council Group in the Molecular Biology of Membranes, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2H7
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Weiner JH, Bilous PT, Shaw GM, Lubitz SP, Frost L, Thomas GH, Cole JA, Turner RJ. A novel and ubiquitous system for membrane targeting and secretion of cofactor-containing proteins. Cell 1998; 93:93-101. [PMID: 9546395 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81149-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 394] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We report the identification of the proteins encoded by the mttABC operon (formerly yigTUW), which mediate a novel Sec-independent membrane targeting and translocation system in Escherichia coli that interacts with cofactor-containing redox proteins having a S/TRRXFLK "twin arginine" leader motif. A pleiotropic-negative mutant in mttA prevents the periplasmic localization of twin arginine redox enzymes, including nitrate reductase (NapA) and trimethylamine N-oxide reductase (TorA). The mutation also prevents the correct localization of the integral membrane molybdoenzyme dimethylsulfoxide reductase (DmsABC). The DmsA subunit has a twin arginine leader. Proteins with a Sec-dependent leader or which assemble spontaneously in the membrane are not affected by this mutation. MttA, B, and C are members of a large family of related sequences extending from archaebacteria to higher eukaryotes.
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- J H Weiner
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Bogachev AV, Murtazina RA, Skulachev VP. H+/e- stoichiometry for NADH dehydrogenase I and dimethyl sulfoxide reductase in anaerobically grown Escherichia coli cells. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:6233-7. [PMID: 8892824 PMCID: PMC178495 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6233-6237.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Anaerobically grown Escherichia coli cells were shown to acidify the reaction medium in response to oxygen or dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) pulses, with the H+/e- stoichiometry being close to 2.5 and 1.5, respectively. In the presence of the NADH dehydrogenase I (NDH-I) inhibitor 8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide (capsaicin) or in mutants lacking NDH-I, this ratio decreased to 1 for O2 and to 0 for DMSO. These data suggest that (i) the H+/e- stoichiometry for E. coli NDH-I is at least 1.5 and (ii) the DMSO reductase does not generate a proton motive force.
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- A V Bogachev
- Department of Bioenergetics, A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia
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Trieber CA, Rothery RA, Weiner JH. Consequences of removal of a molybdenum ligand (DmsA-Ser-176) of Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide reductase. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:27339-45. [PMID: 8910310 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.44.27339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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We have used site-directed mutagenesis and EPR spectroscopy to examine the consequences of altering the molybdenum ligand in Escherichia coli dimethyl sulfoxide (Me2SO) reductase (DmsABC). Mutagenesis of DmsA-Ser-176 to Ala, Cys, or His abolishes both respiratory growth on Me2SO and in vitro benzyl viologen:Me2SO oxidoreductase activity. EPR spectroscopy reveals changes in the line shape and the gav of the Mo(V) signals of the S176A and S176C enzymes. The midpoint potentials (Em,7) of the Mo(VI)/Mo(V) and Mo(V)/Mo(IV) couples in DmsABC are -15 and -175 mV. The Em,7 of the Mo(V)/Mo(IV) couple in the S176A mutant is 35 mV; however, the Mo(V) species could not be further oxidized with ferricyanide. Titration of the S176C mutant produced several overlapping Mo(V) species occurring at Eh > -150 mV, suggesting heterogeneity in the molybdenum environment. A Mo(V) spectrum was not visible in S176H membranes poised between -435 to 350 mV or oxidized with 200 microM ferricyanide. No differences were detected in the EPR spectra of the reduced [4Fe-4S] clusters of DmsABC and the S176A and S176H mutant enzymes; however, the S176C mutation altered the EPR line shape of one of the reduced [4Fe-4S] clusters.
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- C A Trieber
- Department of Biochemistry and the Medical Research Council Group in the Molecular Biology of Membranes, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H7, Canada.
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